4 Page 8-Sunday, January 23, 1983-The Michigan Daily Hoosiers (Continued from Page 1) "I don't think I've ever called four time-outs that early in the game," said the third-year head coach. "We tried not to let the pressure bother us and take us out of the game, but it didn't work." Not until Knight pulled Wittman with 8:14 left in the contest (Kitchel came out with 11 minutes left) did Michigan . manage to narrow the 34-point lead that the Hoosiers had built. THE TWO ALL-AMERICAN candidates shared high- scoring honors with 22 points apiece. Kitchel, who also hauled down five rebounds, picked up over half of his points at the free-throw line where he made an unbelievable 12 of 13 at- tempts. Wittman, who only had managed eight points at the half, came out firing after the intermission and wound up hit- ting on nine of 13 attempts from the field and a perfect four for four from the charity stripe. Knight was happy with his team's second-half spurt as well as with Wittman's improved play during the period. "I was really pleased with the way we got things going in the second half," said Knight. "Wittman moved better, was more aggressive and got into the flow. We looked for him." ALTHOUGH TAKING KITCHEL and Wittman out slowed down the Hoosiers, it didn't stop them as all 11 Indiana players got into the game and scored. As a team, the Hoosiers shot a hot 55-percent from the field compared to hoop pasi Michigan's weak 37-percent. During the first half, though, it looked as if the Wolverines were ready to pull off the second Big Ten upset of the day (Wisconsin beat Iowa, 65-63). A Turner jumper gave Michigan an early, 7-4, lead as In- diana committed an uncharacteristic number of turnovers and Hoosier guard Jim Thomas picked up three fouls in the first five minutes, putting him on the bench for the rest of the half. SOME MORE INDIANA turnovers, including two suc- cessive travelling violations, and some good shooting by Michigan increased the Wolverines' lead to- 16-12. Even Knight was impressed by Michigan's quick start. "Michigan was well set up and prepared," he said. "This was the type of game in which I felt the controlling part of the first half was how hard Michigan played." Turner was high scorer for Michigan with 18 points but the team leader was ineffective at critical moments during the game. McCormick, who still felt the effects of a head cold that left him dizzy and short of air, turned in a strong, 11- point performance. Rockymore had 14 points and Dan Pelekoudas finished with a season-high 10, including two con- secutive three-point shots at the end of the game. t M' Wittman ... 22 points, eight rebounds kitchen Kitchel's MICHIGAN MinFG/A FT/A R A PF Pts INDIANA ( tfull court PRES A Knight at Assembly Hall... . what an experience By JESSIE BARKIN BLOOMINGTON WELCOME TO THE Bobby Knight show. The first thing that hit me when I entered Assembly Hall is that every- thing is red. The seats are red; the fans wear red; the hundreds of Hoosier cheerleaders, band members and Red Steppers are red. And during the national anthem I could have sworn that I counted only three white stripes, and the other ten were red. When Knight came out I was shocked. He wasn't wearing red. He wore a plaid jacket (no surprise there), but it was grey and blue. He did not come completely Hoosier-naked though: his temper was fiery red. Oh yes, I almost forgot - the team was red: red hot, that is. the game was interesting for the first half, as the Wolverines battled Knight's team every minute. But the second half was a Hoosier clinic. When Ted Kitchel jammed on a fastbreak to make the score 48-32, the game was over. With more than 17 minutes remaining to be played, it may sound a little premature to pack up all hope, but the way Indiana was playing there was no doubt. Bill Frieder knew; Eric Turner knew; the 17,231 screaming Hoosier fans knew. After Kitchel's dunk, Michigan called time-out and the crowd exploded. It was deafening. It was then I realized that Assembly Hall had changed. The band was playing music or.? would expect to hear from Ringling Brothers. When I looked at the court I realized why. It was a God-damned circus out there! Assembly Hall had been transformed into the big top. Cheerleaders came flying in from all direc- tions, doing back-flips and