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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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‘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