Basketball Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (3/15) (1 Viewer)

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March 15

Big Ten Tournament

First Round
Maryland 65, Rutgers 51
Penn State 66, Michigan 57

Second Round
Michigan State 77, Minnesota 67
Wisconsin 87, Maryland 56
Ohio State 90, Cockeye 78
Indiana 61, Penn State 59

Quarterfinals
Purdue 67, Michigan State 62
Illinois 77, Ohio State 74
Wisconsin 70, Northwestern 61
Nebraska 93, Indiana 66

Final Standings
1. Purdue (29-3, 17-3)
2. Illinois (24-8, 14-6)
3. Nebraska (23-9, 12-8)
3. Northwestern (21-11, 12-8)
5. Wisconsin (21-12, 11-9)
6. Indiana (19-14, 10-10)
6. Cockeye (18-14, 10-10)
6. Michigan State (19-14, 10-10)
9. Minnesota (18-14, 9-11)
9. Ohio State (20-13, 9-11)
9. Penn State (16-17, 9-11)
12. Maryland (16-17, 7-13)
12. Rutgers (15-17, 7-13)
14. Michigan (8-24, 3-17)

Purdue has won the Big Ten regular season championship

Big Ten Tournament

Semifinals - Saturday, March 16
Wisconsin vs. Purdue (12:00 PM - CBS)
Nebraska vs. Illinois (2:00 PM - CBS)

 

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Huskers Rout Indiana, Advance to Big Ten Semis
Huskers.com

MINNEAPOLIS - Behind a record-breaking 3-point shooting performance, the No. 3 seed Nebraska men's basketball team cruised past No. 6 seed Indiana, 93-66, in the Big Ten quarterfinals at the Target Center on Friday night.

The Huskers will face No. 2 seed Illinois in the Big Ten semifinals on Saturday at approximately 2:30 p.m., or 25 minutes following the conclusion of the Noon semifinal between No. 1 seed Purdue and No. 5 seed Wisconsin.

Saturday's game will air on CBS and Husker Sports Network radio affiliates. Nebraska will be appearing in its first-ever Big Ten Tournament semifinal and the first conference tournament semifinal for the program since 2006 (Big 12 vs. Kansas).

The Huskers (23-9) came out on fire, connecting on 12-of-20 (60.0 percent) 3-pointers in the first half to race to a 50-27 lead at halftime - the second game in a row Nebraska scored 50 first-half points. Entering Friday's game, Nebraska's record for most 3-pointers in a conference tournament game was 11 vs. Maryland in 2016. The Huskers beat that in the first half alone on their way to finishing the game 14-of-32 (43.8 percent) from 3. Nebraska shot 50.0 percent overall from the field and held Indiana to 35.3 percent.

Keisei Tominaga scored 23 points and registered a career-high five assists. He hit 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Brice Williams also scored 23 points and hit 4-of-6 from distance and was a perfect 9-of-9 from the free throw line. Jamarques Lawrence added 15 points and was 3-of-4 from behind the arc. Juwan Gary also reached double figures with 11 points and grabbed six rebounds.

Williams scored eight of the Huskers' first 10 points, including two 3-pointers. Indiana (19-14) held a 15-13 lead at the under-12 media timeout, but a triple by Lawrence and back-to-back 3s by Williams helped the Huskers go up 22-17. Tominaga then drove for a layup and hit a 3-pointer to make it 27-17 at the 6:45 mark, capping a 14-2 Husker run.

After Indiana pulled within 33-27, Tominaga fired up the Target Center crowd with back-to-back triples from the top of the arc to give Nebraska a 39-27 lead and spark a 17-0 run to end the half. After Gary drained a pair of free throws, Lawrence and Gary hit back-to-back corner 3s, and Tominaga closed out the half with a 30-footer, his fourth 3-pointer of the half that gave him a team-high 18 points at the break.

The Huskers led by 25 at 54-29 in the second half before Indiana cut it to 56-38 after a 9-2 spurt. But that was as close as the Hoosiers would get, as NU built the lead to as many as 33 points (88-55) before closing out the 93-66 victory.

Josiah Allick led the Big Red on the boards with nine rebounds to go with seven points. Rienk Mast added four points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

 

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Postgame Notes
- Nebraska won its 23rd game of the 2023-24 season, marking the second-most wins in school history

- Nebraska's victory marked its first win in a Big Ten Tournament contest since 2019, and tomorrow will be Nebraska's first-ever appearance in the Big Ten semifinals. The Huskers were last in a conference tournament semifinal in 2006 when the Huskers reached the Big 12 semifinals

- Nebraska's 27-point victory marked its largest margin of victory in a Big Ten Tournament game, surpassing a 17-point win over Rutgers in 2016 (89-72). It was also its largest in any conference tournament game in Nebraska history, bettering a 23-point win over Cockeye State in 1983 (94-71) in a first-round Big Eight Tournament game in Lincoln

- The win completed a three-game sweep of Indiana, marking the first time Nebraska has defeated a team three times in one season since sweeping three games from Rutgers in 2015-16

- Nebraska connected on 14-of-32 3-pointers in the game, marking its 16th game this season with at least 10 3-pointers, including all three matchups with Indiana. The Huskers connected on a total of 40 3-pointers in three games against the Hoosiers this season, with at least 12 in each game

- Nebraska’s 14 3-pointers tied a season high (four times).

- The 14 3-pointers are the most Nebraska has made in a conference tournament game in school history. The previous high was 11 against Maryland in 2016 (31 att.). Nebraska eclipsed that total before halftime with 12 first-half 3-pointers.

- Nebraska 14 3-pointers are the most Nebraska has made in a conference tournament game in school history. The previous high was 11 against Maryland in 2016 (31 att.). Nebraska eclipsed that total before halftime with 12 first-half 3-pointers.

- Nebraska held Indiana to 35.3 percent shooting in the game, marking the 12th straight game Nebraska has limited the opposition to 43 percent or less.

- Keisei Tominaga scored 23 points, including 18 before halftime. Tonight’s game marked Tominaga’s seventh 20-point game of the season and the 17th of his Nebraska career.

- Tominaga made 4-of-7 3-pointers, including 4-of-6 before halftime. It marked his seventh game this season with at least four 3-pointers.

- Tominaga finished with a career-high five assists, bettering his previous high of four on two occasions earlier this season.

- Brice Williams’ 23 points were his most since scoring a season-high 25 points against Oregon State on Nov. 18. It was his third 20-point game of the season.

- Williams had four 3-pointers in the game, all in the first half. The four 3-pointers tied a career-high.

- Jamarques Lawrence scored 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 3-of-4 from the 3-point line. It was Lawrence’s 10th double-figure scoring game of the season with five of those since Feb. 7. Lawrence made at least three 3-pointers for the fifth time this season, including two against Indiana.