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Men cagers show Detroit no Mercy
Derricks scores 10 filling in for injured Howard as Blue rolls, 78-60
By RACH EL.BACHMAN
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
Even without the help of center Juwan Howard, the
third-ranked Michigan men's basketball team got 25
points from Jalen Rose and held former Wolverine Tony
Tolbert to six to top Detroit Mercy, 78-60, bringing its
record to 5-0.
"I thought the absence of Juwan Howard ... energized
us, to be honest," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said.
After slightly straining his right Achilles' tendon in
practice Sunday, Howard was cleared to play against the
Titans. Less than 10 minutes before tipoff, Fisher decided
to start Leon Derricks in his place as a precautionary
measure. Howard did not play the entire game.
"The kids kind of rallied around Leon," Fisher said. "I
like what he gave us tonight."
Derricks posted a career-high 10 points, and missed a
triple-double by three assists, notching seven of them,
along with 13 rebounds.
"(Howard) helped me, telling me what I should do and
how I should do it," Derricks said.
He added that filling Howard's hightops was not as
daunting as he anticipated.
"The other three juniors ... I know they'll step up their
game a lot more (when I'm in) because they have to,"
Derricks said.
Last night's game marked the return of a few Titans
with ties to Michigan. Head coach Perry Watson spent the
past two seasons as an assistant under Fisher. Senior
Tolbert, who came into the contest averaging 31.3 points
per game, played his first two years at Michigan.
With a subpar performance from Tolbert, Watson was
glad to have at least one thing on his side.
"It was great that Steve didn't use Juwan because it
would have been unbearable," Watson said.
Fisher repeatedly shouted "passing game" throughout
the first half, and his players responded. With 3:49 left in the
first stanza, Ray Jackson found Rose on a fast break, who
dished off to Jimmy King underneath for a reverse layup.
With just over one minute to play, Jackson picked
Titan Patrick Lacy's pocket and passed to Fife, who
scored an uncontested two.
A King pass to Rose 80 seconds later pushed the
Michigan lead to 34-17, its biggest lead of the half. The
score at the first-half buzzer was 40-23.
Just after the mid-game break, Jackson took the ball
downcourt, sparking a string of lightning passes from Fife
to Rose back to Jackson for an easy two before the defense
had the chance to set up.
Freshman Olivier Saint-Jean showed he has assimi-
lated into the Michigan defense, talking trash after deny-
ing Mercy's Greg Grant.
"Ijustsaid, 'goback' or something like that," Saint-Jean said.
In another milestone, walk-ons Emerson Moore and
Chris Fields saw their first minutes as Wolverines.
Howard's status is day-to-day, but he said he hopes to
be ready Saturday for Michigan's game against Duke.
Last night's contest was just the fifth in his career that
Howard did not start. It was an experience that Fisher
would not like to repeat.
"I'd be petrified to go into the next game without
Juwan," he said.
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FO FT REB
MIN M-A M-A O A F PTS
Jenkins 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 2
RennerThomasl4 1-1 0-0 1.4 0 4 2
Grant 20 3-7 1-2 1-5 0 1 7
Jackson 38 2-6 0-2 0-5 3 3 4
Tolbert 20 2-5 2-5 1-4 2 0 6
Hailey 9 0-4 1-2 1-1 0 0 1
Lacy 19 5-8 2-4 0-2 1 2 12
Pickett 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2
Smith 12 1-1 0-0 1-1 1 1 2
Bibb 15 1-2 1-2 0-3 1 1 4
Montgomery 5 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Porter 13 3.4 2-4 0-0 1 111
Mundrow 6 0-0 0-0 0-000 0
Domke 7 2-2 1-1 0-1 1 1 7
Totals 200 22.46 10-22 6.29 1120 60
FG%:.478. FT%:.455. Three-point goals: 6-10,
.600 (Porter 3-4, Domke 2-2, Bibb 1-1, Jackson
0-1, Jenkins 0-1, Montgomery 0-1 ). Turovers:
22 (Jackson 5, Lacy 4. Pickett 4, Bibb 2, Renner-
Thomas 2, Tolbert 2, Domke, Grant, Jenkins).
Steals: 4 (Pickett 2, Bibb, Tolbert).
MICHIGAN (78)
FO FT RES
MIN M-A M-A OT A F PTS
Jackson 29 3-9 5-8 4-5 3 3 11
King 28 6-8 0-2 2-2 0 3 12
Derricks 32 5-12 0-0 2-13 7 2 10
Fife 35 3-6 0-0 1-1 11 7
Rose 34 10-17 4-6 2-7 4 3 25
Saint-Jean 14 1-6 0-0 0-4 1 2 2
Crawford 19 1-5 0-0 2-3 1 4 3
Bossard 7 2-3 2-4 1-2 1 1 6
Fields 1 1-1 0-0 1-1 00 2
Moore 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 200 32-67 11-20 17-41 1819 78
FG%:.478. FT%: .550. Threepoint goals: 3-11,
.273 (Crawford 1-4, Rose 1-3, Fife 1-2, Bossard
0-1, Saint-Jean 0-1). Turnovers: 13 (Crawford 2,
Fife 2, Jackson 2, King 2, Bossard, Derricks,
Saint-Jean). Steals: 8 (Fife 3, Jackson 2,
Derricks, King, Rose).
