SPORTS The Michigan Daily Thursday, December 9, 1982 -i Page 9 11 . ..... . . . ...... . ............... . . . . ................. ... . 'M' pillages By LARRY MISHKIN As the season progresses for the Michigan basketball team, more and more questions about the young squad are being answered. Last night, head coach Bill Frieder learned that his group can play strong against a low- caliber team and, more importantly, that it can win with a balanced scoring attack as five Wolverines hit double figures while Michigan blew past Cleveland State, 95-72, before 7,136 fans in Crisler Arena. The one player noticeably absent from the double figure scoring'group was sophomore guard Eric Tirner, whose eight-point total was the first time in 18 games that the co-captain failed to reach the double figure plateau. However, the slick-shooting guard from Flint made up for his poor point output by coming up with a career-high 11 assists that helped the Wolverines reach their highest point total in over two years. LEADING THE Michigan scoring at- tack were Tim McCormick and Paul Jokisch, who each had 14 points. The total was a season-high for McCormick, who also had seven rebounds and a blocked shot. "I'm playing with more confidence now," said the 6-11 junior from Clarkston. "Each game I feel more comfortable. My defense, game awareness, quickness, and rebounding are all getting better with each game." Jokisch, starting in his first game at Michigan, had eight rebounds to go along with his points and he received a nice applause from the crowd for his hustling effort. BOTH TEAMS came out strong, but a layup by Robert Henderson broke a 7-7 tie and the Wolverines never looked back. With Leslie Rockymore pumping in 12 of his 13 points in the first half, Michigan took a comfortable 46-33 lead into the locker room at halftime. In the first 10 minutes of the second stanza, Michigan outscored the Vikings, 17-9, and coasted the rest of the way for the victory that improved its impressive record to 5-0. "I was basically pleased with our per- formance tonight," said Frieder. "We lost our concentration and got sloppy at times, but that happens when you have a big lead and substitute a lot. It was a nice effort. The guys on the floor and off the bench showed good enthusiasm." DESPITE THE one-sidedness of the score, Michigan still made too many careless mistakes and Frieder knows 'tkes, that his team will have to work on mistakes in order to be competiti the Big Ten. "We played with too in carelessness," he said. "We're ti to go after too many baskets anc the fast break too much. The fast causes turnovers. We had ove tonight (23) and we've got to keep ' der 15 or 12 to be good in the confi ce." One area of the game that Fr was pleased with was his team's d sive effort, despite the fact that it up 72 points. "WE GAVE up 72, but a lot of t points came at the end of the game said. "They only had 50 with 10 min left and that's not too bad. We pl good defense for a good portion o game and showed a lot of intensity. Frieder was especially happy the way his team held all of .* Balancingact 95-72 -e MICHIGAN Min Person ............ 18 Jokisch............19 McCormick ........21 Rockynore ........22 Turner ............ 37 Henderson .........21 Rediford ........... 18 Tarpley............11 Pelekoudas........ 13 Wade..............10 Brown............. 4 Antonides ..........3 Rudy .............. 1 McFarland .........1 Gibas ..............1 Team Rebounds TOTALS .......... 200 SFG/A FT/A 5/9 1/1 6/9 2/2 4/6 6/8 4/8 5/6 2/9 4/5 3/8 0/0 5/10 3/5 2/4 0/0 2/3 0/0 3-6 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 R 2 8 7 4 3 10 8 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 A 1 1 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PF Pts 2 12 2 14 4 14 0 13 0 8 0 6 4 13 5 4 2 4 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CLEVELAND STATE MinFG/A FT/A R Cleveland State players under their season averages, citing guards Leef Reed and Jim Les and forward Dave' Colbert as the players his team did the- best job on. Reed and Les, who were both averaging nine points a game': coming into the contest were held to two' and zero points respectively' and Colbert, who had been averaging 18.5' points a game, was held to 13. The play of the freshmen also" received high praise from Frieder, whom complimented all five of the,, newcomers on their performances. "The freshmen are doing a nice job, he said. "Henderson, Jokisch, and (Richard) Rellford all did a good joe scoring (6, 14 and 13 respectively) and.. on the boards (ten, 8, and 8). (Butch). Wade and (Roy) Tarpley also did a good job. They're all coming along.: Without them we might be like we were' last year." But with them, Frieder finds himself' sporting a perfect 5-0 record. Designl C SCAL.A 1982 GATOR- AIDE Finally a way to cure preppy-itis. This is better than hanging cloves of garlic around your neck.s These very friendly gator pins make their appearance in gold on sterling silver and each one is gift- boxed for $10.00. 