The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, February 27, 1995 - 5 'M' loses to State aft( By Antoine Pitts Daily Basketball Writer The Michigan men's basketball team finshed a season sweep of one team but couldn't avoid being swept by another. The Wolverines defeated Indiana 61-50 last Sunday at Crisler Arena for their first series sweep from the Hoo- siers since 1988. Michigan couldn't stop Michigan State from sweeping, though, losing 67-64 Tuesday in East Lansing. Just like the previous meeting be- tween the two teams, the game hinged on a 3-point attempt at the end of the contest. The Wolverines gained possesion S of the ball with just under seven sec- onds left and set up Ray Jackson for a potential game-tying 3-pointer. His shot bounced off the rim, though, as time expired. "It was a good look," Jackson said. "It just didn't go down.We just came up short. We have to learn from it and keep going forward." In the Jan. 22 meeting in Ann Arbor Maurice Taylor late 3-pointer missed the mark giving the Spartans a victory in that affair. "There's two games that we defeat Michigan where if they hit the 3-point shot they either win or tie at the end," Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote said. "Those are very tough games to lose and very gratifying to win." Michigan State scored only six points in the last three eight but it turned out to be enough. The Wolver- ines turned the ball over five times and made four of 11 shots in the same time spans. "We just didn't quite have enough," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "We played hard and I thought for the most part played well." Shawn Respert and Quiton Brooks both finished the game with 21 points, with Eric Snow adding 11 to go along with 10 assists for the Spartans. "It was an intense hard fought game were we feel fortunate enough to win in all honesty. We were out rebounded, they shot better than we did, yet it seems like we got a shot from Shawn, a shot from Eric, a shot from Quinton when we had to have it." The Wolverines were led by Ray Jackson and Maurice Taylor with 17 points a piece. Jackson shot 7-for-7 from 2-point range in the game and had 13 points in the first half until he had to sit down with his third foul. "Ray's like a lot of players - you get points in spurts," Fisher said. "He had a huge run going in the first half until we had to take him out with his third foul. I like the way he allowed the game to come to him and not try to force shots." The series sweep ended a lot of frustration for the Michigan State. "It always feels good to beat Michi- gan," Snow said. "They've controlled Dr beating us the past couple years and to go out your last year and sweep them feels pretty good." The Wolverines came into the game down just a game in the loss column to the first-place Spartans. The loss knocked Michigan out of Big Ten titile contention for good. "If we can't win it, we might as well keep it in the state," Fisher said. In Sunday's defeat of the Hoo- siers, the Wolverines spotted Indiana a 10-0 lead before getting back into the game. With the Hoosiers up 14-7, Indi- We played hard and / thouft for the most pr played well." - Steve Fisher Michigan basketball coach ana coach Bobby Knight was assesed a technical foul for arguing an official's call. That seemed to open the flood gates for Michigan. The Wolverines went on an 18-6 run after the technical to take a 25-20 lead into the intermission. "We started so slowly," Fisher said. "Indiana was able to make it happen. We were lucky to get back in it after being down 10-0." In the second half, the Wolverines Hoosiers blew the game open, leading by as many as . Jimmy King pased Michi- gan with 17 points. "We got pretty good play from (Charlie) Miller and (Andrae) Patterson and really not a whole lot else," Knight said. "We had a chance when we got into the late 40's and to their credit, they just shut the door on us. The Wolverines held Brian Evans and Alan