BOYS BASKETBALL
Amherst 68, Pleasanton 40
Anselmo-Merna 65, Sandhills/Thedford 57
Aquinas 54, Grand Island Central Catholic 50
Arapahoe 66, Elwood 52
Aurora 61, Central City 42
Bancroft-Rosalie 68, Allen 34
Beatrice 50, Holdrege 36
Bertrand 80, Southwest 46
Bishop Neumann 62, St. Albert, Council Bluffs, Iowa 53
Boone Central/Newman Grove 62, Madison 39
Brady 53, Hayes Center 34
Cambridge 54, Sutherland 32
Centura 50, Broken Bow 41
Clearwater/Orchard 51, Humphrey 34
Columbus Lakeview 51, Centennial 39
Columbus Scotus 67, Lincoln Christian 59
Creighton 68, Laurel-Concord 55
CWC 34, Boyd County 29
David City 58, Cross County 20
Doniphan-Trumbull 53, Gibbon 52, OT
Dundy County-Stratton 53, Medicine Valley 44
Elgin Public/Pope John 60, Stuart 34
Elkhorn South 55, Norris 48
Fairbury 49, Auburn 40
Giltner 46, Osceola 31
Gothenburg 53, Chase County 37
Grand Island Northwest 50, Adams Central 37
Guardian Angels 68, Battle Creek 56
Hampton 49, Shelby/Rising City 44
Hartington 59, Osmond 35
Hartington Cedar Catholic 50, Pierce 42
High Plains Community 74, Dorchester 26
Hitchcock County 60, Alma 45
Howells/Dodge 58, Wisner-Pilger 49
Humphrey St. Francis 44, Clarkson/Leigh 40
Kenesaw 51, Lawrence-Nelson 28
Lincoln Lutheran 63, Wilber-Clatonia 44
Lincoln North Star 52, Lincoln Southeast 46
Lincoln Northeast 65, Grand Island 40
Lincoln Pius X 54, Elkhorn 48
Lincoln Southwest 35, Fremont 32
Lindsay Holy Family 62, Niobrara/Verdigre 60
Logan View 54, Scribner-Snyder 42
Loup City 60, Wood River 43
Lyons-Decatur Northeast 37, Pender 32
Maryville, Mo. 52, Falls City 46
McCook 52, Hastings 36
McCool Junction 49, Deshler 36
Milford 62, Tri County 34
Millard South 48, Bellevue East 45
Millard West 72, Omaha Northwest 51
Mullen 66, SMC 37
Norfolk 60, Lincoln High 52
North Central 47, Twin Loup 38
North Platte St. Patrick’s 68, Overton 44
Oakland-Craig 55, Omaha Nation 42
Omaha Central 96, Lincoln East 53
Omaha Christian Academy 53, Omaha Brownell-Talbot 32
Omaha Creighton Prep 47, Omaha Westside 46
Omaha Roncalli 55, Elkhorn Mount Michael 39
Omaha Skutt Catholic 55, Omaha Gross Catholic 44
Papillion-LaVista 65, Omaha Burke 47
Papillion-LaVista South 52, Millard North 35
Paxton 69, Wallace 47
Perkins County 47, Wauneta-Palisade 42
Plainview 55, Elkhorn Valley 51
Plattsmouth 55, Blair 53
Ravenna 56, Shelton 41
Raymond Central 67, Ashland-Greenwood 50
Red Cloud 48, Blue Hill 46
Scottsbluff 71, Cheyenne East, Wyo. 68
Seward 42, Schuyler 26
Silver Lake 66, Harvard 39
South Loup 51, Maxwell 39
St. Paul 83, Ord 78, 3OT
Stanton 51, Tekamah-Herman 40
Sutton 39, Thayer Central 22
Wahoo 59, Platteview 32
Wakefield 74, Winside 33
Wausa 59, Randolph 51
Waverly 45, Bennington 41
Wilcox-Hildreth 60, Loomis 37
Wynot 58, Winnebago 57
York 40, Crete 33
Yutan 56, Malcolm 47

