Lubbock Christian Chaparrals (2-0) Cornhuskers (2-0) Head Coach: John Copeland Copeland's Record at LCU: 401-356 (27 years) Copeland's Career Record: Same Assistant Coaches: Matt Paden, Joshua Epperson at Head Coach: Doc Sadler Record : 2-0 (First year) Career Division I Record: 50-18 (3 years) Career Record: 169-58 (8 years) Assistant Coaches: Tony Benford, Philip Mathews, David Anwar 2006-07 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 6 -Kearney (exh.)...w, 74-72 Nov. 11 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (exh.)...l, 50-54 Nov. 14 -Omaha...W, 76-62 Nov. 18 No. 20/25 Creighton (NET2)...W, 73-61 Nov. 21 Lubbock Christian...7 p.m. Nov. 27 Arkansas-Pine Bluff...7 p.m. Nov. 29 North Texas (FSNMW)...7 p.m. Dec. 2 at Rutgers... 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at Oregon (FSN)... 2 p.m. Dec. 17 Alabama A&M...1 p.m. Dec. 20 Wyoming^... 9 p.m. Dec. 22 San Francisco/Hawaii^... TBA Dec. 23 TBA^... TBA Dec. 30 at Miami& (FSNMW)... 3 p.m. Jan. 3 Savannah State...7 p.m. Jan. 6 Western Kentucky...7 p.m. Jan. 10 at Iowa State (FSNMW)... 7 p.m. Jan. 13 Oklahoma State (ESPN Plus)...12:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at Oklahoma (FSNMW)... 7 p.m. Jan. 20 Colorado (ESPN Plus/ESPNU)...5 p.m. Jan. 24 Texas (FSNMW)...7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Kansas State (FSNMW)... 5 p.m. Jan. 29 Kansas (ESPN)...8 p.m. Feb. 3 at Missouri (ESPN Plus)... 12:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at Texas Tech (FSNMW)... 7 p.m. Feb. 10 Texas A&M (FSNMW)...7 p.m. Feb. 13 Kansas State (FSNMW)...7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Kansas (ESPN Plus)... 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at Baylor (FSNMW)... 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 Missouri (ESPN Plus)...12:30 p.m. Feb. 28 Iowa State...7 p.m. March 3 at Colorado (ESPN Plus)... 12:30 p.m. March 8-11 at Big 12 Championship (ESPN Plus)... TBA (Oklahoma City, Okla.) ^Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii &Orange Bowl Classic, Miami, Fla. *Big 12 Conference game >>>Game Information Game: 3 Game Date: Nov. 21, 2006 Release Date: Nov. 20, 2006 Radio: Husker Sports Network (Kent Pavelka, play by play; Matt Davison, color) TV: None Internet: Huskers.com (live radio, stats, video) Halftime Entertainment: Scarlet Dance Team Anthem: Big Red Express ( pep band) Corporate Sponsor: None >>>Huskers Look to Sustain Momentum Coming off an impressive victory over nationally ranked Possible Lineups 2006-07 Cornhuskers Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. G Charles Richardson Jr. Sr. 5-9 165 9.5 6.5* G Jamel White So. 6-3 190 15.5 4.0* G Sek Henry Fr. 6-3 180 7.5 3.0* G Ryan Anderson Fr. 6-4 195 14.0 8.5 C Aleks Maric Jr. 6-11 270 23.0 9.5 2006-07 Lubbock Christian Chaps Yr. Ht. Pts. Reb. G Max Eding Sr. 6-3 21.5 3.5 G Jonah Broussard Sr. 5-10 12.0 0.5 F Blake Huggins Sr. 6-7 4.0 5.0 F Marques Baldwin Sr. 6-5 10.0 4.0 F Bernardo Rocha Jr. 6-9 9.5 4.5 *assists Creighton last weekend, the basketball team gets right back into action as it returns to the court for a contest against Lubbock Christian at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Tip off for the contest will be at 7:05 p.m. and doors to building open 90 minutes before tip. Season ticket holders are reminded to use the ticket for Game 18 for entrance into Tuesday's contest against LCU. The team on the ticket is listed as TBA and it is the final ticket in the season packet. Season tickets were sent before the schedule was finalized and a letter was sent soon after to let fans know how to use the ticket for this game. The -Lubbock Christian contest can be heard on the radio on the Husker Sports Network, which consists of a 25-station network throughout. All Husker regular-season games can be heard on the network and around the world on the Internet on Huskers.com. The new play-by-play voice of the Husker basketball program, Kent Pavelka will call the action and will be joined by fourth-year Husker Sports Network analyst Matt Davison, who will provide color commentary. Free live statistics during the game are also available on Huskers.com and video of the game will be streamed live on HuskersNside.com, the premium subscription site of athletics. The game against the Chaps will be the third of a five-game home stand to open the season, the third time in four years the Huskers have opened the season with at least five straight games at the Devaney Center. With two wins last week, improved to 358-114 in the building, which is in its 31st season as the home to the Husker men's basketball team. 's victory over No. 20/25 Creighton on Saturday also gave the program its 1,300th career 2006-07 Numerical Roster 2006-07 Stats No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) PPG RPG A B S 1 Sek Henry G 6-3 180 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Patterson School [N.C.]) 7.5 1.5 6 0 1 3 Charles Richardson Jr.^^^ G 5-9 165 Sr. Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 9.5 3.5 13 0 5 4 Marcus Perry^ G 6-2 185 Sr. Anniston, Ala. (Southern Union State CC) Has not played (injury) 5 Jay-R Strowbridge G 6-0 180 Fr. Ardmore, Ala. (Sparkman) 6.0 0.0 0 0 0 12 Kyle Marks^ F 6-7 225 So. Riviera Beach, Fla. (Dwyer) Has not played (injury) 21 Aleks Maric^^ C 6-11 270 Jr. Sydney, Australia (Life Center [N.J.] Academy) 23.0 9.5 0 3 1 23 Mike Smith G 6-2 190 RFr. Bronx, N.Y. (Regional) 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 25 Paul Velander^ G 6-2 190 So. Blacksburg, Va. (Blacksburg) 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 31 Jamel White^ G 6-3 190 So. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Laurinburg [N.C.] Institute) 15.5 2.0 8 0 1 32 Chris Balham F 6-8 225 RFr. Kansas City, Kan. (Shawnee Mission West) 0.0 1.0 0 0 0 33 Kris Douse F 6-7 215 Fr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (IMG Academy [Fla.]) 0.0 1.0 0 0 0 34 Jim Ledsome^ F 6-9 225 So. Severna Park, Md. (Severna Park) 1.5 1.0 0 0 0 44 Ryan Anderson G 6-4 195 Fr. Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach) 14.0 8.5 5 0 0 ^-letters earned The Series The Cornhuskers and the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals will be meeting for the first time in series history Tuesday in the Devaney Center. The Chaps have played a Doc Sadler-coached team last season in an exhibition game when Sadler coached Texas-El Paso. Coming Up Next will take a couple of much-needed days off for the holiday before hitting the floor again at the Devaney Center for practices on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. NU will prepare for a tough six-day stretch next week when NU will play three games, starting with Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday, Nov. 27.
