Cornhusker
men, women
flood MU
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska men’s and
women’s swim teams coasted to
a dual win over Missouri Satur
day, capturing all but three
events and taking a 356-204 vic
tory.
Husker freshman Melanie
Dodd and senior Alan Kelsey
led the way.
Dodd won the 50-yard
freestyle and 500 freestyle and
aided the 200 medley team.
Kelsey contributed by win
ning the 50 freestyle. He was
also a member of the winning
.200 medley and 200 freestyle
relay teams.
Newcomers Lazclle
Markgraff from South Africa
and Bjorn Moller from Sweden
made immediate impacts.
Markgraff won the 200 and
1,650 freestylcs, while Moller
won the 1,650 women’s freestyle
and 200 breaststroke.
Husker coach Cal Bcntzsaid
he was pleased with his teams’
performance and'expects both
teams to be ready for their next
duals. The men will swim next
at Iowa on Friday, and the
women will swim at Iowa State
on Saturday.
Nebraska’s next home meet
will be against Kansas at the
Bob Devancy Sports Center on
Feb. 6.
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Losses
Continued from Page 7
Last year’s 19-10Huskerteam lost
three of its first four conference games,
but rebounded to finish 7-7 in league
play.
Nee said he was expecting a simi
lar turnaround from this year’s team.
But, Nee said, he doesn’t know if last
season’s team could have been as
competitive as this year’s 11-5 Ne
braska team in the adversity of being
behind on the road.
“Just comparing last year to this
year, there were many times when
that happened when we reached the
breaking point—then the dam broke
and we were not competitive,” Nee
said.
The Nebraska coach said despite
starting the Big Eight schedule with a
pair of losses, he was pleased with his
team’s effort on the road.
“I felt the Nebraska basketball team
from Thursday to Saturday improved
in effort, and improved in our de
fense,” Nee said. “I felt Saturday, the
guys showed a little bit more poise, a
little bit more patience and a little bit
more confidence and played much
better.
“I thought the effort on Saturday
was good enough to win — circum
stances just prevented that,” Nee said.
“I think in both games, even in Thurs
day night’s game, I never saw any quit
— I thought we were always coming
back.”
He said his young team, which has
six of its 10 regulars playing for the
first time in the conference, learned
the hard way about the rigors of the
Big Eight.
“I think the road trip seasoned us
and gave us a lot of experience, but
it’s a lough way to get the lesson to go
0-2,” Nee said.
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Javhawks rally to beat KSU
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Rex
Walters broke out of a season-long
shooting slump and sparked a second
half rally that propelled No. 1 Kansas
past Kansas State 71 -65 Monday night,
theJayhawks’ 10th straight victory on
the Wildcats’ home court.
Kansas (15-1 overall, 3-0 Big
Eight), voted No. 1 earlier in the day
for the first time in three years, scored
its fewest points while playing its
sloppiest first half of the season and
trailed 32-24 at intermission after
shooting just 35 percent from the floor.
But the Jayhawks hit a sizzling 70
percent in the second half and com
mitted only three turnovers. They also
wound up missing only five of 24 free
throws in winning for the 20lh time in
their last 24 meetings against Kansas
State.
The Wildcats (10-3,2-1) took their
biggest lead at 36-26 on a tip-in by
Anthony Beane before Walters and
Eric Pauley led Kansas on a game
turning 15-4 run, including 10 straight
points in one stretch.
The Jayhawks, who have not lost
in Manhattan since 1983, took the
lead for good at 47-45 when Walters,
who had been fighting a career-worst
scoring slump, hita pair of free throws
with 10:32 remaining.
Askia Jones, who had a season
high 25 points Saturday in an over
time victory over Colorado and had
been leading the Wildcats with al
most 14 points a game, was held to
three.
Out-shooting, oulrebounding and
outhustling their top-ranked visitors,
the Wildcats reeled off a 10-0 run
while Kansas went six minutes with
outscoring in the opening half. Beane’s
three-pointer near the buzzer gave
Kansas State its halftime lead.
Walters wound up with 23 points
while Adonis Jordan had 12, Richard
Scott 11 and Pauley 10. Beane had 14
for Kansas State, which saw its five
game winning streak snapped.
San Francisco’s Mike Shanahan
may take over as Broncos coach
DENVER (AP) — Mike Shanahan
admits he wants the head-coaching
job with the Denver Broncos, and
although he clearly is the leading
candidate, he insists it’s not a done
deal.
Shanahan, the offensive coordina
tor with the San Francisco 49ers, is
contending with four other NFL assis
tant coaches, including Denver de
fensive coordinator Wade Phillips.
