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basketball team was finding someone
who could stop all-Big Eight center Dave
Hoppen.
Drangmelstcr b still searching for some
one after Hoppen scalped the Indians for
a career high of 35 points en route to a
89-67 Nebraska victory before 9,356 fans
at the Dob Devaney Sports Center.
The 35 points broke the Sports Center
single-game record of 34 points set by
Andre Smith in 1970.
The 6-11 Junior from Omaha also broke
into Nebraska's top 10 in career scoring
when he sank a pair of free throws with
4:12 remaining in the first halt Hoppen
has 1 ,078 career points, 60 tallies short of
the ninth spot held by Marvin Stewart.
"I didn't think I'd be able to score that
many points " Hoppen said. "My team
mates were able to get the ball down low.
It sometimes seemed too easy."
NU head coach Moe Iba knew of Drang
meister's dilemma, and geared the Husker
offense toward Hoppen.
"We just went to a two-game to get Dave
the ball because they couldnt cover him."
Hoppen teamed with sophomore for
ward Bill Jackman, who scored nine first
half points, to give the Huskers a comfor
table 60-28 halltime margin.
"I thought they did a good job of getting
a 22 point led at halftime " Iba said. "I'm
proud of them for that."
.Southern Colorado's Gary Taylor, a
redshirt freshman, tied a Sports Center
record shooting 7-7 from the field for 14
points.
The Indians traded baskets with the
Huskers with the second half Each team
scored 39 points.
"The second half we had a lot of combi
nations that weren't very good," Iba said.
"I'm happy with the win, but we can play
better."
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ByJimEasmussen
Daily Nebmskan Senior Reporter
The women in the middle for
the UNL volleyball team center
blockers Karen Dahlgren, Annie
Adamczak and Michelle Smith
have a tough chore in store for
them Saturday against Pittsburgh.
The chore will be to stop Pitt's
Diana Kohutiak, the Panthers'
top spiker, in the first-round
NCAA tournament match.
'They go to her about SO per
cent of the time," Smith said of
Kohutiak. "We have to shut her
down and force them to go to
their weaker hitters. That's not
easy to do."
Fitt Coach Shelton Collier said
earner in the week that Kohutiak,
a 5-10 senior, is probably the best,
spiker in the. eastern half of the
country. But the Huskers don't
need any special warnings about
Kohutiak. They've seen her before.
Nebraska took a four-set win from
the Panthers in October.
"She really hits the ball well
cross-court," Adamczak said. "We
have to get up and block that
shot and really concentrate, or it
could be a long game."
Adamczak said the seventh
ranked Huskers, 27-3, have to
guard against overconfidence
against the unranked Panthers,
30-7.
"It might be in the back of our
minds that since we beat them
the first time, we don't have to
work as hard " she said. "That
could be a disadvantage."
From all reports, Pittsburgh
has improved since its loss to
Nebraska in the Tennessee Invi
tational. The Panthers won 12 of
their last 13 and qualified for
nationals by winning the Big East
Conference tournament.
TheyVe become a great team,"
said Adamczak, a 5-10 junior from
Moose Lake. Min n " A u their play-
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ers are playing specific roles, and
playing them well"
Dahlgren, a 6-0 sophomore from
Bertrand, said she's excited to
play Pitt again. She said the
Huskers didn't play well in the
first meeting between the teams.
Now that Pitt is playing well, she
said, the match should be interest
ing. "If they've improved as much
as everyone says they have, it will
be like playing a whole different
team," Dahlgren said. "But if we
just stay with our game plan, I
think well be all right."
Starters Dahlgren and
Adamczak will get help from Smith
for the first time in six weeks.
Smith, a 5-1 1 junior from Medina,
Ohio, was sidelined Oct. 14 when
she suffered a stress fracture in
her foot. Smith returned to prac
tice for the first time Monday.
"My timing was really off, but
it's been getting better during the
week," Smith said. "I'm starting to
blcck a few balls and, hopefully,
111 get it together by Saturday."
Smith said she expects to play
some in Saturday's match, depend
ing on the situation.
"The team's adjusted to me not
being in there, so the coaches
might not want to throw off that
rhythm by putting me in," Smith
said.
Regardless of who's playing, all
three players agreed Nebraska's
blocking will be one of the keys
Saturday.
"If we serve tough and set up a
strong block, well win," Adamczak
said.
A victory would propelNebraska
into the second round, and
another possible home match.
After losing in the first round to
Western Michigan last year, the
Huskers are primed to go further
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this year, Adamczak said.
"I think physically, we're one of
the strongest teams in the nation,
player for player," she said. "If we
can control things physically, and
not let down mentally, I think we
have a very good chance to win
the national championship,"
Smith and Dahlgren said Neb
raska can go a long way in the
tournament. Dahlgren said con
sistency will be a big factor in the
Huskers' title quest.
"If we keep working together
and stay with our game plan, I
think we have the potential to go
very far," she said.
Tigers set sights
on Sugar Bowl bid
A trip to the Sugar Bowl will be
on the line for the Auburn Tigers
when they play Alabama at Bir
mingham's Legion Field Saturday.
The game is on ABC at 1 1:30 CST
on Saturday.
"This will be the toughest game
of the season for us," said Auburn
coach Pat Dyes. Alabama has the
best defense in the conference, he
said, and to beat Alabama, Auburn
will have to play without errors.
The Tigers are ranked 13th in
the nation and have one of the
top 10 offenses. They are led by
quarterback Pat Washington.
Washington has passed for 1,116
yards and four touchdowns. His
number one reciever is freshman
Freddy Weygand. Weygand has
caught 31 passes for 780 yards.
If Auburn loses to Alabama,
they will travel to the Liberty
Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., to play
Arkansas. Louisiana State would
then play Nebraska in the Su?,ar
BowL