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Page 6- The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday - February 4, 1991
*F U L L COURT.
PRESSa----
Blue survives and
by Rod Loewenthal
DailyBasketbal Writer
The Michigan wome
ball team was on the e
abyss Friday night. The
one foot over the brin
close to falling into ob]
headed into halftime in M
Down 27-22, the Wol
to wonder if their season
any worse. They wereI
team much like themsely
that had experienced littl
Big Ten competition toi
less in the conference ai
nesota saw struggling M
the right team to playa
time.
And at halftime it k
Minnesota rookie coachI
MacDonald and her Ge
found a victim from whi
victory.
Inythe solitude and qu
tion of the Michigan loc
season was on the lin
What could Michiganc
VanDeWege say to his tea
He knew his team cou
another loss, especially
Minnesota-even if the
on the road. It would hav
for the Wolverines to ha
first-half mistakes. After<
13 turnovers in that half
could not be in a wor
mind.
The Wolverines we
breaking apart. They wi
verge of self-destruction
one person could stop i
man, VanDeWege, could
come into the lockerroom
it quits.
But give them cr
Wolverines came back
brink, VanDeWege grab
his team and pulled it ba
edge. lie caught this run
of desolation and channe
zied energy, thereby avo
ing encounter with ar
commuter called "success
VanDeWege must h
helluva lot in that lock
cause Michigan caught o
second half, outscoring t
43-24. Char Durand
confidnce
comeback victory with a game-high
20 points and 37 minutes played.
n's basket- One of the true scrappers and hus-
dge of the tiers on the team, she finally got
team had some reward.
k and was The twin towers of forward Trish
ivion as it Andrew and center Michelle Hall
inneapolis. pulled things together and pulled
verines had some things down. Mainly re-
n could get bounds, as they dominated the glass
losing to a for 17 rebounds and added 25 points.
ves; a team "The biggest part of the victory
e success in was that we were on the road, we
date. Win-
t 0-7, Mm-
4ichigan as
at the right
ooked like
Linda Hill-
ophers had
ch to steal aX
iet despera-
ckerroom a
e, literally.
coach Bud
am?'
ld ill-afford Dura
y to lowly
game was were struggling, and we were down
e been easy by 10 points," a happy VanDeWege
rp on their said. "This has really tested our con-
committing fidence. We didn't play like losers;
f, the team we took the game into our own
-se state of hands."
It wasn't a great team that
ere slowly Michigan beat, but it was a great
vere on the win for the Wolverines. It provided a
n, and only salve for open wounds and an anti-
t. And that dote for a virulent poison threatening
have easily the lifeblood of a season.
n and called Coaches had told VanDeWege it
would be a rebuilding year. Indiana
redit. The coach Jim Izard stated it best when
from the asked about Michigan's fortunes this
bed hold of season.
ck from the "Bud graduated five of his first
naway train six players and he'll be the first to
led its fren- tell you that it'll be tough. I think
iding a los- he's going to experience growing
northbound pains, I think there's going to be
s." some struggle out there for him,"
lave said a Izard said.
erroom be- Friday night was the struggle.
n fire in the Friday night was the time for grow-
he Gophers ing pains. Friday night was the best
-ineered the time for a win.
Hoops
Continued from page 1
crowd back into the game, and
they just got rolling."
The Wolverines were led by
guard Carol Szczechowski, who
put down 18 points on 63 percent
shooting. Forwards Trish Andrew
and Char Durand also reached
double-figures with ten each.
Thanks to off-court problems,
the Hawkeyes were forced to
wait until the second half to burn
up the court. Coach C. Vivian
Stringer benched four starters at
the outset of the game for
disciplinary reasons.
The conflict may have risen
after Iowa was run out of Carver-
Hawkeye Arena by conference-
leader Michigan State Friday.
The Hawkeyes' loss to the 7-1
Spartans may not have been a
surprise, but a loss to ninth-place
Michigan would have been truly
embarrassing.
"I'm sorry we let this opportu-
nity get away," VanDeWege
said. "But I'm looking forward to
the second half of the Big Ten
season."
The Wolverines' trek to the
Great White North was as
cathartic as the Iowa loss was
humbling. Michigan had not won
a game away from Crisler Arena
since December 1. The game at
Williams Arena in Mineapolis
was the perfect elixir, where
Michigan came back from a
five-point halftime deficit for the
fourteen-point victory.
Char Durand stripped most of
the shine off the Not-So-Golden
Gophers with 20 points and six
rebounds. She was supported by
froncourt mates Andrew and
Michelle Hall, who scored 12
and 13 points respectively.
