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Monday, January 23, 1034
By Scctt Ahlstrar.d
Nebraska women's basketball Coach
Kelly Hill may be in her first year of
head coaching, but she knows a bio
wout when she sees one.
The Cornhuskers fell to 1 -1 in the Big
Eight zb they dropped a 02-71 decision
to Missouri Saturday night at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center. The 11th
ranked Timers used a strong inside
game to control the boards, grabbing
53 rebounds to Nebraska's 34.
"We got blasted on the boards to
night," Hill said. "It's similar to what
happened to us at UCLA (an 84-54
loss). They just dominated the offen
sive and defensive boards."
Hill said that, while the Huskers
created some of their own problems by
not blocking out acssively, the majo
rity of their difficult ies were caused by
a height disadvantage.
"Basically, they were just too tall for
us" Hill said. "Player on player we
couldn't match up with them, so we
had to usa a zone."
Missouri took control of the game
early and raced to a 50-35 halftime lead.
The Huskers closed to within nine
points in the second half, but Missouri
pulled away, thanks to the play of jun
ior Jonie Davis and freshman Renee
Kelly. Davis, a 6-0 forward, scored 20
points, grabbed 12 rebounds and
blocked a shot. Kelly came off the
bench and used her height (6-1) to
grab a game-high 15 rebounds and
score 18 points.
"Those two (Davis and Kelly) killed
us," Hill said. "Davis is an All-American
candidate and Kelly probably played
the game of her career against us."
Missouri Coach Joann Rutherford
said the Tiger game plan was simple.
"We were taller, bigger and stronger
inside," Rutherford said. "We just used
our advantage."
Nebraska played without its second
leading scorer, guard Crystal Coleman.
Coleman, who didn't play against Iowa
State last Wednesday, was ruled unable
to continue in school, because of a lack
of credit hours and is being treated by
the team as academically ineligible.
While Hill said the ruling wasn't clear
yet, she wasn't going to take any chan
ces by playing Coleman.
"It really hurts not having Crystal
out there," Hill said. "It's like the foot
ball team losing Turner Gill or Mike
Rozier. She's that important to our
. team."
Senior Debra Powell, who led the
Husker attack with 25 points, was
quick to point to Coleman's absence as
a reason for Nebraska's play.
"We missed Crystal a lot. They were
tough and good," Powell said. "All we
could do was try out best, and we did."
Nebraska's next opponent is Kansas
and Hill said the Huskers will be ready.
"We're just going to have to suck it up
and play the rest of the season," she
said. "WeVe still got a good team. And
that's what I told them in the locker
room. Well come back."
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Allen still optimistic despite
Super Sunday gym disaster
Super Sunday was anything but super
for Nebraska's gymnastics teams, as
both the men's and women's teams
suffered Iccres in triangular meets with
Iowa State and Oldahcma.
The men lest to Iowa State, 275.10 to
274.25. Oklahoma finished a distant
third with 270.10.
Despite the loss, Nebraska Coach
Francis Allen was enthusiastic.
"We can go 277 ecsSy" Allen said.
"We just had too many botches tonight."
The performances of Jim Mikus and
Wes Suter gave Allen two reasons to be
optimistic.
Mikus won the all-around 57.70, while
Suter's 56.35 was good enough to claim
second place.
Chris Riegel, still recovering from a
knee injury suffered in a car accident
over Christmas, had major breaks on
pommel horse and parallel bars and
recorded an all-around score of 54.40.
Allen said Riegel's performance was
hampered by his lack of practice.
"He was a week late getting back,"
Allen said, "and that was bound to
hurt him a little."
Allen said freshman Neil Palmer
would compete the rest of the season
as an all-arcundcr due to an injury to
Mike Bowers.
. "I think Palmer's' going to be all
right," Allen said. "He can compete
I've seen him."
In women's action, Nebraska's per
formance in the balance beam cost
them the meet as Oklahoma edged the
Huskers 173.80 to 173.10. Iowa State
was third with a score of 163.55.
Nebraska's best performance on the
beam was turned in by Annette Madi
gan, who scored a 9.05. Of the Huskers'
six scores in the event, three were
below 8.0.
Nebraska Coach Rick Walton agreed
the balance beam was the downfall of
his team. - .
"We opened the door for them (Okla
homa) on the beam," Walton said. "We
gave them a chance to get back in and
they took advantage of it."
Walton attributed the Huskers prob
lems on the beam to nerves.
"I thought they were very tentative
and it's the kind of event where you
have to go at it 1 10 percentorit's going
to get you."
The bright spot for the Huskers was
Madigan's performance. She led the
Huskers in the all-around with a score
of 35.55.
"Annette had the best meet," Walton
said. "She did a really nice job. We were
hoping for a good performance from
our seniors. Renee Bosle did a good job
but Kim Grabowski just had an off
night." '
The next competition will be Feb.
3-4, when they travel to Tuscaloosa,
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