I Tle Michgan Daily - Friday, January 20, 1984 >artans fall again in OT K ~ ! /sy V full court PRESS EAST LANSING (AP) - Freshman guard Steve Alfor'd tossed in 21 points to lead Indiana to a 70-62 overtime victory over Michigan State last night in Big Ten college basketball action. The Hoosiers, who outscored the Spartans 10-2 in overtime, lifted their record to 10-4 overall, 3-1 in the Big Ten. The Spartans fell to 7-7 and 1-4. SPARTANS forward Ben Tower for- ced the overtime by sinking two free throws with 13 seconds left to tie the game at 60-60. Indiana had built up a 55-50 advan- tage with 5:56 remaining before Michigan State roared back to take a 58-57 lead on a three-point play by sophomore guard Scott Skiles. The Hoosiers were held scoreless for more than four minutes during one fir- st-half stretch, but Alford hit eight poin- ts to cut a four-point Michigan State lead to 27-26 at halftime. INDIANA scored 10 unanswered points to start the second half, and build a 36-27 lead. Freshman forward Daryl Thomas added 13 points for the Hoosiers, while freshman ,forward Todd Meier had 10 points. Freshman guard Darryl Johnson led the Spartans with 17 points, while 7-foot center Kevin Willis had 14 and Skiles finished with 13. Indiana travels to Michigan Satur- day, while the Spartans play host to Ohio State. Minnesota 56, Iowa 49 IOWA CITY (UPI) - Junior guard Tommy Davis scored 18 points and Roland Brooks added 15 last night to lead Minnesota to a 56-49 Big Ten vic- tory over Iowa. The Gophers' defense held Iowa to 34 Oercent shooting from the field and gave up only two points in the final three minutes to boost their conference record to 2-3, 10-4 overall. Iowa, which has beaten only Northwestern in four league starts and has lost four of their last five games, fell to 8-6. SENIOR STEVE CARFINO led the Hawkeyes with 12 points. Todd Berken- pas and Greg Stokes added nine each. Sophomores Marc Wilson and John Shasky added eight points each for the Gophers, who opened a six-point lead midway through the second half. Brooks picked up three consecutive buckets, one on a driving slam dunk and two on 17-foot jump shots, to put the Gophers ahead, 38-32, with 11 minutes to play. STOKES WENT in for a dunk the next time down the floor to start an 8-0 spurt that gave the Hawkeyes their last lead, 40-38, at 8:16. Two minutes later, Brooks, a senior forward, converted a three-point play to put Minnesota back on top, 43-42. Davis did the same with 2:20 remaining to give the Gophers their biggest lead, 54-47. Davis gave Minnesota a 15-14 advan- tage when he scored his eighth point on a long-range jumper seven minutes before halftime. The lead changed han- ds 10 times in the first half with the Gophers holding a 24-22 edge at inter- mission. 4 0 1eat i Te . .. 1-4 in- Big Ten AP Photo ' Indiana's Daryl Thomas takes the ball away from Ben Tower of Michigan State in action last night at Jenison Field House in East Lansing. The Hoosiers handed the Spartans their fourth straight loss, 70-62, in overtime. OFFER BOODFOR2WEE -/4 I. , Wisconsin 61, N. U. 60 EVANSTON (AP) - John Ploss's basket and a free throw by freshman Mike Heineman led Wisconsin's Badgers to a 61-60 overtime victory over Northwestern in a Big Ten basket- ball thriller last night. David Mipler's three-point play with 52 seconds left in regulation lifted the Badgers into a tie and forced the over- time after Northwestern had blown a 54-45 lead. THE VICTORY GAVE Wisconsin a 3- 2 record in the Big Ten and 7-7 overall while Northwestern fell to 1-3 and 8-6. Northwestern gained the tip in over- time but tried to run the clock down only to lose possession. Ploss's basket, only his second of the game, gave the Badgers the lead and Heineman ad- ded his free throw before Art Aaron scored for Northwestern's only points in the extra period. Aaron finished with 21 points and teammate Andre Goode added 14. Ricky Olson had 20 for Wisconsin with Cory Blackwell adding 19. OLSON AND BLACKWELL, scoring 12 points each and 24 of Wisconsin's fir- st-half points as the Badgers held a 28-27 halftime advantage. Northwestern, on the shooting of Goode and Aaron, sped to a 12-4 lead but Wisconsin came back to tie it at 12-all. Big Ten Standings Everyone has a scapegoat .Wh o really lost the OSUgame? By JEFF BERGIDA A LOT OF finger-pointing went on at Crisler Arena Wednesday night following Michigan's first home loss of the season. It seemed like everyone had his own personal scapegoat. Michigan. coach Bill Frieder was perhaps the most frequent target. People criticized Frieder for playing Tim McCormick for 24 minutes while the 6-11 center clearly was affected by his recent illness. Many questioned the move to start Dan Pelekoudas over Leslie Rockymore or Antoine Joubert. Another major issue was the coach's multiple substitutions. An irate group of fans called the Daily after the game to say that Frieder blew the game. They said his rapid turnover of personnel leads to a lack of con- tinuity. Frieder was not the only object of abuse. Eric Turner, who hit only three of 12 shots (two airballs), and committed three turnovers, found himself condemned for lack of consistency. The men in the striped shirts got their fair 'share as the Wolverines, especially Roy Tarpley, were victims of a number of questionable charging calls. As long as we're blaming everyone, why not mention'Metrosports? Michigan is now 0-2 in nationally-televised contests. Crowd deserves some blame One group that no one mentioned during the post-game festivities is the fans. Maybe it's time for them to be accused. The majority of fans at Crisler continually display the lack of emotion which has helped keep Michigan under .500 in conference since 1978. In a league as talented and balanced as the Big Ten, Michigan is the only team without a true, home court advantage. In fact, let this be a public message to the people who have been staying away from Michigan basketball games because they don't like crowds. There are no crowds at Crisler. There are persons in the building, of course. If