The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 22, 1985 - Page 9 1 _ ONE SMALL VOICE Triple OT thriller was so ... 'I. A tension-packed basketball game can be a reporter's nightmare. Especially if it begins at nine o'clock and goes into three overtimes. Due to deadline pressure, it's extremely dif- ficult to capture the drama of a contest that has everything: numerous lead changes in overtime, blown opportunities, an amazing second-half comeback and a controversial ending. Thus, if you were lucky, what you got in your Sunday paper was a blow-by-blow description of "Michigan's 69-67 victory over Iowa - good, solid no-frills coverage. Suburban editions of the Detroit dailies didn't even get the score in. Y" If you weren't at Crisler Arena or watching the game on television, then you may not know what you missed. You may not know that the Wolverines started out playing like residents of a funeral home but came back with a display of courage and clutch play that hasn't been seen at Michigan since the football team was good. You may not know that a gutty Iowa team blayed its collective heart out, scoring the last two baskets of regulation time to tie the game at 57. 'hat Antoine Joubert, who was completely off his -game for 38 minutes, made four huge field goals bver the last 17, most of them with Hawkeyes iraped all over him. That Gary "The New Clyde Frazier" Grant played the last 18 minutes with four fouls but continued to make the steals that kept Michigan in the game. Those deadline stories couldn't say just how By Jeff Bergida ,,, guess much the win meant to a team with no seniors in the starting line-up. Or what a class guy Iowa coach George Raveling is, despite getting caught up in the disappointment when Roy Tarpley put in a rebound and put Michigan into a tie for first place. Let's see if we can remedy that. It's difficult to say what brought the Wolverines, down 38-26 with 15:00 left in regulation, back to life. The Hawkeyes made some turnovers, Tar- pley and Grant got rolling, and at the 3:55 mark, Michigan found itself up by five. The overtimes were like the last three rounds of a tough heavyweight championship fight. The play was sloppy as both teams were clearly exhausted but they slugged it out right down to the buzzer. Iowa's Greg Stokes and Al Lorenzen along with Joubert and Grant deserve all the praise they received for their clutch play. Raveling, furious over the winning hoop, had to be held back by Stokes when he charged the referee. After he had a few minutes to cool off, however, the second-year head coach had nothing but positive things to say.. . "We played as hard and as intense as we possibly could and it wasn't enough, "Raveling said. "It ends up being one of those games when you almost wish they had ties in basketball because it certainly wasn't an evening that either team deserved to lose." On those type of evenings, we've come to expect you had to be there Michigan to be the team that needs consoling. The Wolverines had lost six straight overtime games dating back to 1982 including the 69-minute classic at Illinois last year and a 3-OT loss to Purdue at Crisler in 1983. It seems fitting that the play that broke the skein did not go off as planned. Joubert was supposed to take the last shot with two seconds remaining. Replays show that he let it go with four ticks on the clock. The extra time allowed Tarpley to pull the rebound off of Stokes' head and end it. "I knew it was going in when it left my hands," said Tarpley, who struggled to finish with a game- high 21 points. "I was running off the court before it went through." "It's about time we got a break," noted Wolverine coach Bill Frieder. To understand how important Saturday night's win was, consider that a loss would have left Michigan tied for sixth place with Purdue and Michigan State. The victory put the Wolverines atop the Big Ten standings with Illinois. But it wasn't just the win, it was the atmosphere surrounding the win. Perhaps Raveling put it best. "Down toward the start of the last overtime, I was so mentally exhausted. I walked down to half- court and Frieder said to me 'Isn't this a heckuva way to have to make a living?' And I couldn't think of a more vivid description for the game." It isn't often that the phrase "You just had to be there" is so appropriate. ,I Sowing wild OT's Tarpley receires AP honor IOWA MinFG/AFT/A R A PFPTS Stokes............. Lorenzen .......... Banks........... "Payne ............. aWright........... Berkenpas ....:... Jones........... -Reeves ............ Snedeker .......... 45 24 52 38 49 49 8 7 3 9/21 7/10 6/7 6/8 2/4 1/4 0/2 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 9 5 1 11 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 20 14 13 12 6 2 0 0 0 MICHIGAN MinFG/AFT/A Tarpley............52 8/18 5/8 Grant ............. 51 7/15 0/0 Rellford............29 5/10 2/3 Joubert............48 5/18 0/0 Rockymore........20 4/5 0/0 Henderson ........ 30 2/4 0/2 Wade .............. 39 0/5 0/0 Thompson ......... 