Thursday, January 23, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
Page 15
ailons9 last-second shot
seals Oklahoma State's fate
By Bob Asmussen
and Kent Endacott
Senior Reporters
STILLWATER, Okla. Anthony Bai
lous hoped, then he prayed, then he
knew it.
Bailous, a 6-foot-3 guard from Los
Angeles, hit a 20-foot turn-around jump
shot at the buzzer to give the Nebraska
men's basketball team a 62-61 win
against Oklahoma State Wednesday
night at Gallagher Hall.
"1 had second thoughts, but as it got
closer, I knew it," Bailous said. "That
baby dropped."
"We were lucky on the play,"
Nebraska coach Moe Iba said. "At first
we tried to throw over to Hoppen, then
we set a triple-screen for Bailous. You
don't practice that much."
"We've lost them every way we can
lose them," Oklahoma State coach
Paul Hansen said. "I thought that (Gil
liam's) shot would win the game for
us."
Hansen said Bailous' game-winning
shot was another in a long line of mis
fortunes that his team has gone through
this season.
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Bailous' heroics were needed after
Melvin Gilliam had given the Cowboys
a 61-60 lead with four seconds left.
Gilliam's one-handed, free-throw line
jumper may have given the Nebraska
team a feeling of deja vu following Sat
urday night's heartbreaker loss to
Missouri.
"The guy (Bailous) catched it, turns
and throws it in," Hansen said. "He'll
go work on that shot in practice tomor
row and he'll never hit it."
Bailous said he works on the shot in
practice.
"We have practiced that shot in
practice, but Bernard (Day) usually
beats me out," Bailous said. "I usually
hit it about half the time."
The game see-sawed early, with Ne
braska taking a 9-6 lead with 15:41 to
play on a Harvey Marshall jump shot.
Oklahoma State came back to grab a
14-11 lead on Terry Faggins' 15-footer at
12:06.
Nebraska scored the next five points
to lead 16-14 with 10:58 left in the first
half.
But again, the Cowboys rebounded
to take a 1 7-1 6 lead on an Andre Ivy free
throw.
The teams then traded baskets.
Neither led my more than four points
the rest of the half. Eric Young's layup
gave Oklahoma State a 34-30 lead at
intermission.
Hoppen led Nebraska in the first
half with 10 points. He hit only two-of-seven
shots from the field, but con
verted six-of-nine from the free throw
line. Faggins' 10 first-half points led
the Cowboys.
Nebraska tied the game early in the
second half, 34-34, on a hook shot by
Hoppen.
Baskets from Gilliam and Faggins
gave Oklahoma State a 38-34 lead. The
Cowboys held the advantage until 12:06
when a Hoppen jumper tied it at 42.
The lead went back-and-forth from
there. Neither team led by more than
three points. Nebraska took a 60-57
lead when Hoppen canned a pair of free
throws with 46 seconds left.
David Taylor's 15-foot jumper with 41
seconds to go pulled the Cowboys to
within one, 60-59. Twice before Gilliam's
shot, Nebraska had a chance to ic the
game with free throws.
Chris Logan missed two foul shots
with 30 seconds to play and Hoppen
missed the front end of a one-and-one
free throw sit uation with 12 seconds
left.
Nebraska, now 1 1-5 overall and 1-2 in
the Big Eight, was led by Hoppen's 26
points. Three other Nebraska players
scored eight.
Faggins' 16 points led Oklahoma
State. Gilliam scored 12 for the Cow
boys, now 9-7 overall and 0-3 in the
conference. Young added 10.
Nebraska was outrebounded by the
Cowboys, 42-33. Hoppen had a game
high of 1 3 rebounds. Nebraska made up
for the rebound margin by outshooting
Oklahoma State 47 percent to 38 per
cent from the field.
Oklahoma State was hampered by
foul trouble on 7-4 center Alan Bannis
ter. Bannister played only 15 minutes
and scored five points. He had 22
points against Kansas last week.
The Huskers will host Iowa State, 3-1
in the Big Eight, Saturday at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center. Tip-off is 3:08
p.m.
Ivy overcomes early foul problems;
Husker women shake road blues
By Bob Asmussen
and
Kent Endacott
Senior Reporters
STILLWATER, Okla. The Nebraska
women's basketball team shook the
road-game blues Wednesday night and
defeated Oklahoma State, 75-70, at
Gallagher Hall.
The Cornhuskers had won only two
of eight road games this season, against
Missouri-Kansas City and Brigham
Young. They had lost five consecutive
road games.
Nebraska had also lost 12 consecu
tive conference road games, dating
back to a 91-77 win at Colorado in 1984.
Nebraska led until 8:50 left to play,
when Angela East hit a 10-foot jumper
to give the Cowgirls a 61-60 lead.
