4 Page 8-Saturday, January 23, 1982-The Michigan Daily Hawkeyes By RON POLLACK unlik( Special to the Daily posse IOWA CITY - The Iowa Hawkeyes Hawk are not exactly what the doctor ordered some to cure the woes of the Michigan sre basketball team s he Hawkeyes have we're more experience and height than the likes Wolverines. In fact, the only thing that Last Michigan has more of than Iowa, is wereh losses. North It's not a pretty picture for the throu Wolverines, who will tipoff against the out a Hawkeyes today at 4:05 EST. Certainly inold's not one that Frieder would like to make in the a habit of viewing in the future. So what IFI can Michigan (1-12) do in an attempt to rebou upset sixth-ranked Iowa (12-2)? with "WE HAVE to do something different pions offensively and defensively since we have are the underdog," said Frieder. "We tainin have to try to catch them off-guard." 'He Frieder would also like to catch the "One Hawkeyes taking his cellar-dwelling the co club too lightly.. Such a possibility is he's g ' r '~1 Ad next prey: ely if the entire Iowa team "Boyle's onei sses the same attitude as starting Frieder. "He's eyes' center Michael Payne. Michigan guard S ght now, they're ripe to upset why he's a goo body," said the freshman, "So every ounce of efft going to look at this game just fact, that's whyI ve would a championship game." team. They're no Thursday, however, the Hawks teams, but they almost upset in Evanston by a 6-7. anyone." hwestern team. Iowa trailed "He's as good ai ghout that contest but finally eked there is in college, 49-48 victory, on guard Kenny Ar- who shared Most layup with only nine seconds left Player and Most game. honors for Iowa la: THE talented Payne (11.2 ppg.) 7.3 BOYLE (7,8 pp unds p.g. plays against Michigan and forward, but the intensity befitting a "cham- ward, where he fe hip game," the Wolverines may to play. a great deal of difficulty con- "I like playi ng him. because I have me e's a fine player," said Frieder. at second guard,' of the great freshmen centers in untry. He's got a fine touch and good around the basket. I think hs only weakness is that he's a MICHIGA e Payne quality which Frieder' to mention was speed. Iowa head (45) Thad Gar Lute Olson does not make the 24) Ges i oversight. "He's as quick as any (24) Leslie Ro r will be in the conference." (52) Ike Perso NING PAYNE on the front line is (25) Eric Turn rd Kevin Boyle, whose hustling (32) Dan Pelel of play on both ends of the court GAME TIMEr rained the praise of both Frieder RADIO: WAA lson. Wolverines in a million," said like a 6-7 (former Steve) Grote. That's d player. He gives ort for 40 minutes. In Iowa is such a good t as talented as other work as hard as n all-around player as " said Olson of Boyle, Valuable Defensive Inspirational Player st season. ig) plays both guard he will start at for- els he is better suited ng forward more, ore freedom than I do 'said Boyle. "I was , limited. Defensively, I'll have the ad- vantage of quickness this year. Last year (at guard) I was playing against guys who were quicker than me." The other forward spot is manned by 6-7, junior Mark Gannon. The Iowa City native is currently averaging 9.6 points per game. IN THE backcourt; the Hawkeyes start Arnold, a senior, and sophomore Steve Carfino. The two are averaging 8.8 and 8.4 points per game, respec- tively. But the talent on this Iowa squad does not end with the starting lineup, a fact of which Frieder is well aware. "Any one of eight guys can hurt you," said the second-year Wolverines' men- tor. "They 'have good personnel. You can't neglect any of their first eight players." LINEUPS LN (1-12) IOWA (12-2)' ner (6-7) ...... F ...