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Men’s team wins despite missing goal By Tim Pearson Staff Reporter The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team couldn’tquilc achieve its goal of 282 points, but coach Francis Allen was happy to come out with a con vincing win at the Big Eight Triangu lar over Oklahoma and Iowa State. “(A score of) 280 was fine. It’s good enough,” Allen said. “If it hadn ’l been for the high bar, we would have had 282.” TheComhuskcrs won the horizon tal bars with a score of 45.35, but Allen said that they should have and could have had a better score in the event. Allen said he hoped the Huskcrs’ potential to score big will send out a message to other coaches. “Coaches are going to look at our scores and see that we could have easily had 282,” he said. “I want to send other teams a message that Ne braska is back.” Nebraska brought home first in fi ve of the si x events, as wel I as the al I - around title, which was won by sopho more Richard Grace. Individual champions for Nebraska included Che Bowers on the pommel horse, Harrison on the still rings, and Josh Sacgcrt on the parallel bars. Ja son Christie and Burkett Powell shared first place on the high bar, while se nior Louis Ball made his first appear ance of the season with a first-place finish in the vault. Allen praised the performance of Christie, the only freshman on the Husker team. “If I had to pick one thing that I liked today, it probably would be the performance of Jason Christie,” he said. Harrison said he was glad to come out of it with a win. “Itwasa win, but overall wedidn't do that great” he said. “We weren’t motivated. We pretty much knew we were going to win.” Bruce Chubick, bottom, fights for the ball against Kansas State forward Ron Lucas in the closing minutes of Saturday night’s two-point loss. Beane Continued from Page 7 making a 24-fool jumper with eight seconds left in regulation. “To me, I really like road games,” \\c said. “(Road games) tell about the fight a team has, and we’ve got a lot.” Beane said he thought free throw shooting was a major factor in the game. The Huskcrs shot just 42 percent from the free throw line while the r—— — — — — — — — — ^ -44 (Road games) tell about the fight a team has, and we’ve got a lot. —Beane Kansas State guard -ft - W i Ideals shot 72 percent.. Beane made six of his nine shois from the line. But Beane said he was not satisfied with the Wildcats’ 11-3 start and their 3-1 jump in the Big Eight. “We’re going to continue to work hard in practice,” he said. “We’re not satisfied yet.” Kansas Stale coach Dana Altman said Beane was a major reason for the Wildcats’ 66-64 victory over the Comhuskers. “Beane is a tough young man who makes a difference,” he said. “I wish 1 could lake ihc credit, bul it’s all Anthony Beane.” Kansas State Continued from Page 7 forwards Eric Pialkowski and Bruce Chubick. The pair had 16 and 12 points, respectively. Chubick said Nebraska might have put too much pressure on itself to win on Saturday. “This game had maybe more mean ing than any so far, because we were on a two-game skid in the Big Eight,” he said. Pialkowski, who returned after sit ting out last Wednesday’s 86-70 win over Sacramento State with the flu, said he’s getting tired of losing. “It’s our fault— we know what the coaches want, we know the offenses and we know what to do,” Pialkowski said. “Guys are still taking it one on one, trying to do everything on their own — we can do that against Sacra mento State, but you don’t do that against a Big Eight team. “Until everyone gets together and says winning’s more important than individual stats, we’re probably go ing to keep losing.” The Huskcrs will get their chance to redeem themselves at 8:30 tonight when they battle fellow 0-3 Big Eight cellar dweller Colorado in Boulder, Colo. The game will be televised live by ESPN. The Buffaloes, who arc 8-7 over all, arc coming off of a 31 -point loss at home to first-place Kansas on Sat urday. Several Nebraska players said to night is a must win. “We’ve got to win —there’s no better way to put it,” Chubick said. “If we have dreams of playing in March, I think that’s a game that we have to win.” Pialkowski agreed that without getting some victories soon in Big Eight play, a third-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament might be out of reach for the Huskcrs. “If we want to go back to the NCAA Tournament, we’re going to have to rattle off some wins here,” Pialkowski said. “Out in Boulder, they j always play tough out there, so if we’re not prepared, it could be NIT.” j *4*|I_RUGBY Practice begins Tues., January 26th 6:00 p.m. Cook Pavilion. No Experience Necessary New players encouraged. 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Join us for a reading and autographing Tuesday, January 26, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. GENERAL BOOKS 13th & Q • 476-0111 ’ I r Track team looks good in opener, coach says By Derek Samson Staff Reporter In ihcir first meet of the year, the Nebraska men’s and women’s track teams made a good first impression on Coach Gary Pepin, “I was very, very pleased,” Pepin said after Saturday’s Nebraska Open at the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center, “This was probably, on the men’s side, the best first meet in the last 13 years. ‘‘I think we’ll have two very fine teams.” Paul Morrison broke hisown school record record when he threw the 35 pound weight 59 feet 3/4 inches. Morrison was only two inches off the Big Eight record. Other winners on die men’s side included Petar Malcscv in the high jump, Riley Washington in the 55 meter dash, Kevin Coleman in the shot pul, Marlon Jones in the 800 meter run, Rcnicr Henning in the 1000 meter run, Travis Grant in the 200 mctcr dash and Robert Thomas in the triple jump. On the women’s side, winners were Kwani Stewart in the 55-mctcr hurdles, Paulette Mitchell in the shot put, Shancllc Porter in the400-mctcr dash, Destiny Licbl in the high jump, Chrystall DcNacycr in the 800-mctcr run, Shancllc Porter in the 200-mctcr dash and Nicola Martial in the triple jump. Mitchell, a freshman who was per forming in her first meet as a Comhuskcr, set Nebraska’s shot pul record with her throw of 50 feel 2 1/2 inches.