Creighton women’s basketball Head Coach Jim Flanery describes Temi Carda as a focused and committed player. She is a leader for the team and plays the most minutes. Carda is very important and in her senior season, she is not taking any chances.
The men’s basketball program starts a pause after multiple people tested positive for COVID-19. They could be players, coaches, or any person who has regular close contact with the team.
In what needs to be an offseason that brings significant improvement the Huskers are losing their best receiver and playmaker Wan’Dale Robinson. He announced this afternoon he will be entering the transfer portal and this comes after Wan’Dale’s dad and personal trainer met with Scott Frost Friday.
It was an all-time performance for Millard North forward Saint Thomas. On 19 of 26 shooting, he scored a career-high 48 points against Bellevue West. It wasn’t just his ability to put the ball in the basket, Saint delivered a double-double with 12 rebounds.
In a very strong complete performance, No. 5 Creighton beats Seton Hall 89-53. The Bluejays are fifth in the coaches poll, seventh in the AP poll. The Pirates came in winning seven of eight games but they were no match for the Jays. Creighton improves to 5-1 in the BIG EAST for the first time since 2016-17.
The Volleyball season will be starting at the end of January, yes you read that right. It will be an unusual season but Nebraska and Creighton are once again expected to be very strong. That part is not unusual.
Derrick Walker will need to wait to make his Nebraska debut. The Tennessee transfer was set to play his first game in a season and a half but 24 hours out both programs agreed to call off the game. It was scheduled to happen at Mackey Arena.
Baylee Egan is not your normal high school basketball player. First, she can play any position on the floor and do it well. Second, averaging close to 12 rebounds per game last year she was second in the state in Class A
With only eight players, Nebraska beat 15th ranked Northwestern at the horn. Sam Haiby put up an awkward shot that found the basket as the clock hit zero at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
In what could be a preview of this season’s state championship and a rematch of last Millard North and Bellevue West will play for the Metro Holiday Tournament title Saturday night at Creighton Prep.
The Huskers continue to search for that first conference win after losing to 25th ranked Ohio State 90-54. The Buckeyes pulled away in the first half during a stretch where Nebraska missed 17 of 18 shots in Columbus. Big Red only made 28.3% of its shots and has now lost a dozen in a row ranked foes.
All four teams hold serve in the Metro Holiday Tournament quarterfinals. Millard North advances to play Omaha Central and Bellevue West advances to play Creighton Prep.
Creighton’s Emma Ronsiek was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Monday. Ronsiek earned the honor after her performance last Tuesday against DePaul where she delivered career-highs of 28 points and 10 rebounds, both also season-highs for all BIG EAST first-year players.
Jack Stoll is not returning to Lincoln for a sixth year. The senior tight end announced his intentions to enter the 2021 NFL Draft via his Twitter page Monday afternoon.
It took a near-perfect Younghoe Koo to miss a game-tying field goal attempt to help the Chiefs hang on and beat the Atlanta Falcons 17 to 14 on Sunday.
The 2020 TransPerfect Music City Bowl, which was set to be played between Iowa and Missouri on Wednesday, 12/30/20, was canceled after an increase of positive COVID-19 cases in the Missouri football program.
Anna Caniglia has a very bright diving career ahead of her that will include plenty of medals and records. She’s only a sophomore at Omaha Burke High School, but she’s already on that path.
What was a two-point game at halftime changed after Michigan put together a 10-0 run early in the second half on the way to an 80-69 win on Christmas. The Huskers fall 0-2 in the Big Ten, Michigan remains undefeated at 7-0 with a 2-0 Big Ten record.
Adam Kunkel who hit a game-winner at the horn Sunday had a look to tie it, his shot was on line but long, it bounced off the back of the rim leading to a foul and a couple Creighton free throws sealing a 66-61 win.
A familiar script for the Huskers at ninth-ranked Wisconsin, for the sixth time in eight games Nebraska led after the second half under 16 minute timeout. Again though Big Red did not finish strong, allowing Wisconsin to go on a 15-0 run. The Badgers won 67-53.
Nebraska placekicker Connor Culp was officially named Big Ten Kicker of the Year on Thursday. Culp, who transferred from LSU, went 13/15 on field goal attempts and hit a career-long 49-yard field goal in the Huskers’ win over Purdue.
Add another item to the long list of accomplishments in Bellevue East junior Garrett Grice’s wrestling career. Grice just secured his 100th career win, a feat most high schoolers don’t hit until their senior year.
Creighton University announced Thursday that fans will again be allowed to attend men’s basketball games — up to 10% capacity — starting with Wednesday’s game against Xavier.
In a year where there was a lot working against Nebraska, it was business as usual for the staff signing another class that ranks inside the top 25 nationally. It could improve with time too, Avante Dickerson, did not sign with Minnesota, doesn’t mean he won’t but as of now, there is a potential opportunity for the Huskers.
There are decisions to be made soon for the Huskers seniors. Most of those are football decisions, Collin Miller’s is a life decision.After leaving the field on a stretcher against Illinois the senior captain has not returned, he was diagnosed with a spinal concussion.
A game of runs, after leading by nine early in the second half Creighton needed a 12-1 run to pull within one with 2:32 to go. From there Marquette did enough to win by five 89-84.
t’s something Nebraska coaches and players have said all season long and it was a point of emphasis after practice on Monday: the program is better than what the record indicates. In a results-based business, that’s tough for fans to hear and accept, but coaches and players insist that it’s true.
Like everyone else, the Nebraska coaches and players didn’t find out that they’d be playing Rutgers in week nine and that it’d be a Friday game until Sunday afternoon.
On senior day, the highlight of the day may have been the moment all of Nebraska’s seniors were honored before the game, and that’s without fans in the stadium.
Creighton uses a big second half to beat Nebraska 98-74. The Bluejays shot 60% in the final 20 minutes outscoring the Huskers 54-34, including a 30-7 run.
Landon Orth is only a sophomore at Papillion South, but he’s already shattering the record books. Last year as a freshman, Orth broke his school’s record for a total diving score.
As the Huskers take a step up in competition this week Georgia Tech wins at Pinnacle Bank Arena 75-64. Kobe Webster led the Huskers off the bench with 20 points, a very accurate night from the arc, he hit six of seven three point attempts.
In 2017, Chad Arnold was living in Rapid City, South Dakota.He, admittedly, made some poor life choices and an argument with a former friend led to Arnold being shot.
Creighton has its take, Kansas has one too after a 73-72 Jayhawks win in a matchup that featured two top ten teams. Bluejays ranked 8th in the country had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds, Marcus Zegarowski went to the free throw needing to make all three after being fouled on a contested shot.
When the eighth ranked Creighton Bluejays walk into Allen Fieldhouse Tuesday afternoon, Mitch Ballock won’t be checking it out for the first time. Mitch grew up ten miles east of the “Phog” in Eudora and went to a ton of games as a kid growing up. He knows the place well.
The Huskers certainly remember what happened last year when they traveled to Minneapolis. “That game last year was really rough for us just basically going there and having nothing go our way,” defensive back Dicaprio Bootle said.
Saturday could be the final home game at Memorial Stadium for a number of Nebraska seniors. It will be a senior day that won’t feature a crowd of 90,000 plus screaming and cheering.
Don’t rule out a bowl game for the Huskers, if Nebraska can reach 4-4 by winning the last two games, it’s a real possibility. A 4-4 record isn’t essential during COVID-19 like other years, also the idea this year is to put games on tv people want to watch.
