Scoreboard NATIONAL BA SKETBALL ASSOCIATION MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Miami 102, BOSTON 94 Temple 70, No. 4 CINCINNATI 55 ATLANTA 78, Orlando 67 Southern Cal 75, No. 6 Arizona 62 HOUSTON 89, Sacramento 80 No. 9 Utah 74, S. METHODIST 57 DENVER 88, Cleveland 87 TULSA 80, No. 12 New Mexico 57 UTAH 95. Phoenix 91 Tulane 87, No. 14 XAVIER 85 Home teams in CAPS 91 Friday January 17, 1997 10 'M' icers carry long memories into series By Andy Knudsen Daily Sports Writer The Michigan hockey team didn't lose much last season on its way to the national championship, but it did lose its season series with Western Michigan. And the Wolverines haven't forgotten. At the end of one practice this week, third-string goaltender Greg Daddario threw a puck into the stands and nailed the Western Michigan banner. This weekend, the Wolverines (11-1-1 CCHA,. 20-1-2 overall) will try to reclaim the series title with a home-and- home series against the Broncos (5-6-2, 9-10-2). The teams face off tonight at Lawson Arena and return to Yost Ice Arentlomorrow. Both contests will start at 7p.m. Tomorrow's game will be tele- vised4y PASS. "They're definitely a team we owe," Michigan defenseman Harold Schock said. "At the end of practice (Wednesday), coach asked us what hap- penedghe three times we played Western (last year)." Indeed, the memory of last season's series isn't too pleasing. The Broncos embarrassed Michigan, 7-2, at Yost Ice Arena on Oct. 20, 1995, and Michigan escaped from Lawson the following night with a 3-2 victory. But wh" --the Wolverines returned to Kalamazoo on Dec. 9, 1995, the Broucoa lassoed them, 5-0. Mihigan already leads this season's series, 1-0, after a tight 3-1 victory Dec. 4 at Yost. Tonight will mark Michigan's first road game since Dec. 7, when it traveled to Big,Rapids for a 7-3 victory over Ferris State. Michigan coach Red Berenson hopes the teath hasn't gotten too comfortable sittingat home for over a month. "It demands that we play well, or else we'll bein for a beating," Berenson said. T"Iweekend also marks Michigan's first home-and-home series of the year, \Ihich the players enjoy. "It helps to get rivalries going," Shock said. "You go to their place and their fans are all over you. And then we c)me back here, and we have our fans bhind us the next night." The Broncos are led by sophomore Mike Melas and senior Justin Cardwell. Cardwell leads the team in goals with 14 - 10 of which have come on the power play. Melas leads the team in points with eight goals and 19 assists for a total of27 points. But since Western Michigan doesn't share the offensive prowess of the Wolverines, Berenson expects the Broncos to focus more on defense. "We know they're going to play the kind of hockey where they're going to be in your face, and they're going to hold and hook; and clog up the middle' he said. "That's how they play against Michigan, and we're going to have to play through all of that." Goaltending was Western Michigan's biggest hole entering the. season, after the departure of freshman phenom Marc Magliarditi to the professional ranks. Sophomore Matt Barnes has been fill- ing in between the pipes for most of the year. He is averaging 3.35 goals against. But the most interesting thing about Barnes is his height - or lack thereof. Barnes is only 5-foot-4, three inches shorter than Michigan fan favorite Daddario. Height, however, isn't the most impor- tant characteristic of a goaltender. "There's a lot of heart in him," Michigan center Mike Legg said. "We have a lot of respect for him." Michigan heads into the weekend with a relatively healthy roster. The one exception is sophomore Justin Clark, who is suffering from mononucleosis. Seniors Brendan Morrison and Warren Luhning each missed some practice this week with minor injuries, but both are expected to play tonight. Morrison - the team captain and a Hobey Baker candidate - leads the Wolverines in points with 45 (14 goals, 31 assists). STANDING AROUND: The Michigan Athletic Department has made 100 standing-room tickets available for each of its final eight regular-season home games. The tickets will go on sale beginning at 5:45 p.m. Saturday before the Michigan hosts Western Michigan. Threes 0 Prduer parade By John Leroi Daily Sports Editor The 300-pound mass that is Robert Traylor dribbled the length of the floor for a dunk. That's just how bad Purdue's defens was in the second half, and it pretty mu explains how well Michigan played after the break. It just goes to show you that 30 min- utes of excellent basketball is plenty good enough for an 89-65 whipping of the Michigan 89 Purdue 65' three-time defending conference champs - and the game wasn't that close. After 10 rather uninspiring minutes, the Wolverines turned around everything that they possibly could. Michigan (3-2' Big Ten, 12-4 overall) was so good in the, second stanza, it shot 55 percent, pulled down 21 rebounds to the Boilermakers' 14, and held Purdue (2-2, 7-7) to just 38 percent shooting - its second low* output all season. And even more impressive was that - even when Michigan had 20-point leads - Wolverines were diving on the floor for loose balls and boxing out with a pas- sion unseen this season. As soon as it took the floor for the see-, ond half, Michigan looked like it wanted to kick the pulp out of Purdue. "The second half was what we were{ waiting for all year," Traylor sa' "Tonight was the first night that eve body had a good game at the same time. "That was the kind of