Men's Basketball vs. Eastern Michigan Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Tuesday, December 4, 1990 Women's Basketball vs. Bowling Green Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Bowling Green, OH Page 8 'M' tries to Talley win over Eastern by Phil Green Daily Basketball Writer In 1989, Michael Talley won Michigan's Mr. Basketball Award while leading his high school team to its third consecutive state cham- pionship. When he arrived in Ann Arbor last fall, he saw limited playing time while watching and learning from all-American Rumeal Rob- inson. This season, Talley is the Wol- verines' starting point guard. His role will be critical in tonight's game against Eastern Michigan, and also for Michigan to reach its goal of finishing in the Big Ten's upper division. Based on his performance thus far, he should handle his new responsibility just fine. The 6-foot-i sophomore is shooting over 80 percent in this young season, averaging 12 points per game. Talley scored all of his career-high 14 points in the second half of the Wolverines 81-65 victory over Utah Saturday. "I'm going to do whatever's nec- essary to win," Talley said. "If it's scoring, I'll score; if it's defense, I'll play defense." However, running a collegiate offense can be difficult, and as a result, Talley's game still needs im- provement. He recorded no assists Saturday, and he doled out only two against Central Michigan in the season opener. Regarding turnovers, Talley reg- istered just two in each contest, but the team as a whole turned the ball over 20 times. While the point guard cannot control every pass, it is his responsibility to keep the offensive running smoothly. "I'm looking to control the tempo of the game," he said. "We can't keep turning the ball over as a team in order to be effective... I think we're taking steps to get X