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EX #1 - Midland University Game Date: Nov. 7, 2012 Nebraska Tipoff Time: 7:05 p.m. Venue: Devaney Sports Center CorNhuskers Capacity: 13,595 2012-13 | BasketBall Game Notes 2012-13 Nebraska sChedule huskers hosT MidlaNd WedNesday NighT Date Opponent Time/Result The Nebraska basketball team takes the Devaney Tournament team, as Miles looks to reshape the Nov. 7 Midland - Exh. (BTDN) 7 p.m. Center floor for the first time in 2012-13, as the Husker program. Nebraska returns only one starter Nov. 11 Southern (BTDN) 6 p.m. Huskers host Midland University in an exhibition on from a team that went 12-18 in its inaugural Big Ten Nov. 15 Valparaiso° (BTN) 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7. campaign, and of the 13 players who could see action Nov. 18 Nebraska-Omaha° (BTDN) 2 p.m. during the regular season, only six saw any playing Nov. 21 Tulane° (BTDN) 7 p.m. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports time in 2011-12. Nov. 24 Kent State° (BTN) 8 p.m. Center and will be produced by the IMG Husker Nov. 27 at Wake Forest (ESPNU) 8:15 p.m. Sports Radio Network with Kent Pavelka calling the Nebraska will rely heavily on its three seniors - Andre Dec. 3 USC (BTN) 7 p.m. action and Matt Davison adding color commentary. Almeida, Dylan Talley and Brandon Ubel - to provide Dec. 6 Creighton (ESPN3.com) 7 p.m. The game can be heard for free on Huskers.com significant scoring and rebounding for the 2012-13 Dec. 15 at Oregon (ROOT Sports) 3:30 p.m. and available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android Huskers, whose only action was a closed scrimmage at Dec. 18 Jacksonville State (BTN) 8 p.m. devices. Iowa State last month. Dec. 22 vs. Central Michigan 6 p.m. Dec. 23 vs. UTEP/Arkansas Pine Bluff 6/8 p.m. Live video streaming of Wednesday’s game will be Ubel is the unquestioned leader for the Big Red, as the Dec. 29 Nicholls State (BTDN) 2 p.m. carried on the Big Ten Digital Network (video.btn.com) 6-foot-10 senior has played in a team-high 94 games Jan. 2 at Ohio State* (BTN) 5:30 p.m. with Marc Zak and Ryan Swanigan on the call, as the in his tenure at Nebraska. As a junior, he started all Jan. 6 Wisconsin* (BTN) TBA exhibition game is one of five Husker basketball games 30 games and averaged 6.7 points on 52 percent Jan. 9 at Michigan* (BTN) 6 p.m. on BTDN in 2012-13. shooting and a team-high 5.3 rebounds per game Jan. 13 at Michigan State* (BTN) TBA despite playing out of position for most of the year. Jan. 16 Purdue* (BTN) 8 p.m. Tickets for Wednesday’s contest can be purchased Jan. 19 at Penn State* (ESPNU) Noon for as little as $5 by visiting Huskers.com, by calling While Ubel mans the interior, Talley will be looked Jan. 22 Illinois* (BTN) 7:30 p.m. 1-800-8-BIGRED or by visiting the Devaney Center to as more of a scoring threat. The 6-foot-5 guard Jan. 26 Northwestern* (ESPNU) 2 p.m. Ticket Office beginning at 5:30 p.m. averaged 8.9 points per game in his first season Jan. 29 at Minnesota* (BTN) 8 p.m. at Nebraska, tying for the lead among all Big Ten Feb. 2 Ohio State* (BTN) 6 p.m. All eyes will be on the Nebraska sideline, as Tim Miles reserves. Talley reached double figures 11 times in Feb. 9 Penn State* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. begins his first season at the helm of the Nebraska 2011-12 despite battling a thigh injury which limited Feb. 13 at Indiana* (BTN) 6 p.m. program. Miles, who became the program’s 27th his playing time for most of the season. He enters Feb. 16 Michigan State* (BTN) 7 p.m. head coach on March 24, 2012, spent the last five 2012-13 in the best shape of his playing career. Feb. 21 Iowa* (ESPN/ESPN2) 8 p.m. seasons building the Colorado State program into one Feb. 26 at Wisconsin* (BTN) 8 p.m. of the best programs in the Mountain West. The Rams The third Husker senior makes his return to the court March 2 at Illinois* (BTN) 2/4:15 p.m. went 20-11 in making their first NCAA Tournament for the first time since March of 2011, as Almeida March 6 Minnesota* (BTN) 8 p.m. appearance in nine seasons. The Rams, one of four missed all of last season following a knee injury. As March 9 at Iowa* (BTN) 1:15 p.m. Mountain West Conference teams to earn NCAA bids a junior, Almeida averaged 5.2 points on 56 percent March 14-17 at Big Ten Tournament TBA in 2012, played against the fourth-toughest schedule shooting and 3.3 rebounds in just 15 minutes per in the nation in 2011-12, while producing the school’s game, while also ranking among the Big 12 leaders in °Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic; *Big Ten Conference game. first 20-win campaign since 1997-98. blocked shots. The return of the Huskers’ 6-foot-11 All times listed are Central and subject to change. center allows Ubel to move to his natural forward The 1998 season also marks the Huskers’ last NCAA position. Nebraska CorNhuskers huskers oN TV/radio/iNTerNeT