Sports Monday Trivia What baseball player has hit the most career home runs without winning a single-season home run title? (For the answer, turn to the bottom of page 10) Inside Sports 'M' Sports Calendar AP Top 25 Results Athlete of the Week Bowl Griddes Inside the'NBA High School Football NBA results Monday 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 p4 Yi fj 7 I The Michigan Daily Monday, December 2,1991 Page 9 *Men open regular season at *Detroit by David Schechter Daily Basketball Writer The new 1991-92 deluxe version of the Michigan basketball team comes complete with built-in moti- vation. Tonight's game against the Uni- versity of Detroit at 7:35 p.m. at Cobo Hall will pit some trans- planted local Detroit talent against a local Detroit team. Newcomers Chris Webber and Jalen Rose are both from the city of Detroit, as are starting point guard Michael Talley and team captain Freddie Hunter who attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School. It's the season opener with pride on the line. "I know there are gonna be a lot of people at Cobo on Monday, and even though they play Michigan State, Minnesota and others, the game the Detroit kids are thinking about is Michigan," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. Titan coach Ricky Byrdsong re- cruited four first-year students this year, including another U of D Je- suit product, guard Michael Jackson. All of them are from inside the city, See TITANS, Page 10 'M' women cagers thrash BC, 86-67 by Tim Spolar Daily Basketball Writer After a lackluster season last year, the Michigan women's basketball team started out on the right foot with an 86-67 thrashing of Boston College yesterday at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines jumped out of the gates, building a 18-9 lead midway through the first half. Michigan's constricting defense and up- tempo attack caught the inexperienced Eagles off guard, consistently forcing turnovers and converting them into layups and short jumpers. "We were a little young and a little afraid," Boston College coach Margo Plotzke said. "(Michigan's defensive pressure) took my point guard, Kerry Curran, out of the game. It really startled her; she couldn't run anything because she was so intimidated." Michigan's siz~e keyed its dominance through the rest of the half. Junior forward Trish Andrew, who paced the team with 27 points on 13-for-18 shooting from the floor, and sophomore center Michelle Hall con- trolled interior play, tearing down rebounds on both ends of the court. Andrew also wreaked havoc on the Eagles' forwards and guards who attempted to penetrate, swatting away six shots to go with three steals. Opening the second half with a 46-23 lead, the Wolverines came out gunning again, build- ing their lead up to 29 points five minutes into the period. Hall sparked the run with fero- cious play both offensively and defensively. "In the first two minutes of the second half, Michelle Hall was just awesome," Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege said. "She was rebounding, she was leading the break, she scored a basket. She showed in that stretch what she really is capable of." However, when Andrew drew her third and fourth fouls in a 24-second span and took a seat on the bench, the Eagles found new life. Led by junior all-American guard Sarah Behn, the Eagles made a 180-degree turn in momen- tum. Michigan's Carrie Stewart, playing in her first game as a Wolverine, drew the starting defensive assignment against Behn in the first half and performed admirably. VanDeWege followed through with his plan of rotating defenders on Behn, using point guard Jen Nuanes and small forward Shimmy Gray. The tactic worked, holding Behn to seven first- half points and a 3-9 field goal effort. When Andrew sat down after her fouls, Behn went to work. A big guard who likes to play inside, Behn used her repertoire of post moves to free herself for easy shots. When the Wolverines were quick enough to double-team her, she was able to spot open teammates for short jumpers. Despite Behn's performance (21 points, five rebounds, four assists, and four steals), the Eagles were left holding the short end of the stick when all was said and done. Andrew returned with seven minutes remaining, and the BC rally, which had cut the Michigan lead from 29 to 13, was over. "While it appeared to come easy early, it did not in the second half," VanDeWege said. "Even though we had a fairly good lead, they still came at us. I was really pleased the way (our players) responded when they closed it like that. The door was open for a little bit See EAGLES, Page 10 ANHONT M. U'LLDaiy Michigan's Carrie Stewart contributed 14 points to the Wolverines' 86-67 victory. Blue spikers close season with sweep by Jeff Williams Daily Sports Writer The Michigan volleyball team's turnaround is complete. The Wol- verines finished the season with impressive victories over Minnesota and Iowa. Michigan (10-10 in the Big Ten, 19-12 