KU stifles Nebraska
with pressure defense
By Nick Hytrek
Senior Editor
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Just about
everything that could go wrong did
for the Nebraska men’s basketball
team Saturday as the Comhuskcrs
fell to Kansas 103-78.
A crowd of 15,800 people gath
ered in Allen Fieldhouse to watch the
Jayhawks hold the Huskers to 39.7
percent shooting — including only 4
of 18 from three-point range — and
force 29 turnovers.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee said it
was good Kansas defense and poor
long-range shooting for Nebraska that
led to the loss.
“I think their pressure defense
caused a lot of turnovers for Nebraska,
and that’s the key to the game,” Nee
said. “I think that also the poor three
point shooting by Nebraska really killed
us because we’ve got to make the
three.”
Nee said that Nebraska’s three
point shooting had not been accurate
in conference play.
“Since we’ve been in the Big Eight,
we have not shot the ball well from
the three-point line,” he said. “We
have to be able to make those shots if
we’re going to be a contender or win
a basketball game.”
Kansas, however, found the range
from the three-point line and found it
often.
The Jayhawks, 14-1,3-0 in the Big
Eight, made 11 of 22 shots from that
range, including a 6-for-10 perform
ance by Adonis Jordan. Jordan led all
scorers with 20 points.
Nebraska’s Eric Piatkowski, who
tied Derrick Chandler for team-high
scoring honors with 17 points, had
another perspective about the Husker
loss — poor Nebraska defense.
“Until we start playing better de
fense, we’re not going to win any
more games in the Big Eight, that’s
for sure,” Piatkowski said.
“You can’t even make a run be
cause every time we hit a couple
baskets we’d come down and they’d
score every time.”
Early on, the Huskers, 13-3, 1-2,
played Kansas even. The two teams
traded leads and Nebraska led 28-27
midway through the first half after a
Michael Hughes layup.
That was the last lead the Huskers
held.
Kansas’ Rex Wallers hit a three
point shot to pul the Jayhawks up 30
27 and spur a 9-0 run on the way to a
36-28 lead.
After Nebraska responded with four
straight points, Kansas outscorcd the
Huskers 16-6 to take a 52-38 lead at
halftime.
The Jayhawk run to close the first
half wasn’t surprising, Nee said.
“I just think the game was going to
run in spurts, and I think KU just put
together a couple of real good solid
spurts and they ^weren’t going to be
denied,” he said.
At the beginning of the second
half, Nebraska threatened to make a
game of it.
It was not to be, however, as the
Jayhawks responded with seven
straight points to push their lead back
to 18. Nebraska could get no closer
than 13 the rest of the way.
The Huskers will try to regroup
tonight when Oklahoma visits the Bob
Dcvancy Sports Center. Scheduled
starting lime is 8:30 p.m.
Nebraska .,.38 40 — 78
At Kansas 52 51 — 103
Nebraska — Owens 1-4 6-6 8,
Cresswell 0-5 2-4 2, Chandler 6-10 5-6 17.
Johnson 3-8 2-2 8. Piatkowski 6-16 2-2 17,
Hayes 4-8 0-1 9, Chubick 2-5 2-4 6, Hughes
3-75-511, dock 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 25-63 24
30 78
Kansas —Jamison 3-10 3-3 9, Scott 7
10 3-617, Pauley 4 8 1-1 9, Walters 4-6 5-6
16, Jordan 7-18 0-2 20, Davis 3-10 1-3 7,
Woodberry 2-7 3-4 8, Gurley 0-2 0-0 0,
Ostertag 3-3 2-3 8, Nash 0-1 0-0 0, Johan
ning 1-2 4-4 6, Czaplinski 1-1 0-0 3. Totals
35-78, 22-32 103
Three-point goals — Nebraska 4-18
(Cresswell 0-4, Johnson 0-3, Piatkowski 3
8, Hayes 1 -3), Kansas 11-22 (Jamison 0-1,
Walters 3-4, Jordan 6-10, Woodberry 1-5,
Gurley 0-1, Czaplinski 1-1). Rebounds —
Nebraska 50 (Owens 10), Kansas 43 (Scott
10) Assists — Nebraska 15 (Cresswell 5),
Kansas 21 (Jordan 6) Team fouls (dq) —
Nebraska 26 (Hayes, Chandler), Kansas 26
(Pauley). Technical — Nebraska bench
Turnovers — Nebraska 29 (Johnson 7),
Kansas 16 (Jamison 4) A — 15,800
^ ^Micnene Paulman/DN
Nebraska’s Derrick Chandler battles Kansas’ Eric Pauley for
a rebound in the Cornhuskers’ 103-78 loss to the Jay hawks
on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.
Husker women’s second-half rally falls short
By Chris Hopfensperger
Senior Editor
The Nebraska women’s basketball team
played Kansas’ kind of game Saturday night—
and lost.
Coming off two conference road wins, the
Comhuskers fell to Kansas 54-51, in front of
4,369 people in the Bob Dcvancy Sports Cen
ter.
“We played KU style the whole game,”
Nebraska women’s basketball coach Angela
Beck said. “1 don’t think we got into a rhythm.
