Page 6-The Michigan Daily-Sports Monday- March 1,1993 Cagers drop three more < M' women lose to Ohio State,Minnesota and Iowa by Rachel Bachman her first college game against the game, the Wolverines trailed' D B b rBuckeyes - had to step up and play Minnesota by seven when Andrew' MINNEAPOLIS - Why is the as many as 20 minutes committed her fifth foul. Michigan women's basketball team like a shoe store in the former Soviet Union? It has run out of choices. With a team consisting of seven players, the Wolverines fell yester- day to No.2 Iowa, 71-34, Feb.21 to Ohio State, 79-59, and Feb. 26 to Minnesota, 85-69. "We were definitely outmanned," Michigan coach Trish Roberts said after enduring her squad's 29 percent shooting performance against the Hawkeyes. "We started the season with 13 players. This has just been a frustrating year." In both the Ohio State and Minnesota matchups, Michigan se- nior forward Trish Andrew's foul trouble hindered her scoring produc- tion. Andrew, the team's leading scorer, sat out nine minutes of the Ohio State game and was held to just 14 points. Andrew's absence meant players like Valerie Turner - who started " We're asking kids to do things that they've never done before," Roberts said. - Ohio State took an early lead and stayed in front the entire game. With 8:47 left in the second half, the Buckeyes held their greatest lead at 28 points. Despite going 10-for-10 from the line in the first half, the Wolverines could not sink anything from the floor, shooting just 25 percent for the game. Michigan's shooting woes were highlighted by the Buckeyes' strengths in the category; Ohio State shot a .446 clip. While Michigan (0-14 Big Ten, 1-22 overall) upped its output from the field to a season-high 52 percent six days later at Williams Arena in Minnesota, it was not enough to de- feat the Golden Gophers (8-5, 13-8) as Andrew's foul trouble again reared its unattractive head. With 3:03 left to play in the "If Trish had been in there in the' last few minutes of the game, I think it would have made a big differ-: ence," Roberts said. Even though she sat out five minutes in the first stanza, Andrew managed to score 30 points before, fouling out - including a streak of seven consecutive field goals. She also swatted eight shots and grabbed; nine rebounds. Just over a minute earlier, Golden Gopher standout Carol Ann Shudlick also fouled out after a below-par, performance. The All-American candidate was held to just 14 points. "We didn't do anything special,"+ Roberts said. "I just think it was a bad night for her. I don't think wae capitalized on it once she did fouf out." "(Andrew and Shudlick fouling out) was very important, particularly with the Michigan situation because See CAGERS, page DOUGLAS KANTER/DaRy Stacie McCall hits the deck for a loose ball in the second half of Michigan's 79-59 loss to Ohio State last Sunday. MICHIGAN (342 Rob. Min. MA MA O0T A F Pts. Stewart 40 1-8 24 1-3 0 5 4 Beaudry 30 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 4 4 Andrew 37 5-16 0-0 4-11 1 2 10 Turner 21 2-8 0-0 1-1 0 2 4 Gray 28 3-15 0-0 1-5 4 0 6 Heikknen 28 3-6. 0-0 1-3 1 1 6 Tota s 20016-58 2-415-35 8 17 34 FG%-.276. FT%- .500. Three-point goals: 0- 4 000 (Gray 0-2, Stewart 0-2). Team rebounds: 9. Blocks: 3 (Andrew 2, Gray). Turnovers: 27 (Stewart 12, Andrew 5, Turner 4, Beaudry 2, H-ekknen 2, Gray, Stanley). Steals: 5 (Gray 2, Beaudry, Heikkinen, Stewart). Technical fouls: None. IOWA (71) FQ FT Rob. Min. M-A MA 0-T A F Pts. Aaron 21 1-4 0-1 0-1 3 0 2 Jackson 20 5-14 0-0 3-4 4 2 10 Harmon 22 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 2 2 Tunsil 25 6-13 3-3 4-6 7 1 15 Foster 21 8-12 4-6 5-13 0 2 20 Marx 16 2-7 0-0 4-8 1 0 4 Tideback 14 2-6 0-0 1-4 0 0 4 Dillingham 17 0-1 2-2 2-3 0 0 2 Mackin 15 0-1 0-1 1-4 2 1 0 Clayton 19 4-6 2-3 0-3 1 0 12 y rbrough 10.03 0.0 0.1 1 0 0 Totals 20029-7011-1625-54 20 8 71 FGA- .414. FT%- .688. Three-point goals: 2-6, .333 (Clayton 2-3, Jackson 0-2, Aaron 0-1). Team rebounds: 6. Blocks: 3 (Foster 2, Marx). Michigan ..........16 18 - 34 Iowa-............-..-..-.