Champaign – Nebraska continued its winning ways, shooting 53.6 percent in posting a 78-67 win over Illinois Saturday afternoon.
The Huskers (11-8, 3-3 Big Ten) put four players in double figures, led by Andrew White III’s 21 points and 13 rebounds, as the Nebraska picked up its first win in Champaign since 1921.
White scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, as the Huskers withstood a flurry of 3-pointers by Illinois (9-9, 1-4 Big Ten). Continue reading “Huskers Knock Off Illinois, 78-67”
Lincoln – Jessica Shepard, Natalie Romeo and Rachel Theriot produced big nights, helping Nebraska outscore Rutgers 24-11 in the fourth quarter on the way to a 65-54 women’s basketball win on Saturday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Shepard, a 6-4 freshman forward from Fremont, Neb., put up a game-high 22 points while adding eight rebounds to help the Huskers complete a 2-0 week to improve to 12-5 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten. It was Nebraska’s third consecutive conference victory. Continue reading “Huskers Overcome Scarlet Knights”
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady hit Rob Gronkowski with two touchdown passes and reached over the goal line for another score Saturday to lead the New England Patriots into the AFC championship game with a 27-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
It’s the fifth straight trip to the conference title game for the defending Super Bowl champions. Continue reading “Patriots to 5th straight AFC title game, beat Chiefs 27-20”
The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team played their second overtime game in two days. This time the Knights came out on the winning end by defeating the Trinidad State Junior College Trojans 89-82 on “Boy Scout” night.
The Knights started the game with two field goals by Victor Lewis to give the Knights a 4-0 lead. The Trojans fought their way back to take the lead 9-7 with 15 minutes left in the first half. In the next two minutes the Knights went on a 10-2 run to lead by six, 17-11. Continue reading “NPCC Defeats Trinidad State in Overtime”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team were defeated by the Central Community College Lady Raiders 64-56 in the first National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX Division II contest for both teams.
The game was tight through the first half with the score being tied at 14 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady Raiders outscored the Lady Knights in the second quarter 17-14 to lead at halftime 31-28. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Basketball Loses to Central”
The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team lost in overtime to the Otero Junior College Rattlers 82-80 Friday night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.
The Knights started out slow allowing the Rattlers to jump out to an 11-2 lead with 15 minutes left in the half. The Knights followed up with an 11-3 run to cut the Otero lead to two, 15-13. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Basketball Loses to Otero in Overtime”
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been charged with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide and driving under suspension for a December crash that killed another man.
The crash occurred Dec. 23 in northwest Omaha crash when a sport utility vehicle driven by 19-year-old DeAngelo Peak ran off North 120th Street and hit a tree. Police say there were icy patches on the roadway but that the primary cause of the crash was speeding.
A passenger, 20-year-old Marcus Haney of Bennington, died at the scene. Peak was injured.
An attorney for Peak is not yet listed in online court records.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say two men have been arrested on suspicion of killing another man last March.
A news release from police says 28-year-old Darryl Wellon and 25-year-old Michael Walker were arrested Friday and each faces charges of first-degree murder and weapons counts.
Wellon and Walker are accused in the death of 58-year-old Elston McCarthur, whose body was found by his ex-wife March 6 inside his house.
Both suspects were already being held in the Douglas County Jail on charges in unrelated cases when they were arrested and booked in the McCarthur case. Neither man could be reached for comment Saturday. Their most recent charges do not yet appear in online court records.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say one person has been killed and another injured in a one-vehicle crash.
The crash happened around 1:40 a.m. Saturday near Cornhusker Highway in Lincoln.
Lincoln Police Capt. Donald Scheinost says the car was eastbound on Adams Street when it crashed into an auto business and caught fire.
The business’ owner, Dan Hicks, says accident damaged the showroom and waiting room.
Police have not named the victims, pending notification of their family members.
CRAWFORD, Neb. (AP) — A company that runs the Crow Butte uranium mine in the Nebraska Panhandle wants to open as many as three expansion mines in the area.
Applications for the expansion sites near Crawford are under review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cameco America spokesman Ken Vaughn says the company hopes to make significant progress this year toward opening one of the new mines, called the Marsland expansion.
Cameco began commercial operation of the Crow Butte mine in 1991, where it employs about 40 people.
The company is seeking the expansion because it says it’s running out of ore, reducing productivity.
Cameco produces uranium concentrate at the Nebraska site, which is then sent to other facilities to be turned into nuclear fuel.