(6-7) Mark Gannon ckymore (6-4) F ...... (6-6) Kevin Boyle n (6-7) .........C ... (6-11) Michael Payne ner (6-3) ...... G ..... (6-2) Steve Carfino koudas (6-1) .. G ..... (6-2) Kenny Arnold & SITE: 4:05 p.m., Iowa Field House M'AM 1600, WWJ-AM 95, WUOM-FM 91.7. (44) (40) (42) (15) (30) ( full court SPRESS Turner-Vincen flops.. . ...Wolverines plug away By BOB WOJNOWSKI THE CHEERLEADERS were all decked out-in their new duds and all- for the arrival of the Spartans. And the season's largest crowd was on hand; 12,202 paying customers and one dog that presumably got in for free: On this night that had everything, they even played a basketball game-a game won, not surprisingly, by the Spartans from East Lansing. Ah yes, the game that turned out to be the infamous "Matchup of the Freshmen that Never Was." Michigan's fabled Eric Turner, and Michigan State's infamous Sam Vincent were scheduled to duel, but somebody forgot to bring the guns. Turner, the prize from Flint Central, fired away 10 times and eight of them never caught net. He finished with four points, three assists, six turnovers and five fouls. Meanwhile, Vincent, the Blue Chipper out of Lansing Eastern, squeezed the trigger six times and hit home only twice. He finished with.four points, one assist, four turnovers and four fouls. "I know that he's (Vincent) tough because I've played against him before," said Turner. "He didn't have too good of a game though, but I didn't either. Those things happen you know." And in this case, it was inevitable. Vincent will not dominate any game as long as Kevin Smith, the Spartans' brilliant senior guard, is around to con- trol matters. Smith scored 23 points on 10-for-17 shooting while playing the entire 40 minutes. Turner, too, has problems running an offense, but the cause lies not in his running mate, but rather in his lack of one. He is a playmaker and not a shooter., so he must make the plays.and hope others will shoot. Invariably, though, little Eric is left to do it'all-thus his 45 percent shooting percentage for the year. -l2andcounting So now the Michigan basketball team is 1-12 and counting and it is the hope of the future that spurs the players on. They play with hustle and desire and they never quit, as Thursday night's futile rally from a 15-point deficit illustrates. "Our kids fought back and I give them credit for that," said Wolverine head coach Bill Frieder after the loss. "I don't care what you guys think, I'm proud of 'em." "I think Michigan is playing better and better and they're going to win some games," said Michigan State head coach Jud Heathcote. Indeed they will, if they ever can play for 40 minutes the way they often play for five. This team seems always to fall way behind because it is too small or too tired or any of a multitude of other reasons. But they seem always to come back, only to fall just short. And so the Crisler partisans are patient, quiet-they don't yet jeer. For they know there is nothing more a team can do than to hustle and persevere and that is what this team does. As Frieder said when informed that his team went 11 and a half minutes without a field goal in the second half, "We didn't do it on purpose." The Turner-Vincent show may have flopped and the/Michigan team may have fallen, but all is not fruitless when the hustle and desire remains. Leach, Mees reach tournament semifinals. CENTER A SURPRISE STARTER: Iowa frosh Payne-ful to rivals Payne ... Iowa's No. 2 scorer SCORES NBA Washington 110, Portland 97 Philadelphia 112, Indiana 105 San Antonio 115, Atlanta 107 Seattle 118, Boston 106 Chicago 108, Cleveland 93 NHL Buffalo 5, Quebec 3 By RON POLLACK Special to the Daily IOWA CITY- College basketball wasn't supposed to be this easy, or so thought Michael Payne, Iowa's fresh- man center. While most frosh spend their initial college season riding the bench, Payne has earned himself a starting role with the highly-ranked Hawkeyes-much to his surprise. "I didn't expect even to be starting," said the 6-11 Payne, who will take the opening jump for the 12-2 Hawkeyes when they encounter Michigan today. "I thought I'd be getting playing time though. I didn't expect to contribute right away like I am, and I certainly didn't expect to be the team's second leading scorer. I wasn't a scorer in high school." - PAYNE averaged 16.7 points per game during his senior year in high school, and while this is nothing to sneeze at, it isn't the type of stat that is usually associated with a prep All- American. So it may be surprising to some that Payne is Iowa's second leading scorer with 11.2 points per game. Michigan head coach Bill Frieder, however, has not been sur- prised by the Iowa box scores that he '.' II I mommum -. ' ,! I mon-thur 9-7 fri& sat 9-5:30 sun 12-5:30 ~ ..