Women's Basketball vs. Central Michigan Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Ice Hockey vs. Western Michigan Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily Thursday, December 6, 1990 Page 8 BASKETBALL HOTBOOK Slippery hands plague bumbling Wolverines by Theodore Cox and Andrew Gottesman Daily Basketball Writers Like steals, blocked shots, and technical fouls, the turnover column in the final boxscore of a basketball game is usually one that is filled by zeroes. But the Michigan men's basketball team is giving the ball away like it's a Christmas present. Against Eastern Michigan Tuesday night, the Wolverines committed 25 turnovers. No one player deserves all the blame - the problem appears to be a team-wide epidemic. Tony Tolbert had seven, Chris Seter had five, Eric Riley had four, Michael Talley had three, Kirk Taylor had three, Demetrius Calip had two and Sam Mitchell had one. With the Wolverines' 53 percent field goal percentage, Michigan could have have added 12 more points to itsntotal if it had gotten a shot off on even half of these possessions. And a 14-point lead is a, lot bigger than a two-point lead. What's worse, the Wolverines aren't getting any better holding on to the ball. In their first game, against Central Michigan, Michigan turned the ball over 21 imes. "We've got to get better," coach Steve Fisher said after the game. So then his team gives the ball away 20 times against Utah. "We've Hale m got to play smarter," Fisher said. And then last night. Stick-um, anyone? BACK FROM PARIS: One of the most recognizable cheerleaders, red- haired Monica Halem, returned to center stage Tuesday night for the Eastern Michigan game. Halem was with the squad cheer-ing at both football and basketball games for the last two years. She went abroad, however, for the winter semester last season, and thus missed the April tryouts for this year's squad. But when some members of the team were injured, Halem was called back to fill in for a few games. "It feels great to be back. I really missed it," she said. "The fans are really into it, they're really responding to us." Halem didn't miss tryouts for the newly-formed junior varsity cheerleading crew. She and the rest of the JV team will cheer at the women's basketball games this year, adding some life to the sparsely-filled Crisler Arena. "The women players appreciate it so much. It gives them a lot of support, because no one really comes to the games. And they're great this year," Halem said. Streaking cagers face C] Lady Wolverines look for third straight win IU ma by Rod Loewenthal Daily Basketball Writer Coach Bud VanDeWege certainly cannot be disappointed in the way his young squad has carried itself throughout its first four games. Suffering its only loss against nationally-ranked Auburn, the 3-1 Michigan women's basketball team will try and extend its two-game winning streak tonight against Central Michigan. Central Michigan, another inex- perienced team, is off to an impres- sive 4-1 start. With recent victories against strong Michigan State and Wake Forest squads, the Chippewas were riding a four-game winning streak before losing 81-62 to Louisiana Tech last Saturday in the Louisiana Tech Dial Classic. The Chippewas, led by the trio of senior forward Sue Nissen, soph- omore forward Carla Sterk and sophomore guard Carrie Isanhart, begin a string of four straight road games starting with Michigan to- night. Nissen, who comes into to- night's contest with an 18.8 average points per game, spearheads Cen- tral's offense. Against Wake Forest, she led the Chippewas with 24 points and became Central's all-time leading scorer. She enters the game with 1,560 career points. "We're looking forward to the game with Michigan," said Central coach Donita Davenport, who is one win away from career victory No. 100. "They won 20 games last year and won a game in the NCAA tournament, but they lost four starters. We both have young teams, but our sophomores were starters last year, so I'd have to give us the nod in experience." Michigan has shown no signs of turning in sub-par, inexperienced performances this season. Soph- omores Nikki Beaudry and Trish Andrew, who are establishing them- selves as premier Big Ten players, have performed above expectations. But Central, with a defense checking opponents to 37 percent shooting, will provide a formidable challenge to a Wolverine team re- bounding from the flu and an ex- hausting road game against Bowling Green Tuesday evening. "Central Michigan will be ex- tremely tough. Our schedule doesn't get any easier," lamented Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege. "Central is big, they have a lot of depth and they're shooting well right now. Obviously the win against Bowling Green helps our confidence going against Central." File Photo/JOSE JUAREZ Wolverine junior forward Char Durand takes the ball to the net in overtime against Michigan State last year. Against Bowling Green the Wol- verines got what they needed in terms of young players stepping forward. Nikki Beaudry was a terror in the frontcourt, scoring a career- high 19 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Tonight, strong play from Beaudry must continue along with some spark from other forward Char Durand for continued Michigan success. Men's volleyball club is 'team to beat' by Caryn Seidman After last year's disappointing play not many people expected the Michigan men's volleyball team to be much of a force this year. For those skeptics the results of Iowa's Big Ten Men's Volleyball Preseason Tournament must have been a surprise. The team finished first after defeating Illinois in two out of three sets in the finals. Rico Latham, the team's No. 1 passer, said "everyone played within their role and we played as a cohesive team with a winning mentality, something we were missing last year. "We have become the team to beat," Latham said after his team's victory. "We are going to come out with so much power and force that it will be like the clash of the Titans," said Latham. Michigan believes it has the power to win and is counting on strong team play to help it put away some of the league's better squads. "I think we have a lot more heart this year," said middle hitter Soren Juul. "It's a team instead of a bunch of I's. I believe that we will be a much more cohesive unit." The strength of this year's team lies in its immense physical and emotional power - power that comes not only from a strong front line, but also from a tragedy which gives the team extra motivation. Last year's middle blocker, Scott Jess, died this past summer from a freak basketball accident. After be- ing undercut, Jess fell to the ground, hit his head and died from blood on the brain. "His death gives us a great amount of incentive and puts it all in perspective," Latham said. Senior captain and the team's setter, Jeff Timberlake (MVP of the tournament), provides the leadership to sustain this motivation. Assistant coach Tom Johengen said Timber- lake controls the tempo and the mood of the whole team. "A setter is like the quarterback," said Johengen. Timberlake feels opponents will experience a much different Wolver- ine team this season. "Last year we were very predictable but this year other teams can be fooled by th6 quickness of our offense," he said. The men's club volleyball team is hoping to continue on its winning path when it opens its season Jani uary 12 against Toledo. "Besides a strong season we are aiming for public support thi season," Johengen said. 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