Nebraska searching for more offense vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
After a closer-than-expected 63-58 win Saturday night over Bethune-Cookman, Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg is searching for a few things before Wednesday night's home game against Fairleigh Dickinson in Lincoln, Neb.
Hoiberg wants to see his team improve its execution offensively and cut down on mistakes. For a coach who takes pride in having a high-scoring attack, sputtering to the extent the Cornhuskers did in their last game isn't acceptable.
"Do we put in a new system or stick to what we are doing and just do it better? A lot of it is just playing out of control and not making the right play," Hoiberg said. "We have had stretches in the games we've played this season where we have played really good and we just need to be more consistent across the board."
Nebraska (2-0) won on Saturday despite hitting only 34.5 percent of its field goal attempts, including a miserable 18.2 percent (4-of-22) on 3-pointers, and committing 18 turnovers. Only the fact that the Cornhuskers made 21 of 26 shots at the foul line helped them avoid an embarrassing upset.
Brice Williams has been Nebraska's top scorer so far, averaging 18.5 points per game despite shooting only 41.7 percent from the field.
Meanwhile, the Knights (1-2) come in off a 96-70 loss Sunday at then-No. 15 Creighton. They managed to make only 35.8 percent of their field goals and were outmatched on the boards, giving up a 51-30 rebounding margin. Wasted in the outcome was a 19-point, eight-rebound effort from guard Terrence Brown.
Through three games, Brown is averaging 20.3 points on 52.3 percent shooting from the field. His development into a go-to player doesn't surprise second-year coach Jack Castleberry.
"I think he can arguably become the best defender in this entire league and I think his jump shot is continuing to improve," Castleberry said. "And he's just matured emotionally."
Dylan Jones (13.3 points per game) and Jo'el Emanuel (11.7) are also in double figures for FDU, which was picked for a third-place finish in the Northeast Conference.
This will be the second meeting between the programs -- Nebraska beat visiting FDU 80-64 on Nov. 22, 2003.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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6:39 | +2 | Jo'el Emanuel makes two point jump shot | 16-27 | |
7:01 | +3 | Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Berke Buyuktuncel assists) | 14-27 | |
7:13 | Â | Brice Williams defensive rebound | Â | |
7:15 | Â | Juwan Gary blocks Cameron Tweedy's two point jump shot | Â | |
7:37 | +1 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 14-24 | |
7:37 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
7:37 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
7:37 | Â | Josiah Francis shooting foul (Berke Buyuktuncel draws the foul) | Â | |
8:07 | +1 | Ahmed Barba-Bey makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 14-23 | |
8:07 | Â | Ahmed Barba-Bey misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
8:07 | Â | Gavin Griffiths shooting foul (Ahmed Barba-Bey draws the foul) | Â | |
8:19 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel personal foul | Â | |
8:34 | +2 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup (Gavin Griffiths assists) | 13-23 | |
8:57 | +3 | Dylan Jones makes three point jump shot (Ahmed Barba-Bey assists) | 13-21 | |
9:10 | Â | Knights 30 second timeout | Â | |
9:10 | +2 | Ahron Ulis makes two point layup (Sam Hoiberg assists) | 10-21 | |
9:15 | Â | Dylan Jones turnover (bad pass) (Sam Hoiberg steals) | Â | |
9:38 | Â | Andrew Morgan personal foul | Â | |
9:37 | Â | Terrence Brown defensive rebound | Â | |
9:39 | Â | Sam Hoiberg misses two point layup | Â | |
9:39 | Â | Sam Hoiberg offensive rebound | Â | |
9:41 | Â | Andrew Morgan misses two point layup | Â | |
10:02 | Â | Ahron Ulis defensive rebound | Â | |
10:04 | Â | Dylan Jones misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:16 | +1 | Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-19 | |
10:16 | Â | Andrew Morgan misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
10:16 | Â | Jo'el Emanuel shooting foul (Andrew Morgan draws the foul) | Â | |
10:18 | Â | Gavin Griffiths defensive rebound | Â | |
10:20 | Â | Terrence Brown misses two point jump shot | Â | |
10:41 | +2 | Ahron Ulis makes two point layup | 10-18 | |
10:59 | Â | Gavin Griffiths defensive rebound | Â | |
11:01 | Â | Ahmed Barba-Bey misses two point jump shot | Â | |
11:18 | +1 | Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 10-16 | |
11:18 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:18 | Â | Jacob Warren shooting foul (Andrew Morgan draws the foul) | Â | |
11:18 | +2 | Andrew Morgan makes two point layup (Juwan Gary assists) | 10-15 | |
11:27 | Â | Gavin Griffiths defensive rebound | Â | |
11:29 | Â | Terrence Brown misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:49 | +2 | Juwan Gary makes two point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists) | 10-13 | |
12:13 | Â | Andrew Morgan defensive rebound | Â | |
12:15 | Â | Jo'el Emanuel misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:32 | Â | Brice Williams personal foul | Â | |
12:32 | Â | Ahmed Barba-Bey defensive rebound | Â | |
12:34 | Â | Brice Williams misses two point jump shot | Â | |
12:36 | Â | Bismark Nsiah personal foul | Â | |
12:49 | +2 | Cameron Tweedy makes two point layup | 10-11 | |
12:59 | Â | Bismark Nsiah defensive rebound | Â | |
13:01 | Â | Gavin Griffiths misses three point jump shot | Â | |
13:10 | Â | Brice Williams offensive rebound | Â | |
13:12 | Â | Dylan Jones blocks Brice Williams's two point layup | Â | |
13:34 | +1 | Cameron Tweedy makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 8-11 | |
13:34 | Â | Cameron Tweedy misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
13:34 | Â | Andrew Morgan shooting foul (Cameron Tweedy draws the foul) | Â | |
13:57 | Â | Brayden Reynolds defensive rebound | Â | |
13:59 | Â | Rollie Worster misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:22 | Â | Terrence Brown turnover (traveling) | Â | |
14:45 | Â | Cameron Tweedy defensive rebound | Â | |
14:47 | Â | Brice Williams misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:01 | Â | Gavin Griffiths defensive rebound | Â | |
15:03 | Â | Brayden Reynolds misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:27 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
15:36 | +2 | Brice Williams makes two point dunk (Juwan Gary assists) | 7-11 | |
15:45 | Â | Juwan Gary defensive rebound | Â | |
15:47 | Â | Jo'el Emanuel misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:01 | +1 | Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-9 | |
