NEBRASKA BASKETBALL 2014-15 Game Notes Game #29 at Illinois Media Relations Contact: Shamus McKnight Office: 402-472-7772 | Cell: 402-540-0268 Date: Wednesday, March 4 E-mail: [email protected] Time: 9:06 p.m. (CT) @HuskerHoops HuskerHoops Arena: State Farm Center @CoachMiles Capacity: 16,618 NebraskaBasketball HUSKERS LOOK FOR SEASON SWEEP OF ILLINOIS Nebraska begins the month of March on the percent, including 11-of-19 from 3-point range, and 2014-15 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE road, as the Huskers travel to Champaign, Ill., put four players in double figures. Date Opponent Time/Result for a matchup with the Fighting Illini Wednesday Freshman Tarin Smith was one of the highlights for Nov. 16 Northern Kentucky (BTN Plus) W, 80-61 evening. Nov. 18 Central Arkansas (ESPN3) W, 82-56 the Huskers in the loss to the Buckeyes, scoring a Nov. 22 at Rhode Island (Cox) L, 62-66 (OT) Tipoff from the State Farm Center is set for 9:06 career-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including Nov. 25 Omaha (ESPN3) W, 80-67 p.m. and the contest will be televised nationally on all three of his 3-pointers. Smith has become more Nov. 28 Tennessee-Martin (ESPN3) W, 75-64 BTN with Eric Collins and Shon Morris on the call. of an offensive threat in the last month, averaging Dec. 1 at Florida State (ESPN2) W, 70-65 Wednesday’s game is also available online and on 6.2 points per game on 57 percent shooting over Dec. 7 Creighton (BTN) L, 55-65 mobile devices on the BTN2Go app. It is the third Dec. 10 Incarnate Word (ESPN3) L, 73-74 Nebraska’s last six contests. He has shot 50 percent Dec. 13 Cincinnati (BTN) W, 56-55 (2ot) game of a BTN tripleheader on Wednesday. or better in all six games dating back to Feb. 7. The game will be broadcast across the state of Junior Terran Petteway had 12 points and three at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Nebraska on the 37-station IMG Husker Sports Dec. 22 vs. Hawaii (ESPNU) L, 58-66 assists while David Rivers came off the bench for 10 Dec. 23 vs. LMU (ESPNU) W, 50-42 (OT) Radio Network, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, points and 11 rebounds for his first career double- Dec. 25 vs. Ohio (ESPNU) W, 71-58 1110 KFAB in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington double. Rivers’ 10-point effort was his highest total with Kent Pavelka calling the action and Matt Dec. 31 Indiana # (BTN) L, 65-70 since scoring 12 points in the season opener. Jan. 5 at Iowa # (BTN) L, 59-70 Davison adding color commentary. The game can The Huskers are in a tie for 11th place entering Jan. 8 Rutgers # (ESPNU) W, 65-49 be heard for free on Huskers.com and is available the last week of the season, one game back of Jan. 11 Illinois # (BTN) W, 53-43 on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as Jan. 15 at No. 7 Wisconsin # (ESPN2) L, 55-70 Minnesota, in hopes of avoiding the first-round well as on TuneIn Radio and on SiriusXM Satellite Jan. 20 Minnesota # (BTN) W, 52-49 game in the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago. Radio. Jan. 24 Michigan State # (ESPN) W, 79-77 Illinois is 18-11 on the season and 8-8 in Big Ten play Jan. 27 at Michigan # (ESPN) L, 44-58 Nebraska (13-15, 5-11 Big Ten) wraps up a stretch Jan. 31 at Minnesota # (BTN) L, 42-60 following an 86-60 win over Northwestern Saturday where seven of the last 10 games have been away Feb. 3 Northwestern # (BTN) W, 76-60 evening. The win snapped a three-game losing from home. The Huskers had their longest break Feb. 7 at Penn State # (ESPNU) L. 43-56 streak for the Illini. Rayvonte Rice led five Illinois Feb. 10 No. 5 Wisconsin # (ESPN) L, 55-65 since the start of Big Ten play, as Nebraska has been players with 19 points, as the Fighting Illini went 14- Feb. 15 at Purdue # (BTN) L, 54-66 off since a 81-57 loss at Ohio State on Thursday of-29 from 3-point range in the victory. Feb. 19 at No. 16 Maryland # (BTN) L, 65-69 evening. In that game, the Buckeyes shot 54 Feb. 22 Iowa # (BTN) L, 46-74 Feb. 26 at Ohio State # (ESPN) L, 57-81 NEBRASKA PROBABLE STARTERS March 4 at Illinois # (BTN) 9 p.m. March 8 No. 10 Maryland # (BTN) 6:30 p.m. Nebraska 2014-15 stats March 11-15 Big Ten Tournament No. Name Pos Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other March 17 11 Tarin Smith G Fr. 6-2 175 28/3 4.6 1.7 0.6 apg -April 6 NCAA Tournamrnt 5 Terran Petteway G Jr. 6-6 215 28/28 18.0 4.9 2.9 apg #-Big Ten Conference game; BTN Plus - Available online and on 31 Shavon Shields G/F Jr. 6-7 221 28/28 14.9 5.9 2.1 apg BTN2Go App. All times are Central and times and dates are subject to 21 Leslee Smith F Sr. 6-8 255 14/6 2.9 2.3 51.4 FG Pct. change. All Husker regular-season games will be