cartwheels. One of them - obviously the ringleader - ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, madlys waving a huge, red Indiana flag. And the crowd did not take this sitting down. All I heard was stomping, yelling, ranting and raving. It was in- credible. "It's just Hoosier hysteria," said cheerleader Julie Bymaster. "We (cheerleaders) use everyi ht bit of energy we possess and relay it to the crowd. I just go as crazy as I can get." . .. the ringmaster Dave Shoup, the madman with the flag, put it succinctly: 'Basketball at Indiana - it's the only thing." That is where Knight comes in. All of the pageantry goes on under the watchful eyes of Knight. Because of him, Hoosier hysteria exists. No, he doesn't start the cheers. participate in the merry-making, or even smile when he is on the court. Jn fact, from all in- dications, it appears as if he does not even approve of the pandemonium. But he is the cause.' It is because of him that the Hoosiers are always one of the toughest teams in the nation. It is due to his coaching that the crowd has anything to cheer about. Hoosier hysteria is awesome, but it is the play of Knight's team that generates the commotion. The basketball team performs in the center ring. And it is Knight, of course, who is its guiding force. He is the circus strongman; the fire-eater; the lion-tamer. And after letting his lions toy with the Wolverines for most of the after- noon, the sun began to set, and it was finally time for Knight, himself, to per- form for the insatiable crowd. Indiana was leading 83-51 with a little more than five minutes remaining, but he was not satisfied with his team's play. He berated his players; barraged the referee with obscenities; he stood up, yelled, and gestured wildly and was finally rewarded with the technical foul he craved. He still wanted more. With 48 seconds remaining he began baiting the referees again. He even made faces at them, but this time they would not give him the satisfaction he wanted. It was his way of letting everyone know that he is the ringmaster. Relford ...........17 Henderson.........23 McCormick........22 Turner.............36 Rockymore........24 wade............12 Person.............15 Tarpley............17 Pelekoudas ........ 20 Jokisch............ 6 Brown............. 4 Antonides ......... 2 Rudy ............2 Team Rebounds TOTALS ........ 1/7 1/1 3 2/3 3/5 6 3/5 5/6 3 5/16 7/9 4 5/11 4/4 1 1/2 0/0 1 0/1 3/5 2 2/8 4/5 4 4/6 0/0 5 0/2 0/1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0/0 0 7 23/61 27/36 37 3 7 11 18 14 2 3 8 10 0 0 0 0 MinFG/AFT/A R Kitchel.............26 5/11 12/13 5 Wittman........ Blab .............. Thomas ........... Robinson .......... Morgan........... Brown.......... Bouchie ........... Dakich.......... Giomi........... Cameron .......... 30 15 17 20 21 21 16 13 15 6 9/13 2/8 4/6 1/1 1/1 1/1 3/5 2/3 1/3 0/1 4/4 1/2 3/4 2/2 2/3 4/4 0/0 2/2 1/2 4/5 8 3 4 1 1 3 3 1 3 0 A PF Pts 4 2 22 4 0 22 0 5 5 0 4 It 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 2 6 0 16 0 3 6 0 2 3 0 0 4 AP Photo 6 30 76 Team Rebounds 5 TOTALS...........29/53 35/41 37 22 27 93 Three-point field goals: M-Turner (1), Pelekoudas (2). Technical foul: Indiana bench. The Hoosiers' Jim Thomas reaches to steal the ball from Michigan forward Richard Rellford. The Wolverine eventually was called for travelling. 4 Half-time score: Indiana 38, Michigan 32. Attendance: 17,231. BIG TEN ROUNDUP: Buckeyes burn Sp artan COLUMBUS (UPI) - Tony Campbell and Granville Waiters scored 17 points each and Troy Taylor 14 to lead Ohio State to a 74-69 Big Ten victory overj Michigan State last night. The Buckeyes, now 11-4 overall and 3- 2 in the Big Ten, led 33-26 at inter-, mission after scoring the final eight points of the first half. MICHIGAN STATE'S Ben Tower scored seven points in the first two minutes of the second half to get the Spartans within 35-33. After Ohio State stretched its lead to eight points, 7-foot center Kevin Willis led Michigan State on a 17-8 spurt that gave the Spartans their only lead of the second half, 52-51 with 8:33 left in the game. Campbell then hit two straight jum- pers and Waiters a pair of baskets to put the Buckeyes back out in front, 61-54 with 5:44 to go. Michigan State, now 9-7 and 2-4, got to within three, but that was as close as the