2 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSThursday - Thursday, January 5, 1995 Here arethe final top 25 teams in the, football for the 1994 season. Associated Press college Team 1. Nebraska 2. Penn State 3. Colorado 4. Florida State 5. Alabama 6. Miami 7. Florida 8. Texas A&M 9. Auburn 10. Utah 11. Oregon 12. Michigan 13. Southern California 14. Ohio State 15. Virginia 16. Colorado State 17. North Carolina State 18. Brigham Young 19. Kansas State 20. Arizona 21. Washington State 22. Tennessee 23. Boston College 24. Mississippi State 25. Texas Record 13-0-0 12-0-0 11-1-0 10-1-1 12-1-0 10-2-0 10-2-1 10-0-1 9-1-1 10-2-0 9-4-0 8-4-0 8-3-1 9-4-0 9-3-0 10-2-0 9-3-0 10-3-0 9-3-0 8-4-0 8-4-0 8-4-0 7-4-1 8-4-0 8-4-0 Points 1,539, 1,497, 1,410 1,320 1,312 1,249 1,153 1,117 1,110 955 810 732 691 672 648 630 511 500 496 364 344 303 236 160 90 1/2 1/2 Pys. 1 2 4 7 6 3 5 8 9 14 12 20 21 13 18 10 23 22 11 15 24 16 Women's basketball extends conference losing streak to 20 games By DAVID ROTHBART Daily Basketball Writer Great expectations. That's what the Michigan women's basketball team had before its pair of Big Ten games against Wisconsin and Iowa. The Wolverines emerged with dampened spirits, two losses and an 0- 2 conference record. Michigan (0-2 Big Ten, 5-7 over- all) entered the Wisconsin game with a 5-5 record after losing to Ohio Decem- ber 14, then bouncing back against Kansas State December20. Against Ohio, Tiffany Willard scored a career-high 17 points and snatched 10 boards, but Michigan could not overcome the Bobcats' balanced attack. Ohio seniorHolly Skeen poured in 27 points and junior Molly Sito added 18 asthe Bobcats escapedCrisler Arena with a 77-63 victory. Willard came up big again for Michigan against the Wildcats. She scored 13 points and shot 8-for-10from the charity stripe, including five clutch free throws in the last four minutes. Forward Silver Shellman was a force at both ends of the floor. She led Michigan with 16 points and added seven rebounds and four assists, but her play on the defensive end over- 'M' fan throws support toward women's game By DAVID ROTHBART Daily Basketball Writer Terry Nichols does not believe in restraint. After a score put Michigan's women's basketball team up by two over Wisconsin late in last Thursday's game, Nichols tossed his maize-and-bluecap high in the air and climbed upon his third- row seat. The 62-year-old retired security guard cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted, "That's the way, Blue, that's the way." Nichols has been a fixture at women's games for over fifteen years. The Milan, Mich. native used to patrol parking lots at Eastern Michigan basketball games, and one night, he decided to peek his head inside. It was love at first sight forNichols. "(The women's game) is basketball the way it used to be," Nichols says. "They set up plays and run them like the Celtics of the '50s and '60s. No alley- ooping, tomahawk jamming. This is pure basketball." Nichols admits he wouldn'tmind seeing a dunk every once in a while but says the flashy aspects of the game have overtaken the fundamentals. "For me, it'sjust as exciting to see a defense make a big stand and force a shot- clock violation, or an offense execute aplay perfectly and get someone open for an outside shot," Nichols says. Nichols occasionally stops in to see the men's team. He argues that male basketball players are so busy practicing spectacular slam dunks that they never learn to play solid team basketball. Though Michigan's women's teams have experienced little success the past few seasons, Nichols has stuck with them. He says the Wolverines are at the brink of a new era. "With all these freshmen, plus Jen (Brzezinski) and Amy (Johnson), we're only a year away from a shot at the Big Ten title." Now that the Wolverines are back on their feet, Nichols says, they need fan support to keep them going. He looks around the near-empty Crisler Arena and grins. "I know I'm loud, but I can't cheer for 13,000." Attendance has averaged 600 for the Wolverines' six home dates, about five percent of Crisler's capacity. The athletic ticket office, in attempt to bring in more fans, included twocomplimentary