S Page 8--The Michigan Daily- Sports Tuesday - January 19, 1993 No. 2 Penn State tops wrestlers, 25-9 by Bob Abramson Daily Sports Writer The Rolling Stones used to sing the line, "Time is on my side, oh yes it is." But for the 12th ranked Michigan wrestling team (0-1 Big Ten, 3-1 overall) the clock seemed to be in the hands of second-ranked Penn State (5-0-1, 8-0-1). The Nittany Lions pulled out two matches by one point and managed a 25-9 victory Saturday night. "Michigan gave us a good fight," Penn State coach John Fritz said. "But let's face it, sometimes things go the other way. After the 150- pound match, you look at some of the matches and you say, wow, there might of been some situations where Michigan could of won those." At 158 pounds, second-ranked Sean Bormet of Michigan went down to the wire with Penn State's fifth-ranked Josh Robbins. With Robbins leading 8-6 in the third pe- riod, Bormet executed an escape to cut the lead to 8-7 with fifteen sec- onds remaining. Bormet needed a takedown to win but could not con- vert before time ran out. Michigan coach Dale Bahr at- tributed Bormet's loss to his lack of conditioning in practice. "Sean has had a bad back lately," Bahr said. "So we have been holding him out of the hard wrestling in practice. He was tired at the end of the match because he hasn't wres- tled. I knew if Sean was healthy he could beat this kid." In another key matchup, 10th ranked Lanny Green of Michigan went into two sudden death over- times tied 3-3 with third-ranked Matt White of Penn State at 177 pounds. In the second overtime, Green chose to be on the bottom. Green needed an escape or reversal in thirty seconds to win, but time expired, giving White an automatic 4-3 decision. The Wolverines three victories came at 142 pounds, 150, and the heavyweight division. Michigan's James Rawls scored a 5-3 victory over Penn State's John Hughes at 142. At 150, Wolverine Brian Harper downed the Nittany Lions' Tony Bobulinski, 6-2. In-the heavy- weight division, eighth-ranked Steve King struggled to a 3-1 win over ninth-ranked Greg Troxell. Penn State wrestler Cary Kolat was truly impressed with some of the Wolverine victories. "We came in here expecting to dominate this meet," Kolat said. "But Michigan is pretty tough and they gave us a better match than we thought they would." In the other matches, Penn State's Shawn Nelson (118), Sanshiro Abe (126), Cary Kolat(134) and Troy Minnich (167) all tallied major decisions over Michigan's Matt Stout, Jason Cluff, Mike Mihalic and Kevin Williams. The Nittany Lions' Kerry McCoy was also a 7-2 victor over the Wolverines' Jehad Hamden at 190 pounds. Coach Bahr was a little disap- pointed with some of the Wolverines' efforts against Penn State. "It really didn't bother me that we lost the first three weight classes because I knew their guys were re- ally tough," Bahr said. "But I ex- pected a victory at 158, and I figured we had a good chance at to win at 167 and 177. Maybe even 190 also. We didn't win the close ones though, and I think we can wrestle a lot better. I think we have some work to do, that's obvious. First, we have to try to get Sean a little more healthy and then we will go from there." Ewing leads Knicks past Suns, 106-103 Heavyweight Steve King tries to get a grip on Penn State's Greg Troxell on his way to a 3-1 victory. Michigan will find out how exciting Nebraska really is this weekend when it travels to Lincoln for the Cliff Keen National Team Duals. PSU, Blue closer than 25-9 score indicates by Michael Rosenberg Daily Sports Writer A year ago;Penn State's wrestling team beat Michigan, 18-17. This year, the Nittany Lions won by the score of 25-9. Is Penn State that much better? Are the Wolverines that much worse? The answers, ironically, may be no and no. Yes, Penn State is ranked No. 2 in the country, and the Nittany Lions have already beaten No. 10 Ohio State and tied 19-time defending Big Ten champion Iowa. But Penn State was no doormat last year, as it finished third in the country. Michigan may also be about as good as it was last year. The lone lost let- terwinner, heavyweight Phil Tomek, has been replaced by Steve King, who is even better than Tomek. King won his match Saturday. The biggest changes in the Wolverine lineup are the absences of Joey Gilbert and Jesse Rawls, Jr., who are both being redshirted this year. Gil- bert's replacement at 134 pounds, Mike Mihalic, needed a miracle to defeat third-ranked Cary Kolat, and he didn't get it, losing by a major decision. Another major reason for Michigan's lopsided defeat Saturday was coach Dale Bahr's new training regimen for the team. In previous years, Bahr felt his team started off the season strong and came up short at the end. So this year, Bahr has not run his troops as hard early. He hopes that they'll be in top shape by late February, just in time for the Big Ten and the