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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1990)
Huskers beaten by Huskies From Staff Reports The Nebraska women’s bas ketball team outscored North ern Illinois 78-74 from the floor, but the Huskies’ 13 of 21 shoot ing from the free-throw line sunk the Comhuskers’ bid to upset the No. 18 team in the nation. Northern Illinois held Ne braska off Wednesday night to win 87-84 in front of 1,437 people at Chick Evans Field House in DeKalb, 111. Sophomore Karen Jennings led Nebraska with a career-high 29 points. Freshman Meggan Yedsena, who leads the Big Eight in assists, had a personal-best 9 points against the Huskies. Lisa Foss led Northern Illi nois with 23 points. Nebraska.37 45 — 84 At Northern Illinois . . 45 42 — 87 Nebraska — Jennings 13-19 3-4 29, Hubert 3-6 2-4 8, Hesch 8-13 0-0 16, Dahn 4-9 0-0 8, Yedsena 3-3 0 0 6, Halsne 6-16 1-2 13, Yancey 1-1 0 02, R.Taylor 1-50-0 2, Russell0-1 0 0 0, S. Taylor 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 39-73 6-10 84. Northern Illinois — Foss 9-18 5 6 23, Mondek 2-4 0-0 4, Conner 5-10 4-8 14, Dove 6-8 0-0 16, Meeks 6-14 3-5 15, Jeske4-5 1-29, TeskeO-1 0 0 0, Burkholder 0-1 0-0 0, Wingis 1-1 0-0 2, Lockett 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 35-68 13-21 87. 3-point goals — Nebraska 0-0, N Illinois 4-o (Dove 4-5, Foss C-1). Rebounds — Nebraska 41 (Hubert 12), N. Illinois 35 (Conner 81. Assists — Nebraska 23 (Yedsena 9), N. Illi nois 20 (Dove 7). Turnovers — Ne braska 26 (Yedsena 6), N. Illinois 21 (Meeks 9). Total fouls (dq) — Ne braska 14, N. Illinois 15 (Mondek). Technical fouls — Nebraska bench A — 1,437. Nee: Creighton no laughing matter oy Haul Domeier Senior Reporter Asked whether tonight’s game against the Creighton Bluejays was a big game, Nebraska men’s basketball coach Danny Nee responded with joking clichds. No quotes, please. Nee is sticking to an even-keel policy adapted before the first game of the season. As far as he was con cerned, the season-opener against American-Puerto Rico was no more important than any other game. Neither was the home opener against Michigan State. Ditto for the Eastern Illinois game Monday. Now, Nee is saying that a match up between the state’s two Division I powers, two teams with a good shot at the NCAA tournament, is just an other game. Apparently the fans disagree. About 1,800 of the more than 14,000 tickets were left Thursday evening, virtually assuring that the game will draw more than the 12,086 who attended the game in Lincoln two years ago. The game matches the 4-1 Com huskers against 2-1 Creighton, fresh off a win over Missouri on Wednes day. Nebraska is coming off a 94-64 victory at Eastern Illinois. Nee compared that game to the games at the San Juan (Puerto Rico) Shootout: uptempo, with Nebraska running, playing aggressive defense and controlling the inside. “This team so far has shown the ability to adjust to the system of the game and play accordingly,” Nee said. Once the Huskers have adjusted, they have exploded. “Our team is a spurt team,” Nee said. When the team does go on a scor ing run, he said, the points can come on the fast break, on offensive re bounds, on three-point shots or just about any other way to score. The spurt can come from many different players, too. Seven Nebraska players have scored in double figures in at least one of the first five games. Despite Nebraska’s success run ning away from lesser opponents, Nee said he isn’t counting on beating the comparatively thin Bluejays in a marathon. “I don’t think you can outrun a good basketball team,” he said. And Nee said he thinks Creighton is good, particularly Chad Gallagher and Bob Harstad. “1 think they’re as good a one-two Nebraska (4-1) F Dapreis Owens 6-8 Jr. 9.2 4.6 F Carl Hayes 6-8 Jr. 16.8 7.4 C Rich King 7-2 Sr. 13.2 7.4 G Beau Reid 6-8 Sr. 8.4 4.2 G Clifford Scales 6-2 Sr. 9.2 3.4 Creighton (2-1) F Bob Harstad 6-6 Sr. 23 8.7 F Darin Plantz 6-6 Sr. 8 3 C Chad Gallagher 6-10 Sr. 15.3 10.7 G Todd Eisner 6-7 Sr. 5.0 3 G Du an Cole 5-10 Jr. 16 2.7 y Bob Devaney Sports Center, Today at 8:08 p.m._jj punch inside as we’ll see all year,” he said. Nee said Gallagher, a 6-foot, 10 inch center, is a likely first-round NBA draft choice. Harstad is a 6-6 power forward, with the emphasis on power. Todd Eisner and Darin Plautz ace effective role players, he said. That leaves point guard Duan Cole. “I think he’s just super,” Nee said. Put them together, he said, and Creighton has a experience, winning team. UNL, Creighton inside game evenly matched By Todd Cooper Staff Reporter When Creighton’s 6-foot, 10-inch center Chad Gallagher matches up with Nebraska’s 7-2 Rich King, one thing usually remains the same through out the game. “The inside play might be the constant you can count on,” King said. “Their inside people are going to do some things, and our inside people are going to do some things. “The unknowns arc what the two backcourts are going to do.” Tonight’s 8:08 Nebraska-Creighton game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center marks the fourth