The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com February 21, 2011- 3B The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom February 21, 2011 - 3B 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.) WANT MORE DAILY SPORTS COVERAGE? Visit www.michigandaily.cOm AND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @MICHDAILYSPORTS IOWA From Page 1B 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 From Page 1B 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 From Page 1B 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 W alI make mistake.! 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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."