8 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, January 31, 1994
Wolverines continue to struggle, drop weekend
10y SCOTT BURTON
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
IOWA CITY -If you had a poor
attention span and could only watch
the Michigan women's basketball
team for short stretches, you might
think it was one of the better teams in
the country.
The Wolverines in one half
:outplayed No. 18 Ohio State. For 20
minutes, Michigan dominated Wis-
ponsin. For five minutes, they kept
pace with No. 1 Penn State.
And for the first 19 minutes Fri-
day night, Michigan (0-7 Big Ten, 3-
13 overall) played nip-and-tuck bas-
ketball with No. 4 Iowa (5-1, 12-2),
only to fall, 78-56.
It was 19 minutes during which
the Wolverines overcame the
Hawkeyes' vast strength, size and
quickness. Nineteen minutes during
which Michigan faced itsnemesis -
the full-court press.
Nineteen minutes where the Wol-
verines were able to avoid foul trouble
and play tough, spirited basketball.
Unfortunately for Michigan, it had
to play the other 21 minutes, and its
fortunes were not so pleasant. Iowa
took advantage of superior bench play,
stamina and post play to control the
second half and roll to the victory.
"I think it was a very good effort on
effort was the fact that Iowa coach
Vivian Stringer gave her struggling
starters much of the first half off in
favor of a younger lineup.
"Frankly, I was not satisfied with
what we were doing as a staring group,"
said Stringer, who registered her 500th
career victory. "That was one way of
registering my dissatisfaction."
Iowa's abridged lineup was still all
over the boards and the low post area.
The Hawkeyes out rebounded the Wol-
verines, 22-12, while center Simone
Edwards chipped in eight points.
However, thanks to Michigan's
best shooting half of the year (47.8
percent), it was able to stay close with
the Hawkeyes. The Wolverines hit
four-of-eight three-pointers, includ-
ing a Jennifer Kiefer trey that tied the
score at 30-30.
"Even though we knew Vivian
didn't start any of her regular starters,
I feel like, with the depth she has on
her bench, any of those kids could
start," Roberts said.
As in so many other contests this
year, Michigan simply did not have
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Kiefer
all seven of ourkids' hearts," Michigan
coach Trish Roberts said. "We came
out the second half and (suffered) the
problems that have hampered us all
year-we don't have the depth and our
team gets a little winded."
The first half quickly became a
battle of Michigan's ability to can
outside jumpers and Iowa's knack for
easy inside baskets.
Significantly aiding Michigan's
By L. .. 05TAM-ABADI
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
Close but no cigar, again.
The Michigan women's basket-
ball team fell short to Minnesota yes-
terday, 79-70. The Wolverines led
only once --43 seconds into the first
half, 3-2. The remainder of the game
Michigan trailed anywhere from one
to 16 points.
The Michigan offense was ignited
by freshman Jennifer Kiefer, who had
17 points. All but two of Kiefer's
points were from three-point range.
Kiefer ended the night 5-for-8 from
beyond the arc
"The bright spot in today's game
was Jennifer Kiefer's effort," Michi-
gan coach Trish Roberts said. "I'm
proud of her. To come into the Big
Ten and play the way she has is just
super for a freshman."
Gopher coach Linda Hill-
MacDonald, was not exactly thrilled
with her team's effort.
"Our defensive intensity was not
there," Hill-MacDonald said. "We
gave up too many rebounds and did
not defend the three point shot at all,
especially the second half."
Minnesota's Carol Ann Shudlick
and Crystal Flint combined for 44 of
the Gopher's 79 points, with 22 points
a piece. Flint's fastbreak points caused
much damage for the Wolverines, in
terms of turnovers.
With a short roster, the Wolver-
ines once again fell prey to fatigue.
"Minnesota didn't beat us. We
beat ourselves," Roberts said.
the stamina to stay with such a de-
manding team. Iowa closed out the
first half with a 9-0 run and outscored
the Wolverines, 39-26, in the second.
It's tough. They had five people
coming in, five people coming out,
and we had the same seven people
outthere the whole game," Kiefer said.
MICHIGAN (70)
FO FT RES
PINGP-A MA OT4A F PIS
Gray 34 5-13 0-0 1-8 1 3 10
Shelman 31 1-11 0-0 2-5 6 3 2
Brzezinski 18 3-4 0-0 1-5 1 4 6
Kiefer 39 5-8 2-2 0-1 7 1 17
Johnso 37 5-10 2-2 0-4 2 2 16
DiGacinto 28 7-8 1-2 3-7 1 4 15
Ross 13 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 4
Totals 200 28-56 56 9-33 2017 701
FG%:.500. FT% .833. Three-point goals: 9-20,
.450 (Keifer 5-8, Johnson 4-7, Shellman 0-5).
