Nebraskan
Monday, January 31,1934
Sports
Cold shooting
dooms Huskers
By Jeff Griesch
Senior Editor
Before the Nebraska men’s basket
ball season began, Coach Danny Nee
said the Comhuskers would live and
die by the three-pointer.
During their 11-game winning
streak, the Huskers were living right,
hitting more than 35 percent of their
three-pointers.
But during the Huskers’ current
three-game losing streak, Nebraska
has shot an anorexic 22 percent from
behind the three-point arc, and the
Huskers’ hopes of winning the Big
Eight are fading fast.
The Huskers remained ice cold
against Oklahoma, shooting just 27
percent from three-point land and 33
percent overall during a 79-76 loss to
Oklahoma in front of 14,487 fans at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center Satur
day night.
Despite the poor shooting, the
Huskers, 12-5 overall and 2-3 in the
Big Eight, managed to stay in the
game with solid defense and aggres
sive offensive rebounding.
The Huskers held the Sooners, 11
5 overall and 3-2 in the Big Eight, to
only 44 percent shooting from the
floor. Nebraska also grabbed 24 offen
sive rebounds, but the second shots
weren’t enough to give the Huskers a
win.
Nee said mistakes late in the game
cost the Huskers.
“I was disappointed in how we
played,” Nee said. “In the second half
especially, with the turnovers and the
type of turnovers we had, I just feel
that we’re really out of sync. But when
you don’t shoot the ball well and miss
the shots that we’re missing ... we’re
just not playing well.”
Nee said he was happy with his
team’s effort at times, but it still wasn’t
enough to overcome Nebraska’s poor
shooting performance.
“We never gave up,” he said. “We
-it
We never gave up. We
made some runs at
them, but we just
didn’t get the job
done. You just can’t
win shooting the per
centage that we’re
shooting.
—Nee
Nebraska basketball coach
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made some runs at them, but we just
didn’t get the job done. You just can’t
win shooting the percentage that we’re
shooting.”
Nebraska had two chances to send
the game into overtime.
Down 79-76 with six seconds left,
Jaron Boone fired a three-pointer from
the left wing, which bounced off the
iron before going out of bounds off an
Oklahoma player.
Then with two seconds left, Jamar
Johnson’s three-pointer from the left
comer missed everything and contin
ued the Huskers’ shooting woes.
Boone finished l-of-8 from the
floor, while Johnson, who was the
hottest Husker shooter from the out
side on the evening, finished 5-of-14.
Eric Piatkowski, who led the Husk
ers with 24 points on just 7-of-20
shooting, said the Huskers were frus
trated.
‘‘The last couple games we have
shot just absplutely terrible,”
Piatkowski said.I don’t know what it
is. We’re taking good shots. We’re
going through a slump, but I think
we’re mature enough tocome through.
“Once we get a game where every
body starts stroking it well, then we're
going to be fine for the rest of the
season.”
Michelle Paulman/DN
Bruce Chubick (left) battles for a rebound with Oklahoma defender Jason Yanish during
Nebraska’s 79-7$ loss to the Sooners Saturday night.
-Sports briefs
NU swim teams
drown Missouri
From Staff Raoorta
Nebraska’s swimming and diving teams
drenched Missouri on Saturday in Colum
bia, Mo.
The21st-rankedwomen’steam,5-l over
all and 2-0 in the Big Eight, won 11 of 13
events on its way to a 149-94 victory over the
Tigers.
Meanwhile, the men, 4-3 overall and 2-0
in the Big Eight, handed Missouri a 131 -109
defeat.
The women were led by Lezelle
MarkgraafT, who won the 1,000- and 200
meter freestyle races.
Men’s winners included John Arcaroli
(one- and three-meter diving), Bjorn Moller
(400-meter individual medley relay) and
Kyle Seeback (500-meter freestyle).
Runners lead NU
with indoor wins
From Staff Reports
Nebraska’s Theresa Stelling won the.
3,000-meter run and Jenny Johnson won the
600-yard run to pace all other Comhuskers
at the Sooner Indoor meet Saturday in Okla
homa City.
There were no winners on the men’s side,
but freshman sprinter Mark Graham got a
provisional qualifying mark in the 400-meter
dash. Graham finished in 47.69 seconds,
placing him second in the event.
Meanwhile, Paul Morrison also got a
provisional qualifying mark in the 35-pound
weight throw with a toss of 61-3 at the
University of Nebraska-ICeamey Open.
Morrison’s mark was a meet record, as was
Husker Sandy Fein’s finish in the 5,000
meter run at 18 minutes, 21.8 seconds.
