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monday, february 9, 1981
Huskers get control early to defeat OSU 62-54
By Bob Asmussen and Bill Dunbar
The Oklahoma State Cowboys came into Lincoln
Saturday night for just another basketball game with the
Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Usually by this time each year, the Cowboys are out of
the title chase because they were never in it, and Nebraska
is preparing for its late season collapse. Oklahoma State
has not won a Big Eight title since 1965 and Nebraska has
never won it outright.
But 1981 has brought a change as the Cowboys and
Huskers were running 1 and 2. Trailing the Cowboys by
only one game, Lincoln seemed to be the perfect place to
knock off the league leaders. They haven't won in Lincoln
since 1973.
So of all places to watch a Big Eight showdown, which
the Huskers won 62-54, it happened at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center before a record crowd and two unlikely
foes. It also produced a warning to the rest of the Big
Eight.
Nebraska, with the quicker start, built an early lead of
11-4 and with it the ability to control the tempo of the
game. Oklahoma State's only lead, 14-13, came on a
layin by Eddie Hannon, two of his team-high 16 points.
No other Cowboy scored more than seven points.
The Cowboys applied some full-court pressure but it
didn't bother Nebraska. Andre Smith successfully clogged
up the middle during part of the first half.
"There wasn't a lot of inside play tonight," Smith said.
"Their center was trying to go one-on-one with me but
they weren't successful."
A Jack Moore alley -oop pass, which Greg Downing
slammed home, gave Nebraska an 1 1-point lead. With
3:45 left in the half, Kenny Walton connected on a base
line jumper off another pass from Moore and Nebraska
had its biggest lead of the night, 35-22.
From there, Oklahoma State went on a 17-8 tear carry
ing though the next 10 minutes into the second half. A
bucket by Randy Wright with 13:26 to play closed the
Husker lead to 43-39.
Huskers pull away
Nebraska pulled away again and a bucket by Moore put
Nebraska up 48-39. Another basket by Wright and
Hannon brought the Cowboys back to witliin five.
Nebraska scored the next five points and built its lead
to 10 on a reverse layin by Smith with 6:36 to play. It
was one of only six field goals Nebraska made in the
second half.
"We felt we had an opportunity to win here," Okla
homa State Coach Paul Hansen said. "Holding a team to
six field goals in a half means something good but Nebras-
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Ottey breaks own record at meet
By Cindy Gardner
When Nebraska women's track member Merlene Ottey
ran a world record : 33. 1 2 in the 300-yard dash Saturday
at the Husker Invitational, the only one who seemed the
least bit surprised was Ottey herself.
In last year's Husker Invitational, Ottey established
the world mark for 300 yards at :33.64. She broke that
mark Friday evening in the preliminaries with : 33. 29.
Ottey said she wasn't psyched for Saturday's finals,
but, "Everyone told me to try for another record;'
"I got a good start which is something I sometimes
have trouble with." she said. "The first 110 went well.
Then I knew I could do it."
Ottey , who was never seriously challenged in the race
and doesn't expect to be before nationals, said she makes
up for the lack of competition by talking to herself.
"I tell myself Eve got to push. It's hard when there's
no one running with me," she said.
Women's Track Coach Gary Pepin said, "nothing
she runs will surprise me."
No one in the crowd was surprised when Ottey was
named as the meet's outstanding track performer. Patsy
Walker from the University of Houston was voted the out
standing field event performer for her Bob Devaney
Sports Center record 3,981 points in the pentathlon.
Ottey also won the 60-vard dash in meet record time
of: 6.83.
Other outstanding performances for the Huskers came
from the newly formed two-mile relay team of Lisa
Kramer. Pam Schubarth, Tami Essington and Julie Seaton.
They covered the distance in a university record time of
8:53.03, which qualified them for the national champion
ships. Pepin praised his one-mile relay squad that finished
first with a 3:51.87. a meet record and a national
qualifying time.
"It was nice to be able to win that race," Pepin said.
"Our girls were tired. In fact three minutes before the
race, we weren't even sure who was going to run."
Cathy Seybold finished second in the pentathlon and
qualified for nationals with a score of 3,748.
