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Nebraska knocks off No. 3 Jay hawks
Coach says
NCAA berth
still possible
By Jeff Singer
Senior Reporter
Nebraska produced another
storybook ending against Kansas at
the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center Sun
day afternoon.
And the Comhuskers added an
other miracle chapter to the saga.
Nebraska used a bit of deja vu and
upset the No. 3 Jayhawks 68-64 in
front of 14,679 fans.
Just like last year, a Jamar Johnson
three-pointer near the end of the game
sank the Jayhawks, who lead the Big
Eight conference.
Johnson’s bomb this year gave the
Huskers a 64-62 lead with one minute
left in the game, and heroics by center
Derrick Chandler and forward
Terrance Badgett sealed the Nebraska
win.
After the Jayhawks’ Steve
Woodberry hit a jump shot to tie the
score with 44 seconds left, two free
throws by Chandler and a steal and
dunk by Badgett as time expired pre
served the upset.
Nebraska coach Danny Nee said
he was proud that his team never gave
up, especially when the Huskers were
down 40-31 at halftime.
“I just feel they came out and gave
a superhuman effort in the seepnd half
and just never quit and never got
down,” said Nee, whose team im
proved to 3-4 in conference play. “1
really felt Nebraska earned it the hard
way.”
After being down by nine points at
the half, the Huskers’ defense stepped
up and limited the Jayhawks to 28
percent shooting from the field, as
Nebraska outscorcd Kansas 37-24 in
the final 20 minutes.
Johnson said the Huskers’ 13-3
spurt to open the second half was key
for the win that improved Nebraska’s
overall record to 15-7.
“I think what really helped us was
the way we came out in the second
half,” Johnson said. “The first five
minutes, we wanted to take control of
the game.”
Kansascoach Roy Williams, whose
team dropped to 5-1 in Big Eight play
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Badgett jam
erases missed
free throws
By Susie Arth
Senior Reporter
It took only 13 seconds for Terrance
Badgcll to elevate himself after feel
ing like the lowest man in the Bob
Dcvancy Sporis Center.
With 16 seconds remaining in
Nebraska’s game with Kansas Sun
day and the Cornhuskcrs leading 66
64, Badgett missed two free throws.
The Jayhawks rebounded his miss
and ran dow n the floor to go for a tic
or win.
“After I missed the free throws, it
kind of got to me,” he said.
So Badgcll vowed to make it up to
his team.
With seven seconds remaining,
Badgett stole the ball from Jayhawk
guard Rex Walters and raced to the
Huskcrs’ basket.
“I saw Rex Wallers penetrating,
and the ball just popped into my hand,”
he said. “So I went hard toward the
other basket.”
Badgett said his biggest Icar as he
dribbled the ball down the court was
getting fouled.
But with three seconds remaining,
Badgcll jammed the ball through the
hoop and gave the Huskcrs a 68-64
victory over the No. 3 Jayhawks.
As Badgcll stood under the basket
with his arms extended, all he could
think about was that he was finally
able to make a difference in a game,
he said.
“I was one of the contributors to
the game,” he said. “I helped out.”
But Badgcll, who went five for six
from the field and scored 11 points in
the Huskcr victory, contributed in
more ways than just making the final
shot.
At the beginning of the second
half, Badgett scored four points to
help the Huskcrs dig into a nine-point
deficit.
Badgett, a redshirt freshman, said
he was uncertain if the time would
ever come when he would have the
opportunity to be the team hero.
But Huskcr coach Danny Nee told
Badgcll to take it day by day, and his
chance would come, Badgett said.
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Robin Trimarchi/DN
Nebraska’s Jamar Johnson drives past Kansas’ Adonis Jordan in the Cornhuskers’ 68-64
victory at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday.
NU wrestler remains unbeaten;
Huskers thrash Golden Gophers
From Staff Reports
Mall Lindland’s streak is still alive.
Lindland, a 158-pound wrestler
from UNL, kept his unbeaten season
alive by winning a 4-3 decision Fri
day over Minnesota’s Michael
Marzetta.