Lisa LaGuardia made two free throws
to give Nebraska the lead back.
Another East basket at 6:55 gave the
Cowgirls a 63-62 lead.
Nebraska scored the next five points
to lead 67-63 with 5:15 remaining.
Oklahoma state scored two baskets,
taking a 70-69 lead with 3:36 to play.
Neither team scored in the next 2:34
as both teams missed numerous oppor
tunities. Oklahoma State had four tries
on one possession, but Maurtice Ivy
eventually pulled the rebound. Ivy took
the ball the length of the court and hit
a layup at 1:02 to give Nebraska the
lead for good, 71-70.
Nebraska's Amy Stephens hit four
free throws in the final minute for
Nebraska's final margin.
"This is a big win for us," Nebraska
coach Kelly Hill said. "We've never
beaten Oklahoma State down here. I'm
just real glad we got the win."
Nebraska played most of the last 10
minutes of the game without three
starters. Angie Miller, Stephanie Bolli
and Ivy had picked up four fouls each
by the 10:07 mark of the second half.
Ivy missed about 12 minutes of the
second half.
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"I thought playing most of the game
without Maurtice was a real compli
ment to the players coming off the
bench," Hill said.
Nebraska, now 9-7 overall and 2-1 in
the Big Eight, jumped to an early 6-2
lead. After an Oklahoma State basket,
Stephens sank a 15-footer to give Neb
raska a 10-4 lead.
Oklahoma State rallied back to tie
the game 10-10, on two free throws by
Clinette Jordan. Jordan finished the
first half with ll-of-12 free throw
attempts and 13 first-half points.
After the Cowgirls tied the game,
Nebraska again took the lead. The
Huskers built their margin to 28-19 on
two Bolli free throws.
Oklahoma State again rallied, clos
ing the margin to five, 36-31, at inter
mission. Oklahoma State coach Dick Halter
man blamed the loss on the Cowgirls'
24 turnovers.
"1 don't know why we can't hold onto
the ball when we go on the court,"
Halterman said. "But, if we could have
stuck two in at the end of the game, we
would have won."
Halterman said Nebraska deserved
the win.
"Nebraska hung in there and did
what they had to do to win on the road,"
Halterman said. "We played terribly,
but we were still only two shots from
winning."
Stephens led Nebraska with 26 points.
Miller scored 17 and Ivy added 15. No
other Nebraska player scored in double
figures.
Jordan led Oklahoma State with 19
points. She was followed by Jamie Siess
with 16 and Cassandra Lesnyk with 14.
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Kurt Russell (right) leads the pack enroute to his victory
in the mile run in Nebraska's first indoor meet last Sat
urday. Extra training,
time off, pays off
for NU's Russell
By Richard Cooper
Staff Reporter
When Nebraska's Kurt Russell
won the mile run in the Cornhusker's
first indoor track meet this season,
it was more than the beginning of a
new season for him.
About one year ago, Russell was
recovering from his father's death, a
time when Russell found running
difficult. He realized there were
more important things in life, he
said.
But this year Russell has turned
things around. At that first meet, he
ran a 4:09 in the mile, his fastest
time since high school.
Russell said his fast time was a
result of extra training.
Because he used up his last year
of cross country eligibility in 1984,
the lighter schedule gave him the
chance to train for track. Because
he didn't compete in cross country,
Russell said, he wasn't burned out
over Christmas break.
"This year when I came back
from Christmas break I was really
anxious to compete because I felt
like I was in great shape," Russell
said.
Russell, a fifth-year senior from
Flint, Mich., said another reason for
his success has been his closeness
with others on the track team.
Russell said because this is his
last year running at Nebraska, his
main goal is to finish in the top five
at the NCAA Outdoor Champion
ships in the steeplechase. Last year
he finished the race in 8:42 and
qualified for the NCAA trials. He
failed to qualify for the championships.
Jay Dirksen, coach of the cross
country teams and the middle and
long distance runners on the track
teams, said Russell has become
consistent in his training, and more
serious about running. He said Rus
sell worked hard over the summer to
increase his strength.
The people are the
best thing about run
ning. I love them
and I will miss them
very much, but I
won't think about
that until after this
year.'
Russel
Dirksen said Russell should qual
ify for the NCAA Outdoor Cham
pionships this year because he has a
more positive attitude and wants to
work.
Russell, who studies sociology,
has one more year left of school.
After he ends his career at UNL,
Russell said he would like to coach
track at the high school level. He
has no plans to continue running
competitively, he said.
The toughest part of ending his
running career, Russell said, will be
leaving all his friends on the track
team.
"The people are the best thing
about running," he said. "I love
them and I will miss them very
much, but I won't think about that
until after this year."