2006-07 Team Leaders Double-Figure Scoring Games Aleks Maric 2, Jamel White 2, Ryan Anderson 1, Charles Richardson Jr. 1 Double-Figure Rebounding Games Aleks Maric 1, Ryan Anderson 1 Double-Doubles Aleks Maric 1 20-Point Games Aleks Maric 1 Games Leading NU in Scoring* Aleks Maric 1, Ryan Anderson 1 Games Leading NU in Rebounding* Aleks Maric 1, Ryan Anderson 1 Games Leading NU in * Charles Richardson Jr. 2, Ryan Anderson 1, Sek Henry 1 Games Leading NU in * Aleks Maric 2 Games Leading NU in * Charles Richardson Jr. 2 *includes ties 2006-07 Big 12 Standings (through Nov. 19) Team Overall Big 12 Missouri 0-0 5-0 Iowa State 0-0 4-0 Oklahoma State 0-0 4-0 Texas A&M 0-0 4-0 Texas Tech 0-0 4-0 Kansas State 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 Oklahoma 0-0 2-0 Texas 0-0 3-1 Baylor 0-0 2-1 Kansas 0-0 2-1 Colorado 0-0 1-2 Upcoming conference schedule Monday, Nov. 20 Oklahoma vs. Memphis, 1:30 p.m. Texas Southern at Baylor, 7 p.m. Texas Tech vs. Marquette, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 Tennessee State at Kansas, 7 p.m. Iowa State at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Kansas State at New Mexico, 7 p.m. Lubbock Christian, 7 p.m. Nicholls State at Texas, 7 p.m. Southern at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m. Colorado at Utah, 8 p.m. Texas Tech vs. To Be Determined, TBA Oklahoma vs. Georgia Tech/Purdue, TBA Wednesday, Nov. 22 Oklahoma vs. To Be Determined, TBA Friday, Nov. 24 Oklahoma State vs. Auburn, 1:30 p.m. Kansas vs. Ball State, 7 p.m. 2 victory in the program's 111th season of existence. The Huskers, who have won their first three home games each of the last five years, hope to keep momentum on their side when they take on the Chaps. has improved its production by playing with more energy and in a more efficient manner in each of its last two games. NU has started the season on fire from the field as it has hit 61.4 percent (51-of-83) of its shots while winning its first two games by an average of 13.0 points, including draining an impressive 68.5 percent (24-of-35) after halftime. The Huskers missed only four shots out of 17 after the intermission in the upset of No. 20/25 Creighton on Saturday. 's strong offensive play has come handin-hand with the return of junior center Aleks Maric to the lineup. After missing 11 days of practice and both exhibition games, Maric came back to average 23.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in 28.5 minutes per game while helping NU give coach Doc Sadler a pair of victories to open his career in Lincoln. Maric has hit 65.5 percent (19-of-29) from the field, and amazingly his percentage is not first among Huskers with at least 15 field-goal attempts. Freshman Ryan Anderson, a 6-4 guard who is playing out of position in the 4 spot, has averaged 14.0 points per game in his first week of college ball while hitting 68.8 percent (11-of-16) from the field, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Anderson is also second on the squad with 8.5 rebounds per game and has added five assists. >>>Better Looking One of the glaring differences between the box scores from the exhibition games and the first two regular-season contests came on the 3-point stat line. Over the course of two preseason games, the Huskers attempted 54 3-pointers, making 18 (33.3 percent). During the first two games of the regular season, the Huskers worked the ball around the floor better and got it into the paint more with the return of center Aleks Maric to the lineup. The result: accounted for 24 3-pointers attempted while making 11 (45.8 percent). The Huskers hit 8-of-14 3-point attempts against nationally ranked Creighton, including hitting 4-of-6 from long range in the second half when they pulled away for the win. In addition to the long-range shooting, the Huskers have shown great patience in shot selection overall as they have hit 61.4 percent from the floor in two games. Team Comparison (2006-07 stats) Lubbock Christian (2-0)... Opponents per game... 85.0 63.5 Scoring margin... +21.5 Field goal percentage... 54.5 42.2 3-pt. field goal percentage... 35.3 31.0 3-pt. field goal made per game... 6.0 6.5 Free throw percentage... 64.4 68.3 per game... 35.0 30.5 Rebound margin... +4.5 per game... 17.0 7.5 Turnovers per game... 20.5 24.0 per game... 12.0 6.5 per game... 3.0 0.0 >>>The Series and Lubbock Christian are meeting for the first time in history when they square off on Tuesday. The Chaps, however, are likely to know a little about what may try to do as they faced a Doc Sadlercoached squad last season during exhibition play. Sadler, who was the head coach at Texas-El Paso each of the past two seasons when the Miners posted a 48-18 record, guided UTEP to a 76-44 victory over LCU last season. Four Miners finished in double figures and UTEP held the Chaps to 29 percent shooting. The game will mark the Huskers' final contest of the season against a non-division I squad. NU is 1-0 in the regular season against non-division I schools, and went 1-1 in exhibition play. >>>Scouting the Chaparrals Lubbock Christian University is an NAIA school located just minutes away from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The Chaparrals return eight letterwinners and three starters from last year's 7-22 squad. The Lubbock Christian Chaparrals enter Tuesday's contest against with a 2-0 record after winning a pair of games this past weekend at the Abilene Christian Classic. LCU defeated Concordia (Texas) University, 97-84, and finished the weekend by downing Hillsdale Baptist, 73-43. The first victory of the weekend gave LCU head coach John Copeland his 400th career victory, and he now owns a 401-356 record in his 27th season guiding the Chaps. Max Eding led the way with 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting against Concordia, while Marques Baldwin hit 8-of-12 shots from the floor for 17 points. Jonah Broussard added 16 and D.J. Cameron came off the bench to chip in 10 points for the Chaps. Eding also led the way against Hillsdale as he had 19 points and three of the Chaps' 17 steals on the night. LCU has averaged 85.0 points per contest over its first two games while hitting 54.5 percent (60-of-110) from the floor. The Chaps have held opponents to 42.2 percent shooting (43-of-102) while forcing 24.0 turnovers per game. Four players have averaged double figures with Eding leading the way with 21.5 points per game. Blake Huggins has paced the Chaps on the glass with 5.0 boards per contest, as LCU has outrebounded its first two opponents by a 35.0-30.5 margin. (2-0)... Opponents per game... 74.5 61.5 Scoring margin... +13.0 Field goal percentage... 61.4 36.8 3-pt. field goal percentage... 45.8 31.4 3-pt. field goal made per game... 5.5 8.0 Free throw percentage... 72.0 76.3 per game... 29.5 27.5 Rebound margin... +2.0 per game... 16.5 12.5 Turnovers per game... 17.0 15.5 per game... 4.5 4.0 per game... 1.5 2.0
>>>Maric Earns Big 12 Honors Junior Aleks Maric was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday, Nov. 20, following his performance in the Huskers' first two games of the season. The 6-11, 270-pound center led to a 2-0 start by averaging 23.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game while hitting 65.5 percent (19-of-29) from the floor. Maric, who returned to the court 11 days after an appendectomy to start the season opener, posted 29 points and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes against - Omaha in the Huskers' first regular-season game. He hit 11 field goals on a career-high 18 attempts and missed his second career 30-point contest by just one point. Last year, Maric had 37 points at Iowa State, the fifth-highest single-game mark in program history and the first 30-point game by a Husker since 1997. Against No. 20/25 Creighton on Nov. 18, Maric posted 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the Huskers to a 12-point victory. Maric was saddled with foul trouble in the first half and played just nine minutes, but came on to play 19 minutes in the second period when he recorded 15 points and eight boards. Maric is the first Husker to be named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week since 1999 when Venson Hamilton won it in back-to-back weeks on Jan. 18 and 25. Maric is only the third Husker to earn the conference's top weekly award, joining Hamilton and Tyronn Lue, who won the award three times including twice in 1997-98. Maric earned Big 12 Rookie-of-the-Week honors as a freshman on Feb. 28, 2005. He was one of nine Husker newcomers to earn the honor since the formation of the league for the 1996-97 season. >>>First Time coach Doc Sadler has won at every level, but the Huskers' victory over No. 20/25 Creighton gave Sadler another first in his career. Not only was it his 50th win as a head coach at this level, but Sadler earned his first career victory over a ranked Division I team. Sadler entered the game with the Bluejays with an 0-3 record against ranked squads over the past two years at UTEP, with all three games played away from home. Here is a look at Sadler's career matchups with ranked squads: Date Team (rank) Result Nov. 18, 2006 Creighton (20)... W, 73-61 Feb. 2, 2006 at Memphis (4)...L, 56-66 March 3, 2005 vs. Utah^ (18)...L, 54-60 Feb. 19, 2005 at Pacific (19)...L, 66-73 ^NCAA Tournament >>>More Honors Junior center Aleks Maric was not the only Husker to earn an honor following the first week of the season. On Monday, Nov. 20, coach Doc Sadler was tabbed the Coach of the Week on collegeinsider.com's Weekly Honor Roll. The web site said: "Expectations just got a little higher, and credit new coach Doc Sadler. The Huskers finally ended a seven-game losing streak to in-state rival Creighton, surprising the mid-major darlings 73-61 to open the season 2-0. shot 67% from the field, scored on its final 13 possessions of the game, and discovered it has a clutch performer in freshman guard Ryan Anderson (19 points and a key 3 in the final minutes). Yet, it all comes back to Sadler, who came to Lincoln this year after an impressive two-year stint at UTEP. With the win, he has already made a difference, earning some much-needed positive attention for the basketball team at a traditional football school." >>>Hot Shots scorched the net in a 12-point victory over nationally ranked Creighton on Nov. 18. The Huskers hit an impressive 67.6 percent (25-of-37) from the floor, their top single-game shooting percentage since hitting 72.3 percent (34-of-47) against UNC-Wilmington on Dec. 5, 1997. The percentage will likely rank among the best in the country when the first NCAA statistics are released in December, but does not top the Big 12 rankings as Oklahoma State has already hit 67.9 percent (36-of-53) against Florida Atlantic to take the top spot in the league. Last year in all of Division I, 's 67.6 field-goal percentage would have ranked sixth nationally for a single game. >>>For (Freshmen) Starters While first-year coach Doc Sadler would like to give his younger players time to adjust to the rigors of college basketball, he has had little choice but to start two freshmen in all of the Huskers' games this season. Guards Sek Henry and Ryan Anderson have performed well under pressure so