White Leads Huskers Past Tigers

Lincoln --- Freshman guard Jamel White scored a career-high 28 points off the bench to lead the Nebraska basketball team to a 65-52 victory over Missouri Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Playing in front of a national television audience in the Huskers’ first appearance on ESPNU, White lifted Nebraska to its third conference win of the season and improved NU’s record to 13-6 on the year (3-3 in Big 12).

White came off the bench firing all guns as he had his fourth double-figure scoring effort of the season in the first 15 minutes of the game. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native scored 10 in the first half and finished with 28 points on the day, tying Erick Strickland for the second-highest scoring game by a freshman in NU history. Only Tyronn Lue, who had 30 points against Oregon in 1995, scored more than 28 points in a single contest as a freshman.

White helped the Huskers erase a 14-13 Missouri lead with a 10-0 run that gave Nebraska a nine-point cushion with 6:28 left in the opening half. Following a Jason Dourisseau layup and free throw by Aleks Maric, White scored seven straight points with a pair of baskets ? including a traditional three-point play ? and a pair of free throws to put the Huskers ahead 23-14. White then scored his 10th straight point at the 5:32 mark with the first of a career-high four 3-pointers to push NU’s lead to 26-19.

The Huskers, who went into halftime with a 30-23 advantage, saw the lead disappear quickly as the Tigers came out of the locker room on a tear. Missouri pushed ahead on a 10-2 run that included a pair of 3-pointers by the league’s leading scorer, Thomas Gardner. The junior guard hit six 3-pointers on the day and had a team-high 22 points, but had just three points in the final 17:07. Jimmy McKinney was the only other Tiger in double figures on the day with 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting.

After falling behind, 33-32, on a Jason Horton layup, the Huskers responded with nine straight points, including a 3-pointer and four free throws by White and a jumper from Dourisseau. Nebraska’s lead was again short lived as the Tigers reeled off eight straight points over the next three minutes to tie the score at 41-all with 9:21 to play on a pair of Kevin Young free throws.

From there, Maric, Wes Wilkinson and Dourisseau hit shots on consecutive trips up the court to push the Nebraska lead to seven, 48-41. After MU pulled back within six at 49-43, Nebraska countered every Tiger shot with a basket of its own and eventually extended the lead to double figures.

White finished the game by hitting 7-of-9 from the floor and all four attempts from 3-point range, while nailing 10-of-11 tries from the charity stripe. He added four rebounds, including three in the final five minutes of play, and had one steal in 23 minutes of action.

Dourisseau and Wilkinson added 13 points apiece with Wilkinson leading the Huskers with eight rebounds. Nebraska, which held a slight 32-29 lead on the glass, got eight points, seven boards and a career-high tying three blocked shots from Maric while Marcus Perry’s 3-pointer early in the contest provided the Huskers’ only other points.

Nebraska returns to action on Tuesday, Jan. 31, when it travels to Stillwater, Okla., to take on Oklahoma State. The game, which will be the Huskers’ third road contest in four games, will be seen regionally on ESPN+ with a 7 p.m. tipoff and can be heard on the Pinnacle Sports Network.

Missouri vs Nebraska (1/28/06 at Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center))

Box Score

Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score Missouri vs Nebraska 1/28/06 3:01 p.m. at Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Missouri 10-8, 3-4 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 Brown, Marshall..... f 3-6 0-1 2-2 1 5 6 2 8 2 3 0 1 33 14 Young, Kevin........ c 2-5 0-0 2-2 4 5 9 2 6 0 3 1 0 30 01 McKinney, Jimmy..... g 5-15 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 4 11 3 2 0 0 37 03 Gardner, Thomas..... g 7-17 6-12 2-2 1 1 2 1 22 2 6 0 1 39 12 Horton, Jason....... g 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 3 5 3 1 0 1 37 05 Lyons, Leo.......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 23 Watkins, Marcus..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 25 Dandridge, Glen..... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 Lawrence, Matt...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 Grimes, Kalen....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 TEAM................ 2 3 5 Totals.............. 19-50 8-21 6-6 9 20 29 21 52 10 16 1 5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-22 36.4% 2nd Half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 38.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 38.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-4 100 % 2nd Half: 2-2 100 % Game: 100 % 0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Nebraska 13-6, 3-3 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 Wilkinson, Wes...... f 5-13 0-2 3-4 3 5 8 2 13 3 2 2 0 32 21 Maric, Aleks........ c 3-6 0-0 2-5 1 6 7 2 8 1 1 3 1 27 01 Dourisseau, Jason... g 5-9 0-1 3-5 3 2 5 3 13 1 2 1 1 35 03 Richardson, Charles. g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 29 04 Perry, Marcus....... g 1-5 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 22 00 Walker, B.J......... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 10 Walker, Marcus...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 15 Schliep, Bronsen.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 11 31 White, Jamel........ 7-9 4-4 10-11 1 3 4 2 28 0 2 0 1 23 45 Wilbrand, Tony...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 21-46 5-10 18-25 10 22 32 14 65 8 13 6 7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-25 44.0% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 45.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 50.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 72.0% 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Mark Whitehead, John Higgins, Terry Moore Technical fouls: Missouri-Grimes, Kalen. Nebraska-None. Attendance: 11181 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Missouri...................... 23 29 - 52 Nebraska...................... 30 35 - 65

Points in the paint-MU 18,NU 26. Points off turnovers-MU 17,NU 28. 2nd chance points-MU 9,NU 5. Fast break points-MU 2,NU 2. Bench points-MU 0,NU 28. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-MU 2nd-01:04, NU 2nd-00:40. Largest lead-MU by 1 1st-11:30, NU by 13 2nd-00:30.