4 Page 8-Saturday, January 29, 1983-The Michigan Daily Cagers shoot for turnaround By LARRY MISHKIN Bill Frieder must be wondering if the situation can get any worse for his basket: ball team this year. 'First, it drops a close one to Ohio State. Then comes the Indiana debacle. Add a three-overtime loss to Purdue, and a possible season-ending injury to Leslie Rockymore leaving the Wolverines with only two guards. NOW IF THAT'S not bad enough, Michigan has to pull itself together this af- -ternoon and face a tough Illinois squad that looks as if it's having anything but the rebuilding year coach Lou Henson predic- ted. Sure the Fighting Illini start two freshmen, 'two sophomores and a junior, but that hasn't seemed to make a difference to Henson's boys as they've jumped out to a 3-3 Big Ten record, including a 78-71 victory over Michigan State on Thursday night. Illinois is led by junior captain guard <.x Derek Harper who is averaging 12.6 points a game but had 25 in the win over the Spar- tans. Teaming up with Harper in the Illini backcourt is freshman Bruce Douglas, who was the state of Illinois' Mr. Basketball for 1982 and is averaging nine points a contest. IN THlE frontcourt. Illinois boasts one of the top recruits in the nation last year in 6-9 Efrem Winters from Chicago who has been good for 12.6 points a game so far, but had 16 on Thursday. 6-9 sophomore Anthony Welch is the other forward and George Mon- tgomery is the Illini center. The 6-8 Mon- tgomery is averaging only 6.8 points a game though and could prove to be a weak link in Illinois' attack. Michigan will now have to bounce back from its heartbreaking 80-77 loss to Purdue in three-overtimes that left the team emotinally drained and mentally down. Geting his team mentally up again will be one of Frieder's main concerns. "We're going to try to get our guys playing with the enthusiasm they had tonight," said a solumn Frieder in the lockerroom following the Purdue loss. "It'll be tough, but that's our job and we have to work for it. The toughest thing in this con- ference is to play a Saturday afternoon game following a Thursday night game." FRESHMAN forward Robert Henderson was a little more direct than his coach. "We have to get up," said Henderson who had eight pionts and 10 rebounds against the Boilermakers. "If we stay down we're going to keep losing and we can't afford that." Undoubtably, the injury to Rockymore has to be one of Frieder's main concerns at the moment. The 6-3 guard, who hurt his knee while undercutting Purdue's Jim Bullcok, will enter the University's C.S. Mott hospital on Sunday and be examined on Monday by team physician Dr. Jerry O'Connor. The unofficial report on the Rock, pending examination, is that he will be lost for the season. This will leave Michigan with only two guards, Eric Turner and Dan Pelekoudas, who have any real playing time. Regardless of the results of Monday's examination, Rock will not be able to play today and this will put an extra burden on the two co-captains who must be careful not to get into foul trouble too early into the game. "WE'LL HAVE to play smart from the beginning," said Pelekoudas. "We won't be able to gamble as much because we can't af- ford fouls." Asked if he thought Turner and Pelekoudas could go the whole 40 minutes in today's game Frieder said he doubted it sin- ce Turner played all 55 minutes Thursday night and Pelekoudas played 32 minutes. Frieder said that he will have to work with some members of the team to try and develop depth at guard. Walk-on Gerard Rudy saw playing time on Thursday and may be called on today if either starter gets into foul trouble. Some good news for the Wolverines is that Roy Tarpley will be ready for action in today's game. Tarpley, who was hobbled by a sprained ankle, saw only limited action Thursday night. STILL, THE Purdue loss and the Rock's injury are bound to take their toll on the team in today's game, if for no other reason than because of playing 55 minutes on Thur- sday and then trying to run with a quick Illini team today. "Illinois is a young team," said Frieder, "but when you get Winters hot and Harper hot they can be extremely difficult to han- dle. They're not real big, but they are very quick. "WE HAVE to defend their big guys because they post so well inside," Frieder said. "We can't let their guards post on us either, they have big guards." Michigan played one of its best games on Thursday, despite the loss, as many Wolverines are beginning to play up to their potentials. Turner's 32 points tied his career high and McCormick turned in another fine performance, this time against Purdue's vaunted center russell Cross, scoring 12 poi- nts. Butch Wade, who has been the surprise so far of the freshmen, had 11 points. THE LINE UPS MICHIGAN ILLINOIS 4 (15) Robert Henderson ... (6-9) (40) Richard Rellford .... (6-6) (44) Tim McCormick .... (6-11) (32) Dan Pelekoudas .....