Belmont sophomore forward Sam Orme has dedicated to Nebraska out of the NCAA Transfer Portal.
The 6’10 native of Carmel, Indiana, spent three seasons with the Bruins after signing with Belmont out of highschool. But with head coach Casey Alexander leaving for the Kansas State job this offseason, he opted to enter school basketball free company.
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Fred Hoiberg and the Huskers labored shortly, beating out the Wildcats to land his providers.
The 6-foot-9, 220-pound Orme was a second-team All-Missouri Valley choice this 12 months, averaging 12.7 factors, 5.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists per sport. He notched career-high 22 in a daily season win over Drake in February and was one of the league’s only exterior shooters.
On prime of hitting practically 56% of his photographs from the sector, Orme related on 39.7% of his 3-point makes an attempt — flattening 48 in complete this season.
As a redshirt freshman in 2024-25, he earned a spot on the All-MVC Freshman Team whereas averaging 9.5 factors and 4.3 rebounds. And he’ll now be counted on as a key piece for the Huskers, who’re coming off their first NCAA Tournament wins in class historical past this previous season.
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Nebraska took down No. 13 seed Troy within the first spherical final month, notching their first-ever event victory. They adopted that up with a heart-stopping 74-72 win over fifth-seeded Vanderbilt within the Round of 32 earlier than falling to Big Ten rival Iowa within the Sweet 16.
The Huskers graduate important manufacturing with seniors Rienk Mast and Jamarques Lawrence, who mixed for simply over 23 factors per sport final season. Junior forward Berke Buyuktuncel introduced his intentions to enter the portal earlier this week, whereas the choice of star guard Pryce Sandfort to enter the NBA Draft stays within the steadiness.
Should Sandfort go away, the Huskers might be trying to substitute practically 80% of their scoring output from this 12 months’s Sweet 16 group.
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