SportsMonday -. March 6, 2000 - The Michigan Daily -- 58
K Michigan 72
Player of the tournament
Katie Douglas, Purdue forward
Theu Big WTn ('o-P'lul'('r of (1w Yor was t1e slur
of tt/gi l fence tournantn. DUglas scored
21 points in Purdue v semifinal victor, over
Michigan, and her 24 points u(ginst PennJ State
hlp1/ed avenge two losses In the Gadh Lions.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Purdue
picked a 1)erfcct time to set a season-
high for 3-point goals.
Kal ic D~ouglas had ive of* Purdue s
I1) 3-pointers andl scored 24 points as
No. 18 Purdue beat No. 5 Penn State
71-63 to winl its third consecutive
Big le'n women's basketball tourna-
inent.
Purdue (22-7) overcame 25
turtnovers to carei the conlferenice :s
automatic hid to delbnd its NCAA
Chiamlpionship. ('aniille Cooper and
Kelly Koinu a, who had I1) of' the
tur'novers, each scored!I17 points as
the B~oi lermnakers avenged two regu-
lar-season losses to the L ady Lions.
Penn State (26-4) t railed most of
thle ganie as it hlad its I 0-ga ue win-
niing streak sniapped.
"lEvery time we got somietlhing
going, that ( 3-pointcrs) camie back to
get uts. That was the imo~st glaring
itig ot her tli n their rebou nds,"'
Penni State coach Rem'c Port land said.
The Bo ilernmakers took a 1 2-2 lead
as Pcen n State miissed its firist fbiur
shots firom the held anad t rai led only
twice inltile second half.
Penn State took a 57-54 lead o11 a
3-pointer by Chrissy }Falcone fol-
lowed by two free thlrows by Helen
Darling, who led the lady Lions
with 16 points and was thle tourna-
ment's most valuable player.
. There was never an~y doubt that
we'd win,.lEven when there were 32
seconlds on the clock, I still didn't
think that we would lose," D~arling
said(.
Douglas thlen tied tile game For the
final tille at 57 with a 3-pointer and
Komura 's 3-pointer put Purdue
ahleadI 60-57. Two free throws by
D)arling mlade it 62-57 with 3:50
remaining.
Purdue's previous hlighIl fr 3-
pointers was seven againlst Michigan
State.
"We didn't do a good job defend-
ing the three. When we got up by
three, we relaxed and thley were
shooting tile three very well,"
Darling said. "We didn't recognlize,
hat and step up and play Foer penletra-
Penn State, which had won its first
overall Big Ten championship in the
regular season, reduced its deficit to
thlree onl two free thlrows by Darling
witih 3:12 left and trailed 67-63 after
Lisa Shepherd's layup.
Thle Lady Lions had trai led by 10
points twice in tile first half when the
Boilermlakers had 14 turnovers.
Purdue led 32-26 at halftime with
Penn State shiooting just 27 percenlt
(9-of-30). The Boilermakers had
taken a 20-1I0 lead on a 3-pointer by
Douglas withl 12:29 left in the hlalf'.
P~enn State responded with nine
straight points as Purdue went more
than five miniutes withlout scorinlg.
"Everybody was down on us and
not1 giving Our teani credit," Douglas
said. "'that experience we hlad last
year and all tile adversity we've been
through, it (the championship) was a
great moment.,
Douglas. Cooper, Penn State's
Andrea Garner and Tauja Catchings
of Illinois joined Darling on the all-
tourilamcnt tearn selected by the
med ia.
PURDUE (74)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A O-T A F PPS
Komara 37 5-10 2-2 3-5 2 2 15
Parks 37 2-7 4-4 3-5 5 3 9
Douglas 38 8-15 4-4 2-7 7 2 21
Duhart 22 0-0 0-0 3-7 2 3 0
Cooper 31 7-16 7-10 3-8 0 2 21
Bird 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 00
Curless 15 3-6 0-0 2-3 1 0 6
Crawford 5 0-1 2.2 0-3 0 0 2
Langston 1 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 300
Totals 200 25-60 19-22 17-44 17 1574
FG%: .417 FT%1:.864. 3-point FG: S.-12, .417 (Komara.
