[Husker] Nebraska 65, Missouri 52

[NUStLNorris at aol.com]

Nebraska responded to yesterday's disciplinary action against Joe McCray  
with one of their better showings of the year today at the Devaney Center.  
 
True freshman Jamel White, 6'3" point/shooting guard from Brooklyn, came  off 
the bench for a career high 28 points.  He led the charge in the second  half 
that put Nebraska over the top.  Made some big outside shots to  stretch the 
lead.  A couple of shots he took late were with ample  time left on the 
35-second clock.  One of those "no, no, no ... yes!" -type  of things.  He was 
really feelin' it.  White, Marcus Walker, and  Marcus Perry stand to garner more 
minutes and a bigger role in McCray's  stead.
 
Mizzou's Thomas Gardner, averaging over 21 a game coming in, can really  
shoot the ball.  He went for 40 against KU a couple of weeks ago on a Big  Monday. 
 The defense on him today was pretty good, despite him eclipsing  his 
average.  He didn't get many good looks in the last ten minutes of  the game when 
Nebraska built their lead.
 
NU improves to 3 and 3 in conference and 13 and 6 overall.  Elsewhere  today 
in the league, KU continued to play well, beating ISU in  Ames 95-85.  
Oklahoma State, NU's next opponent Tuesday  night in Stillwater, fell to 2 and 4 in 
the conference with a 92-90 overtime  loss in Lubbock to the Red Raiders.  
Baylor and A&M is  underway, with K-State playing in Boulder tonight (big league 
game matching two  of the hottest teams ... I believe that CU is going for 
their fifth straight  league win).  OU hosts league-leading Texas in Norman at 8 
p.m. tonight on  ESPN2.
 
Dave Norris