The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 3, 2002 - 3B YESTERDAY'S GAME M' drops Michigan Wisconsin STEVE 56 68 third straight JACKSON THURSDAY'S GAME Michigan Michigan State in Big Ten 56 73 No sympathyfor everyone in LeBron James'scandal Gueva-rant "It's broke, and I gotta fix it." - Michigan coach Sue Guevara, referring to the current state of her team, after losing three straight Big Ten games. YESTERDAY'S GAME Michigan (56) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS Goodlow 13 2-7 0-0 34 0 4 4 Gandy 31 3-9 1-2 1-3 3 3 7 Smith 36 6-12 4-6 2-7 1 3 18 Pool 28 2-9 00 15 2 5 4 carney 22 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 Reams 31 6-10 1-2 4-4 4 2 15 Burin 7 02 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 Bies 21 2-4 0-0 2-6 2 3 4 Andrews 7 0-1 0-0.1 3 0 0 Hauser-Price 10 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 Totals 200 2259 7-2 1433 17 21 56 FG%: .373. FT% .583 3-poIt FG: 5-18, .278 (Reams 2-2, Smith 2-3, Carney 1-2, Burlin 0-2, Good- low 02, Gandy 03, Pool 0-4). Blocks: 2 (Bies, Reams). Steals: 11 (Reams 3, Smith 3, Bies 2, Car- ney, Hauser-Price, Pool). Turnovers: 14 (Bies 3, Smith 3, Hauser-Price 2, Pool 2, Burlin, Carney, Gandy, Goodlow, ). Technical Fouls: none. WISCONSIN (68) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS Gebisa, L. 33 8-11 0-1 2-8 1 4 16 Gebisa, E. 31 4-7 3-4 0-2 1 1 13 Ashbaugh 23 4-7 0-0 1-4 2 4 8 Rich 33 3-9 36 03 3 1 12 Seeger 26 2-4 4-4 1-8 5 2 8 Hefte 13 0-0 00 0-0 1 1 0 Wilson 19 01 3-4 0-2 4 0 3 Nicols 22 24 22 0-2 3 0 8 Totals 200 2243 15-216-32 20 13 68 FG%:.535. FT%:.714. 3-point FG: 7-11,.636 (Rich 3-6, Gebisa, E. 2-2, Nicols 2-3). Blocks: 4 (Gebisa, L 2, Ashbaugh, Wilson). Steals: 6 (Ashbaugh 2, Gebisa, L., Nicols, Rich, Seeger). Turnovers: 18 (Gebisa, L. 4, Gebisa, E 3, Nicols 3, Seeger 3, Ash- baugh 2, Hefte, Rich). Technical fouls: none. Michigan ...................30 26 -56 Wisconsin............34 34-68 At: Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin Attendance: 9,442 THURSDAY'S GAME Michigan (56) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS 'Goodlow 27 7-9 1-1 2-2 3 4 15 Gandy y 27 2-11 0-0 2-3 3 1 4 McPhilamy 1 00 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pool 37 5-11 0-0 1-11 2 0 13 Carney 30 02 00 0-1 6 2 0 Hauser-Price 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Reams 16 0-3 2-2 2-2 1 2 2 Burin 4 0-0 0 01 000 Bies 17 2-3 0-0 1-3 0 3 4 Smith 35 8-15 0-0 05 0 4 18 Totals 200 24-54 33 929 16 16 56 FG%: .444. FT%: 1.000. 3-point FG: 5-15, .333 (Pool 3-7, Smith 2-2, Carney 02, Gandy 0-2, Reams 0-2). Blocks: 5 (Pool 3, Goodlow, Bies) Steals: 5 (Pool 2, Gandy 2, Hauser-Price). Turnovers: 16 (Carney 5, Pool 3, Goodlow 2, Reams 2, Gandy, Hauser-Price, Burin Smith). Technical Fouls: none. MICHIGAN STATE (73) FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0- A F PTS Pagel 34 1-4 2-2 3-12 2 1 4 Haynie 39 4-8 3-4 02 7 0 12 Bowen 40 6-7 2-2 0-0 3 1 17 Bromfield 38 9-22 2-2 1-4 0 0 25 Shimek 34 3-8 34 4-9 4 1 9 Callier 5 0-4 00 2-3 0 0 0 Pusateri 1 0-0 00 0-0 0 0 0 Osmer 1 0-0 0-0 00 0 0 0 Roehrig 10 3-4 0-0 1-1 0 5 6 Totals 200 26-57 12-1412-33 16 8 73 FG%:.456. FT%: .857. 3-point FG: 9-15, .600 (Brom- field 5-9, Bowen 33, Hayne 1-3). Blocks: 3 (Pagel, Shimek, Callier). Steals: 11 (Haynie 4, Pagel 3, Brom- field 3, Roehrig). Turovers: 9 (Bowen 3, Roehrig 3, Pagel, Haynie, Bromfield). Technical fouls: none. Michigan............30 26 -56 Michigan State....... .. 