TUESDAY
The University of Mary men's basketball team faces arguably the biggest regular season challenge the program has ever faced when the Marauders take on NCAA Division I and Big 10 member University of Nebraska on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Game time against the Cornhuskers is 7 pm at the Pinnacle Center in Lincoln, NE.  

RECORDS
The University of Mary is 0-2 and has not yet begun Northern Sun play... Nebraska is 1-0.

LAST TIME OUT
The Marauders dropped a pair of games at the SBU Classic. In the season opener, Mary dropped a neutral court contest to Lincoln (MO) 83-71. In game two, the Marauders lost to host Southwest Baptist University 76-72... Nebraska opened the season with an 83-61 road win over Sacramento State.

HISTORY LESSON
This is the first meeting between the Marauders and the Cornhuskers. Also this is the first time Nebraska has played an NCAA Division II school in the regular season since the 2006-07 season.

CLOSE TIES
While Mary and Nebraska have never faced one another on the court, there are several reasons why the two teams are playing one another. Cornhuskers head coach Tim Miles is a 1989 graduate of the University of Mary, where he played basketball for the legendary head coach Al Bortke. As a senior Miles moved into coaching, taking over the Marauders junior varsity program. In 2007 Miles was inducted into the Marauders Hall of Fame for his collegiate coaching successes as head coach at Mayville State, Southwest Minnesota State, North Dakota State and Colorado State, prior to arriving at Nebraska. Additionally, Marauders head coach Joe Kittell has worked closely with Miles, first as a student-assistant at North Dakota State (2002-6) for four years and a season at Colorado State.

LAST YEAR
The Marauders finished 19-12 overall and 12-10 in the NSIC to place 6th overall and third among NSIC North teams. Mary advanced to the NSIC conference tournament semifinals... The Cornhuskers were 16-18 in 2015-16.


LISTEN LIVE
University of Mary fans can listen to the Nebraska game live on Fox Sports 710 as Rick Anthony, the Voice of the Marauders, brings you all the game action. You can also listen live online at www.foxsports710.com. Click the "Listen Live" link to stream the game in real time.

WATCH ONLINE
Tuesday's Mary game at Nebraska will be streamed on BTN Plus and available on the BTN2Go app (subscription required).

THE OPPONENT
A young Nebraska squad features one senior and four sophomores in the starting lineup. Sr. G Tai Webster is the lone upperclassman in the Cornhuskers starting lineup. He averaged 10.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG last year and opened the season with 20 points against Sacramento State. So. G Glynn Watson averaged 8.6 PPG as a freshman and led Nebraska with 23 points in the opener. Rounding out the starting lineup are sophomore forwards Ed Morrow, Jack McVeigh and Michael Jacobson. Head coach Tim Miles is in his fifth season at Nebraska, where he is 64-67. In 22 years as a head coach the Mary alumnus has a record of 347-287.

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Before travelling north to start their college careers, Marauders guard Pat Thomas and Huskers guard Tai Webster played against each other in a U20 national tournament. Thomas is from Adelaide, South Australia, and Webster hails from Auckland, New Zealand.

BIG START
Senior G Damonta Henry is off to a stellar start. In the season opener Henry led the Marauders with 23 points against Lincoln and followed with a team-high 15 points against Southwest Baptist University. He hit three treys in each game.

PRESIDENTIAL
With a pair of double digit point games at the SBU Classic, Bryan Jefferson is getting closer to entering the all-time scoring list. Jefferson had 15 points against Lincoln and 14 against Southwest Baptist. He now had 845 career points. Maury Robinson is 23rd all-time with 903 points.


INSTANT IMPACT
Continuing to come off the bench to provide the Marauders an immediate boost, Rickey Suggs exceeded double digits in points in both games at the SBU Classic. The senior forward had 11 points against Lincoln in the opener and followed with 14 points and eight rebounds against SBU, making 6-of-9 shots.


NCAA DIVISION I CHALLENGE
When the Marauders tangle with the Cornhuskers on Tuesday, it will be just the fourth time the Marauders have faced an NCAA Division I program in a regular season game, previously visiting Montana State University in December 2003, the University of Wisconsin Green Bay in November 2011 and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in November 2012. Additionally the Marauders visited North Dakota State University in January 2007 and the University of North Dakota in January 2009 while the schools were transitioning to become full members of NCAA Division I.