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Monday, January 30, 1G34
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Nebraska basketball Coach Moe Iba
walked out of the University of Colo
rado's Events Center with a rolled-up
statistics sheet in his hand, shaking his
head. The Cornhuskers had just lost a
60-57 decision Saturday night to the
Buffaloes, the team's third consecutive
Big Eight Conference loss.
Not since the 1980-81 season had
Nebraska lost three consecutive games,
and it was the first time since. 1979 they
lost three consecutive conference games.
A team picked to finish second in the
conference race, Nebraska now fmds
itself alone in seventh place in the
league with a 1-3 record.
Iba's stat sheet told the entire story
for the Huskers: Stan Qoudy's two of
14 shooting, Dave Hoppen being foulded
only once in the second half and Nebra
ska being called for 15 second-half
fouls.
The foul situation was the most per
plexing to Iba.
"Hoppen's got to get fouled in the -second
half at least once, don't you
think?" Iba said.
Hoppen, who lead all scorers with 26
points, was sent to the line only once in
the second half on a three-point play
that started-Nebraska's really from
nine'points down.
Colorado entered the bonus situa
tion with 11:42 left as NU committed
15 fouls to the Buffs, seven in the
second half. The Huskers only bonus
Huskers stifle
in Hill
homecoming
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BOULDER, Colo. -Kelly
Hill couldn't have written
it any better herself.
The first-year UNL wo
men's basketball coach re
turned to, her old Boulder
stomping grounds and ac
complished a rarity
handing Colorado a home
loss.
Hill's 1 1-4 Cornhuskers
defeated the Lady Buffs
9 1 -77 Saturday, giving Co
lorado consecutive home
defeats for the first time
since the 1977-78 season.
The 8-9 Lady Buffs were
62-3 in games played in
ClTs Events Center, but
had lost 77-65 to seventh
ranked Kansas State Wed
nesday. .
"I think the flayers knew
how much I was antici
pating the game " Hill said,
"but I don't know if it had
any real effect on how
they played."
Hill was doubly pleased
v4th the game's outcome.
Her younger sister; Tiffany,
a freshman reserve, scored
eight points and grabbed
seven rebounds for Colo
rado in 18 minutes of
play.
"Tiffany looked good in
the second half" Kelly Hill
said. "She did play like a
freshman in the first half,
however."
Nebraska never relin
quished its lead after a
bizarre six-point play with
3:16 left in the first half
Trailing 29-24, Angie
Miller scored on a tip in
and was fouled. The fresh
man from Wilber missed
the free throw but Debra
Powell rebounded and was
fouled.
After making the first
toss, Powell missed the
second, but Terri Parri
ott was there for the of
fensive rebound. She tip
ped it in as she was fouled
by Colorado's Julie Hoen
ing. Parriott's ensuing free
throw gave the Huskers a
30-29 lead which they en
larged to 36-31 at half.
"We got those offensive
rebounds and they gave
us momentum," Hill said. .
"Usually we're never ahead
at the half."
'Any Colorado comeback
thoughts in the second
half were strangled by the
defense applied to forward
Diane Hiemstra by Huskers
Cathy Owen, Stacy Imming
and Kelli Benson.
Hiemstra was held to
12 points, six under her
season average as the three
Husker defenders took
turns guarding her. Shew
made one of seven shots
in the first half and fin
ished four of 16 from the
field. k
"We keyed on Hiemstra,"
Hill said. "By far this was
the best defensive effort
we've had all season."
After Colorado had nar
rowed the Husker lead to
two early in the second
half, Nebraska outscored
the Lady Bufi 15-4, 3
Owen scored five points
and dished out two assets.
A Hoehin'3 three-point""
play brought Colorado to
within six with 12:07 re
maining, but a 16-7 Hus!:cr
scoring spurt, culminated
by Owen's basket off a
pass from Powell, boosted
NlTs lead to 15 with 7:19
left.
"We went to the boards
better tonight and got our
running game going to
give us some easy baskets,"
Hill said.
Nebraska outrebounded
Colorado, 42-38. Powell's
24 points led the Huskers
. who had four players in
opportunity came with six seconds left
as David Ponce trimmed the Colorado
lead to one for the final time.
Cloudy, who shot one for seven in
each half, had a chance to tie the game
after Tony Pruitt had given Colorado a
two-point cushion on a free throw
after Hoppcn's fifth foul Gaudy's eight
footer in the lane rimmed out of the
baslcet as Colorado center Randy Downs
rebounded.
Pruitt's two free throws with four
seconds left sealed Nebraska's fate.
The former Creighton player said he
enjoyed being in that situation.
Another ex-Bluejay who followed
Buffaloes Coach Tom Apke to Boulder,
forward Alex Stivrins, scored 1 9 points
and pulled down 12 rebounds.
"I know what the Nebraska papers
are going to say about Alex and Tony,
Apke said. I'm happy they played such
a great game."
Stivrins and Hoppen provided the
first-half offense for their teams as
Colorado took a 31-26 lead into the
locker room. -
Hoppen scored nine consecutive
points in the first five minutes as to an
11-6 lead, but three Stivrins baskets
gave the Buffs a 1 7-1 5 advantage. Stiv
rins finished the half with 13.
Eric Williams scored seven points in
the last 10 minutes of the half as
Hoppen went cold from the field miss
ing his last three shots. -
Nebraska trailed by nine points early
in the second half, but John Matzke and
Lady Buffs
victory
double figures. Owen
scored 16, Imming added
.13 and Miller 12.
"We had played two close
. games and lost," Hill said.
"We needed to win."
The Huskers visited La
ramie, Wyo., Sunday, and
came away with an 82-61
victory against Wyoming.
