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Huskers lose twice Weekend WraP *9USfe The Nebraska women’s basketball team had a disappointing weekend, losing two conference games on the road. The Comhuskers, 15-8 overall and 5-6 in the Big Eight, lost to Kansas State 81-75 in Manhattan, Kan., Fri day night. Nebraska also was beaten by Kansas 94-85 Sunday in Lawrence, Kan., despite a career-high 38 points from Kate Galligan. Galligan recorded the highest total scored by a Husker since Karen Jennings scored 39 points against Oklahoma in 1992. Galligan also broke the Nebraska record with 134 career 3-pointers, sur passing Amy Stevens’ mark of 129. Coach Angela Beck said she was pleased with Nebraska’s effort against Kansas, which made 31-of-31 free throws. “I think that there is such a thing as a moral victory,” Beck said. “We got that today.” — Jason Brunz Huskers win The Nebraska men’s tennis team defeated Baylor 5-2 Sunday morning in Waco, Texas. Winning singles matches for the Comhuskers were Markus Bergerheim, Fredrik Riesbeck, Adrian Maizey and Dinko Verzi. In doubles action, the team ofTho mas Wheat and Verzi was victorious and Bergerheim and Maizey also won. Nebraska will return to the court en Saturday against Drake in Des Moines, Iowa. Wrestlers win The Nebraska wrestling team im proved its dual record to 13-2-1 Sat urday in Bloomington, Ind. The Comhuskers defeated No. 10 Illinois 19-15 and 12th-ranked Indi ana 24-9 despite wrestling without Temoer Terry and Erik Josephson, who stayed home to nurse injuries. Terry is ranked second at 158 pounds, and Josephson is ranked ninth at 177 pounds. Nebraska coach Tim Neumann said the Huskers would have had few prob lems with Illinois ifTerry and Joseph son had been healthy. In No. 3 Nebraska’s win over Illi nois, the Huskers received wins from Brad Canoyer, Matt In franca, Tony DeAnda, Chad Nelson, Ryan Tobin and Tolly Thompson. Against Indiana, Husker winners included Canoyer, Darin Giese, DeAnda, Jason Kraft, Kalin Makaiwi, Tobin and Thompson. — Adam Krepela Huskers top OU The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team squeaked out a victory over Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon in Norman, Okla, The Comhuskers scored 223.175 points, beating the Sooners by less than one point. Oklahoma finished with 222.25. Nebraska sophomore Jim Koziol and senior Jason Christie tied for first place in the all-around at 55.85. Don Kinison finished third with 53.50. Sophomore Lev Schieber fell dur ing his flow routine, Nebraska’s sec ond event of the meet, and did not compete the remainder of the meet. Nebraska coach Francis Allen said Schieber may have broken a bone in his foot. — David Wilaon Gymnasts roll past Broncos By Gregg Madsen Staff Reporter Consistency was the focus of the Nebraska women’s gymnas tics team’s practices last week. On Friday night, that focus paid off as the seventh-ranked Cornhuskers defeated No. 19 Boise State 194.25-189.85. Friday night’s mark tied the third-best score in school history, and is the top score ever recorded in the regular season. “We can go up from here,” Nebraska coach Dan Kendig said. “But how they performed is just a tribute to their desire to excel.” Junior Shelly Bartlett won her third all-around title of the sea son with a 39.175, the second highest score of her career. Joy laylor won tne vauu wun a 9.825 and the uneven bars with a 9.8, taking the early lead in the all-around. But Bartlett took over when she scored a 9.85 on the balance beam. Taylor, who finished sec ond in the all-around with a 38.385, followed Bartlett on the beam with a 9.475. Nebraska’s best team perfor mance of the night came on the floor exercise, where they hit 6 of-6 routines, sewing a 49.05. “Our floor was absolutely in credible tonight,” Kendig said. “All six of them just went out and rocked.” Freshman Misty Oxford sprained an ankle on die bars and was replaced by Jessica Swift, who scored career bests in three events. http://www.unl.edu/DailyNeb/ J IH All You Care To Eat Original Sauce Spaghetti & Two Slices Garlic Cheese Bread Offer good for Lunch or Dinner Mon., Tues., & Wed. only. Must present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other coupon. Expires February 28. 