32 41 -73 At: Breslin Center, East Lansing Attendance: 6,704 'M' STATS By Brian Schick Daily Sports Writer For the third time this season, the Michigan women's basketball team is "0-0." After yesterday's 68-56 loss to Wisconsin, the Wolverines dropped their third straight and wrapped up the first half of the Big Ten season 2-6. According to Michigan coach Sue Guevara, it's time to begin a new season - again. Michigan began its first "new" season after dropping the first two games of the Big Ten season. "Let's start over," Guevara said. "(We won't) focus on 2-6, but focus on 0-0 and let's make a change (for the second half)." Wisconsin (4-5 Big Ten, 6-14 overall) was on fire all over the court, shooting 54 percent from the floor and 64 percent from behind the arc. Michigan had no answer for the hot hand of Badgers' guard Lello Gebisa, who finished with 16 points on 8-for-11 shoot- ing. For its part, Michigan (2-6, 11-8) could only shoot a dismal 37 percent from the floor and 27 percent from 3-point range. For the second straight game, hot perimeter shooting from their opponents killed the Wolverines. "We just struggled scoring from the perimeter," Gue- vara said. "It came down to being able to stop them from scoring (and we didn't)." Freshman Niki Reams was one of the exceptions, scoring 15 points and dishing out four assists. The other exception was junior forward Jennifer Smith, who controlled the post, dropping 18, including two 3-point- ers. While Smith continued to be the go-to player in the post late in the game, senior center LeeAnn Bies was absent from the lineup, as Michigan attempted to rally from a double-digit deficit in the second half. Bies, who has come off the bench in four straight games, was picked as a preseason All-Big Ten selection and was thought to be one of the best post players in the confer- ence. Guevara indicated that Bies - who finished with four points and six boards in 21 minutes - was out of the lineup due to the fact that she wanted to run the floor. "I had to go with quickness," Guevara said. "To have two big kids in when we're down 13 points and we're pressing isn't going to get it done." NATHAN PIER/The Badger Herald Michigan's Sierra Hauser-Price (20) battles for possession with Wisconsin's Stephanie Rich (11) in the Wolverine loss. Two of the bright spots in this game were Michigan's ability to dominate the offensive glass - pulling down 14 rebounds - and finishing with more assists (17) than turnovers (14). On Thursday in East Lansing, there were no bright spots, and Michigan dropped its first game to the Spar- tans since 1999. The 73-56 loss was capped by a seven- minute scoring drought to end the game after sophomore forward Tabitha Pool hit a trey to pull the Wolverines to 58-56. Michigan State (5-2, 12-6) used the same formula as Wisconsin, killing Michigan from the perimeter. Michigan State guard Syreeta Bromfield shot 5-of-9 from downtown and finished with 25 points. Michigan's guards couldn't answer one of her shots, as all three of them went a combined 0-6 from behind the arc. The combination of outside shooting and denying Michigan of its bread-and-butter high-low offense took any chance of a comeback. "I thought they did a nice job of defending us inside," Guevara said. "We couldn't hit the outside jumper, and unfortunately we paid for it." e Chosen One was still driving This Hummer H2 to basketball practice Friday, and before long someone else about his age will proba- bly be driving a real Humvee into Bagh- dad. If LeBron James asked me for sympa- thy, I would tell him to look in the dic- tionary. He can find it there - between shit and syphilis. The people painting James as a victim have lost touch with reality. Barring legal action against the Ohio High School Athletic Association, James won't play high school basketball again. Big deal. That's more time to spend talk- ing with shoe company executives. Untold millions of dollars are still wait- ing for the consensus No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. If he gets bored with the kids in his history class, he can still chat on his cell phone with Kobe, MJ, or Shaq. It was always good to be King James, and it still is. Which begs the question: What good came out of Friday's g decision by the Bydecla OHSAA? What is it ineligible th they were hoping to OHSAA didf accomplish?f If they were