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Registration Opens for Mike Trader’s Mid-America Basketball Camp

Posted on April 13, 2015

Mike Trader’s Annual Mid-America Basketball Camp will conduct five individual sessions this summer. The overnight and commuter camps for boys will be held June 21-24 at Central Community College (Platte Campus) in Columbus, on July 13-16 at Hastings College, and July 19-22 at Doane College. Day Camps will be held for both boys and girls at Grand Island Central Catholic on May 26-29 and July 26-29. In addition, there will be overnight and commuter camps for girls June 21-24 at Central Community College (Platte Campus) in Columbus, on July 13-16 at Hastings College and at Doane on July 19-22.

The individual camp is open to those 8 years old through 11^th grade.

The camp has been one of the most popular camps in the Midwest during the past 29 years with over 30,000 campers having attended during that time.

This camp is well known for its great teaching of fundamental skills and having outstanding coaches from throughout the nation teaching the campers. It combines the teaching of these skills with team play and contests throughout the camp.

The camps will be held at Hastings College, Central Community College in Columbus, Doane College in Crete, and at Grand Island Central Catholic. As mentioned the camp staff will include both top college and prep coaches, all experienced in basketball summer camp work.

For more information and application forms call, write, or e-mail Mike Trader at:

Mike Trader

Box 86

York, Ne 68467

402-960-8011

[email protected]

or check out the camp website at: www.traderscamp.com.

Faried Scores 30 Points, Nuggets beat Kings 122-111

Posted on April 13, 2015

DENVER (AP) — Kenneth Faried scored a season-high 30 points and the Denver Nuggets spoiled George Karl’s return to Denver, beating the Sacramento Kings 122-111 on Sunday.

Wilson Chandler had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Nuggets in their home finale. At 19-22, Denver had a losing record at Pepsi Center for the first time since 2002-03.

That was two years before Karl arrived and turned around the struggling franchise. He won 423 games in nine seasons on the Denver bench, but was fired after losing in the first round of the 2013 playoffs. The Nuggets won a franchise-record 57 games that season and he was the NBA Coach of the Year, but his team failed to win a postseason series for the eighth time in nine years.

Omri Casspi had 22 points to lead the Kings. Sacramento has lost three straight and eight of nine.

Felton lifts Mavs to 144-143 Win over Nuggets in 2 OTs

Posted on April 11, 2015

DENVER (AP) — Raymond Felton hit a layup with 1.5 seconds remaining in double overtime, then blocked a last-second shot to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 144-143 on Friday night.

Felton drove past Randy Foye and banked in a shot high off the glass. He then got a piece of Kenneth Faried’s jumper at the buzzer, causing the ball to wind up short.

Danilo Gallinari scored a career-high 47 points, including eight in the first overtime and nine in the second.

Denver had a chance to win in regulation, but Faried’s jumper rolled off the rim. Dallas had a shot to claim victory at the end of the first overtime, only to have Monta Ellis’ long shot clang off the iron.

Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and Richard Jefferson added a season-high 24.

Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky Wins John R. Wooden Award

Posted on April 10, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Kaminsky of national runner-up Wisconsin has won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball’s top men’s player.

The senior center received the trophy Friday night at the first College Basketball Awards from Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, where his name was announced by Greg Wooden, a grandson of the late UCLA coach. Earlier, Kaminsky won the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year trophy.

Kaminsky led the Badgers to the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles, and the NCAA Tournament championship game, where they lost to Duke after upsetting undefeated and No. 1 Kentucky in the semifinals.

He received 3,385 points in voting from nearly 1,000 national college basketball experts and online fan voting.

Jahlil Okafor of Duke finished second with 3,060 points. Willie Cauley-Stein of Kentucky was third at 2,361. Jerian Grant of Notre Dame finished fourth at 1,870, and D’Angelo Russell of Ohio State was fifth at 1,583.

Kaminsky averaged 18.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 blocks as a senior. He was named Big Ten Player of the Year, one of several player of the year awards he has collected.

NPCC Knights Basketball Announces New Recruits

Posted on April 10, 2015

North Platte Community College Knights head coach Kevin O’Connor announces three recruits, who have signed National letters of intent to play for the Knights in the 2015 – 16 season.

The players are Jordan Mills from Alliance, Neb., Diontae Champion from Arlington Texas, and Tim Wagner from Galesville, Wis.

Mills, a 6’ 2” guard, played for the Alliance High School Bulldogs. During his senior year, Mills averaged 22.1 points per game, 6.9 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game.

Alliance High School head basketball coach Roger Trennepohl said: “Jordan is a skilled player. We are obviously going to miss him, but a tremendous kid, a good character kid, a great leader on our team. I think he (Mills) will do well in North Platte. It will be a challenge for him because North Platte is very competitive in the JUCO ranks. It will really show Jordan what he needs to do for his game to get to a four-year school and find out how good he is.”

Champion, a 6’ 7” forward from Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas averaged 19 points a game, 12 rebounds a game and three blocks per game.

Lamar head basketball coach Zach Burks said: “Diontae is a good kid and plays hard. He was our best defender, and I would often put him on the opposing team’s best offensive player.”

Wagner Is a 6’ 2” guard from Galesville, Wis. Wagner redshirted at the University of Nebraska during the 2013 -14 season because of an injury. He transferred to Winona State in Minnesota. Wagner played in 27 games and averaged 8.9 points a game, 2.3 rebounds per game and 1.8 rebounds per game this past season.

