JOWSEY from page 7
top times for NU in the 400-meter
individual medley (4 minutes, 20.4
seconds) and the 200-meter butter
fly (2:01.24). Jowsey holds the sec
ond-fastest times in the 100- and
200-meter breaststrbke, the 100
meter butterfly and the 200-meter
IM.
Jowsey, who swam the 400 IM
for the first time in November,
credits Nebraska’s program for her
quick rise.
“The program has been very
beneficial to me because it’s very
specific to what I’ve needed,”
Jowsey said. “I’m thriving off the
competition here. The racing and
the environment is great. I’m en
joying myself, and I think that’s the
key.”
This weekend at the Big 12
Conference Swimming and Diving
Championships, Jowsey will at
tempt to win back to back races
when she challenges for the 400 IM
and 100 butterfly conference titles.
The following day, Jowsey will
compete in the 200 fly.
It’s a feat that has been accom
plished before. Former Nebraska
All-American Mikaela Lauren did
it during the 1995 season, but Paine
said the circumstances are much
different now because the Big 12
offers a higher level of competition
than Lauren found in the old Big
Eight. v
“It takes a special kind of per
son to do this,” Paine said. “Num
ber one, they have to have a lot of
confidence and number two, they
have to be willing to put in the
training. And most importantly,
they just have to be tough as nails.
“She has a great attitude about
all three races. She has the men
tality to do it, and I’d say her
chances are very, very good.”
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Huskers look to corral Cowboys
OSU from page 7
players. Guards Marlon Dorsey and
Desmond Mason are the mainstays of
the OSU bench.
“They only have seven players, but
they play a solid game,” he said.
“They’re short on players, but they’re
still a good basketball team.”
One weakness of the Cowboys is
its field-goal percentage defense. OSU
—which is known for its scrappiness
on the defensive end — is last in the
Big 12 allowing opponents to shoot
44.1 percent per game. On the other
end of the court, the cowboys counter
by shooting 47.3 percent from the field
— third in the league.
“I don’t know why they have prob
lems with field-goal defense,” Nee
said. “They do have good shooters,
though.”
Once again, Nee said NU will rely
on point guard Tyronn Lue to lead the
team to victory. Lue, who was named
Big 12 player of the week on Monday,
is making a late charge to earn first
team all-league honors.
Nee said Lue played one of the best
games Nee has ever witnessed Satur
day at Iowa State when the sophomore
scored 30 points. Nee expects Lue to
finish the final two games on a high
note.
“He’s done everything we’ ve asked
him to do and plus some,” Nee said.
“He is the best player I’ve ever
coached.”
Lue said he will not treat this week
any different from the rest of the sea
son despite his chance at conference
honors and his first taste of NCAA
Tournament action.
“We’re preparing the same,” Lue
said. “We’ve watched a lot of film and
practiced hard.”
Beyond tonight’s game lies the No.
1 Jayhawks’ visit to the Devaney Cen
ter on Sunday. If Nebraska beats the
Cowboys, Sunday’s tilt will give the
Huskers their chance to make a state
ment saying they belong in NCAA
Tournament.
But Nee isn’t looking past the
Cowboys.
“I know Oklahoma State is a very
important game in the fact that who
ever wins has a better chance to get
in,” he said. “This game comes first.”
Note:
Of the 10 players announced Tues
day as finalists for The Associated
Press Player-of-the-Year award, six
have faced Nebraska this season: Tony
Battie (Texas Tech), Chauncey Billups
(Colorado), Danny .Fortson (Cincin
nati), Adonal Foyle (Colgate), Bobby
Jackson (Minnesota) and Raef
LaFrentz (Kansas).
Another finalist, Andre Woolridge
(Iowa) played for Nebraska as a fresh
man before transferring. The other
three finalists are Tim Duncan (Wake
Forest), Ron Mercer (Kentucky) and
Keith Van Horn (Utah).
Win over Kansas eases NtTs month
KU from page 7
season -r- to neutralize the 5-foot-9
Dixon on the defensive end, the Husk
ers will have to utilize a variety of
defensive combinations to slow the
senior guard.