6 0/1 0/0 R 14 5 1 4 2 2 7 0 A 2 7 0 3 2 0 0 1 PF Pts 1 21 4 14 1 12 2 10 0 8 4 0 3 0 0 0 CHICAGO (AP)-Roy Tarpley of Michigan has been named Big Ten basketball Player of the Week by The Associated Press for his efforts in two victories that lifted the Wolverines into a first-place tie with Illinois. Tarpley, a 6-11 junior center from Detroit, saw limited duty but scored 16 points and had 7 rebounds in a 97-56 rout of Minnesota. He followed that with 21 points, including the winning basket, and 14 rebounds in a 69-67 triple over- time triumph over Iowa. reim Reond . 5 Team Rebounds ... 3 TOTALS ..........275 31/56 5/6 38 13 14 67 TOTALS ...,...... 275 31/76 7/13 38 15 11 69 Halftime score: Iowa 30, MICHIGAN 18, Regulation Score: MICHIGAN 57, Iowa 57, First overtime score: S"MICHIGAN 61, Iowa 61, Second overtime score: MICHIGAN 65, Iowa 65. Attendance: 13,069. Tarplev Meyerowitz shines; tumblers fall Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Wolverine center Roy Tarpley puts up a shot over Iowa forward Gerry Wright in Michigan's thrilling 69-67 triple-overtime victory over the Hawkeyes Saturday night. Tarpley scored 21 points with 14 rebounds in the game. By SCOTT G. MILLER The men's gymnastics team perfor- med well but lost to Indiana State 269.25-255.15, in a dual-meet at Terre Haute over the weekend. It was the second time this season the more-experienced Sycamores have finished ahead of the Wolverines, the first time coming in the Wolverine Classic in December. Indiana State won the seven-team tournament while Michigan finished fourth. MICHIGAN COACH Bob Darden felt his team improved since that meet. But he added- that there is still room for improvement. "There were areas within each of the performances where improvement can be made," said Dar- den. "The improvement on the in- dividual level will reflect improvement in the team score. We are seeking to improve an our team score in the meets to come." Michigan's Galvin Meyerowitz had one of his best performances of the season, scoring a 53.60 in the All- Around competition, good enough for second behind Indiana State's Randall Devine. TO ACHIEVE his All-Around score, Meyerowitz posted a 9.10 on the Floor Exercise (third place), a 9.30 on the Pommel Horse (second place), and a 9.25 on the Horizontal Bar (second place). Wolverine captain Stu Downing was off to his usual best on the Pommel Horse, but a fault toward the com- pletion of his routine lowered his score to an 8.75. "I was encouraged with Stu's per- formance," said Darden. "It was a new and more difficult routine being per- formed. MICHIGAN freshman Craig Ehle broke numerous personal records. His score of 8.95 on the Floor Exercise, 9.05 on the Still Rings, 9.05 on the Parallel Bars, 8.95 on the Horizontal Bar, and his 52.40 in the All-Around were all his best efforts to date in collegiate com- petition. Mitch Rose out-scored teammate Meyerowitz by thirty-five hundreths of a point with a 9.50 to place first on the Horizontal Bar. Greg Nelson and Scott Moore both scored a 9.25 on the Vault, placing them in a tie for third. IM SCORES Independent A Bitch Horses, Knights (forfeit) The Bumbles 22, Flashers 48 Cherry Busters 67, Sixty-Niners 36 Righteous Ones U, MC Five 48 Independent B Rim Reckers 75, Slip & Fall 28 Gassers 45, Temple of Doom 24 Mad Dogs 29, Mugambo Hunters 53 B squad 42, Lambda Chi 18 Sousof M.J. 72, High Hos 38 Women hoopsters drop pair "Brutal." It took women's basketball coach Bud Van De Wege just one word to describe his team's weekend road trip to Min- nesota and Iowa. THE WOLVERINES suffered two vicious defeats, 76-49 at Minneapolis Friday night, and 70-45 at Iowa City on Sunday. Their record fell to 7-9, 1-5 in the Big Ten. Michigan was victimized by its size disadvantage in the first game. "Minnesota started players 6-4, 6-3, and 6-1, and had a 6-2 player on the ben- ch," said Van De Wege. The Wolverines' tallest starters stand 6-0. THE RESULT was a 53-26 rebound edge for the Golden Gophers. The visitors' 31 percent shooting from the floor didn't help the cause either. "On the road against a team like (Min- nesota) we have to shoot a lot better to stand a chance," Van De Wege said. The Gophers also dominated from the free throw line, hitting 30-of-35 attem- pts, while Michigan made five-of-six. LOREA FELDMAN led the Wolverines with 12 points and four rebounds. Wendy Bradetich added nine points and six rebounds. Van De Wege was a bit more pleased with his team's play against the Hawkeyes. "Iowa is a team ready to challenge for the Big Ten Title," the rookie coach said. "The game was like the Ohio State game (a 79-51 Buckeye win). We played fairly well, but lost to a tough team." Another poor shooting performance was Michigan's undoing. The Wolverines shot 37 percent compared to the Hawkeyes' 55 percent. "Iowa is the best defensive team in the league," Van De Wege commented. "They forced us into bad shots, and came up with eleven steals in their half- court defense." 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