I Hall of Fame Bowl tickets on sale Michigan Ticket Department SPORTS Monday, November 30, 1987 Women's Basketball vs. Oakland University Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Page 10 BLUE GAINS THIRD PLACE AT SHOOTOUT 'M' CI By PETE. STEINERT Gary Grant demonstrated last weekend at the Great Alask a Shootout that as he goes, so goes the Michigan basketball team. In yesterday's consolation game, Grant sank three clutch free throws in the game's final minute to give the Wolverines a 78-76 come-from- behind victory over Alabama- Birmingham at Sullivan Arena. "The way we came back showed 6verybody was working hard, and we showed a lot of character," Grant said. The win secured the Wolverines of a third-place finish in the eight- team tournament, going 2-1. Michigan defeated Miami, Fla. Friday, 109-76, and lost to 17th- ranked Arizona Saturday, 79-64 to advance to the consolation round. Grant, who scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half, hit his first two free throws with 35 seconds to play, giving the Wolverines a 77- 76 lead. The senior captain was then fouled with five seconds left after rebounding a missed shot by the Blazers' Larry Rembert. Grant hit one of two from the charity stripe to increase Michigan's lead to two. UAB's last chance to tie the game iws back, beats UAB Golden Words BY GREG MOLZON failed when Rembert's shot at the buzzer missed. Rembert topped the Blazers with 26 points. Grant's second half heroics followed sluggish first half and a sub-par performance against Arizona. In the loss to the Wildcats, the 6-3 guard scored only seven points, shooting just three-of-14 from the floor. "Gary Grant was night and day different from yesterday," said Wolverine head coach Bill Frieder. "He was the leader we needed him to be." The game started off quite innocently for Michigan as it scored the game's first six points and led by as much as 13 points in the first half. The Wolverines entered the locker room at the half with a 39-30 advantage. UAB, however, slowly cut away at Michigan's lead with the aid of a 16-2 run. The Blazers went in front for the first time in the game, 59-58, on a basket by Reginald Turner. Two three-pointers by Bruce Baker and one by Michael Charles helped up the Blazers' lead to 70-65, their largest of the game. "When our lead slipped, a lot of that was due to inexperience as much as anything," Frieder said. Frieder also attributed UAB's spurt to the loss of guard Rumeal Robinson, who left the game early in the second half with an injury to his left foot - a possible fracture. From that point it was the veterans that rallied the Wolverines. Glen Rice, the game's most valuable player with a game-high 27 points, hit two key three-point shots, and Loy Vaught sank a turnaround jumper and a pair of free throws to cut the Blazers' lead to 76-75 with 1:21 remaining. With 53 seconds left, Turner turned the ball over to Michigan when he palmed the ball. Grant then missed his initial shot on a drive to the net but grabbed his own rebound and was fouled. "I started praying as soon as they called that timeout," Grant said of UAB's attempt to distract him. "We had our chances but couldn't make it work," said Blazer head coach Gene Bartow. "We can't play much better than we did." After Rice's 27 points and Grant's 18, Vaught came off the bench to finish with 14 on six-of-six i Rice ... 27 points floor shooting and two-of-two free throw shooting. "We were involved in three completely different types of games," Frieder said. "First, we blew out Miami, then we were blown out (by Arizona), and against UAB we were in a dogfight. "I think it's been a learning experience for our whole team but particularly for those first-year players," Frieder added. The associated press filed a report for this story. I Redmen take NEW YORK (AP) - Shelton Mark Gathers tones scored 25 points and grabbed with 24 points. Mi 16 rebounds to lead St. John's to an and',Corey Gaines "88-85 victory over Loyola Mary- UCLA, had 20. amount in the finals of the Lapchick Trailing 85-78, Memorial basketball tournament straight points to yesterday. point with 38 s St. John's, 2-0, has won all 13 Michael Porter of Lapchick tournaments. a free throw and a Greg Harvey added 18 points for 88-84 with six sec the Redmen, while Matt Brust had After Brust rec 16. foul for delaying t Lapchick led Loyola with Yoest made on ke Yoest added 22 to make it 88- ;s, a transfer from chance to tie it Fryer's three-p Loyola scored six off the rim. close within one Nebraska econds left. But nAde 75 St. John's then hit LAHAINA. a layup to make it Freshman reser onds remaining. three-point sho ceived a technical and Henry T. B he inbounds play, helerskB - - hep Nebraska championship e of two free throws 85. The Lions had a at the buzzer, but Jeff oint attempt bounced 76, Chaimi- Hawaii (AP) - ve Beau Reid hit four ts in the second half uchanan added two to hold off Chaminade y for seventh place in ic basketball tourna- nes yesterday, No. 7 d Illinois for third met Baylor for fifth place and 11th-ranked Iowa faced Villanova in the championship game. Reid, who became eligible this season after transferring form Ohio University, led all scorers with 20 points, including 16 in the second half. Eric Johnson scored 17 points for the Cornhuskers, 1-2, Jeff Rekeweg and Derrick Vick added 11 each and Buchanan eight. Nebraska led 48-38 early in the second half, but couldn't shake Chaminade