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Last second tro-in collars 'Cats
By Jeff Browne
MANHATTAN, Kan Kansas State
basketball Coach Jack Hartman didn't
want to talk to anybody after his team
lost 47-46 to Nebraska Saturday at
Ahearn Fieldhouse.
But as is customary, he obliged wri
ters by fielding questions in the junior
varsity locker room. Minutes earlier,
Ronnie Smith tapped 'n a Stan Cloudy
miss with seven seconds remaining to
give Nebraska the win.
Did Hartman have any words of
praise for his defense a defense that
held Husker center Dave Hoppen to 10
points?
They did a good job."
How did your offense play?
"Not very well."
What is your overall assessment of
the game?
"We lost by one."
The Wildcats dropped to 1-5 in the
Big Eight and are virtually eliminated
from the conference race. Hartman
said he didn't want to think about the
rest of the season.
"We just lost a tough ball game," he
said. "How the hell we're supposed to
look at the rest of the season, I don't
know,"
Nebraska was buoyed by their per
formance. The Huskers are now 3-3 in
conference play and tied for third with
three other teams.
"I thought that maybe for the first
time since the Arkansas game we played
a full 40 minutes," Coach Moe Iba said.
"Defensively, that was the best ball
game weVe played all year."
Both coaches were miffed about the
officiating in the game. Iba complained
that Hoppen, who fouled out, seems to
be getting too much attention from the
officials.
Iba said that former Missouri center
Steve Stipanovich fouled out of fewer
games in his entire career than Hoppen
has this year.
Hartman was fuming about an offen
sive goaltending call late in the second
half. The call led to a technical foul on
Hartman and two made free throws by
Nebraska guard David Ponce.
Wildcat forward Ben Mitchell appar
ently made a shot from inside the lane.
However, the officials said forward
Alex Williams tipped the ball in while it
was still on the rim.
"I had a great profile of the play,"
Hartman said. "The kid didn't even
touch the ball It wasn't even close."
Kansas State was leading 40-33 at
the time of the call. Ponce's free throws
tied the game. The Huskers took the
lead on a basket by Eric Williams from
an offensive rebound.
Nebraska increased the lead to 44
41 on a layup by Smith after a feed
from Ponce. Kansas State countered
with two Mitchell free throws.
A free throw by Williams put Ne
braska ahead 45-43 with 1:32 left, but
the Wildcats gave the 10,000 fans one
last chance to scream before Smith's
game winner.
Mitchell got a pass from Eric Watson
inside the lane and put up a shot with
Stan Cloudy on his arm. Mitchell made
the shot and Cloudy was called for a
foul. Mitchell made the subsequent
free throw. The Wildcats were ahead
46-45 with 1:17 left.
The Huskers stalled much of the
game's final five minutes. They pre
served a narrow lead, but were forced
out of their stall. Cloudy was called for
traveling, however, and Kansas State
was apparently in controL
Ponce fouled Wildcat guard Jim Roder
with 17 seconds remaining. Roder mis
sed the front end of a one-and-one
opportunity.
Nebraska had one last chance.
Ponce pushed the ball up the court
quickly. Under Iba's instruction, he
passed to Cloudy. Cloudy was seven of
1 1 up to that point, most of his shots
being from long range.
Cloudy missed an 18-footer from the
left side. Smith was left alone under
neath the basket and converted the
rebound into the winning points.
"I could see the defense shift over to
that side," Smith said. "After the shot
went up, I guess they felt that that
would be the game. I just happened to
be there to put it in."
Smith finished with six points, his
first in Big Eight play. Iba was happy to
see him finally contribute.
"Ronnie's only played a year and a
half of basketball but he's made a lot of
improvement," he said. "I was glad to
see him tip in the basket."
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Nebraska's Dave Hoppen (42) goes up for a shot over Kansss State's
Eddie Elder (50) in Saturday's 47-46 win against the Wildcats in
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By Bob Asmussen
Nebraska miler Marc Adam isn't a magician but
he gave credit for his school record 4:03.79 mile
Saturday to a rabbit.
Adam's record was just one part of Nebraska's
95-26 dual defeat of Kansas at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
The "rabbit" was Jean Verster of South Africa, who
has joined the Nebraska track team but is ineligible
to compete until the 1 985 indoor season. Verster set
the pace until the three-quarter-mile mark, then
stepped off the track.
Adam had spent the whole week seeking out a
"rabbit" for the race so he could break the school
record. He didn't expect to get any push from the
Kansas milers, so it was up to Verster.
"The coaches made some phone calls to see if
ineligible transfers could run unattached," Adam
said. "All we needed was approval from the Kansas
coaches. They knew the meet wasn't going to be
competitive and if you're going for a time no one's
going to stop you." .
The Nebraska men won all but the 880-yard ran in
defeating Kansas. The Husker women were equally
dominant as they lost only one event in defeating
the Jayhawks, 84-27. 8
The Jayhawks are the defending mens liig Eight
indoor champions, but lost most of that team to
graduation.
"I'm pleased with the meet, though it's tough to
tell how good you are without strong competition "
Nebraska Coach Gary Pepin said. '
The meet's only double winner for the men was
Nebraska's Anthnnv Small Qmn
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dash in 6.40 seconds and the 300-yard dash in 32.02
seconds. It was only the second 300 Small has run in
his life.
"I never really thought about 300," Small said. "I
just wanted to finish."
Small, a native of Scarborough, Canada, was the
Canadian junior champion in the 100 and 200-yard
dashes.
"I'm enjoying it down here, " Small said. "The facili
ties I love."
Triple-winner Angela Thacker and double-winner
Laura Wight led the women's team. Thacker won the
60-yard dash in 6.83 seconds, the 300-yard dash in
35.99 and the long jump with a leap of 19-5W. Wight,
a native of Letchworth, England, won the 880-yard
run in 2:12.24 and the mile run in 4:50.40.
Darren Burton set another Nebraska record
when he broke Doug Phelps' high jump mark with a
7-1 V leap. Phelps' record of 74 was set in 1979.
Two Husker women met three NCAA indoor qual
ifying standards. Both Thacker and Rhonda Elan
ford qualified in the 0. Blanford also qualified in
the 60-yard hurdles.
The 1,127 people in attendance at the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center track got Nebraska's first look at
Nicole Landmann in competition. Landmann, a
native of South Africa, ran her first collegiate race
when she won the 1000-yard run with a time of
2:36.39.
"I was looking for a fester time," Landmann said.
Landmann has been in the United States only two
weeks. Not only was Saturday's race her first colle
giate competition, but her first indoor race as welL
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