This Week
The Omaha men's basketball team (2-1, 0-0 Summit League) caps its three-game road test this week, traveling to in-state foe Nebraska on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN3 with Shawn Kenney on play-by-play and Rich Zvosec on color commentary, and it is available on WatchESPN.com or with the Watch ESPN app.

Additionally, KOIL 1290 AM will carry the radio broadcast live with Gary Sharp and former Maverick Grant Nieland calling the action, and fans can stream the audio on their smartphones by downloading NRG Media's app “The Mighty 1290 KOIL.” Links to live stats, audio and video will be available on OMavs.com.

Scouting the Nebraska Huskers
Nebraska enters the week with a record of 2-1 (0-0 Big Ten), coming off a 66-62 loss at Rhode Island last Saturday. Shavon Shields posted 25 points and nine rebounds, and Terran Petteway joined him in double figures with 15 points. As a team, NU shot 37 percent from the field.

The Huskers are led by third-year head coach Tim Miles, who has a record of 36-32 at Nebraska and a career mark of 319-252 over 20 seasons.

Nebraska leads the all-time series with Omaha, 2-0, as the two programs have previously met in 1987-88 and 2012-13. NU and UNO also met at the beginning of the 2006-07 season -- a game which counted for Nebraska and was an exhibition contest for the Mavericks.

In the most recent meeting on Nov. 18, 2012, Nebraska defeated Omaha 75-62 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Justin Simmons recorded 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting and a pair of 3-pointers, while Alex Welhouse had 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from long range.

Only two current Mavericks were active on the roster in the last NU-UNO meeting: CJ Carter, who had six points, four rebounds, an assist and a steal, and Marcus Tyus, who chipped in two 3-pointers for six points and four boards off the bench.

Quick Hits
•Omaha's 97-89 win at Marquette was its first in program history over a BIG EAST opponent.
•The Mavericks shot a season-best .571 at Marquette on Saturday. In the last three years, Omaha is 15-5 when shooting .500 or better as a team, including a perfect 11-0 last season.
•According to kenpom.com, UNO leads the country in adjusted tempo, which estimates of the possessions per 40 minutes a team would have against a team that wants to play at an average Division I tempo. Omaha's adjusted tempo is listed at 77.9 (possessions per 40 minutes).
•UNO has tallied double-digit offensive rebounds in each of their first three games: 26 vs. Central Arkansas, 11 at Seattle and 11 at Marquette.
•Senior guard CJ Carter has made at least two 3-pointers in three straight games, including a career-high-tying four triples at Marquette.
•Since the 2012-13 season, Omaha is 17-8 when Carter scores 15 or more points in a game.
•Redshirt freshman forward Rylan Murry came off the bench at Marquette to contribute his second consecutive double-figure scoring effort, finishing with 10 points. He has hit two 3-pointers in each of the first three games of his career.
•Omaha leads the Summit League in points per game, field goals made per game, offensive rebounds per game, total rebounds per game and rebounding margin.
•The Mavericks were picked sixth in this year's Summit League preseason poll.

Last Time Out: Omaha Knocks Off Marquette, 97-89
Omaha put together an outstanding shooting performance for a huge win on Saturday afternoon, knocking off Marquette 97-89 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Five Mavericks scored in double figures, led by a career-high 26 points from junior guard Devin Patterson and a season-high 25 by senior guard CJ Carter. Patterson went 7-of-12 from the field and 11-of -12 from the free throw line, adding six rebounds, a career-high-tying eight assists and a steal. Carter was 7-of-13 from the floor with a trio of 3-pointers and an 8-of-10 effort at the line. He added two rebounds, three helpers and two steals.

Senior forward Mike Rostampour tallied his second double-double in three games and the fifth of his career, totaling 11 points and 11 boards. Freshman forward Tre'Shawn Thurman posted a season-high 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting along with seven rebounds, an assist and a block. Redshirt freshman forward Rylan Murry rounded it out with 10 points off the bench, finishing 3-for-4 with a pair of threes.

Junior guard Marcus Tyus chipped in another nine points, six rebounds, two assists and a steal.

As a team, Omaha shot a season-best 57 percent (32-of-56) from the floor, including 63 percent (15-of-24) in the second half. The Mavericks shot at an 87 percent clip (26-of-30) at the free throw line and outworked Marquette on the glass, 40-24.

Two For 20
Senior guard CJ Carter and junior guard Devin Patterson both had 20-point performances at Marquette last Saturday, with Patterson tallying a career-high 26 and Carter notching 25. The duo previously had 20-point efforts in the same game on Nov. 16 against Central Arkansas, as they scored an identical 22 points apiece.

Last season, Omaha had two 20-point scorers on the same night just once, against Fort Wayne on March 1, 2014.

