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Hiiskers rally to edge Cyclones 64-63
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MIES, Iowa Nebraska's hopes of a
first Big Light championship took a
v.hile Iowa State hopes stumbled as
the Huskers defeated the Cyclones,
64-63.
RaL'iin: from a 43-34 second hair
solid step forward Wednesday night deficit, Nebraska used the Inside play
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ffcer surprising half-time tie
AMES, Iowa Nebraska's women's
basketball team didn't expect to be
tied with Iowa State after one half. But
then the 10-3 Hulkers didn't expect
Tonya Burns to score 22 points during
that same 20 minutes.
Burns' school record 42 points kept
the Cyclones close until Nebraska as
serted itself in the final five minutes for
a 79-75 victory Wednesday night.
Trailing 60-59 with 5:1 1 to go, center
Angle Miller's basket off the offensive
boards gave Nebraska a lead it would
not relinquish.
Nebraska's lead fluctuated between
three and five points until the last 22
seconds when Burns rebounded her
own missed free throw to pull Iowa
State to within two at 75-73. With 16
seconds left, Powell was fouled by the
Cyclones' Rhonda Thacker and sank
the two subsequent free throws to give
Nebraska a four-point cushion.
Husker Coach Kelly Hill said Powell's
inside play was the key to Nebraska's
success.
"Debra took it to the basket real well
tonight," Hill said.
Hill thought the Huskers should have
been ready for the assault by Burns
because Burns scored 47 points in two
games last year. -
"She does that every year against
us," Hill said.
Nebraska struggled to a 39-39 half
time tie. The Huskers missed numer
ous scoring opportunities from short
range, shooting only 39 percent. A 14-6
spurt gave Nebraska a 21-14 lead with
12.02 remaining in the Erst h?If, but
the Huskers could manage only one
basket in the next 4:12 as ISU took a
26-23 had, Burns scoring three baskets,
Nebraska regained the lead with
4:34 left on an Angie Miller basket, but
the lead exchanged hands four times
and the teams were tied four more
times as the half closed. Iowa State
gained the tie on a Sheila Mason 20
foot jumper that barely beat the buzzer.
It appeared as if Nebraska would
take control of the game immediately
in the second half as Tcrri Parriott hit
two jumpers and Powell made a layup
to stake Nebraska to a 45-39 lead with
17:44 left.
The lead changed hands three more
times before Jane McConnell gave the
Cyclones a 54-52 lead with 10:55 left.
Burns boosted the lead with a bank
shot before a Powell 10-footer knotted
the score at 58.
Nebraska then blew its next two
opportunities because of turnovers be
fore Powell made one of two free
throws after Burns fourth fouL That
made the score 59-58, Nebraska, but a
burns eight-footer gave the Cyclones
their final lead of the night at 60-59.
The Huskers played without starting
guartd Crystal Coleman and starting
forward Jacquie Shackelford. Coleman
is out pending investigation of her
academic record. Shackelford did not
play because of an injured leg. Hill is
hopeful that Coleman will be back for
Nebraska's game Saturday against 1 7th
rated Missouri at the Devaney Sports
Center.
of Dave Iloppen, who scored a career
tying 27 points, and the shooting of
reserve forward Jamc3 Moore to hand
the Cyclones their first heme defeat in
nine games as well as their first con
ference defeat
Hie game was in doubt with two
seconds remaining as Iowa State had a
last fa:p attempt to win the gams. Ron
Virgil broke away from a pack in the
Lane and took abassball pass in the left
corner. He looked up and saw the 6-1 1
Happen guarding him. While trying to
elude the Nebraska center, he put up a
shot which hit the rim and bounced
away.
Iowa State coach Johnny Orr said "We
had the shot," "but 1 thought there
should have been three seconds left."
The game-ending dramatics were
set up when Stan Cloudy missed the
front end of a one and one. Ron Harris
grabbed the rebound and the Cyclones
called a time cut.
Nebraska's rally began in earnest
with 1 1:50 to go when Hoppcn hit two
free throws to pull the team within
five. y
Iowa State built the lead back up to
eight at 10:17 on Barry Stevens free
throw, but Nebraska scored eight of
the next 10 points, including two Hop
pen hoops, to pull within two with 7:02
left in the game.
The. Huskers finally were able to tie
the game at 56 with two James Moore
free throws, following Stevens third
foul, with 4:17 left.
Nebraska guard David Ponce made
two free throws with 3.31 left to give
the Huskers their first lead cf the
second half. Harris countered for the
Cyclones with a three-poit play with
3:07 remaining.
. The lead seesawed until Nebraska
took the lead for good on a James
Moore jumper.
:tcle the tall from Iloppen
and drove far an apparent layup, but
was called for pushing eff and hh
fourth fouL Stevens quleliy picked up
his fifth on a reach in vith 23 seconds
ining.
Cloudy gave Nebraska a two-point
lead with a free throw, ISITs Jeff Hor
nacck had a chance to tie the game at
the free throw line with 21 seconds to
go. Hornacek missed both free throws.
"It's a very good win for this basket
ball team," Iba said, "because it shows
them they have to play their game to
win. They'll be easier to talk to tomor
row than if we had lost"
"We have to go back home and play
an excellent basketball team in Mis
souri," Iba said. "We're going to have to
play at least 3 well or we're going to
lose that game."
Nebraska improved its record to 11
3 overall and 1-0 in the conference
with the victory. They play Missouri
Saturday night at Devaney Sports
Center.
M.QC
Announcements
A snow softball tour
nament will begin Friday
evening at the Vine Street
intramural fields. The
times for the games will
be announced by Campus
Recreation this afternoon.
Champions will be crown
ed in three divisions by
the end of the weekend.
