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Stingy Husker defense to test isu i uesaay
By Dennis Onnen
It will be a matchup between one of the Big 8's
most awesome basketball offenses and one of its
stingiest defenses when Iowa State University meets
UN L Tuesday at 7:35 p.m. in the Coliseum.
The Cyclones (11-7) have the second highest team
average in the league, scoring more than 78 points a
game. Going into tonight's Big 8 games, the Huskers
(8-9) have given up only 67.6 points a game, the best
in the conference.
Leading the Cyciones offensively are sophomore
guard Hercle (Poison) Ivy and transfer forward
Robert Wilson with 18.3 and 17.5 averages
respectively.
"He's going to be very difficult for us to cover,"
Husker Coach Joe Cipriano said of Ivy.
Other frond iners who have started at least part of
the year for Iowa State are Larry Loots, Craig DeLoss
and leading rebounder Wes Harris. Joining Ivy in the
backcourt is senior Eric Heft.
The Cyclones also lead the conference in field goal
accuracy, making more than 48 per cent of their
shots.
"If they're consistent with both their inside and
outside shooting, boy, they're rough," Cipriano said.
Iowa State is in fifth place in the Big 8 with a 2-4
record, after finishing second in the preseason Big 8
tournament. UNL is sixth with a 1-4 mark, after road
losses to Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma
University.
"We haven't played very well on the road,"
id. "We've been more disciplined at home.
We also haven't shot as well away from home, but
that's natural for a lot of teams."
The Huskers have a 7-1 record at home, compared
with 1-8 on the road.
Aiding the Huskers in their attempt to break a
3-game losing streak will be freshman forward Bob
Siegel. He was sidelined for the last three games
because of bronchitis.
Cipriano indicated that he would stick with the
same starters from the last four games. Guards Jerry
Fort and Tom Novak, forwards Steve Erwin and
Brendy Lee and center Larry Cox should start for the
Huskers.
In the preliminary game, Nebraska's junior varsity
will take on Iowa State's junior varsity at 5:15 p.m.
Coliseum
conditions
unnerve
opponents
With construction of the new Fieldhouse progressing at a
snail's pace, Nebraskans are beginning to wonder if the
Huskers will ever get out of the time-worn Coliseum. It is
assumed that once the cagers escape from that
medieval-looking building, their play will improve. But
maybe the fans don't know a good thing when they see
one.
During the years, UNL basketball teams have displayed
almost magical powers while playing in the Coliseum.
This year, Nebraska won every home game until they
played Kansas State University. Even then, the Huskers
narrowly lost to a team that had shellacked them in the Big
8 tournament in Kansas City. In Lincoln, UNL beat a
confused Oklahoma University team 63 58. In Norman,
playing the same team, they lost by 22 points.
steve taylor
What is it that changes the Huskers from also-rans to
contenders when playing at home? In all probability, it is
the opposition, not Nebraska, thai metamorphoses while
playing in the Coliseum.
' It is easy to see how visJflflB teams could become rattled
during a game in Lincoln. When b,UUU people start
screaming in such a compressed area, it must sound like a
Boeing 707.
Aso, the stands are so close to the playing floor that a
visiting player must remain alert to the possibility of being
tripped by an overzealous UNL fan.
With all this to worry about, it's amazing that UNL ever
loses at home.
If and when Nebraska moves into the new Fieldhouse,
people will look back and laugh at the Coliseum. Until
then, fans will tolerate the conditions as long as the Huskers
continue to win.
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Husker Gary Jeurink competes on the high bar.
Cyclones dominate
gymnastic contest
By Larry Stunkel
Defending national gymnastics champion Iowa State
University dominated competition in every event to beat UNL,
165.35 1 56.25, Saturday at Henzlik Hall gymnasium.
After the meet, Husker Coach Francis Allen called Iowa St3te
the best collegiate gymnastics team he'd ever seen.
Cyclone Coach Ed Gagnier called the Huskers a formidable
foe.
"Nebraska impressed me with their top three men," said
Gagnier. "In every event, except maybe pommel hone, they are
capable of scoring 27 points, which is remarkable considering
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The Huskers' team effort of 156.25 was two points better than
that against Colorado one week before. However, Allen said the
team could have done better.
"If we could have gotten our high bar together, we would have
scored above 160," he said. 'That's where we want to be because
that's vhat it will take to keep up with Oklahoma."
Oklahoma, according to Allen, will be the leading challenger
for the Huskers' runner-up spot in the conference.
Top indn' perf ormances for the Cyclones included Mark
Graham's win:, in w all-around, parallel bars and high bar, and
Doug Fitzjarrell's win in the floor exercise, plus his ties for first in
the vault and parallel bars.
Individual winners for the Huskers were freshman Gary
Jeurink, who tied for first with Fitzjarrell in the vault, and senior
Barry Cross, who shared top honors with Graham and Fitzjarrell
in the parallel bars. For Cross, it was the first time that he scored
above 9.0 in an event.
Other Huskers turning in high finishes wers Steve Dickey,
second in the side horse; Pete Studenski, third in the still rings;
and Gary Duff, third in the parallel bars. Teem captain Jim
Ungw, despite a torn shoulder muscle, finished third in the vault,
third in floor exercise and scored a 9.15 on the high bar.
For Ungcr, it was his best 3 event total ever.
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