far, especially Anderson who at 6-4 is playing out of position at the 4 spot. Henry led the team in scoring in the exhibition season with 20.0 points per game. In his first two regular-season games at the college level, Henry has averaged 7.5 points per game while hitting 4-of-7 attempts from the floor, including all three of his shots in the regular-season opener. He also was one of three Huskers to dish out four assists in the game. Anderson made his presence felt in the Huskers' first exhibition game as he hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining, helping NU to a 74-72 victory over -Kearney. In his first regular-season contest, Anderson posted nine points with a game-high 11 rebounds, becoming the second Husker freshman in three years to post double-figure rebounds in his first career game. Anderson came back with an even bigger performance against No. 20/25 Creighton as he led the Huskers in scoring with 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting. He hit his first six attempts from the floor and his only miss of the game was a long 3-point attempt in the final 10 seconds of the first half. According to official box scores, Henry and Anderson were the first pair of true freshmen to start the season opener for the Huskers since the 1973-74 season when Mark Enright and Ron Taylor also opened the season in the lineup. Henry and Anderson are the third and fourth true freshmen since 2001 to start their first career game, joining Jake Muhleisen (2001) and Marcus Walker (2005). Media Relations One Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE 68588 Fax: (402) 472-2005 Basketball Media Relations Director: Jerry Trickie E-mail: jtrickie@huskers.com Office phone: (402) 472-7779 Cell phone: (402) 540-0269 Big 12 Coaches Teleconference The Big 12 Conference coaches will participate in a weekly mediaonly teleconference during 2006-07, including: Monday, Dec. 11 Monday, Feb. 5 Thursday, Jan. 4 Monday, Feb. 12 Thursday, Jan. 11 Monday, Feb. 19 Monday, Jan. 15 Monday, Feb. 26 Monday, Jan. 22 Monday, March 5 Monday, Jan. 29 Monday, March 12* * - For only those coaches advancing to postseason (NCAA or NIT) play The teleconference begins at 10 a.m. CST. The call can be heard live or on replay via the Internet at www.big12sports.com. Contact the Big 12 staff at (469) 524-1000 for the call-in and replay numbers. 10 a.m. Bill Self, Kansas 10:10 a.m. Billy Gillispie, Texas A&M 10:20 a.m. Sean Sutton, Oklahoma State 10:30 a.m. Scott Drew, Baylor 10:40 a.m. Mike Anderson, Missouri 10:50 a.m. Bob Knight, Texas Tech 11 a.m. Ricardo Patton, Colorado 11:10 a.m. Bob Huggins, Kansas State 11:20 a.m. Jeff Capel, Oklahoma 11:30 a.m. Doc Sadler, 11:40 a.m. Rick Barnes, Texas 11:50 a.m. Greg McDermott, Iowa State Husker Sports Network The Host Communications Husker Sports Network (formerly Pinnacle Sports Network) is in its 11th year producing and marketing live broadcasts of University of football, men s and women s basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball games. The Husker Sports Network has created a large network of state and national affiliates. All regular-season men's basketball games and any postseason contests will be broadcast on a 25-station basketball network in 2006-07. KFAB (1110 AM) is the Omaha affiliate, KLIN (1400 AM) is the Lincoln affiliate and while KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington also serves as a primary affiliate. All of 's men's basketball games can also be heard worldwide, free of charge, on Huskers.com. Nearly all of 's games can also be heard live on SIRIUS Satellite. Veteran radio announcer Kent Pavelka will lead the men's basketball broadcast in 2006-07, along with former Husker basketball and football standout Matt Davison. Lane Grindle will serve as the host of Sports Nightly, a live daily call-in show focusing on NU athletics. Pavelka will host the Doc Sadler Radio Show on Monday nights throughout the season beginning at 7 p.m. 2006-07 Husker Sports Network Stations Ainsworth KBRB-AM, 1400 Lexington KRVN-AM, 880 Alliance KCOW-AM, 1400 Lincoln KLIN-AM, 1400 Aurora KRGY-FM, 97.3 McCook* KSWN-FM, 93.9 Beatrice KWBE-AM, 1450 Norfolk KNEN-FM, 94.7 Chadron KCSR-AM, 610 North Platte KODY-AM, 1240 Falls City KTNC-AM, 1230 Ogallala KOGA-AM, 930 Fremont KHUB-AM, 1340 Omaha KFAB-AM, 1110 KFMT-FM, 105.5 Scottsbluff KNEB-AM, 960 Grand Island KRGI-AM, 1430 Sidney KSID-AM, 1340 Hastings*, KLIQ-FM, 94.5 Valentine KVSH-AM, 940 Holdrege KUVR-AM, 1380 Wayne KTCH-AM, 1590 Kearney KGFW-AM, 1340 West Point KTIC-AM, 840 Kimball KIMB-AM, 1260
Earning a Bit of History After a 1-1 exhibition season, the Huskers came out on the winning end of their first two regular-season games of the year, giving coach Doc Sadler his 49th and 50th career wins as a Division I head coach. They were also win No. 169 and 170 in his eight-year head coaching career. With a win over -Omaha in the opener, Sadler became the first Husker head coach since Joe Cipriano in 1963 to win his first career game as a Husker, something that Moe Iba, Danny Nee and Barry Collier did not do. Sadler earned his 50th career victory at the Division I level against nationally ranked Creighton. With the win, Sadler became the first coach since Harry Good in 1946 to start his Husker head coaching career with a 2-0 mark. With a victory Tuesday, Sadler would move into a tie for fifth among first-year head coaches for wins before their first loss. The record is nine by Sam Waugh, whose Cornhusker team opened the season 9-0 before losing. Waugh coached one year and had a 13-1 record in 1915-16, including a perfect 12-0 record in conference play. Before coming to, Sadler posted the seventhhighest win total by a first-year Division I head coach in NCAA history with his teams' 27 victories in 2004-05 and with 48 wins over his first two years, he was just two victories out of the all-time top 10 for coaching wins in the first two seasons at Division I. First-Year NU Head Coaches...Record before first loss Doc Sadler, 2006-07...?? Harry Good, 1946-47...3-0 Paul Schlisser, 1919-20...6-0 Sam Waugh, 1915-16...9-0 E.O. "Jumbo" Stiehm, 1911-12...5-0 E. Berry, 1900-01...3-0 T.P. Hewitt, 1899-1900...5-0 Season Openers opened its 111th season of basketball with a 76-62 victory over -Omaha. The game marked the earliest regular-season playing date in school history, matching the mark set in 1998 when the Huskers opened the season on Nov. 14 against UNC Greensboro. Before this season, is known to have played only seven games before Nov. 20, including two games last season when it played host to the John Thompson Basketball Challenge. picked up its sixth straight season-opening victory and ninth in the past 10 years with the win over UNO. The Huskers also extended their streak of victories in home openers to 26 with their win. Charging Ahead First-year coach Doc Sadler has said many times that his teams will play hard from start to finish, will get on the floor for loose balls and will take charges. Here is a quick look at the breakdown by game and player for that last statistic: Charges Taken (Team) Opponent Creighton 3 -Omaha 2 s 5 Charges Taken (Player) Player White 2 Velander 1 Anderson 1 Maric 1 s 5 >>>Injuries Deplete Frontcourt Depth The Huskers entered the season thin on experience across the front line, and the rash of injuries already seen this season has been felt most significantly in the paint. Because of the lack of depth, has started 6-4 freshman Ryan Anderson, who is listed as a guard, at the 4 spot in each exhibition contest and regular-season game so far. Sophomore Jim Ledsome, who had played 61 career minutes entering the season, started each exhibition game before center Aleks Maric gave the Huskers a bit of good news with his return to the lineup in the season opener. 's only other front-court returnee to play in a regular-season game is sophomore Kyle Marks, who is recovering from knee surgery. Marks played 122 minutes last season. Redshirt freshman Chris Balham (legs) also missed time earlier this season and was not cleared to play until just hours before the first exhibition game. He then missed the regular-season opener and played his first career contest against Creighton on Saturday when he got in for nine minutes, securing one rebound. Freshman forward Kris Douse is the only Husker over 6-4 who has not had an injury and missed practice time in the preseason. >>>Road Warriors The basketball team can easily take on the title of 'Road Warriors' during the month of December. After opening the regular season with five straight home games, the Huskers go on the road for six of their next seven contests, leaving them with only one home game (vs. Alabama A&M) at the Devaney Center in December. The month opens with a trip to New Jersey to take on Rutgers on Dec. 2 followed by a trip to Portland, Ore., to take on the Oregon Ducks on Dec. 9 at the Rose Garden, home of the Portland Trailblazers. Following the Alabama A&M game, the Huskers leave the next morning for Hawaii where it will play three games in the Outrigger Rainbow Classic from Dec. 20-23 before coming home for Christmas. ends the month with a road trip to the Orange Bowl Classic in Miami for the second straight season. All told, the Huskers will travel 15,400 miles during the month, according to the Indo.com web site which tracks distances between cities "as the crow flies." The following are the distances the site lists as one-way trips from Lincoln, Neb. The total for one-way trips from Lincoln is 7,700 miles. Destination...Distance From Lincoln Piscataway, N.J... 1168 miles (1880 km, 1015 nautical miles) Portland, Ore... 1345 miles (2165 km, 1169 nautical miles) Honolulu, Hawaii... 3783 miles (6088 km, 3287 nautical miles) Miami, Fla.... 1404 miles (2259 km, 1220 nautical miles)... 