Gymnastics Wolverine Invitational Saturday and Sunday r Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Wednesday, December 5, 1984 Hockey vs. Western Michigan Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena 41 Page 7 Blue eyes Penguin By JEFF BERGIDA Michigan probably won't be too in- timidated when its opponent takes the floor tonight at Crisler Arena. Youngstown State's tallest starter stands 6-7. The school's 4-0 record has been compiled against the likes of the Alabama State Hornets and the rugged Wooster (Ohio) Fighting Scots, a club that is certain to be up there with Georgetown and St. John's at the end of the season. On top of that, Youngstown's nickname is the Penguins. HOW DO you get psyched to play a bunch of guys who wear the name of a hockey team on their jerseys? "We shouldn't have trouble motivating because we've got so far to go," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder, who has been less than thrilled with his club's performance in its two victories thus far. "We've got so much im- proving to do." On paper, it doesn't look like the Wolverines will have to improve much to win tonight. Youngstown State assistant coach Bill Dailey explained what his club has to gain by going on the road to play more-talented teams. "THE WINNER of our conference (Ohio Valley) goes to the NCAA tour- nament," said Dailey, whose club will travel to nationally-regarded Alabama and Tulsa later this month. "If we go into the tournament, we're going to ha- ve to play teams the caliber of Michigan and we think it's a good test before our conference season gets un- derway in January. "Since it's only our fourth year in- 'M' size should tie up tiny Youngstown State Division I, we have a very tough time scheduling good Division I teams at home. So, until we establish a better reputation, we're going to have to play the top caliber teams on the road, which is unfortunate." The Penguins got a taste of life in the Big Ten last year when they travelled to West Lafayette and were stopped by Purdue, 65-54. Youngstown held a three-point lead at halftime, however, and held Big Ten Player-of-the Year Jim Rowinski to three field goals in 16 attempts. GONE FROM the team that shut down Rowinski is 7-1 center Ricky Tun- stall, the defensive star of last year's 18-11 squad, which finished third in the conference. This year's team has no size at all and Dailey laughed when asked how his team planned to stop Michigan's 6-11 scoring machine, Roy Tarpley. "We haven't played anyone that big this year," he said. "We're obviously going to have to get a lot of weakside help. "It's going to be a difficult task, that's for sure." YOUNGSTOWN'S best player is 6-7 forward Ray Robinson, who averaged 12.4 points and 4.8 rebounds last year. "He's on some pro stat sheets as a possible candidate," said Michigan assistant Dave Hammer, who scouted Youngstown State. Point guard Bruce Timko was MVP of the UNI-Dome Classic played last weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa, which the Penguins won by defeating Alabama State, 81-55, and host Nor- thern Iowa, 70-57. "Timko's very intelligent, on and off the court," Dailey said. "He's the team quarterback." MIKE RICE is in his third season as head coach at Youngstown. After four years as the head man at Duquesne, in Pittsburgh, Rice has compiled a 36-23 mark since crossing the state line in 1982. The key to this game' will be Youngstown State's lack of height. The Penguins will try to run and play feast pressure defense the way Georgia dia Saturday. Ultimately, however, Michigan's inside strength should prevail. "If we can stop Robinson around the basket and if we get the ball down the floor and get it inside," said Hammer, "I think we can have a lot of success. "They are small." CAGE NOTES: Frieder evaluated the play thus far of a few of his more visible players. Antoine Joubert: "In both of our wins, he's done a lot of good things, especially when we've needed him. He's made a lot of big plays already this year. " Rich Relford: "Rellford's just got to get in better condition. He isn't in tip- top shape and you can't play this game if you aren't in shape." Garde Thompson: "Garde has to im- prove defensively and eliminate careless turnovers. He's capable of giving us good offepse because he's got quickness and knows the game and can shoot the basketball." Daily Photo by STU WEIDENBACH Michigan forward Butch Wade soars to the basket while freshman Gary Grant looks on. Wade's six points helped the