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Colorado players Sherrlce King (44) and Mindy Henry (25) try to stop Nebraska’s Karen Jennings
from shooting in the January 15th game.
Jennings’ explosion
lifts NU to victory
By Pat Obley
Special to The Daily Nebraskan
MANHATTAN, Kan., — It was
all Karen Jennings Tuesday night as
the Nebraska women’s basketball team
beat Kansas State 87-82.
The junior from Persia, Iowa, set a
new Nebraska single-game scoring
record with 48 points on 22-of-26
shooting from the field. Jennings’
previous best was 31 and she broke
Maurtice Ivy’s record of 46 points set
in 1986.
“That was more than great, that
was phenomenal,” Nebraska #Coach
Angela Beck said. “It almost brings
tears to my eyes to see that type of
performance.
“She just did a great job.”
Jennings was a little surprised to
lcam of her record-setting perform
ance.
“I’m really shocked.” Jennings said.
“I’m the type of playcij who’s always
hungry. I love to scofe. Things were
just falling my way.”
Kansas State Coach Susan Yow
also look a turn at heaping the praise
on Jennings as well as her teammates.
“They did a very nice job in their
offense getting the ball to her,” Yow
said. “She was awesome tonight”
The victory didn’t come easy for
the Comhuskcrs, 12-4,3-0 in the Big
Eight.
Nebraska opened up a 35-22 lead
midway through the first half, but a
Wildcat run cut that lead to 35-33.
Jennings then scored the next eight
Husker points and Nebraska led 45
38 at halftime.
In the second half Nebraska opened
up with a 15-3 run to increase its lead
to 60-43.
Kansas State would not give up,
however.
After trailing 77-59, the Wildcats
went on a 17-3 run to close the gap to
80-76. But that was close as they
would get, as the Huskers hit seven
free throws, including four by Jen
nings, in the final minute to hold on to
the win.
Jennings’ final two record-break
ing points came on free throws with
six seconds left to ensure the Husker
win.
Jennings’ 48 points is the third
highest output in Big Eight history,
trailing the record of 51 by Oklahoma
State’s Donna Riddling in 1977.
Beck said the most important thing
about the win was that it came away
from home.
“This was a great road victory,”
Beck said. “K-State is a very lough
team at home. We’re just going to
have to regroup and be ready for our
next game.”
Nebraska.45 42 — 87
At Kansas State .. 38 44 — 82
Nebraska — Taylor 4-5 2-4 10, Hesch 3
71-17, Jennings 22-26 4-8 48, Yedsena 4
10 2-2 12, Yancey 2-7 1-2 5, Russell 2-2 0
0 4, Collains 0-1 1-2 1, Otfringa 0-2 0-0 0,
Wifrierspoon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-61 11-19
87.
Kansas State — Honeycutt 7-161-315,
Holzman 2-11 2-2 6, Grebmg 4-6 1-1 9,
Miller 7-19 9-9 25, Bertrand 0-3 2-2 2,
Moylan 4-7 4 4 15,Stoltz 3-44-4 10, Grattan
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-66 23 25 82
Three-point goals — Nebraska 2-4
(Yedsena 2-4) Kansas State 5-13 (Miller 2
6, Bertrand 0-1, Moylan 3-6) Rebounds —
Nebraska 38 (Jennings 16). Kansas State
32 (Honeycutt, Miller 6). Assists — Ne
braska 18 (Yedsena 9), Kansas State 16
(Miller 8) Total fouls (dq) — Nebraska 20
(Taylor), Kansas State 18 (Grebing). Turn
overs — Nebraska 20 (Russell 5), Kansas
State 13 (Moylan 5). A — 556
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Husker runner getting
set for Olympic track
By Jason Dyer
Staff Reporter "
It took only five seconds for Ne
braska men’s track coaches Dave Harris
and Glenn Stone to decide they wanted
Mark Jackson to run for the Corn
huskers.
The two were in Toronto on a
recruiting trip at the World Junior
Championships in 1988 when they
unintentionally captured Jackson on
a five-second clip of film.
Later in their trip, they reviewed
the tape to find Jackson’s running so
impressive, they said, that they even
tually asked him to come to Nebraska.
“At the lime when I was running,”
Jackson said, “I wasn’t aware that the
finish of that race (the 1600 meter
relay) was going to mean so much in
my future.”
In that particular race, Jackson was
achoring the Canadian national jun
ior team.
“All I can remember of that race,”
Jackson said, “was the Nigerian team
was up ahead of us, and this was in the
finals, and I just refused to give up. I
guess it was my intensity at the end of
race that impressed the coaches.”
Jackson might run with intensity,
but adrenaline is not all that moti
vates him, he said.
“I like to sing to myself right be
fore I gel into the blocks,” he said. “It
calms me down and psyches me up.”
But, Jackson hasn’t always had
something to sing about.