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Banner County vs. Crawford, ppd. to Jan 22.
Bayard vs. Hemingford, ppd. to Jan 24.
Chadron vs. Alliance, ppd. to Jan 17.
Gordon/Rushville vs. Hay Springs, ppd.
Kimball vs. Bridgeport, ppd. to Jan 15.
Maywood vs. Arthur County, ppd.
Mitchell vs. Morrill, ppd. to Jan 14.
Ogallala vs. Sidney, ppd.
Valentine vs. Hershey, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Alma 61, Hitchcock County 35
Amherst 66, Pleasanton 25
Aquinas 61, Grand Island Central Catholic 30
Arapahoe 70, Elwood 52
Ashland-Greenwood 39, Raymond Central 29
Aurora 41, Central City 31
Bancroft-Rosalie 49, Allen 34
Beatrice 64, Holdrege 58, 2OT
Bellevue East 38, Millard South 23
Blair 46, Plattsmouth 32
Blue Hill 46, Red Cloud 25
Boone Central/Newman Grove 61, Madison 32
Boyd County 49, CWC 47
Brady 67, Hayes Center 44
Centura 42, Broken Bow 34
Columbus Lakeview 45, Centennial 14
Columbus Scotus 40, Lincoln Christian 28
Cross County 54, David City 16
Deshler 70, McCool Junction 18
Douglas County West 55, Boys Town 37
Dundy County-Stratton 66, Medicine Valley 26
Elgin Public/Pope John 44, Stuart 40
Elkhorn 55, Lincoln Pius X 52, 3OT
Elkhorn South 48, Norris 46
Fairbury 49, Auburn 28
Gibbon 51, Doniphan-Trumbull 43
Giltner 55, Osceola 31
Gothenburg 49, Chase County 16
Grand Island Northwest 68, Adams Central 36
Gretna 43, Omaha Benson 42
High Plains Community 68, Dorchester 39
Howells/Dodge 59, Wisner-Pilger 23
Humphrey 66, Clearwater/Orchard 44
Humphrey St. Francis 41, Clarkson/Leigh 30
Kenesaw 30, Lawrence-Nelson 22
Lincoln Lutheran 64, Wilber-Clatonia 26
Lincoln Northeast 45, Grand Island 31
Lincoln Southeast 68, Lincoln North Star 29
Lincoln Southwest 54, Fremont 23
Lindsay Holy Family 62, Niobrara/Verdigre 34
Loomis 50, Wilcox-Hildreth 36
Loup City 39, Wood River 28
Malcolm 63, Yutan 48
Maryville, Mo. 41, Falls City 31
McCook 62, Hastings 35
Milford 50, Tri County 19
Millard North 66, Papillion-LaVista South 34
Millard West 55, Omaha Northwest 51
Mullen 60, SMC 37
Norfolk 56, Lincoln High 39
Norfolk Catholic 58, Wayne 30
North Platte St. Patrick’s 63, Overton 28
Oakland-Craig 51, Omaha Nation 21
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 43, Omaha Christian Academy 28
Omaha Central 58, Lincoln East 31
Ord 38, St. Paul 28
Osmond 56, Hartington 39
Papillion-LaVista 56, Omaha Burke 35
Pender 63, Lyons-Decatur Northeast 33
Perkins County 38, Wauneta-Palisade 28
Pierce 33, Hartington Cedar Catholic 15
Plainview 46, Elkhorn Valley 40
Ponca 56, Emerson-Hubbard 42
Randolph 66, Wausa 27
Ravenna 67, Shelton 17
Sandhills/Thedford 50, Anselmo-Merna 30
Scribner-Snyder 54, Logan View 34
Seward 74, Schuyler 36
Shelby/Rising City 70, Hampton 57
Silver Lake 74, Harvard 22
South Sioux City 59, Ralston 36
Southwest 52, Bertrand 38
St. Albert, Council Bluffs, Iowa 49, Bishop Neumann 31
Sutherland 57, Cambridge 22
Sutton 54, Thayer Central 33
Syracuse 57, Arlington 48
Twin Loup 51, North Central 31
Wahoo 41, Platteview 35
Wakefield 54, Winside 26
Waverly 56, Bennington 20
Wynot 59, Winnebago 35
York 41, Crete 38
MUDECAS Class A Tournament
Consolation
Diller-Odell 37, Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 36
Freeman 44, Palmyra 31
Third Place
Southern 40, Sterling 36
Championship
Falls City Sacred Heart 35, Exeter/Milligan 25
MUDECAS Class B Tournament
Consolation
Lewiston 33, Humboldt/Table Rock-Steinauer 20
Meridian 39, Parkview Christian 19
Third Place
Pawnee City 50, Johnson-Brock 36
Championship
Nebraska City Lourdes 50, Johnson County Central 27

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Banner County vs. Crawford, ppd. to Jan 22.
Bayard vs. Hemingford, ppd. to Jan 24.
Chadron vs. Alliance, ppd. to Jan 17.
Gordon/Rushville vs. Hay Springs, ppd.
Kimball vs. Bridgeport, ppd. to Jan 15.
Leyton vs. Potter-Dix, ppd.
Maywood vs. Arthur County, ppd.
Ogallala vs. Sidney, ppd.
Scottsbluff vs. Cheyenne Central, Wyo., ppd.
Valentine vs. Hershey, ppd.

