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UICL'3 men's basketball team set a Bob De-vsncy
Sports Center coring record Saturday end relied
ever Augustana College, 113-C3 in bcth tee. re. a
season opener. Bat coach Moe Iba said he's some
. what worried about his team. ' ; . "
Iba expressed particular concern about the defrn
siva pley of h3 team egainst the i..ir i.
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: While, the defense 'may ' have been Jiarlr.;vils-:
problems, ths linker's record-setting cfTeneive per-" v
. romance was fueled by sorae torrid sheeting! After -
falling behind 4-0, Nebraska put toother scoring '
streaks of 1 0, nine, and 1 1 points to completely bury
the Vikings by pushing the score to 34-10 with nine
minutes left in the first hall : -.
The Huskers hit on 23 of 34 first half shots, a 63
percent rate. They also set a record for most points
in a half at the sports center with 61.
There are going to be nights when we dont hit
from the outside," Iba said. "If we dont, we're going .
to be in trouble.".' :" .. .. : ; . . ;V ..
The Vikings never came closer than 23 points in
the second half as Nebraska continued its hot
shooting and allowed Iba to clear his bench.
All but one of Nebraska's 13 players scored
against the .Vikings. Starting guard David Ponce
injured his back early, in -the first half and didn't
return to action. Iba is worried that Ponce's injury
might be serious.
"If you have a bad back, you cant do anything," he : ;
said. "Wei cant -afford to have David ; Ponce injuredf3
we need hLii to get Vell." " ""'iiH ' '
In his place, freshman Brian Carr played 36
m inutes and scored 16 points end hadseven assists.
SfWhen I go out in a situatiorf hkethSf ,Caf f lafd,
"I'm supposed to take charge. I think they're trying
to build me up to play point guard later."
Nebraska was led in scoring against Augustana by
forward Stan Cloudy who tallied 22 points, 15 of
them coming in the first half. Sophomore center
Dave Hoppen took advantage of a much shorter
Augustana front line and scored 21 points. Guard
Eric Williams. added 11. points and reserve Curtis
Moore 10 for the Huskers ;
Despite those plusscs, Iba said his team may not
be ready for tonight's game against Texa3 Tech.
"Texas Tech will be very slow, very patient," he
said. They'll be satisfied to pass the ball around.
They'll expose all of our weaknesses defensively. If
they're able to handle the ball, we're not going to be
able to win.
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Osborne: 12-0 season 'tremendous feat'
ns 10 win. .
Texas Tech lost its opener, 54-45, to Washington
iturday night in Seattle. '
Viewers get 'fanatical'
about NU-OU bouts
There are certain things you shouldnt do.
You dont pull on Superman's cape, you dont
spit into the wind, you dont pull the mask off
the old lone ranger and if you're an obsessive
fan, you dont watch the Nebraska-OMahoma
football game. " " .2.,
, The annual Ncbrcska-GU ,irzz, b, nany,
' It's a ratehup fccMctn f-o cf the
nation's best tzzvr.rj. it's 'a field day far the
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; inpartar.tly, U's a dry when rr.y friends and I
' Co crazy. . -;i" , "v .
' We ctarted C-turdry Oil, no cr.s of laaacyl
; We wcrl:ed out, ar.d thtn went and shot eerr.e ,
targets. We thcn-v."ar.t to GrO hoar 5, where'
l'vas'vl C-vfJ to WwftcC! t3 ,m n!
: c rcu? cf ruys, in the I.!:d :rc;t, ready to crjey a
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In the days leading up to the Nebraska-Oklahoma
game, Sooner coach Barry Switzer told every
camera and microphone in sight that the Huskers
could be best, and that the Nebraska cfTcr.sc, which
had managed to run over 11 opponents, would not
go up and down the field on his- cerdor-ladsn
defense. 5 - - ".r ';?z:. "
But the Huskers still got C3 yzrCi from Ilie
Rozier, and even mang:d to pallcJa d:cr.siTe grni -at
the end to stop the Sooners and win 23-21. It
cepptd eff a 12-0 regular season,! -.nd cent 'warnbgs
Xowri Id lliasii, tJje Hus'iers' Orar ; : La;vl erpenentpc-,
that the Huskers could win a class one if they had to. :
To go 1 2-0 is a tremendous feat, but weVe still got
a tough game in the Orange Bowi,"N;lrr 1 coach
Tom Osborne said. "It was U wclI-p:.vJ t mie en"-"
both sides. I think both teams gsined a lot cf respect
for each other." ; " ;
The game had enough fire worlds and individual r;
.standouts to have been the bowl gir.:e the Cooners
turned down for themselves after losing 10-0 at
Missouri Rozier's 205 yards, which gave him a
season total of 2,148, made him only the second
player in NCAA history to rush for more than 2,000
yard3 in a single season. He also broke the record for
most consecutive games over 200 yards and tied the
record for consecutive games over 100 yards (11),
as well as the single-season touchdown mark with
29. .. .
