Huskers Host Illini on Legends Weekend

GAME 28: vs. ILLINOIS Date: Sunday, Feb. 26 Time: 6:36 p.m. (CT) Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena Tickets: Huskers.com/Tickets NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS 2016-17 Record: 12-15, 6-9 Big Ten Head coach: Tim Miles Record at Nebraska: 75-82 (5th year) Career Record: 358-302 (22nd year) ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI 2016-17 Record: 16-12, 6-9 Big Ten Head coach: John Groce Record at Illinois: 93-73 (5th year) Career Record: 178-129 (9th year) BROADCAST INFO Television: BTN Online: BTN2Go and BTN.com Play-by-play: Kevin Kugler Expert Analysis: Shon Morris Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka Expert Analysis: Matt Davision Also available online at Huskers.com, SiriusXM Radio, the Huskers App and on TuneIn Radio and the TuneIn Radio App.

The Nebraska men’s basketball team looks to regain its winning ways Sunday evening, as the Huskers host Illinois in a crucial Big Ten matchup. 

Tipoff is set for 6:36 p.m., and a limited number of tickets for Sunday's game are available by visiting Huskers.com/tickets or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena box office beginning Sunday at 5 p.m. The matchup will be televised nationally on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris on the call. The game is also available on tablets and mobile devices on BTN2Go and online at BTN.com.

Fans can listen to Sunday's game and all of the action throughout the 2016-17 season on the Husker Sports Network with Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison on the call, including on Huskers.com, the Huskers app, on TuneIn Radio and SiriusXM Radio. The broadcast starts 60 minutes before tipoff and a complete list of HSN affiliates is on page 5 of the release.

The Huskers (12-15, 6-9 Big Ten) saw their two-game win streak snapped Thursday with an 88-72 loss at Michigan State. Tai Webster led NU with 19 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, but Michigan State used a 15-3 run to close the first half to build a commanding 18-point halftime lead. Evan Taylor had 10 points and three assists in a losing cause, as Nebraska shot just 39 percent, including 27 percent in the first half. The win was Michigan State's first in East Lansing over the Huskers since 2013.

Entering this weekend’s action, the Huskers are in a three-way tie with Illinois and Penn State for ninth place in the Big Ten race, and a win on Sunday would go a long way in helping to secure a first-round bye for the Big Ten Tournament in two weeks in Washington D.C. Sunday's game is part of Legends Weekend, as nearly 75 former players are back for the weekend, and they will be recognized at halftime.

Illinois (16-12, 6-9 Big Ten) may be playing its best basketball in Big Ten play. The Fighting Illini have won three of their past four contests, including a 16-point win over Northwestern on Tuesday evening. Senior Malcolm Hill leads a balanced attack at 17.0 points per game and also is among the team leaders in rebounds, assists and steals.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

20- Senior Tai Webster is 20 points away from being the 10th senior in school history to score 500 points in a season. Only 14 players in school history have scored 500 or more points in a season.

.636 - Nebraska is 7-4 in games decided by five points or less. Two of the losses came with 1.0 seconds left or less (vs. Ohio State; at Rutgers).

2 - Tai Webster joins Josh Hart (Villanova) as the only power conference players to reach double figures in every game in 2016-17. Webster has reached double figures in 28 straight games dating back to last season.

3.3 - Glynn Watson Jr. has a 3.3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio over his last eight games.

4 - Number of one-point games for Nebraska in 2016-17, all coming in Big Ten play. It is the most by a Husker team since 2011. The school record is seven set during the 1961-62 campaign.

5.3- Nebraska has out-rebounded its last seven opponents by an average of 5.3 rebounds per game. In the first eight conference games, NU was out-rebounded by 2.4 caroms per contest.

11 - Glynn Watson Jr. needs 11 points to move into 10th place on NU's sophomore scoring list.

