Basketball Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (1/21)

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January 21
#7 Nebraska 76, Washington 66
#11 Illinois 89, Maryland 70
Northwestern 74, USC 68

Standings
1. Nebraska (19-0, 8-0)
2. Illinois (16-3, 7-1)
2. Michigan (17-1, 7-1)
2. Michigan State (17-2, 7-1)
2. Purdue (17-2, 7-1)
6. Wisconsin (13-5, 5-2)
7. Ohio State (13-5, 5-3)
7. UCLA (13-6, 5-3)
9. Cockeye (14-5, 4-4)
10. Indiana (12-7, 3-5)
10. Minnesota (10-9, 3-5)
10. USC (14-5, 3-5)
13. Rutgers (9-10, 2-6)
13. Washington (10-9, 2-6)
15. Maryland (8-11, 1-7)
15. Northwestern (9-10, 1-7)
15. Oregon (8-11, 1-7)
18. Penn State (9-9, 0-7)

Games for Thursday - January 22
Wisconsin at Penn State (6:00 PM - FS1)

Next Nebraska Game - Saturday, January 24
#7 Nebraska at Minnesota (11:00 AM - FS1)

 

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Huskers Tame Huskies on Wednesday
Huskers.com
Lincoln - The No. 7 Nebraska men’s basketball team used an early run to take control en route to taking down Washington 76-66 on Wednesday evening.

With the win, NU moved to 19-0 (8-0 Big Ten) and extended its nation-leading win streak to 23 games dating back to last season.

Pryce Sandfort paced the Huskers with 23 points for his third-straight 20-point game and eighth of the season.

Sam Hoiberg added 14 points along with four assists and seven rebounds, while Rienk Mast (12) and Jamarques Lawrence (11) also reached double figures for NU, whose 8-0 start is the program’s best conference start since 1965-66.

As a team, NU shot 50.9 percent from the field, including 11-of-29 from 3-point range, marking the third straight game NU shot 50 percent or better.

Mast helped the Huskers take control during a back-and-forth start to the game, scoring all seven of his first-half points in a three-minute span, as Nebraska built a 19-13 lead.

Washington (19-9, 2-6 Big Ten) pulled to within 19-17 before Sandfort scored eight of his 10 first-half points in a 13-2 tun that gave the Huskers a 32-19 lead with 6:30 left.

The Huskies eventually pulled to within 36-28 with just over three minutes left, but Hoiberg closed the half on a 5-0 run to extend NU’s lead to 13, at 41-28 at the break.

Hannes Steinbach, who fished with 21 points and 12 rebounds, worked to get Washington back into the game in the second half, but three-pointers from Sandfort and Mast grew the lead to 61-44 with 10:41 to play in the contest and NU led by double-figures.

Nebraska will be back in action at Minnesota on Saturday, January 24th. Tip-off with the Golden Gophers is set for 11 a.m. (CT) with live television coverage by FS1. Live audio will be provided by the Huskers Radio Network on Huskers.com and the Huskers App.

 

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Postgame Notes

• With the win, Nebraska improved to 19-0 to continue the best start in program history. The Huskers also extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 23 consecutive games, which is also a school record.
  
  
• Nebraska is now 8-0 in Big Ten play, its best conference start since the 1965-66 team went 10-0 to begin Big Ten play.

• With the 10-point win, the Huskers have now posted 11 double-digit victories this season, including nine double-digit wins in 12 home games.
  
  
• Nebraska shot 50.9 percent from the field, the third consecutive game the Huskers have shot better than 50 percent. The streak of three consecutive Big Ten games shooting 50 percent or better ties is the longest since a four-game Big Ten streak in 2015-16
  
  
• Pryce Sandfort scored a game-high 23 points, his third consecutive game with 20 or more points. Sandfort has eight 20-point efforts this season and nine in his career.
  
  
• Sandfort was 4-of-7 from the 3-point line, and he has now made 16-of-28 3-pointers over the last three games (57.1 percent).
  
  
• Sam Hoiberg scored 14 points, the second-highest total of his career in a Big Ten Conference game, one shy of the 15 points he scored at Maryland in 2023.
  
  
• Hoiberg tied for the team lead with seven rebounds, marking the fourth time in the past seven games he has led the Huskers in rebounding. Hoiberg also tied for the team lead with four assists, the sixth consecutive game he has led Nebraska in assists.
  
  
• Nebraska has 18 assists and just eight turnovers, the fourth straight game with eight or fewer assists.

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Washington	28	38	66
Nebraska	41	35	76

Washington	STATS	Nebraska
27-61 (44.3%)	FG	28-55 (50.9%)
6-21 (28.6%)	3FG	11-29 (37.9%)
6-10 (60.0%)	FT	9-12 (75.0%)
33	Rebounds	31
13	Fouls	13
14	Assists	18
8	Turnovers	8
3	Blocks	1
3	Steals	4
40	Pts in Paint	26
7	Pts off Turnovers	10
11	2nd Chance Pts	4
0	Fast Break Pts	3
19	Bench Pts	8

SCORING

HUSKIES
Hannes Steinbach - 21
Zoom Diallo - 18
Franck Kepnang - 6
JJ Mandaquit - 6
Courtland Muldrew - 5
Jacob Ognacevic - 5
Bryson Tucker - 3
Nikola Dzepina - 2
TOTAL - 66

HUSKERS
Pryce Sandfort - 23
Sam Hoiberg - 14
Rienk Mast - 12
Jamarques Lawrence - 11
Berke Buyuktuncel - 8
Jared Garcia - 5
Braden Frager - 2
Cale Jacobsen - 1
TOTAL - 76