1r SPORTS Page 8 Wednesday, February 4, 1981 The Michigan Daily BRONCOS DOMINA TE INSIDE Western ed By RON SCOTT AND CHRIS WILSON Womens' basketball is generally considered a fast-paced, non-contact sport. But last night the Broncos of Western Michigan dispelled that myth, as they muscled their way to a 64-63 vic- tory over the Michigan Wolverines at Crisler Arena. "Our inside game was the decisive factor in this win," said Broncos' coach Fran Ebert, who upped her career Dietz record against Michigan to an im- ... scoreless down stretch pressive 14-2. ges wo Diane Dietz was the Wolverines' main casualty in the physical contact. Although Deitz once again led the Michigan scoring attack with 17 points, she failed to score in the last 18 minutes of the game due to foul trouble. "When Diane picked up her fourth foul, she stopped dominating under- nearth the boards and even stopped shooting, which I don't understand," said Wolverines coach Gloria Soluk. The Bronocs, down by as many as 13 points, battled back and knotted the score at 45 when Pam Charity capitalized on Deitz' fourth foul, hitting both ends of a one-and-one. From there the lead changed hands nine times, as K.D. Harte and Western's Kim Worden traded buckets. The game see-sawed back and forth, with neither team able to secure more than a two-point lead. Finally, at 2:29 Worden's six-foot jumper tied the score at 61 apiece. Harte missed on a thirty-foot attem- pt, and the Broncos grabbed the rebound and immediately responded. Pattie Rendine sank a jumper from the top of the key, and Soluk called a timeout with a minute remaining. men cagers, 64-63 But the Broncos, now 12-9 on the year, used a tough 1-3-1 zone defense to prevent the Wolverines from getting a shot off. The thirty-second clock ex- pired, and Western took possession. Western then ran out the clock until with nine seconds left Bronco freshman Lori Bade was fouled by Harte. She calmly sank the. front end of the bonus and gave Western a three-point lead. With two seconds left, Harte sank a meaningless layup and the contest en- ded with the score Western 64, Michigan 63. "This is a very big win for us," said Bronco coach Ebert. "Wins have been tough for us here at Crisler." Both coaches agreed it was a sloppy game as Michigan committed 30 tur- novers to Western's 26. many of the Wolverine miscues came on the Wolverines' fast-break. These blown chances proved to be advantageous to the Broncos as they converted the Blue errors into points. "I guess we kind of slopped this vic- tory, " said Ebert. The Wolverines, who are now 7-12, take to the road against Miami of Ohio in Oxford Saturday night and Grand Valley next Tuesday night. S S Bucking Broncos MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN Min Charity ............ 31 Worden ........... 27 Przygocki ......... 32I Wegner ........... 24 Rendine ........... 36 Junewick .......... 3 Bade .............. 24 Moon..............21 Berndt...........2 Team Rebounds fg/a 3/13 7/10 6/11 2/9 4/9 1/2 2/7 3/8 0/0 ft/a R 2/2 2/3 1/3 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/4 2/4 0/0 4 4 8 5 8 1 4 2 6 A i 0 2 1 8 0 0 1 0 PF Pts 1 8 1 16 0 13 3 4 2 8 0 2 1 5 0 8 0 0 8 64 Min fg/a Dietz.............. 35 8/17 Currier ............ 31 5/12 Donovan...........14 0/3 Harte..............32 8/18 Gnatkowski ....... 27 4/6 Neer .............. 22 2/7 Hatch..............21 3/5 Sanders............16 0/2 Venhuizen......... 2 0/0 ft/a 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/2 0 R 10 6 4 3 5 4 4 5 0 A 5 2 0 4 5 0 3 2 0 PF Pts 4 17 2 10 2 0 2 16 1 8 3 4 0 6 0 2 0 0 Team Rebounds 2 Totals ...........200 30/70 3/4 43 21 14 63 Halftime: Michigan 33, Western Michigan 26 Technicals: Michigan I (bench) Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK MICHIGAN'S TAMMY SANDERS looks for some way out of the Western Michigan forest underneath the basket in last night's frustrating 64-63 Wolverine loss to the physical Broncos. Totals.............200 28/69 8/16 43 13 Attendance: 207 NBA ROUNDUP: TH I S IS IT! The chance you've been waiting for Sixers dunk Atlana, 97-93 9 is here. We are selling the FEW remain- ing copies of the OUR ALL-CAMPUS YEARBOOK. Pick up your copy if you haven't already for only $15.00 at: Student Publications Bldg. ATLANTA (AP) - Julius Erving scored 26 points and Bobby Jones added 21 as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 97-93 last night in National Basketball Association action. Erving and Jones combined to score the 76ers' final 16 points to ice the vic- tory, which increased Philadelphia's record to 45-10. Atlanta dropped to 19-35 with the loss, their 14th in their last 15 games. ATLANTA HAD an 87-81 lead with 4:49 left, but at that point Erving and Jones went to work. Jones connected on a three-point play with 4:04 left to cut th Atlanta lead to 87-84, and 20 seconds later, Erving stole a Hawks inbounds pass and scored to pull the 76ers to within one. Eddie Johnson, who led Atlanta with 19 points, hit an eight-foot jump shot with 3:24 left to put the Hawks back up by three, 89-86. But an Erving slam dunk and two free throws by Jones put Philadelphia ahead for good at 90-89 with 2:31 left. Knicks 101, Clippers 98 NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Cartwright scored a season-high 33 points, including 20 in the second half, to lead the New Support the March of Dimes BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION York Knicks to a 101-98 National Basketball Association victory over the San Diego Clippers last night. Cartwright, the Knicks' 7-foot-1 second-year center, scored nine of his points in the final 6:51 to nail down the' victory. IT WAS THE fourth loss in the last five games for the Clippers, who were led by reserve guard Freeman Williams' 21 points. The Knicks led 51-48 at halftime despite being out-rebounded by San Diego 31-18. Cartwright scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds in the third quarter to help the Knicks build their lead to 80-68 with 2:08 to go in the. period. But Freeman Williams scored six points in a 14-6 Clippers spurt that trimmed New York's advantage to 86- 82 with 7:42 remaining. Kings 121, Dallas 100 DALLAS (AP)-Phil Ford scored 30 points and Scott Wedman 29 as the Kan- sas City Kings rallied from a poor first quarter to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 121-100 last night in a National Basket- ball Association game. The victory broke a two-game losing streak for Kansas City. Iallas, led by Geoff Huston's 23 points, lost its sixth straight. JIM SPANARKEL scored 13 points and Huston 12 in the first quarter as Dallas jumped to a 31-20 lead. But Kansas City hit 11 of its first 12 shots in the second quarter to move; ahead 43-41 and took a 55-52 lead into the dressing room. The Kings connected on 13 of their first 16 shots of the third quarter, with a streak of eight straight points giving Kansas City an 86-68 edge with three minutes left in the period. Three straight goals by Bill Robin- zine and a three-point goal by Stan Pietkiewitz brought Dallas to within 98- 91 with 6:28 remaining in the game. Pacers 108, Bucks 99 MILWAUKEE (AP)-Billy Knight scored 24 points and James Edwards added 18 last night, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 108-99 National Basketball Association victory over Milwaukee and snapping the Bucks' 16-game homecourt winning streak. Louis Orr scored 10 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter to clinch the victory" for Indiana. Marques Johnson. led the Bucks with 27 points.] MICKEY JOHNSON, consistently beating Mike Bantom and Orr around the baseline, poured in 10 points and grabbed six rebounds in the first quar- ter to help the Bucks take a 26-20 lead. 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