Wolverines defeat Georgia 63-57 at Crisler Arena last Saturday. SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y: Sorry) SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Fresh- man guard David Rivers tallied a game- high 23 points, and Notre Dame held high scoring Indiana guard Steve Alford to a single field goal as the Irish upset No. 11 Indiana 74-63 last night in a non-conference college basketball game. Scott Hicks added 14 points for the Irish, 4-0, who dominated the first half. HOOSIER freshman guard Delray Brooks came on in the second half to score 15 points, adding to forward Mike Giomi's 18 in the unsuccessful effort. The Indiana defeat delayed Coach Bob ,Knight's 400th college coaching victory. Indiana pulled within nine points three times in the second half, the last .at 1:33 on a basket by Todd Meier. At the half, Notre Dame led the ,Hoosiers 45-30, as the Irish ran off a 20-4 streak at one point, including 10 points from Rivers, to rocket from a 22-16 deficit to a 36-26 lead. . A stymied Indiana, 1-2, scored only ;six points in the last six-and-a-half 'minutes of the first half. Alford, who ;played on the gold medal-winning U.S. -men's Olympic basketball team, hit a :pair of free throws, and hit his only basket at 14:23 in the second half. Pistons 104, Celtics 99 PONTIAC (AP) - Isiah Thomas .scored 11 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter last night to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 104-99 victory over Boston, }sending the Celtics to only their second National Basketball Association defeat *of the season. The defeat snapped a 10-game win- ning streak and left the Celtics 15-2, but still in first place in the Atlantic Division while Detroit climbed a game :over .500 at 10-9 in the Central Division. BOTH TEAMS, employing tough, =muscle-type defense, played it close the ;entire game. Boston led 49-46 at half- time and opened up a 57-48 lead early in ;the third quarter before Thomas and Vinnie Johnson began bringing the Pistons back. A slam by Earl Cureton gave Detroit a 77-76 lead at the end of the third quar- ter but the lead see-sawed throughout ;the fourth period. Johnson, who was high for Detroit with 24 points, put the Pistons ahead for good, 100-99, with a short jumper in the lane with 2:38 remaining and Thomas hit a driving layup 22 seconds later af- ter a Larry Bird miss at the Boston end of the floor. 'Knicks 100, Nuggets 98 NEW YORK (AP) - Darrell Walker's seven-foot baseline jumper with three seconds left gave the New York Knicks a 100-98 National Basket- ball Association victory over the Den- ver Nuggets last night. Walker, who scored nine of his 12 points in the fourth quarter, also led a New York defense that limited Denver, which led almost the entire game, to 16 points in the final period. Bob; Irish stuff Hoosiers points to propel seventh-ranked Illinois to a 92-47 rout of Chico State in a non- conference basketball game Tuesday night.- The loss was the second in two nights for the California school against nationally ranked teams. Chico State, 2- 3, fell to No. 2 DePaul by 40 points Mon- day night, 77-37. Illinois, 6-1, beginning the game with a lineup of four reserves plus regular center George Montgomery built a 22- 8 lead with 10:08 to go in the first half when Coach Lou Henson inserted his starters. The first string made 15 of 22 field goal attempts and the Illini took a 53-18 halftime lead. Tribe re-signs Thornton HOUSTON (AP) - Free agent designated hitter Andre Thornton has re-signed with the Cleveland Indians, the team announced last night. Thornton batted .271 in 155 games for the Indians in 1984, mostly as a designated hitter. He hit 33 homers and drove in 99 runs. IN ACCEPTING a contract with Cleveland, Thornton turned down an of- fer from the Kansas City Royals repor- tedly for $2.05 million over three years, although only the first two years were guaranteed. Besides Kansas City, Baltimore, Toronto and Minnesota also were reported to have a strong interest in the 11-year major league veteran. Thor- nton also was drafted by the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. Although terms of a contract were not known, its duration was set at four years. Thornton is 35 years old. Thornton joined the Indians in 1977 from Montreal and has 590 RBI and 175 homers with Cleveland. ; m GET HEALTHY! Take a course in the ADULT LIFESTYLE PROGRAM Choose from Swimming, Track, Aerobics, and many more! 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