Wrestling vs. Northwestern Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Wednesday, January 7, 1987 Basketball vs. Ohio State Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena Page 10 Powerful Purdue pounds Blue 89-77 By JEFF RUSH Shades of Scott Skiles: the jump shot is again beating the Michigan Wolverines. The outside game, which helped Skiles and his Michigan State teammates upset Michigan twice last season, is proving to be Michigan's Achilles' Heel again this season. That same shot, which refused to fall for the Wolverines during postseason play, has led to Michigan's early demise from the NCAA tournament the past two years. AT WEST LAFAYETTE Monday night, it was Troy Lewis who burned the Wolverines by burying a career-high 39 points to lead the sixth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers to a 89-77 victory over the hapless Wolverines. Purdue now stands at 2-0 in the Big Ten and 10-1 overall. The The defeat was also Michigan's third in its last four games. Illinois and Middle Tennessee State accounted for the Wolverines other two losses. Michigan's overall record now stands at 8-5. LEWIS DID his best to imitate Skiles during Purdue's victory, hitting 12-of-15 shots from all over the floor, sinking 13-of-15 free throws, grabbing eight rebounds and dishing off five assists. Add in Todd Mitchell's six- of-12 from the floor and Melvin McCants' six-of-10, and one has the ingredients for a blowout. The only thing that didn't go poorly for the Wolverines Monday was their outside shooting, though even that was only mediocre. Antoine Joubert scored 22 points on 10-of-21 shooting, Gary Grant scored 21 points on nine-of-19 shooting, and Glen Rice scored 15 points on seven-of-16 shooting, much of his shots taken from the ,wes ... Purdue's powerhouse Boilermakers are one on five teams in the conference that are undefeated in league play. The loss was Michigan's second in the conference, leaving them as one of five teams that have yet to win in the Big Ten.. perimeter. Garde Thompson added 10 points on four-of-10 shooting. The rest of the Wolverines took a combined seven shots from the floor, good for only nine points. MICHIGAN coach Bill Frieder was forced early in the game to try a number of different combinations on the floor as Mark Hughes got into early foul trouble, only to be followed by Loy Vaught getting into early foul trouble. It was all for naught, as none of the big men, with the exception of Rice, could score against the tough Boilermaker defense. Michigan was able to stay even with Purdue until midway through the first half. Purdue, backed by Lewis' hot shooting, was then able to take a 45-35 lead into the locker room at intermission. The Wolverines made a run in the second half, but again Lewis silenced them when he needed to. Rice led both teams with 11 rebounds, and Joubert hauled in nine. Mitchell and Lewis led the Boilermakers with eight each. IN OTHER action over vacation: Michigan beat Northern Michigan 102-76. Grant led the Wolverines with 32 points and nine rebounds. Middle Tenessee beat Michigan 85-83 in the first round of the University of Alabama-Birmingham Classic. Rice led the Wolverines with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Michigan smashed Alaska- Anchorage 102-55 in the consolation round of the UAB Classic. Grant led the Wolverines with 24 points, and Hughes pulled down nine rebounds. Illinois defeated Michigan 95-84 in both teams' Big Ten opener. WOLVERIVES GO 4-2 OVER BREAK: leers S Iit wit By PETE STEINERT It is by no means time to start talking about the hockey team in the same breath with Michigan State or Bowling Green, but Michigan did show signs over winter break of better things to come in the second half. When classes ended December 12, Michigan was tied for last in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and riding a five-game losing streak. Over break, however, the Wolverines won four of six and climbed out of the cellar. Some of the highlights included: 'Michigan notching its first sweep of the season when they won two games from Miami at Yost Ice Arena December 14 and 15 TheF Wolverines avenged their two losses to the Redskins in Oxford, Ohio, last October. -The Wolverines making their first appearance in the finals of the Great Lakes Invitational since 1980. -Michigan winning only its second road game of the season last Saturday, defeating Ohio State 8-7" in overtime. Michigan's split with the , Buckeyes last weekend left it with an 8-16 overall record and in Freshman Ryan Pardoski tri seventh place in the CCHA. It is College earlier this season. only one point behind sixth-place host Ohio State in overtime la Ohio State and three points behind fifth-place Illinois-Chicago, its his third of the season. opponent this weekend. "Saturday night's game wa "That was our best series of important game to win," games on the road (this season)," Berenson. "It would have be head coach Red Berenson said, tough weekend had we lost it." referring to the Ohio State trip. MICHIGAN SPLIT an THE