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Sports NU quarterback Mickey Joseph eludes Missouri defenders Saturday. Joseph scored four rushing touchdowns and passed for another in the 69-21 victory over the Tigers. IN U s Joseph reverts to high school days By Paul Domeier Sonior Reporter Mickey Joseph celebrated Home coming, a time lor alumni to return to their alma mater, by reverting to his prep school football style: Get the hall and go. Saturday against Missouri, it paid »ll with lour rushing touchdowns, another passing and a career-high 95 rushing > arils as the Comhuskcrs won, M-21. On one third quarter play, Joseph ran to the right, stopped, ran to the left and into Nebraska guard Jim Wanck, then turned and headed up the middle for a 39-yard gain, the longest of his career. But to Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, running impromptu reverses, however successful, is a high school habit to be left behind like drag racing and toilet-paper raiding. “He told me I was going back to my high school days,” Joseph said. See JOSEPH on 8 Kansas State may pay for Huskers ’ setback »y uuim MUKISSOrl Staff Reporter The Kansas Slate volleyball team may have to pay today for something it did not do. The Wildcats, 6-8 overall and 0-3 in the Big Eight, face the task of playing 16-2 Nebraska at the NU Coliseum. The Comhuskcrs are fresh off a straight-game loss last Friday at Stanford. It was only the Huskers’ second loss of the season. Nebraska coach TetTy Pettit said he did not know how his team would respond to the setback. “I won’t know how they’ll come back until I sec them on the floor,” Pettit said. Kansas State has dropped confer ence matches to Oklahoma, Iowa State and Kansas. But despite the setbacks, the Wildcats have managed to win at least one game from each opponent. The Wildcats arc led by sopho more outside hitler Julie James and senior middle blocker Valery Roberts. James has a .257 hitting percentage and 156 kills for the year, while Roberts, who was named the Big Eight Player of the Week on Monday, has recorded a .297 percentage and a team-high 21 block assists. She was given the player of the week award after posting a .328 hit ting percentage, 15 kills, 12 digs, two service aces and six blocks last week. She is the Wildcats’ only senior. Pettit said that he docs not know much about Kansas Stale, which only returns two starters from last year’s 11-19 squad. “I know that they’ve lost some people, and they’re undergoing a pretty big changeover in personnel,” Pettit said. Nebraska also will have history working in its favor. Since the begin ning of the scries in 1975, the Huskers hold a 39-0 edge over Kansas State. 1.f \ / :. Nebraska Kansas State (16-2^-*RR,(6-8) ! / \ ,r—— XJ Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at NU Coliseum Nebraska leads series 39-0 I EBOH Nebraska Name Position Height Year Hometown Becky Belli DS 5-8 Sr. Burwell Cris Hall OH 6-2 Jr. Chanute, Kan. Janet Kruse OH 6-1 Jr. Fort Calhoun Val Novak S 5-10 Sr. Oak Lawn, III. Eileen Shannon OH 6-0 So. Elmhurst III Stephanie Thater MB 6-2 So. Union. Mo. Missouri_ "ame position Height Year Hometown Betsy Berkley MB 5-11 Jr. Tescott, Kan. Rhonda Hughes OH 5-8 Jr. Manhattan. Kan. Julie James OH 5-9 So. Houston Alison Murphy S 5-8 Fr. Chanhassen. Minn. Valery Roberts MB 5-10 Sr. Buhler, Kan. Kathy Saxton OH 5-10 So. Mulvane, Kan. UNL students free with student ID. Today’s match marks the begin ning of a four-match Big Eight home stand. Pettit said from what he has seen so far, several teams in the con ference have improved. “Kansas is stronger and Iowa Slate is stronger,” Pettit said. “And we ha ven l got to see Colorado and Ok la - homa yet.” Analyzing last weekend’s loss to Stanford, Pettit said it was not a mat ter of the Huskers playing poorly, hut rather a result of exceptional play by the Cardinal. “As the match went on, I kept thinking that at some lime, they (Stanford) would break down, make some errors," Pettit said. “But they never did." However, he said the Huskers “didn’t play well defensively." “Our blocking wasn't where I’d liked to have seen it," Pettit said. “Overall, it seemed as if we were always a step too slow.” Several Huskers played well in the match, Pettit said, but none played consistently. “We couldn’t get together on the critical points,” Pettit said. “W hen it was 5-5,7-7, wcjuslcouldn'l seem to break away.” NU coach’s offensive line questions answered early in Missouri contest Associa Press Tt 25 1 Virginia 2 Miami 3 Tennessee I 4 Nebraska 5 Auburn I 6 Notre Darnel I 7 Florida St. 8 Illinois 9 Houston 10 Michigan II Georgia Tech 12 BVU 13 Washington 114 Colorado 115 Southern Cal 16 Oklahoma 17 Florida 18 Mississippi ! 19 Texas 20 Indiana 22 21 Wyoming ratHti 23 22 Clemson, two 15 tie Iowa 25 24 Michigan St, | 25 Texas A8.M 2D Associated Pr?»