7,700 miles (12,392 km, 6,691 nautical miles) The trek around the country will be a new experience for the Huskers. Last year, played 10 of its first 11 games of the year at home with the lone road game coming just 60 minutes up I-80 at the Qwest Center Omaha against Creighton. NU's first out-of-state road game last year came on Dec. 31 when the Huskers fell to Florida State in Miami at the Orange Bowl Classic. played five straight road games in 2000-01 when it went played Miami in the Orange Bowl Classic before winning three straight games and the tourney title at the San Juan Shootout. NU ended the road stretch with a contest at Minnesota. The last time played at least six road contests in a seven-game span was 1997-98 when the Huskers played seven straight games away from Lincoln. That stretch started with true road games at Creighton, Minnesota before playing three games at the Rainbow Classic, NU's last appearance in the tournament. NU finished the road trek with games at Kansas and Oklahoma State to open Big 12 Conference play. >>>Earning Their Keep Following a rash of injuries, the coaching staff held open tryouts for students on Oct. 12, a day before the official start of preseason practices. At times this fall, the Huskers have practiced with only six healthy players who are currently listed on the official roster. From the open tryout, the staff took six players who are working out with the team on a limited basis. Forward Ben Nelson (Atwater, Minn.) was the lone walk-on to see action in the first exhibition, as he got into the game against UNK for three minutes and had one rebound while going 0-for-1 from the floor. Andrew Wicklund (Colorado Springs, Colo.) also dressed that night and the duo dressed again when NU played SIUE. This time they were joined by Choul Laam (Lincoln, Neb.), who played six minutes against the Cougars as the only walk-on to see action. In the season opener, freshman Jay-R Strowbridge sat out with an injury, forcing Coach Doc Sadler to look for a backup point guard. Nick Krenk ( City, Neb.), who joined the team as a manager a month before, practiced only once time with the team on the day before the opener and was cleared to play in Strowbridge's place. Krenk got into the opener against -Omaha for 13 minutes. Krenk, the son of former Husker football player Mitch Krenk, was not the only walk-on to play as Laam got into the game for one minute. Nelson and Wicklund dressed for the Huskers but did not play. >>>Bumps, Bruises and Much More Seven Huskers returned from last season's NIT squad, including three starters in guards Charles Richardson Jr. and Jamel White and center Aleks Maric. Richardson is the only Husker with significant experience who has not missed practice time with an injury or illness this fall. Last year, Richardson had surgery on his knee during the preseason and missed the first three games of the season before coming on to start 23 contests. This season, he is one of four players including freshmen Sek Henry, Ryan Anderson and Kris Douse who have not been sidelined. On the other hand, nine Huskers have missed time this year with a wide range of injuries that have relegated them to the bench, including: Jamel White (collarbone), Kyle Marks (knee cartilage), Paul Velander (foot), Chris Balham (legs), Jim Ledsome (ankle), Jay-R Strowbridge (thigh and
knee) and Mike Smith (thigh). Aleks Maric joined the growing injured list as he had an appendectomy on Nov. 3. He was not available for the two exhibition games but returned to practice on a limited basis Monday, Nov. 13 and made his season debut on Tuesday, Nov. 14 in the season opener. The 6-11, 270-pounder provides the majority of 's bulk in the paint and returned as one of the top centers in the conference after leading the Big 12 in double-doubles in league-only games last year with seven. In his season debut, Maric posted an impressive 29 points and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes and then added 17 points and nine boards against Creighton. The Huskers also suffered a loss following the first exhibition game as senior guard Marcus Perry, who had already lost practice time because of foot problems, underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Nov. 9. Perry, who scored 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range off the bench in the first exhibition, tore cartilage in his left knee and will be lost for at least another week. >>>Leading by Example Senior guard Charles Richardson Jr. is the proven veteran of the squad as he is the Huskers' only returning three-year letterwinner. In fact, Richardson and junior center Aleks Maric are the only players on the squad with more than one year of Division I experience. The 5-9, 165-pound Richardson helped the Huskers to a 19-14 campaign in 2006 that included their second NIT bid in three years. Richardson, who has quietly become one of the top floor generals in the Big 12, is chasing his third postseason appearance this season. Behind his solid junior campaign setting up the Husker offense, Richardson ranked fourth in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.92:1 and was 10th in the league with 3.33 assists per game after gaining 100 assists on the year. His strong hand helped lead the Huskers to two victories at the Big 12 Championship in 2006, only the third time in school history that NU posted more than one win at the league postseason tournament. For his career, Richardson has 233 assists in 89 games. He leads the current squad in both categories and is second on the squad in games started with 37. Only Aleks Maric, who has started 38 of 60 career games, has more experience in the starting lineup. With similar statistics to last year, Richardson could move into the career top 10 for assists. Currently sitting in 10th place on the list is former Husker and current 13-year NBA veteran Eric Piatkowski, who had 322 assists in his career. >>>Talk With Doc Coach Doc Sadler will meet fans to talk about recent contests and the game plan for upcoming game with a series of four 'Talk with Doc' luncheons. The luncheons began on Nov. 17 when Doc talked about the upcoming game against Creighton. The the final three luncheons (Dec. 15, Jan. 19 and Feb. 9) will take place at the Club on the 20th floor of the US Bank Building in downtown Lincoln. Cost for the luncheons, which include a full buffet, is $15 per person per luncheon. Tables of eight are available for $120 and packages that include a full table of eight for all four luncheons are $450. >>>Testing the Waters Doc Sadler was the biggest addition to the program this summer, but the largest returnee on the floor for the Huskers literally and figuratively was junior center Aleks Maric. The 6-11, 270-pound Maric entered his name into the NBA Draft on April 28, 2006. After testing the waters, Maric withdrew his name before the deadline and, since he did not hire an agent, was able to return to the Huskers for the 2006-07 campaign. However, Maric wasn't initially convinced that he would return to Lincoln following Barry Collier's resignation as head coach in August. To help Maric make up his mind, Doc Sadler got on a plane to Australia less than 48 hours following his appointment as head coach and spent a few days with Maric and his family so they could get to know each other. The following week Maric announced he would return to Lincoln in time for the start of fall classes. Maric, who will miss the UNO contest after undergoing an appendectomy on Friday, Nov. 3, was the first Husker underclassman to declare early for the draft since Tyronn Lue announced his decision to forgo his senior season in 1998. Lue remained in the draft and was a first-round selection of the Denver Nuggets. He is still in the NBA playing for the Atlanta Hawks, one of three former Huskers currently in the league. Maric was one of eight underclassmen from the Big 12 Conference to declare early for the draft, a high for any conference. Six of the players remained in the draft, with Maric and Colorado's all-league guard Richard Roby being the only two to pull out. Of the six who stayed in the draft, four were selected in the first two rounds. >>>Early (Bird) Rankings When and Creighton played on Nov. 18, it was the earliest contest for the Huskers against a ranked team in school history. The previous earliest game was in the season-opener for the 1996-97 campaign when fell to No. 17 Texas, 83-81, in Austin on Nov. 23, 1996. That season was the first year of Big 12 Conference play, but the Huskers and Longhorns played twice, including the season opener which served as a non-conference game for both teams. improved to 2-0 all-time against ranked nonconference teams in the month of November. The only other time has played a ranked non-conference opponent that early came on Nov. 28, 1990, when NU stunned No. 5 Michigan State, 71-69, at home. Before the win over Creighton, the Huskers' last victory over a non-conference team in the regular season came on Dec. 8, 2002 when NU defeated No. 20 Minnesota, 80-60, in the Devaney Center. The Huskers now own a 9-31 record against ranked non-conference teams in the regular season. Here is a quick look at the Huskers' early season matchups with ranked teams over the past 20 years: The Last Time Out (vs. No. 20/25 Creighton) Lincoln earned its first regular-season win over Creighton since 1998 behind a strong offensive attack as the Huskers hit 67.6 percent from the floor in a 73-61 victory over the Bluejays in the first sellout of the Devaney Center in two years. The win gave first-year coach Doc Sadler his 50th career victory and made him the first head coach since 1946 to open his career 2-0. Playing in front of a crowd of 13,112 fans, the Huskers knocked off the No. 20/25 Bluejays behind a strong effort from freshman Ryan Anderson, who led the way on offense as he scored a team-high 19 points. Anderson hit 7-of-8 attempts from the floor to pace the Husker offense, which had its best shooting night percentage-wise since Dec. 5, 1997 against UNC Wilmington when NU hit 72.3 percent from the field. Anderson's strong performance, which included hitting 2-of-3 from 3-point range, came alongside junior center Aleks Maric, who added an 8-for-11 effort from the field en route to 17 points. The duo also combined for 15 rebounds. Senior Charles Richardson Jr. was near-perfect on the night, as he guided the efficient offense. Richardson finished 4-of-4 from the floor, including 2-of-2 from the 3-point range and 1-of-2 from the charity stripe, missing only a free throw in his team-high 40 minutes on the court. Richardson also added a career-high tying nine assists without a turnover, half of the Huskers' team total of 18 assists. Sophomore Jamel White rounded out the Huskers' four-man double-digit effort with 13 points. He hit 3-of-7 from the field, including 2-of-4 from behind the arc, and drained 5-of-6 attempts from the charity stripe. The Huskers relied on the sharp-shooting of Anderson in the first half, as he nailed 6-of-7 attempts from the field, pouring in 13 points while adding two boards. Anderson knocked down his first six attempts from the floor as he helped pull within three, 31-28, at the intermission. Before Anderson got going, the teams traded shots in the paint until Richardson hit a 3-pointer as the shot clock wound down to put the Huskers up 7-4. With the Huskers trailing 14-12, freshman Jay-R Strowbridge stepped up with two 3-point field goals to put the ahead 18-14 with 11:00 remaining. The Huskers built a 20-16 lead after a Maric layup with 9:14 left in the opening half, but Creighton s Nate Funk kept the Bluejays in the game with a pair of treys and a jumper as CU built its largest lead of the period at 24-20. Neither team would lead by more than three to close the half, as headed into the locker room trailing 31-28. The Huskers returned from the intermission on fire. A Maric lay-up put ahead 34-33 for a lead it would not relinquish. Richardson added a lay-up and a free throw while White knocked down a 3-pointer to push the lead to seven, 40-33. However, Creighton s Isacc Miles and Funk combined for nine points on a trio of 3-point shots to tie the game at 42 before Anderson answered with a 3-pointer of his own, setting off a 14-8 Husker run that included six points and three defensive rebounds from Maric. A Funk 3-point shot pulled Creighton to within four points at 58-54, but that was as close as Creighton would get. Funk finished with a game-high 28 points, the only Bluejay to score in double digits. hit a solid 57.1 percent (8-of-14) from behind the 3-point line, while garnering two 3s from each of four different players.
