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6 Thursday, February 17, 1983 Daily Nebrask3n i r A oppeon secomid CmI Hnelps Htmske bodoonce WoMcats Spo LI By Bob Asmussen and Tim Woods MANHATTAN, Kan. - The past four seasons, the friendly confines of AJiearn Fieldhouse have been any thing but friendly to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Huskers had not beaten Kansas State here since 1978, but used a strong second-half performance by Dave Hoppen to post a 5645 Big Eight Conference victory before a crowd of 1 1 ,000. The win improved the Huskers' conference record to 6-3, and their overall mark to 15-6, and gave them some much-needed confidence for future road games, Nebraska Coach Moe Iba said. "If we would've come in here tonight and gave another great effort and lost, then I would've been really worried for the kids," Iba said. "But this game shows them that if they do the right things and concentrate, then we can win on the road." Iba had warned the Huskers of the difficulties of playing in Ahearn, where Nebraska had lost by 17 points each of the last two seasons. "I heard before the game that Kansas State's crowd would be reaching at you, trying to pull you into the stands," Husker forward Stan Cloudy said. "This is my first time here," Cloudy said. "They (the Wildcat fans) didn't seem too enthusiastic, but we didn't give them much to cheer about." That was largely due to the Huskers' defense, which forced 22 Kansas State turnovers and kepi the Wildcats out of their offense all night. "Defensively, they're very quick," Kansas State Coach Jack Hartman said. "Too quick for us." Nebraska took the lead for good with 8:43 remaining in the first half, when forward Claude Ren fro sank a 6-foot jump shot. That sparked a 10-0 scoring spree.which gave the Huskers a 20-13 lead. But Kansas State came back to tie the game, before Renfro scored and added free throw, giving Nebraska a 25-22 half-time lead. Hoppen, in a sluggish first half, scored just two points and was whistled for three fouls. "Coach told me to come back out in the second half and play like I didn't have any fouls." Hoppen said. The 6-1 1 freshman then scored eight points in the first 8:33 of the second stanza, keying a 14-2 scoring run for which K-State never recovered. Lafayette Watkins got the Wildcats to withing seven on a basket with 1 :04 remaining, but the Huskers sank six free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. "We really played well in the second half," Iba said. "We had to play with a lot of poise, and we did." Hoppen led the Huskers with 16 points, while Cloudy added 13. K-State, which dropped to 3-6 in the conference and 11-11 overall, was led by center Les Craft's 13 points. No other Wildcat scored in double tigures. , - , : ' " ' TT 1 I I v r J v : : . v . - 1 - f """V . "' ' ' - ' n i n , I ,1 i From the basketball tfaniatic to the food service official, sports eveots caini affect a Staff photo by John Zoz Nebraska 177-pounder Jim Scherr grapples with a Brigham Young wrestler during a Cornhusker dual victory earlier this season. The seventh-ranked Huskers will end their home mat season this weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Wrestlers to end dual season against Brake, Northern Iowa By Randy Wymore A few weeks ago, Nebraska wrestling coach Bob Fehrs said his team had three steps to take en route to the Big Eight Wrestling Tournament scheduled for Feb. 26-27 in Ames, Iowa. The Cornhuskers cleared the first hurdle with a 30-6 win over North Dakota State. Nebraska then had a problem picking up its feet and suffered a 21-18 loss to Michigan State in Lansing, Mich. The Cornhuskers' fifth-place national ranking slipped to the No. spot alter the defeat. Nebraska ends its dual-meet season and faces the third and final step this weekend at the Bob Devanev Sports Center. The Huskers open the weekend with a match against Drake University and take the last step on Saturday night against the sixth-ranked University of Northern Iowa. Fehrs said he does not anticipate much trouble on Friday. "Drake is a fair team," he said, "But I don't expect them to be a challenge." While the Bulldogs have a "couple of pretty good people," Fehrs said, they are not balanced enough to present a serious threat. Northern Iowa presents a different story. While Fehrs said he doesn't see them as a national power, Northern Iowa still