Nebraskan
Friday, February 4,1994
Sports
No limelight
no big deal
for Glock
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
Jason Glock has always been real
istic.
Glock knew he had a reasonable
chance to play major college basket
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Wahoo to four
consecutive Class
B state champion
ships.
Now that he’s
played in college
for two years, the
6-foot-5-inch
sophomore guard
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Glock isticabouthis col
lege career.
Aiierpiayingmzu games— lum
which he played more than 10 min
utes — as a true freshman, Glock
decided last season to redshirt.
And Glock said he had benefited
from that decision.
“I figured I would have to do it one
year and that last year would be the
easiest,” he said. “Last year I was able
to sit back and look at the game and
see what I needed to do to be competi
tive this year. I think it helped me with
parts of my game, like shooting.”
Glock almost didn’t make it to the
point of redshirting last season.
After his freshman season, Glock
said he had thoughts about transfer
ring, but he wanted to prove he could
play for Nebraska.
“I think that goes through almost
everyone’s mind after their first year,”
he said. “You don’t see a lot of action,
and you’re not sure where you fit in. I
wanted to stay, and I’m really glad I
did.
“I came in here intimidated at first,
but after my first year I real ized I could
play at this level.”
Glock said he had to improve his
ball-handling skills to perform at this
level.
“The biggest obstacle for me was
my ball handling,” he said. “I had to
go from high school, where I never
dribbled the ball, to having to bring it
up the court against pressure. That
was just another challenge for me.”
This season, Glock is averaging
5.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and ^min
utes a game.
Glock said the lack of action did
not bother him.
“That’s all the playing time I de
serve,” he said. “I haven’t been play
ing well. Hopefully, I’ll start playing
better and shooting better and then
I’ll see more playing time, but I’ve
been struggling.
“The last couple games 1 was barely
hitting the rim, so when I start shoot- ‘
ing better I’ll see more playing time.
If we’re winning, I’m not concerned
See GLOCK on 8
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Nebraska’s Eric Piatkowski (middle) and the Huskers will try to break a three-game losing streak when they travel to Kansas
Sunday.
NU taking ‘ stale ’ act on the road
By Tim Pearson
Senior Reporter
In the last 10 years, Kansas has
been 147-15 at home in Allen
Fieldhouse.
Nebraska basketball coach Danny
Nee said playing at Kansas might
provide a cure for his team’s three
game losing streak.
“At this time the road might help
us,” Nee said. “The monkey’s off our
back on the road, and most people
don’t expect you to win.”
Nebraska will play third-ranked
Kansas Sunday at 12:30 p.m. in
Lawrence. The game will be televised
by ABC.
Comhusker guard Jaron Boone said
Nebraska had to go into the game with
the attitude that they could defeat the
19-3 Jayhawks.
“When you’re at home, there are so
many distractions,” he said. “On the
road, you’re strictly down there to win
the game.”
Nee said the Huskers, 12-5 overall
and 2-3 in the conference, needed to
shoot well and keep Kansas from get
ting too many fast breaks.
“We can’t shoot the three-pointer
in transition,” he said. “We h^ve to try
and make them play defense.
“We want to try and take the higher
percentage shot.”
The Jayhawks’ guard combination
of freshman Jacque Vaughn and se
nior Steve Woodberry will be tough to
stop, Nee said.
“We really respect their transition
game,” he said. “We have to have two
guys back on defense.
“With the ball going foul line to
foul line, I don’t think there are two
quicker players in the country.”
Woodberry, a second-team All-Big
Eight performer last season, leads the
Jayhawks in scoring with 15.2 points
per game, and Vaughn leads the team
in assists with almost five per game.
Nee said not only was Kansas tough
outside, but the team was also tough
inside with 6-foot-7-inch Richard
Scott and 7-foot-2- inch Greg Ostertag
in the middle.
“I like Kansas,” he said. “They are
a smart, tough basketball team. They
are one of the more talented teams in
the country, and they’ve beaten some
quality teams.
“I like everything about Kansas.
Generally speaking, Kansas basket
ball is alive and healthy.”
The Jayhawks are al ive and healthy
despite two losses in their last five
games—including a 68-64 home loss
to Kansas State on Jan. 17.
The Huskers haven’t played in .
seven days, and they have played only |
four games in the last month.
