Women's Basketball
vs. Georgetown
Friday, TBA
Ames, Iowa
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Hockey
vs. Wisconsin
Friday, 5 p.m.
St. Paul, Minn.
'M' cagers
open year
with Hoyas
By DAVID ROTHBART
Daily Basketball Writer
Zero wins. Zero losses.
The Michigan women's basket-
ball team enters regular season play
this weekend with a clean slate. The
Wolverines, coming off an exhibition
victory over Denmark's Horsholm
Club team, face Georgetown Friday
night in the opening round of the Iowa
State Tournament.
The Hoyas provide Michigan
coach Trish Roberts with a chance to
look at her youthful squad in real
action.
"We have a lot of inexperienced
players who need to get some minutes
under their belts," Roberts said.
The Wolverines feature seven
freshmen. Roberts said the "Sensa-
tional Seven" are all a little nervous
about the adjustment to college com-
petition.
"This is a different game, a differ-
ent level of play," she said.
Michigan's freshmen are adjust-
ing to their new roles. On their high
school teams, they all starred and led
their squad. Now, they must learn
they all cannot be the leading scorers.
"Some of them will be the stars,
some will play supporting roles and
some will make cameo appearances,"
Roberts said. "Everyone must learn
and accept their roles for us to win."
In the 58-52 win over Denmark,
freshmen Akisha Franklin, Tiffany
Willard and Semelda Elverton came
up big. Franklin hit some key free
throws down the stretch, Willard
played 36 minutes and Elverton
chipped in with solid defense and a
couple of quick drives to the basket.
Roberts has not decided who will
start Friday against Georgetown,
which returns three starters from last
season's 12-15 squad. The Hoyas
opened their. 1994-95 campaign with
a 94-80 rout of a Moscow touring
team.
The Wolverines conclude their
weekend against either Iowa State or
Weber State.
Sun Devils burn Michigan
Bennett helps Arizona State knock off Blue, 79-62,
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Bill
Frieder got the better of his old em-
ployee yesterday and didn't want to
talk about it.
Arizona State, the school he has
coached the past five seasons, beat
No. 13 Michigan, 79-62 in the semi-
finals of the Maui Invitational.
Frieder coached Michigan from
1981 until 1989 when he was forced
out of his job with the Wolverines
after accepting the job at Arizona
State just before the NCAA Tourna-
ment. Steve Fisher was appointed in-
terim coach and led Michigan to the
national championship that year.
This was the first time Frieder
faced Michigan, and the game wasn't
even close.
"I really thought about not talking
to the media after the game, just re-
leasing a statement," Frieder said. "I
think too much was made of this non-
sense. It was not Frieder vs. Fisher or
Frieder vs. Michigan. It was Arizona
State against Michigan period."
The Sun Devils (2-0), who face the
winner of the Maryland-Utah game for
the title tonight, dominated play fol-
lowing a 38-38 halftime tie, starting the
second half with a 13-0 run.
Michigan ( 1-1) missed 10 of its
first 11 shots in the second half and
committed six turnovers as it fell be-
hind 54-40 over the first 7 1/2minutes.
The Wolverines managed just two field
goals in the second half that weren't
tips, dunks or layups.
"I think we have decent shooters;
we just have had a tough time hitting
the 15-footer here," Fishersaid. "When
they got off to that hot start in the
second half we became disjointed.."
As bad as Michigan was in the final
20 minutes, Arizona State was on the
mark. The Sun Devils didn'tmiss many
shots, whether it was Mario Bennett
inside orone of the fourplayers who hit
a 3-pointer in the second half as they
went 4-for-9 from beyond the are in the
second half. Bennett finished with 21
points and Isaac Burton had 18.
"This one was for Frieder. This one
wasn't for us," Burton said. "This one
was Frieder."
"We knew how bad he wanted it so
we went out and got it for him," Bennett
said.
Early on it looked like Michigan's
game. The Wolverines started with a
10-0 run, but that was wiped out by
halftime.
ARIZONA STATE (79)
FG FT
MIN M-A M-A
Riley 29 4-10 2-4
Brewer 25 4-6 0-1
Bennett 34 9-11 3-7
Capers 36 1-4 4-5
Burton 29 7-12 1-2
Veal 22 4-5 0-0
Bacon 9 1-2 0
Kolyszko 12 1-1 0-0
Cuff 4 041 0-0
MICHIGAN (62)
REB
O-T
1-2
3-4
1-6
0-2
0-3
0-1
1-1
1-4
0-0
A
0
2
1
7
2
1
0
1
0
F PTS
2 13
3 8
3 21
3 6
2 18
2 9
2 2
1 2
0 0
Jackson
Taylor
Ndiaye
Fife
King
Ward
Saint-Jean
Baston
Mitchell
ConlIan
MIN
33
28
17
30
30
24
15
11
11
1
FG
M-A
1-5
10-13
1-7
00
6-11
4-8
2-5
2-4
1-2
0-0
FT
M-A
2-5
0-2
0-0
0-0
1-2
2-4
0-0
0.0
0-0
0-0
REB
O-T
3-5
4-10
0-1
1-3
0-3
1-2
2-4
2-3
0-0
0-0
A
5
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
F PTS
0 4 '
0 21 j
3 2
4 0
2 14
1 10-
4 4
3 4
0 3
0 0 j
Totals 200 31-52 10.19 724 1418 79
FG%: .596. FT%:.526. Three-point goals: 7-17.