SCOUTING ILLINOIS
Under fifth-year Coach John Groce, Illinois is 16-12 on the season following a 66-50 win over Northwestern on Tuesday night. The Illini, who went 10-3 in non-conference play, including wins over VCU and BYU, have been up and down in Big Ten play. Illinois may be playing its best basketball in conference play over the past two weeks, sweeping Northwestern and posting a 70-66 win at Iowa. The Fighting Illini have won their last two road contests. Senior Malcolm Hill leads the Illinois attack, averaging 17.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, as the two-time All-Big Ten performer tops the team in scoring and assists. Hill had 18 points, five rebounds and five assists in the win over Northwestern on Tuesday. Senior center Maverick Morgan is second on the team in scoring at 10.0 ppg and has blocked a team-high 24 shots, while four other regulars average at least seven points per game. Leron Black paces Illinois in rebounding at 6.1 per game.

SERIES HISTORY
Illinois leads the all-time series, 12-6, over Nebraska in a series that dates back to 1921. Nebraska is 4-5 against Illinois since joining the Big Ten. The home team had won the last five meetings until the Huskers’ 78-67 win in Champaign last season. Prior to Nebraska joining the conference, the Huskers and Illini had played only once since 1976 - a 100-73 Husker victory in the 1990 San Juan Shootout. Sunday's meeting is the only one of the season between the two teams.

LAST MEETING vs. ILLINOIS
Nebraska used a solid offensive performance, shooting 53.6 percent in posting a 78-67 win over Illinois. The Huskers put four players in double figures, led by Andrew White III’s 21 points and 13 rebounds, as the Nebraska picked up its first win in Champaign since 1921. White scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, as the Huskers withstood a flurry of 3-pointers by Illinois. Glynn Watson Jr. matched his season high with 17 points, while Tai Webster and Shavon Shields added 16 and 14 points, respectively.

LAST TIME OUT
Tai Webster posted his first career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, but a 15-3 Michigan State run to close the first half proved to be too much in the Spartans’ 88-72 win Thursday night.

Webster led NU with 19 points, including 12-of-13 from the foul line, but it was a cold-shooting night for NU, which shot 39 percent, including 27 percent in the first half. Evan Taylor was the only other Husker to finish with double figures with 10 points and three assists.

Michigan State’s duo of Miles Bridges and Nick Ward combined for 40 points and 15 rebounds as both players led MSU with 20 points each. Ward had 20 points and nine rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting, while Bridges also went 8-of-13 from the field. Joshua Langford chipped in 17 points.
The loss snapped a two-game win streak for the Huskers (12-15, 6-9 Big Ten) and MSU’s first win over NU in East Lansing since the 2012-13 season.

LEGENDS WEEKEND SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
The fifth-annual Legends Weekend takes place throughout the weekend as nearly 75 players returned to campus for this weekend’s events. The weekend is highlighted by a reception Saturday night as well as a chance to see practice on Saturday and interact with the current Husker team. Nearly 60 former players - dating back to the 1940s - are expected to be on hand Sunday, and they will be recognized during halftime ceremonies.

One of the players on hand will be former Husker great Aleks Maric, who has been playing professionally in Europe and Australia since finishing his Husker career in 2008. Maric, a two-time All-Big 12 performer, finished his career in the top five in both points (1,630) and rebounds (1,015) and is one of only two Huskers to have 1,000 points and rebounds. Maric also represented Australia in the 2012 London Olympic games.

As part of the Legends Weekend, the Huskers will wear a throwback jersey to honor a past team. This year, the Huskers are recognizing the 1986-87 squad that reached the NIT semifinals. Under first-year Coach Danny Nee, the Huskers went 21-12, including a win over No. 16 Kansas. NU’s 21 wins that season was one off the school record, while senior Brian Carr earned second-team All-Big Eight honors, averaging 12.2 points and 5.0 assists per game.

WEBSTER LOOKS TO JOIN EXCLUSIVE HUSKER CLUB
Senior guard Tai Webster could become only the fourth player in school history to have 500 points and 100 assists in the same season on Sunday. Webster, whose 109 assists are nearly double his previous best, enters Sunday's game with Illinois needing 20 points to join Erick Strickland, Jaron Boone and Tyronn Lue as the only Huskers to score 500 points and dish out 100 assists in a season.

