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February 21, 2011- 3B
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
BIG TEN ROUNDUP
Here's what's happened
in Big Ten basketball this
past week.
SUNDAY FEB. 20
Ohio State, 63 at Purdue, 76
Penn State, 66 at Wisconsin, 76
SATURDAY FEB.19
Michigan, 75 at Iowa, 72
Northwestern, 70 at Indiana, 64
Illinois, 57 at Michigan State, 61
THURSDAY FEB.17
Minnesota, 63 at Penn State, 66
. Iowa, 70 at Northwestern,73
WEDNESDAY FEB.16
No.10 Wisconsin, 62 at No.11 Purdue, 70
Illinois, 54 at Michigan, 52
TUESDAY FEB.15
Michigan State, 61 at No.3 Ohio State, 71
BIG TEN STANDINGS
1) No. 3 Ohio State (12-1)
2) No. 11 Purdue (10-3)
3) No.10 Wisconsin (9-4)
4) Illinois (7-7)
5) Michigan State (7-7)
6) Penn State (7-7)
7) Michigan (7-8)
8) Minnesota (6-8)
9) Northwestern (6-9)
10) Indiana (3-11)
11) Iowa (3-12)
ICE HOCKEY
CCHA ROUNDUP
Here's what's happened
in CCHA hockey this
past week.
SATURDAY FEB.19
Western Michigan 4 at No.11 Michigan 5
Lake Superior State 2 at Ohio State 5
No.8 Notre Dame 5 at Ferris State 2
Michigan State 6 at Alaska 2
Northern Michigan 3 at Bowling Green 2
FRIDAY FEB.18
Western Michigan 3 at No.11 Michigan 6
Lake Superior State 1 at Ohio State 1
No.8 Notre Dame 3 at Ferris State 2
Michigan State 1 at Alaska 4
Northern Michigan 2 at Bowling Green 2
CCHA STANDINGS
1) No. 8 Notre Dame (56 pts.)
2) No.11 Michigan (55 pts.)
3) No.10 Miami (Ohio) (49 pts.)
4) Western Michigan (41 pts.)
5) Northern Michigan (39 pts.)
6t.) Alaska (38 pts.)
6t.) Ferris State (38 pts.)
7t.) Lake Superior State (37 pts.)
9) Ohio State (35 pts.)
10) Michigan State (29 pts.)
11) Bowling Green (15 pts.)
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IOWA
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had two fouls, and just as the
Hawkeyes (3-12, 10-17) were
gaining momentum, the Wol-
verine bench players hit the
floor and saw significant time
in the first half of a conference
matchup for the first time this
season. Sophomore guard Eso
Akunne scored his first basket
since playing in garbage min-
utes against Gardner-Webb on
Nov. 21:
And after the starters ran out
to a 14-4 lead to open the con-
test, the reserves stumbled and
allowed Iowa to take a 32-24
lead into halftime. The team's
frustration actually manifested
itself in a technical foul when
Beilein argued a call with four
minutes left in the half.
"It just seemed like every-
thing was going wrong," Mor-
gan said. "We stuck in there
together and battled. Then
coach got T'ed up, and we
foughtfor our coach, and for our
season. We hung on together
and battled this one out."
At the halftime buzzer,
almost as a microcosm of how
the whole first half went for
Michigan, Cartwright heaved
a shot from beyond the half-
court line and banked it in, giv-
ing the Hawkeyes an 11-point
lead at the half. But after both
teams hit the locker rooms, the
officials determined the ball
was still touching Cartwright's
fingertips as time expired, and
they took the three points off
the scoreboard.
In retrospect, it was just the
turning point Michigan needed.
"Those are the breaks of the
game," Beilein said. "We talk all
about strategies and all these
different things ... If that ball
was in his hands for one (less)
second, or one-tenth of a second
(less), we're sitting here and
(Iowa coach) Fran (McCaffery)
is the winning coach. It'sthe life
Fran and I have chosen to live."
In the second half, the Wol-
verine starters returned and
gradually pecked away at the
lead until tying the game up at
40 apiece 10 minutes into the
half, and the contest was neck-
and-neck the rest of the way.
With 14 seconds remainingin
regulation and Michigan down
by two, Hardaway Jr. took a
jump shot from the paint and
missed. Morgan grabbed the
offensive rebound and drew the
foul. At the line, he hit the first
free throw, and, after an Iowa
timeout, he hit the second to tie
the game, 65-65.
