Page 8-Sunday, February 7, 1982-The Michigan Daily Garner sparks 'M' win (Continued from Page 1)' Yet the Wolverines might not have been able to beat anybody yesterday without senior forward Thad Garner. Garner played the entire 40 minutes and turned in one of the best games of his Michigan career by scoring a team high 29 points, setting a Crisler Arena record with 11 of 11 from the free throw line. He hit four of five from the floor, grabbed six rebounds and handed out three assists. "GARNER WAS terrific. He was just fantastic today," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder. "Thad made all of his foul shots and every one was a crucial free throw." "I had a streak going," said Garner of his record success from the charity stripe. "I was just lucky and I was glad that I kept making them. I was com- fortable all the times I was at the line." Michigan both outshot (56 to 43 per- cent) and outre6ounded (31 to 20) the Illini, who had defeated the Wolverines, '79-61, just one week earlier in Cham- paign. "IT'S JUST a case of Michigan playing well, and we didn't," said Illinois coach Lou Henson. "They had us 14-4 on rebounds at one point. You, can't go into a place and get beat on the boards and still win the game," he said. "At the end of the first half, (Illinois center James) Griffin had no points and JL no boards. We're not going to win when that happens." The Illini jumped out to early leads of 4-0 and 8-6, but they were never to lead again. Michigan quickly proceeded to take advantage of Illinois' early foul trouble - the Wolverines fell into the bonus situation when Illini guard Derek Harper picked up his team's seventh foul at the 13:35 mark of the first half - and reeled off a 16-6 spurt on the visitors to go up, 22-14, midway through the stanza. "Michigan played very well, especially early, when they played super," said Henson. "They hit their shots, they played good defense, and they did the job on the boards." FOUR GARNER foul shots gave the Wolverines their biggest lead of the, contest, 31-18, with 2:12 remaining before halftime. But after Illinois for- ward Anthony Welch came back with a jump shot seconds later to cut his team's deficit to 11, Michigan wound the clock down for a last shot, which Willis Carter eventually missed. Illini ward Craig Tucker, who topped all scorers with 23 points, converted Car- ter's miss into a fastbreak dunk at the buzzer, to slice Michigan's lead to 31-22 at the intermission. The home team came out strong again in the second half with two quick baskets to push its advantage back up to 13, but the visitors would not remain silent for long. Illinois' two 6-10 frontcourt bookends, Griffin and Bryan Leonard, finally got on track as they combined for eight straight points to chop the Wolverine lead down to five, 35-30. Crisler Arena then turned into a swap shop. The two teams proceeded to trade baskets until only 3:45 remained in the game, when Tucker - who tallied 14 of Illinois' 31 second-half points - pumped in a jumper and both ends of a one-and-one to bring his team to within two, 51-49. TWO MINUTES later, after Pelekoudas missed the second end of a one-and-one, Griffin scored his 11th and 12th points of the half on a short tur- naround to cut the Michigan advantage to only one, 54-53. But that was as close as the Illini would get. Garner hit two more foul shots with 59 seconds left, and Michigan guard Eric Turner, who also played an excellent game (four of five from the flobr and five of six from the line for 13 points) converted a one-and-one with 19 seconds left in the contest to seal the Wolverine victory. "It's the second straight time this week where our opponent came on tough at the end and we hung on and didn't blow it," said Frieder. "I give my kids credit for not letting it get away, because it could have gotten away.,, q q Garner-ing respect MICHIGAN ILLINOIS MinF AFT/A MinF G/A FT/A Leonard ......... 14 1/3 O/1 Range............ 40 3/6 1/2 Griffin.......... 39 6/16 0/2 Tucker ........... 40 8/15 7/8 Harper ............ 32 3/4 1/1 Montgomery ...... 17 0/2 0/4 Welchs...........14 1/4 0/0 Daniels............ 4 0/ 1 0/0 Team Rebounds Totals...........200 22/51 9/18 R 4 1 1 2 0 6 20 A 1 4 1 t 3 0 0 0 PF Pts 3 2 4 7 3 12 2 23 5 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 Garner..........40 4/5 11/11 Hopson.......... 23 2/3 0/2 Person........... 37 4/8 1/2 Pelekoudas........ 32 1/4 1/2 Turner...........40 4/5 5/6 Rockymore........9 1/2 0/0 Carter............. 19 3/7 2/2 Team Rebounds Totals....:........ 