overall) said goodbye to coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes and senior Autumn Collins Saturday by de- feating the Hawkeyes, 3-1 (15-2, 15- 8, 11-15, 15-10). Michigan's serving set the tone in the first game. Sophomore Michelle Horrigan started the Wolverine scoring with an ace to tie the score at 1-1. Michigan never trailed after that. Junior Chris White came in to serve at 4-1 and left with the Wolverines leading, 11-1. Sopho- more Fiona Davidson contributed two kills and two blocks to the streak. She amassed 18 kills in the match. "We really jumped out on them in games one and two," Bradley- Doppes said. "We never let them get in it." Michigan turned to Horrigan to put them ahead in game two. Horri- gan's kill at 6-6 started a string of eight unanswered points. Davidson and Aimee Smith added key defen- 11-8 but was unable to put the Hawkeyes away. Iowa's middle-hit- ter Courtney Gillis closed the door with two kills. 'They wanted to make it a little more exciting. They were thinking about Autumn, and they were thinking about me, and they tried to make our last game last longer' -Peggy Bradley-Doppes 'M' volleyball coach "They wanted to make it a little more exciting," Bradley-Doppes said. "They were thinking about Autumn, and they were thinking about me, and they tried to make our last game last longer." The Wolverines regained their focus in game four. JoAnna Collias led Michigan with four kills, in- cluding the match-winning point. "The kids played really well," Bradley-Doppes said. "It was a great way to end." The Wolverines swept past Minnesota on Friday, 3-0 (15-10, 15- 6, 15-12). Michigan was aided by strong performances from David- son, Horrigan, Smith and Collias. The Golden Gophers (10-8, 13-6) took advantage of early errors and leapt out to a 5-1 lead. After a timeout, the Wolverines tallied 10 straight points. Michi- gan's cause was helped by four spik- ing errors by Minnesota. Horrigan knocked down five kills, and David- son finished off the Gophers with her third kill of the game. "We started off tentatively," Bradley-Doppes said. "But then we started to spread things around." The Wolverines dominated play in game two and rushed out to an 11- 3 lead. Smith gave Michigan the vic- tory with a tip on the last point. Game three started with Michi- gan surging to a 12-5 lead. Smith and Collias were the main offensive threat for the Wolverines. Michigan allowed the Gophers to climb back to 13-11, but were able to stave off the attack. sive blocks to the effort. The Wolverines came out to take a 6-0 lead behind Smith's serving in game three. However, the Hawkeyes (2-17, 7-27) took advantage of a number of Michigan errors and ral- lied to take the lead, 8-6. The Wolverines battled back with three kills from Davidson, and one each from Horrigan and LaShawnda Crowe. Michigan lead What happened to SportsMonday? Many of you may be wondering where the other four pages of SportsMonday are. Or you may be wondering why it isn't a separate section. Put your fears to rest - this is the Thanksgiving edition of SportsMonday. While this is an abbreviated version of the regular product, you can still find many of the regular features, such as the Michigan sports calen- dar and the Athlete of the Week. Both are on page 10. Also, don't miss the chance to go bowling with Griddes by entering your postseason picks. SportsMon day will back in all its eight- page splendor next week with a Rose Bowl Dreview. The issue will give an inside look at HEATHEM LOWMAN/Daly The Michigan women's volleyball team defeated Iowa and Minnesota this weekend to finish with its best conference mark ever. France upsets U.S. to take Davis Cup LYON, France (AP) - Under- dog France won the Davis Cup for the first time in 59 years yesterday as a euphoric, foot-stamping crowd cheered Guy Forget to a pressure- packed, four-set victory over Pete Sampras of the United States. Hammering aces on many of the crucial points, Forget won, 7-6 (8- 6), 3-6,6-3,6-4, and gave his team an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best- of-five showdown. France had not beaten the Americans in Davis Cup play since the 1932 final, the last time it won the coveted silver tro- phy. Forget, who saved a break point in the final game with an ace, fell to the court after a volley into an open court gave him the victory. He was Agassi was cancelled, cried with joy on the sidelines. The team captain, Yannick Noah, was carried aloft by reserve players, then led the squad in a triumphant dance around the court. "The French team played fabu- lously and they deserved to win," U.S. captain Tom Gorman said. Forget, like Sampras, had lost his opening singles match Friday. Both appeared tense in the evenly con- tested first set. Sampras consistently refused to prepare to serve until the deafening cheers subsided, and he survived a double break point in the 12th game. The 20-year-old American had a set point at 5-6 in the tiebreak, but Forget survived with an ace, then