you believe the official at- tendance-taker or whoever is in charge of head counting, 13,011 of them were at the Ohio State game. It's just that the people are missing the same quality that Frieder's crew has been accused of lacking-continuity. Michigan fans never will be the type that stand for the national anthem and don't sit down until they get back to their cars. Just as an example, compare the Wolverine faithful to some real basketball fans, the crowd at last Saturday's Michigan-Wisconsin game in Madison. Wednesday night, the Maize and Blue "fans" b5ooed Dan Pelekoudas whenever he entered the game. It's time they figured out that Pelekoudas is a role player. His job is to play defense and not make mistakes when he han- dles the ball. He committed one turnover against OSU. Wisconsin's fans never booed the home team. They continuously .were loud and supportive, even when Michigan cut a 12-point halftime deficit to two in the second half. Therein lies the difference. Wolverine rooters can get as loud as anyone, but while other fans can keep it up through a 40-minute game, the hoise at Crisler may peak for as long as nine seconds. That usually occurs after a dunk. It doesn't take much expertise on the sport to appreciate a dunk. Obviously something is wrong when the fans of a 6-7 team find more to cheer about than their counterparts of a team with hopes of an NCAA tour- nament berth. What's the explanation? Church atmosphere nofun It used to be fashionable to blame the cheerleaders and the band but while they don't exactly lift the people out of their seats, most fans wouldfind a 62- 60 game exciting without artificial thrills. The real problem is that the non-students attending the basketball games just aren't the partying type. Professor So and So takes a break from working on the third edition of his Statistics textbook by grabbing a courtside seat at Crisler. Not only does he remain seated throughout, he finds it an ef- fort to clap. Another situation which must be corrected is that students who want to get rowdy are seated next to families with four kids and grandma in attendance. If the students in the Gold seats stand, they are verbally abused by the ac- countant sitting behind them. Finally, you can't really get obnodious in a place that looks like the Sistine Chapel. At the Wisconsin Field House, everyone sits on benches like those in Yost Arena. At Crisler, you can lean back and take a nap during time-outs and halftime. A lot of fans doze off during the game. . Just to put things in perspecive, with two seconds remaining Wednesday night and score tied at 60, both Frieder and OSU coach Eldon Miller called time out. There won't be many more dramatic moments this season. While the real fans were biting their nails, some winner up in the Gold section was deeply engrossed in his Wall Street Journal. An 11-4 team deserves better. 4 I I 4 4 I- R L PURCHASE ANY LIFETIhYE STAINLESS PARKER 25M AND RECEIVE A FRE E ST\LING IN 4 T MATCHING UNIT OR / FR( SET OF EQUAL /A VALUE! Regular Price N Italic Nib Fountain Pen $20.00 Roller Ball $15.00 L NCTIONAI ECHNPCAL LY ING MODES. 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I I By MIKE REDSTONE The Michigan men's- swim team could be a little tired tonight as it goes against defending Mid-American Conferen- ce champion Eastern Michigan at 7:30 p.m. in the Matt Mann Pool. This fatigue, however, will not result from a recent hard- fought meet. Rather, it will be due to the Wolverines' full practice earlier in the day.' MICHIGAN COACH JON Urbanchek has worked his team' through double practices all week and treats the meet again- st the Hurons as "just another practice." "We're not worrying about this meet," said a confident Urbanchek. "They (EMU) always get psyched up against us and swini well, but we should be able to win the meet." The Wolverines will use this meet primarily to improve their swimming strategy, according to Urbanchek. "You need a meet like this to keep the kids sharp," he said. Urbanchek hopes swimming double practices straight through tonight's meet will keep his team strong for next week's meet against Big Ten-rival Indiana. Tumblers battle Gophers When the Michigan men's gymnastics team hosts the Min- nesota Gophers tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Crisler Arena, it will try to regain the consistency it lost over the holiday break. "In the Wolverine Invitational (in December) we had an outstanding finish," said Michigan head coach Bob Darden. "We reached the ultimate level to be reached with our routines. We backed off the consistency aspect and improved the difficulty within our routines. Now we're reworking in the consistency." SOPHOMORE GAVIN Mayerowitz concurred that con- sistency is a goal against Minnesota. '"Basically what I've been doing is polishing up on my routines," said Meyerowitz. "I've been taking the finer poin- ts and fixing them up. Doing a flawless routine is what I'm working on." Consistency is something Minnesota has achieved by placipg in the top three of the Big Ten in each of the past five years. "Minnesota is a perennial powerhouse," Darden said. "Their title was usurped last year by Ohio State and Illinois (who tied for the conference title). They're still very strong." " -ANDREA WOLF Thinclads host Rela vs The distance medley relay is the event foremost on the mind of coach Francie Goodridge as the women's track team prepares for today's Michigan Relays at the Track and Ten- nis Building. V THE WOLVERINE COACH is hoping for strong perfor- mances from relay team members Joyce Wilson. Martha Gray, Jennifer Rioux and Sue Schroeder so that they "can really smash our school record" in an event she feels Michigan will have no trouble winning.!RANDYgCHWARTZ I I COME HOME TO THE DAILY AND A FREE PIZZA FROM SNAPPY'S! i6 Subscribe to 4 Wii 3trbtan latig and receive a FREE PIZZA from SNAPPY'S! 1 A t fA ujniio DEE Bith uinir now CZihrrntnn i 1iceof Financial Aid SPRING/SUMMER APPLICATION DEADLINE F __t___. :___ r__ _____ -_.___-_ _ r-_..__-- _. __i __. _r I