January 18, 1981 (vol. 91, iss. 93) • Page Image 8
… connected from the key. A Johnny Johnson basket cut the margin to 25-20, before the bot- tom fell out for the Wolverines. During the final 6:55 of the first session, Iowa held Michigan to a mere two points…
… while scoring 17. In that dismal stretch the Wolverines were thrown into disarray by Iowa's swar- ming, half-court man-to-man press. The press, which worked so effec- tively for head coach Lute Olson…
… was Iowa which usually seized the opportunity. "It seemed that they were getting all the loose balls," said Marty Bodnar, the only Wolverine to shoot more than 50 percent from the field (the team hit 40…
… Wolverine forward was removed from the game after receiving his third personal foul at 8:42 of the half. Frieder turned to his seldom-tested reserves to fill the scoring void, but such help was not for…
… I thought they had, they could cut into the lead," he said. FRIEDER'S WORDS seemed to have had a positive effect. Shortly after the break, the Wolverines launched their gallant, albeit futile…
… happen." (Last week, at home against Ohio State, his team blew a 15-point lead.) After the timeout Michigan continued to apply the heat. Employing a half- court press of their own, the Wolverines forced…
… Brookins scored off a fast break, but a pair of Thad Garner buckets and one McGee free throw chopped the lead to 56-50 with 9:05 to play. The Wolverines were to come no closer the rest of the afternoon. The…
… the Hawkeyes' Vince Brookins (32) watches the action. McGee went over the 2,000-point plateau during the first half and scored a game-high 26 points, but the Wolverines still fell to the visitors, 73…