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Sports Nebraska survives ISU surge ■ Andy Markowski’s rebound „ helps save Huskers in 59-57 win over Iowa State at home. By Darren Ivy Senior staff writer After Saturday night's 59-57 win over Iowa State, senior forward Andy Markowski strolled into the post-game press conference. He was bare Nebraska 59 f00'- !" ?lue jeans with a knee Iowa State 57 cut out of one side, and he had on a half-buttoned polo shirt. “Did we keep you interested?” Markowski asked, the first words out of his mouth. “Yes” would probably be the overwhelming response from the 13,623 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center who watched as the Comhuskers twice built double-digit leads in the second half before having to hang on for the two-point win. With the win, NU (17-8 and 9-3 in the Big 12 Conference) avoided a Cylcone sweep and remained tied with Missouri and Oklahoma for second place in the Big 12. In the process, senior center Venson Hamilton became the fourth player in Big Eight and Big 12 history to score 1,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds and block 200 shots. The win didn’t come easy. NU missed free throws that allowed ISU (13-12 and 4-8) to stick around. But NU Coach Danny Nee said a win like Please see ISU on 8 Under the dome I_ Rick Townley/DN JUNIOR GINA PELAZINI serves in a dou bles match vs. Wyoming at the Woods Tennis Center on Sunday morning. Pelazini and partner, freshman Amy Frisch, went on to lose the match 8-4 to Melanie Roberts and Natalie Morozova. The women’s tennis team ended up defeating Wyoming 6-3, improving NU’s record to 3-1 on the year. No. 1 Junior Sandra Noetzel defeated Sarah Kay 6-4, 6-3, improving her record to 3-1. In dou bles, sophomore Danica Hardy and fresh man Katarina Balan defeated Wyoming’s Amanda Roberts and Lindsay McPhail, 8 3. On Feb. 19 the Huskers will meet Sam Houston State in College Station, Texas. ^- - I Ryan Soderlin/DN NEBRASKA’S TODD BECKERMAN hangs on as Minnesota’s Bart Golyer tries to score a takedown. Beckerman lost the match to Golyer 3-1. Gophers deflate NU wrestlers Vering earns victory over top-ranked UM wrestler despite loss ByLisaVonnahme Staff water Tim Neumann found himself at a loss for words after Sunday's dual with second-ranked Minnesota. And when Minnesota 22 lhe „Ncb,aska wrestling coach Nebraska 9 finally did speak, he was torn between NU’s “weaknesses that were obvious to everybody in the arena” and “feeling good about a guy who just upset the No. 1 guy in the coun try,” in reference to Brad Vering's win over UM's Brandon Eggum at 184 pounds. Neumann's indifferent feelings toward his No. 4 wrestling team came after the Comhuskers suffered a 22-9 loss to the Golden Gophers in front of 1,369 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in NU’s last home dual of the season. The loss puts the Huskers at 16-6 overall and 2-3 in the Big 12 Conference as they head into their final dual of the regular season at , Missouri on Wednesday. “I am not happy at all with whatever the hell the score was,” Neumann said. “There is no moral victory when you're as talented a team as we are. “Half the guys fought like they were trying to protect the mother land, and the other half didn't think it was that important.” With the all-important Big 12 Tournament and NCAA Championships next month, Neumann stressed that indi vidual team members must decide to take their wrestling to the next level or they won't be competing at the national tourna ment. For seventh ranked Vering, the upset over Eggum, who was undefeated this year prior to Sunday, will give him extra momen tum and a possible top-three seed for NCAAs if he clenches his second Big 12 title on March 6. Please see VERING on 8 « I am not happy at all with whatever the hell the score was" Tim Neumann NU coach Scoring droughts stop NU women at KU i By Jay Saunders Staff writer LAWRENCE, Kan. - With three minutes and 51 seconds left in the Nebraska womens basketball team’s game at No. 21 Kansas, the opportu nity presented itself. Junior Nicole Kubik hit two free throws to make the score 55-52. It was the closest NU had been to the Jayhawks in the second half. KU was starting to show signs of fatigue. Even its coach, Marian Washington, said so. The Jayhawks were turning the ball over and not cashing in on scoring opportunities. But Nebraska went blank and Kansas held on 63-58 in front of 3,900 people at Allen Fieldhouse. “We were in position to win the game,” NU Coach Paul Sanderford said. “We took it at them but we just didn’t get the job done.” The Huskers were unable to score for 2:44 after the Kubik free throws. A pair of Brooke Schwartz 3 pointers was all the offense Nebraska could muster in the closing minutes. The second-half scoreless streak was the second of long scoring droughts for the Huskers. hi the first half, after taking a 12-10 lead, NU didn't score for the next 3:50. “We’ve had trouble scoring all year,” Sanderford said. “I don’t have any magic formulas.” When the Huskers (16-9 overall and 5-7 in the Big 12 Conference) did get out of the scoring funk, it was too late. KU (19-6 and 6-3) took the lead 21-14 and didn’t give it back. "We battled,” Sanderford said, “but it came back to the same thing that haunts us. Lack of rebounding really hurt us.” Nebraska was beat on the boards 47-32. Kansas’ Lynn Pride, Jaclyn Johnson and Nakia Sanford com bined for 35 rebounds, three more than the entire Husker team. Schwartz led NU with a career high 24 points but could only muster Kansas 63 Nebraska 58 one rebound. “Three of their girls outrebound ed our whole team,” Schwartz said. “We can’t have that. Not enough peo ple wanted it, I guess.” Despite the rebounding and the scoring droughts, Sanderford and the players found a silver lining in the team’s sixth consecutive road loss. Even though it suffered a 5-point setback on the road, Sanderford said the team showed signs of improve ment.