has a very good dual team. "Every match will be contested," he said. "We cannot afford to be pinned or give up any superior decisions." Fehrs said that none of that should hap pen if his team is mentally ready. There are no major injuries, but Fehrs said, "the aches and the pains of the year are catching up to us." He said that there has been some problem with the flu, but nothing that has proved debilitating. When the Huskers dropped two notches in the national rankings, it didn't cause a major trauma for the team. Fehrs said the important thing was to just maintain a top ten rating before the conference tourna ments. It's what happens in those tourna ments that decides the final ratings. "Final ratings are what you've actually earned as opposed to the subjective rat ings," he said. Fehrs said that Northern Iowa's higher ranking won't really add any incentive to Saturday's match. "Last year they beat us," Fehrs said. "They upset us a little bit and didn't treat us very well up there." This year, though, it's Nebraska's party. And the Huskers' guests don't often leave in a good mood. It's funny (meaning "interesting," not "ha, ha") how sports events can af fect your life. For example, formerly No. 1 -ranked North Carolina lost Sunday and it has ruined my whole week. You see, I'm or iginally from North Carolina and I still follow the Tar Heels faithfully. I even ranked them first on my ballot for the Daily Nebraskan Real Top 20 (see to day's sports page). When the Tar Heels lose, I'm bummed. It can be compared to the T ' : T- r'..:-vr ;1 Allen way we Nebraskans feci when the Corn husker football team loses. For those of you who are skepti cal (or just being conservative) that sports events affect everyday life, note these two items: I.) During last fall's football season, UNL residence halls did not serve whole oranges in the cafeteria. They did, how ever, serve peeled oranges at the salad bar. Logical conjecture (a la Mr. Spock) concludes that oranges weren't served so they wouldn't be thrown on the foot ball field at Cornhusker games. However, food service officials con tacted at the time said no oranges were served because no quality oranges could be found at that time of year. That nev- befor0ePPed frm Sming anything on The Tonight Show") that there is an expected "baby boom" nine months from the period of the National Foot ball League strike. It seems men who couldn't spend S v rTUn With MerIin Olson and Dick Enberg spent that time with their wives. Or it seems women who couldn't spend Sunday afternoon with Merlin 01 son or Dick Enberg spent that time with their husbands. That's just a couple of true exam ples of how sports can affect everyday life. But sometimes, it can get out of hand. For example, here are some items that show how sports has been taken a little too seriously: WARNING: The following materi al has been rated trite and idiotic by right-wing conservatives. Reader discre tion is advised. 1. This fall, goalposts at several ma jor universities will be made of steel and charged with 50,000 volts, which will be activated whenever a fan steps onto the playing field. 2. Football players are opposed to state Sen. Ernie Chambers' proposal that they be paid as if they were univer sity employees. They refuse to take a pay cut. 3. After another loss by the women's basketball team, several fans showed how upset they were. They were too up set to stop for a burger and Coke on the way home. 4. The National Literary Foundation has recently announced that all possible variations of the dumb-jock-type jokes have been used up. But we have one more: Do you know what kind of tennis match you have when Lyle Alzgola and Darryl Dow Kins play? Answer: Endless love. 5. While on vacation, a group of E.T.'s stopped in Lincoln to refuel. They asked the gas station attendant to "take us to your leader." He took them to Tom Osborne. 6. We've all heard the lewd stories of women who follow sports figures around. Last week a woman was ar rested vhen she allegedly threw her arms around a recent Kentucky Derby winner and said, "I want to have your filly." Now that's idiotic. 7. And finally (1 figure seven is enough), Walt Disney Productions plans to make another sports movie in the tra dition of "The World's Greatest Ath lete" and "Gus the Kicking Mule." This one stars the Baltimore Colts football team and will be titled "The Only Way to Go Is Up."
