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Ponc leads Buskers to victory
By Kevin Werners end Jeff Kcrbclii
Nebraska guard David Ponce Is making a habit of
living in the limelight
For the second straight game Ponce provided the
boost the Huskers needed &3 they trounced Nor
theast Missouri State, 82-61,Wedncsday night at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Ponce had 18 points,. leading all scorers, and he
grabbed six rebounds.
"They wanted me to prove I can make it," Ponce
said. "Moe (Nebraska coach Iba) gave me the green
light to shoot and penetrate. I tried to open up the
inside for Dave." .
Ponce led the Huskers to a halftime lead of 40-26,
by connecting on eight of ten shots. The game
opened as a seesaw battle with Nebraska holding an
18-17 lead with 10:27 remaining in the hall Les3
than seven minutes later Nebraska had increased
its lead to 1 7 points, 38-21, after a Smith free throw.
Hoppen was plagued by early fouls, forcing him to
the bench after he picked up his third foul with 8:41
left in the hall He played 19 minutes.
Nebraska picked up its scoring output in the
second half and led by 26 at one point, 73-47, with
2:43 remaining in the contest.
Nebraska reserves played a majority ofthe second
half including guard Curtis Moore who brought the
crowd to its feet on a slam dunk following a steal
with 11 seconds left in the game.
"IVe been waiting for that since I've been here and
hopefully youll see more," Moore said.
Behind Ponce's 18 and Hoppen's 13 points, Smith
and Moore each tallied nine points. Forward Greg
Gordon led NE Missouri State with 13 points.
But Iba was far from pleased with the outcome.
"I was a little upset tonight," Iba said. "I didn't
think our kids came out ready to play."
Nebraska hosts Arkansas Saturday at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center. Tipoff is at 7:35 p.m.
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HiasIieF 'women lce m mreT&me
By Jeff IlorbeiH: aid Kevin Wsreeke
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Staff photo by David Creamer
Crystal Coleman, No. 12, of Nebraska, guards
Penny Waggener daring the Hesters game
against the University cf MksourirKansas
City.
A comeback can be a beautiful thing. But only if
you win.
The comeback of the Nebraska women's basket
ball team fell a little short Wednesday night when
they lost a heartbreaker to the University of Missouri
Kansas City, 81-79 in overtime at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
The Lady K-roos completely dominated the first
half leading 41-30.
"They came out cold," UMKC coach Nancy Nor
man said. "We came out early and tried to slow them
down, but then we found we could run on them."
The Lady K-roos continued their running in the
second half building a 53-36 lead on forward Mary
Michalski's basket from the right lane with 15:33
remaining.
The Huskers' comback began with 13:37 remain
ing on freshman center Heidi Keyes' rebound and
basket, pulling Nebraska within 15.
Shelly Block's layup with 2:06 remaining tied the
score at 69 all
But UMKC bounced back to regain control and led
71-69 with less than 20 seconds remaining.
Crystal Coleman's rebound and basket with nine
seconds remaining sent the game into overtime.
The Lady K-roos won the game when Penny Wag
gener's jumpshot went through the basket with five
seconds remaining.
"These are the kind of games we love," Norman
said. "We had nothing to lose."
Nebraska was led by Coleman with 19 points,
while Waggener led UMKC with 26 points.
The Huskers, now 3-1, host Central Missouri Dec.
14th at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Tipoff is at
7:30 p.m.
By Wcrd W. Tripled; III
In the wake of one of the finest single-day swim
ming efforts ever by his Nebraska women's team,
coach Ray Huppert is thinking championships.
The Husker swim team, whose best ever national
finish was 20th, broke 14 school records and quali
fied nine swimmers for the NCAA meet while finish
ing second at the Southern Illinois Invitational last
weekend.
In the process, the Huskers beat some of the
teams that they watched compete for the cham
pionship at the finals in Lincoln last March. Florida
State (18th), Southern Illinois (Cth) and Big Eiht
conference antagonist Kansas (7th) each finished
behind Nebraska. The Huskers narrowly raided
nipping another NCAA qualifier, South Carolina
(13th) for the championship.
- "Some of our ladies times are going to be in the top
10 in the nation," Huppert said. "It was just an out
standing performance."
The difference, Huppert said, was his decision to
split the Husker season into two parts.
