Monday, February 16, 1987
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
Sports
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Time was of tine essence again
in Hmskers' win against KSU
By Chuck Green
Sports Editor
If college basketball games were a
couple of seconds longer, the Nebraska
men's team would be looking back on a
tough week.
Last Wednesday night at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center, Nebraska led
66-65 in the final seconds, but Iowa
State had the ball and a chance to win
the game. Time ran out before the
Cyclones could get a shot away.
The same thing happened in the
Conrhuskers' 78-76 win against Kansas
State Saturday at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center almost.
Nebraska had led the Wildcats by as
much as 15 during the second half, but
Kansas State cut the Huskers' lead to
two, 76-74, on a turn-around jump shot
by Norris Coleman with 1:56 remaining
in the game. Nebraska's Brian Carr
sank two free throws with 1:04 left to
extend the Huskers' lead to 78-74, but a
layup by Wildcat Charles Bledsoe with
48 seconds left to play again made it a
two-point contest.
Nebraska's Derrick Vick was called
for a double dribble with 26 seconds
left, giving Kansas State the ball and a
chance to tie the game and send it into
overtime, or win it with a three-point
shot.
The Wildcats brought the ball down
the court and tried to set up a play, but
Nebraska's man-to-man defense allowed
no opportunities. A 14-foot jump shot
by Steve Henson as the final buzzer
sounded bounced off the rim, along
with Kansas State's hope for a win.
"Our defense in the last 30 or 15
seconds was real important," Nebraska
coach Danny Nee said. "I thought we
played good defense the last 12 seconds.
Derrick Vick did a good job of denying
the ball to Coleman and everybody had
their man and we just played good,
solid defense."
Kansas State coach Lon Kruger said
the Wildcats weren't trying to set up
anything special for the last shot.
"They (Nebraska) were in a man
(defense) and we like that," Kruger
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said. "We figured we'd just run through
our offense. We had a couple of oppor
tunities that we passed but you know
we had had a good shot at it.
"We started fighting too late," Kruger
said. "They were quicker to the loose
balls; they were quicker to everything
the first 34 or 35 minutes.
"I thought Nebraska just out-fought
us."
Before the game's final two minutes,
though, the biggest competition in the
Bob Devaney Sports Center basketball
arena was between the game officials
and most of the 10,995 fans on hand.
O Throughout the first half, most
of the fans were visibly and vocally
upset with the game's officiating,
emitting deafening roars of disapproval
at least five times in the first half
alone.
O With 1:06 remaining in the first
half, Coleman mishandled the ball
while bringig it up the floor for the
Wildcats. Nebraska's Keith Neubert
went for the ball along with Coleman,
and the two fell to the floor. A brief
wrestling match ensued as members of
both teams rushed to break up the
scuffle.
O Fans repeatedly threw objects
onto the playing surface. With six
seconds, Nee grabbed the public address
microphone from announcer Don Gill
and asked the fans to calm down.
"Stop throwing stuff," Nee pleaded.
"We'll be all right."
It was the first time at Nebraska Nee
had had to do that and "I hope it's the
last," he said.
O The game officials had to be
escorted from the court at halftime by
UNL police officers and were showered
with debris. When they returned for the
start of the second half, they were wel
comed with a chorus of boos.
Nee said he was proud of the fans'
support for most of the game but added
that some of their behavior was inappro
priate. "I think our crowd came of age
today," he said. "That's the kind of
crowd we're going to have here. The
distractions in the first half are just
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part of the game. The crowd was frus
trated and I was frustrated, and we just
had to take care of that."
Kansas State jumped to an early 4-0
lead to start the game but Nebraska
cut its lead to two. The Huskers took
the lead, 9-8, with 16:05 when Coleman
was called for goaltending on a shot by
Richa&l van Peolgeest.
Nebraska extended its lead to three,
13-10, on a fast-break layup by van
Poelgeest with 13:33 remaining in the
first half. Kansas State, though, tied
the score 13-13 on a three-point basket
by Steve Henson with 12:59 left.
The teams traded the lead until the
Wildcats took the lead on a 12-foot
jump shot by Coleman with 2:33 left in
the half and held on for a 3 1-29 halftime
lead.
Nebraska's Bernard Day said Nee
reminded the Huskers at halftime of
the 1 14-82 loss they suffered to Kansas
State in Manhattan Jan. 10.
"I think back to that game" Day
said. "I was fired up all day. I wanted a
win bad. No matter what happened, I
wanted a win."
Henry Buchanan agreed.
"We wanted a victory bad real
bad because they kind of embar
rassed us down there," Buchanan said.
"I think we wanted it more than Kan
sas State."
Nebraska outscored Kansas State 8
3 in the first 3:20 of the second half to
take a 37-34 lead, -an advantage the
Huskers never lost. As the arena shook
with cheeers from Nebraska's fans, the
Huskers increased their lead to 15, 60
45, with 8:35 left on a bank shot by
Anthony Bailous.