hoping Of issuing to double the media cir- parking cus surrounding the prep scene in Akron, it worked. If they were hoping to stop the top= ranked Fighting Irish from winning a state title, odds are good they will be successful on that front as well. But if they were really hoping to pun- ish James or the money-grubbing people around him, they failed. OHSAA commissioner Clair Mus- caro said that because James accepted two free "throwback" jerseys from a local store he forfeited his amateur status forever. James is the first athlete Muscaro has declared ineligible in his 14 years as commissioner. "I think this sends a message that we are all about fairness," Muscaro told reporters Friday. "We will treat him the same as all our other athletes." Really? I'm not sure which is harder to believe: The fact that 'aWes Unsi6d jersey costs $450 or that accepting one is the worst crime ever perpetrated by a prep basketball player in Ohio. No one has ever treated James fairly. Why start now? ri hi the 'Al ig I An OHSAA bylaw states that a player is forbidden from "capitalizing on athlet- ic fame by receiving money or gifts of monetary value" over $100. Never mind how impossible that law is to enforce, the real story lies in the bylaws that don't exist. The OHSAA had no rules that pre- vent "The Scholastic Fantastic LeBron James Tour" from making stops in Cali- fornia, New Jersey and North Carolina. Nowhere in the bylaws is there a pro- vision that halts pay-per-view deals or limos to take King James to one of many college arenas. His high school charged tens of thousands of dollars in appearance fees for each game. The list goes on and on. The professionalization of high school and college sports is nothing new, but steps can be taken to prevent another school from using an athlete for money the way St. Vincent-St. Mary's has. If Muscaro is really interested in pre- serving some variant of "fairness" or "amateurism," he should address the real issues that caused this ig James issue to blow up in the s week, the first place: Travel. Tele- e equivalent vision. Money. I Capone a In Michigan, games cannot be aired on live ticket. national television and teams are not allowed to travel more than 300 miles one way. By declaring James ineligible this week, the OHSAA did the equivalent of issuing Al Capone a parking ticket. Flying around the country and airing games live on ESPN did more to tip the scales in favor of St. Vincent-St. Mary's than 10,000 "throwback" jerseys ever could. Instead of looking to solve the core problems it faced, the OHSAA merely followed its overly simplistic and arbitrary rules with blind vindictiveness. The OHSAA did nothing to discour- age future phenoms from coming to Ohio and bastardizing amateurism again. It did nothing to prevent parents from being forced to drop $50 to see their child play on Friday night. All it really did was bring undo attention to itself. There are no heros in this story; no victims either. I don't feel James' pain; I don't admire Muscaro's actions. If either of these characters want my sympathy, they know where to find it. Blue overcoming injury By Daniel Bremmer Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - The Wolver- ines have been banged up all season, but they're closer to being healthy now than they've been in the last few weeks. After missing all of last season due to a staph infection, fifth-year senior Raina Goodlow is nearly back to full BASKETBALL strength. Goodlow averaged 5.7 points Notebook per game for the season before breaking out on Thurs- day night with 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting. "I'm definitely getting there," Good- low said. "I just have to work on my stamina. I'm still not 100 percent, but I'm getting there." During the first half against Michi- gan State, Goodlow was on fire from the right corner, connecting on all four of her jumpers from 15 feet. Michigan coach