Friday, December 6, 1985
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Huskers hope to bounce back over Creighton
Lady Jays try for repeat win
By Mike Reilley
Senior Reporter
If the Nebraska women's basketball
team expects to win when it plays
Creighton in Lincoln Saturday night,
the Cornhuskers will have to force
errors, said Coach Kelly Hill.
That may not be an easy task, Hill
said.
"They're the most patient team I've
ever seen," Hill said. "They just don't
make mistakes."
Nebraska has won its first two games
this season. The Huskers beat Wash
burn 83-64 and nipped the University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 85-84. In those
games, they have worked hard on keep
ing pressure on the ball and forcing
errors. Nebraska has forced a total of 54
turnovers in its first two games.
Washburn and UMKC played primar
ily zone defenses against Nebraska,
Hill said. She said she expects the Lady
Jays to open in a man-to-man defense.
The Lady Jays defeated Nebraska 86
75 last year in Omaha. The Huskers
hold a 6-2 advantage in the series
between the schools.
Hill said she will be at the game to
scout the Lady Jays.
"I hope Missouri wears them down a
bit," she said.
Hill said she watched Creighton play
its first game this season, when it won
over Missouri Western. She said she
was impressed by senior forward Con
nie Yori, who has averaged 17 points
and 10 assists a game despite battling
a knee injury. Tanya Warren, a 5-5
sophomore, leads the Lady Jays in scor
ing with an 18 point average.
Against Creighton, sophomore for
ward Stephanie Bolli will start her
second game this year for the Huskers,
replacing junior Shelly Block. Bolli
averages 8.5 points a game.
"(Bolli) has been playing more con
sistently on offense than Shelly has,"
Hill said. "Shelly has had some trouble
with her shot, but I'm sure she'll be
able to come off the bench and con
tribute." Here are the probable starting
lineups for Saturday's game. Tip-off is
5:15 p.m.
Nebraska
F-Stephanie Bolli (5-10)
F-Maurtice Ivy (5-9)
C-Angie Miller (6-0)
G-Stacy Imming (5-8)
G-Amy Stephens (5-8)
Creighton
F-Connie Yori (5-10)
F-Pam Gradeville (6-0)
C Janet Ensign (5-11)
G-Tanya Warren (5-5)
G-Donna Chvatal (5-10)
Iba says desire will decide CU-NU rivalry
By Chuck Green
Staff Reporter
Coach Moe Iba is hoping his Corn
husker basketball team is hungrier for
a win than Creighton as the teams head
into Saturday's game at the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center.
"The team that wants to win the
game the most usually wins the
Nebraska-Creighton game," Iba said.
Both teams will likely be anxious for
a win Saturday after this week's results.
The Huskers lost to California-Irvine,
87-80, Monday night. Creighton lost to
Xavier, 56-53, Wednesday night after
leading by nine points in the first half.
"Cal-Irvine did an excellent job of
executing on offense," Iba said. "They
got the ball up the floor and really
controlled the game. Defensively, they
covered (Dave) Hoppen well, and we
had some trouble adjusting to that."
Creighton coach Tony Barone said
the Bluejays' main problem against
Xavier was foul trouble.
."It's pretty hard to win a game with
your two starting forwards on the
bench for the last 10 minutes of the
game," Barone said.
Kenny Evans fouled out with 8:23
left in the game, and Keith Smith took
the bench with 6:45 remaining.
"It hurt us about as bad as it would
hurt Nebraska if Dave Hoppen fouled
out with 10 minutes to go," Barone said.
But Barone said he was pleased with
the determination that Creighton
showed.
"Their overall effort was excellent,"
Barone said of his Bluejays, now 2-1 on
the season.
Iba said the Huskers' main concern
Saturday night will be defense.
"Creighton's playing with a lot of
enthusiasm right now," Iba said.
"They've got some quick kids who are
good athletes."
Barone also said he thinks his team
will have to play well defensively to win
the game.
"Defense is the area we've emphas
ized all year," he said. "We'll have to
control Nebraska's fast-break situation.
(Brian) Carr does an excellent job of
getting up the court.
"Obviously, we'll have to control
Hoppen," Barone added. "We'll have to
keep his shots down, and we'll have to
keep (Harvey) Marshall and (Bernard)
Day off the boards."
Here are the probable starting line
ups for Saturday night's game.