Detroit Mercy... 23 37 - 60
Michigan. 40 38 - 78
At: Crisler Arena; A: 13,159 (paid)
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Women's basketball drops pair to Irvine, N. Texas
By BRENT McINTOSH
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
Coach Trish Roberts' team may
have come away from this weekend's
Marriott Classic without a win, but
they didn't leave without a Silver.
Silver Shellman, that is. The fresh-
man forward led the Michigan
women's basketball team this week-
end, providing a sparkle to an other-
wise lackluster tournament.
The Wolverines (1-2) lost 65-40
to UC-Irvine Friday and 85-72 to
North Texas Saturday, but-Shellman's
all-tournament performance had Rob-
erts raving.
"It was a surprise," the second-
year coach said. "She remained steady
for us: double-digit points, eight to 10
rebounds."
Steady scoring and rebounds -
10 points and 12 boards against host
Irvine, 15 and six versus North Texas
- were the hallmarks of Shellman's
play this weekend, but they weren't
enough to satisfy her.
"I really think it's important for
anybody who's capable of double dig-
its, scoring or rebounding, to contrib-
ute that way," she said. "I still don't
think I played up to my capabilities."
Aside from Shellman's perfor-
mance against Irvine, Michigan got
six points and eight rebounds from
freshman forward Sonya Mays while
sophomore forward Jennifer
Brzezinski chipped in eight points
and six boards. Jinelle Williams
sparked the Anteaters (1-2) with 15
points, 10 rebounds and six steals.
While Shellman's showing may
have had the Wolverines raving, simi-
lar efforts were apparently scarce.
"I don't think that we played to
our full potential," freshman Jennifer
Kiefer said. "We beat ourselves."
Kiefer's comments may be true,
but the Anteaters
and the Lady
Eagles certainly
had a part in hand-4
ing the Wolverines
their first and sec-
ond defeats of the
season.
UCI harassed
Kiefer and fresh- Sheliman
man guard Amy
Johnson into scoring only five and
four points, respectively, and turning
the ball over a total of 17 times.
The Anteaters led, 24-22, at the
break, but picked up the defensive
pressure on the Wolverine guards in
the second half. The Wolverines shot
only 22 percent after halftime, in-
cluding a goose-egg in 11 attempts
from three-point range.
"Amy's performance was un-
usual," Roberts said. "They really had
her number, really overplayed her.
That's something she's going to have
to learn to deal with because people
are going to key on her."
"They came after us more than
any other team," Kiefer said.
The Anteater pressure took the
Wolverines out of their offense, and
poor rebounding and transition de-
fense plagued Michigan for the whole
tournament.
"They beat us up and down the
court," Roberts said, "We did a poor
job of boxing out and getting back on
defense."
The problem was simpler, but no
less frustrating, against the Lady
Eagles (1-3). Despite Shellman's
showing, 19 points from freshman
forward Catherine DiGiacinto, and
six blocks from Brzezinski, Michi-
gan couldn't stop Eagle sophomore
guard Jaquita Deaton, who peppered
the Wolverine defense with 38 points
on 16-for-22 shooting.
Deaton found open shots in transi-
tion against the depleted and fatigued
Wolverines, who only suited up seven
players for the game.
"She burned it up from the out-
side," Shellman said. "She really hurt
us."
Michigan's Jimmy King guards Detroit Mercy center Greg Grant in last
night's 78-60 Michigan victory last night at Crisler Arena.
Volleyball comes out sluggish
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Sports
INTRAMURAL
SPORTS PROGRAM
By MELINDA ROCO
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
The Michigan men's volleyball
team wrapped up its preseason Sun-
day at the Tri-State Invitational, con-
cluding a three-week hiatus from
competiton.
It was apparent that the long break
from play had taken its toll on the
Wolverines, as the team struggled
through several slow starts and mental
errors. Even still, Michigan finished
first in its pool, defeating Tri-State 'B',
13-15, 15-5, 16-14, Windsor, 15-10,
15-13, and Louisville 'B', 15-10, 15-8.
In the championship round, the
Wolverines lost to Michigan State,
16-14, 16-14, in the semifinals.,
Senior outside hitter Bill Seeley,
who has been playing in the shadows
through most of the preseason, emerged
in the spotlight, leading the team in
blocks, kills and defensive digs.
"We've spent the past few weeks
working out the kinks in Bill's game
and developing confidence between
him and the setter," Michigan coach
Pam Griffin said. "He came through
when we needed him, and it's gratify-
ing that the hard work paid off."
Junior Todd Coffey also stepped
forward as a force in the middle posi-
tion. With starting middlehittersAndy
Spitser and Chad Stielstra absent,
Coffey came off the bench to take
control at the net throughout the day.
"Todd's game has really picked
up since the Ohio State match three
weeks ago," Griffin said. "He did
very well seeing the block and scor-
ing on the attack."
Plagued by injuries, illness and
fatigue, Michigan's problems were
only compounded by a two-hour wait
before the semifinal match against
the Spartans. Michigan State over-
came the defensive finesse of Seeley,
Stan Lee and Justin Biebel to win the
close contest.
"Itjust wasn'tourday to beat State,"
Griffin said. "We didn't have all our
weapons there, and we sat a long time
whereas State had just finished playing.
It's a lot easier to come into a tough
match already warmed up."
However, Griffin said the team is
pleased with their preseason perfor-
mance and is excited about the im-
pending regular season.
"The day served as a good lesson
to learn about focusing and mental
endurance," Griffin said. "Now, we
are just looking forward to starting
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