Stacking Up Nationally
Three Mavericks have jumped into the national statistical rankings, led by senior guard CJ Carter's standing as the 16th-best scorer in the country with 21.3 points per game. Junior guard Devin Patterson is also 41st nationally with a .938 free throw percentage, and senior forward Mike Rostampour is 49th with 9.3 rebounds per game.

As a team, Omaha's 90.3 points per game ranks 14th among Division I programs. UNO is also 19th with 16.0 offensive rebounds per game, 39th with 42.7 rebounds per game and 40th with a 10.0+ rebounding margin.

Carter Honored As Summit League Player of the Week
Senior guard CJ Carter was named The Summit League's Player of the Week following his performance Nov. 17-23, the conference office announced Monday. It was the Omaha Benson product's second weekly league award of his career.

Carter led Omaha to a 97-89 upset of Marquette on Saturday, scoring a season-high 25 points. He had 7-of-13 shooting, including a trio of 3-pointers, and an 8-for-10 effort at the free throw line. Carter also added three assists, two rebounds and two steals in the victory.

Against Seattle last Wednesday, Carter scored 17 points with four assists and two rebounds. For the week, he averaged 21.0 points, 3.5 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game.

Thurman Makes Immediate Impact
Freshman forward Tre'Shawn Thurman has made two straight starts at Seattle and Marquette, and he is the first UNO freshman to earn a start since CJ Carter in 2011-12. Thurman finished with a season-best 12 points and seven rebounds against the Golden Eagles on Saturday.

Thurman has averaged 9.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game in his debut season, tallying two double-digit scoring efforts. He also led the Mavericks with a season-high eight rebounds at Seattle on Nov. 19.

Double-Double...Double-Trouble
Senior forward Mike Rostampour has accounted for Omaha's last five double-doubles, including two this season against Central Arkansas and Marquette. UNO has gone 4-1 in the last two seasons when Rostampour registers a double-double, including a perfect 2-0 in 2014-15.

Rostampour's Career Double-Doubles
    Date -- Opponent -- Points/Rebounds
    Feb. 5, 2014 -- vs. Peru State -- 24 points/12 rebounds
    Feb. 20, 2014 -- at South Dakota -- 18 points/11 rebounds
    March 19, 2014 -- vs. North Dakota -- 16 points/21 rebounds
    Nov. 16, 2014 -- vs. Central Arkansas -- 13 points/14 rebounds
    Nov. 22, 2014 -- at Marquette -- 11 points/11 rebounds

Hansen Guides Mavericks in 10th Season
Head coach Derrin Hansen enters his 10th season at the helm of the Omaha men's basketball program in 2014-15, boasting a career record of 151-122 over his head coaching career. He took the job after serving as an assistant coach for seven years with former Maverick head coaches Kevin McKenna and Kevin Lehman. Hansen has the second-most victories of any coach in program history, behind only Bob Hanson, and Hansen hit the century mark for wins on Jan. 12, 2011.

Hansen has coached or assisted teams that have earned five trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament, while also garnering two regular-season league titles and three tournament crowns. In 2007-08, his squad recorded a school-record 25 wins in its final season of North Central Conference play, and the Mavs won their final NCC Tournament to advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time since 2004-05. In 2009-10, UNO earned an NCAA Tournament berth by capturing the MIAA Tournament crown in just its second year as a member of the league.

As a player at Nebraska Wesleyan, Hansen's 1988 squad advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals, and while serving as a student coach, the 1990 Plainsmen advanced to the final 16.

Hansen is assisted by assistant coaches Randall Herbst, Pat Eberhart and Tyler Erwin.

Mixed Schedule Takes Mavericks Around the Nation
Omaha's 2014-15 schedule includes 29 games, and the team will play in 11 states across the country. The schedule also features games against three 2014 NCAA Tournament teams -- Kansas State, Nebraska and defending Summit League champion North Dakota State. In total, UNO will square off with opponents from seven other conferences.

The Mavericks have never faced two of their opponents: Marquette and Kansas State. They hold a combined all-time record of 183-223 over all teams on the regular-season slate.

No Longer the Newcomers
Omaha is in its fourth and final year as a reclassifying Division I school in 2014-15 and its third as a member of the Summit League. UNO is ineligible for the Summit League Tournament and NCAA/NIT postseason play until 2015-16 but will play a full regular-season conference schedule through last transitional year. It is, however, eligible for the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) and CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) in the postseason. Omaha played in the first and second rebounds of the 2014 CIT, and it was the first reclassifying school to receive an at-large bid in the tournament's history.

Up Next
Omaha returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 29, hosting Nevada with a 1 p.m. tipoff at Ralston Arena. Gary Sharp and former Maverick Grant Nieland will have the call of the game on 1180 Zone 2, and links to live stats, audio and video will be available on OMavs.com.