0 SPORTS The Michigan Daily Thursday, February 17, 1983 Page 9 Cagers begin tough road swing By JOHN KERR Special to the Daily CHAMPAIGN - It's only the middle :a of February, but Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder has already uttered w 'What could turn out to be the quote of the year. The scene -was the visiting locker room at Jenison Field House in East Lansing following the Wolverines' 74-67 win over Michigan State last Saturday. The topic was Michigan's upcoming two-game road trip to Illinois and Pur- due. "WHEN YOU go into Champaign and post-season tournament aspirations. Michigan, if it is to have any hope of gaining an NIT bit, must win at least one of its two road games this week. Should the Wolverines fall to both Illinois tonight and Purdue on Satur- day, they would have almost no chance of playing in a tournament following the Big Ten season. ILLINOIS IS also at a crucial point in its schedule. The Illini are 6-5 in the Big Ten, tied for third place, and still have a realistic shot at an NCAA bid. They are coming off two straight road losses, a 58-55 defeat at the hands of North- It seems like the Illini had fire in their eyes when the two teams met earlier in the season at Crisler Arena. Illinois guards Derek Harper and Bruce Douglas combined for 45 points to lead Illinois to a 87-74 victory. Illinois out- rebounded Michigan in the game - one of only two teams to do that this season. Henson admitted that his team's rebounding performance against Michigan in Ann Arbor was unexpected and that rebounding could be the key to tonight's game. "IT SURPRISED us that we outrebounded them (in Ann Arbor)," Henson said. "They are a very physical club and the rebounding will definitely be important tonight." If Frieder will start the same lineup that he successfully used against Michigan State last week, that should give the Wolverines some extra rebounding power. Senior Isaac Person and freshman Paul Jokisch both star- ted their first Big Ten game of the season against the Spartans and provided the Wolverines with a boost. Frieder feels that in order for Michigan to beat Illinois it will have to play just as hard as it did against MSU. "We'll just have to go out and play with the same kind of intensity that we had against Michigan State," said Frieder. "We can't have a letdown." While Michigan must worry about defensing Illinois guards Harper and Douglas, the Illini will have a major headache trying to stop Eric Turner. Turner scored 25 points against Illinois earlier in the season with many of his shots coming with nobody on him. Hen- son, though, said he plans no major defensive changes to stop the Michigan guard. "We don't want him to shoot because we have great respect for him. as the shooter," he said. "We're basically a man-to-man team and we won't change. Harper will be on him." THE LINEUPS (15) (45) (44) (52) (25) MICHIGAN Robert Henderson .. (6-9) Paul Jokisch........(6-8) Tim McCormick ... (6-11) Isaac Person....... (6-7) Eric Turner ........ (6-3) F F C G G ILLINOIS (24) Efrem Winters ..... (6-9) (44) Anthony Welch ..... (6-9) (43) Bryan Leonard .... (6-10) (25) Bruce Douglas ..... (6-3) (12). Derek Harper......(6-4) Michigan Basketball Statistics Tipoff for tonight's game is 8:05 EST. The game can be heard on WWJ (950 AM), WAAM (1600 AM), WUOM (91.7 FM), WLEN (103.9 FM) and WCBN (88.3 FM). PLAYER G-S FG-FGA r-", I - _ est Lafayette," he said and paused, 'I'd have to say I have a better chance of finding Jimmy Hoffa." Finding Jimmy Hoffa? That is what ,he said. Frieder, the eternal optimist, may &have overstated the difficulty of win- ig on the road in the Big Ten with his e Hoffa analogy, but neither he nor ''l4inois coach Lou Henson could over- state the importance of today's. * Michigan-Illinois clash on both teams' western and a 68-66 loss to Iowa, so a loss to the Wolverines at home would considerably lessen Illinois' chances of playing in the NCAA tournament. Frieder knows how much this game means to the Illini and feels that could be trouble for Michigan. "It will be a very, very tough basketball game," he said. "They are coming off two losses and they have hopes of going to the NCAA's. They're going to have fire in their eyes." Turner ................................1919 Rockymore............................17-17 McCormick ...........................2D-18 Reliford ..............................2016 Henderson ............................2013 Person............... ...........19-8 Tarpley ...........................19-2 Jokisch ................................19-2 Wade..................................17-3 Pelekoudas ............................19-3 Antonides......................... 70 Brown ...........................7-0 Rudy .............................. 9-0 Gibas ................................ 6-1 McFarland ........................... 6-0 138-293 102-216 75-140 54-114 49-115 42-100 32-71 36-76 29-62 23-49 3-6 0-5 1-2 0-1 0-1 Pct .471 .472 .536 .474 .426 .420 .451 .474 .468 .469 .500 .000 .500 .000 .000 FT-FTA 69-110 23-35 75-92 34-43 21-32 2 1-31 18-30 15-20 13-28 16-22 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 Pct .627 .657 .815 .791 .656 .677 .600 .750 .478 .727 .000 1.000 .000 .500 .000 REB-AVG 71-3.7 49-2.2 128-6.4 71-3.6 121-6.1 82-4.3 62-3.3 48-2.6 53-3.1 36-1.9 2-0.2 7-0.9 0-0.0 0-0.0 0-0.0 A 115 42 15 9 13 19 4 9 3 60 0 0 0 0 0 Pts 361 228 225 142 120 105 82 87 71 66 6 2 2 2 0 Avg 19.0 13.4 11.3 7.1 6.0 5.5 4.3 4.6 4.2 3.5 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 MICHIGAN .......................20 584-1251 OPPONENTS........................20 521-1134 .467 309-449 .459 341-501 .680 794-39.7 189 1499 75.0 .681 651-32.5 233 1407 70.4 Marubashi swims right in By ADAM SCHWARTZ the 1982 Canadian world team. freestyle as well as the anchor leg of the Marubashi must now take this aspect Can an athelete join a team in the Marubashi took 1981 off to rest up 400-yard medley relay. A good perfor- of individuality into consideration as middle of the season and still produce? from a very exhausting year. "We were mance is needed in all of these events to she looks toward the year 1984. "My In most cases the answer is no. In away for a long time and had a lot of reach both the team's goal and long term goal is to swim in the 1984 swimmer Naomi Marubashi's case the hard meets," said Marubashi. "I then Marubashi's individual goals. Olympics," said Marubashi. answer is yes. "Naomi (who joined the team after - the end of the first term) has really fit right in," said Michigan coach Stu SIsaac. "She was a big hit right away. Instead of hurting, it may have helped some of our other swimmers improve their times." Marubashi missed the beginning of the season swimming for Canada in the Commonwealth Games. This was her third appearence on a world class team for Canada. She was also a member of the 1980 Canadian Olympic team and took a nal-year break. The break helped me mentally. I came back wan- ting to swim." Swim is exactly what Marubashi has done. She has been very impressive swimming the 50- and 100-yard freestyle for the Wolverines. "She helped fill a real big gap swimming the sprints," said Isaac. "She has also been able to go a good 200 and 500 (freestyle)." Marubashi will be swimming in five events, the 50-, 100-, 200-, and 500-yard With a good showing , Marubashi could reach her immediate goal, the NCAA Championships. A good perfor- mance would also help the Wolverines become Big Ten Champions. "The team has a really good chance to win it," said Marubashi. "It will be close, it will be tough. We need a little more spirit to win. We really have to get behind the team to win. I don't know what to expect at Big Tens. I'm not too sure what my competition is like." The team aspect is important, but when you get down to it, swimming is an individual sport. 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