Women's swimming and diving vs. Eastern Michigan Friday, 7 p.m. Canham Natatorium SPORTS Ice Hockey vs. Lake Superior State Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily Thursday, January 30, 1992 Page 5 Wolverines slam Spartans, 89-79 by Matthew Dodge Daily Basketball Writer EAST LANSING - On a bas- ketball floor, silence can be deafen- ing. Chris Webber loves to hear those sounds of silence. When he thinks of all the voices he silences with one dunk, he smiles. Webber and his teammates an- swered the taunts of Michigan State and its raucous fans with an 89-79 overtime victory last night at the Breslin Center. The rookie forward topped off a six-point second half spurt with a stunning dunk at the 15:00 mark of the second half. He pulled Michigan to within nine points, and knocked the wind out of the Spartan faithful. "You can really tell when the crowd quiets up," Webber said. "That crowd was ready to be knocked out. We concentrate on that as a team." Michigan (4-3 in the Big Ten, 12- 4 overall) dominated the overtime period. They outscored Michigan State (3-3, 13-3) by an 18-8 margin. The Wolverines fell behind by 14 points midway through the sec- ond half, but stormed back to take a 71-70 lead on Juwan Howard's turnaround hook in the lane. With 53 seconds remaining, Michigan State's Mike Peplowski tied the game with a free throw. Spartan guard Shawn Respert missed a shot as time ran out in regulation. "I didn't want to go into over- time," Webber said. "But we had the momentum." Wolverine guard Rob Pelinka knocked down a three-pointer to open the extra session, and Michigan pulled away for good. "That was the biggest shot," Webber said. "That shot gave us the 'Rob Pelinka gave us a tremendous spark ...He was not. only shooting the ball, but was doing the right things on the f loor.' - Steve Fisher 'M' basketball coach game." Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote couldn't believe his eyes as Michigan came back strong in the second half. "It is scary when we can't win when we have a 14-point lead," Heathcote said. "That might not be a only good team, but a great team." "Rob Pelinka gave us a tremen- dous spark," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "He was a key. He was not only shooting the ball, but was doing the right things on the floor." Pelinka, who scored a career-high nine points, was only one of a host of Wolverines doing the right things. Webber tossed in 21 points, grabbed six rebounds, and swiped three steals. Jalen Rose tallied 24 win. This doesn't make our whole season, and it doesn't kill State's season. But it feels good." The Wolverines seem to play their best basketball away from Ann Arbor. The young squad has al- ready won three conference road games (at Iowa, Illinois, and Michi- gan State). "Our whole college life has been on the road," Webber said. "I have played in front of a lot of big crowds before I came here. But the Big Ten is different. It is so in- tense." Michigan's first victory in East Lansing since 1989 brought a sigh of relief from Fisher. "We snuck in and broke the Bres- lin jinx," Fisher said. Michigan 89, Michigan St. 79 Michigan - Webber 8-14 3-6 21, Voskuil 1-3 0-0 2, Howard 5-11 3-4 13, Rose 8-16 7-9 24, Talley 0-5 0-0 0, Pelinka 2-3 3-4 9, Jackson 2-3 0-0 4, King 4-6 0-0 8, Riley 4-80-0 8. Totals 34-69 16-23 89. Michigan St. - Stephens 2-4 2-2 8, Steigenga 2-7 1-1 5, Peplowski 7-11 2-4 16, Montgomery 2-8 1-2 5, Respert 10-19 2-2 26, Weshinskey 3-4 1-2 7, Zulauf 1-1 0-0 2, Miller 4-7 0-0 8, Team 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32- 62 9-13 79. 3-point goals-Michigan 5-14. Michigan St. 6-18. Rebounds-Michigan 37, Michigan St. 28. Assists-Michigan 16, Michigan St. 17. Total fouls--Michigan 14, Michigan St. 19. Pelinka points, five rebounds, and seven as- sists. The same squad that experienced heart failure two weeks ago against Purdue is back on its feet. "It feels great to be back in the Big Ten race," Webber said. "Good teams do what they have to do to Michigan's Jalen Rose battles Michigan State's Mike Peplowski for a rebound. The Wolverines prevailed in overtime, 89-79, last night. S*FULLCOURT. PRESS Illinois weekend looms for track Women runners look to turn pains into gains vs. non-conference foes :: -_ *or Comosure seals Michigan victory by Jeni Durst Daily Basketball Writer EAST LANSING - On paper, the Michigan Wolverines have it all - size, rebounding and natural talent. But they lacked the one thing above all needed to win: composure. And in the days preceding last night's contest with Michigan State, Wolverine coach Steve Fisher emphasized the need for that very thing. A deficiency of composure will throw the best shots off the mark, will make the ball flip from rebounding hands, and will hinder a player's jump- ing ability. Michigan found its composure, and the confidence it inspires, Saturday against Wisconsin. But the Wolverines secured it last night at the Breslin Center. After State had gone on a 16-0 run, it appeared the Wolverines would never recover. During the run, the Spartans nailed jumper after jumper as Michigan grew more