t l igttn xil When was the last time the Michigan hockey team lost to Ohio State? I '. , 'M' sports calendar Forrest Fires Q & A Hockey Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Wrestling Softball n Baseball 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 9 9 T7 Blue crushed by Hawkeyes Wolverines' NCAA tournament hopes still in doubt By Ryan White Daily Basketball Writer IOWA CITY-It's not a sure thing yet. Coming into yesterday's game against Iowa, the Michigan basketball team figured to solidify its NCAA Tour- nament plans with a win against the Hawkeyes. But with their own tournament lives on the line, the Hawkeye's used a sec- ond half surge to beat Michigan,89-69, in front of 15,500 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. "It's frustrating because with 6:46 to go in the second half we were still in position to win the game," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "But they scored five or six straight against us and we were never back in it." In fact, Michigan was down just five, 62-57, when the Hawkeye's John Carter slammed home an ally-oop to put Iowa up by seven. And, after a AP PHOTO Michigan turnover at the other end of the floor, Chris Kingsbury hit one of Hawkeye's up by ten and Michigan was never able to cut the lead to below double digets again. Iowa's win was keyed by both its outside shooting, the Hawkeyes hit 12 of 24 three point shots, and Michigan's lack of defensive intensity. The Wolverines had been holding opponents to 38.5 percent shooting from the floor before Iowa scorched Michi- gan, hitting 55.6 percent of its shots. It was the highest shooting percent- age against the Wolverines since Ari- zona State shot 59.6 percent from the floor on Nov. 22. "Our defense has been the key to us winning all season," Michigan forward Maurice Taylor said. "They played a great game and we just played medio- cre defense." Jimmy King, who beat Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena last season with a last second three-pointer, at- tempted to answer the Hawkeye' s three point shooting, hurrying three of his own - all in the first half. The Wolverines were a combined 8-26 in three-point shots. King was 3- 8, and Dugan Fife 2-9. King finished the game with 13, as did Willie Mitchell who hit two of the three treys he attempted. Taylor led the Wolverines with 14 points. Kingsbury had 19 for the Hawkeyes including a bomb that was so deep it may as well have been launched from one of the corn fields outside Iowa City. Jess Settles also finished with 19 for Iowa and Jim Bartles finished with 18. "I think we played solid basketball and I think that coincides with-us get- ting a little healthier," said Iowa coach Tom Davis who's team has been ham- pered by injuries all season. "Michigan has been getting better and better. So we beat a good team today." Michigan may be getting better, but it returned to a bad habit from earlier in the season - turnovers. Iowa's press forced the Wolver- ides into numerous give-aways trying See HAWKEYES, Page 5 Willie Mitchell tries to steal the ball from Iowa's Chris Kingsbury in yesterday's Michigan loss. his five three-pointers to put the Wolverines *victorious over Miami, Ohio State By Barry Sollenberger Daily Hockey Writer COLUMBUS - Ohio State never had a chance. The No. 1 Michigan hockey team jumped to a 4-0 first period lead and demolished the Buckeyes, 10-2, yesterday at the State Fairgrounds in the regular season finale for both schools. Friday night, the Wolverines shut out Miami (Ohio), 2-0, in Oxford. Michigan outshot the Buckeyes and Redskins, 42-16, *and, 30-16, respectively. "I really like the way our kids played as a team this weekend," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "They kept their heads and stayed out of the penalty box." Yesterday, the Buckeyes spent a good deal of time in the sin bin, especially during the first 20 minutes of play. The opening stanza seemed like one long power play for the Wolverines (22-4-1 CCHA, 27-6-1 overall). Ohio State was whistled for eight penalties, totaling 24 minutes. Apparently, the Buckeyes (3-22-2, 6-27-2) were trying to make up for what they lack in talent with toughness. It didn't work. Instead, Ohio State put goalie Tom Askey on the wrong end of an avalanche. Michigan assaulted the junior netminder with 16 shots and four goals, all on the power play, in the opening period. "I think that it's a mistake to play like that against Michigan," Wolverine coach Red Berenson said. "If you're going to take a lot of penalties against Michigan, then you're going to pay for it." While the Buckeyes had some trouble with the refer- *ees, they had no clue how to stop Brendan Morrison. The sophomore center registered a career high in points for a game, scoring a goal and notching five assists. His 22nd goal of the season was a nifty backhanded shot on a breakaway that gave the Wolverines a 5-1 lead early in the second period. "I got the puck from the corner (on Michigan's end) See ICERS, Page 4 Sandmg.. Turco stops pucks an By Darren Everson Daily Hockey Writer A nother game of hockey is drawing to a close, but not because the clock says so. 4 You see, the lighting at Marty Turco's backyard rink isn't too great, so as the sun over Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, fades away, so does ' the game. By now, just about everybody has lost track of the score, and who could blame them: The game is . about five hours old. The score isn't important, though; with only a few fleeting moments of hockey left, everyone agrees that the next goal wins. 'Everyone' means just a few players now: only the die-hard ones who are crazy enough to play this bruising game without pads or hel- mets from dawn to dusk. But even these kids seem like they're all out of gas - except this one named Turco, whose pure speed creates a two-on-one chance. "Should I shoot it or pass it off?" Turco wonders. "This kid on my left has some skills. "Nah -This one's all me." -f With a snap of the wrist, Turco nearly knocks the net over with ,x the game-winning goal. v '_V Once again, she sends everyone home. Yes, she.- "She was quite the terror on the L ice," says Vince Turco of his See TURCO, Page 8 Biggert claims individual Big Ten title; Iowa takes conference By Tim Smith Daily Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON - It was an all too familiar scene at the Big Ten wrestling championships Sunday. The final match of each weight class would be wrestled and a wres- tler from Iowa would end up taking the top spot on the podium with the championship trophy. The Iowa windfall, albeit reneti- And no matter how many Hawkeyes marched up the first place podium before him, they wouldn't be going up there at 167. After reaching the finals with wins over John Mahoney of Wisconsin, Matt Hardy of Penn State and a 10-5 decision over No. 5 Matt Nerem of Iowa, No. 2 Biggert was set to face Charles Gary of Illinois in the final. With the score tied 2-2 after the This time he once again had to put everything on the line in the closing seconds in order to manage an im- probable pin with 16 seconds to go. "I knew he was more tired than I was because I wasn't tired at all," Biggert said of the final minute. "I felt like I had to keep going and going until I got that takedown," Biggert said of the final minute. "I shot in and he went over my WEEKEND SCORES Womnn's Basketball Michigan State 81, Michigan 59 Baseball with loss t Women end season By David Rothbart Daily Basketball Writer INDIANAPOLIS - The Michi- gan women's basketball team's rocky season rolled to an end Friday night with the Wolverines' 81-59 loss to Michigan State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The No. 11I -seeded Wolverines (3- 14 Big Ten, 8-19 overall) had dreams Spartans mied Spartan forward Kisha Kelley, an All-Big Ten First Team selection. Kelley picked up her second foul four minutes into the game, and Michigan State coach Karen Langeland pulled her out. "We knew we'd need (Kelley) later on," Langeland said. "We saved her for the second half." With theeSpartans' star on the bench, the Wolverines took over.