Denver lineman to decide today
" From Staff Reports
Tony Bedford, a 6-foot-4, 265
pound defensive lineman from
Denver will decide today whether he
will attend Nebraska or Florida State,
Thomas Jefferson High School
Coach Tim Cross, said.
Bedford had made a decision
between the two schools earlier
Sunday, Cross said, but rescinded.
Cross said he planned to discuss
Bedford’s future with him through
the night Sunday and the two hoped
to reach a decision by noon, today.
Bedford, who has only played two
years of organized football, recorded
42 sacks and 53 quarterback pres
sures despite being triple-teamed
every game, Cross said.
“He’s a power player,” Cross said,
“but he also can speed rush.”
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Swimmers sweep
The seventh-ranked Nebraska
women’s swimming and diving team
defeated Missouri 145-97 in
Columbia, Mo., Saturday and fin
ished the dual season undefeated at 7
0 overall and 4-0 in the Big 12
Conference.
The Comhuskers won 10 of 13
events, placing first in six.
On the men’s side, Nebraska (7-3
and 4-1) defeated Missouri 140-103.
The Huskers will now prepare for
the Big 12 Conference
Championships. The women’s cham
pionships are Feb. 19-21 in Austin,
Texas, and the men’s championships
are Feb. 26-28 in College Station,
Texas.
Gymnasts score season high
Two weeks of intense practice
helped the Nebraska women’s gym
nasties team record a season-high
performance, defeating Missouri
194.6 -190.125 Saturday night at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Prior to Saturday, NU’s team high
for the season was 191.00.
The Huskers were led by Heather
Brink and Misty Oxford, who tied for
the all-around title with a score of
39.225.
NU fell behind 48.2 to 48.05 after
the first rotation, but made up for it
on the uneven bars. Laura Ohlendorf
and Oxford tied career bests, and Jess
Swift had a career best as NU scored
a 49.125 on that event
Track teams win big
Nebraska track athletes set
NCAA provisional marks this week
end as the Comhusker track team had
little trouble winning its first home
triangular meet of the season at the
KU finishes strong
to douse Husker fire
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pleased. I felt like I was beg
ging them the whole game. We
did some things that could help
you lose, but again the two All
Americans were really big for
us.”
Pierce, a 6-foot-7 junior for
ward, moved into ninth place on
KU’s all-time scoring list with a
27-point performance.
Meanwhile, LaFrentz pounded
out 25 points and grabbed 13
rebounds.
Both made free throws
down the stretch that thwarted
any chances of a Husker come
back.
KU also was helped by
Thomas, who finished with 10
points, including five in the last
three minutes. Even though
Thomas struggled, his team
mates didn’t lose faith in him.
“If we need a shot, I have all
the confidence in the world in
him,” said LaFrentz.
Thomas and his teammates
were cold from the perimeter,
but kept shooting the 3-point
ers. At halftime, the Jayhawks
were three of 11 from 3-point
range.
Williams said KU’s quick
shots coupled with NU’s zone
defense took the Jayhawks out
of sync in the first half.
“There for a while, Paul was
our only offense,” Williams
said. “Their zone bothered us in
the first half as we kept taking a
quick 3-point shot and didn’t
get the ball inside and let Raef
or T. J. (Pugh) touch the ball.”
Coming into the game, the
Jayhawks expected a battle
from NU.
“We knew it would be a
war,” Pierce said.
Because the Jayhawks
expected a tough game,
Williams decided to play a zone
defense to try to keep
Robertson out of foul trouble.
But it didn’t work as Robertson
picked up three first-half fouls.
Despite the fact that
Robertson only played 24 min
utes, he dished out a career
high 11 assists.
Although Williams was dis
appointed with the Jayhawks’
performance, he was glad to
win a close game on the road.
“We weren’t really into it
mentally, emotionally or what
ever, but, yet if you can grind
something out like that, I do
feel it is important to you.
Winning ugly helps you have a „
great season.”
Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The Husker women outdistanced
Minnesota 134-84Vi, followed by
Kent State with 75 Vi.
The Husker men also won handily
with three athletes setting provisional
marks.
Wrestlers fall to Cyclones
The fifth-ranked NU wrestling
team fell to No. 9 Iowa State in a dual
Sunday in Ames, Iowa.
The Cyclones, who improved to
7-7, downed the Comhuskers 22-13.
Nebraska fell to 7-5.
? Second-ranked 126-pounder
Dwight Hinson paced the Cyclones
with a 6-3 decision over Jeramie
Welder.
Nebraska winners included: Brad
Canoyer at 134 pounds, Temoer Terry
at 158 pounds, Brad Vering at 177
pounds, and Ryan Tobin at 190
pounds.
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win for KU
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Piatkowski 3-pointer. Kansas called
a timeout on its next possession and
set up the play that ultimately put the
game away.
Guard Billy Thomas came
around a Screen and hit a fall-away,
23-foot 3-pointer with one second
remaining on the shot clock4o put
KU up 70-65 with 2:27 remaining.
NU got no closer than four points
after that.
We thought that Billy would get
the ball,” NU point guard Tyronn Lue
said. “I was there. I just turned jpy
head the wrong way, and he made it”
Nebraska failed to convert bn its
last four possessions of the game
while Kansas padded the lead for the
final 11-point margin.
After the game Nee said he knew
his team had a chance to beat the
Jayhawks for the first time in six tries
and up its home record to 11-0, but
missed opportunities.
“We made enough mistakes in the
course of the game that you can’t do,”
Nee said. “Any chance we had, it
went down the drain with a couple of
mistakes.”
Besides Thomas’s late 3-pointer,
KU was paced most of the day by
LaFrentz and Pierce. LaFrentz fin
ished with 25 points and 13
rebounds, while Pierce had 27 and
seven, respectively.
LaFrentz, a candidate for national
player of the year, did mosfof his
damage in the second half. He tiad £§
points, seven rebounds and was 5-6
from the free throw line in the final1
20 minutes.
Kansas did the little things in the
second half to pull out the win,
LaFrentz said.
“We made enough plays to win
the game,” LaFrentz said. “We strug
gled offensively, but we found a way
to win.”
The game was close in the first
half as NU’s defense forced Kansas
into 41 percent shooting and eight
turnovers. KU led 36-31 at the half.
“We had a lot of defensive inten
sity in the first half,” Hamilton said.
“We kind of got fatigued in the sec
ond half, and we didn’t play as well.”
For the game, NU was led by
Piatkowski with 18 points.
Piatkowski was five of eight from 3
point range.
“It was just one of the days when
you feel the hoop is a big can,”
Piatkowski said. “But I’d rather have
die win than all the baskets.”
Lue added 17 while Hamilton
added 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Nebraska travels to Missouri,
where theTigers have^yet totose diis