Thursday, February 12, 1987
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 17
Sports
Cyclones can't tell time
as NU escapes witli win
By Chuck Green
Sports Editor
What a difference a court makes.
And, oh yeah! A good dose of last
second miscommunication by the other
team never hurts, either.
It did nothing but help the Nebraska
men's basketball team Wednesday night
at the Bob Devaney Sports Center as
the Cornhuskers held off a late charge
by Iowa State for a 66-65 win.
Nebraska's last victory against the
Cyclones was last year in Lincoln. The
Huskers have lost three to Iowa State
since that, all on the road.
Nebraska led 66-63 with 1:20 remain
ing in the game w hen Iowa State's Sam
Hill got the ball. Hill sank an 18-foot
jump shot with 1:03 remaining to cut
Nebraska's lead to one, 66-65. Nebras
ka's Brian Carr traveled with 20 seconds
left to give the Cyclones a last shot and
a chance to win.
Iowa State inbounded the ball with
12 seconds left alter a Cyclone timeout.
The Cyclones worked the ball around,
trying to set a play. But the Iowa State
players apparently lost track of the
clock as time ran out.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee said he
thought the Cyclones were trying to get
the ball to Jeff Grayer, who was Iowa
State's leading scorer with 19 points in
the game.
"Theyjust didn't allow him (Grayer)
the ball," Nee said. "I thought Derrick
Vick's defense in the last 19 seconds in
denying Grayer the ball was signifi
cant. (Vick) didn't let him get the
ball."
Husker forward Bill Jackman agreed
with his coach's thoughts on Iowa
State's strategy.
"No doubt about it," Jackman said.
"They were trying to get it to Grayer."
Nebraska and Iowa State traded the
lead throughout the game's first 10
minutes. The Huskers took a 12-10 on a
fast-break layup by Anthony Bailous
with 10:03 left and did not trail for the
remainder of the half.
The Huskers' biggest lead of the first
half came on two free throws by Ber
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Nebraska a 28-21 lead. Iowa State cut
the lead to three, 30-27, on two free
throws by Grayer with 25 seconds left,
but a short jump shot by Carr with
three seconds left gave Nebraska a 32
27 lead at halftime.
Nebraska wasted little time in the
second half, outscoring the Cyclones
12-5 in the first four minutes. Iowa
State, cut the Huskers' lead to one,
50-49, with 9:55 remaining on a short
jumper by Grayer and then took the
lead, 51-50, on a short jump shot by
Elmer Robinson.
Nebraska regained the lead, 52-51,
on a layup by Carr with 8:05 left, but
Iowa State again took charge on two
free throws by Grayer with 6:25 remain
ing, giving the Cyclones a 55-54 lead.
Nebraska took the lead 14 seconds
later and never looked back.
Iowa State tied the score, 58-58, but
never managed to regain the lead.
Nee said he wasn't surprised at the
way Iowa State came back from a 12
point deficit and had a chance to win.
"Iowa State has a pretty good bas
ketball team," Nee said. "You can't
keep a good team like Iowa State down
for 40 minutes. I'm proud that we hung
in the game and found a way to win."
Nebraska shot 41 percent from the
field in the game, connecting on 25 of
61 shots. Iowa State hit 21 of 53 shots
for 39.6 percent. The Huskers made 15
of 23 free throws while the Cyclones
were 22 for 25 from the line.
Vick led the Huskers with 14 points
while Jackman added 13. Carr, who
started his 112th consecutive game at
Nebraska, added nine points.
Tom Schafer scored 17 points for the
Cyclones while Robinson added 14.
Nebraska now 4-5 in Big Eight Con
ference play 14-8 overall, will play Kan
sas State Saturday at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center. Iowa State, 3-6 in the Big
Eight and 11-11 overall, will play Colo
rado Saturday in Boulder.
"This is a big win for us," Nee said,
"because it keeps us alive for a post
season tournament and keeps us going."
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By Jeff Korbelik
Editor
Maurtice Ivy and Amy Stephens
combined for 33 of Nebraska's 43
second-half points to lift the Corn
husker women's basketball team to a
71-65 victory over Iowa State Wednes
day night at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
Nebraska led by as many as 1 1 points
in the second half, but the Cyclones
kept coming back. Nebraska coach
Angela Beck attributed the close game
to poor shooting by the Huskers.
Nebraska shot 38 percent from the
field overall and 30 percent in the first
half. The Huskers lead the conference
in shooting percentage at just over 50
percent.
Beck said the Huskers were lucky to
win.
"We were fiat and we didn't have
that many people contribute," Beck
said. "We played really tentatively,
especially in the first half."
Stephens was a prime example of
the Huskers' shooting woes. She hit 1 of
8 shots in the first half and had four
points. Stephens shot 64.3 percent in
her last three games and is the only
guard in the Big Eight's top 10 field
goal percentage list, hitting 56.2 per
cent for the season and 60.3 percent in
conference play.
"Amy didn't have a great shooting
night," Beck said. "She was a little out
of rhythm and it's important to us to
have her shooting well."
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hitting 6 of 1 3 shots. Ivy added 1 6 of her
game-high 30 points in the half.
Nebraska reached its biggest lead,
49-38, with 13:23 left in the game after
Ivy hit a jump shot from the baseline.
But Iowa State fought its way back into
the game behind the shooting of Ste
phanie Smith, Vanessa Ward and Sandy
Hafner. Smith scored 10 of her 16
points in the second half and Hafner
and Ward contributed eight each.
Iowa State tied the score at 59 with
6:08 remaining in the game after Ward
hit two free throws. Iowa State was
never able to take the lead and tied the
score for the last time at 61 with 3:54
left. The Huskers then outscored the
Cyclones 10-4 in the final minutes, six
of those points coming from the free-
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throw line. Beck said she was impressed
with her team's intensity in the final
minutes.
"We were overaggressive in the first
half because I think they wanted things
so bad," Beck said. "In the second we
settled down."
Nebraska's Stacy Imming added eight
points and Stephanie Bolli contributed
seven, all in the second half. The only
other Huskers to score were Pam Fiene
with two and Shelly Block with three.
Etta Burns led the Cyclones with 17
points. Ward and Hafner reached dou
ble figures with 10 points each.
The victory raised the Huskers' record
to 13-10 overall and 6-4 in the Big Eight.
The loss drops Iowa State to 10-1 2 over
all and 0-10 in the conference.
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