ftib Akftga dtg .......... COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 2 UNC 74, N.C. STATE 60 NO. 7 KENTUCKY 70, Alabama 67 NO. 9 PURDUE 82, Ohio State 71 NO. 10 UCLA at USC, inc. Michigan State 78. NO.12 0WA57 NO. 14 MISS. 80, Louisiana St. 58 NOT RE DAME 83 No. 15 Syracuse 63 NO. 17 S. CARO. 81, Tennessee 51 No. 19 Arkansas 79 Auburn 65 PRO BASKETBALL Detroit 87. DENVER 67 N.Y. KN'CKS 97. Indana 89 L.A. Lakers 119, PHOENIX 109 CHICAGO 110, Charlotte 79 PRO HOCKEY Toronto 3, DETROIT 0 DALLAS 3, Colorado 2 MONTREAL 4, Boston 2 Washington 3, TAMPA BAY 2 Thursday January 22, 1998 IOA Charlotte 79 TAMPA BAY 2 January 22. 1998 b A 'M'looks to make up for J ohns injur By Andy Latack Daily Sports Witer For Michigan women's basketball coach Sue Guevara, it's a simple math equation. If you subtract 20 points and 10 rebounds from one part of your lineup, those same stats must re-appear somewhere else -otherwise, you're in trouble. Thus, with leading scorer and rebounder Pollyanna Johns out with torn cartilage in her knee and doubtful to play tomor- row against No. 17 -74 This Weekend Tomorrow: Michigan at No. 17 WisConsin, Kohl Center, 7 p.m. Sunday: Iowa at Michigan, Crisler Arena, 2 p~m. Wisconsin, Michigan (5-3 Big Ten, 13-5 overall) hopes the rest of its players can pick up the slack. The Wolverines had no problem doing so in last Sunday's victory over Michigan State, but the versa- tile Badgers could pose more of a threat. Despite struggling in the early portion of the con- ference season, Wisconsin (2- 5, 13-6) presents a balanced attack with three players Last chance for tennis singles By Mark Francescutti Daily Sports Writer Strangely, the word of the last three months for the Michigan men's tennis team has been "individual.".* This weekend, individual Wolverines have their -last chance at selfishness when they play for individual pride at the Big Ten Singles Championships in East Lansing., For several months now, the Wolverines have only com- peted in individual-based tournaments. While vital to a team's preparation, the tournaments have no bearing on Michigan's team record. The singles tournament is the last chance for ,the Wolverines to ready themselves for the dual-meet season that begins Feb. I at home against Virginia. "The tournament is strictly for our players to get soke extra matches," Michigan assistant coach Dan Goldberg said. "It also gives them a chance to improve their indi- vidual rankings." The tournament is separated into two brackets, the main one brings the top six players of each Big Ten te4m (last year's 10th- and I11th-place teams send five) to vie for the championship. The other bracket consists of two other members qf each team. This gives all eight Wolverines a chance..to compete, six of whom will have a crack at winning the Big Ten singles championship. Scheduled to compete in the open-draw, 64-pl tournament are seniors Brook Blain, Arvid Swan and Dave Paradzik, juniors Will Farah and Jake Raiton, and sophomores Brad McFarlane, John Long and Matt Wright. So far this season, the Wolverines have marched tQ a 90-39 singles record and every player has a winning per-, centage of more than .500. "This year we have tremendous depth," Goldberg said. "We are hoping for five players to be seeded in the top"' 16." Michigan has had success in past singles champ- onships, especially two years ago when three out of four semifinalists wore maize and blue, including Paradzik and Swan. But Michigan still has something to prove as far as team rankings. Michigan ranked a surprising fourth in RegionIV (which includes most of the Big Ten) by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, even though it per- formed statistically better than all the other teams at its regional championships. "It would have been nice to be No. 1, but we are ju going to go out and do our thing," Goldberg said. Nationally, Michigan jumped nine spots in the pol- from No. 51 to No. 42 - thanks to its big wins in the fall tournament season. among the conference's scoring leaders. When Johns went down against Michigan State, Michigan's gguards were able to shoulder the scoring and rebounding loads. In that game, Ann Lemire and Stacey Thomas com- :bined for 39 points and 15 rebounds. Against