WORTH NOTING

• Nebraska’s roster features a trio of players from Illinois in sophomores Glynn Watson Jr. (Bellwood) and Ed Morrow Jr. (Chicago) and freshman Isaiah Roby (Dixon). Watson’s older brother is former Illinois standout Demetri McCamey, who is currently in the D-League, while Morrow and Illinois guard D.J. Williams were teammates last year at Simeon High School.
• Nebraska Coach Jim Molinari is no stranger to the state of Illinois, having served as a head coach at Northern Illinois, Bradley and Western Illinois in addition to his longtime stint as an assistant coach at DePaul.
• Tai Webster is one of only two power conference players in the country currently averaging 17.0 points, 4.75 rebounds and 3.75 assists per game. The other is Washington's Markelle Fultz, who is listed as the top prospect on Draft Express' 2017 draft board. In all of Division I, only six players are at those numbers.
  To put Tai Webster's season averages (17.8 ppg; 5.0 rpg; 4.0 apg) in perspective, only one other Big Ten player - Michigan's Derrick Walton Jr. - currently averages least 14.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
• Nebraska is averaging 72.3 points per game in Big Ten action, the Huskers' highest average since averaging 87.1 points per game in the Big Eight in 1993-94.
  More impressively, the Huskers are one of only nine power conference programs who are averaging more points in conference play, and NU's +1.4 difference between its conference average and season average is the second most of any power conference program.
• The Huskers have played four one-point games in Big Ten play, which is the most by a Husker team since 2010-11. It is just the sixth time in 120 years that NU has played four or more one-point games in a season.
• 10 of the Huskers' 15 Big Ten games this season have been decided by eight points or less, including eight games by four points or less. In seven of its nine Big Ten losses, Nebraska has been within five points during the last five minutes.
• The Huskers have played much better since the return of Ed Morrow. Jr. on Feb. 9. The 6-foot-7 sophomore played NU's first four Big Ten contests before being sidelined for a month with a foot injury. Morrow is NU's rebounder (7.7 rpg) and shot blocker (1.3 bpg) while ranking third on the team in scoring at 9.4 ppg.
• Tai Webster has reached double figures in 27 straight games dating back to last year. Over the last two decades, the only Huskers with longer double-figure streaks are Tyronn Lue (36, 1996-97 and 1997-98) and Terran Petteway (30, 2013-14 and 2014-15). Webster is the only Big Ten player to reach double figures in every game this season.
• Nebraska's strength of schedule is first nationally as of Thursday's games according to the NCAA. The Huskers have played 12 games against teams in the top-50 of the RPI, a total which leads the Big Ten. In addition, NU has played 17 games against teams currently rated in the top-100 nationally, while every remaining team on NU's regular-season schedule is in the top-100 of the RPI.
• Nebraska's non-conference strength of schedule is second nationally. No Big Ten team since at least 2010 has had a top-five non-conference strength of schedule heading into selection Sunday.

TAKING ON A CHALLENGING SCHEDULE
Nebraska has faced a daunting 2016-17 non-conference schedule. The Huskers are 12-15 on the season and have played the second-toughest schedule in the country according to the NCAA's RPI as of Feb. 24.

• Nebraska's non-conference schedule ranks second nationally as of Feb. 22 and was the hardest in the Big Ten.
• The Huskers' Division I opponents are a combined 374-202, as the .649 winning percentage is first nationally.
• In December, Nebraska completed a week where the Huskers played consecutive top-10 teams in non-conference play for the first time in program history (No. 10 Creighton, No. 3 Kansas).

A TALE OF TWO OFFENSIVE SEASONS
After the Gardner-Webb game in December, the Huskers have reworked their offensive playbook. Despite having one senior and one junior in the primary rotation, NU has averaged 72.8 points per game over the last 16 games despite missing Ed Morrow Jr. and Anton Gill for significant stretches because of injuries.

• Nebraska is seventh in scoring offense in conference play at 72.3 points per game after entering Big Ten play 14th in scoring offense. NU is also seventh in field goal percentage (.430) and 3-point percentage (.357) after entering conference play 14th in both categories.
• For the Husker offense, 70 points has been a magic number in recent years, as Nebraska is 45-13 (.776) in Miles' four-plus seasons at NU, including 9-5 this season.
• The Huskers are 22-3 under Miles when scoring at least 80 points following the 82-66 win over Penn State on Feb. 14. NU is 7-1 this season when scoring 80 points and are 15-2 over the last two years when reaching 80 points.
• In 2015-16, Nebraska averaged 72.2 points per game, the highest total since the 1996-97 team averaged 72.9 points per game. It marked the first time since 2003-04 that Nebraska averaged over 70 points per game.

