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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, December 8, 2016 — 5A

Year in Review: Wide Receivers

With the Michigan football 

team’s 2016 regular season in 
the books, the Daily looks back 
at the performance of each unit 
this year and looks ahead to the 
future in 2017. In this edition: 
wide receivers.

They were what we thought 

they’d be — sort of.

Returning 
two 
fifth-year 

seniors from an impressive air 
attack, the Wolverines delivered 
exactly the type of overall 
receiving 
season 
they 
were 

expected to in 2016.

The roles reversed for Jehu 

Chesson and Amara Darboh 
— with the latter emerging as 
the go-to target and the former 
a complement — but the total 
impact 
was 
similar. 
When 

Michigan wanted to throw the 
ball, it had targets it could count 
on around redshirt sophomore 
quarterback Wilton Speight.

Darboh 
and 
Chesson 

combined 
for 
1,295 
yards 

between them, just 54 fewer 
than they posted a year ago. 
And while the team’s total 
passing yards were down — a 
consequence of several blowout 
wins and a late-season injury 
to Speight — the Wolverine 
receivers ensured an efficient 
passing game was still a core 
tenant 
of 
Jim 
Harbaugh’s 

offense.

HIGH POINT: When Central 

Florida stacked the box to take 
away 
the 
Michigan 
running 

game in the second week of the 
year, Darboh and Chesson made 
the Knights pay. Darboh posted 
five catches for 111 yards and two 
touchdowns, with Chesson adding 
four receptions for 84 yards.

It wasn’t often that teams 

could 
entirely 
shut 
down 

Michigan’s stable of backs, and 
in many games, the Wolverines 
led by so much that receivers 
were a moot point by the 
second half. You don’t typically 
need a big play when you’re up 
by 30 points.

But against the Knights, an 

aggressive run defense forced 
Speight to take the reins. He 
responded 
by 
throwing 
four 

touchdown 
passes 
(including 

three in the first quarter), with 
Darboh’s 30-yard dagger in the 
fourth sealing a 51-14 blowout win.

LOW POINT: Some of the 

Wolverines’ struggles at Kinnick 
Stadium are easily explained. 
The Iowa crowd was sufficiently 
rowdy to host the nation’s No. 
3 team, and Speight struggled 
against a surprisingly tough 
Hawkeye defense.

But it was hardly all Speight’s 

fault. Late in the game, with the 
outcome still in doubt, Speight 
found Chesson at the sideline 
for what would have been a first 
down. Instead, though, Chesson 
couldn’t hang on, and Manny 
Rugamba took the pass away at 
the Hawkeyes’ 25-yard line.

With a completion there, the 

Wolverines would have been in 
field-goal range with a chance 
to go up 16-11 or better with 
under four minutes remaining. 

Instead, the Hawkeyes went on 
to win, 14-13.

It didn’t come down to that 

one play, though. Michigan 
threw for just 103 yards all 
game, not enough to win in an 
imposing road environment. If 
there was a game the Wolverine 
receivers could have back, this 
one would no doubt be high on 
their list.

THE 
FUTURE: 
With 

Chesson and Darboh departing, 
the future is a bit unclear.

Sophomore 
slot 
receiver 

Grant Perry was in and out of 
the offense this year, but he 
showed solid potential. His 183 
receiving yards were fifth-most 
on the team and the third-most 
by a wide receiver.

The main question is who will 

fill in around him. Freshmen 
receivers Eddie McDoom and 
Kekoa Crawford both got their 
feet wet in the offense, but 
McDoom was primarily used 
on jet sweep and screen plays. 
He had five catches for 59 yards, 

and Crawford added four for 47. 
The Wolverines will need both 
to step up and fill the shoes of 
Darboh and Chesson.

In addition, redshirt junior 

receivers Drake Harris and 
Maurice Ways will be looked to 
as veterans to step up. Harris 
was a highly touted recruit who 
struggled with injuries early 
and has yet to make a significant 
impact, while Ways has drawn 
praise for his contributions 
blocking, 
but 
struggled 
to 

produce statistically.