Full House played in front of a packed house in coach Doc Sadler's second regular-season game when the Huskers defeated No. 20/25 Creighton, 73-61, in the Devaney Center. The game officially sold out on Wednesday, Nov. 15, and standing-room only tickets were then put on sale on a first-come, first-served basis. The game's official attendance (tickets distributed) was 13,832 and marked the first home sellout for the Huskers since Feb. 5, 2005, a span of 24 home games. That game was also against a ranked opponent as No. 3 Kansas earned a 78-65 victory. This season's contest against CU was also the first non-conference sellout since the Bluejays last came to Lincoln on Dec. 11, 2004. Pro Connection Several former members of the basketball program are in action this fall playing professionally around the world, including three first-time players from recent NU rosters. Overall, 10 former Huskers are currently slated to play professionally this season, including three in the National Basketball Association: Tyronn Lue (Atlanta Hawks), Eric Piatkowski (Phoenix Suns) and Mikki Moore (New Jersey Nets). Piatkowski is one of the longest-tenured players in the NBA, as the veteran is in his 13th season this winter. Brian Conklin, a letterwinner from 2001 to 2004, became the most recent addition to the Huskers growing list of professional players. Conklin joined Omniworld Almere in The Netherlands for his first professional season in 2006-07. Omniworld in the Dutch League is the same club that former Husker John Turek played for last season. Also joining the professional ranks this season are former Huskers Wes Wilkinson and Jason Dourisseau, the co-mvps for last year s 19-win Husker squad that reached the Big 12 Championship semifinals. Wilkinson, who worked out for multiple NBA teams and played in the 2006 Vegas Summer League for the Boston Celtics, joined his new club, Okapi Aalstar, in Belgium in October. Last year, Wilkinson led with 11.9 points per game and broke into the Huskers single-season top-10 list with 61 blocked shots. Wilkinson was the only rookie from the United States listed on Aalstar s season-opening roster. Dourisseau began his first professional season playing with EnBW Ludwigsburg in early October. The Omaha native joined the squad in August for training camp and is one of three newcomers from the NCAA ranks, along with Ohio State s Ja Kel Foster and Utah State s Nate Harris. Dourisseau averaged 11.3 points and 7.3 rebounds both second on the team for last year. Turek moved to MPC/Capitals Groningen after averaging 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 steal per game for Omniworld last year. Turek was named to the Dutch League All-Star Game last season. Other former Huskers who are signed to play professionally around the globe this year include Cookie Belcher (Bnei Hasharon-- Israel--Premier League), Andrew Drevo (Nanterre-- France--Pro B), Steffon Bradford (Nanterre--France--Pro B) and Venson Hamilton (Real Madrid--Spain--ACB). Kimani Ffriend, Nate Johnson, Marcus Neal Jr., Tony Farmer and Larry Florence each played professionally as recently as last season, according to eurobasket.com, top professional basketball web site that tracks international teams. Date Team (rank) Result Nov. 18, 2006 Creighton (20)... W, 73-61 Dec. 21, 2002 Creighton (20)...L, 73-81 Dec. 8, 2002 Minnesota (20)... W, 80-60 Dec. 12, 1999 vs. Arizona (4)...L, 59-80 Dec. 19, 1998 Minnesota (17)...L, 51-55 Dec. 31, 1996 vs. Cincinnati (6)... L, 73-84 Dec. 21, 1996 Minnesota (16)...L, 56-70 Nov. 23, 1996 at Texas (17)... L, 81-83 (ot) Jan. 1, 1996 Texas (23)... W, 85-69 Dec. 30, 1995 vs, Mississippi State (17)...L, 66-69 Dec. 10, 1994 Michigan State (15)... W, 96-91 (ot) Dec. 28, 1992 vs. Michigan (6)...L, 73-88 Dec. 4, 1991 at Michigan State (22)...L, 78-101 Nov. 28, 1990 Michigan State (5)... W, 71-69 Dec. 14, 1988 at Ohio State (14)...L, 76-103 Dec. 19, 1987 at Wyoming (6)...L, 58-87 >>>Getting Out First-year head coach Doc Sadler has made his presence felt in the city of Lincoln and throughout the state of this fall. Sadler, who was hired to take over the Cornhusker program on Aug. 8, has made numerous public appearances around the state, greeting fans of all ages while promoting the basketball program. Sadler has also been widely available to the media and has made guest appearances on the Husker Sports Network during three football broadcasts as well as on NET's Big Red Wrap Up show. >>>Open Doors The new coaching staff has put a new policy in place that has gone over well with the fans as practices are open to the public. Dates and times for practices can be found on the basketball page on Huskers.com and are updated frequently. Fans are able to get an inside glimpse into the Husker program by spending time watching practice from the floor or any available seating in the stands. The purpose of open practices is to allow fans to gain a better understanding of the program. Fans are reminded that information gained by attending a practice session is for personal use only and should not be posted to the Internet and that information regarding injuries or personnel matters will be released to the media at the appropriate time. Abuse of the privilege may result in re-evaluation of the open-door policy. >>>Quick Shots 's game against -Omaha on Nov. 14 marked the earliest season-opener in program history, tying the mark set in the 1998-99 campaign. Prior to this season, had played only four games before Nov. 19, but played twice this year before that date. has a young lineup for the second straight season in 2006-07. Last year's inexperienced squad posted 19 victories and gave NU its second postseason berth in three years. This season the Huskers hope to have a similar outcome despite entering the year with even less experience. Only two players senior Charles Richardson Jr. and junior Aleks Maric entered the year with more than one season of Division I experience. NU has the players in place to challenge for one of the top spots in the Husker 3-point record book this winter. has posted at least 200 3-pointers as a team only three times in school history all since 2000 including hitting 221 treys last year to rank second alltime. When finally healthy, returning guards Jamel White, Marcus Perry, Paul Velander and Charles Richardson Jr., along with newcomers Ryan Anderson and Sek Henry, will form an impressive long-range attack for the Huskers this season. Maric's 10 double-doubles last year tied for fifth in NU single-season history. With 14 career double-doubles, Maric is ranked eighth on the NU career chart. Maric needs six to move into the top five and with another 10, he would move to third on the list. Venson Hamilton, the 1999 Big 12 Player of the Year, leads the list with 45 doubledoubles, while Carl McPipe is second with 25 and Dave Hoppen third with 22. Maric has 439 career rebounds and by posting the same total as he had last year (251), he would move into 10th on the Husker career rebounds chart. Entering the season, Maric was just 10 rebounds behind the total Hamilton had at the end of his sophomore season. Hamilton is the only player in NU history to post more than 1,000 career rebounds. Maric will likely move into the NU career top 10 for blocked shots in 2006-07. He owns 58 blocks in his career and needs just seven to take over sole possession of 10th place. By duplicating his rookie campaign, guard Jamel White will challenge for a spot on the career top-10 chart for 3-pointers. White ranked second in the freshman record book with 44 treys last year and now needs 57 to move into a tie for 10th place with Chris Cresswell. has had one rookie selected to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team each of the past two years. Last year, White earned the honor after moving into the NU freshman record book in six categories. 6
2006-07 Basketball Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 18, 2006) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) ---TOTAL--- ---3-PTS--- ----REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 Maric, Aleks... 2-2 57 28.5 19-29.655 0-2.000 8-11.727 5 14 19 9.5 6 0 0 5 3 1 46 23.0 31 White, Jamel... 2-2 67 33.5 8-18.444 2-5.400 13-16.813 0 4 4 2.0 7 0 8 2 0 1 31 15.5 44 Anderson, Ryan... 2-2 69 34.5 11-16.688 3-5.600 3-5.600 2 15 17 8.5 5 1 5 10 0 0 28 14.0 03 Richardson, Charles 2-2 73 36.5 6-8.750 3-5.600 4-5.800 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 13 4 0 5 19 9.5 01 Henry, Sek... 2-2 58 29.0 4-7.571 1-3.333 6-8.750 0 3 3 1.5 9 1 6 4 0 1 15 7.5 05 Strowbridge, Jay-R. 1-0 10 10.0 2-3.667 2-3.667 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6.0 34 Ledsome, Jim... 2-0 15 7.5 1-1 1.000 0-0.000 1-2.500 1 1 2 1.0 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 1.5 23 Smith, Mike... 1-0 5 5.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 1-3.333 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 40 Laam, Choul... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 32 Balham, Chris... 1-0 9 9.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 11 Krenk, Nick... 1-0 13 13.0 0-1.000 0-1.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 25 Velander, Paul... 1-0 2 2.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Douse, Kris... 2-0 21 10.5 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 1 1 2 1.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM... 1 2 3 1.5 0 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... 2 400 51-83.614 11-24.458 36-50.720 11 48 59 29.5 42 2 33 34 3 9 149 74.5 Opponents... 2 400 39-106.368 16-51.314 29-38.763 25 30 55 27.5 51-25 29 4 8 123 61.5 TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND --------------------------------------------------- ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ SCORING... 149 123 11/14/06 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 76-62 9658 per game... 74.5 61.5 11/18/06 CREIGHTON W 73-61 13832 Scoring margin... +13.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT... 51-83 39-106 Field goal pct....614.368 3 POINT FG-ATT... 11-24 16-51 3-point FG pct....458.314 3-pt FG made per game.. 5.5 8.0 FREE THROWS-ATT... 36-50 29-38 Free throw pct....720.763 REBOUNDS... 59 55 per game... 29.5 27.5 Rebounding margin... +2.0 - ASSISTS... 33 25 per game... 16.5 12.5 TURNOVERS... 34 29 Turnovers per game... 17.0 14.5 Turnover margin... -2.5 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.9 STEALS... 9 8 per game... 4.5 4.0 BLOCKS... 3 4 per game... 1.5 2.0 WINNING STREAK... 2 - Home win streak... 2 - ATTENDANCE... 23490 0 Home games-avg/game... 2-11745 0-0 Neutral site-avg/game.. - 0-0 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd ------------------------------ ---- ---- ----... 72 77-149 Opponents... 63 60-123