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This advertsemen t and dmig are copyriht ed 1982 A PF Pts Colbert ............ 31 Evans ............. 14 Youdath...........29 Reed .............. 25 Les................ 28 Lampe ............ 8 Corbin ............ 16 Schultz ............ 5 howell.............20 Lionel............. 9 Richards .......... 11 6/14 1/1 4/8 2/9 0/6 1/3 4/11 0/0 3/5 3/6 1/4 5/5 0/1 6/8 0/0 0/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 3/7 0/0 1/2 21/33 6 5 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 37 I 0 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 3 1 2 1 0 3 9 3 2 1 0 0 17 17 2 14 4 0 3 2 8 9 3 1 72 Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Lunt .............. 4 0/0 TOTALS.........200 25/67 Michigan forward Paul Jokisch (45) goes up for a lay-up last night against Cleveland State while teammate Tim McCormick clears out the Vikings' Tim Lampe (24) and Derrick Howell (44). 37/77 21/27 54 21 24 95 WINLESS WOLVERINES FOUR TH LOSS: Women cagers drop home opener "Come to the Mountains" Top brother/sister camps in POCONOS JUNEt 25-AUGUST 21 Waterfront (WSI), Drama, Canoeing, Sailing, Bike Leader, Waterski, Ath- letics, Office and Kitchen help. GOOD SALARY. Call Camp Office, (215) 224-2100 or write 110A Ben- son-East, Jenkintown, PA 19046. By PAUL HELGREN "We were never in it (the game) in the second half," Said Michigan head coach Gloria Soluk after the womens' basketball team dropped its fourth straight game of the season, 71-68, to Cleveland State at Crisler Arena last night. Surprising words for a coach whose team only lost by three points. Surprising, but for all practical pur- poses, true. The Wolverines played hard in the first half, clinging to a 38-37 halftime lead. Freshmen Wendy Bradetich and Orethia Lilly led an early Michigan charge that gave them a 16-6 lead. But Cleveland State A me charging right back to score 13 of the game's ext 15 points and grabbed a 19-18 lead.The rest of the half was played evenly with Michigan holding the lead at half time. But the second half was a different story. The Vikings dominated the tempo, while Michigan made JLUi crucial turnovers and missed numerous free throws. More importantly, however, they couldn't stop Cleveland State's potent scoring duo of Sue Koziol and Dianne Foster, who combined for 44 points in the game. Michigan tried to press with about six minutes remaining, but their efforts were ineffective. The Wolverines couldn't stop Foster (she finished with a game-high 23 points), or the rest of the Vikings for that matter. Though they closed the gap to three points at the very end, the game had already been decided. "I don't know what happened," coach Soluk com- mented. "We had no 'D' in the second half." Another problem for the Wolverines seemed to be a lack of spark in their offense. Many times when they needed a big bucket they would turn the ball over or take a forced shot. "Nobody seemed to want to shoot out there tonight," Soluk explained. "We don't have any real leadership on the floor, yet." There were some bright spots, however. Freshman guard Lilly was very impressive, scoring 21 points. Coach Soluk said Lilly played a "tremendous" game and added that she will "probably" start a game soon. Lilly's fine play was especially timely because junior point guard Lori Gnatkowski was hobbled by an ankle injury and saw limited action. Peg Harte added 17 points for Michigan, but once again had trouble at the free throw line. The sophomore scoring -ace hit only one of seven free throws. Bradetich contributed 17 points, all in the fir- st half. The Wolverines will go after their first win this Sunday against Notre Dame at Crisler Arena. MEMO" A Vikings' plunder MICHIGAN MinFG/A FT/A R A PF Pts arte ............. 35 8/17 1/7 1 uliier ........... 30 1/6 0/0 Bradetich ......... 31 7/10 0/0 Doutt.............. 29 4/7 0/1 Gnatkowski ....... 18 1/2 0/0 Lilly .............. 36 8/12 5/5 wiley ............. 19 1/4 2/2 Svoboda .......... 2 0/1 0/0 Team Rebounds TOTALS ..........200 30/59 8/15 Attendance: 150 Est. 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