Post by MizzouTiger on Feb 14, 2008 11:31:02 GMT -5
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Missouri beats Nebraska in overtime
BY MIKE DeARMOND
The Kansas City Star
LINCOLN, Neb. | Keon Lawrence survived the roughest streets of Newark, N.J., so of course he wasn’t backing down from the prospect of facing Nebraska’s Aleks Maric again.
“I wouldn’t mind seeing him again,” Lawrence said, perhaps buoyed by Missouri’s 86-78 overtime victory over the Cornhuskers.
Maric, after all, scored 32 points — 24 in the second half and 19 in the first 11 1/2 minutes of that period — and grabbed 16 rebounds.
“He came out real strong in the second half,” Lawrence said. “He is real big. He gets in position and it’s hard to get him out of there. But in overtime he didn’t do anything.
“And we won.”
Yes, there was that.
Missouri, 14-11 overall, 4-6 in the Big 12, won for only the second time on the road. And Maric didn’t score a single point in the extra period that Mizzou won 15-7.
Missouri beat Nebraska for the first time in four games. But the Tigers survived Aleks Maric.
He fouled out DeMarre Carroll and Vaidotas Volkus, while Lawrence and fellow guard J.T. Tiller finished with four fouls because they tried to help out defensively on the 6-foot-11, 275-pound Maric.
MU teammate Marshall Brown openly admitted he never wants to play against Maric again. Not after Maric — in 10 career games against the Tigers — has averaged 16.7 points and nearly 10 rebounds.
“Any time we play him he gives us a problem,” Brown said. “He’s a load.”
And a half.
If Missouri had a choice in the Big 12 tournament, it would gladly face the rest of Nebraska again.
Let coach Doc Sadler put six of those other Huskers on the floor at the same time.
Just not Maric.
Single-handedly Maric almost wiped out a 13-point Missouri second-half lead.
Nebraska’s Steve Harley forced overtime at 71-71, hitting two free throws with 5.1 seconds left.
And then something odd happened in overtime.
Maric pulled down two more rebounds. But he didn’t score. He shot only once, missing a put-back off a missed Cookie Miller free throw.
“Sometimes you get caught up in the situation,” Maric said of his not getting the ball much in OT. “Sometimes the most basic thing is right in front of you, but you just can’t see it.”
Missouri won going away, Leo Lyons slamming home the final points.
Lawrence led Missouri with 19 points, while Lyons, Brown and Tiller finished strong. It took an entire team to stop Maric in the final frantic five minutes.
Perhaps it didn’t make up for Missouri losing to Nebraska at home.
“We’ve still got to steal some more on the road,” MU coach Mike Anderson said.
But at least MU won’t be trying to steal one from Aleks Maric.
Missouri beats Nebraska in overtime
BY MIKE DeARMOND
The Kansas City Star
LINCOLN, Neb. | Keon Lawrence survived the roughest streets of Newark, N.J., so of course he wasn’t backing down from the prospect of facing Nebraska’s Aleks Maric again.
“I wouldn’t mind seeing him again,” Lawrence said, perhaps buoyed by Missouri’s 86-78 overtime victory over the Cornhuskers.
Maric, after all, scored 32 points — 24 in the second half and 19 in the first 11 1/2 minutes of that period — and grabbed 16 rebounds.
“He came out real strong in the second half,” Lawrence said. “He is real big. He gets in position and it’s hard to get him out of there. But in overtime he didn’t do anything.
“And we won.”
Yes, there was that.
Missouri, 14-11 overall, 4-6 in the Big 12, won for only the second time on the road. And Maric didn’t score a single point in the extra period that Mizzou won 15-7.
Missouri beat Nebraska for the first time in four games. But the Tigers survived Aleks Maric.
He fouled out DeMarre Carroll and Vaidotas Volkus, while Lawrence and fellow guard J.T. Tiller finished with four fouls because they tried to help out defensively on the 6-foot-11, 275-pound Maric.
MU teammate Marshall Brown openly admitted he never wants to play against Maric again. Not after Maric — in 10 career games against the Tigers — has averaged 16.7 points and nearly 10 rebounds.
“Any time we play him he gives us a problem,” Brown said. “He’s a load.”
And a half.
If Missouri had a choice in the Big 12 tournament, it would gladly face the rest of Nebraska again.
Let coach Doc Sadler put six of those other Huskers on the floor at the same time.
Just not Maric.
Single-handedly Maric almost wiped out a 13-point Missouri second-half lead.
Nebraska’s Steve Harley forced overtime at 71-71, hitting two free throws with 5.1 seconds left.
And then something odd happened in overtime.
Maric pulled down two more rebounds. But he didn’t score. He shot only once, missing a put-back off a missed Cookie Miller free throw.
“Sometimes you get caught up in the situation,” Maric said of his not getting the ball much in OT. “Sometimes the most basic thing is right in front of you, but you just can’t see it.”
Missouri won going away, Leo Lyons slamming home the final points.
Lawrence led Missouri with 19 points, while Lyons, Brown and Tiller finished strong. It took an entire team to stop Maric in the final frantic five minutes.
Perhaps it didn’t make up for Missouri losing to Nebraska at home.
“We’ve still got to steal some more on the road,” MU coach Mike Anderson said.
But at least MU won’t be trying to steal one from Aleks Maric.