NCAA championships. In particular, Sean Bormet (158) has not practiced as hard as he would have, largely due to a hurt back. Bormet, currently ranked No. 2 in the country, lost to No. 5 Josh Robbins by a single point Saturday. Come March, that is a match Bormet probably wins. "I blame myself," Bonnet said of the loss. "I'm not in shape. That's all it is." "Sean's had a bad back," Bahr said. "We only wrestled him once (out of three matches) the week before. What we've been doing is holding him out of the hard wrestling, and he's seen a chiropractor twice." All-American Lanny Green also lost his match Saturday by one point. Green, who tried to wrestle at 167 earlier this season but struggled, has not adjusted completely to the return to his old weight. If Bonnet and Green had won their matches by one point rather than lost them, the score would have been Penn State 19, Michigan 15, and that's probably a better indication of the gap between these two teams right now. Associated Press Patrick Ewing scored a season- high 35 points yesterday, including a free throw and baseline jumper in the final minute that gave the New York Knicks a 106-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns. The win was the first in 11 games this season in which the Knicks, the NBA's best defensive team, allowed 100 points. The loss was just the sixth in 18 road games for the Suns, who have the league's best overall record of 25-7 and best road mark. Ewing made 12 of his last 15 shots after a terrible start. His free throw with 51 seconds left snapped a 99-99 tie and he came back with the baseline shot 29 seconds later for a 102-99 lead. Four free throws by Doc Rivers in the final 14 seconds kept the Knicks safely in front. Charles Barkley led Phoenix with 27 points, but he scored only four on 1-for-5 shooting with four fouls in the fourth quarter. He left the court cursing the officials after the game and nearly collided with referee Dan Crawford after tripping over a tele- vision cable on the way to the locker room. Danny Ainge matched his sea- son-high with 23 points and Tom Chambers scored 10 of his 16 in the fourth period for the Suns. John Starks finished with 21 points for the Knicks, including two baskets during a 10-0 run that put the Knicks in front 91-87 with 6:46 left. Ainge scored nine points during an 18-6 run that turned a 64-60 deficit into a 78-70 Suns lead with 1:09 left in the third period. Ainge also had 10 points in a span of four minutes in the second quarter, leading a 12-4 spurt that gave Phoenix a 41-29 lead with 6:52 left in the first half. Ewing, who missed 6 of 7 shots in the first quarter, scored the final 13 Knicks points in a 22-10 run that tied the score 51-51 at halftime. Ewing, who sat out the first seven minutes of the second period, made all six of his shots in the final 4:16 of the half. Bulls 103, Celtics 93 Michael Jordan scored 29 points in just three quarters, and Scottie Pippen had 24 as the Chicago Bulls handed the Boston Celtics just their second loss in 10 games, 103-93 yesterday. The Bulls opened a 19-point lead late in the third quarter, and coach Phil Jackson cleared the bench in the fourth quarter before the Celtics made the final score more re- spectable. Reggie Lewis led Boston with 21 points, while Kevin McHale scored 13. Chicago, which lost in overtime to Orlando on Saturday night despite Jordan's NBA season-high 64 points, hit just 30 percent of its shots in the third quarter, but led by at least 13 points throughout the pe- riod. The Bulls opened their biggest lead, 79-60, on a layup by Jordan with 1:11 left, and it was 79-62 go- ing into the final 12 minutes The game was tied at 17-17 be- fore the Bulls took the lead for good with a 13-4 run in the final 3:23 for a 30-21 advantage at the end of the first period. Jordan scored 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting in the quarter. In the second quarter, the Celtics closed to 39-35 on McHale's layup at 7:16, but Chicago then outscored Boston 20-8 to hold a 59-43 advan- tage at halftime. Rockets 110, Lakers 90 Vernon Maxwell made 6 of 7 shots from 3-point range in the first half, and Hakeem Olajuwon had a strong second half as the Houston Rockets won their fifth straight game, 110-90 over the Los Angeles Lakers on yesterday. Maxwell scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half, missing his only 3-pointer attempt in the second half. He was 9 of 14 from the floor overall. Maxwell's six 3-pointers in the first half left him one short of the NBA record for a half, held by John Roche and Michael Adams. Houston's 11 3-point goals for the game was the most ever against the Lakers, with the previous high of 10 by San Antonio last year. Olajuwon scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half as the Rockets fought off a threat by the Lakers. 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