The Last Time...... A Opponent... Scored 100 or more points... 107; vs. North Carolina A&T, 12/19/05 101; TCU, 3/15/99 Scored 41 to 50 points... 48; vs. Kansas, 2/8/06 45; Baylor, 2/4/06 Scored 40 or fewer points... 39; vs. Kansas State, 3/7/84 (B8T) 34; Morgan State, 12/6/04 Shot 70% from the field....723; vs. UNC Wilmington 12/5/97 (34-47).723; Kansas, 2/2/85 (34-47) Shot 60% from the field....676; vs. Creighton, 11/18/06 (25-37).612; at Hawaii, 3/22/04 (30-49) Shot 90% from the free throw line....909; vs. Baylor, 2/4/06 (20-22) 1.000; Missouri, 1/28/06 (6-6) Made 10, 3-Point... 11; vs. Colorado (2/22/06) (11-22) 11; Creighton, 11/18/06 (11-32) Had 60 rebounds... 60; vs. Oral Roberts, 12/22/99 62; Colorado, 2/15/75 Had 50 rebounds... 50; vs. Colorado, 2/22/06 50; Tennessee, 12/13/03 Had 30 assists... 35, vs. Northeastern Illinois, 12/21/94 30; Iowa State, 2/3/93 Had 15 steals... 15, vs. Oklahoma State, 2/7/01 15; Florida State, 12/31/05 Had 10 blocked shots... 11; at Creighton, 12/11/05 10; at Texas A&M, 2/25/06 Had 10 or fewer turnovers... 9; vs. Missouri, 3/9/06 6; at Hofstra, 3/16/06 Had 20 or more turnovers... 24; at Kansas, 1/21/06 20; Florida State, 12/31/05 Had three players with 20 points... vs. Oregon, 11/25/95 Texas, 1/21/98... (Boone 30; Lue 30; Strickland 20) (Mihm 29, Axtell 25, Clack 22) Had three players with 10 rebounds... vs. Texas Tech, 1/19/00 at Kansas, 1/9/02... (Bradford 16, Ffriend 12, Truscott 11) (Collison 13, Gooden 12, Simien 10) Had five players reach double-figure points... vs. Colorado, 2/22/06 at Kansas, 1/21/06... (Wilkinson 17, White 17, Dourisseau 13, (Rush 17, Hawkins 17, Robinson 13,... Maric 13, Richardson 12) Jackson 13, Wright 12) Had a player score 40 points... 42; Eric Piatkowski, vs. Okla., 3/11/94 41; Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech, 2/18/06 Had a player score 30 points... 37; Aleks Maric at Iowa State, 2/15/06 30; Richard Roby, at Colorado, 1/25/06 Had a player grab 15 rebounds... 16; Aleks Maric at Iowa State, 2/15/06 15; Harry Disy, Louisiana Tech, 11/20/05 Had a player dish out 10 assists... 10; Jake Muhleisen vs. Minnesota, 12/8/02 10; C.J. Watson, Tennessee, 12/30/04 Had a player collect five steals... 5; Jake Muhleisen vs. Baylor, 1/21/04 6; Curtis Stinson, Iowa State, 2/15/06 Had a player block five shots... 5; Aleks Maric, at Hofstra, 3/16/06 5; Arthur Johnson, Missouri, 3/13/03 Individual Season/Career Highs Player /* 1 Sek Henry 8; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 2; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) 4; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 3 Charles Richardson Jr. 15; vs. Oklahoma (1/7/06) 7; at Missouri (3/5/06) 9; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) career highs 15; vs. Oklahoma (1/7/06) 7; at Missouri (3/5/06) 9; two times (last 11/18/06) 4 Marcus Perry Has not played yet (injury) Has not played yet (injury) Has not played yet (injury) career highs 13; vs. North Carolina A&T (12/19/05) 4; vs. Kansas (3/11/06) 2; three times (last 3/11/06) 5 Jay-R Strowbridge 6; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) None None 12 Kyle Marks Has not played yet (injury) Has not played yet (injury) Has not played yet (injury) career highs 6; vs. North Carolina A&T (12/19/05) 3; two times (last 12/19/05) *1; three times (last 2/18/06) 21 Aleks Maric 29; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 10; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) *2; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) career highs 37; at Iowa State (2/15/06) 17; at Kansas State (1/11/06) *5; at Hofstra (3/16/06) 23 Mike Smith 1; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 1; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) None 25 Paul Velander None None 1; vs. Creighton (1/18/06) career highs None None 1; two times (last 1/18/06) 31 Jamel White 18; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 3; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) 5; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) career highs 28; vs. Missouri (1/28/06) 7; two times (last 2/4/06) 6; at Hofstra (3/16/06) 32 Chris Balham None 1; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) None 33 Kris Douse None 2; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) None 34 Jim Ledsome 3; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 2; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) None career highs 5; vs. North Carolina A&T (12/19/05) 7; vs. North Carolina A&T (12/19/05) *1; four times (last 3/5/06) 44 Ryan Anderson 19; vs. Creighton (11/18/06) 11; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06) 4; vs. -Omaha (11/14/06)
2005-06 Team Game-by-Game Comparison Team FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. O-D Reb. PF A TO B S Pts. -Omaha 18-50.360 5-19.263 21-26.808 28 27 10 17 2 6 62 26-46 56.5 3-10.300 21-29.724 32 26 15 17 2 8 76 No. 20/25 Creighton 21-56.375 11-32.344 8-12.667 27 16 15 12 2 2 61 25-37.676 8-14.571 15-21.714 27 24 18 17 1 1 73 Lubbock Christian Arkansas-Pine Bluff North Texas at Rutgers vs. Oregon Alabama A&M Wyoming (Rainbow Classic) vs. TBA (Rainbow Classic) vs. TBA (Rainbow Classic) vs. at Miami Savannah State Western Kentucky at Iowa State Oklahoma State at Oklahoma Colorado Texas at Kansas State Kansas at Missouri at Texas Tech Texas A&M Kansas State at Kansas at Baylor Missouri Iowa State at Colorado vs. TBA (Big 12 Championship)
2006-07 Basketball Game-by-Game Review (---------------------------------------------- Individual Leaders---------------------------------------------) Date Opponent Result Record (B12) Attendance 11/14 -Omaha W, 76-62 1-0 (0-0) 9,658 Maric (29) Anderson (11) Richardson (6) Richardson (4) 11/18 Creighton W, 73-61 2-0 (0-0) 13,832 Anderson (19) Maric (9) Richardson (9) Richardson (1) 11/21 Lubbock Christian 11/27 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 11/29 North Texas 12/2 at Rutgers 12/9 vs. Oregon^ 12/17 Alabama A&M 12/20 vs. Wyoming@ 12/22 vs. San Francisco/Hawaii@ 12/23 vs. TBA@ 12/30 vs. Miami$ 1/3 Savannah State 1/6 Western Kentucky 1/10 at Iowa State 1/13 Oklahoma State 1/17 at Oklahoma 1/20 Colorado 1/24 Texas 1/27 at Kansas State 1/29 Kansas 2/3 at Missouri 2/6 at Texas Tech 2/10 Texas A&M 2/13 Kansas State 2/17 at Kansas 2/21 at Baylor 2/24 Missouri 2/28 Iowa State 3/3 Colorado 3/8-11 at Big 12 Championship# ^ -- Pape' Jam, Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden) $ -- Outrigger Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii $ -- MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, Sunrise, Fla. * -- Big 12 game # -- at Big 12 Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Miscellaneous Review Record When:...All Home Away Ahead at Halftime...1-0 1-0 0-0 Behind at Halftime...1-0 1-0 0-0 Tied at Halftime...0-0 0-0 0-0 Bench Outscores Opponent's...0-0 0-0 0-0 Opponent Bench Outscores NU...2-0 2-0 0-0 Bench scoring is even...0-0 0-0 0-0 Shooting 50% or Better...2-0 2-0 0-0 Shooting Under 50%...0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. Shoots 50% or Better...0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. Shoots Under 50%...2-0 2-0 0-0 Outshooting Opponent (pct.)...2-0 2-0 0-0 Outshot by Opponent (pct.)...0-0 0-0 0-0 Shooting is even...0-0 0-0 0-0 Outrebounding Opponent...1-0 1-0 0-0 Outrebounded by Opponent...0-0 0-0 0-0 are Even...1-0 1-0 0-0 Committing More TOs than Opp...1-0 1-0 0-0 Committing Fewer TOs than Opp...0-0 0-0 0-0 Turnovers are Even...1-0 1-0 0-0 Leading with 5:00 left...2-0 2-0 0-0 Trailing with 5:00 left...0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied with 5:00 left...0-0 0-0 0-0 In Overtime...0-0 0-0 0-0 Scoring 80 or more points...0-0 0-0 0-0 Scoring 79 or fewer points...2-0 2-0 0-0 Allowing 80 or more points...0-0 0-0 0-0 Allowing 79 or fewer points...2-0 2-0 0-0 Field-Goal Percentage by Site: NU H (BDSC) -- 51-83 = 61.4 A -- 0-0 = 00.0 OPP A -- 0-0 = 00.0 H (BDSC) -- 39-106 = 36.8 Free-Throw Percentage by Site: NU H (BDSC) -- 36-50 = 72.0 A -- 0-0 = 00.0 OPP A -- 0-0 = 00.0 H (BDSC) -- 29-38 = 76.3 NU Average at BDSC: 74.5 ppg (149) Opp. Average at BDSC: 61.5 ppg (123) NU Average on Road/Neutral: N/A Opp. Average on Road/Neutral: N/A Attendance Summary: Attendance G W-L Avg. High **Home 2 2-0 23,490 11,745 13,832 vs. Creighton Big 12 0 0-0 N/A N/A N/A Away 0 0-0 N/A N/A N/A Big 12 0 0-0 N/A N/A N/A Neutral 0 0-0 N/A N/A N/A s 2 2-0 Big 12 0 0-0 N/A N/A N/A **Attendance figures are based on tickets distributed. Actual home attendance totals are: 2 games; 20,533 total; 10,266 average; high of 13,112 vs. Creighton Miscellaneous Streaks Biggest margin of victory... 14, vs. -Omaha (11/14) Biggest margin of defeat... N/A Largest deficit overcome in win... 4, vs. Creighton (11/18) (CU led 24-20 with 6:17 remaining in first) Largest halftime deficit overcome in win... 3, vs. Creighton (11/18) (NU trailed 31-28) Largest lead surrendered in loss... N/A Largest halftime lead surrendered in loss... N/A Largest lead at any time... 20, vs. -Omaha (11/14) (NU led 56-36 with 13:57 remaining in second) Largest deficit at any time... 4, vs. Creighton (11/18) (CU led 24-20 with 6:17 remaining in first) Largest runs without opponent scoring... 10-0, vs. Creighton (11/18) Largest opponent run without NU scoring... 6-0, vs. Creighton (11/18)
