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Florence, Mitchell to sit By Shannon Heffelfinger Staff Reporter KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sophomores Larry Florence and Alvin Mitchell did not make the trip with the Nebraska basketball team to Kansas City, Mo., on Tues day, NU Coach Danny Nee said. Nee has suspended Florence and Mitchell for Thursday’s game against Missouri because of an un disclosed disciplinary reason. In Florence’s absence, Bernard Garner will start for the Comhuskers. Guard Ryan Phifer will be added to NU’s eight-man rotation. If NU beats the Tigers, Florence and Mitchell will play on Friday. Iburnament returns Rumors concerning the Big 12 Football Championship Game’s possible move to Texas are flying throughout the league, but don’t expect the women’s basketball tour nament to move anytime soon. Kansas City’s Municipal Audi torium has a contract with the Big 12 to play host to the women’s tour nament through the year 2000. The first-ever Big 12 represents a second chance for Kansas City. The city was the home of the Big Eight tournament from 1984-86, but lost the privilege to Salina, Kan. But if Tuesday’s attendance is any indication, history will not re peat itself. Tuesday’s four games saw an average of 5,000 fans. KSU still surprises The Kansas State basketball players have surprised everyone but themselves this season. Picked to finish 10th in the con ference race this season, the Wild cats exceeded all expectations com peting regular season 16-10 over all and 9-7 in the conference. After smashing Oklahoma 81 56 in the tournament Tuesday, KSU (17-10) is in position to earn its first tournament bid since 1987. In other action, Baylor beat Oklahoma State 68-62 behind 19 points and 10 rebounds by sopho more Kacy Moffitt. In the night cap, Iowa State (17-10) improved its hopes of making the NCAA Tournament with a 53-46 win over Texas A&M. Today’s matchup’s are Baylor against Kansas, Nebraska against Texas, Iowa State against Colorado and Kansas State against Texas Tech. NU holds on \ towinby4 WIN from page 7 _ McClain’s performance slightly overshadowed LaToya Doage, who hadn’t played in two weeks but was on the court for the final 8:13 and had one rebound and one critical steal. Doage had not played in NU’s last three games — all losses — but her entrance helped stop a 13-2 Missouri run that erased an 11-point Nebraska second-half lead. It was Doage’s steal on a MU in bound pass with 49 seconds left that gave the Huskers the ball and stopped die Tigers, who had scored on six con secutive possessions. “With about five minutes left in the second half, I went up to her and said, ‘It is now or never. You can either sit with a swollen leg or get in and have a career.’” Beck said. Doage said it felt good to get back on the court. “I really wanted to play because of all those treatments I had to take,” Doage said, “I really missed my team mates, and the leg is still about 80 percent, but I knew I wanted to play.” Doage’s presence helped to ease the defensive pressure on NU’s All Big 12 forward Anna DeForge, who scored 27 points. NU travels to KU By David Wilson Staff Reporter 4 He’s back. Nebraska leadoff hitter Francis Collins — who struggled at the plate through the Cornhuskers’ first eight games — finished the Hormel Foods Classic in Minne apolis with eight hits in IS at bats and scored five runs. “He’s a catalyst,” NU Coach John Sanders said. “He needs to be doing things just like last year. He’s providing a spark.” Last season, Collins led the Huskers with a .424 average while swiping a team-high 19 stolen bases. The center fielder also con piled a 38-game hitting sneak — the fifth longest in NCAA history. After batting. 171 inhisfirst35 plate appearances this season, Collins has broken out of his slump and improved his average to .280. “I just wasn’t hitting away like I can,” Collins said. “I was trying to pull everything. That was pretty much it.” But Collins wasn’t the only Husker to hit well in the tourna ment. Despite losing all three games, Nebraska hit .313 at the Metrodome. Through NU’s first eight games its team average dipped to .242. The Huskers (5-6 overall and 0 1 in the Big 12 Conference) will look to snap a six-game losing streak today against Kansas (6-4) at 3 pjtl. at Hoglund-Maupin Sta dium in Lawrence. The Jayhawks defeated NU 3-0 in the first-ever Big 12 game Feb. 25. NU and KU also meet on Thursday with the first pitch slated for 3 pm. Hie Nebraska offense is led by junior first baseman Todd Sears, who finished last weekend’s tour nament going 5 for 11 with five RBIs — inproving the team-high average to .410. In NU’s first meet ing with Kansas last month, Sears collected two of the Huskers’ seven hits. Second baseman Kevin Harrington also had success in the Metrodome. The junior went 6 for 14 — including his second home run of the year — and raised his average to .327. “I’ve felt solid for the past week,” Harrington said. But after a solid start, the Husker pitching staff has struggled recently. NU’s pitchers, who had a 4.37 earned-run average entering the tournament, allowed 26 earned runs in 25 innings upping the team’s ERA to 5.68. “We just need to get it all to gether,” Collins said. “We’ll be fine.” edge HUSKER RED'S INTRAMURAL POLL MEN’S BASKETBALL 1. Vetem's (50) 2. Busch Boys (50) 3. Delta Tau Delta A (50) WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 4. Busdrivaz (50) l.DLT (40) 5. Schramm 8A (50) 2. Terminators (40) 6. Alpha Thu Omega B2 (50) 3. Blasters (40) 7. Wrecking Crew (40) 4. Dig This (3-1) 8. Harper 5B (50) 5. Crushers (3-1) 9. Team Elvis (50) 10. 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