As 
for 
incoming 
players, 

Michigan is reportedly targeting 
some of the nation’s best high 
school receivers — including 
Detroit Cass Tech’s Donovan 
Peoples-Jones — and some could 
contribute early.

There will likely be some 

clarity by the end of spring 
practice, when the Wolverines 
have had their extra bowl 
practices 
plus 
their 
spring 

allotment to evaluate their next 
crop of receivers.

Darboh emerges as top target; Chesson provides additional big-play threat

SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily

Fifth-year senior wide receiver Amara Darboh became Michigan’s top pass catcher this season with 826 yards.

MAX BULTMAN

Managing Sports Editor

Michigan hopes road 
stretch pays off later

Since the Michigan women’s 

basketball team last played at 
Crisler Center against Western 
Michigan 
on 
Nov. 
21, 
the 

Wolverines have traveled to 
the Virgin Islands, Atlanta and 
Cincinnati.

Michigan 
had 
a 
largely 

successful start to its odyssey as 
it posted a 3-1 record in the first 
four contests away from Ann 
Arbor. The Wolverines defeated 
then-No. 25 Gonzaga in the 
Virgin Islands, 78-66, as well as 
Georgia Tech, 92-52, while their 
only defeat came at the hands of 
then-No. 10 Florida State.

Both Michigan’s offense and its 

defense clicked against Georgia 
Tech. Junior guard Katelynn 
Flaherty tallied 25 points while 
junior forward Jillian Dunston 
achieved a double-double with 
10 points and 12 rebounds. 
Meanwhile, the 
defense 
held 

Georgia Tech to 
just 29.3 percent 
shooting.

“It 
was 

surprising,” said 
Michigan coach 
Kim 
Barnes 

Arico on WTKA 
radio. “They’re a 
good team, and 
they came into 
the game undefeated. We knew 
it was going to be tough playing 
at their place, especially with the 
schedule that we’ve had. But our 
kids were really locked into the 
game plan, and they’re getting 
better defensively.”

But in Monday’s 61-58 loss 

to Xavier, which has yet to play 
away from Cincinnati, all of the 
miles the Wolverines have logged 
seemed to finally catch up to them.

Though 
Flaherty 
compiled 

21 points, only one other player 
— senior guard Siera Thompson 
— 
scored 
in 
double 
digits 

Monday night. Michigan shot 
an uncharacteristically low 33.9 
percent from the floor and was 

outrebounded, 46-32.

The Wolverines still had a 

chance to walk away with a win, 
though, as they held a 58-57 
lead with 1:02 in the fourth. But 
the 
better-rested 
Musketeers 

answered with a two-pointer 
and two free throws to saddle 
Michigan with its second defeat 
of the season.

“Xavier did a really good 

job taking us out of what we 
wanted to do,” Barnes Arico said. 
“They tried to limit Katelynn, 
Siera, (freshman guard Kysre 
Gondrezick) and our scorers, and 
try to have our non-scorers shoot 
the ball. I think our confidence got 
shaken a little bit because we were 
asking people that normally don’t 
shoot the ball to score for us.”

Though 
Barnes 
Arico 

acknowledged the difficulties of 
such an extended road trip, she 
pointed out a silver lining. During 
Big Ten play, the Wolverines have 
two sets of back-to-back road 

games — against 
Wisconsin 
and 

No. 12 Ohio State 
and then against 
No. 4 Maryland 
and Nebraska.

From a travel 

perspective, 
those 
voyages 

will 
pale 
in 

comparison 
to 

the one Michigan 
is currently on, 

and the Wolverines may even be 
better prepared to handle the 
grind because of the grueling 
nature of the current stretch.

“Siera said to me after the 

(Xavier) game, ‘Coach, my legs 
haven’t felt like that in four 
years,’ ” Barnes Arico said. “I 
think that the travel is kind of 
getting to us a little bit. But we 
keep preaching to our team that 
this is going to prepare us for 
March. We are hoping that this 
helps us in the long run.”

But before then, the Wolverines 

will add over 5,000 more miles to 
their itinerary, as their next games 
are at San Diego State on Friday 
and No. 9 UCLA on Sunday.

