uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 10- Murray State

Ugly. Mucked up game. 
 

Took Bryce out of it with physical ply not being called.

Favored by 6 metrics wise, won by 17.

Never reallllly in doubt.

Holiday hoops hangover. Looked sluggish both ways at times and it’s not surprising considering where we’re playing.

Apparently the Three Stooges were informed before tip-off that this was a football game or rugby match.  These aggravated physical assault allowed type of games are not enjoyable to watch.  I figured someone was going to get hurt - unfortunately, it was Berke with the non-contact injury.

6 assists on 26 makes, not good.

Defense was really good tonight.

A lot of pushing and grabbing allowed by Murray State.

Andrew and Connor came up huge.   

Won by 17 despite Brice scoring only 9 points.

Seemed like a lot of guys just falling on the floor.

Brice did not get to the line, unbelievable!

Way too many turnovers.

Berke with an apparent ankle injury.

We played about twenty minutes of good basketball.

Good first half, especially on defense.  2nd half, below average, at best!

Yet we won by 17.

Andrew Morgan was huge. Connor Essegian was on fire, again. The refs were atrocious. That about sums it up. GBR

We get that ref crew vs Hawaii tomorrow...gonna be a long night

12 minutes ago, brfrad said:

6 assists on 26 makes, not good.

 

 

Im not so mad at this. One of those “stats don’t tell the whole story” type of scenarios.

There wasn’t a ton of hero ball. Some, but not enough to make me feel bad about our offense. When’s the last time we had that many post backdown buckets inside? It’s been a while. Combine all of those with our drives to the rack and the score being on the lower end, there weren’t going to be a ton of assists to be had.

Twitter is amazing! Lol

Amy Bonner is refing the Hawaii Charlotte game. She is not a good ref.

10 minutes ago, bigred4 said:

We get that ref crew vs Hawaii tomorrow...gonna be a long night

Now you know it will be so ticky tack tomorrow that we’ll end up in major foul trouble for both teams.

14 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

Twitter is amazing! Lol

Is that your Twitter or just a wild coincidence on the name?

Easy win against a bad team. We got bored.

At this point I’m going to need a written statement/explanation from Fred as to why Meah does any of the “perimeter stuff.” It’s coach malfeasance. 

Really need worster to avoid early foul trouble tomorrow,  he just makes the offense flow so much better especially when meah is in there. 

7 minutes ago, nuhusker7 said:

Is that your Twitter or just a wild coincidence on the name?

Lol— that is just a willlld coincidence on the name that I didn’t even catch.

2 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

Really need worster to avoid early foul trouble tomorrow,  he just makes the offense flow so much better especially when meah is in there. 

Yes, Brice, Juwan, and Rollie all need to stay out of foul trouble, tbh. Those 3 are keys for this team being successful this season. Steadying forces.

1 hour ago, brfrad said:

6 assists on 26 makes, not good.

Some of that is the defense that Murray St runs. Looks like Hawaii will be our next opponent and you'll they also have a row type of defense that depresses assist numbers

Notes from UNL

*-Nebraska picks up its first-ever win over Murray State, as NU was 0-2 against the Racers before today.
*-Nebraska held Murray State to a season-low 49 points, as its previous low was 63 against Evansville. Murray State was averaging 78.8 points per game.
*-Nebraska held Murray State to 30.9 percent shooting, the sixth opponent held under 40 percent this season.
*-Andrew Morgan recorded his first double-double of the season and fifth of his career with 12 points and a season-high 12 rebounds. It was the first double-double for a Husker this season.  Morgan has been in double figures in his last four games.
*-Connor Essegian (15) and Andrew Morgan (12) both finished in double figures, as Nebraska has gotten 11 double-figure efforts from its bench this season. Nebraska’s bench out-scored Murray State, 29-11
*-Essegian hit five 3-pointers in the win, the third time this season he has hit five or more 3-pointers.
*-Nebraska’s 16-0 run in the first half was its largest run the season and ninth double-figure run of 2024-25
*-Murray State’s 14 first-half points were the second-lowest total allowed by Nebraska under Fred Hoiberg (11 vs. South Carolina State last season).
*-Brice Williams was held to nine points, snapping a streak of 13 double-figure games.
*-Nebraska finished +14 on the boards and has only been out-rebounded once in 10 games this season.
 

3 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Notes from UNL

 

*-Nebraska picks up its first-ever win over Murray State, as NU was 0-2 against the Racers before today.
*-Nebraska held Murray State to a season-low 49 points, as its previous low was 63 against Evansville. Murray State was averaging 78.8 points per game.
*-Nebraska held Murray State to 30.9 percent shooting, the sixth opponent held under 40 percent this season.
*-Andrew Morgan recorded his first double-double of the season and fifth of his career with 12 points and a season-high 12 rebounds. It was the first double-double for a Husker this season.  Morgan has been in double figures in his last four games.
*-Connor Essegian (15) and Andrew Morgan (12) both finished in double figures, as Nebraska has gotten 11 double-figure efforts from its bench this season. Nebraska’s bench out-scored Murray State, 29-11
*-Essegian hit five 3-pointers in the win, the third time this season he has hit five or more 3-pointers.
*-Nebraska’s 16-0 run in the first half was its largest run the season and ninth double-figure run of 2024-25
*-Murray State’s 14 first-half points were the second-lowest total allowed by Nebraska under Fred Hoiberg (11 vs. South Carolina State last season).
*-Brice Williams was held to nine points, snapping a streak of 13 double-figure games.
*-Nebraska finished +14 on the boards and has only been out-rebounded once in 10 games this season.
 

And that 1 time was a doozy against MSU.

Nice to see NU take it to Murray St. with a defensive blitz instead of the other way around vs MSU.

9 hours ago, hskr4life said:

 

Twitter is amazing! Lol

Lol hopefully Blue Sky catches up as only place I see Twitter posts is on sites other than Twitter.

Defense was phenomenal in the first half.

Way too many careless turnovers.

I really liked the game plan on offense.

Get the ball and drive to the hoop against the undersized Murray State guards.

Andrew Morgan keeps on getting better and better. 

Radio Broadcast

https://huskerhoopscentral.com/2024-25/RadioBroadcasts/2024-12-22 Nebraska vs Murray State.mp3