monday, january 14, 1980
daily nebraskan
Missouri clamps down on Husker team
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By Paul Martin
Coming into Saturday afternoon's basketball game
with UNL, Norm Stewart's Missouri Tigers had never
managed to defeat the Cornhuskers on the Bob Devaney
Sports Center floor.
The Iluskers had beaten Missouri there for three
straight years, but when the final buzzer sounded- 13th
ranked Missouri changed that by drubbing the Huskers 84
63, and it was Nebraska's worst loss in the Sports Center.
"We just didn't play very well," UNL assistant Coach
Moe Iba said. "I think part of it was what Missouri did."
An aggressive man-to-man defense combined with a
balanced scoring attack led by freshman Steve Stipano
vich's 20 points, kept the Tigers out of trouble.
"If I have a Steve Stipanovich every four years I'll be in
coaching for a long time," Stewart said.""He creates pres
sure at both ends of the court."
Missouri gains lead
When 6-3 Missouri guard Steve Wallace hit a 17-foot
jumper with 11:11 remaining in the first half, he broke a
12-12 deadlock that gave Missouri a lead it never gave up.
Immediately following Wallace's basket, Tiger forward
Ricky Frazier reeled off three straight field goals,
answered only by a Jack Moore layup and Missouri went
up 20-14. Iba called a timeout to try and regroup his
Huskers, but it was of no avail. After the timeout
Nebraska went ice cold from the field. After an Andre
Smith layup, the Huskers were unable to hit a field goal
for nearly seven minutes.
An Eric Williams shot from the corner finally broke the
drought with 1 :43 left before intermission, but by then
the Tigers had built up a comfortable 32-23 cushion and
went in at halftime on top 36-23.
"Usually when we call a timeout and tell them to do
something, they do it," Iba said. "But today it didn't
seem to help." v'; ,
Huskers no threat
Missouri came out running in the second half and
quickly increased its lead to nineteen, 42-23, before Ne
braska got a basket from sophomore guard Ray Collins.
The Huskers never really mounted a serious threat in
the second half and Missouri led by as many as 26 before
posting the final victory margin of 2L
"Regardless of the result, if we play close to the way
we did today we're satisfied," Stewart said. "That's what
we've been after for some time."
Besides Stipanovich 's 20 tallies, four other Tigers
scored in double figures. Senior guard Larry Drew had
13 while Frazier and 6-8 power forward Curtis Berry each
had 12. Sophomore forward Mark Dressier came off the
bench to add ten points to the Missouri total. Nebraska"
was led by center Smith's 19 points, with Collins adding
16.
Smith shut off
Missouri effectively controlled Smith throughout the
afternoon. With one man fronting him, (usually 6-11
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Photo by Tom Gessner
Ray Collins (12) and Andre Smith (40) battle for a .
rebound with Marie Dressier (24) of Missouri during
Nebraska's 84-63 basketball loss Saturday. at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center. Mizzou out-rebounded
UNL-40-20', in the contest Smith's 19 points and
Collins' 16 led the Huskers.
Stipanovich) and the weak side sagging- to deny, the ob;;
pass. Smith made only 35 percent of his shots from the
field and pulled down a mere five rebounds. Nebraska'
again sorely missed the services of forward Tim West who
missed his sixth game because of an ankle sprain.
The Iluskers were outrebounded 40-20 by the taller;
Missouri team. "
Despite Missouri's domination on the boards, Collins
felt Nebraska's main problem lay elsewhere.
VI didn't really think it was the height." Collins said.
"It was a lack of aggressiveness. That was the key right
there."
Perhaps a combination of semester break still in
progress and having the game televised contributed to a
sparse turnout of 8,540. Smith said he feels getting more
fans to the games and getting them more involved would
help the team out.
Crowd support needed.
"The crowds here just don't make enough noise,"
Smith said. "If we could get the crowd behind us it would
really help a lot. 1 feel that's what we need."
The crowd, as well as the Huskers, will have a chance
to redeem themselves Wednesday night when Nebraska
hosts Kansas, a team that stopped Missouri 69-66 last
week.
"Against Kansas we'll just have to regroup," Iba said.
"They have some real big guards and when you throw big
guards at us, we're in trouble."
, Smith said Nebraska would prepare for Kansas in much
the same way as the I luskcrs prepared for the Tigers only
"we'll have to execute much better." '
"Kansas' record (8-5) doesn't speak well for them since
they've lost a lot of close games," Smith said.
