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The Michigan Daily Friday, January 7, 1983 Page 9
'M'DROPS CONFERENCE OPENER
Professionally
Wildcats whip
Wolverines, 69-64
By JESSE BARKIN
Special to the Daily
CHICAGO - The Michigan
'Wolverines came into Alumni Hall in
Chicago with a 9-1 record shooting for a
win in their Big Ten opener against
Northwestern. The problem was they
didn't take aim.
The Wolverines made an anemic 24 of
74 shots or 32% on the game, as the
Wildcats stretched their record to 10-1
with a 69-64 victory before, 5,042 rabid
fans.
THE YOUNG and inexperienced
Michigan squad got down early and
never recovered, as the Wolverines
took themselves out of the game with
poor shot selection and sloppy ball han-
dling. Sophomores Eric Turner and
Leslie Rockymore did not provide the
leadership necessary from their guard
positions and were the team's major
brick-layers. Turner made eight of 22
attempts, while Rockymore netted just
five of 14:
Michigan coach Bill Frieder was ob-
viously not pleased and did not hold
back on placing blame. "It started with
the guards," said Frieder. "They
didn't provide the leadership or the
good shots. They played like a young,
inexperienced team without leadership.
they made a lot of stupid mistakes and
forced shots; and you can't do that in
this league."
Wildcat guard Gaddis Rathel kept
Michigan at bay, making nine of his 12
free throw attempts and leading Nor-
thwestern with 19 points. His two free
throws with 2:27 remaining gave the
Wildcats a 61-52 lead which appeared
to ice the game.
BUT THE Wolverines did not give up.
Turner came down and hit a three-
pointer from 22 feet, then freshman
Richard Rellford stole the ball and went
the length of the court before being
fouled on the layup. Rellford's two free
throws made the score 61-57 with 2:01
left in the game.
The 6-6 forward had apparently
stolen the ball again the next time down
the court, but was knocked down by a
Northwestern player and could not hold
on to the ball and Northwestern con-
trolled it. No foul was called on the
play.
Wildcat strike
Northwestern's Art Aaron then
scored on a layup and, after Turner
missed a three-pointer, hit two free
throws moments later to give the Wild-
cats a 65-57 lead.
THE FINAL minute was helter-
skelter for the desperate Wolverines,
but they had already dug themselves in
a hole too deep as time ran out.
Turner led all scorers with 21 points,
but he realized he was far from having
a good game. "I didn't shoot well today
and sometimes we had a hard time get-
ting a basket," Turner said. "I have to
try to provide more leadership."
"He didn't play well tonight,"
Frieder agreed. "He forced tco many
shots. We need his leadership to win.
Mike Jenkins did a good job on him."
WHILE Michigan's play went awry,
Northwestern stuck to the game plan
Wildcat's head coach Rich Falk had
planned, as his team made 48% of their
shots.
"Our game plan went exactly as we
wanted it," said Falk. "We made the
young players handle the ball as much
as possible and that really worked in
our favor."
The Wildcats had balanced scoring on
the offensive end with four players in
double figures and center Andre Goode
netting nine more points. Along with
Rathel, Jim Stack and Aaron chipped in
14 points apiece and Jenkins added 10.
MICHIGAN
Min FG/A FT/A
Turner ..........
McCormick .....
Rockymore......
Henderson ......
Rellford .........
Pelekoudas......
Person ..........
Jokisch..........
Tarpley .........
Team...........
Total.........
33
19
27
35
18
20
27
12
9
8/22
2/5
5/14
4/14
2/4
1/4
1/4
1/3
0/4
3/8
3/4
0/0
4/5
4/4
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/2
R
6
5
4
16
5
2
8
1
2
A
5
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
PF
2
5
3
3
3
5
4
0
2
3
24/74 14/23 52
NORTHWESTERN
Mn FG/A FT/A R
1
A
Stack..........38 6/12 2/4 7
Aaron............28 6/10 2/4 6 2
Goode............37 4/8 1/4 7 1
Rathel...........40 5/10 9/12 4 2
Dixon.......... 11 0/1 2/3 2 1
Schultz.........16 0/2 1/2 4 1
Clary............ 1 0/0 0/00 0
Team ........... 26
Total............ 25/52 19/31 39 1
Three-point goals: Turner (2)
A-5,042
Halftime-Northwestern 32. Michigan 25
1 27
A PF
3 1
2 4
1 3
2 4
1
2 21
12 21
Pts
21
7
10
12
8
2
2
2
0
64
Pts
14
14
9
19
2
0
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Rathel
. .19 points
Cross pours in 31 points to lead
Purdue past Wisconsin, 80-64
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MADISON, (AP)- Purdue center
Russell Cross poured in 31 points and
starred on defense as well, leading the
20th-ranked Boilermakers to an 80-64
victory over Wisconsin in a Big Ten
college basketball opener for both
teams last night.
Cross, a 6-foot-10 junior, repeatedly
blocked shots and intercepted passes,
as the Boilermakers improved their
season record to 10-1.
Brad Sellers scored 24 points for
Wisconsin, which slipped to 5-5.
Wisconsin gave Purdue a battle in the
early going, as the lead changed hands
nine times in the first seven minutes of
the game before two baskets by Cross
gave the Boilermakers a 21-17 lead.
Purdue pulled to a 40-35 advantage at
halftime, and the Boilermakers moved
steadily ahead of the youthful Badgers
after intermission. They took a com-
manding 73-60 lead on a stuff shot by
Cross with 2:30 to go.
Cross' scoring performance nearly
doubled the average of 16.8 points per
game that he carried into the contest.
The victory was Purdue's 11th straight
over Wisconsin, dating back to
February 1977.
Sophomore Jim Bullock added 13
points for Purdue.
Purdue's Cross acknowledged that it
may have been one of his finer perfor-.
mances.
Wisconsin Coach Steve Yoder,
meanwhile, indicated it would take lit-
tle to convince him that Cross was one
of the truly fine college basketball
players in the nation.
Cross, a 6-foot-10 junior center,
finished with 31 points;12 rebounds and
five blocked shots in the Big Ten opener
for both teams. Twelve of his points
came on slam dunks.
"Wouldn't we all like to have a player
like that," Yoder asked rhetorically as
he entered the post-game interview
room just as Cross was concluding his
meeting with the press.
"You talk about blue chip players,"
Yoder said. "He just dominated us."
Center Brad Sellers and forward
Cory Blackwell, a pair of Wisconsin
sophomores, denied they were in-
timidated by the aggressive play of
Cross, but both said they were im-
pressed.
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