December 09, 1984 (vol. 95, iss. 78) • Page Image 8
…4 Page 8 -The Michigan Daily- Sunday, December 9, 1984 'M' dumps Flyers, 87-78 Tarpley andJoubert lead Wolverine attack By JEFF BERGIDA Special to the Daily DAYTON, OH-It was clear from the…
… Wolverine center Roy Tarpley into a couple of early turnovers. MICHIGAN would eventually run out to leads of 24-14, 42-30 and 71-57, but the tenacious Flyers clawed their way back into contention every time…
… Flyers to give his Wolverines all they could handle. "When you have that much experience coming back from a team that got that far in the NCAA (final eight)," said Frieder, "you know it's going to be a…
… Wolverines had a 10-point lead midway through the half before they collapsed for the remaining 10 minutes. TARPLEY WAS frustrated by Dayton backcourt personnel, who kept slapping the ball out of his hands. It…
… than we did in the last 10 minutes of the first half," Frieder said. "We got sluggish and started taking bad shots." The Wolverines came out of the lockerroom on fire. After a Colbert tip-. in knotted…
… the game at 30-30, Michigan ran off 12 straight points. Dayton would fight back and cut the gap to four twice, but the inspired play of Joubert and Richard Rellford kept the Wolverines ahead. RELLFORD…
….'' Rellford gave teammate Wade credit for the Wolverines' success on the of- fensive boards, which was a major reason for their 57 percent success rate from the floor in the second half. "WE HAD BIG Wade in the…
… pressure defense, which the Flyers would utilize the rest of the game. The press worked well as the Wolverines turned the ball over of- ten and missed three important foul shots. Dayton cut the lead to 76…
…-72 at the 1:52 mark before the Wolverines settled down. Michigan made 11 of its last 13 free throw attempts to send the Dayton crowd home unhappy. "Their pressure was good," Frieder said. "It got rough…
…. THE VICTORY improves Michigan's record to 4-0. Dayton fell to 3-1. The Wolverines now have four home games coming up against weak com- petition. The home stand begins Mon- day night as the Broncos of…