Sue Guevara expects Goodlow to continue to provide her team with a spark. "Raina has come back with a hungri- ness, a sense of urgency," Guevara said. "She wants to help this team accom- plish more than last year's did." Another Michigan starter recovering from injury is junior Jennifer Smith. Smith averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds over Michigan's first four games before being sidelined with a knee injury for five contests. After re- entering the starting lineup on Jan. 5 vs. Illinois, Smith has led the Wolver- ines in scoring, averaging 12.4 points and is second in rebounding with 6.6 boards per game. "She's coming back," Guevara said of Smith's recovery. "I would say that today, we are closer to that post pres- ence than we were three weeks ago." DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME: Dur- ing the final seven minutes of its loss to Michigan State on Thursday, Michigan failed to score while turning the ball over five times. The result was a two- point gap turning into a 17-point canyon as the Wolverines fell to the Spartans 73-56. "The last six minutes we just could- n't buy a basket," Guevara said. "We just could not get any kind of penetra- tion off our dribble drive, and then defensively we broke down." Michigan State senior Syretta Brom- field led the Spartans with a game-high 25 points, including three buckets dur- ing the Spartans game-ending 15-0 run. Freshman Julie Bowen - a 47-per- cent shooter from behind the arc this season - was Michigan State's marks- man, hitting on all three of her attempts from downtown, including a shot- clock-beating heave in the first half from a foot inside of the Michigan bench. WHITE-OUT: The Breslin Center was rocking on Thursday night, with over 6,700 in attendance to watch the Spar- tan victory - the eighth-highest total in Michigan State women's basketball history. "The crowd was awesome," Guevara said. "I thought it was definitely a sixth player. It was good basketball. The crowd was into it, and that's the way it's supposed to be." "(The attendance) was 6,000, but it sounded a lot more like 10,000 to be honest with you," Michigan State coach Joanne McCallie said. Player G Smith 14 Pool 19 Gandy 19 Bies 19 Reams 17 Goodlow 19 Andrews 18 Hauser-Price 17 Burlin 17 Carney 17 McPhilamy 11 Min 25.6 28.4 31.8 24.5 25.2 16.0 19.4 11.9 14.9 13.9 3.0 A 1.0 1.8 2.0 1.2 1.9 1.2 1.9 0.9 1.7 1.8 0.0 Reb 6.1 7.5 5.0 5.3 2.9 3.0 1.8 0.7 2.0 0.9 0.5 Pts. 14.1 12.0 11.6 11.1 7.7 6.1 4.4 3.8 2.1 1.0 0.9 The Sociology Department and the American Culture Program present... BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Penn State Purdue Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Indiana Northwestern Conference Overall W L W L 8 1 18 5 8 2 18 3 5 2 12 6 5 3 16 3 5 3 14 5 5 4 13 6 4 5 6 14 2 5 11 8 2 6 11 8 2 7 9 10 1 9 6 14 Monday, February 3 " 3:30 P.M. Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room "Facing Diversity: American Identity and the New Challenges of Religious and Cultural Pluralism" The "cultural work" that ordinary Americans engage in to make sense of people whose religious traditions are radically different from their own. - 3:00 P.M. RECEPTION - Also, the Morikawa Lectureship presents... "Christianity in the Third Millennium: Seven Major Trends" Sunday, February 2 " 4:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor For information e-mail tjmcginn@cdcpi.com Prof Wuthnow is the Director of Princeton's Center for the Study of Religion, Editor-at-Large of Christian Century and current President, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. I NEXT: When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor Coming off a 78-62 trouncing of Indi- ana, the Hawkeyes (2-5 Big Ten, 11-8 noverall) will have to travel into Ann The University of Michigan Department of Dermatology is currently offering new research study for subjects with psoriasis.