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CLEMSON, S.C. – Isaac Copeland sent the ball to Thomas Allen, who fired a triple with one hand to the face and nailed it, thus extending Nebraska's lead to 64-56.
Clemson coach Brad Brownell called a timeout. Nebraska's bench burst onto the field to meet Allen and Copeland in fifth place.
Inside the group, Copeland shouted at his teammates for almost 30 minutes.
"We win this game! We win this game!
"Hey," said James Palmer. "Relax, my brother. Relax."
And it was these two forces that drove Nebraska to its first real victory on the road to the season at Clemson. A flawless intensity and a sense of calmness in one of the most chaotic purposes of the season.
The Huskers took advantage of Clemson with eight points ahead of the gap with 2:29. The Tigers let slip a difficult final with a lead of 68-66. Nebraska is now 6-1 on the year and gets what will inevitably end with a strong Quadrant 1 win in the eyes of the NCAA Selection Committee. Clemson (5-2) loses his second game after climbing to number 16 in the AP poll.
After a first calm period, Palmer scored 14 points in the second half, finishing with 20 points on 8 points for 14 shots on goal and nine rebounds. He started his evening early with a lay-up and moved his game to the outside, keeping a 3-pointer of a claw on the tiger's paw near half the field to give a lead of 50-45 in Nebraska towards the end of the second third.
"It was a very hot match tonight and we just wanted to prove a point," said Palmer after the match ended. "We know it's a quiz game and we just wanted to take care of all the stuff."
Marquise Reed, Clemson's leading scorer, scored 15 points on 14 shots. Clemson shot 49% for the game, but struggled in the second half, scoring five minutes at one point without scoring.
Copeland helped Palmer with 16 points. Nebraska shot 47% of the field and 7 of 22 at 3 points.
The pitch was set early for the night when, less than three minutes into the match, Clemson's Elijah Thomas kicked Nebraska player Isaiah Roby through a scrum in the hallway.
Both techniques received. From there, the fight was open.
A week ago, Nebraska was bullied by a Texas Tech physics team and lost 70-52. Coach Tim Miles questioned the strength of his team. Whether or not his team wins this type of match. Part of this doubt was removed Monday.
"I can not say enough about our kids," Miles said. "Difficult road environment, got a quality win."
Miles said before the game that the teams were reverse images of each other, which turned out to be true after 20 minutes with a 31-31 tie at half-time. Nebraska did not shoot well in the first 20 minutes, especially at depth. The Huskers were 3 for 14 against 3 and did not move the ball well, with only three assists for 11 goals scored.
In the second half, Nebraska started with a lay-up, a dunk, a lay-up and a dunk. He stopped taking quick shots and attacked the track.
Copeland led NU in the first period, while the rest of the team struggled to find a shot, scoring 10 of the 31 Nebraska points. In the second, Palmer took over, with a dunk transition, 3 and 10 more points in the second half. But he got help from everyone, Miles said. Glynn Watson has 12, Allen has five, Nana Aketen has five and Tanner Borchardt has scored three and has taken two offensive rebounds in three minutes while Roby had a serious problem. Roby finished with seven points.
On paper, the game was about as close as possible. Both teams scored the same number of goals, shooting just a percentage of the distance of 3 points, a backhand blow, a rebound, two points at the break.
But the difference, Miles said, is that there was a play in the second half.
After Reed clocked 3 on a timeout, Clemson had the opportunity to score again for the next possession to get a match to a possession. Copeland hit the bottom of the board, then went to Watson, who dropped the ball to an open player, Palmer, who plunged behind his head to give Nebraska a 66-59 lead. less than one minute left.
"Amazing game. It's amazing – I mean, people do not do it, "said Miles about Palmer's dunk.
It was the intensity. And then there was the calm, personified by Watson making two free throws to put the game out of reach in the final seconds.
In the empty arena, Palmer told the Husker Sports Network that Texas Tech's fault last week was his fault. He had big problems and could not play. He just wanted to run for his teammates on the road Monday.
"People will always be excited, they obviously have high expectations for us and we are just worried about ourselves," Palmer said. "We're going to take care of what we're doing as a team, so going out tonight was definitely a great win."
Copeland 6-11 4-4 6 2 3 34 16
Palmer 8-14 2-3 9 2 0 35 20
Watson 4-14 2-2 4 3 2 38 12
Borchardt 1-1 1-2 2 1 0 16 3
Akenten 2-5 0-0 2 0 1 14 5
Totals 26-55 9-11 29 13 10 200 68
3-point shots (7-22) – Copeland 0-3, Roby 1-3, Palmer 2-5, Watson 2-7, Allen 1-1, Akenten 1-3.
Team Rebounds – 1. Turnover – 10. Percent Shooting – 47.3.
Thomas 7-8 2-2 4 3 2 23 16
Reed 6-14 2-2 5 3 3 34 15
Mitchell 4-10 4-6 3 1 3 36 13
Totals 26-53 10-2 30 14 15 200 66
3-point shots (4-12) – Simms 0-3, Reed 1-4, Mitchell 1-1, Tyson 0-1, Newman 0-1, Trapp 2-2.
Team Rebounds – 1. Turnover – 11. Percent Shooting – 49.1.
Nebraska ………. 31 37-68
At Clemson ……. 31 35-66
A – 6.974. Officials – Roger Ayers, Mike Eades and Jamie Luckie.
6–6, 218 | Sophomore | Guard | Bolingbrook, Ill.
Akenten scored in just 21 minutes his first year and shot 2 for 9 on the ground, eight of those nine shots from behind the arc. Akenten said he was "humiliated" by last season and that he will have a chance to stay on the ground much longer than 21 minutes.
6–1, 184 | Sophomore | Guard | Raleigh, N.C.
Fifth starter Nebraska, Allen will have the opportunity to prove he deserves a serious playing time. Allen is the best choice of Nebraska for a sniper, and the Huskers season could depend on its ability to lengthen the ground and give Nebraska a fifth weapon to add to the 'Fab Four'.
6–8, 250 | Senior | Transfer | Gothenburg, Neb.
Borchardt lost weight and this proved beneficial in the cleared match against Iowa State. He hit four of his five shots to replace Isaiah Roby while he was in trouble. This is Borchardt's main role this year: replace Roby and Isaac Copeland when they have serious problems or need rest.
KENT SIEVERS / THE WORLD-HERALD
6-3, 180 | Senior | Guard | Bellwood, Ill.
The final of the "Fab Four", Watson is a four-star starter and the eyes and ears of Tim Miles on the court. Watson's production has dropped somewhat as a junior with an average of 10.5 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game. Miles hopes that Watson will have a year more than his second season, when he scored 13 times a game and shot nearly 40% of the distance of 3 points.
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