First Half: 

Lack of offense has hurt the Huskers during the first half as they have scored only 22 points in 20 minutes.  Alecs Maric and Cookie Miller pace the Huskers at 6 apiece going a combined 5-8.  The problem is the rest of the Huskers are 3-15, but the lone bright spot is the play of Sek Henry.  His athleticism has kept Nebraska within shot, but someone else needs to step up. 

Taking a play from my pagebook Colorado is shooting 3’s at will against NU’s porous three point defense.  Lucky for Nebraska they have only hit 4-13.  If they get hot, say hello to 0-2 in the conference.

Nebraska needs offense, and I say get the ball to Sek.  He has enough energy to carry this team tonight………….

GO BIG RED

COLORADO 55     Nebraska 51 

Yeah, what was I thinking when I said this team will go 10-6?  Offense, offense, offense…….where’s the offense?  Cookie Miller had an excellent night going 4-8 from 3 land and finishing with 18 points.  Maric, who looked tired and worn down at the end, finished with 14.  The huskers finished 16-47 from the field, but Maric and Miller were 11-19 and what you have left is 5-28 FG’s made.  Harley……. 0-5, Strowbridge……..0-6,   Anderson……1-6,  Dagunduro…….1-3.  The good thing was Sek Henry.  He was very energetic and looking to slash to the basket early and often.  He finished with 7 points on 2 for 3 shooting.  Henry had something about him tonight that I think the Huskers should have tapped into.  He was the only one out there, besides Miller, that looked like they weren’t going to fall asleep while running.

Once again offense has eluded the Huskers, but just like the KU game, every time a Husker took a shot, there were 5 Buffaloes there to get the rebound.  Our defense kept us in the game and NU was only down 2 with 5 seconds left in regulation, but just couldn’t overcome a poor shooting night on the road.

Rebounding, scoring, and wearing down are my main concerns after this game.  Oh and why the heck was Anderson guarding Richard Roby on CU’s last possession?  Everyone knows that RA is not the fleetest of feet, and you could tell what Roby was going to do when everyone cleared out of the lane.  Our guys looked like the Miami D from 94′ in the 4th quarter.  With their hands on their hips and breathing very deeply, Maric in particular,  looked like he was on empty after about the third quarter and this is only their 3 game in 2 1/2 weeks, which might be the problem.  It’s a long road ahead and Nebraska  has not had consistent play from anyone this year.  Ryan Anderson had a decent year as a Freshman last season, but should be scoring in double digits every game as a sophomore.  Sek Henry has lot’s of energy and should be slashing to the basket and making plays with his quickness more often.  

It’s time to work that offense Doc, but I’m not counting them out just yet.  This team has heart and doesn’t quit, their shot will come back to them and that will ease up the defensive pressure they have been put under lately.  If it doesn’t come back soon, they could very well start the conference season 0-5 with Baylor at home next, then down to KU, and over to Missouri……….well looking at the schedule they could very well be 0-16 with an offense like they had tonight. 

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