The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 16, 1984, Page Page 14, Image 14
Peg 3 14 Dai! f':brcckan Thursday, February 13, 1CM r1 4 ' ""1 By Vtod 7. Trlpktt III Terri Parriott hit both ends of a one and one with eight seconds left as the Nebraska women's basket ball team defeated Kansas 57-54 Wednesday at the Bob Dcvaney Sports Center. The victory snapped a three game losing streak for the Huskers and a 12 game losing streak to the Jayhawks. - . It was a particularly satisfying win for Nebraska Coach Kelly Hill, who said her team, 14-8, 3-5 in the Big Eight, needed the win as a confidence booster. "We haven't been able to win at home or even play well at home " Hill said. "We ta?ked all week about how much we needed these wins at home this week, and they were really ready. They (Nebraska) came out a little flat, but we got over that." The Huskers had lost those three consecutive games by an average of 19 points. So when Kansas, who beat the Huskers 03-89 two weeks ago, led by 13 in the first half with eight minutes remaining, Kill was a little concerned, but not much. "We were struggling with ourselves Hill said. "We were a little frustrated and a little tight and I don't know the reason for that." Nebraska trailed 30-23 at halftime, despite three personal fouls to Kansas' 11. Kansas also had 16. turnovers in the first half to Nebraska's 10. Kansas' Angie Snider, the Big Eight's leading scorer, scored from 14 feet to give the Jayhawks a 40-29 lead with 16:02 to play. From that point, Par riott scored six of the Nebraska's next eight points, two after rebounding Debra Powell misses and the other off a Powell pass. Meanwhile, Valerie and Barbara Atkins, the six foot sister duo, were picking up their fourth fouls and only Snider, who also had four fouls, was able to continue shooting consistently. The combinaton of KU fouls and hotter shooting by Nebraska led to Nebraska's first lead cf the game - at 49-48 with 5:02 to play cn two ttacic Imrair 2 free throws. Valerie Atkins had fouled out a minute before. Nebraska scored the next four points, KU came back with the next four points. But Powell scored on a drive and Parriott's free throws let . -V" f f " , - V vJ i goes isp for two In tlis first fcslfcfths liters . Nebraska hold on for its lowest scoring victory since Nebraska defeated UNO 50-43 in 1978. Nebraska shot 61 percent in the second half, but only 40 percent for the game. Kansas shot only 36 percent for the game and also finished with a 25-14 foul disadvantage Kansas Coach Marian Washington blamed the loss on the fouls. "If I felt that teams could not come to our place until they had a chance, I'd change the officials," she said. ' "It's one thing to lose the game when you're out played, but it's something else when you lose because of the officiating." Hill attributed the win to a defensive effort that kept the taller Jayhawks from second and third efforts off the offensive boards. "We played a zone almost all night," Hill said. "We played the same zone against Missouri, except they hit everything outside that we gave them. "Kansas' guards were not hitting those shots and their big people weren't getting the second shots." Parriott's season high 1 6 points and nine rebounds led Nebraska. Other Huskers scoring in double fig ures were Angie Miller with 13 points, Imming with 12 points and Powell with 10. Kansas was led by Snider with 19 points and Mary Myers with 17. By Bob Asrausscn Losing in the Bob Dev aney Sports Center, is an old habit for the Kansas Jayhawks, and old habits are usually hard to break. But two baskets by Carl Henry in the last 30 se conds of Wednesday night's game did just that as Kansas defeated Neb raska 67-66. Kansas, 6-3 in the Big Eight and 15-7 overall, had not beaten Nebras- J ka, 4-5 and 14-8, in Lin coln since 1973. But Henry's breakaway dunk with 59 seconds left in the game and a 15 footer with 18 seconds left completed an 11 point Jayhawk come back and wiped out the jinx in the process. Henry said he was not even in Coach Larry Brown's plans for the fi nal play, which was set up after a Nebraska turn over. "I shot it early," Henry said. "We were supposed to work it around to Kelly Knight. But I saw the shot there and I just took it. I have to say it's one of my biggest (shots) at KU." The Huskers came out early and looked like they might run away with the game. They took a 13-4 lead at 15:07 in the first half on a basket by Dave Hoppen. But the Jayhawks were ? ; i i.:i , . : " -a Jt 't- '"t ' "t ::C;,L i. . - . tl:li V: ; - ' 1... ' t . : : : . '. C I 1 Ctil2 Anire::nDj.;;y izttzzXtn The Harper's Ciacy Irarair.3 (22) pats u? a ehct over Viclds Adkir.s (25) cf Kansas. The Busker's wen 57-54. 9 able to hang tough, never allowing the Nebraska lead to excede 1 1 points. They cut Nebraska's nine point lead to seven at 1:09 on a basket by Calvin Thompson. Nebraska held the ball from that point until five seconds were left in the half, when Brian Can was ' called for charging. Two subsequent free throws by Ron Kellogg cut Neb raska's half-time lead to 33-28. The teams traded bas kets for the first 10 min utes of the second half. All but four of Nebraska's first 18 points in the se cond half were scored by Hoppen. KU pulled within two at 53-51 at 6:51 on a bas ket by Mike Marshall. The lead went from three to five points for Nebraska until the final two min utes of play. Following Henry's bas y ' : " ; x IV: v -V : S:t t: : r 1. , iV .:..--n. ':!, A W . - w.- ...... ut jt if"''! i ' f s. f ' " . 1 , ket that 'gave" the Jay hawks their first lead since early in the first half, Nebraska called time out. Nebraska worked the clock down to three seconds when David Ponce's jumper from the top of the key was way off the mark and Brian Mar tin grabbed the rebound for the Jayhawks. , Hoppen led all scorers in the game with a career high 28 points. Stan Cloudy was the only other Husker in double figures with 14. The Jayhawks were led byllenry's 20points.Thomp son had 14 and Knight and Kellogg added 12 a piece. "Anytime you dont exe cute late in" the game," Iba said, "I'll take the blame for that. We had the ballgame under con trol for awhile and we just let it get away from us." - W 1- v : i ll I .. 2 ;.' cent ; V: tti . i;: .y:yyyy:py'' y y:':: : 'yyyy y ; , . - ... , , , . 4, i' r '- f.W'y' - - '. 'iij '.1-.- .4 B 3 7e !& rf1 a