3-5, Parks 1-3, Douglas(-2, Bird 0-1, Curless 0-1)~
Blocks: 4 (Noon 3, Cooper). Steals: 7 (Komara 3, Prks
2, Bird, Curless). Turnovers: 14 (Douglas 6, Duhart 2.
Komara 2, Noon 2, Bird Crawford). Technical Fouls
none.
MICHIGAN (59)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A O-T A F PTS
Thomas 25 3-12 3-7 3-6 0 2 10
Thorius 40 7-14 0.0 1-6 4 4 16
Miller 18 13 0-2 1-4 0 1 2
Goodlow 28 2-7 0-1 2-2 1 2 5
Ingam3 313 0.0 0-1 1 3 6
Walker 14 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 3 4
Oesterle 14 4-8 2-2 3-4 0 2 10
Bies 27 2-4 2-2 1-2 1 2 6
Totals 200 24-63 7-14 16-37 7 19 59
FG%:.381. FT%: .500. 3-point FG: 4-17_ 235 (Iborius-
2-4, Thomas 1-5, Goodlow 1.2,lIngram 1.5, Bies 0-I1).
Blocks: 3 (Miller 2, Bies). Steals: 7 (Bies 3, Ingram,
Qesterle, Thomas, Walker). Turnovers: 13 (Thomas 3,.
Bies 2. GoodIow 2, Ingram 2. Oesterle 2, Thorius 2).
Technical Fouls- none.
Purdue-...... _.. ...33 41 - 74
Michigan.----........24 35 - 59
At: Conseco Fielhouse, Indianapolis
Attendance: 6,672
AP PtHOi(O
In'the battle of Big Ten co-Players of the Year, Purdue's Katie Douglas outdid Penn
State's Helen Darling as the Boilermakers knocked off the Lady Lions, 71-63.
Women's tourney jitters block
the road to appearance i*n finals
By Michael Kern
DllyilvSports Writerg
INDlIANAPOL IS B eading inlto
the Big Ten Tournament, tile No. 2
M ich igall women's basketball teamti fy n h gh a a kte T e
olvet iIK'5Were ranked for the fit-st
tie ii -school hisorv and wer-e rid-
lng all eight-gaine winn11ng strteak
that landed thlemi the seconud seed in
tile tournamlet.t
Decspite hitting a few btituips in its
seconid rounid gamle aga ist
Nortimcstern,. Michigan crillsed to
victory IFriday, 72-39
But on Sat urday, 1the Wolverines
jlrle crashing back dlownt to earth
It it 15-point loss to P'urdute 1inth1e
tou llanent semti Ii ia . Big sm1i les
and s5Llll-cn1lCoptimiismliquickly
became tearis anld (isa ppouinlting
Words.
What wen1t wriong, Michlilan? In a
word, nerves.
"I thought our team1 Ilad 11tlaturcdl
betweenti te vear-s;' /Michigatn coach
Sue ( iuevara said. "But 1Icl~t that whe
Isome players that were ti glt. And
1c1 ou are at little tight, everythinlg
ightens ill,. mid some)times lc heshots
don't fall.'-
[h'1at 11-gl1tness led to ia 39 pcrcent
shootitng percentage fronh the field,
including a 9-4for- 31 (21) percent)
petforniance in thle fitrst half. Tlhe
Wol veritnes wcrec1the second-best 3-
poillt shoot inrg team in thle 13ig Tenl
this year butl shot jest 8- for-3() (27
percent) In 1their two tourlnamenC~t
gatlils.
NIi cliigani also struggled at thle free
throw lilie, shoot intg a coinined I16-
for-28 (57 percett) over the two
gamnes.
~It's tOUgh1 when you 'i-c1not scoring
onl your jutlip sllots, but maybe you
cain get someu putbacks or free
throws,'" ( ceva ra said.- "We lecad the
131 iel in Ti't ree-throw percentage and
we shot S5) percent todlav antd 64 pet-
Cent vestertlay aga inlst Nothwestcrn.