WOLVERINES could pair of games at the GLI a have very well won a pair of games Louis Arena. The Wolve according to Berenson. They ousted Michigan Tech 4-3 i outshot Ohio State 40-19 Friday semi-finals on a Mike I night only to lose 7-4. The overtime goal. However, We Buckeyes' big period was the Michigan soundly defeated th second when they outscored the finals 8-2. Bronco goalie Michigan 4-1. Rick Brebant scored Horn, the most valuable play three goals for Ohio State. the two-day tournament, ti The Wolverines rebounded the back 34 shots. following night to beat Ohio State "I didn't think we to give goalie Glen Neary (1-8) his necessarily the second best te first win of the season. Ryan the tournament, but we deserv Pardoski scored the game-winner 24 beat Tech," Berenson said. seconds into the overtime period was a big boost for us just to while Brad McCaughey sat in the the final game." penalty box. It was Pardoski's Probably the most impt second goal of the game and only series over break was the h Bucks Doily Photo by JOHN MUNSON While Michigan students were struggling with final exams, Michigan's Gary Grant struggled with a Bowling Green player for the ball. SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Women tumblers aim high Daily Photo by PETER ROSS. ips up an opponent from Lake Superior State Pardoski scored the winning goal against ast weekend. as an said een a other t Joe rines n the Moes stern em in e Bill yer in urned were am in ed to "...It get in ortant series against Miami. It was a must win situation for Michigan, and they came away with two badly-needed wins. The most crucial moment in the series could have come late in the third period of the second game when defenseman Alex Roberts was serving a five-minute penalty, and Michigan successfully killed the penalty to preserve a 7-6 lead. Brad McCaughey was the offensive hero, garnering a pair of hat tricks on the weekend. It was his second and third three-goal games of the season. Joe Lockwood also chipped in with a two-goal performance in the Friday game. The goals were Lockwood's first two of the season. Freshman defenseman Brad Turner also scored his first two goals of the season with one against Michigan Tech and Ohio State, respectively. By WALTER KOPF The higher one goes, the thinner the atmosphere gets. But the women's gymnastics team is hoping that won't be true for them. "I could tell in the first two weeks that it was going to be a better atmosphere this year," said returning gymnast Janne Klepek. "People are more relaxed and we're working really well together." Head coach Dana Kempthorn has also noticed the depth of this young Woverine team. "I really look forward to this year. We can mix up the lineup a lot because we have so much depth," she said. "Also, it's nice to have the returning kids to pull you through." The Wolverines look to beat their sixth place Big Ten finish of last year. There are, however, a few obstacles in their path. Minnesota and Ohio State remain strong from their Big Ten-leading squads of last year. In fact, the Wolverines haven't made it past the tough Big Ten since 1982 when they advanced to the NCAA Tournament. MICHIGAN will face only four teams from the Big Ten during the season until the Big Ten Championships in late March. Instead, they will face different squads from around the Midwest, the Buckeyes among them. Women's gymnastics is both a team and individual sport. There are Women cagers off to 0-2 Big Ten start Kempthorn ... hopeful coach no separate competitions, but rather, the individual results are separated after the team scores have been figured. After the season, there is a series of tournaments leading to the NCAA's. Both team and individuals are eligible to compete. The season begins in Kalamazoo on Friday. That will feature Western Michigan and Southeast Missouri. Then Michigan comes home for the big meet with Ohio State, the following Saturday. "We're shooting for third in the Big Ten," said coach Kempthorn, "and if we stay healthy, I think we'll get it." Leafs tie Wings for first DETROIT (AP) - Russ Courtnall scored two third-period goals last night to lift Toronto to a 3-1 NHL victory over Detroit as the Maple Leafs pulled into a tie with the Red Wings for first place in the Norris Division. Courtnall tied the game 1-1 with his 18th goal at 9:21 of the third period, eight seconds after Detroit's Lee Norwood went off for holding Greg Terrion. Courtnall, who extended his scoring streak to nine games, beat Red Wings netminder Greg Stefan from the top of the left circle. Courtnall came from behind the net to beat Stefan from six feet away on a feed from Wendell Clark at 16:54 and Miroslav Ihnacak scored an empty-net goal with 12 seconds remaining. Gerard Gallant gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead with his 18th goal, his seventh power-play goal, at 16:23 of the second period. With Vincent Damphoussse in the penalty box for hooking Detroit's Petr Klima on a breakaway, Darren Veitch took a pass along the boards from Steve Yzerman