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1 Truly wretched
7 E equivalent, on
scores
12 Bygone space
station
15 Reaction to a
comeback
16 Contact
17 Long-necked bird
18 Fitness challenge
20 Metz moniker
21 Colo. setting
22 See-through
23 Even-odds
situation
25 Scand. land
27 Not much
29 Nosebag fill
30 Male pal, in slang
32 Cold sore relief
product
35 Cellist with
multiple
Grammys
38 Baseball
collectibles
41 Pure
43 Stated as fact
45 Sits in a cell
48 Set up in a glade,
say
49 Bike whose
company 66-
Across ends 26-
Down
50 Name on a
shuttle, whose
company 66-
Across ends 24-
Down
51 Lamb sandwich
54 Pamplona kudos
56 Outrage
57 Mountain
predator
60 Trojan War epic
62 Church based in
SLC, Utah
65 Center
66 Market
representative?
69 Foofaraw
70 “American
Buffalo”
playwright
71 Erie Canal city
72 Passel
73 More than
amuses
74 Greenery

DOWN
1 Splitting target
2 Short cuts
3 Reagan-era
slogan

4 Outer: Pref.
5 Run after
6 __ support
7 Liberty
8 Auto with a
prancing horse
logo, whose
company 66-
Across ends 18-
Across
9 Mike Trout’s
team, on
scoreboards
10 Check no.
11 “Sons of
Anarchy” actor
Rossi
12 Brainy bunch
13 Passing remark?
14 Beef cuts
19 Field
24 Alternative
energy vehicle
26 Unreserved way
to go
28 “Hulk” star Eric
30 Fly-__: air
passes
31 Juicer’s juice?
33 Nonsense
34 “__ Holden”:
Irving Bacheller
novel
36 Cactus League
spring training
city

37 Neil deGrasse
Tyson subj.
39 Blizzard
restriction,
perhaps
40 Final Four
matchup
42 Rural storehouse
44 Plays usually
involving the SS
46 “I’m a fan!”
47 Shoelace holders
51 IM option
52 “Seriously?”

53 Apply, as
sunscreen
55 Respectful word
56 Pastoral piece
58 Stop-offs before
big dates, maybe
59 Muscat money
61 Rush job letters
63 “Knock it off!”
64 Stallone and
Stone
67 Nashville awards
gp.
68 Mgmt. degree

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02/16/17

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‘M’ set to face Indiana

The No. 20 Michigan women’s 

basketball team needs just two 
more wins to record its best season 
in program history, but those hopes 
will face a stiff challenge in the 
form of a contest with Indiana at 
Assembly Hall on Thursday night.

The 
Wolverines 
(10-2 
Big 

Ten, 21-5 overall) last took on 
the Hoosiers (7-5, 17-8) on Jan. 
10, and managed to come away 
with a victory — barely. Despite 
Michigan’s 64-55 lead going into the 
fourth quarter, Indiana narrowed 
its deficit to two points in the final 
minute. But senior guard Siera 
Thompson iced the game, making 
four free throws in that final minute 
to claim the 78-74 win.

Four Hoosiers scored in double 

digits in the previous matchup — 
guard Tyra Buss and center Jenn 
Anderson both tallied 21 points. 
Michigan has the capability to 
match that output, though, as 
junior guard Katelynn Flaherty, 
sophomore center Hallie Thome 
and 
freshman 
guard 
Kysre 

Gondrezick have all scored over 20 
points in multiple games.

The 
Wolverines’ 
previous 

victory may foreshadow success 
in their upcoming matchup, but 
Michigan has taken care to not be 
overconfident. 

“Indiana is a great team, and 

it came down to the wire here,” 
Flaherty said. “Going to their place, 
it’s going to be much different, and 
they will have a better game plan to 
try and stop us.”

The Wolverines faced another 

Big Ten team for the second time 
last Sunday and learned that initial 
wins don’t equate to easy rematches. 
On Jan. 1, Michigan easily defeated 
Wisconsin, 73-56, but when the two 
teams played again on Feb. 12, the 
Wolverines’ lead often remained in 
single-digit range.