$ By Todd Cooper Staff Reporter_ Nebraska’s 69 points Saturday against Missouri were all the medi cine the offensive line needed to re lieve the illness and injuries it suf fered before the game, Coach Milt Tenopir said. Tenopir, who coaches the offen sive line, said theComhuskers’ went into the game undermanned in the offensive line against what was a big Missouri defensive front. But, using 69 total points as a guide, the Huskers still had the strength to outman the Tigers. “Up front, I was very proud of them after the ball game Saturday,” Tenopir told the Extra Point Club on Monday. With guard Erik Wiegert out with a jammed neck and light ends Chris Garrett and William Washington out with ankle injuries, Tenopir said he had a lot of questions concerning the line all week. His concern was compounded when starting tackle Tom Punt got the flu two days before the game. “Punt came down sick on Thurs day,” Tenopir said. “I called him about eight times Saturday morning, think ing maybe he’d have a miraculous recovery, but he didn’t.” However, all of Tenopir’s worries were cased early in the game. “We were thankful for the way it (the game) did progress,” he said. “We were able to get a ample ol younger guys in there who really played well. "I was really happy with the play of the tackles. Steve Engstrom substi luted for Tom Punt and really did a nice job. Brian Boerboom’s a very tough football player— the kind of guy that if you had a fight in an alley you’d want Boomer with you. “Terry Eyman’s finally healthy. He’s back to his playing weight now and is a tremendous contributor for us in there. Brent (Pick) is a converted -44 - Up front, I was very proud of them after the ballgame Saturday. » Tenopir offensive line coach -tf - tight end who played well in a sup porting role for Engstrom.’’ Center David Edeal had another solid game, Tenopir as did back up tight ends Daryl Lcisc and Johnny Mitchell. “He’s (Edeal) played w *.ll for us all year,’’ he said. And despite his size, guard Jim Wanek, who was in an overwhelming mismatch Satunlay, has done the same. “I’m real proud of the effort of Jim Wanek,” he said. “I told him the other day, Til give you a 1 (K) bucks if you top 240,’ and he wouldn’t bet me. So I have an idea he weighs around 230 235. “But he thinks he weighs 250, and I’ll let him keep thinking that way.” Wanek used that altitude to out wrestle Tiger tackle Mario Johnson., a 6-foot-5,325-pounder, Tenopir said. “I knew he’d have the tenacity, I just didn’t know if he’d have the strength and size to get the job done ... and he did,” he said. Kimble gets off to slow start, has high career goals at heart By Cory Golden Staff Reporter __ _ Last year the media called him the heart of a team that was all heart. This year, Bo Kimble said, he is just another rookie. Kimble, who led Loyola Mary mount — the Cinderella team of last year’s NCAA tournameni — to the sweet 16 before losing to eventual champion UNLV, made his NBA debut with the Los Ange les Clippers at the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center Friday. It was his first, but not his best performance, he said. In 16 minutes of playing time, Kimble was an icy 3 of 12 shooting from the field, fouling out with eight points late in the 110-95 loss to the Detroit Pistons. “It was adequate. OK. Aver age,” Kimble said of his perform ance. “I know I have a lot more to give. But 1 was happy with my effort and hustle.” He grabbed four rebounds and chased down several loose balls, looking like the same player that led Loyola after the death of team mate Hank Gathers. Just like in Loyola’s running, gunning offense, Kimble certainly was not shy about putting it up. Apparently the first-round draft pick still has the green light to shoot and shoot without bothering Coach Mike Schuler, who has said the Clippers intend to lead the league in scoring this season. ‘‘I can’t make every one,” Kimble said. ”1 just try to take good shots. If I’m open, I’ll shoot it. I’d lake those shots any night. He (Schuler) didn’t say anything to me about it, so I guess he thought it was OK.” If Schuler wants points, the Clippers made the right choice choosing Kimble. He led the nation in scoring his senior year with 35.3 points a game — including four 50-point plus performances — while shooting almost 53 percent. Before Gathers’ death from heart failure just before the NCAA tournament, the pair had become the highest scoring tandem in NCAA history with 64.3 points combined each outing. Missing Friday was Kimble’s salute to his fallen friend and team mate. Last year, he shot his first free throw in each NCAA tourna ment game left handed. He never missed. Kimble shot a pair of free throws against the Pistons—he sank both, but both were right handed. “Life goes on,” he said. “I have to go on ... with my life, with my career. I may shoot the first one left handed at our first home game as a tribute, but just from me to Hank. It doesn’t matter if I make it.” Kimble said his career is mov ing forward, and now the rookie is looking to “getting the hang of’ the NBA’s physical play, blending in with his new team and guarding opponents with the caliber of De troit’s perennial all-star guard, Isiah Thomas. And life, too, has moved for See KIMBLE on 8
