Women's Studies International Colloquium Series
Rashmi Bhatnagar, Assistant Professor of English
A Personal Journey:
Female Infanticide and the Women's Movement
in the ’70s and '80s in Modern India
Wednesday, Feb. 26,3:30 p.m., City Campus Union
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Cyclones in funk
after loss to NU
BySamMcKewon
Staff Reporter
AMES, Iowa — Call it Hilton
Magic in reverse.
Then-No. 7 Iowa State and Ne
braska magically
switched roles on
Saturday at Hilton
Coliseum in
Ames, leaving the
Comhuskerswtth
a 74-69 overtime
victory and the
Cyclones uncer
tain about the rest
of the season and
their position in
WHiMfWf the NCAA Tour
nament.
“I don’t know what’s going to hap
pen with this team,” said senior guard
Dedric Willoughby, who led the Cy
clones with 22 points. “Hopefully, this
opens our eyes a little.”
ISU lost its second straight game
and third in its last five outings leav
ing them at 18-6 overall and 9-5 in
conference, but it still is second in the
Big 12 North Division. Iowa State —
now ranked 13 th — has more than
likely earned an at-large bid to the
NCAA Tournament, but what once
looked like a high seed now isn’t so
solid.
‘We’re playing like a bunch of in
dividuals,” Willoughby said. “If we
don’t start playing like a team, we
won’t be around fa long.”
In the final minutes against NU,
everything went bad fa the Cyclones.
Iowa State looked more like the in
consistent Husker team in the final
3:35 than a top 25 team by:
■ Blowing a 55-47 lead, its larg
f est lead of the day, in that span.
■ Givingup 17 points, 12 of those
to sophomore guard Tyronn Lue.
■ Among those 17 points were
three 3-point shots, including senior
forward Bernard Gamer’s bomb from
the comer to tie the game at 64 and
force overtime.
“Our defense really lacked focus at
the end,” ISU Coach Tim Floyd said.
“We let Nebraska back in die game.”
ISU still had a chance at victory,
but Cyclope senior forward Kenny
Pratt couldn’t convert from four feet
as time expired. Pratt made^ similar
shotTeb. 15 against Kansas State to
seal a 62-58 win at Manhattan.
In overtime two big plays hurt the
Cyclones. Referees ruled a Willoughby
basket a two instead of a 3, and then
Willoughby dribbled the ball off his
foot bringing the ball up the court.
Floyd said the game was lost not
only at the end, but in a stretch in the
first half when Nebraska used a 15-3
run to open up a 26-16 lead. NU led
28-23 at halftime as ISU shot a dis
mal 26 percent in the first half.
“We didn’t play at all for a time in
the first half,” Floyd said. “We had a
lot of good looks, and nothing went
down.”
In the end, Floyd had nothing but
praise for the Huskers.
“The better team was Nebraska,”
Floyd said. “They played like we
should have down the stretch.”
The same went for Lue, who tied
his career-high with 30 points in the
game.
“He utilizes his quickness better
than any guard in the Big 12,” Floyd
said. “He does everything well.”
As for Iowa State, Floyd said the
team will have to refocus itself for a
late-season run. The Cyclones play
Oklahoma State and Colorado in the
final week of the regular season.
“We need to understand why we
lost and focus on making our offense
better,” Floyd said. “We can’t let de
fense kill us.”
Tkmisteam
improves on
slow start
By Jay Saunders
Staff Reporter
A dual record of 2-3 doesn’t
thrill Men’s Tennis Coach Kerry
McDermott, but after a win over
Southeast Missouri State, NU is
pointed in the right direction.
— The Comhuskers are coming
off a 7-2 victory over the Bears on
Saturday. Die win over the Bears
pushed the team’s record closer to
the .500 mark, but McDermott said
NU has a good chance to be on the
flip side of that mark.
“I think we are capable of play
ing at a much higher level,”
McDermott said. “I haven’t seen
the guys click yet.”
