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Husker women beat Purdue in triple OT

February 3, 2012 By

The Nebraska women’s basketball team made history Thursday night in West Lafayette, IN becoming the first NU team to win a triple overtime road game. The 16th ranked Huskers gain a share of the Big Ten lead after their 93-89 win over 15th ranked Purdue.

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.

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Nebraska men come up short at N’Western

February 3, 2012 By

Bo Spencer scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half as the Nebraska men’s basketball team battled back from a 15 point halftime deficit, but come up short losing at Northwestern 84-74.

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.

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Creighton rolls to 11th straight win

February 2, 2012 By

Doug McDermott had 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead six men in double-figures in Creighton’s 11th straight win, a 102-74 triumph over Illinois State. It was the first time since 1990 that ISU allowed more than 100 points, and second time this season Creighton surpassed the century mark.

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Creighton to host Long Beach State for BracketBusters game

January 31, 2012 By

Nationally-ranked Creighton will host Long Beach State in the annual BracketBusters field announced on ESPNU. The Bluejays and 49ers will play on ESPN2 on Saturday, Feb. 18, in a 9 pm Central game at CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb. It’ll be the fifth all-time meeting between the schools, and first since Jan. 20, 1973.

Creighton (20-2) has won 10 straight games are also in first place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 10-1 record. Long Beach State (16-6) has won its last nine games and are 6-5 on the road this season against a brutal schedule that included road games at Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina.

The Creighton men’s basketball team moved up two spots in both top-25 polls released on Monday. Creighton is 12th in the coaches poll and 13th in the Associated Press poll.

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NU’s Richardson named Big Ten player of the week

January 31, 2012 By

Nebraska basketball senior Brandon Richardson became the Huskers’ first-ever Big Ten weekly award winner in basketball, as he was the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week with Michigan State’s Draymond Green.

Richardson had a career night at Iowa last Thursday, scoring 25 points on 9-of-10 shooting and adding six rebounds and five assists in the Huskers’ 79-73 win in Iowa City.

Richardson was 6-of-7 from three-point range, and set season highs in points, rebounds and three-pointers in the Huskers’ win. Richardson, became the first Husker to win a conference player-of-the-week award since Aleks Maric on Feb. 4, 2008.

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