4 Men's Swimming vs. Ohio State Today, 3:00 p.m. Matt Mann Pool SPORTS Men's Indoor Track Central Collegiates Today Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily Saturday, February 16, 1985 Page8 SirMICHIGANDER STARS FOR MINNESOTA 4 Shasky to Gopher it against Blue By JEFF BERGIDA Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS-John Shasky made the trek from Birmingham, Michigan to the University of Minnesota in 1982 in hopes of continuing the Gophers' tradition of large and dominant cen- ters. Following Kevin McHale, Mychal Thompson, and Randy Brewer, all first- round NBA draft choices, put a lot of pressure on the 7-0 center, but in his junior year, Shasky has come into his own. The graduate of Brother Rice high school has more than doubled his offen- sive output over last season, when he started 27 games but averaged only 6.6 points per game. Thus far in 1985, Shasky is scoring 15.4 per Big Ten game entering this afternoon's clash with Big Ten-leading Michigan at Williams Arena. "I WASN'T really ready last year to play like a McHale or a Brewer," Shasky said in an interview yesterday after Minnesota's practice. "I was still pretty young and I needed another year. Now I'm playing closer to that level." Shasky impressed the Michigan fans last month. He was the only bright spot in a 97-56 overtime thrashing of Min- nesota, a win that helped propel the Wolverines on to their current ten- game winning streak. The Michigander led all scorers with 18 points and also contributed fourboards. He says that game is history and that the Gophers go into today's contest with a clean slate. "You have to forget about that," he noted. "So many things went wrong. It was just one of those games." ROY TARPLEY guarded Shasky at the outset of the last game, and Min- nesota's pivot man did most of his scoring in the first half. When Michigan coach Bill Frieder put reserve forward Robert Henderson on Shasky, he was much less effective. "Henderson gave me a lot of trouble," said the 1982 all-state center. "He's a good defensive player." Minnesota will use a variety of zones today in an attempt to shut down the Big Ten's most prolific scoring attack. The Gophers, coming off a 73-64 victory over Michigan State Wednesday night which halted a four-game losing streak, hope to control the pace of the game. "I THINK the most important thing is to slow them down," Shasky said. "We've got to get them into a half-court game and try to stop the break." Jim Dutcher's club is finally settling back into a regular routine after a series of mishaps that saw two stars disappear from the team and another get slapped with a misdemeanor. Forward Mitchell Lee was formally charged with third degree sexual assault last month, and Dutcher removed him from the roster. Fresh- man guard Todd Alexander, who will start in the back court today, was caught using a money-machine card that did not belong to him. Finally, Lee's front court mate Kevin Smith, a Lansing resident, broke his thumb in a game against Indiana and is out for the season. THIS FORCED Dutcher to move his leading scorer, guard Tommy Davis, into the small forward spot to replace Smith. Freshman George Williams has been inserted at power forward while 6- 1 senior Marc Wilson has been brought off the bench to take Davis' former position. Wilson was a starter last year, but Alexander won his job during pre- season practice. But the presence of different cour- tmates won't diminish Shasky's en- thusiasm this afternoon. "I always get extra excited to play Michigan and Michigan State," he said. "It's kind of a personal thing. I played against (Antoine) Joubert twice in the (Detroit) City Championship. I played against (Leslie) Rockymore and Tar- pley too." It'll be old-home week for Shasky. He only hopes his team will be more im- pressive than they were the last time. 4 Daily Photo by STU WEIDENBACH Michigan's Garde Thompson pushes the ball across the midcourt during last week's 96-85 victory over Purdue. Thompson hit two quick buckets off the bench Thursday night to key the Wolverines' final surge that defeated Iowa. THE LINEUPS MICIGAN (19-3, 10-2) MINN. (12-9, 5-6) ppg Ppg* (6-6) Richard Rellford (10.4) F (6-9) George Williams .. (1.4). (6-8) Butch Wade.......(7.4) F (6-4) Tommy Davis ... (19.3) (6-11) Roy Tarpley .... (19.4) C (7-0) John Shasky ..... (13.6) (6-5) Antoine Joubert . (15.0) G (6-1) Marc Wilson ...... (9.3) (6-3) Gary Grant ...... (13.9) G (5-11) Pat Alexander... (7.0) *As of Wednesday's game vs. Michigan State SITE: Williams Arena TIME: 2:05 EST RADIO: WUOM (91.7 FM), WAAM (1600 AM), WWJ (950 AM), WPAG (1950 AM). LAST MEETING: MICHIGAN 97, Minnesota 56 (Jan. 17 at Crisler) SERIES LEADER: MICHIGAN 51-47. Shask y ...seeks revenge icers freeze Buckeyes, 4-1 ONE SMALL VOICE By Jeff Bergida 4 In recognition of St. Bill... ...it's about time. MINNEAPOLIS I'M NOT EVEN going to pretend to be impartial today. It's time to canonize Bill Frieder in print, and, with the help of Iowa's outstanding coach, George Raveling, this column is going to do exactly that. Unless you're a computer major or had a mid-term Friday, you probably know by now that Michigan's 56-52 victory over Iowa Thursday night put the Wolverines in a position