The singles play has been the
team’s strength early this season.
Againsl Southwest Missouri
State, the Huskers swept all six
singles matches. Andrew Weise
and Roshan Fernando each lost the
first set, but both came back to win
in the three. Fernando played at No.
6 singles in place of freshman Todd
Nicholl.
“Our singles play has been
pretty solid,” McDermott said.
Where McDermott sees room
for improvement is in NU’s doubles
play—the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles
teams lost to the Bears.
“It is kind of disappointing,”
McDermott said. “I hate to change
things around, but if we aren’t win
ning, we need to switch some
things.”
Those things will have to turn
around quickly for the Huskers,
who face another big weekend of
competition. Nebraska travels to
Boise, Idaho, for the Boise State
Invitational.
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Tfeams vie for quality seeds
SEEDS from page 7
ment.
Those teams have to win four games in four
days to win the tournament title. This season
only Kansas, Texas, Iowa State and Colorado
have won four straight conference games —
all of which are in position to clinch an open
date.
A few coaches think it will be a difficult,
but not insurmountable, task to win four straight
games. The consensus belief among coaches is
that fatigue is the biggest factor to a team’s
success in a tournament.
“Getting to Sunday is not impossible,” Texas
Coach Tom Penders said. “Winning Sunday
will be next to impossible.”
Nebraska Coach Danny Nee’s team is 15
12 overall and 6-8 in the Big 12 after winning
three of its last four games. Nee said it’s best to
avoid being the No. 8 or No. 9 seed because
the Jayhawks await a team in round two.
“It’s going to take a lot of hard work and a
few breaks,” Nee said. “It will be a difficult
task because they’re (Kansas) sitting there like
King Kong. You’d definitely rather be the sev
enth seed.”
NU can either be the seventh or 10th seed
depending on how it plays against Oklahoma
State and Kansas this weekend.
CU Coach Ricardo Patton said gaining a
first-round bye is vitally important.
“Everybody wants it,” Patton said. “Rest is
definitely important because you’re going to see
some dog fights.”
Texas A&M Coach Tbny Barone’s team is
9-15 overall and 3-11 in the conference. Barone
said one of the five through 12 seeds stands a
good chance at making the championship
game.
“There’s going to be some luck involved,”
Barone said. “I think the team that makes the
run will have a hot player. Sometimes the other
team is cold and you win a big game.”
Texas Tech Coach James Dickey said it is
highly unlikely a team could accomplish the
four-in-four feat.
“I’d say it’s pretty remote,” Dickey said.
“You just go in with the idea of winning the
first game because you can’t win four unless
you win the first.”
Upsets seem to have become the rule in con
ference tournaments lately, OU Coach Kelvin
Sampson said. So much so a team needs some
divine intervention to win survive tournament
play, he said.
“You’re probably going to need a warrior
and an angel,” Sampson said. “It’s going to
take a lot of fortune, injuries, foul trouble and
fatigue.”
Huskers ready for Jayhawks
SANDERS from page 7"
“He’s just not having a Francis Collins
start,” Sanders said.
Lak season, Collins sparked Nebraska with
a 38-game hitting streak and led the team with
a .424 average.
Armenta said unlike last season, the Husker
pitchers have begun the season in good shape.
“Last year we really had the run support,
but our pitching wasn’t there,” Armenta said.
“This year, our pitchers need to stay consis
tent. I know our hitters will come around.”
In Armenta’8 first outing against Nebraska
Kearney, he allowed two earned runs in three
innings while striking out five.
“I wouldn't say I've Bit my groove,"
Armenta said, “but I'm feeUng confident."
For Kansas, offensive production has not
been a problem this year. The Jayhawks (4-2)
average six runs per game and are led by se
nior Joe DeMarco, Who broke a school record
by scoring 76 runs last season.
The Jayhawks return nearly two-thirds of
their offense, but it will be a rebuilding year
for the KU pitching staff, Coach Bobby Randall
'said earlier this season.
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