(6-2) (25) Eric Turner ......... (6-3) Game time is 1:00 p.m. at Crisler WAAM (1600 AM), WCBN (88.3 FP and WLEN (103.9 FM). F (24) Efrem Winters ...... (6-9) F (44) Anthony Welch .......(6-9) C (23) George Montgomery. (6-8) G (12) Derek Harper ....... (6-4) G (25) Bruce Douglas......(6-3) Arena. The game will be broadcast on M), WUOM (91.7 FM), WWJ (950 AM), ByLARRY FRID C'mon Antoine, please stay home An open letter to Antoine Joubert W HAT'S ALL THIS talk I hear about you heading out West? I can understand that UCLA has warm weather, beautiful women, and a pretty fair basketball program. Heck, I've sometimes found myself second guessing, as I walk to classes in the middle of winter. But be serious, you could be the key player that puts this program over the top. Whether Bill Frieder or anyone wants to admit it, he practically has left the guard spot open for you. He didn't even recruit another guard last season for fear he would scare you off. And besides, he's a nice guy, who's suffered a lot of late. Dropping their guard Take Thursday night for example. Michigan plays its heart out for three overtimes and still loses. In fact, not only did it lose the game to Purdue, but more impor- tantly it lost your friend, Leslie Rockymore, in- definitely. That really hurt, because the Rock is the most improved and consistent player on the squad, and with a young team like the Wolverines, these attributes are very important. I'm sure you've talked and talked with your former high school teammate about your decision, so I won't beleaguer that point. Now you could imagine it is hard enough to play all year long with just three guards, but now Frieder might be down to two. Poor Bill, he looked like he was going to strangle himself with his towel. Just when things looked like they couldn't even get worse on Thursday, Dan Pelekoudas fouled out. As Agatha Christie would say - and then there was one. Poor Eric Turner, he looked like a lost puppy on a playground. The guy had nobody to play catch with during the end of the game and, to put it bluntly, things got a little ugly. Much to his credit, though, Turner almost pulled this one out, but after 55 minutes of basketball he finally proved he was only human. Now I've seen you at the games, so I know you realize the precarious situation Michigan is in - a super-talented team that could be just one player away from being great.iGuess Who? I don't know about you, but it looks like it could be fun to play with Turner, Wade and company. And who knows, you might even win a Big Ten or NCAA championship in the process. But let's be realistic, it will take a minor miracle to win much of anything with only two guards. Okay, you're probably saying to yourself, "I could do the same thing at UCLA, and probably with more ex- posure." Wolverines bridesmaids again? That's all good and true, but you going out of state would be like a Detroiter buying a foreign car. Seriously, it seems like it would be more fulfilling to lead your home state team to national acclaim than to play for an already established power. Besides, if you go to UCLA you could permanently give Michigan the label of never being able to land the big one. First there was Kareem, who as Lew Alcinder narrowed his choices down t the same two schools. He was shortly followed by Darrell Griffith, Jeff Lamp, Earvin Johnson and Clark Kellogg.Do you want to add yourself to this "but Michigan was my second choice" Ilist? Now I realize I'm starting to beg, so let me end with what my roommate always tells me. Look up to that Maize and Blue sky and do it for the 'M'. Pretty cheap recruiting tactic, huh? Well, that's about all. Good luck on your decision, hope to