12 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 11, 1998 Purdue outlasts Indiana WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) - No team has had as much success against Indiana in recent years as Purdue. Now, no coach has ever had as many victories against Bob Knight as Gene Keady. Chad Austin and Brad Miller each scored 23 points last night as the eighth- ranked Boilermakers overcame a 10- point deficit in the first half and held off a late rally to beat Indiana, 94-89. "We wanted to outhustle them because we felt they outhustled us down at their place, and I think we accom- plished that," Keady said, referring to the Boilermakers' six-point loss in Bloomington last month. This time, despite poor shooting and the absence of Jaraan Cornell, who left with a badly-sprained ankle after only three minutes, the Boilermakers kept the pressure on the Hoosiers throughout. "That's how Coach Keady has always been. We've got to fight through the calls, the injuries ... you never know what's going to happen on the court," Miller said. "Even though we only lost by six, they pretty much whipped us down there. We just put a poor effort down there and wanted to really come out and be strong," Miller said. "We didn't shoot the ball well, but we made up for it with pressing, causing turnovers, free throws and we rebounded extremely well." It was Purdue's fifth victory in the past six games against the Hoosiers, and a record 18th victory for Keady against Knight. Former Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote beat Knight's Hoosiers 17 times. The Boilermakers (9-2 Big Ten, 21-4 overall) took advantage of 16 first-half Indiana turnovers to take a four-point lead at halftime and pulled away to a 13- point lead midway through the second half. "We came in at the half with 16 turnovers, and we actually played fairly well with the exception of that," Knight said. "That was really a big difference. The way our offense has been produc- ing when we don't turn the ball over, that was a really big factor." Indiana (7-4, 16-7) rallied behind Andrae Patterson, who got 21 of his sea- son-high 27 points in the second half, and the Hoosiers tied the game 74-74 on a basket by A.J. Guyton. Next two weekends vital to Michigan hockey team 1rg HOCKEY Continued from Page 11 in the conference. In the next two weeks, the Wolverines will have three opportunities to improve their record against the Spartans and the RedHawks. On Friday, the Wolverines take on Miami at Yost lce Arena before facing the Spartans twice the following weekend. s r"ttAnd if the results are going to be different, Michigan needs contributions from more than just a few players. For much of the season, Muckalt, Hayes and Turco have carried the Wolverines. In the past few games, however, the Wolverines have been getting contributions from throughout their lineup. Each member of a surprisingly deep team has made an impact. While depth might have been a problem ear- lier in the year, the Wolverines have done a good job lately of turning their bench into a strength. JOHNKRAFT/Daly stegth.r Michigan forward and co-captain Matt Herr has been improving his game since an early-season groin Matt Herr is finally beginning to regain his injury. Herr and his teammates face four tough games in the next two weeks - games that will deter- form after missing much of the early part of mine how they finish in the CCHA. the season with a groin injury. uad jumps to forefront inNagano Since then, the Wolverines' second line: of Ilerr, Mark Kosick and Dale Rominski has scored six goals in the past three games, and it is beginning to play like a legitimate scoring line. At the same time, the freshman line o Geoff Koch, Scott Matzka and Josh Langfel has been keeping opponents on their heels and creating scoring chances. And, of course, Hayes and Muckalt contin- ue to be dominant players. In this past weekend's game against Lake Superior, all four of Michigan's lines were clicking, and the Wolverines' depth wore down the Lakers. The result was four third-period goals from the second and third lines and a 4-1 victory over Lake Superior. If the Wolverines are going to take the next step and beat either the RedHawks or the Spartans, they'll need the whole team to con- tribute the way it did against Lake Superior at Joe Louis Arena. If they do that, there's no reason the Wolverines can't defend their CCHA titles and make some noise in the NCAA tourta- ment. NAGANO, Japan (A P)-- Ilya Kulik has one. Elvis Stojko almost had two. Even the 17-year- old Russian upstart, Alexei Yagudin, has it. And Todd Eldredge? That depends. In men's skating, the quad is the latest rage. That's quad as in quadruple jump. As in, launch yourself into the air, turn around four times and land on a blade that's no thicker than a spaghet- ti strand. It just might be the make-or-break move of the Nagano Games for the men, who start com- petition tomorrow with the short program. Land it, then don't screw up anything else, and a medal is yours. Fall, and you can plan on going home empty-handed. Don't even bother trying it, and, well ... no one's quite sure about that yet. "It all depends on what the other guys are doing," said Stojko, a three-time world champi- on. "If everybody misses the quad, does it real- ly matter?" Despite all the fuss, the quad isn't anything new. Four-time world champion Kurt Browning landed the first - a quadruple toe loop -in 1988, and at least a dozen skaters have officially done it in competition since then. No American has ever landed it, though Michael Weiss came close at the past two national championships. The quad's been around for so long that some skaters are now doing it in combination, tacking on a double or triple jump after their landing. Stojko even toyed with the idea of doing two quads during his free skate, but not in combina- tion. But until a few years ago, the quad was still a pretty rare thing. Getting the lift and power necessary to turn four times in the air isn't easy, and only one or two of the top skaters could land it on a regular basis. Those who couldn't didn't even bother trying. Now everyone who's anyone is doing it. If they don't, they'd better have a good reason. "It's very important," said Kulik, the silver medalist at the 1996 world championships. "All the guys are quite tough, so I think it's neces- sary. "The top five or six skaters are nearly the same," agreed Alexei Mischin, Yagudin's coach. "Who needs the quad'? Not the skater. The judges need the quad to compare one to the other." But not everyone agrees. "You have to have the whole package," said Eldredge, who's tried the quad just once in com- petition. He landed on one foot at the U.S. champi- onships last month, but couldn't hold onto it and toppled over. "If you do all the triples and a quad, and don't have the artistry, the program is lacking some- where," he said. "It's more a question of ) 7Nagano 1998 :: medal count Nation Germany Russia Finland Norway U. S. G S B Total 1 2 3 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 6 5 4 4 1 whether another triple axel is more important than doing the quad. If you do two triple axels and eight triples and all the spins and you have all that, I still think the quad is more of a bonus factor." Of the top six men, four will go for that bonus factor. Stojko decided against trying a quadru- ple salchow, but he'll have a quad-triple combi- nation. Yagudin, the European champ, will, too. Kulik will do the quad on its own, but his jump is so huge he looks like he could throw in anoth- er turn. Weiss will try a quadruple lutz, a jump no one's ever landed and no one else even tries. AP PHO Elvis Stojko demonstrates the latest rage in figure skating, the quadruple jump. I