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    Game Day Essentials: Game #16 at Purdue

      Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-6) vs Michigan Wolverines (10-4)

      Location: Mackey Arena (14,240)

      Date: Sunday, Jan 12, 2014

      Time: 11 am, CST

      TV: BTN

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      Radio: Across the state on the IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington.

      Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka; Color: Matt Davison

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    Purdue Info

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    Head Coach: Matt Painter

    Location: West Lafayette, IN

    Conference: B1G 10

    Nickname: Boilermakers

    Mascots: Boilermaker Special, Purdue Pete

    Last time out: Lost to Minnesota

    Typical Rotation Depth: 10 players +

    Line: Purdue by 7

    Offense: Everything in the paint

    Tempo: Run and Gun

    Fun Fact: Purdue gets 43% of their minutes off the bench, 8th highest % in Div I

    Possible Starters

    Huskers

    0 Tai Webster 6-4 194 Fr

    15 Ray Gallegos 6-2 182 Sr

    5 Terran Petteway 6-6 209 Jr

    31 Shavon Shields 6-7 219 So

    35 Walter Pitchford 6-10 234 So

    Boilermakers

    3 Ronnie Johnson 6-0 178 So

    0 Terone Johnson 6-4 198 Sr

    35 Rapheal Davis 6-5 211 So

    5 Basil Smotherman 6-5 222 Fr

    20 A.J. Hammons 7-0 251 So

    Keys to the Game for the Huskers

    • Slowing down Purdue's Transition Game
    • Containing A.J. Hammons
    • Keeping Purdue off the offensive glass

    The Skinny

    Purdue is a young team that constantly rotates players. Thus they have depth and players with inconsistent game by game minutes. Center AJ Hammons along with the unrelated Johnsons play the most minutes.

    Driving to the rim was a great game plan against Michigan due to their lack of shot blocking. Purdue is one of the best at blocking shots so the Huskers need to fire up their mid-range game or perhaps even pass to a teammate for what might be an easier shot (this is known as an assist)

    This is a game projected into the high 70s for both teams but Miles has been pretty good at slowing down the other team's fast break. It's a tall order for the Huskers to go on the road Sunday morning and win but if their shooting resembles anything like against Michigan, they can win this game.

    Prediction: Purdue 68 - Nebraska 64




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