“They played a lot of (man-on-

man defense),” Flaherty said. “And 
I think that was a different look for 

us than last time, when they played 
a lot of zone.”

With more time to refine their 

game plan, the Badgers provided 
more of a challenge to Michigan 
the second time around. Wisconsin 
held Thome to just 13 points — a 
steep drop-off from the 37 she 
scored in the first matchup.

Against Indiana, Michigan is 

eager for the opportunity to correct 
its mistakes. The Wolverines have 
been averaging 71.5 percent from 
the free-throw line this season, but 
they have struggled in their past 
three games. Michigan managed 
to shoot just 54.5 percent against 
Wisconsin, 46.2 percent against 
Purdue and 57.7 percent against 
Iowa from the charity stripe.

“We just need to capitalize on all 

the little things,” said sophomore 
guard Nicole Munger. “… That’s 
definitely controllable, and it puts us 
up 10 more points, and it gives us a 
little bit more breathing room.”

The Wolverines are also putting 

an emphasis on rebounding after 
the Hoosiers won the battle on the 
glass, 35-29, in the previous game.

“If 
you 
are 
going 
to 
get 

outrebounded, 
you 
can’t 
get 

outrebounded and then give away 
possessions on the offensive end,” 
Barnes Arico said. “So we really 
talked about taking care of the 
basketball.”

Despite focusing on its problem 

areas, Michigan has the weapons 
to top Indiana on the road, from 
its high-volume scorers — Thome, 
Flaherty, and Gondrezick — to its 
strong defenders — Thompson and 
junior forward Jillian Dunston. 
Munger has also made a strong 
impact off the bench recently with 
a combination of press defense and 
late threes.

Riding 
a 
six-game 
winning 

streak and falling to an unranked 
team only once this season, the 
Wolverines have the momentum 
to match their goal of finishing 
top-three in the Big Ten, and that 
energy will likely carry them 
against Indiana.

Michigan looks ahead to rematch

Two seems to be Michigan’s 

unlucky number heading into its 
matchup with Wisconsin. 

Michigan coach John Beilein 

has beaten the Badgers just twice 
in 18 attempts as a head coach, 
and the Wolverines have yet to put 
together a winning streak of more 
than two games so far in Big Ten 
play this season.

Michigan will have a chance to 

break both trends Thursday when 
Wisconsin (10-2 Big Ten, 21-4 
overall) pays a visit to Crisler Center 
for the Wolverines’ penultimate 
home game of the season.

Compared 
to 
last 
month’s 

contest in Madison — a 68-64 
Badger victory — Michigan (6-6, 
16-9) now has a better feeling 
heading into the rematch.

The Wolverines are coming off 

their best defensive performance 
of the conference season, holding 
Indiana to 63 points and 21 percent 
shooting from three on its home 
court.

Leading 
that 
effort 
was 

Michigan’s frontcourt duo, redshirt 
sophomore forward DJ Wilson 
and sophomore forward Moritz 
Wagner., led that effort. The pair 
shut down Hoosier center Thomas 
Bryant and forced Indiana to make 
plays on the perimeter rather than 
work the ball inside-out.

The Badgers play a similar style 

of working through forward Ethan 
Happ, who leads the team in points, 
rebounds and assists. Though 
Wilson had success stopping the 

forward in the first half of the game 
in Madison, he quickly picked up 
three fouls shortly after halftime 
while defending Happ’s frontcourt 
partner — forward Nigel Hayes — 
and had to watch from the bench 
as Happ’s passing skills powered 
Wisconsin on a decisive 15-0 run.

Wilson 
and 
Wagner’s 
foul 

trouble in that matchup paralyzed 
the Wolverines down the stretch. 
The Badgers were in the bonus for 
a majority of the second half, and 
Michigan lost its physical edge and 
height advantage.

“Wisconsin’s really good at 

drawing fouls,” Beilein said. “(We) 
have to learn to play post defense 
aggressive. I’m not talking about 
not fouling; I’m talking about bad 
fouls. They’ve got to be good fouls 
in the post because if you’re going 
to be physical, you’re going to be 
called for something.”

