January 11, 1976 (vol. 86, iss. 87) • Page Image 8
… and its record crowd of 14,063 with an 80-74 win over Michigan, yester- day. Despite holding 14-point leads in both halves, Indiana did not clinch the win until the final minute. In fact, the Wolverines…
… had ample opportunity to pull off the upset. Down 68-54, Michigan trimmed the Hoosier lead to 74-70, and regained possession following a traveling violation on Quinn Buckner. The Wolverines brought the…
…. However, both Britt and his counterpart at forward, John Rob- inson, never got involved in the Wolverine offense. Combined Britt and Robinson had ten points and only three rebounds. Grote scored 13 points…
… in running its offensive patterns. The Wolverines were credited with only 16 assists, their lowest total of the season, as the Hoosiers kept Rickey Green and Grote from getting the ball to the forwards…
…. The Wolverines' offensive attack consisted almost entirely of Hubbard working against Benson with Green occasionally going one-on-one versus Buckner or Bob Wilkerson. Michigan fared poorly on the boards…
… .Hubbard's four first half fouls forced the Wolverines into a zone defense for the first time this season. The lack of preparation may have hurt them. Indiana has had trouble with zone defenses in past games…
…. reach was Hubbard's shooting. fainted."IT CERTAINLY didn't seem The freshman center, playing Benson scored 18 in the first to be, but the Wolverines didn't with four fouls, scored 15 of half on 9 of 10…
…, but only Britt's defense that half and 23 for the game. offensive game of the year. and Rickey Green were up to The Wolverines got the ball to "I just felt good and the shots par.tGreen scored 18 points…