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Staff photo by Joel Sartora
Nebraska's Dave Hoppen puts the bail up over Missouri's Greg Cavener in Saturday
night's game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Looking on are Claude Renfro
and Steve Stipanovkh. The Tigers won the game, 54-51.
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By Barry Trevarrow
and Ward W. Triplett III
Bv Kevin Wsmcke
Despite dunls of "sit down Komi"
rinpng, tluougli t!,e Bob Devaney Spoils
Center Saturday. Norm Stewart and his
Missouii Tigers relu&ed to listen and went
on to capture a 54-51 victory at the
expense ol Nebraska's basketball team.
The sellout ciowd of 14.6S2 greeted
Uie Missouri coach on numerous occasions
with the chant anj signs that sai J the same,
but their efforts proved no match for the
Tigers' determination.
In the hopes of remaining at least
tied for second in the Big Eight Conference
race, Nebraska matched Missouri basket
for basket for nine minutes of the first
half.
With 11:01 remaining in the half, Terr
Smith took a Stan Cloudy pass and
slammed it home to give Nebraska a
14-12 lead.
Nebraska managed a seven-point lead
after a Greg Downing layup with 3:50
left in the half, but Missouri roared back
to pull within one point, trailing 26-25
3t the buzzer.
"We lost our defensive pressure with
10 minutes to go in the half," Nebraska
Coach Moe Iba said. "We were very for
tunate to get out of the half ahead by
one."
Greg Downing led a balanced Nebraska
scoring attack in the first half with six
points. Five other Nebraskans contributed
four points.
The Huskers came out smoking in the
second liaJf as they assumed control of
the game and built up a nine point lead
with 15:07 remaining.
Claude Renfro's jumper from the free
throw line with 9:21 remaining marked
the end of Nebraska's dominance. Missouri
guard Jon Sundvold sparked a Tiger come
back which saw Nebraska's 4841 lead
evaporate in less than five minutes.
Sundvold's jumper from the left side
with 3:37 remaining in the game put
Missouri up for good 5049.
With 2 :59 left, Nebraska had the chance
to retake the lead, but Dave Hoppen 's
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layup refused to go in.
"1 just powered it up and the ball diJn t
go in." Hoppen said. "I thought it was in
but I don't know what happened."
Renfro's jumper with 10 seconds
remaining in the game pulled Nebraska
within one, but Sundvold iced the game
for the Tigers, converting both ends of a
one-andone to ghe Missouri the 54-51
victory.
"We played awful well for 30 minutes."
Iba said. "But the last 10 minutes we let
them get their heads up.
Renfro led a balanced Nebraska scoring
attack with 10 points, followed by Hoppen
and Cloudy who added nine each.
Sundvold, with 15 second-half points,
led the Tiger offense with 19 while being
guarded by a perplexed Greg Downing.
Downing's eight-point, three-rebound
performance was marred by an injury to
his left ankle which forced him to be taken
out of the game with seconds remaining
in the game.
"It's the same ankle I hurt this
summer," he said.
The Nebraska loss, coupled with
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State victories,
saw the Huskers fall to fourth place in the
conference nee.
Now sporting a two-game losing streak
because of Wednesday's loss to Oklahoma,
the Huskers need to win their remaining
two games ot the conference season,
Cloudy said.
"That's what hurts, we've had three
games where we've went out and played
our asses off and "the" ' team's "come up
empty-handed," Cloudy said. "We've
got to pull our leads together and win our
next two games."
The only bright spot on Saturday
was Iowa State's 78-70 loss to Oklahoma
State. That loss secured Nebraska an upper
division spot in the conference standings
and the home court advantage in the first
round of the conference playoffs.
Tickets for the first round playoff
games against an undetermined opponent
go on sale today at 9 a an. at the South
Stadium ticket office.
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Mary Brueggestrass scored 20 points and pulled down
15 rebounds to lead the Missouri Tigers to a 83-69 victory
over the Nebraska women's basketball team Saturday
night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Missouri used superior height to outrebound the
Cornhuskers 41-32. The Tigers shot a sizzling 65.5
percent from the field in the first half while streaking to
a 48-28 halftime lead.