Aside from Gill, Tom Rathman, Bill Weber, Hark
Schellen and Mark Daura were among thoce with t!g
plays in front of the packed house at Chven Stadium, " ,,
while Oklahoma's Buster Rhymes, Derrick Chepard -and
Spencer Tillman, where 5-yard leap into the "
".end zone will show up on hl.jhliht Cms for quite
some time, had big plays for the Sooner side. ;
But the best one was saved for last. After Okla-
Huskers win Invite;
Coleman named MVP
A few more wins like Saturday's 83-8 1 come-from-:
behind victory against Central iliehican, and Ke- -r
braska women's basketball coach Kelly the
youngest Division I 'coach in the nation, will start :
. showing some grey hairs. ' : ;': - -.
.'. The 25-j-car-cIi 1121 rzLzzd her first-year coaching
record to 2-0 as the Iluilrers captured their era,
. icsship case by racing to a 01-C0 victory t:zizzt
South Florida FridrynhC.-The two-pc!aV xvti
m k 4 Pllllnm- W rwrm v mf&4 fc it alt lem-tfc .
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--: The'carae wo pI-;.-cd at a fast pact? tZ'icchsut-- '
'Both teams utilized fu2-court-prcc-e3 ar.it
break censes. After p!r-'ir.g to a CD-CD tie at the
hdf, the Chips took a CI -73 with S7 cescni;
. remaining. Guard Crjtal Cc!eman then took cea-' . .
.trclcf the game.
The 5-7 junier converted t:th er.ds cf a cr.e-er.--
cr.e to narrow the eecre to CI -TO. Cclenian fc"cved '
with a lr.yu3 and a free threw to t!s the farr.e. CI'.U
had the ball with 3 ceaends rcr.a!r.ir.i tut Ccle
raan tirpd the tell cut cf the haadi cf a Chf-ewa '
,p.ey:r cr.a into t;:e-r.rr.o.
cf L-erlrvrn i:rr
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both free throws to give ll.reilia th- lee.d rr.;l the
homa took over on the Sooner 28 with 5:12 to play,
the Husker defense, which had held its own except
for three big pleys, suddenly gave. Earl Johnson and
Tillman were handed the ball seven straight times,
find hiptwffri th?! ivnrtoH t Anvtm tr HicWr flO
Then, after a 6-yard ecramb's by quarterback Danny
Bradley, the Corner junior hit Slier.ard fer a 27-vard
gain to the N:trael:a 10.
' an illegal, r.etien penalty xn guard Brent Burls
pushed th? l "1 tack to the, 7. Bradley -was. then
.- cat: - ..t I :..:...- tLs line cf scrimmage by Weber, and ;
"cn-the r.ext'plr.y, tried to hit Cherard near the
Husker f eed line. At the time, it looked like either
:!r :z ? eC--cr.NeU Harris knocked the Sooner,
f..I....,i i-..-... Lut no call was mada. Lotcr. it v;?
cleex that linebacker Hike Knox had tipped the pars
' ."Chepard v.ei hit in the mouth by the defender
With the be 'J b the air," Swiezer said in his post-game
Intenie.. "It was interference, but they didnt call
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That set up the fourth-down pass that made a
hero out of Harris. The junior from Kansas City, Mo.,
leapt with the 1CS0 Husker antagonist Rhymes
and knocked down the pass. ,
EtatietieeTy the: game was the -raaet even cf any.
' Ifebrarka gsme this season. Nebraska had. 20 first '
downs to -Oklahoma's ID, 42!'tstel yerds to the;
Sooners' 420, .and. a E3-.eccr,d timeof-pceeefe!on
advantage. Deepite a steady rain in the secer.d and
fourth ..quarters,-a Gill intcrcrpiira vai the only,
-turnover la the game. .-. .. ( .
"Oklahoma's get a great focthrl team, and any'
time you put that kind of talent on the Held cr..:l thev
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conx turn it over, you re in for a tough ball gime,"
Osborne said; .'. . .- . ;.
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