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… played in the Wolverine's 62-57 win over Wisconsin last Saturday. For it was Dan Pelekoudas, the target of many a catcall from Michigan hoop fans this season, who enabled the Wolverines to come back from a…

… lead the Los Angeles Lakers to the World Championship, but booing him served absolutely no constructive pur- pose. First, the jeers were aimed at a player who always gives 100 percent for the Wolverines…

…, and second, the booers forget that Pelekoudas was one of the veterans on last year's Wolverine squad that kept the team together through a 7-20 season. But boo they did and it was obvious that it had…

… man-to-man and Pelekoudas kept hustling as the Wolverines took the lead for good midway through the second half. For the game he had four points and a season high six assists. That's the kind of play…

… Michigan coach Bill Frieder needs out of his third guard if the Wolverines are going to have a successful season. Michigan is woefully short in guards this season. After Turner, Leslie Rockymore, and…

… Pelekoudas, the Wolverines have only walk-ons. That's why Pelekoudas must keep up the level of play he exhibited in the Wisconsin game. If he can, Michigan can make it through the season with only three…

… scholarship guards - if he can't the Wolverines could be in trouble if Tur- ner doesn't have an outstanding game every time out. The one thing that Pelekoudas was obviously lacking before last Saturday…

… not lose any games for the Wolverines this season, but he won one for them last Saturday. Tumblers fall to. Gophers CIVIL ENGINEERS ... You're Needed All Over the World. Ask Peace Corps volunteers with…

… Michigan women's hoopsteres were. blasted by Big Ten foes. And both times poor shooting and turnovers were the culprits. FRIDAY NIGHT at Minnesota the Wolverines were humiliated, 90-43, by the Golden Gophers…

…. Sunday afternoon it was Wisconsin's turn at the hapless Wolverines, crushing Michigan by a count of 99-68. The pair of mortifying defeats gives the Wolverines an overall record of 3- 11, including a i-3…

… 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…

… (Coalu1s dfrm Page 1) 16-12 overall. The sixteen victories give Beren- son the most in his four-year tenure as Wolverine coach. Sophomore goalie Warren Sharples thwarted repeated Flame attempts in both…

…-on-three goals early in the second both returning from injuries, scored as well in period gave Wolverines a 3-1 cushion. Michigan the Saturday triumph. scored six power-play goals on the weekend, Friday night was…

… Wolverine assistant coach Larry Pedrie gained penalties taken. some sweet revenge over the Illinois-Chicago, "We dominated them until we took some his previous employer. stupid penalties," said Belmonte…

… can live THE WOLVERINE scoring was led by with." ichigan icers 'This weekend gave me a real good feeling. This is the best that I have felt since I have been at Michigan. This is t he high point of…

… the Michi- gan hockey p r o g r a m since I have been here.' -Red Berenson WOLVERINES GAIN REVENGE 'M' grapplers take down foes S Y MPOSI U O N the By RICHARD EISEN The 13th-ranked Michigan…

…. me befor Just an hour earlier it had been "This packed to capacity for the Michigan- Michiga Michigan State basketball game that game. the visiting Wolverines had won, Even 90-72. guide re I walked…

…. Even as the Wolverines dressed in the cramped locker room, practically leaning on each other as they pulled on their clothes, they spoke warmly of Jenison. "It's a great set up. It's a big advantage to…

…'s basketball team take on traditional Big Ten rivals Ohio State and Indiana, saw one Wolverine team with two different personalities. The first lost a hard-fought battle to an excellent Ohio State team, 77- 66…

…. The second was soundly whipped by Indiana, 77-59, which had a medicore 5-6 record going into Sun- day's game. Ohio State entered Friday night's contest against the Wolverines as one of the top ranked…

… defense and they were able to convert on our mistakes." In the second half, the Wolverines were able to narrow the gap to 48-43 on a short jumper by Vonnie Thompson, but that was as close as they got…

… around the basket," said VanDeWege. Both Lisa Reynolds and Tempie Brown also scored in double figures for the Wolverines with 11 points each. Reynolds led the team with,< 1l rebounds. AFTER THE game, Van…

…, however, the Wolverines came up flat against the Hoosiers and lost by a lopsided score. Indiana jumped out early and never looked back as it took a 35-27 lead into the locker room at the half. T E M P I E…

… Brown kept, the Wolverines within striking distance as she hit three three-point field goals in the first half, but Michigan could not develop any kind of con- sistency on offense. Indiana played a…

