4 Men's Basketball vs. Chicago State Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's Basketball vs. Central Michigan Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Monday, December 9, 1985 Page 8 TARPLEY AND GRANT LEAD 91-68 ROMP Blue rocks socks Mocs 0 By ADAM MARTIN It had to happen sooner or later. Af- ter a sloppy, poor rebounding effort last Wednesday against Youngstown State, the Michigan basketball team finally blew out a smaller, weaker team, decisively trouncing Division II Florida Southern, 91-68, Saturday at Crisler Arena. Size and defense called the tunes for the 6-0 Wolverines, who shot at a bet- ter-than-respectable .628 clip in the first half, while running up 10 steals and 18 blocked shots for the game. Stomping MICHIGAN Minfg/fga ft/fta Redford ......... 19 Wade ............ 19 Tarpley ......... 23 Joubert.........24 Grant............25 Thompson ....... 18 Henderson ....... 17 Rice ............ 23 Hughes.......... 12 Butts.............11 Stoyko........... 8 Gibas ........... 1 Team Rebounds.. 5/9 3/6 7/10 2/5 7/13 1/4 4/6 7/10 1/2 2/5 0/1 0/1 2/3 1/2 5/7 4/5 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 010 7 R A PF Pts. 4 0 1 12 8 0 1 7 6 0 3 19 4 12 4 14 2 3 0 2 6 0 0 9 7 1 2 14 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2122 44 25 14 91 "IN THE FIRST half, our intensity and togetherness were great," said satisfied Michigan coach Bill Frieder. "Everything worked and the team gelled." "(Michigan's) defensive effort and their intensity won the game for them," added Florida Southern coach George Scholz. "Michigan's defense prevented us from scoring in the beginning. We had to get a bucket and then cover it up, it was tough." Nothing was tougher than the Michigan defense in the first 11 minutes when the starters got most of their relevant time. After the two teams pulled even at two, the Wolverines went on a 16-0 fast break spurt, generated mainly by guard Gary Grant's perimeter defense and Michigan's running game. "I WAS GETTING steals and my big men were really running the floor," said Grant, who pickpocketed Southern five times. "Our big men were beating their big men down the floor, and creating a lot of good situations for us." One of those big men, Roy Tarpley, created several situations himself, swatting away 10 Moccasin shots and fully intimidating Florida Southern. With 9:15 left in the first half and Michigan up by 22, the senior center showed everyone in Crisler the essen- ce of intimidation, blocking three Florida shots on the same possession, and then charging down the floor to convert an Antoine Joubert alley-oop into a righteous slam. "EVERY GAME I do a different thing," Tarpley said. "This time I had a lot of blocked shots. They just kept shooting it in my face so I had to keep slapping it back." "He had a lot of them scared to take shots they normally would take," said sixth-man Robert Henderson, who contributed nine points in 17 minutes work. Tarpley led all Michigan scorers with 19 on seven-of-10 shooting from the field and five-of-seven from the foul line. MUCH OF THE big men's offense came from ceaseless offensive rebounding, which, according to for- ward Rich Rellford, was a welcome change. "We rebounded a lot more today, so we sort of counteracted our perfor- mance from Wednesday night (when Michigan was outrebounded, 40-31)," he said. "Size was the biggest thing. We used it real good. We really crashed the boards and got a lot of of- fensive rebounds." To Florida Southern's credit, the Moccasins hung tough, despite playing against a better-than-20-point- deficit most of the semi-contest. Scholz was most impressed by . his club's last 25 minutes, when the Mocs' hustle at times frustrated the Wolverines' offense. IN THE SECOND half, the Moc- casins managed to outscore the Wolverines by five 44-39, and, in ef- fect, Michigan could only trade buckets with Florida Southern for 20 minutes. "I was happy with our play at the end of the (first) half and in the second half," said Scholz. "(William) Wilcox (12 points) showed the rest of the guys that you can play with a team like Michigan. You may not beat 'em- but you can play with 'em, despite their talent." Junior forward John McNulty den- ted the Michigan defense for 15 points to lead all Moccasins and complement Wilcox's work. 5-11 guard Jerry Johnt son poured in 11, despite several rejected efforts, and center Ted Ken- nedy (no relation) had 10. BUT WHATEVER Florida Southern accomplished, it seemed doomed from the start. Michigan for- ward Butch Wade explained why. "They ain't that big, and they ain't that strong. We just overpowered them inside," said Wade. "They didn't lay down," added Frieder. "They're scrappy and they work hard, but we just did what we wanted to do." Finally. Totals.........200 39/72 13/19 FLORIDA SOUTHER Minfg/fga ft/fta McNulty......... 25 7/16 1/1 Kearney ........28 3/5 0/0 Kennedy.........19 4/7 2/2 Johnson........ 29 5/10 1/1 Gyori........... 28 0/7 0/0 Wilcox .........256/18 0/2 Holder........... 21 4/6 0/0 Luke.............14 1/2 0/0 Buckley, J.......6 1/4 0/0 Buckley, B....... 3 1/2 0/0 Hartje............2 0/0 0/0 Team Rebounds.. Totals............200 32/77 4/6 IN R 7 2 5 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 10 37 A 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 PF Pts. 3 15 36 1 10 1 11 20 3 12 1 8 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 Cougars blow in Tonight, (Crisler Arena, 7:30 p.m.) Michigan battles Chicago State, another non-conference team. The Cougars were 16-11 last year as an independent, and have eight lettermen retur- ning from last season's team. At home, Chicago State has won its last 63 consecutive games, and is touted as a dangerous club. Again, however, Michigan will enjoy a distinct size advan- tage, as every Cougar but one stands under 6-7. 