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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS NO. 21/21 MIAMI HURRICANES BROADCAST INFO Online: ESPN3.com and WatchESPN.com Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. |
After playing seven games in a 15-day span, the Nebraska basketball team is back at Pinnacle Bank Arena Tuesday evening, as the Huskers return home to face the No. 21/21 Miami Hurricanes (AP/Coaches) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Tipoff is set for 8:05 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and carried across Nebraska on the Husker Sports Network, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln and KSXP 590 AM in Omaha. It is also available on the WatchESPN app.
As of Monday morning, a very limited amount of tickets were available for Tuesday’s matchup by visiting Huskers.com or calling Nebraska Athletics Development and Ticketing at 800-8-BIGRED or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena box office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Huskers are 5-2 on the season following an 82-71 win over Tennessee on Saturday afternoon in the third-place game at the Barclays Center Classic. Junior guard Tai Webster led five Huskers in double figures with 18 points, while Nebraska held the Volunteers to 36 percent shooting from the floor.
Webster has played some of the best basketball of his career over the last four games, averaging 14.0 points on 57 percent shooting and 5.3 rebounds per game. His development has helped provide a third scoring option to go with Andrew White III and Shavon Shields, who combine for over 28 points per game.
Tuesday begins a stretch where the Huskers will spend the next month in Nebraska, as the only road game in the stretch is a Dec. 9 tilt in Omaha against Creighton.
The Hurricanes are 5-1 on the season and look to rebound from a last second 78-77 loss to Northeastern on Friday night. Miami had won its first five games by double figures, including wins over nationally ranked Utah and Butler to win the Puerto Rico Tipoff two weeks ago. Miami, which won 25 games and reached the NIT Finals in 2015, has four players averaging double figures, led by Sheldon McClellan’s 17.5 points per game.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
19.5 - Tai Webster’s scoring average during the Barclays Center Classic. Webster had averaged 5.2 points per game during NU’s first five contests.
1 - Miami becomes the first ranked non-conference team to visit Pinnacle Bank Arena since the facility opened in 2013.
7 - Nebraska’s seven games in November matched the most ever in program history (also 2013). The Huskers went 5-2 in the month with both losses coming to ranked teams.
10 - Number of Huskers who have reached double figures during the first seven games of 2015-16, following Jake Hammond’s double-double on Saturday. Last year, NU had only eight players reach double figures in 31 games.
14-1 - Assist to turnover ratio for freshman Glynn Watson Jr. over the Huskers’ last five contests. Watson is averaging 8.4 points and 2.7 assists per game in that stretch in just under 20 minutes per game.
1,221 - Career points for Shavon Shields entering Tuesday’s game with Miami. Shields, who is third among active Big Ten players in scoring, is two points away from matching Larry Florence (1,223, 1997-2000) for 17th place at Nebraska.
SCOUTING MIAMI
Under Coach Jim Larrañaga, Miami comes to Lincoln with a 5-1 record, including a pair of wins over nationally-ranked teams. The Hurricanes lost to Northeastern, 78-77, on Quincy Ford’s jumper at the buzzer in their last contest. Despite the loss and the drop from 15th to 21st in the AP poll, the Hurricanes have been impressive early on, posting all five of their wins by double figures.
Miami is a balanced club with four players averaging double figures, led by senior Sheldon McClellan’s 17.5 ppg. In all, six Hurricanes average at least 8.8 points per game as Miami averages 89.3 points per game. Senior Tonye Jeriri anchors the inside, hauling in 10.3 rebounds per game and blocking 1.5 shots per outing. Miami returns their top four scorers from a team that went 25-13 and reached the NIT finals in 2014-15.