The Nebraska men’s basketball team lost to Northwestern on Wednesday evening by a score of 78-63. The Cornhuskers are now 10-11 on the season and 3-7 in the Big Ten. The Huskers return to action on Saturday as they travel to Maryland to take on the Terapins. Tip oss is set for 3:30 pm. central standard time.
After the game, head coach Fred Hoiberg talked to the press about the defeat. He started by talking about Northwestern’s defense.
Obviously, the turnovers and the second-chance points in the first half did us in. They have great physicality. We knew that coming in. We knew they were going to pressure us, and we just let them dictate where we went. That led to too many turnovers, which got them out in transition. We made a great run with a lot of reserves in the game and got back and took a nice lead before they dominated the rest of the half on us.
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They hit shots and got comfortable. I thought a lot of that was off turnovers at the end of that first half. You can’t allow that to happen. You’ve got to value every possession and take care of it. I’m proud of those guys off the bench that came in there and gave us a nice lift, but we just couldn’t sustain it. They took a big lead with momentum going into half time and overall, they were the aggressive team tonight. That can’t happen.”
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“They made it tough on Derrick (Walker). He had some uncharacteristic turnovers in there. When the ball is in Derrick’s hands, he has shown time and time again he makes good decisions and good things happen. Tonight was not one of those days for whatever reason. Give Northwestern credit for coming out there and making it difficult. (Matthew) Nicholson’s big, he did a good job of walling him up, and Derrick couldn’t get in any type of rhythm tonight. Obviously, he is a huge part of what we do within our system and getting the ball on the top of the floor and making plays, but we had some uncharacteristic turnovers that led to easy baskets for their team.”
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“It was good. He didn’t back down at all or show any fear. He was really down after the Penn State game, but I thought he bounced back with great effort and preparation and went out defending one of the top guards in this league in Boo Buie and did a solid job on him. It was good to see four threes for a freshman in this…
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