UTSA closes non-conference slate Wednesday at Nebraska

SAN ANTONIO – UTSA men's basketball concludes the non-conference portion of its schedule Wednesday, Dec. 20 at Nebraska. Tipoff from the Cornhuskers' Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 7 p.m.
 
Game overview
• UTSA plays its 13th game of the 2017-18 season with a Wednesday evening contest at Nebraska. The game will tip at 7 p.m. at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. UTSA enters the game sporting a 7-5 record, while Nebraska is also 7-5 on the season. The contest will air on the Roadrunners Sports Network (Ticket 760 in San Antonio) with Andy Everett providing play-by-play. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network and streamed via BTN2Go with Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play) and Shon Morris (analyst) on the call. Big Ten Network can be found on the following channels:

Series history vs. Nebraska
• UTSA and Nebraska have met four previous times on the hardwood with the Cornhuskers taking all four meetings in Lincoln. The programs last met on Dec. 1, 2002 with Nebraska claiming a 69-63 win. 
UTSA/Nebraska all-time series

Roadrunners have a stranglehold on weekly C-USA freshman honor
• UTSA freshmen Keaton Wallace and Jhivvan Jackson have combined to win four the Conference USA's Freshman of the Week honors through the season's initial six weeks. 
• Wallace, who picked up his second consecutive honor on Monday, Dec. 11, has been bestowed the honor three times (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11), while Jackson earned the weekly honor on Nov. 20.
• Head coach Steve Henson has now coached eight C-USA Freshman of the Week award winners – the four this season along with Byron Frohnen's three last season and Giovanni De Nicolao's one.
• UTSA had never produced a C-USA Freshman of the Week honoree prior to Henson's arrival. 
 
UTSA locks up winning non-conference record
• UTSA has secured a winning non-conference record, boasting a 7-5 mark with one non-conference game to play (Wed. at Nebraska).
• The Roadrunners last had a winning non-conference record in 2011-12 as the team went 7-6 on its way to an 18-14 overall mark.
 
C-USA's top Scoring freshmen duo
• UTSA's freshmen duo of Jhivvan Jackson and Keaton Wallace easily compose the top scoring freshman duo in Conference USA. Jackson leads the Roadrunners at 16.3 points per game, while Wallace averages 15.0. The pair are each among the top 15 scorers in C-USA with Jackson ranking ninth and Wallace 14th. The Roadrunners are the only freshmen among the top-15 scorers in C-USA and two of the three (UAB's Zack Bryant - 14.0 ppg - is 19th) among the top-20.
 
Pacing Conference USA
• UTSA leads Conference USA in eight statistical categories as of Dec. 18. These include:

 
Up Next
• The Roadrunners return to the Convocation Center to open Conference USA play against Rice and North Texas. UTSA hosts Rice on Thursday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m., while North Texas comes to the Alamo City on Saturday, Dec. 30 for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
 
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