9 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 01 .. 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