Tuesday, February 4, 1986
Page 10
Daily Nebraskan
Coach calls MiSSer 'role model,
potential all-Big Eight player
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By Lisa M. Henkel
Staff Reporter
Angie Miller is an important part of
the Nebraska women's basketball team.
She':; the leading scorer, averaging 19.5
points a game and 6.7 rebounds.
Miller said that she considers her
self to be a team leader.
"A lot of people look to me for
rebounding," she said.
Miller is sixth on the all-time scor
ing list with 1,128 points. She needs 54
more points to take over the number
five spot. Her 461 rebounds put her
seventh on the all-time rebounding list.
Besides leading the team in points,
Miller is 14th in the nation and leads
the Big Eight in free throw percentage
at 85.1 percent.
"She's really had to assume a lead
ership role. She has the most playing
experience of anyone on the team,"
Nebraska Coach Kelly Hill said. "She
has been a leader on and off the court."
Miller came to Nebraska after also
considering South Florida, UNO and
Midland.
"I wanted to be close to home so my
parents could see the games and I
always wanted to come to Nebraska,"
she said.
Her transition to college basketball
wasn't too difficult at first, Miller said,
because of the good teams she played
in high school. Miller went to Wilber
Clatonia, which won the Class C state
title in 1983, her senior year.
Although Miller said she wasn't very
highly recruited, Hill said she was an
outstanding player when she came.
"I didn't realize she'd be as good as
she's become," Hill said. "She sur
prised a lot of people. She's done an
excellent job."
Hill said that Miller made the
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adjustment to college smoother than
any player in the program.
"She's become a role model for
younger players in the state," Hill said.
Hill also said that if Miller, 6-0, were
a few inches taller she'd receive more
attention.
"If she was taller she'd be more rec
ognized than she is. Some people over
look her ability," Hill said.
Miller has been the Cornhuskers'
center since she was a freshman.
"She's done a good job inside. She's
worked on her defense especially.
Offensively she's always had confi
dence," Hill said.
Hill considers Miller an all-Big Eight
caliber player.
"I think by the time she graduates
she'll get the recognition she deserves,"
Hill said.
Miller's team goals for the season
are to be in the top four in the confer
ence and get to Kansas City where the
Big Eight tournament is held.
"We're doing OK. We've been playing
kind of up and down and we've had
some mental lapses. Overall we're
playing pretty well," Miller said.
Miller, a junior, is majoring in Physi
cal Education. She doesn't plan on
continuing to play basketball after
graduation. She wants to finish school
and find a job teaching.
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Fast-breaking Kansas State squad
faces lack of depth against Huskers
By Kristi Reetz
Staff Reporter
Nebraska women's basketball assis
tant coach Sue Hansen said she thinks
Nebraska will be in for a battle tonight
when they face the Kansas State Lady
Cats at 7:30 p.m. in the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
Hansen said Kansas State is one of
the quickest teams Nebraska has faced
this year.
"Kansas State is a very quick team
and they run the fast break very well,"
Hansen said. "They have such speed
that a lot of times they'll be set up
offensively before the defense gets
down the court."
To offset the Lady Cat's speed, Tif
fany Hill, a 6-foot sophomore from
Boulder, Colo., will start in place of 5-10
Stephanie Bolli, a sophomore from
Burwell.
"Tiffany had a good game against
Colorado," Hansen said, "and her added
height and speed will help us a lot."
"Defensively, we're going to have to
close up the middle and force them to
shoot outside," Hansen said.
Kansas State coach Matilda Moss
man is bringing only eight players to
the game.
"Our biggest problem is, with only
eight players, we haven't got much
depth," Mossman said. "We did play
well in our last game against Missouri,
though, because we scored more points
than we have all year."
Mossman said she thinks Nebraska
is a quick and offensive-oriented team.
"Angie Miller and Maurtice Ivy are
good players," Mossman said. "We're
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and hope to stop them. They're going to
be tough to beat on their home floor."
Wrestlers win
big, lose big
at weekend meets
The Nebraska wrestling team found
itself on both sides of big winning mar
gins Friday and Saturday when it tra
veled to Oklahoma.
Friday, the team wrestled No. 10
rated Oklahoma State and was defeated
31-5. Saturday, it defeated Central State
Oklahoma, ranked No. 1 in NAIA, 41-6.
Coach Tim Neumann said the team
"...wrestled well both days, but at the
time we wrestled OSU, they were a lit
tle more talented."
Against Oklahoma State, there were
nine matches that could have gone
either way. Five of Nebraska's losses
were by four points or less. Nebraska's
only points in the dual came at 158
pounds, where Jeff Coltvet decisioned
the Cowboy's Angelo Cuazlina, 6-1, and
at heavyweight, where Gary Albright
tied Oklahoma State's Tom Erikson,
3-3. '
Albright's match pitted the top two
rated wrestlers in the nation. Albright,
ranked second, had defeated Erikson
earlier in the season, but was only able
to tie him this time in a match plagued
with stalling calls. Each wrestler had
one escape and was penalized twice for
stalling.
After the big loss Friday, Nebraska
rebounded to defeat Central State 41-6.
Nebraska's only losses in this meet
were at 126 pounds and 167 pounds.
One of the biggest wins in this dual was
at 158 pounds, where Jeff Coltvet de
feated Central State's Jack O'Conner, a
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Coltvet is now 10-0-2 in dual compe
tition and 26-6-2 overall.
Despite the large margin Friday,
Neumann said he is still confident in
his team. The team wrestles at home
this weekend against three teams that
are rated. Neumann said he thinks the
team has a chance to win several of the
duals.
The quadrangular will be held in the
Bob Devaney Sports Center at 2 p.m.
Saturday. The other teams competing
and their rankings are: Oklahoma, No;
7; Minnesota, No. 11; and Utah State,
No. 14.