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daily nebraskan
monday, january 29, 1979
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UNL basketball squad wants victory, gets Moore
By Lee Barfknecht
Senior guard Bob Moore said he just put it up and
prayed. Nebraska coach Joe Cipriano said it was as sweet
as wine. Kansas coach Ted Owens said he wished his team
had guarded it a little closer.
What they all were talking about was Moore's 35-foot
jump shot at the overtime buzzer that powered Nebraska
to a 66-64 comeback win over Kansas Saturday.
The win, before a screaming throng of 11,273 at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center and a regional television aud
ience, kept the Huskers in a three-way tie for first place in
the Big 8 basketball race with Oklahoma and Missouri,
each with 4-2 recored.
Nebraska had to sweat out three Kansas opportunities
late in the game before taking a shot at it themselves.
Wtih four seconds left in overtime, Nebraska's Brian
Banks lobbed an inbounds pass to Moore who raced up
the court against the clock and Kansas press. From there.
Moore described what he called his best shot in two years
as a Husker.
Heavenly help
"I don't know how long it was," Moore said. "I figure I
took two steps from half court and put it up. It was on a
direct line and the Lord was with me.
"I was really surprised I was that wide open," Moore
said. "I maybe could've taken a couple more dribbles, but
I didn't want to chance it."
Cipriano called the long distance bomshell Moore's best
shot.
"He's always said he can shoot the 30-footers as well as
the 10-footers," Cipriano said.
Owens had little to say about Moore's shot. What
bothered the Jayhawk coach most, he said, was KU's
squandering of three game-winning chances and not once
getting the shots they were looking for.
The first chance came after Carl McPipe, Nebraska's
leading scorer with 16 points, tipped in a Banks miss to tie
the game at 61 with 1:19 left in regulation . Kansas held
the ball until the :09 mark when Johnny Crawford missed
an off-balance 21 -foot jumper and Nebraska's Andre
Smith, whose second half shooting spree kept the Huskers
in the game, grabbed the rebound.
Timeout called
The Huskers called timeout with :02 left to set a play.
However, Jayhawk guard Darnell Valentine knifed be
tween tow Huskers to steal Banks inbound pass and was
fouled by Moore with .01 o play, giving Kansas the ball
out of bounds and its second chance at a victory.
KU center Paul Mokeske, who took game scoring
honors with 23 points, whistled a pass in to Wilmore
Fowler. But. Fowler's 25-footer was short, sending the
game into overtime.
Fowler played the key role in the Jayhawks third
chance to win also. With the score 64-64, the visitors again
held the ball more than a minute, looking for the final
shot.
"We were trying to move it and go in low. We like to
shoot with three or four seconds left in that situation,'
Owen's said.
Shot misfired
But the Jayhawks did neigher, as Fowler misfired from
18 feet with :08 left.
"I was trying to draw the foul and I did -but they
didn't call it," Fowler said.
Fowler's shot squirted out of bounds, setting the stage
for the Banks to Moore pass.
Besides surviving KU's three game-winning chances,
Cipriano said he felt the Huskers were fortunate to win
for another reason.
"I couldn't believe some of the charge and block calls,"
Cipriano said. "We only got one the whole game. They
just can't come in here and get by with bouncing us
around. There were a lot of questionable calls."
The game was tied 11 times and the lead changed
hands 13 times during the see -saw battle, which saw
neither team ever lead by more than four points.
Led once
Nebraska led only once in the first half, despite shoot
ing 70 percent (14 of 20) from the field. That came when
McPipe swiped a Crawford pass and roared the length of
the floor for a slam dunk, putting the Huskers up 10-8.
Banks hit all five of his first half attempt and McPipe four
of five to keep the Huskers close at intermission, 25-33.
When McPipe picked up his fourth foul at 19:48 and
Banks his fourth at 13: 12, Andre Smith and Curt Hedburg
picked up where the "Hammond Hustlers" left off.
Smith failed to shoot in the first half, but he drained
seven of eight second half attempts to keep the Huskers in
contention down the stretch.
Good passes
"Going into the second half, the guys were telling me I
had to shoot the ball," Smith said. "Kansas got in that
zone and 1 was blocking off my man and getting open.
Curt gave me some good passes."
Smith finished with 15 points as did Banks, while
Moore was the fourth Husker in double figures with 10.
For the game, Nebraska hit 58 percent from the field, but
only 43 percent from the free throw line.
Cipriano said, "the fans were ready from the beginning
and gave us great support. It was a great win for us."
While Nebraska gets ready to go to Stillwater and face
Oklahome State Wednesday night, Smith issued a warning.
"I think we'll take this conference," Smith said. "The
Huskers are coming."
