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6 - The Michigan Daily - Football Saturday - November 7, 1998
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Penn State
Record: 6-1 overall (3-1 Big Ten)
Coach: Joe Paterno, 33rd season
Last meeting: Michigan 34,
Penn State 8; Nov. 8, 1997
Overall series: Penn State leads (3-2).
Key players
QB Kevin Thompson, Jr.
WR Chafie Fields, Jr.
MICHIGAN LEADERS
The two-dee
Vigner-t hauls down
16, as 'M' sends
Aussies down under
By Josh Kleinbaum
Daily Sports Editor
If there were any doubts about what the Michigan men's basketball team's
game plan is going to be this season, the Wolverines made it abundantly clear
in the first five minutes of Wednesday's 80-48 exhibition victory over the
North Melbourne Giants.
The game plan? Three-pointers.
Five of Michigan's first six baskets were from long range, and all six were
either by Louis Bullock or Robbie Reid.
By the time Brandon Smith took a Bullock pass and laid it in -just less
than five minutes into the game - for the first points scored by someone
other than a member of Michigan's guard tandem, the Wolverines had a 20-4
lead.
The Giants inexplicably left Michigan's two sharpshooters wide open from
beyond the arc so often that Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe said that it was "a
distraction. When you're a shooter, you want to have something coming at
you."
For his fourth or fifth long-range shot," Reid said. "He got a look in the
corner that was so wide open that "I was like, 'Wow, this is nice."'
Bullock tied his career high with 27 points thanks to 8-for-10 shooting
from long range, and Reid added 16 while shooting 4-for-9 from beyond the
arc.
But what pleased Ellerbe the most was not the play of his guards, but of
his frontcourt, where there are more question marks than anything else.
Junior Peter Vignier, starting for the first time in his Michigan career,
grabbed 16 rebounds and scored seven points.
"It was my job," Vignier said of rebounding. "It's what I was supposed to
do, so I went out and did it."
Forward Josh Asselin recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13
boards, while adding five blocks.
The Wolverines had a considerable size advantage over the Australian-
based Giants, with both Vignier and Asselin towering over their Aussie coun-
terparts. The Wolverines out-rebounded the Giants, 54-38.
Freshman guard/forward Leon Jones struggled from floor, hitting only one
of his nine shots, but was excellent defensively.
"He made some plays that you don't see sophomores make," Ellerbe said.
Despite the lopsided victory, Ellerbe saw a lot of room for improvement.
The offense has to execute better, cutting back on turnovers, and the defense
has to tighten up some holes.
One of the Wolverines' biggest problems may have been lack of concen-
tration. After holding the Giants to just 18 first-half points, Michigan added
30 in the second stanza.
"Once we took control of the game, mentally we got a little lackadaisical,"
Ellerbe said. "We spent a little too much time focusing on the clock (instead
of) focusing on the game."
The Wolverines did an excellent job containing Melbourne point guard
Antoine Howard. Howard, who scored 18 points against both Indiana and
Purdue earlier this week, managed just five last night. In fact, no Giant
scored in double figures - their leading scorer, forward Luke Egan, had just
nine.
PASSING
Player
Brady
Henson
Cross
G-A
12&203
15-35
0-1
Yds
1484
200
0
RUSHING
Player Att
Thomas 104
C.Wilams 51
Fargas 63
Cross 20
Shea 13
Jackson 12
Henson 4
Knight 2
Dreisbach 1
vinson 1
Brady 36
RECEIVING
Player No.
Streets 38a
Knight 28
Tuman 20
Terrell 10
Thomas 9
C.Williams 8
Bryant 6
Jackson 6
Campbell 5
Shea 5
Johnson 3
Walker 3
Fargas 1
Feely 1
PUNTING
PlayerN
Vinson
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No.
Fargas 14
Thomas 5
C. Williams 5
Schanski 2
Brooks I
Campbell 1
PUNT RETURNS
Player No.
