A P-ige 10-Sunday, January 25, 1981-The Michigan Daily Williams boosts Bucks over Michigan By SCOTT M. LEWIS Special to the Daily COLUMBUS - It's been said here at Herb Williams is the best center in e country - when he wants to be. ist night, he obviously wanted to be e best, as the Michigan Wolverines ould readily attest. The Ohio State pivotman was simply vastating in the second half, scoring points and blocking three shots as the ickeyes handed the Wolverines a 69- defeat in front of a sellout St. John ena crowd. THE LOSS DEPRIVED Michigan, w 12-3 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten, a share of the conference lead. Ohio ate, meanwhile, moved into first ace tie with Purdue and Iowa at 4-2. The Wolverines' lack of height and ilk proved a distinct disadvantage in e second half. That's when Williams ok control. With his team trailing by ur points at 16:20, Williams hit a short iok and a jumper to even the count at , and two Williams free throws gave e Buckeyes a 46-44 lead. The teams traded baskets for a few minutes thereafter, before Williams took charge again. He repulsed a Thad Garner shot and rambled down court, where he was fouled and converted one of two free throws. AFTER MICHIGAN'S Mike McGee made one of two from the line, Williams connected, this time from 15 feet to slice the margin to 51-50. Garner split a pair of free throws and sank a 19-footer to push the lead back to four, but Williams and his towering Buckeye mates reversed the trend for a final, decisive time. Clark Kellogg, who swept the boards clean most of the evening as he grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds, hit from the side of the key. THEN, AFTER A Michigan miss, lumbering Jim Smith followed up a missed shot as Ohio State regained a lead it was not going to surrender. Try as thy might to penetrate the lane, the Wolverines were unable to OSU tiedforfirst with 6 9-63 vi*ctory defense, Ohio State played like a team which was expected to contend for a Big Ten, if not a national, championship. "When they decided to play, we couldn't get a shot off," Frieder said. "They're the best front line in college basketball. As far as the blocked shots are concerned, they had Jim Smith, who's 6-9, on Mike McGee," he con- tinued, his voice trailing off. McGee led Michigan with 21 points, despite making only six of 18 shots. Garner scored a season-high 16 and Marty Bodnar added 13, including six straight points in a spurt opening the second half. The Wolverines stay on the road this week, visiting Northwestern and Wisconsin, while the Buckeyes travel to meet second-ranked Virginia today. ivore OHIO STATE6 dent the Buckeye middle in the latter stages of the game. On one possession, Williams smothered a Garner shot and the next time down the court blocked one by McGee. THE OSU FAITHFUL, who have been somewhat disenchanted with Williams' performance this season - that is prior to last night - had every reason to roar in delight as the home team, led by its senior center, applied heavy defensive pressure in the last eight minutes. "This was by far the best game for me," said Williams. "At 6'5", you can let him (McGee) get off the ground, then you can dictate what happens and at 6'8", he (Michigan center Paul Heureman) couldn't get up with my shot." Michigan Coach Bill Frieder called Williams "one of the finest players in the country. I'm glad he's a senior," he said. OHIO STATE increased its margin to 59-54 as Carter Scott hit from the baseline and Williams slammed home an errant shot. The Buckeyes continued to run roughshod over Michigan before Frieder asked for the second timeout in a two minute span.: By the time Michigan could end the Buckeyes spree, the home club had scored ten straight points. Rebounding, blocking shots, playing relentlessly on MICHIGAN Min g/a McGee.............37 6/18 Garner ............ 40 6/11 Heuerman......... 30 2/3 Bodnar, Marty .. 38 6/10 Johnson............21 2/7 McCormick ....... 21 1/5 James............. 7 0/2 Person........... 3 0/0 Hopson............ 1 0/0 Bodnar, Mark ..... 1 0/1 Pelekoudas ........ 1 0/0 Team Rebounds ft/a 9/12 4/9 0/0 1/2 0/0 2/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Herb R A PF Pts 5 0 3 21 9 5 3 16 3 4 3 13 2 2 0 4 4 ' 0 3 4 3 2 1 1 00 ' 1l 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3211 34 15 20 63 Smith......... Kellogg.,........ Williams....... Higgins.......... Scott .............. Penn............ Kirchner ......... Waiters ......... Haas........... Team Rebounds Min 35 35 361 29 32 20 Ig/a 5/6 6/14 10/17 1/4 5/10 0/5 ft/a 0/0 2/3 314 1/5 5/8 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 R '6 15 9 3 2 0 2 1 0 3 41 A 0 2 0 7 6 0 0 PF Pts 3 10 4 14 4 23 2 5 2 15 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 & 1/2 4 0/0 1 0/0 Totals............200 28/58 13/20 Halftime: Michigan 32, Ohio State 32 Attendance: 13,591 17 18 69 Totals............ 