and fed the puck to Gallant just inside the blue line. Gallant, who leads the Red Wings in both goals and power- play goals, beat Toronto goalie Allan Bester with a blistering slapshot. Bosworth to return? NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - One day after telling linebacker Brian Bosworth that he shouldn't return to the Oklahoma football team next year, Coach Barry Switzer yesterday said the All-American's college career may not be over. "If Brian does not option to play pro football, he and I will discuss his possible future participation at a later date," Switzer said in a statement issued by the school's sports information office. Bosworth, a fourth-year junior eligible to graduate in May, was generally expected to make himself available for the National Football League draft. Switzer's declaraton on Monday that it would be "in the best interest of the university" for Bosworth to forego his final year of eligiblity seemed to assure the player's future. Bosworth was banned by the NCAA from playing in the Orange Bowl because drug tests showed he had used steroids. He later blasted the NCAA for its drug-testing policy, and during the Orange Bowl game wore a T-shirt that, using the NCAA initals, read "National Communists Against Athletes." The Daily Oklahoman newpaper quoted an unnamed source close to the football program as saying Bosworth had been told before the kickoff: "Do not do anything to embarrass yourself, the football team or the university with your conduct on the sideline." "But he did, and it was direct insubordinaton," the newpaper's source said. "He had no respect for what Barry told him; he did what he wanted to do. He went beyond the team. You can only go so far. "He staged the whole thing. He upstaged the whole team and what the university was trying to accomplish. He embarrassed everybody - the president, the coaches, the team, the total university - in what he did. "The university had to do something about it. If the university hadn't done anything, it would have been as if they were condoning what he did." By SHELLY HASELHUHN Is a Big Ten championship in the forecast for the Michigan women's basketball team? Not if the Wolverines' dryspell continues after losses last weekend to Purdue (82-61) and Illinois (76- 71). A rain dance is in progress though to improve on last year's 8-10 conference record and seventh place Big Ten finish. That's not an unreasonable goal considering they're 7-4. "After (Friday's thrashing by Purdue), we came in Saturday and I ripped them good," said head coach Bud Van De Wege. "I really got on them in practice, and appealed to their desire to compete." It worked. Although Michigan suffered a marginal loss to 13th ranked Illinois last Sunday, it was obvious that this was not the same ball club that played against the Boilermakers as if hungover from New Year's. The Wolverines raised their Purdue field goal percentage from 36.8 percent to 47 percent against Illinois. Fighting Illini coach Laura Golden claimed their game was not up to par after a tiresome nine-day road trip, but Illinois still manhandled Michigan, shooting 56 percent from the field and 67 percent from the line. "We were keeping our fingers crossed that the road trip we've been on wouldn't take its toll before the game was over," said Golden. "Michigan played a really nice ball game. We knew that Lorea Feldman and Vonnie Thompson were excellent players, but Bud (Van De Wege) certainly did get a lot of production out of some of his freshman." One of those freshman standouts is Lisa Reynolds. Reynolds earned herself a starting position at center, sidestepping senior Sharon Sonntag in a home loss to Bowling Green (61- 60) on December 28. Reynolds is first in the conference in blocked shots (2.25 per game), and second on the team in points (11.0 per game) and rebounds (6.25 per game), only behind junior Lorea Feldman. "Lisa Reynolds, to me, what a great defensive player she is," bragged Van De Wege. "As a freshman she has learned, the team has learned to help each other on defense. She runs the (fast) break well too. "The team as a whole played a great basketball game (against Illinois). You found out (in this game) that we have it--there's no question about it. I'm excited from the standpoint that they bounced back." The Wolverines rallied to come back from the Fighting Illini's 10-point lead in the second half. Sonntag proved herself worthy to start at center, making key rebounds and points. It was her best game this year by far, with1iO rebounds and a career highl4 points, the same number of points she scored earlier this year against Virginia Commonwealth. "Sharon deserves a lot of credit. She's been coming into practice working her tail off, turning her attitude 180 degrees," said Van De Wege. Michigan jumps from the frying pan into the fire, as it hits the Big Ten road for the first time this season, visiting defending Big Ten Champion Ohio State this Friday, then they're off to Indiana. Michigan will return home on January 23 to host Northwestern..