January 30, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 85) • Page Image 11
… the Michigan women's basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Michigan State, 47-45. The loss was the Wolverines (6-11 overall, 0-7 Big Ten) seventh Big Ten loss in a row, keeping them at the bottom of…
… the conference. Michigan's defense held the normally high-scoring Spartans (10- 6, 4-2) to 34 percent shooting. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, their defense was not enough to com- pensate for their…
… contributed 14 as Michigan had four players score in double figures. THE WOLVERINE defense neutralized the vaunted Boilermaker frontline, holding Steve Scheffler and Melvin McCants to 27 points .and eight…
… rebounds. The Wolverines out-rebounded Purdue 31 to 18 for the game. "Our game plan was to shut down their inside play," Rice said. "Our big guys played great inside defense and the few times it broke down…
…, our weakside defense went to their to help." Michigan took a 7-6 lead on a ferocious Vaught slam with 16:08 left in the first half, and the Wolverines never looked back. Robinson contributed to…
… Michigan's first 12 points, scoring five and assisting on the rest Robinson took a breather and the Wolverines went on a 6-0 run to stretch a five point lead to 26-15 with 9:26 left to play in the half. "ONE…