Basketball vs. Indiana Tonight, 7:30 (ESPN) Bloomington Women's Swimming and Diving vs. Auburn Friday, TBA Canham Natatorium Blue tries to bounce back against Hoosiers Wolverines face Indiana, nation's longest home winning streak By RYAN WHITE Daily Basketball Writer The Michigan basketball team has, quite simply, a very tough task in front of it tonight when it faces Indi- ana. Not only must the Wolverines put their 73-71 loss to Michigan State Sunday behind them, but they must try to end the Hoosiers' 50-game home winning streak. Michigan (4-2 Big Ten, 10-7 over- all) will attempt to do both when it tips off against Indiana (3-2, 11- , .' 6) at 7:30 p.m . in . Assembly Hall. The game will be televised on ESPN. ..: v: F ish e r sa id h e won't emphasize the winning streak to his Henderson team. "You don't make a great to- do about the 50- plus victories in a row," he said. "We used to go down saying how hard it was to win in Indiana, and sometimes you can psych yourself out if you're not careful." In fact, the Wolverines have won only three games at Assembly Hall. They've lost lost 20. "You have to go in there and play terrifically good basketball if you want to have a chance to win," Fisher said. Aside from having to make his team believe it can win in Bloomington, Fisher also must try to curb any ill effects from the two-point loss to the Spartans. "I'm really pleased with how hard we've played lately," Fisher said. "We just need to make sure that we don't take a step back as a result of the tough loss to Michigan State." The game against the Spartans hurt the Wolverines physically as well. 'I'm really pleased with how hard we've played lately. We just need to make sure that we don't take a step back as a result of the tough loss to Michigan State.' - Steve Fisher Michigan men's basketball coach Jerod Ward, Maurice Taylor and Makhtar Ndiaye all left the contest with injuries. Ward's condition is the most seri- ous. The freshman won't make the trip to Indiana and had an MRI test done on his knee yesterday. The re- sults of the test won't be available until later today. Taylor returned to the game, while Ndiaye did not, but both will be okay to play. Fisher admitted that going into Indiana on only one day's rest when the Hoosiers have had nearly a week to prepare, is not an ideal situ- ation, especially with Indiana com- ing off a 71-69 win over Penn State at home last Wednesday. "For us to put in a game plan that is point specific is going to be impos- sible to do," he said. "You have to be prepared to go in and play hard, play smart and hope you can survive." Senior forward Alan Henderson leads a Hoosier team that began the season 2-4, but has since mounted a 9-2 record. He is averaging 24.1 points per game and 8.9 rebounds. Junior forward Brian Evans also is scoring in double figures for Indi- ana, knocking down 18.1 a game. "Henderson is a four-year starter and certainly one of the premier for- wards in the country," Fisher said. "He has always played well against us and last year cleaned up the boards at their place. "Brian Evans has also created big problems for us every time we've played them." Michigan seniors Ray Jackson and Jimmy King are both putting up nearly identical scoring numbers for the Wolverines. King is leading the team in scor- ing, averaging 15.8 points per game, and Jackson is right behind him with a 15.7 average. "Ray is playing with immense confidence," Fisher said. "His last five games have been about as good as anyone could expect from any player. He's playing within himself, playing tremendoulsy hard, with poise and intelligence." The Wolverines dropped out of the Big Ten's top spot with Sunday's loss to the Spartans, but a win tonight would put Michigan back on the right. track. "I feel that Michigan State and Indiana are probably the two best teams (in the conference)," Fisher said. "If we can go in and knock off Indiana it would be a tremedous road victory for us - for anyone really." ommEMWMM WAGN!Em M W I DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily Freshman Maurice Taylor and the Michigan men's basketball