Henderson to a combined 17 points on 6-of-27 shooting. "I think they played well defen- sively," Knight said. "I think they're a pretty good defensive team." The Wolverines dug themselves in a hole early and seemed to be upset at many of the officials' calls and no- calls. "We were frustrated," said Maceo Baston, who led the Wolverines with 10 rebounds. "Coach told us not to worry about the referees and keep playing our game." The game turned out to be a contest of who could shoot worse. The Hoo- siers shot 30 percent from the field but Michigan didn't fare much better, fin- ishing the game at 38 percent. "They shot kind of like we do." Fisher said. "Inconsistensy could be the word for both of us." The Wolverines got a scare when Taylor left the game less than two minutes into the second half with a twisted right knee. He didn't return in the game but was ready for Tuesday night's contest at Michigan State. EVAN PETRIE/Daily Ray Jackson raises his hands in disgust during Michigan's 67-64 loss to Michigan State Tuesday. The Spartans swept the season series. BSKEIBLLNOTEBOOK Ward may return from knee injury this week 1 By Antoine Pitts Daily Basketball Writer It won't be much longer before freshman forward Jerod Ward returns to the Michigan lineup. Ward began light workout drills last Thursday but needs to pass a strength test at 100 percent before he can play. Ward suffered a torn medial Meniscus in his right knee during the I Michigan State game Jan. 22. He left the lineup averaging 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. KxNG CuMBs: With five rebounds Tuesday against Michigan State. senior guard Jimmy King became the 16th player in Michigan history with at least 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. Jackson surpassed the milestone early this season. King needs just 45 points to become only the ninth Wolverines with 1.500 points and 500 rebounds in a career. LOOKING BACK...: Going into yesterday's game against Illinois the Wolver- ines held an 8-5 Big Ten record. The last time Michigan had an 8-5 mark in conference play was 1992 during the Fab Five's freshmen year. The Wolver- ines fell to 8-7 that year before winning their final three league games and five j more to make it to the national championship game. JUD'S LAST HOORAH: With Tuesday night's win, Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote finished his career against Michigan with an 18-20 mark. "He's had a brilliant career here and everybody knows that," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "He's going to go out a winner regardless of what happens toI their team the rest of the season. He's been fantastic for college basketball." Heathcote has a career record of 338-218 good for 61 percent. "To run a program at this level is hard," Fisher said. "To do it under close scrutiny the way he's done it - not many are able to survive for that length of time. My hat's off to him." DOUBLE-TROUBLE: Despite averaging only 17 minutes a contest, forward Maceo Baston leads the Wolverines in double-doubles (more than 10 points and 10 rebounds in the same game). He's registered four double-doubles on the season, including one in yesterday's win over Illinois (10 points, II rebounds). BIG TEN STANI Records throug Team I Michigan St. Purdue Michigan Illinois Minnesota Indiana Iowa. Penn St. Wisconsin Ohio St. Northwestern DINOS ILLINOIS continued from Page I h Feb. 12 Illinois coach Lou Henson said. "But we didn't shoot it very well too. They didn't defend us on the free-throw line." The Wolverines were sparked by W numerous sources throughout the con- test. Jimmy King had a spectacular 12 3 dribble-drive to the hoop in the first- half. He finished with 12 points with 11 3 five rebounds and four assists. King also connected with Jackson 9 5 for one of Michigan's three ally-ooops on the day. 8 6 Although upstaged by Conlan's sec- ond-half play, junior guard Dugan Fife 8 6helped silence Garris, Illinois' fierce point