Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (2/23)

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February 23
Michigan State 81, #5 Illinois 72
Penn State 86, Nebraska 83

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

Games for Wednesday, February 24
Indiana at Rutgers (7:00 p.m. - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Thursday, February 25
Nebraska at #5 Illinois (6:00 p.m. - BTN)

 

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Allen's Career Night Nearly Lifts Huskers to Victory
Huskers.com

Teddy Allen put on a record-breaking performance Tuesday night as the Nebraska men's basketball team took Penn State down to the wire before falling 86-83.

Allen finished with a career-high 41 points on 16-of-24 shooting, including six 3-pointers, as his 41 points was one shy of the school mark of 42 by Eric Piatkowski. He tied school marks for points in a home game (Aleks Maric, 2007 vs. K-State) and most field goals made with 16 (Marvin Stewart, 1970 vs. Nevada) while his 28 first-half points broke NU's single-half record. His performance matched the highest single-game total in the Big Ten this season. Allen's 41 points on 16 makes against the Nittany Lions are the most points and made field goals allowed by PSU in a conference game.

Allen fueled the Huskers in the first half, scoring his career-high, record-setting 28 points in 19 minutes of action as the Huskers trailed 39-38 at the break. Nebraska spotted PSU an 8-0 lead before Allen led the Husker charge, scoring 13 points, as the Huskers battled back and tied it at 17.

From that point in the half to halftime, neither team led by more than five points, as Allen and Penn State's Myreon Jones combined for 45 first-half points. Jones had 17 of his team-high 29 points in the opening 20 minutes, while Allen scored the Huskers' last nine points of the half to make it a one-point game at the break.

Nebraska took the lead at 48-47 with just under 15 minutes remaining, but PSU used an 11-0 burst to take a 58-48 lead on a Myles Dread 3-pointer with 12:39 left. Allen scored five straight points to make it a five-point deficit and the Huskers kept chipping away, shooting 56 percent in the second half, including 8-of-13 from long range. Trailing 70-64, consecutive 3-pointers form Trey McGowens and Thorir Thorbjarnarson tied it at 70 before Penn State took control. The visitors used an 11-4 run to push it to 81-74 with 53 seconds left on a pair of Jones free throws.

The Huskers had one last run, as McGowens sank a pair of free throws before Thorbjarnarson got a steal and hit both free throws to make it a four-point deficit. After Jones split a pair of free throws, McGowens' 3-point play made it 82-81 with 22.2 seconds left. Nebraska had one final chance down 86-83, but McGowens, who finished with 17 points, could not hit the game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds.

The Huskers return to action Thursday, Feb. 25 to take on Illinois on the road. The game tips off from Champaign, Ill. at 6 p.m. (CT) with television coverage by the Big Ten Network and radio coverage from the Learfield IMG Husker Sports Network.

 

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	1st	2nd	Total
Penn State	39	47	86
Nebraska	38	45	83

Penn State

FG: 28-of-70 (40.0%)
3FG: 14-of-37 (37.8%)
FT: 16-of-19 (84.2%)
Pts in Paint: 24
Pts off Turnovers: 25
Second Chance Pts: 16
Fast Break Pts: 12
Bench Pts: 7
Rebounds: 42
Fouls: 17
Assists: 19
Turnovers: 15
Blocks: 1
Steals: 14

Scoring
Myreon Jones - 29
Myles Dread - 16
Jamari Wheeler - 13
Izaiah Brockington - 11
John Harrar - 10
Trent Buttrick - 3
Seth Lundy - 2
Abdou Tsimbila - 2

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Nebraska

FG: 30-of-56 (53.6%)
3FG: 12-of-25 (48.0%)
FT: 11-of-15 (73.3%)
Pts in Paint: 34
Pts off Turnovers: 13
Second Chance Pts: 3
Fast Break Pts: 13
Bench Pts: 13
Rebounds: 29
Fouls: 19
Assists: 16
Turnovers: 18
Blocks: 3
Steals: 7

Scoring
Teddy Allen - 41
Trey McGowens - 17
Derrick Walker - 9
Thorir Thorbjarnarson - 8
Lat Mayen - 3
Kobe Webster - 3
Eduardo Andre - 2

 

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Postgame Notes: Penn State at Nebraska

- Teddy Allen finished with a career-high 41 points, the second-highest single-game scoring total in school history and just the fifth 40-point game ever at Nebraska. His 41 points ties the school record for most points in a home game (41 by Aleks Maric) and breaks the Pinnacle Bank Arena record (35, scored by three different players). The top five single-game scoring totals are below:

1. Eric Piatkowski - 42 (vs. Oklahoma, March 11, 1994)
2t. Aleks Maric - 41 (vs. Kansas State, Feb. 13, 2007)
2t. Teddy Allen - 41 ( vs. Penn State, Feb. 23, 2021)
4t. Rich King - 40 (vs. Northern Illinois, Feb. 18, 1991)
4t. Jerry Fort - 40 (vs. Missouri, Feb. 22, 1975)

- Allen finished with 41 points, eight rebounds and six assists, setting career highs in points (41), field goals (16), 3-pointers (6) and assists (6). He is just the fourth power conference player in the last decade to have at least 40 points, eight rebounds and six assists in a game per CBB Reference.

Power Conference Players Since 2011 with 40+ points, 8+ rebounds and 6+ assists in a game
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (at Kansas, Jan. 4, 2016)
Ben Simmons, LSU (vs. North Florida, Dec. 2, 2015)
Trae Young, Oklahoma (vs. TCU, Jan. 13, 2018)
Teddy Allen, Nebraska (vs. Penn State, Feb. 23, 2021)

- Allen also tied the school record for field goals in a game, matching the mark set by Marvin Stewart against Nevada on Dec. 14, 1970. Both players went 16-of-24 from the field.

- Allen's 41 points was the second 40-point game in the Big Ten this season (Luka Garza, Cockeye vs. Southern, Nov. 27, 2020)

- Allen's 41 points and 16 field goals were the most ever allowed by Penn State to a conference opponent

- Allen's 28 first-half points are the most by a Husker in a half in school history. The previous record was 27 by James Palmer Jr. against Rutgers at the 2019 Big Ten Tournament

- It marked Allen's eighth 20-point game of the season and 11th of his career. His previous career high was 26 against Pickle Smoochers on Dec. 11

- Nebraska's 53.6 percent shooting was its second-best performance of the season and highest shooting percentage in Big Ten play since shooting 57.7 percent against Cockeye in 2018. NU's best in Big Ten play this year was 49.1 against Michigan State on Jan. 2

- Nebraska shot a season-best 48.0 percent from 3-point range against Penn State. The previous high was 47.7 against Michigan State on Jan. 2. NU has hit eight-or-more 3-pointers in each of the past four games

- Nebraska's 83 points were the Huskers' highest total in conference play since scoring 90 at Indiana in the 2019-20 conference opener

- Allen's six 3-pointers tied for the most by a Husker this season (Kobe Webster with 6 vs. Georgia Tech)