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Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 21, 1986
Martin QTiruniides
By A dam Martin
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MSU GUARDS KNOCK 'M' FROM FIRST
State blasts Blue,
74-59
Skiles proves human.. .
I . . but it doesn't matter
T HIS TIME Scott Skiles only scored 20 points, almost seven below his
season average. The once fallen, now angelic Spartan killer hit only
six of 16 shots from the field, and nailed eight of nine from the free throw
line. But this time it didn't matter.
Despite Antoine Joubert's confident predictions for a Michigan victory,
the Michigan State Spartans dumped the Wolverines, 74-59, last night at
Crisler Arena. But no need to hail (or hate) Skiles; the man who slashed
Michigan for 40 points almost a month ago could only play a role in his
club's season sweeping victory, and it was hardly divine.
Instead, those other Spartans - the ones who usually watch their
Plymouth, Indiana teammate sink bomb after bomb - combined to shut
down Michigan's inside game and simply outrun the Wolverines.
The Spartan defense forced Michigan to the perimeter, and in the
second half when the Wolverines needed to hit the rainbows, everything
turned green, East Lansing green.
"We got a lot of fast break baskets last time at home," said Skiles, "so I
thought we could come out and run with them."
once the Spartans started running, they never stopped. Michigan
could only convert .333 percent of their shots in half two, and as often as
Michigan missed, the Spartans pulled out the whips.
Before Michigan could pull together and swing the momenutm,
Michigan State had a 46-43 lead, courtesy of a lightning transition game.
When Skiles threw a blind, over-the-shoulder bomb to junior Darryl John-
son for an easy layup, State held a five-point lead.
The next 15 minutes were only painful for Michigan. "They're so good
in transition," said a dejected Bill Frieder, the Wolverine coach. "They
made us shoot it, and we didn't shoot it in."
Surprisingly, neither did Skiles. The senior guard was 4-of-11 at half-
time after forcing up several poor efforts. Skiles was quick to credit Gary
Grant for his defense, and the double-team Michigan used against him.
The sharpshooter then quickly deferred to his teammates, who rose as
Skiles turned human.
The rest of the guys were playing so well," explained Skiles, the
media's latest prey. "I just tried to give it to them, and let them do it."
Hardly the words of a man who has led the Spartans in scoring in 19 of 23
games this season, including splurges of 40, 45 and 36.
Then again, words are insignificant, at least according to the latest
group of Spartans. "We don't talk with them," Johnson said of Joubert's
fruitless omen. "We let our performance do our talking."
Suffice it to say, the Spartans talk with their feet. State coach Jud
Heathcote considers his club's shooting percentage (fourth highest in
the history of NCAA basketball) a decided advantage, but when there is
no defense to shoot over, the Spartans are even more deadly.
"Quickness really bothers us," said Frieder. "If we go with size, they
outquick us, and we've got problems."
The problems came in all shapes and sizes last night. The most
notable was the smallest. Teh 6-2 Johnson poured in 26, including
several fast-break layups, and created havoc for Michigan by
penetrating and dishing off.
More important, it was Michigan State, not Michigan, which pumped
itself by outrunning the opposition. If the Wolverines looked flat, they
were trampled.
This time State fans couldn't invite hatred. Some were seen relieving
themselves on the corner of Tappan and Hill before the game, but it
makes no difference. The farm jokes just don't apply.
As for the Scott Skiles raucous party material, forget it. Two losses to
Michigan State hardly make a pleasant Spring Break, no matter where
you spend it.
By BARB MCQUADE
No dominating inside game. No
conistent shooting. No transition
defense.
The three elements Michigan
needed to win last night never
materialized, as the Wolverines were
slapped in the face with a 74-59 loss at
Crisler Arena at the hands of
Michigan State.
"OUR ABILITY to hold our own on
the boards was probably the differen-
ce in the game," said MSU head coach
Jud Heathcote.
the smaller Spartans matched
Michigan with 33 rebounds, but poun-
ded more than the glass. MSU's
collapsing zone defense kept
Wolverine center Roy Tarpley in
check all night. The 6-11 senior
finished with a respectable 15 points,
but just six in the second half.
"We made a couple of adjustments
at halftime," Heathcote said. "We
said to (MSU center) Barry Fordham,
'you have to work harder. You have
to get around in front of Tarpley an-
dnot play behind him, and he did a
fantastic job. It never looked like the
pass was open, even if it was.
"WE WERE surrounding him,"
Heathcote continued. "I thought they
were a little reluctant to throw him
the ball."
So instead of going with the bread
and butter, Michigan resorted to the
cold leftovers. The Wolverines forced
poor shots in the second half, shooting
just 33 percent from the floor.
"I think we played one good half of
basketball," said Michigan head
coach Bill Frieder whose 10-4
Wolverines dropped to second place in
the Big Ten. Unfortunately, you have
to play two. The second half we jus
didn't shoot well. We make four or
five more baskets, it takes away four
or five of their transition stuff.
They're so good in transition."
THE WOLVERINES were no match
for the Spartan running game. MSU
guard Scott Skiles had 200 yards
passing, hitting backcourt teammate
Darryl Johnson all night with long
bombs on the fast break. Johnson was
the game's high scorer with 26 points,
18 on layups. On three straight plays,
Skiles fed him with court-length
passes, including a blind one over
his shoulder.
"I saw that Scott had the ball, so I
just ran downcourt and tried to beat
everybody down there," Johnson
said. "He just made a spectacular
pass.
ALFORD CANS 24
"That was the particular game
plan. We got a lot of those fastbreak
baskets back in East Lansing."