year King and Gal lagher have met in this series. Ne braska has won two of three, with the loss coming last year at Creighton. “We felt we should have won that game,'’ King said. ‘There was a ques tionable call at the end. Whether or not that changed the game, I don’t know, but we felt it was a game we should have won.” But just as the final score — 86-83 — the play of King and Gallagher was close. “I think we both played fairly good games,” King said. “1 remember a couple of times when it would seem like I’d score and he’d come back down and score on me, it was back and forth ... I think it was fairly even.” In last year’s game, Gallagher had 23 points and shot 68 percent from the field, while King had 17 and shot 64 percent. King had 10 rebounds, Gallagher nine. The two centers also met during the off-season while playing in a summer league in Omaha. Once again, the play was close. “That was the best competition I played against all summer,” King said. “I couldn’t tell you who played bet ter.” But it didn’t matter who had the upper-hand, he said. “After a while, you get familiar enough with someone, you know what they like to do,” he said. “That may not make it any easier to stop it, but I know what to expect.” Gallagher’s strength is his inside positioning. King said. “You’ve got to keep him out of good position,” he said. “A lot of it is guarding him before he gets the ball. Once he gets the ball, you just gotta chest up and put your hands up.” See KING on 17 □ i : 1990 All-Americans: Offense-) mmmmmmm AP first team selections ' I ■ I ■ I":':Wide Running back receiver Eric Bieniemy Herman Colorado Quarterback Moore Ty Detmer Virginia Brigham Young Wide Running receiver back l_ Tackle Guard Center Guard Tackle Lawrence Darr*n Antone Davis Ed King John Flannery Joe Garten Stacy Long Dawsey bew*8 Tennessee Auburn Syracuse Colorado Clemson Florida Texas A&M ^ ^ ^ ^ State Return specialist AgS Aladm Raghib Ismail 9B W Eg M$K Tight end Notre Dame Ml Wl BE JM Pfl Chris Smith Place kicker * i t \ fm 1 I Brigham Philip Doyle * * • Mm • £ Young Alabama ___ - • 1990 All-Americans: Defense Punter AP first team selections Cris Shale _ ~ „ Bowling Green **8 An rMk #*K ! Lineman i Lineman Lineman Russell Huey Kenny Maryland Richardson Walker Miami Florida Nebraska i ♦n_j Back Stanley Richard Texas Line . Linebacker Maurice Crum Michael Miami Stonebreaker 3^ Notre Dame Tr|pp welborna Michigan ———— *p NU lineman chosen AP All American The Associated Press Nebraska defensive tackle Kenny Walker, who overcame deafness to become one of the Big Eight’s most dominant pass rushers, was named to the 1990 Associated Press All-Ameri can team Wed nesday. Walker is Nebraska’s third defensive tackle in the last six years to be Walker named to the team, following current NFL players Jim Skow ami Neil Smith. Juniors are giants on the this year’s All-American college football team. Heisman Trophy winner Ty Det mer of Brigham Young, runner-up Raghib “Rocket” Ismail of Notre Dame and three other underclassmen were named to the team. Detmer set or tied 34 NCAA rec ords this year, including most passing yards in a season (5,188) and touch down passes in a career (86). He al ready is second on the career passing yardage list with 11,000, just 425 behind San Diego State’s Todd San tos. While Detmer drew raves for his passing, Ismail amazed fans and foes with his speed and versatility. The Rocket gained 157 all-purpose yards per game and scored six touchdowns as a runner, receiver and kick re turner. Other juniors on the team are Vir ginia wide receiver Herman Moore, Auburn offensive guard Ed King and Georgia Tech defensive back Ken Swilling. Everyone else is a senior. Four players are repeaters from last year’s first unit — Ismail, Colo rado offensive guard Joe Garten, Notre Dame defensive linemen Chris Zor ich and Michigan defensive back Tnpp Welbomc. Notre Dame linebacker Michael Stoncbrcaker, who made the first team in 1988, is back after miss ing last season because of discipli nary problems. Rounding out the offense arc run ning backs Eric Bicnicmy of Colo rado and Darren Lewis of Texas A&M, wide receiver Lawrence Dawsey of Florida State, tight end Chris Smith of BYU, center John Flannery of Syracuse, offensive tackles Antonc Davis of Tennessee and Stacy Long of Clcrnson, and placckickcr Philip Doyle of Alabama. The defense includes Colorado linebacker Alfred Williams, winner of the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker, and Miami’s Russell Maryland, the Oulland Trophy win ner as the country’s best linemen. Joining Maryland on the defensive line are Florida’s Huey Richardson and Walker. The defense also fea tures Miami linebacker Maurice Crum and backs Darryl Lewis of Arizona and Stanley Richard of Texas. Cris Shale of Bowling Green is the punter. Top-ranked Colorado and No. 5 Notre Dame each have three players on the team. Fourth-ranked Miami and No. 13 BYU are next with two players apiece. The players were selected by AP sports editor Darrell Christian, col lege football writer Rick Warner and regional AP sports writers.