TAI MAKES HIS CASE IN 2016-17
Senior Tai Webster has emerged as one of the Big Ten's top performers in 2016-17. The Auckland, New Zealand, native comes into the weekend averaging 17.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

•  He is one of six players in Division I currently averaging 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Among power conferences, he joins Markelle Fultz (Washington) as the only players currently at those plateaus.
• No Husker has averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. In fact, the last Husker to average 16.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 assists per game was Cookie Belcher in 2000-01 (16.4 ppg; 5.1 rpg; 4.4 apg).
• Webster is making a strong bid to join an elite club of Big Ten players. Since 1993-94, only eight Big Ten players have finished the season averaging 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game, a list which includes D'Angelo Russell, Michael Finley, Evan Turner and Denzel Valentine among others.
• Webster is among the Big Ten leaders in scoring (third), assists (sixth) and steals (sixth). He is one of two players in the top-10 in both scoring and assists (also Minnesota's Nate Mason) and is also one of only three in the top 10 in both steals and assists (Mason and Maryland's Anthony Cowan).
• Webster became Nebraska's 28th 1,000-point scorer on Feb. 5, and enters Sunday's game in 27th place on NU's career scoring list. He is 13 points away from tying Cary Cochran for 26th place on the scoring list.
• In Big Ten play, Webster is second in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.4 points per game, which is on pace to be the highest scoring average in conference play since Tyronn Lue averaged 21.8 points per game in 1997-98. In over 100 years, only five Huskers have led the league in scoring during conference action. He is also sixth in assists (4.1 apg) and fourth in steals (1.5 spg).
• Webster has been exceptional against the Huskers best foes, as he is averaging 19.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game in NU's six games against ranked opponents this season.
• He leads the Huskers with nine 20-point games, highlighted by career bests in both points (28) and rebounds (nine) at Michigan on Jan. 14. Prior to this season, he had just two 20-point games in three seasons.
• He is the only Husker to score double figures in each of NU's 27 contests in 2016-17 and has been in double figures in 28 straight games dating back to last season.
• Webster earned his first-ever Big Ten Player of the Week award on Jan. 2, as he averaged 19.5 points, 3.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 3.0 rebounds per game in helping NU to wins over No. 16 Indiana and Maryland. He keyed NU's comeback at Maryland with 18 points, including the Huskers' final seven points, in a 67-65 win.
• He turned in a strong performance at the Wooden Legacy, averaging 19.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists in three games. Webster had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists vs. No. 14 UCLA and had 23 points and eight rebounds against Virginia Tech.

WATSON IS POINT OF IT ALL
Glynn Watson Jr. has continued his emergence as one of the best young guards in the Big Ten. The 6-foot sophomore enters the Illinois game averaging 13.7 points, 2.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Watson comes from a basketball family, as his older brother Demetri McCamey was a first-team All-Big Ten performer at Illinois, but Watson has quickly made his own name at Nebraska.

• Watson is second on the team in scoring and assists and ranks among the conference leaders in scoring (15th) and steals (third).
• In Big Ten action, Watson is 13th in the Big Ten in scoring (14.7 ppg) and is also among the Big Ten leaders in steals (1.6 3rd), 3-pointers per game (2.1, 6th) and 3-point percentage (.456, 7th). Most of Watson's numbers have improved since the start of conference action.
• Reached double figures 19 times this season, including seven 20-point efforts. His most recent 20-point effort came at Michigan on Jan. 14, when he had 20 of his 22 points in the second half. Watson has been in double figures in 14 of the past 16 contests dating back to Dec. 18.
• Came up with the go-ahead basket at Ohio State, hitting a 3-point play with 11.3 seconds left, as NU rallied from a five-point deficit in the final 30 seconds.
• Carried the Huskers with a career-high 34-point effort against Iowa on Jan. 5. In that game, Watson went 11-of-18 from the field, including a blistering 7-of-8 shooting from 3-point range. His seven 3-pointers was one off NU's single-game record, while his .875 percentage was the fourth-highest total in school history.
• Keyed NU's win over No. 16 Indiana with 26 points, five steals and four assists, as he had 19 second-half points.
• Scored a then-career high 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting against No. 14 UCLA, scoring 21 of his 27 points in the second half as Nebraska rallied back and cut a 15-point deficit to two.
• Keyed NU's win over Dayton with 20 points, a career-high five steals and three assists while hitting a pair of game-winning free throws with 8.8 seconds left when the Huskers trailed 78-77.
• Opened the season with a then-career-high 23 points along with six assists and five rebounds in NU's win over Sacramento State on Nov. 13.
  As a freshman, Watson played in all 34 games and made 16 starts for the Huskers. He averaged 8.6 points per game and was in double figures 15 times.