-...31 40 - 71 At Carver-Hawkeye Arena, A-8,192 MICHIGAN (69) Min. M-A Turner 37 1 1 Gray 40 5-14 00 251 Andrew 30 11-17 77 393 Stewart 40 3-7 36 011 Beaudry 40 7-11 Stanley 6 0-0 FT M-A 1-4 0-0 7-7 3-6 1-2 0-0 1-2 O-T 39 2-4 MCCALL Continued from page 1 country, cheerleading, and participating in the National Honors Society. Yet even with her numerous talents, McCall knew what she wanted to do after high school - play Big Ten basketball. "I've always wanted to play in the Big Ten," McCall said. "Coming to visit here (Michigan) with my parents, it made me feel like home. It was like, 'This is where I should be."' But there was more to McCall's decision to leave Columbus. Once again, she was taking a lemon and making lemonade. "My parents are divorced, and I am a 'mama's baby' and a 'daddy's baby,"' McCall said. "Staying home would have been very hard, you know, going back and forth." Michigan, three hours away from Columbus, gave McCall the distance she needed at the time while still being close enough for her parents to see her play. "I think coming to Michigan has helped all of us," McCall said. Living just a few miles from the Ohio State campus, McCall has received her share of grief from the local Buckeye faithful. "People always say 'Why did you come to Michigan?"' McCall said. "I say to them 'It's a good school,' and it is." Like most freshmen, McCall did not see the court as much as she wanted to in her rookie season. It was precisely this frustration that led to what McCall dubs one of her most embarrassing moments. During practice the Wolverines were running a drill where McCall was on offense, but mistakenly thought she was on defense. A teammate triggered the ball into McCall, but she thought she had stolen the inbounds pass and streaked down to the other basket for the lay-in. Unfortunately for her, it was the wrong basket. "I stole it, and dribbled hard for this layup," McCall said. "I was like 'Yes! Yes! You've gotta give me some play (to then coach Bud VanDeWege), I'm a freshman playing with these seniors."'" "They were like 'Stacie, you're on offense."' While McCall can look back and laugh at the event, the fact remains that she didn't get as much playing time as she might have liked in each of her first three seasons. But with new coach Trish Roberts and an injury-riddled Michigan team, McCall doesn't have to worry about playing time anymore. Instead, she may wonder if she'll ever get a rest. After losing freshman guard Tannisha Stevens for the season, Michigan had two primary ballhandlers in McCall and Jen Nuanes. When Nuanes was suspended for disciplinary reasons, McCall was Michigan's lone point guard, and that meant 40 minutes of bringing the ball up against full- court pressure. This caused problems in the Wolverines' home contest against Purdue earlier this season. Each time the Boilermakers substituted, the fresh player guarded McCall. Meanwhile, the only breather McCall had was the fifteen minutes at halftime, but true to form, she asked "no quarter." "She got tired," Roberts said, "but she knew we didn't have any one else to go in so she just sucked it up and said 'OK, I'll do it."' After three years as a bench player, McCall has been asked to assume the difficult role of being a ballhandler while also providing scoring punch. McCall has upped her production to 5.9 points per game, and leads the team in assists. In addition, she saved two of her best performances for Ohio State, something she and her father both relished. "When she scored 12 and 13 for a total of 25 against Ohio State," Mr. McCall said, "She said to me 'Yes, dad, we did it."' All in all, Roberts said she has been pleased with the positive attitude McCall has shown, in spite of the point guard's fatigue. "She's the kind of kid who will try to do what you ask her to do whether she can do it or not. She doesn't complain a lot." Nor did she complain her sophomore year in high school when her track coach slotted her as the anchor of her two-mile relay team in the state championship meet. McCall was not accustomed to running in that position, and the strong winds at Ohio State Catholic High School that day made the race even more difficult for her. "(Her coach) asked her to do something," said Patricia McCall, Stacie's mother, "and even though she didn't want to do it, she did it." McCall, because of her nervousness, came out of the handoff fast and the wind took its toll on her. Near the end of her 800- yard leg, fatigue got the best of McCall and she collapsed 10 yards from the finish line. But instead of laying on the