UNL middle-distance runner Tami Essington finished
second in the 880 with a university record time of
2:10.04. Sharon Burril won the high jump for the Huskers
with a leap of 5-10.
No team scores were kept at the meet, which included
UNL, the University of Arkansas, Colorado State, Drake,
Iowa University, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri,
Wichita State and South Dakota State.
Husker sets indoor pole vault mark
By Cindy Gardner
California is said to be the land of sunshine and it cer
tainly helped to brighten the day for the men's track
squad Saturday. The Huskers lost 75-76 in a dual with
Kansas, but native Californian Mark Newton added a
little silver lining to the cloud.
Newton pole vaulted 1 7-4-54 at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center setting a Big Eight indoor record for the event.
Newton, who set the previous best of 17-4': two weeks
ago in Kansas City, has gone over the 17-foot mark three
weeks in a row.
"That's one thing I lacked last year," the senior said.
"I had the right idea but I lacked consistency."
After clearing the record height on his second attempt,
Newton took three tries at 17-8!4. Although he was un
successful at the height Saturday, he said he hopes to
jump near 18 feet.
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in the mile by covering the distance in 4:05.8. Another
Husker first came from Matt Minchow in the 60-yard
high hurdles.
Nebraska's Everton Da Cost a earned himself a trip to
nationals with a 1:52.07 in the 880. DaCosta finished
second in the race behind the Jayhawk's Leonard Martin.
Nebraska's Joe Staub won the shot put with a toss ot
59-2'4. Staub. also from California, failed to break the
college record in the shot for the first time in four out
ings. "My technique hasn't been at its best because Eve
been working on strength." he said.
Husker Coach I rank Sevignc said he was pleased with
his team's performance.
"We had some very good performances." Sevigne said.
"The pole vault was excellent and Rodney Lewis ran well.
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Matt Clark sat out most of the second half with an
injured ankle, but Hansen put Clark back in the game with
just more than two minutes remaining. Clark, lead scorer
in the Big Eight with a 19 point per game average, man
aged to make three of four free throws down the stretch.
His last free throw pulled the Cowboys to 58-54, but
Mike Naderer and Moore made four from the charity
stripe for the final margin.
"The score was closer than 62-54 because we gambled
a lot," Hansen said. "Eddie Hannon had a good game.
Without him it would have been a lot worse. He had to
take over after Clark went out."
Something else happened at the same time Clark went
to the dressing room. Unknown to the crowd of 15,038,
Moore's shooting touch left. Moore's layup on the same
play in which Clark was injured proved to be his last bas
ket for the next 18 minutes. It wasn't until 11:16 remain
ed that he scored another layup, this time following an
Andre Smith steal.
Moore hurt
"I hurt my ribs in the second half," Moore said.
"Coach Iba didn't know I was hurting."
Moore made only one of his last 12 field goal attempts
and finished with 16 points. He had five assists.
But this game belonged to Andre Smith as the two
centers of Oklahoma State can attest. Leroy Combs and
Brad Livingstone fouled four times when guarding Smith.
They combined for 1 1 points and 1 1 rebounds.
"Andre Smith is so strong," Hansen said. "I le's one of
the top players in the conference."
Iba said Smith played both ends of the court well,
which helped the lluskeis get control of the tempo earh
in the game.
"Andre played very well offensively and defensiveh ."
Iba said. "If the team can just continue to play one game
at a time and not get satisfied, we'll do real well the rest
of the season."
Smith finished with a game-high 23 points and literally
stole the Cowboy inside game as he had live steals to go
with four assists.
"Coach Iba doesn't have to worry because 1 never get
satisfied with my game." Smith said. "Right now. I'm
picking us to win the Big Eight. Em determined to get us
a Big Eight crown."
Smith fouled out of the last game with the Cowboys
and said revenge played a big part of this game.
"The officials were on my side tonight," he said.
"Livingstone was holding me down low all night and the
officials called it. It helped create a lot of one-on-one
situations."
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Photo by Mitch Hrdlirka
Nebraska s Andre Smith ,40, shoots over Leroy
Combs (32, of Oklahoma Stale Nebraska defeat
Ihe Cm hoy 62-54 Saturday night i Lincoln
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