This Week
The Omaha men's basketball team welcomes IUPUI this Wednesday, Feb. 8. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. 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 (16.5 ppg), Tre'Shawn Thurman (13.0 ppg), Tra-Deon Hollins (12.8 ppg), Mitch Hahn (11.1 ppg) and Zach Jackson (10.9 ppg). Tyus has scored in double digits in 10 straight games, the longest streak of any Maverick.
•Over the last six contests, Hollins has averaged 19.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game while shooting .500 from the field.
•Tyus eclipsed 1,000 career points Jan. 4 vs. Fort Wayne, while Thurman passed the mark Jan. 28 vs. South Dakota State. They are 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.
•Omaha and South Dakota State are the only two squads in the Summit League with at least two 1,000-point scorers on the roster.
•Tyus averages 20.5 points per game in league play, which ranks fourth in the conference. In non-conference, he had averaged 13.2 points per game.
•Omaha has forced 15 or more turnovers 14 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 IUPUI Jaguars
IUPUI enters the week with a record of 10-14 (4-6 Summit League) after an 86-81 overtime win over league leader North Dakota State last Wednesday. Matt O'Leary led the Jaguars' five double-figure scorers, totaling game highs of 24 points and nine rebounds while hitting 6-of-8 from 3-point range.

Darell Combs is IUPUI's leading scorer with 16.4 points per game, while O'Leary (14.0 ppg) and Ron Patterson (10.0 ppg) also average in double figures. In addition, O'Leary's 6.4 rebounds per game are a team high.

Head coach Jason Gardner is in his third season at IUPUI, carrying a career record of 33-54.

Wednesday's game marks the 10th meeting all-time between Omaha and IUPUI, with the Mavericks leading the series 7-2. Omaha defeated the Jaguars 79-71 in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 11 and also won the last meeting at Baxter Arena, 76-71 on Jan. 3, 2016.

Last Time Out: Omaha Sinks Western Illinois, 79-67
Behind 25 points from senior guard Marcus Tyus, Omaha recorded the program's first road win over Western Illinois Saturday night, 79-67 at Western Hall. Tyus shot 7-of-13 from the field, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, to finish with his team-high 25 points, as well as six rebounds, four assists and a steal.

Junior forward Tre'Shawn Thurman added 16 points, six boards, two assists and a steal, shooting 6-of-10 for the night. Senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins came up with another 12 points, four caroms, eight assists and three steals, and sophomore guard Zach Jackson pitched in 12 points, three caroms and an assist.

Junior forward Daniel Meyer and sophomore forward Mitch Hahn matched Tyus and Thurman's team-leading rebounding effort, as they finished with six more boards apiece.

Omaha shot 45.6 percent (26-of-57) from the floor, 50.0 percent (9-of-18) from long range and 72.0 percent (18-of-25) at the free throw line. WIU finished at 41.4 percent (24-of-58) from the field, 33.3 percent (8-of-24) beyond the arc and 73.3 percent (11-of-15) at the stripe. The Mavericks had the edge on the glass, 40-31, including 11-7 on the offensive end. UNO also forced 16 Leatherneck turnovers to score 26 points off miscues and had a 13-0 advantage in fastbreak points.

Hollins Adding Name to NCAA, Summit League Lists
Senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins is the NCAA's active career leader with 3.66 steals per game. He also has the third-most career steals of any player nationally with 205, trailing only Tennessee State's Tahjere McCall (213) and Illinois State's Paris Lee (234).

Hollins is 10th on the Summit League's all-time career steals list and one of 11 players in league history to pass the 200 steals plateau.

Spurring the Stretch
After starting Summit League play 0-3, Omaha has gone 6-2 over its last eight games with an average of 87.9 points per contest. Within that span, Omaha enjoyed a four-game win streak from Jan. 7-18, its longest of the season.

Over the last eight games, Omaha has been spurred by 21.8 points per game from a red-hot Marcus Tyus, who has shot .500 (27-of-54) from long range and collected five scoring efforts of 20+. Tra-Deon Hollins (15.9 ppg) and Mitch Hahn (14.1 ppg) have also turned it up offensively, with Hahn another 3-point sharpshooter at .525 (21-of-40) from deep in the recent stretch.

Home Sweet Homaha
Omaha has a record of 6-3 at home this season, and the Mavericks have averaged 92.7 points per game with a 15.0 margin of victory at Baxter Arena. Senior guard Marcus Tyus has averaged 20.2 points per game and shoots .519 (27-of-52) 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 1,184 career points to rank 16th in school history. With 13 more points, he will pass Jim Gregory (1977-81), who had 1,196 points for 15th on the list.

Omaha's active career leader for 3-pointers, Tyus is 10th on the triples chart. His career total of 149 sits just behind Alex Welhouse (2008-13), who had 151.

Tyus also ranks 15th in school history for career steals (115), just behind Tom Thompson (1984-88), who had 116.

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 205 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 seventh all-time with 357, having passed CJ Carter (2011-15), who had 343. Hollins now trails Vernon Manning (1978-82), who had 406 for sixth.

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 556 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 1,033 career points for 33rd all-time. Thurman needs 15 more points to pass Leonard Todd (1966-70), who had 1,048 for 32nd.

Stacking Up Nationally
As a team, Omaha ranks 11th nationally for free throws made (452), 19th for scoring offense (83.0) and free throws attempted (603), 28th for total steals (191), 31st for 3-point percentage (.389), 35th for steals per game (8.0) and 44th for 3-pointers made (216) and 3-pointers per game (9.0).

Individually, senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins is second for total steals (78), third for steals per game (3.3), fifth for total assists (161) and seventh for assists per game (6.7).

League Leaders
As a team, Omaha leads the Summit League in free throws made per game (18.8), free throw attempts per game (25.1) and turnovers forced per game (15.1). Tra-Deon Hollins leads the way in steals (78) and assists (161).

Feelin' Hahn, Hahn, Hahn
Sophomore forward Mitch Hahn is averaging 11.1 points per game this season -- the most of any Maverick coming off the bench -- and is second on the team with 43 3-pointers made. The Fremont, Neb., native scored in double figures in seven straight games from Jan. 7 to Feb. 1 and has eight games of 15+ points this season. In games when Hahn scores in double figures, Omaha is 10-5.

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 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 had 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 26.4 points per game by bench scorers, the second-highest of any Derrin Hansen-coached team. The highest average is courtesy of the 2013-14 squad, which had 26.6 bench points per game.

Over the last eight games, Omaha has held a 224-151 bench advantage and averaged 28.0 bench points per game.

Compared to the Opposition
Over its 24 contests this season, Omaha has:
    •More or equal field goals made compared to its opponent nine times
    •More or equal 3-point field goals made compared to its opponent 12 times
    •More or equal free throws made compared to its opponent 17 times
    •More or equal rebounds compared to its opponent 10 times
    •More or equal assists compared to its opponent 11 times
    •More or equal steals compared to its opponent 14 times
    •Fewer or equal turnovers compared to its opponent 12 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 145-181 over all teams on the regular-season slate.

Next Up
Omaha returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Fort Wayne. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Gary Sharp will have the radio call on 1620 The Zone. Links to live stats, audio and video will be available on OMavs.com.