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Feb.14th JaVu “i^’s It’s da taste. 11th & G 14th 4 Superior 44th 4 0 434-7090 434-7050 434-7060 Dine In, 4120 S. 48th 120 N. 66th 13th 4 Q Csrry Out 434-7080 434-7070 434-7055 or Delivery Freshman wrestler 'tough to beat’ By Tim Pearson Senior Reporter Only one thing stands between Nebraska wrestler Tolly Thompson and a national championship. And that one thing is a short fuse, Comhusker coach Tim Neumann said. “Tolly’s one hell of a competitor,” Neumann said. “He hates to lose and he hates to get scored on, but he’s got a short fuse. “Once he controls that, he can win a national championship.” That national championship could come this season in Thompson’s fresh man year. Thompson, who redshirted last year, is 32-9 this season and ranked ninth in the nation at heavyweight. But success was expected for the heavyweight from Janesville, Iowa. Thompson saw extensive national and international competition last summer, as he won titles at the Espoir Freestyle Nationals, Greco-Roman University Nationals and Olympic Festival Freestyle. He also placed second at the Pan American Championships in Greco Roman wrestling and seventh at the World Freestyle Championships. But the crown jewel was winning the university level Championship Belt from USA Wrestling, which is given to the collegiate wrestler with the top accomplishments in the past year. Thompson was the first Husker to win the award since national champi on Bill Scherr, who went on to win a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics. Neumann said having an experi enced wrestler like Thompson had bolstered his young Husker team. “To have a kid of that cal iber in the room, it can only help,” he said. Thompson said his summer expe rience helped make him the wrestler he is now. “It was one of the best experiences I have ever been through in my life,” he said. But that experience brought about a kind of a wrestling burnout for Th ompson, Neumann said. “It helped his confidence,” he said. “But at the beginning of the season, Tolly was tired of wrestling.” Thompson said he needed a break from wrestling for a little bit. “I was tired when I got back,” he said. “I took a break for six weeks, and I didn’t even touch a mat.” However, once Thompson got back on the mat, he continued his string of success. But Neumann said Thompson, de spite his 32-9 record, expected more. “Tolly is on track to have the best freshman year of anyone here ever,” Neumann said. “But he thinks he is having a bad year.” That “bad year” could translate into All-American and possibly na tional championship honors for Th ompson. “We’re making him work harder to get ready for nationals,” Neumann said. “He has fantastic techniques — possibly the best in the country. “We want to make him the best conditioned heavyweight in the coun try. He’s going to be tough to beat.” Win Continued from Page 9 streaks to stay within striking dis tance of Kansas State. With 10:26 left, Wildcat guard Askia Jones hit two free throws to give Kansas State its largest lead of the game at 56-49. The Huskers answered by going on an 11 -3 run — sparked by seven points from Jaron Boone — to give Nebraska a 60-59 lead with 6:59 left in the game. “Our kids were confident,” Nee said. “You could see it in their eyes at the end. They thought they were going to win. It wasn’t perfect bas ketball, but it was solid basketball.” From the seven-minute point, the two teams traded baskets until Wildcat center Deryl Cunningham hit a shot to give Kansas State a 68 64 lead with 3:04 left. H u s k e r forward Bruce Chubick pulled Ne braska to within two before Badgett connected on the two free-throws. Erick Strickland scored Nebraska’s next four points to ice the game. The victory moved the Huskers, who won their first road game since Jan. 3, into a tie with Oklahoma for fourth place in the Big Eight. Nee said Nebraska responded well after hearing plenty of nega tive criticism during the four-game losing streak. “All you hear is lose, lose, lose,” he said. “I thought we played good on Saturday (against Kansas), but tonight we played great — espe cially at the end when the game was on the line. That’s important be cause it is something that we didn’t do against Kansas. “I am so proud of the guys be cause the pressure was unbeliev able during the streak. After you lose a few, you start questioning everything as players.” Nee praised the play of sopho mores Boone, Strickland and Badgett. “The three sophomores just played great,” he said. “They car ried us at times in the second half. This was great experience for those guys,because they’re learning while on the job.” Strickland scored 10 points, in cluding two free throws with 18 seconds left to put Nebraska up by four. Boone added 14 points in 29 minutes and hit both of his 3-point attempts. “Next year, those are going to be the guys we are going to have to look to all the time,” Nee said. For the first time this season, Nee played only seven players, de spite suiting up 10. Mikki Moore, Jason dock, who is still suffering from a foot injury, and Tom Best, who returned from a one-game sus pension, did not play. “All seven guys contributed and that’s what you need to win on the road,” Nee said. “I felt we had to go with seven this game. Now we can start getting the other guys worked back in.” Nee said part of the reason for Jay Calderon/DN Nebraska’s Terrance Badgett goes up for a shot over Missouri’s Jason Sutherland and Jevon Crudup (right) earlier this season. Badgett —who tied his career-high with 17 points — and the Cornhuskers broke their four-game losing streak by beating Kansas State, 76 68, in Manhattan, Kan., Wednesday night. using only seven players was be cause the team is in “very good basketball shape,” and they’ll need the added endurance in the next 10 days. The Huskers play three times in a week, starting-Saturday at home against Iowa State. “Now we can go back home and take care of business,” he said. “It’s Iowa State, but I don’t care if it was the Yankees coming in, we have got to be ready." The Kiiiii Slate Collegian contribut ed to this report. Nebraska.35 41 — 76 at Kansas Stale . .34 34 — 68 Nebraska — Badgett 6-7 5-5 17, Piatkowski 6-12 2-215, Chubick 5-8 4-7 14, Johnson 0-6 0-0 0, Boone 5-7 2-3 14, Strickland 4-6 2-2 10, Brooks 2-4 2-2 6. Totals —28-50 17-21 76. Kanaas State—Davis 2-5 0-1 4, Noland 6-12 0-0 15, Cunningham 4-10 2-4 10, Beane 5-16 0-0 13, Jones 4-21 9-11 17, Lucas 4-90-08, Gavin 0-10-00,Hamilton 0-1 1-21. Totals —25-7512-18 68