Monday, December 2, 1985
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From Staff Reports
Dave Hoppen scored 23 points to
lead Nebraska to a 64-53 victory against
Wyoming at Arena-Auditorium in Lar
amie, Wyo., Saturday night.
The Cowboys, 2-1, had a 20-3 record
against nonconference opponents since
the 15,000-seat arena opened. One of
those three losses had been to Ne
braska in 198a
The win is Nebraska's fourth
straight against the Cowboys. Ne
braska is now 13-8 overall in the series.
Wyoming took an early 4-2 lead on a
steal and a stuff by Marco Fleming. But,
Nebraska took the lead for good on two
Bernard Day free throws that made the
score 5-4.
Day scored another basket to put
Nebraska up 7-4 before Wyoming
scored to pull within 7-6. That was the
closest Wyoming got the rest of the
day.
Following the Wyoming basket, Ne
braska scored eight consecutive points
to increase its lead to 15-6. Nebraska
UCI's Rogers will have NU 'Hoppen'
From Staff Reports
When most Nebraska football fans
hear the name Johnny Rodgers, they
think of the Heisman Trophy-winning
wingback who led the Cornhuskers to
the national championship.
But when th e name Johnny Rogers is
mentioned to University of California
Irvine basketball fans, they have a dif
ferent image. They think about the 6-10
center who led the Anteaters in scoring
Huskers to host PSU
in NCAA playoff match
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska volleyball team
ended its regular season Saturday
by winning the Illinois State Invita
tional at Normal, 111.
Nebraska, ranked No. 6 in the
country, defeated 12th-ranked Ariz
ona 15-7, 15-13 and 15-10 in the
tournament final. It was the second
time in nine tries Nebraska has
defeated a team ranked in the top
20.
Nebraska advanced to the cham
pionship match with a three-set vic
tory against Kentucky Friday. The
win against Arizona moved Nebras
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uskers shoot Cowboys to death
extended the lead to 20-8 at 9:35 on a
basket by John Matzke.
Brian Carr hit a basket to give
Nebraska a 29-16 advantage, its largest
lead of the first half. Wyoming out
scored Nebraska 7-2 at the close of the
half to trail 31-23.
The Cowboys scored the first four
points of the second half to pull within
31-27. Wyoming had a chance to pull
within two points, but missed.
Hoppen then scored eight consecu
tive points to put Nebraska up 39-27.
The closest Wyoming would get after
that was 62-53.
After Hoppen scored the Corn
huskers first 10 points of the half, Day
then went to work. He scored six of
eight Nebraska points to put the
Huskers up 49-33. Two of his baskets
came from lob passes.
Hoppen's 23 points gives him 1,821
career points, tying him for ninth on
the all-time Big Eight chart with Kan
sas' Darnell Valentine. Hoppen needs
62 points to pass Jerry Fort's Nebraska
last year.
Rogers, a senior, will face Nebraska
center Dave Hoppen and the Corn
huskers tonight at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center. Tip-off is at 7:35 p.m.
Besides his scoring ability, Rogers
can also rebound; he averaged 7.4 a
game last year. He was named to the
Pacific Coast Athletic Association's
second team.
Rogers isn't the Anteaters' only scor-
ka's record to 26-2 on the season. It
was the Cornhuskers 19th straight
win. The team's only two losses this
season were against Stanford and
San Jose State.
The Huskers will host Penn State
in a first round NCAA Tournament
playoff match Saturday at 2 p.m. at
the UNL Coliseum. Penn State is
ranked 20th and will be bringing its
30-3 record to the playoff game.
This will be the second time the
Huskers have played Penn State in
the first round. The last time was in
1982 when Nebraska won in three
games.
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school record. Saturday also marked
the 47th time in Hoppen's career that
he has scored 20 or more points in a
game.
Day was the only other Husker in
double figures; he scored 16 points on
six-for-nine shooting from the field and
four-for-four at the free throw line.
Wyoming was led by Eric Leckner's
14 points. Les Bolden scored 13 points
and Fleming added 11. The Cowboys
were slowed by an injury to Fennis
Dembo, one of Wyoming's leading scor
ers who suffered an ankle injury earlier
in the season. Dembo played 23 min
utes and was held to two points.
Nebraska out-rebounded Wyoming
42-23, led by Day's 10 and Hoppen's
nine. Leckner was Wyoming's leading
rebounder with five.
Nebraska, now 3-0, will host California-Irvine
tonight at the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center. The Anteaters
opened their regular season with a 88
76 loss at New Orleans Saturday afternoon.
ing threat. Forward Tod Murphy, also
a senior, averaged 17 points and 8.9
rebounds a game last year. Murphy,
who stands 6-9, was named first team
all-PCAA and was an honorable men
tion Associated Press Ail-American. He
has started 59 consecutive games for
the Anteaters.
Murphy scored 33 points in California
Irvine's 10O-86 exhibition win against
Club Bosnia of Yugoslavia on Nov. 12.
Rogers had 15 points and a game-high
13 rebounds.
Joining Murphy and Rogers on the
Anteater's front line is senior Troy
Carmon. Carmon was the team's third
'leading scorer and rebounder last year.
California-Irvine's starting backcourt
includes a pair of transfer players.
Scott Brooks transferred from San Joa
quin Delta junior college, where he
averaged 14 points a game.
Brooks' running mate is Joe Bucha
nan, who redshirted last year after
transferring from Notre Dame. Bucha
nan averaged 3.1 points a game as a
starter for the Fighting Irish.
The Anteaters lost their first regular
season game Saturday to the University
of New Orleans 88-76. They finished
sixth in the PCAA last year with an 8-10
conference record. They were 13-17
overall.
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David CreamerDaily Nebraskan
Nebraska center Dave Hoppen jumps for the opening tip in
Nebraska's victory against Southern Illinois last Tuesday.
Hoppen scored 23 points against Wyoming Saturday to tie
Darnell Valentine for ninth on the all-time Big Eight scoring
chart. Hoppen needs 62 points to become the all-time leading
career point scorer at Nebraska. The Cornhuskers host
California-Irvine tonight at 7:35 at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
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