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Daily Nebraskan
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cut the lead to one point on a 10-foot by Marti Leibenguth. The Huskers bat
There are some days when nothing
goes right. That was the case for
Nebraska's women's basketball team
Saturday afternoon at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center as the Cornhuskers lost
to Montana 55-52.
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it. With 5:23 left in the first half Nebraska
pulled to within three points on a four-
foot bank shot by junior Maurtice Ivy.
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jump shot by Amy Stephens. Stephens
led all scores with 17 points.
The one thing Montana did, Beck
said, was shut down the lane driving
ability of Ivy. "The fact that we didn't
adjust to that, hurt us a lot," she said.
With 4:40 left to play in the first half,
Montana jumped out to a three-point
lead on a basket by Jean McNulty to
put the Lady Grizzlies ahead 26-23. But
with less than a minute left in the half
Ivy hit a 13-foot jump shot to put the
Huskers ahead at halftime 27-26.
Beck said that going in to the game
Nebraska's strategy was to shut down
Montana's inside game and make them
tied back with 8:16 left in the game to
cut Montana's lead to one, 43-42 behind
an 18 foot jump shot by Stephens.
Beck said the most frustrating part
of the loss was Nebraska's inability to.
get the open shot. That is what cost the '
Huskers the game, Beck said.
With 2:49 left Nebraska tied th
game 48-48 on two Angie Miller frev'
throws, but that was the closest th
Huskers got to taking the lead as Mo
tana's Leibenguth hit three shots .
give the Lady Grizzlies a 53-48 lead
with 1:10 left in the game.
"There were about four or five times
shoot long, but that didn't work, she toward the end of the game when w
did not get the sure basket. Our slu
selection and passing were horrible
today," Beck said.
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In the second half, Montana jumped
out to a 36-31 lead on a pair of jumper's
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what we have to work on to get ready for
our meet against Arizona on Jan. 16."
Walton said the best event for the
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"We were a little conservative on the
floor because we wanted to emphasize
dance more than tumbling tonight," he
said,
Walton said as the season progresses,
the routines will become more difficult,
which will increase the Huskers scores.
"The Japan team looked like they
were a little worn out because of the
tour. They've competed in seven com-
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said.
Nebraska's men's coach Francis Allen
said he was happy with his team's score
of 282.45, even though they lost to the
Japanese, who scored 283.30. It was the
second straight year the Huskers have
lost to the Japanese.
Allen said he thinks his team is ,
improving each week and that once
freshman Mark Warburton returns to
the lineup, Nebraska won't have a weak
event.
Allen said he was happy with the
performance of his two freshmen Bob
Stelter and Patrick Kirksey. Both of:
them upped their scores from last week .
by a full point. Stelter scored an all
around score of 54.40 and Kirksey
scored a 54.70.
Allen said the Huskers were in the
meet until they got to the rings. Two :
Huskers, Kirksey and Kevin Davis,
scored 8.9, w hile t he Japanese averaged
9.3.
"Once we get Warburton back we
will be strong in every event," Allen
said. "Warburton is a strong ring
performer. He is the key to our success
this season." ; ? .
The men's all-around champion was
Nebraska's Wes Suter. Suter scored a
57 while teammate Neil Palmer finished
second with a 56.9.
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