FolloW The huskers oNliNe Game: Exhibition Game 1 Live Video (subscription required): BTN.com Web site: Huskers.com 2012-13 Record: 0-0, 0-0 Big Ten (Marc Zak and Ryan Swanigan) Twitter: @CoachMiles & @HuskerHoops Head coach: Tim Miles Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network (Internet only) Facebook: Facebook.com/Huskers Record at Nebraska: 0-0 (1st year) Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka NU Hoops: Facebook.com/NebraskaBasketball Career Record: 283-220 (18th year) Color: Matt Davison Internet Radio/Stats: Free on Huskers.com MidlaNd Warriors Satellite Radio: None Game: Exhibition Game 1 2012-13 Record: 0-1, 0-0 GPAC Nebraska Media relaTioNs Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Associate Media Relations Director: Shamus McKnight Head coach: Todd Eisner Office: 402-472-7772 Record at Midland: 19-13 (2nd year) Cell: 402-540-0268 Career Record: 340-139 (15th year) E-mail: [email protected] Address: One Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 2 | NEBRASKA BASKETBAll Nebraska CorNhuskers 2012-13 NuMeriCal rosTer No. Vl Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous Schools) 1 Deverell Biggs ! G 6-0 174 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Central/Seward County CC) 2 * David Rivers G/F 6-7 191 So. Little Rock, Ark. (Hall) 3 Benny Parker G 5-9 164 Fr. Kansas City, Kan. (Sumner Academy) 4 Max Ritchie G 6-4 179 Fr. Nebraska City, Neb. 5 Terran Petteway # G/F 6-6 200 So. Galveston, Texas (Ball/Texas Tech) 10 * Trevor Menke G 5-11 176 So. Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice) 11 * Jordan Tyrance G 6-3 195 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 12 Mike Peltz G 6-2 199 Jr. Alliance, Neb. (Alliance/Western Nebraska CC) 13 *** Brandon Ubel F 6-10 234 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West) 14 Sergej Vucetic C 7-1 236 Fr. Vrbas, Serbia (Prva Sportska Kosarkaska Gimnazija/AIM [Mich.] Prep) 15 ** Ray Gallegos G 6-2 181 Jr. Salt Lake City, Utah (West Jordan) 24 * Dylan Talley G 6-5 216 Sr. Camden, N.J. (Life Center Academy/Binghamton Univ./Blinn College) 31 Shavon Shields G/F 6-6 214 Fr. Olathe, Kan. (Northwest) 32 * Andre Almeida C 6-11 314 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Escola Sao Jose dos Padres de Sion/Arizona Western College) 35 Walter Pitchford # F 6-10 229 So. Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Lansing Summit Christian/Florida) 44 * Kye Kurkowski F 6-11 214 So. Grant, Neb. (Perkins County) #-Transfer, must sit out 2012-13 season; !-Redshirting 2012-13 season Nebraska CoaChes aNd sTaFF 2012-13 ProNuNCiaTioN guide Head Coach: Tim Miles (University of Mary, 1989) Brandon Ubel ................................................................ YOU-bell Assistant Coaches: Ben Johnson (Minnesota, 2005); Craig Smith (North Dakota, 1996); Ray Gallegos ........................................................... GUY-eh-goes Chris Harriman (Augusta State, 2003) Andre Almeida ..........................................................AL-may-duh Director of Basketball Operations: Jayden Olsen Terran Petteway ....................................... tur-RAHN PET-eh-way Video Coordinator: Gregory Eaton Jordan Tyrance .............................................................ty-RANCE Basketball Strength Coach: Tim Wilson Shavon Shields ............................................................... sha-VON Athletic Trainer: R.J. Pietig Sergej Vucetic ................................................SIR-gay vu-che-tich Equipment Manager: Pat Norris Trevor Menke ................................................................ Men-key Tale oF The TaPe Nebraska Cornhuskers Midland Warriors sCouTiNg MidlaNd 2011-12 Team Statistics (Record: 12-18) 2011-12 Team Statistics (Record: 19-12) Second-year coach Todd Eisner brings his Midland University NU OPP Midland OPP squad to Lincoln following a 74-73 double overtime loss to Park SCORING 1827 1969 SCORING 2178 2027 University on Monday. The Warriors were led by James Parrott, Points per game 60.9 65.6 Points per game 70.3 65.4 who had 22 points, five rebounds and five assists, while Jerome Scoring margin -4.7 - Scoring margin +4.9 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 649-1521 696-1533 FIELD GOALS-ATT 795-1681 694-1582 Vaughn had 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 14 rebounds. Field goal pct .427 .454 Field goal pct .473 .439 Eisner guided the Warriors to 19 wins and a berth in the GPAC 3 POINT FG-ATT 194-599 218-596 3 POINT FG-ATT 189-493 167-528 semifinals in 2011-12. Eisner, who had served two stints as an 3-point FG pct .324 .366 3-point FG pct .383 .316 assistant at Creighton, also was the head coach at Benedictine 3-pt FG made per game 6.5 7.3 3-pt FG made per game 6.1 5.4 (Kan.) College, Bellevue University and Viterbo University FREE THROWS-ATT 335-437 359-509 FREE THROWS-ATT 399-592 472-665 Free throw pct .767 .705 Free throw pct.