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Wednesday, November 14,1990 ^
NU cancels Czechs’ bid for exhibition win
By Kaui uomeier
Senior Reporter_
Choking defense lei the Nebraska
men’s basketball team go on a 19
poinl run near the start of the second
half to smash the Czechoslovakian
National Team Tuesday, 92-71.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee de
scribed the victory, Nebraska’s final
exhibition, as a step from the Com
huskers’ first exhibition, a 128-89
win over High Five American on
Friday.
“I was especially pleased with the
second-half defensive effort,” Nee said.
”Wc went out and went after them.”
The Huskers needed to come out
strong alter a sluggish start, which
can be attributed to recent practices.
Nebraska, playing before 7,149
spectators at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center, trailed 15-9 after seven min
utes into the game, and led by one at
halftime, despite shinning only 34
percent from the field.
“We had a very heavy practice
yesterday,” Nee said.
The workout included a method of
conditioning torture known as the 1
11-1. Rich King described it as a
i “kind of death.”
In the first part, the players arc to
run the length of the court in live
seconds. Altera 10-second break, they
run down, back and down in 15 sec
onds. After a 15-sccond break, the
run down, back, down, back and dow n
in 25 seconds and rest 50 seconds,
and so on, with a few seconds added
for the longer stretches.
When they hit 11, they startcounl
ing back to one. Except the coaches
added another 11 in the middle, King
said.
“At first we didn’t understand what
he wanted, but then they explained it
to us,” King said.
Nee said he wanted to get the
Huskers in shape for the San Juan
Shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Nov. 23-25, which will include three
games in three days. And Nee wanted
to equalize Tuesday’s game by mak
ing Nebraska as tired as the Czechs,
who have played seven games this
fall.
For 20 minutes, the teams were too
equal for Husker tastes. A tip-in by
Tony Farmer at the first-half buzzer
gave Nebraska a 45-44 lead.
Ales Kocvara scored the first bas
ket of the second half to give the
Czechs their last lead and their last
points for the next eight minutes.
The Huskers, meanwhile, scored
19 points to go up 64-46. The run
came from cot sistent defense, though,
not from fast break points like most
long runs. Ten of the gam ;s 52 fouls
were called during the streak.
Nebraska forward Tony Farmer,
who fouled out with 12 points, said
the officiating broke up the How.
“Alter a while wc tried to pul them
away, but with the traveling calls and
the foul calls, wc had trouble,” Farmer
said.
It causal enough trouble that Farmer
pulled his head back when told about
the 19-point run.
“I didn’t realize that at all,” he
said.
Nebraska extended the lead to as
many as 29 points before faltering.
“Wc stalled at the end,” Nee said.
We were stuck at 84 and 88 for what
seemed like an hour.”
The drought at 88 lasted almost
four minutes and kept the Huskers
from reaching 1(X) points.
King, who led Nebraska with 29
points, said the true Nebraska team
played in both the first and second
halves.
“Put them both together,” the sen
ior center said. “Wc can adjust, go in
al hall, make some adjustments, and
come out strong.”
In each exhibition the Huskers have
flourished in the second period.
“I don’t think it’s ever been a ten
dency for this team to have a strong
second half,” Kind said.
The Nebraska defense held a ca
pable Czech team to 24 percent shoot
ing in the second half. The Czechs
were able to mash Marquette Satur
day, 79-62, drive to Chicago and give
DcPaul a stiff challenge yet that night,
losing 88-65.
King said the defense is needed.
Last year, Nebraska set team records
for points.scored per game, 80.7, and
points allowed per game, 86.1.
“Our problem last year was not a
lack of offense,” King said. “You can
score 90 points a game. It doesn’t
matter if it’s a record if the other team
scores more.”
