4 Baseball vs. Wayne State Tuesday, 2 p.m. Fisher Stadium The Michigan Daily SPORTS Softball vs. Ohio State Friday, 3 p.m. Varsity Diamond Monday, April 3, 1989 Page 1D Adam Schrager Fisher, Wolverines had final play diagrammed all along SEATTLE - Whenever a team executes a play perfectly, as Michigan' did in the final seconds of its 83-81 national semifinal victory over Illinois, everybody marvels at the coach for diagramming such a play in the huddle. Rumeal Robinson's penetration led to a Terry Mills three-point attempt from the corner, which was subsequently followed by Sean Higgins' 'rebound basket' at :01. Just as it was planned on interim coach Steve Fisher's blackboard, right? "Oh sure it was planned," a straight-faced Mark Hughes said. "We wanted, Terry to take a three-pointer. We knew he would miss it, so we sent Sean underneath to rebound it in. It worked, didn't it?" No Michigan fan is complaining, because the execution of the play was so precise. Since Fisher took over, the Wolverines have been preforming exactly as their coach has illustrated. In fact, Fisher highlighted this point when he said after the game that Mills "missed the shot the right way." The diplomat that Terry Mills is, he has tried to downplay his picture- perfdct roll in Saturday's victory. According to him, he was only doing his job. "They doubled down on our other shooters, so even if I wanted to pass' off, I couldn't have," Mills said. "Coach would have probably gotten angry if I passed the ball. After all, I was only following the set play. "I heard a yell behind me when I shot the ball going, 'No, no. Not that shot."' It must have been an Illinois fan. They were very loud Saturday. But as hard as they tried to break Mills' 'rhythm', there was no chance that hd would not miss long by four feet, give or take a foot. Fans must realize that basketball is an exact science. "Terry has missed those before so I was kind of surprised coach Fisher did not send more people to the offensive boards," Mike Griffin said. A dejected Illinois squad agreed that they did all they could to stop "Helter Skelter," Fisher's name for the play. "We played good defense on the final play," Kenny Battle, who scored , game high 29 points, said. "It was just a long rebound to Higgins. We had; good position. We just couldn't do anything about it." "It was a terrific moment that I think all of us will cherish forever, Fisher said. Definitely so, and he is no April Fool. Associated Press Glen Rice is at the celiter of the celebration after Michigan's 83-81 win over Illinois. The Hall Cortinued from Page 1 in a press conference yesterday. "I think that they're an unu ual team because they present the three areas you're very concerned with: size, strength and quickness." While Carlesimo may be overly and openly worried, Michigan in- terim coach Steve Fisher is a little calmer, but also leery of the 31-6 Pirates. "Seton Hall.is going to be a great opponent," Fishe? said. "As I watched a little film and looked at their statistics, what jumps out at you is their defense, obviously. "They gave Southwest Missouri two field goals in the last nine. and half minutes; Evansville had no field goals in the last 7:11 of their game; Indiana had two field goals in the last eight minutes and Vegas got only fourteen points in the last 13 minutes. That "sa'ys it all about Seton Hall's defense." While the Pirates' defense has been difficult for their opponents on the whole, they have continually harassed the other team's offensive star throughout the tournament. They held Evansville's Scott Haffner to 6-of-19 shooting, Indiana's Jay Edwards was 4-of-11, Nevada-Las Vegas' David Butler shot 6-of-15 and Puke's Danny Ferry managed 13-for- 29 shooting, after going 8-of-11 in the first half. Glen Rice is the Hall's next de- fensive project. Rice, who needs 29 points to*break former Michigan star Mike McGee's all-time Big Ten scoring record of 2,439 points and 25 points to break the all-time NCAA tournament record held by Bill Bradley, is yet another of Car- lesimo's worries. "You have to realize that you're not going to stop a Glen Rice," Car- lesimo said. "Our goal is to make him work harder and maybe shoot from one foot further than where he normally shoots from." Both teams enter tonight's con- test unsure of the role they will play. Until this moment, Seton Hall and Michigan have been underdogs in most of their recent contests, but this has not affected the attitudes of either team's players. "We have been the underdog throughout the whole tournament," Pirate forward Daryll Walker said. "They might say we're the underdog, but we're not. We know what we can do." "I think (playing for the national championship) is a credit to coach Fisher and my teammates," Wol- verine forward Loy Vaught said. "We are playing our best basketball now and this is our chance to silence all the critics." CLASSIFIED ADS! Call 764-0557 HEALTH CARE CLINIC 0' ANNOUNCEMENT A CLASS ACT IN LINE FOR 8 9 In response to requests by U of M women, we are offering examinations in the evening. Schedule your appointment with a woman physician for birth control, problems, infections, and pregnancy concerns. 755 Carpenter Road Ann Arbor 971-1970 V" Victory Continued from Page 1 Rice continued his tournament frenzy, scoring 28 points to lead the Wolverines and to pull within 28 points of the all-time Big Ten scoring record. Michigan used its size and strength to dominate the boards against the Illini, who had used their quickness to keep the Wolverines off the glass in the teams' previous meetings. "We still could have gotten the win if we get a rebound," Illinois coach Lou Henson said. "But how do we get the rebound with three guards in there? That's how they won the basketball game-we couldn't get the ball off the boards." A tight Wolverine defense held Kendall Gill to only 11 points. Entering the game, Illinois (31-5) was 18-0 with Gill in the lineup. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MATHEMATICS MODELING COMPETITION The Mathematics Department is spon- soring the University of Michigan Math Modeling Competition over the week- ends of March 31-April 2 and April 7- 9. U-M undergraduates, in teams of 2 to 4, will work on the solution of a prob- lem that they will choose from a list of four real-world problems. They can use texts and computers, but not con- tacts with persons outside their team. Winning teams will share up to 5300 in cash prizes. Registration: March 31 at 11 and April 4 at 5 in 3(01 Angell Hall. For questions, contact Prof. Carl Simon (763-3074). Illinois jumped to a 16-8 lead. early in the first half, before Michigan went on an 11-2 run midway through the half with Gil sitting on the Illinois bench. "We weren't patient enough ort offense, and they played great. defense," Illinois' Stephen Bardo said. "They just wouldn't let us pull away like we did in the previous games." The teams traded baskets for the remainder of the half, and Michigar took a one-point lead into the locker room. "I was legitimately upset with, our kids at halftime," Fisher said: "We told the kids we were disappointed they didn't have-an 8= to-10 point lead." The teams traded baskets and leads for most of the second half, and a' Kenny Battle hook gave the Illini their final lead of the game, 72-71,, with 4:46 to go. Battle led the Illini~ with 29 points. 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