Lindland, one of seven Nebraska
wrestlers to win, helped the
Comhuskers to a 22-9 dual victory
over the Golden Gophers at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
Marzetta was ranked second in the
country behind Lindland entering the
match. With the win, Lindland im
proved to 31-0 on the year.
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We were on tonight. If
we wouldn’t have been
sharp tonight,
Minnesota would have
beaten us.
—Neumann
NU wrestling coach
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Nebraska coach Tim Neumann said
he expected the dual to be much closer, i
“We were on tonight,” Neumann
said. “If we wouldn’t have been sharp
tonight, Minnesota would have beaten <
US.”
The Huskcrs were propelled by a
win at 142 pounds by sophomore Mike
Eierman.Eicrman scored a 10-6 deci
sion over the Gophers’ Damon John
son, who was No. 4 in the country.
“Eirman’s win wasagreal match,”
Neumann said. “He stayed tough and
keptalotofprcssureon Johnson. He’s
lost a lot of matches in the third pe
riod. It was nice to sec him wrestle a
full seven minutes.”
Other winners for Nebraska in
cluded Tony Purler at 126, John
Buxton at 134, Tommy Robbins at
167, Corey Olson at 177 and Ovanes
3ganisian at 190.
Gymnasts win dual against Air Force
From Staff Reports
Nebraska’s women’s gymnastics
team continued its roll Friday, beat
ing Air Force in a dual at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center by a score of
190.95to 169.1.
The Comhuskers, ranked No. 6 in
the country, upped their dual record to
3-1 on the season.
Nebraska was led by Kristi Camp,
who won her first all-around title of
the season. Camp, who scored a sea
son-high 38.6 in the all-around, beat
teammate Nicole Duval, who scored
a 38.55.
Cornhusker sophomore Martha
Jenkins finished third in the all-around
with a 37.75.
Duval scored a meet-high 9.9 on
the floor exercise and won the event,
rhe score was the highest score in any
jvenl by k Comhusker gymnast this
season.
Other event winners for Nebraska
included Jenkins, who won the vault
with a scoreof 9.7 and the uneven bars
with a score of 9.85. Camp won the
balance beam with a score or 9.8. .
Huskers edged out
by second-half rally
By Beau Finley
Staff Reporter
Jusl when it looked like destiny
was on Nebraska’s side Sunday,
Oklahoma State slapped a huge
victory away from the Comhuskcrs.
The No. 22 Nebraska women’s
basketball team lost a 15-point sec
ond-half lead and lost 64-58 to the
Cowgirls at Gallaghcr-lba arena in
Stillwater, Okla.
Nebraska’s loss came just two
days after the Huskcrs beat Okla
homa on the road.
The Huskcrs were in control for
most of the game, gaining a 32-25
lead at halftime and jumping out
early in the second half.
But behind a 15-point second
half performance from senior Lisa
McGill, Oklahoma Stale rallied to
take a 46-45 lead with seven min
utes to play.
The Cowgirls then used aggres
sive offensive rebounding and hot
free-throw shooting to ice the vic
tory before 1,564 fans.
Junior Nafcesah Brown and se
nior Karen Jennings had 23 and 16
points respectively for the Husk
ers.
Nebraska coach Angela Beck
said the loss to the Cowgirls was
tough to lake.
“This is the one that got away,”
Beck said. “We could have won
this game, but we didn’t execute
when we had to Their run (in the
second halQ broke our backs.”
The loss dropped Nebraska to
16-5 overall and 6-T in the Big
Eight. Oklahoma State improved
to 20-3 overall and 8-1 in the con
ference.
On Friday, the Huskers were
able to defeat the Sooners 97-83
behind the 35-point performance
by Jennings. Brown and Sara
Offringa chipped in 13 apiece for
the Huskers.
Beck said the Oklahoma win
was satisfying.
“To win by 1#4 points on the road
is a great tribute to this team,” Beck
said. “We could have folded, but
we kept our composure.”