guard.Ganis, who averages 16.2 8 6 points per game, scored four points in the contest. "Kiwane is a finesse player. He is 7 7 not an overpowering player," Henson said. "He is not going to go over the top 7 8 of 6-foot-4, 6-foot-5 guys. With the victory, and after 6 8 Minnesota's loss to Ohio State Satur- day, Michigan (9-5 Big Ten, 15-11 2 13 overall) moves into third-place all by itself with four conference games to go. 1 14 Illinois (8-6, 17-9) drops into a fourth-place tie with the Golden Gov phers. Up next for the Wolverines: March 1 Northwestern Michig (1-14 Big Ten, 5-19 (9-5 Big Ten, 1 overall) Ray Jackson and Makhtar Ndiaye fight with Illinois' Bryant Notree, Richard Keene and Shelly Clark for a loose ball in yesterday's game. gan 5-11 overall) MICHIGAN (61) FG FT Reb. MGn. M-A M-A O-T A FPts Jackson 32 4-12 3-4* 1-3 3 3 12 Taylor 18 4-11 3-3 0-4 1 2 11 Ndiaye 33 2-7 4-6 3.7 3 4 8 King 36 6.14 4-7 2.8 0 2 17 Fife 21 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 1 3 Mitchell 16 0-1 0.0 1-3 0 3 0 Baston 23 3-5 2.7 6-10 0 4 8 Conlan 21 1-2 0-2 0-2 1 3 2 Totals 200 21-55 16-2916-42 9 22 61 FG%- .382. FT%- .552 Three-point goals: 3-8 .375 (Jack- son 1-3. Ndiaye 0-1, King 1-2, Fife 1-2). Blocks: 4 (Taylor Ndiaye, King. Baston). Turnovers 20 (Jackson 6. Ndiaye 3, King 3. Mitchell 2. Baston 2, Conlon 2. Taylor. Fife). Steals: 11 (Jackson 3, Conlon 2, Taylor, Ndiaye, King. Fife, Mitchell. Baston). Technical Fouls: none. INDIANA (50) FG FT Reb. Min. M-A M-A O-T A FPts. Patterson 28 5-9 4-6 2-6 0 514 Evans 38 2-14 0-0 5-6 3 3 5 Henderson 38 4-13 4-6 3-10 1 412 Miller 28 4-7 4-5 0.1 0 413 Hermon 21 0-5 1-2 1-6 2 1 1 Hart 12 0-1 2-2 1-2 0 0 2 Eggers 5 1-1 1-2 1.1 0 2 3 Knight 19 0-3 0.0 1-2 0 2 0 Reed 6 01 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 Lindeman 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Paul 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 200 16-54 16-2317-41 7 23 50 FG%- .296. FT',', .696. Three-point goals: 2-13. .154 (Evans 1.6. Henderson 0-1, Miller 1-1, Hermon 0-2. Knight 0.2, Reed 0-1). Blocks: 7 (Patterson 3. Henderson 3. Evans). Turnovers: 21 (Patterson 3, Evans 3, Henderson 3. Miller 3. Hart 3. Hermon 2, Eggers, Reed, Lindeman). Steals: 6 (Henderson 2. Evans. Miller, Hermon. Lindem'an). Technical Fouls: Indiana bench Michigan-................25 36 -61 Indiana- .........,....20 30 -50 Crisler Arena: A-13,562 WHITE MICHIGAN STATE (67) FG FT Reb. Min. M-A M-A 0-T A F Pts. Garvaglia 32 2-8 0-1 1-3 0 3 4 Brooks 28 7-12 7-8 3-3 2 3 21 Feick 33 2-4 3.4 2-12 0 3 7 Snow 335-13 1-3 1-3 10 1 11 Respert 32 7-15 2-2 0-0 2 3 21 Kelev 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Weathers 18 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 1 0 Beathea 21 1-6 0-1 3-4 1 3 3 Polonowski 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 20024-5814-20 13-31 15 17 67 FG%- .414 FT%- .700. Three-point goas: 5-17. .294 (Resperl 5-11, Garavaglia 0-3, Brooks 0-1, Snow 0-2). Blocks: 3(Garavaglia, Brooks, Snow). Turnovers: 10 (Snow 2, Respert 2, Weathers 2, Brooks, Feick, Kelley. Beathea). Steals: 8 (Brooks 2, Snow 2. Weathers 2. Garavaglia, Beathea). Technical Fouls: none. MICHIGAN (64) FG FT Reb. Mn. M-A M-A 0-T A F Pts. Fife 26 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 1 0 King 37 4-10 4.4 0-5 2 3 13 Ndiaye 22 1-5 0-0 2-6 0 3 2 Jackson 32 8-12 0-0 3-6 2 4 17 Taylor 29 8-14 1-3 1-4 3 2 17 Conan 12 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 3 0 Mitchell 13 1-3 0.0 0-1 0 2 2 Baston 29 4-6 5-9 3-10 0 2 13 Totals 20026-5310-16 11-36 9 21 64 FG%- .491. FT%- .62.5. Three-point goals: 42-13.. 