Bernard Garner was one of the most prolific two-year players in school history. Garner has the eighth-highest scoring total among two-year NU players with 649 career points. He started 43 games in his NU career and finished with two-year averages of 10.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Garner was Nebraska's leading rebounder as a junior, averaging 6.3 boards per game. As a senior, Garner was NU's top reserve, averaging 9.9 points per contests and was named to the Big 12's All-Bench Team.
Garner's Career Highs
Points: 22, Weber State, 11/26/96
Rebounds: 13, Iowa State, 2/3/96; Oklahoma, 2/25/96
Assists: 4, vs. Cincinnati, 12/31/96; at Iowa State, 2/22/97
Steals: 4, vs. Oregon, 12/29/95; Kansas State, 1/15/97
Garner's Career Stats
Season | G-GS | Min. | FG-FGA | Pct. | 3FG-FGA | Pct. | FT-FTA | Pct. | Reb-Avg | A | Blk | Stl | Pts-Avg |
1995-96 | 35-34 | 952 | 146-261 | .559 | 5-25 | .200 | 76-108 | .704 | 222-6.3 | 34 | 22 | 38 | 373-10.7 |
1996-97 | 28-9 | 727 | 100-230 | .435 | 19-69 | .275 | 57-79 | .722 | 151-5.4 | 45 | 12 | 21 | 276-9.9 |
Career | 63-43 | 1679 | 246-491 | .501 | 24-94 | .255 | 133-187 | .711 | 373-5.9 | 79 | 34 | 59 | 649-10.3 |