SPORTS " 4 y * -4 w 4 The Michigan Daily Saturday, March 6, 1982 Page 7; A domb Weary cagers face woeful Wisconsin 44 4 4 . - .* 4 x.' By JOHN KERR Special to the Daily MADISON- The Michigan basket- squad will close out its 1981-1982 Ten campaign today against the ame team it opened the conference chedule with-the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers defeated Michigan at 3risler Arena on January 8, 67-65, when !Wisconsin freshman Scott Roth hit a 22- oot jumper at the buzzer. HOWEVER, THE status of Wisconsin coach Bill Cofield has changed since the last time the Badgers met the Wolverines. After Wisconsin's 77-75 loss to Ohio State here on Thursday night, Cofield announced that he would be resigning as head coach at Wisconsin effective at the end of the season. "It is true that our athletic director (Elroy Hirsch), has decided to replace me as head coach for next season," Cofield said in a statement released Thursday night. "I realize that it was a difficult decision to make and I am sorry he had to make it. We tried for six years at Wisconsin to make this program successful. I wish we would have more time but I can understand the frustration involved. I'm sorry I didn't get it done for everyone." Cofield's announcement came amidst rumors that he was about to be fired. MICHIGAN COACH Bill Frieder feels that Cofield's lame-duck status will definitely have an effect on today's game. "I think it will have a big effect," he said, "because the last time it hap- pened Wisconsin came into Ann Arbor and beat us, then went to Ohio State and beat them." Frieder said that the Wolverines are not in good physical shape because of the tough game at Purdue on Thursday,' but that they would still play hard. "We're going to go try and win it," said Frieder, "but we're really battered up.'' The Badgers, like Michigan, are a very young team. Their top two scorers, 6-8 forward Cory Blackwell and 6-11 forward Brad Sellers, are freshmen. And both are averaging just over 13 points per game in the Big Ten. Sellers is also the conference's second- leading rebounder. THE REST OF Wisconsin's starting lineup will include 6-9 senior Keith Mit- chell at center, 5-9 freshman Carl Golston and 6-3 senior John Bailey at the guards. Michigan's Thad Garner, playing in the last Big Ten game of his career, will attempt to become only the seventh Wolverine player ever to score over 1,000 points and pull down over 600 rebounds in his career. Garner's 25 points on Thursday night against Purdue put the 6-7 senior over the 1,000 mark but his 12 rebounds in that game left him 11 caroms short of 600. In the last meeting between the two teams, Garner only managed to grab three rebounds, but Ike Person and Dean Hopson picked up his slack. The pair combined for 17 boards, nine of which fell into the hands of Person, as the Wolverines out ebounded their taller opponents by a 34-23 margin. The Badgers, however, got the best of the Wolverines in the scoring column. Sellers connected for 16 points while Blackwell and Bailey each contributed LINEUPS MICHIGAN (45) Thad.Garner (6-7)...... (23) Dean Hopson (6-7) ..... (52) Ike Person (6-7)...... (32) Dan Pelekoudas (6-1) .. (25) Eric Turner (6-3) ...... WISCONSIN F F C G G ..... (6-11) Brad Sellers ... (6-6) Cory Blackwell .... (6-9) Keith Mitchell ........(6-3) John Bailey ...... (5-9) Carl Golston (32) (30) (41) (12) (11) Cards deal WMU out Sellers ... top Badger rebounder KERRSE WORDS BY JOHN KERR Big Ten officials... ... getting too technical WEST LAFAYETTE WITH ABOUT 8:30 left to play in yesterday's Purdue-Michigan game, Boilermaker forward Mike Scearce found himself with the ball at halfcouft but trapped by three Michigan defenders. One of the Wolverines knocked the ball from Scearce and Michigan guard Leslie Rockymore scooped it up and drove toward the basket. But before the freshman could shoot the ball, Scearce hustled back on defense and fouled him. After the of- ficial had blown the whistle, however, Rockymore shot the ball and Scearce, a 6-7 225-pound senior, struck him (intentionally?) in the face. Rockymore fell to the floor and the ref called a technical on the Purdue forward, and threw him out of the game. 