NEBRASKA MEN’S HOOPS TAKE HOT STREAK INTO INDIANA:
Coming off a win at No. 7 Creighton, the Nebraska men’s basketball team continues its early season gauntlet on Wednesday night, as the Huskers travel to Bloomington, Ind., to face No. 14 Indiana. Tipoff from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is slated for 7:30 p.m.
The Huskers are in the midst of a stretch of playing three straight top-15 teams which culminates with Saturday’s game against No. 4 Purdue at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
The Huskers (6-3) come to Bloomington for their Big Ten opener riding a three-game win streak following Sunday’s 63-53 win at Creighton
Nebraska has relied on a balanced attack with five players averaging double figures.
Indiana comes into Wednesday’s game with a 7-1 record following a 63-48 loss at Rutgers on Saturday afternoon.
Pregame begins after Sports Nightly tonight on KGFW at 6:30 PM.
HUSKER WOMEN FACE BADGERS IN LINCOLN:
The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns home for the first time in 15 days when the Huskers play host to Wisconsin.
Tip-off between the Huskers (6-3, 1-0 Big Ten) and Wisconsin (3-7, 0-1 Big Ten) is set for 7 p.m. (CT) at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Nebraska, which opened the year in the preseason top 25 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls, is receiving votes in both polls this week following a 90-67 victory over No. 20 Maryland in College Park on Sunday. It was Nebraska’s first-ever win over the Terrapins
Coach Marisa Moseley guides her second Wisconsin team to Lincoln with a 3-7 overall record and an 0-1 Big Ten mark after a 102-71 loss to No. 10 Iowa in Madison on Sunday afternoon. Four of Wisconsin’s seven losses have come by single digits.
RAIOLA RETAINED AS OFFENSIVE LINE COACH:
It appears that Donovan Raiola’s time with the Husker Football team will continue, as Inside Nebraska reports that the first-year Offensive Line coach under Scott Frost’s final year in Lincoln will be retained on Matt Rhule’s staff.
Sources have stated that the deal keeps Raiola in house for the next two seasons. Nebraska still awaits the hiring of their wide receivers, linebackers, and defensive coordinator coaches.
UNK MEN HAVE MATCHUP WITH GRIFFONS CANCELED DUE TO COVID:
The Nebraska Kearney/Missouri Western State men’s basketball team scheduled for this Thursday in St. Joseph has been postponed due to COVID protocols within the Griffons program.
The Lopers and Griffs will try and make up the game at a later day. The two are scheduled to play on Saturday, Jan. 28, in Kearney. MWSU’s also postponed this Saturday’s game vs. Fort Hays State.
The women’s game between UNK and Mo West will take place as scheduled and tip-off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday night.
The UNK men (2-6, 0-2) will face top-ranked and three-time defending national champion Northwest Missouri State (8-0, 2-0) this Saturday in Maryville for its only game of the week.
LOPER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RETURN TO TOP 25:
The Nebraska Kearney women’s basketball team is ranked 22nd in the latest edition of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 poll.
UNK (9-1) has been in “others receiving votes” all season, getting as high as 26th last week. A year ago, the Lopers were in and out of the polls as well, coming in a tie for 22nd in the February 1 edition. That was the last appearance in the Top 25.
Missouri Southern State (4th), Minnesota State (6th) and Central Missouri (24th) are the other Central Region teams ranked with Augustana (26th) the next closest.
The Lopers are at defending region champion Missouri Western (6-3, 1-1) on Thursday night at Northwest Missouri (4-3, 0-2) Saturday afternoon.
HUSKER VOLLEYBALL NAMES FIVE FOR ALL-REGION TEAM:
The Nebraska volleyball team placed five student-athletes on the AVCA North All-Region Team on Tuesday. It marks the most all-region selections for the Huskers since earning six in 2016.
Madi Kubik, Lexi Rodriguez, Kaitlyn Hord, Whitney Lauenstein and Bekka Allick were all selected to the AVCA North All-Region Team. Hord earned her fifth career all-region honor, while Kubik picked up her fourth and Rodriguez her second. Lauenstein and Allick were honored for the first time.
Kubik, a senior outside hitter, is an AVCA All-Region selection for the fourth time in her career after leading the Huskers with 3.17 kills per set and a .247 hitting percentage, the best of her four-year Husker career.
Rodriguez, a sophomore libero, also repeated as an AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten First-Team selection this season.
Hord, a senior middle blocker, was named to the AVCA All-Region Team for the fifth time and the All-Big Ten Second Team this season after ranking among the nation’s leaders in blocks.
Lauenstein is averaging 2.79 kills per set while hitting .243 and has a team-high 28 service aces, which earned her a spot on the AVCA All-Region team for the first time.
