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Ice-cold Husker shooting heats Boilermaker win
By L. Kent Wolgamott and Jeff Taebel
The 13,022 Nebraska basketball fans who attended the
game against Purdue Saturday night are fortunate that the
tradition of standing until the first Husker basket applies
only to the first half.
For if the tradition had applied, the fans would have
been standing for the first seven minutes and 35 seconds
of the second half as ice cold Nebraska shooting and a
tough, changing Boilermaker defense combined to give
Purdue a 58-47 victory and handed the Huskers their first
defeat of the season.
Leading by three points at halftime, the Huskers' cold
shooting at the beginning of the second half allowed
Purdue to take a five point lead which they never relin
quished, despite typically stingy Nebraska defensive play.
Nebraska Coach Joe Cipriano said after the game that
the Huskers were troubled by Purdue's changing defense.
'Not as organized'
"We didn't play as organized as we have been against a
zone situation," Cipriano said. "They threw things at us
we hadn't seen before.
"They changed their defense everytime down the
court. But we felt we handled that all right by staying in
the same offense.
"We took some off-balance shots and we didn't have
the flow that you need to beat a zone."
Boilermaker Coach Lee Rose said he was able to slow
Nebraska in the second half by using a number of
defenses.
"We alternated between a 1-3-1 trap zone, some man-to-man
and a 2-3 zone," Rose said.
Rose also said Nebraska's defense was as tough as he
expected.
"Our basic offense is to get the ball inside to the big
guy (7 -foot-1 center Joe Barry Carroll who had 19 points)
and they did a good job of containing him."
He said Nebraska did an excellent job defending hot
shooting guard Jerry Sichting who was held to only two
points.
Perimeter shots
"When we don't hit our perimeter shots the big kid
can't play as effectively."
Only scoring eight points while holding Nebraska to
two in the first eight minutes of the final half did not
please Rose, he said.
"I'm glad Naismith and Rupp weren't here to see the
first seven minutes of the second half," Rose said.
Rose said the game should aid both teams' future play.
"This game will help us build our confidence and help
him (Cipriano) emphasize his points."
The sluggish Nebraska offense was led by Carl McPipe
with 12 points and Andre Smith with 11 but Cipriano
praised freshman forward Jerry Shoecraft who he said
came off the bench late in the first half to score six points
and "gave us the lift we needed to take the lead." Shoe
craft finished the game with eight points.
Enroute to victory
Purdue got 21 points from forward Drake Morris along
with Carroll's 19 enroute to their victory.
Although Cipriano said Nebraska played well on
defense he said "we didn't take them out of their offense.
The things they ran they were successful with."
"But," he said, "you hold somebody to 58 points, and
you expect to win, especially at home.
"We had droughts like that last year, but it hasn't
happened yet this year."
The sports complex was cleared quickly following the
game because of a bomb threat.
The bomb threat was called in from a pay phone
within the complex, according to University Police.
A search following the game found no sign of any
explosives, a police spokesman said.
Nebraska plays intra-state rival Creighton University
Saturday night at the Omaha Civic Auditorium at 7:35.
sports shortrs
The UNL women's gymnastics team placed second
with a team score of 122.25 in a triangular meet with
Oklahoma State and South Dakota State Saturday at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center. Oklahoma State won the
meet with a score of 126.82, while South Dakota State
had 76.50.
NLTs Peggy Carmichael won the all-around title, plac
ing first in the uneven bars and floor exercise and second
in the vaulting.
The UNL women's swimming team placed fourth in
the second annual Husker Invitational swim meet Satur
day at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Team scoring in
cluded: Florida State 799, Wisconsin 668, Kansas 651,
Nebraska 503, Minnesota 399, Iowa State 390, Arkansas
100, Iowa 79 and Oklahoma State 29.
The UNL men's varsity swimming team took fourth
place Saturday at the Big Eight Conference relay meet at
Norman, Okla., Saturday. The Huskers took one first
piace event with Lance Green and Steve Elliott winning
the three-meter diving with 392.28 points. Team finishes
included: Kansas 120. Iowa State 84. Missouri 83, Ne
braska 56, Oklahoma 50. Oklahoma State 48,
Texas-Arlington 48, Colorado 42 and Missour-Rolla 5.
Nebraska offensive tackle Kelvin Clark, a senior from
Odessa, Tex., was selected to the Walter Camp Founda
tion All-American football team. Clark was the only
Cornhusker chosen for the team.
In other Big Eight basketball action Saturday night.
Kansas defeated Murray St. 81-66, Kansas St. defeated
SMU 86-83, Arkansas defeated Oklahoma 80-74, Missouri
defeated Southern Illinois 68-65, Colorado defeated
South Dakota St. 66-62 and Tulsa defeated Oklahoma St.
87-78.
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