Injuries
Continued from Page 8
have gotten hurt instead, and that
wouldn’t have been good either.
Wilhite said he won’t think about
when he might play again, but in
stead will remain positive and
concentrate on rehabilitating the
knee after surgery next Tuesday.
Recovery is expected to take at
least four to five months.
“If it was going to happen, it
was going to happen,” he said.
“I’m really not thinking about next
year. I’m thinking about surgery
and rehab and then next year. If I
don’t rehab it to where it’s 100
percent, it’s only going to give
again.”
With the absence of Wilhite,
Osborne said sophomore John Reece
would switch from safety to cor
nerback and the Huskers would
have to rely on young players to
perform.
Osborne said it is really hard to
find players who could do what
Wilhite had been able to do at
comerback, especially with the type
of man-to-man defense the Husk
ers play. He said the coaches felt
fairly secure with Nebraska’s de
fensive backficld a week ago, but
now were not so sure.
Wilhite also said he expected
the players to do well despite inex
perience.
“Those guys know what they
have to do, and I’m quite sure they
are going to do it,” he said. “I
talked to the coaches, and I told
them I’m going to try and help the
young guys to just stay loose and
nolgct uptight about the situation.”
Belgians
Continued from Page 8
points.
Jennings said she won’t be able to
do that every night for the Huskers to
be successful.
“I’m just concentrating on what it
takes to win,” she said. “I think we are
going to have to get some more scor
ing from other people because I think
championship teams usually have a
more balanced attack.”
Nebraska came out in the second
half starting where they left off, with
Jennings scoring on a fast break lay
up.
But the Belgians held tough for the
first part of the half, several times
reducing the Huskers lead to nine
points.
With the score 57-48. Nebraska
exploded, running off 12 straight, points.
The closest Belgium got after that
was 14 points down as the Huskers
rolled to victory.
Nebraska will take on Athletes in
Action tonight at 7:05 at the Bob
Dcvancy Sports Center. The all-star
team is considered to be the NBA
equivalent for women’s basketball
and will feature former two-time All
American Stanford star Jennifer Azzi.
Azzi was an intrical part of the Cardi
nal national championship team and
a high school idol of Yedsena’s.
Yedsena said she is looking for
ward to playing against her hero.
“It’s going to be exciting because
she was someone I looked up to,” she
said. “She is kind of an inspiration. I
would like to play a few scries against
her because I think it will be a good
test for me to sec where I stand.”
Beck
Continued from Page 1
up of former collegiate players. The
team is coached by Marcia Burton
and plays 22 games against universi
ties all over the country.
The team has won seven of its first
nine games this fall, losing to Ohio
State and Illinois.
“The game will extend us men
tally,” Beck said. “We need to play a
lot smarter and concentrate on win
ning.”
Beck said her team has to have
belter offensive flow and more help
defensively with less fouls.
Nebraska did play good enough
defense to limit Belgium to 46 shots
compared to 77 shots for the Huskcrs.
“I think the score is indicative of a
good defensive effort,” Beck said.
“We tried to do some good things, but
we need more continuity.”
The Nebraska women’s team had
a 17-11 overall record last year, fin
ishing in a tie for second in the Big
Eight with an 8-6 league mark. The
team returns three starters and cighl
letterwinners from a year ago.
Bowls
Continued from Page 8
bowls. One that wc don’t even want
to be in.”
At least by playing in the Gator or
Hall of Fame bowls the New Year’s
Day streak would slay intact.
That way, all Nebraska fans could
watch their team win a bowl game in
the early afternoon, then spend the
rest of the day wailing to watch Colo
rado get demolished in the Orange
Bowl.
f
. There would be no better way to
start a new year.
Adkisson is a junior news-editorial major
and a Daily Nebraskan staff reporter.
Huskers to play Texas A&M
home-and-away in 1997,1998
From Staff Reports
Nebraska Athletic Director Bob
Devaney announced Tuesday that
Nebraska has signed a two-year con
tract to play Texas A&M in football
in the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
Devaney said the Comhuskers and
Aggies will play in Lincoln on Sept.
27,1997. Nebraska will make its first
ever visit to 72,000-scal Kyle Field in
College Station, Jexas, on Sept. 26,
1998.
Nebraska and Texas A&M have
met six times, most recently in the
1988 Kickoff Classic at Giants Sta
dium in East Rutherford, N.J. The
Huskers won that game, 23-14, and
lead the series, 5-1. The other five
games were played in Lincoln.
Kiley Timperley/DN
Nebraska l-back Calvin Jones was named Big Eight player of the week Monday for his performance against Kansas. Jones rushed
for 294 yards, a school single-game record, and six touchdowns, a Big Eight single-game record.
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