4 Page 10-The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 1, 1988 Syracuse win avenges last year's upset by Michigan Seikaly, Orange squeeze Blue, 89-71 (Continued from Page 1) After a 13-4 Michigan spurt cut the lead to 59-55, Rumeal Robinson picked up a loose ball and streaked up the court. He went up, laid the ball in, and got fouled. It looked as if the Wolverines had a chance to cut the lead to one on the three-point play. But Grant was called for offensive interference and Robinson con- verted only one of the free throws. What could have been a one-point Syracuse lead stood at three, and the Wolverines never could creep any closer. "They called the foul and I didn't know it was going in," Grant said. "At the last second I tried to put my hand back, but my momentum just carried it through and tapped it." Syracuse outscored Michigan, 30-15, from that point on. DERRICK COLEMAN and Steven Thompson also played a big role in the Orange's crush. Coleman, the Detroit native, had a point to prove to his family, friends, and fans. He proved it with 18 of them, on seven-of-eight shooting from the field. The one miss came on a desperation heave from midcourt at the end of the first half. He also grabbed nine rebounds and pestered the Wolverines for six steals. "He had a big game," said Syracuse coach Jim Boe- heim. "It was an emotional game for him. If you ask him what one game he wants to play all year long, this would be the one." Thompson was the recipient of many charity bas- kets as Michigan was preoccupied with trying to bottle up Seikaly. Thompson was often left undefended and scarred the Wolverines with 12 points, eight of which came in the final 10 minutes of game. "I can- score like that if teams play Seikaly that way," Thompson said. "Seikaly was having a good ball game and they were double teaming him. That was leaving me wide open under the basket." BUT IT WAS SEIKALY who did the most damage. When his team trailed in the first half by as much as six, Seikaly scored 13 straight points, and 16 of the 20 Syracuse points, to knot the game at 29. The second half held more of the same as Seikaly literally slammed the door shut on Michigan. "I just had a good game," Seikaly said. "I worked hard to try to get the ball inside and their big men didn't allow me anything easy. It just looked easy." -Associated Press led all scorers Syracuse's Rony Seikaly rips down a rebound while Michigan's Terry Mills looks on. Seikaly yesterday with 33 points. full court SPRESS For the momen4 Coleman ,is king By SCOTT SHAFFER Special to the Daily SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Sometimes one moment can sum up a whole game. Other times, it can symbolize a season. But in the Michigan-Syracuse basketball game yesterday, there was a play that represented the entire careers of the two players involved. With two minutes left to play and a Syracuse vic- tory imminent, Michigan's Terry Mills chased a loose ball, reaching for it at the same time as Derrick Coleman of the Orangemen. The two struggled for it briefly, and Coleman emerged with the prize. IT WASN'T AN EARTHSHAKING play, and it had nothing to do with the game's outcome, an 89-7 1 win for Syracuse, but Coleman's taking of the ball was visual shorthand for the paths that these two have travelled since early 1986. Back then both starred for Michigan high school teams. Mills grabbed rebounds and headlines for Romulus, while Coleman held the spotlight at De- troit Northern. The two were the leading candidates for Michigan's Mr. Basketball award, given to the state's top prep player. That prize went to Mills, who chose to stay home and play for the Wolverines. Coleman, the runner up, decided the state of Michigan just wasn't big enough for the two of them, so he bolted to Big East country. "To be honest, we recruited Derrick but he made it clear that lie wasn't going- to go where Mills went," said Wolverine coach Bill Frieder. FRIEDER, acknowledged as one of the best re- cruiters around, had been wooing Mills since junior high school. "I've known Terry for seven or eight years now, so we were way ahead on him," he said of the decision to pursue Mills. But a funny thing happened on the way to Crisler Arena. Mills was unable to achieve the necessary college board scores and thus couldn't get into Crisler without a ticket. All Coleman did in his first year was start every game for the Orangemen, averaging 8.8 points and helping them reach the NCAA finals, where he pulled down 19 rebounds in the loss to Indiana. COLEMAN DID RETURN HOME once last year, scoring 16 and grabbing 11 rebounds in a loss to Michigan, but this was the first time he and Mills met head to head at the college level. The stats were comparable, 18 points and 9 rebounds for Cole- man compared to 21 and five for Mills. In the same manner that he wrested the ball away from Mills, Coleman has taken much attention away from him since their high school days. Coleman denied that the meeting with Mills had any extra significance. "I don't want to prove any- thing to anybody. I know what I'm capable of doing, so case closed," he said of the matchup afterwards. His actions, however, belied his words. After a wild celebration during the game's final time-out, he ran halfway down court and stepped over a press table to greet his family, a 17-person en- tourage that flew in from Detroit. Coleman had won the battle; but Mills was honorable in defeat. He emerged from a slump that had plagued him for several games. MILLS' WORDS prior to the game proved prophetic. "Sure he's going to play a tough game, and I'm going to be there to hold my own. But the outcome is going to be on the rest of the team," he said earlier in the week. They are casual friends, having roomed together at the Dapper Dan High School Classic in Pittsburgh. And they chatted briefly before the game. "Everybody wants to hype it up like me and him always want to fight or something. It's been going on ever since high school," said the 6-9 Coleman. If Mills continues to develop, all the hype and comparisons between the two will continue on into the NBA. The University Activities Center is now accepting: 1 4 I 4 The win avenged the Orangemen's defeat at the hands of Michigan last January. At that time Syracuse went into Crisler ranked in the top five. This year, Michigan hit the road ranked No. 8, only to be on the losing end. The one bright spot for the Wolverines was Terry Mills' play. Mills, who has struggled recently, looked good on the offensive end, tallying 21 points. The sophomore demanded the ball later on in the game and made his verbal outcries heard on the scoreboard. Frieder didn't appear to be terribly distraught after the game. "We lost to a quality team on their floor. That's no disgrace. If you have character, you learn from those losses and bounce back from them," said Frieder. Men's track gets second win I BY JOHN McDERMOTT In its first scored meet of the season, the men's track team trounced Notre Dame, 78 to 44, and Northwestern, 96 to 25. Michigan placed first, second, or third in nearly every event. John Scherer led the way for the Wolver- ines with two first-place finishes. He ran a 8:14.95 in the 3000-meter and 4:08.23 in the mile. Michigan got a first in the 800-meter also as Rollie Hudson ran 1:52.95. Tom Fitzsim- mons was second in that event with a time of 1:53.29. Claude Tiller (first, 48.6) and Andrew Diller (third, 50.4) got points for the Wolverines in the 400-meter. Wiley Boulding (first, 31.64) and Phil Ferguson (third, 32.14) placed in the 300-yard dash, Neal Newman (second, 1:13.21) and Darren Jones (third, 1:13.60) in the 600-yard. Michigan dominated the field events as well. Dave Irvine won the pole vault and teammate Steve Kent tied for second. Rory Stace and Calvin Goodson placed in the long jump. Goodson also finished second in the triple jump. The Wolverines took two of the three places in the shotput with heaves by J.J. Grant and Jeff Watson. Michigan is now 2-0 and will be in action next on Saturday, February 6 in East Lansing for the Spartan Relays. 4 Michigan Daily SPORTS 747-3336 A102 Intro. to The Short Story When Carla told me that my date was a little short, I thought she was talking dollars and cents, not feet and inches. So there I was at the door, in my spiked heels, staring at the top of my date's head. All I could think was, how do I get myself out of this? 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