a6 SPORTS The Michigan Daily r Sunday, December 5, 1982 Page 10 Sloppy 'M' sli p By JESSE BARKIN Party time is over. After rallying from a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Northern Michigan, 77-70, yesterday in a sloppy, mistake-filled game, Michigan head coach Bill Frieder proclaimed that he was through shuffling players in and out to give everyone a chance; it's time to get serious. "I'M ABOUT done experimenting,"' said Frieder. "In the second half we went "with Rellford, McCormick, Ike (Person) and the guards (Eric Turner and Leslie Rockymore), then we went to the bench and thankfully the bench did the job. It's time to start looking in that direction. "I made up my mind I was going to play 10 men in the first half. It didn't matter if they (the Wildcats) were up by 30, I made up my mind. We recruited a lot of kids and I said they would get an opportunity," he added. Turnovers and missed layups charac- terized the Wolverine play in the first half. While the Wildcats were working the ball around looking for the open shot, Michigan was fumbling the ball away 13 times, including four turnovers by Turner, who led all scorers with 24 points. AT TIMES the Wolverines looked tough but at others they looked terrible. Midway through the first half, Turner hit Rellford on the break for a layup. Rellford was fouled on the play and converted the foul shot for a three-point got a lift fro play. But the very next time down the and the h floor it was Turner again looking down- Jokisch. court for Rellford, but this time he "WE WE threw a lob over the 6-6 freshman's motions in t head and out of bounds. "In the sec Near the end of the half, after Nor- played fair] thern had worked nearly one minute off forced som the clock while nursing a 36-31 lead, baskets and Michigan's pressure defense caused the Turner h Wildcats to throw the ball away with buckets of1 seven seconds remaining. But instead the lead of cutting the lead to three, Turner Rockymor threw a pass intended for Rockymore, remaining. but it was intercepted by Kevin Wildcats pr Latimer who took it in for a layup as the when 6-8 c half ended. out of the ga A different Michigan team came out But after to start the second half. The with 2:34 Wolverines played tough defense and stituting ag 'Cat-napping past m the leadership of Turner,{ ustle of freshman Paull RE just going through the l he first half," said Frieder. cond half we came out and ly well. We had intensity ... ething, and got some easy picked it up a little." it the first three Wolverine the half and Michigan took for good, 46-45, on a e jumper with 14:32 The killing blow to the robably came with 9:43 left enter David Traylor fouled ame. stretching the lead to 70-58 left, Frieder began sub- ain and the Wolverines hung ' ats on in the final minute of the game. Leo Brown's two free throws with 14 secon- ds left gave Michigan a seven-point lead and iced the game. "I THOUGHT we were in pretty good shape the last 10 minutes," said Frieder. "And the score wasn't what it could have been. I tried to play some people." Frieder said that he was pleased by the play of Turner, Rellford and especially that of Jokisch, who scored 10 points in the second half. "He worked hard and played under control. He got some big boards and buckets." Turner, who finished with seven assists and nine turnovers in addition to his 24 points, admitted after the game that "maybe it was one of those days." "Everybody was kind of down. They weren't responding," said the co- captain. "But I feel good because last year we might have lost that game. We pulled it out." Kansas next Michigan will face its toughest test of the young season when the Wolverines play host to Kansas at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night in Crisler Arena. The Jayhawks were un- defeated going into last night's ac- tion and are expected to be the top contenders for the Big Eight title. MICHIGAN MinFG/AFT/A Henderson ........ 15 2/3 0/1 McCormick ....... 16 1/3 0/0 Tarpley..........13 1/4 4/8 Rockymore.........29 4/11 2/4 Turner.............35 10/18 3/6 Person.............26 5/9 0/1 Reilford............22 3/6 3/5 Jokisch........... 14 4/7 2/2 Pelekoudas........ 18 0/0 0/0 Wade............7 0/1 0/2 Rudy .............. 1 0/0 0/0 Brown............. 1 0/0 2/2 Antonides.........1 0/0 0/0 Gibas............ 1 0/0 0/0 McFarland ........ 1 0/0 0/0 Team Rebounds Totals............200 30/62 16/31 R 4 4 9 4 6 6 3 4 3 2 0 0' 0 0 3 49 A 1 1 0 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 PF Pts 0 4 32 3 6 0 10 4 24 0 10 2 9 0 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTHERN MICHIGAN MinFG/AFT/A R Latimer........... 