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Tuesday, February 15, 1934 Page8 Daily Nsbraskan i U U 77 77 7! 6 i-iWOtU in n rif ro U'U The Men: Kansas ( 1 4-7, 5-3) at Nebraska ( 1 4-7, 4-4) Bob Devaney Sports Center, 7:03 p.m. P. Kantas Yr. HL Pit. G Calvin Thompson So. 6-6 9.4 G MarkTurgeon Fr. 5-10 4.3 C Greg Dreiling So. 7-1 10.4 F Kelly Knight Sr. 6-8 10.5 F Carl Henry Sr. 6-5 16.3 P. Nebretki Yr. Hi. Pti. G Eric Williams Sr. 6-2 7.9 G David Ponca Sr. 5-10 7.8 C Dave Hoppen So. 6-11 19.9 F Stan Cloudy Sr. 6-4 13.0 F John Matzke So. 6-6 3.9 or Ronnie Smith Jr. 6-8 2.2 The Series: Kansas leads 120-60. Although the Jayhawks rallied for a 77-61 victory against Nebraska Jan. 25, the Huskers have won 1 1 of the last 18 games. The Game: Kansas has lost all seven games played in the Bob Devaney Sports Center Take away a 75-55 blow- . A s 1 Nebraska Basketball wout in 1981-82, and the Jayhawks have fallen short by an average of 4.5 points a game. Nebraska is 3-2 on the road, but only 1-2 in the Sports Center. At home, the Huskers lost to Missouri by two and to Oklahoma by 11 and defeated Okla homa State in overtime. . With a 2-6 road record this season, Kansas Coach Larry Brown is con cerned. "If you're gonna be a contender (in the Big Eight), you've gotta go on the road and take some games," he said. "You gotta stop somebody. You can't just trade baskets on the road." Jayhawk Carl Henry can trade bas kets and come out ahead. The 6-5 for ward is the league's hottest shooter after eight conference games, hitting 64 percent from the field and 83 per cent from the line. "With Henry, (Calvin) Thompson and (Kelly) Knight, Kansas can shoot," Iba said. "I doubt if well use the zone for 40 minutes." The Huskers worked on a 2-3 zone for two practices last week, then used it exclusively in an overtime victory at Missouri After the game, Huskers Dave 0 Nebraska gasrd- Eric Williams par against Missouri in Columbia. Tcni; the Kansas Jayhawks in Lincoln. Hoppen and Stan Cloudy said they wished Nebraska would use the zone more. Cr&!3 AniresenDjtlly Nsbrssksn sea In Saturday's overtime victory ;hi Williams and the Ilcsliers tal:e ca "If you were Cloudy and Hoppen, wouldn't you like to play zone, too?" Iba asked reporters at his weekly press Sports eianralre The UNL football team is a multi-million dollar a year entertainment special It features superstar athletes, flamboyant plays and television interviews and highlights that boggle the mind. "Big Red" owes something to the commun ity the same community that packs that stadium (H? luncheon. "It's a completely different game." "It's hard to tell what they'll do on game night," Iba said. Thompson sometimes scores 27, sometimes three. Iba was unsure whether he would start John Matzke or Ronnie Smith at forward. Matzke picked up three fouls . in two minutes of play at Missouri while Smith played 37 minutes. "Ronnie did some good things Sat urday," Iba said. "He got a big lilt with the basket at Kansas State (which gave Nebraska a 47-46 victory)." The Women: Kansas (10-10, 6-2) at Nebraska (13 8, 3-5) Bob Devaney Cpcrts Center, 5:15 p.m. P. Kantii Yr. HI PiJ. G ToniWebb Fr. 5-8 4.4 G Cindy Piatt Sr. 5-8 3.9 C Vickie Adkins So. 6-1 17.8 F Angie Snider Sr. 5-10 22.7 F Barbara Adkins Jr. 6-0 10.6 P. Nebraska Yr. HL Pts. G Cathy Owen Jr. 5-6 9.8 G Kelli Benson Sr. 5-7 8.2 C Angie Miller Fr. 5-10 14.2 F Stacy Imming Fr. 5-8 8.0 F Debra Powell Jr. 5-1 19.8 The Series: Kansas leads 13-3. The Jayhawks defeated Nebraska 98-89 earlier this season and have not lost to the Cornhuskers since 1977. The Game: Nebraska attempts to break a three-game losing streak when the Huskers host Kansas. The Nebra ska women have lost their last 10 meetings with the Jayhawks. "We must get our act together " Ne braska Coach Kelly Hill said. "We play ed well down there (a 03-89 loss)." Kansas' Angie Snider leads the con ference in scoring with a 22.7 average. The 5-10 forward has helped the Lady Jayhawks rebound from a 4-8 non conference record. "She's tough to