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David CreamerDaily Nebraskan
Nebraska's Stephanie Bolli grabs an offensive rebound over Nebraska's
Maurtice Ivy during the Huskers' game against Oklahoma State Tuesday night
in the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Nebraska's women's basketball team wasted
little time defeating Oklahoma State, 66-48,
Tuesday night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The Cornhuskers went to its bench early,
using every player, and took advantage of poor
shooting from the field by Oklahoma State to
jump to an early 14-3 lead. Nebraska led by as
many as 18 points during the first half.
"This is probably the best conference game
we've played all season," Nebraska coach Kelly
Hill said. "The players off the bench played well,
and I think defense was the key for us tonight."
Oklahoma State shot 17 percent from the field
in the first half and 26 percent overall on the
night. Nebraska countered with 26 rebounds in
the first half and shot 42 percent from the field.
"We couldn't shoot the ball tonight," Okla
homa State coach Dick Halterman said. "We had
some decent shots and if we would have made
them, it would've been a completely different
ball game."
Nebraska took a 12-point lead with 9:35
remaining in the first half on a three-point play
by forward Stephanie Bolli. The Huskers' largest
lead of the half came one minute later as guard
Maurtice Ivy scored from inside, making the
score 22-6. Nebraska led at intermission, 28-17.
Oklahoma State cut the Nebraska lead to nine
with 14:47 left to play as forward Clinette Jordan
scored on a layup, making the score 36-27. The
Cowgirls kept the game within 1 1 points until
midway through the second half, due largely to
their 1 1 of 20 free throws.
Hill said she thought the majority of the fouls
called on the Huskers "weren't fouls," but added
that part of Oklahoma State's success at the
beginning of the second half was because of the
reserves that played for Nebraska.
"With all the new people playing in the game,
we lost a little of the defensive pressure we had
during the first half," Hill said.
Center Angie Miller led Husker scorers with
19 points, 10 of which came in the first half.
Miller now has 1,194 career points at Nebraska,
making her the fifth all-time leading scorer for
Nebraska.
Miller led all scorers and pulled down eight
rebounds. Ivy added 14 points. Oklahoma State
guard Jamie Siess led the Cowgirls with 16
points and eight rebounds.
The win improves Nebraska's record to 4-5 in
the Big Eight, 11-11 overall this season. Okla
homa State falls to 3-6 in the conference, 12-12
overall. The Cowgirls will host Missouri Saturday
night.
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Nebraska will travel to Lawrence, Kan., Sat
urday to face the Jayhawks, who handed the
Huskers an 84-64 loss in Lincoln earlier this
season. Hill said the key to victory against the
Jayhawks will be to stop its guards from shooting
from the field.
Minority coaches face tough climb
By Bob Asmussen
Sports Editor
A few years ago, St. Louis Cardinal
shortstop Garry Templeton complained
after learning he hadn't been named a
starter to the National League All-Star
team. Templeton, who was in the mid
dle of a tremendous season, was picked
as u reserve on the team.
Templeton was not pleased about
being passed over as the starter, so he
uttf red the now-famous line, "If I ain't
starting, I ain't departing."
You could use that same line, only
change it to "am departing," for Kan
sas State assistant basketball coach
Darryl Winston.
Kansas State Coach Jack Hartman
has resigned effective at the end of the
season. Winston said if he doesn't get
the head coaching job at Kansas State
for next season, he will leave.
"I will not return to Kansas State as
an assistant next season," Winston
said.
If Winston is hired as the Kansas
State coach, he will be one of only 26
minority coaches at predominantly
white Division I colleges.
Winston coached Kansas State the
final 15 games of last season after
Hartman suffered a heart attack and
had to have bypass surgery. Kansas
State won only five of those 15 games,
but the Wildcats did close the season
winning three of their last four games,
including a 15-point win against Mis
souri at Columbia.
"I stepped in at an awkward time,"
Winston said. "The last part of the sea
son gave me confidence that I could do
the job."
