6- The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 22, 1999
Blue eyeing
tourney shot
By/ faepff GagbIo.
Daly Sports Writer
After a pair of Big Ten contests to close the regular sea-
son, Michigan is still standing - and, Michigan coach
Sue Guevara said, still seeing.
"We have to face the 'I' teams," Guevara said a week
ago as her team readied for Iowa and Indiana. "And I
don't want any black eyes."
;Though with Friday's loss to Iowa and yesterday's win
over Indiana, Guevara will have to settle for one shiner,
which leaves her squad with one good eye as it sets its
sights on next week's Big Ten tournament.
i falling to Iowa, 78-75 before sliding past Indiana 94-
85.yesterday, Michigan wrapped up a 16-10 regular sea-
son while coming to rest in the Big Ten's sixth spot.
And that's a mark Guevara says she knows will have to
be bolstered by a strong showing in the Big Ten
Tournament should hopes of an NCAA berth remain
alive.
"I've said all along that 18 wins is the magic number,
and now that we aren't going to finish in the top five in
the Big ten, it becomes even more important for us to get
18 wins," Guevara said.
"And I think that's very possible."
Though her confidence in her squad has never been in
question, Guevara's optimism in her team's future rose
with yesterday's win.
The third-year coach said she saw in her team the type
of mentality that the Wolverines will need if they want to
contend in the conference tournament.
"The attitude was different tonight," Guevara said. "I
thought we were confident and we need to have that kind
of confidence and emotion going into the tournament this
weekend."
And perhaps nobody knows that better than the team's
lone senior, guard Ann Lemire, who was able to tally 10
points as she played in her last home game yesterday.
"You really get a chance to start with a clean slate at the
tournament, so we just have to take it one game at a time
knowing that we can beat anybody there," Lemire said.
"Looking at it that way, we hope to go in there and win
some games and maybe even take the tournament. "
And as Michigan eyes next week's tournament in
Indianapolis, it will be first-round opponent Minnesota,
standing in the Wolverines' way.
.In.Minnesota, Michigan will find a team anxious to
avenge a February 5 loss after the Gophers upended the
Michigan's Lemire leaves
Crisler Arena with victory
Wolverines' lone senior concludes home career on winning note
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LOUIS BROWN/Daily
Although Michigan's Stracey Thomas has been to the NCAA
Tournament before, she'd probably like to go back.
Wolverines a month earlier.
Yet despite the season split, Guevara is confident in her
team's chances against Minnesota and points to their last
meeting, an 88-65 Michigan win.
"The last time we played them we were able to get quite
a few turnovers," Guevara said.
"We had five players in double figures, we had some
nice penetration, we used our bench a lot in that game and
our perimeter shooter did a nice job for us."
As Guevara and her squad rely on the strides made this
weekend, they'll look to use the momentum gained in yes-
terday's win to catapult them into tournament contention
while simply hoping to keep their season alive.
"I told my players to forget about playing for the
NCAA tournament," Guevara said.
"Let's just play and take it one game at a time and we
By Stephanie Offen
Daily Sports Writer
This weekend meant just a little more for Ann Lemire.
The Michigan women's basketball team's last two games of
the regular season marked the final two at Crisler Arena for
the lone senior.
As the regular season came to a close this weekend,
Lemire's friends and family paid tribute to the team's depart-
ing member with their banners and cheers, while she and her
teammates celebrated with a season-ending victory over
Indiana, 94-85.
"We wanted to make sure she went out with a 'W'," coach
Sue Guevara said.
Lemire was honored prior to the game against the Hoosiers.
A highlight video was shown, along with an announcement of
her records. Those records included being ranked 16th in all-
time scoring for the Wolverines, and being third in career
three-point field goal percentage.
The senior played 23 minutes in her final home game, con-
tributing 10 points and three rebounds.
And it was fitting that the last points that the Wolverines
would score in their final game would be a contribution from
the only player who would not be back to Crisler next year.
With 30 seconds to go, Lemire's jump shot put the
Wolverines up by 10, and a free throw 10 seconds later would
bring the crowd to their feet to cheer on Lemire.
"I was happy for my teammates that we ended with a win at
our final game at Crisler," Lemire said. "I've really had great
fan support in my four years here."
But a loss earlier in the weekend against Iowa made for a
less-than-perfect weekend for Lemire.
She contributed 19 points and six rebounds off the bench in
the 78-75 loss on Friday.
Lemire made a key layup with a minute left in the game to
cut the Hawkeyes' lead to two and give the Wolverines a
restored hope of victory. But the intensity and desire to win
that was evident in that shot was not enough to give Lemire or
the rest of the team a perfect weekend.
