McPherson presses on
against Kent.
Then came Shannon’s death two
days alter Nebraska had lost at Iowa
State. Sheila flew home the next day
and the sisters spent their Feb. 1
birthday together for a final time.
At the suggestion of the coaches,
McPherson returned to Lincoln Feb.
5, and with the help of the coaches
and her teammates, Sheila began a
life without her sister.
One year later, McPherson said
she is starting to come back and
play like she used to, but she has a
new priority in her life now.
Upon her graduation, which she
hopes will come in December, she
will become the legal guardian of
her nephew, Kendall, with many
stories to tell him about his mother.
SHEILA from 7
impressed Beck and she offered
McPherson a scholarship.
Playing at Nebraska would
separate the twins, who in 20 years
had never spent their Feb. 1 birth
day apart.
“Shannon understood my desire
to come here and even encouraged
me,” McPherson said. “Her world
had changed and she wanted to be
around Kendall more.”
So, she came to Lincoln while
her parents paid the $700-a-month
phone bill she racked up calling
Shannon every day.
McPherson began playing well
for the Huskers. She had a career
best nine points Dec. 6, 1995,
ISU drills NU; streak reaches 3
ISU from page 7
with 6:08 to play before halftime.
“One of our game plans was to get
inside and get Cato in foul trouble,”
Nee said. “We did that, but we just
couldn’t handle them for any long
period of time.”
When Cato sat down, NU scored
five of seven points to go on top 26
24, its last lead of the game.
Willoughby then canned two straight
3-pointers, igniting a 15-0 ISU run
that ended after another Willoughby
3 two minutes into the second half.
“We played well in spurts,” said
Husker forward Andy Markowski,
who hit all four of his field-goal at
tempts in 17 minutes. “But you have
to give them credit. They stepped up
and hit the shots when they had to,
and we didn’t. It just seemed like they
had everything going for them.”
Cyclone Coach Tim Floyd, whose
team plays Saturday at Texas A&M,
did not agree.
“We were terrible on the defensive
glass,” Floyd said. “We take that game
down to Texas A&M, and we’11 get
beat by 20. It wasn’t an Iowa State
kind of win.”
ISU led 46-32 after a Kenny Pratt
bucket five minutes into the half be
fore Nebraska began chipping away,
finally pulling within 56-53 on a Lue
3-pointer with 6:02 to play. Less than
three minutes later, following a 5-2
Cyclone run, Markowski hit a tum
i
around hook in the lane, cutting the
lead to 61-57.
But Willoughby, who scored 21
points without taking a shot inside the
3-point arc, hammered a long ball
from the top of the key. Pratt, who led
all players with 22 points, then con
verted a pair of free throws, giving ISU
a 68-59 lead with 1:25 to play.
Iowa State made 11 of 12 shots
from the free-throw line in the final
100 seconds, sealing the win. Jacy
Holloway added 14 points and 12 as
sists for ISU, and Cookie Belcher
scored 12 for NU.
“This was a real, real big game for
us,” Lue said with a giant sigh. “Now
we’ve got to prepare for Saturday.”
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