Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (2/25)

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February 25
#17 Indiana 79, #5 Purdue 71
Cockeye 112, Michigan State 106 (OT)
Nebraska 78, Minnesota 67

Standings
1. Purdue (24-5, 13-5)
2. Northwestern (20-8, 11-6)
3. Indiana (20-9, 11-7)
4. Illinois (19-9, 10-7)
4. Maryland (19-9, 10-7)
4. Michigan (16-12, 10-7)
7. Cockeye (18-11, 10-8)
8. Michigan State (17-11, 9-8)
8. Rutgers (17-11, 9-8)
10. Penn State (17-11, 8-9)
10. Wisconsin (16-11, 8-9)
12. Nebraska (15-14, 8-10)
13. Ohio State (11-17, 3-14)
14. Minnesota (7-20, 1-16)

Games for Sunday, February 26
#21 Northwestern at Maryland (11:00 AM - BTN)
Illinois at Ohio State (11:00 AM - CBS)
Wisconsin at Michigan (1:00 PM - CBS)
Rutgers at Penn State (5:30 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Tuesday, February 28
Michigan State at Nebraska (8:00 PM - BTN)

 

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Six Score in Double Figures as NU Tops Minnesota
Huskers.com
Sam Griesel's 19 points led six players in double figures as Nebraska continued its late-season surge with a 78-67 victory over Minnesota in front of a sellout crowd of 15,489 at Pinnacle Bank Arena Saturday afternoon.

Griesel scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half, as Nebraska withstood a number of Gopher rallies in the second half to improve to 15-14 overall and 8-10 in the Big Ten.

Minnesota (7-20, 1-16 Big Ten) cut a 14-point deficit to 58-52 with 7:28 remaining after Jaden Henley's 3-pointer, but Griesel's basket and two free throws by C.J. Wilcher pushed the lead back to 10 with less than five minutes remaining.

Minnesota got to within seven four other times in the final 4:22, only to see Nebraska extend the lead. NU led 68-61with 1:29 left before a Griesel basket started a 6-0 spurt to subdue the visitors one final time.

In addition to Griesel, Wilcher finished with 12 points, while Keisei Tominaga (11), Sam Hoiberg (11), Jamarques Lawrence (11) and Derrick Walker (10) all had at least 10 points. It marked the first time since the 2020-21 opener that Nebraska put six players in double figures.

Nebraska, which never trailed, held Minnesota to 40.7 percent shooting and converted 19 Gopher turnovers into 21 points. The Huskers had a season-best 13 steals, including four by Tominaga, which was a career high.
Jamison Battle and Ta'Lon Cooper led Minnesota with 12 points apiece, as the Gophers put five players in double figures.

Nebraska got a quick start from Lawrence, who had eight of his 10 first-half points in the first 6:10 of the contest, as the Huskers built a 17-9 lead. NU pushed the lead to 13 on two occasions in the opening 20 minutes, the last at 35-22 after a pair of Griesel free throws with 2:33 left in the half, before taking a 10-point lead into intermission.

Nebraska ked 40-30 after a Wilcher basket with 17:05 left before two straight baskets from Joshua Ola-Joseph pulled the visitors within 40-34. Leading 46-38, Nebraska seemingly took control with six straight points to stretch the margin to 52-38 with 11:04 left after a 3-point play from Sam Hoiberg, but the Gophers would stay within striking distance until the final minute.

Nebraska plays its final regular-season home game Tuesday night as the Huskers host Michigan State. Tickets are available now at Huskers.com/Tickets with Senior Night ceremonies set to begin at 7:30 p.m. and tipoff at 8 p.m.

 

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Postgame Notes

• Nebraska won its fourth straight Big Ten Conference game, its first four-game winning streak in conference play since the 2017-18 season.
  
  
• The Huskers never trailed in the game, marking the fifth time this season and second time in Big Ten Conference play that Nebraska won a game without trailing.
  
  
• Nebraska scored 78 points, improving to 12-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points. Nebraska has scored at least 70 points in each of its last six games.
  
  
• NU came away with a season-high 13 steals, eclipsing its previous high of eight. The Big Red recorded double-digit steals for the first time since totaling 12 steals against Minnesota on Feb. 9, 2022.
  
  
• Fueled by the 13 steals, Nebraska outscored Maryland 21-5 in points off turnovers. The plus-16 advantage was a season best for the Big Red. The 21 points off turnovers were the most the second-most points off turnovers for the Huskers this season (most in Big Ten play), while Minnesota’s five points tied for the fewest points off turnovers by a Nebraska opponent this season.
  
  
• Six Huskers scored in double figures to mark the first time Nebraska had six players score 10 or more points in a game since a Nov 25, 2020 matchup against McNeese State.
  
  
• Sam Griesel led all scorers with 19 points. He scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half, going 6-of-11 from the field in the final 20 minutes.
  
  
• CJ Wilcher had 12 points and six rebounds. His six rebounds were a season high and tied his career high.
  
  
• Jamarques Lawrence added 11 points, one shy of his career high. Today marked Lawrence’s fourth career game in double figures.
  
  
• Keisei Tominaga saw his streak of five consecutive 20-point games snapped, but he reached double figures with 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting. Defensively, Tominaga had a career-high four steals.
  
  
• Sam Hoiberg scored 11 points off the bench and tied his career high with six rebounds. Nine of Hoiberg’s 11 points came in the second half.
  
  
• Derrick Walker rounded out the six Huskers in double figures with 10 points, and he also led Nebraska with seven rebounds and four assists.

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Minnesota	27	40	67
Nebraska	37	41	78

Minnesota	STATS	Nebraska
24-59 (40.7%)	FG	30-61 (49.2%)
8-24 (33.3%)	3FG	4-15 (26.7%)
11-11 (100.0%)	FT	14-21 (66.7%)
9	Off Rebounds	6
28	Def Rebounds	26
37	Total Rebounds	32
16	Fouls	13
13	Assists	7
19	Turnovers	10
6	Blocks	1
5	Steals	13
26	Pts in Paint	46
5	Pts off Turnovers	21
11	2nd Chance Pts	6
2	Fast Break Pts	10
15	Bench Pts	15

SCORING

MINNESOTA
Ta'lon Cooper - 12
Jamison Battle - 12
Dawson Garcia - 11
Jaden Henley - 11
Pharrel Payne - 10
Joshua Ola-Joseph - 6
Braeden Carrington - 3
Will Ramberg - 2
TOTAL - 67

NEBRASKA
Sam Griesel - 19
C.J. Wilcher - 12
Jamarques Lawrence - 11
Keisei Tominaga - 11
Sam Hoiberg - 11
Derrick Walker - 10
Wilhelm Breidenbach - 4
TOTAL - 78