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Box Score

Notes from UNL The game featured nine ties and10 lead changes, as the largest lead for either team was six points. Juwan Gary scored a career-high 27 points, eclipsing his previous career high of 22 points against Minesota on Feb. 25, 2024. Gary posted his third 20-point game of the season and the sixth of his career. Gary’s 11 field goals were the most by a Husker this season. Brice Williams added 17 points, including 15 in the second half. Williams scored in double figures for the 17th time in 19 games this season. Connor Essegian finished with 15 points, his ninth double-figure game off the bench this year. NU now has 20 double-figure efforts from its bench in 2024-25. Essegian hit three 3-pointers, marking his eighth game of the season with at least three 3-pointers. Rollie Worster tied his season high with six assists while adding six rebounds and four points off the bench. Nebraska was efficient from inside the arc, finishing 22-of-31 (71 percent) on 2-point field goals. Nebraska was out-rebounded for only the third time in 19 games this season as USC held a 36-31 advantage on the glass. Ahron Ulis made his first start as a Husker pm Thursday, as Nebraska used its fourth different lineup of the season

This is only the 3rd game Nebraska game he's reffed this season.

Same guys who were out else I would have posted

Indeed it is Morgan who is questionable tonight

USC has started their 6'10" guy at center every single game and his minutes have ranged from 4 to 29. Unless he's also one of the guys that is banged up, Meah is going to start.

If you put a mike in front of Musselman he will talk and its likely to be interesting

Considering how painfully long it takes me to write these things up despite doing this for like 10+ years, much appreciated.

Nebraska 77 - USC 70

Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-6) vs Southern California Trojans (11-7) Date: Wednesday Jan. 22th, 2025 Time: 8:00 pm CST Arena: PBA Broadcast: BTN USC Info Head Coach: Eric Musselman (1st year) Location: Los Angeles, CA Conference: B1G 10 Nickname: Trojans Mascots: Traveler (Horse) Line: Nebraska by 6 Typical Rotation Depth: 7+ KenPom rank: 68 Clothes not to wear: Gold, armor Halftime Promotion: Brooke Neilson Balancing Act (Is this a reboot of the Amazing Sladek?) Nota bene: Nebraska now as five 1,000 point scorers on the roster: Brice Williams, Rienk Mast, Rollie Worster, Andrew Morgan and Juwan Gary Eric Musselman utilizes the transfer portal as much as anyone in D-1 basketball. This roster has 10 transfers. USC and Nebraska both faced St Mary's, both teams losing on neutral courts This will be a matchup of former NBA coaches as Musselman coached Golden State and Sacramento USC assistant Quincy Pondexter was Braxton Meah's AAU coach. Additionally, his sister was Meah's legal guardian while his parents were in Japan for work The all-time series between Nebraska and USC is tied at 5-5 thanks to Doc Sadler beating USC 4 consecutive years in a row during the Kevin O'Neill era at USC Player to watch: Desmond Claude The Xavier transfer operates as the main distributor in this offense that doesn't play a PG nor rarely a center. Claude gets to the line a lot and has a reliable mid-range shot. Hopefully he's not too Terrance Shannon for the Nebraska defense Player to watch: Saint Thomas The Omaha native and Northern Colorado transfer is nearly a clone of Claude. While he doesn't get to the FT line nearly as much, he leads the team in rebounds, assists, and steals. Thomas held John Tonje to 0 points. Player to watch: Chibuzo Agbo Agbo is USC's primary 3pt threat by volume, having taken almost almost as many 3s as Connor Essegian and is hitting at at 38.3% clip. USC's Roster Player # Class Pos Height Weight Summary Desmond Claude 1 JR G 6-5 207 16.0 Pts 3.8 Reb 4.1 Ast Chibuzo Agbo 7 SR G 6-7 215 12.4 Pts 4.7 Reb 1.6 Ast Saint Thomas 0 SR F 6-7 200 11.0 Pts 6.1 Reb 4.1 Ast Wesley Yates 6 FR G 6-4 200 10.7 Pts 2.4 Reb 1.4 Ast Josh Cohen 33 SR F 6-10 220 7.8 Pts 2.4 Reb 1.5 Ast Rashaun Agee 12 SR F 6-7 210 5.8 Pts 3.2 Reb 0.8 Ast Terrance Williams 5 SR F 6-7 240 10.6 Pts 4.6 Reb 0.9 Ast Kevin Patton 8 SO G 6-8 197 3.8 Pts 1.6 Reb 0.6 Ast Matt Knowling 3 SR F 6-5 195 3.8 Pts 2.7 Reb 1.5 Ast Isaiah Elohim 2 FR G 6-5 200 1.8 Pts 0.9 Reb 0.3 Ast Clark Slajchert 32 SR G 6-1 170 1.5 Pts 0.5 Reb 0.8 Ast Jalen Shelley 9 FR F 6-8 190 1.1 Pts 0.9 Reb 0.3 Ast Bryce Pope 4 SR G 6-3 185 1.1 Pts 0.6 Reb 0.0 Ast Other Roster Freshman Wesley Yates and his shooting ability have been a fixture in the starting lineup since Dec 7th. He's shooting 37% for 3 on the year, 50% in conference. Rashaun Agee is playing as USC's center for the most minutes over the last several games, is a rebounding force on both ends. Starting center Josh Cohen has a Meah like role where he starts and plays a random number of minutes. During his career he's been efficient inside against lesser opponents but has a hard time converting in the B1G; both center types are foul prone. Kevin Patton is a pogo stick 4 who can hit from the outside, also foul prone. Matt Knowling and Terrance Williams, both major rotation pieces at one point, are out. UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report Possible starters for Nebraska 3 Guard Brice Williams 6-7 214 lbs Senior 0 Guard Connor Essegian 6-4 190 lbs Junior 4 Forward Juwan Gary 6-6 226 lbs Senior 2 Guard Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Senior 34 Center Braxton Meah 7-1 264 lbs Senior Bench 9 Forward Berke Büyüktuncel 6-10 244 lbs 24 Guard Rollie Worster 6-5 210 lbs Senior 1 Guard Sam Hoiberg 6-0 185 lbs Junior 23 Forward Andrew Morgan 6-10 242 lbs Senior 31 Guard Cale Jacobsen 6-4 195 lbs Sophomore 12 Guard Gavin Griffiths 6-7 193 lbs Sophomore 5 Forward Braden Frager 6-7 220 lbs Freshman 8 Guard Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 200 lbs Junior 20 Forward Justin Bolis 6-8 225 lbs Sophomore 25 Guard Nick Janowski 6-4 208 lbs Freshman 35 Forward Henry Burt 6-7 222 lbs Sophomore Out for year 51 Forward Rienk Mast 6-10 260 lbs Senior Fred Hoiberg Presser Fred notes Ahron Ulis performance vs Maryland, says that a couple of rotation players are questionable, and The Skinny: College basketball jobs are often a series of dominos. Last year, SMU fired Rob Lanier as they looked to jump to the ACC. They ended up hiring USC coach Andy Enfield who had just gone through the circus act of posting a losing season with Bronny James. USC decided to hit up career scene changer Eric Musselman who had stayed in Arkansas long enough for his liking. Musselman is from nowhere and from everywhere, the son of a well-travelled college and NBA coach Bill Musselman. This USC roster is comprised mostly of transfers like most any other Eric Musselman roster of previous years. It's a versatile roster of interchangeable defenders though its lack of size does limit its ability to defend inside. The defense is currently constructed to leave it up to you to defeat yourself with bad passes and dumb plays, something Nebraska has been notorious for this season. As long as the Huskers can keep their composure, there are plenty of free points to be generated at the FT line against several of the foul prone Trojans. USC is chaos for better or for worse. Offensively USC has preferred to work into the paint where they'll draw plenty of contact. It certainly would not be out of the realm of possibilities for the Trojans to completely change their identity for this game and fire away from 3. For the most part the Trojans have been front runners; if you can get to them early its not likely they will be able to come back. They also seem to go as Desmond Claude goes...if he's having a bad night most likely so is USC. We've almost made it to the conclusion of this writeup and haven't mentioned Nebraska much. Currently in a 4 game skid, Nebraska might be looking at a starting lineup change simply because Fred Hoiberg might not have a player or two available. Like most every home game this season, a win here represents one less road win in conference required to attempt to make the NCAA tournament. Prediction: Nebraska 77 - USC 70 View full article