Czechoslovakians .44 27 — 71
At Nebraska.45 47 — 92
Czechoslovakians -- Michalik 5-11 4-6
14. Sibal 2 8 4 6 8 Novak 2 4 2-3 6, Kame
mk 3-54 5 11, Michalko 2-7 2 2 7, Becka 2
5 3-3 7, Kovar 1-3 0-0 2, Hruby 0-2 2-2 2,
Jelinek 2-7 2-2 8, Vyoral 1 3 2-2 4, Koevara
1- 1 0-0 2 Totals 21 56 25 31 71
Nebraska — Owens 4 8 4 4 12, Hayes
3-120-06, King 9 1610-1329, Scales 3- 7 3
4 9, Reid 3 6 2-2 9, Chubick 1-2 1-2 3,
Farmer 4 11 3 4 12, Piatkowski 2 3 5 5 10,
Moody 0 20 00, Lively 0 1 2 2 2, Cresswell
0-2 0 0 0, Hoffman 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 70
30 36 92
3-point goals — Czechs 4 12 (Jelinek
2- 3, Michalko 1-2 Kamemk 1-1, Hruby 0 2,
Vyoral 0-2, Michalik 0-1, Kovar 0 1), Ne
braska 4 8 (Piatkowski 1-2, King 11, Reid
1 -1, Farmer 11 Cresswell 0-2, Scales 0 1)
Rebounds — Czechs 33 (Novak 7), Ne
braska 52 (Reid 8). Assists — Czechs 15
(Kamemk 4). Nebraska 22 (Moody 7) Turn
overs — Czechs 24 (Michalik 5), Nebraska
21 (Farmer 5) Total Fouls — Czechs 26,
Nebraska 26 Fouled Out— Novak, Becka,
Farmer A — 7,149
Cornhuskers beat Buffs,
secure conference title
iFrom Staff Reports
The Nebraska volleyball team
blew out Colorado in the final three
games to slave off an upset bid
Tuesday at Boulder, Colo., win
: ning 5-15,11-15,15-3,15-7,15-5.
In doing so, die Comhuskers
(26-2, 11-0 in the Big Eight) se
cured their 15th straight confer
ence title.
The home team, playing before
a crowd of 723 at the Coors Events
Center, hit well in the first two
games to pul the second-ranked
Huskers in a hole.
I In the first game, the Buffaloes
(15-12,7-3) had 14 kills and only
one error with a .406 hilling per
centage. Colorado hit .333 in the
second game, w hile Nebraska posted
.171 and. 135 marks in the first two
games.
Once the Huskers were a game
away from being upset, though,
everything changed dramatically.
In the third and fourth games, Ne
braska hit .419 and .541 and held
ihc Buffaloes lo hilling .097 and
.098.
Nebraska had a .316-.174 ad
vantage in the decisive game.
Cris Hall bore the brunt of
Nebraska’s attacking load and led
the team with 21 kills, but Janet
Kruse and Stephanie Thaler got
their most out of their attempts.
Kruse had 17 kills and a .378 hit
ting percentage, while Thaler had
18 kills and a .654 hitting percent
age.
The Huskers also had a 24-14
advantage in blocks, led by Thaler
with three solo blocks and seven
assists.
Michele Kohler led Colorado
with 20 kills, while Tiffany Jcstadl
had 15 and Wendy Van Wyhc had
10. Setter Nicole Vranesh added
eight kills. KaticZabransky caused
problems with seven service aces.
Linda Barsness was Nebraska’s
fourth player in double-figures in
kills with 12, picking up for Eileen
Shannon, who had two kills and hit
-. 188 while playing in three games.
NCAA
Volleyball
Top 20
1 UCLA EEH 1
2 Nebraska WtE 2
3 Stanford yyScl 3
4 Pacific WSJ 4
5 Texas WS] 5
6 Hawaii ESa 6
7 UC-Santa tpl
Barbara yaffil 7
8 Penn St. 8
9 Long Beach jjj§Jj
State wyi 12
10 Wisconsin HH 10
11 San Jose St. W»Bd 9
12 BYU BEIi14
13 Texas Tech pjyl 13
14 New Mexico llrid 11
15 Ohio State Cm 15
16 Pepperdine ylBg 16
17 Louisiana St. WjSJ 17
18 Pittsburgh RB118
19 San Diego St. yftH -
20 Florida St. WSJ 19
tie Purdue WBJ -
_Previous l
I NU swimmers, divers defeat S. Dakota
By Vicki Burge
Statt Reporter
Nebraska men’s swimming coach
C'al Beni/, said Saturday’s dual vic
tory over South Dakota showed that
the Cornhuskers have a lot ol work to
do.
The men’s swimming and diving
teams defeated South Dakota 153-56
in Nebraska’s first dual.
“The meet was a good indication
of our training and concentration on
the team,” Bcnu said. “All in all, they
have made good progress and the
other coaches and 1 hope to sec even
greater progress alter the meet at
Arkansas."
No individual scoring was done al
the meet.
Distance coach Rick Paine said
the Huskers had planned on using
experience and depth to beat South
Dakota, an up-and-coming program.
Me complimented a pair of Corn
huskers — William Campbell and
Kyle Secback — for their perform
ances.
