Basketball Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (12/13)

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December 13
#2 Michigan 101, Maryland 83
#6 Purdue 79, Marquette 59
#9 Michigan State 76, Penn State 72
#23 Nebraska 83, #13 Illinois 80
Northwestern 93, Jackson State 53
Oregon 104, UC-Davis 62
Washington 105, Southern Utah 69
Kentucky 72, Indiana 60
Seton Hall 81, Rutgers 59
Ohio State 89, West Virginia 88 (2OT)

#25 UCLA vs. #8 Gonzaga (late)

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

Games for Sunday - December 14
Texas Southern at Minnesota (12:00 PM - BTN)
Western Michigan at Cockeye (2:00 PM - BTN)
Washington State at USC (6:30 PM - FS1)

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, December 21
North Dakota at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)

 

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Lawrence, Sandfort Lift No. 23 Nebraska Over No. 13 Illinois
Huskers.com

Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 32 points and Jamarques Lawrence drained a last-second three pointer to propel the No. 23 Nebraska men’s basketball team to victory over No. 13 Illinois on Saturday.

NU moved to 11-0 (2-0 Big Ten) on the season to remain undefeated and log the best start in program history. The Big Red also extended its nation-leading and school-record win streak to 15 games, dating back to last season.

Sandfort scored 26 of his points in the first half, including the Huskers’ first 15 of the game. Rienk Mast added 17 points, while Lawrence had 14, capped by his buzzer beater to claim the victory. Jared Garcia added 10 points, all of which came in the second half.

Mast contributed seven rebounds and Sam Hoiberg pulled down five. Hoiberg and Lawrence tied for a team-high six assists apiece and Berke Buyuktuncel had three steals.

As a team, NU shot 51.6 percent (32-of-62) from the field with a 46.2 percent (12-of-26) mark from three. The Huskers’ three-point percentage was their second-highest this season.

Nebraska took an 11-4 lead into the first media timeout with all 11 points from Sandfort. The Big Red extended the advantage to double digits and kept it until Illinois ended the first half on an 13-0 run to tie the game at 37-37 going into the break.

NU started the second half strong, going on a 6-2 run powered by four points from Lawrence. The two teams went back and forth before the Huskers grabbed a 61-51 lead behind five points from Mast. The Illini continued to fight, cutting the NU edge to one at 78-77 with just over a minute left in the game. Garcia put the Huskers up three before Tomislav Ivisic tied it at 80 apiece. Lawrence put the nail in the coffin for Nebraska and secured the 83-80 win.

The No. 23 Huskers will return to Pinnacle Bank Arena for a matchup with North Dakota on Sunday, Dec. 21. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The game can also be heard across the Huskers Radio Network and fans can purchase tickets at huskers.com/tickets.

 

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Postgame Notes
*-Nebraska improved to 11-0 on the season, marking the program’s best start in school history. The 2025-26 team was tied with the 1977-78 team for the best start in school history.

*- Nebraska won its 15th straight game, breaking the school record of 14 set two other times (1990-91 season and a 14-game span from Jan. 17, 1912, and Jan. 25, 1913.)

*-The 15-game win streak is the longest active streak in the nation

*- Nebraska’s win in Champaign is the program’s first since a 78-67 win over the Illini on Jan. 16, 2016. It snapped NU’s six-game losing streak in Champaign. NU is now 3-14 all-time in Champaign, with the other wins coming in 1921 and 2016.

*- It marks Nebraska’s first 2-0 start in Big Ten play since 2016-17.

*- Today’s win, combined with last year’s OT win in Lincoln, marks the first time in school history that NU has consecutive wins over the Illini,

*- Nebraska improves to 10-11 in its last 21 games against ranked teams dating back to March 1, 2022.

*-Pryce Sandfort’s 32 points is a career high, topping his previous best of 28 vs. Oklahoma on Nov. 15. His 32-point effort is a season high by any Husker (31 by Rienk Mast vs. Winthrop on Nov. 25.

*-Pryce Sandfort’s 26-point first half was two off the school record for points in a half (28, Teddy Allen vs. Penn State, 2021)

*-Nebraska had its 14th double-figure run of the season with a 11-0 run in the first half, all by Sandfort. This marked the second time this season that Sandfort had a double-digit run by himself (also vs. KSU)

*-It was Sandfort’s fifth 20-point game of the season and sixth of his career

*-Sandfort six 3-pointers tied his career high set two other times.

*-Jared Garcia had 10 points off the bench, all in the second half. It marked the 12th double-figure effort by a Husker reserve this season.

*-Nebraska improved to 8-0 this season when scoring 80+ points and 5-0 when shooting at least 50 percent.

*-Nebraska finished with 20 assists and just six turnovers in the win. It is the seventh time NU has dished out at least 20 assists and the seventh time with 10 or fewer turnover.

*-Nebraska had 12 3-pointers, the eighth time this season Nebraska has had at least 10 3-pointers in a game this season.

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Nebraska	37	46	83
Illinois	37	43	80

Nebraska	STATS	Illinois
32-62 (51.6%)	FG	28-58 (48.3%)
12-26 (46.2%)	3FG	10-29 (34.5%)
7-8 (87.5%)	FT	14-20 (70.0%)
27	Rebounds	34
21	Fouls	9
20	Assists	18
6	Turnovers	8
2	Blocks	4
6	Steals	2
34	Pts in Paint	34
8	Pts off Turnovers	8
9	2nd Chance Pts	19
7	Fast Break Pts	4
10	Bench Pts	15

SCORING

NEBRASKA
Pryce Sandfort - 32
Rienk Mast - 17
Jamarques Lawrence - 14
Jared Garcia - 10
Sam Hoiberg - 7
Berke Buyuktuncel - 3
TOTAL - 83

ILLINOIS
Kylan Boswell - 20
Andrej Stojakovic - 19
Keaton Wagler - 19
Zvonimir Ivisic - 7
Jake Davis - 5
David Mirkovic - 4
Tomislav Ivisic - 3
Ben Humrichous - 3
TOTAL - 80

 

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