Huskers upset Alabama
UPSET from page 7
good team that we just beat.”
Nebraska pounded the
Crimson Tide on the boards 44-33
and recorded 15 steals, but the big
difference was at the free-throw
line where the Huskers made 26 of
31 attempts, compared to 18 of 33
for the Tide, including 11-24 in
the second half.
UA Coach Rick Moody said
NU’s performance at the line did
in the Tide.
“I think you look at one key
statistic in this game and it’s what
they did at the free-throw line,” he
said. “They shot 84 percent from
the line, and they got there often.”
Sanderford said had a simpler
explanation for the victory.
“We had more will than
Alabama tonight,” he said. “It was
ugly, but I’m not going to give it
back.”
In the first quarter, it didn’t
look like a game that would be
Sanderford’s to give.
Alabama outscored the
Huskers 18-6 in the first 10 min
utes, holding Nebraska to only 3
of-12 shooting. The Tide also
forced 12 NU turnovers.
“I think we came out a little
intimidated,” DeForge said. “We
weren’t going as we wanted to.”
The game changed completely
in the second quarter, when the
Huskers scored 12 straight points
and outscored Alabama 27-7 to
take a 33-25 lead at halftime.
Sanderford said Nebraska
attacked Alabama after the first
quarter.
“The big push was when we
got on the boards,” he said. “We
beat a very good rebounding team,
and we limited them to one shot.”
The Crimson Tide raced back
to take the lead early in the third
quarter, but senior guard Jami
Kubik tied the game at 47 with a
3-pointer and the Huskers never
trailed again.
Alabama guard Brittany Ezell
said Nebraska had an answer for
every Crimson Tide run.
“Every time we got on a roll,
they would pound it inside, or
DeForge would do something
huge,” said Ezell, who finished
with a game-high 17 points. “You
have to give them a lot of credit
for what they did.”
Sophomore Cisco Gilmore had
career highs in leading the
Huskers with 13 points and eight
rebounds. DeForge also scored 13
points, and sophomore guard
Nicole Kubik added 12.
a-—
We beat a very
good rebounding
team, and we
limited them to
one shot”
Paul Sanderford
women’s basketball coach
The Huskers’ win built upon
its first victory in the WNIT, an
88-54 victory over Miami (Ohio)
Friday. DeForge led Nebraska
with 26 points in the season open
er.
NU next plays Western
Kentucky - which defeated New
Mexico 77-76 Sunday - in the
semifinals Thursday in Storrs,
Conn. Before coming to
Nebraska, Sanderford coached the
Hilltoppers for 13 seasons.
Sanderford didn’t want to talk
about a reunion with his old team
Sunday.
“I just want to enjoy this one
right now,” he said. “Come
Monday morning, I’ll start worry
ing about who we play next.”
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“Those three ran the races of their
lives,” NU Coach Jay Dirksen said. “I
can’t tell you how proud I am of how
much they stepped up this weekend.”
Nebraska finished with 81 points,
five points behind the Tigers and 26
points ahead of third-place Minnesota.
But the score didn’t reflect die scrambling
the Huskers had to do to finish second.
NU’s second runner, sophomore
Jaime Pauli, was hampered by a stress
fracture in her leg, and NU’s third run
ner senior, Nora Shepherd, suffered an
asthma attack during the race, forcing
Centerwall, Mohr and Osteen to step
up. The three responded well, finishing
11th, 13th, and 28th and securing the sec
ond-place finish for NU. Pauli finished
24th, good for fourth on the team, while
Shepherd was 33rd.
Centerwall said she knew it would be a
big race with two runners having prob
lems.
“Coach told us that we had to run
well and that we would have compete
hard,” she said. “Nora and Jaime
weren’t able to run their best race, but
we ran better than ever.”
The Huskers were led again by
freshman Amy Wiseman, who finished
fifth with a time of 18:28.
Dirksen said Wiseman and the rest
of the newcomers showed their poise
under adversity Saturday.
“The freshmen and sophomores
have been so patient this year and in this
race,” he said.”
In the men’s competition, Nebraska
freshman Jeroen Broekzitter and senior
Cleophas Boor both individually qualified
for the NCAA Championships by finish
ing first and second at the district meet
As a team, though, NU finished
third behind Oklahoma State and
Minnesota, knocking the team out from
a trip to the NCAA Championships.
Broekzitter ran the snow-packed
course in a time of 32 minutes, 38 sec
onds, four seconds better than Boor.
“Jeroen showed how in control he
was of the conditions and the rest of the
field Saturday,” Dirksen said. “He
keeps getting better and better.”
Rounding at the finishers for NU
was senior Aaron Johnson in 25th
(33:33), junior Lou Petricca in 36th
(34:03), and freshman Marcus Witter in
37th (34:03).
Dirksen said he has been pleased
with the men’s performance this season.
“We lost two great runners before
the year even began and we didn’t throw
in the towel,” Dirksen said. “We com
peted as hard as we could have through
all the adversity.”
JNebraska attack impresses
Iowa State coach McCarney
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“They were big, aggressive and
fast,” Davis said. “I think the game
last week made them really angry,
plus they dropped in the polls. I guess
they took it out on us.”
In the second half, Nebraska - led
primarily by second and third
stringers - outscored the Cyclones
14-7. Fifteen Huskers shared 63 car
ries for 473 yards on the day. NU also
added 121 yards passing.
ISU has dropped five straight to
Nebraska and the Huskers have
outscored the Cyclones 276-71 in
those games.
But McCamey, who took over at
Iowa State before the 1995 season,
said this year’s Husker squad was
possibly the best he had ever seen.
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Flanker Tyrone Watley disagreed.
Watley, the Cyclones’ leading
receiver, caught three passes for 64
yards and one touchdown. The senior
faced Nebraska in 1994 and 1995
with Pacific before joining Iowa
State last season.
- “They’ve been great all four
years,” Watley said, “but I feel that
they had just a little more talent over
all and their defense was a little bit
better when we played them in ’94.”
Despite the loss, the Cyclones
can’t just forget about the game,
Bandhauer said.
“\bu have to learn from every sit
uation,” Bandhauer said. “We’d prob
ably like to throw away the film, but
we can’t. It happened. It’s not like it
didn’t happen. We just have to learn
from our mistakes.”
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