to control their own destiny. Winners of ten con- secutive games, Michigan will take its first Big Ten title in eight years if the club goes 5-1 the rest of the way. You've heard about GaryGrant, the brilliant freshman, and about Roy Tarpley, who may be the best center in the Big Ten. You've read about Butch Wade's rebounding exploits and Antoine Joubert's clutch shooting. But what about the coach? When discussing other powerful teams, all you hear about is how Dean Smith makes North Carolina go or how John Thom- pson is a brilliant motivator. St. John's Lou Carnesecca is an expert of strategy, while Psycho Knight can put a high school team on the court and win the Big Ten title. Frieder's team is ranked third in the country, but is he respected in Ann Arbor the way Smith is in Chapel Hill or Knight is in Bloomington? The way Bo Schembechler is in Ann Arbor? Be serious. Shaky Jake has gotten more respect than Bill Frieder. When he's winning, nobody says a word about Frieder. But when he lost three straight road games last year, it was "he substitutes too much," "his offense doesn't move," and "he's wasting his talent." Fans and spor- tswriters can be really ignorant. A packed room of media people got the facts straight when Raveling spoke after Thursday's game. The second-year Hawkeye coach, clad in black and gold warmups, delivered a monologue that demonstrated what a quality person he is. "The first thing that I would like to say," Raveling began, "is that I'm the youngest coach in terms of longevity. But in the time that I've been in the league, it's beco me apparent to me that Bill never seems to get a lot of credit for his ability to coach. "He's probably in one of the most difficult coaching situatons as we, as coaches, see it. It's very difficult to coach a team that has a lot of talent. A lot of times you can screw that talent up, and I think he's done a great job with giving them enough rein to utilize their individual abilities." People just assume that a lot of talented players can win without coaching. Sorry fans, that's only in baseball. Basketball is a team game in which players with huge egos must be blended into a finely-tuned unit. Think it's an easy job? Ask Lou Henson, outstanding coach whose ultra- talented Illinois club is mired in a slump. Frieder is winning because he has earned the respect of his players. Iowa was leading 49-44 Thursday when Frieder replaced Gary Grant with Garde Thompson, who quickly swished two jumpers that regained momentum for Michigan.-Selfish players would be sulking about being pulled, but Grant left with his head held high. "I was tired, and I have faith in coach, and I have faith in Garde Thom- pson," he said. You don't get an attitude like that without coaching, and: that. "It's sad that he doesn't get more credit for the outstanding coaching job that he's doing with this team," Raveling said. "It's a very versatile basketball team-certainly deserving of its national ranking. I haven't seen a lot of teams in the country that have the offensive balance that they have. "The other aspect that I believe Bill has not gotten credit for is that they're a much better defensive team than they ever get credit for being." Not only is Frieder an excellent coach, but he is ALSO A GREAT GUY. Because the game was so big, Iowa's sports information department could only accomodate one Daily reporter in its press box. So Frieder came up with a ticket to get me into the arena. The seats were up in the nose-bleeds, but I was just happy to be there. Then, just as the teams were about to go back to the lockerrooms after war- mups, Jan Frieder came up to one of the Daily reporters on the court and said, "Excuse me. My husband wants to talk to you." And, five minutes before the biggest game he's ever coached, Frieder asked, "Are you guys all taken care of? Where are the seats you got?" Informed that the tickets were barely within the stratosphere, Frieder pulled two courtside seats out of his pocket and said, "Here. These may be better." Raveling concluded his statement: "Not that I have to defend Bill or anything like that, but it's high time that somebody recognized that the guy is doing a helluva job." Thanks, George. I couldn't have said it better myself. By BARB MCQUADE Special to the Daily COLUMBUS - Penalties and flagrant checking littered the action last night as the Michigan hockey team outbattled Ohio State, 4-1, in Columbus. Twenty four penalties, including a ten-minute misconduct and a double minor were handed out as both teams put on a display of "cheap shot" hockey. Between the pushes and shoves, Michigan did play some excellent hockey, though. Solid defense, clutch goaltending, and some deft passing keyed the Wolverine victory and pushed their record to 10-18-1. The win shed some optimism on the playoff hopes of the Wolverines, who have stopped shaving in hopes that facial hair will bring some luck. MICHIGAN goalie Mark Chiamp was nearly impeccable in the net, turning away 41 shots. "We had a little extra edge," said Michigan head coach Red Berenson. "That comes from scoring the first goal and getting good goaltending." "This was my best game," said Chiamp. "The defensemen cut down the angles well, and I could see