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Young propels 'M' to big victory

By Steve Jackson
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan basketball team was
desperate for a win, and last night
against IUPU-Fort Wayne senior tri-
captain Chris Young gave the Wolver,
ines just that. His spirited effort on the
block propelled the Wolverines (3-3) to
an impressive 91-
62 victory at BASKETBALL
Crisler Arena.
"We're going to Notebook
need him all year,"
Michigan coach Tommy Amaker said.
"No one is more valuable to our team.
than Chris. We need to have him on the
floor."
In the last two games, Young has pro-
vided the Wolverines with a greater
inside presence than at any point in his
career. In addition to the increased
number of touches that Young has
received in the paint, the 6-foot-9 cen-
ter has also added a mid-range jump-
shot to his offensive game.
"I didn't prove tonight that I could
shoot at all," Young said. "But I was
really strong with the ball inside, and I
was confident every time I touched the

ball inside. That's what all this boils
down to is confidence."
Young finished the night with career-
highs in points (22), field goals made
(nine) and attempted (16), but Amaker
was more impressed with his 10
rebounds and 4-for-5 performance
from the free throw line.
BASKETBALL JONES: After sitting out
the last four games with an injured
thumb, Michigan senior tri-captain
Leon Jones wasted no time in making
his presence felt.
Jones drove all the way to the hole
for a basket in his first minute of
action. All of Jones' minutes were valu-
able, as he finished the game with five
points and seven rebounds in just 12
minutes.
"It's great to get Leon back," Amaker
said. "He's a senior, a captain and a vet-
eran guy. He gives us depth on the
perimeter."
'Q' IS FOR POINT GUARD: After tallying
just eight assists in his first four games
(all while coming off the bench), Avery
Queen has solidified his role as the
Wolverines' primary balihandler and
distributor with 13 assists over his last
two outings, both of which he started.

"I don't worry about who starts. That
doesn't matter to me," Queen said. "I
know that I am going to play, and I just
have to go out there and do the things
that coach wants me to do."
KINGS FOR A DAY: Michigan forwards
LaVell Blanchard and Bernard Robin-
son had started this season with lower-
than-expected offensive performances.
Entering last night's contest, the
Wolverines' highly-touted tandem had
combined for just 24.5 points per game,
compared with the 32.2 that they aver-
aged last year. But Blanchard and
Robinson combined for 34 points and
just one turnover against Fort Wayne.
Robinson was especially impressive
in the first half. His aggressive play in
the first 20 minutes (14 points and four
offensive rebounds) helped the Wolver-
ines pull away from the Mastodons
early on, despite the team's poor shoot-
ing percentage.
"I was just attacking the glass,"
Robinson said. "(Amaker) has been
stressing to me all week to be more
aggressive."
HANGING ON: After throwing away 21
possessions against Boston College on
Saturday, Michigan was much more

YESTERDAY'S GAME
IUPU-Fort Wayne (62)
* FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS
King 31 6-10 4-7 3-6 3 4 16
Wyand 24 3-10 1-3 1-7 2 3 8
Njie 21 0-1 0-0 0-6 0 5 0
Noll 32 4-9 3-4 1-1 3 2 14
Wise 35 3-12 4-6 4-8 1 1 11
Woodall 9 1-2,0-0 0-0 3 2 2
Watkins 18 3-5 0-0 0-2 0 3 7
Batts 3 0.0 0.0 0-0 1 0 0
Henderson 10 0-2 0-0 0.1 0 3 0
Shepherd 17 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 4 4
Totals 200 22-55 12-2010.3513 27 62
FG%: .400. FT%: 600.3-point FG: 6-23, .261 (Noll
3.5, Wyand 1-7, Wise 1-7, Watkins 1-2, King 0-2).
Blocks: 2 (Wyand, Wise). Steals: 4 (King, Nol,
Woodall, Watkins). Turnovers: 16 (Noll 4, Hender-
son 3, King 3, Watkins 2, Wyand, Baboucarr,
Woodall, Shepherd). Technical fouls: none.
MICHIGAN (91)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A 0-TA F PTS
Robinson 24 6-13 2-3 4-7 0 4 16
Blanchard 25 5-11 8-9 3-5 3 1 18
Young 30 9-11 4-5 2-10 0 2 22
Queen 29 1-6 0-0 1-4 7 2 3
Groninger 22 2-4 3.4 0-1 1 2 8
Jones 12 1-3 3-6 3.7 2 2 5
Gibson 3 0-0 000-1100
Ingerson 19 2-6 0-0 3-4 0 3 5
Gotfredson 11 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Bailey 22 6-8 1-1 2-7 0 0 13
Adebiyi 3 0-1 1-2. 0-0 0 0 1
Totals 200 3268 2230194814 9 91
FG%: .471. FT%: .733. 3-point FG: 5-14, 357
(Robinson 2-3, Ingerson 1-3, Queen 1-5, Groninger
1-2, Blanchard 0-1). Blocks: 2 (Young, Gibson).
Steals: 7 (Queen 3, Robinson, Blanchard, Young,
Ingerson. Turnovers: 9 (Young 2, Queen 2, Bailey
2, Gotfredson, Robinson, Groninger). Technical
fouls: none.
IUPU-Fort Wayne.......... 34 28 - 62
Michigan.........................44 47 - 91
At: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor
Attendance: 10,476

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HYAN LEVENT HAL/Daily
Though he lost minutes to Leon Jones, Dommanic ingerson played tough defense.

cautious against Fort Wayne, turning
the ball over just twice in the first half
and nine times in the ballgame.
"I was very pleased with the way we

took care of (the ball)," Amaker said.
"This was not a team that was going to
press us, so it was going to be up to us
to not be loose with the ball."