Winston said he doesn't think mi
nority coaches are getting a fair chance
to show their abilities as coaches.
"It's a disappointment that the
opportunity hasn't been there," Win
ston said. "It's a shame that officials
haven't opened their eyes."
Winston said he has been treated
fairly at Kansas State and would like to
be the head coach next season. He
played at Kansas State from 1973 to
1977, including threeyears as a starter.
Two of the three teams Winston played
on qualified for the NCAA tournament;
the third team made the NIT.
One minority coach who has been
given a chance is Temple's John Cha
ney. Temple h?s qualified for the last
two NCAA tournaments and is headed
for its third straight appearance this
season. In the 1984 tournament, Tem
ple upset St. Johns before losing to
North Carolina.
Chaney said one reason the oppor
tunities for minority coaches don't
exist is because many schools hire
coaches away from other schools.
"It seems as though the same people
continue to occupy the jobs," Chaney
said. "A coach might get fired by one
school and end up at another. It
happens all the time."
Chaney said he thinks the success of
minority coaches in both football and
basketball have removed the thought
that minorities aren't capable of doing
an excellent job.
"There have been great examples of
great minority coaches," Chaney said.
"Big House Gaines in basketball and
Eddie Robinson in football have been
two of the most successful coaches in
all of college sports."
Chaney said he was questioned when
first hired at Temple, if he felt his race
would affect his job.
"Somebody asked me what I thought
about Temple hiring a black basketball
coach," Chaney said. "I said, 'I hope
people thought they hired a basketball
coach who happens to be black.' "
Before taking the Temple job, Cha
ney had a successful coaching career at
Cheyney State in Pennsylvania. Before
taking that job, Chaney had coached at
two high schools in Philadelphia. Cha
ney said the people accepted him at
Temple because they were familiar
with him and his coaching style.
"I think all of us go through a period
where we have to gain acceptance,"
Chaney said. "I have not really had a
problem adjusting to coaching a Div
ision I basketball team."
Both Chaney and Winston said
minority coaches would" give some
schools advantages in recruiting some
athletes that they might not enjoy with
white coaches.
"Places that would have trouble
attracting good black athletes would
benefit by having a minority coach,"
Winston said.
"What everybody in the college
administration has to realize is that
recruiting is paramount to success,"
Chaney said.
Lonnie Porter is the basketball coach
at Regis College, a Division II school in
Denver. At 42, Porter said he is not
looking to make the move to Division I
coaching.
"I'm here (at Regis) until something
super comes along," Porter said. "I'm
looking for security and financial gain."
Porter said he views Division I
schools in three distinct categories.
The first category is the upper-echelon
schools Georgetown, UCLA, Ken
tucky and Louisville. The second cate
gory is what Porter called the "middle-of-the-road"
schools, and the third
category is the lower-echelon schools.
"Very few black coaches have been
head basketball coaches at the elite
schools," Porter said. "When John
Thompson got the Georgetown job, the
program was on its last leg. They fig
ured they had nothing to lose.
"I think it's safe to say that the
majority of the jobs that we will get will
be with floundering programs," he
said.
The biggest thing for minority
coaches to overcome, Porter said, is
stereotypes about their abilities.
"You turn on your TV and you're
going to see that eight out of the 10
players are black players," Porter said.
"We're still dealing with racist ideas
that blacks can play, but they can't
coach."
Porter went to Regis after five years
as an assistant coach at Nebraska. Por
ter said he experienced some of those
racist ideas when he applied for head
coaching jobs.
"I can remember applying for jobs
and they'd say I was too young," Porter
said. 'Then they'd go out and hire a
white coach who was younger than
me."
Porter said the options for minority
coaches are limited.
"What black coaches are going to
have to end up trying is to take a
chance at one of those lower-echelon
schools and try and build the program
up."
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Departing
Kansas State assistant coach Darryl Winston stares up at the
scoreboard during the Wildcats game Feb. 5 at the Bob Dev
aney Sports Center against Nebraska. Winston said he might
not coach at Kansas State next season.
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