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By Darren Ivy
Staff writer
Before a Bob Devaney Sports
Center crowd of 6,259 that cheered
loudest when the Kansas State and
Tennessee foot
ball scores were
announced, the
Nebraska men’s
basketball team
won its "11th
straight Ameritas
Classic title Sat
urday.
The Cornh
uskers’ perfor
mance was any
thing but a work
of art.
Working without point guard Joe
Holmes, who injured his shoulder
against Tulsa, the offense at times was
stagnant and never really looked in
sync. Key individual performances by
Chad Johnson and Cary Cochran gave
NU the boost it needed in a 60-48 win
over Colgate on Saturday and in the
«
I was watching ESPN and saw Syracuse
lost in its own classic. So it
could be worse”
Cary Cochran
NU guard
63-54 win against Southwest Texas
State en Friday.
“It was difficult playing with no
point guard,” Coach Danny Nee said.
“But we got through it Colgate did a
really nice job. We just did what we
needed to do and got two wins in this
tournament. That’s important for us.”
The wins are important because
NU (5-3) plays undefeated Creighton
on Wednesday.
Against Colgate, the Huskers con
tinued their ragged play - turning the
ball over 21 times, missing close
range shots and shooting 39 percent
from the field. Friday wasn’t much
better as NU committed 19 turnovers,'
many unforced, while shooting 43
percent for die game.
Two wins are two wins, Cochran
said.
“I was watching ESPN and saw
Syracuse lost in its own classic,” said
Cochran, who scored 17 points in 32
minutes. “So it could be worse.”
In the first half of the Colgate
game, the Huskers struggled against
die Red Raiders’ zone. At the 10 min
utes, 45 seconds mark, the game was
tied 10-10.
Then Cochran, who was named to
the All-Ameritas Classic team, came
in off the bench to hit two 3-pointers
and a layup to help give NU an 18-14
lead at the
seven min- HcblBSlO 60
Colgate 48
The def
ense also stepped it up, giving up just
two points the rest of the half as NU
led 26-16.
Venson Hamilton, who was
named the MVP of the tournament,
said the Huske.rs set a goal to hold
Colgate under 50 points.
“I know whgn we set goals, we
play with a lot of intensity,” said
Hamilton, who had 20 points, 18
rebounds and eight steals in two
games while playing on a sprained
ankle.
In the second half, the Red
Raiders cut the lead to 38-33. That’s
when Johnson went on his spurt. He
made a free throw, two 3-pointers and
another shot
“I was really upset with myself at
halftime with the way I was playing,”
said Johnson, who was scoreless and
had three turnovers. “I started think
ing I wasn’t playing as good as I could
and picked it up for the team.”
Kubik rolls again in 82-74 win
By Jay Saunders
Staff writer
OMAHA - When Nebraska
Women’s Basketball Coach Paul
Sanderford looked at the scoreboard
Sunday, he saw his No. 23 Comhuskers
trailing by more than 10 points for the
second time in four days.
When junior Nicole Kubik looked
at fee scoreboard, she sawhn opportuni
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Nebraska 82 a game for the
PpaImMah ta second time
Creighton 74 f0ur dayS.
The point
guard scored 21 of her game-high 25
points in the second half as NU came
from behind to beat Creighton 82-74
before 1,674 at the Omaha Civic
Auditorium.
Kubik’s performance comes after
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ihursday s win at Drake where sh«
scored the Huskers’ last 11 points ii
Nebraska’s win over the Bulldogs.
“When* she goes on a roll/
Sanderford said, “give her the ball, ane
get out of the way.”
Everyone did get out of Kubik’i
way, including the Bluejay defense
Four of Kubjk’s eight baskets in die sec
ond half came from layups.
The junior from Cambridge alsc
added four free throws and two steak
during the second half, when th(
Huskers trailed by as many as 18 points
Omaha native Krissie Spanheimei
started die second half with a 3-pointei
to stretch Creighton’s 41-28 halftinu
lead to 16 points.
Spanheimer dug the Huskers fur
ther into a hole they dug for themselves
in the first half.
NU shot 33 percent from the field
compared to Creighton’s 55 percen
Creighton misfires late
in loss to No. 23 Huskers
By Christopher Heine
Staffwriter
OMAHA - Creighton was
understandably disappointed after
losing to Nebraska 82-74 on Sunday
at the Civic Auditorium.
