12-The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 23, 1996
'M' readies for L
By Danielle Rumore
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan hockey team is well
aware of the importance of this
weekend's games not only for confer-
ence standings, but also for home-
coming reasons.
The No. 3 Wolverines (20-4-2
CCHA, 25-5-2 overall) will battle No.
7 Lake Superior State (18-6-2, 22-6-
2) tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at
Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie.
The race for the CCHA crown is
closer than it has been in years, and
the result of Phis weekend's twinbill
will have a definite impact on the
standings.
The Wolverines and the Lakers
know that this weekend's series comes
at a critical juncture in the season.
The outcome of the series could pos-
sibly eliminate Lake State from the
title chase, or dump Michigan further
behind the Spartans and most likely
Western Michigan, too.
The Wolverines are currently in sec-
ond place with 42 points, two points
behind leader Michigan State, while
the fourth-place Lakers trail the Spar-
tans by six points.
For the Wolverines' sophomore
goalie Marty Turco, the weekend is not
only about victories, but also about
homecoming. Turco, a native of Sault
Ste. Marie, Ont., just minutes from the
Michigan border and the Lakers' arena,
will be making a homecoming to the
rink he knows so well from the past.
"Fifty or60 of my family and friends
will be there," Turco said. "I played a
lot of minor hockey in that arena so I
can call it home."
Turco grew up in "the Soo" and
played for St. Mary's College where
he was named the team's MVP in
1994.
Last season, Turco played both
games against the Lakers at Sault Ste.
Marie. The Wolverines came away
with a pair of victories, 5-1 and 4-3,
respectively. And their rookie goalie
came away with CCHA Player of the
Week honors, as he stopped a career-
.high 42 shots in the latter of the two
games.
This year, Turco is a year older and
knows what he will encounter tonight
and tomorrow. Turco, who leads all
CCHA goalies in wins (25), brings a
year-and-a-half of experience and the
two victories from last season to the
arena. Michigan coach Red Berenson
said that the experience gives Turco a
mental edge.
"Last year, he got a lot of (the dis-
tractions) out ofhis system," Berenson
said. "A lot of his relatives and friends
will be there. It will be tough, though.
Any of these rinks are tough on goal-
ies."
Turco does not concern himself with
the distractions and does not feel the
ke State
need to deal with them. The foremost
issue on his mind is focusing on the
importance of two wins.
"I am there for one specific reason
- to get four points," Turco said.@
am there to stop pucks and help my
team. This is our big weekend. The
seniors down to the freshmen (under-
stand). (Lake State) is always a play-
off team. (The two games) will be a
good measure to see where we're at."
The Wolverines beat Lake State, 8-
2, Dec. 8 at Yost Ice Arena. Five
different Wolverines scored in that
game and Michigan outshot the Lak-
ers, 34-18.
As of late, the Wolverines have hV
to deal with injuries. Center Brendan
Morrison will continue to play with a
hand injury he suffered against Ohio
State three weeks ago.
"He's coming around," Berenson
said. "He is a lot better than he was
two weeks ago. He is getting'used to
it."
Right wing Sean Ritchlin is out for
the season after undergoing surg*
for compartment syndrome. Justin
Clark is recovering from arthroscopic
knee surgery, and left wing Jason
Botterill did not skate in practice
Monday due to a bruised shoulder.
"Botterill is fine," Berenson said.
"Clark is a question mark, but he
might get the OK to play. (Right
now), we're pretty healthy."
WALKER VANDYKE/Daily
Brendan Morrison and the Wolverines will try to extend their six-game unbeaten streak this weekend against Lake State.
Brzezinski to suit up with Wolverines for last time
By James Goldstein
and Dan Stillman
Daily Sports Writers
The lone senior bows out.
The Michigan women's basketball
team closes out the regular season with a
pair of conference tilts. The Wolverines
visitNo. 7 Iowa, tonight at 7:30 at Carver-
Hawkeye Arena. Sunday at 2p.m., Michi-
gan hosts No. 13 Wisconsin in senior
center Jennifer Brzezinski's last game at
Crisler Arena.
Michigan (1-13 Big Ten, 7-17 overall)
will be hard pressed to equal its confer-
ence win total of three from last year, or
even last year's overall total of eight
victories.
