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
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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.”
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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.
