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KSU extends NU skid to 13straight The Nebraska baseball team’s losing skid continues. NU lost twice on Tuesday at Kansas State, losing to the Wild cats 19-9 and 11-3 in a double header at Frank Meyers Field in Manhattan. In the first game, the Comhuskers (5-13 and 0-6 in the Big 12 Conference) battled back from a 7-1 deficit to trail 9-8 be fore Kansas State (10-6 and 1-5) erupted for 10 runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Todd Federay’s grand slam in the eighth broke the game open. NU committed seven errors as Spencer Van Linge (1-2) took the loss. In the night cap, KSU used a six-run fifth inning to build a 9-1 lead before holding on to win 11 3. Right-hander Derek Adair (0-1) took the loss for the Hdskers. The games do not count in the conference standings. NU is the only Big 12 team not to have won a conference game this season. Huskies ready for Huskeis HUSKIES from page 10 chances, as they finished seventh pi the Big 12 with a 7-9 record. Sophomore forward Larry Flo rence will be back in the start ing lineup against the Hus kies, and guard Alvin Mitchell will be available off the bench. The two were suspended for disciplinary rea sons for Nebraska’s 78-72 loss to Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 tourna ment. Fourth-year UW Coach Bob Bender said facing Nebraska in Lin coln is an exciting challenge. “We’re playing the defending NIT champions,” Bender said. “They are a great example of what you can do with this tournament at the end of the year.” Nebraska, who won five straight games to claim the 1996 NIT title, is making its fifth NIT appearance — 11th in school history—under Coach Danny Nee. Under Nee, the Huskers are 11-3 in NIT games and unbeaten in six opening-round games in Lincoln. At home, NU is 11-1 in all NIT games. To continue its first-round success — Nebraska has not lost in the first round of the NIT since 1980 — the Huskers will have to Contain MacCullough, who was recruited by Nebraska in 1993. **“ MacCullough, a Winnipeg, Manitoba native, ranks second nation ally in shooting percentage at 67 per cent per game. Against USC, he scored 18 points and grabbed 14 re bounds. Along with MacCullough, the Huskies will rely cm Wooden Award finalist Mark Sanford. Bender said Sanford, a 6-9, 210 pound junior forward, and MacCullough will be crucial in set ting the tone for the game. “We’ve got to make sure that we get our big guys a lot of touches and a lot of opportunities to score,” Bender said. Sanford leads the Huskies averag ing 16.9 points and 7.9 boards per game. Washington is 15-0 in games when it out-shoots its opponent this season, but Bender said the Huskies shooting percentage will not be as important as stopping Nebraska’s point guard Tyronn Lue. Lue, a second-team All-Big 12 se lection, has the potential to take over a game with his scoring and ball con trol, Bender said. “Trying to contain his transition and the way he pushes the ball will definitely be our priority.” UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING TOO MANY RETIREMENT DOLLARS. Every year, a lot of people make a huge mistake on their taxes. They wind up send ing Uncle Sam money they could be saving for retirement. Fortunately, that’s a mistake you can avoid with SRAs —tax-deferred annuities from TIAA-CREF. SRAs not only ease your current tax bite, they offer an easy way to build retirement income —especially for the "extras” that your pension and Social Security benefits may not cover. Because your contributions are made in before-tax dollars, you pay less in taxes now. And since earnings on your SRAs are tax deferred, your money works even harder for you. What else do SRAs offer? 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He is one of eight Huskers divers —what is believed to be a school record —to qualify for the NCAA Zone Diving Meet, which begins I Thursday. At the zone meet, scores are combined from the one- and three meter competitions, with the top six scorers advancing to the NCAA f Championship meet March 27-29 at Minneapolis. Bergman expects the momentum he gained at the 1 league meet to give him a mental edge over his competitors at the zone meet. “I think of myself as a better meet diver,” Bergman said. “I step it up during competition. Diving is a really big mental sport. The more you practice, the more confident you’re going to be. And if you go into meets with confidence, you’re going to dive really well.” DeForge selected to team From Staff Reports Anna DeForge, who helped lead the Nebraska women’s basketball team to a 19-9 season, was named an honorable mention All-Ameri can by The Associated Press on Tuesday. DeForge, a junior forward from Niagara, Wis., led NU in sewing, averaging 17.5 points per game. The first-team was Stanford se nior Kate Starbird, Kara Wolters, a senior from Connecticut, Tennes see sophomore Chamique Holdsclaw, Old Dominion senior Ticha Penicheiro and Florida se nior DeLisha Milton. Kansas’ Tamecka Dixon, the ? Big 12 Conference’s player of the year, was named to the second team. Dixon led the Jayhawks to the first-ever Big 12 regular-sea son title. Three other Big 12 players also were selected as honorable men tion. Kansas State’s Andria Jones, Colorado’s Erin Scholz and Alicia Thompson of Texas Tech join DeForge as honorable mention se lections. _._ - • i ATTN: UNL MEN Do you love football? Do you love basketball? Are you a sports fanatic? If you are, the Yell Squad Is the place to be! Come to a practice and work out with the nationally ranked University of Nebraska Cheerleaders. 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