The Hawkeyes (13-1, 22-2), who sit
atop the Big Ten, defeated the Wolver-
ines, 69-53, on Dec. 29, while the second-
place Badgers (11-3, 19-5) annihilated
Michigan, 89-48, in the season's first
conference game.
For Brzezinski, this weekend's con-
tests mark the end of her regular-season
college career.
As of late, Brzezinski has come on
strong in support of slumping sophomore
center Pollyanna Johns.
The senior captain came within four
points of her career-high Sunday against
Michigan State. She scored 24 points on
10-of-15 shooting.
That performance followed her first
double-double of the season.
"I'm most pleased with Brzezinski,"
Michigan coach Trish Roberts said. "She's
nothadagoody}earminhersenioryear. I'm
glad to see her have a good game."
To have a chance at playing with Iowa
or Wisconsin, though, the Wolverines
need more than a solid performance from
Brzezinski or Johns.
"We need to have a game where every-
body puts together a good game," Rob-
erts said.
In the past few games, the Wolverines
have received improved scoring, espe-
cially, from guard Akisha Franklin, who
has shown signs of brilliance.
When Franklin is on hergame, she has
provided strong penetration, sharp 3-point
shooting and in-your-face defense.
"Akisha is capable of putting up num-
bers," Roberts said. "We've seen her do it
all year."
All season, the Hawkeyes and Badgers
have put up numbers in different ways.
Iowa plays a grind-it-out type of game,
both on offense and defense.
The Hawkeyes lead the conference in
scoring defense, holding their opponents
to a meager 57.2 points per game.
And even though Iowa is 10th in the
BigTen in scoring(68.5 pointspergame),
the Hawkeyes get their offense close to
thebasket, thanks to their solid frontcourt
duo ofTiffany Gooden andTangela Smith.
Gooden is the team's leading scorer,
averaging 14.3 points per game. Smith is
right behind Gooden with 13.8 ppg, and
tops the Hawkeyes with 7.4 rebounds per
game and 2.25 blocks per game.
The Badgers are another story. Wis-
consin prides itself more on its passing
game. The Badgers trail only Ohio State
in scoring in the conference with 80.1
points per game.
Wisconsin's go-to player is Barb
Franke. Franke's 20.8 points per game is
tops on theteam and places herthird in the
conference in scoring. She also leads her
team in rebounds, field goal percentage
and blocked shots.
Briefly...
Lacrosse club looks to continue success
Tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., the Michigan lacrosse club takes on
Marietta at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. This is the second game of the
season for the Wolverines, who are coming off a strong season opener
against Michigan State. The Wolverines defeated the Spartans, 21-11.
Michigan hopes to emulate its offensive output of the Michigan State
game, when 12 of 16 Wolverines either scored a goal or assisted on
one.
Women's tennis hosts Northwestern
The Michigan women's tennis team is in action tomorrow against the
Wildcats. The match will begin at 1 p.m. at the Liberty Sports Complex.
This could be the Wolverines' first real test of the season after
sweeping both Western Michigan and Penn State in their last two
matches. Michigan is looking to avenge last year's loss to
Northwestern. Freshman Jen Boylan won't see action this weekend due
to a torn meniscus in her knee, which may require arthroscopic surges
Boylan will be out at least three weeks.
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It was mildly surprising that the con-
fusion didn't set in earlier. From the
beginning, things did not look good for
the Wolverines. Michigan's top two
scorers, Taylorand Bullock, each picked
up two quick fouls. But ratherthan fold,
the Wolverines did something they
haven't done all season.
They hit their three-pointers.
Bullock hit three of his five long-range
shots. Mitchell nailed two ofthree. Con]Ian
converted on his only attempt. In all,
Michigan was 6 of 12 from 3-point range
in the first half. That's why the Wolver-
ines led, 34-28, at the break, despite being
outrebounded, 19-13, and despite Taylor
making just one shot. Fife was the only
Wolverine who couldn't connect from
long distance. He was 0 for 3 from down-
town before the break. Although Fife was
offon offense, he made up forit with three
steals. His play was a key to the stellar
defense which gave Michigan its 34-28
halftime advantage.
But that lead was lost. The season will
be, too, if the Wolverines don't start win-
ning soon. Michigan hosts Minnesota (7-
6, 15-10) tomorrow night at 8 p.m.
"It's a home game that we can't afford
to lose," Fife said.
