Game Day Essentials: Game #13 vs Prairie View

[hhcmatt]

Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-5) vs Prairie View A&M Panthers (0-10)

 

 

 

Date: Tuesday, Dec 22th, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena
Capacity: 15,000

 

 

Broadcast Information

TV: No

Online: BTN Plus (pay)

Announcers: You tell me

 

 

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

Prairie View A&M Info

 

Head Coach: Byron Rimm II
Location: Prairie View, Texas
Conference: SWAC
Nickname: Panthers
Last time out: Lost to Texas State
Typical Rotation Depth: 9-10 players
Offensive Style: In the paint
Defensive Style: Pressure, Zone
Shirt Not to wear: Purple, Gold, Cat
Notable Alumni: Mr T
Line: None

 

Player to watch: Admassu Williams

 

Prairie likes to pound it in the paint so Nebraska will have to deal with the 6'8" 240# Williams. Anytime he does manage to beat a Husker team that will be playing pack defense all night you should foul hard and put his 58% FT shooting to the test.

 

The Skinny

 

Let's do some bad news/good news

 

Good News: This is literally the worst 3pt shooting team in Div 1 as their 24.2% shooting is ranked 351 out of 351 so we should be able to spend all day doubling down and denying in the post while not really worrying about them making us pay. They're also the worst team in Div I in terms of turnovers so there is a delightful chance you'll get to see a series of breakaway dunks. Finally, this is a bad team...Nebraska doesn't have to be at their best to beat them.

 

Bad News: This is also a zone running, pressure generating team which is the sort of defense that had the Husker take a figurative dump on the court this Sunday. If you read the post game writeups for opponents like UNLV, TCU, and Wisconsin they're all about ugly, foul ridden games where the home team finally put it together in the second half for an unsatisfying, double digit win. It really seems like this is the type of game we're in store for.

 

I don't exactly see us scrapping everything just because we blew a game at home against an inferior opponent but you have to wonder how much last game got the old assessment juices flowing. Is Nebraska going to run the same game plan they ran for Samford, but this time with feeling? Will we just hero ball our way to a win once again? Are we ready to go to even more of a youth movement not because we're giving up but because it's our best chance to win?
Prediction: Nebraska 75 - Prarie View A&M 59 with a 76% chance of Runzas

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[Bugeaters1]

Announcers the silent ones.

[HuskerFever]

I'm glad we didn't have to wait an entire week after that last loss. Let's get this win and move on.

[hal9000]

 

Prediction: Nebraska 70 - Samford 55 with a 72% chance of Runzas

 

I'll take that bet

[AuroranHusker]

Bonus: Jason Dourisseau will be in attendance tonight. GBR

 

[hhcmatt]

 

 

Prediction: Nebraska 70 - Samford 55 with a 72% chance of Runzas

 

I'll take that bet

 

 

I'm good for a couple of those a year

[Silverbacked1]

Bonus: Jason Dourisseau will be in attendance tonight. GBR

 

https://twitter.com/JRD_Huskers/status/679311860831617024

Bet he will like the HUSKER POWER chant.

[Red Don]

Probable Starters - Praire ViewA & M
No. Name ******........... Yr....... Ht... Wt. G/GS.... PPG. RPG.. Other
5 Tevin Bellinger............ Jr.. G.. 6-0.. 180 10/10... 13.4.. 2.5.. 1.4 apg
25 Ja’Donta Blakely....... Jr.. G.. 6-2.. 180. 10/3...... 1.7.. 1.1.. 1.2 apg
14 Zachary Hamilton..... So.. F.. 6-4.. 200. 10/3...... 7.4.. 3.9.. 1.2 spg
30 Karim York............... Sr.. F... 6-9.. 225.. 9/6....... 6.4.. 3.8.. 0.3 apg
23 Admassu Williams..... Jr.. F... 6-8.. 240 10/10... 12.1.. 7.8.. 1.1 bpg

 

Probable Starters* - Nebraska

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

0* ..Tai Webster ............G.. Jr.. 6-4 ..196 12/12... 9.3.. 3.8.. 2.0 apg

3* ..Andrew White .........G.. Jr.. 6-7.. 216 12/12.. 16.9. 5.6.. 0.3 apg

12* Michael Jacobsen... F.. Fr.. 6-8.. 222 12/3..... 4.1.. 3.2.. 0.4 apg

31* Shavon Shields ....G/F. Sr ..6-7.. 225 12/12. 16.1.. 5.5.. 2.8 apg

32* Benny Parker .........G.. Sr.. 5-9.. 175 12/12... 3.8.. 2.2.. 2.0 apg

 

Probable Rotation*
No. Name ****** ...............Yr... Ht. ...Wt. G/GS PPG.. RPG.. Other
5* Glynn Watson, Jr..... G.. Fr.. 6-0.. 165 12/0... 7.9... 2.1.. 2.7 apg
10 Jack McVeigh........ G/F. Fr.. 6-8.. 210 12/0.. 4.7... 3.1.. 0.9 apg
11 Bakari Evelyn.......... G.. Fr.. 6-2.. 178. 7/0... 2.1... 0.7.. 0.4 apg
23 Nick Fuller............ G/F. So.. 6-7.. 204.10/0... 2.2.. 2.0.. 0.2 apg
24* Jake Hammond...... F.. So. 6-10. 235 12/8... 3.6.. 4.2.. 0.3 apg
30* Ed Morrow, Jr......... F.. Fr... 6-7.. 225 12/1... 3.0.. 3.6.. 0.2 apg
(*) - Possible Starter

Bench
4.. Johnny Trueblood.. G - Fr.. 6-4, 195.....4/0 - 1.0 - 0.3 - 0.5
15 Malcolm Laws....... G - So. 6-1, 190.....3/0 - 0.3 - 0.3 - 0.0
20 Tanner Borchardt.... F - Fr.. 6-8, 274.....3/0 - 1.3 - 0.7 - 0.0

[AuroranHusker]

Kent Pavelka

 

Lincoln, NE · 

 

 

 

Good to see Brandon Ubel at PBA - back from Belgium. Maybe Coach Miles can sneak him into the game. #Nebrasketball

 

[49r]

Hey, Bugeaters1 can we get a game thread? I have a video I want to get posted before I head in to the arena!

[HuskerFever]

 

Kent Pavelka

 

Lincoln, NE · 

 

 

 

Good to see Brandon Ubel at PBA - back from Belgium. Maybe Coach Miles can sneak him into the game. #Nebrasketball

 

 

 

 

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