The Wildcats, however, outscored
Nebraska 31-18 after that, giving them
the final chance at victory.
Nebraska shot 60.5 percent from the
field in the game, connecting on 26 of
43 shots. Kansas State was 28 for 59
from the field for 47.5 percent. The
Huskers sank 22 of 31 free-throw at
tempts while the Wildcats were 15 for
25 from the line.
Nebraska, now 5-5 in Big Eight con
ference play and 15-8 overall, was led
kitty litter;
By David Mussman
Staff Reporter
The Kansas State Lady Cats probably
should have stayed in Manhattan.
. The Nebraska Women's basketball
team embarrassed the Big Eight con
ference leader 77-57 at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
The suspense was over with 14:00
left in the second half when the
Cornhuskers took a 10-point lead, 45
35, on a 16-foot jumper by Amy
Stephens. The Huskers never led by
less than 10 the rest of the game.
The Lady Cats came out fired up and
took an early 4-0 lead on a 1 5-foot jump
shot by Theza Fitzpatrick and a layup
by Sue Leiding.
The Huskers fought back and tied
the score 6-6 on a fast-break layup by
Stephens with 17:03 to go in the first
half.
The lead changed hands four times
before Nebraska went ahead for good
14-12 on a 14-foot turn-around jumper
by Maurtice Ivy.
By the middle of the first half,
Nebraska has built a 24-16 lead and
maintained an eight-point margin to
lead 37-29 at halftime.
In the second half Nebraska out
scored the Lady Cats 40-28, building
and maintaining a 20-point advantage.
Nebraska coach Angela Beck praised
the team's performance.
"We came out with a lot of power,"
Beck said. "We played good defense
and kept them out of their flow."
The Huskers stopped Kansas State's
Carlisa Thomas, which made the dif
ference between Saturday's win and
the 81-76 loss they suffered in Man
hattan on Jan. 11, Beck said.
Stephens led all scorers with 31
points, going 12 of 16 from the field and
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Nebraska's Bernard Day shoots over the outstretched arms
of Kansas State's Ron Meyer during the Cornhuskers 78-76
win against the Wildcats Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
by Buchanan, who scored 19 points.
Day scored 16 points while Bailous and
Brian Carr added 13 points each for the
Huskers.
Coleman led all scorers with 25
points and Mitch Richmond added 21
for the Wildcats. Henson scored 12 for
lose 77-57
7 of 8 from the line.
Ivy, the leading scorer for the season
and now No. 4 on the list of all-time
Husker scorers, came out cold in the
first half. However, Stephens picked up
the slack, posting eight of Nebraska's
first 12 points.
"When Ivy was down she (Stephens)
came out and did the job," Beck said.
The Huskers went 29 of 53 from the
field, 54.7 percent, and sank 19 of 25
free throws. Kansas State shot 38.2
percent, making 36 of 68 shots, and was
5 of 7 from the free-throw line.
The victory gives Nebraska a share of
the Big Eight conference lead. Nebras
ka, now 14-10 overall, Kansas State and
Missouri, whom the Huskers will face
Wednesday in Columbia, are all tied at
7-4 in the conference.
A home game against Oklahoma Feb.
21 and a matchup with Oklahoma State
in Stillwater on Feb. 24, round out
Nebraska's season.
Coach admits tight
teams' opportunity
By Kyle Schurman
Staff Reporter "
Two matches within 1 2 hours during
the weekend may have been too much
for the Nebraska men's tennis team to
handle, said Cornhusker coach Kerry
McDermott.
Nebraska defeated Iowa 6-3 Friday
in a match that ended about midnight.
The Cornhuskers then had to play
Wichita State at 9 a.m. Saturday and
lost 8-1. Both matches were at the
Omaha Westside Racquet Club.
"Wichita State played a great match,"
McDermott said. "I probably made an
error in scheduling that match so early,
but I thought our guys could come
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Kansas State.
The loss dropped Kansas State's
record to 6-4 in the Big Eight and 16-7
overall. The Wildcats will play Okla
homa State Wednesday night in Man
hattan, while Nebraska travels to Mis
souri the same night.
Runners break
records at invite
By Jeff Korbelik
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"We played pretty consistently against
Iowa; it seemed like we were up for the
match," McDermott said. "However, we
kind of appeared flat against Wichita
State."
McDermott praised Robert Sjoholm,
Steven Jung and Harrison Taylor for
their performances during the weekend.
Taylor played No. 3 doubles against
Iowa for us," McDermott said. "He just
became eligible last weekend and could
be a pleasant surprise for us."
' Nebraska will travel to Springfield,
Mo., this weekend for matches with
Tulsa on Friday and Southwest Mis
souri State Saturday.