every shot." MICHIGAN jumped out to a 2-0 lead halfway through the first period. After an impressive defensive stand by Michigan's penalty-killing unit, the Wolverines managed an attack.of their own. Left wing Doug May brought the puck down the ice and passed off to Ray Dries. The Michigan captain centered back to May, whose snapshot deflected off the post before settling in the left corner of the net. "We knew they were going to be ready," said Dries, "but all 20 guys played hard and Chiamp just played out of his mind." "Michigan came out strong and we panicked," said Ohio State head coach Jerry Welsh. "By the time we got set- tled it was too late." THE FIRST and second periods were both marred by nine penalties which overshadowed most of the scoring ac- tion. When Wolverine Chris Seychel was sent to the box in the opening stan- za for roughing after the whistle, he became a marked man. OSU and Michigan both engaged in more-than- aggressive checking from that point on,. including an altercation that sent Buckeye Don Perkins sprawling into the Michigan bench. The defenseman was slapped with a charging violation and Mike Rousseau joined his team- mate in the penalty box for interferen- ce. Brad Jones had opened the scoring. for the Wolverines just 49 seconds into the contest. Paul Kobylarz took the puck behind the left side of the net before sliding a pass to Jones out front. The 6-1 center hammered a shot past Ohio State goalie Bob Krautsak's to notch the goal. Ohio State got on the board in the second period on a Joe Tracy slapshot from the center of the left circle. Chiamp was screened on the play by his own defensemen and stood motionless as the puck flew past him and into the net. Michigan added a pair of goals in the third period to seal the victory. Freshman Joe Lockwood smacked a slapshot past Krau tsak at the 8:47 mark after taking a sharp pass from Dries in the corner. Defenseman Jeff Norton capped the scoring for the Wolverines midway through the final frame on a duplicate play. Jones laced a pass from the left side of the ice to the 6-2 freshman who promptly rifled it into the Buckeye net. A late season surge? FIRST PERIOD Scoring: M-Jones (Kobylarz) 00:49; 2. M-May (Dries) 10:16. Penalties: OSU-Erickson (high sticking) 4:17; M-Seychel (roughing after whistle) 5:09; OSU-Perkins (roughing after whistle) 5:09; M-Kobylarz (tripping) 8:35; M-Norton (cross checking) 9:57; M-Lorden (holding) 13:08; OSU-Rousseau (face mask violation) 15:56; OSU-Rousseau (interference) 18:33; OSU-Perkins (charging) 18:33. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1. OSU-Tracy (Erickson. Beaudin) 11:29. Penalties: M-Dries (holding) 4:32; OSU-Perkins (tripping) 6:13; M-Macnab (roughing) 10:38; OSU-Gryba (slashing) 10:38; M-Neff (hooking) 11:05; OSU-Tillotson (charging and roughing) 13:03; M-Carlile (roughi'ng) 13:13; OSU-Shortt (hooking) 14:04; M-Neff (holding) 17:29. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 3. M-Lockwood (Dries, Stiles) 8:47; 4. M-Norton (Jones, Kobylarz) 10:24. Penalties: OSU-Perkins (cross checking) 3:53; M-Neff (high sticking) 6:35; M-Kobylarz (high sticking) 12:04; OSU-Gruhl (misconduct) 15:50; M-Jones (cross checking) 18:35. 1 2 MICHIGAN...................2 0 Ohio State....................0 1 SAVES M - Chiamp 42; OSU- Krautsak i9 3 2 0 T 4 1 Chiamp .. . a superb effort UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CHEERLEADER TRYOUTS Ten member co-ed squad To cheer football and basketball CLINICS: 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Mon. -Thurs. Feb. 18-21 Mon. - Thurs. Mar. 4 -8 SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Hawks prey on women cagers By BRAD MORGAN With a shout of "defense!", the Iowa Hawkeyes broke out of their pre-game huddle last night, and after 40 minutes of hard-nosed basketball at Crisler Arena, the Lady Hawks lived up to their word with a convincing 79-49 win over Michigan. Sporting the best defense in the Big Ten (second in the nation), the Hawkeyes clamped an aggressive man- to-man defense on Michigan that forced the Wolverines into 19 turnovers and held them to a meager 37 percent shooting percentage from the field. "WE WERE just outclassed Van De Wege blamed the com- bination of poor rebounding by Michigan and Iowa's quickness for let- ting the Hawkeyes pull away in the second half. "Our rebounding was terrible," he said. "We didn't box out well, and we didn't protect the ball well. Every mistake we made, they (Iowa) were right there to pick it up. They're a quick team." Michigan, which fell to 1-11 in the big Ten (7-15 overall), was led by Lorea Feldman and Kelly Benintendi, both with 11 points. Van De Wege also singled out Benintendi for her strong MICHIGAN ended its regular season by drowning EMU, 92-34, at Matt Mann Pool yesterday. It was the third straight win for the Wolverines, who finished up at 4-5. The Hurons fell to a dismal 0-8. Particularly encouraging was the return of team captain Melinda Copp. Copp, who has been out of action for about a month with an injured shoulder, returned to win the 200-meter backstroke. FreshmanDeeLynn Overmyer's per- formance resulted in a pleasant sur- prise for Michigan. DeeLynn, one of the swimmers competing in an off-event,