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r——————————i I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I |WET T-SHIRT CONTEST I Every Monday 10:30 p.m. * 1823 "O' Street NO COVER HOT! BIG GAME T-SHIRTS HOT! ■a- THE CHOP STOPS HERE! 2 COLOR FRONT -2 COLOR BACK 100% COTTON T-SHIRT—XL’s ONLY $10 4- $2 SHIPPING V/MC/D ACCEPTED ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS SSSSL «1-800-577-7368 ® '<—■> Available! Weleome! Seniors lead team in turnaround By Mitch Sherman Staff Reporter Just when the season looked like it 1 was headed down the tubes, the se niors came to the rescue of the Ne braska men's basketball team. Alter losing back-to-back games, the Corn huskers rebounded and won the Ameritas Classic on Saturday with a 111-85 victory over Portland in the championship . _ game to improve Johnson their record to 3-2. Following Nebraska’s 91-82 loss to Appalachian State in Boone, N.C., Wednesday night, senior captains Jamar Johnson, Eric Piatkowski, Tom Best and Bruce Chubick decided it was lime to “straighten things out" during a layover in the Louisville, Ky., airport. The setback to the Mountaineers dropped the Cornhuskcrs’ record to 1 - 2, Nebraska’s worst start since the 10 18 season of 1989-1990. “We, as the seniors, decided it was time to call a team meeting now,” Johnson said. “So we had a layover in Louisville and did it there.” Piatkowski said the loss to Appala chian State, coupled with the Huskcrs 78-75 loss to Texas on Nov. 28, put a damper on the beginning of the sea son, but did not cause panic among the players. “If we can go ahead and take ev erything one game at a time,” he said, “then we can make up for all of this. But I’m not even thinking about us getting back where we should be until we win some more. “We can’t afford another letdown. We already had one big one. As (ar as I’m concerned, we let two games slip away that we should have won.” Johnson said the meeting served as a time to reevaluate the keys to a successful season. He said the team decided to place more emphasis on the defensive aspects ol the game. Shuffling of the Husker lincuppri or to Nebraska’s first-round game against Ohio on Friday reflected the decisions made in the meeting. Nebraska coach Danny Nee said he started sophomore Erick Slrickl and. - a We can't afford an other letdown. We already had one big one. —Piatkowski NU men's basketball player — - If — - who leads the team in steals, for de fensive purposes. In addition, senior Tom Best replaced sophomore Terrance Badgett in order to add lead ership, Nee said. Johnson said the layover — and the meeting — served the Huskcrs well. “A lot of things were said in that airport,” Johnson said. “And every thing we talked about in that meeting, we did it all this weekend. “We really turned it around, espe cially on the defensive end. But we needed to. 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Nebraska’s Dennis Harrison won the all-around title by scoring 57.35 points. Huskers Jason Christie and Burkett Powell finished second and third. Jay Caldoron/DN Cornhusker guard Jamar Johnson examines the finger he broke during the first half of Nebras ka’s win over Portland Saturday. Wins Continued from Page 7 They narrowed the gap to three at 17-14. The Huskers then picked up their defensive intensity. Portland was held scoreless for the next four minutes as Nebraska took a 31 -14 lead. The Pilots could come no closer as the Huskers scored a season-high 111 points. NOTE: • Chubick and Strickland were both named to the all-tournament team with Piatkowski taking MVP. Ohio’sGary Trent, Navy’sT.J. Hall and Portland’s Matt Houle were also named to the team. Portland.31 54 — 85 at Nabraaka.53 58— 111 Portland — Houle 8-17 4-4 22, Chatman 2-6 5-9 9, Ranta 2-3 5-6 9, Allen 1 -4 0-0 2, Ross 8-22 2-2 22, Flicker 0-20 0 0, Brainard 2-50-04, Fines 5-131-213, Bristol 0-6 0-0 0, Harris 2-3 0-0 4 Totals 30-81 17-23 85 Nebraska — Best 1 -8 3-4 5, Chubick 5-6 5-615, Strickland 5-81-212, Johnson 3- 31-27, Steinbrook 2-2 0-0 4, Boone 7 7 3-5 18, Glock 5-9 1-2 12. Moore 1-1 3 4 5, Brooks 5-6 0-010, Badgeti 3-7 2-2 8, Realth 0-2 0-0 0, Piatkowsw 6-153-415 Totals 43-74 22-31 111. Three-point goals — Portland 8-29 (Houle 2-5, Chatman 0-1, Allen 0-3, Ross 4- 11, Flicker 0-2, Brainard 0-1, Fines 2-5, Bristol 0-1), Nebraska 3-9 (Best 0-1 Strickland 1-< Boone 1-1, Glock 1-2, Realth 0-1). Fouled out — none. Re bounds — Portland 38 (Chalman, Fines 6), Nebraska 49 (Piatkowski 8). Assists — Portland 19 (Ricker 6), Nebraska 31 (Piatkowski, Stnckland 8). Total fouls — Portland 26, Nebraska 16. A —11,022. Bowls Continued from Page 7 Virginia or Nebraska, is that 1 am the best football team in the country be cause nobody has proven otherwise,” he said. But that doesn’t mean that Bowden, who hasn’t won a national champion ship in his 28 years of coaching, wouldn’t want at least half of the national title, from either the Associ atcd Press or CNN/USA Today polls on Jan. 2. “I would like to have any part of it I can get, so I can bo to my grave without you saying that 1 never won one,” Bowden said. NOTE: •Nebraska defensive lineman Bil ly Wade injured his knee in a pickup basketball game Friday. Wade, who tore his left patellar tendon, will not play in the Orange Bowl.