The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 09, 1997, Page 9, Image 9
Nebraska’s 54-15 win over Texas A&M represents the largest margin of victory over two ranked teams this season at 39. Second is UCLA’s 34-poftit victory over Washington: NU also has a anoth er victory in the top five - 30 points in the 56-26 win over Kansas State. The worst loss that a ranked team suffered is the 63 point loss Texas had against UCLA. " ■ • NU junior I-back Ahman Greeri finished with 1,877 yards this season, second best in Husker history. In 1983, Mike Rozier won the Heisman Trophy with 3448 yaij^ pyei; 12 games, which stands as Ihe best smgle-^eason rushing total in NU history. ■ Senior quarterback Scott Frost fell 1 yard short of Nebraska’s.sipgle-season total yardage record by accumulating 2.332 yards - 1,095 of it rushing, ' 1,237 passing. Jerry Tagge had 2.333 yards in 1971, with 2,019 passing yards, and 314 rushing yards. ■ Nebraska currently has%e second longest streak of consecu tive Big'8/Big 12 regular-season v conference victories with 39, ^ which started in 1992 after a 19 ’ lO.TossJtQ Iowa $t^te andjs still going. The Iongtest Is Oklahoma with 44 from 1952 to 1959. The streak was broken by Nebraska in 1959 with a 25-20 victory over the Sooners. * v.. , Basketball season is already in full swing in the Big 12, but only one team is currently ranked in the top 25. Perennial power ir; KapsstSis currently ranked third in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll, hut will probably drop after a 86-83 loss to Maryland on Sunday. . ■ NU senior outside hitter Lisa r Reitsma and .senior setter Fiona Nepo w&Sliimed tb'tfte/first team All-Big 12 volleyball team on Dec. 3. Reitsma was a unani mous selection. Freshman Angie Oxley and frfshman Katie Jahnke - were named Freshman 'gad Newcomer of the Year, respec tiVely. Texas outside hitter Dqmetria Sance was named Player of the Year in the Big 12. •T \n •- . ■ While Nebraska is going to the Orange Bowl, four other Big 12 teams will also be making trips to bowl games. Kansas State received an Alliance Bowl bid and will face Syracuse in the Fiesta Bowl, While Texas A&M will travel to the Cotton Bowl to play . «PCI*A. Missouri plays Colorado * Staterinrthe holiday Bowl, and , Oklahoma State plays Purdue in the Alamo Bowl. Big 12 notebook compiled by staff reporter« Sam MtKnwui. . -v ' wnba ALL-STAft Michelle Timms said NU senior Anna DeForge Is the type of player the WNBA is leokiugfor Although DeForge will not make a decision until after the season, she said she would probably net pass up a# opportunity to play at the next level. Pros consider DeForge By Ted Taylor Senior Reporter TUSCON, Ariz. - Female basket ball players are enjoying an era of prosperity and excitement that has never before been part of the sport. Just ask Michelle Timms, who, as the energetic and flamboyant point guard for die Phoenix Mercury last season, helped what some called an experiment turn into a hugely popu lar women’s professional league. The creation and - more impor tantly - the success of the Women’s National Basketball Association and the American Basketball League has given women, especially younger girls, something more to strive for than just a college scholarship and four years of Division I competition. It’s also giving women’s college basketball players a little extra incen tive to keep their butts down on defense and their turnover ratios low. “I’d be very excited if I was a senior player at the moment,” Timms said Friday while watching the Husker’s 71-69 win over Wichita State during the semifinals of the Insight Women’s Classic. “For those seniors, their last year has a lot more importance now than it ever did before.” One of those seniors Timms was talking about was Nebraska senior Anna DeForge. NU Assistant Coach Dee Gibson said agents from both the ABL and WNBA have contacted Nebraska Coach Paul Sanderford about the 5 foot-11 senior from Niagara, Wis. Timms said DeForge is the type of well-rounded player the WNBA is looking for, and she wasn’t talking entirely about her skills on the court. “She stands out not only on the court, but also academically. She’s a great role model for these younger girls,” she said pointing up to a group of teen-aged girls waiting for an auto graph. But DeForge said she was more Please see PROS on 10 By Jay Saunders Assignment Reporter — " -11,11 - ■ " The Nebraska men’s basketball ; team followed up a three-game stretch of {foor shooting performances witlr some of its best shooting of the season at the Ameritas Classic. The Cornhuskers (7-1) shot 72 percent from the field against North Carolina-Wilmington in the fi^st round of the 11th annual classic. In the championship against Grambling State, the Huskers followed their sec ond-best shooting performance in school history by shooting 51 percent against the Tigers. NU scored 85 points against both UNCW and Grambling, which is the Husker’s highest point total since the second game of the season, when the team put 86 points on the board against Western Illinois. — % “These are as high as npphers ; as! have seen,” NU Coach Danny wee saia. inis shows we have a little pride.” NU’s pride, and shooting, were both low Lm after a three-game stretch against Colorado State, Texas San Antonio and Tulsa. The Huskers shot no higher than 39 percent from the field in any of those three games. In NU’s 85-68 loss to Tulsa, NU shot 20 percent in the second half and 33 percent for the game. In two wins against the University of Texas-San Antonio and Cplof^lo Sta|g, . | the HusRers shot -y percent ana j / ercent, respec vely. Nee said in tie Ameritas Classic, unlike te previous three antes, the icore in whatever it up against. Wilmington and Please see SHOOTING on 10 Disease hits NU athlete From Staff Reports Amanda Cleveland, a highly touted freshman recruit on the No. 11 Nebraska women’s basketball team, has been diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia, a condition that keeps bone marrow from produc ing new cells. “This is a serious condition,” Dr. Lonnie Albers, Nebraska Director of Athletic Medicine said. “She feels fine right now, but this is a condition that could rapid ly cause her to be very ill. “The treatments for this dis ease are medication and or a bone marrow transplant. It is a rare dis order, one that affects only about 2,000 people per year in the United States.” Cleveland, who is from Lancaster, Texas, is being treated in nearby Dallas, where she flew on Friday after the diagnosis was confirmed. The 6-foot-2,184-pound, Nike All-American had been averaging 1.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game and had appeared in the Huskers first six games. She did n’t play against Bradley on Dec. 3 and then didn’t make NU’s trig to A0t^Gve%the weejgnd where the Huskers fbst the cim pionship game to No. 12 Arizona in the Insight Women’s Classic. “My main concern is for Amanda Cleveland and her fami ly,” said NU Coach Paul Sanderford. “This is a blow for our basketball team because of the high expectations we had for A.C. “Our players and staff are shocked and concerned about this situation. We will do anything we can to assist Amanda in her recov ery. This (situation) is a part of real life, but it’s very tough to deal with.” Kansas City game confirmed - I From Staff Reports A press conference has been scheduled for Friday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., to announce the first ever NCAA Division 1-A football game to be played at Arrowhead. The release said two top 20 Big 12 Conference opponentswill play in the stadium that is us»lly the home to the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Sources said Nebraska and Oklahoma State will be the two Big 12 teams to participate in the game. The Cornhuskers and the Cowboys are scheduled to play on Oct. 3, 1998, at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Okla. However, Lewis Field only seats 50,614 fans while 1 Arrowhead seats 79,101 fans.