Huskers increase conference lead with win
By Pete Wegmdn
It's been a long time since Nebraska basketball
fans have had cause to yell "We're number one."
Wednesday night that cheer rose with less than a
minute remaining as the Huskers strengthened their
Big 8 conference lead with a 73-58 victory over the
Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Nearly 9,000 fans, the second consecutive
Coliseum sellout, saw Nebraska up its conference
record to a perfect 4-0 mark as Oklahoma State
became the second consecutive Big 8 team to score
less than 60 points against the Huskers, the Big 8
defensive leaders.
Despite the 24 turnovers committed by each team,
and the total of 38 fouls, loth teams shot well."
Oklahoma State connected on 50 per cent for the
game while Nebraska scored on 33 of 51 attempts for
65 per cent.
Nebraska started slow and took nearly three
minutes to score, trailing 6-0 when they finally did.
Guard Steve Willis got in foul trouble early, leaving
the game after less than five minutes with three fouls.
"The loss of Willis definitely hurt our ability to
control the tempo of the game in the early going,"
said Nebraska coach Joe Cipriano.
The lead changed hands several times before Bob
Siegel scored with three minutes left in the first half
to give the Huskers a 33-31 lead which they never
relinquished.
Nebraska scored ten of the last 12 points in the
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table tennis tourney
By Becky Morgan
Three events are planned for UNL's table tennis club this
semester, according to club sponsor Don Taylor.
Two are scheduled for the next two weeks and the third is in
the planning stage, he said.
Jan. 31, the club will participate in the Nebraska Union Program
Council's Winter Walpurgisnacht, Taylor said.
"We will hold a table tennis demonstration at 8 p.m.," he said.
"Some of our better players will be demonstrating different shots
utilized in competition. They are planning to take on any player
who challenges them."
A small prize will be awarded to anyone who defeats a club
member, he added. The tables will be set up in the Union's Main
Lounge. He said another tournament may be organized later in the
evening if interest warrants it,
Lincoln tournament
On Feb. 9, the club will help promote the Lincoln All-City
Table Tennis Championships.
The tournament will be held at the Auld Recreation Center at
32nd and Sumner St., Taylor said. There will be six divisions of
play. Three of these divisions will be for high school age students
and younger, Grades 1-6, grades 7-9 and grades 10-12.
The all-city men's championships, which are divided into three
classes (advanced, intermediate and beginner) will start at 7 p.m.
Women's championship
Also scheduled for 7 p.m. is the all-city women's championship,
one class only. The evening will conclude with the all-city doubles
championships at 9 p.m. There will be two classes, advanced and
intermediate-beginner.
Taylor said all matches will be governed by United States Table
Tennis Association rules.
A possible team tournament is still in the planning stages. It
would be an invitational including all the top four-man teams in
the state. A similar tournament was held at uNL two years, ago
Taylor said.
Ten members
Currently, the table tennis club has about ten members. The size
of the club is determined by the available space, Taylor said. The
club meets every Monday from 7 p.m.-lO p.m. in the basement of
the Nebraska Union west of the game room.
Two outstanding club members, Peter Chao and Bill Weisbecker,
won a tournament Monday at the Nebraska Union.
They will represent the UNL table tennis club in a student
tournament in Ft. Hayes, Ks.
SOOfES
STOICS
Swim coach John Keta aska
that any woman who was
timed for UNL swim meets last
season contact him at his office
in the Coliseum, or call
472-2268.
UNL football seniors
drafted during the National
Football League draft Tuesday
include wingback Don
Westbrook, by the Baltimore
Colts in the sixth round;
quarterback David Humm by
the Oakland Raiders in the
fifth; offensive tackle I aivin
Crenshaw by the Pittsburg
Steelers, Tom Alward by the
New York Jets and Mark Doak
to the Washington Redskins, all
in the sixth round. Ardeli
Johnson, Husker defensive
back, was drafted by
Washington in the 1 1th.
Improving its record to 5-6,
the UNL women's basketball
team defeated Kearney State
College Tuesday. Kathy
Hawkins lead the scoring with
14 points and teammate Nancy
Hansen added 12 in the 59-39
win. The team will meet
Creighton at 7 p.m. Friday in
the Women's P.E. Bldg.
The UNL boxing club
continues to look for anyone
wanting to join the club.
Practices are held Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 4:30
p.m. in Schramm Hall. Any
one interested should attend
practice or call Mike Wilson at
477-1392.
An organizational meeting
of the UNL Judo club will be
held at 8:30 p.m. Monday in
Henzlik Gym. Anyone
interested should attend the
meeting or call Dale
Yamamoto at 435-0919.
first half to take a 41-33 haKtime advantage.