Before the meet. Paine had pre
dicted fast time" for the men, but
limes were slower than expected since
the swimmers had a workout an hour
and a half before the meet.
“Maybe they worked a iilllc too
hard, and lhai s my fault, Paine said.
“I don't think it affected our overall
scoring, bul the guys were really tired.”
Nebraska, with lour divers, also
dominated the diving competition
against South Dakota’s one freshman
diver.
Nebraska’s Tluid Foiled and Mad
Fastin were back full speed. With
Diving Coach Jim Hocking in Colo
rado with the women’s diving team,
graduate assistant Becki Clark coached
the men.
“For this time of the year, they
were not scoring too low,”C'lark said.
Nebraska divers captured first,
second and third place on both the 1 -
and 3-metcr boards.
David Fahleson/Daily Nebraskan
Nebraska’s Rich King and Carl Hayes attempt to block the
shot of Czechoslovakia's Martin Sibal in an exhibition game
Tuesday at the Bob Oevaney Sports Center.
Baldwin crosses line
in game’s key plays
By Todd Cooper
Staff Reporter
Nebraska I-back Scolt Baldwin has
been “loe-ing” the line all season,
ready lo explode.
In Nebraska’s 41-9 victory over
Kansas on Saturday, Baldwin crossed
that line with 170 yards on 21 carries.
And he did it despite a persisting turf
toe injury suffered against Baylor on
Sept. 1.
“The loc is still giving me prob
lems,” Baldwin said. "Right now it’s
a mental thing. I’ve been doing a
good job blocking it out.”
Baldwin did an exceptional job
knocking Kansas defenders out of his
path Saturday. The 6-fcxX-1,200-pound
sophomore from Roselle, N.J., broke
several tackles cn route lo runs of 67,
19, 12 and 22 yards.
The 22-yard run broke Nebraska
out of a third-and-10 hole at its ow n
22-yard line late in the first half.
More importantly, it led to Mickey
Joseph’s touchdown pass to tight end
Johnny Mitchell with II seconds
remaining in the hall.
But if it was up lo Baldwin, Ne
braska shou Id not have had lo go to all
the trouble alter his run.
"I tripped up,” Baldwin said. "I
thought I had a touchdown there, but
the old toe gota little weak and I blew
it.”
It didn’t lake long for Baldwin lo
atone for the stumble. On Nebraska’s
first play from scrimmage in the sec
ond half, Baldwin look a pilch right,
faked a reverse and al ter bouncing off
a Kansas defender, ran b-7 yards to the
end /one.
"He’s such a long stridcr,” Corn
husker running back coach Frjink
Solich said. “Once he’s moving, he
covers an awful lot of ground.”
Baldwin proved he can cover short
distances, loo. After runs of 5,19 and
9 yards during a fourth-quarter drive,
Baldwin bowled over a Kansas dc
lender al the 3-yard line, kepi his
balance and scored.
Those three yards were not only
indicative of Saturday’s game, but of
Baldwin’s preferred style of play.
“I don’t like anybody coming and
tackling at the ankles,” he said. “They
were more of a power team com ing to
hit you up lop. It gives me a much
better chance to show my ability and
what kind of running back 1 am.”
And Baldwin says he’s more
comfortable al back-up I-back, de
spite his performance Saturday.
“Right now, I think I’m a better
No. 2 man than No. Ihe said. “Leodis
has been starting all year, and just to
come out of now here and come in the
game being No. I i-back is pretty
rough.
“Leodis usually wears them out a
little bit. Then when I come in, it’s a
little bit easier to run my men over.”
Although he hasn’t played as much,
Baldwin’s statistics rival Flowers’.
Both 1 -backs average 6.6 yards per
carry. Baldwin has 575 yards on K5
carries w hile Flowers has 04K yards
on 140 attempts. Baldwin's longest
run of the year came Saturday on his
67-yard run, while Flowers’ longest
run w as 70 yards against Iowa Stale.
But Nebraska assistant coach
George Darlington said Baldwin is
comparable to a former Husker run
ning back w ho also played much of
his career as a back-up to Mike Roz
icr.
“He tends to be a Roger Craig type
of back,” Darlington said. “And he
probably will see a lot of playing lime
against Oklahoma.”
Baldwin can’t wait for the oppor
tunity.
“This is my first time going against
Oklahoma,” Baldwin said. “Oklahoma
and Nebraska is one of the biggest
games in the Big Bight, so I’m look
ing forward to this game and doing
some great things.”