1996 228 N. 12th St • Lincoln You may qualify for a $5,000 bonus with Air Force nursing! Contact an Air Force health professions recruiter near you for more information. Or call 1-800-423-USAF. Health Professions Willoughby Continued from Page 10 clones, is second in the Big Eight in scoring behind Oklahoma’s Ryan Minor. “It seemed like the basket was getting big ger and bigger every time I let the ball go,” he said. After Iowa State went the first 3:22 of the game without scoring, Willoughby said he took it upon himself to increase the team’s intensity. At the 12:44 mark, Willoughby hit his first 3-pointer of the afternoon, tying the score at six. Then Willoughby gave the Cyclones their largest lead of the first half when he drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 3:16 mark to make the score 27-18. In the second half, Willoughby was 3-of-6 from 3-point range. When Nebraska cut the Cyclone lead to 12 points, Willoughby re sponded by scoring seven points in the next minute and a half to extend the Cyclone lead to 18. Nebraska never recovered. “Willoughby was terrific,” Iowa State coach Tim Floyd said, “not just offensively, but de fensively as well, and also in terms of leader ship.” A year ago, Willoughby wasn’t even play ing basketball. After a medical redshirt in his freshman year at New Orleans, he averaged 10.8 points per game in 1993-1994. But he decided to leave New Orleans, where he was coached by Floyd, and attend Indian Hills Community College in 1994-95. Floyd left New Orleans to coach at Iowa State in 1994. “That year off kind of helped me,” Willoughby said, “because I found myself and found out what I wanted to do.” He said what he wanted to do was play for Floyd again. The friendship that developed be tween the two was what drew Willoughby to Ames, Iowa. “I came solely because of Floyd,” he said. “I never wanted to play for anybody else.” ISU Continued from Page 10 Husker guard Tom Wald said Nebraska needed to take advantage of the Cyclones’ slow start. “We held them to one point, and if you can’t score yourself, you’re not going to beat them,” Wald said. In the second half, things remained the same. Lue scored the first points of the half to cut the deficit to 31-25, but with the score 39-30, the Cyclones ran away. Iowa State scored 20 of the next 30 points to take its biggest lead of the game at 59-40 with 8:26 remaining. Nebraska scored seven straight points to pull to 5947, but the Cyclones scored seven con secutive points in less than a minute to seal the victory. After the game, Nee and the Huskers held a five-minute meeting, at which time both the coach and his players vented their frustrations. As nine reporters and four team managers stood outside the locker room, Nee and center Mikki Moore were among those heard raising their voices. Moore said everyone was playing like indi viduals, and Nee challenged the team by ask ing, “What are you going to do about it?” After Nee left the locker room to speak with the media, the team met for another five min utes. Venson Hamilton, who did not play Satur day because he missed practice on Friday, said the postgame meeting was greatly needed. But Nee said nothing good came out of the Huskers’ fourth straight loss to Iowa State. “They have unraveled,” Nee said. “Now we have to try and put it back together.” Sherman Continued from Page 10 “There’s a lot of bickering amongst them,” said Iowa State’s Dedric Willoughby, a shoo-in for All-Big Eight honors in his first season as a Cyclone. v - Husker freshman Venson Hamilton, who along with newcomers Bernard Gamer and Tyronn Lue, has been a bright spot in a dark season, but did not play against Iowa State. Nee said Hamilton was benched for missing prac tice. Hamilton said he was in class during prac tice. Something doesn’t sound right with those reports. We aren’t hearing the whole story. But at this point, it doesn’t even matter. Sherman Is a junior news-editorial major and the Dally Nebraskan sports editor. OPPORTUNITY Matrixx haem V$6.25/hr + M VFull and part VPaid training • ^Advancement VDenefit pa VCasual, cle Call our, a Cincinnati BeH 4 6 6 -