The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 30, 1989 - Page 11 'M' falls to 0-71in s~ " Bi Ten BY LORY KNAPP Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do, you just can't win. That was the case Friday night as the Michigan women's basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Michigan State, 47-45. The loss was the Wolverines (6-11 overall, 0-7 Big Ten) seventh Big Ten loss in a row, keeping them at the bottom of the conference. Michigan's defense held the normally high-scoring Spartans (10- 6, 4-2) to 34 percent shooting. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, their defense was not enough to com- pensate for their miserable offense- * which shot only 31 percent from the floor. "We are just not shooting well," coach Bud VanDeWege said. "If we shoot 43 percent, we win those games. This was the best game we've played in a month, holding them (State) to 34 percent on their own floor." The Wolverines, who last week averaged 28 turnovers per game, gave the ball up just 12 times- one less than did Michigan State. "We did not play like a team that went into that game 0-6 (in the Big Ten)," VanDeWege said. Michigan's Tanya Powell led all scorers with 15 points. Rookie Leah Wooldridge and Val Hall each added six points. Wooldridge started the game in place of guard Tempie Brown, who did not make the road trip for personal reasons. The Wolverines were down eight points, 47-39, with two and a half minutes left to play, but they refused to die. Powell nailed two short jump- ers and center Joan Rieger hit a lay- up that made for six unanswered Michigan points. Wooldridge, who had made two three-pointers earlier in the game, put up another with just four seconds to go for the game-winner. But it was just not to be, as the shot missed. Hughes boils a BY ADAM SCHRAGER SPECIAL TO THE DAILY WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In his four years at Michigan, he has not been the scoring leader like Glen Rice, nor the fan favorite like Loy Vaught, but Mark Hughes has always been solid. gainst Purdue "Mark had a great game," said Vaught following Hughes' 17 point . performance in yesterdays 99-88 Michigan victory over Purdue. "It's about time he has received some credit for his accomplishments." Hughes, who was much maligned for missing the last-second shot against Indiana last Monday, recorded three three-point plays during the second half of the Wolverines road triumph. His 15 second-half points took some pressure off Rice, who tallied 34 points to lead Michigan. "Things were a lot easier for me _ _ when Mark started to score," said Rice. "We need that kind of H u production. When one guy is sco struggling, we have to have guys like Mark coming off the bench and contributing." "Hughes was just good," said Michigan coach Bill Frieder. "He got the ball inside. He scored. He made free throws. And he played steady defense." AT THE 12:23 mark of the second-half, Purdue had closed the Michigan lead to 13 before Hughes cashed in on two three-point plays that sandwiched a Purdue basket, to give the Wolverines their largest led of the game at 17 points. While Hughes' teammates laul the stellar effort of their reserve center-forward, his contributions were also recognized by tie Boilermakers. "Hughes just got open," said Purdue senior co-captain Kip Jones. "Because we tried to key on Rice fie was able to get the ball. He had ul 't of baskets where the ball just en& up in his hands and he converted.' - F' "He did more than we expected him to do," said Purdue coach G6ii Keady. "I've always liked him, b'.i't seems like he's been around foreft." "This was a big game for the team, not just for me," said Hughd, whose career high is 21 pdih§ hes against Holy Cross earlier tbt 17 season. "It doesn't make a differotia to me how much I score just as lVg as the team wins. That's what is really importai tV me." \\ A Associated Press Mike Griffin tries to block the shot of Purdue center Melvin McCants from behind. Glen Rice, meanwhile, attempts to draw a charging call. gi res Michigan signs top Colorado QB ': Purdue Continued from Page 1 Bill Frieder said. "Our kids have been under a lot of pressure lately and they just responded." Equally impressive was Kirk Taylor, who has not seen much playing time recently after suffering 'mental lapses' in important games. "Kirk Taylor played a whale of a game. He was smart with the ball and had very few turnovers. That's all we need from him," Rice said. Rumeal Robinson scored 15 and had nine assists while Loy Vaught contributed 14 as Michigan had four players score in double figures. THE WOLVERINE defense neutralized the vaunted Boilermaker frontline, holding Steve Scheffler and Melvin McCants to 27 points .and eight rebounds. The Wolverines out-rebounded Purdue 31 to 18 for the game. "Our game plan was to shut down their inside play," Rice said. "Our big guys played great inside defense and the few times it broke down, our weakside defense went to their to help." Michigan took a 7-6 lead on a ferocious Vaught slam with 16:08 left in the first half, and the Wolverines never looked back. Robinson contributed to Michigan's first 12 points, scoring five and assisting on the rest Robinson took a breather and the Wolverines went on a 6-0 run to stretch a five point lead to 26-15 with 9:26 left to play in the half. "ONE OF our goals was to relieve Rumeal Robinson because he just can't play effectively for 40 minutes," Frieder said. The Wolverines had a 48-33 lead at halftime. Rice scored 20 of Michigan's first-half points on seven-of-eight shooting. Purdue pulled to within 13 and the home crowd came to life on Jimmy Oliver's third three-pointer of the game with 14:06 left to play. 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