Minnesota's sole source of of-
fense was Dana Joubert, cousin
of former Michigan men's
standout Antoine Joubert. The 6-
1 forward from Detroit threw in
22 points on an Antoinesque 6-
20 shooting spree. She soared
over the Wolverines for 15
rebounds, and in keeping with
the family heritage, turned the
ball over seven times.
"The biggest part of the
victory was that we were on the
road," VanDeWege said. "We
were struggling (tonight); we
were down by ten points. This
has really tested our
confidence."
The Wolverines have lately
played as if they forgot how to
win. But the demoralized
Gophers provided the perfect
review session.
"We dug down and took off,"
VanDeWege said. "We didn't
play like losers, and we took the
game into our own hands."
Carol Szczechowski, shown against I
Wolverines to their first conference r
Friday's boxscore
MICHIGAN (65)
Player TFG
Durand
7-12
Andrew 4-13
Han 4-7
Szczechowski4-10
McCall 1-1
Jones 0-2
Wooldridge 0-2
Beaudry 2-6
VanStee 0-1
Jokisch 0-0
Loeher 0-1
Totals 22-55
5-5
4-4
5-8
0-0
2-2
0-0
2-2
1-1
0-0
1-2
0-1
20-25
6
10
3
0
2
5
6
2
3
0
48
0
4
2
1
2
0
1
3
2
1
16
20
12
13
8
4
0
2
5
0
0
65
R APFTP
JOSE JUAREZIDaify
ndiana last week, paced the
oad victory Friday at Minnesota.
Sunday's boxscore
MICHIGAN-(60)
Player TFG FT R A PF TP
Durand 4-15 2-2 6 4 0 10
Andrew 5-12 0-0 4 1 2 10
Hall 4-9 1-2 8 2 5 9
Szczechowski7-11 4-9 5 2 4 18
McCall 3-4 0-1 2 2 2 6
Jones 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0
Wooldridge 1-1 0-0 3 0 4 3
Beaudry 0-3 2-2 1 1 1 2
VanStee 0-3 1-2 1 0 0 1
Jokisch 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Loeher 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1
Totals 24-61 11-20 37 12 20 60
IOWA (79)
Player TFG FT R A PF TP
Dillingham 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Bright 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0
Marx 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 2
Tode 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 0
Schueler 3-6 3-4 0 8 2 9
Waugh 6-11 3-6 5 4 3 15
Foster 10-15 3-6 14 3 1 23
Tunsil 5-9 4-4 2 2 3 14
Jackson 4-5 2-4 2 0 4 10
Tideback 1-4 4-5 2 1 1 6
Shrigley 0-1 0-1 5 2 2 0
Harmon 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0
Totals 29-54 21-32 38 21 19 79
Tourney prepares
runners for
by Becky Weiss
Daily Sports Writer
When she stepped up to the
starting line to run the mile in
Saturday's Meyo Invitational,
Wolverine junior Amy Bannister
knew her competition. Not only-did
she win the race, she also set a
Michigan season best, cutting her
personal best by eight seconds.
According to Michigan's distance
coach Sue Foster, her strategy was
to, "relax for the first half mile. She
knew that Valerie McGovern (of
Kentucky) would be setting the pace.
She (Bannister) didn't lead until the
last quarter of a mile."
With Bannister's winning time of
4:47.91, she has now met the
provisional qualifying standard for
the NCAA Nationals to take place in
March.
"She hasn't run the mile very
much this year," Foster said. "We're
just discovering she's good at it."
Megan Nortz placed fourth
behind Bannister in the race, about
Big Tens
which Foster commented, "She was
pushing the pace pretty well. She
tried to stay with the top three as
long as she could."
Suzzette Thweatt also came
through for the Wolverines as she
placed second in the 55-meter
hurdles, and Lisa Adams was fourth
in the 400-meter run, setting a new
season best of :58.62.
Richelle Webb placed second in
the 55-meter dash, and third in the
200-meter dash.
"I didn't know very much about
my competition," she said. "I just
wanted to go out there and do well
and place. Being a freshman, I didn't
think I'd be able to travel and add
that much to the team. I'm really
proud of that."
Other Wolverines didn't partici-
pate in the Invitational. Instead, they
traveled to Michigan State.
In East Lansing, Chris Szabo ran
a new personal best in the mile to
place third with 5.04.34. Julie Victor
was second in the shotput.
MINNESOTA (51)
Player TFG FT R A PF TP
Kraemer 1-8 2-2 6 4 5 4
Shudlick 3-9 2-2 3 0 3 8
Joubert 6-20 10-15 15 0 3 22
Thompson 2-6 2-2 3 2 3 6
Zeller 0-6 0-0 1 1 0 0
Alexander 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0
Carver 4-10 0-1 6 2 2 9
Coates 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 2
KlotzbeecherO-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
Murphy 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 0
Totals 17-67 16-22 43 10 19 51
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