No. 13 Huskers Look to Cap Perfect Non-Con Slate with New Hampshire

No.	Season	Win Streak	Date Started	Date Ended
1.	2024-25/25-26	13 games	3-31-25	present
2.	1990-91	14 games	11-28-90	1-22-91
	1911-12/12-13	14 games	1-27-12	1-25-13
4	1919-20/20-21	13 games	2-6-20	1-3-21
	1897-98/1900-01	13 games	2-22-1898	1901**
6.	1912-13	12 games	1-31-13	3-12-13
7.	2010-11	11 games	11-20-10	1-12-11
	1993-94	11 games	12-3-93	1-19-94
	1905-06/06-07	11 games	2-25-06	2-15-07

• With the 83-80 win at No. 13 Illinois on Dec. 13, the Huskers are now 10-11 in the last 21 games against ranked teams, including a 6-6 mark in true road games. Prior to that, NU had lost 24 straight against ranked teams dating back to the 2019 Big Ten Tournament. 

• The Huskers are third in the Big Ten and 31st nationally with 10.8 3-pointers made per game as of Dec. 27. Nebraska's 11.2 3-pointers per game are 3.9 more 3-pointers per game than last season after 12 games and marks is the best early-season start for a Fred Hoiberg team at NU.

• Nebraska has made 10-or-more 3-pointers eight times in 12 games, including 17 against FIU and 15 vs. Oklahoma.  It marked only the seventh and eighth time in school history that NU had at least 15 3-pointers in a game. Last year, the Huskers hit 10-or-more 3-pointers just seven times in 35 contests. 

• Nebraska comes into the New Hampshire game averaging 83.3 ppg, which is the Huskers' highest scoring average after 12 games since the 1995-96 season (89.9 ppg). The 1995-96 team marked the last time Nebraska averaged 80.0 ppg in a season.  Nebraska's 48.2 percent shooting as a team is on pace to be the Huskers' highest field goal percentage since 2000-01 (.487). 

• NU's team 2.01-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio leads the Big Ten and ranks third nationally as of Dec. 27. NU is one of three Big Ten teams in the top six nationally in that category (Purdue, 4th; Northwestern 6th). It is on track to shatter the school mark of 1.81 set in 1984-85. NU's best assist-to-turnover ratio under Hoiberg is 1.38-to-1 in 2023-24.

• Nebraska had 22 assists and just six turnovers in the win over North Dakota, the fourth time this year that the Huskers have had at least 20 assists and six or fewer turnovers (Winthrop, at Oklahoma, at Illinois).

• Nebraska enters Tuesday's game with New Hampshire ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 18th nationally with 19.1 assists per game. It is an increase of 4.9 assists per game from last season. NU has averaged 20 assists only two times in school history (1990-91 and 1984-85), and Nebraska's highest assist per game total under Hoiberg is 15.3 per game in 2023-24.

•Nine Huskers have posted double-figure efforts this season, while four players have had at least one 20-point performance (Pryce Sandfort-5; Rienk Mast-4; Braden Frager-2; Jamarques Lawrence-1).

• The Huskers posted their second double-digit comeback of the season against USC Upstate on Nov. 29, overcoming a 12-point first-half deficit. During its 16-game win streak, NU now has four comebacks from 10+ points (Arizona State, UCF, Oklahoma and USC Upstate). NU also trailed by nine in the first half in the win over North Dakota.

• Over the last three-plus seasons, NU is 47-3 (.940) when holding foes to under 1.00 PPP and 48-5 when holding opponents to under 70 points. Nebraska has improved its KenPom defensive efficiency in each of the past three seasons and is on track to continue that trend early in 2025-26.

• Nebraska has held eight of its 12 opponents to under 1.0 points per possession, including four of the last five opponents. 

• Nebraska has won a school-record 21 straight non-conference games dating back to Nov. 22, 2024. It is also the nation's longest non-conference win streak. NU has also won 15 straight home games against non-conference foes dating back to the 2023-24 season. 

• Rienk Mast is one of 11 players nationally - and five from power conference teams - averaging at least 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as of Dec. 27.  He comes into the New Hampshire game averaging a career-high 17.0 points per game on 53 percent shooting, including 40 percent from 3-point range. 

• Mast (1,600 points, 978 rebounds) is one of two active Division I players with at least 1,500 points and 900 rebounds as of Dec. 18, joining Gonzaga's Graham Ike (2,163 points, 995 rebounds). Mast also ranks in the top 15 among active NCAA players in points, rebounds and games played. 

