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Iowa Deals Nebraska a Hard 11-6 Loss in Iowa City

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April 13, 2025

Iowa Deals Nebraska a Hard 11-6 Loss in Iowa City

After an unexpected pitcher’s duel on Friday night, game two in the series between the Cornhuskers and Hawkeyes turned into the type of game most fans expected between the two rivals. Unfortunately, the high-pressure offense Coach Rick Heller’s teams are famous for wore out Nebraska pitching and left the Cornhuskers wondering what happened to the promise of this season.

Ty Horn (0-4, 7.25 ERA) took the mound for Nebraska and faced off against another righthander, Aaron Savary, who had a sparkling 5-0 record. Horn has been somewhat of a tough-luck guy as of late, pitching well at times, but not getting much offensive support.

In the early going, the Big Red shook off last night’s hitting woes. After Iowa manufactured a run in their half of the first inning, Nebraska took the lead in the top of the second as catcher Will Jesske homered to left field, driving in Cael Frost, who had reached base on a walk.

Gable Mitchell, grandson of wrestling legend Dan Gable, tied the game up in the bottom of the third inning on a solo home run he drove over the right field wall. After three innings, it was knotted up at 2 a piece.

In the top of the fourth, Iowa native Cael Frost came through in a big way and put Nebraska back in the lead. Tyler Stone started the inning off with a single through the right side and Dylan Carey was hit by a pitch. Up came Frost, who played a couple years of JUCO ball 30 miles north of Iowa City. The lefthander smoked an Aaron Savary pitch over the left-centerfield wall at Duane Banks Field to put Nebraska up 5-3.

Ty Horn wasn’t real sharp today, but he was able for the most part to work his way out of trouble until the fifth inning. With one out, he walked Reese Moore. Coach Childress came out for a visit as it appeared that Horn may have incurred some kind of injury, but it was not clear what it may have been. He stayed in the game and served up a two-run homer to Miles Risley. 5-4 Cornhuskers.

At this point, the inconsistency of the Nebraska bullpen came to the surface once again. Two pitchers – Blake Encarnacion and Grant Cleavinger — were needed to finish the inning. Fortunately, they kept the Hawkeyes from putting any more runs on the board.

Hanging on to a 5-4 lead, Joshua Overbeek hit his first home run of the season in the top of the seventh inning to extend the Nebraska lead to 6-4. At the start of the season, no one familiar with Nebraska baseball would have thought it would have taken this long for Overbeek to knock a home run, but that’s basically been the story for a high percentage of Nebraska’s returning offense.

Ryan Harrahill did turn in a couple of decent innings on the mound, keeping the Hawkeyes off the scoreboard in the fifth and sixth innings. However, in the bottom of the seventh, he walked the first two batters and then gave up a line drive single to Kooper Schulte, last night’s home run hero. Coach Childress did not hesitate after that and brought in closer Luke Broderick. The fact that Broderick was brought into the game in the seventh inning shows how important this game was to the Cornhuskers. He ended the seventh with two big strikeouts and Nebraska was clinging to a one-run lead, 6-5.

It seemed that any momentum Nebraska had disappeared after that. Pinch-hitter Gabe Swansen and Max Buettenback started the eighth inning striking out against reliver Brant Hogue. Then, after both Tyler Stone and Dylan Carey got on base getting hit by a pitch, Stone was picked off second base to end the inning.

Sensing that the game was theirs to win, Iowa did what Iowa does in their half of the eighth. Left fielder Ben Wilmes led the inning off with a home run to tie the score at six. Broderick then walked Mitchell and combined with Drew Christo to walk Moore. Christo had entered with two balls on the hitter and walked him two pitches later.

After that, the damn broke and the Hawkeyes scored five more runs off Christo, culminating with a three-run home run by Andy Nelson. When the dust cleared, Iowa was up 11-6 and Nebraska was deflated. They didn’t mount any kind of a threat in the ninth and had lost another Big Ten series.

Those who follow Nebraska baseball closely keep thinking that at some point this team is going to turn it around and start firing on all cylinders. Perhaps it is time to just realize that this is not a very good team. Yes, there is quite a bit of talent on the team, but for whatever reason, it does not have the mental makeup to put it all together. At this point in the season this team is not a Big Ten Tournament team, so the thought of a Cinderella finish in Omaha is remote.

Jackson Brockett will toe the rubber tomorrow against Reece Beuter at 1:02, hoping to give the boys a chance to salvage a win on the weekend.

Extra Innings:

· Nebraska pitching recorded 14 strikeouts. However, they also surrendered eight walks and one hit batter. That, along with twelve Iowa hits – four of them home runs – was more than enough to win the ball game.

· Case Sanderson rebounded from a bad night with two hits today. Will Jesske, Cael Frost, and Joshua Overbeek all homered for the Big Red.

· Yellow shoes. I’ll leave it there.

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‘Best we’ve played all year.’ Trent Perry scores 20 points as UCLA routs No. 9 Nebraska

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March 4, 2026

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‘Best we’ve played all year.’ Trent Perry scores 20 points as UCLA routs No. 9 Nebraska

The UCLA men’s basketball team made Senior Night one to savor Tuesday, dominating No. 9 Nebraska 72-52 at Pauley Pavilion for its 20th victory of the season and third over a top-10 ranked opponent.

The Bruins improved to 20-10 overall and 12-7 in the Big Ten with one regular season game remaining, Saturday at crosstown rival USC.

Trent Perry scored 20 points, Eric Dailey Jr. had 14 and three players — Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark and Xavier Booker — each added eight points.

