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Department of Distance Education Former Husker arrested STAFFORD, Texas (AP) — Former Nebraska two-time All American and current Minne sota Viking defensive lineman Broderick Thomas was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving and the unau thorized use of a handgun near his Houston home. Police in Stafford, just south west of Houston in Fort Bend County, pulled the 28-ycar-old Thomas over about 12:30 a.m., Stafford police communications clerk Sandy Holloman said. Police determined Thomas was under the influence of alco hol and found an unidentified handgun in the car. It is against the law to own a handgun with out a concealed weapons permit. He was taken to the Fort Bend County Jail. The native of Houston has a home in Missouri City, which is just east of Stafford. Thomas played for Nebraska from 1985 to 1988. Thomas was arrested July 21 at Houston Intercontinental Air port while trying to being an unloaded .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol through a metal detector. Aarden Continued from Page 7 real exciting profession to get in. I re ally like the idea of making children’s lives easier and healthier.” But that plan is for the fall. Now, Aarden is tiying to make the lives of opposing Big Eight coaches harder while releasing misery on con ference opponents. The 6-foot, 4-inch center from Hudson, Wis., has been on a roll lately. After an ankle injury held her out of the Cornhuskers’ 83-64 victory against South Alabama on Dec. 19, Aarden has come back to average 18.8 points and 7.4 rebounds in the past five games. During that time, the Huskers have gone 3-2. On Friday, Aarden led the Huskers with 22 points as Nebraska opened its Big Eight season with a 79-58 win over Oklahoma. It was the first time since Aarden’s freshmen year that the Huskers have won at Oklahoma and the first time in Aarden’s career that Nebraska opened its Big Eight season with a win. “We were really, really pleased with our win in Oklahoma,” Aarden said. “However, we have an attitude now where we aren’t surprised to win, but we expect to win. With that atti tude we have a better advantage in all of our games.” Although Aarden led Nebraska with 18 points against Oklahoma State on Sunday, the Huskers (11-3, 1-1) lost to the Cowgirls 72-63. Aarden said the Huskers gained character from their nine-point loss after trailing by 23 points, but she couldn’t explain why Nebraska dug themselves a hole in the first half. Huskcr coach Angela Beck said she was pleased with Aarden’s perfor mance against both the Sooners and Cowgirls, but said Nebraska’s guards needed to work on getting Aarden the ball more often. Against the Sooners, Aarden con nected on seven of 16 field goal at tempts, but against Oklahoma State, she shot only 10 times, making eight. “Aarden is playing great,” Beck said. “She’s looking like she’s becom ing a force in our league. Her fresh men year she was like a project. She wasn’t highly recruited. She couldn’t handle the ball very well, came from an OK program and wasn’t a great player. “She’s just come along. I referred to her as a bricklayer earlier because you never knew where her shot was going to go. But now she’s connect ing. “I’m really impressed with the way she’s handling her shot selection in side and what she’s doing with it. When we went to OU, she played LaNae Jones and just showed her up.” Although Aarden said she hadn’t specifically concentrated on her shoot ing this season, she had spent more time el iminating her weaknesses. She also spends much of her time evaluating the Huskers’ opponents and looking for their weaknesses. Finding the weaknesses of Colo rado and Kansas is a little easier than going through medical school en trance exams and interviews. Pederson Continued from Page 7 controversy has had on recruiting has been difficult to determine, Pederson said. Pederson said he hadn’t received any direct notification from players who weren’t coming to Nebraska be cause of the Phillips episode. But Pederson said many players didn’t tell him the exact reason they chose one school over another. “We’ve gotten good feedback from players who said, 'We really admire the way Coach (Tom) Osborne stands by his players, gives people second chances and is not as judgmental as some people might be,”’ Pederson said. “Then, I’m sure there have been some people who have felt the other way, but I can’t really gauge what per centage or number that might be.” Pederson, however, said the one constant in selling the Husker program over the years had been Osborne. Pederson said he had heard from many recruits who chose Nebraska because they wanted to play for Osborne. The desire to play for Osborne starts on a recruit’s visit. when they meet with current players who talk to the prospects about play ing for Osborne, he said. Pederson and the rest of the ath letic department personnel are not al lowed to talk about recruits until after they sign letters of intent. Beginning Feb. 7, players can sign. Nebraska has received verbal commitments from at least 12 players this season. “The players tell the recruits that not only does he (Osborne) have a great football mind and does the right thing, but that he will deal with you honestly and fairly,” Pederson said. Terry Continued from Page 7 Lincoln. Terry loves the home advan tage. “I like it because it’s at home, we can get the crowd behind us. I just think it s fun. In 1993, Nebraska defeated Iowa in the semifinals of the National Du als, but fell to Penn State in the finals. Terry sees this team going even far ther. “We have as good a shot as they did, maybe a little better,” Terry said, It s a matter if everyone stays focused we can do it.” For Terry, this season is just prac tice for his main goal of the year — Atlanta. “I just want to go on and get better. I want to be ready when the summer comes, and for the Olympic trials.” Hoop Continued from Page 7 — drilled a 3-pointer with 15 seconds to play. Tuck, who was 2 of 6 behind the 3-point line, also grabbed six re bounds, but committed six turnovers. After halftime, Colorado went on a 10-0 run and cut the Nebraska lead to 38-37 on a basket by Tuck. In that span, the Huskers missed six straight shots and failed to score until Boone hit two free throws more than four minutes into the half. To begin the game, Colorado built a 7-4 lead, but Strickland scored 10 of Nebraska’s next 17 points, leading the Huskers to a 21-13 lead. The Buffaloes rallied and took a 24-23 lead when Greg Jensen made a layup. 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