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Jayhawks' big plays sink Cornhuskers
By Mike Schaefer Daily Nebraskan — Sunday, Feb. 7
Doc Sadler warned reporters on Thursday, before Nebraska's showdown with the No.1 Jayhawks, about Kansas guard Sherron Collins's sense of the moment.
Sadler saw it happen last month in Nebraska's 84-72 loss to the Jayhawks. He recalled how Collins came down the court, Jayhawks down 12-1, and calmly buried a three-pointer. Energized, Kansas battled back and eventually overtook the Cornhuskers.
On Saturday, trailing 43-39 in the second half, Collins knocked down another big threepointer, spurring his team to overwhelm the Huskers and give Kansas a 75-64 win.
Sadler even called a timeout before the play to warn his team what to expect. It didn't matter.
"I told the guys Collins would come back and try to get them going on the next two or three plays," Sadler said. "We lost him on the ball side and he stepped up and hit a three. Great players do."
Collins made his presence known to the visiting Huskers before the game even started. He and Nebraska guard Sek Henry engaged in a little pregame dialogue, leading to both players being restrained during warmups. Collins' jawing continued throughout the game, taunting Henry after several baskets.
The pregame intimidation didn't work as Nebraska was able to hang with Kansas throughout the first half. Kansas coach Bill Self took notice of the Huskers' inspired play.
"Nebraska played really, really well." Self said. "Doc had them ready."
The Huskers took advantage of nine Jayhawk turnovers to the tune of 10 points and found themselves down by only four at halftime.
Sadler said the difference in the game was the Huskers' inability to take advantage of those situations again in the second half.
"The key plays that had to be made in the game, Kansas made them," Sadler said. "That's why they're where they're at, and that's why we're where we're at."
Nebraska forward Christian Standhardinger shoots over Kansas center Jeff Withey during the first half of their game Saturday. Standhardinger scored eight points in the Huskers' 84-72 loss.
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TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Davis' big turnaround leads A&M past Bears
By TD Durham
The Battalion — Monday, Feb. 8
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon said the number of students who camped out in front of Reed Arena before the Aggies' game against the No. 20 Baylor Bears sure got their money's worth Saturday.
A&M senior forward Bryan Davis opened the game for the Aggies with a string of dropped passes and turnovers that held A&M from scoring a field goal until the 16:01 mark.
The Aggies, now 17-6 overall and 6-3 in Big 12 conference play, defeated the Bears 78-71 in a wire-tight game.
"Bryan was about as bad as you can get in the first ten minutes." Turgeon said. "But then he was about as good as you can get in the rest of the game."
Davis turned his game around and
finished with a team-high 22 points, eight of which came out of his nine free throw attempts. Davis and the Aggies finished shooting a season-high 85 percent from the charity stripe.
"We've put in a lot of work in the past week shooting them," Davis said. "Guys are coming up here at night and shooting, or before practice, after practice, even during practice. That's just one reason we were successful from the line tonight."
In the second half, A&M took its first lead of the game almost immediately after a strange foul on senior Baylor center Josh Lomers.
The Bears led the entire first half and at one point were up by a 12-point margin.
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
After a play that left A&M's Davis on the ground, Lomers tripped over him and clipped his head with his foot. Davis was shaken up, but was able to drain two technical free throws and finish the game.
Roberson earns a spot in Raiders' history books
By Mike Graham Daily Toreador — Monday, Feb. 8
LUBBOCK, Texas — John Roberson scored a season-high 28 points against Oklahoma State, but another statistic he recorded Saturday will be the one people remember.
The guard surpassed Stan Bonewitz, who played for the Red Raiders from 1995 to 1999, as the school's best assist man with 436 career assists, including three assists against the Cowboys. Bonewitz had 435 career assists in a Tech uniform.
To make it a little bit sweeter, Tech reversed its recent fortunes with an 81-74 win against the Cowboys on Saturday in the United Spirit Arena.
"It feels good going into history," Roberson said. "I didn't even know, I think someone gave me a hint that I might break
it this game. But it feels good just to know your going to be in the books going down in history."
The milestones don't end with Roberson.
The win gave Tech its 15th of the year — surpassing the 2008-2009 Red Raiders who had 14 wins — with eight more games to be played in the regular season.
Tech also tied its total Big 12 Conference victories from a season ago at three wins.
"We just think we're a better team than last year," said Tech forward Mike Singleary, who chipped in 22 points of his own. "We look at what we did last year, and it was kind of a disappointment. Knowing that we've won more games in total than last year, and knowing that we've tied how many games we won in the Big 12 last year halfway through gives us a lot of motivation to keep it going."
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