16:01 | Â | Juwan Gary misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
16:01 | Â | Terrence Brown shooting foul (Juwan Gary draws the foul) | Â | |
16:16 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound | Â | |
16:18 | Â | Terrence Brown misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:32 | +2 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup | 7-8 | |
16:41 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel offensive rebound | Â | |
16:43 | Â | Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:53 | +2 | Terrence Brown makes two point dunk | 7-6 | |
17:02 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel turnover (bad pass) (Terrence Brown steals) | Â | |
17:13 | +3 | Dylan Jones makes three point jump shot (Jo'el Emanuel assists) | 5-6 | |
17:28 | +1 | Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-6 | |
17:28 | +1 | Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-5 | |
17:28 | Â | Jo'el Emanuel shooting foul (Brice Williams draws the foul) | Â | |
17:34 | +2 | Jo'el Emanuel makes two point dunk (Ahmed Barba-Bey assists) | 2-4 | |
17:48 | +1 | Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 0-4 | |
17:48 | +1 | Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 0-3 | |
17:48 | Â | Bismark Nsiah shooting foul (Juwan Gary draws the foul) | Â | |
17:51 | Â | Terrence Brown turnover (bad pass) (Juwan Gary steals) | Â | |
18:01 | Â | Connor Essegian turnover (bad pass) (Terrence Brown steals) | Â | |
18:06 | Â | Rollie Worster defensive rebound | Â | |
18:08 | Â | Terrence Brown misses two point layup | Â | |
18:20 | +1 | Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 0-2 | |
18:20 | +1 | Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 0-1 | |
18:20 | Â | Ahmed Barba-Bey shooting foul (Juwan Gary draws the foul) | Â | |
18:24 | Â | Rollie Worster defensive rebound | Â | |
18:26 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Terrence Brown's two point layup | Â | |
18:53 | Â | Jo'el Emanuel defensive rebound | Â | |
18:55 | Â | Connor Essegian misses two point jump shot | Â | |
19:08 | Â | Brice Williams offensive rebound | Â | |
19:10 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel misses three point jump shot | Â | |
19:26 | Â | Terrence Brown turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
19:41 | Â | Terrence Brown defensive rebound | Â | |
19:43 | Â | Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot | Â | |
20:00 | Â | Bismark Nsiah vs. Berke Buyuktuncel (Cornhuskers gains possession) | Â |
Min. Per Game | ||
Pts. Per Game | ||
Ast. Per Game | ||
Reb. Per Game | ||
Field Goal % | ||
Three Point % | ||
Free Throw % |
+ 2 | Jo'el Emanuel makes two point jump shot | 6:39 |
+ 3 | Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Berke Buyuktuncel assists) | 7:01 |
 | Brice Williams defensive rebound | 7:13 |
 | Juwan Gary blocks Cameron Tweedy's two point jump shot | 7:15 |
+ 1 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7:37 |
 | Berke Buyuktuncel misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7:37 |
 | Josiah Francis shooting foul (Berke Buyuktuncel draws the foul) | 7:37 |
+ 1 | Ahmed Barba-Bey makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 8:07 |
 | Ahmed Barba-Bey misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | 8:07 |
 | Gavin Griffiths shooting foul (Ahmed Barba-Bey draws the foul) | 8:07 |
 | Berke Buyuktuncel personal foul | 8:19 |
Team Stats | ||
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Points | 16 | 27 |
Field Goals | 6-17 (35.3%) | 8-19 (42.1%) |
3-Pointers | 2-8 (25.0%) | 1-7 (14.3%) |
Free Throws | 2-4 (50.0%) | 10-13 (76.9%) |
Total Rebounds | 7 | 15 |
Offensive | 0 | 4 |
Defensive | 7 | 11 |
Team | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 3 | 6 |
Steals | 2 | 2 |
Blocks | 1 | 2 |
Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
Fouls | 8 | 5 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
D. Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J. Emanuel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
T. Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
A. Barba-Bey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B. Nsiah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
D. Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J. Emanuel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
T. Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
A. Barba-Bey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B. Nsiah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
C. Tweedy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Reynolds | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Warren | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Francis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Hall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Morris | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
D. Francis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
C. Ekwommadu | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
R. Johnson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
A. Canda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6/17 | 2/8 | 2/4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
J. Gary | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 5/6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B. Buyuktuncel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
B. Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
C. Essegian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
R. Worster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
J. Gary | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 5/6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B. Buyuktuncel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
B. Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
C. Essegian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
R. Worster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
A. Morgan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
A. Ulis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
S. Hoiberg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
G. Griffiths | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Grace III | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
C. Jacobsen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
H. Burt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Frager | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Bolis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N. Janowski | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Meah | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 27 | 15 | 6 | 8/19 | 1/7 | 10/13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |