Stories from Monday, April 7, 2025

LAS VEGAS — Behind a trio of 20-point efforts, Nebraska rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to defeat UCF, 77-66, in the championship game of the College Basketball Crown Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas. Brice Williams and Connor Essegian had 21 points apiece while Tournament MVP Juwan Gary added 20 points and eight rebounds, as Nebraska finished the season with a 21-14 record and earned its first postseason title since the 1996 NIT Championship...

Northeastern Junior College swept McCook Community College on the home baseball diamond Sunday winning 8-7 and 14-4. The Plainsmen took the lead for good in the third inning of Game 1 scoring four runs on three walks and a pair of two-out hits, but the Indians responded with three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth...

NEWTON, Kan. – The McCook Community College golf team had a 33-shot improvement from Saturday to Sunday to finish fifth in the Bethel (Kan.) two-day invitational tournament. The first round was played Saturday at the Hesston Kan. Municipal Golf Park with Sunday’s round at Sand Creek Station...

LA JUNTA, Colo. – The McCook Community College softball teams’ 16-game win streak came to an end Sunday as Otero College swept a doubleheader over the Lady Indians 7-3 and 6-4. “We were just out of element today,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “Our pitchers threw well enough to keep us in the games.”...