Allick, a freshman middle blocker, earned her first AVCA All-Region honor this season and was one of just two unanimous choices to the seven-player All-Big Ten Freshman Team.
BROHM SET TO DITCH PURDUE FOR ALMA MATER LOUISVILLE:
Jeff Brohm is leaving Purdue for Louisville, his alma mater and hometown school.
News broke on Monday morning that Louisville coach Scott Satterfield was leaving to become head coach at Cincinnati. That opened the door for Brohm to depart for Louisville, where he has deep roots and always had seemed destined to return
Brohm is headed home, reportedly making roughly $35 million over six years.
Brohm compiled a 36-34 overall mark at Purdue, going 26-25 in the Big Ten. The Boilermakers have an 8-5 mark in 2022 with Purdue on Sunday accepting a bid to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando vs. LSU on Jan. 2.
HUSKER VOLLEYBALL MEETS OREGON IN NCAA REGIONAL:
The seventh-ranked Nebraska volleyball team will face ninth-ranked Oregon on Thursday at 10 a.m. CT in an NCAA Regional Semifinal at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.
Thursday’s match will be televised on ESPNU and broadcast across the Huskers Radio Network on KGFW with pregame beginning at 9:30 AM with first serve set for 10 AM.
The Huskers (26-5) and Ducks (25-5) are the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, in the Louisville Regional. The No. 1 seed and host Louisville Cardinals (28-2) will face No. 4 seed Baylor (25-6) on Thursday as well.
No. 9 Oregon (25-5) advanced to the NCAA Regional Semifinals with a 3-0 win over Loyola Marymount and a 3-1 win over Arkansas at home last weekend. The Ducks have won 15 matches in a row since an Oct. 14 loss at USC.
Oregon has one of the top offenses in the nation with a .298 hitting percentage, which ranks fourth. Its defense ranks 149th nationally at .202.
The Huskers are 6-2 all-time against the Ducks. The teams played in an NCAA Regional Final in 2018 in Minneapolis. Nebraska won 25-22, 25-23, 25-17, en route to an NCAA runner-up finish. The teams have met three times in the NCAA Tournament with Nebraska winning two of the three.
Local Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS:
TUESDAY:
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Girls Basketball: @ North Platte St. Pats
- KCHS 40-31 NPSP
- Boys Basketball: @ North Platte St. Pats
- NPSP 41-26 KCHS
- Girls Basketball: @ North Platte St. Pats
WEDNESDAY:
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Sports Nightly (6 PM – 6:30 PM)
- Nebraska Men’s Basketball @ Indiana (6:30 PM – 10:15 PM)
THURSDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Wrestling: Triangular v. GICC & North Platte St. Pats – 6 PM
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball: @ Missouri Western, St. Joe, MO – 5:30 PM
- Men’s Basketball: @ Missouri Western, St. Joe, MO – 7:30 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- NCAA TOURNAMENT – Nebraska Volleyball v. Oregon (9:30 AM – 1:15 PM)
- Sports Nightly (6 PM- 8 PM)
FRIDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Wrestling: @ Council Bluffs Wrestling CLassic Tournament @ Mid-America Center
- Wrestling: Lincoln Northeast Tournament – 2 PM
- Girls Basketball: v. Lincoln High – 5:15 PM @ Kearney High School
- KGFW Pregame at 5 PM
- Boys Basketball: v. Lincoln High – 7 PM @ Kearney High School
- KGFW Pregame after GBB contest
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Wrestling: @ Wood River – 10 AM
- Girls Basketball: v. Ord – 5:30 PM
- Boys Basketball: v. Ord – 7:30 PM
- UNK:
- M/W T&F: v. UNK Pre-Holiday Classic @ Cope Coliseum
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Girls Basketball v. Lincoln High (5 PM – 7 PM)
- Kearney High Boys Basketball v. Lincoln High (7 PM – 9 PM)
SATURDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Wrestling: @ Council Bluffs Wrestling CLassic Tournament @ Mid-America Center
- Girls Basketball: @ Omaha Northwest – 1 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 12:45 PM
- Boys Basketball: @ Omaha Northwest – 2:45 PM
- KGFW Pregame after GBB contest
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball: @ Northwest Missouri State @ Maryville, MO – 1:30 PM
- Men’s Basketball: @ Northwest Missouri State @ Maryville, MO – 3:30 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Girls Basketball @ Omaha Northwest (12:45 PM – 2:45 PM)
- Kearney High Boys Basketball @ Omaha Northwest (2:45 PM – 4:45 PM)
- NCAA TOURNAMENT – Nebraska Volleyball v. TBA (Join in progress – TBD)
SUNDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- Wrestling: @ Fort Hays State Open @ Hays, KS – 9 AM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- N/a