The Spartans sped past Michigan in
their first meeting of the season, when
MSU ran to a 91-79 victory, a margin
of 12 points. The Wolverines lost by 13
last night on their own court.
"WE REALLY have problems with
quickness," Frieder said. "With our
size, we're not nearly as quick. The
quickness really bothers us."
the big Michigan squad usually
relies on winning the battle under the
boards, but last night, MSU's
perimeter players snatched more
than their fair share off the glass.
Vernon Carr pulled down 10 rebounds
and Larry Polec nabbed nine to spark
the Spartan attack.
"The key to our success is if we can
get a rebound and get the fast break
going," Polec said.
THE STERLING Heights native
had 13 points in the contest on six-of-11
shooting. Skiles managed 20 points
despite being held to six-of-16 from the
floor.
Michigan could be proud of holding
the avid scorer to half his point total
from the last time the two teams met.
"I thought defensively Gary Grand
did a good job on Skiles," Frieder
said. "At the half Skiles was four for
11."
GRANT WAS all over the 6-1 Skiles
in the first half, feuling Michigan to a
37-36 lead at intermission. The
Wolverine guard shined brightly on
offense for the first 20 minutes with 10
points, but was brilliant on defense to
"hold" Skiles to 11. The Canton, Ohio
native had two blocks and three
steals, two of which he converted into
dunks.
A tired Grant dropped to three-of-
nine shooting in the second half,
though, and the rest of the Wolverines
with the exception of Glen Rice, fared
no better. Rice tallied 11 points on
five-of-seven accuracy.
Michigan guard antoine Joubert
gave the Wolverines their one-point
halftime lead on a six-foot jumper
with five seconds on the clock. Just
2:32 earlier, the 6-5 junior had scored
his 1,000th career point, only the 23rd
Michigan player on the list.
Wolverine forward Richard
Rellford reached another milestone,
breaking the Michigan record for
most games played with 117 ap-
pearances.
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Big Ten
Standings
Conference
Overall
Indiana.......
MICHIGAN .....
Michigan State . .
Purdue .........
Illinois........
*Iowa.........
Ohio, State.....
Minnesota ......
*Wisconsin ......
Northwestern ...
W
10
10
9
9
8
6
6
5
2
L
3
4
5
5
6
6
7
8
11
W
18
22
18
20
17
12
12
15
10
L
5
4
6
7
8
10
11
11
13
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2 12 8 16 1
*Does not include last night's game.
Daily Photo by DAN HABIB
Robert Henderson fights for a loose ball with Michigan State's Larry
Polec. Polec scored 13 points to help up-end the Wolverines.
Johnson magic
MICHIGAN STATE
MinFG/A FT/A I
R
Polec..........3
Carr ............3
Fordham........
Johnson .........
Skiles ...........,
valentine ........
Izzo .............
Walkerb........
Brown ........
Team Rebounds .
36
39
36
40
39
3
4
2
1
6-11
4-7
2-3
12-19
6-16
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-2
1-2
0-0
2-2
8-9
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
9
10
4
3
5
0
1
0
0
1
A
1
5
0
8
6
0
0
0
0
PF Pts
3 13
0 9
4 4
1 26
1 20
0 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
MICHIGAN
MinFG/A FT/A R
Reilford..........18 2-3 2-2 2
wade............ 24 1-5 0-0 11
Tarpley.........40 7-13 1-1 10
Joubert .........28 4-12 00 3
Grant........... 34 8-19 0-0 3
Rice ............. 26 5-7 0-0 2
Thompson ....... 18 1.6 0-0 0
Henderson ...... 12 0-0 0-0 0
Team Rebounds. 2
A PF Pts
0 2 6
0 2 2
0 2 15
5 5 16
1 3 10
1 2 2
1 0 0
Indiana edges Illinois, 61. -60
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CHAMPAIGN (UPI) - Steve
Alford scored 24 points and No. 14 In-
diana moved into first place in the Big
Ten with a 61-60 victory yesterday
over Illinois.
Indiana, which did not score in the
final five minutes of the game, in-
proved to 18-5 overall and 10-3 in the
conference. Indiana is one-half game
ahead of Michigan, which lost to
TOTALS.........200 28-65 3-3
33 10 18 59
Michigan State last night.
ILLINOIS fell to 17-6 and 9-6.
Indiana, which also did not score
until nearly four minutes had expired,
led 53-44 with less than nine minutes to
play. Illinois, which trailed 61-54 with
4:50 to play, cut the lead on two field
goals by Tony Wysinger and another
by Glynn Blackwell.
Wysinger's jumper at the buzzer
was off.
Indiana, trailing 8-2 with four
minutes expired into the game, took a
9-8 lead on Winston Morgan's layup
and free throw.
Ken Norman, who led Illinois with
20 points, tied the game at 13 and 15,
but Indiana got seven straight points
and went up 22-15 on Alford's 18-foot
jumper with 8:13 to play. Alford hit
another 18-footer as time expired at
the half for a 34-28 lead.
Wysinger finished with 14 points
and Bruce Douglas added 11 for
TOTALS ........ 200
31-57 12-15 33 20 9 74
Halftime score: Michigan 37, Michigan State 36.
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Purdue 85, Ohio State 79
WEST LAFAYETTE (UPI) -
Troy Lewis scored 18 points, including
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Purdue Boilermakers to an 85-79 Big
Ten basketball victory last night over
Ohio State.
Purdue rose to 9-5 in conference
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LEWIS HIT a basket and two free
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Purdue trailed 42-38 at halftime but
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Doug Lee added 15 for Purdue and
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