12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 1997
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Pranay Reddy
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4 >g two games in a row for the first
ttr~i htsseason has made Michigan's Ann
lmire sick - literally.
!'I walked into the lockerroom after the
Iichigan State game, and she was puking
her guts out," Michigan women's basketball
coach Sue Guevara said.
But, it wasn't exactly the 76-67 loss to
the Spartans last Sunday that caused
Lemire's violent
reaction - the junior This
guard has the flu. W~ kend
Despite her ail-
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hopes Lemire will be (3-4 Big Ten, 11~
in the lineup for t overa# vs.
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'(Lemire's) been to the doctor and she's
gt some antibiotics now - the flu has hit
1e,". Guevara said.
".Nevertheless, Guevara adds, "She's the
14nd of kid that doesn't keep out of any-
taing"
And- that is music to Michigan's ears,
spnsidering Lemire has led the squad in
storing for the past three games. Her com-
ing-out party was two weeks ago against
Illinois when she scored a career-high 26
points in the 93-87 victory.
c try to get back in Big
rainst Wisconsin, Iowa
The guard has had to pick up the slack for
the Wolverines while leading scorer
Pollyanna Johns has battled the flu herself.
If Michigan hopes to end this season-
high two-game losing streak, it's going to
have to pick up its consistency. In their two
losses to Indiana and Michigan State, the
Wolverines played 40 minutes of solid bas-
ketball - combined.
Michigan played a solid first half against
the Hoosiers, before losing its composure
in the second stanza.
The Wolverines didn't figure out the
Spartans until late in the second half
Sunday, but by then, it was too little too
late.
Guevara was worried that this two-game
dip would still be hanging over her squad
this week in practice.
"I was kind of worried about how the
spirits were going to be after losing two in
a row for the first time this season," she
said. "I've been pleased with (practice)."
This all goes back to the resilience these
confident Wolverines have shown the entire
season.
"These kids are thinking, it doesn't mat-
ter who we're playing - we've got just a
good of chance as anybody," Guevara said.
Even with this fire, both Johns and
Lemire will have to be at their best Sunday
if Michigan plans to score at all. The
Hawkeyes (3-3 Big Ten, 8-7 overall) pose
the biggest defensive challenge the
Wolverines have seen all seen.
Iowa leads the Big Ten in both scoring
defense, allowing 59.8 points a contest, and
field-goal percentage defense, holding
opponents to a 37 percent clip.
This doesn't bode well for a Michigan
team that has the seventh-best scoring
offense in the Big Ten - putting up a pal-
try 71 points per game.
Nevertheless, the Hawkeyes are having a
down year in the eyes of many, including
Guevara.
"Iowa is not the same team they were last
year," Guevara said. "They've lost some
games at home this season."
Last year's Sweet 16 squad is a far cry
from the 1996-97 version of the Hawkeyes.
Iowa lost a total of four games last season,
dropping all of them on the road.
However, this year's team has already lost
two games, most recently a nail-biting 61-
60 loss to Penn State.
Tonight is not going to be much easier for
the Wolverines, when they face third-place
Wisconsin (5-2 Big Ten, 12-3 overall). The
Badgers have one of the best one-two
punches in the conference, with Keisha
Anderson and Ann Klapperich.
"Wisconsin has one of the better point
guards in the Big Ten in Keisha Anderson,"
Guevara said. "She is the total package.
She's quick, she's a menace on defense, she
can shoot the three, and she can penetrate
- she's a real leader for them."
Anderson is third in conference scoring,
putting up 19.57 points per game, and sixth
in assists, dishing out 4.43 per game.
,And don't forget about Klapperich, who
is no slouch herself. The 6-foot-1 forward is
quite the scorer as well, adding 18.29 points
per game - good enough for eighth in the
conference.
With a little over a month remaining dur-
ing the regular season, the Wolverines will
have to string together a few victories if
they hope to receive a high ranking in the
Big Ten tournament.
A sweep of the weekend might be what
Michigan needs to thrust itself into serious
contention to finish in the upper division.
