The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 5, 2001- 58 Quote of the weekend "I think (beating Penn State) was an upset - it was the third time we upset them this season." -Michigan head coach Sue Guevara when asked if she considered Michigan the favorite against No. 19 Penn State FRIDAY'S GAME Michigan 66 Penn State 60 SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 55 Purdue 74. Player of the Tournament Iowa guard Cara Consuegra Consuegra averaged 19 points and 5.3 assists in three games to lead Iowa in its Big Ten Championship run. She hit 7-of-8 fice thimws to finish Iowa s scoring and clinch the victory against Purdue in the Championship game. 9 Purdue stuj BOILER MAKERS Continued from Page 18 This isn't the first time Cooper has taken advantage of the Wolverines' defense. She scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 'he teams' last meeting on Feb. 4. 'It seems to me like we always have trou- ble stopping (Cooper)," Goodlow said. .Jeodlow led Michigan in scoring for the second-consecutive game with 16. On Friday, the Wolverines defeated No. I) Penn State for the third time this season, 06-60. A think this was an upset - - it was the (ird time we upset them this season," Guevara said about beating the perennially ranked Lady Lions. "I know (Penn State) coach (Rene) Portland made a statement saying that since we beat them twice, they were the underdogs, but I'm thinking, 'No. on't think so.'" 'Much like she did just one week earlier against Penn State, senior Anne Thorius put the. game away with a late 3-pointer. Goodlow starred again for the V oiverines as she got her second career double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Michiganalso got some unex- pected help from Stephanie Gandy, who made 6-of-9 shots for 12 points. ,andy said she has been working on her jump shot since most teams play her for the lve. Her newfound long-range shooting ught Penn State off-guard. Michigan "We tried something different (defen- sively) and Gandy really came out of nowhere," Portland said. "We came in with Bies as a focus, but we let some other peo- ple get away." Bies scored 26 points and grabbed 13, rebounds against the Nittany Lions on Feb. 25. Team statistics BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (2 GAMES) PLAYER FG-FGA RPG PPG APG Thorius 9-17 4 14 5.5 Goodlow 15-25 9 16.5 0.5 Gandy 6-14 4 7 2 Ingram 9-27 3.5 11.5 3.5 Bies 5-16 7.5 9 0 Robinson 0-3 0 0 0 Smith 1-3 1 2.5 0.5 Dykhouse 0-0 0 0 0 REGULAR SEASON (27 GAMES) PLAYER FG-FGA RPG PPG APG Thorius 62-166 3.2 8.2 5 Goodlow 105-225 4.8 10.5 0.7 Gandy 67-143 4.2 7 1.2 Ingram 109-299 2.3 11.3 4 Bies 120-231 7.2 12.5 0.8 Smith 97-180 4.7 9.5 0.8 Oesterle 67-176 4.8 7 2.6 Robinson 22-61 0.4 3 0.3 Leary 5-36 1.4 1.3 0.8 Jara 1-6 1.2 0.2 0.4 Dykhouse 0-3 0.5 0.5 0 .. MARJORIE MARSHALL/Daily Alayne Ingram and the Wolverines will likely find themselves in the NCAA Tournament despite being unable to get past Purdue in three tries this season. 'M' tourney fate is out of its hands FRIDAY' S GAME Michigan (66) FG F REB MIN M-A M-A O-T A F PTS Goodlow 37 8-16 1-2 314 1 4 17 Gandy 32 6-9 01 0-3 2 1 12 Bies 36 410 2-4 3-7 0 4 10 Thorius 40 5-7 23 0-3 9 3 15 Ingram 40 313 22 04 5 1'.8 Robinson 5 0-2 00 00 0 4 0 Smith 10 12 22 01 1 4 4 Totals 200 27-59 9.14 9-35 1817 66 FG%: .458. FT%: .643. 3-point FG: 311. .273. (Thorius 3-5 Goodlow 0-1, Ingram 0-4 Robinson 0- 1). Blocks: 0. Steals: 6 (Goodlow 3 Bies Thorius Ingram). Turnovers: 12 (Gady 6. Thorius 2. Smith 2. Goodlow. Bies). Technical fouls: none. PENN STATE (60) FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0T A F PTS Shepherd 34 4-9 00 2-3 1 2 9 Walseth 25 26 03 33 1 4 4 Barnes 38 514 813411 4 4 18 Mazzante 38 511 12 17 1 2 12 Luke 20 35 0-0-0 1 2 Carr 19 48 00 13 2 2. 8 Brungo 12 -0-2 GO0-0 02 0 0 0 Upshaw 14 01 00 16 1 1 .0 Totals 200 23-56 918 13-38 1117 60 FG%:.415. FT%: .500. 