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Nebraska’s Andre Woolridge puts a layup past Citadel’s Scott Van Schaardenburg
Monday night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Husker pressure defense
stymies Citadel’s arsenal
By Derek Samson
Staff Reporter
Nebraska’s defense frustrated
The Citadel into intentional and
technical fouls as the Cornhuskcrs
rolled to an 86-46 victory Monday.
After a 41-20 halftime lead by
Nebraska, frustration began to set
in during a second half that saw
Nebraska rattle off 18 unanswered
points before 11,004 fans at the
Bob Dcvancy Sports Center.
“Nebraskacame to play,"coach
Danny Nee said. “The defense
played hard and were ready to play.”
Minor altercations broke out
during the game and many of those
included Huskcr forward Bruce
Chubick.
“They’re a military school that
thought they were going to war
rather than a game,” Chubick said.
“The important thing is when they
gel frustrated for us not to get frus
trated.
“They were just a scrappy team,
a real scrappy team.”
Immediately following an in
tentional second-half foul on The
v CitadcKsScoltVanSchaardcnburg,
Bulldog coach Pal Dennis was
whistled for a technical.
The NU defense held The Cita
“ it
They ’re a military
school that thought
they were going to
war rather than a
game.
—Chubick
NU forward
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del to only 20 first half points and
the Bulldogs went scoreless for a
six-minute, 33-sccond stretch in
the second half.
“(Defense) was solid,” said Ne
braska guard Jamar Johnson, who
d ished out eight assists. “We played
a team that had multiple offenses,
so it says a lot.”
After the game was out of reach
for The Citadel, Johnson said it was
time for the Huskers to enjoy the
victory.
“In games like that you have to
have some fun,” Johnson said.
“Our practices are dead serious and
we practice hard so we deserve to
have fun in these type of games,”
Freshman guard Jaron Boone
led Nebraska scorers with 15, on a
six-ol-cighl shooting mghl Irom
the floor.
Erie Piatkowski, who started the
season with back-to-back 20-point
games, chipped in 13. Other Husk
ers in double figures included
Terrance Badgcll with 12and Erick
Strickland with 10.
The Citadel was led by Lamar
Wright with 12 points.
Nebraska shot 50 percent from
the floor for the game, while its
opponent had a 30.9 percent shoot
ing night.
“We executed and got the job
done,” Nee said. “We took yester
day off and we had fresh legs.”
The Huskers’ biggest scare of
the night came when center Der
rick Chandler went down with an
ankle injury just before halftime.
Although the extent of the injury
was not known, Nee said Chandler
will likely play against Creighton
on Thursday night.
Nee said that if Chandler docs
miss the game, the Huskers will
start Badgett, who pulled down a
game-high nine rebounds Monday.
“We’ve worked in sessions with
out each of our players, so it
shouldn’t be a big change,” he said.
KU Jay hawks
will dominate,
coaches say
By Jeff Griesch
Staff Reporter__ _
Once again, the Kansas Jayhawks
were the talk of the Big Eight during
the basketball coaches’ teleconfer
ence Monday.
Last week, theconferencccoaches
raved about how good they thought
the Jayhawks could be, and this week
end, Kansas did not disappoint them.
The Jayhawks passed two early
season tests by defeating Georgia 76
65 in Lawrence, Kan., on Dec. 1 and
Indiana at the Hoosicr Dome in India
napolis 74-69 on Saturday.
“I thought we defended well and
we competed well against Indiana,”
Kansas coach Roy Williams said.
One of the keys to the Kansas
victory over the Hoosiers was nearly
flawless play of senior point guard
Adonis Jordan.
“Perhaps it was the best game (Jor
dan) has ever played at Kansas,” Wil
liams said. “He was our defensive
player of the game; he had zero turn
overs; he was 6-for-6 from the free
throw line and, I think, 4-for-6 from
the field against one of the best de
fenses in the country.”
Williams also said he liked the
; way his team responded to playing on
j the road in front of 47,(XX) fans. He
said that the experience of playing in
a hostile environment would benefit
Kansas in the future.
“When you play in that atmosphere,
it can do nothing but help you,” Wil
liams said. “But we can’t rest after
this ohc, because in March nobody is
I going to remember this.win.”
As much as Williams would like to
remember the win over Indiana, he
| would just as soon forget about the
i game against Georgia, he said.
“We were up 20 at the half and
from then on it was a nightmare for
me,” Williams said. “We didn’tcom
| pete very well and that upsets me.”
Despite Williams’ disappointment
with the Georgia game, the consensus
1. Duke 2-0
2. Kansas 2-0
3. Kentucky 2-0
4. Indiana 4-1
5. North Carolina 3-0
6. Michigan 1-1
7. Seton Hall 4-1
8. Iowa 3-0
9. Louisville 1-0
10. Florida State 3-2
11. Oklahoma 2-0
12. Georgetown 2-0
13. UCLA 4-1
14. Arizona 0-1
15. Syracuse 3-0
16. Arkansas 3-0
17. Georgia Tech 1-1
18. Purdue 3-0
19. Cincinnati 1-0
20. Tulane 3-1
21. Memphis State 0-2
22. UNLV 1-0
23. Massachusetts 1-1
24. Michigan State 1-1
~ ~5c
among ihc Big Eight coaches is that
Kansas is the class of the conference.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee said
he believed the Kansas victory would
improve the image of the conference.
“1 thought it was a big victory for
the Big Eight, and it can only help the
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Seminoles will deliver
New Year's headaches
Take out that second mortgage.
Put up your car as collateral. Borrow
more money. Gel all the money you
can and call a bookie.
Florida State is favored by lOpoints
over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
Excuse me, make that Florida Stale
is favored by ONLY 10 points over
Nebraska. .
Yes, theoddsmakerscertainly must
want to give all bettors a belated
Merry Christmas.
Think about it. Ten points. A touch
down and a field goal. Has there ever
been a safer bet? Only if the Semi
nolcs were favored by fewer than 10.
But to be truthful, it would be a safe
bet if the spread was, say, 35 points.
Maybe that sounds like a rather large
spread, but the Seminolcs would cover
it — easily. As easy as they’ll cover
the 10 points they’ve been given al
ready. They’ll cover it in a big way.
But waitaminutc. Nebraska shook
its jinx against a rated team, didn’t it?
The Comhuskers beat Colorado and
Kansas real bad.
Who cares? All the Bui (aloes and
Jayhawks in the world wouldn’tequal
one Seminole, no matter how bad
your math is.
Florida State is better than anyone
on Nebraska’s schedule and much
better than Nebraska itself. The Husk
ers don’t belong on the same field as
Florida State. Anyone who thinks they
do should seriously look into check
ing into a therapy session. Rumor has
it there’s a cure for Big Red Fever or
whatever it is that makes people think
Nebraska even has a chance against
any team from Florida.
But, as usual, spirits will be high
heading into the bowl game. After all,
the Huskers arc the champions of the
next-to- worst conference in the coun
try (the Southwest Conference bcinti
the worst), so that means Nebraska
has the momentum it needs to win its
first bowl game in what seems like 20
years.
Yeah, whatever.
Hope docs spring eternal. Santa
Claus comes every Christmas. The
Tooth Fairy compensates kids for los
ing teeth.
And Nebraska loses bowl games.
That’s almost as sure a bet as taking
Florida State and giving Nebraska 10
points.
There is no way Nebraska can beat
Florida State. The Scminoles might
be the hottest team in college football
right now and you can make a case for
calling them the best team in the
country. Florida State could turn the
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