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NU erases slow start to win by 9
OSU from page 7_
defense on Nebraska’s Tyronn Lue,
OSU frustrated the Huskers before NU
found the golden touch from an un
likely pair of hands.
Sophomore Troy Piatkowski, av
eraging 1.6 points per game entering
Wednesday’s contest, connected on the
second of three 3-pointers five min
utes into the second half, sparking a
10-2 Nebraska run that set the tone
for the remainder-of the night.
“When I had an open shot I just
took it,” said Piatkowski, whose hot
'shooting forced OSU into a 2-3 zone
and freed up Lue. “It wasn’t what we
planned, but that’s what happened.”
Piatkowski, who scored a career
high 11 points in 19 minutes, then
delivered a crowd-rousing alley-oop to
Cookie Belcher, trimming Oklahoma
State’s lead — which reached 13
points early in the second half — to
six at 51-45.
“I really thought the first half be
longed to Oklahoma State, and the
second half was decisively Nebraska,”
Nee said. “That’s how it goes.”
Outscoring OSU 47-28 after half
time, the Huskers shot 15 of 26 (57.7
percent) and grabbed 22 rebounds to
the Cowboys’ 11. Seniors Mikki
Moore and Bernard Gamer, both of
whom did not score in the first half,
combined for 13 points after the break.
A dunk by Belcher at the 10:47
mark tied the game at 56, and Lue,
who led Nebraska with 23 points, sank
a 3 less than one minute later, putting
NU on top for good. After draining a
pair of 3-point goals to open the game,
Lue attempted only five shots in the
first half.
R.W. McQuarters, a standout
safety on the Cowboy football team
who has played in just six basketball
games this year, shadowed the Husker
point guard for much of the game.
OSU Coach Eddie Sutton also used
Alonzo Mayes, an All-Big 12 tight
end, to counter depth problems after
injuries and personal problems
shelved five Cowboys this season.
With McQuarters handling the
point, Nebraska increased its defen
sive pressure in the second half, forc
ing eight Oklahoma State turnovers
after just two first-half miscues. Mean
while, Nebraska took care of the bas
ketball, losing it just nines time, NU’s
lowest total since a 1995 win over
Georgia in the National Invitation
Tournament.
“We’ve been having trouble with
the box-and-one and the zones,” said
Lue, who left the game for 15 seconds
late in the second half to nurse a
twisted ankle and an injured wrist.
“They had a great strategy, but we
came out to win.”
The Cowboys cut the Husker lead
to one point on three occasions in the
last 5'A minutes, but with NU up 67
66 at the 3:26 mark, Lue (hilled a 3
from the left comer along the baseline,
giving Nebraska a four-point advan
tage. Piatkowski then hit another 3,
and OSU never got back within five
points.
Venson Hamilton sewed 11 points
fw Nebraska and grabbed nine of his
game-high 12 rebounds in the second
half. Junior Brett Robisch led OSU
with a career-best 24 points on 10-of
14 shooting; Adrian Peterson scored
17 points and Chianti Roberts added
15.
In the first half, an 184 Cowboy
run—capped by a Peterson 3-pointer
—put OSU up 33-21 before the Husk
ers ended the half with a 19-7 burst.
In a game with so much on the line
heading into Sunday’s clash with KU,
Nee couldn’t explain Nebraska’s flat
start. 1
“I know my basketball team,” Nee
said, “and I know how to coach them.
There’s wily one thing they respond
to, and I have to stay with that as hard
as it is. You just have to keep teach
ing.
“I’m going to go to Barry’s, and
I’m going to have a couple beers and
my hands will be shaking and my guts
will feel like they’re falling out.”
As long as NU continues to win,
Piatkowski said he’ll be happy, even
after Wednesday’s pow first half.
“They got us down a little bit,” he
said. “But we’ve been in this situation
plenty of times. We were worried, but
not the way we should have been.
That’s just the Nebraska Comhuskers
basketball team. That’s just how we
are.”
KtPs other guard rips Huskers
KANSAS from page 7
remaining, the Jayhawks went on a 6
0 run in a span of 40 seconds to take
an 8-point lead.
Pride missed the back end of a two
shot foul, but Kansas secured the re
bound and Halbleib made NU pay,
making a 15-footer.
The Huskers couldn't answer,
missing a 3-point attempt on their next
possession, but Halbleib sealed the
game's outcome with a 3-pointer of
her own.
“When we hit that 3-pointer, I
could see it in their faces and the way
they were physically responding that
we were where 1 wanted to be," KU
Coach Marian Washington said.
Dixon, who hyperextended her
knee before Kansas's first meeting
with NU, was slowed by sore knees
on Wednesday, Washington said.
Dixon, the favorite to earn the Big 12
player-of-the-year award played al
most 33 minutes but scored just 10
points — 11 shy of her average.
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Halbleib’s hot shooting overshad
owed DeForge’s 23-point effort, 16 of
which came in the first half.
DeForge, a 5-11 junior from
Niagara, Wis., has crossed paths with
Halbleib before. In high school,
DeForge broke Halbleib’s state scor
ing record her senior season at
Niagara.
NU, which played its second game
without point guard LaToya Doage,
went on two 9-49 runs in the first half,
including a run in die final two min
utes that gave the Huskers a 33-25
halftime advantage.
DeForge started the run when she
threw an in-bounds pass off a KU de
fender and scared. She added another
bucket, followed that with a 3-pointer
and dished an assist to Nicole Rubik
who scored a layup that beat the in
termission buzzer.
“In the first half I was getting good
looks,” DeForge, who played more
than 38 minutes, said. “We were
screening people off, and I was get
ting quality shots. In the second half,
they were more aware of where I was
at all times. They kept switching
screens, and somebody was always on
me.”
DeForge said the Huskers need to
try and keep a positive attitude after
the loss, which dropped them to 18-7
overall and 8-7 in the league. NU’s
psyche has been shaken by losing four
of its last five games by a total of 13
points. Nebraska resides in sole pos
session of seventh place in die con
ference.
Beck said the Huskers gave a good
effort for the second straight road
game against a ranked team, but too
many mistakes cost NU any chance at
winning. Nebraska lost at No. 12
Ifexas 71-70 just over a week ago. v.
NU closes out its regular season
against Oklahoma State Saturday in
Stillwater, Okla. Beck said that game
isn’t a must-win as the Huskers look
to qualify for the NCAA Tournament
for the second straight season.
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