heard on the Husker Sports Network and Huskers.com. 35 Walter Pitchford F Jr. 6-10 237 28/26 7.5 4.8 0.5 bpg NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS BROADCAST INFORMATION NEBRASKA MEDIA RELATIONS 2014-15 Record: 13-16, 5-11 Big Ten Television: BTN Associate Media Relations Director: Shamus McKnight Head coach: Tim Miles Play-by-play: Eric Collins Office: 402-472-7772 | Cell: 402-540-0268 Record at Nebraska: 47-46 (Third year) Expert Analysis: Shon Morris E-mail: [email protected] Career Record: 330-266 (20th year) Online: BTN2Go FOLLOW THE HUSKERS ONLINE Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including Web site: Huskers.com ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha Twitter: @CoachMiles & @HuskerHoops 2014-15 Record: 18-11, 8-8 Big Ten and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. Also available online NU Hoops: Facebook.com/NebraskaBasketball Head coach: John Groce at Huskers.com, on the Huskers App and on TuneIn Record at Illinois: 61-39 (Third year) Radio and the TuneIn Radio App. Career Record: 146-95 (Seventh year) Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka Expert Analysis: Matt Davison Satellite Radio (Ill Feed): Sirius (135), XM (195) Live Stats: Huskers.com 2 | NEBRASKA BASKETBALL 2014-15 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS ROSTER No. VL Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 0 * Tai Webster G 6-4 199 So. Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Boys) 1 Andrew White III ^ G 6-7 220 Jr. Richmond, Va. (University of Kansas) 2 *** David Rivers F 6-7 200 Sr. Little Rock, Ark. (Hall) 3 ** Benny Parker G 5-9 172 Jr. Kansas City, Kan. (Sumner Academy) 5 * Terran Petteway G/F 6-6 215 Jr. Galveston, Texas (Texas Tech University) 10 *** Trevor Menke G 5-11 184 Sr. Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice) 11 Tarin Smith G 6-2 175 Fr. Ocean Township, N.J. (St. Anthony) 12 Moses Abraham C 6-9 252 Sr. Kano, Nigeria (Georgetown University) 21 * Leslee Smith F 6-8 255 Sr. Long Look, British Virgin Islands (Seward County Community College) 23 Nick Fuller G/F 6-7 207 RFr. Sun Prairie, Wis. (Sun Prairie) 24 Jake Hammond F 6-10 230 Fr. Comanche, Okla. (Comanche) 30 B.J. Day G/F 6-5 236 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 31 ** Shavon Shields G/F 6-7 221 Jr. Olathe, Kan. (Northwest) 35 * Walter Pitchford F 6-10 237 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (University of Florida) 44 *** Kye Kurkowski F 6-11 221 Sr. Grant, Neb. (Perkins County) ^ will sit out 2014-15 season because of NCAA Transfer Rules PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF Ali Farokhmanesh ............................... fuh-ROAK-muh-NESH Head Coach: Tim Miles (University of Mary, 1989) Trevor Menke .......................................................... Men-key Assistant Coach: Chris Harriman, third season (Augusta State, 2003); Jim Molinari ..................................................Mole-in-AIR-ee Assistant Coach: Kenya Hunter, second season (Duquesne, 1996) Terran Petteway ....................................tur-RAN PET-eh-way Assistant Coach: Jim Molinari, first season (Illinois Wesleyan, 1977) Tarin Smith ................................................................. Tear-in Director of Basketball Operations: Teddy Owens Shavon Shields ........................................................ sha-VON Video Coordinator: Gregory Eaton Tai Webster....................................................................... Tie Basketball Strength Coach: Tim Wilson Beatrice, Neb. ....................................................... Be-AT-russ Administrative Coordinator: Brett Sapp Kano, Nigeria ...........................................................KAH-noh Graduate Manager: Ali Farokhmanesh Olathe, Kan. ..........................................................oh-LAY-tha TALE OF THE TAPE NUMBERS 2 KNOW Nebraska Cornhuskers Illinois Fighting Illini 2014-15 Team Statistics (Record: 13-15, 5-11 Big Ten) 2014-15 Team Statistics (Record: 18-11, 8-8 Big Ten) 4 Tarin Smith’s 13-point effort marked the fourth player Nebraska OPP Illinois OPP to lead NU in scoring in 2014-15. It was the first time since SCORING 1722 1756 SCORING 2041 1828 March 14, 2013, that a freshman topped NU in scoring. Points per game 61.5 62.7 Points per game 70.4 63.0 Scoring margin -1.2 - Scoring margin +7.3 - 6 FIELD GOALS-ATT 603-1435 594-1476 FIELD GOALS-ATT 704-1677 652-1578 Rebounds that Shavon Shields needs to reach 500 for Field goal pct .420 .402 Field goal pct .420 .413 his career. He would become the 14th player with 1,000 3 POINT FG-ATT 149-518 187-566 3 POINT FG-ATT 219-599 185-574 career points and 500 rebounds at Nebraska.