Friday, February 10, 1C34 Pano 12 Daily Ncbrcckan -n TO ceams xace Missouri jo sis ec 'igi The Women: Nebraska (13-7, 3-4) at Missouri (17-3, 6-1) Hearnes Center, Columbia, Missouri, 5:45 p.m. Pot. Nebraska Yr. Ht. Pts. G Cathy Owen Jr. 5-6 10.1 G Kelli Benson Sr. 5-7 8.5 C Angie Miller Fr. 5-10 14.0 F Stacy Imming Fr. 5-8 8.9 F Debra Powell Jr. 5-10 19.5 Pos. Missouri Yr. Ht. Pts. G Dee-Dee Polk Sr. 5-5 12.1 G Sarah Campbell So. 5-11 12.5 C Mary Brueggestrass Jr. 6-1 14.1 F Debra Walker Sr. 5-11 11.5 F Joni Davis Jr. 6-0 19.9 The Series: Missouri leads 10-4. The Tigers defeated Nebraska 92-71 in Lin coln Jan. 21. While the Huskers' Debra Nebraska Basketball Powell scored a game-high 25 points, Joni Davis and reserve Renee Kelly combined for 38 points. The Game: Missouri has its claws extended after scratching seventh ranked Kansas State 66-62 in Colum bia Wednesday night. The 13th-ranked Tigers pulled into the Big Eight lead with the victory. Missouri leads Division I in scoring (89.2 points), field-goal percentage, scoring margin (25.3 points) and rebounding margin (45.5-to-31.8). Nebraska will attempt to break a two-game losing streak against the taller Tigers. In Wednesday's 96-85 loss to Oklahoma, Nebraska was out rebounded in the first half 20-10 and ended the game with a 35-27 deficit. The Huskers must prevent Missouri from dominating the boards as it did in the earlier game in Lincoln. Nebraska was outrebounded 53-34 in the 92-71 loss. Nebraska Coach Kelly Hill is con cerned about the health of her players. Reserve Ronda Pieper missed Wednes day's game with bronchitis and won't travel to Columbia. Several other players, including Cathy Owen and Kelli Benson, have the flu. Benson missed Thursday's practice, Hill said. "You can't expect the guards we have left to put the pressure on our usual man-to-man defense," Hill said. "We'll play more zone defense, trying to sag in on their inside players." "We're a little flat after Oklahoma, but you have to encourage them. You can't think you're defeated before the game begins." V, IK .s 'i ' 1 J 4 i ! I "1 f ( x ' 1 Craig AndreienDally ftebraskan Nebraska center Dave Hoppen scored 27 points against the Oklahoma Sooners Wednesday night ar.d now must face Missouri and Greg Cavener in Columbia Saturday niht. The Men: , " . Nebraska (13-7, 34) at Missouri (14- 8,3-4) Hearnes Center, Columbia, Missouri, 2:10 p.m. Pos. Nebraska Yr. Ht. Ptt. G David Ponce Sr. 5-10 8.2 G Eric Williams Sr. 6-2 7.4 C Dave Hoppen So. 6-11 19.7 F JohnMatzke So. 6-6 4.1 F Stan Cloudy Sr. 6-4 13.2 Pot. Missouri Yr. Ht. PU. G Prince Bridges Sr. 6-112 10.0 G Cecil Estes Fr. 6-5 5.9 C Greg Cavener Jr. 6-10 12.1 F' Ron Jones Sr. 6-4 8.0 F Malcolm Thomas Jr. 6-7 18.0 The Series: Missouri leads 84-71. The Tigers squeezed out a 50-48 vic tory in Lincoln Jan. 21. Malcolm Tho mas scored 19 for the Tigers, while a flu-stricken Dave Hoppen and fresh man Brian Carr paced Nebraska with 12 points each. The Game: It is doubtful that either Nebraska or Missouri expected to be tied for fourth place in the Big Eight Conference after seven games. While the Huskers were Wayman ized by Oklahoma and Tisdale, 78-67, four-time defending champion Missouri was beaten in Columbia by cellar dweller Kansas State 67-46. Losing for only the sixth time at home in its last 74 games, the Tigers trailed the Wildcats 44-32 with less than six minutes