MORROW ENJOYS BREAKOUT SEASON
Sophomore Ed Morrow Jr. has enjoyed a breakout season. One of the "Five Most Improved Players" in the Big Ten by BTN analyst Shon Morris, Morrow has raised his scoring average from 4.1 points to 9.4 points per game on 54 percent shooting, while pacing the Huskers in rebounds (7.7) and blocked shots (1.3).

• Reached double figures for the first time since his return at Ohio State on Feb. 18, finishing with 10 points and six rebounds in just 15 minutes. He has now hit double figures eight times this year after reaching double figures just four times in 2015-16.
• Grabbed 13 rebounds - his highest total in a conference game - against No. 7 Wisconsin on Feb. 9, as he had missed the previous seven games because of a foot injury.
• Morrow's 7.7 rebounds per game was on pace to be the highest average by a Husker since Aleks Maric averaged 10.2 rebounds per game in 2007-08.
• Earned his third double-double of the season with 12 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots in the win over No. 16 Indiana on Dec. 28. In that game, Morrow had two big offensive putbacks in the final two minutes to preserve NU's lead.
• Grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb on Dec. 18. It was the highest total by a Husker since the 2006-07 season. He also matched his then-career high with four blocked shots in the game.
• Turned in a strong effort at No. 3 Kansas, finishing with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and seven rebounds.
• Earned his second career double-double at Clemson on Nov. 30, grabbing a then-career-high 12 rebounds and adding 10 points and three blocked shots.
• Collected his first career double-double against Dayton, scoring 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting and grabbing 10 rebounds in the 80-78 win.
• Morrow's mother, Nafeesah Brown, was a standout basketball player for the Huskers in the mid-1990s, as she averaged 16.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game during her Husker career. As a senior, she averaged 20.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game in earning first-team All-Big Eight honors.

HUSKERS LOOK FOR MORE FROM INSIDE GAME
Without Ed Morrow Jr. for a significant portion of the year the Huskers have relied on sophomore Michael Jacobson and freshman Jordy Tshimanga to handle the bulk of the time on the interior.  

Jacobson started the last 52 games for the Huskers dating back to last season. In 2015-16, he became the first Husker freshman to start every conference game since Cookie Belcher in 1996-97.

• Has played some of his best basketball in conference play, as he is averaging 6.5 points per game and ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 7.2 rebounds per contest. Jacobson also leads the Big Ten in offensive rebounding, averaging 3.7 offensive rebounds per game.
• Posted his seventh double-figure scoring effort of the season with 10 points against No. 7 Wisconsin on Feb. 9, hitting a game-tying 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in regulation.
• Played a key role in the Huskers' win over No. 20 Purdue on Jan. 29 despite battling the flu, totaling nine points, seven rebounds and two assists, while his steal in the final minute set up NU's go-ahead basket.
• Recorded his second double-double of the season vs. Northwestern on Jan. 8 with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
• Keyed the win over Iowa on Jan. 5 with seven points, a career-high 13 rebounds and three blocked shots.
• Nearly posted a double-double in the win over Maryland, finishing with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and a game-high nine rebounds.
• Jacobson recorded his first career double-double against South Dakota on Dec. 3, finishing with 11 points and setting career bests in both rebounds (10) and assists (five). He also hit a pair of 3-pointers in the win.

