For the first time ever, the North Platte Community College Knights and Lady Knights will play at McCook’s brand new Events Center tonight. The Indians and Lady Indians await North Platte in the first meetings of the season between the two longtime rivals. The women’s game features a Lady Indians team that has won three straight taking on a Lady Knights squad that has won three and lost three in a rough start to 2013. In the men’s game, the Knights hope to keep their lead in the Region IX South sub-region standings against the Indians, who sit at the bottom of those same standings. The women’s game gets underway at 5:30, with the men’s game to follow at approximately 7:30. ESPN Radio 1410 will have all the action from McCook, with the pregame show starting at 5:15.
Category: Sports
Huskers Look For Two in a Row, Visit Reeling Gophers
The Husker men’s basketball team goes for a second straight Big Ten conference victory tonight as they travel to the Twin Cities to take on the 23rd-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers. Nebraska is coming off their second conference win of the season, a 64-49 defeat of Northwestern in Lincoln on Saturday. Minnesota has tumbled down the AP Top 25 poll in recent weeks. After reaching as high as the eighth spot, they’ve hit a major pothole in Big Ten play and have lost four straight games, including a one-point loss at Wisconsin on Saturday. The Huskers have seen improvement offensively in recent games, averaging close to 60 points per game in their last four. On the flipside, the Gophers have struggled to score, having been held under 50 points in their last two games. Tipoff tonight at Williams Arena is scheduled for 8:06.
Nuggets Blow Big Lead But Hang On For Win
The Denver Nuggets edged the Indiana Pacers 102-101 at Pepsi Center last night. The Nuggets let a 14-point fourth quarter lead disappear, but with the score tied and 0.4 seconds left, Andre Iguodala made a free throw to give the Nuggets the victory. Danilo Gallinari’s 27 points led the Nuggets offensively. Iguodala contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds. The shorthanded Nuggets were without Javale McGee and Wilson Chandler due to injury. The win is Denver’s fourth straight. They host the Houston Rockets Wednesday night.
Elway Comes Up Short in Exec of the Year Voting
John Elway has finished second a few times in his football life. He can add a second-place spot in voting for the NFL’s Executive of the Year Award to that list of runner-up finishes. Elway finished one vote behind Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson in the Sporting News’ poll of league executives. Grigson drafted Andrew Luck with the top overall pick and oversaw a nine-win turnaround in Indy, but Elway had a good case for the award as well after convincing Peyton Manning to come to Denver and increasing the Broncos’ win total by five from the previous year.
Brady Eagle Sports Update – January 28
The Brady Eagles and Lady Eagles took part in the Sandhills Conference tournament last week. Hear all about how the teams came out and their busy week ahead on the hardwood in this week’s Brady Eagle sports update!
Sunday Sports Wrap/Scores
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The fog-interrupted Farmers Insurance Open is there for the taking by Tiger Woods when they tee it up today in San Diego. He’s got a six-shot lead through seven holes of the final round.
UNDATED (AP) — After going 2-0 last week and improving to 19-1, Michigan is likely to move up a notch to No. 1 in this week’s AP college basketball poll. Duke will probably fall out of the top spot after splitting its two games.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston beat Eastern Conference leader Miami 100-98 in double overtime to snap a six-game losing streak. But the celebration was short-lived. The Celtics players found out after the game that All-Star guard Rajon Rondo tore the ACL in his right knee during Friday’s game and is done for the season.