Nebraska (3-1)
C-Dave Hoppen (6-11)
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Photo courtesy Creighton Sports
Information
Barone
F-Bernard Day (6-5)
F-Chris Logan (6-5)
G-Brian Carr (6-1)
G-Harvey Marshall (6-3)
Creighton (2-1)
C-Ed Johansen (6-9)
F-Kenny Evans (6-4)
F-Keith Smith (6-5)
G-Reggie Morris (6-3)
G-Gary Swain (6-4)
Gymnasts hope to improve against Japanese
By Richard Cooper
Staff Reporter
Nebraska's men's gymnastics coach Francis
Allen said he hopes his team will have a better
meet against the Japan Collegiate all-stars then
the past two meets.
The Cornhuskers, last year's runner-up in the
NCAA gymnastics championships, have strug
gled this season. Two weeks ago at the Windy
City Invitational, the Huskers finished fifth
which Allen said is the worst finish they have
had there in years.
The team couldn't get on track, Allen said.
The team finished behind Big Eight rivals Iowa
State and Oklahoma.
Kevin Davis's ankle injury has hurt the
Huskers' scoring, he said.
Tulane bid falls short
New Mexico State
wins Bottom Ten title
"We really missed Kevin a lot," Allen said. "By
having only five men on all-around, we can't take
our low scores out, which really hurts us when
we're in big meets."
Allen said the key to winning the meet against
the Japanese will be consistency. Right now, the
team relies too much on the leadership of Wes
Suter, last year's NCAA individual all-around
champion, he said.
Going into the meet, the Japanese have a 3-2
advantage. Allen said a win over the Japanese
would give the team a shot in the arm. The last
time the Huskers defeated the Japanese team
was in 1982, the same year they won their fourth
national championship.
Allen said the team score should be better
because Davis will compete in the high bar, the
parallel bars and pommel horse. Sophomore
Mike Epperson is having problems with his wrist
again, but should be able to get through the
meet, he said.
"Even if we don't win this meet, we hope to get
our confidence back because in January we have
to start pushing for the NCAA's in April," Allen
said.
The Japan meet will be the first of the season
for the women's team. Women's coach Rick Wal
ton said this team has potential.
The Huskers have only two people returning
from last year's squad, which finished second in
the Big Eight behind Oklahoma. Racine Smith
and Renee Gould, both all-Big Eight selections,
will compete and should do well in the meet,
Walton said.
The key to winning the meet will be the per
formance of the three freshmen, Walton said.
Jeaneane Smith of Loves Park, 111., is the best
prepared for the meet, he said.
"Jeaneane has the potential to score at least a
37 in the all-around," Walton said. "She doesn't
have any weaknesses as far as I can see."
The other freshmen, Cathy Cassanos and Crys
tal Savage, are talented and should have a good
meet, he said.
Walton said he hopes the team can get some
good experience competing against an interna
tional team. The Japanese team is talented and
should give the Huskers some good competition,
he said. Last year, the Japanese won by two
points.
"We just want to get the women out in front of
a crowd so they can get used to it, because later
on this year we will be seeing some very big
crowds that won't be too friendly," Walton said.
By Steve Harvey
THE COLLEGES
In separate, suspenseful finishes,
New Mexico State (1-10) won the Bot
tom Ten, U.S.A., title while Oregon cap
tured the Bottom Ten, Overseas Ltd.,
crown with worst international record
(0-1).
Bottom Ten
In the crawling for the U.SA. title,
Tulane (1-10) had needed a 56-point
loss to LSU Saturday to finish on top
is that asking too much? But instead
fell by a shocking respectable 19-31
margin and wound up No. 2. Tulane
supporters later bitterly accused LSU
of using mostly farmhands called up
late in the season, rather than its star
ters, in an effort to keep the score
down.
No. 1 New Mexico State, whose only
off day was an early-season 22-20 win
over the University ofjexas at El Up-and-Out-Paso,
was plagued by fumbles
and interceptions as usual this year.
But you'd be nervous, too, if you had to
play just west of the White Sands Mis
sile Range, as the Aggies do.
Meanwhile, USC's 20-6 win over
Oregon in Tokyo gives the Trojans (6-5)
the chance to become the worst team
ever to win three bowl games in one
year: Rose, Mirage (Japan) and, next
month, Aloha.
THE RANKINGS
LAST
WEEK
idle
BOWL
BID
none
TEAM
1. New Mexico St.
(1-10)
2. Tulane (1-10) 19-31, LSU none
3. Kansas St. (1-10) idle none
4. Columbia (0-10) idle none
5. Missouri (1-10) idle none
6. UTEP (1-9) idle Down Under
7. Wyoming (2-8) idle Down Under
8. New Mexico (3-8) idle none
9. Notre Dame (5-6) 7-58, Miami none
10. Boston College idle none
(4-8)
11. Dartmouth (2-7-1); 12. Northwestern (&8);
13. Pentagon (at sea) (3-7); 14. San Jose State
(2-8-1); 15. Houston (4-7); 16. Indiana (4-7); 17.