Whitley 16
Knight 8
Streets 2
Terrell 2
Patmon 1
Yds
428
271
263
130
65
45
26
4
0
-25
-82
Yds
609
385
185
109
36
56
67
60
45
18
82
25
5
2
Avg
4.1
5.3
3.7
6.5
5.0
3.8
8.3
2.0
0
-25.0
-2.3
Avg
16.0
13.8
9.3
10.9
4.0
7.0
11.2
10.0
9.0
3.6
27.3
8.3
5.0
2.0
TD
8
3
0
L9
69
58
27
66
13
9
17
3
0
0
17
Lg
76
51
22
32
20
21
16
17
13
11
28
18
5
2
Int
6
1
1
TD
5
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
TD
7
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Split End
7 Corey Jones
13 Sam Crenshaw
Short Tackle
68 Floyd Wedderburn
78 John Brick
Short Gaurd
67 Karen McKenzie
50 Gabe Tincher
Center
51 Eric Cole
62 Francis Spano
Long Guard
60 Ryan Fagan
55 Greg Ransom
Long Tackle
78 John Blick
74 Jordan Caruso
Tight End
82 Cuncho Brown
89 Tony Stewart
Quarterback
16 Kevin Thompson
12 Rashard Casey
Tailback
32 Cordell Mitchell
8 Eric McCoo
Fullback
36 Mike Cerimele
25 Aaron Harris
Flanker
2 Chafic Fields
1 Bruce Branch
Kicker
14 Travis Forney
29 Ryan Primanti
El
Uj
I-
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m
Defensive End
90 Juaquin Fea
99 Jake Frysing
Defensive Tack
94 Eric Wilson
91 Josh Willian
Nose Tackle
58 Rob Renes
60 Nate Miller
Outside Linebac
56 James Hall
59 Grady Brool
Outside Uneba
40 Eric Rosel
43 Clint Copen
Cornerback
30 Andre Weat
3 Todd Howard
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No. Yds Avg Lg
40 1612 40.3 55
Wu
z
w
w
w
Q
w
H.
2
2
w
a
Left End
86 Courtney Brown
94 Marc Kielmeyer
Left Tackle
95 David Fleischhauer
88 Jason Wallace
Nose Tackle
96 Bob Jones
57 Imani Bell
Right End
5 Brad Scioli
37 Justin Kurpeikis
Outside Linebacker
11 LaVar Arrington
40 Aaron Gatten
Inside Linebacker
43 Brandon Short
52 Maurice Daniels
Outside Linebacker
31 Mac Morrison
58 Eric Sturdifen
Left Cornerback
27 David Macklin
28 Joe Dawkins
Right Cornerback
19 Anthony King
10 Bhawoh Juc
Free Safety
24 Shawn Lee
6 James Boyd
Hero
4 Derek Fox
18 Askari Adams,
Punter
41 Pat Pidgeon
33 Greg Kennis
W
W
w
U
Wide Receiver
86 Tai Streets
9 DiAllo Johnso
Left Tackle
79 Jeff Backus
72 Ben Mast
Left Guard
f 76 Steve Hutch~
74 Jason Brook
Center
64 Steve Frazie
67 David Brand
Right Guard
75 Adam Adkin
54 Maurice Wil
Right Tackle
77 Jon Jansen
54 Maurice Wil
WAHEN4ZINN/Uaily
The collision of Michigan guard Louis Bullock (left) and center Peter Vignier might have been one of the only rough spots of
Michigan's 80-48 exhibition victory over the North Melbourne Giants Wednesday night at Crisler Arena.