Now that San Francisco’s season is
over, Shanahan says he’s wailing for
acall from Denver Broncos owner Pat
Bowlen.
“I’m just waiting,” he said Sunday
after the Dallas Cowboys beat the
49ers 30-20 in the NFC championship
game. “There’s speculation, but I
haven’t talked to Mr. Bowlen. Until
he calls, it’s only speculation.”
Two of Shanahan’s closest associ
ates on ihe49crs said he had told them
privately that he had not settled an
agreement with the Broncos.
-44
I’m just waiting...
there’s speculation,
but I haven’t talked to
Mr. Bowlen.
—Shanahan
49er offensive coordinator
-99 "
“When I talked to Mike about it, he
said it wasn’t a sure thing,” 49er quar
terback Steve Young said. “I believe
him. But I think he’ll get it. Mike’s
awesome.”
The 40-ycar-old Shanahan said if
he is offered the Denver job, he will
install the San Francisco offense.
“I would add a few other things,
but I feel very comfortable with it and
believe in it,” he said.
Shanahan is a candidate to replace
Dan Reeves, who was fired on Dec.
28. Shanahan was fired by Reeves
after the 1991 season, but he claims he
has no bitterness toward Reeves or the
Broncos.
“I still have a lot of respect and
feeling for (owner) Pat Bowlcn and
the organization,” he said. “I was
lucky to get the experience this year
with another class team and organiza
tion. This has been a good year for me.
I’m still learning. This was a different
(offensive) scheme for me, so I got
engulfed in it.”
Shanahan began his pro coaching
career with the Broncos in 1984 and
was responsible for the wide receiv
ers. He became offensive coordinator
the next season, although Reeves re
tained overall control over the of
fense. In 1988 Shanahan was named
head coach of the Los Angeles Raid
ers, improving the Raiders from 5-11
to 7-9 that year. He was fired after a 1 -
3 start in 1989.
Beck
Continued from Page 7
were only gone for three days, but it
seemed like three weeks.”
The teams are also traveling in
pairs this year and Beck said
Nebraska’s travel partner has had a
terrible year and is hurting the
Comhuskers.
“Iowa State... is now down to six
players,” Beck said. “No one is really
(preparing) for them. Kansas just beat
them 99-33, so it’s pulling tremen
dous pressure on my players.”
Nebraska’s upcoming weekend is
an example of why Beck is unhappy.
No. 7 Colorado, the Comhuskers’
opponent Friday, is undefeated, while
Sunday’s opponent, Missouri, is 10-2
and third in the Big Eight.
Iowa Slate, the other slop for Mis
souri and Colorado, is 2-14 overall.
“It’s tough when you have Colo
rado and Missouri coming to town the
same weekend,” Beck said. “We’ll
have to prepare for both those teams
and I think they’re the toughest travel
partners that there arc.”
“This is going to be a very, very
difficult weekend.”
The 15-0 Buffaloes will be first on
the Huskers’ agenda, and Beck said
Nebraska must win to have any hopes
of capturing the Big Eight title.
“If we don’t beat Colorado, it’s
going to be very difficult,” Beck said.
“We re going to have to win if we’re
going to talk about a league title.”
Beck said playing Colorado first
this weekend does' favor her team
slightly. '
“If I had to pick which one (Colo
rado or Missouri) to play first, I’d
rather play Colorado,” Beck said.
“Obviously, we arc going to focus
very hard for Colorado and then we’ll
have one day to prepare for Mis
souri.”
Nebraska is tied for fourth in the
Big Eight with a 2-2 mark. The Husk
ers’ two losses came at home to No. 25
Oklahoma Stale and on the road to
Kansas.
“I wish we were 3-1,” Beck said. “I
think our first loss with Oklahoma
State was a bad loss.
“I was a little upset the way we
folded down the stretch at the Kansas
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game,” she said. “We had a nine
point lead in the second half and they
turned it up and we kind of packed our
bags.”
Beck said she saw positives result
ing from last weekend’s games. The
play of freshmen Kate Galligan and
Lis Brenden, who earned a starting
spot in Nebraska’s 74-57 win over
Kansas State, earned praise from Beck.
“I think Kate and Lis have been
playing very well for us,” Beck said.
“Kale brings me the ability to pen
etrate and she plays great defense. Lis
plays with the intensity we have been
needing defensively.”
Brenden shouldered part of the
scoring load against Kansas State,
scoring 12 points.
“Those two were a key factor
against Kansas Stale,” Beck said.
With (Karen) Jennings only scoring
two points in the first half, Lis and
Kate played very well.”