Jones'career-high 15 not near enough
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competition - its sixth top 25
opponent in seven games. Once
again, the Huskers came down
with the case of the bobbles -
committing 28 turnovers that
turned into 26 points for OU.
Once again, they were unable to
find any sort of formula to
attack the basket or any go-to
player to take over the game.
"It reminds me of an orches
tra without a director," NU
Coach Paul Sanderford said.
“We threw the ball all over the
ballpark. You can't expect to do
that at this level and be compet
itive."
Stephanie Jones tried her
best to step up, pouring in a
career-high 15 points. Any satis
faction from that feat was
mauled by the continuing pain
of NU’s losing.
The Sooners may be a top-10
team, they may have matched
their Big 12 leading season aver
age of 84 points and had four
players score 14 points or more,
led by Stacy Dales’ 20. They may
have swiped 17 steals - nine
coming from NCAA season
leader LaNeishea Caulfield -
from NU’s young, fumble-prone
guards.
But Jones doesn’t buy and
cant figure out why the Huskers
have stooped to die league cel
lar.
“I think by far we’re the most
talented team in the Big 12,”
Jones said. "And it’s so frustrat
ing because you're playing with
great athletes that are so good,
and we’re 10-13. We’re second to
last in the Big 12.
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Oklahoma Sooner LaNebhea CaufieW knocks the baH loose from Nebraska guard Shannon HoweK during their Wednesday night
game.TheHusker women suffered an 84-62 setback to OU.
"You take a bunch of win
ners, and we're losing. It’s just
frustrating. (OU’s) good, but I
think as a whole, we’re better. We
have more talent. They didn’t
have a girl who could guard
(Casey Leonhardt) ”
Leonhardt, a 6-foot-5 senior,
finished with 11 points and 11
rebounds.
But the Sooners could stop
NU’s guards, and they could
run. Three of OU's first four field
goals on the 18-4 first-half run
that blew the game open came
on layups. OU led 40-29 at half
time.
Still, Sanderford said the
same old quote about the rest of
his team’s season. NU plays No.
23 Colorado in Lincoln on
Saturday.
“I still think we’re going to
beat somebody we’re not sup
posed to,” Sanderford said.
And, with that, die same old
story ended. Again.
Huskers narrowly escape OSU in overtime
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"He had great confidence,"
Nebraska Coach Barry Collier
said of Belcher. "Credit him for
pursuing die hot hand."
NU seemed poised to ride
Belcher’s hot shooting and
strong second-half start into an
easy win, taking a commanding
49-37 lead with 14:30 left in the
game.
The Cowboys were in con
stant foul trouble as well with
NU senior Kimani Ffriend caus
ing trouble inside. Ffriend
scored 17 points off the bench
after being blanked against
Colorado on Saturday.
The Cowboys rode the play
making skills of junior guard
Maurice Baker to forge a come
back. He completed an 18-4
OSU rally, giving his team a 55
53 lead on a three-point goal
with 8:25 remaining.
NU responded to the chal
lenge, going on a 14-5 run and
taking a 67-60 lead, but it could
n’t hold it. An Andre Williams
dunk with 19 seconds left tied
the game at 70. Neither team
could pull ahead in the closing
seconds of regulation.
“We had to give the people
their money's worth,” Belcher
joked afterwards.
Nebraska never trailed in the
extra period but couldn’t pull
"Something hit me, and my shot just felt good.
Every time I touched it, / just wanted to shoot it,
and / did, and we got on a roll."
Cookie Belcher
NU senior guard
away either, and NU led only 77
75 after Cochran made a free
throw with 12.3 seconds
remaining.
Another Cochran free throw
after a John Robinson steal pro
vided NU a three-point cushion
with 2.6 seconds left
Oklahoma State couldn't get
a last-second shot off, and NU
escaped with a much needed
win.
Collier said the win left him
a little drained, but excited.
“This was a very hard-fought
game,” he said.
"I am very impressed with
Oklahoma State. We were very
fortunate our defense was as
strong as it was.”
Oklahoma State loss to Huskers considered therapy
BY JOSHUA CAMENZM)
Wednesday night,
Oklahoma State’s Basketball
team got another free therapy
session—in the form of a bas
ketball game with Nebraska.
OSU forward Fredrik Jonzen
and his nine teammates played
their second game in three days
after beating Missouri 69-66 at
home Monday night
The therapy sessions are
needed as tt’s been just 11 days
since 10 members of OSU’s bas
ketball family were killed in a
fatal plane crash Jan. 27 in
Colorado.
“It's great to play basketball”
Jonzen said. “It’s a very good
sabbatical”
Oklahoma State lost in over
time, 78-75, to the Huskers, but
just being on the court beat the
alternative of the past week,
players said.
OSU’s time has been filled
with funerals and memorial
services, but Jonzen said the
only true healing will come with
time - and roundball.
“It is going to take a while for
all of us to deal with,” said
Jonzen, who scored 11 points
for OSU before fouling out
Oklahoma State started it’s
therapy off on the right foot with
the Mizzou win. But then came
the flight to Lincoln.
Victor Williams, who had
“Big 10” inscribed on his ankle
tape, said an initial fear came
over the team at the start of the
trip, but the 55-minute flight
beat the eight-hour driving
alternative.
None of the Cowboys said
they were relieved to have the
trip out of the way and OSU
Coach Eddie Sutton made one
reminder after die game.
“We're not home yet,” he
said.
After the setback, Oklahoma
State, won’t be satisfied when
they do arrive home, either.
“We should have won this
game,” Jonzen said afterward.
OSU held a lead of 30-24
with 4:37 remaining in the first
half, but NU rallied to take a 40
33 lead at halftime.
“1 was really concerned
because our guys just looked
emotionally beat in there,"
Sutton said. “I was even more
alarmed after the first three to
four minutes when we fell
behind double figures."
Battling back to force over
time, the Cowboys and their
point guard Maurice Baker went
cold in the extra period. The
team hit only one of six shots.
Baker led OSU with 22 points,
but managed only one overtime
point.
Williams, who added 14
points, said he and his team
mates were tired, but did not
use it as an excuse.
“Those 10 guys up there
were warriors and they would
want us to come out and play
each game to the best of our
ability,” he said. “They wouldn't
want us to mourn over them.”
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for OSU on Saturday, the road
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