What a weekend to be a Huskers fan! Both basketball teams won. Volleyball extended the sweep streak and the football team won with a true freshman at the helm. With a title about “two historic performances” and knowing the season the volleyball team is putting together, the first inclintation is to wonder which of those ladies made history. Instead, it is a running back and power forward that made a run at the record books.
Rienk Mast notched a triple double for Nebrasketball with 18 points, 12 rebounds
and 10 assists. Yes, you read that last stat correctly. Someone like Mast who plays power forward/center would usually be a candidate for the triple double by getting double digit blocks in addition to points and rebounds. He became only the third men’s basketball player in Husker history to get a triple double and he did it in an unconventional way, by dishing it to his teammates.
On the football front, TJ Lateef did everything Husker football fans hoped for, but let’s talk about Emmett Johnson for a moment. He is the first Husker back to gain 100 yards in both receiving and rushing. Given the long line of impressive Husker talent at that position, I am shocked that he is the first to do this. I am not shocked he did it – just surprised that none of the other impressive talent Nebraska has featured did it before this.
The clamor for him to be an All-American and to get an invite to New York for the Heisman ceremony is building. If he continues to run like he has, he deserves the hype. What do you think? Do you agree with Will Compton?
Corn Flakes
Four takeaways from Nebraska football’s win over UCLA
Nebraska football got back in the winning column, taking down UCLA 28-21 in Pasadena. The Bruins nearly mounted a comeback after scoring 14 unanswered in the second half, but the Huskers held on for the victory.
Nebraska football vs UCLA recap, stats, highlights
Despite being without Raiola, the Huskers offense put together a big outing, leading to a 28-21 victory over UCLA to improve to 7-3, their first seven-win stretch in the regular season since 2016.
“Hollywood Husker” has become a leader on Nebraska’s football team. Now he returns to his home state
Wright grew up in Los Angeles and went to USC for the first three years of his college career, before transferring to Nebraska in summer 2024.
Three Husker volleyball players among AVCA Player of the Year semifinalists
Three Huskers are among the remaining 14 players eligible to be named AVCA Player of the Year. Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were all named semifinalists.
Nebraska volleyball handles Minnesota for 15th straight sweep
Top-ranked Nebraska volleyball (24-0, 14-0) continued its historic tear on Saturday, taking down No. 22 Minnesota (17-8, 7-7) in straight sets (25-15, 25-21, 25-20).
Mast’s triple-double lifts Nebrasketball 96-66 over FUI
Mast led the way with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Forward Pryce Sandfort finished with a team-high 20 points thanks to six 3-pointers, while forward Brayden Frager followed up a strong debut with 15 points.
Petrie posts career day as Nebraska women’s basketball beats Samford
It was a career day for junior forward Jessica Petrie, who had 20 points and five rebounds in 24 minutes of play. Sophomore guard Britt Prince led the team with 23 points, one shy of tying her career high.
Sports!
Ravens Henry just surpassed his high school rushing total
Derrick Henry’s career rushing total of 12,127, is wildly impressive — he’s one of just 17 players in NFL history to reach the 12,000-yard mark — but fans who have followed him since high school might be asking what took him so long.
MLB pitchers Emmanual Chase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches
NEW YORK — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls in the dirt instead of strikes, to ensure successful bets.
The world’s tallest teenager becomes the tallest basketball player in NCAA history
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Todd Golden had people yelling at him at halftime Thursday night to get 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux in the game. Golden relented with 2:09 to play — and made history in the process — after chants of “We Want Ollie” swept through the O’Connell Center.
Washington women’s soccer team wins Big Ten tournament three days after death of teammate
The Huskies rallied through grief against Michigan State on Sunday to win the title on penalty kicks in St. Louis.
Hall of Famer, Lenny Wilkins, godfather of Seattle basketball dies at age 88
Wilkens is one of five people inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1989) and a coach (1998).
Then There’s This
Golfer hits three aces in a month, odd are 1.95 trillion to one
A 74-year-old woman from Devon, England, has achieved a golfing feat that most players can only dream of – sinking three holes-in-one in a month.
