January 17, 1982 (vol. 92, iss. 88) • Page Image 8
…w Page 8-Sunday, January 17,1982-The Michigan Daily NINTH STRAIGHT LOSS FOR WOLVERINES Gophers bounce 'M', 67-58 By BOB WOJNOWSKI Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS-In the final analysis, it was…
… simply Minnesota firepower overcoming Michigan hustle, as the Gophers turned back the Wolverines, 67-58, in Williams Arena yesterday. With 7-3 center Randy Breuer working inside to score 18 points and…
… forward Trent Tucker bombing away from the outside to score 21, the Gophers were able to overcome some Wolverine slowdown tactics and hand Michigan its ninth straight setback. "WE CAN'T PLAY much better…
… than that," said Michigan Head coach Bill Frieder, who saw his squad drop to 1-11 on the year. The Wolverines opened the game with a spread offense-holding the ball for two minutes in some stretches…
…-and the tactic ap- peared to frustrate the Gophers. At least the crowd of 16,529 was slightly annoyed, as it taun- ted the Wolverines with chants of "Boring, boring...," The game was tied at every even…
… number through 12, until Michigan captain Thad Gar- ner converted a three-point play on a short jump hook with five-and-a-half minutes left in the half to give the Wolverines a 15-12 advan- tage. With less…
… Pelekoudas. THE STRATEGY WORKED to perfection, as the Wolverines turned the ball over three con- secutive trips down the floor. Meanwhile, the Gophers began getting the ball inside to Breuer, and he responded…
…, guard Darryl Mitchell hit a 15-foot jumper, and Tucker canned one from the baseline to give the Gophers their biggest lead of the game at 41-25 with 14-and-a-half minutes left. But the Wolverines clawed…
… until he fouled out with nine secon- ds remaining, scored 11 points on four-of-seven shooting and received some words of praise from Tucker, who grew up with the Wolverine freshman from Flint. "I've known…
… Eric since he was eight years old, and I knew he was gonna be tough," said the Minnesota senior. "He's extremely quick." Before the game, the, Wolverines felt that if they could out-rebound the Gophers…