BASKETBALL The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, February 26, 1996 - 7B w Women's cagers drop final two games to ranked foes By Dan Stillman Daily Sports Writer For the third time in four years, the Michigan women's basketball team has finished the regular season with one or fewer conference victories. The Wolverines (1-15 Big Ten, 7-19 overall) fell to No. 11 Wisconsin, 88- 63, yesterday at Crisler, and to No. 7 Iowa, 74-52, Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Yesterday, Michigan was over- matched by the Badgers (12-4, 20-6). Wisconsin grabbed the early lead, thanks to its 64.3 percent first-halfshoot- ing combined with the Wolverine's 34.5 percent. Poor free-throw shooting by Michi- gan also contributed to Wisconsin's47- 25 halftime lead, as the Wolverines went 5-15 from the line. "Personally, I just don't think we can match up with them," Michigan coach Trish Roberts said. Wisconsin junior guard Keisha Anderson jump-started the Badgers with her scrappy play, including 14 points, a team-high seven assists and two steals. Junior forward Katie Voight led the Badgers with 25 points, including a MICHIGAN (52) F FT RU MIN M-A M-A 0T A F PTS Murray 19 1-3 2-2 1-3 1 2 4 Brzezinski 25 5-8 2-5 3-9 1 2 10 Johns 33 1-9 2-5 2.9 2 4 4 Franklin 40 3-9 6-9 1-6 7 3 13 Kiefer 29 2-4 1-2 02 0 2 6 Willard 15 4-5 46 2-3 1 5 12 Shelman 17 15 1-2 03 0 3 3 Sikorski 13 0-0 0-0 0- 0 2 0 DiGiacinto 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Poglits 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 01 0 Ross 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 01 0 Totals 200 17-43 16-27 10-39 1226 52 FG%: .395. FTV:.593 Three-point goals: 211, .182 (Kiefer 1-3, Franklin 1-5. Shelman 0-2, Murray 0-1). Blocks: 3 (Shelman 2, Johns). Turnovers: 22 (Johns 6, Brzezinski 4, Murray 2, Franklin 2, Kiefer 2, Willard 2, Shelman 2, DiGiacinto). Steals: 6 (Kiefer 2. Murray, Franklin, Willard, Shelman). Techncal Fouls: none. IOWA (74) FO F REB MIN M-A M-A O-T A F PTS Gooden 34 9-15 1-1 1-4 2 1 25 Perry 26 3-4 2-3 2-7 2 1 8 Smith 21 7-14 1-3 4-6 1 2 15 Domond 21 2-7 0-0 3-4 5 1 5 Clayton 16 03 0-1 00 3 1 0 Frese 24 04 3-5 24 2 2 3 Willis 24 4-5 0-3 1-5 0 3 8 Hamblin 12 2-10 2-6 4-5 4 3 6 Koeing 13 1-5 0-0 11 2 3 2 Noll 9 12 0-2 1-2 1 3 2 Totals 200 29-69 9-24 2142 2220 74 FG%: .420. FT%: .375 Three-pont goals: 7-17, .412 (Gooden 6-9, Domond 1-4, Hamblin 0-2, Smith 0-1, Frese 0-1). Blocks: 4 (Perry, Smith, Willis, Noll) Turnovers: 10 (Frese 3, Gooden 2, Smith 2, Clayton, Willis, Noll). steas:7 (Clayton 2, Hamblin 2, Gooden, Perry,.Frese). Technical Fouls: none. Michigan-------.....27 25 - 53 Iowa......................40 34 -74 At: carver-Hawkeye Arena: A: 7,592 WISCONSIN (88) GFa fT RE MIN W-A UW A 0 A F PS Anderson 33 5-12 4-4 0-4 7 2 14 Klapperich 14 4-7 0-0 25 0 5 8 Voigt 37 9-17 1-2 0-3 4 3 25 Cattanach 25 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 2 6 Franke 31 0-0 4-4 3-11 1 2 22 Wiersma 19 2-2 13 11 0 5 5 Hartwig 18 11 24 1-7 1 1 4 Rhodes 10 01 00 1-3 0 1 0 Winkler 6 0-0 2-2 00 0 2 2 Dillon 5 00 0-0 0-0 10 5 Burkholder 1 00 0-0 00 0 0 2 R emer 1 0-0 0-0 0-000 0 Totals 200 33 -714.19361623 88 FG%: .579. FT% .736. Three-point goals: 817, .471 (Voigt 6-12, Cattanach 2-3, Anderson 01, Klapperich 0-1) Blocks: 4 (Hartwig 2, Voigt, Wiersma). Turnovers: 21 (Franke 8, Voigt 7, Anderson 4, Cattanach, Wink ler). Steals: 3 (Franke 2, Anderson, Vgt). Technical Fouls: none. school record-tying six 3-pointers. In the paint, senior center Barb Franke sparked Wisconsin with 22 points. The Badgers stifled the Wolverines' inside