2006-07 Team/Individual Superlatives Individual Highs Opponent Individual Highs Scored 29; Aleks Maric, vs. -Omaha (1/14) 28; Nate Funk, Creighton (11/18) Field goals 11; Aleks Maric, vs. -Omaha (1/14) 9; Nate Funk, Creighton (11/18) Field goal attempts 16; Aleks Maric, vs. Kansas (2/8) 16; Nate Funk, Creighton (11/18) Field goal pct. (min. 5 att.).875; Ryan Anderson (7-8), vs. Creighton (11/18).563; Nate Funk (9-16), Creighton (11/18) 3-point goals 2; four times, (last 11/18) 7; Nate Funk, Creighton (11/18) 3-point attempts 4; Jamel White, vs. Creighton (11/18) 11; Nate Funk, Creighton (11/18) Free throws 8; Jamel White, vs. -Omaha (11/14) 6; Andrew Bridger, -Omaha (11/14) Free throw attempts 10; Jamel White, vs. -Omaha (11/14) 7; Andrew Bridger, -Omaha (11/14) Free throw pct. (min. 6 att.).833; two times (5-6), (last 11/18).857; Andrew Bridger (6-7), -Omaha (11/14) 11; Ryan Anderson, vs. -Omaha (11/14) 12; Dane Watts, Creighton (11/18) 9; Charles Richardson Jr., vs. Creighton (11/18) 3; two times (last Isacc Miles, Creighton, 11/18) Blocked Shots 2; Aleks Maric, vs. -Omaha (11/14) 2; Anthony Tolliver, Creighton (11/18) 4; Charles Richardson Jr., vs. -Omaha (11/14) 2; Matt Newman, -Omaha (11/18) Team Highs Team Lows scored 76 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 73 vs. Creighton (11/18) First half 44 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 29 vs. Creighton (11/18) Second half 45 vs. Creighton (11/18) 32 vs. -Omaha (11/14) Field goals 26 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (46 attempts) 25 vs. Creighton (11/18) (37 attempts) First half 15 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (28 attempts) 12 vs. Creighton (11/18) (20 attempts) Second half 13 vs. Creighton (11/18) (17 attempts) 11 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (18 attempts) Field goal attempts 46 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (26 made) 37 vs. Creighton (11/18) (25 made) Field goal percentage 67.6 vs. Creighton (11/18) (25-of-37) 56.5 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (26-of-46) 3-point goals 8 vs. Creighton (11/18) (14 attempts) 3 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (10 attempts) First half 4 vs. Creighton (11/18) (8 attempts) 2 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (7 attempts) Second half 4 vs. Creighton (11/18) (6 attempts) 1 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (3 attempts) 3-point attempts 14 vs. Creighton (11/18) (8 made) 10 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (3 made) 3-point percentage 57.1 vs. Creighton (11/18) (8-of-14) 30.0 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (3-of-10) Free throws 21 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (29 attempts) 15 vs. Creighton (11/18) (21 attempts) First half 12 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (15 attempts) 0 vs. Creighton (11/18) (2 attempts) Second half 9 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (14 attempts) 15 vs. Creighton (11/18) (19 attempts) Free throw attempts 29 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (21 made) 21 vs. Creighton (11/18) (15 made) Free throw percentage 72.4 vs. -Omaha (11/14) (21-of-29) 71.4 vs. Creighton (11/18) (15-of-21) 32 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 27 vs. Creighton (11/18) First half 15 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 8 vs. Creighton (11/18) Second half 19 vs. Creighton (11/18) 17 vs. -Omaha (11/14) Personal fouls 26 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 16 vs. Creighton (11/18) 18 vs. Creighton (11/18) 15 vs. -Omaha (11/14) Turnovers 17 twice (last 11/18) 17 twice (last 11/18) Blocked Shots 2 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 1 vs. Creighton (11/18) 8 vs. -Omaha (11/14) 1 vs. Creighton (11/18) Opponent Team Highs Opponent Team Lows scored 62, -Omaha (11/14) 61, Creighton (11/18) First half 32, -Omaha (11/14) 31, Creighton (11/18) Second half 30, two times (last 11/18) 30, two times (last 11/18) Field goals 21, Creighton (11/18) (56 attempted) 18, -Omaha (11/14) (50 attempted) Field goal attempts 56, Creighton (11/18) (21 made) 50, -Omaha (11/14) (18 made) Field goal percentage 37.5, Creighton (11/18) (21-of-56) 36.0, -Omaha (11/14) (18-of-50) 3-point goals 11, Creighton (11/18) (32 attempted) 5, -Omaha (11/14) (19 attempted) 3-point attempts 32, Creighton (11/18) (11 made) 19, -Omaha (11/14) (5 made) 3-point percentage 34.4, Creighton (11/18) (11-of-32) 26.3, -Omaha (11/14) (5-of-19) Free throws 21, -Omaha (11/14) (26 attempted) 8, Creighton (11/18) (12 attempted) Free throw attempts 26, -Omaha (11/14) (21 made) 12, Creighton (11/18) (8 made) Free throw percentage 80.8, -Omaha (11/14) (21-of-26) 66.7, Creighton (11/18) (8-of-12) 28, -Omaha (11/14) 27, Creighton (11/18) Personal fouls 27, -Omaha (11/14) 24, Creighton (11/18) 15, Creighton (11/18) 10, -Omaha (11/14) Turnovers 17, -Omaha (11/14) 12, Creighton (11/18) Blocked shots 2, two times (last 11/18) 2, two times (last 11/18) 6, -Omaha (11/14) 2, Creighton (11/18) Record by Lineup No. Starting Lineup Record 1. Richardson Jr., White, Henry, Anderson, Maric...2-0 Win/Loss Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 +20 Win 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game 1 76, -Omaha 62 Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center) Nov. 14, 2006 VISITORS: -Omaha (0-0, exhibition) tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 12 Johnston, Denny f 0 7 0 4 2 2 5 2 7 3 2 2 2 0 1 24 30 Williams, Jeremy f 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 1 0 22 50 Bennett, Jerry c 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 26 23 Vanderslice, Josh g 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 8 32 Jenkins, Michael g 3 7 1 4 2 2 0 2 2 3 9 2 2 0 1 30 04 Bridger, Andrew 7 11 3 6 6 7 0 2 2 3 23 3 3 0 0 34 11 Newman, Matt 4 8 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 12 1 0 0 2 21 20 Robinson, Zac 0 5 0 3 5 6 2 3 5 4 5 1 1 0 1 25 42 Patel, Timir 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 10 TEAM 3 3 s... 18 50 5 19 21 26 13 15 28 27 62 10 17 2 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 8-25 32.0% Game: 36.0% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 26.3% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-14 71.4% 2nd Half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 80.8% 2 HOME TEAM: (1-0) tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 21 Maric, Aleks c 11 18 0 2 7 9 4 6 10 2 29 0 4 2 1 29 01 Henry, Sek g 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 5 8 4 0 0 1 23 03 Richardson, Charles g 2 4 1 3 3 3 0 3 3 2 8 4 4 0 4 33 31 White, Jamel g 5 11 0 1 8 10 0 1 1 3 18 3 1 0 1 34 44 Anderson, Ryan g 4 8 1 2 0 0 2 9 11 5 9 4 5 0 0 32 11 Krenk, Nick 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 23 Smith, Mike 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 33 Douse, Kris 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 19 34 Ledsome, Jim 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 11 40 Laam, Choul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1 1 s... 26 46 3 10 21 29 10 22 32 26 76 15 17 2 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-28 53.6% 2nd Half: 11-18 61.1% Game: 56.5% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 30.0% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 12-15 80.0% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 72.4% 3 Officials: Tom O'Neil, Brad Ferrie, Will Lynde. Technical fouls: -Omaha-None. -None. Attendance: 9658 Actual Attendance: 6701 Score by Periods 1st 2nd -Omaha 32 30 62 44 32 76 Game 2 73, No. 20/25 Creighton 61 Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center) Nov. 18, 2006 VISITORS: Creighton (1-1) tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 50 Watts,Dane f 2 8 0 3 0 0 1 11 12 4 4 1 1 0 1 30 44 Tolliver,Anthony c 4 10 0 3 1 4 3 2 5 4 9 1 4 2 0 25 03 Porter,Nick g 2 7 0 2 4 4 3 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 1 25 10 Funk,Nate g 9 16 7 11 3 4 1 2 3 1 28 2 1 0 0 37 34 Bahe,Nick g 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 15 01 Miles,Isacc 3 6 3 5 0 0 1 0 1 2 9 3 0 0 0 21 12 Dotzler,Josh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 8 20 Hibma,Pierce 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 17 21 Morrison,Ty 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 Gakou,Manny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 24 Nengsu,Brice 1 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 14 Team s... 21 56 11 32 8 12 12 15 27 24 61 15 12 2 2 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd Half: 9-29 31.0% Game: 37.5% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd Half: 6-19 31.6% Game: 34.4% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 66.7% 1 HOME TEAM: (2-0) tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 21 Maric, Aleks c 8 11 0 0 1 2 1 8 9 4 17 0 1 1 0 28 01 Henry, Sek g 1 4 0 2 5 6 0 2 2 4 7 2 4 0 0 35 03 Richardson, Charles g 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 4 4 2 11 9 0 0 1 40 31 White, Jamel g 3 7 2 4 5 6 0 3 3 4 13 5 1 0 0 33 44 Anderson, Ryan g 7 8 2 3 3 5 0 6 6 0 19 1 5 0 0 37 05 Strowbridge, Jay-R 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 10 25 Velander, Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 32 Balham, Chris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 33 Douse, Kris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 34 Ledsome, Jim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 TEAM 2 2 2 s... 25 37 8 14 15 21 1 26 27 16 73 18 17 1 1 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-20 60.0% 2nd Half: 13-17 76.5% Game: 67.6% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 57.1% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 15-19 78.9% Game: 71.4% 2 Officials: Steve Gordon, Steve Skiles, Don Dailey. Technical fouls: Creighton-None. -None. Attendance: 13832 Actual Attendance: 13112 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Creighton 31 30 61 28 45 73
Game-by-Game Notebook (Games 1-2) GAME 1 vs. -Omaha (NU 76, UNO 62) opened the Doc Sadler era with a win over in-state foe -Omaha, 76-62, at the Devaney Center. The Huskers sprinted to a 44-30 deficit and finished the game hitting 56.5 percent from the floor and 72.4 percent (21-of-29) from the free throw line. Junior center Aleks Maric returned to action just 11 days after an appendectomy to pace the Huskers with 29 points in 29 minutes. Maric added a double-double with 10 rebounds while freshman Ryan Anderson just missed one in his first career game as he had nine points and a team-high 11 boards. Jamel White had a solid season-opener as he poured in 18 points, including 8-of-10 at the free throw stripe and was one of three Huskers with four assists. GAME 2 vs. Creighton (NU 73, CU 61) The Huskers picked up a solid early season victory with a 73-61 win over No. 20/25 Creighton at a sold out Devaney Center. Playing in front of 13,112 mostly red-clad fans, the Huskers sizzled the nets as they hit 67.6 percent (25-of-37) from the floor, including 76.5 percent (13-of-17) in the second half. Guard Ryan Anderson led the way as he hit his first six attempts from the floor to pace NU with 13 first-half points. Anderson finished by hitting 7-of-8 from the field for a team-high 19 points while center Aleks Maric, who was saddled with foul trouble early in the first half, added 17 points, including 15 in the second period. Jamel White added 13 points and Charles Richardson Jr. had 11 points with a career-high tying nine assists against no turnovers to lead NU to its first regular-season win over CU since 1998. It was also NU's first regular-season win over a non-conference team since 2002.
