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UNLs women cagers
win despite slow game
Dy Ward V. Triplctt III
It wasnt a thing of beauty, but the Nebraska
women's basketball team did manege to best
Creighton despite nearly sleepwalking the game
sway. .
It was obvious to me that we were a much
Quicker team (than Creighton)" coach Kelly II1U said
titer the 75-70 victory improved the Husker record
to 3-0. - ' - '?
"But, for some reason, we looked and played
tired," she said. "We didn't, play with much
confidence or intensity."
Creighton, beginning the game with only nine
players, led 12-10 when freshman guard Tanya
Warren had to be taken out of the game with
strained knee ligaments. Still, the Lady Jays
managed to stay in the game by shutting out the
Huskers during a four-minute period at the end of
the half with nine points of their own, the 3-2 Lady
Jays took a 37-33 lead into haiftime.
It took five minutes for Nebraska to get the lead
back at 43-4 1 on a steal and lay-up by Crystal
Coleman. But Creighton, led by Conni Yori's outside
shooting and baskets off the offensive boards, came
back to lead by five again, 52-47 with 10:40 re
, maining.
Debra Powell, Cathy Owen and Terri Parriott then
hit the next three baskets to give Nebraska back the
lead and despite two driving lay-ups by Yori that
momentarily swung the lead back over to Creighton,
the Huskers gradually moved ahead. Another Yori
basket tied the game at 64 with just under three
minutes to play, but Angie Miller and Coleman hit
baskets down the stretch to keep Nebraska on top.
"Nebraska finally wore us down at the end,"
Creighton coach Bruce Rasmussen said. "We're not
very deep to begin with. Then, when we lost one of
our key players who is also our best ball handler,
against the press, that really hurt us."
-, Yori, a member of last year's al)-American
freshman team, made 13 of 22 shots and six free .
throw attempts to finish with 32 points. She also got
12 rebounds despite having to take over for Warren
as the Creighton point guard.
Debra Powell played all 40 minutes for Nebraska
and finished with 20 points. Coleman, Kelii Benson
and Miller added 13 each, while Coleman had five
assists and Miller eight rebounds for the third
consecutive games.
"When-we were patient against their press or their
half-court defense, we got the shots we wanted,"
Rasmussen said. "Players have a natural tendency
to want to play at a fast tempo like Nebraska does.
But we're not going to beat anyone like that because
we dont have that kind of personnel We made the
mistake of getting caught up in Nebraska's type of
game." y " '
The Huskers will play two more double-headers
before the men's games, Wednesday against
Missouri at Kansas City and Saturday against Texas
jA&M.
Hill said her team did need to play a close game,
: particularly aftinst a team with a good shooter like
Yori '
."We can go back to practise now and know what
we need to work cn," thz "We tried three
difTerent peopb en Ycri, and rcr.s cf them realty
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Husker basketball foes
face high-rise offense
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Last year, Wisconsin was the worst team in the B13
10. The .Bad-srs finished ,B-20, but coach Etew
Yoder says the difference between th at teani and his
"We're a year older nov," Yoder said. " e still cent
have a senior class, but the sophomores and Juniors
hava helped our maturity."
1 Tcrd-hVYoder's "youngsters" face !.!oe Iba's
Huskers in a 7:20 p.m. game at iladbon, Wbe. The . .
Badgers are 1 -1 thb season, having t0 Northern '.
Iori but beating Ccutlern Illlneij. -"We
want to pley a controlled cfTenae," Yoder s aid
rbn'.it. ths If ufikar rams. The only way were roir..'! to '
Cory Kackweli at 6-6, is one of three returning
Badger starters. Blaekwell avcreed 18.4 points per
game last year, and has picked up from where he k&
of Yoder said.
"He is the one kid on our team who is a true
athlete," Yoder said. '
The Badgers will have height to their advantage at -guard,
a problem that does concern Husker head
coach Moe Iba.
"But it will be our first game cn the road this year,"
Iba said. "Our main concern will be to keep the
tempo up."
The Huskers beat Creighton 65-56 Saturday led by
Dave Hoppen's 27 points.
Nebraska could manage only a 34 percent
shooting performance against Texas Tech Tuesday.
But, the Huskers shot 55.5 percent from the floor
against the Bluejays.
Saturday's locally Televised contest also pitted
Nebraska's Dave Hoppen and Creighton's Bencit
Benjamin against each other. Hoppen's 27 points
tied hb career scoring hish which he set against
Kansas State last season. Benjamin, who picked up
his third foul with 7:31 remaining in the first half,
finished with 10 points. , ;
Hoppen, who tried to guard Benjamin up front
while relying on baseline help from Nebraska team
mates; "said he was surprised with the Creighton
center's low scoring output
1 was worried about him scoring 27 points, not
me," Hoppen said. "After he got in foul trouble, my
teammates got me the ball and he would foul me or I
would score. And I scored a lot."
Nebraska assumed control early, leading for the
first time on Hoppen's marker from the riht base
line only 2: 10 into the game. ''
, The Huskers never looked back and built up a lead
that reached 15 points on Hoppen's slam dunk with
2:59 remaining in the hall Nebraska went into the
lockerroom with a 33-20 lead -
Nebraska remained o control in the second half,
mounting a 15-pc!nt lead with 1S:3 remaining from
Stan Gaudy's jumper from the top cf the key. . ." -
sis points, C3-54, when Nebraska went into a slow
down offense- with 1.-C3 le in the came. But, John
;i!aii!:e's -fired-. throw, fclliswed by a pair of free
throws by guard David Ponce "wrapped the game fsr
th Huskers. ; '
Crehton coach Reed said when his team
fell behind carry, he knrr they would have a herd
time closing the gap. '
.; "We ivanted to keep the g.3 close " hz said. "A
13-pslat lead by lT:tra.:l:a h r.al what I waj laaling
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five was' what I wanted. I thought 3 p-cd pretty :
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this season. The cajy t!!ht was a early seassn f.;rrclt
by the C team. The B team h raa!:ei No. 7, making
Acacia, 22S5 Vine t, seem C:e a spawning ground . '
for men's volleyball power at UNI -
"In the rest cf the fraternity lerue cpsrta, we
u:ua!!ytal:2 a pretty good beating," says Bart llcorc,
who is regarded as one cf the best players cn the A
team and on the recently formed Nebraska men's
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