The National Junior College Athletic Association has rejected an appeal by Western Nebraska Community College and upheld its decision last month to declare a Lady Cougar basketball player ineligible and forfeit WNCC’s first 13 victories of the season.

A majority vote of the NJCAA Executive Committee stood by the December 7th ruling that Evgenia “Jess” Samorodova is not eligible to compete as an amateur because she played in Israel on either a professional team or one with professionals on it.

WNCC still has one option left…a 20-day period during which it can request arbitration…a move the school is considering.

The NJCAA committee vote disappointed WNCC officials. College vice president of student services Dr Sue Yowell says she felt the 100-plus page appeal submitted by the school adequately disproved the initial claim through official rosters and box scores of the official organization of professional basketball in Israel.

WNCC had the option of the written appeal or a hearing before the NJCAA, and Yowell says that “in hindsight,” a hearing might have given the school a better opportunity to refute any “possible documentation or testimony not disclosed in NJCAA’s initial letter.”

The problem, according to Yowell, was that it might have been several months before a hearing was scheduled while the NJCAA had to respond to the written appeal within 21 days.

Samorodova’s ineligibility and the 13 forfeits don’t affect WNCC’s eligibility for post-season play, and none of the games were Region IX contests…leaving the Cougars fully in the hunt to host the regional tournament. WNCC is officially now 4-13 on the year, 1-0 in South Sub-Region play heading into a home game Friday night with McCook Community College.

Nebraska Men’s Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced Friday afternoon that junior guard Mike Peltz will undergo season-ending knee surgery.

The 6-foot-2 junior guard from Alliance, Neb., has played in 14 of the Huskers’ first 16 contests, averaging 2.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 points per game in over 15 minutes of action per contest.

Peltz will have a patella tendon debridement on his left knee, and the typical rehab schedule for the surgery is three to four months, allowing him to be at 100 percent for off season workouts.

Coach Miles also announced that senior Brandon Ubel will be out for Sunday’s game against No. 22 Michigan State because of an elbow injury. Ubel suffered the injury in the final minutes of Wednesday’s loss at No. 2 Michigan and will not play against the Spartans. The 6-foot-10 senior is Nebraska’s leading rebounder at 6.8 rebounds per game and third-leading scorer at 12.1 points per game.

Bloomington, Ind. – Rachel Theriot scored a career-high 14 points and dished out six assists, while Jordan Hooper and Emily Cady added double-doubles to lead Nebraska to a 67-38 win at Indiana on Thursday night.

With the victory, Nebraska improved to 12-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten, while Indiana slipped to 10-6 and 1-2 in the conference.

Theriot, a 6-0 guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, hit 7-of-9 shots from the field, including 5-of-5 in the first half to produce the best game of her career.

Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., added 11 points and 11 rebounds in just 23 minutes for her seventh double-double of the season and 24th of her career. Cady, a 6-2 sophomore forward from Seward, Neb., pitched in 11 points and 10 boards for her second double-double of the year.

Sophomore guard Tear’a Laudermill also came off the bench to ignite a suffocating Husker defense. Laudermill repeatedly prevented the Hoosiers from initiating their offense during a 24-3 surge for the Huskers that spanned the halves. Laudermill also matched her career high with 14 points to go along with two steals.

Fellow sophomore Katie Simon added eight points off the bench for the Huskers in Nebraska’s most complete game of the season, building a 62-24 lead with more than seven minutes left.

Nebraska hit 42.9 percent (27-63) of its shots from the field, including 4-of-15 threes, while hitting 9-of-11 free throws. The Huskers outworked the Hoosiers from end to end, dominating the boards, 50-27. NU also grabbed 17 offensive boards.

The Huskers held Indiana to just 15-of-53 shooting from the field, including 3-of-15 from long range. The Hoosiers also hit just 5-of-10 free throws. Aulani Sinclair led Indiana with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Simone Deloach added 14 points off the bench. Jasmine McGhee (7) and Andrea Newbauer (2) were the only other Hoosiers to score in the game.

Nebraska worked its way to a 9-1 lead out of the gate by holding the home-standing Hoosiers without a field goal for the game’s first 8:25. The Huskers maintained a nine-point lead with 2:30 left in the half, before erupting on an 11-0 run to close the period.

Laudermill scored five points during the closing run, including a three-pointer, while Theriot capped the first-half scoring with a backdoor layup with three seconds left. The shot wrapped up a 5-for-5 shooting half for Theriot, who finished with 10 first-half points to go along with four assists and a steal.

Laudermill added seven points on 3-of-4 shooting, while Cady pitched in seven points by hitting both of her field goal attempts and both of her free throws. Simon and Meghin Williams also combined for six first-half points on perfect shooting to help the Huskers hit 55.6 percent (15-27) of their field goal attempts. NU was also 5-of-6 at the free throw line, while going 2-of-7 from three-point range.

