Ice hockey vs. Western Michigan Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Yost Arena The Michigan Daily *Cagers to fight Badgers, "Wildcats by Rod Loewenthal Daily Basketball Writer Trudging into the second half of the conference season, the Michigan women's basketball team hopes its fbrtunes improve this weekend when the Wolverines travel to Big Ten Iles Wisconsin and Northwestern. Friday night's game against the Badgers (9-10 overall, 3-6 Big Ten) looks to be a title fight rematch be- tween Wisconsin guard Robin Threatt and the Wolverines (9-10, 2- 7). When the teams met in Ann Ar- bor last month, Threatt was disquali- fied in the fourth quarter after she wrestled Michigan forward Nikki Beaudry to the court. "You can't help but play physical against them," Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege said. Threatt leads the Badgers in scor- ing, averaging over 16 points per game in conference play. Michele Kozelka, the Badger's 6-foot-1 for- ward, continues to lead the confer- ence in rebounds, averaging 9.6. On Sunday, the Wolverines travel Evanston, Ill., where they take on Northwestern (12-5, 5-3). This Wild- cat team, however, won't be the same team that Michigan faced last month in Crisler Arena. "Northwestern has had two sig- nificant injuries," VanDeWege said. "What you're going to see is a lot different personnel out there." Northwestern coach Don Perrelli was dealt a blow last weekend when * senior forward Wilha Lee went down with a twisted right knee early in the Wildcats game against Ohio State. Senior guard Jeanine Wasielewski will also be on the pine with a rup- tured patellar tendon in her left knee. Char Durand has been a leader on the court for the Wolverines the past four games and will probably be a major factor in this weekend's con- .t1sts. VanDeWege said the team real- izes that Durand is on a roll and is looking to feed her the ball more of- ten. The key to the rest of the season, however, will be Michigan's ability to play forty minutes of solid bas- ketball. "We need to begin to throw two halves together," VanDeWege said. * "We can't keep having these Jeckyll and Hyde games." SPORTS Friday, February 8, 1991 Men's Basketball vs. Iowa Tomorrow, 8 p.m. Crisler Arena Page 9 Icers take on Broncos by Jeni Durst Daily Hockey Writer The marathon is in the 25th mile and the runners are vying for final positions. The trailers are rushing fast and gaining ground. Yet, if the frontrunner uses its speed and refrains from looking too far past the finish line, ignoring the threat behind it, its lead should be retained. The leader in this race is the Michigan hockey team (21-4-3 Central Collegiate Hockey Asso- ciation, 24-5-3 overall), currently on a twelve game winning streak, and it is Western Michigan (14-10- 2, 17-12-3) nipping at the Wolver- ines' heels. The Broncos have lately been piling up the victories, capturing nine of their past 11 games and scoring a phenomenal 33 goals in their last five outings. A victory or a tie against the second-place Wolverines this weekend will cat- apult them into position to upend Ferris State for hold of third place in the league. "They're a good team and might be the best team we've played since the GLI (Great Lakes Invitational), when we played Maine," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "I think it's a series that if we play really well then maybe we can slow them down, but it'll be a challenge for us to play really well." The main challenge will come in the form of Western's top line, Keith Jones, Mike Eastwood, and captain Tom Auge. These three are the boosters who could blast the Broncos past Michigan. They ac- counted for all of Western's goals in the series back in December. Michigan needs not only to thwart the speed of the motivated Broncos Friday at Yost and Satur- day in Kalamazoo, but to capital- ize on its own speed. As in the previous series between the two teams, Western will try to control the Wolverines' quickness through plenty of physical checking, fore- checking, and, inevitably, many penalties. Michigan will need to stay focused to avoid falling into the Broncos' style of play. "For the most part we get drawn into physical games be- cause other teams are trying to run our team and distract us from our game," Berenson added. "But we go into games with the idea of out- skating the other team if we can and that will be our intention this weekend." Outskating and outscoring other teams has been the Wolverines' forte in recent weeks. Against Ohio State last weekend, the Wolver- ines boasted offensive bursts from ten different sources, with at least one point coming from every line. "Michigan's strength is defi- nitely its good mobility, explosive speed, and excellent skating abil- ity," Western coach Bill Wilkin- son said, "not only on offense, but on defense as well." Yet recent injuries, namely to first-year icers David Oliver and David Wright, have produced, a cramp in the Wolverines' side. This weekend will mark the debut of the complete lineup that will most probably carry Michigan into the CCHA playoffs. Leftwing Dan Stiver and senior Kent Brothers will plug the holes left by the side- lined rookies and allow the Wolverines to keep running. "(The lineup changes) are go- ing to affect us a little bit, but not really," defenseman Chris Tamer said. JOS. JUA Brian Wiseman in action from last weekend's series at Ohio State. Second half begins with Iowa - __ by Andrew Gottesman Daily Basketball Writer The last Iowa-Michigan men's basketball matchup was a lot like cooking a hamburger: very sloppy and lots of turnovers. Iowa's press, combined with the two team's extreme youth, brought about 54 turnovers - 32 in the first half. Michigan managed to jump out to a 12-0 lead and stay with Iowa for most of the game, but, eventually, the Hawkeyes proved too well-versed in the run- and-gun offense and wore down the Wolverines for a 79-78 victory. Tomorrow's game at Crisler (8 p.m., Raycom), thesbeginning of the Big Ten's second half, promises more of the same. With Iowa (4-5 Big Ten, 15-6 overall) still pressing and both squads still young, look for a fast-paced matchup full of scoring but lacking finesse. "We have to do a better job of handling their full-court pressure," said Michigan coach Steve Fisher. "You have to not let one turnover lead to three and we didn't. "It's a very important game for us. If we hope to reverse our record in the second half, we have to in home games." Michigan's job will be even tougher this time around, as Iowa brings a two-game winning streak and Big Ten player-of-the-week Acie Earl into Ann Arbor. Earl, a sophomore center, is averaging 16.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. 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