4 Page 12 -The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 9, 1987 Women cagers rebound in North Carolina By MICHAEL GILL The sign of a good athletic team is the ability to bounce back from adversity. The women's basketball team did exactly that this past weekend, bouncing its way to a split at the North Carolina Tournament in Chapel Hill, N.C. After losing the opening round to host and highly respected North Carolina, 88-75, the Wolverines beat Northeastern handily, 65-53. It was not gaining the split that showed the team's heart, but rather the ability to overcome last Tues- day's morale-breaking loss to Oak- land University. "We played two good games - having bound back from the loss to Oakland is so important," said coach Bud Van De Wege. GAME ONE saw the Wol verines shoot a woeful 29 percent from the floor, yet at the half they found themselves trailing by only two, 45-43. "We hung with them in every aspect of the game," said Van De Wege. "With that kind of shooting, its hard to beat anyone." The Wolverines excelled under the boards, grabbing rebounds faster than Hugh Hefner grabs women. Tanya Powell (18 points) cleared 18 off the boards against the Tarheels while nabbing nine in the final match and finishing with 33 points. The second game's 14-point dif- ference can be attributed to an early 20-8 Michigan lead. From there the Wolverines coasted, connecting on 52 percent of their field goals. Sophomore sensation Tempie Brown threw in 20 points and totaled 46 for the two games. The leading scorer in each game, Brown was named to the All-Tournament team. "SHE DID it all" were the only words Van De Wege could muster when speaking of the former Miss Colorado Basketball. North Carolina won the tour- nament beating Iowa State, 69-66, in the final. Van De Wege will now start singing "I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo" since Western Mich- igan's woman will be waiting to tangle tomorrow. Western plays well inside, has good quickness around the perimeter, and mixes up its defense, a move which might cause problems. "They play a no-holds-barred kind SPORTS OF THEDAILY Pistons streak by Blazers, 127-117 id 1) I' PONTIAC (AP) - Isiah Thomas scored seven points and Rick Ma- horn six in a key third-quarter run as the Detroit Pistons beat Portland 127-117 last night, snapping the Trail Blaizer's NBA winning streak at nine games. The Trail Blazers led 74-66 with 8:30 remaining in the third quarter when the Pistons went on a 22-13 spurt that gave them the lead for good, 88-87, with 1:28 remaining in the period. Detroit's Adrian Dantley, who was held scoreless in the third quar- ter, hit a layup with 11 seconds re- maining in the game, making him Brown ... "did it all" of game," Van De Wege said. "We match pretty well with them. We are a little taller up front." 1; " ,r .;"1. 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Jerome Kersey, who fouled out with 26 seconds remaining, had 20 for the Trail Blazers. Clyde Drexler, the NBA player of the week the past two weeks, fouled out with 3:54 remaining after scor- ing 19 points for Portland. Indima tops Vandy BLOOMINGTON (AP) - Keith Smart, removed from the starting lineup and relegated to the bench most of the night, scored two key baskets in the final minutes last night to give sixth ranked Indiana a 63-61 victory over Vanderbilt. Smart, benched by coach Bob Knight for his performance in Saturday's overtime loss to then- second ranked Kentucky, made a ten- foot jumper to put the Hoosiers ahead 60-59 with 2:57 to play. The basket ended a scoreless streak that lasted nearly five minutes after a three-pointer by Jay Edwards gave Indiana, 3-1, a 58-53 lead with 7:51. Smart was named most valuable player in last year's Final Four after hitting the winning shot in the final seconds to give Indiana a one-point victory over Syracuse in the cham- pionship game. Tuesday night, though, he sat on the bench until there was 10:30 left in the game. Vanderbilt, which upset then-top 4 ranked North Carolina on Saturday had fought back from a 16 point first-half deficit to take its only lead of the game at 59-58 on two free throws by Barry Goheen with 4:48 left. Center Will Perdue, who fin- ished with 27 points, sparked the comeback, scoring 15 in the second half. 100 Cotton 'JA Nr- - I- "W-U - I Wool Blends 100% Wool ....... zT -y1 400 Vanderbilt, 3-1, trailed 62-59 after a basket by Smart on a baseline drive with 1:11 left. The Com- modores, who defeated Indiana last year, twice was forced to put up rushed shots in the final minutes as the 45-second clock was running down, and missed both times. After Dean Garrett rejected a shot by Perdue, Smart got the loose ball. However, the Hoosiers were unable to score as Rick Calloway, who led Indiana with 19 points, missed the front end of a one-and-one. 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