Tonight on ESPN Radio 1410, it’s North Platte Community College Knights basketball. The Knights are looking to extend their four-game winning streak and unbeaten South sub-region record on a testing road trip to southeast Colorado this weekend. Tonight, the 11-2 Knights take on Trinidad State, who is 9-4 and also riding a four-game winning streak. Tip-off is set for 8:30. Pregame coverage gets underway at 8:15. The North Platte Lady Knights are also in action tonight. They travel to Lakewood, Colorado to face the Colorado Christian University JV.

On Saturday the Knights men take on Otero in La Junta, CO. That game can be heard on Mix 97.1 FM with pregame coverage at 2:45 and the tipoff at 3 PM.

In local prep hoops action tonight, the second ranked St. Patrick’s Lady Irish and the fourth-ranked Irish boys host Overton in the first of two home games for each team this weekend. Brady’s Eagles and Lady Eagles are also home, hosting Hayes Center. The seventh-ranked Hershey Lady Panthers hope to keep rolling as they and the Panther boys host Valentine. The Wallace Wildcats boys have their hands full with top-ranked Paxton in a girls and boys doubleheader in Wallace. Sutherland’s boys and girls are at Cambridge, and Maxwell is at South Loup.

Area doubleheaders tonight:

@ Brady: Hayes Center VS Brady
@ Broken Bow: Centura VS Broken Bow
@ Cambridge: Sutherland VS Cambridge
@ Dundy County-Stratton: Medicine Valley VS Dundy County-Stratton
@ Gothenburg: Chase County VS Gothenburg
@ Hershey: Valentine VS Hershey
@ Maywood: Arthur County VS Maywood
@ Mullen: SMC VS Mullen
@ North Platte St. Patrick’s: Overton VS North Platte St. Patrick’s
@ Perkins County: Wauneta-Palisade VS Perkins County
@ Sandhills/Thedford: Anselmo-Merna VS Sandhills/Thedford
@ Sidney: Ogallala VS Sidney
@ South Loup: Maxwell VS South Loup
@ Wallace: Paxton VS Wallace

The 23rd-ranked Husker women’s basketball team got double-doubles from Jordan Hooper and Emily Cady in a 67-38 rout of Indiana in Bloomington. Hooper scored 11 points and led the team with 11 rebounds, and Cady scored 11 of her own and pulled down 10 boards. The Huskers were led in scoring by a pair of unlikely sources, as sophomore guard Tear’a Laudermill and freshman guard Rachel Theriot each scored 14 points. Theriot made her first five shots from the field on her way to a career-high performance. The Huskers went on a 24-3 run that spanned the end of the first half and the beginning of the second to put the game beyond doubt. The win moves the Big Red to 12-4 and 2-1 in conference play. They play at eighth-ranked Penn State this Sunday afternoon.

The Denver Nuggets aim to keep their winning ways going as they welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Pepsi Center tonight. A victory tonight would match a season-long four-game winning streak for the Nuggets, who are fresh off a win over Orlando Wednesday night. The Cavaliers come into Denver with one of the NBA’s worst records at 9-28. They’ve lost five straight games in Western Conference areans. Tipoff tonight is scheduled for 8 PM.

Though a hip injury created some doubt, Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton says he’ll be back in 2013. The 39 year-old had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip in August after suffering through a difficult season in which he batted a career low .238. He told the Denver Post he’s feeling much better this winter and will return to play. Helton is expected to fill a reduced role for the Rockies this summer in the final year of his contract.

The 23rd-ranked Husker women’s basketball team takes the floor tonight in Bloomington against Indiana. Nebraska is hoping to bounce back from a hard-fought overtime loss to number 14 Purdue in their last game, which dropped their record to 11-4 and their mark in Big Ten play to 1-1. The Hoosiers are 1-1 in the conference and 10-5 overall, already eclipsing last season’s total of six wins. Tipoff tonight is set for 5:30.

The Denver Nuggets continued their home dominance with a 108-105 win over the Orlando Magic in Denver. Down by seven points entering the fourth quarter, the Nuggets chipped away and took the lead for good on a three-point play by Ty Lawson with a minute and a half to go. Kenneth Faried led the Nuggets with 19 points and 19 rebounds. Lawson also scored 19 points. The Nuggets have won three straight, and are now 21-16, 12-2 at home. They host Cleveland Friday night.

The Husker men’s basketball team put forth an admirable effort at second-ranked Michigan, but just like all of the Wolverines’ opponents this season, it wasn’t enough. Michigan pulled away in the final minutes to defeat the Big Red 62-47. The Huskers held Michigan 20 points below their season scoring average and to just 38 percent shooting. But Nebraska shot just 33 percent and were outrebounded by 17 by a bigger Michigan squad. Ray Gallegos led the Huskers with 19 points. The Huskers fall to 9-7 and 0-3 in the Big Ten. They’re at 22nd-ranked Michigan State on Saturday.

The Colorado Rockies have brought back a piece of their 2007 National League championship team. They signed relief pitcher Manny Corpas to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training yesterday. Corpas saved 19 games in the regular season and five in the playoffs during Colorado’s historic ‘Rocktober’ run. Elbow problems derailed his career afterwards. He sat out the 2011 season before reappearing in 2012 with the Chicago Cubs, where he pitched in 48 games and posted a 5.01 ERA.

Husker football scored big on the recruiting trail yesterday with the commitment of California running back Terrell Newby. Newby is considered to be the top running back in his state. He rushed for over 2300 yards and 45 touchdowns at West Hills Chaminade this past fall. Newby is rated a four-star prospect by all major recruiting services, and Rivals considers him the eighth-best running back in the country. He is the 20th member of Nebraska’s recruiting class of 2013.