see you here next year. 4 4 4 4 Winters . had 16 against Spartans 'M' tankers sink Hoosiers ,y KATIE BLACKWELL It sounded more like Michigan Stadium during a .Wolverine football game than just Matt Mann pool ;during a men's swimming meet last night. Approximately 900 fired up fans were responsible for the noise that cheered on the Michigan tankers -o a 59-54 victory over a powerful Indiana squad. It was only the second time the Wolverines have defeated Indiana in a dual meet in the last two decades. THE MEET CAME down to the wire, just as Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek had predicted. In- diana was ahead, 54-52, going into the last event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Each swimmer was to swim a 100-yard leg. It didn't look good for the Wolverines because earlier, Indiana had swept the top three places in the 100-yard freestyle. The same swimmers who had just buried Michigan in that event were now back trying to do the same in the relay. But it wasn't to be. Junior Mark Noetzel, swimming the last leg for Michigan, touched the wall, .05 seconds before Indiana's Joe Carroll, giving the Wolverines the victory. "The sprinters had to redeem themselves from the losses in the 100 free," said Urbanchek. "They wanted to come back and prove themselves." The turning point in the meet came in the 3-meter diving. Michigan trailed Indiana throughout the en- tire' meet until Wolverine divers Bruce Kimball, Mike Gruber and Kent Ferguson took their turns on the 3-meter board. They swept the first, second, By ADAMS Hoosiers to Just how team? The e e point of cont find out if Accordin point they Michigan c wo men "we (IVich diana or Mi State is still WHILE T tankers Michigan m better than k t how good tf other at 2:0 are for re al One of th fact that B and third spots, respectively to put Michigan ahead, 33-28. Kimball won the event with a score of 338.65. Earlier in the meet, Kimball proved himself the dominating diver amongst the two teams when he won the 1-meter competition with a score of 302.55. PLACING FIRST was Michigan's goal all along in the meet. Since the tankers lacked the depth of In- diana they knew that in order to win they had to rely on first place points. Michigan did just that as it, won nine of the 13 events. Freshman standout Benoit Clement added to the cause with two victories, coming in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:20.74) and the 500 yard freestyle (4:34.56). Senior captain Bruce Gemmell did his part by winning the 200-yard IM (1:53.27), the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.19) and swimming the second leg of the meet-saving 400-yard free relay. ANOTHER FRESHMAN, Lance Schroeder, set a new varsity record in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:49.08. First year Big Ten coach Urbanchek was up against some stiff competition, not only in the In- diana swimmers, but also in their coach, James "Doc" Counsilman, a 26-year veteran Big Ten coach. "We're disappointed that we lost," said Coun- silman. "We should have won, but Michigan swam real well. The loss will make us that much hungrier for the Big Ten meet." g Y+;: .:.< / N:n % " . "' ' .,,. = , , .. . < '° a : ,Q':., 4 4 4 Daily Photo by DAVID FRANKEL Michigan freestyler Mark Noetzel celebrates after nosing out Indiana's Joe Carroll in the last leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay. The relay victory gave the Wolverines only their second victory over the Hoosiers in the last 20 years. SCHWARTZ N good is the Michigan women's swim answer to that question seems to be a troversy. g to Indiana coach Bob Bruce "at this are the best team in the conference." oach Stu Isaac disagrees, however, saying igan) are right in there for second. In- innesota could knock us out of second. Ohio 1 the favorite." TODAY'S dual meet between Indiana and may not prove conclusively which team is the other, one will get a good idea of just hese two teams are when they face each 00 p.m. at Matt Mann pool. he major factors in the meet may be the ruce is the third Indiana coach in the last L_ three years. He was brought in after the recruiting season, which both Bruce and Isaac agree is a major factor in this year's close Big Ten race. This loss of a recruiting season by Indiana gives Michigan a