SPORTS The Michigan Daily Saturday, January 16, 1982 Page 7 ...... . ... ig Some M'tracksters Blue looks to topple tall GophersSo 'Mra By BOB WOJNOWSKI But the height of the Gophers doesn't at guard. In addition, senior guard losers of eight straight. And while it r stop there Six-foot-10 senior Garv Mar a ll Mi t a' 19th alli m a anpears that the taller and more ex- M. ,mA Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS - The Michigan Wolverines, fresh off an 81-51 pasting at the hands of the Indiana Hoosiers in the proverbial frying pan of Bloomington, must now jump into the fire of Min- neapolis, as they face the 11th-ranked Golden Gophers today at 2:05 p.m. EST. -The game is scheduled as the Big Ten Game-of-the-Week, and if Michigan coach Bill Frieder seems slightly ap- prehensive about facing the Gophers under such circumstances, well there may be good reason. "THEY'VE GOT every ingredient you need on a team," said Frieder. "They've got big centers, big back-up centers, point guards, shooting guards, big forwards, big back-up forwards - eyerything. The big center is the biggest of them all, 7-3 junior Randy Breuer. Breuer leads the Gophers in both scoring and rebounding with 19.1 and 7.6 averages respectively. He is also shooting 52 percent from the floor and 79 percent from the free-throw line and he leads the team in assists and blocked shots. Holmes will start at one forward, while either 6-7 junior Zebedee Howell or 6-9 senior John Wiley will man the other frontcourt slot. SENIOR DARRYL Mitchell will start at one guard while Trent Tucker, a 6-5 swingman from Flint is tentatively scheduled to join him in the backcourt. Tucker could move to forward and allow freshman Tommy Davis to open iarK nail , nnesoLas5Iznall-Lme leading scorer, has returned to action after missing the non-conference slate because of academic difficulties. Frieder has indicated that he intends to go with the same starting five of Thad Garner and Dean Hopson at for- ward, Dan Pelekoudas and Eric Turner at guard and Ike Person at center. Minnesota is 10-2 and coming off a 61- 56 victory over Big Ten co-favorite Iowa, while the Wolverines are 1-10 and LINE UPS MICHIGAN(1-10) MINNESOTA ( 10-2) perienced Gophers are a notch above the Wolverines, Minnesota head coach Dim Dutcher is taking nothing for gran- ted. "MICHIGAN HAS some good young talent, and they are improving with every game," he said. "And it always adds something to be on the TV Game- of-the-Week." The Wolverines will once again be relying on the playmaking abilities of freshman guard Turner and the leader- ship of their lone senior, captain Gar- ner. On the other hand, while the Gophers count heavily on their big center Breuer, Frieder points out that keying on one Gopher will only free another. "Any one of them can be the key," he said. "You gotta stop Breuer, but if you let him go Tucker can kill you." Minnesota is yet to lose at home this season, its only two losses coming on the road; 62-52 at Kansas State and 49- 47 at Ohio State. But the Wolverines fared well against the Gophers last season, winning both contests; 68-67 in double overtime in Minneapolis and 83- 67 in Ann Arbor. By SARAH SHERBER special to the Daily YPSILANTI- Giving the option to compete or not, less than half of the Michigan track team decided to par- ticipate in the Eastern Michigan In- vitational last night against several other Division II schools. Though several events were lacking any Wolverines at all, there were a few performances by the Michigan thin- clads worth noting. FRESHMAN BOB Grainger, who as a member of the distance medley, qualified for the indoornational meet, ran an open 400 meter dash in 48.76 to take third. Two other first-year Wolverines had successful evenings. Don Chezillet and Dave Woolley, both t'ransfer students, finished first and second in the pole vault with jumps of 15'6" and 15' respectively. Johnnie Neilsen dominated the three other shotputters with a throw of 55'91/2". The closest competitor was Dah Kenwell from Nothwood Institute with 48'51/2". IN A MUCH closer event, Dave Lugin won the high jump with a leap of 7'. Mark Norman, from Northwood also jumped 7', but lost to 'Lugin on attem- pts. Lugin was satisfied with his perfor- mance. "It is about where I expected to be at this point in the season, said the jumper.. "It (competition) was much better than I expected it to be." "A lot of runners don't compete in this competition because the condition of the track," explained Lugin, noting the absence of many Michigan runners. THE TRACK, which is usually hidden. by the basketball bleachers, is asphalt and not a favorite surface of manyrun- ners. In another close race, senior Mike Shea, normally Michigan's half-miler, barely outran John Potts of the Ann Ar- bor Track Club in the mile with a time of 4:10.49. The Wolverines will have their first home meet next Saturday when they host the Michigan relays at the Track and Tennis Building. Michigan football standout Butch Woolfolk is expected tr run in his first meet of the seasor. (23) Dean Hopson (6-7) ..... F .....(6-10) Gary Holmes (45) Thad Garner (6-7) ..... F ... (6-7) Zebedee Howell+ (52) Ike Person (6-7) ........ C .... (7-3) Randy Breuer+ (25) Eric Turner (6-3) ...... G ... (6-5) Darryl Mitchell+ (32) Dan Pelekoudas (6-1) .. G ..... (6-5) Trent Tucker GAME TIME & SITE: 2:05 p.m., Williams Arena, Min- neapolis. RADIO: WAAM-AM 1600, WWJ-AM 95, WUOM-FM 91.7. TV: NBC, Channel 4. (42) (33) (45) (30) (32) full court PRESS Hoosiers'Assembly Hall.. . ...Big Ten's toughest By JOHN KERR Special to the Daily BLOOMINGTON WHEN YOU FIRST step into the winged-shaped structure known as Assembly Hall it would appear to be like any ordinary college basketball arena. But, upon seeing the actual court and its surroundings it becomes obvious the initial observation is anything but true. The seating on both sides of the court stretches high enough that nose bleeds can become a problem to those seated in the highest tier. Behind each basket, however, there is only one portable bleacher, one of which is inhabited by a boisterous pep band, the other by a section of screaming In- diana students. The court is also surrounded by dozens of Hoosier cheerleaders, who sieze every available opportunity to rile up those in atten- stance. This imposing scene along witl the unbelievable fan support, makes Assembly Hall the most difficult arena in the Big Ten, if not the country, for visiting teams to emerge victorious. s What does it take? Just ask Bill Frieder or Johnny Orr how difficult it is to play in Bloomington. Including Thursday's 81-51 drubbing, Michigan's teams, over the last decade, have traveled south to Indiana 11 times and came up empty on'each occasion. The Wolverines' 11 losses are the most by any team since the Arena's inauguration in 1971. "One of these times we're going to beat these guys," a dejected Frieder said jokingly after Thursday's game.."It may not be in your or my lifetime. We just don't seem to play very well down here." Even Frieder's predecessor, Orr, had trouble winning at Bloomington. In the glory days of the nid-1970s the Wolverines could come no closer than a five point overtime loss. In1977, when Michigan finished the season ranked number one in the AP poll, the Wolverines fell to the Hoosiers 73-64 in In- diana. However, Michigan is not the only team that has experienced difficulty in trying to beat the Hoosiers on their home court. Since 1971 Indiana has won a remarkable 91 percent of its home games. The Hoosiers have compiled a 125- 12 overall record at home including a 77-3 league mark in that stretch. Rude awakenings Illinois, which has had the most success of any Big Ten team against the Hoosiers, has won only two of nine contests. Two other schools, Michigan State and Wisconsin, match Illinois' meager win total as they both have won two of 10 outings at Assembly Hall. Not only was the Michigan team probably unaware of these staggering numbers but at least half of the players on the Wolverine roster had never even experienced a Big Ten road game. Before this season began Frieder stressed the fact that his'young players would receive a rude awakening when they played their first conference road trip. "They (the Michigan freshmen) don't know what it takes to win, on the road in the Big Ten," Frieder had said in November. Combine Michigan's inexperience with Indiana's substantial home court advantage and the result of Thursday's contest come* as no surprise. Despite the 30 point loss, though, the Hoosier road trip might have been a positive one for the Wolverines. Starting the Big Ten road schedule at In- diana means that the young Michigan players received the toughest possible inauguration into Big Ten road play. This can only benefit them in the future. LOWER WEIGHTS PIN M slams It) By JEFF QUICKSILVER It didn't take long for coach Dale Bahr's grapplers to welcome the Hoosiers of Indiana to the friendly con- fines of Crisler Arena last night, as the Wolverines took the first three matches by pins and rolled to an easy 32-11 vic- tory. Sophomore All-American Joe Mc- Farland (118 pounds) opened the match by pinning the Hoosiers' Dave Schutter at 1:58 of the second period. The vic- tory by McFarland improved his in- dividual record to 16-2-2. "I HAVEN'T been wrestling as well as I've wanted this year," said Mc- Farland. "However, I'm starting to gain some confidence and wrestling more aggressive." Junior Larry Haughn followed at 126 and tallied his first victory of tie season by pinning Jim Colias (3-8). Then with. the crowd still buzzing from Mc- Farland's and Haughn's performances, senior Bill Goodill (134 pounds) turned in a solid effort as he came from behind and pinned Indiana's Keith Saunders 35 seconds in to the final period. With junior Lou Milani, (6-3), winning by forfeit in the 142-pound class, Michigan found themselves comfor- tably ahead 24-0. THE WOLVERINES dropped the, next two weight classes, though, as Todd Deutsch decisioned junior John Beljan in a tight 5-3 battle at 150 pounds. The Hoosiers's Kevin Wever cut the Michigan lead to 24-6 with a 10-4 decision over juniorTim Fagan, but this was as close as Indiana would get 1 32=11y all night. )Michigan senior Nemir Nadhir, (15- 5), continued his fine performance on the mat as he put the Wolverines back on the winning track with a 7-2 decision over Brian Hittle in the 167-pound weight class. After freshman Scott Rechsteiner dropped a 6-1 decision in the 177-pound weight class,s the stage was set for Michigan's two big men, seniors Pat McKay and Eric Klasson, to finish off the Hoosiers. McKay wrestled In- diana's Scott Stevens in what was to be the toughest matchup of the night. 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