“When you lose a big piece of your
puzzle, you have to rearrange things,”
Beck said. “We aren’t going to play
just (me person on Dixon. Doage is ,
out, and she’s our sparkplug. We’re
going to have to change our whole
defensive outlook because Dixon can
go off in such a short period of time.”
Kansas Coach Marian Washington
agreed with Beck’s perception of
Dixon.
“There’s no question she’s an im
pact player,” Washington said. “I don’t
enow of too many people who can stop
ler.”
But Kansas is more than Dixon,
[n KU’s win over NU, 6-2 freshman
Lynn Pride posted a career-high 19
points. Also, the Jayhawks list five
players who shoot better than 46 per
cent from the field.
“In a lot of ways, this is my best
team,” Washington said. “We have
players that understand what it takes
to be successful. I think they under
stand what it is going to take for us to
win.”
Nobody’s been able to stop Kan
sas on their home court this season.
The Jayhawks have won 18 consecu
tive games at Allen Fieldhouse, and a
win tonight would clinch at least a
share of the first-ever league title.
“I always said there can’t be an
other first champion,” Washington
said. “If we are fortunate to win the
conference, I will feel very honored.”
A win for Kansas also marks its
10th straight victory over the Husk
ers, who have not won at Allen
Fieldhouse since 1988—Beck’s sec
ond season. Kansas leads the all-time
series 37-10.
The Huskers need to win one of
their final two contests to be a serious
contender for their fourth NCAA
Tournament berth. Nebraska finishes
its season at Oklahoma State on Sat
urday before traveling to Kansas City,
Mo., for the Big 12 Tournament.
“We have to get a split,” Beck said.
“If not, we have to do some big things
at the Big 12 Tournament.”
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NU shut out at Kansas
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska baseball team lost ,
its third straight game Tuesday, fall
ing 3-0 to Kansas in the first-ever Big
12 Conference game.
Three Jayhawk pitchers combined
for a seven-hit shutout, and KU scored
three runs in the first inning before
308 fans at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium
in Lawrence, Kan.
Comhusker All-America candi
I date Tbdd Sears and designated hitter
> Ken Harvey collected two hits apiece,
• but KU’s Mark Corson, Josh Bailey
I and Josh Wingerd shut down the rest
of the Nebraska bats. Bailey, who
I pitched the fifth inning, picked up his
I first win of the young season.
Jonas Armenta (0-1) pitched seven
innings, allowing eight hits and strik
ing out four and walking three for
Nebraska, which continued to receive
excellent pitching with a lack of run
support. NU hitters struck out 11
;imes.
Armenta got in trouble early, al
lowing a two-run double to right
fielder Les Walrond in the first inning.
Walrond scored two batters later on a
jingle by center fielder Sparky
Wilhelm to end the scoring.
After facing one batter in the
eighth inning, Armenta was relieved
t>y Jay Sirianni, Steve Fish and Brian
Zubor. Kansas improved to 5-2 with
the victory.
Nebraska (5-3) will play Minne
sota in the first round of the Hormel
Foods Classic, Friday at the
Metrodome in Minneapolis.
NU goiters
finish third
From Staff Reports
Nebraska golfer Scott Gutschewski shot a
final-round score of 75 to finish with a 153,
placing in a tie for third and leading the
Comhusker men to a third-place finish at the
UTSA Invitational Golf Tournament in San An
tonio, Texas.
NU scored a two-day total of 620, placing
four strokes behind champion Southern Meth
odist. Texas-San Antonio came in second.
NU’s Mikkel Haug, who was second after
shooting a 76 in the first round, finished in a
tie for sixth following a second round total of
154.
At the Pioneer Electronic Bruin Classic in
Temecula, Calif., Nebraska freshman Hanne
Nyquist shot a final round score of 80 to lead
the NU women to a 13th-place tie with Oregon
State Tuesday.
The Comhuskers finished 72 shots behind
Tulsa, which won the team title. Tulsa’s Lisa
Penske and Niina Laitinen placed 1-2 in the
individual competition.