JONATHAN SUMMER/Daily
The Wolverines hope guard Ann Lemire can overcome the flu and provide some much needed points
against Wisconsin tonight and at Iowa on Sunday. The sophomore has become a major scorer this sea-
,I-- -
No. 8 Golden Gophers hold off
Hawkeyes behind Jacobson's 29.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Sam
Jacobson scored a career-high 29
points and No. 8 Minnesota used
another outstanding defensive effort
to beat Iowa, 66-51.
The Golden Gophers held Iowa
without a basket over a 10:38 stretch
of the first half, then blew the game
open by holding the Hawkeyes to
just one hoop in a 6:05 span of the
second half.
Jacobson, whose previous career
high was 26 points, was 5-for-6 from
3-point range and gave Minnesota
(6-1 Big Ten, 17-2 overall) the lead
for good with an exhilarating dunk
midway through the first half.
Guards Eric Harris and Bobby
Jackson teamed to hold Iowa's
Andre Woolridge, the Big Ten's
leading scorer at 22 points a game,
to 12 points on 3-for-14 shooting.
Daryl Moore added 11 points for
the Hawkeyes (5-2, 14-5), and Guy
Rucker had 10.
WAKE FOREST 65, CLEMSON 62
Fourth-ranked Wake Forest
stopped Clemson's 12-game win-
ning streak, beating the No. 2 Tigers
65-62 last night behind 16 points, 15
rebounds and five blocks from Tim
Duncan.
The Demon Deacons (5-1 Atlantic
Coast Conference, 14-1 overall),
coming off a loss to No. 7 Maryland
at home last week, withstood a sec-
ond-half surge by Clemson, which
closed a 12-point deficit to 63-62
with 15.1 second left.
The Tigers (5-1, 16-2) lost their
chance to go ahead when Andrius
Jurkunas was called for charging.
After Duncan made a free throw,
Jurkunas missed a 30-footer at the
buzzer.
Greg Buckner had 14 of his 19
points in the second half for.
Clemson.
Tony Rutland finished with 15
points for Wake, including a 3-
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pointer with 1:02 left that gave the.
Deacons a 62-57 lead. It was also
Rutland who stepped in front
Jurkunas to draw the foul.
XAVIER 62, GEORGE WASHINGTON
61
In a battle for first place, the highl
est-scoring team in the country
relied on some clutch defense. .
T.J. Johnson, the only starlbf
whose scoring average isn't in dou-
ble figures, made a steal, drew a
charge and batted away a pass in the
final 90 seconds as No. 16 Xavier.
defeated George Washington, 62-61,
last night to remain atop the WestS-
Division of the Atlantic 10.
The Musketeers (4-1 Atlantic Ten,
13-2 overall) came in averaging 88.4
points per game, but won their sec-1
ond straight with a scoring output
below 70. Xavier beat Temple, 68-
64, in overtime on Sunday.
George Washington (3-3, 8-7),t
which began the season in the top
25, has lost six of nine and missed a
chance to win consecutive games
for the first time since early
December.
GuardsLenny Brown and Gary
Lumpkin led Xavier with 12 points.
apiece and Johnson finished with
10.
Alexander Koul scored 20 to lead
GW, but was exhausted over the
final minutes despite sitting out
most of the first half with foul trou-
ble. Yegor Mescheriakov and
Shawnta Rogers had 13 each.
With George Washington leading
61-60 with less than two minutes
left, the Colonials milked the shot,
clock as they had virtually the entirec
game.
But with the 35-second clock run-
ning out, Johnson picked off
Mescheriakov's attempt to feed Koul
underneath. James Posey put in an
offensive rebound on a fast break-at
the other end with 1:24 left for the
final basket of the game.
George Washington had three
chances to win, but Rogers charged*
into Johnson with 55.4 seconds to
play, Braggs blocked J.J. Brades
inside shot with 1 .5 seconds let,
and Johnson tapped away an
inbounds pass to Koul as time
expired.
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