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Photo by Bob Pearson
Nebraska's Brian Banks lays up the ball during the
first half of play against Kansas Saturday at the Bob
Devaney Sports Complex. Banks had a total of 15
points for the game.
Hi
Gymnasts win despite Sooner challenge
Photo by Mark Billingslay
After placing first in pommel horse,
rings and parallel bar events, Jim
Hartung placed first in the all around
with a score of 56.90.
By Sara Martens
A slow start turned into first place fin
ishes in five of six events, the number one
and two all-around titles, the highest in
dividual event score, and a team win for
the UNL gymnasts at a triangular meet
Saturday in Ames, Iowa.
The meet featured number one ranked
Nebraska against defending national cham
pion and second-ranked Oklahoma Sooners
and fourth-rated Iowa State.
Nebraska's team total of 220.90, an all
time team high, placed the Huskers ahead
of Oklahoma with 219.95 and Iowa State's
218.35.
The Huskers, behind after the floor ex
ercise and pommel horse competitions,
pulled into second place after 9.55 and 9.6
still rings performances by Larry Gerard
and Jim Hartung.
Highest score
Four scores above 9.4 in the vault put
the Huskers in the lead for the rest of the
meet. The highest score of the meet, a
9.75, went to Nebraska's Steve Elliot for
his round -off back flip with a double twist
off of the vault.
Event titles also went to Gerard with a
9.6 on the high bar and to Hartung in the
pommel horse, rings and parallel bars.
Hartung placed first among the all
arounders with a 56.90 while Gerard was
second at 55.90. Oklahoma's Mike Wilson
finished third with 55.80 total points.
Slow start
The team's slow start was due to the
time of the season and the quality of the
meet, Hartung said.
"It's early in the season and the team is
a little loose and inconsistent. It took us a
while to get going today, but it's been so
long since we've had a meet that we
wanted to do really good in that it's almost
a new experience," Hartung said.
Hartung's first place performance and
Gerard's second gave Nebraska the win,
Coach Francis Allen said.
He had expected the meet to be decided
by team depth in the number three and
four all-arounders men, but an off day by
Bart Conner of Oklahoma increased the im
portance of Nebraska's top two, Allen said.
"Bart had a bad day. This is only the
second time Jim (Hartung) has beaten him
so nothing was really settled between the
two today," said Oklahoma Coach Paul
Zient.
Dispute unsettled
He said the meet also did not settle the
dispute over which team should be number
one.
"The meet was set to bring the three
teams together. We knew Nebraska would
be a strong challenge but we didn't key up
for this meet. We didn't want to drain our
selves and then lose time for recovery this
early in the season," he said.
Ziert said the meet showed where each
team is strong and where the weak points
are.
"If you look at the number three and
four spots, we showed more depth, which
is not supposed to be the case." he said.
Iowa State's coach Fd Gagnier said
though the outcome disappointed him. the
meet was not totally negative.
"I had hoped it would be close, and it
was. which is of some satisfaction.'" he
said.
Iowa State has been the national cham
pion three times since 1971 and the Big
Eight champion 10 of the last 15 years.
Weakest event
The still rings continue to be Iowa
State's weakest event, he said.
"I can't put my finger on what's wrong,
but without that category we would have
been one-tenth of a point away from a
win," Gagnier said.
Allen said the meet was the Huskers
season best but pointed to places where im
provement is still needed.
Chuck Chmelka and Mark Williams, Ne
braska's number three and four all-around
performers did not have the quality of
meet they should, he said.
Chmelka should score 52 rather than
the 50.65 he turned in Saturday and Wil
liams usually scores 53 to 53.5 instead of
the 50.5 he received, Allen said.
"It was a good win. It's nice to beat the
defending champion. It's good to beat Ed
on his home ground and to beat both of
them on the same day is even nicer," Allen
said.
Nebraska begins its home gymnastics
schedule Feb. 10 with Kansas and faces
Oklahoma again in a dual Feb. 16.
NU rodeo team
loses in Iowa
The UNL Rodeo Club managed only
one first place in the Sioux Empire and
Farm show in Sioux Falls, Iowa Saturday
when Gregg Swim placed first in calf rop
ing. Marsha! Juma took fifth place in bare
back riding, Robin Gaebe tied for sixth
place in the bareback event and Bryan
Dodge and Bob Iske were seventh place in
team roping.
Hopefully, the teams will do a better
job at the next rodeo in Ike Crystal,
Mich, on Feb. 23 and 24, said Chris
Buechle. Rodeo club president.
"We had a three month lay off and that's
a pretty big time span for people to get
back intio the swing of things," Buechle
said.
Most rodeos are sponsored by a single
school. Buechle said. However the Sioux
Falls rodeo was paid for by all the schools
in the Great Plains region, he said.
