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(with11and eight first-half points
respectively), the Wolverines seized
control of the game in the second half
and were never headed.
ARKANSAS TALLIED the first four
points of the second half to close the gap
to 34-31, but the Wolverines dominated
the next ten minutes of action to lead,
56-41, with 9:53 remaining. The streak
was highlighted by a John Johnson
breakaway slam dunk which brought the
Wolverine partisans to their feet.
"We never could get back into the
game and put on the heat," Sutton men-
tioned. "We also missed a lot of easy
shots under the hoop." McGee led all
Michigan scorers with 23 points in 37
minutes of action. The senior forward,
who returned to the Michigan bench
amidst a standing ovation with 2:32 left
and the game's outcome decided, shot
nine for 17 from the field and five for six
from the free throw line in addition to
notching a pair of steals.
THE CRISLER Arena fans also got
their first long look at heralded fresh-
man McCormick from Clarkston again-
st top-notch college competition. Mc-
Cormick, in 17 minutes of basketball,
garnered a game-high ten rebounds,
four personal fouls, three turnovers,
and four points.
*Johnson started at one guard and fin-
ished with 16 points on eight for 15 from
the field, and Barberton, Ohio senior
Mark Bodnar finished a perfect four for
four from the field for eight points.
Garner did his share for the Michigan
cause, diving for loose balls,
ballhawking the quick Razorback
team, and adding seven points to the
Wolverine offense.
Defensively, the Wolverines' attempt
at the 2-3 zone which baffled Kansas
last Wednesday proved ineffective, as
Razorback guard U.S. Reed's passes
easily penetrated inside the Michigan
defense. After Frieder decided to go
man-for-man, the Wolverine defense,
led by Garner, successfully shut off the
quick Arkansas guards.
Reed, an All-Southwest Conference
second-team guard, was held to only
eight points. Razorback center Scott
Hastings entered the contest averaging
21.8 points per game while shooting at
an impressive .750 clip. Yesterday,
however, Hastings only scored 14 points
on seven for 14 from the field, partially
due to the defensive efforts of Heuer-
man and McCormick.
As Sutton aptly summed up,
"Michigan played a whale of a game."
Razorbacks don't cut it
McGee
Garner
Heuerman
Bodnar, Mk.
Johnson
McCormick
Bodnar, Mt.
James
Burton
Hopson
Person
Pelekoudas
Brown
Antonides
Team rebounds
TOTALS
MI
37
31
28
21
30
17
21
4
2
3
2
2
1
CHIGAN
MIN FG/a ft/a
9/17 5/6 7
3/6
4/5
4/4
8/15
1/4
3/5
0/0
0/2
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
0/0
1/2
3/5
0/0
0/1
2/2
1/2
0/0
0/0
0/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
5
8
1
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I
10
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3.
r a pf pts
1 1 23 Peterson
3 4 7 Brown
1 3 11 Hastings
4 2 8 Reed
3 2 16 Walker
0 4 4 Friess
0 0 7 Young
1 0 , 0 Skulman
0 0 0 Norton
0 0 0 Kelly
ARKANSAS
MIN FG/a
21 3/5 0/0
33 4/12 4/6
30 7/14 0/3
34 4/7 0/1
32 5/11" 3/4
15 1/3 0/2
12 1/4 0/0
7 0/2 0/0
6 0/2 0/0
10 4/6 0/0
ft/a
6
3
3
3
5
3
0
3
0
4
3
r a pfI
1 3
1 4
0 4
3 2
4' 4
0 2
2 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
pts
6
12
14
8
13
2
2
0
0
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Go od times may be near...
... cagers come of age
By SCOTT M. LEWIS
Outside the skies were a thick gray, as depressingly ugly as a late
autumn afternoon can be. Inside Crisler Arena yesterday, however, rays of
success shoned brilliantly on Bill Frieder and his Michigan basketball team.
