Postgame Notes

  • With the win, Nebraska improved to 17-0 this season, extending the best start to a season in program history. The Huskers are now one of only four unbeaten teams in the country following Iowa State’s loss at Kansas Tuesday night.
  • The win also extended the Huskers’ school-record win streak to 21 games dating back to last season.
  • Nebraska scored 90 points in the win, its fourth 90-point game of the season. The four 90-point games in a season tie for ninth in school history.
  • The 35-point margin of victory was Nebraska’s largest in Big Ten play, topping the previous high of 34 at Rutgers on Jan. 9, 2016.
  • The Huskers have hit the 90-point mark twice in Big Ten Conference play. This marks the second time Nebraska has scored 90 points in multiple Big Ten games since joining the conference in 2011-12. The 2017-18 squad also had two 90-point games in conference play. Overall, tonight marked the 10th time Nebraska has scored 90 points in a Big Ten Conference game.
  • The Huskers won by 35 points, marking their second 30-point victory in three Big Ten Conference home games this season.
  • Nebraska was 17-of-36 from the 3-point line, finishing one 3-pointer shy of tying the school record of 18 3-pointers, set against Kansas on Feb. 24, 2002.
  • The Huskers’ 17 3-pointers against Oregon tied a Pinnacle Bank Arena record set against FIU on Nov. 8. It is also the 11th time NU has had 10-or-more 3-pointers.
  • Nebraska tied its season high with 11 steals, a feat it also accomplished against FIU in the second game of the season. Overall, the Huskers have three games this season with double-digit steals.
  • The Huskers had 20 assists in the game, marking the ninth time this season Nebraska has recorded 20 or more assists.
  • Pryce Sandfort and Braden Frager each made seven 3-pointers, which tied for the most threes by a Husker in a game at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Overall, Sandfort and Frager both finished one 3-pointer shy of the school record of eight 3-pointers, set by Cary Cochran against Baylor on Feb. 27, 2002.
  • Sandfort finished with 28 points, his sixth 20-point game this season and second in Big Ten play.
  • Frager scored a career-high 23 points, his third career 20-point game and first in a Big Ten Conference game.
  • Sandfort and Frager gave Nebraska two 20-point scorers, marking the fourth time this season the Huskers have had multiple players score 20 or more points in a game.
  • Sam Hoiberg recorded a career-high six steals in the win. The six steals were two shy of the school record and were the most ever by a Husker at Pinnacle Bank Arena. His previous career best was four, set five other times, most recently against Winthrop on Nov. 25. Hoiberg’s six steals is the most by a Husker since Glynn Watson Jr. had 6 vs. Long Beach State on Nov. 26, 2017.

Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg

On if the game plan was executed
“The biggest thing for us was competing with them on the glass. That's a top 25 offensive rebounding team, and we held them to zero in the first half. And I told the guys in the locker room it’s the power of finishing a half the right way and getting the momentum. I give Oregon a lot of credit for the way they came out, and it was, I'm not mistaken. 28 to 28 with about three minutes to go, and then we end up with a double digit lead going into halftime. Then I was really proud of how the guys responded, coming out and throwing the first punch, and then really keeping our foot on the gas for the entire 20 minutes in the second. The travel that Oregon has had this last week is crazy. To play west or on the east coast, and then fly back for one game and then come back. I give these guys a lot of credit for the way that they came out of the gate. And Dana's (Altman) one of the best to ever do it. And they're gonna, they're gonna figure it out and hopefully be home and get some rest. But I'm proud of our guys. They really did. We talked about that before the game. If we win the glass, we're gonna have a really good chance to win the game. And that's what happened.”

On defense activity making up for lack of size
“They started big, and a lot of times Sam (Hoiberg) got switched off onto a 6’10” guy. But I really thought he battled down there and was all over the place, I think he had five steals at halftime. Look at our numbers. I love the 20 assists, six turnovers, the 11 steals, scoring 24 points off of turnovers. I just thought we did a lot of really good things out there tonight. And the thing I'm most proud of is the times we've gotten a lead and then allowed a team to come back. We just kept extending it. I told (Braden) Frager in the first half, ‘shoot the damn ball.’ He had a couple, I thought, wide open, that he just drove into a crowd and drove into a pile. And it was good to see him get it going. Pyrce (Sandfort), obviously it's fun to watch him. We've got different actions based on where he is on the floor, at all different spots. Our guys did a really good job finding him. They screened well. Then it was good to see Braden (Frager) get it going again as well, to extend that lead up into the 30s.” 

Redshirt freshman forward Braden Frager

On the emphasis of getting out in transition
“We knew we could attack that. We were getting easy, open looks in transition so we just kept attacking that. Jamarques (Lawrence) was obviously the head of that bringing it up with. It just opened up a lot of things, and we ran up the court.”

Junior forward Pryce Sandfort

On the momentum after the game
“We started to be more physical defensively I think and then we were really getting buckets in transition. We were getting the ball up the court quick and I thought our offensive flow really started to get into a groove.” 

On if there was a specific game plan
“At halftime, I think they had zero offensive rebounds, so great job coming out, executing the game plan, and getting in there and playing off two. That was the emphasis at half. I had a couple of drives in there where I fumbled the ball, but we got into that in the second half.” 

Oregon Head Coach Dana Altman

On what allowed Nebraska to take over
“It’s the points off turnovers and the second chance points. They had 11 at halftime, second chance points. It was a two or three point game, they got a couple offensive rebound putbacks. We had bad turnovers that led to easy baskets and then the game got away from us. It really happened there with the second chance points in the first half and 23-24 off turnovers, our guard play was not moving the ball enough and had really bad turnovers.”

On what he attributes the turnovers to
“Nebraska’s activity is really good. Defensively, they’re really solid. Sam (Hoiberg) is just really active. I think he had five steals in the first half. I don’t know what he ended up with, but his activity defensively just changes the game. He really, really is active. Like I said, our guard, Wei (Lin) is way out of his league there, just handling the ball. He’s not used to playing in the United States and without Jackson (Shelstad) to settle him down or help him a little bit. 16 turnovers for 23 points and a 19 point difference takes you out of the game. I think it was 11-0 or 11-2 on second chance points, we were bad right there.”