uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 32- Arizona St.

Was never going to play

Forgot about these

Nebraska Postgame Notes
*-Nebraska improves to 25-26 all-time in postseason games with tonight’s win.
*-Nebraska is now 4-4 all-time against Arizona State.
*-Nebraska overcame an 11-point second-half deficit, marking the third time this year the Huskers rallied from a double-digit deficit.
*-Brice Williams finished with 30 points for his fourth 30-point game of the season. He is the second Husker in the Big Ten era with four 30-point games in a season, joining James Palmer Jr. who also had four in 2018-19.
*-Williams’ 30-point night is the second-highest scoring effort by a Husker in a postseason game, trailing the 33 points that Tom Baack scored against Marshall in the 1967 NIT.
*-Williams now has 650 points, passing Eric Piatkowski (646, in 1993-94) for fourth place in NU’s single-season list.
*-Nebraska’s 56 points in the second half was its highest scoring half of the season (previous high 54 in first half vs. South Dakota) and the highest since scoring 57 in the first half against Doane during the 2020-21 season.
*-Connor Essegian finished with 17 points, all coming in the final 10:29 of the game. It marked the 29^th time this season a Husker reserve reached double figures. Essegian was 7-of-7 from the floor in the second half
*-Cale Jacobsen led NU a huge lift off the bench, setting career bests in assists (five), steals (three) and minutes (23), as he finished +10 on the night.
*-Sam Hoiberg matched a career high with four steals as the Huskers finished with 11 steals on the night.