SPORTS
The Michigan Daily
Tuesday, February 1, 1983
Page 9
Rock ou
By JESSE BARKIN
Sophomore guard Leslie Rockymore is lost for the
rest of the basketball season after sustaining torn
ligaments in the knee area of his left leg during last-
Thursday's game against Purdue, said coach Bill
Frieder yesterday.
The 6-3 guard had started all 17 of the Wolverines'
games before missing Saturday's contest with Illinois,
and was second on the team in scoring, averaging
13.4 points a game.
"IT'S A REAL shame we lost Rockymore," said
Frieder. "He's not been our best player, but our most
dependable."
Rockymore, examined at C.S. Mott hospital in Ann
Arbor, does not have to undergo surgery, but will
wear a cast for four to six weeks.
"He's definitely out for the season," said Frieder.
"Hopefully he's going to be alright in the future."
THE FORMER Detroit Southwestern scorer in-
jured himself 11 minutes into the first half of
Michigan's 80-77 triple-overtime loss to Purdue, when
he undercut Boilermaker Jim Bullock who was
driving to the basket for a lay-up.
The loss of Rockymore leaves the Wolverines in a
bind, having only two guards left on scholarship -
Eric Turner and Dan Pelekoudas.
Although Saturday's start was the second of the
t for year, E.T.
OK
season for Pelekoudas, Rockymore's replacement
does not lack experience. The 6-2 junior started 23
games last season, including all 18 Big Ten games.
This season the Downers Grove, Ill. native has
averaged only 3.2 points but has dished off for 2.9
assists a game in a backup role.
IN THE last two games, though, he has come on
strong, scoring 17 points and handing out 10 assists.
The question is whether Pelekoudas can fill
Rockymore's shoes well enough offensively to make
up the scoring gap left by his absence. Rockymore
will be missed, but Turner believes Pelekoudas will
handle the task.
"Dan and I played together all last year," said
Turner. "We can get the job done. He's gonna have
to put up more shots; and he's a good shooter.
There's no doubt in my mind that he's a great
ballplayer."
Pelekoudas, too, recognizes that he will have to
become more of a threat as a scorer.
"I'M GOING TO look to shoot more. When the
shot's there I'll take it. It's (shooting) something I've
had to work on since I've been here. I think I can
shoot.
"We've all got to pick up the slack," Pelekoudas
continued. "We're going to miss him, but we're all
going to have to take our shot."
The backcourt duo will play as much together as
possible, but when one of them has to leave the lineup
due to fouls or fatigue, Frieder has only a few options.
AGAINST PURDUE and Illinois, and at times
throughout the season, Frieder has used a one-guard
offense, putting 6-6 Richard Rellford or 6-8 Paul
Jockisch at the other backcourt position.
"I think we'll still try to go with the big guys,"
Frieder said. "Either a one-guard front or a three-
man offense. That puts a lot of pressure on Eric or
Danny. If we have to have a true guard on the floor,
we'll go with (walk-on) Gerard Rudy. He's not that
quick, but he's smart and he'll do what we want him
to do.
"it's a question of going with more talent and not as
much talent at the guard position, or going with a true
guard and having less talent in the lineup." More of-
ten than not, Frieder will go with the talent. "Jokisch
is my first preference (big man at guard). We've
worked on it in practice but it just didn't work out.
But now, out of necessity we have to go with the big
guys."
Besides Rockymore, the Wolverines are suffering
from a number of nagging hurts, but there are no
major problems. After being stunned by an acciden-
tal blow to the face in Saturday's game, Turner
sustained nothing more than a bruised nose.
Turner
... just a bruised nose
Rock imore
... 4-6 weeks in cast
AP Top Twenty
Women run to NCAA's
By ROB POLLARD
"I think we'll have three times as
many Big Ten champs as last year."
These encouraging words came from
women's track coach Francie
Goodridge, whose team turned in an
impressive performance last Saturday
at the Can-Am Classic in Windsor. Four
members qualified for the NCAA
championships to be held at the Silver-
dome in March.
MICHIGAN WAS led by Joanna
Bullard, who placed first in the high
jump, turning in a personal best leap of
5'11'4". Bullard was the Big Ten champ
in the high jump both indoors and out-
doors last year, and she is aiming to
repeat that feat. She also finished
second in the 60 meter hurdles iwth a
time of 9.15 seconds.
Freshman Joyce Wilson qualified for
the NCAAs by virtue of her second
place finish in the 600 meters. Wilson
was also a participant in the four-by-400
relay with Darlene Fortman, Kari
Manns, and Brenda Kazinec. The four-'
some turned in a school-record time of
3:49.9, but this was only good enough
for second place in the event.
Both Lorrie Thornton and Brenda
Kazinec qualified for the big March
M' thinclads
will send 4
to Pontiac
showdown in the 60 meter dash. Thor-
nton won the heat with a time of 7.47
seconds. Kazinec was second in 7.53.
THE FOUR-by-800 team of Martha
Gray, Melanie Weaver, Sue Schroeder
and Sue Fredrick-Foster garnered first
place in a meet record time of 9:06.4. A
new meet record was established by the
four-by-200 unit as well, Fortman,
Wilson, Thornton, and Kazinec turned
inatime of 1:39.8.
"We were defenitely excited about
what we saw," said Goodridge. "We
were up against good competition in
every event, the Canadians are ex-
cellent."
Men take 4 at Rela us
Despite tough competition, there
were many bright spots for the
Michigan men's track team during the
Western Michigan Relays last weekend
in Kalamazoo. The Wolverines
prospered in the long jump as Derek
Harper and Vince Bean finished 1-2.
Harper leaped 24'2" and Bean managed
a jump of 23'111/2".
