Men's Basketball vs. Bowling Green Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Ice Hockey vs. Kent State Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m. Yost Ice Arena Page 8 The Michigan Daily Tuesday, December 8, 1992 Tale of two players Michigan's Jackson fills role Tolbert passed up The Dogg was back in Crisler Arena. Tony Tolbert returned to the place where he played his first two years of col- legiate basketball last night as his new team, Detroit Mercy, took on the Wolver- ines. His reception was mixed but his performance was fine. Tolbert scored a team-high 22 points in the Titans' 92-77 loss to Michigan. The 6-foot-4 guard transferred to Ryan U of D two years Herrington ago. He had various reasons for leaving the Michigan camp. What Coach Steve Fisher was looking for out of Tolbert was quality minutes of all-around play. 9 He wanted Tolbert toT be a role player.F What Tolbert was looking for was quality points. He wanted to be a scorer. The divorce was amicable. As the 1992-93 season begins, Fisher is still looking for the role player he thought Tolbert could be. He might have found it last night in sophomore Ray Jack- son. Jackson guarded Tolbert for most of the night, shutting down the Titans' lead- ing scorer while scoring 13 points. "My goal was to play 'D' tonight," Jackson said after the game. "If I could control him, I thought that would be a way for us to win." Jackson does all the things Fisher hoped Tolbert would do when he was a willing to sacrifice personal numbers and glory for the good of the team. He scram- bles for loose balls. He takes charges. Rather than go for flash, Jackson simply tries to help his team in any way possible. Last night, Jackson exhibited all these qualities. To go along with his 13 points, the Texan had six assists and four re- bounds. Jackson covered Tolbert like the proverbial blanket, blocking two of his shots and making it difficult for him to even receive the ball from his U of D teammates. While the Titan finished with 22, many of the buckets came with the game well in hand and Jackson sitting comfortably on the bench. Jackson's all- around play did not go unnoticed. "I thought Ray Jackson had the best game of his collegiate career at Michi- gan," Fisher said. "He played within him- self, he played extremely hard. I thought he did a nice job defensing Tony. If he continues to grow from there, it's going to do nothing but make our team signifi- cantly better." Tolbert has found serenity at U of D. He can be the scorer he wanted to be while at Michigan. In his first two games he scored 34 and 15 points, respectively, and earned Midwestern Collegiate Con- ference Player-of-the-Week honors. He does not regret his decision. "It was the best opportunity at the time," Tolbert said. "I am happy where I'm at and I hope that those guys do good and make it to the NCAAs." Likewise, Michigan has found the player Fisher wanted Tolbert to be in Jackson. This forward could ask for more glory and recognition. After all, he is one- fifth of the Fab Five. But he takes the game in stride and does the little things which help a team win. Last night, Jackson took it upon him- self to handle the ex-Wolverine. He wasn't concerned with what his final stats would be. He was only concerned with winning the game. It was the type of thing that any top team needs. So, while the Dogg might pack a pow- erful bite, the Wolverines' have something even more valuable. They have a player whose selfless play can only help Michi- gan in the long run. They have Ray Jackson. Detroit Mercy forward Tony Tolbert gets his shot rejected by Michigan's Ray Jackson. Tolbert, who scored 22 points last night, transferred from Michigan after the 1990-91 season. Tolbert Wolverine. He is a quiet player who is CAGERS Continued from page 1 Sparked by four consecutive points from