'An extraordinary incident in an average college basketball game, but in yesterday's Boilermaker-Wolverine contest just a typical one. Six technical fouls, three injuries, bodies hitting the floor, and some un- popular officiating made the contest the wildest and one of the most physical games of Michigan's season. But Michigan coaclhBill Frieder felt that his team wasn't physical enough. "We're really battered up," he said after the game. "I'll tell you what, our guys are too nice out there. Twice we grabbed them (Purdue players) so they don't fall and they (the officials) give 'em a continuation basket. You can't do that in this league-you got to knock 'em opi their butts." Who's in control? Aside from being a rough battle, the game was also a fine example of how officials could lose control of the game. In fact, after Scearce was tossed from the game he practically made a mockery of the officiating. After walking back to the Purdue bench, Scearce turned toward the student sec- tion of the crowd and raised his arms. The crowd roared its approval, and Scearce then walked onto the court over to the ref that had ejected him, shook his hand and patted him on the rear. After the game, Purdue coach Gene Keady, although not exactly pleased with the officiating, was very upset at Scearce's actions. "It's not what we teach, we teach basic basketball skills," the Purdue coach said. "I told him (Scearce) to go shake hands with Rockymore. I didn't tell him to go talk to the referee-that was bush league. We don't believe in those kind of things. If your players don't act like first-class gen- tlemen it's always embarassing." Keady wasn't the only one that was embarassed, the officials had to be also. Any time they have to call six technical fouls in a game, it's obvious that something has gone wrong. Keady and Frieder both refused to discuss the officiating, but it was obvious that it bothered them. Both coaches received technicals and both said they weren't sure why. Confused coaches "I didn't say anything," Keady said trying to explain his technical in the first half. "I just threw my program down and that was it." Frieder, who picked up two technicals in the second half was equally bewildered. "I don't know why he-(Keady) got his, I don't know why I got mine, and I don't know why my player (Turner) got one," he said, but later admitted that he did know the reason behind his second infraction. After a loose ball went off a Purdue player and out-of-bounds, Frieder turned to one of his assistants and said, "It's a wonder they don't give it to white (Purdue) out- of-bounds." One ref happened to overhear the Michigan coach and sure enough after Purdue's Keith Edmonson had shot the free throws for the technical, white had the ball out-of-bounds. "I wasn't talking to them (the officials)," Frieder said later, "but I might have said it loud." After the game, the Michigan coach admitted that he would have gotten another technical and been thrown out of the game if Don Sicko, who took the Detroit head coaching job last week, had been around to take over the team. "I'd gotten my third 'T' if I'd of had my assistant," Frieder said. Even capain Thad Garner got in on the fun. Late in the game Garner and one of the referees, much to the chagrin of the Purdue crowd, held up the game by talking with each other. "It was a real crazy game with a lot of wild things going on," Garner said. "We were conversing because we were trying to control the situation." But after today the situation may be out of control. If Wisconsin tries to play a very physical game against Michigan, the Wolverines might be so worn out from the two-game road trip that Notre Dame could blow them out on Sunday. of tourney By RON POLLACK Those fans who have attended basketball games at Crisler Arena this season have grown accustomed to wat- ching extremely talented guards. After last night's 76-72 Ball State victory over Western Michigan, one more player can join Purdue's Keith Edmonson, Michigans' Eric Turner and Michigan State's Kevin Smith in this category. His name is Ray McCallum, and all 'he did last night was riddle the Bronco defense with a game-high 30 points on 13-16 shooting in the first semi-final game of the Mid-American Conference tournament. "It's probably too bad Ray doesn't play with the University of Michigan, because we've played there three times' and he's played super here all three times," said Cardinal coach Steve Yoder. In the first half, McCallum hit on six of his seven shots. This torrid pace made Yoder's job at halftime quite easy. "Basically, he just told the team to get it to me," said McCallum, who was last year's tournament MVP when he led his team to the championship and a berth in the NCAAs. "When a player gets hot like that you have to get the ball in his hands," said Yoder. - McCallum's performance left Bronco coach Les Wothke a bit in awe. "He was phenomenal," said Wothke. "What can you do? Tonight I didn't see Ray shoot too many layups or wide open jump shots. I thought we played good defense on him, but when a kid plays like that all you could do is sit back and admire his play." 7 -72 The Broncos