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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
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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
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ehct over Viclds Adkir.s (25) cf Kansas. The
Busker's wen 57-54.
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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.
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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."
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