Nebraska wasn't able to pull away from the Cowboys
until late in the game, but the Big Red experienced
few problems the remainder of the way. The biggest
disaster came at halftime when the sound system for
the women's gymnastics demonstration failed to
work.
The Huskers out-rebounded the Cowboys, 36-27.
The Cowboys' Andy Hopson, Big 8 leading rebounder
the past two seasons, grabbed six to lead Oklahoma
State. Larry Cox had game honors with nine
rebounds and teammates Bob Siegel and Rickey
Harris each had six.
The high-flying Cowboys, averaging over 83 points
a game, have scored less than 60 points only once this
season. That came on December 7 when , they
managed only 51 points in an 82-51 loss to the UCLA
Bruins.
Ronnie Daniels, the Cowboys leading scorer,
tallied 15 points in the first half but could manage
only four the second to finish with 19.
Nebraska received balanced scoring as Jerry Fort
scored 20, Siegel and Cox added 14 each, and Steve
Erwin tossed in 1 1 points.
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Flu-stricken gymnasts saving
strength tor weekend dual meet
By Scott Jones
Lying in bed and sipping hot soup may not
seem the right way to prepare for a difficult
athletic contest.
But that's what several members of UNL's
gymnastics team are doing in preparation for
Saturday's dual meet against defending national
champion Iowa State in Ames.
"We've got a bunch with the flu now," coach
Francis Allen said Tuesday. "Half of thern
weren't here for practice last night.
"I'm going to call in sick Saturday," he added.
Full strength
Allen said the Huskers could be at full
strength by this weekend.
"They'll be okay by Saturday but they won't
have the psychological advantage of knowing
that they have the reserved energy built up from
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday," he said.
Not all the Huskers are sick this week,
however. Alien said aii-arounder Gary Jeurink
performed the "best horizontal bar exercise of
his life" in practice Monday.
But for Jeurink the effort came two days late.
Colorado upset the Huskers and baffled Allen,
204.45 to 203.50 Saturday.
"I'm not sure what happened to my team,"
Allen said. "We'd been going 210-212
consistently all year. Colorado hadn't beaten us
in four years and they won't beat us again this
year."
Flu beneficial
Jeurink, a Lincoln sophomore, said the
Huskers would have to perform much better
against the Cyclones. He added that the flu
outbreak may be beneficial.
"I think the rest may help us," he said. "I saw
us go down to Kansas last year after we'd had a
bad week and we didn't miss a thing."
The Huskers may need every advantage they
can get against the Cyclones By winning the
Rocky Mountain Open Dec. 13th the Huskers
finished ahead of Iowa State in a tournament for
the first time in 11 years.
11 -year drought
And UNL hasn't recorded a dual meet victory
over the Cyclones since the 1963-64 season when
Allen was a Husker gymnast himself. That
victory drought includes a 215.15-212.15
setback to Iowa State in the Husker's opening
meet this year on Oct. 26.
Allen said the Cyclones have been able to win
two consecutive national championships by
recruiting only topnotch high school gymnasts.
"They've got a lot more blue chippers than we
do," he said. "It's going to be hard to beat them
again because they have better personnel than we
do."
Unlike Iowa State, Allen's team is composed
solely of Lincoln and Omaha natives, products of
a weak Nebraska high school gymnastics setup.
Slow progress
State gymnastics is not progressing as fast as it
should, Allen said. "When we won the Rocky
Mountain Open it was just unbelievable. Me
beating three of the best teams in the nation with"
kids fioin two CiticS."
Allen said Husker all-around performers Larry
Gerard and Gene Mackie are "very talented
gymnasts" who could have excelled in states such
as Illinois with good high school gymnastics.
For many of the other Huskers, Allen said,
hard work is the only way they can match the
performances of a gymnast with a good high
school gymnastics background.
"If he works really hard he can maybe catch
up to the blue-cliippers," Allen said. "But I said
catch, not pass. And if he's a guy like Pete
Studenski (Husker senior) and works out every
day maybe he can surpass him."
"We have to work twice as hard as Iowa State
or they'll blow us out of the gym," Allen said.
Allen said UNL and Iowa State are the leading
contenders for the Big 8 crown and predicted
"this is going to be our best Big 8 meet.
With performers such as junior Mackie and
freshman Gerard in addition to freshman Mike
Cosgrove and junior Steve Dickey on the pommel
horse, Allen said UNL will be strong next year
even if their title bid fails this year.
"Next year we're going to be unbeatable," he
said.
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daily nebraskan
thursday, January 30, 1975