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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, december 10, 1980
Huskers upset Lions,
secure long-awaited win
By Larry Sparks
Nebraska desperately needed a victory,
according to Husker Basketball Coach Moe
Iba. After a two and a half week wait. UNL
finally got that win. The Huskers upset
previously undefeated Penn State 75-50
Tuesday night in front of a crowd of
7,308 at the Bob Dcvaney Sports Center.
Nebraska used its tough full-court press
to force several early Penn State turnovers
and jumped to a 6-0 lead less than three
minutes into the game. Midway through
the first half UNL had stretched its lead
over the tall Nittany Lion team to 15-2.
The Lions lost some of their command
ing height advantage in the early minutes
of the games when 6-10 center Frank
Brickowski went to the bench with three
fouls. Husker center Andre Smith also
spent a large portion of the game when he
picked up his third foul with 4:30 left in
the first half. Brickowski and Smith both
fouled out with just under four minutes
left in the game.
Iba said quickness was the main reason
the Huskers earned the victory.
"We did an excellent job of breaking
in the first half," Iba said.
"We talked about handling the ball well
before the game. We needed to get a good
percentage shot against Penn State,'" he
added.
Probably the most surprising statistics
was Nebraska's 31-21 edge in rebounding.
Kenny Walton led the Huskers on the
boards, pulling down 12 rebounds.
Iba said he was especially pleased with
Walton, who was starting his first game for
the team.
"Kenny played awfully, well tonight,"
Iba said. "He was showing signs of it in
practice."
"Kenny just needs to relax and go ahead
and play. After he put in a couple of shots
he was O.K. He's a good athlete," Iba
said.
Claude Ren fro filled in for Smith and
Lance Berwald at the post position
throughout much of the game.
Iba said he was pleased with Ren fro 's
play and blamed himself for not playing
him at the post earlier.
Nebraska had the Lions right there
where they wanted them in the closing
minutes when they broke away from a 10
point lead and forced Penn State to foul.
The Huskers were paced by Jack
Moore's 21 points and Walton with 20.
Penn State Coach Dick Harter had
praise for the Huskers saying, "They play
ed intelligent basketball." He hinted,
though, that the Lions may have been over
rated. "We haven't played anybody, we've
never been behind so we haven't had to
catch up."
Iba however said he was concerned early
in the second half because Nebraska show
ed a lack of intensity.
"Penn State has blown everybody out."
Iba said, "but we called a time out and re
grouped." "This team has played hard for three
games. They should have had a win be
fore now." he said. "We were tired of los
ing." The 1-3 Huskers will be in the Utah
Classic this weekend. They open Friday
night at 7 p.m. against Loyola-Marymount.
Utah and Oklahoma State will play the
9 p.m. game that night. The consolation
and championship games will be played
Saturday night.
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defeated the Lions Tuesday night 75-50.
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Lang as Nebraska
Husker loss e vens record at 33 for season
By Ward Wright Triplett III Seen Matsuhara after the UNL women fell
to Kansas State 75-63 in a Big Light
"We were still in the game until the last contest last night,
two minutes, but then it seemed like we The loss evened the team's record at
were just going through the motions," said 3-3 for the season.
Nebraska Women's Basketball Coach Col- Led by the sharp shooting of Amii
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Photo by Mitch Hrdlicka
Husker guard Carta Saveri puts (he clamps on KSU guard Kim Price along with
NU guard Amii Beringer. The Huskers were defeated 75-63.
Beringer, Nebraska had held an eight
point lead with six minutes to play in the
first half, which ended in a 36-36 deadlock.
However, in the second half Tami Rom
stad of Kansas State hit two consecutive
baskets to move the Wildcats out to a four
point lead they never relinquished.
K-Statc's Shelly Hughes and Romstad
combined for 43 points to pave the way to
the Wildcats 8th victory without a loss.
"We were letting them control the tem
po when we shouldn't have." Kansas State
Coach Lynn Mickey said. "And I think it's
a good sign that our giils kept their heads
when we were down like that."
The largest Wildc-it lead had only been
five points before the final two minutes
Mickey attributed the victory to better
second half defense.
"When they went to their press, she
(Matsuhara) put in more speed that left a
5-9 girl covering one of our 6-2 girls.
That's when the rebounding started to go
our way also," she said.
Matsuhara was aiso upset with what she
called prophetic free throw shooting, over
Today is the last day
for students to buy
tickets for Sun Bowl
Today is the final day for students to
buy Sun Bowl tickets, according to the
UNL Ticket Office.
The Sun Bowl reserved about 5.000
tickets for Nebraska fans, and I X)00 were
allotted to UNL students. The tickets cost
$12 each and students must present a valid
university ID to buy a ticket.
Students may buy their tickets for the
Dec. 27 game in groups of six, but ihc
ticket office has requested that all memb
ers of the group come to the south stadium
ticket office when the block is bought.
passing and the failure of the Huskers to
execute good transition.
"With our height disadvantage, to bo
successful, we have to get the ball up and
down the floor. For the first loin minutes
it went really well then all of a sudden. . ."
Nevertheless, the Wildcats only outre
hounded the Huskers 41-3X.
Beringer scored 1- points and Kathy
Hagcrstrom added ' ') to pace the Huskers.
who will travel to Des Moines to face high
ly regarded Drake Friday.
shorts
The UNL women's basketball
team will take to the road this week
end. The Cornhuskers will pby at
Drake Friday night.
The men's basketball team will
compete in the Utah Classic this
weekend in Salt Lake City. Utah.
The Huskers open the tournament at
6:0 p.m. Friday against Loyola
Marymont. The 8:05 pm. garlic fea
tures Utah and Oklahoma State. The
consolation and championship games
will be played Saturday night.
The Nebraska wrestling team will
host Indiana State this Saturday The
meet will be held at the Bob De'vanev
Sports Center.
Nebraska's gymnastics team will
travel to Houston. Tex.. Saturday to
compete in the Musky Classic The
Huskers will be attempting to bounce
back from their loss to the Japan
National team Sunday.