Nee recruits two more top HS prospects
by Kent Endacott
Staff Reporter
The lop high-school, power for
ward prospect in Ohio and a forward
from the Chicago area are among the
latest recruits to sign with Nebraska.
DaPreis Owens, a 6-foot-9, 215
pound forward from Mansfield
(Ohio) Senior High and Carl Hayes, a
6-7 forward from Weschester (111.) St.
Joseph High School, signed national
letters of intent during the NCAA’s
early signing period on Monday.
Owens and Hayes join Lewis
Getcr, a 6-6 forward from Linden
McKinley High School in Columbus,
Ohio, as the Comhuskers signees.
Owens said he decided to sign with
Nebraska while flying home from a
weekend recruiting trip to Tennessee.
Owens said Nebraska basketball
coach Danny Nee and Husker assis
tant coach Lynn Mitchem began re
cruiting him in the middle of his junior
season. Nee was coaching at Ohio
University when they first met, he
said.
“Him (Nee) and coach Mitchcm,
they recruited me way better than
anybody else,” Owens said. “They
recruited me the hardest.”
Owens, who was also recruited by
Ohio State, DePaul, and Cleveland
State, averaged 22 points and 6 re
bounds per game last season. He was
named first-team All-State by both
The Associated Press and United
Press International following his jun
ior season.
Mansfield Senior High basketball
coach Joe Prats said Nee told him
Owens will be able to step in and play
immediately.
“I think he’s got the tools to con
tribute early,” Prats said. “The big
gest thing is just upper body
strength.”
Owens said he played against
Geter last year, and is excited about
playing with him at Nebraska.
“My team has played against Lin
den McKinley,” Owens said. “He
(Geter) can play. I think we will be
very good teammates.”
Hayes will also have a familiar
teammate at Nebraska, as he will
rejoin former high school teammate
and current Husker freshman guard
Clifford Scales.
St. Joseph coach Gene Pingatore
said Nee projects Hayes as a power
forward.
“He has the ability to go inside and
out,” Pingatore said. “Nee sees him as
a power forward. If he has any weak
nesses, it’s that he needs to get more
consistent on defense. He goes for the
block too much.”
Hayes, who was also recruited by
Colorado and Texas-El Paso, fin
ished with 66 blocks while averaging
9 points and 7 rebounds per game last
season.
Pingatore said Hayes runs the floor
well, has a good shot and excellent
jumping ability.
Pingatore said Hays chose Ne
braska because of “a good feeling.”
“I think he could become a great
player in the Big Eight,” Pingatore
said. “He said it was just a feeling he
had about Nebraska, and that’s good
enough for me. If it wasn’t, I wouldn ’ t
let him sign.”
Owens said he hopes Nee will help
him develop into a professional pros
pect.
“I would love to go ahead and play
on the next level,” Owens said. “I still
have a lot to learn. I’m just going to
listen.”
Prats said Owens told him he’s
very comfortable with his decision.
He said Owens has the ability to
become an All-America if he keeps
developing.
“He’s the best big player (in
Ohio),” Prats said. “He’s got mobility
and all the tools.”
Big Eight coaches say defense will decide championship
By Tim Hartmann
Senior Reporter
An old football adage states that
“defenses win championships,” and
coaches in the Big Eight say that state
ment will be true this season.
Nebraska and Oklahoma, the top
two teams in the country, will meet
Saturday at Memorial Stadium to
determine the 1987 Big Eight Cham
pionship.
Kansas State coach Stan Parrish,
Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones,
Colorado coach Bill McCartney,
Kansas coach Bob Valesente, Mis
souri coach Woody Widenhofer and
Iowa State offensive line coach Steve
Morton all said defensive play will
decide the game even though Ne
braska and Oklahoma are ranked first
and second nationally in total offense.
“In most big, big games like that it
comes down to defense,” Parrish said,
“and I don’t think it will beany differ
ent.
The coaches also agreed that turn
overs and injuries will play a big role
in the game. Oklahoma has two key
injuries going into the game — quar
terback Jamelle Holieway is out for
the year after tearing the anterior cru
ciate ligament in his knee, and full
back Lydell Carr is doubtful after
suffering a knee strain.
Morton said the loss of Holieway
and Carr will especially hurt Okla
homa because the Sooners run the
wishbone offense, which depends
heavily on those two positions.
Parrish said the loss of Holieway
and Carr will have a definite effect on
the outcome of the game.
“I felt in my mind Oklahoma would
be a slight favorite before the inju
ries,” Parrish said. “I think my percep
tion from what I read is I think they’ve
damaged their team more mentally
than anything. With that in mind, I’m
kind of leaning more towards Ne
braska right now.”
McCartney said he is sure ‘‘turn
overs will decide the game.”
McCartney said that although both
teams have strong defenses, Nebraska
seems to have a particularly strong
defensive line.
Other coaches thought Oklahoma
was slightly quicker on defense.
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