NU: Dagunduro, Miller, Harley, Henry, McCray
UMES: Mayes, Pitt, Boyer, Hines, Davis

I’m gonna have to cut out at halftime.
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after UMES gets the opening tip and loses it out of bounds

after a missed Harley 3

2-0 NU

4-2 NU

Drive by Sek to open up Ade for the layup

on a drive to the basket. Shooting 2

Traditional 3-pt play and quick 3 makes it 8-6 UMES

8-8 Tie

Radio is way behind the live stats…

NU can’t convert. Still tied

After Sek fights to keep the ball.

10-8 Huskers

10 all

He’s coming off an injury.

13-10 NU

UMES gets a bucket to follow…

13-12 NU

and UMES gets another long turnover

NU up 13-12.

after a missed Cookie Miller 3

NU 15-12

15 all

It’s good to see Balham in there, playing hard down low.

and gets a great pass to Richardson for a layup

18-15 NU

after getting a pass from Ade’s steal

20-15 NU

but Velander misses the 3… that could have been a killer if he’d hit it.

and Harley draws a foul.

Under 8 TO

Apparently, this is the same crew that did the UMBC game and the horrifically officiated Hawaii game in Honolulu two years ago.

Harley hits both FTs

22-15

24-17 NU, Harley has 8 already

FTs forthcoming

25-20 NU

27-20 NU

Surprisingly not taken by Velander…

Sounded like NU had a dunk, but UMES answered with a 3-pt play

29-23 NU

after the offense got a RB on a missed 3

32-23 NU at under-4 TO

61-46 late in the 2nd half…

And gets the FT for a 3-pt play

36-23 NU

and the foul is drawn…and hit for UMES

36-28 NU

38-28 NU

2-second differential between game clock and shot clock.

Doc calls timeout to set up a play

40-28 NU at half

NU’s 2-10 on 3s, but 15-26 overall… 13-16 on 2pt shots is pretty good.
NU holds a 10-1 Turnover advantage, and a 15-0 edge in points off turnovers.

Harley has 10, Ade 9

NU has 12-10 rebounding edge, 5-3 offensive board edge.

icy as -- outside…

NU’s got 6 points so far this half…

44-30 NU

46-32 NU

Miller gets a basket on a drive after a steal.

50-32 NU. Timeout UMES

And they’ve abandoned the 3pt FG completely thus far this half.

Good things happen when you attack the basket.

Media TO.

53-32 NU.

Balham is getting some good minutes, too. If he’s able to consistently get good minutes, that can be huge for NU.

UMES hits a jumper, but Velander answers with a 2.

55-34 NU

right after a UMES FT

57-36 NU.

That made it 8-9 shooting

9-10 shooting this half, 2-2 3pters

60-38 NU

first missed 3 of the half

after another drive.

62-38 NU.

Huskers being patient, working for good shots.

after a 3 on one break

64-40 NU after a quick UMES putback bucket

Going into media TO…

9:27 to go, NU up 24

he’s 7-7 today

68-42 NU

68-45

Miller hits a jumper right away

70-45 NU

NU up 25.

Huskers have only missed 2 shots this half.

Ade is having another perfect shooting performance thus far, at 7-7.

Sek gets the ball right back

Edwards gets a shot, puts his miss right back…

half of NU’s misses in about 30 secounds.

72-45 NU

77-45 NU

Ade can’t miss!

79-45 NU

finishing after a steal…
81-45 NU

and draws the foul… last media TO

that’s at least 14 minutes for him. The more minutes he can get, the better.

after FTs…

Alonzo Edwards gets a bucket from Krenk

83-50

83-53 NU after a UMES 3

Ben Nelson shooting FTs…
Hits 1 for his first points of the season…

and both!

85-53 NU

That’s double-figure scoring for Nelson’s career!

85-55 NU

Boyer took a hard hit, but is up.

Go Ben! Get some points! Career high?!

Edwards holds out the clock.

NU wins 88-56.

Not much to say — patient, hard-working offense late in first half & for most of second paid off.

Any doubt that Ade Dagunduro is the player of the game?