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Freshman forward Tyler Motte will tangle with his older hrother, CJ, the gsa ie for Ferres State, on Wednesday.
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Off the sideline, Val Driscoll
makes her presence known

By MAX COHEN minutes per game), nearly triple
Daily Sports Writer her previous high.
"You never want to watch your
This year's Michigan women's team struggling," Driscoll said..
basketball team has been full of "Even winning, you want to be
surprises. Fromlights-out3-point out there helping them, support-
shooting to steady rebounding, ing them and just doing it from
few could've predicted all of the the sidelines. Nobody wants to be
things that have gone right for in that position. Being out there
the Wolverines. on the court now is an a'mazing
But one ofthe biggestsurprises feeling."
of them all for Michigan has been When junior guard Shan-
the recent play of senior forward non Smith, the team's leading
Val Driscoll. scorer, went down with a back
Entering the season, Driscoll, injury against Texas Tech in the
the team's tallest player at 6-foot- Barclays Invitational on Nov.

By ERIN LENNON some.
Daily Sports Writer DON'T BLAME DWYER:
Though it doesn't count, redshirt
Last weekend, Ohio State com- junior goaltender Luke Dwyer
pleted two comebacks against the made his first-ever save in a Mich-
No.3 Michigan hockey team - one igan uniform on Thursday night
at Yost Ice Arena to send the game against the NDTP - the first time
into overtime, Dwyer saw the ice in four years
the other in NOTEBOOK with the program.
Columbus fac- But in just over five minutes in
ing a 4-1 deficit in the third period. the third period and overtime, the
Perhaps the Wolverines, who Ann Arbor native surrendered a
fought back to win both contests, decisive three goals.
love drama. After the game, junior forward
"It's nice that we're on the win- Alex Guptill made a request.
ning side of (one-goal games) most "Print this," he said. "Dwyer is
of the time, but it'd be nice to blow the definition of a Michigan man.
out a team every once in a while," He's earned the opportunity to
said senior defenseman Mac Ben- get out there, and we were really
nett on Monday. happy for him. Hopefully, he looks
On Thursday night, the Wol- back at this and laughs."
verines (2-0 Big Ten, 10-2-1 over- The NTDP's three goals came
all) completed their fifth overtime off what Copp called "the tail end
contest of the season - the third of a string of mistakes." The sec-
at Yost. Though the exhibition ond, which tied the game with 23
against the U.S. National Team seconds remaining in regulation
Development Program had no appeared to be goalie interference.
reflection on its record, Michigan "He's one of those kids that our
dropped its first game in overtime team is excited to see play, but they
to the visible dismay of sophomore didn't go out and help him," said
captain Andrew Copp. After the Michigan coach Red Berenson.
game, Copp was noticeably frus- "The goalie can't win the game
trated, his arms folded across his himself, soit was tough.
chest. FINALS FATIGUE: When Michi-
"It's kind of sickening," Copp, a gan takes on No. 4 Ferris State on
former NDTP player, said. Wednesday in the thick of finals
The late-game collapse - in week, it will be missing one Wol-
which the NDTP erased the Wov- verine due to a scheduled eco-
lerines's 4-2 lead with less than nomics exam. Though Berenson
two minutes remainitg is regu- would not specify which player
lation - is all-too familiar for a would be absent from the lineup,
team that has had 10 of its last 11 he expressed frustration with the
games decided by one goal. And time conflict.
though Michigan has outscored "I understand that they have to
opponents 15-3 in the first period take the exams," Berenson said.
this season, its trademark to allow "But that doesn't help the team.
early leads slip away is trouble- There's no question that they're

really focused on schoolwork.
We're playing at home, and that's
why we don't play the next week."
The Wolverines will play their
final game of the semester dur-
ing the midst of finals week, and
are feeling the pressure in< the
classroom as much as on the ice.
Though classes officially end
Wednesday and the earliest finals
are scheduled for Friday, most
papers will be due before game
time.
"For me personally, it's tough,"
Bennett said. "I have a 10-page
paper'due and an exam. There a
bunch of guys who have papers
due and exams this week, so it's
hard."
MORE THAN ONE MOTTE:
Freshman forward Tyler Motte
will play in front of 100 of his clos-
est friends and family on Wednes-
day when Michigan takes on the
Bulldogs.
Ferris State enters Wednesday's
contest as the WCHA leader, rid-
ing a nation-best 13-game winning
streak behind junior goaltender
CJ Motte - Tyler's older brother.
Standing just 6-feet tall in the
net, CJ is 13-0-2 in 15 games this
season and boasts a .925 save
percentage. Meanwhile, Tyler
notched his second assist of the
season against the NTDP, his for-
mer team, on Thursday and has
tallied five goals this season.
"For me, it's just another game,"
Tyler said of the matchup. "(CJ)
will have the same mindset. He
competes hard every day. He's
been known as undersized, but
he's made up for it. He's performed
all three years that he's been there
so far, soit will be a tough task for
us."

