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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
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polls this week, and I
think we deserve it.
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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.”
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4 records fall
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By Tony West
Staff Reporter
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I Players on the Nebraska women’s
basketball team are out to Show that
they belong in the Top 25.
“Every time we take the court we
have something to prove,” Coach
1 Angela Beck said.
Karen Jennings, who was named
1 as Most Valuable Player at the
CablcVision Classic last weekend,
scored 26 points in the Comhuskcrs’
first-round win over Howard and
added 19 more Saturday against East
; cm Washington.
“We arc a special team and we’ve
proven it,” Jennings said. “We have
the potential to be the best ever. 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
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“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.
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“The defense leads to higher of
fensive output,” she said. “The de
fense was a big factor.”
The tournament also gave the
Huskers a chance to play several play
ers and to develop depth.
“I am pleased with the way the
players have played,” Beck said. ‘ We
don’t allow easy shots even with the
younger players in.”
Jennings said that over the semes
ter break, the Huskers will try to con
tinue working toward their ultimate
goals — a Big Eight championship
and a berth in the 32-team NCAA
tournament.
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
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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
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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.”
