Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Sports Thursday- January 11, 1990 Women finish strong in Orange by Theodore Cox Daily Basketball Writer The Michigan women's basketball team faired well over winter vacation winning four of seven games to put their overall record at 9-3. Before Michigan opened the Big Ten season by splitting their first two games, the Wolverines were busy with non-conference challenges. Here is a summary of those games. Michigan 63 Wisconson-Green Bay 49 Michigan started off with two games before going home for Christmas. The Wolverines easily polished off Wisconsin-Green Bay 63-49 at Crisler Arena December 14th. "They are one of the best defensive teams in the country," said Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege. "They won Division I last year and they rank in the top twenty in team defense. I said to my team 'Fine, they're coming in with that defensive reputation, let's show them some Michigan defense.' And I think we did." Michigan 47 Toledo 95 The Wolverines headed south to challenge the University of Toledo, but the team came up empty as Rockets blasted Michigan 65-47. The Wolverines only shot 32.8 percent in their first loss of the year. "That loss woke us up," said Michigan forward Tempie Brown. "We were getting overconfident because we didn't have to work as hard." Michigan 71 Pittsburgh 59 Orange Bowl Classic December 27-29, Michigan enjoyed the luxury of playing in the Orange Bowl Classic in Miami, Florida. The team managed to keep their mind off the sun and beach long enough to capture a third place finish out of eight teams! The Wolverines opened the tournament with a 71-59 win over Pittsburgh behind the spark of Joan Rieger. The senior forward had 16 points against the Panthers. "Joan played one of the best games I've seen her play in her career here at Michigan," VanDeWege said. Michigan 64 Miami 72 Orange Bowl Classic Next came the University of Miami itself, and after the a 39-30 halftime lead the Wolverines drifted out with the ocean. The Hurricanes stormed back, winning 72-64. Michigan 77 South Alabama 61 Orange Bowl Classic The Wolverines recovered the next day to beat the University of South Alabama, 77-61. Michigan had an incredible 50.9 shooting percentage, led once again by Andrew. She finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds. The third place finish was the best the team has ever done in tournament play away from Crisler Arena. SVOLUNTEER... 0 9 Char Durand (44) drives against Minnesota in the second half of the Wolverines' 70-53 win. Michigan now boasts a 1-1 Big Ten record. ers oen Big Ten a 1 by Theodore Cox Daily Basketball Writer The anticipation is over for the Michigan women's basketball team. The Big Ten season has begun. The Wolverines (2-0 Big Ten; 9-3 overall) made it look easy against Minnesota last Friday at Crisler Arena, winning 70-53. But the Wolverines quickly found out how tough their schedule will be when Iowa beat them Sunday, 65-54. Michigan jumped all over the Gophers quickly, as forwards Tempie Brown and Tanya Powell combined for twenty-five first half points to give the Wolverines a 34-22 lead midway through the game. "They're good players," Minn- esota coach LaRue Fields said. "We know they're seniors. It's their first Big Ten game, and being home at that, we knew they would be ready." Many of those points developed from defensive steals that triggered easy lay-ups at the other end. "We need to incorporate the fastbreak a lot more, because we are great when we run," Brown said. Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege also noted that Michigan could quicken it's pace. "We would have run more tonight if we had outletted it better. I just think we had a lot of opportunities, but we didn't have a good outlet so we waited for the ball." "Right now our guard situation is such that we have some injuries to some of our backup guards, so we were short on guards. But Michigan did a good job of running the press," Fields said. Michigan continued its defensive control in the second half, holding Minnesota to only 53 points. The Gophers had been averaging over eighty points a game. "They were very aggressive and we couldn't hit a shot," Gopher Jennifer Hall said. "We got frustrated and started forcing some shots and our shot selection went downhill." Brown led all scorers with 19 points, followed by Powell with 16. Guard Leah Wooldridge made four of the Wolverines' 15 steals. The only disappointment in the game was in the rebounding department. Minn- esota cleaned the glass 35 times, compared to only 29 for Michigan. Twelve of the Gopher rebounds were offensive, a statistic Michigan needs to work on. Iowa turned the tide on the Wolverines, getting off to their own fast start by hitting two early three pointers. Then the Wolverines offense went stagnant. The Hawkeyes grab- bed every defensive rebound and at the same time had their guards break down court for the fastbreak. "We didn't have anybody back," VanDeWege said. "Those were crit- ical because it got their lead right up there in double digits." Iowa coach C. Vivian Stringer said the key was in the Hawkeyes' rebounding. "When we rebound, we are going to get in more of a transition. The defense will trigger the offense. If you are playing aggressive defense, but you don't get the rebound, and the other team gets it and scores, then you find yourself walking the ball. If we're not running, then we are kind of slug- gish." Michigan tried to run with the same velocity in the first half, but their shots were not connecting. The Wolverines fell behind, 37-25, at halftime. "They were rushing shots in the first half," VanDeWege said. "Our team was forced into that kind of tempo. We just needed to square off and take our normal shots, and not worry about how fast they're coming at you." The Wolverines never gave up. They adjusted by slowing the tempo. The team worked the ball inside, causing several Hawkeyes to get into foul trouble. With four minutes left 6 Michigan pulled to within six points as Iowa lost much of its aggression, and began playing conservatively. "We knew that playing away from home a team could comeback "We need to incorporate the fastbreak a lot more, because we are great when we run." - Michigan guard Tempie Browh from ten points," Hawkeye Franthea Price said. But Michigan missed several free throws down the stretch to secure an Iowa victory. "Offensively, we executed beaut- ifully in the second half. We got the ball inside when we needed to do it," VanDeWege said. "The problem is you cannot spot people twelve points at half in this league. Price led Iowa with 23 points. Brown was the top Wolverine scorer with 14. 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