Softball vs. Detroit Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. 'M' Varsity Diamond SPORTS r Baseball vs. Indiana Today and tomorrow, 1:00 p.m. Ray Fisher Stadium Page 7 The Michigan Daily Sunday, April 7, 1985 I to Wings tie in final By JIM GINDIN Park of the tying goal. "Everyone was Special to the Daily covered and I took a step in. The shot DETROIT-Rumors flew around the just hit his stick and went in." Detroit area the past few days that the "AFTER I won the draw, I picked up Red Wings wanted to play St. Louis in on.-(Tom) Lysiak. . . I just stood there the first round of next weeks' playoffs and threw my stick out there,' said and that they'd probably throw yester- Duguay. "That was a lucky one." day's contest to the Chicago Detroit's defense held the Blackhawks. Blackhawks without so much as a shot Instead, Detroit played one of it's in the extra frame, but the team could best games this season, converting a only manage a couple of weak shots it- goal by Ron Duguay with just eleven self before the game ended. seconds left in regulation into a tie and Chicago's Curt Fraser scored the a probable first round match-up with game's first goal 2:43 into the first Chicago. fperiod as-he stole the puck deep in the WITH seventeen seconds to go in the Detroit zone and shot a centering pass third period, the Red Wings forced a off Red Wing Randy Ladouceur faceoff in the Chicago zone. Duguay into the goal. won the draw, knocking the puck to PARK TIED the game seven minutes Brad Park, who had scored Detroit's fir- later after stealing a Blackhawk pass st goal in the opening stanza. near the blue line and shooting in a Park waited a second at the blue line, twenty-footer unassisted. then skated in a few feet and fired a Although Chicago had many more shot at Blackhawk goalie Warren chances, it only managed one more Skorodenski. The shot hit Duguay's goal in the contest. With 6:05 left in the stick and flew into the net sending the first, Al Secord took a pass from Denis game to overtime. Savard right in front of goalie Corado "I didn't have a good shot, I didn't Micalef and gave the Blackhawks the have a good screen, so I waited," said lead they held for the next 46 minutes. seconds Micalef made 33 saves on 35 Chicago shots, including at least five spec- tacular saves on breakaways. He was named the game's first star for his ef- forts. "I PEEL sharp," said Micalef. "This showed that if they need me in the playoffs, I'll be there." "We have two goaltenders that are playing real well," said coach Nick Polano. "This gives us something we haven't had before going into the playoffs." And going into the playoffs, Polano has confidence in his team's ability to .handle the Blackhawks. "Against Chicago we've played extremely well in this building (Joe Louis Arena). We've had some trouble winning there (in Chicago), but we still play ex- tremely well," he said. "You don't try to jockey for _position or you get into bad habits," said Park, when asked if the team had tried to lose. If St. Louis manages a win or a tie in either its game last night against Min- nesota or tonight against the Red Wings, Chicago will be Detroit's first round opponent next Wednesday. Red Wing Joe Kocur takes a swing at Blackhawk Jerome Dupont in the first period of yesterday's 2-2 tie at Joe Louis Arena. Kocur suffered a possible broken hand in a rematch between the two in the third period. NBA ROUNDUP: Nets knife Milwaukee,108-104, to snap an eight-game streak EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Buck Williams scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Michael Ray Richardson added 22 points as the New Jersey Nets snapped the Milwaukee Bucks eight-game winning streak with a 108- 104 National Basketball Association victory yesterday. Richardson, who added 12 assists, sparked an eight-point spurt during a span overlapping the third and fourth quarters that boosted the Nets into an 86-79 lead. The play-making guard scored one basket in the run and handed out assists on the other three. MILWAUKEE, 56-22, fought back to close the gap to 102-99 on a three-point goal by Paul Pressey with 2:02 to play. But the Nets broke Milwaukee's fullcourt press and Williams consverted a three-point play at 1:44 to give the Nets a 105-99' edge. Ron Brewer added three free throws, one of them coming after a technical foul against Milwaukee Coach Don Nelson, with five seconds to play as the Nets evened their record at 39-39. Albert King added 19 points for the Nets, while Brewer had 13. Sidney Moncrief topped the Bucks with 25, while Pressey and Terry Cummings added 22 and 19, respectively. Washington 109, Cleveland 101 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Jeff Malone scored 36 points, 15 in the third quarter, -as the Washington Bullets defeated Cleveland 109-101 Saturday night and delayed the bid of the Cavaliers to clinch a National Basketball Association playoff spot. Despite having a six-game winning streak snapped, the Cavaliers reduced to two their magic number for clinching the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. The Cavs are in a battle with Atlanta for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Washington, already in the playoffs with a 38-40 record, sank its first 31 free throws before Cliff Robinson missed with 29 seconds remaining. Cleveland missed 13 of 38 foul shots. Washington, which ended a three-game losing streak, out- scored Cleveland 17-4 early in the second quarter to take a 43- 25 lead which was reduced to 54-57 at halftime. Cleveland edged to within 62-57 early in the third period when Malone scored five of Washington's seven consecutive points to make it 69-57. Chicago 117, Atlanta 114 ATLANTA (AP) - Michael Jordan scored 33 points, in- cluding a dunk with 58 seconds left to give Chicago the lead, as the Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 117-114 in a National Basketball Association game last night. Jordan's dunk put the Bulls ahead 114-113. He added a free throw with 35 seconds left when Atlanta's Dominique Wilkins was assessed a technical foul for throwing a ball in the air to protest an official's call. WILKINS, WHO had 30 points, hit on of two free throws to bring Atlanta to within 115-114, but Chicago's Dave Corzine iced the game with two free throws with two seconds to go. The Hawks missed a chance to gain ground on Cleveland, which lost to Washington, for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland leads Atlanta by three games with four contests left in the season. Orlando Woolridge had 20 points, Dave Corzine added 19 and Quintin Dailey 17 for Chicago. Associated Press Tulane fans, shown here at the basketball offices at the Tulane Arena yesterday, protested the school's decision to drop men's intercollegiate basketball. Tulane's president, Dr. Eamon Kelly, made the decision following a recent Tulane point-shaving scandal. Tulane ans voice anger NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than 100 people marched to Tulane President Eamon Kelly's campus residence yesterday, asking him to reconsider an "unwise and hasty" decision to drop men's basketball because of a team scandal. Kelly was out of town, but the demon- strators presented his wife with a .petition saying his plan to eliminate the charged one of the eight, a student, with selling cocaine to team members. Hours before the indictments were returned, Kelly said he was eliminating basketball from the school's program because Coach Ned Fowler had admit- ted paying several players, an NCAA violation. Fowler and two assistants have resigned. THE demonstrators, some of whom A".%kLA e_,Acln ,,- _rnMof + +h reaching adverse effect" on the univer- sity and its supporters, the petition said. "The total scope and depth of such a decision will also impact the Greater New Orleans community, both socially and economically." KELLY'S WIFE, Margaret, said she didn't think her husband would change his mind. SI rln ,' tinlrha mnra a hns t