Wrestling in front of 2,673 fans at the Coliseum, the Huskers struggled out of the gate, dropping their first five matches to fall behind 20-0. Junior Ridge Kiley (133) got the Huskers on the scoreboard with his dramatic win over Nick Martellotti (PSU). Kiley, who won his third straight Big Ten match and 15th decision overall, scored a reversal with eight seconds remaining to come out on top, 4-2. Kiley surrendered a takedown just 12 seconds into the dual, but didn’t allow another point for the duration of the match, while forcing a stalling violation just prior to his reversal to tie the score.

The other Husker to record a victory was true freshman Jake Sueflohn (141), who defeated Bryan Pearsall (PSU) by decision, 6-1. Pearsall was able to fight off multiple shot attempts by Sueflohn in the first period, but the No. 5 ranked wrestler in the country was relentless and recorded a takedown with 52 seconds remaining in the second to take a 2-1 lead heading into the third period. The Watertown, Wis., native tacked on another takedown in the final period and pulled away for the win, 6-1.

Seniors James Nakashima (197) and Tucker Lane (Hwt) were honored before the dual for Senior Night activities, but neither wrestler was able to come out with a victory in possibly their last home match at home. Nakashima looked like he was going to his second consecutive overtime match against Matt Brown (PSU), before being penalized with a stalling with 34 seconds left in the third to fall, 2-1.

No. 9 Lane dropped his first match in his last four tries after falling to No. 6 Cameron Wade (PSU) by decision, 8-2. Lane had control of a leg against Wade in the first period, but couldn’t capitalize on the shot attempt.

At 157 pounds, true freshman James Green nearly won his fifth match over a ranked opponent of the season, but fell in the tiebreaker period to No. 6 Dylan Alton (PSU). Tied at 1-1 through regulation time, Green appeared to have recorded a takedown just 20 seconds into the sudden-victory period, but was denied the points at the edge of the mat. Alton was able to escape in the tiebreaker and hold Green in the down position for the win.

At 174, No.2 Ed Ruth (PSU) defeated Tyler Koehn (NU) in the first dual of the night by fall in 5:58, while No. 7 Josh Ihnen fell to defending national champion and No. 2 Quentin Wright (PSU), 9-6, at 184 pounds. Redshirt freshman Skylar Galloway (149) fell in the second varsity match of his career to No. 1 Frank Molinaro (PSU), while Robert Kokesh (165) was defeated by No.1 David Taylor (PSU) in the last match of the night, 13-3.

The Huskers return to action on Sunday, Feb. 5, when they travel to Minneapolis to take on the No. 4 Minnesota Gophers at Noon (CT).

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Jordan Hooper led Nebraska with a game-high 27 points as she played 51 minutes. Lindsey Moore added 26 points, including eight in the third overtime to seal the win for the Huskers. She also nailed two, long three pointers in the third overtime to help seal the victory. Moore also became the 27th player to pass the 1,000 point career mark.

After missing a free throw at the end of regulation that would have given NU a win, freshmen Emily Cady provided huge redemption in the second overtime. Cady hit a 30 footer, off balance and with a hand in her face as time expired in the second overtime to send the game to a third OT period.

Cady finished with her first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, while adding a career-best seven assists. She added two steals and two blocked shots in a career-high 49 minutes.

The Huskers didn’t waste much time coming out of the locker room after the break and managed to cut the lead to 54-53 with just over ten minutes to play. However, the Wildcats were strong with their three point shooting hitting, 14 of 31. Northwestern used that in going on a 9-0 run right after Nebraska cut the lead to one, and managed the game from there.

Bo Spencer led three Huskers (11-10, 3-7 Big Ten) in double figures with 24 points for his sixth 20-point game of the season. Toney McCray added 16 points and five rebounds, while Dylan Talley added 13 points off the bench, as the Huskers shot 52 percent from the floor in a losing effort.

I talked with Sean Callahan of Huskeronline.com, who also helps me out during the football season on our Big Red Reports that air on our radio network.

Sean breaks down the recruiting class, which his website rated as the third best class in the Big Ten. We discuss the need for linebackers, how the offensive line will progress without the big signing of Andrus Peat and his player to watch from this class.

AUDIO Nebraska recruiting recap (10:30)

“We feel like it is a good class with a majority of the kids from Nebraska and Iowa,” remarked Coach McLaughlin “We feel we have a nice array of talent with a specific area of need being lineman and we feel like we have addressed that with nearly half of the class lineman. We are very pleased with this class and feel it is a great day for WSC football.”

List of 2012 recruits

17 Nebraska natives, six Coloradoans and one player each from California, Florida, Kansas and Nevada round out the class.

The group breaks down to eight offensive linemen, four defensive backs and four linebackers, three defensive ends and three quarterbacks, two athletes, a kicker, running back and wide receiver.

Click here for more on Loper football.

The Jays (21-2, 11-1 MVC), ranked No. 13 nationally in the Associated Press poll, took leads of 7-0 and 17-2 in the opening minutes before settling for a 51-30 halftime lead. The national leader in field goal percentage and three-point percentage, Creighton made its first seven shots from the field.

The margin remained in double-figures the entire second half, and CU went over 100 with 2:08 to play on a second consecutive trey from Ross Ferrarini.