12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 1997 Michigan t Ten race a Pranay Reddy y.Slorts Writer 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- rhents, Guevara Who. Michigan hopes Lemire will be (3-4 Big Ten, 11~ in the lineup for t overa# vs. Miichigan's upcom- No. Wisconsin igig games this week- (-2, 12-3), at end. The Wolverines l° a ( -, &-) When. Tonight, ( -4 Big Ten, 11-5 7:30p.m. overall) will face No. Sunday, 2 p.m. 1> Wisconsin tonight WrTonight, 4 Crisler Arena at Crisler Arena, 730. Sunday, Carver- Michigan will then Hawkeye Arena, tgavel to Iowa City to Iowa City Qce Iowa in Carver- I&awkeye Arena. '(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- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY LEARN ALL ABOUT THE CIA! The Central Intelligence Agency will be hosting an in- formation session at 7:00 p.m. on 27 January in the Wolverine ABC room in the Michigan Union Building. Come and bring a friend. CIA encourages applica- tions from men and women of every racial and ethnic background, from all parts of the nation - we repre- sent America and we want to be representative of America. The CIA is an equal opportunity employer. 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. Rai u0 CHALLENGES FOR A CHANGING WORLD l: : ot es ae eor X ~Iurv s s.::::I.