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Terrilyn Johnson of Kansas grabs a rebound from Nebraska’s Carol Russell during the first half of Wednesday's contest. Reserve heroine of win By Jeff Singer Staff Reporter When a team is looking for inspi ration to carry it to victory in a close contest, the typical player to look for is the team’s leader. But every once in a while, a little known reserve can become an instant heroine by putting her team over the hump in the closing minutes for a big win. On Wednesday night, that player was Carol Russell. The sparingly used guard scored eight of the Comhuskers’ last 10 points late in the second half to help give Nebraska a one-point win against Kansas. Russell, a junior from Manhattan, Kan., ended the game with 10 points, well above her 2.7 per game average. ‘ This was one of my best games at Nebraska,” Russell said. “TTie adre naline was really running tonight” After a Jay hawk basket put Kansas ahead 57-47 with nine minutes re maining, Coach Angela Beck called lime out and made what turned out to be her best decision of the night. Russell entered the game, substi tuting for Sue Hesch, and sparked the Huskcrs like a blast of dynamite. After assisting on the next two Nebraska baskets, Russell said, she thought it was time to start draining the net. “After my first basket, everything started clicking,” Russell said. She added two more baskets on the Huskcrs’next two possessions to give Nebraska a two-point lead with 2:14 left. The Jayhawks tied the score at 65 the next time down the floor. The 5-11 guard got the ball with 27 seconds remaining and immediately was fouled. “I was nervous, but I’ve been working a lot on my free throws,” Russell said. “Mcggan (Yedsena) just reminded me that it was all mental.” Russell capped her heroic perform ance with two free throws, putting Nebraska in the lead for good. “After the first one, the second one was easy,” Russell said. Russell proved to be a prophet. Before the game she jokingly told Beck, “I m going to come off the bench and score 20 points.” She didn’t score 20, but her 10 was just what the Huskers needed to keep their Big Eight championship hopes alive. Russell doesn’t expect to be the star of every game, but she said that when one player is on a roll, the rest of the team gets going as well. “Karen (Jennings) usually sparks us, but if she isn’t having a great game, someone coming off the bench will hopefully get us going.” “There was a gap in the middle the whole night, but everyone was afraid to take it,” Beck said. “She read the gap and finally fell comfortable (tak ing it).” “I fell she was a big key,” Beck said. After tying her season-high of 10 points, which she also accomplished in a December loss at Iowa, Russell said she just wanted to sec the team win. “I just want to go out there and contribute,” Russell said. “It worked out well for me tonight.” Kiam joke targets woman sports writer NEW YORK (AP) — New Eng land Patriots owner Victor Kiam told a joke that involved Lisa Olson, the Boston Herald sportswriter harassed in the locker room last season, and the Persian Gulf war, according to pub lished reports. USA Today, in today’s editions, reported that people at a male-or>’y sports banquet where Kiam spoke quoted the owner as asking what the Iraqis “have in common with Lisa Olson? They’ve both seen Patriot missiles up close.” Herb Kohn, master of ceremonies of the Stamford Old-Timers Athletic Association in Connecticut, told the newspaper that the remark “was something along those lines.” Kohn did not tape the speech by Kiam, which was given Monday at an asso ciation awards banquet in Stamford, where Kiam lives. Robert Sales, Boston Herald sports editor, told The Advocate of Stamford that he was disappointed in Kiam. “I thought he had apologized and I thought the apology was sincere,” Sales said. “I also thought he under stood the type of pain this gave Lisa and that he would refrain from this type of joke.” Sam Jankovich, the chief execu tive officer of the Patriots, was unable to reach Kiarn on Tuesday night. “Until we are able to speak with him, it would be inappropriate to comment,” he said in the report. In September, Olson was harassed in New England’s locker room while covering the Patriots. The NFL inves tigated the incident and fined Zekc Mowatl, Michael Timpson and for mer Patriot Robert Perryman for ver bal abuse and physical action against the reporter. Kansas. Continued from Page 15 point range put the Lady Jayhawks up by seven, 35-28, at halftime. Hart, who led the Lady Jayhawks with 18 points, hit her only three pointer in the second half to tie the Bob Devaney Sports Center record. Nebraska was leading by one, 47 48, when the Lady Jayhawks went on an 11-point tear. With 8 1/2 minutes remaining, the Huskers began to claw their way back. Hubert hit the front end of a one-and one, but missed the second. Jennings and Hubert collected offensive boards on the next two trips down the court and cut the lead to five. Kansas scored the next four points, but Dahn ended the run with the Huskers’ only three-pointer. Kelly Hubert cut the lead to four as she hit a two-foot jumper from the lane. After trading a basket with the ' ’ ’ L wks, junior Carol Russell Russell scored three straight bas kets to give the Huskers a 65-63 lead with 2:22 remaining. A Kansas basket evened the score at 65, before Russell and Jennings hit their pairs of free throws. Beck s?id the five players on the court at the end of the game — Russell, Hubert, Da^in, Jennings and Meggan Yedsena — were the key to the win. Kansas.35 33 — 68 At Nebraska . 28 41 —69 Kansas—lohnson 6-101-213, Shareef 1-6 0-0 2, McCloud 2-4 0-0 4, Hart 6-8 0-0 18, Truitt 3-12 0-0 7, Tate 4-71-3 9, Wither spoon OO 2-2 2, Cnennault 2-5 0-2 5, Bonham 4-100-0 8, Kite 0-10-00 Totals 28 63 4-9 68 Nebraska—Halsne 3-7 1-2 7, Jennings 8-14 7-723, Hubert 8-10 2-318, Dahn 2-7 2 2 7, Yedsena 1-7 0-0 2, Hesch 1-5 0-0 2, Russell 3-4 4-4 10, Offringa 0-2 0 0 0, Yancey 0-0 0-0 0. 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