and didn't take the lead for good until Reid hit a jump shot from the baseline to make it 74-72 with 4 minutes, 14 seconds remain- ing. Frieder knows best.. ..Vitalehas a point Will the real Michigan basketball expert please stand up? On one side, we have Dick Vitale. Vitale says the Wolverines are the best team in the country. With more talent and potential than any other college team around, the ESPN analyst says that head coach Bill Frieder will have his team in Kansas City for the Final Four. , On the other side, Frieder says Vitale's prediction is crazy and that his team is too young and inexperienced to win the national title, let alone contend in the tough Big Ten. The thought of Vitale's statements being aired across the nation is Frieder's worst nightmare. However, that is exactly what happened this weekend as ESPN broadcasted the Great Alaskan Shootout from Anchorage, giving everyone the chance to see the Wolverines firsthand, while also listening to Vitale promote the team to the hilt. So, after the first glimpse of the team- who was right? Well, both of them, sort of. IN THE OPENING game Friday night, Michigan lived up to Vitale's advanced billing and more in a 109-76 victory over Miami, Fla. Terry Mills, who sat out last year due to Proposition 48, was better than anyone could have expected with 22 points against Miami's highly touted seven-foot center Tito Horford. Newcomer Sean Higgins lit up the gym with his dead-eye shooting for 12 points and Gary Grant and Glen Rice contributed as expected, with 21 and 22 points, respectively. Watching this game, Michigan fans were probably lining up reservations for Kansas City as the Wolverines looked, at times, spectacular and unbeatable. All the while, Vitale was beaming over his preseason prognostication. He said that Frieder's squad has "more talent than Elizabeth Taylor has diamonds," and that perhaps he- should find a new place to rank the Wolverines that was even higher than No. 1. On Saturday, though, the Wolverines proved that Frieder may know a little about his team, too. Michigan was outmatched by an experienced Arizona team that returned all five starters from last year and is favored to win the Pacific Ten conference this season. THE 17TH-RANKED Wildcats shut Vitale up by slowing down the Wolverine runing game and inside play in coasting to a 79-64 win. As talented as Michigan is, they were not ready for another talented-and experienced--squad like Arizona. On Sunday's broadcast of the consolation game between Michigan and Alabama-Birmingham, Vitale was a bit more subdued in his evaluation of the Wolverines. While the Wolverines barely pulled out a 78-76 win, Vitale even admitted that Frieder might know more about his team than he did. So what did we learn from this tournament? For starters, Frieder knew what he was talking about. It may get tiresome to hear, but this team is young and inexperienced. It's going to take awhile for the players to gel together and reach their potential. On the other hand, Michigan showed enough flashes of brilliance to give fans hope that Vitale just may be right. With an easy stretch of non-conference games coming up at home, the Wolverines will have the chance to gain confidence with some big wins. By the mid- dle of the Big Ten schedule, this team could be something special. In the meantime, what else did we learn from Alaska? -Mills is excellent. No doubt about it, great players are great from the start and Mills is no exception. Although UAB held him to four points, he led the Wolverines in scoring in the first two games and was an inside force with his rebounding and shot-blocking ability. *IT'S GOING TO TAKE some time for Rumeal Robinson and Higgins to adjust to college hoops. Their shared position of having to handle the ball next to Grant in the backcourt puts a lot of pressure on them and they inevitably made some first-year mistakes over the weekend. They both showed their potential in stretches, but the fans will have to be patient until their time arrives. -lt's also going to take a little time for Grant to adjust to the new players and figure out what his role should be. The All-American guard has to take control of the team and determine who's going to do what, especially himself. Should he be a scorer, shooter, passer, or a combination of each? The last is the logical answer, but it's going to take a couple more games for his role to be clearly defined. Don't worry about Grant, though, he'll do whatever he can to make this team a winner. It's obvious that Vitale was being a bit premature with his visions of grandeur for the Wolverines. Only time will tell if Michigan can progress and become the type of team that Vitale promised it will be. But until that time comes, maybe we should all listen a little more carefully to the man who knows the most about Michigan basketball-Bill Frieder. A family tradition for over 37years Rent-a- CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH CH RYSI "ANN ARBOR'S LOCAL , CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALER" LEASE FOR LESS THAN ..IT COSTS TO BUY ALL SIZES & MODELS CUSTOMIZED LEASES INDIVIDUAL & FLEET MAJOR CREDIT CARD Chrysler New Yorker DAILY - WEEKLY - MONTH RENTALS -z- QUALITY USED CARS _-LOW RATES... CALL & COMPARE Conquest 3-doorliftback 2060 W. STADIUM BLV 662-3175 ANN ARBOR SEE YOU TODAY! mmmmmmm 76-75 yesterday the Maui Classi ment. 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