"We said, 'If (Morgan) gets a
rebound or he gets the ball near
the basket, you have to chop
him, make him earn it. Don't
let him lay it in,' " McCaffery
said. "That's what Bryce (Cart-
wright) did, and the kid made
both (free throws) - with the
timeout in between. Soyou have
to give the kid credit for that."
The Hawkeyes couldn't score
on the final possession of regu-
lation, and for the second time
this season - the first time since
playing Kansas on Jan. 9 - the
Wolverines forced overtime.
With the win, Beilein's squad
ERIN KIRKL ANC,
Redshirt freshman Jordan Morgan scored 18 points and grabbed eight
rebounds against the Hawkeyes.
picked up its fourth road win of
the season, adding to impressive
victories at Clemson, Michigan
State and Penn State. And with
three games left in the regular
season, the Wolverines are con-
fident they can make a push for
an NCAA Tournament bid.
HAGELIN
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obviously he did that. Maybe we
have to play the Swedish national
anthem every weekend."
On Saturday, with Western
Michigan grabbing a go-ahead
power play tally just three
minutes into the third period to
lead 4-3, Michigan would have to
come back for the second time on
the night in hopes of potentially
securing a victory - it had
bounced back from a 3-1 deficit in
the first period.
As play continued in the final
stanza, the Wolverines (18-7-1-
0, 21-9-4) pressed even harder,
particularly the line of Caporusso,
Hagelin and sophomore Chris
Brown. The Wolverines out-shot
the Broncos, 34-24, withsome of
the final shots obviously being
the most important.
It wasn't until 39.1 seconds
remained on the clock that
senior goaltender Shawn
Hunwick pulled for an extra
attack, and that Hagelin flicked
a soft wrister on net. The
puck deflected off a Bronco
defenseman's leg and squeaked
past goaltender Jerry Kuhn,
sendingYostinto a frenzy.
Following the game-tying
tally, Kuhn raised his arms
above his head in frustration - a
sign the momentum had swung
in Michigan's favor.
"I think they just had that
look in their eye," Berenson
said in the post-game press
conference on Saturday. "They
were tired. You could just see
them pushing through it in that
last minute."
The Yost faithful had to wait
less than 10 minutes of real
time to jump into a hysteria
once again. At the 4:31 mark of
overtime, the Wolverines went
on their fourth power play of
the game when senior forward
Scooter Vaughan was interfered
with.
Holding a 5-on-4 advantage
and having an earlier power
play goal to its credit, No. 11
Michigan had hopes of sending
its seven-member senior class
out with a victory in front of
the 6,838 people in attendance.
Sophomore defenseman Lee
Moffie carried the puck into
the Western Michigan (9-8-
9-5, 15-9-10) zone as seconds
remained, leaving a drop pass
for Hagelin. The co-captain let
a half slap shot go from the top
of the left circle with 2.9 seconds
left on the clock that banked off
the left post and.into the net to
cap off the dramatic comeback.
"Our classhad one of the most
intense Senior Night games,"
Hagelin said. "Today, we had
to battle back and show some
character."
The victory kept Michigan
just one point behind Notre
Dame for first place in the
CCHA, with two games for each
team remaining in the schedule.
Following the win, Hagelin
joked that he approached first-
year Bronco coach Jeff Blashill,
saying Blashill told him he'd get
a win against the Fighting Irish
next weekend in the last two
games of the regular season
But more important, the
Wolverines are slowly getting
some of the luck they didn't
receive last season - a year in
which they had to battle just to
make the NCAA Tournament. In
the current campaign, Michigan
is all but guaranteed a lock for its
21st straight tourney.
"When you win when you're
not supposed to win, I think
it's a sign," Caporusso said.
"It's a sign that maybe this is
the year for Michigan hockey.
Sometimes last year,we couldn't
getawin anditwastough. Every
game, we would get bad calls,
bad bounces and sometimes, it
works out for you. Hopefully
this is theyear."
After the game, the seven
seniors skated around Yost
- each donning a University
of Michigan flag and Hagelin
sporting a student-made
Swedish flag too, a token of
appreciation given to him by the
Children of Yost, the student
cheering section.