stuff that people expected out of us all year." See PURDUE, Page 11 MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Michigan's Maurice Taylor fights Purdue's Brian Cardinal for the ball last night. The Wolverines blew out the Boilermakers, 89- 65. Michigan brigs hammer down on Boilermakers A ere in the world did they get that hammer? Indeed, the guys wielding that hammer - of the sledge variety, to be sure - couldn't have been more surprising culprits. In last night's 89-65 drubbing of Purdue, Jerod Ward and Travis Conlan teamed up to provide the unlikeliest of wreck- ing crews. At halftime, Louis Bullock and Maurice Taylor, Michigan's :. big guns, had all of four points between them. And all of them were Taylor's. WILL But somehow, the Wolverines McCAHILL had a five-point lead at the Whatcha talkin' break, and Ward and Conlan 'bout Willis? had led the charge. Ward had 11, more than halfway to his career high. Conlan had seven, also more than halfway to equaling his highest output in a Michigan uniform. And then they brought out the hammer. The Wolverines just simply erupted out of the blocks in the second half, in as sustained a period of excellent basketball as they have played all year. The kind of basketball the media had in mind when it made Michigan a preseason top-10 team. Just 2 1/2 minutes into the second half, Ward took a pass from Bullock at the top right of the are and calmly nailed a trey to make it a 45-35 Michigan lead. At that point, the Wolverines could have settled into a nice, slow game, keeping the Boilermakers at an arm's length. But visions of Purdue's last visit to Crisler were dancing in the Wolverines' heads, visions of a 21-point shellacking, memories of the Boilermakers questioning Michigan's heart, its desire, its strength. "All the guys remember what Purdue did to us a year ago," Ward said. "They walked out of here laughing in our faces, making all type of comments, and we didn't like that at all. It was unnecessary." The meting-out of justice continued after that. Conlan hit a 3-pointer with 15:03 remaining in the half, pushing the Michigan lead to 50-37 and making Purdue coach Gene Keady holler for a timeout. The Crisler Arena crowd was on its feet and in full throat. Thirty-seven seconds later, Louis Bullock got the ball at midcourt, drove into the paint, somehow got the ball through the forest of gangly Boilermakers' limbs and was fouled. The bucket counted. And although he was the trailer on the play, Conlan might as well have been a cheerleader escaped from the nuthouse. He raced down the floor, legs pumping, arms flap- ping, challenging the crowd to feel the excitement of the moment, to somehow get a dose of the adrenaline coursing through his veins. Bullock made the foul shot, and the Michigan lead was 57-38, a 19-5 run from the start of the second' half. By this time, Conlan and Ward had gotten the rest of the Wolverines all juiced up, and there was no looking back. Ward had gone to the bench just before BullockW three-point play, in need of a breather from the melee. He sat to a standing ovation, now just three points shy of his career high, less than six minutes into the second half. Soon enough, it was Conlan's turn to take a blow, and it was only fitting that Ward came in to spell him. With Michigan's lead at 66-42, Maceo Baston dumped the ball out of the post to Ward, again wait ing just beyond the arc. And again, Ward brought the hammer: 69-42, Wolverines. See McCAHILL, Page 11 WARREN ZINN/Daily Tho ichigan captain Brendan Morrison sat out a few practices this week, he is e ed to return to the ice this weekend against Western Michigan. P iY~,- + s h ,.V h r:,g.r... MUSIC TELEVIIOW MY ~is Cooito PanamaciyBch That' right. MV has once again chosen Panma Cty Beach as its Spring Break Headquarters PaThe Bordwalk Beach for 1997. Need a place to crashe Boad k Resort is the premier destination for Spring Break. Space is limited, and here's why: night includes s eGulf front accommodations FEE pat -ss to i. M. Tumblers to travel to Chicago MITCH'S PLAC R E S T 3 BA3 Hour All The Time mmwmm Monday DJ John Kin $1.50 eda2 & le6ell Boert/ 1.00der, Live Music Cigar Night- 6e i j By Eugene Bowen Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's gymnastics season will begin tomorrow as the tumblers travel to Chicago to compete in the Windy City Invitational. With every Big Ten school, and two addi- tional teams competing, tension and anticipation is at a boiling point. "It's the first counting meet of the season, so this is 'The Beginning,"' senior co-captain Flavio Martins said. "It's a good meet to find out how well we're doing in comparison to every- body else." Martins, who will compete all- around, vows to do everything in his power to avoid the costly mistakes he, made during December's Maize & Blue Intrasquad, which landed him scores, such as a fairly weak 8.9 on t; high bar and a paltry 6.6 on the rings. Senior transfer Timothy DeGraw, who is competing on the floor, vault and parallel bars, is looking forward to his first taste of inter-varsity competi- tion as a Wolverine. But he is not with out concerns. "This meet sort of sucks" he said. "With so many teams competing, it's going to take forever. Plus, with every- body there, there' won't be maO chances to warm up (on the equip- ment) between events. But we're still gonna kick ass and take names." Martins chose to be a little more; cautiously optimistic. "It's going to be interesting" he sad." I Wednesday Sx Stin g San I iue Music