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Freshman scores 17 WINfrom page9 for about the first month and a half,” Reid said. “We thought, ‘What in the heck was Coach Nee doing in recruit ing him.’ Within three months, every one knew why. He (Troy) will keep getting better and better.” Andy Markowski added 14 points for NU, and Bernard Gamer (11 points and seven rebounds), Mikki Moore (13 points and 10 rebounds) and lyronn Lue (12 points and six assists) also reached double figures. Nebraska recovered from a 34.6 percent shooting performance in the first half to hit 70.6 percent after half time. “I’ve got a team that has a lot of potential to improve,” Nebraska Coach Danny Nee said. “People like Cookie, Alvin and Troy, they can just get bet ter. NU cruises into tourney SOCCER from page 9 First-team All-Big 12 selection Isabelle Momeau, a freshman, has been Nebraska’s most potent offensive threat lately. In her last seven games, Momeau has exploded for 24 points on 10 goals. Uppinghouse, the Husk ers’ leading scorer, appreciates Momeau’s contribution. “She’s gained a lot of confidence putting the ball away and going (me on one,” Uppinghouse said. The Huskers have a seven week hold on their top-10 ranking. “We realize teams are out to beat us,” Uppinghouse said. “It’s an added incentive that we have to deal with.” Walker said it’s hard not to notice the Huskers’ position in the polls. “People know we’re there,” Walker said. “But we’re really not that con cerned with what others think of us.” NU balances its arsenal MU from page 9__ rank 92rid. “Our passing game has come a long way in the past two weeks,” split end Brendan Holbein said. “Defenses are putting eight or nine people near the line, trying to make Scott (Frost) and the receivers beat them. We are doing a good job of holding our own.” The fifth-ranked Huskers, 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the Big 12, look to keep up their balanced attack churning when they play host to$> Missouri (3-5 and 1-4) Saturda^y p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Frost, who has completed 22 of his last 36 passes for six touch downs and only one interception, said when the passing game is click ing, the offense is more productive — in all areas. . When Nebraska has been able to throw the ball, their offense is that much more successful,” Frost said. “People can’t just concentrate on the run. While the running game is Nebraska’s main tool as far as mov ing the ball, once we prove that we can throw the ball, it loosens people up.” A quality Nebraska passing game could give Missouri fits. In the Tigers’ last two games, they have allowed a combined 288 yards rushing to Oklahoma State and Colorado. But the Missouri sec ondary has been beaten for 700 yards passing and seven touch downs against those two teams. The deck may be stacked high against Missouri even if Nebraska doesn’t move the ball on the ground. Missouri has lost 16-straight games to ranked teams, dating back to 1992. The Tigers have not defeated a top 10 team since 1981 and have not beaten Nebraska since 1978. Last season, NU beat the Tigers 57 0. % Holbein, who has caught 13 passes for 220 yards and has a team leading three touchdown catches, said players like Jeff Lake, Jon Vedral, Kenny Cheatham and Lance Brown have gained confidence af ter a slow start. “We’re a group that day in and day out wants to get the job done,” Holbein said. “We’ve made our mark of how good we can be.” Not only have the receivers im proved, Frost said, but his perfor mance has also progressed. “We’re starting to develop more and more confidence in our pass ing game,” Frost said. “Once we hit a few plays in the passing game, the running game opens up, too. “We’re getting more and more where we can hurt people with more than nne area ofihe offense.” I_■ _ Tiger coach wary of trip to Lincoln "Tr - i &■' %. ' *’• By Peter Marhoefer StaffReporter Missouri Football Coach Larry Smith is not excited about returning to Lincoln. _ “It s tough to | go into the sea of red two years in a row,” Smith said. Missouri I hopes to avenge last year’s 57-0 | loss in Lincoln and break a 17- j game losing | streak to Ne braska when tne v Tigers play NU at Memorial Stadium Saturday at 1 p.m. “We have to make sure we don’t get wrapped up in the JumboTrons and stat boards,” Smith said. “It’s the tough est place to play in our league.” Missouri comes into the game at 3 5 after giving up a school-record 457 passing yards to Koy Detmer in a 41 - 13 loss to Colorado last week. “We can’t let the game get out of hand,” Smith said. “Other people try to do impossible things in Lincoln.” Smith, who coached at Southern California for six years before coming to MU three years ago, has studied film of Arizona State’s win over NU ear lier this season. “ASU got to (Nebraska quarterback Scott) Frost, created some mistakes and turned them into scores,” Smith said. But Missouri will have a difficult time matching Arizona State’s perfor mance, he said. “Everything came together. We have to move people around and give them variations. We can’t blitz or run that much. We have to change it up.” Pulitzer Prize winning illustrator and UNL graduate Karen Blessen will be at the University Bookstore signing copies of her book ... I Friday, November 8,1996 lOam-Noon Specially priced for signing S1525 . 7'. - . ' . f •• * *3* •- ?.»• * -I •• 7* jS-fE l= > UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE ' ' ' - ' LOWER LEVEL NEBRASKA UNION Come On Down! <