Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Sports Wednesday- January8, 1992 ' Tremendous Win' 'M' womnen's basketball upsets No. 11 Hilltoppers, 77- 73 The Results: 3-2 over break, 4-5 overall December 13 at Crisler: Michigan 86 Notre Dame 75 December 17 at Crisler: Pittsburgh 74 Michigan 72 December 21 at Crisler: Michigan 67 Indiana St. 58 December 27 at Seattle: by Adam Miller Daily Basketball Writer CH-CHING! The Michigan women's basketball team (4-5) has arrived. After amediocre series at Crisler in early December - beating Notre Dame, 86-75, and Indiana State, 67- 58, and losing at the buzzer to Pitts- burgh, 74-72 - the Wolverines won the consolation game of the Dec. 27- 28 Seattle-Times Husky Classic, de- feating then No.11 Western Kentucky, 77-73. Michigan lost to No. 15 Wash- ington, 67-62, in the tournament opener. Michigan's Dec. 28 victory over the Hilltoppers, who fell to No. 24 after the loss, is the biggest upset in Wolverine history - Michigan had never beaten a team ranked that high before. Michigan coach Bud VanDe- Wege was still beaming on New Year's Eve when he called it "a tremendous win for our program." And he wasn't just giddy from the New Year's party. "We earned this one," he said. Michigan shot an impressive .694 (17-26) from the floor in the first half, finishing with a 14-6 run to lead, 44- 37, at the half. The lead swelled to 12 in the second half, but then the Wol- verines' shooting touch went cold. Washington 67 Michigan 62 Western Kentucky, paced by Kim Pelke's 22 points, led, 66-65, with 7:26 remaining, but could not pull away. While the Wolverines made only two field goals in the last6:30, they hit 19 of 20 second half free throws. With the score knotted at 73 with 13 seconds left, Michigan guard Char Durand sank two of her 11 free throws. She added two more, which she later called "the biggest free throws of my career," after a late Pelke miss to seal the game. The Wolverines also benefitted from center Trish Andrew's 8-12 field goal shooting and forward Nikki Beaudry's perfect 11-11 day at the line. Andrew and Durand were named to the All-Tournament team for their efforts. It was a complete turnaround from the night before. Michigan was purple hazed by the Husky defense, shooting only .397 (23-58) from the floor and finishing with a a season-low score in Washington's 67-62 victory. The big- gest bright spot for Michigan was. the return of guard Jen Nuanes, who had been out since Dec. 10 with a neck injury. Nuanes scored nine points in 37 minutes. Michigan's game against Indiana State Dec. 21 started at an unusually early 10:30 a.m. to accommodate the men's 2p.m. clash with Rice, and both teams sleepwalked through the first half. Michigan led,d27-24, at the break. In the first 10 minutes of the sec- ond half, guard Leah Wooldridge, an Indiana native, hit three treys, propel- ling Michigan to a49-351ead and a67- 58 victory. "It's easy to get too excited playing your hometown school," Wooldridge said, "but I tried not to." The other key to Michigan's vic- tory over the Sycamores was Andrew. Her inside presence, including nine blocks, forced Indiana State to play the perimeter, where it was largely ineffective. The Sycamores tried 18 December 28 at Seattle: three-pointers, and made only five. "Trish stopped us from going in- side," ISU coach Kay Riek said. "There was no way we could score." It seemed that neither Pitt nor Michigan wanted to win their game Dec. 17. The Wolverines closed the first half scoring on only two of their last 15 possessions, allowing the PanQ thers to build a 12-point lead. But Michigan came back in the second half from 15 down, capitaliz- ing on 16 Pitt turnovers and 20 sec- ond-half points by Andrew, to lead, 72-71, with 5.9 seconds to play. Pitt's Carol Morton stole the ball, raced downcourt and hit a three-pointer at the buzzer for the Panthers' victory. "We should have won the game,'9 VanDeWege said. "We had the ball with 5.9 seconds and we gave it away." The Wolverines' match with the Fighting Irish Dec. 13 was a good sign that Michigan would have no ordinary winter break. Though the Wolverines trailed much of the night, they held a 79-75 lead with just over 30 seconds remaining. As Notre Dame attempted to come back, controversy erupted or* the court. The Irish's Kristin Knapp fouled Andrew, who led all scorers with 24 points despite playing with a nose- guard facemask, for her fifth foul, and Notre Dame took too much time to replace her. A technical foul was called, and while Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw vehemently argued, Beaudry, who had 15 points in a starting role@ sank both technical free throws, effec- tively ending the game. After the game, McGraw's tirade reached a fever pitch. "It's just not fair," she said. "It's not right to make that call at that point in the game. And after that, we just played awful." Durand, who had 18 points for the Wolverines, saw the victory as due t Michigan's home courtdetermination, not a fluke foul. "We heard that they were favored coming in," Durand said. "But this is ourhouse, and no one is going to chase us out." -Associated Press contributed to this report Michigan W. Kentucky 77 73 Michigan forward Char Durand sank four free throws in the final 13 seconds to give Michigan a 77-73 upset of No. 11 Western Kentucky. WORK SMARTER. NOT HARDER. e're working smarter, too. So you don't have to work harder. 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