In high school, Wagner played for his father at Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School. In 2013, Wagner was the Coulee Conference player of the year. He was a first team all-conference selection his junior and senior year and was a second team selection his sophomore year.

The Knights were 24 – 9 this past season, finishing second in the NJCAA Region IX south sub-region.

Huskers Hand Out Awards, Honor Seniors at Annual Banquet

Posted on April 9, 2015

The Nebraska women’s basketball team celebrated the careers of four outstanding seniors while gathering to remember a successful season at the annual awards banquet at Lincoln Station on Thursday, April 9.

Approximately 300 family and friends of the Husker program cheered Nebraska’s four seniors – Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill and Hailie Sample – for one last time together. The quartet finished their careers with a school-record 96 wins while becoming the first class in NU history to lead the Big Red to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and four straight 20-win seasons.

Cady, a 6-2 forward from Seward, Neb., was recognized as a four-time All-Big Ten selection, including a pair of second-team honors as a junior and senior. She also earned the team’s Husker Award for her leadership throughout the season.

Laudermill, a 5-9 guard from Moreno Valley, Calif., was a two-time All-Big Ten choice on the court, including second-team honors as a junior in 2013-14 and honorable-mention accolades as a senior. She claimed Nebraska’s Defensive MVP award after leading NU with 45 steals as a senior.

Sample, a 6-1 senior forward from Flower Mound, Texas, claimed the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. She also delivered the invocation at the event.

Jeffery, a 5-7 guard from Vacherie, La., claimed Nebraska’s Kathy Branchaud Most Improved Rebounder Award by increasing her rebounding average by 4.8 boards per game. The 5-7 Jeffery finished the 2014-15 season averaging 6.7 rebounds per game, after grabbing just 1.9 rebounds per game in 2013-14.

Junior point guard Rachel Theriot earned Nebraska’s Offensive MVP award despite missing the final 11 games of the 2014-15 campaign with an ankle injury. Theriot averaged team bests of 16.5 points and 5.2 assists per game while leading NU to a 17-4 start to the season. A preseason candidate for the Wade, Naismith and Wooden National Player-of-the-Year awards, Theriot earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2015, despite missing more than half of the conference season. She was a first-team All-Big Ten choice and honorable-mention Associated Press All-American as a sophomore in 2013-14.

Freshman guard Emily Wood captured Nebraska’s Teammate Award. The 5-5 walk-on from Salina, Kan., competed in 10 games as a freshman, including NU’s Big Ten Tournament games against Illinois and Iowa.

2015 Team Awards
Offensive MVP – Rachel Theriot
Defensive MVP – Tear’a Laudermill
Kathy Branchaud Most Improved Rebounder Award – Brandi Jeffery
Husker Award – Emily Cady
Teammate Award – Emily Wood
Most Dedicated Practice Player -Jacob Birch

Looking for More Minutes, Creighton’s Gilmore Transferring

Posted on April 9, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton forward Leon Gilmore III is planning to transfer to a school where he can get more playing time.

Bluejays coach Greg McDermott announced Gilmore’s decision on Wednesday.

Gilmore was the only true freshman to see playing time for the Bluejays this past season. The native of Manvel, Texas, appeared in eight games and averaged 1.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in just under 5 minutes a game.

McDermott said he’s sorry to see Gilmore leave the program and that he wishes him the best.

Kenneth Faried leads Nuggets past Lakers, 119-101

Posted on April 8, 2015

DENVER (AP) — Kenneth Faried scored a season-high 29 points and had 11 rebounds, Danilo Gallinari added 27 points and the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-101 on Wednesday night.

Ty Lawson had 16 points for the Nuggets in the matchup of teams headed for the lottery for the second straight year. Denver has the seventh worst record in the NBA and the Lakers the fourth-worst.

Rookie Jordan Clarkson had 21 points, and Ryan Kelly added 17 for the Lakers. They have lost four in a row and 17 of 21.

NCAA Tourney Head Says Refs Should Have Been More Patient

Posted on April 8, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA vice president of men’s basketball Dan Gavitt says the referees Monday night in the national championship game had access to television replays on a crucial play in the last 2 minutes but had already decided to give the ball to Duke when CBS showed a magnified view of the play.

The NCAA Tournament head says the referees should have been a little more “patient” before making the ruling after Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig missed a layup with 1:54 left and the Badgers trailing 63-58.

In a scramble for the rebound, the referees initially ruled it went off a Wisconsin player even though replays appeared to show the ball was clearly touched by a Duke play. But the call was not reversed, and the Blue Devils went on to win 68-63.

Nebraska’s Petteway Delaying Announcement after Mom’s Death

Posted on April 8, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s Terran Petteway has postponed announcing his decision about his basketball future following the death of his mother.

The school said Joetta Petteway died Tuesday night after having had cancer for over two years. Terran Petteway has returned to his hometown of Galveston, Texas.

Terran and coach Tim Miles were scheduled to meet with the media Wednesday to discuss his plans for next season. Petteway, who has averaged better than 18 points in 63 games at Nebraska, is considering declaring for the NBA draft. He led the Big Ten in scoring in 2013-14 and was a first-team all-conference pick. He was a third-team pick this past season.

He would be a senior if he returned to Nebraska.

The school said the news conference would be rescheduled for next week.