4, was just
another
question
mark for
the Wolver-
ines, another
player who
hadn't had
many oppor-
tunities to
prove her-
self. Driscoll
didn't see the

29, Driscoll
replaced her
and made her
"Being out there third career
the court start the next
on tnow night against
* * No.13 LSU.
is an amazing Des
D e sthe r re la tiv e
fen. inexperience,
Driscoll played
perhaps the
best game

good minutes have progressed
and progressed," said Michigan
coach Kim Barnes Arico.
Driscoll's role expanded once
again in Michigan's Big Ten/ACC
Challenge victory over Virginia.
In her second consecutive game
as a starter, Driscoll set a career
high with 12 points in the Wol-
verines' rout, going 6-for-6 from
the field,
Smith's imminent return
means Driscoll's role will change
once more. Barnes Arico estimat-
ed that the injured guard prac-
ticed at about 75 percent Monday,
moving more than she had since
her injury. But Barnes Arico says
Smith is still in pain, and her sta-
tus for Wednesday's game against
Eastern Michigan is still unde-
cided.
When Smith is fully healthy,
Driscoll's improved play provides
intriguing options for Barnes
Arico - ones she didn't think
she'd have at the beginning of
the season. Not only can Driscoll
help relieve Michigan's top three
guards, who each average over
34 minutes per game, but she
also expands the flexibility of the
Wolverines' matchups.
"If we're going with a smaller,
quickerteam, we mighthave to go
with four guards," Barnes Arico
said. "If we're facing a bigger
team, we might have to go with
two bigs. It's nice now that we
have Val playing so well that she
could really give us that option."
After three years without
meaningful minutes, Michigan's
tallest player has ensured that
she is no longer just a face on the
sidelines.

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court last season and was one of a
slew of Michigan players who fell
victim to anterior crucial liga-
ment injuries.
Before that, her playing time
was minimal - 61 minutes in 16
games her freshman year and 19
minutes in six games as a sopho-
more.
Things have changed for
Driscoll this season. The Wol-
verines (6-3) entered the season
lacking frontcourt depth, but
the senior was one of the players
who could provide it. Driscoll has
played in all nine games and has
totaled 171 minutes (averaging 19

of her career on the big stage
against the Lady Tigers. She set
career highs with 11 rebounds,
six blocks and 37 minutes. The
Wolverines led for most of the
second half and nearly pulled off
the upset before losing in the final
moments, 64-62.
After three years on the side-
lines, Driscoll provided more
than just a fifth body on the
court. She grabbed key rebounds
and blocked shots throughout the
near upset.
"I think she started the begin-
ning of the year giving us a good
couple minutes, and a. couple

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conference.
Though Big Ten play is still
three weeks away, the non-co-
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of excitement.
Last week, the ACC/Big Ten
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ana, 69-52. After a close first half,
the fourth-ranked Orange put
the foot on the pedal and out-
scored the Hoosiers, 36-23, in the
last20minutes to coastto ablow-
out victory.
The other new ACC school,
Pittsburgh, followed a similar
blueprint to victory, beating Penn
State, 78-69, after trailing by two
at halftime.
Michigan traveled to No. 8
Duke in the biggest game of the
night, and the Blue Devils easily
took hobbled sophomore guard
Nik Stauskas out of the game
on the offensive end to defeat
the Wolverines. Michigan never
truly challenged Duke in the sec-
ond half and never managed to
cut the deficit to closer than six.
In Wednesday's tilts, the Big
Ten clawed back to force a tie in
the challenge for just the second
time in the event's history. The
all-time record moved to 10-3-2
in the ACC's favor.
No. 3 Ohio State kept its unde-
feated season alive, defeating
future Big Ten member Mary-
land, 76-60. Wisconsin also
remained unbeaten by defeating
Virginia, 48-38. Despite shoot-

ing just 28.8 percent from the
field, the fourth-ranked Badgers
earned coach Bo Ryan his 300th
career win with the program.
They also continued their best
start since 1993-94, when they
went11games without a loss.
In the primetime game of the
night, No. 5 Michigan State host-
ed a North Carolina team that
had already experienced some
exhilarating highs and brutal
lows this season, including losses
to Belmont and a win against No.
6 Louisville. Wednesday night,
the Tar Heels struck gold again
as they defeated the Spartans,
79-65. North Carolina pulled
away in the second half, play-
ing at a fast pace to outscore
Michigan State by 14 and give
the Spartans their first loss to an
unranked non-conference team
at home in over a decade.
The upset also opened up the
door for a new team to take over
the top slot in the nation. And
after defeating UNLV Saturday,
Arizona claimed it.
Michigan will host the Wild-
cats on Saturday at Crisler Center
with the opportunity to defeat
the nation's No. 1 team for just
the third time in program histo-
ry. The Wolverines last managed
the feat on Dec. 13, 1997 when
they toppled Duke, 81-73.
Ohio State's LaQuinton Ross
was named Big Ten Player of
the Week after he averaged 2L5
points and six rebounds in the
Buckeyes' wins over Maryland
and Central Connecticut State.
Indiana's Noah Vonleh earned
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
honors for the third time. The
6-foot-10 forward averaged 15
points and 8.5 rebounds in the
Hoosiers' two games against
Syracuse and North Florida. He
is averaging 13.3 points and 10
rebounds per game this season.
Here's a look at the Big Ten
standings, complete with nation-
al rankings:
No. 4 Wisconsin (10-0 overall)
No. 3 Ohio State (8-0)
No. 23 Iowa (9-1)
Illinois (8-1)
No. 5 Michigan State (7-1)
Minnesota (8-2)
Purdue (8-2)
Indiana (7-2)
Penn State (7-3)
Michigan (6-3)
Nebraska (6-3)
Northwestern (5-5)

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