Men's basketball vs. Arizona Tomorrow, 9 p.m. (ESPN) The Palace of Auburn Hills spo TS Women's basketball vs. Ihinois-Chicago Today, 6 p.m. Chicago The Michigan Daily Tuesday;Noember 29, 1994 Page 8 Wolverines smack High Five America with 95-83 loss Emotion is key to future success By RYAN WHITE Daily Basketball Writer With about three and a half minutes left in last night's exhibition against High Five America, Maurice Taylor gave the Michigan men's basketball team exactly what it needed - some emotion. Taylor drove to the basket from the baseline and finished with a dunk that brought the crowd and his teammates to their feet, and for the first time this season Crisler Arena exploded with noise. It was a welcome change for a Michigan team that hadn't really looked like a Michigan team through three previous games and an exhibition. The Wolverines had appeared too businesslike at the Maui Classic last week, a far cry from the Michigan teams fans have become accustomed to seeing. Part of the reason may have been that the team's five freshmen were playing tentatively, afraid to make a mistake. Wolverine coach Steve Fisher told his youngsters to play last night's game without worrying about making a mistake or being taken out. He told them to just play basketball, and it showed. With 7:30 remaining in the game, High Five America held a 69-65 lead. After Tayor finished his drive from the baseline Michigan was ahead 81- 73. In between, Maceo Baston dunked, Travis Conlan hit a three-pointer, Jerod Ward dunked, and the entire group made defensive plays. And it was all done with the team's senior leaders, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson, on the bench. Fisher left this game to his newest players - and they got the job done. That is not to say, however, that the freshmen are ready to inherit this team because they aren't. That fact was best stated by High Five coach Rie Nichols. "(The Wolverines) are still really finding themselves," he said. "They are still very, very, very early in their development." Michigan is going to need King and Jackson to step up soon if it is going to win games. How soon? The Michigan plays No. 9 Arizona tomorrow night. Fisher still needs to find a rotation that he's comfortable with. In his attempt to play the freshmen as much as possible last night, Fisher had the Wolverines looking like the Soviet hockey teams of the eighties, changing players five at a time. This Michigan basketball team still has a long way to go, but it took a major step forward last night. The Wolverines broke out of their shells, had some fun and played with emotion. All of which may well equal wins down the road. Freshmen score 70 as Blue rolls 0 By PAUL BARGER Daily Basketball Writer The Michigan men's basketball team played its final exhibition game last night, defeating High Five America, 95-83. The Wolverines led throughout most of the contest, but struggled to put their opponents away until the very end. The game was marred by some questionable decisions and an alarm- ing number of turnovers, but there were some obvious positives for the Wol- verines. This was Michigan's final exhibi- tion game of the year and perhaps gave onlookers a glimpse into a promising future. Freshmen combined for 70 of the Wolverines' 95 points. Forward Willie Mitchell had his best performance to date, scoring 8 points and adding 5 rebounds in the first half to get the Wolverines off to a fast start. But with all that the freshman did, sophomore guard Bobby Crawford is deserving of most of the attention. Crawford entered the game with 14:11 remaining in the first half, mark- ing the end of a surprisingly shortreha- bilitation process. Crawford was origi- nally expected to return from a knee injury sometime in mid-December. Similarly to OlivierSaint-Jean, who overcame a knee injury to play for the Wolverines last Monday against Tulane, Crawford's efforts sparked Michigan on both ends of the floor. "He played a month earlier than I thought he would and looked like he'd never been away," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "He did well. He gave us some quickness when he came in." Fisherexperimented toward the end of the game, placing Michigan's fate in the hands of Crawford and a rotating combination of four freshmen. The youngsters responded by pulling away from their opponents in the final four minutes while providing fans with the most exciting stretch of play of the young season. Taylor and Maceo Baston brought the crowd to its feet numerous times with several powerful dunks. Baston led Michigan with 18 points and 9 rebounds. "We showed that we can put a team away," Taylor said. "We played well together. We dominated for a stretch because of great defense. We got easy baskets on the other