led Ball State 11-9 early in the contest, when the 5-9 McCallum paced the.Cardinals during a 10-1 out- burst. During the scoring tear, Mc- Callum scored six points. The Cardinals had built their lead to 27-18, when- Western Michigan tallied six unanswered points. IN THE SECOND stanza Western Michigan continued to narrow the Ball State lead. With 13:21 left in the con- test, the Cards held a 43-41 lead. But once again, McCallum took charge. Ball State ran off six consecutive points, four by the Cardinal junior guard on long jumpers, to go up 49-41. But the Broncos, which futilely tried to play catch up ball all half, made another run at the Cardinals. Jasper McElroy started it off by pulling down a rebound and scoring on his subsequent jump shot. The Broncos' Walker D: Russell then hit a jumper. Ball State's John Williams then put the Cardinals up by six again hitting both ends of a one-and-one. THE BRONCOS Mike Seberger cut the Ball Stae lead to four points when he drove to the basket and scored. The closest Western Michigan could narrow the gap was at 9:37 when Russell hit from long distance to make the score 52-49. W Western Michigan's leading scorer was McElroy, who notched 21 points. Russell and Cordell Eley both finished in double figures for the Broncos with 19 and 15 respectively. The win raised the Cardinals record to 17-10. Western Michigan now owns a 15-13 mark. Ball State will play in the championship game tonight at 6:00. The Broncos will participte in the con- solation game at 4:00. , Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS BALL STATE'S RAY McCallum (10) drives for two of his game high 30 poin- ts against Western Michigan's Mike Seberger, while C. C. Fullove (40) and others look on. McCallum and his high-flying Cardinals will vie for an NCAA tournament berth at 6:00 tonight at Crisler Arena. MAC FINALS TONIGHT: SCORES NIU tips Falcons, 6 7-66 By MIKE McGRAW Bowling Green coach John Weinert said that the Mid-American Conference play was so balanced that any game can be four points either way. And last night's semi-final game between his Falcons and the Northern Illinois Huskies was certainly an indication of that, as NIU, led by Allen Rayhorn's 24 points beat Bowling Green 67-66. With the score tied, 64-64, and less that a minute remaining Northern stalled for the last shot. After Leonard Hayes missed a shot, Rayhorn stole the of Michigan's Eric Turner at Flint Cen- tral High School, scored on a beautiful alley-oop dunk. THE TEAM'S traded baskets for the first five minutes, then Northern Illinois scored eight straight points. capped by Allen Rayhorn's driving North Carolina 55, Georgia Tech 39 N. Carolina St. 46, Maryland 28 virginia 56, Clemson 54 St. Joseph's 83, LaSalle 71 John Jay 61, Manhattanville 60 Old Dominion 77, Richmond 69 Florida St. 54, Tulane 49 Ball St. 76, W. Michigan 72 Tn.-Chattanooga 70, E. Tennessee St. 65 Brown 53, Dartmouth 51 Yale 84, Harvard 81 Louisville 76, St. Louis 44 wake Forest 88, Duke 53 Georgetown 57, St. John's 42 N.J. Tech 79, Baruch 67 James Madison 64, William & Mary 49 N. Illinois 67, Bowling Green 66 Florida A&M 47, Delaware St. 42 This evening's Mid-American conference championship game, pitting the Ball State Cardinals against the Northern Illinois Huskies, will start at 6:05 p.m. at Crisler Arena. The winner will earn a berth in the NCAA tournament. Tip-off for the MAC con- solation game between Western Michigan and Bowling Green is at 4:05 p.m. rebound and connected on a three-point play with nine seconds left to make the score 67-64. BOWLING Green could only pull to within one at the buzzer on a-driving layup by Marcus Newbern. Northern coach John McDougal praised his players for keeping their composure down the stretch. Rayhorn, who needs 27 points today to become the leading scorer in MAC history, said the Huskies had a lot of patience and therefore got the ball inside quite a bit. In the second half, Northern jumped to a big lead. It reached eight points when KeithGray, a former teammate hook shot to make the score 16-8. The Huskies stretched the margin to 10, after Leonard Hayes hit two straight buckets, the second ona fast break, to make it 22-12. After a Bowling Green timeout, the Falcons began to close the margin in the latter part of the first half behind David Greer's hot shooting. Bowling Green got to within three at the half as Marcus Newbern hit a 20- footer at the buzzer. ann DOWNTOWN ANN ARBOR " 200 Rooms * Color T.V.'s " Cocktail Lounge " Direct Dial Phones " Near U of M " Commercial Rates & Group Rates Available " Major Credit Cards Honored * Call for Reservations 100 S. 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