Women's Basketball vs. Xavier Saturday Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Tuesday, December 9, 1986 Hockey vs Miami Friday and Saturday, 7:30 Yost Ice Arena Page 8 Bill Frieder 'Invite' continues tonight 'M' OFFENSE INEPT IN UPSET Bronwos bust Blue 62-59 The Western Michigan Broncos may be surprised to learn that they expected to play Kent State tonight at Crisler Arena at 7:30 in the finals of the Bill Frieder Invitational. "Next week is my tournament," the Michigan coach said last Saturday. "We're playing Western in the first round, but Kent State isn't playing anybody. They got a bye. They are going to play the winner, which hopefully will be Michigan. If we don't win Monday night, then we are going to bring in Western to play Kent State." Jokes aside, the Wolverines will battle the 3-1 Golden Flashes. -Rick Kaplan University of Michigan School of Music presents UNIVERSITY BAND / CAMPUS BAND Eric Becher / Eric Rombach, conductors THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 Hill Auditorium, 8:00 PM UNIVERSITY CHOIR / PHILHARMONIA Patrick Gardner, conductor Boito: Prologue: In The Heavens, from Mefistophele Ives; Psalm 90; Circus Band WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 Hill Auditorium, 8:00 PM MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP Brent Wagner, Director SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 McIntosh Theatre, School of Music, 8:00 PM All Events Free By JEFF RUSH A late Michigan rally fell just short of overcoming a 16-point second-half lead by Western Michigan last night as the Broncos upset the Wolverines 62-59 at Crisler Arena. A three-point basket with four seconds left by Western guard Steve Amundson broke the 59-59 tie. Antoine Joubert's last-second attempt to tie was off the mark, leaving the Broncos with their first win of the season against three defeats. Michigan (4-2) had fought back from a 47-31 deficit to go up 57- 53, but Western then ran off six straight points. Grant fed Glen Rice for a slam to tie the game at 59 with 50 seconds left. The Broncos then let the clock Best Western MICHIGAN Min FG/A FT/A3R A PF TP' Joubert 40 7/17 0/0 3 4 3 14 Rice 31 1/10 0/0 13 2 3 2 Hughes 16 3/5 1/2 7 1 3 7 Grant 37 6/17 1/2 3 3 4 16 Th'pson 22 2/5 0/0 2 2 4 6 Oo'baan7 1/2 0/0 0 1 1 2 Griffin 22 3 5 0/0 0 0 * 6 Vaught 6 1/5 0/0 6 1 0 2 Kramer 19 2/3 0/0 0 1 1 4 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 26/69 2/4 42 WMIJ Min FG/A FT/A R James 38 5/13 4/7 9 Amunsn 38 5/9 0/0 5 B'mg't 29 29 8/12 6 St'back 40 2/6 1/2 1 Bolden 36 3/10 1/2 9 Riik'n 11 2/4 0/1 2 Mahaley 8 0/1 0/0 1 Team Rebounds 3 15 19 59 A 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 PF 2 12 2 2 2 2 0 TP 14 17 19 5 8 4 0 Totals 200 25/55 9/17 35 9 11 62 Three-point goals: WMU - Amundson, 2/4; Bolden, 1/4. UM - Thompson, 2/5; Grant, 3/8; Joubert, 0/3; Kramer, 0/1; Rice, 0/1. Scoring 1 2 T WMU 34 28 62 MICHIGAN 28 31 59 Attendance: 11,129 run down before Amundson sank his game-winner. "WE WERE not going to call a timeout and allow Michigan to decide how they were going, to ,defense us down the stretch," said Western coach Ven Payne. "Any one of our kids could have taken that shot. We executed really well." Amundson explained that his shot came off a set-up play that would have allowed any of the five Broncos on the floor to take the shot. "If Randy (Bolden) was open at the top he would have taken it," said Amundson. "But he saw me open, so he passed it." The wide-open Amundson swished it through the net for a three-pointer from the left side. THE WIN was anything but lucky, according to Wolverine coach Bill Frieder. "We didn't shoot well to begin with and you have to be able to shoot the ball in to have a chance," said Frieder. "That and our problem guarding (center Tony) Baumgardt inside was the balgame." Baumgardt led the Broncos with 19 points, all coming from the inside at the expense of Michigan's young frontline. The 6-9 sophomore recorded his highest scoring effort of the season. "Coach (Payne) talked to us this afternoon about exploiting their inside game because they were so inexperienced," said Baumgardt after the game. "I knew I'd get the ball but I didn't know I'd get it that much" "They were looking for him," said Michigan center Mark Hughes. "They were moving the ball real well, passing it around and reversing it and catching him down low, and we were having trouble with our weak-side help." FRIEDER SAID his front- line players "are all having problems defensively with the big people." Michigan didn't get much help on offense from the three-guard combo that scored 84 points against Illinois-Chicago. "Garde (Thompson) didn't hit the shots and Gary (Grant) and Antoine (Joubert) didn't hit enough of Why will 1987 be a significant year for the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN? Find out EVERY WEDNESDAY in THE MICHIGAN DAILY sponsored by: I .4 I iaH Daily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHY Michigan center Mark Hughes (55) battles Western Michigan's Tony Baumgardt for possession of the bill last night's game at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines were upset by the Broncos, 62-59. I I MEOW i them," said Frieder. The three scored 36 points between them. Grant led the team with 16, Joubert had 14, and Thompson had six. The low output didn't hurt Payne's feelings. "There are three guys on that floor that worry me - Thompson, Joubert, and Grant," said Payne. "Anytime the ball is in one of their hands, that's bad. Anytime it's in someone else's, that's good." Payne said it was in Western's game plan to leave Rice virtually unguarded. The sophomore forward responded by shooting one-of-10 from the field. MICHIGAN'S offense was absent from the start. When the Wolverines weren't shooting the ball (and missing), they were throwing it away or fouling Western. Thompson, coming off his best game ever as a Wolverine, threw the ball away twice early and committed his third foul of the game with 4:20 left in the first half. He sat out until after intermission. Michigan went up by five three times in the first half, leading 7-2, 18-13, and 20-15, but sloppy play prevented the Wolverines from stretching the lead any farther. '1 Christmas Break Rate Women cagers rebound to c apture third i Make your break in a car from National. You can rent a car if you're 18 or older, have a valid driver's license, current student I.D. and a cash deposit. Stop by and fill out a short cash qualifi- cation form at least 24-hours in advance. You pay for gas used and return car to renting location. Most major credit cards accepted. Non-discountable rate applies to Chevy Chevette or similar-size car and is subject to change without notice. Rates slightly lower for drivers over 25. Specific cars subject to availability. Certain daily minimums apply. 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"Virginia is the best team we've played in my three years at Michigan," commented head coach Bud VanDe Wege. "Their defense made it very difficult for us to move offensively." THE WOLVERINES re- grouped for a victory in the consolation game, defeating Virginia Commonwealth 70-47. It was Feldman who took charge with VanDe Wege ...impressed by Cavaliers basketball teams, came up: penniless against the Wolverines: VCU just committed too many-' turnovers in the game (20) to stay: above water. Likewise, in the first. half Michigan's started dismally,' shooting only 33 percent. 1 ATTENTION STUDENTS! PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT. "We didn't play real well in the first half, but we came on strong in the second half, and started to do the: things we're capable of doing. It:, AVAILABLE NOW.