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Monday, March 1, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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Johnnie Selmon (too) eraDDies with 0U wrestler Andre Metzeer in the Big Eight Conference wrest I i no rh.imnmn.
ships. Selmon won the match by a 15-11 decision and placed first in the 142-pound weight division. Metzger was
rated first in the nation; Selmon was rated fourth in the nation.
Husker wrestlers finish fourth,
Iowa State takes Big Eight title
By Ward W. Triple! Ill
Iowa State was the winner on the scoreboard Sunday
evening, but the Nebraska wrestling team, finishing fourth
out of the five-team Big Eight tournament field, walked
away with plenty of moral victories.
The Cyclones, rated second in the U.S., won the meet
with 80 points and three champions. Oklahoma, rated
third, finished second with 65, while fourth rated Okla
homa State scored 60.75. Nebraska repeated it's fourth
place finish from a year ago with an all-time point high of
54.25, outpacing Missouri which finished with 25.
"Our goal at the start of the season was to improve in
the Big Eight," said Nebraska Coach Bob Fehrs, who was
voted the conference coach of the year. "We didn't exac
tly do that placewise, but we did put pressure on third
place. There has always been that gap there between
third and fourth, and this year we did close it a little,"
Fehrs said.
Iowa State clinched the team title with the opening
weights as Kevin Darkus upset Oklahoma State's Randy
'Willingham 54 in the 1 18-pound match. Joe and Jim Gib
bons followed with decisions over Mark Zinner of Okla
homa and Carl Anderson of Oklahoma State.
In the 142-pound final, Johnny Selmon, one of three
Nebraska finalists, brought a crowd of 1,212, to it's feet
with a 15-11 upset of Oklahoma's Andre Metzger.
Metzger came into the match ranked number one at the
weight, but fourth ranked Selmon escaped and scored a
takedown with 36 seconds left to go ahead 15-8.
"Some guys tend to relax in the last seconds, and if
you just put pressure on them then, you can usually score
some points," Selmon said after the match.
"He (Metzger) was rated number one, so this win
means a lot to me," he added.
Selmon, who won the 142-pound division repeated
as the meets outstanding wrestler.
The 150-pound match turned into a battle between
the two top rated wrestlers in the country at the weight,
as Cowboy Kenny Monday, number one, met Cyclone
Nate Carr. Monday trailed 1-0 before taking Orr to the
mat with 1:03 left in the second period and pinning the
defending national champion with 27 seconds left in the
period.
The Cowboys won the next two matches, leaving the
lluskers in third place. At 158, Ricky Stewart, a two time
national champion and undefeated this year, decisioned
Oklahoma's Isreal Sheppard 104. One hundred sixty
seven pound Mike Sheets upset Dave Schultz of Oklahoma
in another 1-2 battle, 4-3.
At 177, Mark Schultz avenged his brother's loss with a
4-3 overtime decision over Iowa State's Perry Hummel,
setting the stage for Nebraska's Bill Scheer and Iowa
State's Mike Mann at 190.
Scheer, trailed top ranked Mann 4-3 with six seconds
left but forced a flurry in a two point Scheer takedown
with two seconds remaining. The last second move gave
Nebraska two champions for the first time in 12 years.
"I really don't know how it happened," Scheer said.
"I was just underneath and he overcompensated. I got
behind him for the takedown," he said.
Nebraska heavyweight Gary Albright wasn't as lucky
in his long awaited match against Oklahoma's Steve "Dr.
Death" Williams. Albright tried in vain for a last second
takedown but the match ended in a 5-5 tie. Williams was
awarded the match because of riding time that exceeded
one minute.
"I'm not dissappointed," Albright said. "He (Williams)
is the best guy 1 ever wrestled. I'm just a freshman, and
Williams has a lot more experience," Albright said.
Fehrs was pleased with the entire team effort, he said.
He pointed out Jim Scheers' defeat of Missouri's Dave
Young, whom he had dropped a 13-0 decision to earl
ier this season, Lance Milsap's pin of Oklahoma's
Derek Glenn and Rory Cahoj's two victories and narrow
loss to Stewart. Scheer finished third at 177 while Cahoj
finished third at 158. Ray Oliver, Scott Morgan, and
Milsap all finished fourth in their respective weights.