"When you look at it though my standpoint I've been
through a lot and I'm playing with everything I have left,"
Lemire said after the loss to Iowa. "That's because I only have
a couple games left."
And now that the regular season is completed the eyes of
Lemire and the rest of the team have been turned to the Big
Ten tournament.
In order to keep hopes of either a NCAA Tournament or
WNIT bid alive, the team needs to have an impressive show-
ing in the conference tournament which will begin on Friday.
Lemire's role for the Big Ten tournament will be to use her
experience of being there before to guide the young Wolverine
squad.
"You need to say little things when you are on the court to
try to encourage the," Lemire said. "If we do something not
well, you try to keep their heads up because a lot of times play-
ers on our team will get in a rut and they'll just take them-
selves out of it, so I just try to keep their heads in the game."
Since there has been much inconsistency in Michigan's
recent matchups, the leadership of Lemire is needed now
more than ever.
The Wolverines, who will most likely receive a No. 6 seed
in the conference tournament will be looking towards Lemire,
one of the few of the team's upperclassmen to help them break
out of that recent rut and give them hopes of a tournament bid.
DANA LINNANE/Daily
Anne Thorius shares the Crisier hardwood and a first name
with senior Ann Lemire.
Lemire's Legacy
The Wolverines' lone senior came into her final games
at Crisler Arena with a distinguished list of accomplish-
ments. Here's where Ann Lemire stands in Michigan
basketball history.
have to really focus
in on each game."
IOWA (78)
MIN M-A U-A 04T A F PTS
Consuegra 33 10-15 1-1 0-3 2 3 21
Peterson 30 4-9 2-6 1-9 3 3 10
Herrig 35 614 5-6 2-8 3 1 17
Meder 40 5-9 7-9 0-2 1 1 18
Magner 34 2-6 0.0 1-4 1 3 4
Blesoe 12 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 4
Watson 6 14 0-1 1-2 0 2 2
Bullock' 10 1-1 0-2 0-2 0 1 2
Totals 200 31.57 15-25 632 10 14 78
FG%: .544. FT%: .600. 3-point FG: 1-11 (Meder 1-
4). Blocks: 0. Steals: 6 (Consuegra 2, Peterson,
Herrig Meder, Bledsoe). Turnovers: 11(Consuegra
4, Peterson 2, Herrig 2, Magner, Bledsoe).
Technical Fouls: none.
MICHIGAN (75)
FO FT REB
MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS
Thomas 32 3-10 4-6 2-5 2 4 10
Kipping 38 67 1-3 3-11 0 2 13
Miller 20 2-6 0-0 2-2 2 3 4
Thorius 30 1-6 0-0 1-1 5 2 2
Ingrtad 29 8-13 3-3 0-3 0 2 22
0est rle 3 04 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Goodlow 16 2-3 1-1 0-2 0 5 5
Lemire 32 8-17 1-1 0-6 3 1 19
Totals 200 30-63 101410-3412 19 75
FG%: .476. FT%:.714. 3.point FG:
5-10, .500 (Ingram 3-6, Lemire 2-3, Thorius 0-1).
Blocks: 1 (Kipping). Steals: 4 (Kipping, Miller,
Thorius, Goodlow). Turnovers: 14 (Miller 4, Thomas
3, Kipping 2, Goodlow 2, Thorius, Ingram)
Technticall Fouls: none.
Iowa . .... ...............38 40 -78
Michigan......................29 46-- 75
of At: Crisler Arena
Attendance: 1682
INDIANA (85)
FO FT RED
MIN *-A -A 0"T A F PTS
Thrush 35 2-10 3-4 0-1 2 5 91
Kerns 39 15-26 3-3 2-9 2 4 37
chapman 26 8-12 3-5 3-8 1 5 20
Morgan 12 1-3 0-0 041 2 0 2
Green 39 0-3 4-4 1-1 2 1 4
Mueller 0 00 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Cassady 35 2-8 1-3 0-2 7 3 7
Miller 1 0-0 0-00-0 000
Malone 0 0-0 0-00-0 0 0 0
Maines 13 3-4 0-0 3.5 0 1 6
Totals 200 P26 14-1810.30 16 19 85
FG%:.485. FT%: .7 7.3-point FG:748, .389
(Kerns 4-7, Thrush 2-3, Chapman 1-1). Blocks: 2
(Kerns, Chapman). Steals: 5 (Green 2, Cassady 2,
Thrush). Turnovers: 14 (Chapman 4, Thrush 3,
Kerns 2, Morgan, Green, Cassady, Maines).
Technical Fouls: none.
