Nebraska Cornhuskers

Toney McCray came off the bench to lead the Nebraska Cornhuskers to a 66-62 win over the Baylor Bears on March 7th, making this the fourth loss in five games for the Bears.

McCray came in after senior guard Sek Henry was injured in a collision with a Baylor player with 9:37 left to play in the first half. McCray shot seven of 10 and contributed four rebounds, two steals, and two blocks to the game. Not bad for his career high 27 minutes of play.

Ada Dagundo added 11 points for the Huskers.
LaceDarius Dunn put up 16, his highest since playing scoring 20 against Oklahoma for Baylor. Curtis Jerrels added 14, shooting 4 of 6 free throws, making this his 26th game in which he scored double doubles and ranking him as fifth in all time Baylor history.

“I think we can take a lot of things from this game.” Senior guard for Baylor, Henry Dugat said. “We can learn how to close this game out and have more stops on defense and also getting more second chance points. We didn’t get many second chance points. We need to get more offensive rebounds. Our guys are doing a good job down there, we just have to go down there and help them out a bit.”
Curtis Jerrells added 14, shooting Four of six free throws and Kevin Rogers added 10 to Baylor’s score.

“It was a close game all day. We had a chance at the end but we just didn’t capitalize on their mistakes,” Jerrells said.

Ryan Anderson sank a three pointer with 6:26 left on the clock, moving the lead to 44-42 and from that point on, the Huskers never trailed.

“That is always our key,” said McCray on keeping Baylor out of the lane. “We try to limit their touches in the lane and try to keep the ball outside and make them make jump shots, so I think we did that today.”

Josh Lomers handed the ball over at 1:59 left in the game, and Nebraska stretched the lead to 53-49 on a three pointer by McCray. Baylor shot 33.3percent from three point range and 51 percent from the field. But the Bears committed two devastating turnovers that Nebraska turned into 6 points, and fouls gave Nebraska’s chances at the charity line where they sank 12 for 13 free throws in the final two minutes.

“They are so difficult to play against. “Nebraska coach Doc Sadler said. “They probably missed some three-pointers that they usually hit, but Jerrells is unbelievable. He hit those two big three’s late. We wanted to play him like we tried to play D.J. Augustin last year. Try to keep him out of the lane. It is hard to do for a 40 minute ball game. For the most part we did a decent job of it, but he broke us down, also on a couple of occasions. When he breaks you down, it is usually positive for Baylor. Overall I couldn’t be happier to hold a team like Baylor to 62 points. That is a credit to our guys.”

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