Nebraska was pressed
most of the way and led
only 32-30 at the half, but
connected on 21 of 23
free throws during one
second half stretch to win.
Debra Powell scored 17
to lead Nebraska.
Hoppen combined for 13 points in a
17-6 spurt. Williams' basket gave the
Huskers a 45-43 lead with 10:38 left.
With the score tied at 47, an alley
oop pass from Curtis Moore to Hoppen
gave Nebraska its final lead.
Downs gave the Buffs the lead for
good as he converted a three-point
play with 8:12 remaining.
Nursing a one-point lead, Apke
ordered' his team into its stall game
with 5:12 left, bringing scattered boos
from the near-capacity crowd of 1 1 ,067,
the second-largest in Colorado history.
Their disgruntlement turned into
cheers as Stivrins took a pass from
guard Jay Humphries and slam-dunked '
form a three-point Buffalo lead.
"All this week during practice, we've
been working on our late-game offense,"
Apke said, "particularly our spread
offense. Tonight, we didn't turn the
ball over once while running it."
After a Hoppen basket, Colorado
again went to the stall and ran 2:12
from the clock until Matzke foulded
Stivrins with 1:55 remaining. Stivrins
missed the foul shot, but the ball
bounced out to Downs who. made a
layup.
After Colorado's Mike Ried missed
two free throws following a deliberate
foul by Williams, Hoppen cut the lead
to one with a turnaround in traffic
with 48 seconds left.
The stage was then set for Pruitt's
clutch free throw shooting.
"It's hard on these kids to lose close
ones like these," Iba said. "Missouri and
this one were very hard on us. We just
keep making silly mistakes." .
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Second-year law student Joel Johnson competes in the first round of the
all-inirvensiiy bacr:m:i championships. The finals will be Feb. 17 and
18.
Rec
yw Scoreboard
(Sportsmanship ratings in parentheses)
Lien's Basketball
Cecidence Ilalls B
Abel Two (4.2) 50, Selleck 8200 (4.0) 45
Cather Five (3.7) 35, Cather Twelve (4.0) 33
Burr One East (3.7) 33,.Schramm Four (3.5) 23
Absl Eight (2.7) 5Q, Harper Five (3.2) 43
Schramm Six (3.0) 4t, Selleck 8200 (3.5) 40
Harper Seven (3.5) 65, Cather Six (3.5) 32
Cather Two (3.8) 53. Abel Three (3.6) 54
Cather Three (3.7) 82, Abel Four (3.2) 37
Abel Nine (4.0) 43, Schramm Ten (4.0) 35
" Tkpi V'if1s
Abel Two (3.7) 85, Schramm Six (3.7) 32
Abel Eight (3.7) 43, Cather Six (4.0) 3
Swatta Fratta Ratta (3.0) 55, Remaindermen (4.0) 33
Norgas (3.5) 67, Stings (3.5) 3
TTC (3.0) 40, Frito-Lay Express (2.0) 33
Independents B
Jammers (3.3) 63, Oscar's (3.3) 42
Skywa'kers (3.3) 54, Officious Intermeddlers (3.3) 33
Soupbones (3.3) 59, Pumpkin Pushers (3.6) 33
Yard Apes (3.6) 50, BB1 (3.3) 41
Casuals (4.0) 44, Nebr. Tech (4.C) 37
Shorter Plugs (4.0) 44, Nabr. Tech (4.0) 43
Holysmokers (3.7) 53, C.J. and Boys (4.0) 43
The Cissh (4.3) 52. Scum qf the Earth (4.0) 22
Dock Jocks (3.3) 62. Kool and the Gang (2.6) 34
Silver Bullets (4.5) 31 . Old Dog Heads (2.8) 25
Bailers (3.5) 65, Living Abortions (3.7) 44
Blue Mooses (3.7) 33. Floor Rockers (3.7) 32
Bucks (4.0) 61, Love Brokers (4.0) 23
Renob (4.0) 63, Iba's Rejects (4.0) 55
Panthers (3.2) 77, Flex Crush (3.2) 43
Blobs (4.0) 53. LIXIXERS (3.7) 33
Tigers (3.5) 55, Ice (3.2) 25
Silver Bullets II (3.7) 40, Jets (2.7) 10
Open
Bud Boys (3 ) 55, Awesome Acacsans (2.5) 24
Dunks Unlimited (4.0) 53, Bob's Boys (2.6) 33
Harper Seven (4.0) 67, Iguanas (4.0) 37
Vitale's Bar & Grill (3.3) 74. Around the Corners (3.3) 63
' Co-Rec Volleyball
Scrodfish (4.4) def. Betas Kapas (4.0) 15-1, 15-5
Stxpack (3.2) def. Lambda Chi Alpha (3.2) 14-12, 6-15, 14-12
King's Kids (4.0) def. Wildlifers (4.2) 15-10, 15-3
Legal Eagles J (4.2) def. Burr Two E&W (4.2) 15-8, 15-3
AcaciaChi-0 One (4.2) def. Beta SigGamma Phi (4.0) 15-5
15-12 .
ThetasDelts (4.2) def. TKEKappas (4.0) 15-12, 11-15, 13-15
Husker Hamm's (3.7) def. The Quotation Marks (4.0) 1 5-6, 1 5-13
Beginners Luck def. Lambda Chi.Alpha by forfeit
Pi PhiSigma Nu (4.6) def. TKELitt!e Sisters (4.6) 13-4. 15-4
Total Sound (3.8) def. AcaciaKappa Delta (4.0) 13-10, 15-5
Fig Mutants (4 0) def. Abel Ten (4.0) 8-15. 15-14. 15-9
Hclysmckers (3.3) daf. Harper Eight (3.6) 15-3, 12-10