NEBRASKA BASKETBALL 2013-14 Game Notes Game #11 the Citadel Media Relations Contact: Shamus Mcknight Office: 402-472-7772 | Cell: 402-540-0268 Game Date Dec
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NEBRASKA BASKETBALL 2013-14 Game Notes Game #11 The Citadel Media Relations Contact: Shamus McKnight Office: 402-472-7772 | Cell: 402-540-0268 Game Date Dec. 21, 2013 E-mail: [email protected] Tipoff Time 7:35 p.m. (CT) @HuskerHoops HuskerHoops Venue Pinnacle Bank Arena @CoachMiles Capacity 15,000 NebraskaBasketball HUSKERS HOST THE CITADEL SATURDAY NIGHT The Nebraska basketball team makes its final home the morning before the Husker women take on South 2013-14 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE appearance of 2013, as the Huskers play host to The Dakota at 2:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Citadel this Saturday, Dec. 21. The Huskers are 7-3 on the season and have won Nov. 4 Nebraska-Kearney-Exh. (BTDN) W, 91-60 Tipoff is set for 7:35 p.m. for the Huskers and Bulldogs four of its last five games dating back to Nov. 24. Nov. 8 Florida Gulf Coast (BTN) W, 79-55 and the game will also be carried across the state Nebraska comes off one of its best offensive efforts Nov. 12 Western Illinois (BTDN) W, 62-47 on the 27-station Husker Sports Network with Kent of the season in a 79-67 win over Arkansas State last Nov. 17 South Carolina State (BTDN) W, 83-57 Pavelka and Matt Davison calling all of the action, Saturday. In that game, the Huskers delivered the at Charleston Classic including flagship stations KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) knockout punch early, as a 15-0 run highlighted a Nov. 21 vs. UMass (ESPN3) L, 90-96 in Lincoln and KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha (complete 50-point first half to help the Huskers build a 23-point Nov. 22 vs. UAB (ESPN3) L, 74-87 list of affiliates is on page five of the game notes). halftime lead. Nebraska led by as many as 28 points in Nov. 24 vs. Georgia (ESPN3) W, 73-65 The game can also be heard for free on Huskers.com the second half before coasting to the 12-point win. and is available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android Sophomore Shavon Shields led four Huskers in double Nov. 30 Northern Illinois (BTDN) W, 63-58 devices, as well as Sirius and XM Radio. figures with 15 points, while Nebraska dished out a Dec. 4 Miami (ESPNU) W, 60-49 Dec. 8 at Creighton (Fox Sports 1) L, 67-82 season-high 19 assists - the most in Tim Miles’ two Live video of Saturday’s game will also be available Dec. 14 Arkansas State (BTN) W, 79-66 online on the Big Ten Digital Network (subscription seasons at Nebraska. Nebraska also received a strong Dec. 21 The Citadel (BTDN) 7:30 p.m. required). For Saturday’s game, the broadcast will use performance from sophomore Walter Pitchford, who Dec. 28 at Cincinnati (ESPN2) 11 a.m. the Husker Sports Network audio simulcast. To access had 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Dec. 31 at Iowa # (BTN) 6 p.m. the live video feed, visit video.btn.com. The Citadel is 4-8 on the season following a 79-68 win Jan. 4 at Ohio State # (BTN) 11 a.m. Jan. 9 Michigan # (ESPN2) 8 p.m. over Brevard College on Wednesday evening. The A limited number of tickets are available for Jan. 12 at Purdue # (BTN) TBA Bulldogs are not afraid to push the tempo, averaging Saturday’s game in the 100, 200 and 300 Levels Jan. 20 Ohio State # (BTN) 6 p.m. with prices ranging from $7 to $25. Visit Huskers. 72.7 points per game and have scored 80 or more Jan. 23 at Penn State # (ESPNU) 7 p.m. com or call 800-8-BIGRED for more information. points three times during non-conference action. Jan. 26 Minnesota #(BTN) 5 p.m. The additional 100 Level tickets are available since Following Saturday night’s game, the Huskers will Jan. 30 Indiana #(BTN) 7:15 p.m. Saturday’s game is one of the two winter break games have a few days off before reconvening on Christmas Feb. 5 at Michigan # (BTN) 5:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Northwestern # (ESPNU) Noon on the 2013-14 schedule. night to begin preparations for the Dec. 28 game at Feb. 12 Illinois # (BTN) 8 p.m. Saturday’s men’s game caps a busy day at Pinnacle Cincinnati. The game with the Bearcats begins a three- Feb. 16 at Michigan State # (BTN) 2 p.m. Bank Arena with fall commencement ceremonies in game road trip for the Big Red. Feb. 20 Penn State # (ESPNU) 6 p.m. Feb. 23 Purdue # (CBS/BTN) TBA PROBABLE STARTERS Feb. 26 at Illinois # (BTN) 8 p.m. March 1 Northwestern # (ESPNU) 4 p.m. March 5 at Indiana # (BTN) 6 p.m. March 9 Wisconsin # (BTN) TBA March 13-16 at Big Ten Tournament TBA #-Big Ten Conference game; BTDN - Big Ten Digital Network (online) All times are Central and times and dates are subject to change. All Husker regular-season games will be heard on the Husker Sports Network and Huskers.com. 0 - WEBSTER 15 - GALLEGOS 5 - PETTEWAY 31 - SHIELDS 35 - PITCHFORD 7.