Game Day Essentials: Game #13 vs Southern

[hhcmatt]

Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2) vs Southern Jaguars (10-2)

 

Date: Monday Dec. 30th, 2024

Time: 8:00 pm CST
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena

Broadcast:  BTN

Southern

Head Coach: Kevin Johnson
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Conference: SWAC
Nickname: Jaguars

Last time out: Lost to USC
Shirt not to wear: Yellow, Leopard 

Line: Nebraska by 

Rotation Depth: 12+

Nota bene:  

• This will be the 3rd time that Nebraska has hosted Southern during the Fred Hoiberg era.
• Nebraska is 29-1 all-time vs the SWAC
• Southern is #2 in KenPom's Bench Minutes % stat with 47.7% of their minutes coming off the bench
• Southern is last (364th) in D-1 in KenPom's shot block % by an offense.  The Jaguar's are a poor 3pt shooting team who tries to run their offense through the paint. They also happen to be a relatively small team so the end result is getting their shots blocked repeatedly. (Nebraska's first team under Fred Hoiberg suffered from this same phenomenon)
• The Huskers have been notorious this season for forcing teams to take 3pt shots, currently ranked 358th in D-1 for 3pa/fga percentage. The Jaguars however rank 342nd in this stat so we might see a bunch of 3s tonight
• Rollie Worster is 14 points away from 1,000 career points
• Brice Williams is 8 points away from 1,500 career points

 

Player to watch: Jordan Johnson

The sophomore shooting guard easily leads the team in 3pt attempts. After hitting on 35.8% from deep as a freshman last season, Johnson is hitting a respectable 33.8% on the season.   Johnson also leads a team that focuses on generating turnovers in steals

 

Southern Roster

Player	#	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	Summary
Michael Jacobs	10	JR	G	6-2	200	10.6 Pts 2.2 Reb 2.8 Ast
Jordan Johnson	11	SO	G	6-4	195	10.4 Pts 1.9 Reb 0.7 Ast
Derrick Tezeno	4	SR	G	6-5	205	7.7 Pts 4.6 Reb 0.6 Ast
DaMariee Jones	1	SR	F	6-5	185	7.0 Pts 4.3 Reb 0.6 Ast
AJ Barnes	12	JR	F	6-6	210	6.3 Pts 4.3 Reb 0.7 Ast
Tidjiane Dioumassi	22	SR	G	6-4	200	9.0 Pts 3.8 Reb 5.0 Ast
Cam Amboree	3	JR	G	6-2	160	5.8 Pts 1.2 Reb 2.3 Ast
Joe Manning	2	JR	G	6-2	175	5.8 Pts 1.0 Reb 0.9 Ast
PJ Dobuol	24	JR	G	6-8	180	5.6 Pts 4.0 Reb 0.5 Ast
Dionjahe Thomas	8	SO	F	6-8	230	5.2 Pts 3.1 Reb 0.3 Ast
Brentay Noel	0	JR	F	6-10	220	4.1 Pts 2.9 Reb 0.5 Ast
Jayce Depron	5	FR	G	6-3	175	3.3 Pts 1.0 Reb 0.2 Ast
Andre Nunley	9	SR	G	5-10	180	1.8 Pts 1.4 Reb 0.5 Ast

 

 

 

UNL Game Notes

 

Roster/infirmary report

2    Guard    Ahron Ulis     6-3    190 lbs    Senior (Could be out with an ankle)

 

Possible starters for Nebraska

3    Guard    Brice Williams     6-7    214 lbs    Senior

4    Forward    Juwan Gary     6-6    226 lbs    Senior

24    Guard    Rollie Worster     6-5    210 lbs    Senior

34    Center    Braxton Meah     7-1    264 lbs    Senior

9    Forward    Berke Büyüktuncel     6-10    244 lbs   

 

Bench

0    Guard    Connor Essegian     6-4    190 lbs    Junior

1    Guard    Sam Hoiberg     6-0    185 lbs    Junior

23    Forward    Andrew Morgan     6-10    242 lbs    Senior 

31    Guard    Cale Jacobsen     6-4    195 lbs    Sophomore

12    Guard    Gavin Griffiths     6-7    193 lbs    Sophomore

5    Forward    Braden Frager     6-7    220 lbs    Freshman
8    Guard    Jeffrey Grace III     6-3    200 lbs    Junior
20    Forward    Justin Bolis     6-8    225 lbs    Sophomore
25    Guard    Nick Janowski     6-4    208 lbs    Freshman

35    Forward    Henry Burt     6-7    222 lbs    Sophomore

 

Out for year
51    Forward    Rienk Mast     6-10    260 lbs    Senior

 

The Skinny: 

The key to Southern's wins this season has been offensive rebounds. The key to Nebraska keeping this a winnable game is to keep this undersized but springy Jaguar team off the glass.  Southern will pressure the ball but Nebraska won't be rattled much by this. The Jags don't possess the 3pt firepower needed to give Nebraska a run.

 

With Nebraska playing their last pay game of the season, it'd be as good as any time to fire up Gavin Griffiths and Cale Jacobsen, especially if Ahron Ulis is still unavailable. In a winnable game where the defense will give you threes, it should be safe to go deeper into the bench.

 

Prediction: Nebraska 81 - Southern 62

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[hhcmatt]

Tidjiane Dioumassi is a 6'5" PG who started every game for Southern last year and in Southern's first game this season scored 30 points.

He has not played in 4 of the last 5 games, no idea why.

[hskr4life]

Heads up-- you still have the Diamond Head Classic listed... hopefully we can continue to play like we did in Hawaii even though we aren't there! LOL

[Nighthawk]

5 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Heads up-- you still have the Diamond Head Classic listed... hopefully we can continue to play like we did in Hawaii even though we aren't there! LOL

 

Speaking of winning?  Anyone know of the Football team will be there representing or are they going to hold off doing anything (if at all) until we get back into conference play?  Or is the Pinstripe Bowl not worthy of an appearance at a basketball game? 

Edited December 30, 2024 by Nighthawk

[Huskerpapa]

I would hope that they would wait for the students to return.  I would also guess that many of the players have gone home for a few days.

[HuskerFever]

2 hours ago, Nighthawk said:

Speaking of winning?  Anyone know of the Football team will be there representing or are they going to hold off doing anything (if at all) until we get back into conference play?  Or is the Pinstripe Bowl not worthy of an appeal at a basketball game? 

 

It's nearly been a decade since the last time they did this. They might need to dust off that AD playbook.

[Nighthawk]

15 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

 

It's nearly been a decade since the last time they did this. They might need to dust off that AD playbook.

I'm guessing yesterday's showing at the game was the extent that they are going to do. Move on to Spring football game.