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Nebraska coach Tim Miles is aware of what is ahead for the Cornhuskers when they face No. 14 UCLA on Friday night, saying, You got to be ready to go out with guns a-blazing.UCLA has plenty of firepower, averaging 104.4 points a game through its 5-0 start. The Bruins face Nebraska in a semifinal game of the Wooden Legacy at Fullerton, Calif., on Friday at 11:59 p.m. ET (ESPN2). The winner advances to the championship game Sunday in Anaheim, Calif.Nebraska, which beat Dayton 80-78 on Thursday night, allows only 57.8 points a game. The Cornhuskers had eight players play at least 11 minutes. Sophomore guard Glynn Watson Jr. led Nebraska with 20 points, while forward Ed Morrow contributed 19.We got just enough out of everybody to win, Miles said after the game. (And) nobodys hanging their head about minutes. Thats what I really like about the young guys. Theyre happy for the team. And theyll be ready to go out (Friday) night and attack.Nebraska must utilize its bench against a potent UCLA team that should get stronger with the addition of freshman center Ike Anigbogu, who has missed all of the games so far with a knee injury that required surgery a month ago.Anigobu is a needed component going against Nebraskas physical frontcourt that is allowing the Cornhuskers to outrebound their opponents by an average of 38.8 to 31.3 a game. Morrow, a 6-foot-7, 234-pound sophomore forward, leads Nebraska with an average of seven rebounds a game.UCLA will combat Morrow and 6-8, 215-pound forward Jack McVeigh (5.8 rebounds a game) with two players who average more than nine rebounds a game. T.J. Leaf, a freshman forward, leads the Bruins with 9.8 rebounds a game, while junior center Thomas Welsh is at 9.4 a game.The Bruins ability to rebound fuels fastbreak situations on the other end. Six players scored in double figures in UCLAs 99-77 win over Portland on Thursday night at Fullerton. The Bruins tied a tournament record for points in a game while recording 29 assists and committing only 11 turnovers.As a coach, any time you make 36 baskets and get assists on 29 of them, youre happy with that, said UCLA coach Steve Alford, whose teams wins have been by an average of almost 25 points per game. These guys like to share the ball, and they dont care who gets the basket as long as we score. We can beat you inside or we can beat you outside.UCLA freshman point guard sensation Lonzo Ball finished with 18 points, including four 3-pointers, and 11 assists against Portland. Leaf had 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists, and Welsh added 16 points and 10 rebounds. The Bruins were 14 of 29 (48.3 percent) from 3-point range against the Pilots. They are shooting 46.2 percent from long distance through the first five games.Its definitely exciting to play on a team like this, Welsh said. Were getting to know each other better every game, and these guards really know how to distribute the ball. Swell Wood Water Bottle . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. sWell Bottle Stockists Nz . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/ . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Discount Swell Bottles . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. Swell Bottle Sale . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Kent 346 for 4 (Stevens 121*, Billings 86*) lead Gloucestershire 221 by 125 runsScorecard For the professional, this is the most stressful time of the year. With every other press release a thanks but no thanks to a player deemed unworthy of further employment, the reminder to observers is a stark one. For all the love in the game, this is when careers and dreams are taken out the back and laid to rest. So today at Bristol, as Gloucestershire toiled amid the weight of Kents middle order, who finished day two with a 125-run first innings lead, with six wickets still in hand, some light shone through the August darkness.Darren Stevens, at 40 years of age, secured his first hundred of a demanding season which could well be his last for Kent. His deal is set to expire at the end of the year and, as of yet, Stevens has yet to see anything resembling a new contract and is keen to sort something soon. Perhaps the most surprising element in this period is that he has had to speak openly about his situation. Usually his performances do the brunt of the negotiations for him.But this year, things have not come as easy. Going into this match, he had scored only 365 runs and taken 26 wickets in the Championship. As ever with a player being in the latter years of his career, he now has to convince the powers-that-be that this is simply a dip in form rather than a terminal decline. In an interview with BBC Radio Kent, he spoke of his belief that he still has the physical capacity to cope at this level. He even relayed a conversation he had with physios at the club who assured him that, if he looked after himself, he could eke out another two years. All he wants is one more.There is a nobleness to Stevens and the 12 seasons he has spent at Kent so far. Even then, theres a savagery that underpins it all, allowing him to fall neatly in the intersection of the venn diagram of stalwart and cult hero. Rarely do the two intertwine as neatly as they do when discussing Stevens. He is the senior pro and the thrill giver; the wily old head and the untameable showstopper. He lives long in the memories of his enemies. Essex fans are sick of the sight of him, convinced he saves his best work for their derby clashes with Kent. His previous championship hundred came against them in June 2014.Perhaps the only regret he may have is that his spectacular feats have come solely within the confines of county cricket. Much of his batting has played out in front of sparse crowds unable the muster the ovation and awe that he deserves. It can at times feel like Stevens is operating in a manner too thrilling for such mundane settings, as if hes popping out in a tank to pick up some fags from the off-licence.Another selling point Stevens was keen to push was his desire to help out the yyounger members of the team, who are starting to realise their potential.dddddddddddd There is every chance that, if any playing deal were to present itself, it may also feature a coaching element, much like Glenn Chapple (Lancashire) and Vikram Solanki (Surrey) took on as their playing careers wound down.It was fitting, then, that Stevens put on his latest masterpiece with Sam Billings at the other end. Billings, one of the poster boys for this very un-English awakening in English batting, where hand-eye and wrists are king and queen, has often spoken of Stevens influence on his career. Even now, with Billings on his way to becoming a global T20 superstar, he talks of Stevens ball-striking ability with the adulation of a kid hanging around the players balcony for a selfie. Their currently unbeaten partnership of 205 for the fifth wicket has come at a rate of five an over, from a potentially precarious starting point of 140 for 4.Having trailed Billings by some distance, as the youngsters exuberance allowed him a sedate start, with just six from his first 24 balls, Stevens stirred upon entering the forties. He reached 52 off his 70th delivery, before another boundary from the 71st took him level with Billings, for the first time. From then on, master and apprentice traded blows, as Gloucestershire were left powerless to stop the one-upmanship playing out in front of them. Every Stevens drive through extra cover was matched by a Billings sweep - orthodox and reverse - as Gareth Roderick did what he could to stem the run flow.Once Stevens was able to negotiate most of the strike, he made his way to 93. The manner in which he would then bring up his hundred was a nod to both sides of the Stevens coin.Some at the Bristol County Ground, who had already decided he would try and get there with a big shot, wondered which stand hed pepper to bring up three figures. Even the Gloucestershire fielders seemed to brace themselves for the big finish. Instead, Stevens went early, catching the field unaware, who had yet to be deployed in key areas. A glorious pick-up over long on off Jack Taylor took him to 99 The field did not bother converging for the one, which was taken into the leg side - Stevens squeezing the life out of his right fist as he completed the single.To be honest, its been a bit of a nightmare really, he admitted at stumps. It was nice to get the 30th of my career, too. Ive been waiting for about two and a half years for that.In the short-term, he reckons that Kent need to bat half of tomorrow, further strengthening their position, before the push for the final 10 wickets begins. For now, that is what concerns him. ' ' '