Wisconsin, Guevara will be looking more to for- wards Kenisha Walker and Tiffany Willard, as well as center Katie Dykhouse. "I'm not saying (to Walker, Willard and Dykhouse): 'You -lave to get 20 points and 10 rebounds by yourself,"' Guevara said. "We need to spread it around. If they each get eight or 10 points and six or seven rebounds, we'll be OK." -Despite their mediocre Big Ten record, the Badgers remain in the top 25 on the strength of their non-conference perfor- wances. In the last three weeks, they handed No. 18 Georgia a loss in Athens, and defeated No. 16 Western Kentucky at home. .They also notched a victory over No. 13 Stanford earlier in the season. Senior point guard Katie Voigt and freshman forward LaTonya Sims lead the Badgers with 17.7 and 12.7 points per ,game, respectively. "They're a pretty good team; I don't think their Big Ten Michigan State surprses Iowa IOWA CITY (AP) -- Reserve Morris Peterson scored a career-high 20 points and helped Michigan State sur- vive Mateen Cleaves' subpar shooting as the Spartans beat No. 10I owa 78-57 last night to move into a first- -Place tic in the Big Ten. Michigan State (5-1, 12-4) shut down an Iowa team that had been averaging 85 points and was second in the 1eague in field goal percentage. The 57 points were a sea- son-low for Iowa (4-2, 15-3), which managed only 14 points in the first 16 minutes of the second half. The 21-point margin was Michigan State's biggest ever in Iowa City. The Spartans' widest margin previously was 18 points in 1958 and 1964. Peterson, a sophomore averaging 6.6 points, topped his previous high of 19 points against Detroit and East Tennessee State last season. The left-hander, who wears a wrap to protect a broken bone in his right wrist, was 8- of-1 I from the field, including three 3-pointers. Jason Klein added 14 points for Michigan State and reserve Du'uan Wiley scored 10 on 5-for-5 shooting. 'Cleaves, averaging a team-leading 16.5 points, finished with 14.points after getting just four in the first half. He shot 4-of-12 but had 10 assists. Michigan State, now tied with Michigan for first place, was quicker and more athletic than the Hawkeyes and used that edge to get good shots, both inside and on the perimeter. At he other end, the Spartans frequently forced lowa into tough shots or bad passes. Iowa also had several close-in shots go in-and-out or hit the front of the rim. The Hawkeyes shot 36.2 percent, committed 18 turnovers and missed 10 of 22 free throws. LOUISBROWN/Daiiy Ann Lemire and the rest of the Wolverines will have a tough test tomorrow against Wisconsin at the brand new Kohl Center. Michigan must shoulder the scoring and rebounding burden usually assumed by Pollyanna Johns, who is not expected to play. record is indicative of their talent," Guevara said. "Sims is very athletic, and a candidate for Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and Voigt is strong from the outside." Wisconsin will be playing in the newly-completed Kohl Center for just the second time ever. A Big Ten-record 16,296 showed up to witness the Badgers' 66-63 loss to Iowa on Tuesday. "Wisconsin always has a nice crowd, and I think it'll be a good experience for our players." Guevara said. "There's nothing like a big crowd booing you." There will be few boos directed at the Wolverines on Sunday when they return home to face Iowa (5-1, 8-7). Just the opposite of the Badgers, the Hawkeyes struggled in their non-conference slate, but have torn through the Big Ten, los- ing only to No. 23 Purdue. Last year's Big Ten tournament champion, the Hawkeyes advanced to the s.cond round of the NC'AA tournament, los- ing to eventual quarterfinalist Connecticut. Iowa presents an imposing frontline, w ith 6-foot-4 towers 'I angela Smith and Amy Hering among the top 10 rebounders in the Big Ten. Although she remains focused on Wisconsin, Guevara con- cedes that she will respect Iowa's size, forcing the Hawkeyes to prove that they can win the game from the perimeter. Urbanchek puts on Blue again Jet-lagged swimmers finish World Championships, get set for Dallas Michigan State's Charlie Bell steals the ball from a Hawkeye as the Spartans upset No. 10 Iowa, 78-57, in Iowa City. The win gives the Spartans a share of the