The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 6 - Friday, December 2, 2011 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. 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