27 3/4 0/0 4 Wyers ............ 25 2/5 4/6 5 Traylor...........22 5/8 1/1 3 Harris ............ 33 6/11 2/2 4 Dickinson ......... 18 3/11 0/0 1 Sobutka..........141/5 0/0 2 Jenkins............20 4/12 2/4 2 Webb.............. 12 0/3 1/2 5 Simon ............. 21 2/6 0/0 4 Mattson ...........3 2/3 0/0 1 Summers.......... 3 0/0 0/0 0 Dahlin............2 0/0 0/0 0 Team Rebounds 3 Totals............200 28/68 10/15 34 A 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 PF Pts 5 6 5 8 5 11 2 15 1 7 2 2 1 10 1 1 3 4 36 1 0 0 0 11 29 70 Three-point field goals: Turner, Harris, Dickinson. Mattson (2) Attendance: 7,651 Doily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Michigan guard Eric Turner manages to evade Northern Michigan's Franz Jenkins . . . this time. Turner had nine turnovers but scored 24 points in Michigan's sloppy 77-70 victory over the Wildcats. 16 15 77 Halftime: Northern Michigan 38, Michigan 31 _ KERRSE WORDS. BY JOHN KERR Michigan's task... 0 ..improve, or else Wolverines break Broncos, 2- 1 A O NJANUARY 6, 1983, the true test of the Michigan basketball team will occur. That's the day that the fun ends and the Big Ten season begins for the young Wolverines when they travel to Evanston to meet Northwestern. No more Akron, Cleveland State, or Northern Michigan. Just Indiana, Iowa,. Minnesota and the like. With yesterday's 77-70 victory over Northern Michigan, the Wolverines' record stands at 3-0. Last season they didn't get their third victory until early February in the 17th game of the season. There is no question that Michigan is definitely a much better basketball team than it was a year ago. But from watching the first three games, it is obvious that the Wolverines still must make tremendous improvements if they are to compete at the same level as most of the other Big Ten schools. Bill Frieder is aware of this, saying that his squad "must improve in every aspect of the game" if they are to be successful in the Big Ten. this is true, but there are a couple of aspects that need help more than others. This was expecially apparent yesterday in the game against Northern. Michigan shot a pathetic 51.6 percent from the foul line yesterday and, at times, played some horrendous defense. These have to be Frieder's main concerns it this time. Michigan's free throw shooting is foul In the Big Ten, many games are decided in the final few minutes and foul shooting can play a very important part in the outcome. For the season, Michigan has made only 39 of 69 free throws - a measley 57 percent. If this figure hasn't improved significantly by January, it is doubtful that many close conference games will go Michigan's way. Frieder thinks that the Wolverine's lack of prowess from the foul line is due to a lapse in concentration. "It's (the missed foul shots) just mental concentration and we've got to develop some of that on this team," he said yesterday. "We don't have many players with mental toughness." But he said his team will "just keep shooting them" in practice. "I think when you have a lot of young kids you're going to have a lot of things you're going to have to improve on," he said. It hasn't just been the freshmen, though, who have been unable to sink the free shots. No one has been absolutely dependable at the line for Michigan. The Wolverines' top player, Eric Turner, has hit on only seven of 16 chances from the line. But the sophomore guard says he has been working on it in practice and thinks he will definitely improve. "Shooting foul shots in a game is different from practice," he said. "I think it's just a matter of getting a nice game shot 'down. I may just be thinking about other things at the line. I'm aware that I'm missing and I'm not happy about it. But I'm not really worried about it." Frosh still learning 'D' One thing Frieder and Turner should worry about is Michigan's lack of defense. Yesterday, Northern Michigan players were continually finding themselves wide open on offense, and took many unmolested jump shots. Much of the problem is due to the Wolverine freshmen, who aren't used to playing tough defense. It's something that is new to them since they didn't have to do it in high school. But these freshmen will be seeing a lot of playing time when the Big Ten season starts, so improvement is essential. I mean, think about this. If household names like Northern's Bill Harris, David Traylor, and Franz Jenkins can puncture the Wolverine defense, imagine what Indiana's Ted Kitchell, Minnesota's Randy Breuer, or Iowa's Michael