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ingredient
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Lott
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enforcement
devices
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dynasty
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woods
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champ Lindsey
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author
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solo
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say
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Herman’s
Hermits
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prophet
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forerunner
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company, on the
NYSE
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deg.
63 Some
retirement acct.
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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.”