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Charles Richardson for Nebraska hit the game winning 3 a min ago as we beat them 61-59 in Lubbock for back to back big 12 road wins. Nice comeback was we were down 13 at half.
Chuck hits the game winner in Lubbock
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Bleedin_Red
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Im glad we won, but we got very lucky. Perry shouldn't have thrown up a one legged prayer. He is a senior and has to realize in that situation you need a better shot.
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I'll take a little luck for how bad we played early on, but fought back and cut the lead. We deserve a lot of credit.
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Nice win for Saddler, two Big 12 games in a row is very nice
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Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red
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:yeah Exactly. Those guys showed a lot of heart and determination to fight back like that. And on the road!!! Great win for those guys. They'll have a lot of confidence going into the aTm game. I'm so glad I didnt quit watching a half time, because I was about to I was so frustrated. Great job by those fellas! :clap
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Great to hear that we pulled out such a tough game. :thumbs
Our defense was awesome in that game. A box and 1 on Jackson really took Tech out of their offense. They had some guys step up and hit some big threes for them, but they never really had much of an offense idenitity last night. Our guys played great and got a huge road win with Maric struggling inside.
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Richardson's buzzer-beater nips Texas Tech
by jeff walker | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
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- publication data - Posted: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 2:54 a.m.
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Some may think it's better to be lucky than good, or so the cliché goes.
Texas Tech was neither on Tuesday.
Charles Richardson Jr. hit a 3-point goal at the buzzer to give Nebraska a 61-59 victory over the Red Raiders, who have lost four games in a row.
"Guys, I mean, the last play was just luck," Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler said. "But we stuck in there to have a chance and that's not luck. That's just a team playing hard."
After squandering a 13-point halftime lead, Tech held a 59-58 advantage when Martin Zeno hit a pair of free throws with 1:11 remaining.
Both teams missed field goals, setting up the Cornhuskers for the final shot with 18 seconds to play.
Tech's Alan Voskuil is fouled on a reverse by Nebraska's Chris Balham, 32, during Tuesday night's game.
Jodi Miller Lubbock / Avalanche-Journal
Sadler, a former Tech assistant coach under James Dickey, designed a play to free Marcus Perry, who missed a 3-pointer from the left wing. The rebound was tipped to the opposite side of the court, and Tech guard Charlie Burgess saved the ball but his pass went directly to Richardson.
Richardson released the ball just before the buzzer sounded and after the made basket, the senior was swarmed by his teammates to the shock of 6,317 at United Spirit Arena.
A year ago, Burgess would have been able to call time out while in the air, and it appeared that his initial reaction was to attempt to do that. This year, though, the NCAA instituted a new rule preventing a player from calling time out while falling out of bounds in the air.
"I like (the new rule) tonight," Sadler said.
The Cornhuskers stifled Tech leading scorer Jay Jackson with a box-and-one zone defense that limited Jackson to just five points on 2-of-7 shooting.
Jackson was held to single digits for the first time since Nov. 23, 2005, when he scored nine in an 83-74 victory over Furman.
"They did a really, really good job on Jackson," Tech head coach Bob Knight said. "We tried a lot of things to get Jackson open and that's about as good as I've ever seen a kid stick with playing defense."
Nebraska freshman Jay-R Strowbridge drew the assignment of shadowing Jackson, and the Red Raiders didn't do a good job moving around to get open shots.
At one point in the second half, three Tech players were standing at the top of the 3-point arc with little movement underneath.
The Red Raiders' problems, though, began early as Tech didn't score until the 12:28 mark of an ugly first half.
Prior to Alan Voskuil's 3-pointer, Tech missed its first eight field goals and committed four turnovers. Nebraska, though, wasn't much better as the Cornhuskers were 3 for 9 during Tech's drought. The Huskers had three turnovers and two missed free throws and despite Tech's drought, only led 5-3 after Voskuil's 3-pointer.
Tech led 29-16 at halftime, the fewest amount of points the Red Raiders have allowed in a half this season.
The Huskers managed to trim the deficit to four, but Tech pushed the lead to 51-40 on a jumper by Burgess with 6:49 remaining in regulation.
The Red Raiders, though, didn't score for the next three minutes and only managed six points in the game's final three minutes.
"Coach Sadler said it at the half, he said this game was going to come down to a one-possession game and a last-second shot," Perry said. "We just kept competing. We believed and we executed and it came down to a last-minute shot, and Chuckie put a dagger into their heart."
The dagger could go as deep as Tech's NCAA Tournament chances as the Red Raiders play three of their next four games on the road.
The Red Raiders' four-game losing streak ties the longest under Knight, which was set last season when Tech lost the final four games of the regular season.