The Huskers opened the game just 5-of-14 from the field, but hit 10-of-13 shots to end the half. Nebraska led by 20 points despite Lindsey Moore and Hooper combining for just five points on 2-of-9 shooting.

Nebraska’s defense also shut down the Hoosiers. Indiana went just 7-of-24 from the field (29.2 percent), including 2-of-9 from long range. The Hoosiers were also 1-of-2 at the line. NU outrebounded Indiana, 19-9 in the half, and won the turnover battle 7-6.

The Huskers put the game away with a 17-3 surge to open the second half and never looked back.

The Huskers continue their two-game Big Ten road swing when they travel to University Park, Pa., to take on No. 8 Penn State on Sunday. Tip-off between Nebraska and the Lady Lions is set for 1 p.m. (CT), with live national television coverage on ESPN2. 

CHADRON – Thanks to three consecutive victories to close the match, the Chadron State College wrestling team earned a 25-18 win over Colorado State University-Pueblo in their dual Thursday evening at the Nelson Physical Activity Center.

The win was the first home victory for the Eagles, 5-3 overall and 1-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, this season.

“We had a great crowd tonight and I was happy we wrestled well in front of them. Getting that first win at home always feels good,” interim head coach Brett Hunter said. “Pueblo is a well-coached team and we knew we had to come out ready to compete. I’m proud we matched their intensity and we earned this win as a team.”

The match started out quickly in Pueblo’s (1-3) favor when No. 1 ranked Jesse Hillhouse pinned Jace Johnson at 125 pounds in the first period.

However, the Eagles posted bonus points in their next two bouts when Perry McAfee won by injury default at 133 and Leandro Arias followed with a pin over Pueblo’s Adam Ortivez early in the third period at 141.

Pueblo’s Jimmy Chase tied the dual at 12-12 after pinning Reed Burgener at 149 late in the third period and the ThunderWolves proceeded to take the lead after Nick Stahler earned a gritty 4-3 decision over Bryce Wiedeman at 157.

Dylan Fors at 165 responded for the Eagles when he gutted out a 5-3 decision over Trevor Grant but the ThunderWolves went back on top after Ray Hall claimed a narrow 3-2 decision over Devan Fors at 174 pounds.

The Eagles then took control of the match, beginning with Jordan Debus‘ strong 5-2 decision over Adam Carey at 184.

Chris Leak followed with an inspired 18-6 major decision at 197 over Bill Gray and Michael Hill won by a 2-0 decision over Niko Bogojevic at heavyweight.

Chadron State will host Colorado Mesa University next Thursday, Jan. 17. The first match will begin at 7 p.m.

Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director
Chadron State 25, CSU-Pueblo 18
125 – No. 1 Jesse Hillhouse, CSUP, pinned Jace Johnson, 2:39
133 – Perry McAfee, CSC, won by injury default over James Harvey
141 – Leandro Arias, CSC, pinned Adam Ortivez, 5:16
149 – Jimmy Chase, CSUP, pinned Reed Burgener, 6:33
157 – Nick Stahler, CSUP, dec. Bryce Wiedeman, 4-3
165 – Dylan Fors, CSC, dec. Trevor Grant, 5-3
174 – Ray Hall, CSUP, dec. Devan Fors, 3-2
184 – Jordan Debus, CSC, dec. Adam Carey, 5-2
197 – Chris Leak, CSC, major dec. Bill Gray, 18-6
285 – Michael Hill, CSC, dec. Niko Bogojevic, 2-0

After faring well during its trip to Arizona last weekend, the Chadron State wrestling team will return to action Thursday when it hosts Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rival Colorado State-Pueblo at 7 p.m. in the Nelson Physical Activity Center.

The ThunderWolves are led by senior Jesse Hillhouse, who is the top-ranked 125-pounder in NCAA Division II. A graduate of Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Hillhouse is even ranked ahead of Kyle McCrite of Grand Canyon, the 2012 national champion at 125.

Hillhouse finished second at the Super Region 4 Tournament at 133 pounds a year ago.

Pueblo’s starting lineup includes two seniors besides Hillhouse. The other probable grapplers include four juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen. Two wrestlers are listed at three of the weights.

CSC coach Brett Hunter said the Eagles may have Bret Klopp, their top 174-pounder who has been injured most of the season, available this week.

The Arizona trip helped several of the Eagles improve their records.  The CSC leaders and their marks are: 131 pounds—Perry McAfee, 10-5; 141—Leandro Arias, 10-7; 157—Bryce Wiedeman, 11-9; 184—Jordan Debus, 12-7; 197—Chris Leak, 12-7; and 285—Mike Hill, 16-7.

CSC Sports Information