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Blue hopes to rebound against M' off to best start
strikingly similar Iowa State under Borseth at 7-1
BEN ESTES State) and guard Chris Babb
Daily Sports Editor (Penn State).
The Wolverines, too, may see
Michigan basketball coach a little of themselves in Iowa
John Beilein likes to refer to his State (5-2). Besides the identical
program as a family. Iowa State, records, the Cyclones had a solid
Michigan' opponent on Saturday showing in a warm-weather pre-
may also be a season tournament, winning the
family, just a South Padre Invitational. But like
newer one. Iowa State Michigan in its loss to Virginia,
The Cyclones at Michigan Iowa State disappointed in its
are built almost Matchup- first post-tournament game, fall-
entirely from owa State 5-2 ingto Northern Iowa.
transfers. Four Michigan 5-2 The similarities don't end
of the team's there. The Cyclones take a lot
five start- We:Salr- 3-pointers, n aepet.Te
ers and six of team has made at least 10 threes
its top scor- Where: in five of its first seven games.
ers came from Crisler Arena Babb and guard Tyrus McGee
other schools, TV/Radio: - a junior college transfer - are
and five of those BTN both shooting at least 50 percent
transfers are from 3-point range, and guard
playing in their first year of eligi- Scott Christopherson is a profi-
bility for their new program. cient shooter as well.
Needless to say, Iowa State Hoiberg's team clearly has
coach Fred Hoiberg has taken offensive firepower, with White
on a unique challenge. His team (14.1 points per game, 10.4
was picked to finish ninth in the rebounds per game) and the
Big 12 before the season, but not guards forming a potent inside-
many prognosticators knew what out game. But the Cyclones have
to make of a group of players that been vulnerable on defense,
had plenty of individual experi- allowing opponents to shoot 44.9
ence, yet had barely played with percent from the field. White said
each other. that was the reason for the set-
"As talented as we are, we're back against the Panthers.
still a brand new team together, "I just think we didn't talk it
as far as playing together," said out like we're capable of," White
forward Royce White, speaking said. "When we were down in
to media after Iowa State's loss San Padre, we played great team
to Northern Iowa on Wednesday. defense. Tonight we had a let-
"It's agelling process and a grow- down in that area.
ing process, and with each win "It wasn't anything complex
and with each loss, there's going that we haven't seen. It's just
to be growth." communication and effort."
When Michigan (5-2) takes the Iowa State presents a bounce-
court against the Cyclones, its back opportunity for Michigan's
players may feel like they're play- offense after the unit's poor per-
ing in a conference game. Three fornrance at Virginia on Tuesday.
of Iowa State's transfers - also The Wolverines were constantly
the team's three leading scorers frustrated by the Cavaliers' pack-
- came from Big Ten schools, line defense, unable to get many
including White (Minnesota), good looks close to the basket,
guard Chris Allen (Michigan and they failed to make the most
TODD NEEDLE/Daily
Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. was a non-factor in Michigan's loss to
Virginia on Tuesday night.
MICHAEL LAURILA
Daily Sports Writer
Even after the Michigan
women's basketball team's
74-65 loss to No. 6 Maryland on
Wednesday night, its 7-1 start is
the best since coach Kevin Bors-
eth was hired in 2007.
Four of the Wolverines' seven
games have been won by a mar-
gin of six points or less, and.
though they lost to the Terra-
pins by nine points, the Wolver-
ines kept it close for the entire
game.
"It seems that we somehow
just find a way to pull it out
at the end of the games," said
senior guard Courtney Boylan.
"Last year, we lost some of those
games and this year we've come
out on top."
As a smaller team - start-
ing three guards without a true
center - Michigan has had
trouble rebounding in the past,
especially against bigger teams.
Junior forward Rachel Scheffer
is the Wolverines tallest starter
at 6-foot-1. But it hasbeen less of
an issue this season
"Although (the post players)
may not be the ones getting
the rebounds, they're the ones
boxing out," said junior guard
Jenny Ryan. "They may not
show up on the stat sheet, but
they're getting the big girls out
of the way for us little guards to
come in and grab the ball, and
that has been a big difference
maker."
This strategy of clearing the
floor so the smaller guards can
rebound has worked so far, as
Boylan and Ryan are the team's
leading rebounders, Opponents
have averaged only one more
rebound per game than the
Wolverines this season; Michi-
gan was outrebounded by eight
per game a year ago.
"I think we've done a better
job rebounding (this season),
which I think has been an area
that we've addressed and got
better at," Borseth said.
But Maryland had an answer
for Michigan's strategy, as it
outrebounded the Wolverines
51-28.
Michigan's fast start can't
just be attributed to rebounding
- they've also outscored oppo-
nents by 10 points per game.
Most of their offensive produc-
tion has come from Boylan,
Scheffer and senior forward
Carmen Reynolds. Boylan has
emerged as the go-to scorer.
"(Boylan scoring) can't be
what we expect for the rest of
the year because you can't put
all your eggs in one basket,"
Borseth said. "So we're tryingto
do other things to help us score
when it gets to that point, other
than just one player."
With a roster returning four
starters from a year ago, the
Wolverines' experience has also
played an important role early,
especially at the end of games.
When the shots haven't fall-
en, Michigan has been able to
get to the free-throw line. When
the Wolverines defeated Seton
Hall on Nov. 20, the Pirates
made multiple late 3-pointers,
forcing Michigan to win it at
the charity stripe. The team is
79 percent on the season, and
Boylan is leading the way with
27 free throws and is shooting
82 percent.
"I think the big difference
(this season) is in a lot of the
games we may not have played
our best, especially towards
the beginning of the year, and
we somehow find a way to win
games," said Boylan. "I guess
our team chemistry and togeth-
erness is the best that it's ever
been."
of the few opportunities they did
have.
It was a setback for the team,
considering how much progress
Michigan had appeared to make
after tallying consecutive sea-
son-high point totals in each of
its three games at the Maui Invi-
tational.
After the loss, the Wolverines
credited Virginia's defensive
prowess.
"It seems like they practice
defense everyday throughout the
summer, and in practice, they
don't practice offense at all, it
seems like," said sophomore for-
ward Tim Hardaway Jr. "They
were just coming out (and) play-
ing hard-nose defense, locking
and trailing when we came off
our five-three (and) five-four
screens, and they just did their
job."
Hardaway Jr. in particular is
looking to return to form. After
collecting two fouls early in
the game, he was forced to sit
most of the first half. And when
he returned in the second, he
couldn't find a rhythm and scored
a season-low five points on 2-of-9
shooting.
"(Virginia) really guarded him
very well," Beilein said. "Tim is
not going to be the last guy that
comes in here with a high profile
that they pay a lot of attention to.
He's going to have to make tough
shots against (opponents), and
he had a tough night, but he'll
bounce back."
Early on, it appears that as
Hardaway Jr. goes, the Michi-
gan offense goes. Against the
hot-shooting Cyclones, that
bounceback effort will be more
important than ever.
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