200 23/57 17/27 I ALL-AROUND SWEEP: Tumblers roll by CMU A Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK M' RIGHT WINGER Jeff Mars (11) and defenseman Tin! Manning (4) look on as goalie Paul Frickler swats away a Gopher shot on goal. Unfortunately, Ficker wasn't enough, as Minnesota defeated Michigan 7-3 to complete a weekend sweep. COMPLETE WEEKEND SWEEP By BARB BARKER and WENDY CLARK The Michigan women's gymnastics team annihilated Central Michigan, 130.9-121.85, yesterday at Crisler Arena, sweeping the top four all-around positions. "I'm pleased. It was a real blowout," said Michigan head coach Sheri Hyatt. "It wasn't surprising. I knew we'd do well. ON THE VAULT, Michigan established a slight lead with Kathy Beckwith and Teresa Bertoncin cap- turing the two top positions, respec- tively. But it was the tumblers' perfor- mance in the uneven bars competition that set the pattern of dominance which prevailed throughout the meet. Michigan took five of the top six places, outscoring Central by slightly less than four points. The Wolverines managed to expand their margin to six points following the balance beam - notoriously one of their weaker events - and in floor exercises they levied the crushing blow, taking all top five positions as Beckwith led the way with an 8.5 mark. Beckwith, Angela Deaver, Bertoncin and Diane McLean were the meet's top four all-arounders. McLean, a sophomore from Farmington Hills, gave her best performance of the season by placing among the top four scorers in every event except vaulting. DEAVER, WHO HAS shown steady improvement throughout the season, made a powerful showing on the uneven bars and the floor. Bertoncin was first in the bars event with an 8.7 mark. "We had fewer falls than usual and were really able to fluidly execute our routines," said Hyatt. She added that her team "really did well" despite an outbreak of the flu that limited this week's practice time to just one day. Central coach Donna Piper admitted her team was tired "because we had a meet (Friday) night. I didn't expect to do well, but we should have performed 01 much better than we did. I guess the problem was fatigue." The Wolverines, now 4-4 on the season, compete in the Windy City In- vitational next weekend in Chicago. Gophers ice Blue, 7-3 By MARTHA CRALL The Michigan Wolverines took their second straight drubbing at the hands of the Minnesota Gophers, 7-3, in the hockey game last night at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan wasn't dominated in the first two periods like it was Friday night, but the Wolverines fell apart in the third, opening the door for four Gopher goals. THE GOPHERS' came out shooting as usual in the first period. Former U.S. Olympian Neal Broten, who had been injured and taken off the ice early in the period, returned to the ice at 3:19 to get, Minnesota going. After Michigan failed on its first power play opportunity* the Gophers scored their first goal at 8:26. The sophomore center took a pass from Steve Ulseth and beat the defense, knocking in the puck for a 1-0 lead. At 12:10 the Gophers scored their second goal with a little help from their opponents. Kevin Har- tzell brought the puck up the left side of the Michgiari zone and slapped a shot that goalie Paul Fricker caught between his legs. But the puck dropped and slid off defenseman John Blum's skate behind Fricker and into the net. The power play goal was scored at 12:10, giving Minnesota a 2-0 lead. MICHIGAN CAME out battling in the second period. After an on- slaught by the Wolverine offense, Roger Bourne finally capitalized when he lifted a shot from bet- ween the faceoff circles over Gopher goalie Jim Jetland's left shoulder at 5:44. At 18:22, when, on a power play, the Wolverines were swar- ming all around the Gopher goal, acting head coach John Giordano pulled Fricker in favor of a sixth shooter, but Tom Rothstein was whistled for holding to quiet the surge. Not only did it quiet the Michigan offense, it fired up their counterparts. Nine seconds later Jeff Teal scored the shorthanded goal at 18:33 much to the surprise of the 5,843 partisans. BUT THE Wolverines were still very much in the game. Min- nesota's Hartzell took care of that in a hurry, though, as he opened the third period scoring with only 47 seconds off the clock on an unassisted goal. At 2:34 Minnesota scored again on a Butsy Erickson shot from the middle that spelled the end of Fricker for the evening. Giordano put senior Rudy Var- vari in goal at 2:35, but the ex- plosive Gopher offense was not kind to him, either. MICHIGAN scored next, however, at 4:33. Bourne scored his second goal of the night on passes from Gordie Hampson and Dennis May. The Gophers answered twice, though. Brad Doshan knocked Minnesota's sixth goal through Varvari's legs. The score, assisted by Teal and defenseman Mike1Meadows, came at 6:42. THE GOPHERS ended their at- } tack at 10:34 when Mike Knoke slipped in the puck from Var- vari's left, on a cross-ice pass from Erickson. - The Wolverines had one final kick left, as right winger Jeff, Mars beat Jetland right in front of the net on a four-on-three Michigan power play. Passes from Bourne and Blum assisted the goal at 12:47, Win-nesota FIRSTPERIOD Scoring: 1. Minn.