154 (File 0-2, King 1-4, Jackson 1-5, Conlon 0-1, Mitchell 0-1). Blocks 3 (Ndiaye.Taylor Baston). Turnovers: 18 (Baston 5, Taylor 4. Jackson 3, Fte 2. King, Ndaye. Conlan. Mitchell). Steals: 3 (King 2 Jackson). Technical Fouls: none Michigan State.....36 31- 67 Michigan..... ....36 28-64 Breslin Center: A-15,138 -1 1 T K F E C h t MICHIGAN (63 Jackson Taylor Ndiaye Fie Baston Conlan Lengemann FG FT Rob. Min. M-A M-A 0-T A F 29 3-10 2-6 1-5 0 4 31 4-8 3-6 1-8 2 2 24 3-5 1-2 0-4 0 5 Ki33 4-6 4-5 1-5 4 3 1 19 01 2-2 0-1 0 2 23 3-3 4-4 2-11 1 4 24 2-4 2-4 0-2 5 1 Micel 20 3-5 0-0 0-1 0 2 7 1 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0 0 21 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 200 22-41 16-23 5-38 14 23 6 Pis. 10 11 7 12 2 10 7 7 0 0 63 Mitchell's death stuns Wolverines Former Michigan forward dies in apartment in Italy Totals FG%- .537. FT%- .696. Three-point goals: 3-9. .333 (Jack- son 1-2. King 0-1. Fife 0-1, Conlan 1-3. Mitchell 1-2). Blocks: 4 (Taylor 2 Ndiaye 2). Turnovers: 19 (Jackson 6. King 4, Baston 2. Fife , 2. Mitchell, Ndiaye). Steals: 7 (Baston 2. Jackson, King, Fife, Conlan, Mitchell). Technical Fouls: Ndiaye. ILLINOIS (51) Hester Bennett Clark Keene Garris Gee Turner Notree Heldman Robisch Totals Min. 29 28 29 30 35 22 10 15 FG MA 3-10 1-5 5-9 4-15 1-8 2-6 0-3 2-5 0-0 0-0 FT M-A 2-6 0-1 4-4 0-2 2-2 2-5 0-0 0-1 0.0 0-0 Reb. 0-T 3-9 1-4 6-11 1.1 1-1 2-2 0-0 3-5 0-1 0-0 A 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 F1 4 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 0 Pts. 10 3 14 4 4 0 4 0 0 By Paul Barger Daily Basketball Writer With all of the excitement accom- panying Michigan's important vic- tory over Illinois, there was still an air of remorse surrounding some of the older players. Sam Mitchell may have had a lim- ited role during his brief career as a Michigan basketball player, but his teammates will never forget him. Mitchell was found dead in his Fabriano, Italy apartment Mon- day. Police be- lieve that 6-foot- 9 Kalamazoo na- -. tive died after a defective hot wa- ter heater emitted poisonous carbon monoxide fumes. Mitchell "He was my boy," said Ray Jackson, who roomed with Mitchell at the begin- nin o f cirksnn's freshman vear. Mitchell played at Michigan for the 1990-91 season, but his days as a Wolverine were short-lived. He trans- ferred during his sophomore season, finishing his collegiate career for Cleveland State and former Wolver- ine assistant coach Mike Boyd. The 1990-91 season was one of the worst that Michigan has had in a long time. The Wolverines went 14- 15 and were knocked out of the NIT in the first round. However, Mitchell looked like one of the more promis- ing future prospects. The forward was only one of five "Hse was my boy. ever since I heard about it,1I haven't been able to get it out of my mind." - Ray Jackson - Michigan basketball player Mitchell saw very limited playing time, but was still considered an important member of the squad. The sophomore took his new role in stride. "Nobody likes it, but Sam still wanted to be a part of it," Jackson said. "He helped me a lot. He eased my tensions. You have to make the deci- sions that are best for you and leaving was best for him." At Cleveland State Mitchell's ca- reer took aaturn for the better. After the 1992-93 season he was honored as Mid Continent Conference newcomer of the year. His game devloped to a point where upon leaving Cleveland State he was able to become a player Fabriano-Turboair in the highly com- petitive Italian league. He averaged 12.2 ppg during his time in the NCAA. There is nothing but praise from the people that who knew Mitchell. Everyone talks about him in the same terms. Coaches and teammates alike say that he was a caring individual who kept everyone laughing. "Sam was a great person," senior Jimmv Kiniz said "He was in the vrime, 2001"l6 11.23 19-36 7 21 51 FG%- .295. FT%- .478. Three-point goals: 4-25, .160 (Hester 2-8, Keene 2-10, Garris 0-4, Turner 0-2, Notree 0- 1). Blocks: 0. Turnovers: 13 (Clarck4, Garris 3, Bennet 2. Keene 2. Turner. Notree). Steals: 5 (Bennet 2, Hester, Clark. Gee). Technical Fouls: none Michigan........ ...28 35-63 Illinois ..........21 30-51 Crisler Arena; A-13, 562 Conlan and the freshman's confidence in himself has grown. L J Hawkeyes, the Wolverines will only be a better team.