Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (11/29)

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November 29
#25 Indiana 100, Bethune-Cookman 56
Nebraska 72, South Carolina-Upstate 63
Penn State 90, Sacred Heart 59

Standings
Nebraska (8-0)
Indiana (7-0)
Cockeye (7-0)
Michigan (7-0)
Michigan State (7-0)
Purdue (7-0)
USC (7-0)
Penn State (7-1)
Ohio State (6-1)
Illinois (6-2)
Northwestern (5-2)
UCLA (5-2)
Washington (5-2)
Wisconsin (5-2)
Maryland (5-3)
Rutgers (5-3)
Oregon (4-3)
Minnesota (4-4)

Games for Tuesday - December 2
Campbell at Penn State (5:00 PM - BTN)
Cockeye at #11 Michigan State (6:00 PM - Peacock)
#1 Purdue at Rutgers (7:00 PM - FS1)
Wagner at Maryland (7:00 PM - BTN)
USC at Oregon (9:00 PM - FS1)

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, December 7
Pickle Smoochers at Nebraska (4:00 PM - FS1)

 

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Huskers Remain Perfect With 72-63 Win
Huskers.com
Lincoln – Pryce Sandfort had 20 points and a season-high nine rebounds to lead four Huskers in double figures, as Nebraska remained unbeaten with a 72-63 win over South Carolina Upstate Saturday morning.

Sandfort scored 16 points of his points in a 27-8 Husker surge that erased a 12-point first-half deficit and gave the Huskers a 42-35 with 17:28 remaining after his fourth 3-pointer of the afternoon.

The Huskers, whose 8-0 start is the program’s best since the 1977-78 season, never trailed again and eventually built a 16-point lead before USC Upstate made a final run in the final 1:22 to get within double digits.

Rienk Mast added 15 points and six rebounds, while Cale Jacobsen and Braden Frager added 11 points apiece. The Huskers had eight steals, including a career-high five from Jacobsen, and held USC Upstate to 36.4 percent shooting.

The visitors set the tone early, using a 16-3 run to build a 23-11 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the half on consecutive 3-poitners from Isaiah Skinner. Nebraska trailed 27-15 after Learic Davis’ basket with 7:15 left before halftime before Sandfort and Mast took over, leading the Huskers on a 17-0 surge that put NU ahead 32-27 after Mast’s 3-point play with 47 seconds left in the half.

Sandfort had all 11 first-half points in the surge, including back-to back 3-pointers in a 31 second span to force a USC Upstate timeout. The Huskers, who held USC Upstate scoreless for more than seven minutes, forced 10 straight Spartan misses before Skinner’s 3-pointer in the final seconds of the half made it a two-point game at the break.

Nebraska took the lead for good with seven straight points to break a 35-all time on baskets from Sandfort and Lawrence before Sandfort’s fourth 3-pointer capped the run. The Huskers led 56-47 with just over four minutes left before Nebraska put the game out of reach with a 12-5 run, capped by back-to-back baskets from Jacobsen to make it 68-52 with 1:29 remaining.

Karmani Gregory led four USC Upstate in double-figures with a team-high 20 points, including six 3-pointers.

The Huskers continue the homestand next Sunday, when they host Pickle Smoochers Tipoff for the sold-out contest is set for 4 p.m., and game will be broadcast on FS1 and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.

 

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Postgame Notes

- Nebraska improves to 8-0 for just the third time in school history and for the first time since a 10-0 start in 1977-78

- Nebraska now has won 12 straight games dating back to the 2025 College Basketball Crown, which ties for the fifth-longest win streak in school history and longest since a school-record 14 game streak in 1990-91

- Pryce Sandfort finished with NU team highs in both points (20), rebounds (9), and assists (4). His 20 points marked his fourth 20-point game of the season while his nine rebounds were a season-high, topping the eight against Winthrop on Tuesday. Sandfort now has a 22-to-3 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season. Sandfort now has five career 20-point efforts

- Nebraska got a pair of double-digit efforts off the bench with 11 points apiece from Cale Jacobsen and Braden Frager. NU now has 10 double-figure efforts from its bench this season. Jacobsen also tied his career high with 11 points for the second straight game

- Cale Jacobsen's five steals were not only a career-high (previous best of three, set two times) and matched the most by a Husker in Fred Hoiberg's six-plus seasons. The last Husker with five steals in a game before today was Juwan Gary, who had five against Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 9, 2024

- Nebraska's 17-0 first-half run was its highest of the season (16-0 vs. West Georgia)

- NU has now held five of its eight opponents to under 40 percent shooting as USC Upstate shot 36.4 percent

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
USC Upstate	30	33	63
Nebraska	32	40	72

USC Upstate	STATS	Nebraska
24-66 (36.4%)	FG	25-60 (41.7%)
12-35 (34.3%)	3FG	8-30 (26.7%)
3-8 (37.5%)	FT	14-18 (77.8%)
36	Rebounds	45
18	Fouls	12
11	Assists	15
11	Turnovers	13
3	Blocks	5
9	Steals	8
12	Pts in Paint	34
6	Pts off Turnovers	11
8	2nd Chance Pts	10
3	Fast Break Pts	7
17	Bench Pts	25

SCORING

USC Upstate
Karmani Gregory - 20
Mason Bendinger - 13
Isaiah Skinner - 12
Carmelo Adkins - 11
Learic Davis - 4
Jafeth Martinez - 2
Tyler Smith - 1
TOTAL - 63

Nebraska
Pryce Sandfort - 20
Rienk Mast - 15
Cale Jacobsen - 11
Braden Frager - 11
Jamarques Lawrence - 5
Berke Buyuktuncel - 4
Sam Hoiberg - 3
Jared Garcia - 3
TOTAL - 72