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By DARREN EVERSON
Daily Hockey Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Michi-
gan hockey team nearly proved that
two periods of good hockey was all it
needed to beat the Western Colle-
giate Hockey Association's (WCHA)
top two clubs.
However, Minnesota center Brian
Boninhelpedproveotherwise. His goal
with four minutes left in Saturday's
game sent the Wolverines (9-4-0) to a
4-3 defeat. The loss came on the heels
of Friday's 7-2 Michigan victory over
Wisconsin in the second-annual Col-
lege Hockey Showcase.
The score completed a furious
Golden Gopher comeback which be-
gan in the third period with the Wolver-
ines ahead, 3-1. Although Michigan
never trailed until the very end, Minne-
sota dominated play all night long.
"It wasn't that they forechecked
us much; it was how they generated
their offense," Michigan coach Red
Berenson said. "We couldn't control
their transition game."
In the third period, the Gophers
(9-2-1) started converting on their
chances. Dan Trebil's slapshot from
the top of the right faceoff circle
brought Minnesota within one. Four
minutes later, right after winning a
faceoff in the Michigan end, Ryan
Kraft blasted the puck past Turco,
tying the game.
With less than four minutes to play,
the Gophers sent the puck deep into the
Michigan zone. The puck took an odd
hop and sat on the mesh at the back of
the goal, but only briefly, as Minnesota
defenseman Mike Crowley quickly sent
it out in front for Bonin.
"I think Turco thought (the puck)
came out on the other side," Bonin
said. "He totally was looking the other
way, so I just put it right past him."
The loss spoiled fine performances
by Mike Knuble and Brendan Morrison,
who each had a goal and an assist in the
contest. Berenson said Knuble had his
best game of the season in Friday's win
over Wisconsin, when the senior right
wing notched his first hat trick of the
season.
"Personally, I had a little trouble
getting on track," said Knuble, who
has missed a number of games this
season. "I thought I was going to*
come around by Christmas, but (the
hat trick) was a nice present."
Despite his efforts, the first period
of Friday's contest saw the Wolver-
ines thoroughly dominated by Wis-
consin.
"A good indicator of that is
faceoffs," Berenson said. "I don't
think we won any in the beginning,
and that's puck control and that's
momentum."
At the end of the first intermis-
sion, with Wisconsin leading, 2-1,
two completely different teams re-
turned to the ice. After a relatively
even first period penalty-wise, Bad-
ger upon Badger found himself in the
penalty box, and the Wolverines
quickly took advantage.
"They just came at us and put pres-
sure on us, and we started hauling
people down," Wisconsin coach Jeff
Sauer said. "But we stopped moving
our feet in the second period and that's
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MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily
Mike Knuble led the Wolverines over Wisconsin Friday night. He scored three goals in Michigan's, 7-2, win.
'M' cagers surf to third place in Maui
Wolverines open season by beating Tulane and Utah, but lose to Arizona State h 7
Daily Basketball Writer
The Michigan men's basketball team left
the Maui Classic last week with what could
best be described as mixed emotions.
On one hand the No. 13 Wolverines
finished third and beat the two teams,
Tulane and Utah, that topped No. 11 Indi-
ana. Michigan did, however, lose to former
coach Bill Frieder's Arizona State team in
the second round, and
played sporadically .
throughout the tourna-
ment.
"I think (the tourna-
ment) went well," fresh-
mancenterMaurice Tay-
lor said. "Obviously
we're disappointed with
the loss, but it was a learn-
ing experience - espe-
cially for the younger Taylor
guys."
Michigan (2-1) opened the season last
Monday with a 75-73 win over the Green
Wave. The Wolverines held a 65-51 lead
with 10:55 left in the game but squandered
it when Tulane went on a 17-0 run to take
a 68-65 lead with 4:16 to go.
Two late baskets by Jimmy King, a layup
by Maceo Baston and a free throw by Taylor
gave Michigan the lead for good.
Ray Jackson led the Wolverines with 19
points and Olivier Saint-Jean, who wasn't
expected to play put in 13.
The win set up the first ever meeting
between Michigan and its former coach.
The Wolverines and the Sun Devils
went into the half tied at 38, but Arizona
State opened the second stanza with 13-0
'I think (the tournament)
went well. Obviously we're
disappointed with the loss,
but It was a learning
experience - especially
for the younger guys.'
- Maurice Taylor
Michigan center
run to put the game away as the Sun Devils
beat Michigan 79-62.
One bright spot for the Wolverines was the
play of Taylor who scored 21 points on 10-13
shooting from the floor.
"I think I played good," Taylor said. "But
I could have played better."
The loss put Michigan in the third-place
game against Utah, who upset Indiana in the
tournament's first round.
Ray Jackson led the Wolverines to a 73-69
victory over the Utes with 24 points. King
added 18 points, seven rebounds, and Taylor
knocked down 15.
For most of the tournament the Wolver-
ines looked young, making mistakes on both
ends of the court.