That will change starting with the
Kansas game, which kicks offa stretch
of four games in the span of eight
days.
Nee said the schedule had not
helped his team.
“We’ve become very stale, but
that’s not an excuse,” he said. “The
breaks have been hard for us to get
momentum, and that hurt us.”
Boone said if the Huskers could
pull off the upset, they would be able
to use the momentum.
“If we can get one victory, we can
pick it up and keep progressing.”
Probable Starters
Nebraska
vs.
Kansas
Sunday, 12:36 P.M.
Lawrence, Kansas
Nebraska (12-4/2-2)
Pos.Player Ht. ppg rpg
F Bruce Chubick 6-7 11.0 6.4
F Tom Best 6-9 4.8 4.8
G Eric Piatkowski 6-7 19.66.1
GJaron Boone 6-1 10.8 2.5
G Jamar Johnson 5-11 10.3 2.7
Kansas (19-3/4-2)
Pot* Player
***wt w*
F Patrick Richey
F Richard Scott
C Greg Ostertag
G Jacque Vaughn
PPg rpg
6-7 7.6 4.3
6- 6 14.0 5.0
7- 1 9.3 8.6
6-0 7.2 2.3
G Steve Woodberry 6-3 15.2 4.4
NU wrestlers lose
dual to Minnesota
From Staff Report*_
The fifth-ranked Minnesota wrestling
team beat No. 6 Nebraska 34-7 in a dual
at Worthington, Minn., on Thursday
night.
The loss dropped Nebraska to 9-5 in
dual competition, while Minnesota im
proved to 14-1.
Nebraska’s Scott Gonyo, ranked No. 7
at 118 pounds, and Justin Ware, at 142
pounds, were the only individual winners
for the Huskers.
Those Comhuskers won two of the
three matches, but went on to lose six
straight to close out the match.
Assistant coach Mark Cody said the
Huskers wrestled better than the final
score indicated.
“We could have wrestled better, but we
didn’t wrestle as bad as the score indi
cates,” he said.
Sixth-ranked Huskers to face Cyclones challenge
By Tim Pearson
Senior Report*
Almost two-thirds of the way through the
season, the Nebraska wrestling team has met
coach Tim Neumann’s expectations.
Now they’re trying to exceed them starting
with Sunday’sdual against Iowa State at Hilton
Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.
“At the beginning of the year, we said we
wanted to be in the top 10,” he said. “We met
that goal, and now want to challenge Oklahoma
State in the Big Eight and finish in the top five
at Nationals.”
The Huskers are now 9-5 and ranked No. 6
in the country. The Cyclones are ranked 10th
with a 5-5 dual record.
Nebraska earned Iowa State earlier this year
at the National Duals, but Neumann said wres
tling on the Cyclones’ home floor was no easy
task.
“It’s hard to win at Hilton,” he said. “We've
won only one time there, and that was the year
we were 21-2 and had maybe our best team.
If we're healthy we’d expect
to win, but they have three
or four real tough kids and
a bunch of guys who are
really young.
—Neumann
NU Wrestling coach
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“They get great crowds. They’re not used to
having less than 500 people.”
Neumann said the Cyclones could shuffle
their lineup, which could make the dual closer.
“They have a 1 ineup that if they move people
down, then it could be close,” he said. “But it
depends on how important the dual is to them.
“If we’re healthy we’d expect to win, but
they have three or four real tough kids and a
bunch of guys who are really young.”
One of those tough kids is Eric Akin, who
has wrestled at both 118 and 126 pounds this
season.
Akin was named the outstanding wrestler at
the National Duals, and Neumann said the
honor was deserved.
“At 118, he’s definitely a contender for
national honors,” he said. “And at 126 he’s still
great, probably in the top five.”
Neumann said Steve Baer, the Huskers
126-pounder, should be able to give Akin a test.
Akin barely beat Baer 4-3 at the National
Duals. Baer is 20-12 and ranked 10th in the
nation.
“Steve Baer is a kid now that I’ll never bet
against after his performance against Okla
homa,” Neumann said. “His self-image has
gotten a lot better.”
Baer was originally going to sit out the
match against the Sooners because of back
spasms, but at the last minute, he decided to
wrestle. He responded with a pin, which made
the difference in the dual.
