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The Michigan Daily
Wednesday, January 13, 1982
Women cagers fall to Oakland,
By LARRY MISHKIN
Oakland University borrowed a little
of Rod Serling's magic last night as
they sent the Michigan women's
basketball team into their own type of
zone, while handily defeating the
Wolverines 93-72 last night at Crisler
Arena.
The Pioneers, led by Gwen Browner
and Brenda McLean both with 21 poin-
ts, outscored Michigan, 16-4, at the
opening of the second half and coasted
to victory over the previously hot
Wolverines (9-4), who had lost only on-
ce in their last seven games.
AT THE OUTSET of the game, the
Wolverines threatened to blow Oakland
right out of the game, as Michigan ran
the fast break at will and built a com-
manding 21-9 lead. But Oakland coach
Dewayne Jones switched to a zone
defense, shutting the door on the
Wolverines' attack.
Michigan, unable to penetrate "The
Oakland Zone," had to shoot from the
outside and by the half the Pioneers had
pulled to within two, 38-36.
"We were flat against the zone," said
Michigan coach Gloria Soluk. "We had
a lack of preparation for the zone.
Oakland had been using a man-to-man
defense in their last couple of games, so
we had been working more on that."
TIME AFTER time, the Wolverines
would bring the ball down the court only
to come up empty while Oakland con-
Twilight
tinued to run up the score.
"We wanted to get the ball inside
more," Soluk said, "but we couldn't put
the ball through the zone. When we
finally started penetrating they kept
scoring and we couldn't catch up."
One of the few bright spots for
Michigan was the outstanding play of
freshman forward Peg Harte. Harte
poured in 28 points and grabbed eight
rebounds before fouling out in the final
minute of the game.
"I WAS HAPPY with my playing
tonight," said Harte, who had tonsillitis
over vacation. "Tonight is the first
night that I felt I was 100 percent again.
I've been playing better lately but could
still play better."
Actually, it would be hard for Harte
to improve much more. Although only a
freshman, she was the team's second
leading scorer going into last night's
game, averaging 21.8 points a game
and challenging perrenial top scorer
Diane Dietz for the team lead.
"Peg played an exceptional game,"
said Soluk. "She's a tremendous
player. Connie Doutt also had a nice
game doing a good job coming in off the
bench."
The Wolverines now have a nine-day
break before they go on their toughest
road trip of the year in which they will
face Purdue, Notre Dame, and Ken-
tucky in four days.
"It will be tough going on the road,"
said Soluk. "Purdue is a Big Ten
rivalry and they will be tough. Notre
Dame has a very good team and Ken-
tucky is nptionally ranked. We are
going to have to go back to working on
the fundamentals of the game. We've
had trouble with our passing and boxing
out. We'll have to work on them."
HARTE HOWEVER, feels that the
Wolverines will have a successful road
trip.
"It will be tough because we have to
play the three hardest teams of the year
)3-72
in four days," said Harte. "We'll have
to work super hard and get in better
condition. The holidays really wiped us
out. If we go at them hard we should.
win at least a couple."
The Wolverines' record has already
improved dramatically from last
year's tough season. A successful road
trip might be the springboard they need
in order to continue their best start in
the team's history (9-4). Perhaps
before hitting the road then, the women
should tune in Mr. Serling and see about
beating "the Zone."
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OAKLAND
MinFG/A FT/A
Krawford.......
McLean ...........
Vandrasek........
Browner........
Springer........
Kenny...........
Kish...............
Nash............
Williams..........
Team Rebounds
Totals...........
39
38
34
29
18
11
22
8
1
7/17
7/15
4/8
9/15
2/6
1/2
4/6
2/4
0/0
5/6
7/8
3/3
3/4
0/0
0/0
3/5
0/1
0/0
R
16
14
6
0
1
0
1
4
7
A
0
2
2
4
0
2
2
0
0
PF Pts
4 19
4 21
3 11
3 21
0 4
1 2
0 11
5 4
1 0
zoned
Hlarte, P.........
Dietz, D.........
Donovan........
HarteK.D........
Gnatkowski .......
Doutt..............
Soullier...........
Baumgart.......
Wiley ...........
Team Rebounds
Totals .............
40
35
17
33
27
18
24
2
4
MICHIGAN
Min FG/AFT/A R
A PFPts
12/I8
8/19
2/3
4/13
3/9
0/4
1/5
0/0
0/1
4/8
6/8
0/0
1/2
0/2
0/2
0/1
0/0
1/2
8
5
7
6
3
7
0
2
4
2
2
0
4
6
2
1
0
28
22
4
9
6
0
2
0
MICHIGAN'S PEG HARTE (14) drives for a layup over Oakland's Pam
Springer (33). Trailing the play for the Pioneers are Linda Krawford (3) and
Brenda McLean (23), while Patrice Donovan (34) looks on for the
Wolverines. The Pioneers defeated Michigan 93-72.
30/72 12/25 43 17 23 72
36/73 21/27 50 12 21 93
Halftime: Michigan 38, Oakland 36
Attendance: 300
AP names MeEn roe
W K (AP)- Winner of Wimbledon and the U.S.
Open, John McEnroe capped off his rise to the top of the ten- McEnroe,
nis world yesterday by being named Male Athlete of the Year World sboth
for 1981 by The Associated Press. Professional
The 22-year-old left-hander from New York City received win the AP M
72 votes in nationwide-balloting by sports writers and broad- dary Don Bu
casters. A1938.
HE EASILY outdistanced rookie E YEA
baseball pitcher Fernando Valen- nament victor
zuela, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and only seven. H
hockey star Wayne Gretzky. Valen- title, particip
zuela finished with 56 votes, while Argentina in t
Leonard, the world welterweight But his vil
champion, had 36 and Gretzky, the court display
high-scoring center of the Edmonton He was d
Oilers, finished with 31. England Law
Mixing tremendous tennis with other champi
temper tantrums, McEnroe ended fined $1,500 f
Bjorn Borg's five-year reign at fined $750 f
Wimbledon, whipping the Swedish penalized a p(
star in the final. He beat Borg again r after complai
in the final of the U.S. Open, McENROE
becoming the first man since 1925 to ment when he
win America's top tennis tour- McEnroe later said tha
nament three consecutive years. ... No. 1 the All-Engla
top athlete
the first player ever to be ranked No. 1 in the
singles and doubles on the Association of Tennis
s computer ratings, is the first tennis player to
Wale Athlete of the Year award since the legen-
dge, who captured the honor in both 1937 and
R belonged to McEnroe. He posted 10 tour-
ries in 18 outings, winning 67 matches and losing
He also led the United States to the Davis Cup
ating in all three matches the U.S. won against
the finals:
tories had to share the headlines with his on-
s of temper.
enied the honorary membership to the All-
rn Tennis Club that has been accorded every
on. During the two-week tournament, he was
for calling an official "an incompetent fool,"
or accusing a linesman of racial bias and
mint and given a public warning for his conduct
ning to the umpire on 13 occasions.
INFURIATED the English tennis establish-
missed the Wimbledon champions' dinner. He
t his invitation to the dinner was withdrawn by
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