NATHANIEL CLARK

Daily Sports Writer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

“I think that 
the travel is 

kind of getting 
to us a little bit.”

Michigan’s first line looking to 
break out of offensive slump

At 
one 
point 
this 
past 

weekend, 
freshman 
forward 

Will 
Lockwood 
deftly 

maneuvered past a Nittany Lion 
defenseman and found himself 
with a chance to score against 
then-No. 7 Penn State. But 
Lockwood’s shot rang off the 
crossbar, missing the target by a 
matter of inches.

It was the difference between 

the Wolverines tallying a crucial 
goal against a tough Penn State 
squad and coming up empty 
once again.

The production from the 

top line of Lockwood, Jake 
Slaker and Alex Kile has cooled 
considerably since its scorching 
start to the season. It hasn’t 
tallied a point since Michigan’s 
4-0 win over then-No. 4 Boston 
University on Nov. 11, going 
scoreless in the five games since 
— over which the team’s record 
is an ugly 1-4.

While the goals and assists 

have yet to materialize, the first 
line remains confident in its 
abilities. Lockwood attributes 
the cold streak to bad puck luck 
— like on that near-goal against 
Penn State.

“I feel like I’m still getting 

good opportunities,” Lockwood 
said. “The only time you need 
to start worrying is when you’re 
not getting those opportunities, 
but I think they’re there, and I 
think I just haven’t been getting 
the bounces I wanted.”

Added Michigan coach Red 

Berenson: “As long as you’re 
getting 
chances 
and 
you’re 

playing hard and you’re playing 
the right way, then sooner or 
later it’ll go in.

“Part of it is confidence, part 

of it is execution, part of it is 
work ethic and part of it is just 
staying with the game plan and 
being patient.”

Despite the slump, Lockwood 

and Slaker still have the first and 
second-most points on the team, 
respectively, while Kile has the 
seventh-most — a sign of just 
how important their offensive 
performances are for Michigan. 
The Wolverines 
average just 2.50 
goals per game 
on the season, 
a number that 
dips to a paltry 
1.80 per game 
over the past five 
games.

For 

Lockwood, 
Slaker 
and 

Kile, there’s no 
alternative 
to 

hoping their luck will change 
but to put their heads down and 
to continue to work on being 
two-way forwards.

Berenson subscribes to the 

theory that the foundation of 
a good offense is a stalwart 
defense, one that constantly 
forces 
turnovers 
by 
the 

opponent. After all, you can only 
play offense when you possess 
the puck, and Michigan has the 
nation’s second-worst Corsi — 
which is a measure of possession 
through shots tallied versus 
shots given up.

“We’re just telling them they 

have to play hard, they have to 

play the right way and they’ve 
got to play good defense,” 
Berenson said. “If we play good 
defensively, then the offense 
will come. ... If you preach 
offense, you’re not going to get 
it. If you preach defense, you’ll 
get offense.”

Kile, 
a 
seasoned 
veteran 

and captain, has dealt with 
numerous slumps before. In 
his mind, winning is the best 
solution to breaking out of a 
slump. Michigan’s next chance 
to do that comes this weekend at 

Yost Ice Arena, 
where 
the 

Wolverines will 
play Wisconsin 
for a two-game 
series.

The 
only 

problem is that 
the 
chances 

of 
Michigan 

winning appear 
to be correlated 
to how well its 
first line plays. 

But while Michigan needs its 
first line to start scoring again, 
Berenson has tried not to put 
the “weight of the world” on 
their shoulders.

“They were scoring easy at 

the start of the year and now it’s 
a little harder,” Berenson said. 
“And it’s not just about scoring, 
but for those guys, you expect 
they’re 
going 
to 
contribute 

offensively.

“They know they haven’t 

scored, 
but 
they’re 
doing 

everything in practice to get 
into good habits so when their 
chance comes in a game, they’ll 
bury it.”

ORION SANG

Daily Sports Writer

ICE HOCKEY

Lockwood, Slaker, Kile have not scored since Nov. 11 vs. 
Boston University; Wolverines are 1-4 during that span

“I feel like 

I’m still 

getting good 

opportunities.”