3ont FG: 5-14- 357. (Luke 3-5. Shepherd 1-4, Mazzante 14 Carr 01). Block: 3 (Barnes 2, Upshaw . Steals: 6 Luke 2. Carr 2. Mazzante, Upshaw). Turnovers: 18 (Shepherd 4,. Barnes 4 Upshaw 3, Walseth 2. Mazzante 2, Car 2. Luke). Technical fouls: none. Michigan.......................22 44 -66 Penn State..................24 36 - 60 At: Van Andel Arena. Grand Rapids Attendance: 2.796 SATURDAY S GAME Michigan (55) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS Goodlow 39 7-9 2-2 1-4 0 4 16 Gandy 33 05 22 0-5 2 0 2 Bes 30 1-6 6-9 1-8 0 5 8 Thorius 40 4-10 48 1-5 2 2 13 Ingram 40 614 22 03 2 3 15 Robinson 10 0-1 -0 0-0 0 2 0 Dykhouse 1 0-0 0-000 000o' Smith 7 0-1 12 01 0 2 1 Totals 200 18.46 17.25 631 6 18 55 FG%: .391. FT%-. .680. 3Wont F: 2-9, .222. (Thorius 14, Ingram 1-4, Robinson 0-1). Blocks: 0. Steals: 1 (Smith). Turnovers: 6 Goodlow 4 Bes 3. Thorius 3. Ingram 3. Gandy. Robinson, Smith). Technical fouls: none. PURDUE (74) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PT Douglas 37 7-12 2-2 1-5 2 2 18 Hums 19 2-6 46 25 1 4 8 Cooper 35 8-15 0-0 514 1 4 16 Komara 23 2-10 56 13 2 1 1 Valek 22 2-6 0-0 02 4 4 4 Hicks 6 01 0-0 00 0 2 0 Parks 15 1-6 0-0 1-2 1 2 2 Crawford 19 13 01 3-4 0 2 2 Wright 24 4-7 56 4-8 0 1 15 Totals 200 276 162117.441 22 74 FG%:.409. FT%:.762. 3pont FG: 4-17, .235. rouglas 24, Wright 2-4, Komara 06. Parks 0-3): locks: 4 (Douglas 2. Cooper 2. Steals:.9 (Crawford 3, Komara 2. Wright 2. Doulas, Cooper). Turnovers: 8 (Douglas 2, Cooper 2, Vaek 2,.Hicks, Team). Technical fouls: none. Michigan ...................21 34 -55 Purdue ..............36 38 - 74 At: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Attendance: 7.781 SCORES FROM THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Thursday's results: OHIO STATE 52, Michigan State 48 INDIANA 78, Minnesota 56 ILLINOIS 75. Northwestern 60 Friday's results: Michigan 66, PENN STATE 60 PURDUE 81, Ohio State 61 IOWA 81, Indiana 76 Illinois 80, WISCONSIN 68 Saturday's games: PURDUE 74, Michigan 55 Iowa 86, Illinois 79 Yesterday's game Iowa 75, PURDUE 70 BIG TEN AWARDS Player of the Year Katie Douglas, Purdue -- Freshman of the Year: Kelly Mazzante, Penn State Defensive Player of the Year Tamara Moore, Wisconsin By Jeff Phillips Daily Sports Writer GRAND RAPIDS - At the beginning of the season, Michigan coach Sue Guevara believed that her team needed to get 18 wins in order to make it into the NCAA Tournament. Now that it is at that plateau at 18-1, she won't make any promises, but is fairly confident. "There are a couple things in life that are guaranteed: You are going to die and you are going to pay taxes - in the reverse order," Guevara said when asked whether the 18 wins secured a spot in the tournament. "But the prob- ability (of getting in) is better than what it was when we came" to the Big Ten Tournament. At the tournament, the Wolverines defeated No. 19 Penn State for the third time this season, but fell in the semifinals to No. 8 Purdue. For Michigan to get a bid, it is likely that five teams from the Big Ten must be selected. Purdue and Iowa are in without a doubt. Wisconsin and Penn State, both of which lost in the first round and have 10 losses apiece, are in because of a strong conference performance. That leaves Michigan as the fifth team. Illinois could even make a case to be selected as the fifth or sixth team after its win over the Badgers, but 16 losses will probably keep it out. In the past two years, only four Big Ten teams have been selected, but in each of those years, the fifth team has never been this close. "I hope that when the committee starts making its choices and they start looking at these teams that they look and see that we've (beat Penn State three times) and that they give us a little respect," Guevara said. Michigan has five victories over ranked