Feb 18, 2018 - Nebraska at Illinois - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/18/2018 Illinois v. Nebraska Game Preview

	Nebraska Cornhuskers	(20-9, 5-7 away)
	Illinois Fighting Illini	(13-15, 12-5 home)

February 18, 2018 at 3:30 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

State Farm Center
Champaign, Illinois

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2017-2018 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Nebraska	33	40.2	72.3	24.8	57.8	.430	7.0	20.3	.346	15.6	21.7	.718	10.7	24.9	35.5	13.5	6.1	5.5	10.9	17.1
Illinois	32	40.5	75.8	26.8	60.9	.439	7.4	22.0	.335	14.9	20.4	.732	11.6	20.3	31.8	13.8	7.5	2.2	13.3	22.5
UNL Opponents	33	40.2	68.6	25.9	61.4	.423	5.8	18.1	.322	10.9	16.3	.672	12.4	24.5	36.9	12.5	5.1	3.6	12.2	19.0
ILL Opponents	32	40.5	73.8	24.6	52.2	.472	6.3	18.2	.344	18.3	25.1	.731	8.8	23.5	32.3	12.8	6.3	4.7	17.4	20.4

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 15, 2018	Illinois	Nebraska	63 - 64	Nebraska	Conference Regular Season	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Feb 26, 2017	Illinois	Nebraska	73 - 57	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Jan 16, 2016	Nebraska	Illinois	78 - 67	Nebraska	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Mar 4, 2015	Nebraska	Illinois	57 - 69	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 11, 2015	Illinois	Nebraska	43 - 53	Nebraska	Conference Regular Season	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Feb 26, 2014	Nebraska	Illinois	49 - 60	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Feb 12, 2014	Illinois	Nebraska	58 - 67	Nebraska	Conference Regular Season	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Mar 2, 2013	Nebraska	Illinois	65 - 72	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 22, 2013	Illinois	Nebraska	71 - 51	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Bob Devaney Sports Center
Feb 18, 2012	Illinois	Nebraska	57 - 80	Nebraska	Conference Regular Season	Bob Devaney Sports Center
Jan 7, 2012	Nebraska	Illinois	54 - 59	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center

2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	G. Watson	E. Taylor	J. Palmer, Jr.	I. Copeland	J. Tshimanga
Rotation		A. Gill	I. Roby
Lim PT	M. Laws	T. Allen	J. McVeigh	T. Borchardt	D. Okeke
Lim PT		J. Trueblood	N. Akenten
Lim PT			T. Thorbjarnarsson

2017-2018 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Lucas	M. Smith	M. Alstork	L. Black	M. Finke
Rotation		T. Frazier	K. Nichols	G. Eboigbodin
Rotation		A. Jordan
Rotation		D. Williams
Lim PT	D. Cayce	S. Oladimeji	M. Vesel
Lim PT			C. Liss

Nebraska Cornhuskers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
25	Nana Akenten	G	7	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	.222	0.3	1.1	.250	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Thomas Allen	SG	32	9.9	3.2	1.1	2.7	.395	0.5	1.5	.354	0.5	0.6	.800	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.2
20	Tanner Borchardt	F	20	5.9	0.9	0.3	0.7	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.429	0.8	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.1
14	Isaac Copeland	PF	33	30.7	12.9	4.8	10.2	.472	1.2	3.4	.369	2.0	2.8	.702	1.7	4.4	6.1	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.7
33	Justin Costello	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Anton Gill	G	31	24.5	8.1	2.6	6.5	.399	1.7	4.6	.378	1.1	1.3	.829	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.4
3	Malcolm Laws	G	9	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.8	.143	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
10	Jack McVeigh	F	14	7.5	1.9	0.7	2.1	.345	0.4	1.3	.333	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8
0	Duby Okeke	C	28	7.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	.450	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.4	.400	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.6	1.4
0	James Palmer, Jr.	G	33	31.0	17.2	5.5	12.4	.444	1.3	4.2	.309	4.9	6.7	.738	1.2	3.1	4.4	3.0	1.0	0.5	2.2	1.8
15	Isaiah Roby	SF	32	24.0	8.7	3.0	5.2	.565	0.5	1.3	.405	2.2	3.1	.724	1.7	4.6	6.2	1.7	0.6	2.0	1.5	3.2
11	Evan Taylor	G	33	25.8	6.4	2.1	4.8	.428	0.5	1.1	.444	1.8	2.5	.716	0.8	2.6	3.4	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.0
34	Thorir Thorbjarnarsson	SF	9	2.1	0.9	0.3	0.8	.429	0.2	0.6	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4
4	Johnny Trueblood	G	7	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.6	.250	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1
32	Jordy Tshimanga	C	31	13.6	4.0	1.6	3.6	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.564	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.3
5	Glynn Watson	PG	33	29.7	10.5	3.6	10.5	.347	1.0	3.5	.291	2.2	2.8	.780	0.7	2.6	3.3	3.2	1.4	0.2	1.5	2.4

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
24	Mark Alstork	G	32	22.6	5.8	1.8	5.2	.335	0.6	2.5	.241	1.7	2.2	.764	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.6
12	Leron Black	SF	31	25.5	15.3	6.1	11.1	.547	0.7	1.4	.512	2.5	3.1	.800	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	3.4
3	Drew Cayce	G	9	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.9	.000	0.0	0.8	.000	0.4	0.7	.667	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1
11	Gregory Eboigbodin	F	30	10.6	2.2	0.9	1.6	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.440	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	2.1
43	Michael Finke	PF	28	25.0	9.8	3.8	7.8	.491	1.0	3.4	.309	1.1	1.8	.612	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0
1	Trent Frazier	SG	32	26.3	12.5	4.4	10.8	.405	1.9	5.5	.347	1.8	2.8	.644	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.1	1.7	0.0	2.2	2.1
41	Clayton Jones	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Aaron Jordan	SG	32	20.1	7.9	2.4	5.2	.467	1.4	3.0	.463	1.7	2.0	.844	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.0
45	Cameron Liss	F	8	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
3	Te'Jon Lucas	G	29	21.4	5.7	2.2	4.6	.478	0.2	0.7	.263	1.1	1.8	.615	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	1.1	0.1	1.9	2.6
2	Kipper Nichols	F	31	19.0	10.0	3.2	7.3	.438	1.0	2.6	.378	2.6	3.0	.862	1.4	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.3
35	Samson Oladimeji	G	8	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
13	Mark Smith	PG	31	19.1	5.8	1.9	5.7	.337	0.5	2.2	.232	1.4	1.7	.796	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.5
32	Tyler Underwood	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Matic Vesel	SF	16	4.4	0.4	0.1	0.4	.286	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.375	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.8
20	Da'Monte Williams	SG	31	16.9	3.5	1.1	3.4	.337	0.3	1.3	.225	1.0	1.4	.705	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.4

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