4 Pjge 12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 5, 1988 CMU 3 rallies over 'M' PY ADAM BENSON The Michigan version of the Vardiac kids had a heart attack Saturday afternoon. After narrowly escaping with a win against Toledo last Thursday, the women's basketball team lost at. Central Michigan, 76-74. Michigan should have won this game, and no one who played for the Wolverines would disagree. "We were in the lead, but we weren't consistent," guard Tempie Brown said. "We've been letting teams get back in the game; this one we let them get way back in." Michigan led by as many as 12, holding a 57-45 edge with 12 mi- niites 12 seconds of the second half gone. Brown was putting on another outstanding performance, scoring eight points in the first half and adding another quick eight to start the second. She finished with 20. Tanya Powell came off the bench to add the board strength that Michigan had lacked in the opener, ind Carol Szczechowski was tossing Gasses to open players. Everything Jvas clicking, for a while. So what happened? "We have to realize that all 40 minutes of a game are critical," Pvichigan coach Bud VanDeWege laid. "We shouldn't have to get' backed into a corner to play our lardest. (The final eight minutes) w.ere a relaxing of sorts. We have to learn that sense of urgency." VanDeWege did see manyI positives in his team's performance. We played better against Central than we did against Toledo. Tempie and Carol played well and have given us a solid backcourt. The rebounding was significantly better as well." The Wolverines will play Tuesday against Western in Crisler. F Adam's Rib BY ADAM SCHRAGER JESSICA GREENE /Doily Michigan forward Glen Rice skies above his Grambling opponents en route to the basket Friday. Rice led the Wolverines to a 42-point victory in their home opener. Ptsies Continued from Page 1 guys who were crashing the boards." Saturday afternoon, Michigan came out showing no mercy for its supposed weaker counterpart, South Dakota. The Wolverines threatened to pull away early by scoring the first seven points, a string capped off by a thundering Glen Rice dunk. But South Dakota erupted to show Michigan it didn't need pity, at least not yet. The Jackrabbits chipped away at Michigan to keep the lead within 11. But behind the propulsion of two Rice dunks and a Rice tip-in, Michigan sauntered confidently back to the locker room, leading 52-33. The second half was more of the same from everyone, except Vaught. The 6-foot-9 fourth-year junior raised his game and exploded for 20 points. "Loy Vaught was tremendous because he ran the floor so well," Michigan head coach Bill Frieder said. "He got a lot of easy baskets." As Vaught's presence got louder, so did the crowd. Vaught's hustling play had the fans chanting his name. "I couldn't understand why (the crowd) was yelling," Vaught said. "But I owe a lot of the way I played today to them because once I heard them yelling my name, I wanted to keep doing more and more." Vaught was the game's top scorer with 24, followed by Rice with 23 and South Dakota's Collin Ober with 22. Higgins was the leading three- point shooter, with three trios. Friday night, Michigan looked far more composed and experienced than the haphazard Grambling State team. "South Dakota was a better team because they were smarter and more patient than Grambling State," Higgins said. "Grambling didn't run their offense." Grambling's lack of cohesiveness showed as they finished the first half with 12 turnovers. The Tigers' mistakes allowed the Wolverines to jump out to an 8-0 lead. With 3:30 gone, the Tigers still hadn't scored and it took another 30 seconds for them to register their first points. Grambling eventually caught up and took a brief lead at 13-12. But Rice, Vaught, and Mark Hughes had had enough of the close game and ran off 12 unanswered points. In the second half, Frieder used more of his bench, which carried on where the starters left off. Demetrius Calip came in with a few minutes left in the game but made the most of them. With a basket, a steal, and a three-point play, Calip scored five points in under five seconds. Michigan guards itself vs. backcourt troubles With an arguably weak non-conference schedule, the Michigan basketball team has to guard against complacency as well as the position of guard itself, according to head coach Bill Frieder. After Michigan's convincing victories of nearly 40 points against Grambling State and South Dakota State this past weekend, can there still be areas where the No. 2 Wolverines can improve? "We need to work on our transition game," Frieder said. "We've got makeshift guards out there. We got by in Maui, but we're going to be pressed." Since the start of the season, Michigan's guard position has consistently worried Frieder. These troubles stem from the fact that only junior Rumeal Robinson returns with much experience at guard, and he has played only one season for Michigan. But the usually consistent Frieder has strayed from his prior worries and actually complimented his guard play at times. For example, Frieder said sophomore Kirk Taylor's play was instrumental in the Maui Classic, which the Wolverines won over Thanksgiving break. After the Grambling State game, Frieder said he was happy with sophomore Sean Higgins at the guard position. So, while there may have been reason to complain and worry about the guard position before the start of the season, the Wolverines have done everything to guard against this transpiring. There is no doubt that Tampa on tap Robinson has been the key to Michigan's 5-0 start. BY STEVE BLONDER "Robinson is just like a quarterback out there," Grambling The parade of Division II schools State head coach Bob Hopkins said. into Crisler Arena continues tonight, "He reads the defense extremely well, as Tampa vies to give Michigan its What makes him good is that he first'loss of the year. doesn't only have the talent, but he The Spartans return 10 members knows what to do with it. He will of last year's 24-8 team, and are led burn you if you make a mistake." by senior center Terry Rupp. Rupp There was question whether a averaged 11.6 points and over seven guard could play opposite Robinson, rebounds per game last year. and Higgins has assumed that role. Michigan coach Bill Frieder The 6-foot-9 Higgins, who was a defends his scheduling of Division II forward last season, has been opponents, saying, "Theseteams are criticized for not playing solid better than you think... But I'm not defense, but he sees it differently. going to lie to you, I don't know "I feel comfortable playing anything about (Tampa)." against smaller people," he said. "They have trouble shooting over me and I can shoot over them. "The only problem is that I have to run the whole game. I get tired of chasing a little mouse around the whole time." Teammate Taylor, at 6-3, might be considered one of those mice, but by no means has he been scurrying about. The Wolverines' guard weakness was supposed to be exploited against the Oklahoma Sooners' full-court press in the finals of the Maui Classic last Sunday. But when Robinson left the game in foul- trouble, Taylor did a more than adequate job handling the press, prompting ESPN analyst Bill Raftery to say, "How would you like to have a backup point guard this good?" Granted, it's early in the season, but with the solid play of the guards so far, it looks like Frieder will have to find something else to worry about. 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