They prepared almost two weeks
to upset the No. 23 Comhuskers and
failed. The Bluejays wanted the
respect that comes with beating a
ranked opponent
And then they let an 18-point
second-half lead get away.
Coach Connie Yori said she was
upset with her team because she felt
like they dropped the ball. Literally.
Yori said the main factor in die
Comhuskers’ come-from-behind
victory was Creighton’s inability to
grab offensive rebounds.
“We had a number of plays in the
second half where we (didn’t) catch
the ball, and they got a layup,” she
said. “Balls went off our hands on
rebounds, and they got layups.”
Creighton led the Comhuskers
46-28 with more than 18 minutes left
in the second half. NU charged back
with intense full-court and half-court
presses to take its first lead 55-54
with almost 10 minutes remaining
Yori said her team talked about
the possibility of NU coming out
strong in the second half.
“We knew they were going to
make a run in the second half, and
they did,” she said. “We didn’t
respond, and it’s very disappointing.”
Creighton players weren’t shy
about showing their disappointment
in die loss.
CU guard Corey Sweeney
gasped and sighed in disgust in
explaining preparation for NU.
“I spent the last 12 days prepar
ing to play Nebraska,” Sweeney said.
“It’s disappointing when you prepare
that long for a team and can’t put it
together at the end.
“(NU Coach Paul Sanderford)
said after their game with Drake that
it was going to be die ‘Game of the
Century’ for us,” she said. “That
statement really, really got to me
because it seemed they were over
looking us a bit”
i effort in the first 20 minutes. The
i Huskers also turned the ball over 11
times against a pesky Bluejay defense.
Those stats gave Sanderford plenty
1 to talk about at halftime. “(Sanderford)
told us we weren’t playing like die No.
i 23 team in the country,” Kubik said.
“That really got to us.”
When CU opened the lead to 18, it
seemed as if the Huskers were just look
> ing to hang on. Instead, sophomore
i Amanda Went helped spark a comeback
: attempt
Went hit die Huskers’first basket in
' the second half with seventeen minutes
‘ and 51 seconds left in the game. Went
: ended the game with a career-high 12
points. The guard out of Columbus also
- tied a career-high with four rebounds,
i “I felt good today,” Went said. “I felt
if I could get the team going and they
, could finish, that would be fine.”
t NU chipped into the Bluejays’ lead
in the second half. The Huskers took
their first lead of the game when Kubik
hit a layup with 9:55 to play.
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later when senior forward Jenni Larson
made a pair of free throws. But the
Huskers came charging back when
Went drove to the basket and made a
shot Went was fouled and made the free
throw to take the lead back 61-59. •
Nebraska wouldn’t trail again.
“I’d say we played 110 percent hard
er in the second half,” senior Cori
McDill said. “We were in the ozone in
the first half.”
Sanderford said he saw two differ
ent games against Creighton. In the sec
ond half, NU shot 50 percent horn the
field. The 54-point second half perfor
mance ties a Husker record for points
scored in a half under Sanderford.
The Huskers also cut back on
turnovers in die second half, giving up
the ball only three times.
On the flip side, CU shot only 32
percent in the second half, and had 10
turnovers.
“In the second half, we stepped up
the defense and changed up on the
press,” Sanderford said. “That was the
difference in the game.”
The win closes a five-game road
trip for the Huskers (7-1). NU won four
of those games, with two of those wins
coming against teams that played in last
season’s NCAA tournament.
But NU won’t get any time off, as
they play Troy State at home on Tuesday.
NU to play in team's first Holiday Bowl
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utation that they have precedes them.”
Though both coaches said they
have yet to have a chance to review
film of their opponent, Solich also
said he expects a good matchup.
“They’re one of the top teams in
the country,” Solich said. “They will
be a tremendous challenge for our ]
football team, but we’re looking for- 1
ward to it.” ]
The Dec. 30th game, set for
Qualcomm Stadium at 5 p.m., will ]
give the injury-plagued Huskers time i
to heal. i
Solich said I-back DeAngelo
ivans “will have a chance to return,”
>ut said quarterback Bobby
'tewcombe is very questionable.
“We feel that for the most part, the
flayers with minor injuries will bene
fit from this time that we have,” Solich
laid. “We hope that will be the case.”
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