88 - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - November 20, 2000 MICHIGAN (90) MIN MA MA O A F PTS J~neso 21 1-3 1-2 1-4 1 4 3 4t0redson 200 100 roninger 15 20 003 5 Asselin 19 14 -2 3 1 4 4 S24 7-8 1-1 2-3 1 4 15 Queen 28 3-11 0-3 2-5 6 1 7 aright 13 7-7 0-1 4-6 2 2 14 Gibon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Robinson Jr 34 6-14 6-7 3-6 0 4 19 Blanchard 34 618 5-5 6-13 5 4 19 Moore 7 23 0-0 0-0 0 5 4 Totals 200 35-73 15-2123-46 17 31 90 IG%, 479 FT%: .714 3-point FG: 5-17 .294 (Blanchard 2-4 Groninger 1-2, obinson2Jr. 1-3, vueen 1 '7 Jones 01S, locks: 2 (Asselin, dnes). Steals: 4 (Queen e, Rotbnson,Jr..Searight).Turnovers: 16 (Robinson, Ir. 4, Yng 4 Moore 2 Seanght 2, Asselin, Blanchard, Gront.haJones).rechnical fouls:none. OARLAND (97) Mi MA M-A O-T A F PTS Covn ton 33 1-2 2-2 0- 3 8 4 5 K it tams 36 4-9 7-8 2.7 1 1 18 Rozcki 36 7-14 12-13 -5 8 3 32 D ampa ne30 4-7 2-6 2-4 0 4 10 Budder'bor ~ 23 8-9 2-3 0-2 4 3 22 F~over 0+ 0-8 0-8Q8:880 88 0 Frakik 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 R Wiliamns 3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 Hlms 11 1-6 2-2 1-1 0 2 4 Ml~er 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0, 0 Sabourin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 J Champagne 13 0-0 2-2 00 0 5 2 Iqtals 200 26-49 0-37 5-,4 13 26 97 0'o- 531 FT%; 811 3-poin t3G 15-29,.517 (Rozycki 6.3 ud~ 4-4, K. Williams 3-7 Covingqton 1-1, Faikt-2, . hampacrne 0-1, Helms 0-1) BIocks: 2 (K Ch mmsn 2 n eals4 uddenbor% 0D mpagne. (. Wilams ) ne als- i) turnovers: (Fkzyki 5, Budden r , J. Champ gne 2, Covngton 2, D. Champa~ne, Helms). ehnical fouls: none. Michigan ---....-...-34 56 - 90 Oakland--------..........44 53 - 97 Al: Athletics Center 'Orena Attendance: 4,005 GRIZZLIES Continued from Page 11 field. Blanchard saw 34 minutes of action and tallied 13 rebounds after having missed 10 days of practice with an ankle injury. Young was Michigan's highest scoring post player with 15 points. But much of his success came late in the second half as Oakland tried to hold on to a double-digit-lead. In the waning moments of, the loss, the dejected faces of Michigan's freshmen illustrated an unpleasant college basketball initia- tion. "The one seal issue that our young guys have to understand, and I don't think they do, is that when we walk in the door, we are everyone's biggest game," Ellerbe said. With a daunting stretch of games against highly ranked ACC teams looming just over a week away, Michigan appears in dire need of resurgent performances against Western Michigan tomorrow and Wagner Sunday. Tighter officiating catches M' off guard By Michael Kern Daily Sports Writer ROCHESTER - When, the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee passed down a mandate to the referees before this season to eliminate rough play, few were sure exactly what effect it would have on the game. Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien said that every team would have to play a zone defense if the referees actually called it that tightly. Purdue coach Gene Keady thought it would bring the finesse game back to college basketball. Despite bringing officials to practice to help his young players prepare for the new style of officiating, Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe took an "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude at media day. But after Friday night's 97-90 loss to Oakland, in which the Wolverines were called for 31 fouls, Ellerbe may be singing a different tune. "Guys have to mike an adjustment," he said. "That's why we had officials come into practice a lot. Kids have got to adjust. They adjust to other things and they'll adjust to this." Neither team appeared to be prepared at the start for how tightly the officials would call the game. Both were in the bonus with 11 minutes still to play in the first half. Oakland guard Brad Buddenborg scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half after sitting out the last 17 minutes of the first half because he picked up three fouls