Visions come to rooftop columnist
There will be a Sports
Club meeting next Tues
day at 5:30 p.m. in the
Office of Campus Recrea
tion, 1 740 Vine St. All offi
cers, representatives and
Registration for indoor
soccer wiH close Tuesday,
Jan. 24. Play will begin in
women's, men's and co
rec divisions Jan. 28.
The Foosball Tourn?
ment of Champions will
I wasjthe first man this year to predict that the
Philadelphia 76ers would win the NBA champion
ship in 1833. 1 predicted last Tuesday that Nebraska
would lose the Orange Bowl by one point. Saturday I
came up with the astoundingly clairvoyant observa
tion that the Baltimore Orioles would win the 1C33
World Series.
Than someone ruined it all by telling me these
things already had happ'ened.
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Bill Allen
So I thought I'd start the year off right by coming
up with the official 1984 Bill Allen prediction
column. That's column, not calendar.
I usually start the new year with a column that
predict what will happen in sports over the next 12
months. Actually, I've only done this once before,
since this is only my second year with thi3 column,
but I guess that means I can 'say "usually."
Now, many of you are going to read the following
predictions and say to yourself, "Bill was probably
desperate for something to write about at 2:19
Tuesday morning so he sat down and made up a
bunch of stupid predictions.' I can hear the wheels
turning now.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. It was
closer to 2:17.
No, seriously, last year I climbed atop Abel Hall,
sat in the snow, covered with a blanket, ate Pop
Tarts, and meditated until the predictions came to
me. I made the comment that it was like trying to
meditate at a Who concert. So, the Abel Residence
Director called me and said he and hi3 staff were
very upset because the Zoo, I mean Abel, was chang
ing, and wasn't as loud anymore. So you see, it isn't
just the Greeks who get upset with me.
Anyway, this year I climbed atop Harper Hall in
the bitter cold, with my diet cola (I'm on a diet, more
details next week), with nothing to amuse me
except a box of crayons and a Partridge Family
coloring book. It was like tryingtomeditate at a Who
concert.
The following visions came to me, and read this
carefully, I'm only going to write it once:
1. Nebraska gymnastics Coach Francis Allen (no
relation), who might be the greatest gymnastics
coach of all time, will shock the sports world in 1934
when he attempts to recruit an orangutan from the
San Diego Zoo. Allen will say the only problem will be
keeping the primate academically eligible. However,
Ursula Walsh, academic counselor for athletes, will
make headlines when she goes on the Today show
and says she has graduated worse cases than this.,
2. The Nebraska football program will welcome the
arrival of Marcus Dupree to the UNL campus.
Dupree's mother will move to Omaha and where she
goes, he is sure to follow. (Because of this prediction
the USFL is already planning an Omaha expansion
team). ,
3. And speaking of Nebraska football the Huskers
. will go undefeated for a second straight year and
enter the Orange Bowl heavily favored to win what
could have been a fourth straight national cham
pionship. In the classic they will play . . . humm
anyway, the final score will be ... I can't see into 1 035
yet. Whatever happens, Coach Tom Osborne said
last year, and will say again before the 1DS5 Orange
Bowl that win or lose (no draws allowed) the sun
will rise tomorrow.
And he was right. It did. And it will But what does
that have to do with winning a football game?
4. The 1934 Summer Olympics wont go too well for
- Nebraska swimmer Emily Ricketts. During the cham
pionship heat she will swim out of her lane and be
torpedoed with nuclear weapons for crossing into
Soviet waters.
5. And finally, the Oakland, I mean Los Angeles
Raiders, long known as the "bad guys" of the NFL, will
try to change that reputation in this Sunday's Super
BowL I predict the Raiders will replace their skull
and crossbone helmet symbol with one of daisies
and kittens. Their game uniforms will be light blue
trimmed with pink, and before the game linebacker
Ted Hendricks will lead the team in a chorus of "Let
Me Be Your Teddy Bear."
This pregame hype wont affect the Washington '
Redskins, though. The bidns should beat the Raid
ers by three.
advisers are urged to SlTd 8JT2.pjrV.at
nff.n t, tirtf,n r the Nebraska Union Rec
Campus Recreation said 5oom' The Eight Ball
the meeting is very impor- Tournament of Champi-
tant and if there are any on3 an? thfe ?f t3 T?ur'
mioctfonhnttttom- nament of Champions
have been canceled
because of the Super BowL
ing, he can be contacted
at 472-3467.
New sdiolastic vlan
helps athletes graduate
By Jeff Goodwin
Nebraska football players now have a chance to
graduate sooner because of a plan devised by the
UNL Athletic Department.
The old plan, which assumed that a player would
be redshirted, projected that a player would receive
his degree in 10 semesters. That has been reduced to
nine semesters under the new plan.
Ursula Walsh, the Athletic Department's academic
adviser, said the change was neceerary because of
the recent practice of NFL teams inviting senior
players to camps where they are given a number of
tests tp determine their physical abilities.
"The players sometimes missed as much as four or
five weeks," Walsh said. The turning point was last
year when Dave Rimington was forced to drop out of
school because of the various demands on his time,"
she said.
Walsh said the new plan calls for players to take
15 hours per semester. They took about 12 hours
under the eld plan.
"It's hard for them (players)," Walsh said. They
have a lot of commitments and sometimes it just
gets to be too much. When that happens, well sit
down and arrange something. Usually it means they
end up going to summer school"
Walsh said the rules of the Big Eight Conference
require athletes to be full-time students, which
means they must take at least 12 hours a semester.
Walsh said she was unaware of any other school
using this new procedure.' - -
"It wasn't rnodfliP"! vva. -ku.v eVn
said. It just seemed germane to our situation."
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