Nebraska Struggles in 67-51 Loss To Penn State

Filed under Game Recap on February 11th, 2012

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The Cornhuskers were outplayed in University Park on February 11th, losing to the Nittany Lions, 67-51, in conference action.

While the Cornhuskers weren't supposed to win, they weren't supposed to lose by this much. This creates a regular season split between the teams, as the Cornhuskers beat the Nittany Lions earlier this season, 70-58.

Penn State destroyed Nebraska in shooting and defensive rebounding.

The Nittany Lions shot 52% from the floor, easily topping the Cornhuskers, who struggled to a lowly 39% against a decent defense. Penn State came down with many more defensive rebounds, 26 to 17, and that created more scoring opportunities.

Dylan Talley had the most points against the Nittany Lions, scoring 12 on 36% shooting in 26 minutes.

NEB Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B B. Richardson 35 6 4 5 2 1 2 B- Dylan Talley 26 12 3 2 1 0 1 C+ Caleb Walker 16 10 2 0 0 0 2 C+ Mike Fox 16 3 1 0 2 0 0 C Toney McCray 29 9 3 0 2 1 2 C Bo Spencer 30 7 1 3 0 0 2 C Josiah Moore 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 C- Brandon Ubel 27 2 1 1 0 0 0 - C. Niemann 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 - David Rivers 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 - Corey Hilliard 3 0 1 0 0 0 0

PSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Tim Frazier 39 23 10 9 3 0 5 A J. Marshall 20 12 3 2 0 1 0 B C. Woodyard 27 14 2 0 1 0 2 C+ Jonathan Graham 20 5 5 0 1 0 2 C+ Nick Colella 32 6 3 2 1 0 1 C Sasa Borovnjak 21 3 3 0 1 1 1 D+ Ross Travis 18 4 0 0 0 0 1 D Matt Glover 20 0 3 0 1 0 1

The Cornhuskers fall to 11-13. They're still 11th in the Big Ten and their conference record falls to 3-10. They've also extended their 4 game losing streak.

Up next is Illinois at home on February 18th.

• The Cornhuskers have lost 100% of the time this season (0-4) after shooting a field goal percentage of 39.6% or worse.
• Nebraska has lost 80% of the time this season (1-4) after recording 6 or fewer three pointers.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 2:50 left to go.
• The Cornhuskers have lost 81% of the time this season (2-9) after having a three point percentage of 30.0% or worse.
• Nebraska has lost 100% of the time this season (0-7) after recording 7 or fewer free throws made.

• Tim Frazier set a career high with 9 defensive rebounds.
• Jermaine Marshall has 5 straight double-digit point games.
• This marks the 14th 20-point game of Tim Frazier's career.
• Tim Frazier accounted for 34.3% of the team's points.
• Tim Frazier has led the team in scoring 20 times and in rebounding 5 times in 26 games this season.

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