Blocks: 1 (Sheilman). Turnovers: 30 (Johnson
8,Brzezinski 6, DiGiacinto 5, Gray 3, Shellman 3,
Kiefer 3). Steals: 8 (Johnson 3, Sheilman 2,
Brzezinski, Kiefer, DiGiacinto). TechnicalnFouls:
none.
MINNESOTA (79)
Fill FTr EB
MIN PA M-A O-T A F PTS
Pearson 23 7-10 5-8 3-4 3 0 4
Flint 35 9-12 4-6 4-6 1 1 22
C.A.Shudiick 38 9-19 4-6 1-7 5 2 22
Loeblein 21 3-8 0-0 1-2 3 1 6
Coates 20 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 2 4
Lawler 14 0-1 4-4 1-2 3 0 4
Klotzbeecher 7 0.1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0
Alexander 6 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Nelson 13 1-2 0-1 0-2 5 0 2
N. hudlick 13 0-5 0-0 0-2 1 0 0
Roell 10 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Totals 200 31.63 17-25 12-31 23 8 79
FG%: .492. FT% .680. Three-point goals: 0.4,
.000 (Roell 0-2, Nelson 0.1, Loeblin 0.1). Blocks:
3 (C.A. Shudlick 2, N. Shudlick). Turnovers: 15
(Nelson 3, Pearson 2, Flint 2, Loeblin 2, Lawler
2, Coates, Klotzenbeecher, Alexander, Roell).
Steals: 18 (C.A. Shudlick 5, Flint 4, Pearson 2,
Coates 2, Loeblin, Alexander, Nelson, N.
Shudlick, Roell). Technical Fouls: none.
Michigan......34 36 - 70
Minnesota.....43 36 - 79
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MICHIGAN (56)
FO FT RES
MIN M-A M-A O-T A F PTS
Gray 36 3-6 0-0 1-7 0 3 6
Sheliman 40 4-13 2-2 4-4 4 2 12
Brzezinski 27 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 3 4
Kiefer 40 5-8 0-0 0-2 3 0 14
Johnson 39 4-10 2-2 0-4 3 3 13
DiGiacinto 17 2-3 3-6 0-1 0 3 7
Ross 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Totals 200 2045 7-10 6-23 1217 56
FG%: .444. FT%: .700. Three-point goals: 9-20,
.450 (Klefer 4-6, Johnson 3-7, Shellman 2-7).
Blocks: 1 (Kiefer). Turnovers: 22 (Kiefer 7,
Johnson 6, Shellman 4, Gray 3. Brzezinski,
Ross). Steals: 8 (Shelirman 3, Johnson 2, Kiefer
2, Gray). Technical Fouls: none.
IOWA (78)
FG FT RE3
MIN PA P-A O A F PTS
Koering 20 2-4 2-3 0-1 3 2 6
Marx 24 4-11 4-5 5-6 2 1 12
Edwards 28 -12 2-4 4-7 0 2 18
Clayton 28 1-7 0-0 0-4 5 0 3
Macklin 19 6-8 0-2 2-4 1 0 12
Reed 19 2-4 0-0 003 3 4
Noll 16 2-3 1-1 1-1 1 2 5
Tunsil 12 2-4 0-0 0-000 4
Dillingham 12 2-2 1-2 2-3 4 0 5
Yarbrough. 12 0-1 2-2 1-1 1 0 2
Harmon 10 3-5 1-1 1-5 0 0 7
Totals 200 32.61 13-20 17-36 2010 78
FG%: .525. FT%: 650. Three-point goals: 1-1,
1.000 (Clayton 1-1). Blocks: 0. Turnovers: 14
(Marx 3, Edwards 2, Koering 2, Reed 2, Tunsil 2,
Clayton, Macklin, Yarbrough). Steals: 8 (Marx 2,
Noll 2, Clayton, Edwards, Macklin, Yarbrough).
Technical Fouts: none.
Michigan......30 26 - 56
Iowa........ 39 39 - 78
At:Carver-Hawkeye Arena; A:5,881
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Kiefer continued her impressive
ay of late. She was 4-for-6 from
ee-point range, dished out three
ists, grabbed two steals and fin-
ed with a career-high 14 points.
Freshman forward Silver
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