The Wolverines’ defense showed 

they were capable of holding Happ 
and Hayes below their respective 
scoring averages, especially when 
they focused on creating turnovers 
or forcing difficult shots. At the 
Kohl Center, Happ went 5-for-13 
from the field and committed three 
turnovers while Hayes shot 4-for-
11 from the floor and 1-for-4 from 
behind the arc.

“We got to have a lot of ideas in 

our head, and hopefully we’re good 
at all of them and not average,” 
Beilein said on trying to contain 
Happ and Hayes. “Trying to put 
it all together, it’s going to be a 
challenge because they’re a very 
smart team. We’re not going to 
surprise them, but hopefully we 

can create some turnovers or create 
some tough twos for them to make 
as well.”

Wisconsin 
guard 
Bronson 

Koenig, who played a central role 
in the Badgers’ win in January, 
has been deemed questionable for 
Thursday’s game. Koenig has been 
held out of practice for the past two 
days, and is listed as day-to-day 
with a leg injury.

The senior was a non-factor for 

35 minutes, but single-handedly led 
Wisconsin in the final five minutes.

Senior guard Derrick Walton 

Jr. took responsibility for Koenig’s 
run and now revels in the chance to 
prove his defensive worth over the 
fellow senior point guard.

“If you’re a good player and 

you make one shot, that’s all the 
difference,” Walton said. “Kudos 
for him for not being frustrated for 
35 minutes and doing what his team 
needed him to do and close out the 
game. I take a personal challenge 
on playing a full 40 minutes of 
playing great defense on him.”

Michigan will be familiar with 

the matchups it will face against 
the Badgers on Thursday. Where 
the Wolverines fall short, though, 
is knowing how to handle their 
recent success.

Following previous two-game 

stretches of victories this season, 
Michigan has gone on to drop the 
following game of each string.

Now, with wins over Michigan 

State and at Indiana, Michigan 
faces the same challenge to bottle 
its momentum and extend its 
winning streak.

“It’s normal as a human when 

you have some success, you relish 
in it and get comfortable,” Walton 
said. “Only the great individual 
teams and coaches push you to 
be better. I think that falls on the 
players and the leadership.”

Added Beilein: “With most 

people, good is the enemy of great. 
As soon as you do some things 
good, you start to slack off a little 
bit. That’s our job as coaches to 
make sure they see that.”

If the Wolverines want to reach 

their goals and land comfortably 
in the NCAA Tournament field, 
they can’t let an opportunity like 
Thursday night pass them by.

In Madison, Michigan proved 

it has the matchups and the talent 
to beat the Badgers. Now, the 
Wolverines have to show they have 
developed the mental edge to get 
over the hump and beat the streaks 
that will continue to haunt them if 
they don’t.

Notebook: LaFontaine in, Kile out

A bang-bang play knocked 

goaltender Jack LaFontaine out of 
the Michigan hockey team’s game 
against Michigan State this past 
Saturday. 

During a Michigan State attack, 

sophomore defenseman Nicholas 
Boka was pushed into the crease 
and fell on the freshman, who 
appeared to suffer a leg injury 
that left him in considerable pain. 
LaFontaine attempted to play on it, 
but it wasn’t long before Michigan 
coach Red Berenson decided to 
pull him for senior goaltender Zach 
Nagelvoort.

LaFontaine 
described 
the 

sequence of events as “frustrating.” 
He had worked hard in practice all 
week to earn the starting spot in 
Saturday’s game against Michigan 
State, marking just his second start 
since Dec. 2, and had been playing 
well before the injury, stopping 18 
of 19 shots in the contest.

Despite 
the 
shortened 

appearance, 
LaFontaine 
has 

maintained his position in the 
current 
goalie 
competition 

between him, Nagelvoort and 
freshman Hayden Lavigne (who 
has received the most starts). 
The injury didn’t last beyond the 
weekend, allowing him to practice 
all this week, and according to 
Berenson, LaFontaine is “back in 
the picture” as the team continues 
his search for a starting goaltender.