"When volt are sluooting ai tile
free-th11row i lie,110 one is p1 av iig a11iV
delcnse otniVyou.Why can11) you make
( o-capta Ills Stacey Thomlas anod
An tie li 101ri us led1 thle way fop-
N-ichigan with If) and 16 points,
respectivelv. but did it on a1 combined
I0-fil-20 shootills.
'"We got somel good shots at the
basket, but they just wet-eli't fulling
for- us,"'ITlori us sa id. "I don't thiink it
was tieiwt defense as mlitch as it was
uts. We were lot-cu ng .a couple o1f
Shots, but the open shots that we did
have weren 't fhi li n
Sophuotiore A layne Intgr-aml thle
\Volyc'riies' seconid-leading scor-cr
this seasonl with an average of 12.7
poiiits per gamle - shot just 3-for--13
from the field atid missed all five of
her attempts fromi beyond tile arc.
"Ingram ldidn't score il lie first
haf' Guevara said. "She was tryitng
too hlard.- She waited1 to score and she
wantknockingantigdw.
Inl con tast, the Boi lermlakers
brimmined wih conifidence, sinking
19 of their 22 free throws atid shoot-
ing 42 pet-cell) fromi the field. Utilike
in Mii cliigantu's nat i oiallIy-televised
v ictory over Pur-due at ('rislct in
.Ia iiua ry, tue Bouierniakers rece ived
hu1ge callt-i but iolls from i luir role
p1layers.
"II avi ig niinte playcl-s oii our team
withIl uationil-ellitiipillshll pexperi-
ence, that goes a long way ili these
situations,". Purtdue forxval-dand co1-
13Hi Teni Player of lhe Year Katie
)oulglas sa1id. "Wheni teams go on a
rutsi, we doni't get ratled. We keep our1
cOmiposulre. aniit huge reason why is
that experience.-
l)espite the loss. Michuigan still can
look forward to at least a No. 6 seed
inl lie N ('A A Tibu-nainenlt
"The good thiing~ is we have anothl-
er gamelic ft to pl ay."' Guevar-a said.- "I
think we al-c going to ulnfhsteii our11
chloke coll ars, take thlemn off and get
icads' to play intilte NCAA
1(- 1 lourilileti t.
Despite los
By Dena Beth Krischer
Dallyv Sports Wici-
IDIANAPO! IS- Being looked at
ats thle dat-khou-sc of the Big Ten pr-acti-
cally all seasoni, the Micliigaln wIlll s't
basketball team weaseled its way past
prescasomn favor-ites P~urdue and Ill itois
to giab secotid place inl the coilbrence.
Laist Thur-sdaIv, the Wolverines snuck
up1 oiltlieir conference agai and
rec'ivcd sotiietl1iiig else s lightly utllex-
pected, as lie 1311g1ITllannounced
Michi,7an coach Sue G uevar-a to be co-
(oliof" the Year alon, with No. S
Penn State's Renie Por-tland.
"I have to give the mledia more cred-
it 11h,1t1 I ustuallivd''( ;levaiasmiled. "I
don't expect anyt hing like that. 'The
olv thinig that I hope is for- llyplayer-s.
fory Stacev Thiomias, (1 eeAiii) Bies,
Antie Thorius and1 then the kids wh~o got
atl honuorable mniion. Fill happy. I
have good assistants atid I have player-s
that happen to trespond.
(Guevara led the Wolvetines to pro-
gram-besltecords of 1 3-3 in the Big4
[cii anid 21i-6 overall.
For tihe first time inl Big Tenl histot'v. a
f~elitisive Player of, the Year- was
iiItled. aiid thfat 11io1ior goes to inone
othir ha ilNI hian's Staees' Thonlas.