tickets to any women's game with the men's season ticket packages for non-students. Student admission is free with ID. "Thegames areexciting," Nichols says. "We've gota good team here. Tickets are cheap. You can sit right next to the court. What more could you want?" Wisconsin goes on a 14-Oran and Nichols is backup on his seat, yelling at the referees. "If you had one more eye, you'd be a cyclops!" After the final buzzer sounds, the dejected Michigan players file into the tunnel, their hands folded over their heads. "Keep yourheads up!" Nichols calls out to them. "Shake it off, you'll get 'em next time. Great game tonight. Keep your heads up!" Though he has always gone to the games alone, this year Nichols has a new basketball fan toaccompanyhim-five-year-oldgranddaughterVeronica. "She likes coming almost as much as I do," Nichols says. "And that's something!" shadowed her offensive production. Shellman held Wildcat All-America candidate, ShawndaDeCamp, tojust6 of 34 shooting, including 2-for-15 be- hind the 3-point arc. The Wolverines surged to a 62-53 win, but suffered a huge loss when freshman center PollyannaJohns went down with a knee injury. Johns played a key role in Michigan's fast start this season, averaging seven rebounds and five points off the bench. Wolverine coach Trish Roberts was pleased with her squad's effort. "(The win) means we get to go home before Christmas at.500," Rob- erts said. "I thought we'd be better than .500, but it's important that we won; it gives the kids confidence." Michigan had plenty of confidence against Wisconsin, butnotenough poise under pressure, as the Badgers rallied to win, 85-71. Behind the play of Johnson and junior Jennifer Brzezinski, Michigan remained within striking distance the entirecontest. The teams battled evenly, and Willard dropped an inside bucket to put Michigan up, 69-67, with under four minutes to go. That's when the Wolverines collapsed. A 14-0 Badger run left Michigan stunned and stuck with their20th straight conference loss. The Wisconsin scoring burst was sparked by a tenacious zone defense that took away the Wolverines' pass- ing lanes. Three straight turnovers by Michigan led to fast-break points for the Badgers. The Wolverines' lack of an experi- enced point guard spelled their doom down the stretch. Sophomore point guard Jennifer Kiefer is out with a season-ending knee injury and sopho- more Mekisha Ross and freshman Molly Murray have tried to replace her at that spot. "We need leadership from the point guard position," Roberts said. "Kiefer's injury has really hurtus. Mekisha(Ross) is new, andMolly Murray hasn'tplayed well in that position." Murray, a natural forward, aver- ages three turnovers for every assist. Michigan coughed the ball up 33 times in the loss to the Badgers. Roberts was disappointed that her team's effort had gone to waste. "I don't think the score was any indication of how close the game really was,"she said. "Forsome reason those last minutes were a complete blank to our kids. They were saying, 'Coach, we don't even know what happened."' Brzezinski led Michigan with 21 points and 15 rebounds, but she did not have any explanation for the Wolver- inecollapse. "I thought we could really hold our own against Wisconsin and we did," she said. "Then we had some turn- overs, and the game turned around." Johnson recovered from her shoot- ing woes, scoring 19 points against Wisconsin (1-0,7-2). The loss to the Badgers seemed to sap Michigan's confidence. The Wol- verines played Iowa (2-0,6-5) Friday and the Hawkeyes crushed Michigan, 53-36. "This was our worst game of the year," Roberts said. "We started the year well, and played Wisconsin tough, but tonight I don't know what hap- pened." What happened to the Wolverines was Iowa's defense. The Hawkeyes refused to give upopen perimetershots, and Michigan's lack of height inside without the injured Johns decreased its scoring opportunities. Michigan played stingy defense it- self, holding Iowa to 27 percent shoot- ing from the floor, but the Wolverines couldn't get their shots to fall. Willard posted 11 points and 11 rebounds. Murray tallied eight points. "Iowa was the toughest defense we've faced," Roberts