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Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-10) vs Maryland Terrapins (19-3)


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Date: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
Time: 7:30 p.m. CST
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena
Capacity: 15,000

 

Broadcast Information

Television: BTN

Online: BTN2Go

Announcers: Kevin Kugler and Jon Crispin


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

 

Maryland Scouting Thread

Maryland Info
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Head Coach: Mark Turgeon
Location: College Park, MD
Conference: B1G 10
Nickname: Terrapins, Terps
Mascots:Testudo
Last time out: Beat Ohio St
Typical Rotation Depth: 8-9 deep
Line: Maryland by 3
Offense: "Maryland Motion", turnover prone

 

Defense: Suffocating
Tempo: Medium Pace

 

 

 

Shirt Not to Wear: Maroon, Gold, Under Armor, Turtle.
Fun Fact: Mark Turgeon's dad lives in Lincoln.

 


Player to watch: Melo Trimble

 

Trimble has been hitting some killer shots when needed but if you look at his long range shooting numbers they're down this year as Melo is only hitting from 34% from 3 this year and 29% in conference. He is however distributing the ball more in this stacked offensive team and we've yet to hold him under 20 points in his career.

 

 

 

Player to watch: Diamond Stone

 

5 star Frosh Center Stone has been one of the best offensive rebounders in the country along with almost always scoring in double digits. Stone put up 39 points earlier against Penn St and is a nightmare matchup for a Husker squad that was just torched by AJ Hammons.

 


The Skinny

 

 

Maryland trots in a top 5 squad that is battling for the B1G conference championship and has Final 4 aspirations, adding Stone and Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon to most of last year's break through squad. However, the Terps have been playing most of their road games fairly close and probably are not overly focused on a Nebraska squad on a two game losing streak.

 

The Terps have had off-nights on offense and won this year. Maryland's only 3 loses of the season have also been their 3 least efficient defensive games. In some regards, this more offensively talented Nebraska squad is better equipped to win vs Maryland than any of their better defensive teams of the last two years.

 

While it will be tempting to fire away from 3, the Huskers should keep continuing to attack the rim and crash the boards against a Maryland team surprisingly vulnerable on the boards. There will be chances to force turnovers but most any press will be to run shot clock against a team like Maryland that will punish most pressure with easy transition finishes.

 

Unfortunately, the Husker's best game still might not be enough to take down Maryland.

 


Prediction: Maryland 78 - Nebraska 68 with a 65% Chance of Runza



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Maryland Likely Starters                

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

2   Melo Trimble           G  So. 6-3   185 22/22 14.5   2.9   5.4 apg

0   Rasheed Sulaimon G  Sr   6-4   190 22/22 10.5   3.5   3.8 apg

10 Jake Layman          F  Sr   6-9   220 22/22 11.0   5.6   1.0 bpg

4   Robert Carter         F  Jr    6-9   235 22/22 13.2   6.9  1.5 bpg

33 Diamond Stone      C  Fr  6-11   255 22/9   12.8   5.5  1.3 bpg

 

 

Nebraska – Likely Starters

No Name                     Po Ht.   Wt. Yr. GP/GS (mins)   PPG RPG APG
3    Andrew White III     G   6-7  216  Jr. 22/22 - 28.5       17.0  6.0   0.7
5    Glynn Watson Jr.   G   6-0  165  Fr. 22/10 - 22.6        8.5   1.7   2.5
12  Michael Jacobson  F   6-8  222  Fr. 22/13 - 15.8        3.9   3.5   0.4
31  Shavon Shields   G/F  6-7  225 Sr.  22/22 - 30.3      15.8   5.0   2.9
32  Benny Parker       G    5-9  175 Sr.  22/22 - 25.4        4.7   2.3   2.3  
Rotation                  
0    Tai Webster         G    6-4   196  Jr.  22/12 - 26.9     10.3  4.0   1.8
10  Jack McVeigh     G/F  6-8   210  Fr.  22/0 -  17.0       5.2   3.0   1.1
11  Bakari Evelyn       G   6-2   178  Fr.  12/0 -   5.6        1.8   0.7   0.3
23  Nick Fuller          G/F  6-7   204  So. 15/0 -  7.5        2.4   1.5    0.1
24  Jake Hammond     F  6-10  235  So. 18/8 - 11.6        2.5  3.2    0.2
30  Ed Morrow Jr.        F   6-7   225  Fr.  22/1 - 14.1        3.6  3.5    0.1  
Bench                  
4   Johnny Trueblood  G  6-4   195  Fr.   7/0 - 3.6           0.7   0.3   0.6
15  Malcolm Laws       G  6-1   190  So.   5/0 - 3.4          0.2   0.4   0.0
20 Tanner Borchardt   F  6-8   274  Fr.   6/0 - 4.0           0.7   1.0   0.0

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