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March 01, 1970 (vol. 80, iss. 126) • Page Image 7

… Crisler Arena warmed the spirits of 7963 Michigan partisans, and the whistles of the men in the striped shirts often. inflamed, the passions of the Wolverine fans. Nothing, however, could warm. up the…

… shooting of the Wolverine cagers, who connected on only 36 of 92 field goal attempts for a dismal 39 per cent and dropped a Big Ten basketball game to the Wisconsin Badgers, 90-86. The loss scuttled the…

Wolverines' chances for a break-even season this year, leaving them with a record 9-13 with only two games left to play. "We shot poorly," commented Michigan Coach Johnny Orr. "We took 92 shots, which must be…

… some kind of record for us, but we just couldn't put the ball in the basket." THE WOLVERINES' failure to connect from the floor was es- pecially disappointing, as the Maize and Blue took 33 more shots…

… throw line. Wisconsin's hot-hand, coupled with a 50-42 advantage on the boards, enabled the Badgers to overcome a tendency to give the ball away to the Wolverines. The Badgers were charged with 21…

… turnovers, 11 in the first half, compared to; eight for the Wol- verines. The Wolverines hawking full- court press didn't help them much when it came to totaling up the score, though, as they repeated- ly…

… by the score of 4-2. The Wolverines scored one goal in bothythe first and second periods and added two more in the third to wrap up the win. The scores were by Gagnon in the first period, Slack in the…

… second period and Shaw and Falk in the third. shot under the basket," Orr com- plained afterwards. Missed shots, under the basket and otherwise, were especially costly to the Wolverines in t h e first half…

… 17 times, twice less than the Badgers. The Wolverines showed some im- provement in their shooting in the second half, hitting on 19 of 42 from the floor, but they could only narrow the Badgers margin…

… of them coming in the first half. More important than his scor- ing, however, was Sherrod's ball handling. Sherrod repeatedly broke the Wolverines' press, and allowed Wisconsin to play slow down ball…

February 01, 1970 (vol. 80, iss. 102) • Page Image 8

… their audience with a record breaking perform- ance as they shattered a strong Minnesota team 164.45 to 158.85. ' The total score of the Wolverine ' squad was a new NCAA record, topping the 164.15 they…

… after the first event, vaulting. His 9.20 score wvon the event, and teammate George Huntzicker tied for third at 9.0. Huntzicker then led the Wolverines to a sweep in floor exercise, as he, Sid Jensen…

… third. Another Wolverine sweep took place on the rings, where Mc- Curdy and Jensen tied for first 9.2. Skip Frowick, another fresh- man, followed with a 9.1. The best event of the meet was the parallel…

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