Tshimanga gives the Huskers additional size in the post, as he checks in at 6-foot-11, 275-pounds. As a high school senior, he averaged 18.3 points, 14.1 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game at The MacDuffie School.
As a freshman, he is finding his way and comes into the Michigan State game averaging 4.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

• Moved into the starting lineup the last seven games, and is has averaged 8.1 points on 52 percent shooting and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game.
• Totaled 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in 17 minutes in the win over Penn State.
• Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds, including five offensive boards, in just 14 minutes vs. No. 7 Wisconsin.
• Played just 17 minutes at Iowa, but made an impact with 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
• Put together his best offensive effort of the season vs. Michigan State on Feb. 2, totaling 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting and nine rebounds in 24 minutes, setting season bests in points, rebounds and minutes.
• Enjoyed a strong performance at No. 3 Kansas on Dec. 10, where he established then-season bests in points (10), rebounds (eight) and blocked shots (two) in 19 minutes of work.

AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE, OI OI OI
After falling out of the rotation during the first part of conference play, sophomore Jack McVeigh has found his niche as a scorer off the bench for the Huskers. McVeigh, a 6-foot-8 sophomore from Cabarita Beach, Australia, is averaging 7.9 points per game, but has averaged 10.6 points per game over the last 12 contests, becoming one of the Big Ten's best sixth men in the process.

• Keyed NU's comeback at Ohio State, scoring all 11 of his points in the second half in the Huskers' 58-57 win.
• Tied for team-high honors with 15 points, including a half-court shot to beat the buzzer, and added three assists against Penn State.
• His best performance of the season came in the Huskers' win over No. 20 Purdue where he tied his career high with 21 points, including four 3-pointers, and added two blocked shots.
• At Rutgers on Jan. 21, McVeigh nearly led the Huskers to victory, hitting four 3-pointers in the second half, including three in a two-minute span to erase a deficit and put the Huskers up 64-59.
• He provided a spark against Northwestern, as his 3-pointer, his first make in a six-game span, triggered a 14-1 run to end the first half for the Huskers.

McVeigh started NU's first 10 games and averaged 7.8 points per game before playing just 16 minutes in a four-game stretch between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5.

• Against South Dakota on Dec. 3, led NU with a game-high 16 points and grabbing six rebounds.
• He posted his first career 20-point effort in Nebraska's win over Louisiana Tech on Nov. 19, scoring 16 of his 21 points in the second half against the Bulldogs. He went 6-of-11 from the field, including four 3-pointers, and added five rebounds and a pair of steals.
• McVeigh attended the Australian Institute of Sport, a program which has produced numerous NBA players, as well as former Husker Olympian Aleks Maric.

FRESHMEN FINDING ROLES
Nebraska's three-member freshmen class of Jordy Tshimanga, Isaiah Roby and Jeriah Horne have all found ways to make contributions for the Huskers this season. Tshimanga, who was highlighted earlier in the notes, has played in all 27 games, while Roby (26) and Horne (24) have both seen significant time.

Horne has developed into a valuable scoring threat off the bench, averaging 4.2 points per game. He has seen significant action since mid-December, averaging 6.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game over NU's last 16 contests dating back to Dec. 18.

• Horne provided a major spark in Nebraska's win over No. 20 Purdue on Jan. 29, with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting and a season-high seven rebounds in 24 minutes. It marked his fourth double-figure effort since Dec. 20, and NU is unbeaten in those contests.
• Has been in double figures three times in Big Ten play, coming off the bench to score 11 against Indiana and he chipped in 12 points and adding three boards in a season-high 27 minutes in the double OT win over Iowa.
• Horne put together his best performance against Southern on Dec. 20, setting season highs in points (18), field goals (seven), 3-pointers (four), assists (two) and blocked shots (two) while playing just 18 minutes.

Roby has made four starts for the Huskers and played in NU's first 26 games, averaging 3.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He is third on the team in blocked shots with 23 despite playing just 15.0 minutes per game. Roby missed the Ohio State game because of an ankle injury, but returned to action on Thursday's loss at Michigan State.

• He had six points and a pair of rebounds in the win over Penn State.
• Roby shined in the overtime loss against No. 7 Wisconsin, finishing with eight rebounds, three blocked shots and a pair of steals.
• Put together his best performance of the year in NU's win over No. 16 Indiana, scoring eight points, including a slam dunk which was the No. 5 play on SportsCenter, and adding six rebounds and three assists against the Hoosiers.
• Established career highs in both rebounds (eight) and blocked shots (four) against Ohio State on Jan. 18.