"That's as good as it gets,"
Berensonsaid of the come-from-
behind win.
"Our crowd is so good. Our
players will never get to play
in front of crowds like this, the
enthusiasm and all the little
things going on. It doesn't get
any better than this."
BEILEIN
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stripe. The Hawkeyes cashedF
in the freebies, as the Wolver-
ines watdhed their 10-point
lead dwindle away. Arguably
because of the fouls, Beilein
went to the bench and Iowa
took an eight-point advan-
tage going into halftime.
NOTHING FOR NOVAK:
For the first time this sea-
son, junior guard Zack Novak
was scoreless at the end of
regulation time. Novak's
first points didn't come until
overtime when he netted
two free throws. Those two
points were his only two of
the afternoon.
"Everybody has their
off day man," Morris said.
"Novak just had his today.
He didn't score until late,
but he's still out there work-
ing every play. It's not like he
gives up."
On top of his little offen-
sive production, Novak
fouled out by the game's end.
His first two personal fouls
came in the first half, which
forced Beilein to play fresh-
man Colton Christian for the
end of the first frame - when
Iowa took a 10-point lead.
All five of Novak's fouls
were the result of him try-
ing to draw a charge. Unfor-
tunately for Novak, all five
attempts failed.
"That's part of the game,"
junior guard Stu Douglass
said. "(Novak) was a little
unlucky because he was like
0-for-5 at drawing charges.
Who knows? Next game he
could draw five charges."
Shooting 0-for-10 from the
field, Novak still collected
three rebounds, two assists,
and a steal. But his fouls
forced him to play conserva-
tively in the second half.
FOUL PLAY: It wasn't
just Novak who posed foul-
ing problems for Michigan.
The Wolverines recorded
everything from tic-tac fouls
to technical fouls. Each of
Michigan's four other start-
ers collected three fouls
before the end of the game,
and freshman forward Evan
Smotrycz tallied two off the
bench.
What was most haunting
was the timeliness of them.
The Wolverines tallied 10
fouls before halftime and it
FLOREK
From Page 1B
thing after obliteratingthen-No. 2
Miami (Ohio) in the CCHA Tour-
nament semifinals felt like a bonus
scoop of ice cream.
Despite its lack of a goal-scor-
ng magician, and despite Michi-
gan coach Red Berenson coming
into nearly every post-game press
conference pointing out five or six
ways his team could've lost, this
team believes it's the year.
"When you win when you're
not supposed to win, I think that's
a sign," senior forward Louie
Caporusso said after Saturday's
game. "That's a signthat maybe
this is the year for Michigan
hockey."
Caporusso and the rest of the
team have been around long
enough to know that when a
program is on its third straight
decade ofmaking the postseason
every single year, most people are
just bidingtheirtime untilthe
NCAAtouPnament.
So remember Saturday's game
for what it was - one of the
best sporting events you've ever
attended. Remember Hagelin's
two goals to remind everyone
that Michigan was Michigan and
Western Michigan was Western
Michigan. Remember the Senior
Night festivities, and the Class
of '11 doing pushups at center ice
after the game because according
to Hagelin, "It just felt like that
was a moment to do push-ups."
But if you're a Michigan fan,
you better hope this was the
beginning of the seniors' legacy -
not the end.
-Florek can be reached
at florekmi@umich.edu
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Top: Junior guard Zack Novak didn't score a point until he hit RwoNtree
throws in overtime. Bottom: Michigan coach John Beilein was called
for his first technical foul since 2008 against Iowa.
didn't help that Iowa shot an
impressive 18-for-22 from the
free throw line.
Hawkeye center Jarryd
Cdile was 8-for-9 from the
line. But the free points were
not Michigan's biggest prob-
lem. Because of fouls, Beilein
was forced to play four bench
players for the last five min-
utes of the first half.
HARDAWAY DOES IT HIS
WAY: After the game, assis-
tant coach Bacari Alexander
joked with the media and
challenged someone to find
any player, in any league, who
had ever scored 30 points and
taken just 14 shots from the
field.
He makes a valid point.
Hardaway Jr. had an impres-
sive afternoon.
The freshman shot 5-for-7
from 3-point range and 9-for-
14 from the field en route to
the career-high 30 points. He
also sank all seven of his free
throws.
"That's Tim," Morris said.
"When he gets hot, he gets
hot."