Women's Basketball vs. Michigan State Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORT Men'sl vs. I Tonight, 7:3 Crisl INDIANA Continued from page 1 will be without one of their main offen- sive forces - Brian Evans. The6-foot-8 forward dislocated his right shoulder for the second time in a month in the firstminute ofplay against the Buckeyes. Evans averages 11.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. The latter figure is second on the team be- hind Alan Henderson's 11.2 average. "Evans has caused us fits," Fisher said. "If he's unable to play that will hurt them a lot." Henderson has inflicted his fair share of damage upon the Wolverines in his two-plus seasons with the Hoo- siers. The junior grabbed aseason- h high 16 rebounds * and hit 13 of 16 freethrowsinthis year's first con- test between the two teams. Howard, the Big Ten player of the Henderson week for his ef- forts against Pur- due and Michigan'State last week, knows that he is in for a physical game against Henderson. "It's going to be a battle," Howard said. "He plays with his back to the basket real well. It's going to be a dogfight between us, as well as Michi- gan and Indiana." The contest with the Hoosiers be- gins the second half of the conference season for both clubs. What may give the Wolverines an advantage for their final nine games is the schedule. The Maize and Blue will play six of those games in the cozy confines of Crisler Arena. Although Michigan performed admirably on the road (4-2), Howard looks forward to being cheered in- stead of jeered. Separation helps runne for NCAA Championsi By ELISA SNEED DAILY SPORTS WRITER As the members of Michigan men's track team returned to Ann Arbor this weekend, some came from the Northwest and some came from the Southwest. And no one was lost. For the first time this season the Wolverines split, traveling to two dif- ferent sites. For its team toqualify fortheNCAA Championships, the Michigan coach- ing staff decided to divide it into two squads - one heading to the Mayo Invitational at Notre Dame and the other to the Spartan Relays in East Lansing. Initially, Michigan coach Jack Harvey said the coaches planned to send only two runners to South Bend but later changed their minds. "They had an invitational mile at Notre Dame, and we were interested in running Scott MacDonald and Kevin Sullivan," Harvey said. "We ended up sending nine guys there instead of going to Michigan State." Splitting up the team makes it seem like Michigan's overall performance would suffer, but for these two meets it was an advantage. "Because it's a faster meet, there's a better chance for some of us to qualify," junior Nick Carfonta said. "There's an oversized track, so the times will be faster and the competi- tion is a lot better." The track at Notre Dame is 320 meters instead of the usual 200 meters for indoor competitions. The advan- tage of the added circumference be- comes more noticeable in the longer running events. Sullivan, whose time of 3:58.00 in the mile qualified him for the NCAA Championships, agreed that the track's size favors distance runners. "The turns weren't as tight, and there weren't as many, so it's defi- nitely easier," Sullivan said. "I'm re- ally happy with my performance. That's the fastest time I've ever run." MacDonald also turned in a third- place performance, breaking his four- minute goal and qualifying for the national meet with a time of 3:59.40. The squad in East Lansing also experienced some success. Junior Tyrone Wheatley recovered from a bronchial infection to join the team for the first time this year. Harvey was pleased with Wheatley's time of 6.44 seconds in the 55-meter dash. MICHELLE GUY/Daily Michigan coach Steve Fisher will duel Indiana coach Bobby Knight, the winningest coach in Big Ten history, for first place in the conference tonight. U Hamda sacrific "Crisler's going to be like that sixth man that we need," Howard said. "This is a time when the sixth man helps." In addition to the aid of the home crowd, Michigan's players will be looking out for each other as they at- tempt to fight their way through the Hoosiers' patented motion offense. "We've got to communicate and fight through those screens" Howard said. Should the Wolverines notheareach other, they might spend all night star- ing at Indiana firing away from the free throw line. The Hoosiers have made 410 of 554 from the line this season, a solid 74 percent as a team. In