[Husker] Nebraska 71, Colorado 50

[NUStLNorris at aol.com]

Doc Sadler chalks up the first of what I hope will be many Big XII  
Conference victories in his career at Nebraska as the Huskers looked noticeably  more 
enthused about playing during their rout of the Buffs than they had a few  days 
earlier in Norman.
 
Nebraska raced out to a 10-zip lead and led 30-13 at the half as Colorado  
had more turnovers -- at least 14 -- than points.  Nebraska  worked the ball 
well on offense, but still missed quite a few good, open shots  in the first 
half.  NU's defense was improved and I believe I heard they  only turned it over 
six times for the game.
 
Aleks Maric hit quite a few point-blank layups early in the second half to  
help inflate the team shooting percentage.  NU made a noticeable effort to  get 
the ball inside to Maric and not get too 3-pointer happy.
 
The 6-foot-11 junior center ended up with 28 points and 8 boards and Jamel  
White kicked in 18.  Unfortunately for this team that has been bitten by  the 
injury-bug, Sek Henry and Ryan Anderson sustained additional  set-backs.  I 
have no status report on either, just what I saw at the  game.  It looked like 
Sek got poked pretty good in the left eye and  Anderson injured his leg.  Don't 
know if it was the same leg that's been a  previous problem for Anderson or 
not.  If anyone wasn't there and watched  on the tube, maybe you've got an 
updated injury report.  
 
Nebraska improves to 12-5 and 1-2 in the Big XII.  'Rado sinks to 5-10  and 
1-4.  A very young and good team (Texas) and a great, young player  (Durant) 
come to Lincoln on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
 
Dave Norris