MICHIGAN (94)
FO FT RED
MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS
Thomas 35 7-17 3-4 1-10 5 2 17
Kipping 28 6-9 4-4 3-9 1 4 16
Miller 20 3-4 3-3 3-5 1 3 9
Thorius 33 4-8 4-6 1-3 4 3 12
Ingram 29 6-11 0-0 0-0 2 1 13
Oesterle 10 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 2
Goodlow 22 6-9 3-5 4.7 0 4 15
Lemire 23 4-6 1-2 0-3 2 1 10
Dykhouse 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 200 3746 18&2413.40 16 18 94
FG%: .561. FT%: 750. 3-pint2FG: 2-7 286
(Ingram 1-3. Lemire 1-1). Blocks: 3 (Goodlow,
Thomas, Thorius). Steals: 5 (Thomas 3, Miller 2).
Turnovers: 13 (Lemire 4, Thomas 3. Ingram 2,
Kipping, Thorius, Oesterle, Goodlow). Technical
Fouls: none.
Indiana............................42 43 - 85
Michigan.................54 40 -94
At: Crisier Arena
Attendance: 1620
Big Ten tournament
Pairings
The tournament seedings for the 1999
Big Ten Women's basketball tournament
were announced yesterday, with
Michigan receiving the sixth seed.
Though Michigan finished the season tied
with Michigan State at 8-8 in the Big Ten
standings, the Wolverines got the nod for
the sixth slot by virtue of tlebreaker.
He are the tournament pairings, which
begins on Feb. 26 at the RCA Dome in
Indianapolis.
Game 1: No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9
Northwestern
Game 2: No. 7 Michigan St. vs. No. 10
Indiana
Game 3: No. 6 Michigan vs, No. :11
Minnesota
Game 4: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 5
Wisconsin
Game 5: No. 1 Purdue vs. Game 1 winner
Game 6: No. 2 Penn State vs. Game 2
winner
Game 7: No. 3 Illinois vs. Game 3 winner
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 win-
ner
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 win-
ner
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game9
winner
Career marks:
* 16th In all-time career scoring
8 11th In all-time career assists
® 5th In all-time career threepointers
9 3rd In all-time career three-point field
goal
percentage.
She has also received the following
awards while playing at Michigan:
Michigan's Fox Sports Chicago
Unsung Hero in 1998
N All-Tournament team In the Torneo
Cancun de Basquetbol
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Wolverines split weekend games
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By Uma Subramanian
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan women's basketball
team's Big Ten season could be
described in one word - turbulent.
It was a season filled with a series
of alternating highs and lows that
saw all-time record win streaks and
decade long losing streaks.
But all that came to a close yester-
day in the same way it began - with
a victory over Indiana (2-14 Big Ten,
13-17 overall).
In senior guard Ann Lemire's last
home game, the Wolverines (8-8, 16-
10) notched an important win giving
them momentum heading into this
weekend's.Big Ten tournament.
The 94-85 victory ended a two-
game losing streak that saw the
Wolverines' chances of an NCAA
Tournament bid diminish.
In order for them to have a chance
to receive a bid, they will likely have
to win at least two games in the Big
Ten Tournament.
"I don't think the door (to the tour-
nament) is closed. It's just not as
open as it was."
Yesterday, a key component of the
team's game - intensity - returned
after a week long absence.
In the three previous games,
Michigan came out flat from the
opening tip.
As a result, it dug itself into big
holes from which it could not escape.
After Friday's 78-75 loss to Iowa,
Guevara said that her team fared bet-
ter when "they were the hunters
instead of the ones being hunted."
Against the Hoosiers, the hunters
returned, preying on Indiana from the
opening tip. Freshman guard Alayne
Ingram connected on two quick
buckets giving Michigan the early
advantage one minute into the game.
"We needed to win and we needed
to play with more intensity than we
have been," Ingram said. "When I
came out, I was fired up and just
tried to spread that attitude around to
from the field in the first half in cOn-
trast with Friday when they shotf3$
percent in the first 20 minutes.
But the fiery attitude wasn't lim-
ed to the offensive game; it appearid
in all aspects of the performance.
Michigan's transition game was
greatly improved committing only 13
turnovers while nabbing 40
rebounds.
"We played defense when it count-
ed," Ingram said. "We boxed out, we
cut the core, we rebounded and we
ran. Those are things we did when we
needed to."
The defensive intensity was pe
haps the most telling story of the
game.
But in Saturday's practice, it was-
n't Guevara who made the changds:
"We taiked about how this was the
last time the fans were going to'see
this team play," Guevara said.
"But it got to the point where it
doesn't matter what I say, I just chal-
lenged them. I told them that 'this*
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