Game Day Essentials: Game #11 vs Rhode Island

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Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-4) vs Rhode Island Rams (6-3)

 

 

Date: Sunday, Dec 13th, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m. CST
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena
Capacity: 15,000

 

 

Broadcast Information

Online Only: WatchESPN

Announcers: Jordan Bernfield and Kevin Lehman

 

 

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington.

Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka
Expert Analysis: Matt Davison

 

 

Scouting Rhode Island

Rhode Island Info

 

Head Coach: Dan Hurley
Location: Providence, RI
Conference: A-10
Nickname: Rams
Mascot: Rhody the Ram
Last time out: Beat Houston
Typical Rotation Depth: 8 players
Tempo: Slow Ride
Offensive Style: To the rim, half court
Defensive Style: Pressure, Tenacious
Line: Nebraska by 1.5
Famous Alumni: Lamar Odom

 

Miles Presser
http://www.huskers.c...dbml?id=4811425

 

Player to watch: Four McGlynn

 

Rhode Island overall is a pretty terrible 3pt shooting team with the exception of Towson transfer McGlynn who hits at a 38% clip. (Freshman Christion Thompson also is viable though doesn't play a ton) McGlynn also is easily the best FT shooter on a team that shoots and misses a lot from the charity stripe.

 

The Skinny

 

The Huskers need to play with the type of urgency a game like this demands as Rhode Island is a fringe NCAA tourney team and a loss represents another win you need in the B1G in order to make the post season. Dan Hurley's squad is fairly short and missing E.C. Matthews but is extremely physical and will be a grind in their first true road game of the year.

 

The Rams remind you a lot of the 2013-14 Huskers where they run a stingy defense, operate at a slow pace, and make their living at the FT line. The keys to a Nebraska win on defense will discipline in their pack defense and keeping beefy post players like Hassan Martin and Earl Watson off the offensive boards. On offense, it's about holding onto the ball against a team that turns you over and keeping patient as an average shooting day should do the trick. This is one of the few times where a faster pace favors the Huskers so any sort of running game that's egged on by the crowd should be to our benefit.

 

Once again Michael Jacobson will get the start as at the moment Miles wants to pair Jacboson(offense) with Benny (Defense) and Watson(O)/Hammond(D). For those wanting to see Watson start it might unfortunately take a Husker loss to re-shuffle the lineup again.

 

This should be yet another good test to see where a young Huskers team is at. You hope that Creighton doesn't beat Nebraska again and that a 1pm Sunday crowd can help against a Rhode Island team playing its first road game.

 

Prediction: Nebraska 66 - Rhode Island 62 with a 42% chance of Runzas

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Probable Starters
Rhode Island                         stats
No. Name ****** ..............Yr... Ht. Wt. G/GS.. PPG.. RPG.. Other
04 Four McGlynn....... G Sr* 6-2 200.. 8/7... 11.6.. 1.9.. 39.2% 3-ptrs
12 Hassan Martin....... F Jr.. 6-7 230.. 8/8... 11.5.. 6.1.. 2.8 bpg
23 Kuran Iverson....... F Jr... 6-9 215.. 8/8... 11.5.. 5.4.. 1.4 apg
32 Jared Terrell......... G So.. 6-3 215.. 8/8... 11.4.. 4.6.. 2.5 apg
01 Jarvis Garrett....... G So.. 6-0 175.. 8/8... 10.5... 4.6.. 3.6 apg

Bench                                     stats
No. Name ******................. Yr... Ht. Wt. G/GS.. PPG.. RPG.. Other
33 Earl Watson............. C Sr.. 6-7 245.. 8/0... 6.4.. 4.0.. 0.1apg
25 Christion Thompson G Fr.. 6-4 190.. 8/0... 3.9.. 2.1.. 1.0 apg
45 Nicola Akele............. F Fr.. 6-7 210.. 8/0... 1.4.. 1.9.. 0.1 apg


Probable Starters*

Nebraska                           stats

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

0* Tai Webster          G   Jr 6-4 196  9/9      9.3   4.4   2.0 apg

3* Andrew White       G   Jr 6-7 216  9/9    16.3   4.9   0.1 apg

30* Ed Morrow, Jr      F   Fr 6-7 225  9/1     3.8   4.2   0.2 apg

31* Shavon Shields G/F Sr 6-7 225  9/9   15.9   5.1   2.9 apg

32* Benny Parker      G  Sr 5-9 175  9/9     4.0    2.3  2.3 apg  

 

#12 Michael Jacobson may start in place of #30 Ed Morrow, Jr.

                 

Probable Rotation

Nebraska                           stats

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

5* Glynn Watson, Jr   G   Fr   6-0   165  9/0   8.1  2.2   2.8 apg

10 Jack McVeigh      G/F  Fr  6-8   210  9/0   6.1  3.2   1.0 apg

11 Bakari Evelyn        G   Fr  6-2   178  6/0   2.5  0.8   0.5 apg

12 Michael Jacobson F    Fr  6-8   222  9/0   3.6  3.0   0.1 apg

23 Nick Fuller           G/F  So 6-7   204   8/0   2.1  1.9   0.3 apg

24* Jake Hammond    F   So 6-10  235  9/8   4.1  4.6   0.2 apg