Wolverines heading to Hawaii for holiday training

By Michael Rosen
For the Daily
After a third-place finish at the Georgia
Invitational this past weekend, Michigan
women's swimming coach Jim Richardson
said that his girls are ready for their jour-
ney to the Aloha State. Michigan will be
departing for Honolulu, Hawaii on Dec.
22 for a training trip and will be returning
to Ann Arbor on Jan. 6.
During the two-week stay in Hawaii,
Richardson will have his team training at a
very high level at the University of
Hawaii. The goal is for the Wolverines to
prepare to be a formidable force in the Big
Ten. The girls will be training during 10 of
the 14 days.
Richardson's agenda will be rigorous in

nature. Each morning the team will wake
up, jog, surf, lift weights and do circuit
training before diving into the pool. The
Wolverines will be finished swimming by
noon. They will have the afternoon off,
but they will have to return to the pool for
two more hours in the evening.
There is no doubt that the Wolverines
will be exhausted at the end of the day. For
this reason, Richardson finds Hawaii to be
an excellent training site. He likes the
location because of its warm weather,
friendly environment and relaxed atmos-
phere. This is conducive to the revitaliza-
tion of his swimmers' bodies.
"Training is as much about recovery as
it is about the actual workout," Richardson
said.
When not training, the athletes will visit

historical venues such as Pearl Harbor and
will celebrate Christmas and New Year's.
But perhaps the most exhilarating experi-
ence of the visit to Hawaii will be the
morning surf.
Richardson loves taking some of his
swimmers out to Waikiki Beach to watch
the sun rise over Diamond Head, a famous
volcanic-rock landmark. He said that the
combination of appreciating the sunrise
and riding waves is "good for your soul."
Sophomore Lori Eberwein says the trip
"is a great opportunity to get away from
the stress here at Michigan. We get in a
good-quality workout without all of the
distractions at school."
Spending Christmas away from family
and friends will be different for some of
the first-year swimmers. But, the Michi-

gan Alumni Club in Hawaii and the par-
ents of several swimmers help to alleviate
some of the anxiety the first-year students
tend to experience.
They provide a cozy, family-oriented
Christmas meal, gifts in stockings, and a
team Christmas tree. Each swimmer is
given her own ornament to hang on the
tree.
Training is only part of the trip. Since
several other schools - most notably Wis-
consin, Notre Dame and Purdue - train in
Hawaii during the same time, the coaches
enjoy participating in a two-day invitation-
al meet.
Since training is each team's main
objective, the meet is merely a friendly
competition and a gauge to see where each
squad stands in relation to the others.

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DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily
Traci Valasco is headed to Hawaii for two weeks of
training with her Michigan teamnates.

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Blue still
stuck on
the road
By Bob Hunt
Daily Sports Writer
- The Michigan women's basketball
team has picked up plenty of frequent
flyer miles this month.
With games ranging from Syracuse to
Seattle, the Wolverines are spanning the
country during their nonconference
slate.
Because the program owed many
schools home games due to home-and-
home contracts, Michigan has nine of
its first 10 games
on the road. The B SEBL
Wolverines' home BASKETBALL
opener against Notebook
Marquette last
Thursday was the only time the Wolver-
ines will play in Crisler Arena until they
face Oakland on Dec. 21 in their last
contest before Big Ten play begins.
"I try really hard not to even bring up
the fact that we're going every week-
end," Michigan coach Sue Guevara said.
"I think the more you talk about it the
more you focus on that aspect instead of
the X's and O's aspect."
Although playing in a different arena
each week may not be as easy as staying
in Ann Arbor, Guevara is taking the
schedule as a challenge.
"We try to pick out Xll the positive
things that you can," Guevara said.
"Like we're going to see a different part
of the country."
But with the semester winding down,
keeping up with the grueling schedule
of practicing, traveling and studying can
be a grind.
"It's more difficult academically,
especially with finals coming up," cen-
ter LeeAnn Bies said.
While many teams take a break dur-
ing their final exam period, the Wolver-
ines will be playing contests on the road
right through the end of the semester.
The team will travel to Seattle this
weekend to play Washington State and
Washington. The Wolverines will fly
home late Sunday night before practic-
ing on Monday for the game in Toledo
on Wednesday. Michigan will wrap up
its cross-country excursion by traveling
on the 14th or 15th to Baton Rouge,
Louisiana to play Louisiana State on
Dec. 16.
"I forgot we went to Toledo. So right
now I've got to scramble because I'm
going to miss those classes that I
thought I was going to be there for,"
Bies said.
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