monday, february 23, 1976
page 10
daily nebraskan
usker cagers win state, head for regional play
By Susie Reitz
"We know who wins in overtime!" yelled a Husker
spectator at the UNL-Wayne State College women's bas
ketball game Sunday night.
And, true to prediction, the Huskers did it. Rebound
ing from a 60-51 loss Sunday afternoon to Wayne State,
the Huskers won 68-65 in overtime of the state tourna
ment finale in the Coliseum. Earlier in the double-elimination
tournament, the Huskers beat Wayne State 71-66
in overtime.
Wayne beat the University of Nebraska at. Omaha
(UNO) 68-56 Saturday night for the right to meet UNL
Sunday afternoon. : , '
"I was just glad to win it," said a happy UNL Coach
George Nicodemus after the final win. "I was afraid
jthey'd give up because Wayne's won state the last three
years." ,
Freshman Darcy Williamson led the Huskers with 25
points in Sunday night's game.
Williamson hit a comer shot with 49 seconds left in
regulation time to put the Huskers ahead 48-46 but
Wayne State's Pat McKay sank a basket to tie the score
with 20 seconds left.
In overtime, UNL sophomore Sherry Brink hit a key
basket then added two free throws to rive the Huskers
the final three-point advantage.
Nicodemus praised junior guard Kathy Hawkins and
freshman , forward Deb Lee for their defensive play.
Hawkins also had 19 points.
"Deb played her best defensive game all yen in the
last five minutes," Nicodemus said.
Fouls plagued both teams. The Huskers lost their
tallest players when senior Jan Zink and freshman Jan
Crouch fouled out while Wayne State lost their leading
outside shooter, Bobbi Brockhage, to fouls.
Fouling also was a problem in the Sunday afternoon's
game. UNL lost Hawkins, who was leading on steals, and
Wayne State lost McKay, their tallest player and second
leading scorer with 10 points. Crouch led UNL with 13
points. Brockhage led Wayne State with 13 while Kunz
man and McKay each had 10.
In the first game 6f the tournament Friday night, UNL
blasted UNO 73-59. Hawkins, Crouch and Brink each
tallied 16 points while Zink added 12.
"The balanced scoring was what helped us,"
Balanced scoring also was the key in UNL's 71-66 over
time win Saturday over Wayne State. Trailing by 12
points in the first five minutes, the Huskers came back to
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Last week's 41-35 victory by Top of the Tower over
the previously unbeaten Thunderchickens boosted that
team to second in this week's intramural Top 10.
Top of the Tower previously was ranked sixth, while
the Thunderchickens, ranked second, dropped completely
out of the Top 10.
Top of the Tower is a team made up predominantly
of sophomore graduates of Lincoln Soudlieast Hip
School. Six players on the team played at Southeast, said
Usm member Rick Reynolds, son of former Husker foot
ball All-Am eric an Bobby Reynolds.
Sophomore Reynolds is one of the newest members
after transCering to UNL from Oklahoma State University.
Most of the team w?t togetner last year, Keynoids said,
but they lost three players who went out for varsity
baseball this season. Last year Top of the Tower was de
feated once in the. regular season and once in tournament
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times in the second half, with neither team leading by
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With the score tied 57-57 with 15 seconds to go.
Hawkins dumped in a layup to put the Huskers ahead
59-57 but Becky Kelley of Wayne State answered with 15
foot jump shot at the buzzer to tie the score.
In overtime, UNL fired off eight points before Wayne
could score. The Huskers maintained the lead to win.
Hawkins topped UNL with 18, Lee scored a personal
season high of 13 and freshman Marta Pritchard also had
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Freshman Ellen Hollander won four events and swam
on a winning relay team pacing the Huskers to a second
place finish in the Big 8 Conference swim meet Friday
and Saturday at Stillwater, Okla. The University of Kan
sas defended its title with 489 points and UNL totaled
41954. Iowa State University and the University of Mis
souri followed with 39 1 and 362, respectively.
Hollander won the 100-yard individual medley and the
50-, 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes, the last three in Big
8 record times of :33 .4, 1:12.9 and 2:37, respectively.
She also placed second in the 50-yard butterfly and fourth
in the 50-yard freestyle. ' ,
She joined freshman Use Magee, senior Ruth Spencer
and sophomore Mikki Crosby on the 400-yard medley re
lay team which set the conference record of 4:23.9.
Spencer added second-place finishes in all three breast
stroke events, while Magee took second in the 100-yard
freestyle, fourth in the 200-yard backstroke and the 200
yard freestyle, fifth in the 50-yard freestyle and sixth in
the 100-yard backstroke.
Crosby placed second in the 200-yard butterfly and
sixth In the 100-yard butterfly. Junior Deb Petersen took
fifth in the 50-yard backstroke.
Freshman Kristi Wells led Husker divers with a first in
the three-meter diving and a second in the one-meter
diving. Freshman Lois Hayman finished fifth in both
events, while senior Nancy Dykes had a sixth in the three
meter. UNL bounced back from a nine-point halftime deficit
Saturday to tie the basketball game at the end of regula
tion, but the Huskers faltered in overtime and lott to the
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MU remains atop the Big 8 with a 10-1 record. Kansas
State University Saturday beat the University of Kansas,
69-54, for a 9-2 Big 8 record and second place. The third
place Huskers have a 7-4 league record and virtually are
out of the race with three games remaining.
The Tigers shot a hot 63.6 per cent from the field and
were led by guard Willie Smith's 31 points. Senior guard
Jerry Fort led the Huskers with 22 points, hitting eight of
27 shots from the field. Junior Bob Siegcl added 21 points
and SO rebounds.
The Husker men's swimming team dropped two duals
on the road, losing to the University of Oklahoma (OU),
85-26, Friday and to Oklahoma State University (OSU),
71-42, Saturday. .
Junior Pat DiBiase was the only Husker winner against
OU, capturing the 200-yard breasts troke. Second-place
finishes went to sophomore Dry an Moss in the 200-yard
breaststroke, Junior Paul Duxbuty in the 50-yard freestyle
and junior John Dahir in the 200-yard butterfly.
Against OSU, DiBiase had his unbeaten dual record
snapped as he finished second to teammate Moss in the
200-yard breaststroke. Duxbury adJed a first in the 50
yard freestyle and a second in the 100-yard freestyle.
'Senior Dave Watcrmeier was the other Husker winner in
the one-meter diving.
Second places went to sophomore Pat Murphy in the
LDOO-yard freestyle, sophomore Mark Adamscn m the
jCO-yard freestyle, freshman Mirk Crowder in the 50-yard
freestyle, senior Scott Ruar in the 200-yard Individual
medley and Dahir in the 200-yard butterfly