Charles Richardson Jr. 5-9 165 Sr. G Maywood, Ill. 2003-04 31 10 506 16.3 18 44.409 6 14.429 25 36.694 3 60 63 2.0 38 0 66 36 0 17 67 2.2 2004-05 26 2 389 15.0 17 45.378 7 23.304 12 22.545 3 41 44 1.7 26 0 54 29 0 16 53 2.0 2005-06 30 23 776 25.9 33 91.363 14 41.341 51 61.836 5 72 77 2.6 43 0 100 52 0 34 131 4.4 2006-07 2 2 73 36.5 6 8.750 3 5.600 4 5.800 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 13 4 0 5 19 9.5 TOTAL 89 37 1744 19.6 74 188.394 30 83.361 92 124.742 11 180 191 2.1 111 0 233 121 0 72 270 3.0 richardson 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 * 33 2 4.500 1 3.333 3 3 1.000 0 3 3 3.0 2 0 4 4 0 4 8 8.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 * 40 4 4 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 2.500 0 4 4 3.5 2 0 9 0 0 1 11 9.5 s 2 73 6 8.750 3 5.600 4 5.800 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 13 4 0 5 19 9.5 Marcus Perry 6-2 185 Sr. G Anniston, Ala. 2005-06 32 1 379 11.8 43 124.347 31 86.360 17 23.739 9 20 29 0.9 19 0 16 14 2 11 134 4.2 2006-07 Has not played (injury) TOTAL 32 1 379 11.8 43 124.347 31 86.360 17 23.739 9 20 29 0.9 19 0 16 14 2 11 134 4.2 perry 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 Did not play (injury) CREIGHTON 11/18/06 Did not play (injury) s Has not played (injury) Aleks Maric 6-11 270 Jr. C Sydney, Australia 2004-05 27 10 562 20.8 79 165.479 0 2.000 58 81.716 70 99 169 6.3 73 3 13 37 16 13 216 8.0 2005-06 31 26 785 25.3 116 246.472 0 0.000 107 175.611 108 143 251 8.1 72 2 38 55 39 25 339 10.9 2006-07 2 2 57 28.5 19 29.655 0 2.000 8 11.727 5 14 19 9.5 6 0 0 5 3 1 46 23.0 TOTAL 60 38 1404 23.4 214 440.486 0 4.000 173 267.648 183 256 439 7.3 151 5 51 97 58 39 601 10.0 maric 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 * 29 11 18.611 0 2.000 7 9.778 4 6 10 10.0 2 0 0 4 2 1 29 29.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 * 28 8 11.727 0 0.000 1 2.500 1 8 9 9.5 4 0 0 1 1 0 17 23.0 s 2 57 19 29.655 0 2.000 8 11.727 5 14 19 9.5 6 0 0 5 3 1 46 23.0
Jamel White 6-3 190 So. G Brooklyn, N.Y. 2005-06 33 13 848 25.7 87 241.361 44 124.355 69 86.802 14 87 101 3.1 56 0 65 56 0 23 287 8.7 2006-07 2 2 67 33.5 8 18.444 2 5.400 13 16.813 0 4 4 2.0 7 0 8 2 0 1 31 15.5 TOTAL 35 15 915 26.1 95 259.367 46 129.357 82 102.804 14 91 105 3.0 63 0 73 58 0 24 318 9.1 white 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 * 34 5 11.455 0 1.000 8 10.800 0 1 1 1.0 3 0 3 1 0 1 18 18.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 * 33 3 7.429 2 4.500 5 6.833 0 3 3 2.0 4 0 5 1 0 0 13 15.5 s 2 67 8 18.444 2 5.400 13 16.813 0 4 4 2.0 7 0 8 2 0 1 31 15.5 Jim Ledsome 6-9 225 So. F Severna Park, Md. 2005-06 17 0 61 3.6 2 7.286 0 1.000 5 9.556 6 14 20 1.2 19 0 1 3 4 1 9 0.5 2006-07 2 0 15 7.5 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 1 1 2 1.0 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 1.5 TOTAL 19 0 76 4.0 3 8.375 0 1.000 6 11.545 7 15 22 1.2 23 0 1 6 4 1 12 0.6 ledsome 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 11 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 1 1 2 2.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 3.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 4 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.5 s 0 15 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 1 1 2 1.0 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 1.5 Paul Velander 6-2 190 So. G Blacksburg, Va. 2005-06 2 0 3 1.5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 2006-07 1 0 2 2.0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 3 0 5 1.7 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 velander 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 Did not play (injury) CREIGHTON 11/18/06 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 s 0 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kyle Marks 6-7 225 So. F Riviera Beach, Fla. 2005-06 24 0 122 5.1 9 18.500 0 0.000 5 7.714 8 13 21 0.9 24 1 3 11 3 4 23 1.0 2006-07 Has not played (injury) TOTAL 24 0 122 5.1 9 18.500 0 0.000 5 7.714 8 13 21 0.9 24 1 3 11 3 4 23 1.0 marks 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 Did not play (injury) CREIGHTON 11/18/06 Did not play (injury) s Has not played (injury) Chris Balham 6-8 225 RFr. F Kansas City, Kan. 2006-07 1 0 9 9.0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 balham 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 Did not play (injury) CREIGHTON 11/18/06 9 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 s 0 9 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Mike Smith 6-2 190 RFr. G Bronx, N.Y. 2006-07 1 0 5 5.0 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 3.333 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 smith 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 3.333 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 Did not play (coaches decision) s 0 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 3.333 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
Sek Henry 6-3 180 Fr. G Los Angeles, Calif. 2006-07 2 2 58 29.0 4 7.571 1 3.333 6 8.750 0 3 3 1.5 9 1 6 4 0 1 15 7.5 henry 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 * 23 3 3 1.000 1 1 1.000 1 2.500 0 1 1 1.0 5 1 4 0 0 1 8 8.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 * 35 1 4.250 0 2.000 5 6.833 0 2 2 1.5 4 0 2 4 0 0 7 7.5 s 2 58 4 7.571 1 3.333 6 8.750 0 3 3 1.5 9 1 6 4 0 1 15 7.5 Ryan Anderson 6-4 195 Fr. G Seattle, Wash. 2006-07 2 2 69 34.5 11 16.688 3 5.600 3 5.600 2 15 17 8.5 5 1 5 10 0 0 28 14.0 anderson 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 * 32 4 8.500 1 2.500 0 0.000 2 9 11 11.0 5 1 4 5 0 0 9 9.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 * 37 7 8.875 2 3.667 3 5.600 0 6 6 8.5 0 0 1 5 0 0 19 14.0 s 2 69 11 16.688 3 5.600 3 5.600 2 15 17 8.5 5 1 5 10 0 0 28 14.0 Jay-R Strowbridge 6-0 180 Fr. G Ardmore, Ala. 2006-07 1 0 10 10.0 2 3.667 2 3.667 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6.0 strowbridge 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 Did not play (injury) CREIGHTON 11/18/06 10 2 3.667 2 3.667 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6.0 s 0 10 2 3.667 2 3.667 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6.0
Kris Douse 6-7 215 Fr. F Toronto, Ontario, Canada Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts A v g 2006-07 2 0 21 10.5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 1.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 douse 2006-07 game-by-game NEBRASKA-OMAHA 11/14/06 19 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 CREIGHTON 11/18/06 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 s 0 21 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 1.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0