stop," Hill said. "VVeVe got to defense her in different ways. Well try some new tricks." Husker Debra Powell's 25 points against Missouri boosted her career total to 1,350 points, 84 shy of second place on the Huskers' scoring list. The Huskers' loss to Missouri dam pened their chances of finishing in the conference's first division. "Probably we have to beat Colorado and Iowa State, and if we play well, possibly Kansas," Hill said. "It looks as if well finish sixth and play Kansas there which isn't all bad." .ad TT jf Jar-,. . .1 Matthew Stelly every Saturday they play in Nebraska, the same community that contributes to the ever-expanding Cornhusker coffer. Therefore, those of us who must sit and listen to all of the Husker hoopla, should be concerned with what is being done with the money generated by these highly-recruited gladiators. What is being done to put something back into the communities they strip of talented young men? Since few involved with coaching at this institu tion have bothered to explain this to the public, I interpret this as an admission that they have no ideas as to what can be done with these monies. Perhaps their attitude is, "Well; no one ever ap proached us with any suggestions, so we just put it in the bank and let it sit." Well, you now have been approached. One suggestion is the formation of an open scho larship fund for disadvantaged students. This fund, which could be named after a member of the minor ity community (since there is no hesitation to splice someone's name across buildings, boulevards, etc.), would be earmarked for proportional disburse ment, to avoid charges of "racism-in-reverse." For example, if 40 percent of the Husker football team is black and 50 percent of the basketball team is black, then we might average these out and ear mark 45 percent of the monies in the scholarship fund for black students. This fund would, help recruit and bring to campus those blades who are more than just athletes; it would also complement the athletic emphasis at this institution and finally, it would go a long way toward increasing the now abominably low minority student enrollment on this campus. In conjunction with Multi-Cultural Affairs or per haps the Malone Community Center, the athletic department could go about the business of finding qualified scholarship recipients from the same com munities in which they recruit. In this way, you take care of another problem area: Hanging in youngs ters who are not mature enough (intellectually or emotionally) to be away from home for a protracted period of time (e.g. Marcus Dupree). This "buddy srstem," if you will, would mean that you could recruit an athlete and someone he knows from his area. The scholarship recipient could then become the roommate of the athlete, and this could cut the tutorial bills now incurred by UNL immeasurably. In addition, black recruits would have peer groups they could interact with, no longer having to fall prey to forced fraternizing for four years. Another suggestion deals with the issue of a loca tion for the Culture Center. While there have been suggestions in this are, most of them have been from the position of dealing with a structure that is already intact. With the assistance of the "Go Big Red" monies, this would not have to be the case. The university could easily purchase land in the adjacent area and, with the assistance of minority contractors, workon a structurespecifically designed for minority students. And with the disproportion ately high number of blacks who are athletes at this institution, they certainly need a place to "cool down" other than a residence hall or-Nebraska Union. In turn, such a structure would be a more viable recruiting tool than hollow promises of gra duation or the Husker hostesses. This suggestion is logical, since it is obvious that black students are wanted here only in small numbers. It is also evident that there are more blacks recruited to run touchdowns and block shots than to excel in the classroom. v Continued on Page 9