SPORTS 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 69 I'm aceing anthropological concepts, making the all-star conference basket- ball team, I have a new sportscar and my mother just made the best-dressed list. Why am I not scoring with lady-type persons? HP 125 Personal Computer System you can't beat a Hewlett-Packard personal computing system from Ulrich's. 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