Michigan also got a strong perfor-
mance from its long distance runners.
Bill Brady and Dave Meyer took the fir-
st two places in the 5,000 meter run,
with times of 14:32.0 and 14:41.6 respec-
tively. In the 3,200 meter relay the team
of Bob Boyton, Paul Mistor, Ian Sim-
pson, and Joe Bryant captured the top
spot with a time of 7:33.9.
JOHN NEILSON placed first in the
shot put with a throw of 57'9/4", out-
distancing the nearest competitor by
more than one foot. Other successful
Wolverines were David Wooley, who
finished third in the pole vault, and
Dave Lugin whose leap of 6'10" was
good enough for third in the high jump.
This Friday the Wolverines travel to
East Lansing for the Spartan Relays.
The following weekend the Spartans
repay the visit in a dual meet with
Michigan in Ann Arbor.
- ROB POLLARD
1. North Carolina (34 )
2. Nev. Las Vgs (13)
3. Virginia (3)
4. Memphis State (1)
5. St. John's (2)
6. Indiana
7. UCLA (2)
8. Houston (1)
9. Arkansas
10. Missouri
17-3
18-0
17-2
16-1
18-1
15-2
14-2
16-2
17-1
16-3
1,073
1,017
992
920
884
809
800
697
629
554
11. Villanova
12. Louisville
13. Iowa
14. Georgetown
15. Kentucky
16. Illinois State
17. Minnesota
18. Washington State
19. Georgia
20. Syracuse
13-3-
16-3
13-4
15-4
13-4
15-1
13-3
13-2.
14-3
13-4
492
453
391
351
333
326
290
135
117
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Women
tankers
continue
to roll
By ADAM SCHWARTZ
According to coach Stu Isaac, "We
were really flat for the meet." Yet that
did not stop the Wolverine women
tankers from rolling over Michigan
State, 94-55, Sunday at East Lansing.
Michigan showed the effects of
Saturday's tough meet against Indiana,
by losing the first three events of the af-
ternoon. The tankers then got un-
tracked losing only two events the rest
of the meet.
"DESPITE SOME trouble getting
started the team had some good swims
throughout," said Isaac. "Excellent
diving by Leigh Anne Grabovez and
Diane Dudeck sparked the team to
comeback and win the meet."
Isaac also had praise for Cecilia
Sheehan, Muffy MacKenzie, and Leslie
Beckstein. MacKenzie won her first
event of the year, the 50-yard Butterfly.
Sheehan won the 50-yard Backstroke
and turned in her season's best time
leading off the 400-yard medley relay.
Beckstein finished second in the 100-
yard Freestyle and turned in some good
performances in the relays. "She is
starting to do every day what she did in
the big meets," said Isaac. "She's
doing it consistently now."
The Wolverines end their dual meet
season February 11 against Eastern
Michigan at 7:30 at Matt Mann pool.
Their preparations, however, are going
one step past that. "Once we got past
Indiana, we were looking to the Big Ten
Championships," said Isaac.
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A DOUBLE DOSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT:
Hoopsters drop heartbreaking pair
By JIM DAVIS
Think about the gut-wrenching frustration that sets in
when you almost get to the front of the CRISP line and the
computer breaks down. Got it?
Now you know how the Michigan women's hobpsters feel.
Twice this past weekend the Wolverines had a victory within
reach late in the game. But both times Michigan, now 3-15
overall and 1-7 in the Big Ten, broke down in the stretch. And
the same as when CRISP goes on the fritz - just when you
need it most.
FRIDAY NIGHT at Purdue, the Wolverines collapsed with
the lead and five minutes to go, dropping an 80-72 decision to
the Boilermakers. Then on Sunday, at Champaign, Michigan
was within two points with three seconds to play, but a
coaching error netted the Illini a 72-67 win.
Against Purdue, Michigan got off to an early ten-point ad-
vantage, but by halftime the Boilermakers led by four. The
game see-sawed back and forth in the second half until the
five-minute mark. Poor shooting and Michigan fouls gave
Purdue the win, its first in the Big Ten.
Sophomore Peg Harte led the Wolverines with 24 points,
and freshman Wendy Bradetich added a career-high 21, but
impotent shooting from the field (39 percent) cost the
Wolverines down the stretch.
THE BOILERMAKERS were paced by Erin Doelling with 23 poin-
ts. Carol Emanuel added 16 points and Leslie Schultz chipped
in 15 points and 15 rebounds.
After taking an early lead against Illinois, the Wolverines
trailed by as much as 14 points early in the second half. But
the team kept chipping away until, with 1:35 to go, a Sandy
Svoboda free throw closed the gap to 67-65.
Twenty-two seconds later Michigan missed the front end of
a one-and-one. With only eleven ticks to go the Illini hit both
ends of a bonus, but Michigan's Orethia Lilly hit a lay-up to
pull back within two. Wolverine coach Gloria Soluk then
called a time-out. But the time-out was the fifth called by the
Wolverines in the half, one more than the rules allow. Illinois
hit the subsequent technical free throw and added two more
foul shots to ice the victory.
THE CAGERS shot an anemic 35 percent from the field in
this game, but Illinois' foul shooting was the key factor, as
the Illini hit on 24 of 28 from the charity stripe.
The Michigan scoring attack was paced by four starters in
double figures. Bradetich scored 19, Lilly netted 18, Harte
notched 13 and Lori Gnatkowski added 12. Bradetich and
Harte also claimed 12 and 11 boards, respectively.
The Wolverines will have the chance to put some spark
back into the machine this Sunday when they travel to
Michigan State, a team which also has only one conference
win.
"It's a key game," said Soluk. And maybe the Wolverines
will find the key that will help them in their quest for
reaching the front of the line.
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