412 (Burton 3-5, Riley 3-7, Veal 1-2, Cuff 0-1,
Capers 0-2). Blocks: 1 (Bennett). Turnovers: 16
(Bennett 4, Capers 4, Bacon 3, Burton 2, Brewer,
Kolyszko). Steals: 7 (Brewer 3, Burton 2, Capers,
Veal). Technical Fouls: none.
Totals 200 27.55 5-13 15.33 1517 62
FG%: 491. FT%: 385. Three-point goals: 3-11,
.273 (Taylor 1-1. Mitchell 1.2, King 1-4, Jackson 0-
2, Ward 0-2). Blocks: 2 (King, Taylor). Turnovers:
19 (Fife 4, Saint-Jean 4, Jackson 3, King 3, Baston
2, Mitchell, Taylor, Ward). Steals: 5 (Fife, Jackson,
King, Taylor, Ward). Technical Fouls: Taylor (hanging
on rim).
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38 24 - 62
AP PHOTO
Arizona State's Mario Bennett scored 21 points as the Sun Devils defeated
Michigan yesterday in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational.
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At: Lahaina Civic Center; A:2,500
Wolverines renew old acquaintances at Hockey Showcase
By MELANIE SCHUMAN
Daily Hockey Writer
In college hockey, there is no
footballesque-bowl system to match
up the premier teams in the nation.
However, tournaments like the Col-
lege Hockey Showcase at the St.
Paul Civic Center Friday and Satur-
day are a perfect midseason replace-
ment.
Michigan (6-2 CCHA, 8-3 over-
all) faces two of its oldest rivals, and
neither team is from Michigan.
Wisconsin-the Wolverines' first
opponent in their inaugural 1922-23
season - and Minnesota -
Michigan's second-ever competition
- are each slated to play one game
against the Wolverines this weekend.
Michigan hopes turkey is not the
only thing to be carved up this
Thanksgiving. One of the team's
goals this season is to sweep this
tournament, despite slight struggles
thus far.
"We show clips of brilliance and
then we relax," captain Rick.Willis
said. "We've got to come out and play
more even-keel, more consistently at
a higher level."
The No. 4 Golden Gophers are
on the heels of the Wolverines in the
WMEB poll and sit atop the West-
ern Collegiate Hockey Association
(WCHA) with a record of 7-2-1.
Center Brian Bonin and defenseman
Dan Trebil lead the Golden Gophers
with 16 points apiece, and senior
netminderJeffCallinan has recorded
every Minnesota victory this sea-
son.
The Badgers, however, cannot be
overlooked. They enter the weekend
tied for first in the WCHA with a 7-3-
1 record. Unranked Wisconsin is look-
ing to repeat its performance in last
year's Showcase when it defeated
Michigan, 5-3.
"We're going to handle this as
more of an exhibition weekend," Bad-
ger coach Jeff Sauer said. "I'm not
going to put the pressure on like it
would be a WCHA series. We prob-
ably will see these teams later on in
the year if we get into the NCAA
playoffs. This is a good measuring
stick."
Sauer's main concern is his spe-
cial teams play, which fields a strong
penalty killing group, but a power-
play unit that Sauer labeled "horrible."
Wisconsin has converted a mere 11.3
percent of its man-advantage chances.
Michigan's penalty-killing has also
struggled, ranking seventh in the
CCHA.
"We're looking for a more con-
sistent jell on a day-to-day basis
instead of what line is going to pick
up the slack this weekend," Michi-
gan assistant coach Billy Powers
said. "We need to get a little more
balance. I think the chemistry is
there."
Michigan State is the fourth team
in this tournament with a Big Ten
flavor, but will not face off against
the Wolverines.
Friday, November 25
Michigan vs. Wisconsin (5 p.m.)
Michigan St. vs. Minnesota (8 p.m.)
Saturday, November 26
Michigan St. vs. Wisconsin (5 p.m.)
Michigan vs. Minnesota (8 p.m.)
All games at St. Paul Civic Center,
St. Paul, Minn.
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