We just kind of hung in there to stay with
them.”
Offensively, Beck said, Nebraska didn’t
execute well.
“We missed a ton early,” she said. “We just
struggled the whole game to stay in the game.”
Sophomore guard Mcggan Yedsena said the
Huskcrs tried to force the ball inside to leading
scorer Karen Jennings.
“We knew the skip pass wasn’t there and we
kept throwing it,” she said.
Jennings, who scored a school-record 48
points Wednesday night at Kansas Stale, was
held to 14 by the Jayhawks. That snapped a 24
game siring of 20-point performances by Jen
nings.
The personal marks didn’t matter, Jennings
said.
“1 could score zero points as long as we win
the game,” she said. “The fact that we lost is the
worst disappointment of the night.”
The loss was even worse because it came at
home, Ycdscna said.
Nebraska fell to 13-4 on the season and 3-1
in the Big Eight. All but one of the Huskcrs’
losses have come at home.
The Jay hawks moved to 14-3 and 3-1.
After trailing by five at halftime, the Husk
ers closed the gap to one. But Kansas exploded
for nine straight points and, with a 10-point
lead, began to spread the floor.
Kansas’ winning margin grew to as many as
12, but a late Huskcr run kept the game close.
With 3:40 remaining, Nebraska’s Carol
Russell lied the game 46-46.
Stacy Truitt, who scored a game-high 17
points, pul Kansas up 48-46, and Nebraska tied
the game with Sue Hcsch’s 20-foot baseline
shot.
Two possessions later, Truitt was fouled by
Russell. Truitt hit the first free throw, but her
miss was recovered by Daniclc Sharccf.
Kay Kay Hart then nailed a three-pointer
that put the Jayhawks up 52-48 with 38 seconds
left.
But Ycdscna responded with a 22-foot shot
that closed the gap to one with 16.8 seconds on
the clock.
Truitt pushed Kansas’ lead up to three, 54
51, with free throws after she was fouled by
Ycdscna on the inbounds play.
Nebraska had two more chances to tic the .
game, but Jennings’ attempted three-pointer
on the next possession and Ycdscna’s shot
from midcourt after a missed free throw bounced
off the glass.
Stad McKee/DN
Marthea McCloud (left), an unidentified player from Kansas and Nebraska’s
Karen Jennings (right) fight for a loose ball as Carol Russell dives in. Kansas
won Saturday night’s game 54-51.
Husker track makes good showing
By John Gardner
Staff Reporter
On a day when many athletes
were just doing a little training,
several Nebraska track and field
athletes turned tfi exceptional per
formances.
Husker coach Gary Pepin said
Saturday’s all-comers meet at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center was
good, especially for the younger
team members.
k “We basically trained through
this meet with most of our kids,”
Pepin said. “It was a good one for
^the younger kids to get an idea of
where they stand."___
One youngster in particular
showed she’s ready for big-time
competition. Freshman Kathy
Travis competed in three events,
placing first in two of them. Travis
won the 55-melcr dash in 7.0 sec
onds and led off the UNL A 1,600
relay team, which won in 3:51.83.
She also finished second in the
400, behind only Kim Walker, a
former Nebraska standout who was
competing unattached.
Fran ten Bcnscl continued her
winning ways, taking the mile in
4:47.97 and the 1,000 in 2:51.47.
For the men, Stephen Golding,
Kevin Coleman and Peter Malescv
posted national qualifying marks
in their respective events. Golding
won ihc 55-hurdles in 7.31 lor a
provisional qualifying mark. Cole
man automatically qualified in the
shot put with a 61-5 3/4 mark, and
Malcscv cleared 7-1 1/2 for a pro
visional qualifying effort.
Other Nebraska winners included
Kwani Stewart in the women's 55
hurdlcs (8.06), Shanclle Porter in
the 600-yard run (1:23.80), Chrys
tall DeNacycr in the 800 (2:20.19),
Denise Lucas in the 200 (24.66),
Krista Madcr in the shot pul (48-0
3/4, a provisional qualifying mark)
and Renier Henning in the men’s
1,000 (2:27.98).
DeNacycr, Stewart and Porter
joined Travis on the winning relay
team.
NU gymnasts dominate meet
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska men’s gymnastics
team used its highest regular-season
score in four years to win a Big Eight
triangular at Oklahoma’s Lloyd Noble
Center.
The Huskers dominated the meet,
finishing with 284 points to Okla
homa’s 279.80 and Iowa State’s
265.55.
Sophomore Dennis Harrison paced
Nebraska by finishing third in the all
around with a 56.85 score. Freshman
Richard Grace came in fourth with
56.70.
Coach Francis Allen said he knew
his team could perform well.
“This is the way I expected this
team to perform. We just looked re
ally polished tonight," Allen said. “If —
we can keep this up the rest of the
year, we’re going to have a lot of
fun.”
Women’s gymnastics team falls to Alabama
The Nebraska women’s gymnas
tics team lost to defending national
champion Alabama 193.30-188.00
Saturday at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Comhuskers were led by fresh
man Mariha Jenkins, who placed
second in the all-around with a score
of38.45. Alabama All-American Dee
Dec Foster won with a score of 38.70.