“We 
liked 
(LaFontaine’s) 

progress in practice and his work 
ethic,” Berenson said. “It’s getting 
to the point where you’d like to see 
one goalie take it and run with it, 
and we haven’t had one goalie that 
really has stood out. 

“They’ve all had their moments. 

… There’s no blueprint that you can 
just go by and say, ‘This is the plan,’ 
and expect everything to work 
perfectly. It hasn’t. But all three are 
working hard, they all want to play, 
and they’re all getting chances to 
play. But whoever takes it and runs 
with it will be that guy, if anyone 
does. Otherwise we’re going to be 
a team with goalie by committee.”

Added 
LaFontaine: 
“It’s 

definitely a great opportunity for 
me individually. As a team, I have 
the ability to kinda get us out of 
this hole. I think as a three-man 
rotation, we do a really good job of 
staying in games and making big 
saves. … We’re just working hard 
and doing what we’ve done since 
the beginning of the season.”

Warren, 
Dancs 
switching 

lines

In Michigan’s last four games, 

sophomore 
forward 
Brendan 

Warren has played on the same line 
as freshmen forwards Jake Slaker 
and Will Lockwood. But that will 
change against Wisconsin this 
weekend.

“We gotta get more guys going, 

and I think Brendan can add more 
to our team than he has, and I think 
Dexter Dancs can add more to our 
team than he has,” Berenson said.

Dancs has shifted to the Slaker-

Lockwood line, where he’ll play 
with the team’s two leading 
scorers. Meanwhile, Warren has 
moved to the fourth line, alongside 
junior forward Cutler Martin and 
freshman forward Nick Pastujov. 
He will be playing right wing in 
place of freshman Steven Merl, 
who isn’t traveling with the team. 

“Brendan Warren is doing a 

good job on the penalty kill, and I 
want to see him kick in offensively 
when he can,” Berenson said. “Our 
fourth line has been outscored 
way too often this year, including 
against Wisconsin. So hopefully 
it’ll be stronger this weekend than 
it has been.”

Warren doesn’t think there will 

be too much of an adjustment from 
switching lines — he skated with 
Martin and Pastujov earlier this 
year.

“Going 
with 
Slaker 
and 

Lockwood is a little more skill 
game, and it’s fast — really fast — 
so it was (about) keeping up with 
them,” Warren said. “I think with 
Cutler and Nick, it’ll be more chip 

and chase, and we’ll bang bodies a 
little more.

“(I) just gotta get on defense fast. 

That’s my role, I get on ‘D’ fast and 
hit them, try to get the puck back 
and get it to Cutler or shoot it or 
something like that.”

Kile still out
While Michigan is switching 

up its lines in an attempt to spark 
the offensive production of Dancs 
and Warren, the Wolverines will 
still be without one of their key 
playmakers in senior forward 
Alex Kile. Kile has now missed the 
past four games, and will not be 
traveling this weekend either.

Kile has just 10 points on the 

season with six goals and four 
assists, but he has still had a 
significant impact — especially for 
a team that has struggled to score. 

“Alex is not only a captain, but 

he’s our leading scorer coming into 
the season, and he should be one 
of our leading scorers,” Berenson 
said. “So we’re losing an offensive 
fireplug with Alex Kile and one of 
our leaders.”

Michigan will need others, like 

Warren or Dancs, to step up this 
weekend, and Berenson has been 
impressed by the efforts of a pair of 
seniors in Kile’s absence.

“I think a lot of other guys 

have tried to pick up the slack,” 
Berenson said. “I think the other 
seniors, (Max) Shuart and Evan 
Allen, are playing their best hockey 
now, so good for them. But Alex 
Kile was on their line when he got 
hurt. So we’ll see when he comes 
back where he fits in, and hopefully 
he’ll give us a jumpstart.”

MAGGIE KOLCON

Daily Sports Writer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily

Freshman goaltender Jack LaFontaine is back in consideration as the starter.

ORION SANG

Daily Sports Editor

EMMA RICHTER/Daily

Redshirt sophomore forward DJ Wilson will be key on defense Thursday night.

BRANDON CARNEY

Daily Sports Writer