Spart Ohio S shootingt 20 shots finishedv 10 of 11. Willis 1 25 point second h and Towe Badg 74-6 9 tans could come. tate,-one of the top free-throw teams in the nation, hit its first from the charity stripe and with 26 out of 30. Taylor made ed the Spartans in scoring with s, 15 of them coming in the half while Sam Vincent had 18 er 13. firs 65, Hawke.yes 62 4 From wire service reports MADISON - Cory Blackwell scored 18 points, 12 in the second half, to lead Wisconsin to a 65-62 uipset win over 10th ranked Iowa. The Badgers overcame Steve Carfino's 22 points, including six three-point shots, to raise their Big Ten record to 2-4. Freshman Ricky Olson added 17 poin- ts for Wisconsin and Brad Sellers 16, to help the Badgers fight off a furious second-half comeback. Minnesota 68, Northwestern 53 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's 7-foot-3 center Randy Breuer scored 19 points to lead the 16th ranked Gophers to a 68-53 victory over Northwestern in a Big Ten basketball game last night. The victory boosted Minnesota's record to 12-3 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten. Northwestern fell to 11-4 and 2-3. MINNESOTA APPEARED to have the game in hand early in the first half. The Gophers ran up a 10-5 lead and then increased it to 16-7 with 13 minutes left. But the Gophers' shooting touch, good for 58 percent in the half, got spotty in the final 10 minutes. The Wildcats stayed within striking distance by capitalizing on foul shots and Min- nesota turnovers and with two seconds left, Jim Stack, who led the Wildcats with 19 points, cut the Gopher lead to one, 27-26. Willis ... 25 points, seven rebounds 4 AP Photo Michigan Center Tim McCormick reaches for a rebound but is hampered by Indiana's Ted Kitchel (right) and Dan Dakich (11). Teammate Richard Rellford looks on. Pistons slip past Hawks, 111-109 By RANDY BERGER Special to the Daily PONTIAC - In front of their largest home crowd in history, 28,254, which coach Scotty Robertson called a "major factor in the outcome," the Detroit Pistons defeated the Atlanta Hawks, 111-109. Bill Laimbeer's two free throws with three seconds remaining proved to be the margin of the victory. With the win, the Pistons move into second place with the Hawks in the National Basketball Association's Central Division. LAIMBEER, WHO HAS been depen- dable with foul shots in the past, could not have dreamed of a better way to end the game. "If someone is going to shoot those foul shots, I prefer it to be me," Michigan men's and women's gym- nastic teams had no cause to drink champagne in celebration of' victory. Both Wolverine teams swallowed losses. Illinois' men topped Michigan's, 274- 263.8, while its women edged the Wolverines, 171.90-168.20. MICHIGAN MEN won three events. Kevin Mckee took first in the floor ex- cercise with a score of 9.45 and team- mate Milan Stanovich finished second with a 9.4. Stanovich went on to win the vaulting (9.6) and ended up third in the all-around with a cumulative score of 53.9. Dino Manus earned the third Wolverine victory with a 9.5 of the parallel bars. "We're never pleased when we lose," yet. She also took first in the all-around with a score of 34.65, another team season high. Tankers dunk Purdue Special to the Daily WEST LAFAYETTE - The Boiler- makers of Purdue proved to be no mat- ch for the men of the Michigan swim team, as they were handed a 76-37 loss Friday night. "It was a confidence-builder," said Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek, whose swimmers won 11 of the 13 events. He praised the performances of Benoit Clement, Gary Antonick, and Mark Noetzel. Clement was first in the 200- yard individual medley (1:57.98) , 200-, yard butterfly (1:55.19), and the 400- yard freestyle relay, where he joined ball scored 293.4 on the one-meter board and 320.8 on the three-meter. Urbanchek commented that the team is now gearing up for its toughest challenge of the season when Indiana comes to Matt Mann pool on Friday, January 28 at 7:30 p.mt Illini pin grapplers Special to the Daily CHAMPAIGN - The Illinois wrestling team stopped a four-match Big Ten losing streak yesterday with a 21-15 dual meet win over the Wolverines. the Illini overcame Michigan's dominance in the heavier weights to gain the win. After dropping the first two matches, pr ~ J