-I think it's a gr-eat aicconiphisllinent,
Thomias said. "I 'mi honored to be able
to1 W ii the awial-d. I takeptide in my
de ense and I t ry to putt a lot ofIiar-d
MIN MA MA O-T A F PTS
Sears 23 0-6 2-2 1-5 5 3 2
Leonard 26 1-4 0-0 0-3 2 '0 3
Schock 28 3.8 0-0 1-6 1 1 ' 6
Will 8 0-1 0-0 1-2 1. 1 0
Dolland 23. 2-6 1-2 1-3 0 4 5
Flores 6 0-1 0.0 0-0 0 0 0
Fisher 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Daniels 15 0-1 2-2 2-3 0 3 ,2
Jurek 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Russell 20 4-11 0-1 2.4 0 1 8
Butter 20 1-5 0-0 02 3 1 2
Divqak 14 4-9 0-0 0.1 0 1 9
Messenger 2 0-2 0-0 1-1 1 1 0
Berki 7 1-2 0-0 0100 2
Totals 200 16-56 5-7 13-37 14 16 39
FG%:.286. FT%:J714. 3-point FG: 2-14. .143 (Divik 1-
4, Leonard 1-4, Schock 0-3, Butler 0-,2, Messenger 0-11.
Blocks: 3 (Butler, Diviak. Schock). Steals: 8 (Leonard 3,,
Dolland 2, Daniels, Russell, Sears). Turnovers: 24
(Dollard 4, Butler 3, Wili 3, Leonard 2, Schock 2, sears
2. Daniels, Divjlc Fisher. Flores. Messenger, Russell).,-
Technical Fouls: none.
MICHIGAN (72)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A OT A F P1'S
Thomas 27 5-1O0-00 3-8 4 1 10'
Thorius 29 2-7 0-0 1A-4 .40 4
Miller 23 3-6 2-2 2-4 1 1 ,8
Goodlow 25 4-9 0-0 G-7 1 '2 8
Ingram 32 6-11 0-0 1-5 2 1 16
Jara 4 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 2
Walker 12 1-6 3-4 0-0 0 0 S
Oesterde 15 2-4 2-2 0-2 4 1 7
Robinson 7 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
Dykhouse 4 1-3 0-0 1.2 0 0 2
Biel 23 3-8 2-6 4-7 2 1 8
Totals 200 29-71 9-14 21-50 18 8 72
FG%. .408. FT%: 643. 3-point FG: 5-15, 333 (Ingram
4-4, Oesterte 1-2, Robinson 0-4, Thorius 0-3, Thomas
0-2), Blocks: 6 (Bies 3, Goodiow 2, Walker). Steals: 16
(ngram 5, Thomas 3, Bies 2, Goodlow 2, Thorijus 2,
Tara, Walker). Turnovers: 14 (Goodlow 4, Ingram 3.
Thorius 3, Bies 2, Millet, Robinson). Technical Fouls:
none.
Northwestern.......-15 24 - 39
Michigan.........-:..32 40 - 72
At: Conseco Fieldhouse. Indianapolis
Attendance: 6,672
AP PHOTO
Michigan's freshman center LeeAnn Bies fights for a rebound with Purdue's Mary Jo
Noon. Purdue beat the Wolverines 7459, en route to winning the Big Ten Tournament.
;s, wo-men stfi honored
work and at lot of elfortin lto it. It's
something I love to do, anid to be able to
will all awar-d for it makes it. bdfettr.
Thomas was also niamed to thle all-
Big Ten Fitrst Teaml by both thle coaches
and the mledia, becoming only thle sec-
ond player ill Michigan history to
rece ive the firist -team all-confe rence
honlor, the fit-st sincec Pollysanna Johns
did in 1998.
Thriough thle regular season, Thonlas
led the Wolverines in points (I15.0),
t-boutids (7.9) and steals (3.5) anld also
led the confetence ill steals withl 95.
D~espite the hype surrounding Bies
for miuch of the season, she was not
honoted as the Big Ten Freshman of the
Year. Instead, Latoya Turner of ninth-
place Ohio State received the award.
A disappointment'?
wTlt~ould be anl understatemnent,"
GueCvaa said. "BUt lu-titis also a very,
very good freshlmlanl basketball player.