200 19/34 20/25 ILLINOIS...................22 MICHIGAN ...................31 Attendance: 9,208 R 6 2 10 1 4 1 .2 5 A 3 3 3 3 I 0 PF Pts 2 19 2 4 3 9 3 3 3 13 1 2 2 8 31 31 27 14 16 58 53 58 10 19 53 BIG TEN ROUNDUP: Ihn diana shocks G ophers, 58-55 .MINNEAPOLIS (AP)- Indiana guard Jim Thomas hit two pressure free throws with nine seconds left yesterday as the Hoosiers edged sixth- ranked Minnesota, 58-55. The victory ended a two-game losing streak for In- diana, which improved to 12-7 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten. Minnesota fell to 15-4 and 7-3. Thomas finished with 16 points. Darryl Mitchell led Minnesota with 17 points, followed by Trent Tucker with 12. Purdue 55, Wisconsin 46 MADISON (AP)- Keith Edmonson scored 23 of his 29 points in the second half to rally Purdue to a 55-46" Big Ten Standings victory over Wisconsin yesterday. Purdue trailed, 17-14, in the first half, but opened up its offense by going to Edmonson and the 6-5 senior guard scored 15 of the Boilermakers' first 19 points in the second half as they went ahead, 33-27, with 8:04 left. The victory improved Purdue's conference record to 6-4 and made it 8-10 overall. Wisconsin dropped to 1-9 in the Big Ten and 4-13 overall. Iowa,69, Ohio State 65 COLUMBUS (AP) - Freshman Michael Payne scor- ed 25 points, a season high for fifth-ranked Iowa, in leading the Big Ten basketball leaders to a 69-65 over- time verdict over Ohio State last night. Payne, a 6-foot-11 center, hit eight straight-shots at the start of the second half to keep Iowa in contention. Payne's two free throws with 17 seconds left in over- time gave Iowa a 69-63 lead. Northwestern 48, Michigan St. 43 EVANSTON, (AP) - Jim Stack and Gaddis Rathel each sank two free throws in the closing seconds last night to lift Northwestern to a 48-43 Big Ten basket- ball victory over Michigan State. The Wildcats managed to overcome a 17-point first- half deficit when the Spartans failed to score a point in more than seven minutes of the second half. .Conf. W L Iowa ............... 9 1 Minnesota..........7 3 Illinois ..,..... ...6 4 SIndiana...........6 4 Purdue...........6 4 Ohio State.........5 5 Michigan State.....4 6 MICHIGAN........3 7 Northwestern......3 7 Wisconsin.........1 9 Overall W L 17 2 15 4 13 6 12 7 9 10 14 8 9 11 4 14 7 12 4 14 I w omen, top U-D, 83-66 By DAVID FORMAN SCORES College Basketball MICHIGAN 58, Illinois 53 Indiana 58, Minnesota 55 Purdue 55, Wisconsin 46 Iowa 6, Ohio State 65, OT- Northwestern 48, Michigan State 43 Georgetown 113, Seton Hall 73 Georgia 68, vanderbilt 57 Memphis St.,74, Louisville 65, OT GOOD SUMMER CAMP POSITIONS Tamarack interviewing February 11 and 16 Career Planning & Placement call 764-7456 for appointment Paced by senior co-captain Diane Dietz's game-high 34 points, the Michigan women's basketball team handed visiting Detroit an 83-66 defeat yesterday at Crisler Arena, the first Wolverine win in eight meetings bet- ween the two teams. Not only did the women cagers set the record for the most wins in a season by a Michigan women's basketball team, raising their record to 14-6, but it also marked coach Gloria Soluk's 100th vic- tory at the collegiate level. THE SCORE remained close throughout the first half, but when Dietz tied the score at 29-29, the Wolverine women never trailed again. In the second half, the women cagers blew the game wide open, rattling off 16 unanswered points and at one instance. stretching their lead to 2:2 points, 68-43. The key to the victory, according to .Dietz, who hit on 16 of 25 shots from the field and added two free throws, was "starting out well defensively, and we had confidence. We didn't have it the previous years." "Diane came here four years ago with me, and we've finally got the program going," added Soluk. "We used'a new offense and played a very good defense. We tried to box their star, Cheryl Williams, out, keeping her out of the key, and we did it effec- tively." OTHER KEY performers for Michigan were Lori Gnatkowski (12 points, 6 assists) and Peg Harte (24 points). Harte also had the task of keeping the ball away from Williams, holding her to 17 points and 18 reboun- ds. "I didn't go for rebounds. I just boxed her out that was my main goal," said the freshman standout. "The kids really got fired up to play them," said Soluk. "They know if they can beat Detroit, they can beat anyone. Hopefully we'll get a better seed in the Big Ten tournament and maybe an NCAA bid." The victory also proved costly for Michigan, however, as guard K. D. Harte, who dished out a, game-high eight assists, left the game with about two minutes remaining in the second half with an injury to her leg. The ex- tent of the injury was