Huskers down ISU for weekend sweep
By Derek Samson
Svnior Reporter_
After routing Iowa State 88-49 Sunday, the
Nebraska women’s basketball team has picked
a perfect time for a winning streak.
The 12-9 Comhuskers, who have won three
straight, have jumped back into the Big Eight
race with a 3-4 conference record.
Nebraska followed up its 85-73 victory over
Southern Utah Friday by jumping all over the 6
13 Cyclones early. Nebraska went on a 13-1 run
for a 22-6 advantage in the first nine minutes.
Coach Angela Beck said she wanted her
team to rout Iowa State.
“We wanted to have a solid victory,” she
said. “We thought we were a better team. We
know they’re young, and we wanted to get a
solid win. We haven t had a solid blowout, so we
wanted to put them away.”
Beck’s point was well taken by the Huskers,
who rolled to a 41-19 lead at intermission.
Nafeesah Brown and Meggan Yedsena com
bined for all 16 points during a 16-6 Nebraska
run midway through the half.
Lis Brenden led all scorers at the half with
10, while Nebraska limited the Cyclone offense
to four field goals.
Nebraska did not let down during the second
half, as it began the half with an 18-4 run.
Brown, who finished with a game-high 21
points, scored the Huskers’ first eight points of
the second half.
Meggan Yedsena capped off the afternoon,
when her free throw with 6:18 remaining put
her at 1,000 career points. Yedsena was pre
sented with the game ball and received a stand
ing ovation from the crowd of2,020 at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
“It’s really special to me because a lot of
people don’t look at me as a scorer but just as a
point guard,” Yedsena said. “It made it better
that it came in a win. This year, I think we’re
going to surprise some people down the stretch.
We’re starting to read each other out there.”
Beck said both victories over the weekend
were important, but the key games would come
this weekend when Oklahoma and Oklahoma
State come to Lincoln.
“We got two good back-to-back wins here,
and it’s nice to win three straight," Beck said.
“If we get Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, I’ll
feel more comfortable. I think it’s set up nice
now coming down the stretch.”
Confidence leads gymnast to title
By Mitch Sherman
Staff Report*
For the second straight week, Joy Taylor won
the all-around at a Nebraska women's gymnas
tics meet.
Taylor, a 5-foot-2-inch sophomore from New
Palestine, Ind., scored a 37.925 to lead the
Nebraska women to a 188.525-184.5 victory
over Missouri Friday night at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
She edged out Comhusker freshman Shelly
Bartlett, who scored a 37.725.
“Confidence is everything,” Nebraska coach
Dan Kendig said. “And Joy has it right now.
She’s confident and she did really well.”
Kendig said the Huskers, who scored 191.550
points in their victory over Southeast Missouri
State last week, improved but didn't hit as many
routines as cleanly. Despite some of the missed
sets, Kendig said, the Huskers’ score seemed a
little low.
“I'm not really allowed to talk about the
judging,” he said. ri think theyjust tried to point
out to us that we have a lot of things to work on.
“Maybe there were some low scores relative
to last week, but we really can’t control that.”
Along with Taylor and Bartlett,juniors Kristi
Camp, Martha Jenkins, Jennifer Hawkinson
and Nicole Duval performed well for the Husk
ers.
Despite her lowest all-around finish of the
season, freshman Kim DeHaan continued to
carry a big load for Nebraska by winning the
uneven bars with a 9.75.
Camp finished second in the uneven bars
(9.65) and won the balance beam with a 9.6.
Jenkins won the vault with a 9.725, and
Hawkinson finished second in the beam with a
9.45.
But the performances of Bartlett and Taylor
carried the Huskers.
Bartlett won the floor exercise with a 9.725,
finished third in the bars (9.55) and placed third
in the vault (9.6). The freshman from Spokane,
Wash., set personal records in three of four
events.
Taylor finished second in the vault (9.625),
third in the floor (9.5) and fourth in both the bars
(9.5) and beam (9.3).
Early lead gives
win to wrestlers
From Staff Reports
Nebraska won five of its first six matches
to take a 22-6 lead on its way to a 25-20
victory over No. 9 Oklahoma in a dual
matchup Sunday in Norfolk.
Scott Gonyo, at 118 pounds, and Justin
Ware, at 142, each earned pins to help
Nebraska gain the early lead.
Coach Tim Neumann said the crowd of
1,500 also aided Nebraska in its victory.
“The crowd was outstanding,” he said.
“We needed a crowd like that to wrestle like
we did.”
Nebraska’s dual record improves to 9-4,
while the Sooners dropped to 4-3.
Nebraska will travel to Minnesota Thurs
day to take on the fifth-ranked Gophers.