Bies mlade tile all-freshnlan team, so the
good thinlg is, she's only going to be
better as a sophomore."
'turiner averaged I11.2 points. 60.0
rebounds and 1.3 blocks for the
Bttekeves. Bits averaged 10.3 points,
6.1 rebounlds and led tile Big TIenlitn
free-thrtow per-centage, shloot intg 83.3
percetnt from thueline.
Forth ie seconld straight year.,1Danish
sen~sationl Annec Thorius was selected by
thle Big Teln coaches to the All-Big Tell
Second learn aiud received honorable
menc~tioni, couirtesy of the media. In huer
26 regular-season games, 'horius has
averaged 9.2 points, 4.0 assists and 3.8
rebounds.
A bonius: With her eight assists onl the
weekend, Thorius has moved into see-
otnd place onl Michligani's all-time assists
chart withl 386. She neceds I17 mlore to
beat Lori Gnat kowsk i's 4f)2 hndf
(1 980-84).
Sophomor-es Alayne Inraman td
Raia Ga(ood lowv both teceived All-Big
Ten H-oniorable Ment ionis. Inigraml
received menC~tionl from both the coach-
es atid the media, whlile (Goodlow was
otily noted by the mledia.
Ingram is seconld foi- the Wolverines
in scoring, averaginig 12.7 points per
gamle. Thtrough 27 games, Ingram
handed off' 67 assists anld irabbed 28
steals --- -bathl four- better- thli1cr fr-esh-
mhan veatr. The point guiard matchled her
career-hligh five steals against
Northwestern on Fridav --- somlethinlg
she 'hasn't done sitnce playing at the
Rice I nvitatiotnal in D~ecember.
Aftet- sprainling her knlee (durinug the
first exhlibition gamue against Athletes in
Actiotn,(Goodlow has sinee theil played
inl all 27 regular-season gamles, stat-ted
itn 20) of' those and then bothl games in
the Big Tenl tourney1C. Throutgh the regU-
lar seasotn. the forwar-d has aver-aged 9.9
paitnts and 4.7 rebotuds --- both
exceedinlg her fi-eshlan year's averages
of 6.7 and 2.8, respectively.
1. Connecticut (35)
2. Georgia (7)
2. Tennessee (2)
4. Louisiana Tech
5. Penn State
6. Notre Dame
7. Texas Tech
8. Rutgers
9. Santa Barbara
10. Louisiana State
11. Iowa State
12. Auburn
12. Duke
14. Old Dominion.
15. North Carolina State
16. Virginia
17 Mississippi State
18. Purdue
19. Boston College
20. Arizona
21. Oklahoma
22. Michigan
23. Tulane
24. Marquette
25. Stanford
26-1
28-2
25-3
23-2
24-3
24-3
23-2
19-6
25-3
22-5
21-5
2146
23-5
23-4
20-7
22-7
20-6
19-7
22-7
21-5
22-6
21-6,
22-5
18-6.
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AP PHOTO'
'spite being benched for her poor play in Michigan's semifinal loss to Purdue,
senior forward Stacey Thomas was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
Team
1. Connecticut (28)
2. Georgia (8)
.3. Tennessee (3)
4. Louisiana Tech (1)
5. Penn State
6. Notre Dame
7. Texas Tech
8. Louisiana State
9. Santa Barbara
10. Duke
11. Rutgers
12. Iowa State
26-1
28-2
25-3
23-2
24-3
24-3
23-2
22-5
25-3
23-5
19-6
21-5
DISAPPO!INT
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score 16 poinits Ill tileMalt: Thomas's absenicc was
ioun-ianit. A tOp-four seed can be imnportant
bcaiuse the top-fouri seeds can host the first two
Thuough the loss might daimn the
11t. 1.. . - - --.- - -- -.{r t t i -t-.- " l" .,. 1 i fti ,
an~d all equally pathetic 50 pet-cent fr-om thle free-
throw 'stripe.
"I felt that wve had some players that were tight,"
Guevara said.
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