7A - Thursday, February 25, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 7A - Thursday, February 25, 2010 The Michigan Daily = michigandailycom * Novak finds his stroke as other players go cold M' struggles from the field By JOE STAPLETON Daily Sports Editor Against Illinois on Tuesday, five Wolverines put up 0-fers from beyond the 3-point line, including shooters Michigan normally relies on, like sophomore Stu Douglass and redshirt sophomore Laval Lucas-Perry. But piercing NOTEBOOK through the dark clouds surround- ing the Michigan men's basketball team's awful 3-point shooting was a beam of light - from sophomore guard Zack Novak. Novak has been struggling with his stroke recently, most notably against Penn State when he went 1-for-6 from the 3-point line. But against Illinois, Novak went 4- for-10, providing his team with the only consistent touch from beyond the arc. "I've been working on changing stuff up with my shot," Novak said. "Just slowing down, trying not to be in a rush. It helped." The good shooting effort led to one of Novak's best offensive nights in a while. His 12 points marked the first time the guard has cracked double-digits since Jan. 23 against Purdue. LUCAS-PERRY STRUGGLES: The shooting sruggles have been plainly evident all season, and the numbers continue to back it up. Of Michigan's five starters, not one is shooting above 31 percent from deep. And recently, few play- ers have been struggling as much as Laval Lucas-Perry. The guard's 0-for-6 shooting from deep against Illinois was the worst in his past five games. In ARItL BOND/Daily Sophomore Zack Novak, pictured here, shot 4-10 from three-point range in Tues- day's 51-44 loss to the Fighting Illini. three of those, he has not made a 3-pointer. "Same old song," Lucas-Perry said. "We got to find some answers quickly, because the Big Ten Tour- nament is coming up right away and we got to find a solution to this problem that we're having." Lucas-Perry is known as a shooter, but given his current slump, he said he needs to find other ways to contribute to the team. "I've got to do something dif- ferent to help this team win," Lucas-Perry said. "Defensively, or finding other teammates when I'm not hitting, driving to the basket." SILVER LINING: With the way the Wolverines were shooting during the first half of Tuesday's game, no fan would have been sur- prised to look at the scoreboard and see that Michigan was down by a wide margin. In reality, the Wolverines were only down by eight. The reason behind the small deficit despite the poor shooting was simple: defense. When Michigan missed shots, it tightened up on defense. This observation may seem like it's out of an elementary-school coach's handbook, but it's been a hard lesson learned by this year's Wolverines. One of Michigan's biggest prob- lems this year has been that when it can't hit shots, it becomes dis- tracted on defense. "When we haven't shot well, we are a distracted team," Beilein said after last week's loss to Penn State at home. "Now you're thinking about the missed shot and not get- ting the loose ball. You're thinking about it on defense." But that was definitely not the case on Tuesday. And if there was a silver lining against the Illini, that was it. "We were great defensively," Beilein said. "Really good. You can't do much better defensively." Illinois has averaged 68 points per game in conference play. On Tuesday, Michigan held the Illini to 51. By AMY SCARANO Daily Sports Writer In their last three games, the Wolverines shot a combined 31 per- cent from the field. And for a team with postseason aspirations, that's notcutting it. "If we can't shoot the ball better than we are now, we can't beat any- body," Borseth said after the loss NOTEBOOK to Penn State last Thursday. Against Michigan State and Penn State, Michigan shot 28 and 29 per- cent in the first half. And on Sunday, they team shot 37 percent to the Badgers 46. But the Wolverines always play their best games in the second stanza, so there was hope. But even when they are able to step it up in the last 20 minutes, they haven't been able to dig themselves out of their first-half holes due to lack of offensive performance. "We came out a little bit on," Hicks said after the loss to Wiscon- sin Sunday. "But then we didn't get a few calls and we flattened out in the first half and we dug ourselves in a hole and unfortunately that hole was insurmountable tonight." Michigan had numerous free- throw chances in all three defeats, but only on occasion did those really make a difference, and never in the eventual outcome. Against Penn State, freshman guard Dayeesha Hollins shots from the charity strip with fifteen seconds remaining gave the Wolverines a second chance, sending the game into overtime before they lost 71-65. Against Wis- consin - a team that shot 46 percent at Crisler last Sunday - free throws were Michigan's saving grace, allowing them to stay in the game before comingup short. RECRUITING ASSETS: After nine winning seasons as head coach at Wisconsin-Green Bay, Kevin Bors- eth had some adjusting to do when he came to Ann Arbor three years ago. And in his third year as the Mich- igan women's basketball coach, it looks like those adjustments are finally beginning to pay off. Borseth inherited a squad largely made up of upperclassmen, and in two seasons, eight seniors gradu- ated, giving him a chance to rebuild the program. Last season, the starting roster was made up of four seniors and the team record was 10-20. Neither of Borseth's first two recruits at Mich- igan averaged even 20 minutes per game. This year, he has had six new freshmen to work with, handpicked by Borseth himself. And while NCAA tournament hopes are all but gone, the squad is 14-12 with two games left in the regular season. Starting with now sophomores- Carmen Reynolds and Courtney Boylan, Borseth has been able to pick the players he sees potential in, as well as players who are coachable and adaptable. "I saw (freshman guard Dayee- sha)Hollins in a tournament down in Atlanta," Borseth said at Big Ten Media Day at the end of Oct. "One time was enough for me. She was a junior. They had a shootout in Atlanta I was watching her play. And I said there ain't no way we're getting this kid. She's a good guard. She'sverygood." After playing as reserves in their first year, Reynolds's and Boylan's impacts are felt this year. Reyn- olds shoots almost 50 percent from downtown, and has scored double digits in all of Michigan's confer- ence victories this season. Boylan consistently provides a spark off the bench. While Borseth hasn't had that same success he had in Green Bay just yet, that could be different a few years down the line when the play- ers Borseth recruited are juniors and seniors. They sure have shown flashes of success. When she is performing, Hollins puts up double digits and takes the ball down the court with surprising conviction for a freshman. "You know, you hate to put the weight of the world on the kid," Borseth said at Big Ten Media Day. "But I think Hollins is a real good player. She's legit. She can move. She plays the way I coach. She's a natu- ral for what we do." Hollins and freshman guard Jenny Ryan have started every game this season. And while Ryan's contributions are the ones you don't see as much on stat sheets, she is second on the team in rebounds, only four behind 6-foot-6 senior Krista Phillips. SENIOR SHINE: Senior guard Kalyn McPherson scored a season high eight points in the last 10 min- utes of the Wolverines' loss to Wis- consin Sunday. 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