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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1988)
Sports Tubbs is hoping for more Lincoln games Probable Starters: Nebraska (12-10, 3-3) Henry T. Buchanan G Eric Johnson G Rich King C Jeff Rekcweg F Derrick Vick F Oklahoma (20-2, 6-1) Ricky Grace G Mookie Blaylock G Stacey King C Dave Sieger F Harvey Grant F By Tim Hartmann Senior Reporter Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Billy Tubbs isn’t looking for ward to playing at the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center tonight, but he said he wouldn’t mind playing there in March. Tubbs said he hopes Oklahoma w il 1 get a chance to play in the NCAA Midwest Regional March 18-20 at the sports center. But the Sooners must first contend with the Nebraska Cornhuskers there at 7:35. The sports center is a difficult place to play Nebraska because of the fans, but it could give the Sooners an edge in the NCAA regional, Tubbs said. “1 would hope it would be some what of a home-court advantage,” he said. “Any team in the Big Elight that’s put in the regional would bene fit because 1 feel confident that the Nebraska fans would be behind them.” Nebraska fans cheered for Kansas when the Jayhawks played in the NCAA regional in Lincoln in 1984. Tubbs said if the Sooners receive an NCAA bid, they will continue to employ the same running game that has allowed them to score an average of 106 points per game this season. Nebraska coach Danny Nee, who watched his team lose two games to Oklahoma by a combined total of 50 points last season, said the Com huskers have had litde success against the Sooners’ running game in the past. “We didn’t run with them, we ran after them,” Nee said. • Nee wouldn’t say if the Huskers would try to run with Oklahoma this season, but he said the 20-2 Sooners are one of the nation’s top teams this year. “Right now, if I had to pick a coach of the year or a team of the year, I would pick Oklahoma,” he said. “Billy Tubbs has done a great job.” Tubbs has done an excellent job of blending in new talent with returning players, Nee said. Oklahoma has six newcomers on this year’s squad, in cluding five junior college players. Mookie Blaylock, a 6-foot guard from Midland, Texas, Junior College, is the only starter among the newcom ers. He averages 17.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. The remaining four starters at Oklahoma returned from last season’s team, which finished with a 24-10 record and advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament. > Forward Harvey Grant, the brother of Horace Grant of the National Bas ketball Association’s Chicago Bulls, leads the Sooners in scoring and re bounding with averages of 22.1 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. Center Stacey King is second with averages of 20.4 points and 8.8 re bounds per game. Oklahoma’s remaining starters are senior Dave Sieger at forward and Ricky Grace at guard. Nee said Oklahoma has showed its power by posting victories against such highly regarded teams as Pitts burgh and Missouri. The Sooners defeated Missouri 120-101 Saturday in Norman, Okla. Tubbs said the Sooners will not overlook Nebraska even though they are coming off a big win against Missouri. He said he was impressed by the Huskers’ 70-68 victories against Missouri and Kansas earlier this season. “They’ll play good at home,” Tubbs said. Beck expects tight NU-OU matchup Probable Starters: Nebraska (17-3, 7-1) Amy Stephens * G Amy Bullock G Kim Harris C Maurtice Ivy F Ann Halsnc F Oklahoma (11-9, 4-4) Margaret McKeon G Pam Zachery G Terry Willis C Kelli Epps Jo Mosley F By Mark Derowitsch Senior Reporter Experience doesn’t necessarily make the task easier. Despite defeating Oklahoma 94-H2 in Nor man, Okla., earlier this year, Nebraska women’s basketball coach Angela Beck said she doesn’t expect a 12-point margin in tonight's game against the Sooners. The game will be played before the Nebraska-Oklahoma men’s contest at 5:15 p.rn. in the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center. “I don’t expect things to be as easy the second time around,” Beck said. “It (the first game) was probably our best road game of the year.” Oklahoma coach Valeric Goodwin-Colbert said the team needs to get into its rhythm to beat Nebraska. “I think wc need to play better than wc did the last time,” Goodwin-Colbert said. “Wc need to go with our game plan, and the first thing we need to do is establish a game in the middle.” Goodwin-Colbert said Oklahoma will try to establish its low-post game by working the ball inside to Jo Mosley. Mosley, a 6-foot forward, is averaging 15.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. Beck said the Cornhuskers need to stop Mosley to win the game. Beck said Nebraska must also stop the Sooners’ perimeter shooting and the three point shots by Oklahoma guard Margaret McKeon. “Defensively, we need to run a combination of mar.-to-man and a zone (defense),” Beck said. “The last time we played them, McKeon hit 7 of 9 shots from three-point range. Wccan’t leave her open.” Goodwin-Colbert said the Sooners also need to limit Nebraska’s outside shooting. Senior forward Maurtice Ivy, Nebraska’s all-time leading scorer, is averaging 18.9 points per game, and guard Amy Stephens is averaging 15.6. “Their perimeter scoring is good,” Good win-Colbert said. “We need to play good pres sure defense in order to take them out of their game.” Beck said playing before the Ncbraska .Oklahoma men’s game could help the women’s :eam. “I think the last time we played a double header, we had like 3,600 fans,” Beck said. “It was a major help for us. It is atmosphere, and any time you have atmosphere, you have great effort. I expect to have about 5,000 fans for the second half. “That’s why we moved the game to Tuesday — so we could have more fan support,” she said. Good win-Colbert said the fans could also help the Sooners. “I think it will help us a lot,” Goodwin Colbert said. “Since we play before the men, we will have some OU people down there. It will be Oklahoma night at Nebraska.” Setback may give Huskers competitive edge It\ Mike Kluck Staff Reporter Allhough Nebraska dropped a 65 63 decision to Kansas Stale Saturday i in Manhattan, Kan., it may have been the setback that showed the Corn huskers how to be competitive in the Big Eight. Nebraska basketball coach Danny Nee said Monday the key to the rest of the Huskers; season is to take it one game at a time and to give the type of effort they gave at Kansas State. “We are going to have to play at a level of concentration and intensity like we played at Kansas Slate,” Nee said. 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