Nebraska slipped to 10-6 overall arid 1-1 in the Big
Eight with the loss, while Missouri boosted their record to
12-2 and moved to 1-1 in Big Eight play. ' '
Tip-off Wednesday for the Kansas game is set for 7:35
p.m. in the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Cipriano to battle illness
Nebraska Head Basketball Coach Joe Cipriano made his
first public reference to an illness which has kept him
from his head coaching lu tics this year at a luncheon for
him in Moscow, Idaho two weeks ago, the Lincoln Journal
reported.' . ,
Cipriano, who underwent surgery at Bryan . Memorial
Hospital on Nov, i 2, said:
"I've got a little problem I've got to whip. But I've
whipped everything else I've had to." . 4 ... , , t
A recent column in "The Sporting News," reported
that Cipriano is receiving chemotherapy treatments.
Chemotherapy is used almost exclusively in the treat::,
men! of cancer. However,: Cipriano university , officials ,
unu tuiviiuuig piiyMtuiiis nave rcuiscu 10 reveal me nature
of his illness.
The Lincoln Journal also reported that Cipriano spent j
the last week in the hospital, but Cipriano was on hand to
see Nebraska lose to Missouri, 84-63 Saturday, ,
Swimmers drop dual
The University of Minnesota downed UNL in a swim
dual Saturday, 64.5-48.5. -
Anders Rutqvist was a double winner for the Huskers,
setting a Cook Hall record in the 200 freestyle with a
1:41.21, and winning the 500 freestyle in 4:45.87.
Bill Booth won the 200 butterfly in 1:58.18 and Steve .
Elliott won the one meter dive with a 198.70 score. Ne
braska's 400 free relay team of Rutqvist, Will Douglass,
Jim Korff and Tim Boyd recorded the third best NU time,
ever to win in 3:10.85.
Husker wrestling team takes three duals on Saturday
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Photo by Tom Gtmnt
University of Nebraska-Lincoln wrestler Judd
Norman and Colorado State's Allen Brown lock
horns in the first match of the 158-pound division.
Nonnaa won the match by a decision.
By Pat Beecham
UNL's wrestling team had little trouble Saturday after
noon as it took three duals from Colorado State, Northern
Illinois and Northwest Missouri State at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center. The three wins raised Nebraska's dual meet
record to 11-2. ; , ,, ,
"No records have been kept up on wrestling, but this is
one of the best starts for Nebraska in a long time," said
second-year Coach Bob 'Fehrs. Fehrs should be given
credit for Nebraska's good start, according to several UNL
wrestlers.
"Weihave a lot of respect foe Coach Fehrs," said UNL
118-pounder John Shearer. "He knows.what he's talking
about, helps us out a lot and he's really bringing the
program along.
Wrestles 3 times
Shearer was. one of two Nebraska wrestlers to
wrestle three times Saturday. He won all three matches
and raised his season record to 8-1 .
Tin the only 1 18-pounder we have right now so I had
to wrestle all three times, he explained.
"Most of the wrestlers came back from the semester
break in pretty good shape, Fehrs said. "A lot of them
worked out at home and we had two-a-day practices
when they got back.
Rick Whitehead, UNL's 126-pounder said he had a
little trouble though.
"1 was going to go up to 134 pounds so I lifted a lot
during break to try and put on some weight," Whitehead
said. "Then I found out that the other 126-pounder
would be ineligible and I had to cut some weight and was
a little tired today." -
, Whitehead still managed to beat two of his opponents'
and received a forfeit in his last match raising his season
record to 11-2. !
Controversial call made ; j?
In one of the more controversial matches of the day,'
Court Vining, Nebraska's 167-poundcr, lost when the;
referee penalized Vining for poor conduct by giving his '
opponent two points when the match was tied. After an "
exchange of words with the referee, Vining was ejected
from the match and Nebraska lost a team point.
c,NLVe!. duaJ '? against national Pw Oklahoma
State and although the team has a few injury problems,
Fehrs said he thinks the Huskers will fare better this vear -against
Oklahoma State than the rest of the Big Eight will
Here is how the rest of the Husker wrestlers did Satur-fiiy-:
l180"" Shearer won all three matches; 126-Rick
Whitehead won all three matches; 134-Boyard Classen
won once; 142-Billy Selmon won twice; Williams tied;
t ItIt man Won once Mark Newman won once; 158
Judd Norman won twice, Joe Scarpello won once; 167
Vining won once; 177-Jim Kimsey won three times; 190
tiL r ffmanDwon orice; Heavyweight-Daryl Meyer won
twice, George Rambour won twice.