not determined. Daily Photo by KIM HILL MICHIGAN CENTER Ike Person (52) is challenged by Illinois' James Grif- fin (13) during yesterday's 58-53 Wolverine victory. It was Michigan's third straight win in Crisler Arena. / t ull court RC PRESS On the come back trail.. .0 Garner leads the wayv By JOHN KERR T HAS ONLY been two weeks. Two weeks since the Michigan basketball team's record fell to 1-13 after a terrible performance during a 56-38 loss to Iowa at Iowa City. After that game, some Michigan fans weren't sure if the Wolverines could win another game this season. But now, all that talk is forgotten. Suddenly, after being the owners of an 11-game losing streak, the Michigan cagers have won three of their last four games. And although the Wolverines certainly aren't yet ready for the NCAA tournament, they have begun to exhibit a glimmer of respectability. And after watching yesterday's 58-53 victory over Illinois, one major reason for the cager's improvement becomes obvious. It is the play, and leadership, of senior captain Thad Garner. Garner is the undisputed team leader of the Wolverine squad and he has done an outstanding job. With Michigan being such a young and inexperien- ced team, it would not have been surprising to see it give up and quit during the 11-game losing streak. But thanks to head coach Bill Frieder and Garner, the Wolverines did almost the exact opposite..Throughout the losing streak, Frieder and his players kept using "family," "encouragement," and "hanging in there" to describe the team. Thad takes control And on the basketball court, Garner is always in control. While it may seem that Eric Turner or some other guard is running the Wolverines on the floor, that's not the case. Whenever Michigan begins to lose control or the pace begins to get too fast, it is Garner who takes charge and gets the Wolverines back into line. In yesterday's victory, the 6-7 forward was at his best. He played the entire 40 minutes and sank 11 of 11 foul shots, six in the final five minutes of the game. Garner also hit on four of five shots from the field on his way to a team high 19 points. When he wasn't scoring, the Gary, Ind. native was grabbing six rebounds and passing off for three assists. After the game Frieder just couldn't say enough about his captain. "Garner was fabulous-he was phenomenal," the coach said. "I hope the Big Ten office saw it (his performance). He's gotten no ink at all. "He's a great leader and a great kid." It would have been easy for Garner to break down and throw in the towel earlier in the season. After all, he is the only senior on a team that some thought was headed for the worst record in Michigan basketball history. Yet he continued to stand tall and kept on giving it everything he had. And now it's starting to pay off. "It was hard losing," the soft-spoken senior admitted, "but I didn't look at it like I was the lone senior. I get my'satisfaction now, seeing everyone else is improving." Improvement still needed While Michigan is indeed improving, and Garner definitely deserves a lot of credit for the improvement, the Wolverines still have a long way to go before they can win with consistency. Any letdown on the part of the Michigan squad will result in almost certain disaster for the Wolverines. And Frieder knows it. "Don't get excited now," the coach said after the Illinois victory. "This team has to play 40-minutes up to its potential for us to win any basketball games. To put it bluntly, even if the Wolverines play up to their potential for the full 40 minutes-in the rest of their games, a victory is anything but certain. Just look at the schedule. Michigan has to play three Big Ten title contenders at home, and five lesser teams on the road. And playing on the road in the Big.Ten is no picnic, no matter who the opponent is. Just ask the Illini. But no matter what happens the rest of the season, Garner and the rest of the Michigan players will never be caught with their heads down. If they can keep their heads high during an 11-game losing streak, they can hold them up through anything. BILLBOARD The Michigan Folk Dance Club will ROCK & ROLL for all occasions: have its first meeting on Tuesday, dances, parties, tFebruary 9, in the Michigan Union. For information, contact Thomas Chavez at 662-3795 971-5194'or Wendy Holden at 996-9547. 9 1 I TUESDAY LUNCH-DISCUSSION FEBRUARY 9-12 NOON "POWER, PEACE, AND JUSTICE- GLOBAL EFFORTS FOR PEACE" Speaker: JOE VOLK. American Friends Service Committee ..... _ .................. At The __ _L I 1 AA INTERNATIONAL CENTER 603 E. 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