If there was a low point during UNO?s recent losing streak, it came late against South Dakota State.
The Mavericks shot 18 percent in the second half on their home floor in the most one-sided of their five conference losses, making 1 of 16 3-pointers while the Jackrabbits buried 12.
George Marshall and Reed Tellinghuisen each hit five 3s as SDSU won by 19 points.
UNO hasn?t forgotten.
?I remember Marshall was going off on me,? Mavs point guard Devin Patterson said.
Marshall scored 25, as many as UNO?s three starting guards had combined. The Mavs are counting on a better result in the rematch Wednesday in Brookings, South Dakota.
?I think we have good guards, and I think their guards outplayed our guards that day,? UNO coach Derrin Hansen said. ?We need that to be reversed to have an opportunity up there.?
Hansen said then he?d never been a part of a game in which a team scored 36 points from beyond the arc while the other had three, especially when the latter usually shoots well from deep.
?I know you?re not going to have very much success if you get outscored (by) 33 from the 3-point line, and that day we did,? he said. ?Hopefully, that?s not the same as it was the last time. But it?s not just that. We need to do a lot of things better than we did in that game.?
UNO snapped its five-game skid with a win against Denver on Saturday. The Jackrabbits, meanwhile, extended their winning streak to six games with a victory at Oral Roberts. South Dakota State enters play Wednesday with a half-game lead in the Summit League standings.
The Jackrabbits (15-7, 6-2 Summit), led by reigning conference player of the week Cody Larson, are 9-0 at home this season. They?ve won their league home games by an average of 22.3 points.
?Up there, they?re very efficient offensively,? Hansen said. ?They?re going to try to beat you up on the glass. And you can?t lay off anywhere because everybody can score that they can put on the floor. You have to respect everyone out there. We?ll have to play very efficient and very well to make it a three- or four-minute game.?
Having Patterson back to nearly full speed should help. He missed 1? games in conference play with an ankle injury and wasn?t 100 percent the last time the teams met.
The junior showed no hesitation against Denver on Saturday, the best he has looked in nearly a month.
?Last game, I think, was the best I?ve had since coming off the injury,? he said. ?I just had to take my mind off my ankle. When I first came back, I just kept thinking about my ankle when I was playing and stuff. I think I kind of rushed it because I was ready to play in the conference.?
Hansen is happy to have his playmaker healthy again for what will be a tough matchup.
?I don?t think he was as healthy then as he is now, which I hope will help us some,? he said. ?Just in the last five or six days, he?s gotten back to where he was pre-Christmas. South Dakota State?s got really good guards. It will help us. Hopefully, it?s enough.?
Hansen said his team has continued to practice well during its recent rough stretch. But he and his players are happy to have the losing streak over before heading back out on the road.
?It?s a little relief,? Patterson said. ?But five games, was it? I?m still mad about that. I?m trying to get on a five-game winning streak now instead of a five-game losing streak.?
UNO could use that if it hopes to get back into the conference race. The Mavs (8-11, 2-5) are in a three-way tie for sixth, having lost three games by a total of 10 points.
?It?s tough when you?ve lost three one-possession games, but we have,? Hansen said. ?We have to find a way to go win a game or two somewhere where it?s hard to win.?
The Mavericks shot 18 percent in the second half on their home floor in the most one-sided of their five conference losses, making 1 of 16 3-pointers while the Jackrabbits buried 12.
George Marshall and Reed Tellinghuisen each hit five 3s as SDSU won by 19 points.
UNO hasn?t forgotten.
?I remember Marshall was going off on me,? Mavs point guard Devin Patterson said.
Marshall scored 25, as many as UNO?s three starting guards had combined. The Mavs are counting on a better result in the rematch Wednesday in Brookings, South Dakota.
?I think we have good guards, and I think their guards outplayed our guards that day,? UNO coach Derrin Hansen said. ?We need that to be reversed to have an opportunity up there.?
Hansen said then he?d never been a part of a game in which a team scored 36 points from beyond the arc while the other had three, especially when the latter usually shoots well from deep.
?I know you?re not going to have very much success if you get outscored (by) 33 from the 3-point line, and that day we did,? he said. ?Hopefully, that?s not the same as it was the last time. But it?s not just that. We need to do a lot of things better than we did in that game.?
UNO snapped its five-game skid with a win against Denver on Saturday. The Jackrabbits, meanwhile, extended their winning streak to six games with a victory at Oral Roberts. South Dakota State enters play Wednesday with a half-game lead in the Summit League standings.
The Jackrabbits (15-7, 6-2 Summit), led by reigning conference player of the week Cody Larson, are 9-0 at home this season. They?ve won their league home games by an average of 22.3 points.
?Up there, they?re very efficient offensively,? Hansen said. ?They?re going to try to beat you up on the glass. And you can?t lay off anywhere because everybody can score that they can put on the floor. You have to respect everyone out there. We?ll have to play very efficient and very well to make it a three- or four-minute game.?
Having Patterson back to nearly full speed should help. He missed 1? games in conference play with an ankle injury and wasn?t 100 percent the last time the teams met.
The junior showed no hesitation against Denver on Saturday, the best he has looked in nearly a month.
?Last game, I think, was the best I?ve had since coming off the injury,? he said. ?I just had to take my mind off my ankle. When I first came back, I just kept thinking about my ankle when I was playing and stuff. I think I kind of rushed it because I was ready to play in the conference.?
Hansen is happy to have his playmaker healthy again for what will be a tough matchup.
?I don?t think he was as healthy then as he is now, which I hope will help us some,? he said. ?Just in the last five or six days, he?s gotten back to where he was pre-Christmas. South Dakota State?s got really good guards. It will help us. Hopefully, it?s enough.?
Hansen said his team has continued to practice well during its recent rough stretch. But he and his players are happy to have the losing streak over before heading back out on the road.
?It?s a little relief,? Patterson said. ?But five games, was it? I?m still mad about that. I?m trying to get on a five-game winning streak now instead of a five-game losing streak.?
UNO could use that if it hopes to get back into the conference race. The Mavs (8-11, 2-5) are in a three-way tie for sixth, having lost three games by a total of 10 points.
?It?s tough when you?ve lost three one-possession games, but we have,? Hansen said. ?We have to find a way to go win a game or two somewhere where it?s hard to win.?