less than three minutes. Chris Young, who started at center for the Wolverines, drew his fourth foul with nine minutes still to play in the first half. But while Oakland seemed to adjust at the half, Michigan continued to be whis- tIed for illegal screens and ticky-tack fouls in the post, putting the Grizzlies in the bonus with 14 minutes still to play in the game. Six different Michigan players fin- ished the game with at least four fouls, including freshman Josh Moore, who fouled out with 18:53 still left in the game. "We didn't set a screen in the second half," Oakland coach Greg Kampe said. "We didn't want any physical contact because we fet the only way we could lose was if the referees took the ball away from us. We didn't want to set ille- gal screens, and we didn't want to foul. JL FF "H"VITZDaily Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe said his team failed to 'make an adjustment' to the new tighter officiating the NCAA forewarned heading into the 2000-01 campaign. . _ , Friday Open every Friday, 6-1oaP.M. 2445 Monroe Street Toledo, OH 43620 Live musicgreat foodfunpeople.and incredible art. /sFriday-ifs what you've been waitingfor aflweeld November 2411 * Club Friday music: Mark Mikels (pop), 6:30-9:30 P.M. * FREE Public tour: The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality, 6:45 P.M. * Kurt Luckner Annual Lecture: The Villa of the Mysteries Revisited 7 P.M . * FREE'Performance:Ottawa Hills Flute Choir, 8 P.M 419-25548000 Made possible by 'fifthsilv Bank 1 >-s . ~~nxdio\i~*u A udioS~rr' T-SHIR T LOWESTPRICES! HIGHEST QUALIlY! * FASTESTSERVICE! fl 1002 PONTIAC TR. e 994-1367 "And we didn't get our fifth or sixth foul until late in the half because of it." While Michigan regularly rotated Young, Moore and senior Josh Asselin - who all stand at 6-foot- IlI or taller - the Grizzlies had just one player taller than 6-foot-7 on the floor for just two minutes. But Oakland made the Wolverines' size advantage a disadvan- tage by attacking the post and picking up easy fouls. "ihe first five minutes of the second half, our plan was to throw it to Dan CAGERMS Continued from Page 1B and 3-pointers consistently in the sec- ond half. An offense that shot 55 per- cent in the first 20 minutes came back in the second half to hit only 27 percent and a mere eight field goals. "It's one thing not to hit shots, but it's another to let opposing teams hit shots" gardI ifii iRobinson said. None of Michigan's defensive adjustments proved to be eflective. This was disappointing, since the Wolverines' ability to adjust was key to its win against the Lady Techsters. "The little things that we did so well Friday night - boxing out, rebounding the ball and playing transition defense did not show up today," Thorius said. (Champagne) on the blocks," Kampe said. "We went foul, foul, foul, and the game was really int our favor from then o." Tomorrow, Michigan hosts another undersized perimeter team in Western Michigan. To come out with a win, the Wolverines will need a big post pres- ence, which means Moore, Young and Asselin must stay out of foul trouble. "They've got to adjust," associate head coach Scott Trost said. "Our kids didn't adjust, and they've got to learn' In Friday's victory, the Wolverines struggled, but a balanced offensive attack made up for all their problems. "Normally we hit the open jumpers and the open three s," Thorius said after the Louisiana Tech game. "We weren't hitting them today but we still got the rebounds. Michigan was also helped out by an official's call. With 15 seconds left and the game knotted at 56, Michigan's Raina Goodlow was fouled. Louisiana Tech coach Leon Barmore argued the call.and was assessed a technical foul. "I really apologize to the team," Barmore said. "I hate that I got a tech- nical. Maybe we fouled, who knows? But I take responsibility." Women's basketball box scores: Page 2R. BRANDON SEDLOFF/, Washington hounded Michaela Leary and her teammates yesterday. rV2 ts1:£? 'g t7; ou[1 t4"fi ?+ . +i< >.x : Ufa os; u . ' ittzESL.,it': E1:1 :f* s