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Nebraska Post-Game Notes
- Cam Mack’s 11 assists were the most by a Husker since Lance Jeter had 12 against Kansas State on Feb. 17, 2010.
- Mack finished with his first career double-double with 13 point and 11 assists, while also adding seven rebounds. It was the first points-assists double-double since Glynn Watson had 10 points and 10 dimes against Cal State Fullerton last season.
- Freshman Kevin Cross led the Huskers with 19 points, marking the first time since Nov. 5, 2017 that a freshmen led NU in scoring (Isaiah Roby, 10)
- Nebraska falls to 62-48 all-time in overtime games with today’s OT loss. Prior to today, the Huskers had won six straight multi-OT games dating back to the 2000-01 season.
Nebraska Coach Fred Hoiberg
On the contest
I thought our guys really went out and competed today. I thought we got off to a great start. We challenged them the last few days to put that last frustrating loss behind us, and they responded with great energy. I thought we had a good play drawn up at the end, but unfortunately just didn’t finish it. The competitive spirit of this group was where it needed to be today, and it’s something we can build on.”
On Kevin Cross’ performance
“Look at what Kevin did today, I thought he was one of the best players on the floor for us. He was finishing, he’s got a good feel in the middle of that zone. We felt Kevin was the guy to have out there. I’ll say this about Kevin, he’s really bought into getting his body right so he could play sustained minutes tonight.”
On how Cam Mack facilitated the game
“He had a stretch where he was just incredible. He completely took over the game and that’s what he’s capable of doing. He’s got great speed and instincts. He’s got good pace to get a guy on his hip and make the right play. To go out there in his second game at this level and almost put a triple-double on the board is pretty impressive.”
On getting better
“If we continue to take steps, the results will take care of themselves. That’s the biggest thing for our group right now, to continue to go out there and battle. I’m proud of the way they went out there and battled and fought. [SUU] is a good team. They’re long, they’re athletic and look like a lot of Big Ten teams will. Now that we’ve seen that length, hopefully we’ll be better next time we see it.”
Junior Guard Jervay Green
On the offensive struggles late in the game:
“I just think we didn’t execute. But as we go on, and we get back to the drawing boards we are going to fix all of that.”
On his buzzer beater to send the game into overtime:
“Great point guard gave me the ball. I saw the time was going down and just shot it. And made it.”
On how the end of regulation effected the momentum for the team:
“It’s big. Obviously the first game didn’t go how we wanted it to so for us to even come close like that it feels great. And we are a new team so we are still trying to find the rhythm of each other. I think we took a huge step forward. We are going to keep working. and we are going to get that game and we going to start winning here soon.”
On Kevin Cross:
“Kevin played great. He played big. He’s not used to playing center. Obviously in high school, he could dribble real good so for him to even be switching that up is big and he is doing a very good job. Hats off for him today. He came up big.”
Sophomore Guard Cam Mack
On taking a step forward from the last game:
“I mean I feel like we took a step forward, but when it came down to it we should have won that game. We should have just won the game. I mean we didn’t execute well (enough). I didn’t come through making my two free throws so I took the blame on that. But we just didn’t execute. That’s all it is.”
On Kevin Cross’ performance
“Kevin is a great player. (After the) Last game, I told him you miss shots you make some so keep shooting and stuff will come. I’m proud of him. He is a freshman so I am very proud of him. He played big minutes and caught a lot of my passes. I really appreciate him a lot.”
Southern Utah Head Coach Todd Simon
Opening Statement
“It was an exciting college basketball game. Any time you get one of these two overtime deals, it’s a highly contested game with two teams who wanted to win. I thought they played really hard. Coach Hoiberg does a heck of a job, and he’s going to build this thing into a big-time winner. I was proud of our guys’ resilience. They kind of kept coming back and made some plays down the stretch.”
On how SUU responded in the second half
“We didn’t execute great in the first half. I thought we had a lot of open looks. We were a little nervous and we fired some shots that we normally make. We were a little antsy around the rim. We calmed down and did a much better job executing late in the second half and in the overtimes.”
On how SUU responded to the tying buzzer beater
“It was a good teaching moment for us. Our game plan was to foul, and we didn’t execute. It was a lesson learned. We’re always going to foul in that situation, and we didn’t get it done, and that’s what can happen. I was proud of our guys, to be able to buckle back down and come back out and play 10 more good minutes of basketball.”
NU Athletic Communications