game, holding sophomore center Pollyanna Johns to nine points and 10 rebounds. There was some debate as to which team was responsible for shutting down the league's top rebounder. "I thought our guards did a great job ofcollapsingin on (Johns)," Wisconsin coach Jane Albright-Dieterle said. Johns had a different take on the subject. "I started making really stupid fouls and started changing my shots," Johns said. "I think I (shut down) myself." The game marked the end of senior Jennifer Brzezinski's regular season college career. Despite a difficult first half (3-10 shooting and 1-6 from the free-throw line), Brzezinski finished strongly to lead the team with 19 points. "I think it was putting too much pres- sure on myself, being it was my last game," Brzezinski said. "In the second half I just tried to calm down and con- centrate on my game. Things turned around and I started to put the ball in the hole." Sophomore guard Akisha Franklin, Michigan's only other double-digit scorer, netted 18 points. Friday night, Iowa sophomore for- ward Tiffany Gooden helped the Hawkeyes capture their third Big Ten title in five years, at the expense of the visiting Wolverines in front of 7,592 spectators. Gooden shot 6-of-9 (.666) from 3- point land and dominated the Wolver- ines with 25 points. The Hawkeyes shut down Michigan's inside game, holding sophomore center Pollyanna Johns to four points, her sea- son low. Michigan failed to make up for its lack of points in the paint with its pe- rimeter game. The Wolverines shot a dismal 2-11 (.182) from 3-point land. Once again, sloppiness hurt the Wol- verines as they turned the ball over 222 times, compared to Iowa's 10 turnovers. Sophomore guard Akisha Franklin played all 40 minutes, and led Michi- gan with 13 points and seven assists. Sophomore forward Tiffany Willard went 4-for-5 from the field, to contrib- ute 12 points for the Wolverines. The Hawkeyes led 40-27 at the half; and kept the Wolverines at bay for the remainder of the game. Brzezinski's final weekend was an emotional one for her and the team. "I love every one of(my teammates) and I'd do anything for them," Brzezinski said. "It'sjust been an honor to play with this bunch of women." Roberts highlighted Brzezinski's importance to the program. "I think Breeze has been the founda- tion the last four years," Roberts said; "Her leadership has been the key thing she's given this team." Following the postgame press con- ference, Brzezinski and Johns, shared an emotional embrace. "I'm really gonnamiss Breeze,"Johns said. "When no one else would talk to me, Breeze would always come to my room and talk to me. She went througb the same thing I did with my knee injury. She taught me how to overcome certain things." Now the Wolverines prepare fornexi weekend's Big Ten Tournament in In- dianapolis. The winner earns an auto matic bid to the NCAA tournament. Seedings and times for the tourna- ment will be announced today. Big Ten Standings* Big Ten Won Lost Overall Won Lost Michigan's Akisha Franklin chases a loose ball in yesterday's 88-63 loss to Wisconsin in Crisler Arena. Mg ds could learn athngMor two from Wisconsin's Anderson Team Iowa Penn State Wisconsin Purdue Michigan St. Ohio State Northwestern Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota 15 13 12 11 8 8 7 1 3 4 5 7 8 24 22 20 18 2 6 6 9 18 11 19 12 9 14 By James Goldstein Daily Slorts Writer " Its hope the Michigan women's baskeball team will keep yesterday's game in their heads up until this week's Big Tc Championships in Indianapolis. Ani-cf c,4.oiof - cf c-rfc n ib ni r London $199* -I