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Tourney Continued from Page 9 Player. “They are a special threesome,” Beck said. “They have played to gether for three years and they com pliment each other very well.” “Rissa (Taylor) isaScottiePippen type player and Meggan (Yedsena) can deliver the ball,” Beck said. “And then there is Jennings, she is just the total package.” Rounding out the list of all-tourna ment selections were Annette Lee of Howard, Tammy Tavares of St. Mary’s and Jodie Doricott from East ern Washington. Despite the big victories, Beck said she was concerned with several areas of the Huskers’ game. “Along with our offense, I am not pleased with our rebounding yet, and Meggan’s shooting hasn T really come around yet, but we will work and improve,” Beck said. One area that Beck was pleased — 44 We hope to break the polls this week, and I think we deserve it. —Beck NU women’s coach -1* - with was the play of the Husker fresh men. “Kate Galligan is playing ex tremely well and is only going to ge better,” Beck said. “Dina Haselip anc Lis Brenden also played well for us ir the tournament and they are gaining some confidence.” The Huskers improved to 6-0 will the wins this weekend, and now Beef said she hoped her team would gair some national recognition in the polls The Huskers received the 26th-hjgh est vote total in last week’s Associ ated Press poll. “We are right where we want to lx at this point in the season,” Beck said “We hope to break the polls this week and I think we deserve it.” cy£T l^iomas Jewelers The Smart Choice Lincoln's Largest and Finest Collection of Quality Diamond Bridal Sets The A.T. 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The sky is the limrt.” This weekend, the Huskcrs gave the Nebraska record book a beating. Against Eastern Washington, they broke four school records, including most points in a game, most points scored in a half and most assists in a •Dec. 19 at Creighton ^«|W 2JL2Q I «C.IL> Invitational (Janes Madison, LaSalle, Central Connecticut St.) •Ian. 2 at Penn State •Ian. S at Wisconsin _ * GreefljhBay •Jan. 8 Oklahoma State* •Jan. 10 Oklahoma* : Hw» pun ^ €> ® €)I DN graphic game. “This was a strong tournament for Nebraska,” Jennings said. The Huskcrs raised their record to 6-0. Jennings attributed Nebraska’s re cent offensive explosion to strong defense. Southeast community college Milford Campus “Experience the Best ” ★ ★ Nebraska’s First Technical College ★ ★ Excellent Graduate Placement ★ ★ Education Current with Business ★ * 20 minutes from Downtown Lincoln ★ * Financial Aid and Scholarships * | * it On-Campus Housing I ★ * Tuition Only $337 per Quarter j Openings in. . . 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Two of those game—at Crc igh ton on Dec. 19 and at Penn State on Jan. 2—will be played against teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season. Those games will be sandwiched around a trip to the La Salle Invita tional, a tournament which features . La Salle and James Madison. Jennings said the next few weeks will tell just how good this Nebraska team is. “We may be the best team in the history of Nebraska women’s basket ball,” she said. “We just have to live up to expectations.” Singletary plays last home game / _ By The Associated Press Mike Singletary’s last home game inspired the Chicago Bears’ defense to shut down the leading rusher in the NFL and stopped the Pittsburgh Steclers from keeping the best record in the AFC. Singletary, a nine-lime Pro Bowl \ middle linebacker, who is retiring at the end of the season, w as honored in a pregame ceremony. Then the Bears went out and held Barry Foster to 25 yards on 12 carries cn route to a 30-6 win. Foslcrcnicrcd the game with 1,444 yards and 10 games of 100 or more yards this season. With a win, Pittsburgh could have stayed ahead of Buffalo in the race for the home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Buffalo and Pittsburgh arc each 10-4, and Buffalo owns the tiebreaker advantage thanks to a 28 20 win over the Steclers in the 10th week of the season. Elsewhere Sunday, Detroit beat Cleveland 24-14, Indianapolis edged the New York Jets 10-6, Kansas City beat New England 27-20, Atlanta ,1 „I'..T_n tc -i_i o | THE BEST IN UVIVUtVVI I uilipu UU) / 4.11 Ivi Oilll Francisco lopped Minnesota 20-17. Wichita Continued from Page 9 every game we play and they’ll be that way their whole first year.” Piatkowski said the team was look ing forward to a busy break in which it will face Appalachian State and Texas-Arlington before traveling to California to play Southern Califor nia, and to Hawaii to play in the Rainbow Classic. In the first round of the Hawaiian tournament, the Huskers will face No. 6 Michigan. “We have the two easier teams ahead of us at home,” Piatkowski said. “From there, we’re getting right into the bulk of our schedule.” Piatkowski said he was especially excited to play Michigan in the Rain bow Classic, but it was important that the team avoided overlooking any one. “Right now we need to focus on one game at a lime,” he said. “If you overlook someone, that’s when you’re Eh) get upset and those arc the of games that ruin your season.”