"We did a real good job of getting the ball inside to
our post players," Missouri Coach Joann Rutherford said.
"Brueggestrass gave a great effort on the offensive boards.
She's a real key to our ballclub."
Missouri jumped to a 104 lead when Lorraine Ferret
hit a turnaround shot four minutes into the game. Nebras
ka closed to 10-8 on a Kelli Benson basket, but the Tigers
went on a 19-8 spurt during the next eight minutes.
Ferret, Sarah Campbell and Melissa McFerrin then helped
Missouri open up a 21 -point lead with :41 left in the
first half. Ferret scored 17 points before the break while
Davis and McFerrin had 10 each. Husker Cathy Owen led
the Huskers with 10 first -half points and Crystal Coleman
had nine.
"We did not play well in the first half," Nebraska
Coach Colleen Matsuhara said. "We tried a new defense
to mix them up, but some of our own players got con
fused instead."
Things didn't improve for the Huskers at the outset
of the second half. Brueggestrass scored 12 of Missouri's
opening 14 points in leading the Tigers to a 62-37 ad
vantage. Nebraska used full-court pressure to rattle Mis
souri and cut the lead to 12 with 6:01 left in the game.
Coleman, who finished with 15 points, then fouled out
while charging in for a layup with 5:26 remaining. Four
consecutive fouls by the Huskers enabled Missouri to
pull out to a 79-60 lead. The Tigers never looked back as
Nebraska could get no closer than 10 points.
"We got behind by too much early," Matsuhara said.
"The referees were letting them play. We get into trouble
when we run into a power team. We do not have the
muscle to play a slow-down game. It's been the story of
our season."
Ferret finished with 19 points for Missouri while Joni
Davis had 13. Owen led Nebraska with 19 points and
Benson addedJ4.
Nebraska shot 41.3 percent for the game while Mis
souri canned 58.2 percent of their shots. The loss drops
the Huskers to 4-8 in the Big Eight and 13-12 overall.
Missouri is now 19-5 and 84 in the conference.
GymBiatic meet gives Allem reasons to smile
By Jeff Goodwin
Saturday's gymnastics meet with Southern Illinois had
UNL Coach F rancis Allen smiling for a number of rea
sons. The first was the score. The Huskers rolled to a 279 5
to 273.8 victory over the outmanned Salukis.
The second was the performance of Chris Riegel.
The freshman, performing in the all around for the first
time since December, captured the all around title with a
score of 56.9.
The third was the comeback of Brandon Hull. Hull
had not competed in Nebraska's last four meets because
of lackluster performances earlier in the year, but Satur
day he won the parallel bars with a score of 9.55 and
recorded a score of 9.6 in the vault.
Allen was pleased with Hull's performance.
"This was the meet 1 chose to see who can help us in
the Big Eights and NCAAs," Allen said. "I found out who
I can count on. He's (Hull) definitely someone to contend
with on the p-bars."
Allen also praised Reigel for his victory in the all
around over Southern Illinois' Brian Babcock.
"That's got to make Chris fee! pretty good about
the all around," Allen said. "This is going to be good for
him. Brian's a well-respected all arounder throughout
the country."
About the only disappointment for the Huskers was
the performance of Mike Bowers.
Bowers finished last in the all around, recording a score
of 53 35. He scored above 9.0 in only two events.
"He's a 57.0 gymnast," Allen said. "I don't know
what's the matter with him."
Allen used the meet to experiment with his lineup.
Scott Johnson and Phil Cahoy, who usually compete
in the all around, were entered in only two events each.
Cahoy won the pommel horse with a score of 9.8.
Johnson won both of his events, recording a score of 9
to capture the high bar and a near-pertect 9.9 to win
the rings.
Nebraska's next meet will be at home on March 10
against UCLA. Allen is looking forward to it.
"The UCLA meet will undoubtedly be the dual meet
of the year," he said. "With Riegel performing like he is
there " y Johnson " Boom! We're going to be in
Allen said the meet showed the depth of Nebraska's
team. r
"It's nice to be able to put them (Riegel and Hull) in
there and know they can perform."
The UCLA meet will be Nebraska's last home meet of
the year.
