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Chadron State senior named Player of the Week

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Chadron State College senior forward Jeremy Ruffin was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week .

Jeremy Ruffin: Photo Chadron State Athletics

Ruffin averaged 10.5 rebounds over the two-game stretch which saw Chadron State’s first 2-0 RMAC weekend sweep since 2014. He led an Eagles defense, which held the New Mexico Highlands league-best offense to 69 points on 22-of-66 shooting on Friday evening, and limited CSU-Pueblo to 62 on Saturday. Ruffin added two steals Saturday night in a home win over the ThunderWolves.

He is the only Chadron State player since 2010 to receiver player of the week recognition from the RMAC.

Huskers take down mistake prone Illini

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Nebraska turned five Illinois turnovers into 24 points and picked up their third win in four games, a 54-35 final Saturday at Memorial Stadium.  Illinois (4-6, 2-5) had three turnovers in the first half that led to 17 points for the Huskers which led 38-21 at half.

Adrian Martinez threw for 290 yards and accounted for four touchdowns and Devine Ozigbo ran for 162 yards and three scores. Martinez went 24-of-34 and threw for three touchdowns, and he ran 13 times for 55 yards and a TD. His 345 yards of total offense added to his school freshman-record 2,747. The 345-yard effort gives Martinez six 300-yard total offense games this season, tying a Nebraska season record. Martinez has tied the mark previously set by Joe Ganz in 2008 and Tommy Armstrong Jr. in 2015. Ozigbo broke a career-long 66-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and went 60 yards for another TD in the fourth.  Ozigbo is 42 yards short of becoming the Huskers’ first 1,000-yard rusher since 2014.

Nebraska-Kearney on the wrong end of MIAA basketball history

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Missouri Western celebrates their historic win. (photo/Missouri Western Athletics)

It was the biggest upset in the history of the MIAA Women’s Basketball Championships.

The No. 12-seeded Missouri Western Griffons knocked off No. 5-seed Nebraska Kearney, 60-57 Monday night to become the first 12-seed to ever win a game in the MIAA Championships. Missouri Western snapped a six-game losing streak and won on the road for just the second time all season and the first time against an MIAA opponent.

Missouri Western outscored the Lopers 21-13 in the fourth quarter to earn the victory. Down by seven with 6:53 left, the Griffons went on an 8-0 run capped by back-to-back three-pointers by Mania Timson and Melia Richardson to take a one-point lead with 4:50 left. UNK answered to take a two-point lead, but the Griffons outscored the Lopers 8-3 over the final 3:33 to secure the team’s first postseason win since defeating Nebraska Kearney in the MIAA quarterfinals in 2016.

The Griffons advanced to the MIAA quarterfinals where they will face No. 4-seeded Central Oklahoma on Thursday, March 1 at approximately 8:15 p.m.