end." High Five America, an AAU orga- nization, came into the game with a 10- 7 record, recording victories against Pac-10 teams Southern Cal, Califor- nia, Washington andOregon. High Five America also defeated Utah, who the Wolverines squeaked past in the con- solation game of the Maui Invitational, 73-69. High Five America was led by former Colorado guard Steve Wise and former Arkansas State forward Jeff Clifton. Wise was on fire from 3-point range, hitting 7 of 14 from beyond the line. Wise led his team with 24 points. Michigan has one day off before it faces Arizona in the Great Eight festi- val at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Last season the Wildcats beat the Wolver- ines, 119-95-Michigan's worst loss of the year. MARK FIEDMANailay Maceo Baston attempts to dunk over Harold Boudreaux in last night's win over High Five America. Baston led all Michigan scorers with 18 points. I Ilnois-Chicago next for By RODERICK BEARD Daily Basketball Writer The next seven days will set the tone for the women's basketball team's season. Michigan plays four non-con- ference road games beginning tonight in the Windy City against Illinois-Chi- cago. The Wolverines (1-1) hope to bounce back from their second-place finish at the Cyclone Classic in Iowa last weekend. In the tournament, Michi- gan defeated Georgetown, 75-62, but fell in the championship game to We- ber State, 77-68. The win was the firstin 1994 for the '6M'cagers Wolverines. Michigan hadn't won since Dec. 29, 1993, when it beat Oral Rob- erts. The Wolverines also beat Illinois- Chicago, 83-78, last season in the two teams' first-ever meeting. Wolverine coach Trish Roberts got good production from her freshmen in their collegiate premieres in Iowa. Molly Murray and Tiffany Willard were named to the Cyclone Classic All-Tour- nament team. Murray averaged 10.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg and shot 53 percent from the field. Willard totaled 17 points and 17 rebounds in the two contests. 6- foot-3 center PollyannaJohns, Semelda Elverton, Akisha Franklin, Maritza DuBois and Shauna Sikorski also saw action over the weekend. Michigan's veterans also performed well. Sophomore guard Amy Johnson led the team, averaging 16.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 4.0 assists. Silver Shellman had impressive statistics in the Georgetown game: 13 points, eight boards, six assists and five steals. Jun- ior Jennifer Brzezinski had double fig- ures in points and rebounds in both games and six steals against Weber State. The Flames (0-1) dropped their sea- son opener to Oral Roberts, 67-61, Saturday. Illinois-Chicago is coming off a 12-16 overall record last season and a fifth-place 9-9 record in the Mid- western Collegiate Conference. Senior guard Penny Armstrong leads three returning starters from that squad. HIGH FIVE (83) FO FT RED MIN W-A MA 0-T A F PTS Clifton 37 7-21. 7-8 59 2 3 22 Colbert 25 5-10 2-2 5-7 1 4 12 Boudreaux 23 4-9 0-0 1-6 0 4 8 Thomas 34 2-5 4-8 1-2 9 1 8 Wise 33 7-16 3-4 0-3 2 2 24 McIntyre 17 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 Robinson 14 4-8 0-2 2-3 0 2 9 Barefield 8 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 Edwards 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 200 29-74 16-24 17-38 1618 83 FG%: .392. FT% .667. Three-point goals: 9-24, .375 (Wise 7-14, Robinson 1-3, Clifton 1-4, Boudreaux 0-1, McIntyre 0-1, Thomas 0-1). Blocks: 0. Turnovers: 22 (Clifton 6, Boudreaux 4, Wise 4, Thomas 3, Barefield 2, Colbert 1, Edwards 1, Robinson 1). Steals: 11(Clifton 3, Thomas 3, Boudreaux 2, Colbert, Robinson. Wise). Technical Fouls: none. MICHIGAN (95) FO FT REB MIHN-WA N-A O-T A F PTS Jackson 17 0-3 1-2 0-1 4 1 1 Taylor 21 7-9 0-0 1-5 3 3 14 Baston 23 89 2-4 3-9 2 4 18 Fife 16 1-1 0-0 0-2 3 1 2 King 16 59 1-2 0-3 0 1 12 Ndiaye 17 2-3 0-0 0.1 0 1 4 Mitchell 21 8-13 0-2 5-6 3 2 16 Conlan 22 2-4 2-2 0-4 1 1 7 Ward 24 5-15 4-8 1-4 2 3 15 Crawford 22 2-2 1-2 0-5 3 2 6 Morton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 40.68 11-22 12-43 2119 95 FG%: .588. FT%:.500. Three-point goals: 4-15, .267 (Ward 1-4, Conlan 1-3, King 1-3, Crawford 1-1, Jackson 0-2, Mitchell 0-2 ). Blocks: 2 (Morton, Taylor). Turnovers: 25 (Ward 5, Baston 4, Taylor 4, Conlan 3, Jackson 3, Mitchell 3, Fife, King, Ndiaye). Steals: 7 (Baston, Conlan, Crawford, Jackson, King Ndiaye, Taylor). Technical Fouls: none. 0 High Five....... 38 45 - 83 Michigan.........41 54 - 95 At: Crisler Arena; A: 9,025 A lridoa , /I1J 8. FriaCollins named team 10. Cincinnati 11. Maryland From Staff Reports 12. Arizona State Michigan quarterback Todd Collins was named winner of the Louis B. Hyde 13. Wisconsin Award as the Most Valuable Player of the 1994 football team. He accepted the 14 Ohionhonor at the 74th annual Michigan Football Bust yesterday at Laurel Manor in 14. Livonia. 