4 Women's Swimming vs. Oakland University Thursday, 6:00 p.m. Matt Mann Pool SPORTS Wrestling vs. Morgan St., today CANCELLED The Michigan Daily Wednesday, January 16, 1985 Page 8 Gopher racks up points, By JEFF BERGIDA Tommy Davis did not play for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team and he's never been arrested for drunk driving. But while other Big Ten guards are getting their names in the paper, however, Davis may quietly lead the league in scoring. The 6-4 senior enters tomorrow night's game with Michigan, averaging 20.6 points per game, third in the con- ference behind MSU's Sam Vincent and Iowa center Greg Stokes. In three Big Ten games thus far, Minnesota's cap- tain beat Illinois with a last-second shot and had a crucial three-point play down the stretch in Saturday's upset of Iowa. "TOMMY IS probably as good a guard as we've had at Minnesota," said Gopher coach Jim Dutcher, "and when you think that Ray Williams, Trent Tucker and Darryl Mitchell were All- Big Ten, that's a real compliment." While Davis started as a freshman and was Minnesota's second-leading scorer in his second year, he feels that his team's style of play those two years did not complement his individual strengths. "When I first came (to Minnesota), I think I was inhibited because we had a dominating center," said Davis referring to 7-2 Randy Breuer and the inside game that the Gophers utilized with Breuer there. "It affected my game because I like to run and shoot." BUT THE last couple of years, we've been playing a more open game. You have to change with your personnel and in scoring with a 16.6 average, and four- th in field goal percentage. He was named Minnesota's Most Valuable Player as a junior and the sporting News pre-season poll listed Davis as the number-three scoring guard in the country behind Chris Mullin of St. John's and Louisville's Milt Wagner. "Tommy Davis has been playing sen- sationally this year," said Michigan 'Tommy is probably as good a guard as we've had at Minnesota, and when you think that Ray Williams, Trent Tucker and Darryl Mitchell were, all All-Big Ten players, that's a compliment.' -Jim Dutcher praise before naming Spartan star Vincent as the best. Vincent was injured and did not play in the first MSU-Minnesota game last year but the two met up at Jenison Field House in March. Davis outscored his rival, 25-20, while the Spartans got the win, 83-62. "With the other guards in the league, you can usually tell what they're going to do," Davis said. "Like the Ohio State guard (Troy Taylor and Ron Stokes). They're really quick. They're going to run it downcourt." "But Sam is very deceptive. If he's having a good night shooting the jum- per, there's- really not that much you can do about it." AS THE only senior on a young club, Davis is asked to provide leadership in addition to his scoring. Dutcher says 4 that his captain has proven his ability in the clutch. "Some games he doesn't score a lot," said the former Michigan assistant, "but he scores when we need it." Davis will let Steve Alford and Scott Skiles dominate the headlines as long as he can keep sinking those crucial buckets. I would definitely say our strong point is our guards." Breuer graduated in 1983 and Davis' numbers increased in all areas thereaf- ter. Last year, he was fifth in the league coach Bill Frieder. "He's a great basketball player capable of scoring from anywhere on the court." WHEN ASKED about the other guar- ds in the Big Ten, Davis did not hesitate I Associated Press An Iowa defender gets a piece of a Tommy Davis jumper, a rarity this year as the Minnesota captain (inset) is third in the Big Ten in scoring with a 20.6 average. Blue Front * Packard at State * Marshall's Package Liquor S. State at Liberty *4 ** W* .9'* *" .9' * %V Liter bottles $1.89/8-pack All Diet Brands $1.69/8-pack * * NO COUPON Good thru21/85 NO LIMIT* 4 + full court SPRESS Women'sprcmgrm bounces back. By BRAD MORGAN F or the past two years, the women's basket- ball program at Michigan had been little more than a running joke. The team won only four games in each of those two seasons, and rumors about the dissension on the team and head coach Gloria Soluk were flying. Now, just one year later, the women's program has been revitalized. Operating under new head coach Bud Van De Wege, Jr., the team has already won seven games this year (7-7 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten). Van De Wege must be given most of the credit for this dramatic turnaround. After spending eight years in Michigan's men's program, Van De Wege made the switch after Soluk resigned last spring. Soluk racked up a miserable 66-120 record in her seven years at Michigan, and the criticism had been building from all sides, including from the team. Senior co-captain Diana Wiley said she suffered from apathy during Soluk's reign. "I played, but I just didn't care," Wiley said. "I was so down from practice that week, that when we would go on a road trip and I knew Gloria wasn't going to play me, I didn't care." After withering for three years in Soluk's doghouse, Wiley has blossomed under Van De Wege, averaging seven points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Junior guard Orethia Lilly noticed a lack of respect for Soluk that led to a decline in team ef- fort. "She'd tell someone to do something, and they would go about it with a humdrum attitude," said Lilly. "People would bring their problems to prac- tice and just wouldn't play hard." Under Van De Wege, though, Lilly s changed drastically. "Now you have practice ready to work hard," she "You have to leave your problems bring them to practice." This idea emphasizes the biggest di ween this season and past ones-disc simply, Van De Wege stresses it and S "Our team has a lot of respect for h Wege) because he instilled a lot of dis we were lacking that," said junior for Bradetich, second on the team with a average. "I'd say that is the bigges between this year and the past two." While the players have been impress De Wege so far, he was also impresse he saw from them on the first few days "I saw they were excited abo something new, that they sensed the Van De Wege said. Despite the team's losing past, Va "didn't really see too many effect program, didn't see a sense of complai That isn't to say taking over the p easy. The team still had to adapt to a which always offers some difficulties. "Some of the girls had developei habits, and for the older players, it R adjust," Van De Wege commented. "I habits) just not something you get away." Now that most of those bad habits worked out and the players have a remaining need that Van De Wege see how to win. While that may sound ,,Jo One's aghing anymore coach couldn't stress its importance enough. said this has "There used to be Big Ten teams who we would to come to lose to big, but now we've caught up and we're explained. going to be in more close games," said Van De outside, not Wege, a 1980 University graduate. "They (the team) have got to learn how to win those. It's the most important thing to do, and I know it will only Iference bet- come with experience." ipline. Quite Lilly echoed that sentiment, saying, "We've oluk didn't. learned in close games that we have to keep going him (Van De after it and not fall into trends from last year." scipline, and "We want to win," said Wiley. "We're tired of ward Wendy being looked down upon, and we want some 13.5 scoring recognition." t difference Knowing how to win will also be stressed when sed with Van Van De Wege goes after his first recruiting class ed with what this summer. One of the main criticisms of Soluk of practice. was that she was a poor recruiter, and that she ut starting especially failed to land in-state talent. Van De need for it," Wege recognizes that and knows what he has to do to change the perception of Michigan as a losing an De Wege program. s of a bad "We have to attract better people and let them cency." know that we're definitely interested," he said. rogram was "We have to make Michigan the type of program new system, girls dream about playing for." But what type of player does Van De Wege d some bad want? 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