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.7 apg 8.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.3 apg. 15.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.1 apg 13.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.8 apg 9.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS HUSKERS ON TV/RADIO/INTERNET 2013-14 Record: 7-3, 0-0 Big Ten Television: None Head coach: Tim Miles Online: Big Ten Digital Network (subscription required) Record at Nebraska: 22-21 (2nd year) Video.btn.com (Featuring IMG HSRN Audio) Career Record: 305-241 (19th year) Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in THE CITADEL BULLDOGS Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. 2013-14 Record: 4-8, 0-0 Southern Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka Head Coach: Chuck Driesell Expert Analysis: Matt Davison Record at The Citadel: 28-76 (4th year) Internet Radio/Stats: Free on Huskers.com Career Record: 116-148 (8th year) Satellite Radio: Sirius Ch. 92, XM Ch. 190 2 | NEBRASKA BASKETBALL NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS 2013-14 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. VL Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous Schools) 0 Tai Webster G 6-4 194 Fr. Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Boys) 1 Deverell Biggs G 6-0 175 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Central/Seward County CC) 2 ** David Rivers F 6-7 198 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (Hall) 3 * Benny Parker G 5-9 166 So. Kansas City, Kan. (Sumner Academy) 4 Nathan Hawkins G 6-5 198 Fr. Garland, Texas (Rowlett) 5 Terran Petteway G/F 6-6 209 So. Galveston, Texas (Ball/Texas Tech) 10 ** Trevor Menke G 5-11 183 Jr. Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice) 12 * Mike Peltz G 6-3 202 Sr. Alliance, Neb. (Alliance/Western Nebraska CC) 14 * Sergej Vucetic C 7-1 238 So. Vrbas, Serbia (Prva Sportska Kosarkaska Gimnazija/AIM [Mich.] Prep) 15 *** Ray Gallegos G 6-2 182 Sr. Salt Lake City, Utah (West Jordan) 21 Leslee Smith F 6-8 255 Jr. Longlook, British Virgin Islands (Seward County CC/SMU) 23 Nick Fuller ! G/F 6-6 198 Fr. Sun Prairie, Wis. (Sun Prairie) 31 * Shavon Shields G/F 6-7 219 So. Olathe, Kan. (Northwest) 33 Tim Wagner ! G 6-3 188 Fr. Galesville, Wis. (Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau) 35 Walter Pitchford F 6-10 234 So. Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Lansing Summit Christian/Florida) 44 ** Kye Kurkowski F 6-11 214 Jr. Grant, Neb. (Perkins County) !-Redshirting during 2013-14 season 2013-14 NEBRASKA COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF 2013-14 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Tim Miles (University of Mary, 1989) Ray Gallegos ........................................................... GUY-eh-goes Assistant Coaches: Chris Harriman (Augusta State, 2003); Kenya Hunter (Duquesne, 1996); Trevor Menke ................................................................ Men-key Craig Smith (North Dakota, 1996); Terran Petteway ..........................................tur-RAN PET-eh-way Director of Basketball Operations: Jayden Olson Shavon Shields ............................................................... sha-VON Video Coordinator: Gregory Eaton Sergej Vucetic ................................................SIR-gay vu-che-tich Basketball Strength Coach: Tim Wilson Tai Webster .............................................................................Tie Administrative Coordinator Teddy Owens Athletic Trainer: R.J. Pietig Equipment Manager: Pat Norris TALE OF THE TAPE BY THE NUMBERS Nebraska Cornhuskers The Citadel Bulldogs 2013-14 Team Statistics (Record: 7-3) 2013-14 Team Statistics (Record: 4-8) Nebraska OPP TEAM STATISTICS CITADEL OPP .909 - Nebraska’s home winning percentage in SCORING 730 663 SCORING 872 907 non-conference play over the last five seasons. The Huskers Points per game 73.0 66.3 Points per game 72.7 75.6 will look for their first unbeaten home non-conference slate Scoring margin +6.7 - Scoring margin -2.9 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 241-545 221-520 FIELD GOALS-ATT 289-679 317-722 since 2010-11 with a win on Saturday. Field goal pct .442 .425 Field goal pct. .426 .439 3 POINT FG-ATT 57-161 55-175 3 POINT FG-ATT 87-242 86-261 8 - Home winning streak for the Huskers dating back to 3-point FG pct .354 .314 3-point FG pct. .360 .330 the final two games of the 2012-13 season. This season, NU 3-pt FG made per game 5.7 5.5 3-pt FG made per game 7.3 7.2 has outscored its foes by double-digits in five of six games. FREE THROWS-ATT 191-268 166-253 FREE THROWS-ATT 207-277 187-290 Free throw pct .713 .656 Free throw pct. .747 .645 8 - Number of Huskers with double-digit scoring efforts F-Throws made per game 19.1 16.6 F-Throws made per game 17.3 15.6 REBOUNDS 345 356 REBOUNDS 438 456 this season, including a team-high nine from sophomore Rebounds per game 34.5 35.6 Rebounds per game 36.5 38.0 Terran Petteway.