distinct advantage in its team depth. "We (Indiana) are a well balanced team, yet we do not have the kind of depth Michigan does," Bruce said. MICHIGAN HAS swum to a 5-0 start this year, in- cluding wins over Wisconsin, the University of Toron- to, the University of Pittsburgh, and, last year's Big Ten champ, Ohio State. Melinda Copp and captain Denise Stuntzner have led the Wolverines so far this year. "(They) have been there every time we have needed them," Isaac said. "We have depended on them every dual meet. They are really this year's bright spots." In addition, Isaac has been pleased with the per- formance of two newcomers, freshman Naomi Marubashi and transfer student Nancy Rutsch. The one disappointment, according to Isaac, has been the shoulder injury to Sue Cahill which has kept her from reaching last year's form. Indiana, 2-2 in dual meets, has lost to two teams, Alabama and Southern Illinois, that finished in last year's top 10 nationally and are expected to do so again this year. A combination of this difficult schedule and Bruce, who according to Isaac, "has restored the confidence of the swimmers in the program," should lead to a very close meet. "I am looking for a very close meet with a lot of close races," said Isaac. "The relays are even. If they win both relays I don't think that we can win the meet without some really outstanding per- formances." Copp .. . one of the bright spots Lendl and Vilas breeze n By LARRY FREED and LISA NOFERI ' Special to the Daily DETROIT - The center 'stage of Cobo f- Arena was not the scene of loud rock music or vociferous basketball fans last night, but of the muffled sounds of scampering feet and tennis balls. For the first time in history of men's tennis, Detroit is the host of a WCT tournament. ONLY 3,784 people, however, turned out to watch top seeds Ivan Lendl and Guillermo Vilas continue their collision course to the finals by registering con- vincing victories in their quarterfinal matches. Vilas, looking strong and consistent 4 from the baseline, and Lendl, discouraging any net-rushing opponen- ts with his burning passing shots, are 5 destined to provide the best match of the tournament. Vilas breezed through the first set winning, 6-1 over Paul McNamee and ran into only slight difficulty in the to beat. "I didn't come here to beat' Lendl," he said. "I came here to win the tournament but he is the player to beat." In the evening's opening match, Len- dl definitely looked like the player to beat as he easily disposed of Balazs Taroczy by the identical scores of 6-2, 6- 2, 6-2. The Czechoslovakian top seed used his powerful serve to dominate the Hungarian clay-court specialist. LENDL SERVED up 15 aces, in- cluding four consecutive midway through the second set. His power, combined with his finesse backcourt game, proved to be too much for Taroc- zy. "I'm happy I won easy, that's all I to semis wanted today," Lendl said. "I feel I'm moving well and that helps me play bet- ter, but I don't talk about being number one." While Lendl remained silent on that topic, his opponent, Taroczy, was not at a loss for ;words. "It's very tough to beat him right now," he said. 4 Lowly Cavaliers conquer Pistons By RON POLLACK Special to the Daily PONTIAC - A National Basketball Association team which is in second place in its conference is not supposed to lose a home game against the worst team in the league. Yet that is exactly what the Detroit Pistons did last night as the Cleveland Cavaliers eeked out a 107-106 win. With :06 left in the game, the score was tied, 103-103, when Cleveland's John Bagley hit a 13-foot jump shot. THE PISTON'S hopes for victory were dashed when Vinnie Johnson's shot hit the rim and harmlessly bounced away with one second remaining. Baglev nulled down the rebound and The Piston's Isiah Thomas scored 22 points in the first half, but was held to five points the rest of the way. "THE KEY tonight was the way Geoff Huston shut down Isiah in the second half," said Nissalke. "They played well," said Thomas. "They controlled the tempo of the game, and they did the thngs they had to do to win the game." The fact that the Cavaliers were able to do these things was especially impressive since they only dressed nine players. One of those players missing was leading scorer World B. Free.