Women's gymnastics vs. Central Michigan Tomorrow, noon The Coliseum SPORTS Women's basketball vs. Indiana Tomorrow, 2:00 p.m. Crisier Arena r The Michigan D~oily Friday,, March 8, 1985 Page 7 ; _ 7- - ONE SMALL VOICE By JeffBergida On Chuck Dickens.. . ...and the Michigan backcourt tt was a tale of two guards Wednesday night in Columbus. One was ex- I periencing the best of times, a return to his old Ohio stomping grounds. The other was trying to bounce back from the worst of times, a five-for-18 shooting week against the two worst teams in the Big Ten. Gary Grant, a state hero in his days at Canton McKinley High School, sh- owed the Ohio fans what they missed out on when he decided to go to Michigan. The General had 10 points and five assists while sparking a strong team defense. Antoine Joubert struggled with his field goal shooting once again, winding up six-of-15 from the floor, but made six huge free throws down the stretch to seal a hard-fought 77-72 Michigan victory. Grant had been thinking about this game for a long time. He remembered the hostile reaction he got from his home state upon spurning the Buckeyes, his second choice. "I got phone calls late at night waking up my parents," said Grant. "It happened for about two or three weeks (after he made the commitment to Michigan)." Obviously excited about the win, Grant was only half-listening to the reporter who asked if he also got a lot of mail from the Buckeye faithful. "Yeah, mail, female," he responded. If the concentration wasn't there in the locker room, you couldn't miss it on the court. The 6-3 freshman just laughed at the crowd when they booed and yelled "traitor" upon his introduction. He displayed his usual flashes of brilliance, losing and regaining his dribble three times on one possession. The obnoxious fans shut up after a while. Grant said he appreciated the people who came out to cheer him. "I knew half the people who were down underneath (the basket). They were calling out my name and yelling 'State Champions' (a reference to the McKinley team that won the Ohio AAA title in Grant's senior year). That made me feel good but I still had to go out there and play the basketball game." For 30 minutes, the third-ranked Wolverines played some outstanding basketball in building a 17-point lead against a strong OSU squad. But when the Buckeyes drew close down the stretch, the Judge returned from his chambers. Joubert, who says that he has trouble getting motivated for home games against lesser opposition, slept through last week's routs of Wisconsin and Northwestern. Before that, he missed a couple of foul shots at the end of the Michigan State contest that helped the Spartans make a game of it. But with the game on the line Wednesday, the Detroit native forgot about his past troubles and swished a half dozen from the line to put another win in the bag. Buckeye fans and alumni won't have much to say when they meet on the unemployment line this week. "At MSU, I wasn't concentrating because I thought we had the game won," said Joubert, referring to Michigan's 11-point lead with 3:52 left. "Today, I was really into the game." At Southwestern High, Joubert was an 85 percent free throw shooter but, this year, he is around the 70 percent mark. The 6-5 sophomore thinks that part of his problem is a lack of motivation. "A lot of times, when I got to the line the game is already out of reach," he said. "We're up by 10 or 12 points.' "I realize now that I have to concentrate harder." Having overcome the hostilities of Ohio, the two guards will next endeavor to strike a blow for justice and end Michigan's 18-game losing streak at In- diana. Buckeyes dominate women cagers, 73-57 WOLVERINES' STAR TING FIVE HONORED Tarpley attains All-Big Ten status UPI All-Big Ten Team First Team C-ROY TARPLEY, MICHIGAN C-Greg Stokes, Iowa C-Uwe Blab, Indiana G-Sam Vincent, Michigan State G-Tommy Davis, Minnesota Second Team F-James Bullock, Purdue F-Scott Roth, Wisconsin G-ANTOINE JOUBERT, MICHIGAN G-Steve Alford, Indiana G-Ron Stokes, Ohio State F-Anthony Welch, Illinois F-Efrem Winters-Illinois G-GARY GRANT, MICHIGAN G-Troy Taylor, Ohio State Honorable Mention Bruce Douglas, Doug Altenberger, George Montgomery, Illinois; RICHARD RELLFORD, BUTCH WADE, MICHIGAN: John Shasky, Minnesota; Andre Good, Shawn Watts, Northwestern; Scott Skiles, Ken John- son, Michigan State ; Gerry Wright, Iowa; Steve Reid, Mark Atkinson, Pur- due; Rick Olson, Wisconsin. Joubert ... places on