track, McCall crawled the final 10 yards of the race. "Most girls wouldhave layed on the track and cried," her father beamed. "People still remember that around here as one of the most memorable things that ever happened at the state meet." McCall said she realizes that, like her crawl across the finish line, her college basketball career will also soon be a memory. Wanting to stay close to sports, however, she hopes her accomplishments as a communications major - including winning the Newlin Women's Basketball Scholarship - will pay off in the field of broadcasting. "I'd like to be a sports commentator or go into PR (public relations) for a company, because I'm a talker." And when Stacie McCall talks, the Michigan Athletic Department listens. McCall was selected, along with former Wolverine tight end Tony McGee and swimmer Mindy Gehrs, to the "search"committee, the board in charge of finding a replacement for departing Athletic Director Jack Weidenbach. "Jack Weidenbach came to me during practice (and asked her to be on the committee)," McCall said. "It's definitely an honor." This fall, McCall will marry Steve Carter, a professional baseball player, in Columbus. While Carter has seen time in "The Show" with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he has spent the last couple of years in the minors with the Toledo Mud Hens. Despite putting up impressive numbers, he has mysteriously been eluded by the call to the majors. While most would curse the gods for having to be referred to as a Mud Hen for any extended period of time, Carter has found a bright side to his stay in Toledo. It's easy to see why he and McCall got together. "Last year he should have gotten called up," McCall said. "He said it's so funny that throughout his career, the way things went, it was like God wanted us to be together." Whether divine intervention or not, McCall is looking forward to married life with Carter, who has signed with the Cincinnati Reds this season. And she has a good idea of where she wants to be five years down the road. "I'd probably like to have a couple of kids," McCall said. "Then I'd like to get my career jumping." With McCall and Carter as parents, you can bet those kids will be athletic. And you can bet they'll be drinking plenty of lemonade. A 0 2 1 5 0 F 2 3 5 4 3 0 0 Pts. 3 10 30 10 15 0 1 0 I I nnuw~efn r U-i r i-. I . Totals 200 27-51 13-21 9.31 15 17 69 FG%- .529. Ft%- .619. Three-point goals: 2-4, .500 (Andrew 1-1, Stewart 1-1, Gray 0-2). Team rebounds: 2. Blocks: 10 (Andrew 8, Gray, Heikkinen). Turnovers: 22 (Beaudry 6, Andrew 3, Helkkinen 3, Stewart 3, Turner 3, Gray, Stanley). Steals: 9 (Beaudry 3, Andrew 2, Gray 2, Stewart 2). Technical fouls: None. MINNESOTA (85) FG Min. M-A Pearson 30 5-11 Carver 29 4-11 C. Shudlick 20 6-12 Flint 38 7-13 Coates 27 1-7 Looblein 20 6-10 Klotzb'cher 18 0-1 Lawler 6 0-1 Stafford 13 3-6 Po00 1 0-1 Alexander 3 0-2 McNuty 29 1-1 FT M-A 2-4 0-0 2-4 3-4 3-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Rob. 0.T 3-10 0-1 3-6 5.7 0-3 0-1 1-2 0-0 2-5 1-1 0-1 0- A 3 1 2 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 Q F 4 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 Pts. 12 11 14 17 5 18 0 0 6 0 0 , ( N ,. I L- Total 200 336 118 23.45 26 1 85 FG%- .434. FT%- .611. Three-point goals: 8-15.,.533 (Loebleln 5-5, Carver 3-7, Coates 0- 2). Team rebounds: 8. Blocks:1'(Pearson). Turnovers: 13 (Coates 4, Carver 2, C. Shudlick 2. Alexander, Klotbeecher, Loebleln, McNulty, Stafford). Steals: 8 (Coates 3, Klotzbeecher 2, Flint, Loebleln, Stafford). Technical fouls: None. Michigan.......... 35 34 - 69 Minnesota...............42 43 - 85 At Williams Arena, A-1,323 0 0 r-- I T-SHIRT PRINTERY " A's MULTI-COLOR PRINTING CHAMPS! " STAFF ARTIST SUPPORT. " 2-DAY RUSH SERVICE AVAILABLE. " U-M P.O. #'s ACCEPTED. * LOCATED ACROSS THE BRIDGE FROM GANDY DANCER. * 5% DISCOUNT WITH THIS AD 994-1367 1002 PONTIAC TRAIL ANN ARBOR " MINIMUM ORDER 12 SHIRTS A .. (THERE'SAIR IN THE HEEL) .g-g per Abroad Have the time of your life! Travel/Study in Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Korea, Poland, Spain, Ukraine languages, literature, civilization, music, folklore, film, art history, anthropology, history. oolitical science, economics Stacie McCall takes a breather in last Sunday's game against Ohio State. "-m% * ')~~ '~a~. * I