State keeps State Pride, breaks spikers' hearts
DEFENSE
Player Sacks
Sword 2
Hendricks 2
Jones 3
Hall 4
Whitley 1
Renes 0
Gold 0
Jordan 0
Weathers 0
J. Williams 1
Patmon 0
Feazell 0
Frysinger 2
G. Brooks 0
Brackins 0
Miller 2
Ray 0
Howard 0
Wilson 0
Foote 1
Schanski 0
Peterson 0
Kratus 0
Copenhaver 0
McCall 1
Jackson 0
Shea 0
Singletary 0
Young 0
Fargas 0
Campbell 0
Epstein 0
Streets 0
Sechler 0
Smokevitch 0
K. Jackson 0
Bryant 0
Jansen 0
Terrell 0
Yds
276
135
116
27
0
16
Yds
142
43
5
15
3
Solo
60
36
29
26
25
22
26
28
25
18
20
7
14
14
12
10
9
9
7
8
7
5
5
3
1
4
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
Avg
19.7
27.0
23.2
13.5
0.0
16.0
Avg
8.9
5.4
2.5
7.5
3.0
Asst
18
17
14
14
12
12
8
4
5
8
6
9
7
6
5
7
5
4
6
2
2
3
0
1
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Lg TD
28 0
45 0
32 0
15 0
0 0
16 0
Lg TD
25 0
10 0
5 0
13 0
0 0
Total
78
53
43
40
37
34
34
32
30
26
26
16
21
20
17
17
14
13
13
10
9
8
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Staff Picks
- all picks made against the
spread.
*Last week's guest selector was .
a quarter.
Game (HOME TEAM IN CAPS)
Penn State (-3) vs. MICHIGAN
OHIO STATE (-27.5) vs. Michigan State
UCLA (-16.5) vs. OREGON STATE
TENNESSEE (-42) vs. Ala,.Birmingham
Kansas State (-28.5) vs. BAYLOR
FLORIDA STATE (-17) vs. Virginia
Nebraska (-26) vs. IOWA STATE
OREGON (-6) vs. Washington
Syracuse (-2.5) vs. WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN (-19) vs. Minnesota
SHARAT
RAJU
JIM
ROSE
MARK
SNYDER
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By Jon Zemke
Daily Sports Writer
EAST LANSING - "I was just
really happy to get that game over
with," said a relieved Michigan State
setter Christie Landry.
Landry, who said after the last
intrastate match that the Spartans "had
to kick (Michigan) while they're
down " didn't do much kicking as the
Michigan volleyball team almost
pulled off a stunning come-from-
behind, five-game upset of No. 16
Michigan State on Wednesday.
Michigan got off to a slow start, los-
ing game one, 15-8. The beginning of
the match was close as the two teams
traded side outs, but the Spartans crept
to a 7-2 lead. Michigan came back to
take an 8-7 lead, but Michigan State
scored the rest of the points save one,
to win.
The second game was even worse
for the Wolverines. Michigan State
dominated to win, 15-3.
The third game was a complete
opposite of the first two, as Michigan
coach Greg Giovanazzi switched set-
ters inserting freshman Shannon
Melka. The lineup change worked as
the Wolverines took a 5-1 lead.
Michigan State came back to within
one, 8-7, until Michigan scored five
more points tom make the score 13-8.
Senior outside hitter Linsey Ebert
served the game point for the
Wolverines to win, 15-11. Michigan
held the Spartans to a .023 attack per-
centage while registering a .279 clip
U
of their own.
Game four was a mirror image of
game three as the Wolverines and
Spartans were tied at three, exchang-
ing side outs until Michigan scored
the game's next six points.
Michigan State came back and
served three straight points to go
ahead 6-9. Michigan served the next
five points to end the Spartans' come-
back, and held off a smaller Michigan
State rally to win, 15-8, tying the
match at two games apiece.
Senior Karen Chase was on fire in
the two victories; she fired six of her
18 kills to become Michigan's all-time
kills leader with 1,126.
The fifth game saw the two teams
trading points, and neither could pull
ahead. Michigan State rallied to take a
9-5 lead. The Wolverines crawled back
to within two, 11-9. But it was too lit-
tle, too late, as Michigan State scored
the final four points of the game to
avoid the upset, 15-9 and close out the
match with a 15-9 win.
Michigan
Michigan State
UCLA
Ala.-Birmingham
Kansas State
Virginia
Nebraska
Oregon
Syracuse
Minnesota
Purdue
Indiana
Purdue
5-7 (0-1)
53-43-1 (5-3)
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Penn State
Ohio State
UCLA
Ala.-Birmingham
Baylor
Florida State
Iowa State
Oregon
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Syracuse
4-8 (1-0)
41-55-1 (3-5)
Michig
Michigan
Ala:-Brimi
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Florida
Iowa S
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Syrac
Wisco
Purd
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