December 6, 1980: the day the Wolverines came of age as a unit, one
which has set as its goal a spot in the NCAA tournament next March. If the
Wolverines do achieve this level of success - hold on; it's still two months
too early to speak of tournaments - they will remember December 6 as the
day on which they proved that, yes, they CAN play competitively with
anyone in the country.
Yesterday's decisive victory over Arkansas didn't come at the expense
of some second-rate team picked to fill a schedule void. The Razorbacks are
an outstanding ball club, as evidenced by their national ranking (11th), and
their wins last weekend over LSU and Missouri. In fact, had their standout
center Scott Hastings not fouled out with ten minutes .remaining, they
probably would have upset North Carolina last week, as well.
How, one might ask, could Michigan - a team which barely escaped
with a win against Eastern Michigan and is picked by most experts to finish
fifth or sixth in the Big Ten - defeat the Razorbacks in such convincing
fashion?
First, let it be mentioned that Arkansas was not the same team which
played so well last weekend in Alaska. Time and again the Razorbacks
missed easy inside shots. And when they weren't missing from the inside,
they were forcing the ball up from long range and bizarre angles.
In short, Arkansas appeared disoriented on offense and disintersted on
defense. "Our biggest mistake was that we tried to create shots for our-
selves, instead of taking shots our offense gave us," said a subdued Coach
Eddie Sutton. "I though we took some real marginal shots, especially in the
second half. We missed some shots underneath. But I thought Michigan
played a whale of a basketball game."
Sutton was right. After a dismal beginning which saw the Wolverines fall
behind, 17-9, Michigan did play an intelligent, spirited game.,The first-half
turn-around took place when Michigan began to deny the Razorbacks a
second and third shot, and pulled off key rebounds of its own.
Heading the rebound list was freshman Tim McCormick, who seems to
be overcoming some season-opening jitters and is progressing with each
outing. McCormick hauled down ten caroms, four on the offensive end, and,
along with Paul Heuerman, held Hastings to 14 points, nine below his season
average.
The winning recipe included not only improved rebounding but several
other ingredients as well, the most crucial being intensity and preparation.
It was encouraging to see the Wolverines perform with the same enthusiasm
and determination which carried the team to a respectable 1979-80 season
when only doom was expected.
The 12,128 Crisler patrons roared in delight when Thad Garner flew
across the court in pursuit of errant passes and loose balls.
Theycheered for Paul Heuerman, who continues to play a gutsy defen-
sive game.
And they cheered for Mike McGee, who as usual led the team in scoring
(he had 23 points) and also contributed seven rebounds. Twice in the first
half, McGee, anticipating the pass, stepped in front of an Arkansas player to
snare the ball and initiate a fast break. Defense will never be his forte, but he
is finally playing with equal intensity on both ends of the court.
Then there's the Wolverine backcourt. Frieder has been insisting since
mid-October that his starting guards - Mark and Marty Bodnar and Johnny
Johnson - lack quickness, and that this deficiency would cause problems
against certain opponents, including Arkansas.
One way to offset a lack of quickness is to employ a zone defense. That's
what Frieder did Wednesday against Kansas' Darnell Valentine, and his
strategy paid off beautifully. Yesterday, Michigan started in a 2-3 zone, but
switched to a man-to-man defense before the game was seven minutes old.
"If you're gonna be a good basketball team, you have to (play) man-to-
man," said the coach, whose college record remained perfect. "We knew
Arkansas would be prepared for it, that they would pick away at the zone."
The man-to-man worked extremely well. If the Wolverines suffer from a
lack of quickness, Sutton didn't detect the problem.
Frieder brought his team into yesterday's contest well-prepared, just as
he did Wednesday against Kansas. He treated both games as if it was a Big
Ten week. And both times Michigan finished on top by a healthy margin.
You'll probably find the Wolverines in the Top Twenty this week. And
they're likely to stay there at least until the first week of January, when the
conference season begins. In the interim, Michigan will face the likes of Kent
State, Akron, the University of Detroit, and other clubs of only slightly
greater distinction.