HONOLULU (AP) — Last year, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell threatened to get rid of the Pro Bowl following a lackadaisical performance by both teams. Things weren’t much better at this year’s All-Star game, with the NFC blowing out the AFC 62-35. Minnesota tight end Kyle Rudolph was voted the game’s MVP with five catches for 122 yards and a touchdown.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers are in New Orleans to continue preparations for Sunday’s Super Bowl showdown with Baltimore. They arrived in the Big Easy yesterday. The Ravens are due to hit town today.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NFC 62 AFC 35
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Boston 100 Miami 98 (2 OT)
L-A Lakers 105 Oklahoma City 96
Detroit 104 Orlando 102
New Orleans 91 Memphis 83
New York 106 Atlanta 104
Dallas 110 Phoenix 95
L-A Clippers 96 Portland 83
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Washington 3 Buffalo 2
Pittsburgh 2 Ottawa 1 (SO Pittsburgh 3-2)
St. Louis 5 Minnesota 4 (OT)
Montreal 4 New Jersey 3 (OT)
Tampa Bay 5 Philadelphia 1
Chicago 2 Detroit 1 (OT)
Winnipeg 5 N-Y Islanders 4 (OT)
San Jose 4 Vancouver 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
( 2) Michigan 74 Illinois 60
( 7) Indiana 75 (13) Michigan St. 70
(17) Creighton 81 S. Illinois 51
(25) Miami 71 Florida St. 47
Two Decommit From Huskers 2013 Class (UPDATE)
The Husker football recruiting class of 2013 took a substantial hit on Sunday, as four-star safety Marcus McWilson rescinded his commitment to the Huskers. McWilson, from Youngstown, Ohio, is now seriously considering Kentucky, but the Huskers still may pursue him. McWilson’s decommitment was the second of the weekend for the Huskers, after Dominic Walker, a three-star wide receiver from Florida, switched his commitment to Auburn. The Huskers are now down to 22 players in the 2013 class.
UPDATE: McWilson committed to Kentucky on Monday, announcing his pledge on Twitter.
Nuggets Seek Fourth Straight Win as Pacers Visit Denver
With wins in ten of their last 12 games, the Denver Nuggets are one of the hottest teams in the NBA. They’ll face one of the tougher teams in the Eastern Conference tonight as the Indiana Pacers come to the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets’ 121-93 rout of Sacramento on Saturday night was their third win in a row. Indiana lost to Utah in overtime on Saturday night, their second straight defeat. Tipoff in Denver is scheduled for 8 PM.
Husker Wrestling Routed By No. 1 Penn State
The 13th-ranked Husker wrestling team couldn’t pull off the upset of top-ranked Penn State, falling in dual action 33-9 in University Park yesterday. 149-pound sophomore Jake Sueflohn and 174-pound sophomore Robert Kokesh pulled off victories for the Huskers. Both defeated opponents ranked in the top three nationally in their weight class. Sueflohn’s win was a pin while Kokesh won by decision. The Huskers host Michigan State in dual action on Friday night.
Results
125: #2 Nicholas Megadulis (PSU) by forfeit (PSU 6, NEB 0)
133: Jordan Conaway (PSU) by major dec. over Shawn Nagel (NEB), 14-5 (PSU 10, NEB 0)
141: Bryan Pearsall (PSU) by dec. over #19 Ridge Kiley (NEB), 2-0 (PSU 13, NEB 0)
149: #12 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) by pin over #3 Andrew Alton (PSU), 5:33 (PSU 13, NEB 6)
157: #6 Dylan Alton (PSU) by dec. over #4 James Green (NEB), 3-1 (PSU 16, NEB 6)
165: #2 David Taylor (PSU) by tech. fall over Tyler Koehn (NEB), 16-1 (PSU 21, NEB 6)
174: #4 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by dec. over #3 Matt Brown (PSU), 10-7 (PSU 21, NEB 9)
184: #1 Ed Ruth (PSU) by tech. fall over #8 Josh Ihnen (NEB), 18-3 (PSU 26, NEB 9)
197: #3 Quentin Wright (PSU) by major dec. over Caleb Kolb (NEB), 10-2 (PSU 30, NEB 9)
HWT: #17 Jon Gingrich (PSU) by dec. over Spencer Johnson (NEB), 7-4 (PSU 33, NEB 9)
Rockies Agree With Chacin on Two-Year Deal
The Colorado Rockies believe starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin can bounce back from an injury-marred 2012 season, and are willing to make a multi-year bet that they’re right. Chacin and the Rockies agreed on a two-year deal worth $6.5 million over the weekend. The 25 year-old right-hander missed over three months with a shoulder injury last season, and went 3-5 with a 4.43 ERA in 14 starts after being one of Colorado’s most consistent starters the previous two years.