said. "To be honest, coming in, I thought we had a chance against them." While the injuries to Johns and Kiefer continue to plague the Wolver- ines, they hope to rediscover their early- season success this weekend against Michigan State and Northwestern. JOE WESTRATE The women's basketball team dropped its first two conference games to Wisconsin and Iowa. WISCONSIN (85) Fe FT RES MNN NMA 4-A O-T AFPTS Anderson 33 5-10 7-8 1-7 6 4 17 Klapperich 14 3,6 3-5 3-10 1 1 9 Voigt 35 4.12 2-3 0-4 5 3 19 Johnson 28 6.15 0-0 0.3 3 2 12 Willams 21 4-5 1-2 3-4 0 0 9 Cattanach~ 10 2-3 00 0.1 0 4 6 Rhodes 8 1-1 1-1 1-3 0 0 3 Franke 28 3-7 1-2 1-4 2 4 7 Winler 23 47 1-2 0-2 1 4 9 Totals 200 32486 16.23 9.39 1822 85 FG%: .485. FT%: .696. Three-point goals: 5-16, .313 (Cattanach 2-2, Voigt 3-10, Franke 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Anderson 0-2). Blocks: 3 (Franke, Voigt, Williams). Turn. overs: 19 ( Franke 6, Anderson 3, Cattanach 3, Johnson 3, Williams 2, Klapperch, Voigt). Steals: 10 (Anderson 5, Johnson 3, Klapperich, Winkler). Technical Fouls: none. MICHIGAN (71) FG FT RES MIHN-A N-A 0-TA F PTS Murray 9 1-3 0-0 1-1 4 2 9 Ross 33 1-7 2-2 1-2 2 5 4 Johnson 40 8-16 24 1-4 4 2 19 Brzezinski 40 7-11 6-9 5-15 2 1 21 Shellman 38 5-9 1-4 1-7 6 3 13 Willard 15 2-6 4-6 3-5 0 5 8 DiGiacinto 25 2-7 0-1 0-4 0 2 4 Totals 200 28-57 22-29 13-32 1623 71 FG%: .441. F%: .57 7. Three-point goals: 4-8, .500 (Shellman 2-2, Brezezinski 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Murray 0- 1). Blocks: 2 (Brezezinski 2). Turnovers: 32 (Brezezinski 7, Shellman 7, Ross 6, Willard 5, Johnson 4, Digiacinto 2, Murray). Steals: 10 ( Brezezinski 4, Shellman 3, Digiacinto, Ross, Willard). Technical Fouls: none Wisconsin ...40 45 -. 85 Michigan.38 33 - 71 At:Crisier Arena; A: 928 MCHIGAN (36) FA FT RED MIN *A M*A OT A FPISm Sheltman 20 1-6 0-0 1-4 0 4 2 Digiacinto 16 1-3 1-2 04 0 2 3 Brezezinski 40 2-10 3,7 2-11 2 3 7 Ross 12 0-2 0-0 0111 0 Johnson 34 1-9 0.1 1-4 1 1 3 Murray 35 3-8 2-2 3-5 2 5 8, Willard 24 3-10 5.7 4-11 1 5 11, Franklin 17 1-4 0.0 0-1 1 2 2 Sikorski 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 12-52 11-19 13-48 8 24 36, F09 .231. FT%:.579. Three-point goals: 1-11, .091(Johnsd 1-3, Brezezinski 0.1, Franklin 01, Shellman 0-, Willard 01 Murray 04). Bocks:1 (Brezezinski). Turnovers: 26 (Mrezezinsk 7. Franklin 5, Ross 3, Willard 3, Digiacinto 2, Johnson 2. Murrai 2, Shellman 2). Steals: 8 (Brezezinski 3, DiGiacinto, Franklin Johnson, Ross, Willard) Technical Fouls: none. IOWA (53) Fe3 FT REB MIN M-A MA 0-T A F PTS Perry 14 0.2 0-3 1-2 0 4 0: Godden 28 5-13 10-13 06 0 0 20 Smith 24 1-7 3.6 2-8 1 3 5 Clayton 20 0-1 2-2 1-3 5 3 2 Jackson 23 3-9 1-2 1-4 0 1 7 Willis 14 0-2 1-2 1-2 1 3 1, Yarbrough 17 02 0-) 1-3 4 0 0 Mackln 8 0-0 041 1-3 0 0 ' 0 Domond 16 4-10 0-0 3-3 0 2 8 Noll 18 1-6 01 3.8 1 3 2' Kirby 12 2-6 0-0 2-3 1 1 51 Koering 6 1-6 1-2 2-2 2 0 3 Totals 200 17-64 18-32 22-55 15 20 53 FG%: .266. FT%.563. Thre-point goals: 1-9._111 (Kirby 1-2 Clayton 0.1, Gooden 0.1, Jackson 01, Yarbrough 01, Domond 3). Blocks: 6 (Smith 3. Kirby 2, No). Turnovers: 19 (Smith 5 Jackson 4, Willis 3, Gooden 2, Clayton, Domnond, Koering, Mackin) Steals: 11 (Clayton 3, Gooden 2, Jackson 2, Smith, Wilis Yarbrough)Tchnical Fouls: none.I Michigan.... 14 22 - 36 Iowa......27 26 -53 At: Caver-Hawkeye Arena; A: .6,847 0 0; m f th ------Athl"vArlll te o - e ee WHO: Matt Dyson 5 $. TEAM: Football HoMETowN: LaPlata, Md. - YEAR: Senior EuaiuTY: Senior WHY: Despite only registering three tackles - two for losses - and a sack, Dyson earned the defensive MVP award in Michigan's 24-14 victory over Colorado State in the 1994 Holiday Bowl. The game marked Dyson's final appearance in a Wolverine uniform. BACxGROUND: The outside linebacker finished in fifth place on the all-time Michigan sack yardage list. He sed seven ames due to injury in 1994, including three in early season because of a broken foot. - - - Z1 I 4, O Groceries !rivla Answr Quarterback Steve Smith holds the Michigan record for total individual offense in a career. Smith amassed 6,554 yards from 4 QQ(VQ finv +ho WAlarinae c a +hrow fnr A Q1 larr ne A nrran ONO aj-O?,A " 4,-", 1' Keg Beer I