That's why yesterday's win was so important. While most of us are
preparing for final examinations, the Wolverines have passed their first
hourly in grand fashion.
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Team rebounds
Daily Photo by JOHN HAGEN
MICHIGAN'S JOHNNY JOHNSON goes over Arkansas' U.S. Reed (24) for
two of his 16 points. Mike McGee (40) and Razorback Mike Young (34) look
on.
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0
0
0
0
0
0
2
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TOTALS
200 29/66 7/16 33 11 26 65
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Halftime: MICHIGAN 34, Arkansas 27
Attendance: 12,128
200 33/59 12/19 40 14 16 23
DIE TZ'S 30 LEADS WOMEN HOOPS TERS:
Ca ers badger Wiscosi 87-78
1..
By JODI BITTKER
and LARRY FREED
Sparked by Diane Dietz's season-high
30 points, an emotionally-charged
Michigar women's basketball team
downed Wisconsin-87-78 in its conferen-
ce opener.
"It felt good to win; today was a good
indicator of how well we could play,"
Dietz said. "Last year we relied too
much on our outside shooting, but this
year the team is fast breaking much
better." r
DIETZ TALLIED 19 points in the first
half to help the Wolverines to a four-
point advantage at intermission.
Wisconsin's Theresa Huff kept the
Badgers close with nine points and
eight rebounds in the opening stanza.
The Wolverines were outrebounded in
the first half, 28-23, but their fifty per-
cent shooting enabled them to hold on to
their narrow lead. Lori Gnatkowski and
K.D.. Harte also helped out with seven
points and five assists, respectively.
The second half tempo was slowed
down due to the increasingly physical
nature of the contest. The Badgers took
over the lead with 12 minutes
remaining, but Michigan put the game
out of reach with a 17-2 spurt over the
next nine minutes.
"IT WAS A team effort. I was pleased
to see everyone play well," jubilant
coach Gloria Soluk said. "It has taken a
while to build the team, but now we are
beginning to roll."
Soluk substituted freely throughout
the game, using all her players except
Katie McNamara, who left the team
earlier in the week, and Jeanne White,
who was missing due to family
obligations.
In addition to Dietz's 30 points,
Gnatkowski scored 13 points while
dishing out six assists, and Harte tallied
10 with nine assists. Penny Neer led the
team in rebounds with 10, while Huff
had a game-high 17 boards for Wiscon-
sin, who outrebounded the Wolverines
59-14.
"THE TEAM is scoring more than
ever before, and now we will have to
take each game one at a time," Soluk
said.
The victory upped Michigan's overall
record to 2-2 and their Big Ten mark to
1-0. In addition, the Wolverines im-
proved their scoring average to 96 poin-
ts per game, while Dietz improved her
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McNamara quits
women sh
The Michigan women cagers reveled
in their 87-78 win over Wisconsin
yesterday at Crisler Arena, but Katie
McNamara was not there to enjoy the
victory. McNamara, an all-state
honorable mention guard-forward two
seasons ago, has left the team for what
Coach Gloria Soluk termed "personal
reasons."
McNamara quit the squad prior to
Tuesday night's game against Windsor
but played in both the first round and
consolation games of the Cornhusker
Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. over
Thanksgiving break. Soluk said she did
not know the specific reasons for Mc-
Namara's departure, but added that
"the problem may be a physical one."
McNamara could not be reached for
comment last night.
Oop squad
The 5-11 McNamara had returned for
her junior season to play at the forward
spot after seeing action at both forward
and guard last season. Her scoring
average slipped from 15.0 points per
game in her freshman year to a 7.7
mark in 1979-80.
Michigan guard and leading scorer
Diane Dietz, who played alongside Mc-
Namara at Farmington's Our Lady of
Mercy H.S., said she was sorry to see
McNamara - a personal friend -
leave the team.
"Katie was having a really good
year, but her quitting the team was
more a personal loss to me - I'll miss
her a lot," said Dietz.
