The Michigan Daily- Monday, January 13, 1992 -Page 11 WOLVERINES' INDIVIDUAL PLAY LEADS TO FIRST BIG TEN LOSS John Niyo Minnesota holds off Blue, Will the real Michigan team please stand up? The cynics probably liked what they saw Saturday when Minnesota handed Michigan a stinging 73-64 loss that served notice to Wolverine fans. And if Saturday's game didn't get the point across, Minnesota's fans did 0their part. The chants of "Overrated, overrated," echoed around the Michi- gan squad as it watched its five-game win streak snapped. The Wolverines, led by the five first-year players, had been getting away with a lot of things up until Saturday. But a Minnesota team which got trounced 96-50 by Indiana two days earlier provided a little lesson in hu- mility for this young team - Big Ten basketball style. It became painfully obvious on the raised floor of Williams Arena that one-on-one basketball will not get Michigan many conference wins, espe- cially on the road. Yet it was starting to look like that wasn't going to matter. This Michigan squad has shown a knack for proving doubters wrong. Everyone wondered what would happen when Duke came to town a month ago. Everyone, that is, except for the players, who outplayed, out- hustled, and almost beat the No. 1 team in the nation. Those same doubts surfaced again as the Wolverines prepared to start Big Ten play at Iowa. But Michigan dismantled Iowa's press and earned an overtime victory on the road. No more doubts, right? Wrong. It was ugly to watch, really. Saturday, there was little sign of the team that scared Duke, or the one that beat Iowa. Aside from Jalen Rose - who certainly isn't playing like a rookie, hit- *ting tough shots and knocking down clutch free throws - no one else seems to get into the flow of the game when it becomes a half-court con- test. And maybe that was the major cause of Saturday's debacle, although the game was so muddled from a Michigan standpoint that we can't be sure. In a wide-open game, when Michigan can get out on the fast break, ev- erything falls into place. The dunks reappear. The three-pointers go down. Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, and Eric Riley all seem to find room to move inside. But those situations didn't materialize against Minnesota, and we are left to wonder why. And now we are also left to wonder when that team that we saw against Duke will take the court again. * Webber, disappointed in both his own and his team's play made a promise after Saturday's game. He said that never again will we see the Michigan team that Minnesota embarrassed and upset. He might be right. We'll just have to wait and see. by Albert Lin Daily Basketball Writer The Michigan men's basketball team lived on the edge last Thursday in Iowa City, but came out on top. Saturday at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, the Wolverines were not as lucky. The Gophers (1-1 in the Big Ten, 9-6 overall) kept Michigan (1-1, 9-2) off-balance much of the game and came away with a 73-64 victory. The Wolverines' penchant for individual play led to 40 percent shooting from the floor. "Our halfcourt offense wasn't there," Michigan head coach Steve Fisher said. "Everything was one- on-one; everything was 'I'm going to do it.' Everybody thought they could post up and be the guy to get the basket. It does not work that way, "We had chances. We clawed back, but then we went through a stretch where we went back to try- ing to get it done one-on-one. When we made a run, we got stuff off our defense, with easy baskets, but we didn't give ourselves enough chances to get easy baskets against this team." Voshon Lenard welcomed his former Detroit Southwestern teammate and coach, Jalen Rose and Perry Watson, to his new home with a 25-point outing to lead the Gophers. "I didn't know, but I thought (Lenard) was capable of having big numbers," Fisher said. "I thought we could have defensed him a little better. He made a lot of big bas- kets." The biggest was a three-pointer with less than two minutes left which "sealed the fate" of the Wolverines, according to Fisher. With Michigan down six points - the closest it would be for the rest of the game - and the clock wind- ing down, Lenard passed the ball to Gopher center Bob Martin, then moved behind him to the left side- line. Rose left Lenard to help dou- ble-team the seven-footer, who fired a return pass. Lenard went up, fading toward the baseline, and drained the trey with two seconds left on the shot clock. The Wolverines had fought back 73-64 from a 38-29 halftime deficit. Eric Riley came out of the lockerroom, on fire, scoring Michigan's first nine points to cut the lead to 43-38. The Gophers moved back up by eight, but then the Wolverines' in- creased defensive pressure began to cause some Minnesota miscues. Juwan Howard stole an errant pass and fed Rose for a slam. Then Rose stepped into a passing lane to start a two-on-one, which finished with a spectacular dunk by Jimmy King over 6-foot-9 Ernest Nziga- masabo. A Rose three brought Michigan within one, but on their next possession - with a chance to take the lead - the Wolverines turned the ball over. "Those are the kinds of mistakes I keep harping on, especially when you're playing on the road," Fisher said. "We need to go back and talk about