The Michigan Daily - SportsTuesday - January 21, 2003 - 3B YESTERDAY'S GAME .Indi ana Michigan 68 71 Blue breaks slump STEVE JACKSON First Big Ten win takes monkey off back Gueva-rant "This job is more about psycholo- gy than X's and 0's" - Michigan coach Sue Guevara, on keeping her team focused in the Big Ten. Daily's MVP LeeAn lies in her second game coming off the bench, Bies dropped 19 and helped establish Michigan's dominance inside. By Gennaro Filice Daily Sports Writer Key Stat 20 Number of free throw attemps by Michigan. The Wolverines converted on 20, making more than Indiana attempted (17). YESTERDAY'S GAME Indiana (68) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0T A F PTS Eckart 29 5-13 01 3-8 2 2 11 Branson 22 1-3 3-4 1-3 0 5 5 Gathing 21 2-5 0-0 3-4 0 3 4 DeMuth 33 4-12 2-2 0-2 2 1 10 Valentin 36 6-14 5-5 0-2 3 3 21 Bodine 20 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 Skapin 4 0.0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Hartman 23 35 0-0 0-1 1 2 8 Hawkins 10 1-1 4-4 0-2 0 5 6 Salters 2 0.0 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 200 23-57 14-17 9-25 10 25 68 FG%:.404. FT%:.824. 3-point FG: 8-19, .421 (Valentin 4-7, Hartman 2-4, Bodine 1-1, Eckart 1-3, Branson 0-1, DeMuth 0-3). Blocks: 1 (DeMuth). Steals: 15 (Branson 3, Eckart 2, Gathing 2, DeMuth 2, Valentin 2, Bodine 2, Hartman, Hawkins). Turnovers: 20 (Valentin 6, Eckart 4, Bod- ne 3, DeMuth 2, Skapin 2, Branson, Gathing, Hart- man). Technical Fouls: none. MICHIGAN (71) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS Pool 24 3-11 0-0 0-6 1 3 6 Goodlow 15 3-6 2-4 1-3 2 0 9 Smith 24 4-5 3-3 1-7 3 3 12 Carney 26 1-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 Gandy 38 5-8 3-5 1-4 2 2 13 Bies 30 5-7 9-9 2-8 3 4 19 Reams 24 2-4 0-0 1-3 1 3 5 Andrews 11 1-1 2-2 0-1 0 0 4 Hauser-Price 6 0-0 1-2 0-1 0 0 1 Burlin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 200 24-43 20.26 7-35 14 16 71 FG%: .558. FT%: .769. 3-point FG: 3-8,_375 (Good- low 1-1, Smith 1-1, Reams 1-2, Gandy 0.1, Bies 0-1, Pool 0-2). Blocks: 3 (Goodlow, Smith, Bies). Steals: 13 (Bies 4, Reams 3, Smith 2, Carney 2, Pool, Gandy). Turnovers: 28 (Pool 6, Smith 6, Carney 3, Bies 3, Goodlow 2, Reams 2, Burlin 2, Hauser-Price 2, Gandy, Andrews). Technical fouls: none. Indiana.....................27 41 - 68 Michigan ............38 33 - 71 At: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor Attendance: 2,091 Michigan women's basketball team entered Sunday's game against Indiana winless in Big Ten play. Losing its first three games to Minnesota, Illinois and Purdue by an average of 25.7 points per game, the Wolverines were off to their worst conference start since the 1995-96 campaign. Although Michigan coach Sue Guevara consistently attempted keep a positive mindset, she obviously was eager to harness the team's first Big Ten win of the season. "When you go 0-3, sometimes you wonder, 'is it ever going to come?"' Guevara said. In Guevara's 100th Big Ten game, Michigan (1-3 Big Ten, 10-5 overall) held off a late surge by Indiana (2-3, 9-6), and defeated the Hoosiers 71-68. With the victory, Guevara evened her personal mark against Indiana to 6-6, and the Wolverines finally rid themselves of a notorious primate. "It's good to get that monkey off our back," senior captain LeeAnne Bies said. The anti-"rally monkey" is gone, and the Wolverines look to continue improving and gaining Big Ten wins. "I think now that we have our momentum going, then we can hopefully continue to play as well as we did tonight," Bench role new By Brian Schick Daily Sports Writer junior Jennifer Smith said. But, in the Big Ten, victories are hard to come by. Possibly the most talented conference in the country, the Big Ten cur- rently boasts three teams ranked in the top 15 nationally, as well as 10 teams with nine or more wins (an impressive stat considering all teams have played just 14-17 games). "On any given day in the Big Ten, you're in for a battle," Guevara said. "It doesn't matter who it is or where you are playing, you've got to come ready to play." Guevara credits the Wolverines' recent Big Ten turn- around to being mentally prepared for the competitive conference. "This job has a lot more to do with psychology than with X's and O's," Guevara said. "It's a fresh start for us because there is still a lot of season to go. You have to go in (to the Indiana game) 0-0 and forget you're 0-3. It's not about that right now. We're a different basketball team than we were two weeks ago, and we still have an opportunity to accom- plish our goals." Not only were the Wolverines mentally prepared for the Hoosiers, but with all scholarship players in uniform for the first time this season, they were physically ready as well. "I'm glad to have Niki Reams back, and I'm really glad to have 12 healthy people," Guevara said. BIG TEN STANDINGS Conference Overall NBA has lessons to teach about diversity initiatives Team W L W L Penn State 5 1 14 4 Minnesota 4 1 15 1 Ohio State 4 1 13 3 Purdue 3 2 14 3 Illinois 3 2 11 4 Indiana 2 3 9 6 Michigan State 2 3 9 7 Iowa 1 2 9 5 