“Nebraska’s got a great team,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said. “This is the best we’ve played all year — they brought out the best in us. We went from our worst defensive effort to our best. They outhustle everyone they play, but not us. Tonight we were great, but I love the way they play. If we had their attitude we’d have their record.”

Eric Freeny had four points, five rebounds and three steals in 18 minutes for UCLA, which got 26 points in the paint and 17 second-chance points.

“Effort is what it takes to win in March,” Freeny said. “It was our last home game. Coach keeps on pushing me to be better everyday.”

Sam Hoiberg had 12 points to lead Nebraska, but Pryce Sandfort, who began the game leading the conference in three-pointers made per game, was held to nine points.

“Sandford has been unbelievable so to hold him to nine points is amazing,” Cronin said. “Brandon Williams was the unsung hero.”

Williams had six points and three rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench.

The Bruins were in control from the opening tip-off and never trailed the Cornhuskers (25-5, 14-5). UCLA improved to 10-3 in all-time against Nebraska and the win greatly strengthened its resume for the NCAA tournament as the Bruins also beat then-No. 4 Purdue 69-67 on Jan. 20 and then-No. 10 Illinois 95-94 in overtime on Feb. 21 on Donovan Dent’s layup with one second left.

“We have to take attitude we came with tonight, bottle it up and take it on the road,” Dailey Jr. said. “We’ve got so much left. The season’s not over… we’re only as good as our last game. It’s all about how you respond. I love the fight that we played with tonight.”

This is the fifth time in Cronin’s seven seasons that the Bruins have won 20 or more games. They are 17-1 at home (their only loss in overtime to Indiana on Jan. 31).

“Since I’ve been here we don’t lose much at home.” Cronin said.

UCLA went ahead by 15 points, 37-22, on Perry’s three-pointer with 2:41 left and led 37-24 at intermission. The Bruins shot 50% from the field in the first half (15 for 30) while Nebraska was only 31% (nine for 29).

The Bruins increased their advantage to 18 points on Dailey’s dunk less than five minutes into the second half and the visitors got no closer than nine the rest of the way.

Prior to pregame introductions the Bruins honored seniors Bilodeau, Dent and Clark; fifth-year player Jamar Brown; redshirt seniors Steven Jamerson II, Jack Seidler and Anthony Peoples Jr; and redshirt junior Evan Manjikian. In a media timeout, midway through the first half, former coach Jim Harrick (who led UCLA to its 11th national championship in 1995) was honored and got a loud ovation.

“I’m happy for our seniors, I didn’t want them to lose their last game at Pauley,” said Perry, who reversed a subpar performance at Minnesota, where he was 0-for-7 from the field with one rebound and one assist in 26 minutes. “I had to come out here tonight and bounce back for my team. I play for something bigger than myself and I’m fortunate to have the type of guys I do around me.”

UCLA guard Skyy Clark looks to pass while under pressure from Nebraska guard Sam Hoiberg and forward Berke Buyuktuncel in the second half.

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Over the last four games, Dent has 46 assists and just two turnovers.

Bilodeau has scored in double figures in 26 of 28 games played, totaling 20 points or more nine times.

Dailey moved to within five points of reaching the 1,000-career point milestone.

UCLA has now made at least one three-pointer in 887 of 888 games dating to February 2000.

“We had one practice this week, that’s it,” Cronin said. “We watched film, had a heart-to-heart talk and a shoot around today but that’s it.”

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4.1-magnitude earthquake hits south-central Nebraska

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March 3, 2026

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4.1-magnitude earthquake hits south-central Nebraska

People across Nebraska and Kansas reported feeling an earthquake Sunday afternoon.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale struck around 1 p.m. about 3 miles east of the Webster County village of Cowles, which is in south-central Nebraska near the Kansas border.

A quake of that magnitude is considered “light” and not likely to cause damage.

But the USGS received dozens of reports from people who said they felt the quake, some as far away as Omaha and Manhattan, Kansas. Numerous people took to social media to report feeling the quake.

Two aftershocks of 2.6 magnitude later occurred near the original quake site, one about 90 minutes after the initial quake and one later Sunday night.

Earthquakes are relatively rare in Nebraska, but the state does usually record one or two minor ones per year. The last time Nebraska recorded a quake of a magnitude 4 or above was in December 2023, also in Webster County.

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Nebraska Lottery results: See winning numbers for Powerball, Pick 3 on March 2, 2026

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March 3, 2026

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The results are in for the Nebraska Lottery’s draw games on Monday, March 2, 2026.

Here’s a look at winning numbers for each game on March 2.

Winning Powerball numbers from March 2 drawing

02-17-18-38-62, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2

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Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from March 2 drawing

21-28-58-65-67, Powerball: 25

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Winning Pick 3 numbers from March 2 drawing

7-5-8

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Winning Pick 5 numbers from March 2 drawing

03-08-09-17-25

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Winning 2 By 2 numbers from March 2 drawing

Red Balls: 14-26, White Balls: 17-18

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Winning MyDay numbers from March 2 drawing

Month: 05, Day: 03, Year: 23

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Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from March 2 drawing

28-41-42-50-55, Bonus: 02

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When are the Nebraska Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
Pick 3, 5: By 10 p.m. CT daily.
Lucky For Life: 9:38 p.m. CT daily.
2 By 2: By 10 p.m. CT daily.
MyDaY: By 10 p.m. CT daily.
Lotto America: 9:15 p.m CT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.

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