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If the Nebraska wrestling team had the op
portunity to travel back In time, they would
probably stop at Saturday, Nov. 28. The then 5th
ranked Huskers lost a narrow decision to 12th
ranked Oreren State, 18-16, in a dud that UNL
Coach Bob Fehrs said his team should have won.
"We were not physically or mentally ready to go,"
Fehrs said. "It reflects on me, and 111 take part of the
blame on that."
UNL's wrestlers will try and regroup this weekend
when they take to the road, competing in the Lehigh
Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa.
Today and Saturday, they are in College Park, Hid,
for a dual against Maryland, and finish the trip Dec.
6 at Annapolis, Md., against the Naval Academy
team.
Fehrs said hi3 1-2 Huskers are a different team
now than they were before the season began.
"Looking at our strengths and weaknesses, we
have a fairly good first line and our depth is minimal,
but injuries have put us in a bad situation," Fehrs
said.
Matt Campbell (118) and Gil Sanchez (128) may
not be able to compete again thi3 weekend because
of injuries suffered early this year. Campbell b
nursing a strained ankle, and Sanchez an elbow.
"We had two people "that we thought would be
starters quit that reduced us to a mediocre team"
Fehrs said.
Fehrs has been trying to correct the problem and
avoid a let down. The wrestlers have been doing
"mental work," and are pushing harder in practice
to raise their condition level, Fehrs said. The team is
basically working on attitude, he said.
"Anything can happen in this sport," 134-poundcr
Chris Marisette said. Te have to work harder and
become more aware of the situations on the met"
Marisette and 167-pounder Jake abo agreed
that the middle weights have to talis the pressure
off the shoulders of the heavier weights. Thus far
Nebraska's three A!l-arr.erieer.3 177-pounder Jim
Scherri ltp;rour4gr.X..Ce-T -hr.TJt . ,
Gary Albright have been pcrirrnir ;cpr to ; cs-
pectations.
"Some of the guys feel that they dont have to win
because the heavier weights will," Jim Scherr said.
"They are capable, they just have to go out and do it."
Sabo confirmed Scherr's statement, saying the
lower weights have to "get their act together "
Cold weekend, hot sports
The final weekend of the college football season
will feature three television games tommorrow.
At 11:30 on CBS Florida and Florida State will
clash in a game that is always bitterly contested. At
2:30 ABC will carry the annual Auburn-Alabama
game. " "
If you have any appetite left for football WTD3
offers Air Force and San Diego State in the evening.
For college basketball fans there are also treats.
Notre Dame will play UCLA at noon- Saturday on
NBC and Indiana and Kentucky wiH tipoff at 3 p.m.
on CBS. ,
By Kevin Y7nrnc!:e
Bracing rights for basketball supremacy iii
Nebraska could be claimed after the Nebraska
mens basketball team meets Crcihtcn Saturday
at 7:35 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The Huskers shot 34 percent from the field in a
59-45 loss to Texas Tech Tuesday. The sophomore-dominated
Bluejeys are boasting an un
beaten record, and won at Southern at Baton
Roue by a basket Monday.
According to Nebraska Coach Moe Iba, Satur
days contest is a pivotal ball came.
"This game is awfully important to the students
at both universities, as well as to the whole state
of Nebraska," he said. "Our players need to get
their heads up, because they were embarrassed
Tuesday." .
The featured matchup should be Nebraska's
6-1 1 Dave Hoppen against Creihton's 7-0 Benoit
Benjamin. . ' -,.
Benjamin won last year's battle, outscoring
Hoppen 1 1 to nine 'and outrebounding him seven
to four. However, Nebraska was victorious, 65-62.
The Huskers have won two straight from the Blu
ejays, and lead the overall series 7-6.
Both Hoppen and Creighton assistant coach
Eick Collura expect the center matchup to affect
the outcome of the game, but agreed that it wont
be the only factor.
"For Creighton to do well, usually Benoit has to
play well," Hoppen said. "Some of the pressure 111:2 ,
that lies on rr.e too. But the whole team has to
play well."
Nebraska Li too talented ar.d well-balanced for
the Clucys to concentrata solely on stepping
Hoppen, Ccllura said. '
"It (the rc-tchup) could be the key factor," he
said. Tat both tearns have a number of weapons."
Besides Benjamin and 6-7 senior power for
ward Gregory Brandon, Crehton b scheduled to
start 6-2 junior guard Vernon Moore, 6-3 sopho
more guard Refie Morris and 6-3 sophomore
forward Kenny Lvans.
Although the Blue op will travel only 50 miles
to Lincoln, Collura said, the Sports' Center Is
always difficult to play in.
. "Playing away in Lincoln wont be as much of a
factor as some games, but we're still playing in a
different gym," he said. "Well have to keep our
composure."
Nebraska will have to slow down Creighton's
pace, Iba said, in order to play the Huskers' kind
of game. '
"They've got a very quick team," he said. "Our
defensive concentration will have to be there
throughout the game."
Overall, Iba said, Creighton is a much better
ball club than last year's.
"They're playing with more confidence," Iba
said. "They're awfully hungry because people said
they weren't very good last year."
Lady Jays face Huskers Saturday'
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nt have hli hcp:.3 for V
It's not that Bruce E
Creighton Lady Jays, d
his team thij season.
But a lack cf height and speed has raade him
adopt the coach's cliche cf locldns at one game at
T.Vre the typs if tzzza LztLd to pl:y very
well in crdar to win any t cTan.e " Easmussen'.
Te are taking this tzzzzn jutt one iz?& at a
tirne, because we're fjoir.to have cEIIlsu!:? notch
ing up to every team on cur schedule," he said.
The Lady Jays will meet Nabrczla at 5:15 p.m.
Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The
Huskers won their first two games of the season
last weekend while Creighton, despite these
'.. match:up difficulties knocked off Memphis State
,65-60 at Memphis . Monday to improve their
record to 3-1.
- "They (Memphis State) used a double post, and
they were more inside orienated than Nebraska
wZl be," he said. "Defensively, we were abls to help
out on the posts and collapse back on them. But,
we went be able to use that type cf defense
against Nebraska. They plsy a very up-tempo
:: ' The two teams met last in the 1CC0-31 season.
The Huskers won the first game in Lincoln C3-40,
but Creighton won the second in Omaha 76-63.
The L&dyJays were 10-22 that season, and 6-21
the next However, Easnusscn started fourfresh
men and a junior college transfer last season fcr.d '
LadyJa finished 17-11.
The raster reason was 5-10 cuard Ccrjii Ycri;
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v Ycri is cvercj 20.5 points par ar.d 0.5
Donna Chvatal and 5-11 iLtgllaraa jailed cesicr
the . Lady, Jcy starting lbtup. Yarren,' " whom
ball handler b the second leading scerer at 14.5
points per g
... "We're short and we're slow," Rasmussen said, '
"and I dsnt think we have that good cf personnel
Bat if we can scrap and play as well as we can and '
dont turn the ball over, I have confidence we can
win."- -
Nebraska Coach Kcl'yin said the two different
styles should.ma!:e for an interesting bi'l game. :
- They are very, very pati:r.t, t:Il control team. '
They try to work it down to the lzt f:w seeondj '
on the shot clock and ta!;e the fclh pcrcentca
shot," she said.
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7-4 record. Now comes Notre Dair.e (0-5), renowned
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