KRGI Sports Update

Nebraska men’s basketball is off to a 2-0 start after routing the Rattlers of Florida A & M 81-54 Thursday night.  Newcomer Rienk Mast led the offense with 20 points, including a pair of threes, plus grabbed 16 rebounds; Eli Rice scored 16, while Brice Williams knocked down 15 including a 7 for 7 performance at the free throw line.  The men return to action Monday night at home against Rider.

The Husker women are back on the floor tonight in a non-conference test at Wyoming, fresh off of their 90-42 knockout of Northwestern State Monday. Listen for the Nebraska women tonight on AM 1430 KRGI, 105.5 FM and online at KRGI dot com starting at 7:00.

Nebraska football returns to action tomorrow, taking on Maryland at Memorial Stadium.  Kickoff tomorrow is at 11 am - complete game day coverage on the KRGI Sports Network begins at 7:00.

The NSAA state high school football playoffs are down to the final four in each of the seven classes.  Class A semifinal games tonight have Millard West at Omaha Westside and Elkhorn South at Millard South; in Class B, Elkhorn North travels to Bennington while Waverly hosts Omaha Skutt; C1 semifinal games send Sidney to Wahoo in a 3:30 start, while Ashland-Greenwood battles Boone Central; the C2 games have Fillmore Central at Norfolk Catholic and Yutan at Ord; eight man matchups in D1 have Stanton at Sandy Creek and EMF at Crofton, while South Loup squares off at Dunning against Sandhills/Thedford and Howells-Dodge heads to Wynot in D2; six man semi final showdowns have Wilcox-Hildreth at S-E-M and Hay Springs at Parkview Christian.

Nebraska volleyball is back home Sunday afternoon, hosting Illinois in Big Ten play.  Listen on AM 1430 KRGI, 105.5 FM and 103.5 The Legend beginning at 1:00.