Game Day Essentials: Game #14 at Iowa

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Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-13) vs Iowa Hawkeyes (16-10)

Date: Sunday, February 22, 2015

Time: 2 pm, CST

Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena

Capacity:15,000

TV: BTN

Broadcast Information

Television: Big Ten Network

Online: BTN.com and BTN2GO

Announcers: Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris

Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 84); XM (84)

Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka

Expert Analysis: Matt Davison

Iowa Scouting Thread

Iowa Info

Head Coach: Fran McCaffery

Location: Iowa City, IA

Conference: B1G 10

Nickname: Hawkeyes, Hawks

Mascots: Herky the Hawk

Last time out: Beat Ohio State

Typical Rotation Depth: 8-9 players

Shirt not to wear: yellow, bird

Fun Fact: Due to B1G scheduling this will be the last year you see Mike Gesell playing in Lincoln

Line: Iowa by 1

The Skinny

The Huskers switched it up on Thursday in Maryland and while they didn't win, they finally showed they could play on the road. Nebraska will continue to change things up as Nick Fuller will make his first career start. Hopefully the Huskers will continue to respond.

Iowa has been inconsistent in conference play so it's tough to know which team shows up on Sunday. They tend to do worse in slower games or games where they can't force turnovers, so a controlled Nebraska squad like the one that came up short in Iowa City has a good chance in this game.

This game is going to come down to free throws though which is a strength of the Hawkeyes and recently a huge problem for the Huskers. Nebraska knows Aaron White and Gabriel Olaseni are fouls waiting to happen. How they defend and how the game is called will make the difference.

Nebraska tends to play inspired ball when former players come home. Expect that to continue

Prediction: Nebraska 69 - Iowa 62

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Probable Starters

Nebraska                                          2014-15 stats

No. Name  *            Pos Yr.  Ht.   Wt.    G/GS   PPG   RPG   Other

5   Terran Petteway   G    Jr    6-6   215   26/26     18.3    4.9      3.0 Apg

11 Tarin Smith           G    Fr    6-2   175   26/1        4.2    1.8      0.6 Apg

21  Leslee Smith        F    Sr    6-8   255   11/4        3.2    2.3       0.4 Apg

23 Nick Fuller           F   RFr   6-7  207   13/0         2.1    1.2      0.3 Apg

31  Shavon Shields  G/F   Jr    6-7   221   26/26     15.7    6.2      2.2 Apg

                   

Iowa                                                 2014-15 stats

No. Name  *            Pos Yr.  Ht.   Wt.    G/GS   PPG   RPG   Other

3    Peter Jok              G    So   6-6   200    26/14     7.2    2.6      30/32 FTs

10  Mike Gesell           F    Jr    6-2   190    26/26      7.2    2.0      3.6 Apg

20  Jarrod Uthoff         F    Jr    6-9   210    26/26     12.3    6.0     1.8 Apg

30  Aaron White          F    Sr   6-9  228     26/26     14.5    7.0      1.3 Spg

34  Adam Woodbury   C   Jr    7-1  245     26/26       7.1    5.1      50.7% FGs