-N. Broten (Ulseth, Kensen( 8:26; 2. Minn.-Hartzell (unass't) 12:10. Penalties: Mich.-Tessler (interference) 2:29 2 Minn.-Languein (holding) 6:04 Mich.-Hampsen (hooking) 10:36'2 Minn.-Bjugstad (hooking) 12:471/ Minn-Teluso (hooking) 16:26. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 3. Mich.- Bourne (Hampson, May) 5:44; 4. Minn.- Teal (Doshan, Knoke) 18:33. Penalties: Mich.- Yoxheimer (elbowing) 0:46; Mich.- Richter (high sticking) 10:26; Mich.- Bran- drup (holding) 14:53; Minn.- Rothstein (holding) 18:22. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 5. MINN.-Hartzell (unassisted) 0:47; 6. MINN.-Erickson (A. Broten) 2:43; 7. MICH-Bourne (Hampson, May) 4:33; 8. MINN.-Doshan (Teal, Meadows) 6:42; 9. MINN.-Knoke (Erickson) 10:43; 10. MICH.-Mars (Bourne, Blum) 12:47. Penalties: MICH.-Manning (interference) 4:54; MICR.-McCrimmon (high sticking) 9:51; MICH.- Mannng (high sticking) 11:34; MINN..Larsen (high sticking) 11:34; MINN.-Meadows (tripping) 11:47; MINN.-Peluso (interference) 18:50. 0 Daily Photo by PAUL ENGS KM ANGELA DEAVER begins her routine on the balance beam during the Wolverines' 130.9-121.85 victory over Central Michigan yesterday at Crisler Arena. :"}Y'$:}::iii:iX : i:>. i :iii"riii... ::ii F.i: : :+jii}:i iiij: i:;i:? i:::i:"i:t;: . .......... ............................. . Thin ciads second in relays EAST LANSING-The Michigan women's track team finished second yesterday in the Michigan State Relays that featured eight teams from the Midwest. Melanie Weaver highlighted the team's performance, taking first in the three mile run with a time of 16:24.7 that qualified her for the AIAW Nationals at Pocatello, Idaho March 7-8. Michigan's 60 points was second only to MSU's 92. The 880-yard relay team of Cathy Sharpe, Renee Turner, Brenda Kazinec, and Lorrie Thornton also qualified for the AIAW Nationals by turning in a 1:43.3 time, good for a second place finish. Thornton also finished second in the long jump with a career best jump of 19'2/4". Thornton had already qualified for the AIAW nationals with her perfor- mance last week at Western Michigan. Joanna Bullard turned in her best effort of the year with a high jump of 5-7 and it is hoped that she, too, can qualify for the nationals. Although MSU won by a 32-point margin, the score would have been much closer had Michigan not been disqualified for bumping in the two mile relay. Purdue finished third with 56 points, followed by Central Michigan with 55, Eastern Michigan with 35, Ferris State 16, Western Michigan 14, and Southern Illinois 4 to round out the scoring. Next Saturday, the Wolverines host Western Michigan. The meet will begin at 6 SAVES Jetland (Minn).................8 7 Fricker (Mich).................8 13 Varvari (Mich) ......... .......X X 7-22 1-22 6- 6i p.m. Close finishes highlight 'M' Relays By JOHN FITZPATRICK A number of outstanding performances and several exciting races delighted a capacity crowd at the Track and Tennis Building during the Michigan Relays last night. Quality marks in the field events were common, as Michigan's James Ross spanned a whopping 25'8%'" to win the long jump and qualify for the NCAA's, and teammate John Nielsen, using an unorthodox discus- wasn't flowin' well today. In another two weeks I should be sharper," said Bruce. In other sprints, Michigan's Shelby Johnson was fourth in the 60-yard hurdles in 7.48, behind the 7.44 of winner Carl Hamilton of Western Michigan. Ricky Flowers of the Concerned Athletes triumphed in the 300 with a blistering 30.39, one of the top times in the country this year. The Wolverines' 4 x 440 team of Bruce, Shea, Johnson, and Ken Gardner was barely The mile and two mile were also well-run races, as the ;two mile was in particular a good display of distance running tactics. Former Wolverine Bill Donakowski led through the first mile in 4:23, and at- tempted to shake Ted Rube, representing Adidas, by throwing in break-neck surges similar to those used by Russian Vladimar Kuts in the 1956 Olympic 10,000 meters. The surges backfired, however, as Rube passed Donakowski before the last 440, and won the i U UA