• Pryce Sandfort has been one of the Big Ten's top transfers, as he enters the New Hampshire game averaging 16.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Sandfort has a team-high five 20-point games, including a career-high 32 points at No. 13 Illinois on Dec. 13.

• Sandfort is making a similar leap that his brother Payton made between his second and third collegiate seasons. The elder Sandfort saw his scoring average jump from 10.3 to 16.4 while also averaging more than two more rebounds per game as a junior. 

• Nebraska is 46-14 (.767) over the past three-plus seasons when Sam Hoiberg plays at least 20 minutes. The senior is setting career bests in nearly every category, including scoring (8.7 ppg), rebounding (4.5 rpg), assists (4.0 apg) and steals (1.7 spg). Over the last four games dating back to Dec. 7, he is averaging 12.4 ppg on 49 percent shooting along with 4.3 assists per game, while posting a 17-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. 

• Braden Frager has emerged as one of the top freshmen in the Big Ten as he comes into Tuesday's game with New Hampshire averaging 11.3 points per game. He earned his second Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Award on Dec. 22 following his 17-point, four-rebound performance against North Dakota.  He is sixth among Big Ten freshmen in scoring despite starting just one of NU's first 12 contests. He was named MVP of the Hall of Fame Classic and Big Ten Freshman of the Week last month after averaging 18.0 points on 72 percent shooting and 7.0 rebounds per game in wins over K-State and New Mexico. In the Big Ten era, only one Husker freshman finished the season averaging double figures - Bryce McGowens in 2021-22 (16.8 ppg), while only seven Husker freshman have finished the year averaging double figures. 

• After going 24 seasons without an in-season tournament championship, Nebraska has won two since last Christmas, taking home the Diamond Head Invitational last December and the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City last month. NU's Hall of Fame Classic title marked the first time a Big Ten team won the event since 2014.

• As of Dec. 27, there have been 14 triple-doubles in Division I basketball this season while Nebraska is the only school with multiple players recording a triple double. Over the last seven seasons, only five schools - Nebraska (2025-26), Iowa State (2023-24), Western Kentucky (2021-22), Portland (2021-22) and Utah (2019-20) - have had multiple players record triple-doubles in the same year. 

• NU has 14 double-digit scoring runs this season, which is tied for 16th nationally according to EvanMiya.com.

• Sam Hoiberg became Nebraska's most recent graduate, as he received his degree in media and sports communications on Dec. 20. Hoiberg joins Rienk Mast, Cale Jacobsen and Jared Garcia as graduates on the 2025-26 Husker roster.

North Dakota Recap
Behind Berke Buyuktuncel’s first triple-double, No. 15 Nebraska overcame a slow first half and posted a 78-55 win over North Dakota on Dec. 21.

Buyuktuncel finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists, capping the performance with a 3-pointer with 2:03 remaining before leaving to a standing ovation from the 14,519 fans in attendance. It marked the fourth triple-double in school history and second of the season, as Rienk Mast had one against FIU on Nov. 8.

Buyuktuncel’s effort keyed the Huskers’ second-half outburst, as Nebraska shot 63 percent in the second half and outscored North Dakota 54-29 after halftime enroute to the Huskers’ 16th straight win dating back to last season.

Braden Frager posted a game-high 17 points to lead four Huskers in double figures. Sam Hoiberg tallied 15 points and four assists while Jamarques Lawrence added 13 points and three assists. As a team, the Huskers had 22 assists to just six turnovers against a UND squad which entered the game forcing 16.8 turnovers per game

Notes from the North Dakota Game
• With the win, Nebraska improved to 12-0 on the season, extending its best start in school history. 

• Nebraska has now won 16 straight dating back to last year, extending its own school record streak

• Berke Buyuktuncel‘s triple-double tonight (12 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) was the fourth in school history and the second this season. Before tonight, Buyutuncel never had a double-double in his collegiate career.  

• All four of NU’s triple-doubles have come under Fred Hoiberg – Buyuktuncel and Rienk Mast this year, Dalano Banton in 2020 and Cam Mack in 2019.

• Buyuktuncel’s 10 assists more than doubled his previous career high of four set at Ohio State last year.

•Braden Frager’s 17 points off the bench was NU’s 13th double-figure game of the season. It also marked the second time Frager led NU in scoring this season.

•Nebraska held North Dakota to 33.3 percent shooting, the ninth opponent held under 40 percent this season.