NEBRASKA 61, TEXAS TECH 59
NEBRASKA - Maric 4-7 2-5 11, Richardson Jr. 4-7 5-5 15, Perry 4-10 2-2 13, Strowbridge 2-3 0-0 5, Anderson 1-6 0-0 3, Henry 2-5 0-0 4, Velander 1-5 0-0 3, White 2-3 2-2 7, Balham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-46 11-14 61.
TEXAS TECH - Zeno 7-13 3-3 18, Prince 0-1 0-0 0, Suljagic 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson 2-7 0-0 5, Burgess 1-5 0-0 2, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, D.White 1-2 0-0 2, Voskuil 5-7 1-1 14, Ogden 1-6 0-0 3, Plefka 5-7 4-4 15. Totals 22-50 8-8 59.
Halftime-Texas Tech 29-16. Records: Texas Tech 15-9, 4-5 in Big 12; Nebraska 14-8, 3-5. 3-Point Goals-Nebraska 10-26 (Perry 3-8, Richardson Jr. 2-3, Maric 1-1, White 1-1, Strowbridge 1-2, Velander 1-4, Anderson 1-5, Henry 0-2), Texas Tech 7-20 (Voskuil 3-5, Plefka 1-1, Zeno 1-2, Jackson 1-3, Ogden 1-5, Burgess 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Nebraska 28 (Maric 7), Texas Tech 27 (Voskuil, Zeno 6). Assists-Nebraska 11 (Richardson Jr. 7), Texas Tech 15 (Ogden 4). Total Fouls-Nebraska 14, Texas Tech 12. A-6,317.
MEN
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Texas A&M 8 1 .889 20 3 .870
Kansas 6 2 .750 19 4 .826
Kansas State 6 2 .750 17 6 .739
Texas 6 3 .667 16 7 .696
Okla. State 4 3 .571 18 4 .818
Oklahoma 4 4 .500 13 8 .619
Texas Tech 4 5 .444 15 9 .625
Nebraska 3 5 .375 14 8 .636
Missouri 3 6 .333 14 8 .636
Iowa State 3 6 .333 12 11 .522
Baylor 2 7 .222 12 10 .545
Colorado 2 7 .222 6 13 .316
Monday's Result
Texas A&M 100, Texas 82
Tuesday's Results
Missouri 77, Iowa State 55
Nebraska 61, Texas Tech 59
Today's Games
Kansas State at Kansas, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Iowa State at Texas, 12:30 p.m.
Kansas at Missouri, 2:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Baylor, 3 p.m.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas State, 5 p.m.
Texas A&M at Nebraska, 7 p.m.
JEFF WALKER | RED RAIDER BASKETBALL BEAT
Jeff has spent the last 10 years working at weekly, daily and sports magazines in New York, Ohio, Florida and Texas
by jeff walker | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
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Some may think it's better to be lucky than good, or so the cliché goes.
Texas Tech was neither on Tuesday.
Charles Richardson Jr. hit a 3-point goal at the buzzer to give Nebraska a 61-59 victory over the Red Raiders, who have lost four games in a row.
"Guys, I mean, the last play was just luck," Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler said. "But we stuck in there to have a chance and that's not luck. That's just a team playing hard."
After squandering a 13-point halftime lead, Tech held a 59-58 advantage when Martin Zeno hit a pair of free throws with 1:11 remaining.
Both teams missed field goals, setting up the Cornhuskers for the final shot with 18 seconds to play.
Tech's Alan Voskuil is fouled on a reverse by Nebraska's Chris Balham, 32, during Tuesday night's game.
Jodi Miller Lubbock / Avalanche-Journal
Sadler, a former Tech assistant coach under James Dickey, designed a play to free Marcus Perry, who missed a 3-pointer from the left wing. The rebound was tipped to the opposite side of the court, and Tech guard Charlie Burgess saved the ball but his pass went directly to Richardson.
Richardson released the ball just before the buzzer sounded and after the made basket, the senior was swarmed by his teammates to the shock of 6,317 at United Spirit Arena.
A year ago, Burgess would have been able to call time out while in the air, and it appeared that his initial reaction was to attempt to do that. This year, though, the NCAA instituted a new rule preventing a player from calling time out while falling out of bounds in the air.
"I like (the new rule) tonight," Sadler said.
The Cornhuskers stifled Tech leading scorer Jay Jackson with a box-and-one zone defense that limited Jackson to just five points on 2-of-7 shooting.
Jackson was held to single digits for the first time since Nov. 23, 2005, when he scored nine in an 83-74 victory over Furman.
