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Saturday, December 15, 2007

NU has most impressive win under Sadler

Nebraska beat 16th ranked Oregon at the Quest Center today 88-79. This is only the Ducks second loss with the other loss coming against ranked St. Mary's on the road. This is the first victory against a non-conference ranked team rated 16th or higher since the 1994-1995 season when we beat 15th ranked Michigan State 96-91 in overtime.

Prior to the game today, NU wass 8-34 against non-league ranked teams all-time, with all eight wins coming at home. The list of victories over rank non-conference opponents includes:

Year Team (Rank) Score

1958-59 Marquette (17) 62-60

1964-65 Michigan (1) 74-73

1969-70 Duquesne (7) 82-77

1983-84 Arkansas (15) 67-54

1990-91 Michigan State (5) 71-69

1994-95 Michigan State (15) 96-91 (ot)

2002-03 Minnesota (20) 80-60

2006-07 Creighton (20) 73-61

Aleks Maric will become the second best rebounder in NU history. After his seven rebounds today, he only needs 14 more to be in second place. Here are the all-time leaders:
Nebraska Career Rebound Leaders (since 1952)

No. Player (seasons) Rebounds

1. Venson Hamilton (1996-99) 1,080

2. Leroy Chalk (1969-71) 782

3. Dave Hoppen (1983-86) 773

4. Aleks Maric (2005-present) 768

Rich King (1988-91) 761

6. Andre Smith (1978-81) 753

7. Chuck Jura (1970-72) 740

8. Carl McPipe (1976-79) 723

9. John Turek (2002-05) 682

10. Rex Ekwall (1955-57) 679

Today was the most points ever scored by a Doc Sadler NU team (89). The previous high was last year vs. Oklahoma State of 85 points.

The Huskers were led in points by Aleks Maric with 23 points. Ryan Anderson had 21.Jay-R Stowbridge had five assists and Sek Henry had some nice passes today. He had four assists. Prior to the game NU was ranked 12th in defense scoring with 53.9. Oregon was ranked 3rd in the nation with a 89.6 scoring average.

NU only had seven turnovers for the game with Cookie Miller getting four of them.

Nebraska plays North Carolna Central next Saturday in Lincoln.

Some statistics are complements of Huskers.com.

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