to play. Missouri Coach Norm Stewart then benched all of the players on the floor and sent in a new five. - "We're still young," Stewart said. "It's hard when you're a freshman to main tain good balance throughout the entire game, making all the offensive and defensive changes. "Hopefully, they'll be veteran fresh men soon." Stewart juggled his starters in recent games in an attempt to add scoring punch to the Tigers' offense. .Missouri has been held to less than 60 points in seven of the last nine games. Against Nebraska in Lincoln, Stew art inserted sophomore Blake Wor tham and Thomas. The Tigers' steadying force has been 6-10 center Greg Cavener, who aver ages 12 points and 8.5 rebounds. Cav ener's ball-handling caused Nebraska's Dave Hoppen to get into foul trouble in the earlier meeting. "Playing at Columbia is always tough," Nebraska Coach Moe Iba said. "You figure if you get one (win) out of the two (Missouri and Oklahoma), you'd probably be happy with that." Hoppen, with 27 points against Okla homa, has become the Huskers' 16th leading career scorer with 838 points. He needs 12 points to suipass Grant Simmons. y Scoreboard (Sportsmanship ratings in parentheses) men's ilasketbail Independents A Brass Rail (3.0) 64, Board Members (3 2) 50 Bloto's Streak (3.6) 63, No Names (3.0) 55 ' The Shrooms (3.3) 65, NROTC (4.0) 35 Independents B Soupbones (3.7) 43, Old Dogheads (3.5) 21 Jets (4.2) 40, Blue Mooses (4.2) 17 C. J. & Boys (3.8) 50, Love Brokers (3.2) 32 Bailers (3.6) 49, Tigers (3.6) 43 Silver Bullets (4.0) 24, Shroter Plugs (4.0) 23 Silver Bullets II (2.7) 43, Panthers (3.7) 44 Holysmokers (3.0) 32, LXIXERS (2.0) 27 Ice (4.3) 55, Iba's Rejects (4.3) 25 Pumpkin Pushers (3.0) 43, Nebr. Tech (3.5) 35 Flex Crush (3.5) 33, Floor Rockers (3.5) 27 Bucks (3.7) 31, Blobs (3.7) 30 Ranoh (4.0) 55, Living Abortions (4.0) 52" Blackball Express (3.6) 64, Reds II (2.C) S3 W.C.P.C. (3.0) 60. Gunners (3.0) 35 Small fry Hosers (3.5) 63, Scum of the Earth (4.0) 36 Culture Center def. Harper Nine by forfeit Fraternities C Sigma Phi Epsilon 1 (3.2) 46, Siqma Alpha Mu (3.7) 16 Delta Upsilon (3.2) 46, Phi Delta Theta (2.5) 16 Theta Chi (3.7) 44, Theta Xi (4.0) 13 Alpha Gamma Rho (3.2) 52,Sigma Nu (3.0) 23 Phi Gamma Delta (4.6) 71, Acacia (4.6) 53 Beta Theta Pi (3.6) 35. Sigma Chi (3.6) 23 Phi Kappa Psi (2.7) 52, Kappa Sicma (3.2) 33 Tau Kappa Epsilon (3.2) 54, Chi Phi (2.7) 50 Alpha Tau Omega (3.3) 33, Lambda Chi Alpha (2.3) 8 Beta Sigma Psi (2.7) 53. Sigma Alpha Epsilon (2.5) 43 Sigma Phi Epsilon 2 (3.2) 4S, Farmhouse (3.7) 23 C1.1C3 A AcaciaChi Omega (3.0) def. Fig Mutants (4.0) 15-10, 15-5 . S!u3SS!u33st!es (4.2) tisf, Lova TwoCsther Ten 15-6. 15-10 ' Abel Three (3.2) def. AP5 and Company (3.2) 14-12, 15-10 Class D Barely Legal (4.2) def. TKELittle Sisters (4.0) 15-13, 15-3 Guppies def. Pi Beta PhiSigma Nu by forfeit KAOS def Wildlifers by forfeit Dirty Diggers def. Alpha Tau OmegaAlpha Xi Delta by forfeit Furman's Palace def. Harper NineSmith Seven by forfeit Beta Sigma Psi Buckhorns def. Ag Econ Club by forfeit Water Polo One More Time def. Alpha Tau Omega by forfeit Abel Six (3.7) 6, Phi Gamma Delta B (3.7) 4 Lappers (3.2) 11, Beta Theta Pi (3.2) 1 Bowling East Union Night Owls ,High men's gams .Greg Havelka, Spaca Changs 1S3 High men's series Havelka 533 H ;h women's gams- .Pes-y MeGintsy, Spaca Trscers'lC3 Hi women saris j Mewnisy 4C3 '