opponents - including the season opener upset over No. 5 Louisiana Tech. But losses to unranked opponents and blowout Big Ten losses may keep it away from the dance. Penn State coach Rene Portland also believes that the Big Ten suffers from a lack of respect. In 1999, the Nittany Lions finished second in the conference, only to earn a No. 8 seed at the NCAA. The same happened to the Wolverines last year after finishing second in the Big Ten. "I've questioned all year the RPI of this league and'we are going to find out if it really comes back and hurts us, Portland said. "The lack of scheduling - certainly not of Michigan - but of the lower teams in our league. They chose not to schedule to compete, they decided to sched- ule for confidence. They are the people that really hurt this league." The Big Ten is the fourth-rated conference in the RPI behind the SEC, ACC and Big 12. Portland even believes that this may lock out the fifth or even fourth team from the Big Ten. "If it comes up to bite Michigan or Penn State, or knocks out a team like Illinois out of the tournament, it is because of the lower teams in this conference," Portland said. Michigan State and Minnesota, at ninth and tenth ;n the conference each came into conference play with .500 records, only to go 4-12 and 1-15 in Big Ten play, respec- tively. Michigan now must wait until Sunday, Mar. I1, when its fate will be decided by the NCAA selection commit- tee. MARORE MARSHALL/Diy Michigan's Infini Robinson was one of just three Wolverines to see action off the bench against the Bollermakers. Jiench depth exploited by Bi en opponents By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Writer GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan women's basketball team relied primarily on seven players in the 2000-01 season, and its bench t even shallower for the Big Ten turnament. Junior Heather Oesterle suffered a sprained knee during a rebounding drill during the Tuesday practice before the tournament began. "I got hit on the outside of the knee and I felt the shift in it," Oesterle said. "It's pretty painful." 'Dressed in street clothes, Oesterle d no hope of playing in Grand 4apids. A doctor will examine her MRI results on Wednesday before t'he team determines whether or not she will be ready for the next stanza of the postseason. Often the first player off the bench as either a small forward or a shoot- ing. guard, Oesterle played in all 27 games, averaging 23.6 minutes an outing. Entering the tournament as the m's third-most consistent threat orn bevond the arc, shooting 34 percent on 3-pointers, and tied with Iorward Raina Goodlow as the sec- ond-leading rebounder with 4.8 a game., her absence heightened the other Wolverines' sense of responsi- bility. "We knew that we were going to missa her presence todav,"'Anne '-Qrus said after the 66-60 win over *nn State in Michigan's first game of the tournament. "She might not have been scoring a lot in the past q4: she'll do the garbage things. Everyone knew today that they had to pick up the slack for her." Most of the burden fell on the starters, who averaged 37 minutes had eight players with double-digit minutes in their games against Michigan. The Wolverines were outscored in points off the bench 27- 5 for the tournament. "They were productive defensive- ly and offensively and did a nice job on the boards," Purdue coach Kristy Curry said of her bench players. "That definitely was a big boost for us and their energy and intensity was outstanding." Both of Michigan's opponents had substituted three different players into the action before Guevara made -her first personnel move. She put in guard Infini Robinson at the 1 1:22 mark of the first half against Penn State and waited even longer with the Boilermakers when center Jennifer Smith entered with 9:22 left before halftime. "Heather