Payne will do to it. Not a pretty thought, is it? Michigan players seem to fall for every fake their opponents dish out. All it takes is one little head motion for Richard Rellford or Leslie Rockymore to respond with a 30-inch vertical leap. Turner, who learned firsthand last what a tough defensive conference the Big Ten is, says he thinks the Wolverine freshmen are doing a good job defensively but still are not near the level that is required in conference play. "I think they (the freshmen) are doing a great job (on defense)," Turner said. "I think we all have to improve to do well in the Big Ten, though. I try to tell them (the freshmen) that it's really tough and that they must work as a team and as individuals in the Big Ten or we'll get burnt." Get burnt is an understatement. Without defense the Wolverines will get killed in the Big Ten. - But Michigan has four weeks and seven games before the road game at Northwestern. That's plenty of time to get the foul shots down and the defen- se on the hall. These trouble snots had better improve though. because By CHUCK JAFFE Special to the Daily KALAMAZOO - The Michigan hockey team finally came of age last night at Western's Michigan's Lawson Ice Arena. The Wolverines showed the defense that coach John Giordano has stressed all season long, surviving a last-minute Bronco flurry to come away with an impressive 2-1 win. Co-captain Brad Tippett scored both goals, and was a whirling dervish on defense to lead the Wolverines to the team's third victory in its last six games. "TONIGHT IT went in, but last night it didn't," the senior center said. "Two goals is not enough to win a hockey game, but holding the other team to only one made the difference. that was a big boost for us." Tippett opened the scoring at 5:22 of the first period. With Western's David Bina in the penalty box, Michigan's Jim McCauley unleashed a slap shot from the right point. Western Michigan's Glenn Healy stopped the puck but could not control the rebound, which Michigan's Ted Speers flicked to Tip- pett in the left slot for the easy goal. The two teams fought each other off until 7:22 of the second period. With Todd Carlile in the penalty box for high- sticking, the Bronco's Stuart Burnie took a face-off pass from Andy Atkinson and fired a twenty-foot wrist shot into the right corner of the net over Michigan goaltender Mark Chiamp. "WE DID NOT give up any goals," said Giordano. "You can't ask for more than that, and even that goal came af- ter two penalties in a row. "The difference tonight," Giordano added, "was that everybody came back, everybody played the man, and everybody did it every time. We forechecked well tonight, jeez did we ever forecheck well." Tippett scored the game-winner just 1:15 after the Western goal. Chris Seychel knocked down a high pass at the Bronco blue line. McCauley took Seychel's quick pass and found .Tippett' alone at the left face-off circle for a wrist shot that Healy gloved but could not hold. ihe puck trickled into the net, and all that was left was for the Wolverines to play frantic defense and hold on to their most impressive win of the season. THE CLOSEST the Broncos came to scoring was a shat by Diego Odino which hit the goal post. After that, Michigan's Chiamp shut the door and the Wolverines raised their season record to 6-10. "It felt good, and I thought we'd win through the whole game," Chiamp said. "The defense hardly made any mistakes. That's the best game of the year for us." "Everybody that has made it this far doesn't get nervous in a close game," Tippett added. "You just learn to work harder and give it everything you have." The win marks the third consecutive series in which the Wolverines have lost the first game, only to come back and win on Saturday night. "We know what we did wrong on th4 first night, and we corrected it," Chiamp said. "We just have to keep improving, and start playing this well all the time." Getting defensive FIRST PERIOD scoring: 1. M-Tippett (Speers, McCauley) 522. Penalties: WMU-Gina (holding) 4:26, M-Tippett (hooking) 9:22, WMU-MacDonald (tripping) 14:24: WMU-Johannesen (slashing) 15:05. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1. WMU-Burne (Atkinson) 17:22; 2. M- Tippett (McCauleySeychel) 18:37. Penalties: M-May (hooking) 3:27; M-Yoxhiemer (tripping) 11:14; M-Grade (cross-checking) 14:31: WMU-Grillo (roughing) 14:31; M-Carlile (highsticking) 16:08; M-Goff (hooking) 19:33. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: None. Penalties: M-Dries (highsticking) 4:47; WMU- Dorion (highsticking) 4:47. SAVES 1 2 3 - T M-Chiamp ...........................6 9 4 - 19 WMU-Healy ........................17 7 3 - 27 Kentucky drops Villanova, 93-79* LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Derrick Hord scored 26 points and Charles Hurt added 15 yesterday to power third- ranked Kentucky to a 93-79 college basketball victory over fourth-ranked Villanova. It was the third straight victory for unbeaten Kentucky while Villanova record dropped to 1-1. Both Hord and Hurt are 6-foot-6 seniors. Hurt was perfect on all seven of his shots from, the field, with all but SPOR TS OF THE DAIL 1Y: two of his points coming in the first half. Kentucky dominated most of the game and appeared as if it would turn the game into a rout, leading by as much as 14 points early in the second. But Villanova's big men, Ed Pinckney and John Pinone, who were bottled up Sin the first half by Kentucky's zone defense, and guard Stewart Granger finally started connecting and Villanova reduced its deficit to 81-77 with about 1:30 remaining. Illinois 75, Western Michigan 59 CHAMPAIGN, (AP) - Derek Harper scored 19 points and Bruce Douglas ad: ded 11 points and 11 assists yesterday to lead Illinois to a 75-59 non-conference college basketball victory over Western Michigan. Illinois never trailed in the game but was threatened midway through the second half when the Broncos, 0-4, pulled to within three points. Western Michigan's surge came on a com- bination of hot shooting from the field and poor free throw shooting by the Illini. But Illinois, 4-1, got on track with a 12- point run fueled by three baskets each from Harper and Douglas for a 61-44 lead. The biggest Illini lead was 20 points late in the game. Indiana 65, UTEP 54 BLOOMINGTON (AP) - Ted Kitchel scored 23 points yesterday 'as eighth- ranked Indiana, overcoming a poor. shooting first half, raced to a 16-poin lead in the second period and bea Texas-El Paso 65-54 in a non-conference college basketball game. The Hoosiers hit just 32 percent fron the field in the first half and got ine'o their final 11 points in that period fror the free throw line for a narrow 28-21 lead at the intermission. Randy Wittman, who had average( 29.5 over the Hoosiers' first two games finished with 16 points, all but five in th second half. Tony Brown added eigh points for the Hoosiers. UTEP, falling to 2-1, was led by Fret Reynolds with 13 points and Judet Wisconsin 64, Kansas State 52 MADISON (AP) - Cory Blackwell scored 14 of his game-high 20 points in a 9-minute second-half spree as Wiscon- sin rallied to defeat Kansas State 64-52 Saturday afternoon at the UW Fieldhouse. Wings trip Devils, 6-2 By JIM DAVIS Special to theDaily DETROIT - Mike Blaisdell and Danny Gare each tallied two goals and the Detroit Red Wings came up with four third-period goals, last night as they defeated New Jersey, 6-2. The victory broke a 14-game winless streak for the Wings. GARE SCORED his two goals, Blaisdell scored his second of the night, and Dwight Foster added another to give Detroit the win. Detroit opened the scoring midway through the first period when Tom, Rowe took a pass from Mark Osborne, skated between the New Jersey defen- semen, and slipped the puck past the prone Chico Resch. THE DEVILS came back with two goals in the second, one by Jan Ludvig and the other by Steve Tambellini. Former University of Michigan icer Rob Palmer assisted on Ludvig's goal. Detroit knotted the score with half a minute to go in the second period as Blaisdell notched his first of the night and seventh goal of the season on a nifty pass from John Ogrodnick. From that point on it was all Detroit. Pistons fall Special to the Daily PONTIAC- The injury-plagued Detroit Pistons battled Boston evenly for three-and-a-half quarters last night, but the Celtics finally wore the Pistons down and posted a 119-112 victory at the Silverdome. Nate Archibald scored a driving three-point play to put Boston up by one with 4:45 left and the Celtics never looked back. -MIKE MCGRAW Heisman to Walker; U0 Carter NEW YORK (AP) - Walker of top-ranked whose sprinter's speed an power have him on the college football's all-tim mark, finally won the Trophy last night after tv misses. Michigan flanker Antho takes fourth Herschel the top ground-gainer in Southwest Georgia, Conference history. id bull-like Only a junior, the 6-foot-1, 220- brink of pound Walker ranks third on the all- e rushing time NCAA rushing list with 5,259 Heisman yards and needs only 823 yards next wo narrow year to take over the top spot. It also puts him in position to win a second ony Carter Heisman. a feat accomplished r- I -- a