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NU’s fast pace tames Cats
By Shannon Heffelfinger
Senior Reporter
MANHATTAN, Kan. - The up
tempo offensive style of the
Nebraska
women's bas
ketball team
collided head
on with the
slow'- paced
game plan of
Kansas State
Saturday night.
When it
Roqers was all over, the
W ildcats felt as
if thev had been run over by a truck.
Kansas State (7-7 overall and 1
3 in the Big 12 Conference) crashed
and burned under the full-court
defensive pressure of the 20lh
j ranked Comhuskers (14-5 and 3-2).
i NU took advantage to run away with
a 78-47 victory in front of 2,836
fans at Bramlage Coliseum.
“What you saw' tonight was as
bad as it can get,” KSU Coach Deb
Patterson said "We showed every
weakness that w'e possess. We just
! could not do anything right.”
In a study of w'hat happens when
i everything that can go wrong does,
the Wildcats committed 29
turnovers and shot 35 percent from
the field under NU's full-court pres
sure
Kansas State's three starters
fouled out of the uame in the second
half.
Brit Jacobson, the Wildcats'
leading scorer with 13. points,
played most of the contest with four
fouls.
NIJ Coach Paul Sanderford said
that Nebraska, on the other hand,
played its best game in recent mem
ory.
Four players - Anna DeForge,
C harlie Rogers. Nicole Kubik and
Jami Kubik scored in double fig
ures for the Huskers, who shot 59
percent for the game.
Nebraska shot 60 percent from
behind the 3-point arc and outre
bounded KSU 38-27.
“You have to score to win
against Kansas State because they
are a very good defensive team."
Sanderford said. “They are a very
physical team, but we attacked weil
at the offensive end."
The Huskers set the tone in the
first three minutes, outscoring the
Wildcats 11 -4.
But KSU outscored Nebraska
18-17 to pull within six points w'ith
3:22 remaining in the first half.
Nicole Kubik and Jami Kubik
Tscored on consecutive possessions
to expand NU's lead to 32-22
"We were chipping away, but we
kept making mistakes,” Patterson
said. "With Nebraska, they don't
just capitalize. They capitalize two
fold or three-fold.”
Kansas State's Jenny Coalson
chipped in two points for KSU to
bring the Wildcats within eight, but
Nicole Kubik and DeForge each
scored in the final 45 seconds as
Nebraska closed out the half with a
37-24 lead.
"We panicked.” Patterson said.
"At the three-minute mark in the
first half, w'e w'ere right back in it.
but three of our last seven posses
sions were turnovers. We have the
opportunity to gain control and we
didn't do it.”
Nebraska opened the second
half with a 14-4 run. and the
Wildcats never came closer than 15
points.
The win ended NU's three-game
road skid and marked the first time
the Huskers have notched a win
away from the Bob Devaney Sports
Center in nearly a year. Nebraska
travels to Baylor Wednesday.
“This helps (our confidence)
tremendously,” said Rogers, who led
both teams with 18 points and was
seven of nine from the field. "We
wanted this win badly. We needed it
badly.”
Matt MillkrDN
OKLAHOMA FORWARD EDUARDO NAJERA and NU point guard Tyronn Lue scramble for a loose bail in the first half of Sunday's game. Nebraska
downed the Sooners 53-43.
Wrestlers claim fifth place
at Cliff Keen NWCA Duals
By Lisa Vonnahme
Staff Reporter
IOWA CITY, Iowa - With a 36-8
victory over West Virginia Sunday, the
injury-plagued Nebraska wrestling
team finished fifth at the Cliff Keen
NWCA National Duals.
Top-seeded and second-ranked
Minnesota finished first after defeating
second-seeded and third-ranked Iowa
18-17.
The Hawkeves led 17-12 entering
the heavyweight match, but
Minnesota's Shelton Benjamin pinned
Iowa's Wes Hand to put the Golden
Gophers on top
The Comhuskers. who finished 4-2
in the tournament, were paced by 10th
ranked freshman Brad Venng who went
6-0. NU's only losses were to Iowa and
Michigan State.
“Our goal was to wrestle Minnesota
in the finals.” NU Coach Tim Neumann
said. “Obviously, that didn't happen,
but this whole thing could have blown
up on us considering the injuries we had
going into the tournament.
“I'm just really proud of Paul
Gomez, Jeremy Welder and Ryan Tobin
for wrestling woth so much character
and heart - considering the injuries they
wrestled with."
Gomez and Tobin were hampered
by knee injuries, while Welder battled a
rib injury. Temoer Terry did not wrestle
u
Our goal was
to wrestle
Minnesota in
the finals "
Tim Neumann
NU wrestling head coach
Sundav because of a shoulder injury.
Without seniors Tobin and Terry,
who were sidelined w ith injuries, the
Huskers fell to Michigan State in the
consolation semifinals early on Sunday'.
Neumann said that the Huskers weren't
emotionally ready for the match.
On Saturday, NU defeated San
Francisco State 34-9 before losing to
Iowa 28-16.
The Haw'keyes were led by Lee
Fullhart. the defending national cham
pion at 190 pounds Fullhart defeated
Tobin 2-0 to give Iowa a 24-16 lead and
put the match out of reach.
The bout was scoreless going into
the final period, but Fullhart earned one
point for a technical violation and
another on an escape in the last 43 sec
onds.
After falling to the Haw'keyes, the
Huskers rebounded to defeat
Michigan and upset fourth-seeded
Oklahoma 32-9.