getting hurt was defi- nitely an issue," Robinson said. "She's usually a nice perimeter (player) off the bench, so I did have to step in and give quality minutes. But it wasn't too much pressure. I knew what I had to do and I had to step in and play for Heather." But Robinson and Smith com- bined for just I-of-6 shooting in their 32 minutes over the two games. "We didn't really compare bench- es," Smith said. "We just knew we had to come out and play and exe- cute on offense and we didn't do that." Robinson had tough matchups in her outings, going head-to-head with the co-National Freshman of the Year in Penn State's Kelly Mazzante and then the Big Ten Player of the Year Katie Douglas from Purdue. Smith was in the low post with an All-Big Ten Second Team center in Penn State's Maren Walseth and then a First Team center in Purdue's Three-peat Michigan beat No. 19 Penn State for the third time this sea- son by the score of 66-60 in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament this past Friday. Senior guard Anne Thorius hit a 3-pointer with 23 seconds left to all but clinch the victory for Michigan. The shot was reminis- cent of Michigan's regular sea- son finale, in which Thorius hit the game-winning 3-pointer to give the Wolverines the 75-74 lead with six seconds remaining. The shot capped a late come- back from 16 points down and handed the Lady Lions just their second home loss on the year. Michigan's first win over Penn State was in Ann Arbor with a 71-62 score. The Wolverines used 69-percent shooting in the second half to surge past Penn State. Despite a dismal first-half shooting per- formance of 27 percent from the field, Michigan still managed to enter the lockerroom down just 24-22. After the break, Stephanie Gandy (5-for-6), Raina Goodlow (7-for-9) and Thorius (3- for-3, all 3-pointers) had the hot hands to lead the Wolverines. All-Big Ten First Team: Jill Chapman, Indiana Lindsey Meder, Iowa Randi Peterson, Iowa Kelly Mazzante, Penn State Camille Cooper, Purdue Katie Douglas, Purdue Tamara Moore, Wisconsin Jessie Stomski, Wisconsin All-Big Ten Second Team: Allison Curtin, Illinois Heather Cassady, Indiana Cara Consuegra, Iowa Courtney Coleman, Ohio State Jamie Lewis, Ohio State Lisa Shepherd, Penn State Maren Walseth, Penn State LaTonya Sims, Wisconsin Aill-Bik Ten Honorable Mention: 1 MARJORIE MARSHALL/Daily Alayne Ingram (left) holds up three fingers to signify Michigan's third win of the season over Penn State as Stephanie Gandy and Anne Thorius embrace. Iowa upsets No. 8 Purdue infinal Iveta Marcauskaite, Anne O'Neil, Illinois; LeeAnn Bies, Alayne Ingram, Anne Thodus, Michigan; Julie Pagel, Michigan State; Lindsey Whalen, Minnesota; Shalicia Hurns, Kelly Komara, Purdue; Nina Smith, Wisconsin AP TOP 25 As of Feb. 26, 2001 first-place votes in parentheses Team Record Pts Pvs 1. Tennessee (36) 28-4 972 1 2. Notre Dame (2) 25-1 927 2 3. Connecticut (1) 24-2 906 3 4. Duke - 24.3 804 7,. 5. Louisiana Tech 25-4 796 6- 6. Georgia 23-5 754 4 7. Oklahoma 23-4 744 .8- 8. Purdue 24-5 706 5: GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - Cara Consuegra turned 22 on yesterday. The Iowa guard couldn't have asked for a better birthday.. Consuegra scored 17 points - seven on clutch free throws in the final 37 seconds - and was chosen the Big Ten Tournament's most valuable player as the No. 23 Hawkeyes upset No. 8 Purdue 75-70 to win the tournament title. ...--. f-.ordhekm.. ..-d -cnt I evor ha" thet Douglas, the conference's player of the year for the sec- ond straight season, had 23 points and hit 9-of-I1Ifree throws. Cooper had 14 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the floor. Shalicia Hurns had 13 points and 12 rebounds for Purdue. Every time Purdue appeared poised to take control of the game, an Iowa player would hit a basket, grab a rebound or force a turnover.