"They did a really, really good job on Jackson," Tech head coach Bob Knight said. "We tried a lot of things to get Jackson open and that's about as good as I've ever seen a kid stick with playing defense."
Nebraska freshman Jay-R Strowbridge drew the assignment of shadowing Jackson, and the Red Raiders didn't do a good job moving around to get open shots.
At one point in the second half, three Tech players were standing at the top of the 3-point arc with little movement underneath.
The Red Raiders' problems, though, began early as Tech didn't score until the 12:28 mark of an ugly first half.
Prior to Alan Voskuil's 3-pointer, Tech missed its first eight field goals and committed four turnovers. Nebraska, though, wasn't much better as the Cornhuskers were 3 for 9 during Tech's drought. The Huskers had three turnovers and two missed free throws and despite Tech's drought, only led 5-3 after Voskuil's 3-pointer.
Tech led 29-16 at halftime, the fewest amount of points the Red Raiders have allowed in a half this season.
The Huskers managed to trim the deficit to four, but Tech pushed the lead to 51-40 on a jumper by Burgess with 6:49 remaining in regulation.
The Red Raiders, though, didn't score for the next three minutes and only managed six points in the game's final three minutes.
"Coach Sadler said it at the half, he said this game was going to come down to a one-possession game and a last-second shot," Perry said. "We just kept competing. We believed and we executed and it came down to a last-minute shot, and Chuckie put a dagger into their heart."
The dagger could go as deep as Tech's NCAA Tournament chances as the Red Raiders play three of their next four games on the road.
The Red Raiders' four-game losing streak ties the longest under Knight, which was set last season when Tech lost the final four games of the regular season.
NEBRASKA 61, TEXAS TECH 59
NEBRASKA - Maric 4-7 2-5 11, Richardson Jr. 4-7 5-5 15, Perry 4-10 2-2 13, Strowbridge 2-3 0-0 5, Anderson 1-6 0-0 3, Henry 2-5 0-0 4, Velander 1-5 0-0 3, White 2-3 2-2 7, Balham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-46 11-14 61.
TEXAS TECH - Zeno 7-13 3-3 18, Prince 0-1 0-0 0, Suljagic 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson 2-7 0-0 5, Burgess 1-5 0-0 2, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, D.White 1-2 0-0 2, Voskuil 5-7 1-1 14, Ogden 1-6 0-0 3, Plefka 5-7 4-4 15. Totals 22-50 8-8 59.
Halftime-Texas Tech 29-16. Records: Texas Tech 15-9, 4-5 in Big 12; Nebraska 14-8, 3-5. 3-Point Goals-Nebraska 10-26 (Perry 3-8, Richardson Jr. 2-3, Maric 1-1, White 1-1, Strowbridge 1-2, Velander 1-4, Anderson 1-5, Henry 0-2), Texas Tech 7-20 (Voskuil 3-5, Plefka 1-1, Zeno 1-2, Jackson 1-3, Ogden 1-5, Burgess 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Nebraska 28 (Maric 7), Texas Tech 27 (Voskuil, Zeno 6). Assists-Nebraska 11 (Richardson Jr. 7), Texas Tech 15 (Ogden 4). Total Fouls-Nebraska 14, Texas Tech 12. A-6,317.
MEN
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Texas A&M 8 1 .889 20 3 .870
Kansas 6 2 .750 19 4 .826
Kansas State 6 2 .750 17 6 .739
Texas 6 3 .667 16 7 .696
Okla. State 4 3 .571 18 4 .818
Oklahoma 4 4 .500 13 8 .619
Texas Tech 4 5 .444 15 9 .625
Nebraska 3 5 .375 14 8 .636
Missouri 3 6 .333 14 8 .636
Iowa State 3 6 .333 12 11 .522
Baylor 2 7 .222 12 10 .545
Colorado 2 7 .222 6 13 .316
Monday's Result
Texas A&M 100, Texas 82
Tuesday's Results
Missouri 77, Iowa State 55
Nebraska 61, Texas Tech 59
Today's Games
Kansas State at Kansas, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Iowa State at Texas, 12:30 p.m.
Kansas at Missouri, 2:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Baylor, 3 p.m.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas State, 5 p.m.
Texas A&M at Nebraska, 7 p.m.
JEFF WALKER | RED RAIDER BASKETBALL BEAT
Jeff has spent the last 10 years working at weekly, daily and sports magazines in New York, Ohio, Florida and Texas
the grange
Three-Star Recruit
i need to see this video. i had to listen to the last 3 minutes on the radio. total bummer. is it on-line anywhere? when is the doc sadler show on? wait...is there even a doc sadler show?