bewildered. In the words of Fisher, it looked like * they "were running in quicksand." Down by 12, the Wolverines didn't come back on the floor until one minute left in the halftime intermission. It was an attempt to regain some of what they had lost. It didn't appear to work. The Wolverines continued to stumble. When they finally got a 2-on-1 breakaway opportunity, Ray Jackson passed off to Jalen Rose for what should have been an easy layup. Instead it was a com- plete miss. But whatever Fisher said in the locker room finally seemed to sink in with 5:48 left in the second half. And it all began with a spark in Chris Webber - a spark that breathed fire through all of the Wolverines. First, Webber got inside and slammed it home. The next time down the floor, he nailed a three-pointer. After another Webber trey and a Jimmy King breakaway later, a newly-inspired Michigan team trailed by only four. "We've got to feel better about ourselves," Fisher said. "We became the aggressor." By scoring the first five points and further dominating the overtime pe- riod, Michigan proved its new found confidence and composure. "A lot of folks would have quit in that (losing) situation," Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote said. "But they kept plugging and plugging away. They played with ability; they played with confidence. They're not just a good team; they're on the threshold of being a great team" And with their newly acquired composure, the Wolverines may just be ready to step through the door. by Bernadette Ramsey Following two weeks of stiff competition, the Michigan wom- en's track team is expecting the competition to become fiercer this weekend. The Wolverines head to Illinois on Saturday to compete against Illinois, Illinois State, Southern Illinois, and Iowa. "The team is looking real good," Michigan coach James Henry said. "There's been lots of pain and complaining this week so that's a good sign." Illinois is the favorite in the Big Ten conference and the Wolverines hope to show they can give the favorites a run for their money. "Illinois is going to be tough," high jumper Kathy Tomko said. "Illinois has a lot of big guns." Competing against the Illini will give Michigan a good chance to compare itself to the best in the field and see how it measures up. Henry's goal is for the team to go in and make a good showing. "We haven't really proven our- selves in the long sprints," Henry said. "We need some of our longer sprinters to step up their perfor- mances." Because it is a non-conference meet, Henry feels that the Wolverines have a shot at winning. "Some people will place in this Michigan must deal with a number of injuries, including the loss of defending Big Ten 800-me- ter champion Amy Banister. The in- juries have left the team looking for some production from new team members. Junior transfer Dorchelle Webster is making progress to- ward regaining her championship form. Webster is a former member Men runners hope of the University of Florida's 400 relay NCAA championship team in 1990. Webster was also runner- up in the 400 hurdles. Jenny Ridgley, Chris Szabo and Richelle Webb have shown im- provement throughout the season and are expected to make signifi- cant contributions this week. Ridgley will run in the 400 and the mile relay, Szabo will compete in the 3000 and mile and Webb will sprint in the 200 and 60. The Wolverines' 800 meter runners Kristine Westerby, Jessica Kluge, Carrie Yates, and Karen Harvey hope to match their performances of last week where they ran away with fourof the five top places. to be toast of Champaign Saturday by Bruce Inosencio Daily Sports Writer The men's track squad treks to Champaign Saturday for an indoor meet against Iowa, North Central, Eastern Illinois, Southern Illinois, and host Illinois. Big Ten foes Iowa and Illinois should prove to be Michigan's toughest competition, but perennial track powerhouse Southern Illinois can't be counted out. Iowa, after suffering a 64-57 defeat to Indiana last Saturday, is strong in most events. The Hawkeyes, however, are not the main concern of Michigan coach Jack Harvey. "Illinois is a very sound team on paper, but it could be a fairly close meet." Due to a Big Ten rule, the Fighting Illini will def- initely have the advantage over the other schools at the meet. This rule allows only 28 members of a team to travel to away meets in the Big Ten. If a host school is competing against only Big Ten schools, they must also only use 28 athletes. However, since there are non-conference schools par- ticipating, Illinois has the option of using as many as they like. Harvey said he is not too worried about his team's performance this early in the season, and feels confi- dent the Wolverines will have a better showing against Illinois than they did at home against Indiana Jan. 18. Illinois' strength lies in the triple and long jumps, as well as the 200-meters. "There are areas where we need to do some work, but we should take some points in the pole vault, the 600, the 800, and maybe even the 55-meter hurdles," Harvey said. 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