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USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nebraska basketball fans react to winning postseason tournament
Nebraska basketball fans react to winning postseason tournament The Nebraska men's basketball team ended the season on a high note on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers defeated the UCF Knights 77-66 to win the inaugural College Basketball Crown. Nebraska finished the season with a record of 21-14, while the Knights ended the 2024-25 campaign at 20-17. The victory is Nebraska's first postseason championship since the Cornhuskers won the 1996 NIT. This is only the third time in school history that Nebraska has had back-to-back 20-win seasons. The win also secures $300,000 in Name Image and Likeness for the Cornhuskers. UCF will leave Las Vegas with $100,000. Senior Juwan Gary scored 20 points and eight rebounds and was named King of the Crown (Tournament MVP). Brice Williams and Connor Essegian led Nebraska with 21 points each. Williams passed James Palmer Jr. for the single-season scoring record (713 points). Gary and Williams were also both named to the all-tournament team. Find social media reactions to the victory below. The kings Crown 'em Final Crowned A Big Ten Champion Never forget Rollercoaster season Lift the Crown Photo bomb MVP Radio Network Call Victory Go Big Red NIL Locker room Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Primetime 585 Spotlight Team: Pittsford hockey
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WROC) — The spotlight team of the week is the Pittsford Panthers hockey team. The Panthers won the Class A sectional championship 4-1 over the Portside Royals on Monday, avenging their loss in last year's semifinals. Adam Pollard scored the first goal with an assist from his twin brother David. Adam would later return the favor by assisting on David's goal, his 17th of the year. David was also named Tournament MVP. 'We just wanted to get pucks on the net, so when I had the opportunity to shoot it I just let rip,' said David Pollard. 'Anything can happen, it's a championship game.' Ryan Schmalstitch scored the insurance goal to make it 3-1 and Drew Ricketts closed out the scoring with an empty net goal. 'It felt awesome,' said Ricketts. 'We've been dreaming of this all year so to finally do it feels great. I think everyone played great tonight, especially our goalie.' Goalie Aden Brown led a defensive effort for the Panthers which allowed just two goals in their three sectional playoff games. 'I'm just focusing on the next puck and then we buried one and it was kind of a sigh of relief,' said Brown. 'They had a little bit of pressure there on the 5-on-6 but we got it done and now we're Section V champs.' Ricketts, a defenseman, was recently named the Section V Class A defensive player of the year. Congratulations to first-year head coach Rory Foster and all the Panthers on your sectional title. Pittsford will play Ithaca in the regional round to get the right to go to the state final four. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Boston Globe
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
With a second chance, battle-tested Bridgewater-Raynham boys' basketball takes Blue Bombardiers Classic in overtime
'Because we're a pressing team, we practice that type of scenario every day,' said B-R coach Doug Alves. 'Often the guys get it done in those practice segments. And Cason Faulk did it again. He's an animal.' Hayden Crowley paced No. 5 Attleboro (18-4) with 26 points, including eight 3-pointers, most of which came off feeds from senior captain Connor Houle (10 points, 7 assists). When Ladainian Rodrigues (13 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists) found Crowley for a 4-point play to put Attleboro up, 64-56, with 1:20 remaining, it looked like the hosts would hang on. Yet the Trojans found a way to out-score the Bombardiers, 20-7, the rest of the way. Advertisement Faulk finished with 21 points and seven offensive rebounds, and was named Tournament MVP. His brother, Deshawn Faulk, and senior captain Noah Perry-Lewis added 14 points apiece. After dropping both games in Mansfield's Roundball Classic over December break, the Trojans have improved markedly over the past two months. 'We took some losses early,' said Alves, 'But we play a tough schedule so we'll be battle tested, and winning five of our next six on the road, we showed that we can play against anybody.