Conlan
Taylor
Baston
Fife
Bullock
Morton
Oliver
Mitchell
White
Totals
MIN
38
30
28
31
30
4
2
17
20
200
Michigan (57)
FG
M-A
2-4
1.9
3.5
3-6
6.13
0-0
2.7
4-5
21.49
FT
M-A
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1-2
0-0
1-1
0-0
600
1-2
3-4
6-9
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1-6
2.4
40
1-6
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4-0
34
7.25
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1 1
3 4
0 1
2 4
1 3
1 1
0 1
0 1
0 2
8 18
PTS
5
2
7
8
17
0
0
7
11
57
MCINTOSH
Continued from Page 11
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we assigned the seating. Students, who1
are going to stand and scream, get
three-quarters of the bottom bowl - I
none of this one-quarter stuff like
Crisler Arena. The alumni get to sit1
down in nice comfortable seats where
they can see over the students, and the
FR%: .429. FT%: .667. Three-point goals: 9-17, .529
(Conlan 1-1. Taylor 4-1, Fife 2-5, Bullock 4-7, Mitchell 2-
3). Blocks: 2 (Bullock. White). Turnovers: 21 (Bullock 5.
Conlan 5, Fife 4, Baston 3, White 3). Steals: 9 ;Fife 4,
Baston 2, Conlan 2, White). Technical Fouls: none.
students get to harass the heck out of
opposing players.
The conclusion, aspiring basketball
coaches: It's really not that easy. It
takes fundamentals, some upstart per-
formers, and some unquantifiable fac-
tors to get where we are.
But follow the tips above, and y
have a pretty solid start. I
- Brent McIntosh can be reached
over e-mail at mnctosh@urnich.edu.
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Metzger
McKnight
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Totals
M!N
27
32
22
32
36
5
10
6
18
12
200
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M-A
1-6
414
5.7
3-8
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3-3
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62
2-3
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FT
M-A
2.2
55
6-2
46
2-2
6-0
6-0
1-2
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REB
0-T
21
4-8
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6-3
41
1-2
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46
0-1
11.29
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3 1
4 2
1 2
4 3
4 1
0 0
0 1
0 0
1 0
0 13
17 13
PTS
4
14
10
10
18
6
0
0
1
4
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FG%: .444. FT%: .737. Three-point goals: 5-18. .278
(Lisicky 4-7, Sekunda 1-6, Earl 0-5). Blocks: 3 (Sekunda,
Booth, D. Williams) Turnovers: 14 (Earl 4, Gaudio 4,
Metzger 2, Sekunda 2, Lisicky, Stephens) Steals: 11 (Earl
4, Lisicky 3, Booth 2, Gaudio, Sekundaa) Technical Fouls:
none.
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Penn State....28 39-67
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Tim Hardaway, Christian Laettner
and Billy Owens were the biggest names
to move Thursday on one of the busier
NBA trading deadline days in recent
years.
Six deals involving 19 players were
completed, with the Miami Heat mak-
ing three trades.
The Heat added forward Walt Will-
iams, forward-center Chris Gatling and
guards Hardaway and Tony Smith.
The Atlanta Hawks acquired Laettner
from the Minnesota Timberwolves and
the Toronto Raptors picked up Sharone
Wright from Philadelphia.
The biggest non-trade involved the
Portland Trail Blazers, who failed to
deal disgruntled guard Rod Strickland
or forward Clifford Robinson.
Strickland was suspended for one game
by the Trail Blazers after he stormed off
the court during warmups Thursday
night.
Miami made all three of its trades
within two hours of the 9 p.m. EST
deadline. The Heat picked up Hardaway
and Gatling from Golden State for power
forward Kevin Willis and guard Bimbo
Coles, then acquired Williams and
Tyrone Corbin from Sacramento for
Owens and Kevin Gamble. Miami also
added Smith from Phoenix for rookie
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. Kevin McHale, Minnesota's vice
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"Everybody's got to understand there
are roles that need to be played in the
context of the team," MeHale said.
The 76ers sent Wright to the Raptors
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Massenburg. The Sixers also acquired
the right to swap first-round draft picks
with Toronto this year or in 1997.
"This was also done to free up money
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of free agents," said Sixers' coachMl
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signed Wright to asix-year, $21 million
contract which still has four years to
run.
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free agents at the end of the season.
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Shaquille O'Neal at center and Hole
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