Michigan 1 3 10 5 Wisconsin 1 4 3 12 Northwestern 1 5 6 11 Weekend results: MICHIGAN 71, Indiana 68 Ohio State 63, NORTHWESTERN 42 WISCONSIN 69, Illinois 59 PENN STATE 75, Michigan State 70 MINNESOTA 90, Purdue 75 For the second straight game, senior co-captain LeeAnn Bies relinquished her starting spot to fellow captain Raina Goodlow Bies, a preseason All- BASKETBALL Big Ten selec- tion, had scored Notebook just 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds through three con- ference games, and Michigan coach Sue Guevara was hoping a new starting line- up would help jumpstart the Wolverines in the early minutes. This week in practice, Guevara indi- cated that she had stressed the impor- tance of the high-low offense - the bread and butter of the Wolverines this season - which had been lacking in recent games, and she hoped to rein- force against Indiana Sunday. After a solid week of practice, Bies returned to nonconference form, scoring 19 points, grabbing eight rebounds and going a perfect 9-for-9 from the line. "Bies played (Sunday) like she has been practicing," Guevara said. "We worked on the high-low all week" The week of practice helped the team reestablish its preseason dominance in the post. This is due in large part to Bies studying the game from the sidelines. Although she isn't used to her current role of coming off the bench, Bies attrib- HOOSI ERS Continued from Page 113 Michigan capitalized, draining 20- of-26 from the free throw line. Michigan's 20 free throws were three more than Indiana could attempt, fol- lowing a trend that has been apparent in many of Michigan's wins this sea- son. "We had not been as aggressive in the last couple games of getting to the free throw line," Guevara said. "I like the fact that we were able to make the officials make some calls because it was very physical down there." Not all those fouls came from Michigan's size inside. Junior for- ward Stephanie Gandy got to the free throw line five times with her driving ability after Guevara noted her lack of such activity in last week's loss to Purdue. "(Gandy's role) is to give us that energy and enthusiasim," Guevara said. "She's doing a better job defen- sively getting herself going and get- ting to the boards." With the normally emotional DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Michigan center LeeAnn Bies battles for possession with Indiana's Jenny DeMuth in Sunday's 71-68 win. Bies helped shut down DeMuth, Indiana's leading scorer. uted her recent success to watching the game from the sidelines and making the most of her minutes when she does come in. "Coming off the bench gives you a chance to see what's going on, what the tempo is, and take in the whole game," Bies said. "(It gives the opportunity) to come in and see what needs to be done on defense and what we're looking for on offense. It gives me an advantage." TURNOVERS? WHAT TURNOVERS?: Despite winning their first conference game of the season, the Wolverines committed 28 turnovers, the second- highest total of the season. Because Michigan held on for the win, the turnovers seemed to take a backseat and were justified because the Wolverines were attempting to pound the ball inside. "I think some of the turnovers came because we tried to make things hap- pen before the double team came," Guevara said. Forward Jennifer Smith turned the ball over six times but said that, despite the high number of turnovers, they were Gandy providing her spark, Michigan got a further boost with the return of freshman guard Niki Reams. Reams sat out the Purdue game and had seen limited action prior to it due to a wrist injury. While tallying just five points, she made her presence known through hustle plays and some defen- sive prowess, including three steals. "Niki did give us a big spark off the bench," Guevara said. "We've been missing her energy, and she keeps a lot of balls alive." Reams' play mirrored much of the defense the Wolverines exhibited on the floor. A defense that has been flat for weeks came to life on Sunday, exemplified by Michigan's last sec- ond stand. Guevara switched between a 1-3-1 zone and a 2-3 zone throughout the game. While Michigan had its own troubles giving up the ball, the defense helped in creating 20 turnovers of its own. "We were picking it up in the first half, getting our hands on a lot of balls," Bies said. "That led to a lot of easy baskets on the other end." part of the team working out some of the kinks from previous games. "I definitely think we need to cut down on turnovers, but now with our first win, everything will probably start coming together," Smith said. NEW RINGLEADER: At the beginning of the season, freshman Rachael Carney saw very little playing time as fellow freshmen Mie Burlin and Niki Reams started and Lauren Andrews was the third option coming off the bench. Now Carney has moved into the starting line- up and has become the dominant floor leader for the Wolverines. The role of the point guard is to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Smith acknowledges Carney's ability to assume that role when