If Morgan doesn't play, it's likely that Berke comes off the bench as our backup center and thus Essegian enters the starting lineup. I suppose if Fred wanted to get nasty to start the game playing both Ulis and Worster or even Sam.

Late, late night basketball of Washington at Oregon. Breidenbach still runs weird.

Thanks, I merged the threads

In today's presser Fred said we had a couple of guys who were held out of practice due to injury though were hoping they'd be available tomorrow so it doesn't sound bad. It's possible we could see a lineup change due to availability.

So that we're clear here, I'm talking in terms of not giving up offensive rebounds and I'm talking about a percentage. Specifically, what percentage of the time do you give up an offensive rebound on a missed shot which gives your opponent another possession. This is a calculation built on misses, not whether or not your opponent misses.

We'll see how the year ends but currently this team has the best Defensive rebounding% and block% of the Fred Hoiberg era. Mast has more rebounding and block number than Meah in total simply because he played more minutes per game. I expected the 3pt shots to go down and with that assist rate. To me the unexpected thing has been our turnover issues.

An update Originally from Chicago and played for Kenwood Acadamy/Mac Irvin. Ended up playing for Kanye West's Donda Academy which ended up shutting down so we finished up at Overtime Elite (Rob Dillingham had a similar path). Looks like he committed to Bethune Cookman in June of 2024 but ended up John A. Logan Community College in Illinois (grades?).

Seems like we blew opportunities for lobs to break the press when he was in there. He might not be a very good basketball player but we don't exactly utilize his strengths most times. I'm not sure Meah will play many minutes against this weird USC roster where they have 1 post player and KenPom lists Saint Thomas as either a PG or a center

Was there anyone who thought that Hoiberg handled the last possessions correctly and we just were not going to get a good look from 3?

We're due

It's been brought up here several times that Gary looks physically off