This Week
The Omaha men's basketball team welcomes South Dakota this Wednesday, Feb. 1. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Baxter Arena, and Gary Sharp and John Karhoff will have the radio call on 1180 Zone 2. Fans can stream audio on their smartphones by downloading NRG Media's app “1620 The Zone," and links to live video, audio and stats will be available on OMavs.com.

Quick Hits
•Omaha plays five of its eight final league games at home. Western Illinois is the only other team in the conference to play that many home games to close the regular season.
•Five Omaha players average double-figure scoring: Marcus Tyus (16.1 ppg), Tre'Shawn Thurman (12.9 ppg), Tra-Deon Hollins (12.5 ppg), Mitch Hahn (11.5 ppg) and Zach Jackson (11.0 ppg).
•Tyus eclipsed 1,000 career points Jan. 4 vs. Fort Wayne, while Thurman passed the mark Jan. 28 vs. South Dakota State. The represent the 37th and 38th 1,000-point scorers in program history, respectively.
•Thurman is also the 11th player in school history with at least 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career.
•Tyus averages 20.4 points per game in league play, which ranks fourth in the conference. In non-conference, he had averaged 13.2 points per game.
•Hollins is the NCAA's active career leader with 3.67 steals per game and has the fourth-most career steals of any player nationally.
•Hollins sits at 13th on the Summit League's all-time career steals list with 197.
•Omaha has forced at least 15 turnovers 10 times this year.
•Omaha went 7-6 in non-conference play, marking its fourth straight season finishing .500 or better against non-conference opponents.
•Head coach Derrin Hansen has used three different lineups this season.
•Omaha capped the 2015-16 season at 18-14 overall and 10-6 in the Summit League, finishing third in the conference standings. The Mavericks were picked fourth in the league's 2016-17 preseason poll.
•Hollins and Thurman were both named Preseason All-Summit, with Hollins on the first team and Thurman on the second team.
•Omaha was a perfect 10-0 when shooting 50 percent or better last year. This year, the Mavericks are 3-2.
•Nine different Mavericks have scored in double figures this season.
•Thurman registered his team-leading fifth double-double of the year Jan. 4 vs. Fort Wayne. In games with a Thurman double-double over the last three seasons, Omaha is 6-5.

Scouting the South Dakota Coyotes
South Dakota enters the week with a record of 15-9 (6-3 Summit League) after an 88-83 win over Denver last Saturday. Matt Mooney scored a game-high 27 points, and Tyler Flack added another 19, as the duo combined to shoot 17-of-29.

Mooney is the Coyotes' leading scorer with 17.0 points per game. Flack (13.8 ppg), Trey Burch-Manning (10.2 ppg) and Trey Dickerson (10.0 ppg) also average double-figure scoring, and Flack has a team-high 7.4 rebounds per contest.

Head coach Craig Smith is in his third season at USD, carrying a record of 46-43 and a career mark of 118-72 over six years.

Wednesday's game marks the 88th meeting all-time between Omaha and South Dakota, with USD leading the series 54-46. The Coyotes won the first meeting this season, 86-69 on Dec. 29 in Vermillion, S.D., while UNO won the last matchup at Baxter Arena, 96-83 on Jan. 30, 2016.

Last Time Out: Thurman Hits Scoring Milestone as Omaha Falls 88-84 to SDSU
Omaha got within two with 14 seconds left last Saturday, but the effort fell short as the Mavericks dropped an 88-84 decision to South Dakota State before a season-high crowd of 3,038 fans at Baxter Arena. Senior guard Marcus Tyus registered a team-high 20 points, shooting 5-of-10 from the field with three 3-pointers and a 7-of-7 effort at the free throw line. He added three rebounds, three assists and three steals for the night.

Junior forward Tre'Shawn Thurman became the 38th player in program history and the second this season to reach the 1,000 career points milestone. The Omaha Central product finished with 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting along with five rebounds, a steal and a block. Thurman now has 1,006 points over 83 games as a Maverick.

Sophomore forward Mitch Hahn added another 18 points with four rebounds, and senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins rounded it out with 14 points, a team-leading six boards and six assists, two steals and a block.

South Dakota State was led by game highs of 33 points and nine rebounds from Summit League Preseason Player of the Year Mike Daum. Chris Howell (16), Reed Tellinghuisen (13) and Lane Severyn (11) also scored in double figures.

Omaha shot 45.8 percent (27-of-59) from the field and 84.6 percent (22-of-26) at the free throw line. SDSU finished at 50.0 percent (31-of-62) from the floor and 88.2 percent (15-of-17) at the stripe while outboarding Omaha 38-23.

Spurring the Stretch
Omaha has averaged 88.8 points per contest over its last six games. Within that span, Omaha enjoyed a four-game win streak from Jan. 7-18, its longest of the season.

Over the last six games, Omaha has been spurred by 22.0 points per game from a red-hot Marcus Tyus, who has shot .500 (21-of-42) from long range and had four scoring efforts of 20+. Mitch Hahn (16.5 ppg) and Tra-Deon Hollins (16.0 ppg) have also turned it up offensively, with Hahn another 3-point sharpshooter at .588 (20-of-34) from deep in the recent stretch.

Home Sweet Homaha
Omaha has a record of 5-3 at home this season, and the Mavericks have averaged 92.9 points per game with a 16.4 margin of victory at Baxter Arena. Senior guard Marcus Tyus has averaged 20.6 points per game and shoots .565 (26-of-46) from distance on his home floor.

Tyus Joins 1,000 Point Club
Marcus Tyus entered the 2016-17 season having not played a game since Feb. 7, 2015, but the senior guard finally joined the prestigious 1,000-Point Club on Jan. 4 vs. Fort Wayne. Tyus was the 37th UNO player to reach the 1,000 points milestone, and over four active seasons (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17), he has amassed 1,142 career points to rank 17th in school history.

