February 4, 2012

Hot second half led UNK to big win over Chadron State

Sophomore Mike Dentlinger scored a game-high 18 points and the Nebraska-Kearney men’s basketball team shot close to 70% in the second half to pull away from Chadron State, 72-51.  UNK (7-5, 5-4 RMAC) stops a two-game losing streak while the Eagles (2-11, 2-7 RMAC) drop a 16th straight road contest, dating back to December 2010.

Neither team held more than a four point lead and each team made 10 field goals in the first half. UNK then came used a 12-3 run to lead 37-27 with 14:11 to go in the second half. During this stretch, Dentlinger (Millard North) scored five points, including his fifth three of the year.

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Division II basketball recap

The Nebraska-Kearney men’s basketball team finished off Colorado Christian 79-71. UNK improves to 6-3 after upsetting sixth ranked Colorado School of Mines on Saturday.

The Orediggers came back to win at Chadron State on Sunday beating the Eagles 73-65. Chadron State beat Colorado Christian on Saturday.

Wayne State College used 55 percent shooting and three players in double figures to record a 64-49 Northern Sun Conference men’s basketball win over Minnesota, Crookston Sunday afternoon at Rice Auditorium in Wayne.

The Nebraska-Kearney women’s basketball team got 35 points from guards Debi Johnson and Kim Rickels to defeat Colorado Christian, 67-56, Sunday afternoon. UNK is now 2-9, 2-4 RMAC.

Senior guard Stephanie Fogle scored just four points for Colorado Mines on Sunday afternoon, but they were the game’s final four points as the Orediggers nipped Chadron State 61-57 in overtime.

#9 Wayne State held the NSIC’s leading offense from Minnesota, Crookston to just 37 points and 21 percent field goal shooting as the Wildcats rolled to a 66-37 Northern Sun Conference women’s basketball win over the Golden Eagles in a contest featuring the top two teams in the NSIC standings.

Ranked Orediggers too much for Chadron State

Colorado School of Mines running back Dan Palmer rushed for 94 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown with just over three minutes remaining to lift the No. 23-ranked Orediggers to a 31-24 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory over Chadron State Saturday afternoon.

Palmer’s TD run, which was his 19th of the season, closed out the pivotal Oredigger drive that began on their own 21-yard line with 5:45 to play.

Mines converted both of its third downs on the scoring drive and averted disaster when two Chadron State penalties – defensive holding and a facemask – wiped out a fumble the Eagles recovered on the 39. Instead, the Orediggers received new life, and after an incomplete pass, Palmer carried the ball for 35 yards on back-to-back carries and found the end zone from 21 yards for the deciding score.

The Eagles (5-5 overall, 5-3 RMAC) had a chance to tie the game but turned the ball over on downs after failing to convert on fourth and 10 at their 34-yard line.

Get more on the game from Chadron State athletics.

UNK wrestling picked RMAC favorite

The Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team has been picked first in the 2011 RMAC preseason coaches poll. The poll, and preseason team, is voted upon by the 11 head coaches in the league. Coaches cannot vote for their own team or wrestlers.

UNK, the defending champions, tallied 14 points and six of the 11 first place votes. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) is at 16 points and four first place nods with Adams State a distant third (35 points & one first place vote).

Chadron State was picked ninth out of the 11 team conference.

UNK volleyball continues dominance over Chadron State

The 6th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney volleyball rolled Chadron State (25-9, 25-15, 25-19) Tuesday night to win their ninth straight match and 14 straight sets. The Lopers also continued an amazing 28 year win streak over the Eagles, beating Chadron for a third time this fall, UNK is 56-0 vs. the Eagles since late in the 1983 season.

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