"This was the first year we decided to use the
split-season " Huppert said "The reason we did it
was because Cal Bentz used it with his men's pro
gram last year and was very successful Then, last
year, seven of our 12 swimmers were sick at Big
Eights last year. We felt we had some bona fide
national qualifiers, but because they were sick, they
didn't make the national cuts.
"This year, we split the season in two, and aim at
one specific meet in each season to make the
national times. There wa3 one at Southern Illinois,
and the other one will be the Big Eights."
The team is tapered and outfitted in skin suits
while preparing for the big meet, Huppert said.
"It's impossible for our athletes to be tapered and
rested for every single meet ofthe season," Huppert
said. "It's as much of a mental barrier on them as a
physical barrier."
The team's response at Southern Illinois was an
example of how well the practice worked, Huppert
said. Among the 14 records to fall was the 500-yard
freestyle, which Emily Ricketts swam in 4:52:10.
That time was not only cshcel record and a
national qualifying time, it ra under the 4:52:79 to ,
' qus! for the Olympic trial
Huppert said the sophomore from Irvine, Calif,-
apresiK,
What do professional athletes do when they stop
playing?
A. They make beer commercials.
B. They make cologne commercials.
C. They make cofTee-maker commercials. .'
D. They make Rolaids commercials.
E. All of the above, uid more.
Everyone who has t aken the Scholastic Aptitude
hire; a pro jock
would have to take another 1 0 to 1 2 seconds off that
time in order to actually make the Olympic team,
but said he had confidence she could do it.
Each individual involved in the recordbreaking
was either a freshman or a sophomore. Freshman
Dana Powers broke school records in the 50-yard
freestyle (23.6), the 100 freestyle (51.4) and the
100-yard butterfly (56.3). Ricketts and another
freshman, Sue Cashman, were under the school
record in the 200 individual medley with 2.09:1 5 and
2:09:16 respectively. Cashman also set a new school
mark in the 400 individual medley with a 4:30.74.
All five relay teams qualified for the NCAA meet as
welL The 200 medley (Trisha Zorn, Julie Lammel,
Kenya Kelly and Powers), the 800 freestyle (Cash
man, Kelly, Linda Cebesta and Ricketts), the 400
medley (Kelly, Lammel, Powers and Sabesta), the
400 freestyle (Powers, Sebesta, Ricketts and
Michelle Kaliman) and the 200 freestyle (Ricketts,
Powers, Sevesta and Kallman) each broke school
records as weiL
; Then, in the 100-yard breaststroke, Powers out
raced Lammel to break another school record
Lammel set last year. Lammel's time was also below
the 1:03.54 she swam leet season. '
'l.- ' Mil Allen
Test has seen that question. Cut the fact b, and you
may find thb hard to believe, lately there have not
been enough TV commercial to go around for every
That's riht. Every year mars and mere athletes
are forced to plry prcferrlcroU rporta ler'rr became
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tor ine i v commercial inaury.
As one great athlete recently eaid, "The cr.!y rea
son I played professional sports v,z3 because I kr.r.y
that someday, if I was good enough, I would make a
commercial So far, that hasn't happened. I've reach
ed the top of my sport, but no commercial I feel my
life has been wasted."- - ; '
This athlete echoes the feeling cf many cftcdrs
superstars. They feel the eyrtem L:r.t allowing every
player to reach his cr her true endorsement potential-
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. As cr.e cjp tTztzi di, "UlcnjLlrd and Dr. J. can
make a Converse ccmmcrcirJ, C;en why cant I?" .
The eclutton iont that Ekr'e. V.lth thcas pro
feaoienal actors cut there, t.rre rjrent nzzj com-
pw.4-4m AiTM f
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athlete cemmercielj. Others have rr--.erttd athlete
commercial moviej. Come he.ve erertad the t tlzd
leteter, with lemon ar.d hor.ty szzzs. Cthers tz-.-s
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: America great. Let's face it, you never see a Hurelm
.athlete in a beer commercial .
It wouldn't be too difScult to convert already
popular commercials into athlete-oriented com
mercials. Some samples:
1. A woman in a grocery store, squeezing a roll cf
toilet tissue with a lock cf eternal bibs cn her face.
Out from behind an aisle bursts 1TL great Jack
Lambert in full uniform. He tacMes the woman and
beats her face into a bloody mess. Yet she ctl
squeezes the tieoue, ehowing how irrceietaV. it
reayjb.
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