When he first came to Nebraska in
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Commentator’s reasoning,
broadcast tone Madden-ing
In case you missed it Saturday
afternoon, CBS football analyst John
Madden named his annual All-Mad
den Team.
The All-Madden Team is made up
of NFL players, coaches and any other
idiot Madden seems to think exem
plifies professional football, accord
ing to his own twisted standards.
Madden goes nuts over football
players covered with mud, those who
lose a limb but continue to play on,
coaches who rant and rave, and fans
who are nothing short of insane.
And, as Madden will repeat over
and over again, this is the way foot
ball should be. To bring his point
home, Madden supplies his own sound
effects.
“Here’s Thurman Thomas carry
ing the ball down the sideline and
BOOM! BAP! He’s hit out of bounds
by Lawrence Taylor. WOW! Now
that was a hit.”
But most of you who tuned in to
the All-Madden presentations proba
bly missed the half-hour show that
preceded it—the Un-Madden Team.
In this little-known awards pres
entation, Madden picked players he
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»Nick
Hytrek
thought should be banned from the
NFL because they lacked the quali
ties Madden deems important.
. But because I was fortunate enough
to tape the show, I can give you some
of the members of the Un-Madden
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Coach optimistic after first win
By Chuck Green
Senior Reporter
Youth and experience arc two
aspects of a team that rarely go
together, but Nebraska women’s
gymnastics Coach Rick Walton has
the luxury of both this season.
“This season, we’ve got a more
focused group of kids,” Walton
said. “We’ve got some street fight
ers on the team. These kids don’t
like to lose.”
The Huskers proved that in their
first meet of the season Sunday in a
dual against Southeast Missouri
State. Sophomore Robin Richter,
who is recovering from a ruptured
Achilles’ tendon she suffered last
spring,captured the all-around title
and led Nebraska to a 185.70-184.55
win.
Half of Nebraska’s 10-woman
roster is made up of freshmen. No
seniors are on the team.
Walton said he was especially
pleased with the freshmen Huskcrs
who competed in the meet.
“We had four freshmen on the
floor in our first meet and they all
did well,” he said. “To have them
perform in front of that many people
for the first time and do as well as
they did, I’m pretty happy.”
But Walton’s optimism has
diminished slightly with the inju
ries that have struck his team in
recent weeks.
Sophomore Lori Phillips and
redshirt freshman Natalie Bach
meier did not compete in the meet
because of injuries, and junior Karla
Cash lore ligaments in her knee
during vault warm-ups before the
meet.
Also, sophomore Cindy Carvajal
is still slowed by an ankle that
underwent reconstructive surgery,
Walton said.
“It’s one of those things that’s
like a faucet you can’t tum off,”
Walton said of the injuries. “People
Name (High School)
Natalie Bachmeier jo North)
Kristi Camp Homestead)
Cindy Carvajal (Winston Churchill)
Karla Cash Umar Senior)
Nicole Duval In Christian)
Jenny Hawkinson I)
r"~flartha Jenkins i
CeCe Ocel Valley)
Lori Phillips Okla. ( la. Christian)
Robin Richter ■ JPius X)
Date
Jan. 25 [Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Feb. 1 Columbia, Mo.
Feb. 7 Norman, Okla.
Feb. 16 Master's Lincoln, Neb.
(Alabama
Feb. 21 IOWA STA' Ames, Iowa
Mar. 1 Illinois Lincoln, Neb.
Mar. 8 Auburn Lincoln, Neb.
Mar. 16 Utah State Logan, Utah
Mar. 22 IOWA STATE , Lincoln, Neb.
Mar. 28 BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS Ames, Iowa
April 11 NCAA Regionals Salt Lake City, Utah
April 24 NCAA ChariJponshipsi..Minneapolis, Minn.
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who say that gymnastics isn’t a
contact sport should come out and
see it more often.”
Walton said the good showing
in the season’s first meet was im
portant because of the level of
competition the Huskers will face
. later in the season.
“Women’sgymnastics is a very,
very competitive sport at the colle
giate level,” he said. “Anymore,
most of the kids coming into col
lege and competing in Division I
are on U.S. national teams, so you
can’t just go out and compete any
more. Everybody is good.
“Consistency is what matters
nowadays.”
This season’s schedule won’t
allow the Huskers much room for
inconsistency, either, the coach said.
Nebraska will face defending na
tional champion Alabama at Tus
caloosa, Ala., on Saturday, and will
compete against the Crimson Tide
again at the Masters Classic Feb.
16 at the Bob Devancy Sports
Center.
Oregon State, which finished
fourth at last year’s NCAA cham
pionships, and eighth-place finisher
Arizona will also compete in the
home tournament.
Walton is reluctant to compare
this year’s team with recent Ne
braska teams, but he is optimistic.
“1 think this team compares well
with the team that got us to the
NCAA championships for the first
time (in 1987),” he said. “But therc’s
a whole season ahead of us. We
can’t afford to make any mistakes.”