6 Page 10-Sunday, December 7, 1980-The Michigan Daily 'M' gives Hogs the blues - ./ " full court Closes in on Top 20 RUSS (Continued from Page 1) (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 r 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 8 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. 01 U"' n 0 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 TOTALS 200 29/66 7/16 33 11 26 65 r 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 I' 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 J