team are looking to bounce back from Sunday's 73-71 loss to Michigan State when they take on Indiana tonight in Bloomington. HOCKEY( NOTEBOOK- Madden's natural trick *helps extend Blue streak By DARREN EVERSON and BARRY SOLLENBERGER Daily Hockey Writers In many ways, hockey isn't played the same way it used to be. Players wear helmets now, in addition to more padding. What it takes to get a hat trick has even changed. While Michigan's John Madden can't do much about the equipment he has to wear, he did manage to do something the old-fashioned way Saturday against Notre Dame. The sophomore forward had a hat trick against the * Fighting Irish, helping the Wolverines to a 9-3 victory. As if that feat weren't impressive enough, Madden tallied all three of his scores in just one period of play - a natural hat trick, the way it used to be done. "The reason he plays well so often is because he works hard," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "He works hard every night out, and if you work like he does, you're going to get results." A SURE THING: With Saturday's dismantling of Notre Dame, the Wolver- ines ran their streak of consecutive wins over the Irish to 13. Michigan hasn't lost to Notre Dame since the Irish returned to Division I hockey in 1992. The Wolverines outscored Notre Dame, 101-26, in those 13 wins and they now lead the all-time series, 39-33-3. "I'm getting kinda tired of talking about it, really," Notre Dame coach Ric Schafer said. "We played exceptionally well, and we set the stage for a major upset. "I think there's a certain fatigue factor. These guys skate so fast. We don't skate that fast. You've got to exert yourself fully just to keep up." Michigan has also enjoyed continued success against Bowling Green. Friday's 4-3 win extended Michigan's unbeaten streak against the Falcons to 10 games, dating back to February of 1992. ALMOST A SURE THING: With Mike Knuble in the lineup, Michigan is just this side of unbeatable. When the senior right wing is in action, the Wolverines are 16-1 this season. Without him, they are a meager 2-3. Michigan's only loss with Knuble was a 4-3 setback to Minnesota at the College Hockey Showcase in the Golden Gophers home arena, the St. Paul Civic Center. Michigan led the contest, 3-1, entering the final period. Knuble notched a goal in that game. CALLING GUINESS: The Notre Dame-Michigan game held at the Palace Saturday drew a new NCAA record crowd of 20,889. The turnout was the highest in any single regular season game, breaking the mark set in last January's game between the Fighting Irish and Wolverines. That game, also at the Palace, drew 20,427. Even though the stands were not completely full, security at the Palace turned away approximately 200 cars at the parking lot entrances and nearly 1,000 fans, according to local news reports. Although tickets to the contest were sold at $7, the large showing was probably because fans could be admitted for only $3 with a stub from the afternoon game between the Vipers and Cincinnati. Also, Palace officials had distributed free tickets earlier in the week when the Pistons game was postponed due to condensation. Team 1. Massachusetts (25) 2. Connecticut (8) 3. North Carolina (1) 4. UCLA 5. Kentucky 6. Syracuse 7. Kansas 8. Arkansas 9. Maryland 10. Arizona 11. Michigan State 12. Iowa State 13. Georgetown 14. Arizona St. 15. Wake Forest 16. Missouri 17. Virginia 18. Cincinnati 19. Stanford 20. New Mexico State 21. Georgia Tech 22. Oregon 23. Florida 24. Iowa 25. Villanova Record 13-1 14-0 14-1 11-1 12-2 14-1 13-2 15-3 14-3 13-4 12-2 15-2 12-3 13-4 10-3 13-3 11-4 14-5 12-2 13-4 11-6 12-2 9-5 12-5 11-5 How they fared beat Temple, 59-58 beat Seton hall, 86-81 beat Virginia Tech, 87-76 beat No. 13 Ariz. St., 85-72 beat Vanderbilt, 81-68 beat Providence, 60-59 beat Colorado, 91-77 beat S. Carolina, 88-73 beat N. Carolina St., 84-67 beat USC, 93-74 beat Michigan.73-71 beat Kansas State, 79-73 lost to Villanova, 66-60 lost to No. 4 UCLA, 85-72 beat No. 24 Clemson, 69-60 lost to Okla. St., 85-70 beat No. 18 Ga. 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