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HMskers Slope to footrace back after loss
After just one day of rest, the Nebraska basketball
team is baek in action tonight against the California State-
Bakersfield Roadrunners at the Devaney Sports Center.
Tip-offis set for 7:35.
The Huskers are coming off their first defeat of the
season, a 78-56 loss at Purdue, the country's ninth ranked
team.
Acting head coach Moe Iba said he was extremely
proud of his team's performance in the first half of that
game. The Huskers trailed by only two points, 33-31, at
halftime.
"We played excellent in the first half," Iba said. "We
played very smart and very alert basketball. We could have
easily been ahead at halftime."
Iba said, however, that the team suffered some lapses
in the second half. The Boilermakers outscored the
Huskers 27-8 in the first ten minutes of the second half.
"We didn't play well in the first four or five minutes in
the second half, and that's all it took," Iba said. "Then we
lost Andre (Smith) on fouls with nine minutes left.
Purdue is a very good basketball team."
Iba said the loss could help the Huskers later in the
season. . . - ' ; v v -
"I think it (the Purdue loss) definitely could help in
the conference season if our team looks at it right," Iba
said. "We played against some excellent talent, but if we'd
have played the way we did in the first half for .40
minutes, we would have been right in it."
It could be a tired Husker team tonight. .The team
didn't arrive back to Lincoln until 1:30 ajn. Wednesday
morning because of weather problems. ' ' .
"We only practiced an hour today (Wednesday) to go "
through some things that California State -Bakersfield will
do " Iba said. "The main thing we need to do now is to
rest and get into the right mental attitude," .
The Roadrunners are 1-2 on the, season, losing to
Sacramento State, 77-69 and Kansas 93-53 while beating
Southern Utah State. Iba said, however, that the Road
runners had two starters on the bench for disciplinary rea
sons against Kansas but should be at full strength for the
Huskers. - - - " .
Iba said the two Roadrunner players to watch for are
their two senior guards, 6-5 Donald Towns and 64 Marcus
Hays. Towns is averaging 12 points a game while Hays has
10 points a contest.
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Photo by Mark Billingsley
Nebraska forward Tim West goes for the rebound in last Saturday's Creighton game. West is expected to start to
night against the University of California at Bakersfield. Tipoff is set for 7:35 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports
Through five games, Husker center Andre Smith still is Other Huskers in double figures are 64 forward Tim
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tne Husker s leading scorer and rebounder.ilhe 6.7 junior west ,wnn ,D.4 points a game and 5-9 guard Jack Moore
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has 93 points for an average of 18.6 points a game. Smith
is averaging 10 rebounds a game. '
with 12.4 points a game. Moore leads the team in assists
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and steals. , ... .
Haywairdtoackstrokes towards Olympics
By Ed McClymont
Whoever said that good things come in small packages
might have been referring to UNL swimmer Sherri Hay
ward. . ':..-
The 54, 120 pound, freckle-faced freshman from
Columbus, Ohio hasn't performed like a freshman for the
UNL women's swimmers. In her latest outing, she captured
three first place finishes against Colorado State.
"It's hard to tell how freshmen are going to adjust to
new programs, having to learn, new techniques and differ-
Roundball records
. Big Eight Basketball Standings
W L PCT.
Missouri .6 0 lJOOO
Kansas State . - 5 0 1j000
Nebraska 4 1 ' 00
Oklahoma 4 1 .800
Colorado 3 1 .750
Iowa State 3 2 .600
Kansas 3 2 .600
Oklahoma State 3 3 00
ent coaching," said Head Swimming Coach Ray Huppert.
"But she (Sherri) has accepted everything very well. She
works hard and she's maintained quality. I'm a little bit
surprised she's swam as fast as she has."
Hayward's high school didn't have a swimming pro
gram, so she swam in an Amataur Athletic Union pro
gram. She swam at the junior nationals (AAU) at Ehike
last spring and then swam at the senior nationals (AAU) at
Ft. Lauderdale in August. :
"I really like the team spirit here," Hayward said.
"When you get tired it's a great feeling to have the team
behind you." ,
UNL had an inside track recruiting Sherri because her
AAU coach knew Huppert. Michigan, Alabama, Missouri
and Iowa State all were interested in Hayward and she
admits arriving at a decision was a difficult task.
iT WAS one of the toughest decisions 111 have to
make in my life," Hayward said. "My coach gave me lots
of information on different schools. But it was my own
decision."
Present UNL swimmers helped the recruiting process
by calling Hayward last year and encouraging her to
attend Nebraska.
Hayward is part of what Huppert calls "the finest re
' cruiting year we've ever had on paper." Twelve freshmen,
from Minnesota to North Carolina, are on the squad.
UNL baseball clinic Saturday
Nebraska's baseball staff will feature a free clinic on
baseball fundamentals Dec. 15 in Schulte Fieldhouse.
Managing the clinic will be NU head coach John
Sanders, assistant Ron Johnette, graduate assistants
Pete O'Brien and Tim Carroll, along with several cur
rent NU players. '
For ases 8-12, the clinic will be from 9 to 1 1 ajn.,
and for ts 13-17, the clinic wffl be from 1 to. 3 pjn.
Even though the clinic will be in the Fieldhouse,
located directly north of Memorial, Stadium, Sanders
said all participants should dress warmly and bring
their own baseball equipment.
In another Husker baseball development, Nebraska's
Buck Beltzer Field, is being expanded. Opened last
season, the Astroturf complex had a seating of 936,
but with a 390. seat addition, Beltzer Field will now
have j capacity of 1,326. .
Hayward's three wins last weekend came in the back
stroke and breaststroke. Huppert was pleased with the
performance, but added that placing is not high on a
swimmer's list of priorities.
Our philosophy is first to see how we feel in the
water, then we worry about our times, and finally our
placing," Huppert said. He added that Hayward has been
tried in practically every event.
"I'd rather swim in different events," Hayward said.
"It gets boring swimming in the same events all the time."
Of all her events, the 200 backstroke appears to be
Hayward's best shot at making it to the Olympic qualify
ing meet.
"I'm already matching my best times ever and mv coal
is to make it to the Olympic trials this June," Hayward
said.
HAYWARD AND her' teammates will be hosting the
UNL Christmas Classic Friday and Saturday, which in
volves the men's and women's teams of UNL, high school
and AAU performers. One of the obvious reasons for
holding the meet is to help Nebraska in the recruiting
area.
"It helps whenever we can bring potential recruits into
OUr DOOl " Huiwrt said U r. i
when athletes come in and swim some of their best times
it tends to inspire their."
Three hundred swimmers will be competing in the
classic, according to Huppert. He also said that their facili-.
Trr0,1?6 ?uW 'm area couId hdle such a
meet Officially the meet is sponsored by UNL and it is
NCAAmts members m meet wU1 not Perate under
Currently, the swimmers have already broken 10 of the
school swimming ; records, a feat that has never been
fivenfPLd at Tayward lt o"
SrLl ? MC?ds 111511 succe" hasn't Pt Hayward's
progress on hold, however. .
"I feel I have a long ways to go" Hayward said "IVn
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