Tolbert, U of D made one more surge to close within four at 60-56, but Michigan pulled away and coasted to victory after that scare. "I thought we took a baby step today," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "Hopefully, Bowling Green (tomorrow's opponent) will be a nice stride." The second half was a complete change from the first - the tapes of which Fisher would probably like to burn. The Wolverines stumbled, fouled and missed their way to a 10- point deficit, 20-10, with 11:32 re- maining, and got summarily jeered from the Crisler crowd for their effort. Typical of Michigan's play at that point in the game is the se- quence from 12 minutes remaining before halftime. James Voskuil missed a three from the right side, Webber pulled down the board and found Voskuil open underneath. Voskuil missed the shot, and Rob Pelinka was called for a foul. Additionally, Michigan missed several breakaway opportunities in the first half, as fancy alley-oops, behind-the-back passes and cuts to the basket resulted in turnovers or offensive fouls. "We came out a little unin- spired," Wolverine forward Ray Jackson said. "We had kind of a let- down from the Duke game. I don't think we ever got worried. We don't ever get worried." Jackson, whose alley-oop pass to Juwan Howard at 15:10 of'the sec- ond half provided Michigan with a 60-50 margin, finished with 13 points and four rebounds. At the end of the game, Michigan turned to its bench players to pro- duce crowd noise that might have rivalled the halftime din. Rookies Dugan Fife and Leon Derricks, and walkons Sean Dobbins and Rick Guzman put some life into the otherwise quiet Michigan faith- ful with their appearance in the final minutes of the game. Otherwise, Detroit Mercy's cheerleaders' chants often echoed loudest in the arena. Which could be a sign you have problems. DETROIT MERCY (77) FG FT Rob. Min. M-A M-A -T A F Pts. Tolbert 25 7-18 7-7 0-1 1 3 22 Lovelace 28 4-11 5-7 1-5 1 1 13 Grant 19 5-10 0-1 7-10 0 4 10 Nichols 24 2-6 2-2 1-4 4 5 6 Kelley 32 6-16 0-1 2-3 1 1 15 Hamilton 21 2-8 3-6 3-5 2 2 7 Jackson 9 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 0 Lacy 14 0-1 0-0 2-5 0 0 0 Smith 15 0-2 0-0 1-1 0 4 0 Bibb 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 Haly 4 1-2 00 2-3 0 2 2 Totals 200 28-80 17-24 23-48 9 24 77 FG%- .350. FT%- .708. Three-point goals: 4-15, .267 (Kelley 3-8, Tobert 1-3. Hamilton 0-2, Bibb0-1, Jackson 0-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocks: 1 (Grant). Turnovers: 17 (Jackson 4, Lacy 3, Grant 2, Kelley 2, Nichols 2, Tolbert 2, Hamilton, Lovelace). Steals: 5 (Jackson 2, Tolbert 2, Hamilton). Technical fouls: none. MICHIGAN (92) FG FT Rob.' Min. M-A MA O-T A F Ps.. Webber 30 10-14 3-5 5-14 6 3 24 Jackson 26 5-11 3-4 3-4 6 1 13 Howard 22 7-12 2-3 2-7 0 3 16 Rose 31 5-13 0-1 0-3 5 2 11 King 26 3-6 0-1 0-3 3 1 6 Riley 15 2-3 3-4 2-8 0 5 7 Pelinka 12 1-3 0-0 1-3 1 1 2 Voskuil 19 2-6 2-2 1-2 0 3 7 Talley 8 1-5 0-0 1-1 0 0 2 Fife 4 0-0 2-4 0-2 0 0 2 Derricks 4 0-0 1-2 1-1 0 1 1 Bossard 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dobbins 1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 Guzman 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 00 0 Totals 20036-7517-28 18-52 21 20 92 FG%- .480. FT%- .607. Three-point goals: 3- 10,. 300 (Rose 1-3, Voskuil 1-2, Webber 1-2, Bossard 0-1, Jackson 0-1, King 0-1). Team rebounds: 7. Blocks: 6 (Webber 3, Jackson 2, Riley). Turnovers: 15 (Riley 4, Webber 3, Ki ng2, Rose 2, Voskuil 2, Pelinka, Talley). Steals: 6 (King 3, Rose 2, Webber). Technical-fouls: none. Detroit Mercy ......... 37 40 - 77 Michigan............ 43 49 - 92 At Crialer Arena; A-13,169 (paid) Or it could just be a sign that you are playing Detroit Mercy. ALBN TIMS-UIO NAA HCKY OL -mom Team (1st votes) 1. Maine (25) - 2. 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