the whys and whats, and make certain when we go on our next trip to Illinois (this Saturday), we don't let one get away we're supposed to win, or at least we think we should win." Minnesota forward Randy Carter drives past Michigan's Chris Webber in the Golden Gophers' 73-64 upset of the Wolverines. CdM Sports Calendar Monday, January 13 No events scheduled Tuesday, January 14 No events scheduled Wednesday, January 15 Men's Basketball vs. Purdue, 8 p.m., Crisler Arena Thursday, January 16 No events scheduled Friday, January 17 Ice Hockey vs. Illinois-Chicago, 8 p.m., Chicago Men's Gymnastics at Windy City Invitational, 8 p.m., Chicago Men's Swimming & Diving vs. Stanford (non-dual), 7 p.m., Canham Natatorium Women's Basketball vs. Northwestern, 8:30 p.m., Evanston Saturday, January 18 Ice Hockey vs. Illinois-Chicago, 8 p.m., Chicago Men's Basketball vs. Illinois, 4 p.m., Champaign Men's Gymnastics at Windy City Invitational, 8 p.m., Chicago Men's Indoor Track vs. Indiana & Kentucky, TBA, Bloomington Men's Swimming & Diving vs. Stanford, 5 p.m., Canham Natatorium Women's Gymnastics vs. Pittsburgh & West Virginia, 7 p.m., Pittsburgh Women's Indoor Track vs. Indiana & Minnesota, TBA, Bloomington Wrestling hosts Illinois, Purdue & Central Michigan, noon, Cliff Keen Arena Sunday, January 19 Women's Basketball vs. Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., Madison BASKETBALL Continued from page 10 that put the Boilermakers ahead by 16 and the game all but out of reach. "I think are defense (was a key)," Purdue coach Lin Dunn said. "This was probably the best defen- sive effort we've had. We did a bet- ter job of getting into the passing lanes. I thought we were able to bother Trish Andrew. "Down the stretch we played at least ten people double minutes and that's tough (for Michigan) because physically, with that kind of pressure, they had to wear down." Andrew was not the offensive threat that she was against Illinois. After sitting much of the first half with foul trouble, Andrew was held to only 11 points, 10 below her season average. Meanwhile, Purdue's inside trio of Donna Gill, Tina Eddie and Kay Tucker were able to capitalize in the second half on their distinct height advantage by getting good position on the offensive glass and finding the seams in the zone. The three finished with 17, 10 and 8 points, respectively. "We have to put (the game) in perspective," VanDeWege said. "Purdue is awfully good and they played awfully well tonight. You can't play tentative against people like that or they'll eat you up." ILLINOIS (71) FG FT Rob. Mi. M-A MA O-T A F Pts. Estey 40 3-4 0-0 0-3 4 2 7 Cuningham33 4-14 8-9 0-5 2 1 18 Dilger 12 2-6 0-0 0-3 0 2 4 Waters 19 5-11 4-4 0-3 0 3 14 Dupps 31 1-4 3-4 4-12 3 1 5 Hemann 18 4-9 0-0 2-4 1 1 9 Cunditf 18 3-7 0-0 1-4 1 1 6 Walker 15 1-4 2-4 1-4 0 1 4 Riley 14 2-5 0-0 1-8 1 3 4 Totals 200 2564 17-21 9-50 12 15 71 FG%- .391. FT%- .810. Three-point goals: 4-8500 (Cunntngham 2-3,.Estey 1-2, Hemann 1-3). Team rebounds: 4. Blocks: 1 (Riley). Turnovers: 15 (Cunningham 4, Waters 3, Estey 2, Hemann 2, Duppsm2, Dilger, Walker). Steals: 5 (Estey 2, Cunningham 2, Waters). Technical louls: 0. MICHIGAN (56) FG FT Rob. Mi. M-A WA O-T A F Pts. Nuanes 32 7-18 1-1 3-5 1 3 16 Durand 38 7-17 0-1 1-2 4 3 14 Andrew 29 9-18 0-3 2-11 1 4 18 Beaudry 40 3-10 2-4 1-8 1 4 8 Gray 11 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 0 0 Wooldridge 29 0-2 0-0 0-4 2 1 0 Jones 10 0-3 0-0 2-5 0 0 0 Stewart 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 McCall 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 200 26-73 3-9 10-41 1116 56 FG%- .356. FT%- .333. Three-point goals: 1-4, .250 (Nuanes 1-3, Durand 0-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocks: 10(Andrew 8, Beaudry 2). Turnovers: 9 (Nuanes 3, Durand 2, Beaudry, Gray. Andrew, McCall). Steals: 6 (Durand 2, Wooldridge 2. Beaudry, Andrew). Technical fouls: Nuanes, 2:30 1st. Illinois ............... 33 38 - 71 Michigan.........28 28 - 56 At Crisler Arena, A-675 Yesterday afternoon game MICHIGAN (64) FG FT Rob. Mini.M-A M-A O-T A F Pts. Webber 32 4-14 1-5 4-8 1 5 9 Hunter 8 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 Riley 15. 4-5 2-4 3-4 0 4 10 Talley 25 4-6 0-0 1-1 2 2 8 Rose 37 8-19 7-10 3-7 2 3 25 King 24 2-5 0-0 0-3 2 4 4 Howard 24 0-5 2-2 3-5 1 2 2 Voskuil 14 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 5 0 Jackson 18 0-2 1-2 0-3 0 3 1 McIver 4 1-1 3-4 0-1 0 2 5 Pelinka 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 Totals 200 2367 16-27 15-40 11 31 64 FG%- .404. FT%- .593. Three-point goals: 2-8, .250 (Rose 2-5, Talley 0-1, Webber 0-1, Jackson 0-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocks: 2 (Webber). Turnovers: 19 (Webber 5, Talley 5, Riley 3, Rose 3, King 1, Howard 1, Mclver 1). Steals: 6 (Rose 4, Webber 1, Voskuil 1). MINNESOTA (73) FG FT Rob. Mi. WA M-A 0-T A F Pt. Walton 18 1-4 4-4 1-2 1 1 6 Carter 26 3-7 1-2 3-7 2 5 7 Martin 23 1-2 1-3 0-2 1 2 3 McDonald 34 3-7 4-4 1-2 3 1 12 Lenard 35 6-12 9-12 1-8 2 4 25 Kolander 20 2-2 7-9 1-5 3 4 11 Jackson 19 1-8 0-0 2-2 1 3 2 Nzig'm'sabolo 0-1 4-6 1-2 1 2 4 Orr 8 0-1 1-5 0-3 1 1 1 Tubbs 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 Totals 200 18-46 31-45 13-38 15 24 73 FG%- .391. 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