Omaha's active career leader for 3-pointers, Tyus moved up to 10th on the triples chart Jan. 28 vs. South Dakota State. His career total of 143 sits just behind Alex Welhouse (2008-13), who had 151.

History-Making Hollins
Senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins is Omaha's all-time leader for both career and single-season steals. He joined the top 20 for career steals on Feb. 6, 2016 and finally claimed the career mark in his 52nd game as a Maverick, vs. Denver on Jan. 18, by passing Calvin Kapels (2002-06), who had 191. Hollins now has a career total of 197 swipes as he continues to add to his record mark.

Hollins' 196 assists last season were the second-highest single-season mark in school history. He broke into the top 20 for assists Nov. 19 vs. Rice and is now eighth all-time with 340, having passed Thad Mott (1988-92), who had 328. Hollins now needs four more to pass CJ Carter (2011-15), who had 343 for seventh.

Last season, Hollins claimed Omaha's single-season steals record (then 81) vs. Fort Wayne on Jan. 16, 2016, clearing the previous mark of 80 set by Vernon Manning (1981-82). Hollins was also the first Omaha player in six years to record a double-double off points and assists, finishing with 23 points, 13 assists and eight steals against the Mastodons.

Tracking Tre'Shawn
Midway through the 2016-17 campaign, junior forward Tre'Shawn Thurman sits at fifth on Omaha's career blocks list with 85. The Omaha Central product recently passed Levy Jones (2003-05) on the chart, who had 83, and his next hurdle is Frank Cypress (1993-95), who had 94.

Thurman inked his name in the Omaha record books for career rebounds earlier this season, joining the top 20 in school history on Dec. 21 at Pitt. He currently sits at 13th on the list with 541 boards, having passed Glenn Moberg (1975-79), who had 531. Thurman's next target is Dennis Forrest (1973-77), who grabbed 557.

Thurman is also the second Maverick this season to join the 1,000 Point Club, joining Marcus Tyus. Thurman became the 38th 1,000-point scorer in school history on Jan. 28 vs. South Dakota State, and he now owns 1,006 career points to tie for 35th all-time with Pat Roehrig (1971-75). Thurman needs 10 more points to pass Paul Sieczkowski (1968-72), who had 1,016 for 33rd.

Stacking Up Nationally
As a team, Omaha ranks 14th nationally for free throws made (411), 20th for scoring offense (82.8), 25th for free throw attempts (550), 32nd for 3-point percentage (.389), 39th for steals per game (7.8), 41st for 3-pointers made (201), 43rd for 3-pointers made per game (9.1) and 44th for free throw percentage (.747).

Individually, senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins is third for total steals (70) and steals per game (3.2), sixth for total assists (144) and eighth for assists per game (6.5).

League Leaders
As a team, Omaha is the Summit League's leader in free throws made per game (18.7) and free throw attempts per game (25.0). Individually, senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins leads the way in steals (70) and assists (144).

Feelin' Hahn, Hahn, Hahn
Sophomore forward Mitch Hahn is averaging 11.5 points per game this season, the most of any Maverick coming off the bench and is second on the team with 42 3-pointers made. Over the last six contests, the Fremont, Neb., native has averaged 16.5 points per game and shot .588 (20-of-34) from deep, and he has scored in double figures six consecutive times. In games when Hahn scores in double figures, Omaha is 9-5.

Hahn tallied a season-high 24 points Jan. 14 vs. Western Illinois, helped by his 6-of-8 showing from 3-point range. He also had a standout effort in his debut on Nov. 12 at UC Santa Barbara, leading all scorers with 15 points in reserve with five 3-pointers. Hahn was the first Maverick to knock down at least five triples in a season opener since former Maverick Jeff Martin did so in 2009-10.

Looking to the Bench
Omaha's bench outscored Buena Vista's bench 60-28 on Nov. 22. The last time the Mavericks' bench enjoyed a scoring margin of 30 or more was March 1, 2014, when UNO outscored Fort Wayne's reserves 59-26.

The 2016-17 Mavericks are averaging 26.7 points per game by bench scorers, the highest of any Derrin Hansen-coached team. The next highest average is courtesy of the 2013-14 squad, which had 26.6 bench points per game.

Over the last six games, Omaha has held a 178-123 bench advantage and averaged 29.7 bench points per game.

Compared to the Opposition
Over its 22 contests this season, Omaha has:
•More or equal field goals made compared to its opponent seven times
•More or equal 3-point field goals made compared to its opponent 11 times
•More or equal free throws made compared to its opponent 15 times
•More or equal rebounds compared to its opponent eight times
•More or equal assists compared to its opponent nine times
•More or equal steals compared to its opponent 13 times
•Fewer or equal turnovers compared to its opponent 10 times
•More or equal blocks compared to its opponent 10 times

2016-17 Slate = Tough Test for Mavericks
Omaha's 2016-17 schedule includes 29 games, and the team will play in 13 states against schools from nine other Division I conferences. The schedule has two opponents from both the Big 12 and Big West and one each from the Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC, Conference USA, MAC, Big Sky and WAC. Five opponents – USC, Iowa, Iowa State, Pitt and defending Summit League champion South Dakota State – played in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

The 2016-17 season also features four opponents the Mavericks have never faced: USC, Rice, Cal State Fullerton and Pitt. They now hold a combined all-time record of 143-181 over all teams on the regular-season slate.

Next Up
Omaha visits Western Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 4. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Western Hall in Macomb, Ill., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3. Gary Sharp will have the radio call on 1620 The Zone, and links to live stats, audio and video will be available on OMavs.com.