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Two-time NBA champion Josh Powell has arrived in Sydney and has immediate plans to help the struggling Kings return to their glory days in the NBL.A member of the Los Angeles Lakers 2008-10 title-winning teams, Powell met his new teammates for the first time on Tuesday and isnt afraid to preach success.The Kings havent reached the finals in six campaigns and got this season off to a disappointing start after being outplayed by Brisbane in their opener last weekend.However that was of no concern to the 33-year-old Powell.That is the plan, to strive for greatness, Powell said.If I said anything differently, I would think its time for me to go home. Thats the best way to look at it. I want to come here, I want to be a part of something special.Ive been a winner my whole career. Ive been a winner my whole life - Ive had things Ive had to deal with and overcome. I look forward to it.Powell will have one training session on Wednesday before being thrown in the deep end against Illawarra in Wollongong on Thursday.Coach Andrew Gaze said the team will need Powell to fire as soon as possible after his men were exposed without injured star Julian Khazzouh in their season-opening loss to Brisbane.The Kings were out-rebounded 44-30 by the Bullets in what Gaze claimed was a concerning theme early in their campaign, including the pre-season.Im hoping hes an unbelievable rebounder, someone that can give us a scoring presence inside and, most importantly, complement what we already have, he said.Reboundings been an area that weve been really deficient in and unfortunately Julian Khazzouhs situation being out, and a little bit of uncertainty about how long hell be out for, we had to find a replacement pretty quickly.Powell, who put up 26 points and 18 rebounds in his last stop in China earlier this year, said his playing experience in seven different countries would help him adapt quickly to the NBL.I think thats one of the good things about me and what I can bring to the table - just being a part of different things and different situations, he said.When I was in Puerto Rico and China, I had more of a scoring demand as well as rebounding and defending. 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Buy Shoes Black Friday .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head.LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska led overmatched University of Mary by 10 points less than five minutes into the game Tuesday on its way to a 70-38 win in a game that gave the Huskers bench the opportunity to play more than half the minutes.That was key for a team that has only five experienced players on the roster, all of whom start.It was good for them to get a feel for what the game is like, said Michael Jacobsen, who led the Huskers with 10 points. Weve been practicing for about two months now. Its hard when you go against each other so much. ... In the game its a totally different feel. I think its good for them to get their minutes and just figure out their roles.All five of Nebraskas non-starters played at least 20 minutes and combined for 30 points with each making at least a field goal. That was a marked improvement from Sundays home opener against Sacramento State in which the Nebraska bench made just two field goals and contributed only nine points.It was really, really important, said Isaiah Roby, who came off the bench to score seven points in 24 minutes. Obviously, we have to execute stuff against other people and also just getting tired. All of us were dripping sweat. ... He (Nebraska coach Tim Miles) kind of challenged us to step our game up tonight. We still have a lot to work on obviously ... but I think we stepped up a little bit more.Nebraska (2-0) was never challenged by the NCAA Division II school from North Dakota that is Miles alma mater. Nebraska went up by 12-2 on Jack McVeighs 3-pointer at the 15:18 mark and stretched the lead to 30-8 on another of McVeighs 3s with 5:52 left in the first half.Mary (0-3) cut the Nebraska lead to 15 on Damonta Henrys 3-pointer that opened the second half. But the Huskers quickly pushed the lead over 20, going up 41-19 on McVeighs 3-pointerr with 17:37 left.dddddddddddd Nebraskas largest lead was 32.The Marauders struggled against the Nebraska defense, hitting just 7 of 28 shots in the first half and finished 29 percent from the field. The bigger, stronger Huskers also dominated on the boards, outrebounding Mary 45-21Nebraska hit 50 percent of its shots, but committed 17 turnoversMary played in front of the largest crowd it will likely see this season (8,459). Attendance at Marauder games, home and on the road, averages about 1,000. That should work to Marys advantage, said coach Joe Kittell.Theres not going to be any atmosphere thats going to be more hostile than this, Kittell said. Our guys understand that, played in it, and it shouldnt bother us anymore. Really excited about this group, I know were zero and three right now but there are a lot of good kids out there. They want to win, they want to get better.BIG PICTURENebraska: Miles said the relatively low score and margin of victory can be attributed to Marys strategy of running down the shot clock on offense and impatience on the part of the Huskers once they finally got the ball.University of Mary: The Marauders took full advantage of a game against a Division I foe, chartering a flight to bring fans from Bismarck to Lincoln. Those who paid $289 for the trip got lunch with Nebraska football coach Mike Riley, a tour of the athletic facilities and a dinner with Nebraska baseball coach and North Dakota native Darin Erstad.UP NEXTNebraska will host Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m. Saturday, a starting time set to avoid conflict with the Nebraska-Maryland football game at 11 a.m.Mary will return to Bismarck where it will host Yellowstone Christian Monday. ' ' '