6 0 13 15 68 Daily Photo by JAE KIM Florida Southern's William Wilcox gets a hand on the ball as Michigan forward Robert Henderson goes up for a score. Henderson had nine points on the day, helping Michigan to a 91-68 victory. Moore leads ActionstumblR ersi Special to the Daily ' AWith outstanding individual efforts FA6TORY CLOSEWUTs " from Scott Moore, Greg Nelson, Tony Y. Angelotti and Mitch Rose, the men's S o ort ng gymnastics team made a fine showing at the Wisconsin Open on Saturday. . ;!"" Moore was the top Wolverine per- G IfTs! ~ former in both the floor exercise and 'U.the vault, scoring 9.2 and 9.3 respec- ts At Student Budget Prices ; tively. Nelson was second for i Michigan in the floor, while Angelotti 419 E. 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University OFFER VALID THROUGH I 761-CHIP DECEMBER 11, 1985 * ---- - - - -- - ------ - .1 I Busted Broncos take 'M' on ice By ADAM OCHLIS According to his birth certificate, Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson aged another year Saturday night, but he probably became an old man after watching his Wolverines (5-11, 8th in the CCHA) drop a pair of games to Western Michigan this past weekend by scores of 8-6 and 6-4. Michigan had the perfect oppor- tunity, and the break they so sorely needed, to end what is now a six-game losing streak and a 10 game road losing streak when Bronco head coach Bill Wilkinson suspended eight regulars for violation of team rules regarding the drinking policy. Sub- sequently, Western played with only 15 players, three of which had yet to see any ice time before the weekend. Despite his team's failure to capitalize on the situation, Berenson questioned how shorthanded the Broncos were. "It's been overdone," the birthday boy said. "They're playing three lines, we're playing three lines. And I don't buy it. "They spend half the night stalling and the slow line changes and what not. There were a lot of delays in the game that took away any fatigue fac- tor." Friday's game in Kalamazoo was classic 1985 Michigan hockey. Both teams came out strong in the first period, tallying two goals apiece before the intermission. Tim Makris played a decent 20 minutes in net for the Wolverines, but with Berenson rotating his three netminders period- by-period since Ohio State two weeks ago, freshman Mike Rossi replaced Makris to start the second period. As has been the custom all season, "the period" as it is now called, did the Wolverines in. The Broncos stam- peded their way to five consecutive goals, as Michigan stood around, ob- viously impressed by how well Western could skate and shoot. Defenseman Wayne Gagne led the barrage by notching his first of three goals in the period (he added a fourth later to go along with his 1 assist) af- ter only 43 seconds had elapsed. Then Western (12-6, third place in the CCHA) went on to set records. Four goals in a matter of 7:04 and three in a span of 1:21 are all Bronco bests. "It seems that every time we get a couple goals scored against us, we fall apart," said left winger Tom Stiles. "We've had a good first period in just about every road game, but then there is usually a point in the second period where for some reason we find ways to put ourselves in a hole," said Berenson of "the period" in which the Wolverines have been outscored 42-22. A valiant Michigan comeback in the third period made the score close, but the Bronco lead was insurmountable. Saturday's game in Ann Arbor was an extremely well played classic, but the fact remains, the Wolverines failed to put a 'W' on the board. With Bob Lindgren, who playeda solid third period in net Friday, bet- ween the pipes (Berenson admitted Friday's game that the goalie rotation is over for now), Michigan played a strong 60 minutes. As the dreaded second period ap- proached with the Wolverines down 2- 1, Michigan fell into the usual pattern. With only 5:14 gone in the stanza, the Wolverines were down, you guessed it, 4-2 after one goal each by Western's Bob Worden and Dan Dorion. A dominating left winger who proved he is a definite player-of-the-year can- didate, Dorion tallied two goals and* seven assists in the series. The Wolverines did not fall corm- pletely into the second period collap- se, however. Led by the heart and soul of the team, Brad McCaughey, Michigan tied the score at four on two goals by the Ann Arbor native. Western's winning goal in the third period was scored by Jeff Wenninger on a spectacular pass from Dorion behind the net. "It's a really big win especially withC the eight guys out," said Dorion. "I can't really believe it that we swept them, but worse things have hap- pened, right? (Michigan) has a really good team, the only thing they're lacking is a little goaltending." v. Daily Photo by JAE KIM Michigan right wing Billy Powers fights four Western Michigan defenders in Saturday's game at Yost Ice Arena. Powers scored a goal in Friday night's 8-6 loss. The Wolverines also lost Saturday night, 6-4. GIANELLI 's 213 S. FOURTH AVE. ANN ARBOR PIZZA 994-4040 MICHIGAN BASKETBALL SPECIAL Let Gianelli's add to the pleasure of a Wolverine victory with a delicious pizza. We will give % off the regular price of any pizza for every FIESTA BOWL BOUND?? ONE MILE NORTH OF THE SUN DEVIL STADIUM PACKAGE RATES FROM $39.00 PER NIGHT Including ... * Free Full American Breakfast " Free Poolside Cocktail Hour " Free Airport Shuttle .A. p. A defense against cancer can be cooked up in your kitchen. 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