Soluk said "Katie was a good player
- her teammates and I will miss her a
lot." -JODI BITTKER
Harte
... dishes out 9 assists
individual average to 22.
"Our goals this year are to win the
state and go on to the regional tour-
nament," Soluk continued.
'M' had more Harte
WISCONSIN
Dietz
Neer
Donovan
Harte
Gnatkowski
Currier
Hatach
Sanders
Baumgart
Venhuizen
Team rebounds
TOTALS
MICHIGAN
MIN FG/a ft/a r a pf pts.
36 12/20 6/7 4 2 2 30
26 2/7 0/1 10 2 2 4
28 3/7 0/2 4 0 5 6
32 5/16 0/1 3 9 4 10
33 5/9 3/6 5 6 2 13
17 4/8 0/0 7 0 2 8
11 3/8 0/0 3 4 0 6
It 3/3 0/1 3 1 1 6
4 1/2 0/0 0 0 1 2
2 0/0 2/2 0 0 0 2
6
200 38/78 11/20 45 24 19 87
Kroenina
Lowman
Huff, T.
Johnson
Hall
Jones
Roren
Fahoy
Gough
Huff, J.
Team rebounds
MIN FG/a ft/a r a
28 9/14 1/2 2 1
27 1/6 1/2 9 0
35 5/13 3/7 17 1
10 2/8 0/0 1 0
25 5/8 0/0 4 1
26 4/8 3/3 2 4
pfpts
2 19
2 3
0 13
2 4
1 10
2 11
12 2/8 3/3 7 0 0
23 3/6 1/2 5 3 5
7
7
3 0/3 0/0 1 0 1 0
11 1/8 2/2 5 1 2 4
3
200 32/82 14/21 59 11 17 78
TOTALS
Halftime: MICHIGAN 48, Wisconsin 44
Attendance: 712
SPORTS OF THE DAILY
Kentucky nips Indiana,
68-66
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Fred Cowan and
Sam Bowie scored 14 points apiece yesterday and
Dirk Minniefield hit three free throws in the final
minute to lift second-ranked Kentucky to a 68-66
college basketball victory over fifth-rated Indiana.
Kentucky trailed by six points midway through
the second half but rallied with a string of 10
straight points and stayed in front on free throws in
the closing minute.
A pair of foul shots by Minniefield put the Wild-
cats ahead to stay at 66-64 with 46 seconds to go. In-
diana worked the ball for another half-minute
hbfore forwnrd Charles Hurt stole the ball. and Ken-
steals, all of which scores for the Hoosiers, who fell
to 2-1.
Louisville loses third
straight
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Eddy Hannon's
desperation basket at the buzzer gave Oklahoma
State a 72-71 upset victory over eighth-ranked
Louisville before 6,600 screaming fans in Gallagher
Hall yesterday afternoon.
OSU held a 70-69 lead with 1:59 left in the game,
hlt 1.ik i1' T,,Pmrn -r Cmit n - nrl, with 1-.9'
Buckeyes bury Colgate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)-Clark Kellogg and Todd
Penn led a second-half rally by ninth-ranked Ohio
State last night, giving the Buckeyes a 77-58 triumph
over Colgate in non-conference college basketball.
Kellogg scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half,
and Penn added 10 to help the Buckeyes wipe out a 36-
34 halftime deficit.
Ohio State, 2-1, outscored the smaller Red Raiders
'22-6 in a seven-minute stretch to take a 75-56 lead.
Mike Ferrara pumped in 28 points for Colgate, 2-3.
Carter Scott scored 17 points for Ohio State despite
sitting out the last 14 minutes with four personal
AP Photo
INDIANA'S ISIAH THOMAS (11, in white) battles with Kentucky's Melvin
Turner and Chuck Verderber for a rebound during first half action Saturday
in Bloomington. Second-ranked Kentucky held on to defeat the fifth-ranked
Hoosiers 68-66
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