contrast, Indiana's opponents have connected on 283 of 408 attempts from the charity stripe. By DAVE SCHWARTZ DAILY SPORTS WRITER Pain. When is enough enough? When does an athlete say, "It's too much. I have to stop"? Friday night at Cliff Keen Arena was a time for these questions to be pa answered. pr( What will be remembered from the sp Michigan wrestling team's win over th Ohio State is not the victory itself, but no rather how the Wolverines won. fr They won with tremendous perfor- tag mances fromjuniorJehadHamdan(190 bo pounds) and senior Steve King (heavy- weight). wi Hamdan dominated his opponent wa Eric Odita through two periods. Sud- thr denly, in the third, Hamdan fell to the mat. Odita never laid a hand on him. su When Jehad planted his right foot, he jur tried to move. What moved was his loi knee. Hamdan had torn his medial collat- yo eral ligament, the same one that he had Ha reconstructive surgery on last year. It on was later diagnosed as a season-ending on injury. Mostpeople wouldbelucky to walk after this. How could you even think of wi trying to finish the match when you're th in excruciating pain? Hamdan's pain- Ri ful grimace sent sighs ofdisbel iefdown fa the Michigan bench. ju Coach Dale Bahr asked Hamdan if he wanted to finish. Knowing that he tie was in the lead and his team desperately m. needed his win to secure the overall ex victory, Jehad realized he had to finish. tai "My knee was in pain," Hamden said."But if I had gone out of the match, wl that would have been the meet. So, I be figured 'what the hell. I got nothing else ev, to lose. I might as well stick it out."' I'msurethat'sexactly whatIwould gu have said after ripping up my knee. K What fgllowed the 10-minute in- tr jury timeout was just an amazing dis- N( PROFES16 EXPERI "I've gained professional experience in a friendly environment. I'm sure that I'll be able to apply what I've learned to a job after graduation." Stacey Lieberman, Account Executive Basketball Indiana 30 p.m. (ESPN) er Arena s qualify lips "We didn't know what to expect >m him," Harvey said. "For the nount of work he's done, that's not d. He's going to start working out 11 time now." Sean Clancy and Brian Smith fin- ied first and third, respectively, in e pentathlon, an event not in the CAA meet. Harvey said he wa eased with Clancy's performance. "He had a better performance than 's had, he'll be looking toward the .g Ten." Freshman Neil Gardner also turned two victories, one in the long jump d one in the 55-meter hurdles, which ialified him provisionally for the CAA competition. While that may und like a triumph, Gardner wa* sappointed. "Coach got a hand time of 6.98, iich would translate to about 7.24. I is disappointed when I saw that it is 7.40." The time of 7.24 seconds )uld have qualified him. Overall, Harvey was happy with e team's performance. "I think we did about what we ex- cted," he said. "We were hoping for ittle better in some events but we di* etty well." in, King ,e for team ay of heart by Jehad. He was now etty much wrestling on one leg. De* ite this, he managed to lift Odita in e air and throw him down on not one, t two, but three occasions. Aside am giving Michigan a 17-12 advan- ge at that point, his performance osted the team's spirit. "Jehad basically finished the match thout using his legs," Bahr said. "I as proud of him with those rowdowns." Some athletes say they feel pres- red to finish playing if they're in- red. If they don't, then they might be oked down upon by their teammates. "There's no unwritten rulethatsays u must wrestle when you're hurt," amden said. "But it's expected. Any- e would do it. I know someone else the team would have done it." That someone else was Steve King. After being out over two week. ith asprained left ankle, King sprained at same ankle again in his match with ick Burlenski. King's limp and his cial expressions were indications of st how much pain he was in. After three periods, the match was d, 1-1. Then with 37 seconds re- aining in overtime, King, who was hausted and hurt, was able to get a kedown to win the match. At the end, he lay on the mat for ,hat seemed like an eternity. Tired and eaten, this All-American had given verything his body had.to offer. Every team would love to have uys like Jehad Hamdan and Steve ing. They are team leaders in the nest sense. These athletes said, "I'm OT done. I CAN'T stop." IONAL ENCE r EXECUTIVE DM O AD ++ Come watch BE AN ACCOUN EAD ODIOII TI SL . .