she's on the floor, especially at such a young age. "I think she's done a really nice job stepping up to be a leader as a point guard," Smith said. "She always makes sure we know what defense we're in, calls out the plays early and gets us together to make sure we know what we're doing." George W. Bush and Colin Powell can't seem to agree on the University's admissions policy. Maybe they should ask NBA commissioner David Stern for advice. Stern and the NBA's team of own- ers have executed a diversity plan that the University only wishes it could duplicate. Basketball - a game once domi- nated by white Americans (George Mikan, Bob Petit, Bob Cousy, etc.) and later blacks (Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Tracy McGrady, etc.) - now draws the best talent from all around the globe. The Dallas Mavericks have the best record in the NBA in part because they were among the first teams to find good players from Canada (Steve Nash), Germany (Dirk Now- itzki), the Caribbean (Raja Bell) and the Michigan St Native American guard Marcu community here in longer good. the United States a to (Edward Najera).a par ol The NBA has basketball a always wanted to Earth becaL expand its global reachr because drawing from raised a larger pool improves the overall quality of the players in the league, and the University has similar goals for its diversity programs. The NBA accomplished its goal quite easily by simply beaming images of Air Jordan all over the globe to stimulate interest in the sport and create a new generation of elite international basketball players. Unfortunately, showing tapes of Ralph Williams' lectures won't inspire kids across the country to improve their reading and writing skills. The NBA also had the advantage of rapidly growing development structures in the areas where "basket- ball minorities" lived such as China, Argentina and France. But the schools that provide the University with underrepresented minority can- didates aren't exactly doing the equivalent of starting their own pro- fessional leagues. While the NBA's diversity initiative was considered a success despite admitting just a few "minority" play- ers, the University needs hundreds of candidates each year before anyone around here will be happy with the results. The goal of the University's admis- sions policies is not to give immedi- ate opportunities to undeserving people, although many people have argued that is what it accomplishes right now. Supporters of the policies believe that they will expand the pool of talent for higher education in America to include people of all races and all backgrounds. In the long-term, they believe speeding up the process now will improve life for at is er ,f ti Iss us+ th everyone by creating an environment like the NBA, where everyone has a chance to succeed at the highest level. But this sort of growth still has consequences. Michigan State standout guard Marcus Taylor is no longer good enough to be a part of the best bas- ketball association on Earth because diversity raised the bar. People who condemn any assis- tance or special support for underrep- resented minorities are turning their eyes away from real problems facing minority groups because they are afraid they will become the next Mar- cus Taylor. But those who see no logical limit to that sort of assistance are just as blind. If Stern were to have proposed a t standoutminimum quota of three foreign players Taylor is no per team 10 years ago, hough to be the players' association he best would have slammed e bs the door in his face. A ociation on system like that would e diversity do significant harm to the quality of basket- re bar. ball being played and attach a negative stigma to every for- eign player in the league. What if Stern paid teams $1 mil- lion per foreign player up to three per team? That might speed up the intro- duction of foreigners into basketball without doing irreversible harm to the sport. But what if he wrote a check for $10 million per player? I think you would see three foreign-born players on every roster with a system like that. And that sort of quota would not be tolerated, even if it were to be disguised as an elaborate point system. The University has to do a delicate balancing act. While Michigan has clearly chosen to err on the side of too much assistance rather than not enough, its choices were made with the best interests of the school in mind. I'm just a sports columnist. I don't claim to have the answer to this com- plex problem. I don't know if 20 points is a quota in disguise or if it is completely justified. Something needs to be done in order for the University to reach its long-term goals for underrepresented minority students in a reasonable time frame. But giving too much assistance will actually hurt its cause by cheap- ening the education at Michigan and making some students feel like they are second-class. Has the current system crossed a line? The U.S. Supreme Court will have to decide that. Steve Jackson can be reached at sjjackso@umich.edu. 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