Women's Basketball vs. Toledo Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Tuesday, November 29, 1988 Men's Basketball vs. Grambling State Friday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena Page4 The Michigan Daily ,Robinson leads i Blue 'M' past' in Maui LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Michigan coach Bill Frieder's advice to his foul-troubled point guard was short and simple: "Rumeal, don't get your fifth foul." Rumeal Robinson did eventually get it, but while he was playing with four fouls, he led the Wolverines to the championship of the Maui Classic. The junior guard scored 20 points while running Michigan's offense against the pressure defense of Oklahoma Sunday night as the third- ranked Wolverines beat the fourth- ranked Sooners, 91-80. MICHIGAN held a comfortable lead through most of the second half until Robinson picked up his fourth foul with 10:16 remaining and the Wolverines leading 63-55. Oklahoma then went on a 7-0 run to get within one point with 8:34 left, and Frieder was forced to put Robinson back in the game with 7:30 left to play. "I had a lot of fouls in the other games and they were for hand- checking so I knew I couldn't do that," said Robinson, who also had five assists. "I didn't do anything different than I usually do for the team." Frieder disagreed. 1RUMEAL still overhandles a little, but without him in there we were losing our poise a little and we were a little tired," he said. "When he got back, things went OK both offensively and defensively." After a jumper by teammate Sean Higgins, Robinson scored Michigan's next nine points to open up a 74-67 lead with 5:02 left when he nailed a three-pointer. Robinson picked up his fifth foul with 4:28 left, but Oklahoma couldn't rally a second time with the 6-foot-2 guard out of the lineup. The Wolverines, who outrebounded Oklahoma, 42-29, increased the lead throughout the final minutes as Oklahoma stayed cold from the field, and the Sooners final ' ' y:. ; , _ r~c : v I Lines M' remains in second despite slump at Yost BY TAYLOR LINCOLN In the distance you could hear the Western Michigan players singing their school fight song, celebrating Saturday's 6-5 win. In the home team's locker room there was silence, save for an occasional expletive. Another setback at Yost - increasing the Wolverines home winless streak to six. Another missed opportunity for Michigan to solidify its grip on second place in the CCHA. The Wolverines took the upper hand in last weekend's series by scoring two goals in the last seven minutes to pull out a tie in Friday's game at Kalamazoo. A tie on the road is said to be as good as a win. A come-from-behind tie is even better. THE FIRST PERIOD Saturday night was wide open. Both teams had several scoring chances, but Michigan held the upper hand early, carrying a 3-1 lead into the final minutes of the period. Then, the party ended. The Broncos scored twice in the final two minutes of the period, then added two more goals in the second period to take a 5-3 lead. But the Wolverines did not play dead. They fought back to tie the score at 5-5 before yielding the decisive goal to Western's Rob Pallin with just under five minutes remaining. Mike Moes made a bid to knot the score at 6-6 in the late seconds when his wrist shot hit the post. Earlier in the game, Ted Kramer, who had two goals in the first period, also rattled a shot off the post. So close. CLOSE, THOUGH, is nothing new for Michigan. Of the Wolverine's four home losses, three have been decided by one goal. And in the loss to Bowling Green, the game was tied 5-5 in the third period before the Falcons pulled away to an 8-5 victory. Why the troubles at home? "We play more disciplined, better team hockey on the road," said captain Todd Brost. "We have our minds set on defensive play." Berenson is not panicking over his teams frustrations, though he wouldn't mind reversing the losing trend at home. "We're playing pretty well," said Berenson. "but other teams are coming in here and playing well, too. I think that as the season wears on, the home ice advantage will assert itself. But it concerns me that we're not building confidence at home." Despite the recent struggles, Michigan still clings to sole possession of second place in the league, one point ahead of Illinois-Chicago and four points ahead of Lake Superior. But both teams have played two fewer games than Michigan and will have an opportunity to gain ground this weekend when the Wolverines take on non-league foes Boston University and Boston College. Blue Banter -Junior 'left winger Ryan Pardoski sat out= last weekend's series because of a back injury- incurred in practice. Berenson says that his status is day to day. -Michigan is ranked 10th in the country in. the WMEB media poll and is unranked in the KBJR coaches poll. -CCHA leader Michigan State continues to maintain its No. 1 ranking in both the WMEB.~. poll and the KBJR poll. The Spartans have scored the most points in the league and have given up the fewest. They also lead the league, in both power-play proficiency and penalty,- killing. How good are they? "I haven't had a chance to see them play yet," said Berenson. "On paper going into the, season they had everyone's respect, but no one predicted that they'd get off to a start like this." Michigan will face Michigan St. in two weeks. -Michigan got a taste of college hockey's version of Bob Probert last weekend. He took, the form of Western Michigan forward Andy Rymsha, who tallied 26 minutes in penalties during the series. "The only reason he's on the ice is because he's a physical player," said Berenson. "Your check his stats over the last few years and he's done nothing. He has no skills." Rymsha has yet to score a goal or collect an assist this season. Junior Mike Griffin started all three games for Michigan at the Maui Classic. Wolverines made seven of eight freel throws in the final two minutes. MICHIGAN'S Glen Ricel finished with 17 points and wash named the tournament's most valuable player. "It was a very physical game ands we knew how Oklahoma couldi rebound so we were ready," Rice said.f "Being named MVP was never in my mind; just winning the game was." Higgins finished with 19 for Michigan, which beat Vanderbilt andL Memphis State on its way to the title game. Loy Vaught had 13 and Kirk Taylor 12 for the 3-0 Wolverines. Stacey King led Oklahoma, which beat two ranked teams, No. 16 Ohio State and No. 8 Nevada-Las Vegas in the opening rounds, with 27 points. Tyrone Jones added 18 and Mookie Blaylock 11 for the 2-1 Sooners. "We were never in synch tonight and we never seemed able to get any control of the game," King said. "The game wasn't as physical as Nevada-Las Vegas was but I'm getting used to having two and three guys defending me. It will just take time for the others on our team to adjust." ORDER FORM I t, Please reserve a copy of the 1989 Michigan Ensian for meatthe low price of $27.00. My student account will be billed for this 1: purchase. I will receive a confirmation of my order. NAME ALL-CAMPUS YEARBOOK STUDENT NUMBER EST. 18971 SIGNATURE I 4 Please return to Michigan Ensian, 420 Maynard, A2, MI 48109 by Friday, December 2,1988 .. ....-..... .......-.......- ...-.- ...----.... --r-.......-.--..- W, ...... . ... . . _4 k 'k 2 . , 2f . TOA 1~ VIE ~U4R.'L THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN School of Social Work Presents the Fourth Annual Fedele F. 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