second team Tarpley. ... honors continue Third Team C-Brad Sellers, Ohio State Spartan icers favored at home' By CHRIS GERBASI This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around. The CCHA gets down to business this weekend when four survivors battle at Joe Louis Arena for the league championship. The talking heads of the media and the league's coaches have been singing the praises of Michigan State all season long, but in a one-game elimination tournament, the proverbial "anything can happen" can happen. THE DEFENDING playoff champ Spartans (35-5) square off against Ohio State (18-19-2) tonight at 8:00 p.m. Nationally-ranked Lake Superior State (26-14) kicks off the festivities against Bowling Green (21-19) at 5:00 p.m. While Joe Louis Arena is a neutral site, it has been referred to as "Munn Arena East," the home rink of MSU. In their last 13 games at JLA, the Spartans are 12-0-1. Buckeye coach Jerry Welsh is hoping for a once in a lifetime opportunity against Michigan State. OSU finished sixth in the regular season and upset Western Michigan in the first round of the playoffs. "WE'VE GOT another stab at (state)," said Welsh. "I've said this year that there aren't many teams that can beat them in a series. (But) we just have to beat them for 60 minutes. I'm confident we can beat them in 60 minutes." Welsh will probably rely on Bob Krautsak (10-13-2, 4.21 goals against) in the nets to shut down the Spartans' potent attack, which led the league in power play efficiency as well as penalty killing. The attack is headed by center Craig Simpson (24 goals, 45 assists), the league's leading scorer. He's ably assisted by co-workers Tom Anastos (27-36) and Dale Krentz (23-30) THE SPARTANS are heavy favorities to turn out the lights on Ohio State. The better matchup may be the opening game between two hot teams. '.1r Simpson ... hopes to score downtown Lake Superior is 9-1 in their last 10 games and Bowling Green currently has a six-game winning streak, the longest of any of the four teams. "Our club has played well recently," said Falcon coach Jerry York. "We're becoming better in a lot of different aspects of the game. The team feels good about our chances." BOWLING GREEN has had an up and down season, but, as defending NCAA champs, consider the team a darkhorse to win the tourney. The Falcons, however,.will first have to get past the Soo Lakers. "Lake Superior is the real suprise of the CCHA," said York. "We expected (Michigan) State to have a banner year, but Lake Superior genuinely sur- prised us." But Michigan State is still the prohibitive favorite to win the title same as it ever was. The teams will make sense of it all tomorrow, same time, same place, for the championship game. 1 I I ImOP NT A E 1 1 1SE LEC TED M :' &WOMEN'S SY1 E 1 1 1INCLUDING L: 1 LE& E CEBR ANDS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1pe 7901 E.WAH. GTO Days' A1 Week To At 4th Ave. er' Serve You 9-3572 Ponderosa New at rI IB Iice sc r teak o * -- -- -- -- -- - - PODROA a By MARK KOVINSKY Although the Ohio State women's basketball team came into Crisler Arena last night with the Big Ten championship and a number-seven national ranking in hand, it sputtered and spurted before caving the roof in on '''the last place Michigan women cagers in the final minutes to take a 73-57 vic- tory. The Buckeyes, now 17-0 in the Big Ten and 25-2 overall, found the Wolverines, losers of 13 straight, surprisingly tougher than their record (1-16 in the conference and 7-20 overall) would in- dicate. WITH JUST 9:08 remaining, OSU found itself clinging to a one-point lead, 50-49, after Michigan freshman Kelly ' enintendi, on Ohio native, wished in a shot off every part of the rim. ., But that was as close as the Wolverines could get. Ohio State rolled off six unanswered points and out- 'scored Michigan 16-4 over the next five minutes to take a commanding 66-53 dead. "We just plain ran out of gas," said head coach Bud Van De Wege of his team's sloppy play down the stretch. "It was a matter of a good team's depth catching up with you." AND IF his players were looking around for excuses for their tired play in the end, they didn't need any. Van De Wege used but one player off the ben- .ch-sophomore guard Melanie Smith, panother Ohio native, who chipped in four points and two assists. "They had something going out -there...we had to stay with 'em. They were clicking," Van De Wege ex- plained. 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