15. Minnesota "Todd Collins has been a great leader," Michigan coach Gary Moeller 16. Connecticut said. "Nobody has worked harder than he has all season. It is a great honor 17. Michigan for him to be selected by his teammates." 18. Michigan State Collins earned the Dr. Arthur D. Robinson Scholarship Award as well. 19. Georgetown That honor is awarded to the senior with the highest grade point average. 20. Georgia Tech Collins, a two-time member of the Big Ten All-Academic team, has a 3.19 20 WaGe For echGPA while majoring in political science. 21. Wake Forest Three other awards were handed outlast evening: Linebacker Steve Morrison 22. Syracuse won the Roger Zatkoff Award (top Michigan linebacker), Ed Davis, the Robert 23. Virginia P. Ufer Bequest (Bob Ufer Award for Spirit) and Jon Runyan won the Hugh H. 24. Villanova Rader, Jr. Memorial Award (top offensive lineman). 25. New Mexico State Others receiving accolades for this season include cornerback Ty Law and kicker Remy Hamilton. Both earned places on the Walter Camp All-American first team. MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Catherine DiGiacinto and the Wolverines take on Illinois-Chicago today. DiGiacinto had six points and 10 rebounds in the win over Georgetown. Sailing team warms up to international competition at California tourney By SUSAN DANN Daily Sports Writer While most students were giving thanks for family, friends and food this past holiday weekend, members of the Michigan sailing team traveled to Cali- fornia foraweekend of sun and sailing. The Goodwill Regatta took place in Newport Beach, Calif. between American and Japanese collegiate sailing teams. Michigan placed 18th out of 34 teams. The top three teams were Navy, Kingspoint and Tufts. Aside from sailing the sunny seas ofthe Pacific, the Wolverines took part in the opening ceremonies, trophy din- ner and festival activities. Michigan team members also participated in a gift exchange with the Japanese teams, a tradition of Goodwill competition. The regatta extended the Wolver- ines' season, as the conditions in Cali- fornia were better than those in the Midwest and East Coast this holiday. The sailing team began preparation for its year-round season before classes began in the fall. "We sail pretty much until things freeze over and we start up again when things thaw, usually March- ish," junior Andie Pocze said. "But now that we (went) to California, our season (was) extended." Michigan's club team competes against varsity programs from across the country. On the East Coast, which has a host of varsity sailing teams, the level of competition reflects this inten- sity. "At Tufts, for example, sailing 'As a racing sport on the collegiate level, it's not really something you walk into.' -Luke Raymond Michigan sailing team is a varsity sport with Division I standing," sophomore Luke Raymond said. "The rest of the sports at the school compete in Di- vision II." College-level sailing - regardless of the division - requires experience and knowledge of the sport. Though Pocze said that there are no require- ments to join the Michigan team, her background, as well as Raymond's, re- veals years of experience on the water. "As a racing sport on the collegiate level, it's not really something you walk into," Raymond said. "A lotof the kids sail all of their lives. "I started sailing when I was about a year old, and I've grown up on the water. A majority of the great sailors are from California or Florida where they can sail all year round." Raymond contrasted collegiate competition with club and individual races. "Collegiate courses are smaller than normal races," he said. "They try to get around 15 races each day with an hour break for lunch." Michigan competes with "A" and "B" teams at the regattas. "The A a R tamc, coaildifferent dnihlje- handed boats," Raymond said, "so this makes the race more interesting because we don't race at the same time." At most regattas, teams go through a boat rotation to eliminate any advan- * tages that may be in the boats. Success is also dependent on weather and crew relations. "Good conditions vary for every- one," Raymond said. "Some people prefer to sail in heavier air and others (prefer) lighter air." A crew will be successful in colle- giate competition if members have good instincts. Assessing what the skipper is thinking and wants is a skill achieved through constant time in the boat with the skipper. "Skipper - crew relations are super important to do well in racing," Raymond said. "One is no more impor- tant than the other." I i I Apply at: The Michigan Daily 420 Maynard Student Publications Bldg. or call Nancy 764-0431 ._ .. U. I I 11 WNG IT! AT i~e~TY' .+ $ s :