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Sports That old Red ‘magic’ spells Tiger defeat By Chuck (ireen Senior Reporter_ Call it coincidence, call it luck,call it “Cornhusker Magic.” Call it some thing. Just don’t call it non-existent. A jump shot and free throw by Henry T. Buchanan with five seconds remaining in the game gave Nebraska a 70-68 w in against Missouri Saturday at the Bob Devancy Sports Center. The w in marked the seventh time since last February — and the fifth time at home — Nebraska has won a game in the last 10 seconds. Last season, the Huskers beat Iowa Slate, Kansas, Kansas Slate and Marquette on last-second shots in the sports center. Buchanan, w ho led all scorers with 20 points, knows about the “magic” as well as anyone, "We have confidence here,” he said. “Coach (Danny) Nee always gives us commence, i ou nave 10 ne confident that good things will hap pen. If you gel dow n and think things aren't going to happen, they won’t.” Missouri led the Huskers 62-48 w ith 3:11 left in the game. With 1:55 remaining, Nebraska had cut the Ti gers’ lead to four, 62-58. Missouri guard Lee Coward hit both ends of a onc-and-one at the frec-throw line, but Nebraska answered w ith two free throws by Pete Manning the next trip down the court. A three-point jump shot by Buchanan pul the Huskers w ithin one, 68-67, w ith 35 seconds left. Manning fouled Missouri’s Derrick Chicvous to pul the Tiger forward at the line. Chicvous, w ho hit three of 10 shots from the line Saturday, missed the front end of the onc-and-one, and Nebraska’s Derrick Vick grabbed the « rebound. Thirty seconds remained. “Coach said to shoot the ball with about 10 seconds left and to try to draw a foul,” Buchanan said. “I got both." Buchanan was fouled by Coward and made the free throw to ensure Nebraska’s first Big Eight w in of the season. A desperation three-point shot by Chicvous with :01 remaining bounced off the rim and fell harm lessly to the court. "He loves pressure,” Nee said of Buchanan. “He’s a pressure player. Every time I took him out, he started getting mad, like a pent-up lion.” Nebraska outscorcd the Tigers 22 6 in the last 3:11 of the game. Missouri coach Norm Stewart wasn’t impressed with his team’s performance against Nebraska. “It was a tough loss,” he said. “I really think our guys played well up to the 2 1/2-minufe mark, with a few exceptions.” One of the exceptions, Stewart said, was the Tigers’ frec-throw shooting. Missouri connected on 18 of 30 shots from the stripe, including seven of 16 in the second half. “You’d expect shit like that in the fifth or sixth grade,” Stewart said. Last season at the sports center, Missouri hit 37 of 45 from the line in its 87-71 w in against Nebraska. Nee, on the other hand, was offer ing prayers of thanks. “God bless Henry!” Nee said. “This is unbelievable. I’m really proud of our players. They stayed in there and played hard. There wasn’t a player on the team that didn’t do something to contribute to the win.” rNcnrasKa was also icu ny via, who scored 12 points, and Manning, w ho added 10. Freshman center Rich King, who played IS minutes, added eight points, six rebounds and three blocked shots. “He’s been practicing well, and we wanted to give him a chance,” Nee said of King. “Al ter the game, I shook his hand and said, ‘You’re in the Big Eight now-.’’' Missouri, 0-2 in the Big Eight and 9-4 overall, was led by Chievous, who scored 17 points, Coward and Doug Smith with 14 each and Nathan Buntin, w ho added 10. Buchanan said the Tigers may have caused another problem for them selves. “They came in lackadaisical, thinking they were going to walk all over us, and wc caught them,” Buchanan said. “We figured all week that they’d be that way.” Manning agreed. “They walked in eating popcorn and drinking sixlas, like, ‘Throw the ball up and let's go,”’ Manning said. “They came like they just wanted to watch the game. It was a big boost, because cverybtxly was saying Mis souri would w alk away with the game, but they didn't. “They couldn’t.” See NEE on 7 ■—————————_____ 30 Brunswick Pool Tobies I Deli Sandwiches —Spirits | | Electronic Games j ! *2.00 OFF ON TABLE TIME ! I Good Mon. through Thurs. 'iCB) 1-18-88 through 1-21-88 JTRAI3RT SH00TI* BIG JOHN'S BILLIARDS. INC - A FIRST CLASS BILLIARD CENTER 399 SUN VALLEY BLVD • LINCOLN. 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She said she would be concerned about it only if she is held scoreless against Kansas Stale. “My main concern is to play bas ketball,’’ Ivy said “I don’t think about scoring even though it’s my job. My basic concern is to put Nebraska on the mapasatop-20 team. I think we’re on the tip of it right now.” Nebraska women’s basketball coach Angela Beck said Ivy’s accom plishment isa tribute to the high inten sity level that the two-time All-Big Eight selection plays at. Missouri coach Joann Rutherford said the Tigers weren’t trying any thing special to slop Ivy. She said opponents have to give Ivy 20 points each time they face her. “She’s a great player,” Rutherford said, “but she’s not the reason we lost.” Rutherford said Missouri, 9-6 overall and 1-1 in the Big Eight, lost because of the way the Tigers per formed in the first six minutes against Nebraska. The Huskers led by as many as 13 points during the early stages of the game. Beck said the win against Missouri was important because it kept the Huskers in a first-place lie in the Big Eight. Nebraska, which raised its rec ord to 12-2 overall and 2-0 in the Big Eight, is tied with Oklahoma, Kansas and Oklahoma Stale for ihe confer ence lead. Nebraska guard Amy Stephens said the win was also important be cause of the toughness of this year’s conference. She said Iowa Suite and Kansas Suite arc the only teams that can be counted out in the race for the Big Eight title. “It’s going to be up for grabs,’’ Stephens said. Beck said she was pleased with the victory over Missouri because the Huskers survived a physical second half which “wasn’t to Nebraska’s advantage.” She said the first and second halves of the contest were “like two different ball games.” Nebraska look a 21-8 lead when guard Pam Ficne hit a 4-fool jump shot with 14:12 remaining in the first half. The Huskers extended their lead to 32 15 on a 7-foot jump shot by Stephens, but Missouri used four points by for ward Sharon Bax to cut Nebraska’s lead to 46-33 at halftime. The Tigers then outscorcd Ne braska 39-24 to lake a 72-70 lead with 4:23 remaining, but the Huskers used eight points by Ivy — including two free throws with 1:25 remaining that tied the scoring record — to produce the five-point win. Beck said she was concerned enter ing the game because the Huskers had only 1 1/2 days to recover from their conference-opening victory over Iowa Stale. Nebraska defeated the Cyclones 91-K7 Thursday night in Ames, Iowa “We were tired.” Beck said. “Luckily, our legs didn’t go away front us.” UNL MARTIAL ARTS CLUB Hi! Beginners Course liCurn Tae Kwon Do for •'SirSTS."" Self-Defense - Self€onfidence m Meet every Wednesday and Friday 5-7 p.m. Coliseum Stage. For more information call 428-4855 or 423-9748. Instructors: Joo I,ee & Briun Johnson