Husker shooting woes,
inability to catch up
cause Nebraska's loss
Dy Bob Asnuisscn
MANHATTAN, Kan. - As each member of the Nebra
ska basketball team was introduced here Saturday, the K
State crowd shouted in unison. It shouted such greetings
as "who cares," "big deal" and "so what." The Wildcat
team didn't treat the Huskers much better than the crowd
as it rolled up a 67-50 victory against UNL.
Things started badly for the Huskers as the Wildcats
grabbed a quick 4-0 lead. Nebraska fought back and tied
the game at 6-6. The Wildcats then ran off six straight
points to take a 12-6 lead at 10:26 of the first half. The
Huskers never got closer than four points for the rest of
the game.
Nebraska tried to stay with the Wildcats throughout
the rest of the half, trailing by only five points with 4:49
left. The Wildcats scored the last nine points of the half.
The scoring spurt was capped by a dunk by Tyrone
Adams on a feed from Ed Nealy. The basket gave the
Wildcats a 28-14 lead and brought the capacity crowd
of 1 1,229 to its feet as the two teams ran off the court.
Nebraska's main problem in the first half was shoot
ing. The Huskers made only six of 25 shots from the fiefd
for 24 percent. The Wildcats hit 57 percent of their first
half shots.
Nealy scored 10 points in the first and Adams added
eight. No husker had more than four in the first half.
"We had good shots early and they just wouldn't
drop," Nebraska Coach Moe Iba said of the Huskers
first half shooting woes.
"We took the shots we wanted but we just couldn't
get them down," Nebraska guard Handy Johnson said.
"We played good defense which kept it respectable."
The second half wasn't any better than the first for
Nebraska. The Huskers were never able to get closer than
1 1 points and trailed by as much as 20.
Iba replaced most of the starting team with 4:07
left in the game and the Huskers down by 17. Kansas
State Coach Jack Hartman also substituted for his start
ing line up.
The Huskers were able to close within 12 with 2:41
left and Nebraska in possession. The Wildcats ran off
five quick points and ended any comeback hopes the Hus
kers had.
Late in the game, Iba met Hartman near half court.
Iba was upset by the officiating on a few calls.
"I just asked him what he thought of the officiating,"
Iba said. "He just laughed. When you're 20 points ahead
you can laugh a lot."
The Wildcats were led in scoring by Les Craft's 16
points. Nealy and Adams added 14 and 12. Randy Reed
was held to eight points but did contribute 1 1 rebounds.
Terry Smith led the Huskers with nine points. The
Wildcats held the Huskers leading scorer, Jack Moore,
to six points. Claude Renfro was Nebraska's leading re
bounder with five.
The Huskers were out-shot 53 percent to 36 percent
and out-rebounded 44-26.
The Huskers attention now turns to Tuesday's Big
Eight playoff game against Oklahoma State in the Bob
Devaney Sports Center. In two earlier games with the
Cowboys, the Huskers defeated them 75-63 at home and
lost by two at Stillwater.
"We just got to go home and regroup for Oklahoma
State," Iba said.
Big Eight conference mixes
Husker athlete's highs, lows
By Jeff Goodwin
For Husker track fans, this weekend's
Big Eight indoor championships were a
mixed bag.
The Nebraska women's team ran away
from the rest of the field, beating second
place Oklahoma, 159-96.
The men's team finished a disappointing
fifth, behind Oklahoma, Oklahoma State,
Iowa State and Kansas.
The women completely dominated the
running events winning seven of the 13
events.
As usual, the Huskers were led by
Merlene Ottey, who won the 60-yard dash
and 440-yard dash and ran a leg on the
Huskers' winning 4 x 220 relay team.
Ottey led a Husker sweep of the 60 as
Janet Burke, Alicia McQueen and Deborah
James finished behind Ottey.
"The one-four finish makes the victory
even sweeter," Ottey said. "I'm happy with
it."
"We felt going into the meet that we
had a good chance to win it if we lived up
to our potential," UNL Coach Gary Pepin
said. "We did that."
Ottey wasn't the only star for the Husk
ers, however.
Rhonda Blanford set a meet and Bob
Devaney Sports Center record in winning
the 60-yard hurdles in :07.82. The mark
was also a national qualifying time.
Tami Essington won the 1000-yard run
and placed third in the 600-yard run.
Other winners for the Huskers were
Janet Burke in the 300-yard dash, Nancy
Kindig in the pentathalon, and Sharon
Burrill in the high jump.
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