~*~ V. .:::.. a re hasseen. "I knew that he had the potential to be a great scorer," said Frieder. "In high school he didn't score or shoot as much as most good big men because his team was so good and so balanced." Payne's high school (Quincy) posted a 33-0 record and an Illinois class AA state championship in his senior year. Payne also offers an explanation as to why he has scored more than he expec- ted to upon arriving at the Iowa City campus. "They're getting the ball in to me more than they did in high school," said Payne. "And in college I haven't had three, four or five players converge on me when I do get the ball. "FURTHERMORE, I can use my quickness in college, because in college the players are the same size or bigger than me. But in high school I was playing against much smaller and quicker players." But Payne has done more than just score points, as he leads Iowa in rebounding (7.3 per game) as well. The 205-pounder notes that it has not been an easy task to both rebound and score in his first college season. "If I wasn't scoring I could concentrate more on rebounding, and if I wasn't rebounding I could concentrate more on scoring," said Payne. "But I guess I have to go hard at both of them and be in condition to rebound and then get down court and score."' As a highly-touted freshman, a great deal of pre-season attention was direc- ted toward Payne. His scoring and rebounding prowess so far this season has done nothing to divert this attention elsewhere. "There has been a lot of at- tention placed on me, but I justtry not to pay attention to what the papers say," said Payne. "I just worry about winning instead. "IF I DON'T do well, I don't let it bother me. I know I'm a freshman and still learning." This learning process recently in- cluded something that Payne had very little experience at-playing against a taller opponent. Such was the 'case when he went up against Minnesota's 7- 3 Randy Breuer on January 14 in Min- neapolis. "Its was a new dimension guarding someone who is taller than me, from the opening tipoff," said Payne of this encounter. "In past high school all-star games I'd switch onto a taller= man, sometimes. But I wouldn't have to guard him the whole game." . 3t"""7 "..V *.V."V": " . ' * .. . J:J .V.VV. Special to the Daily PRINCETON-Two Michigan tennis players figured prominently this week in the Princeton National Indoor Singles and Doubles Championships. Mike Leach, seated fifth going into the tournament, reached the quarterfinals of the singles division before being ousted by Dave Pate of Texas Christian, 6-2, 6-4. Leach also teamed with Mark Mees to advance to the semi- finals, where they will play this weekend. Before losing to Pate, Leach easily beat Howard Sands of Harvard, 6-2, 6-4, and yesterday defeated Jean Desdunes of Clemson, 6-2,6-0. THE MICHIGAN doubles com- bination of Leach and Mees defeated Steve Feinberg and Mike Bodden of Princeton, 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round and then outlasted Mark Dickon and Rick Rudeen of Clemson, 6-4, 7-5. Yesterday the fourth-seeded Wolverine team triumphed over Rich Gallien and John Van Nostrand of Pep- perdine, which put them into the semi- finals. The tournament continues today. Bullets 110, Trail Blazers 97 LANDOVER, Md.' (AP) - Greg Ballard led a balanced Washington at- tack with 23 points as the Bullets defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 110- 97 last night for their fifth consecutive National Basketball Association vic- tory. Washington, which has won seven of its fast eight games, took a 52-38 lead while Portland shot only 35 percent in the first half.= The Bullets lead by as many as 17 points in the second half before the Trail Blazers' closing rally. 76ers 112, Pacers 105 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Julius Er- ving scored 24 points and Bobby Jones added 21 as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Indiana Pacers, 112-105, last night. It was the 76ers' 11th straight victory against the Pacers during the past two seasons. % I IM Scores WEDNESDAY Basketball independent Tadrax 44, Illegal Aliens 34 5th Avenue Fanatics 37, Potass & Co. 32 The E'x-Riders 42, No Dice 31 Super Bowl 37, Sernob Anitos 27 TMS 54. 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