Big Ten lead with Michigan. Ricky Davis led Iowa with 14 points but was just 5-for- 14 from the field and committed seven turnovers. Guy Rucker added 13 points and Ryan Bowen scored 10. It was Iowa's second loss in three Big Ten home games. The Hawkeyes are 3-0 in the league on the road. Michigan State rallied from six points down midway through the first half and never trailed after an 11-2 run sent the Spartans into a 36-29 lead with 2:42 left in the half. Wiley had two baskets in that stretch and Peterson made a 3-pointer. Iowa closed to 38-34 at halftime and drew to 44-43 on Bowen's layup with 14:11 left. But Michigan State scored the next nine points, including a right-handed layup by Peterson, to go up 53-43 and pulled away from there. By Jacob R. Wheeler Daily Sx)rts Writer Men's swimming coach Jon Urbanchek is a Michigan man once more. After a week-long stint of wearing red, white and blue as head coach of the United States' team at the World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, Urbanchek is back in maize and blue - assuming Nike sent his team the right warm-ups. Though Urbanchek and a couple of his swimmers are still suffering from extreme jet lag, the Wolverines will have to push their biological clocks back a few hours when they face some of the nation's finest teams at the Dallas Morning News Classic. "It will be pretty tough on us this weekend," Urbanchek said. "But it's the middle of the season, so no one else is at their strongest, either." The annual meet features six of the top 10 teams from last year's NCAA Championships. Michigan will face No. 10 Southern Methodist, No. 5 Tennessee, No. 4 Texas, No. 3 Georgia and Auburn - last year's national champion. Luckily, the Longhorns and Volunteers also had swimmers in Australia. There may be plenty of naps taken between events this weekend. "It's exciting, because we're only sending eight swimmers and a diver," Urbanchek said. "We wait until the last minute before deciding who will enter which events" Sprinters Derya Buyukuncu and Ryan Papa, and middle-distance swimmers FILE PHOTO Mike McWha Is one of eight Michigan swimmers competing in Dallas this weekend: Tom Malchow, Mike McWha, Andy Potts, John Reich, Owen Von Richter and Scott Werner will accompany Urbanchek to Dallas. Michigan is trying to re-assert itself as one of the nation's top teams after plac- ing seventh at last year's NCAA champi- onship - its lowest finish since 1992. But until now, all eyes were on the games in Australia, which current and former Wolverines used as a stepping stone to the 2000 Olympics. Despite the recent mileage, Urbanchek's job wasn't all that difficult, especially since he's done it before. This was his second consecutive term as coach of the U.S. team. Urbanchek's swimmers won the World Champion- ships in Rome four years ago. "Working with the national team, you have the cream of the crop from the top schools in the country," Urbanchek said. Urbanchek was assisted by two other U.S. coaches from top-ranking collegiate programs - Arizona's Frank Bush and Texas' Ed Reese. The three coaches focused on the entire team winnin4 medals, even though plenty of their ow prodigies competed in Perth. Eight former or current Wolverines represented five different countries" including four from the United States. Three of those four - Malchow, Tonm Dolan and John Piersma -- swam in thd '96 Olympics in Atlanta. The swimmer with the least experi- ence, Tim Siciliano, was the last" Wolverine named to the team. Siciliano who made the team because of injuries- will swim for Michigan next fall. "We only had three or four rookies orb the team," Urbanchek said. "But where you're swimming against the best in the world, you come back to the Big Tei meets and you have a tremendous amount of confidence." The United States gained plenty of confidence in Australia, where it won nine gold medals, two silver and five bronze. Dolan picked up right where h left off in the 400-meter individual mec ley at the Atlanta games. The former Michigan standout won the gold again; after setting the world record four years ago in Rome. Marcel Wouda - another former WAlvrine - ntookthe go din the 20{ Fundraising Publicity &iew S e leadership development, bimo.if-fio-w