Cornell (3-7); 1& Cal (4-7); 19. Bice (3-8); 20.
(tie) (together again!) Oregon (5-6) and Oregon
State (33).
Down Under Bowl (WAY down under) this
Saturday in Melbourne, Australia.
ROUT OF THE WEEK: BYU (10
2) over Hawaii (4-5-2). BYU is attempt
ing to break all-time NCAA record for
games played in a season.
CRUMMY GAME OF THE
WEEK (TRADITIONAL): Army
(8-2) vs. Navy (3-7).
GLUTTON FOR PUNISH
MENT: Dartmouth Coach Joe Yukica,
fired as head coach at Dartmouth (2-7-1
this season), filed suit against the col
lege, claiming he should be allowed to
run the team until his contract expires
in June 1987.
POSITIVE ATTITUDE: Stan
Parrish, new head coach at Kansas
State (1-10 this season), says his offen
sive philosophy is "pass, pass, pass and
then punt."
UNL snowball Tight' response
to limited recreation facilities
Wednesday night there was an
alleged snowball "fight" between
various people on this campus who
live . jet's just say they live in dif
ferent types cf residences, .
Normally, a snowball fight in
itself doesn't warrant the attention
of someone as aloof as myself. Bui in
this fracas the police were called In,
several pecple were injured to the
point of stitches, several windows
were broken at a fraternity house
and at least one person complained
that once they were back inside
where it was warm, the snow melted
and wet their clothes.
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Bill
' Allon
One student was heard to ex
claim, "I wet my psr.is and it locks
like someone threw a sncffh&U at
me!" Or something Ete that.
Everyone is trying to blame some
one for this incident Seme &re
blaming fraternities far "starting
it." Some ere blaming residence
hall students for "starting it." Some
are blaming UNL police for not
opening fire immediately, but no
one really takes the National Ei3e
Association and neo-Nazi members
seriously.
Seme are tlrrar anhcla society
for perpetuating attitudes that led
to the animosities that triggered
Wednesday night's violence a
violence seen by some as the only
way to settle differences. ,
I blame the UNL administration,
' The way 1 look at it, no intelligent
college student, be they fraternity
member or residence hall member,
is going to throw snowballs to the
point of hurting someone else. To
seriously set out to injure someone
simply because they live in a differ
ent place than you borders on Insan
ity, and is at least ludicrous and
stupid.
Obviously then, we have to lock
for a logical explanation, because
the ones given could not possibly be
true.
Nebraska has the worst intramu
ral facilities cf any school ia ths Big
Eight. Intramural facilities here are
overcrowded, teams are rushei into
ar.d oil cf courts and fields, there
are few open recreation hours sad
the hrmait element is minimized.
So it's easy to see this snowball
incident happening A group cf fra
ternity men axe sitting around en a
cold winters night, forced to chose
between drinking cr studying. After
a few drinks, thty decide to practice
their scftball game for the upcom
ing spring season. Since there is no
place to practice inside, they are
forced to stand outside the house
and throw across the street. Of
course, they don't want to have to
run after ail these so bolls, so they
throw snowballs instead. It's
logical.
Conversely, a few residence hall
people are sitting around in the TV
room hiding beer from their student
assistants when someone decides to
practice their Softball pitching for
next semester. Since there are no
adequate indocr facilities for such
activities, they, too, are forced into
the streets. They simply were using
the fraternity windows as strike
zones. It's logical.
It just so happened that both
these events happened en the same
night. So, you've got some fraternity
men, pitching snow(soft)balls
across the street and residence hail
residents tossing srcw(8oft)baiIs at
strike zones (windows). Sure it
locks like a snowball fight, but
actually it was just a normal reac
tion to inadequate recreation
facilities.
Trust me, if mors recreational
cutlets were provided for students,
this so-called Greekresidence hall
feuding vrould stop and innocent
.people practicing Softball would
net be hurt.
Perhaps the Ucd Center for Per
forming Arts could be turned into a
giant 0m instead cf an entertain
ment center that no one but admin
istrators wants,
Yhen the lied Center c&cials
step by fcr cpera and instead see
water polo, ail you have to say is
"Sorry, we Lied."
It's Iccal.