Compiled by Kirt Manion
Nebraska Men’s Basketball
The Nebraska men’s basketball team will continue its season in a week, on March 31, against Arizona State as part of the first ever College Basketball Crown Tournament. Tip time is set for 7:30 p.m. in Las Vegas with TV Coverage by FS1.
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Nebraska Baseball
The Husker baseball team’s season record moved to 10-23 overall and 2-7 in the Big 10 following a 1-2 showing in a three-game weekend set at USC. After absorbing a 5-3 loss on Friday night, the Huskers came back with a 6-5 win on Saturday and then fell 7-1 on Sunday.
Nebraska plated two runs in the ninth inning of the Saturday win. Devin Nunez had a two-hit performance with two RBI and a run scored. Ty Horn pitched five innings, struck out three, walked one and allowed two earned runs on four hits. Luke Broderick got the Husker win in relief. He worked 2.1 frames and struck out three.
Husker Softball
Counting the weekend action, the Nebraska softball team is now 23-9 on the season. The Huskers are 4-1 in the Big 10 Conference. Eight was a magic number for the Husker offense as the team beat Minnesota by scores of 8-0, 8-3, and 8-2, in games Friday through Sunday.
Jordy Bahl pitched in two of the wins. She struck out nine and allowed no runs and two hits over 8.1 innings. The Husker offense piled up 24 runs on 30 hits in the three wins.
Husker Women’s Basketball
Nebraska wrapped up a 21-12 season with a first-round loss to Louisville in the NCAA tournament on Friday. The Huskers entered tourney play as the N0 10 seed and looked to be in position for the win against the No. 7 seed from Louisville. A late rally allowed Louisville to charge back from six points down late for a 63-58 final margin of victory. Britt Prince led the Huskers with 14 points. Alexis Markowski had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Amiah Hargrove had 10 points. Tajianna Roberts led Louisville. She had 16 points.