… swarming zone defense that took the Wolverines out of their game. "We packed in the zone and it confused them," said Cindy Bumgarner, who had a game high 24 points. "They couldn't pass inside." The Hoosier…

… Doug May is also nursing a shoulder injury. THE WOLVERINES have also had a bout with the flu-defensemen Bill Brauer and Greg Hudas and forward Brad McCaughey have all been afflic- ted. Don't count…

… Wolverines have become a formidable offensive force. Furthermore, RPI is not invincible. One of their two losses this year was to a virtual unknown, Union College. THESE engineering students, however, are…

… say that this could be RPI the biggest test of the year for the Wolverine defense. Such a test couldn't come at a worse time. In Michigan's last four CCHA games its goals-against average is a pathetic…

… meaningless in the conference stan- dings is very important. It's no small secret that the Wolverines haven't been on an east coast road trip since 1976 (at RPI). These series are key in recruiting for and…

…." Learning experience-maybe a euphemism for getting beaten? Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Bruce Macnab struggles for possession of the puck against Western Michigan last month. The Wolverines travel to Troy N…

… Wolverine men to be the ones burning up the track. "IF WE CAN win two or three events, we'll be doing well," said men's head coach Jack Harvey. "We have possible wins in maybe the high hurdles, the 600 (yard…

… injuries have diluted this year's talent. "WE'VE LOST five Big Ten cham- pions and another runner-up," he said. "We've lost six quality people, and that can really hurt." The Wolverines will especially miss…

… athletically. The problem with the Wolverines is that they lack emotional intensity. As Illinois coach Lou Henson put it: "Michigan doesn't come to play all the time because they can't get up for the weaker…

… teams." Indeed. The Wolverines lost to Alaska-Anchorage, a Division II school, 70-66, at the Utah Basketball Classic over Christmas. "It seems that at times we tend to get lackadaisical," Michigan center…

… anyone." Michigan put forth this kind of effort Monday night. Unfortunately for Wolverine fans, this is a rare occurrence. With the exception of Glen Rice and Rumeal Robinson, the rest of the players only…

… Minnesota and 11 points in last night's Big Ten basketball contest bet- ween the Golden Gophers and Michigan t Crisler Arena. Wrong, or make that WRONG! THE WOLVERINES nearly quadrupled the spread and gave…

… Wolverine point dif- erence in Big Ten history. The victory also lifts Michigan's con- ference mark to 3-2 and catapults the Wolverines past Minnesota (now 2-2) in the Big Ten standings. The Wolverines…

… some of the problems surroun- See BLANCHARD, Page 5 Daily Photo by MATT PETRIE Michigan forward Butch Wade lays in one of his twelve points in action last night at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines…

… swept the host Wolverine hockey team, Wolverine head coach, Red Berenson labeled that series the "low point of my coaching career at Michigan." This weekend provided Bereflson with the opposite result and…

… best that I have felt since I have been at Michigan. This is the high point of the Michigan hockey program since I have been here." The road sweep, Michigan's first since 1985-86, gave the Wolverines a…

… Illinois, the Michigan Wolverines couldn't overcome a big second-half deficit and a rabidly hostile crowd as they fell to the Fighting Illini, 80-69, extending their losing streak to ee. The cagers spotted…

… the word 'quit,' set off on a 10-5 spurt, Keith Smith's 20-footer bringing the score to 70-65 at 1:50. The Wolverines could have made it HIRD STRAIGHT LOSS: humble even closer when the Illini came…

… the Wolverines haven't taken a game from the fourth-place Badgers (9-7) in their last five meetings. And in th ir only meeting this year at Madison, the Badgers had an easy 8-4 victory on Friday night…

… win," he said. Even though Wisconsin beat Michigan convincingly, its coach, Bob Johnson, has a great deal of respect for the Wolverines. "Currently Michigan is in second place in the league, and I feel…

… DREW SHARP The gutsy Michigan Wolverine wrestling team, although ravished by injury of late, managed to pull out three victories last week and now hungrily awaits its matchups with Indiana State and…

… Indiana this weekend. Coach Dale Bahr's grapplers defeated Hofstra and Northwestern and also pulled off an extraordinary upset against eastern power Penn State last Sunday. THE WOLVERINES WILL be facing one…

…." The Wolverine squad is on an emotional high because of the way they have overcome adversity. They are a young team, but one to be reckoned with. PEILESTIMNIEN HUMEIN RI(HITS TEACHERS Ask a Peace Corps…

… to match up against Ohio State. Though committed with Turner and Leslie Rockymore as guards, he has many options up front. It would seem he would try to exploit the Wolverines' height advantage…

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