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Senior of the Week Marquel Sutton Omaha Photo by Mary Pritchard The Senior of the Week award continues to be one of the most competitive this year. With multiple players putting up great performances every week. One of the items that helped the voters put Sutton over the top was Sutton leading the way in…
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The Omaha Men’s Basketball team is off to a slow start to the 2024-2025 season in non conference play. At first Omaha looked like a dangerous team after a strong showing against MACU winning 85-69 then ending the over 25 game road non conference losing streak against Stetson 79-76 and only losing to Minnesota 68-64. …
After a wild offseason, a new season has begun for Omaha Men’s Basketball. Omaha lost many players from the transfer portal including their lead scorer from last season Frankie Fidler. Omaha will rely on Tony Osburn who was injured part of last season who can be a hot shooter as well as North Dakota State…
No. 9 Omaha defeated No. 8 Kansas City in the first round of the 2024 Summit League Basketball Championships Friday evening, 61-55. The first quarter scoring was plentiful for the Mavericks who posted 21 points to Kansas City’s 15. The Roos went scoreless in the final three minutes of the first frame. Kansas City…
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Senior of the Week Guard Tommy Bruner Denver For the third time this season Tommy Bruner is named the Reaching the Summit Senior of the Week, and it is well deserved. Bruner continues an incredible campaign here in week 7. Bruner finished the week averaging 28.5 points per game and scoring isn’t the only way…
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Senior of the Week Guard Kareem Thompson Oral Roberts Not only did Thompson put up big numbers, but Thompson did so against two high-quality opponents Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. While the Golden Eagles weren’t able to secure a victory, that wasn’t due to the high-quality play of Thompson. For the week Thompson averaged 14.5…
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The Omaha Mavericks finally found their form offensively against NAIA York University after being consistent and inconsistent when they travelled to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and the Air Force Academy. Omaha faced a really good TCU team playing them tough the first half before going ice cold the second half losing 82-60. Omaha again was…
The Omaha Mavericks started their new season after being runner ups in the postseason losing to South Dakota State in the Summit League Championship game last season. Their first game was at home to last seasons Missouri Valley Regular Season champs the Illinois State Redbirds. Omaha struggled early and let Illinois State go on an…
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The Jackrabbits claimed their 10th Summit League Tournament Championship on Tuesday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. SDSU defeated Omaha 93-51 to claim the crown. SDSU led 13-8 at the first media break after six fastbreak points. Out of the media timeout, Omaha failed to score. The Jacks led 21-8 heading into…
Omaha defeated Kansas City to earn a trip to the conference tournament championship on Monday, 69-60. Omaha came out ready to go, while Kansas City had a bit of a slower start than the past couple of games. Grace Cave lit up the first quarter for the Mavericks, draining 10 points, six of which came…
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