Michigan coach Steve Fisher held a prac-
tice on Thanksgiving day in an attempt to fix
the Wolverines offensive and defensive prob-
lems.
According to Taylor the practice wasn't
that big of a deal to the players.
"We knew we needed the work to polish
things up," he said. "(The practice) wasn't
really running or anything. We just worked on
MICHIGAN (73)
FO FT REB
MEN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS
Jackson 29 9-11 5-6 1-4 2 3 24
Baston 15 1-3 1-2 2-3 0 5 3
Taylor 29 6-12 3-4 3-6 0 2 15
Fife 32 0-3 0-0 1-3 2 2 0
King 38 7-19 2-3 2-7 0 1 18
Ward 14 2-5 24 1-1 0 2 7
Ndiaye 14 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 4 2
Saint-Jean 16 1-4 0-0 2-4 0 3 2
Mitchell 13 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 0 2
Totals 200 2884 13-19 16-38 6 22 73
FG%: .437. FT%: .684. Three-point goals: 4-15, .267
(King 2-6, Jackson 1-3, Fife 0-3, Ward 1-2, Saint-Jean 0-1).
Blocks: 4 (Jackson, King, Saint-Jean, Mitchell). Turnovers:
12 (King 4, Ndiaye 3, Baston, Jackson, Saint-Jean,
Mitchell, Ward). Steals: 3 (Fife, King, Mitchell). Technical
Fouls: none.
UTAH (69)
FO FT RED
MIN M-A MA 0.1 A F PT'S
Van Horn 29 1018 1-2 2-7 1 2 23
Ma 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Melmeth 14 0.1 0-0 1-1 1 3 0
Preston 31 6-9 2-2 0-0 1 5 20
Jessie 34 4-15 3.4 7-9 6 2 12
Carroll 23 1-5 2-2 0-2 3 1 5
Doleac 25 3-6 1-4 1-8 1 2 7
Hansen 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0
Jensen 28 1-1 0-2 2-2 1 1 2
Totals 200 25.55 9-16 17-34 16 17 69
F%: .454. FT%: .562. Three-Wrnt goals: 10-22, .454
(Preston 6-7, Van Horn 2-5, Carroll 1-5, Jessie 1-4, Doleac
0-1). Blocks: 1 (Doleac). Turnovers: 22 (Jessie 6,
Melmeth 4, Carroll 3, Van Horn 3, Doleac 2, Ma 2,
Preston 1). Steals: 2 (Preston, Van Horn). Technical
Fouls: none.
Michigan ....35 38 - 73
Utah....... 36 33 - 69
At: Lahaina Civic Center; A: 2,500
offense and defense."
Michigan's next game is against No. 5
Arizona on Wed. at the Palace of Auburn
Hills. The game is part of the Great Eight
College Basketball Festival.
The Wolverines do have an exhibition
tune-up, however, tonight at 7:30 against High
Five America.
AP PHOTO
Michigan basketball team beat Utah to finish third at the Maui Classic.
Dugan Fife and the
Women hoopsters start season with win against Hoyas
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By RODERICK BEARD
Daily Basketball Writer
The Michigan women's basket-
ball team opened its season with a
split in two games at the Cyclone
Classic tournament, hosted by Iowa
State. The Wolverines beat
Georgetown in their opener, 75-62,
but surrendered to Weber State in the
championship game, 77-68. The win
was Michigan's first since last
season's victory over Oral Roberts
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"I'm pleased that we were able to
win our season-opener," Michigan
coach Trish Roberts said.
"Georgetown is a good team."
Roberts was impressed with the
play of freshmen Molly Murray and
Tiffany Willard, who were named to
the Cyclone Classic All-Tournament
team.
The Wolverines (1-1) must have
been weighed down by their Thanks-
giving dinners, as the Hoyas took an 8-
0 lead. Michigan didn't score until
Mekisha Ross hit two free throws three
minutes into the game. The Wolver-
ines battled back and finally took a one-
point lead with 11:28 remaining on a
Jennifer Brzezinski free throw.
After Georgetown guard Kim Gal-
lon hit a layup, sophomore forward
Silver Shellman answered with a shot
underneath that put Michigan ahead
19-18. The Wolverines pushed their
advantage to as many as 16 points
before the Hoyas whittled the half-
time lead to 40-31. Shellman pounded
the Hoyas for 10 points and five re-
bounds in the first half.
The second half began with both
teams trading baskets until Amy
Johnson was fouled on alayup. Johnson
hit the free throw and completed the
three-point play, extending the Michi-
gan lead to 55-42. That ignited a 15-4
run by the Wolverines in the span of six
minutes.
Georgetown's deficit reached 21
points before Michigan finished the
game with free throws to put the finish-
ing touches on its first victory of the
season.
Johnson led four Wolverines in
double figures with 18 points. Shellman
and freshman Tiffany Willard added
13 apiece. Brzezinski had 11 points
and 11 rebounds, the fifth double-
double of her career.
"The difference in our team (this
year) is depth - I look down the
bench and I actually see faces," Rob-
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