Big Ten MBB Scores and Standings (3/8)

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Big Ten Tournament
First Round - March 8
Ohio State 65, Wisconsin 57
Minnesota 78, Nebraska 75

Final Standings
1. Purdue (26-5, 15-5)
2. Indiana (21-10, 12-8)
2. Northwestern (21-10, 12-8)
4. Illinois (20-11, 11-9)
4. Cockeye (19-12, 11-9)
4. Maryland (20-11, 11-9)
4. Michigan (17-14, 11-9)
8. Michigan State (19-11, 11-8)
9. Penn State (19-12, 10-10)
9. Rutgers (18-13, 10-10)
11. Nebraska (16-16, 9-11)
11. Wisconsin (17-14, 9-11)
13. Ohio State (14-18, 5-15)
14. Minnesota (9-21, 2-17)

Purdue has clinched the regular season Big Ten championship

Big Ten Tournament

Second Round - Thursday, March 9
#8 Michigan vs. #9 Rutgers (11:00 AM - BTN)
#5 Cockeye vs. #13 Ohio State (1:30 PM - BTN)
#7 Illinois vs. #10 Penn State (5:30 PM - BTN)
#6 Maryland vs. #14 Minnesota (8:00 PM - BTN)

Quarterfinals - Friday - March 10
#1 Purdue vs. MICH/RUT winner (11:00 AM - BTN)
#4 Michigan State vs. IA/OSU winner (1:30 PM - BTN)
#2 Northwestern vs. ILL/PSU winner (5:30 PM - BTN)
#3 Indiana vs. MIN/MD winner (8:00 PM - BTN)

 

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Tominaga Scores 23 in Loss to Minnesota
Huskers.com

CHICAGO, IL --Keisei Tominaga scored 23 points, but the Nebraska men's basketball team fell to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 78-75 at United Center Wednesday.

The Cornhuskers (16-16) had four players score in double figures, led by Tominaga, who had 23 points. Sam Griesel tacked on a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds and Derrick Walker chipped in as well with 12 points and five assists.

Nebraska shared the ball well in Wednesday's game, racking up 15 assists on 27 made field goals. Walker's five assists led the Cornhuskers.

Nebraska forced 15 Minnesota turnovers while committing only eight themselves in Wednesday's game. The Cornhuskers turned those takeaways into 18 points on the offensive end of the floor. Sam Hoiberg led the way individually with two steals.

How It Happened

Nebraska started out the scoring by going on an 8-0 run to take an early lead with 15:41 left in the first half. The Cornhuskers then surrendered that lead and entered halftime down 37-33.

Minnesota kept widening its lead after intermission, constructing a 52-42 advantage before Nebraska went on a 6-0 run, finished off by Griesel's layup, to shrink the deficit to 52-48 with 13:06 to go in the contest. The Cornhuskers kept their comeback going, but Minnesota managed to hold on for the 78-75 win. Nebraska took care of business in the paint, recording 24 of its 42 points in the lane.

Game Notes

» Sam Griesel notched a double-double for the Cornhuskers with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
» Nebraska tallied 15 total assists in the game.
» The Nebraska defense forced 15 turnovers.
» Keisei Tominaga led the Cornhuskers with a game-high 23 points.
» Nebraska got a team-high 12 rebounds from Sam Griesel.

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Minnesota	37	41	78
Nebraska	33	42	75

Minnesota	STATS	Nebraska
27-52 (51.9%)	FG	27-62 (43.5%)
10-24 (41.7%)	3FG	6-19 (31.6%)
14-20 (70.0%)	FT	15-21 (71.4%)
4	Off Rebounds	6
30	Def Rebounds	22
34	Total Rebounds	28
19	Fouls	21
25	Assists	15
15	Turnovers	8
6	Blocks	0
3	Steals	4
26	Pts in Paint	40
9	Pts off Turnovers	18
7	2nd Chance Pts	7
7	Fast Break Pts	11
9	Bench Pts	4

SCORING

MINNESOTA
Dawson Garcia - 18
Ta'lon Cooper - 16
Jaden Henley - 14
Jamison Battle - 13
Joshua Ola-Joseph - 8
Pharrel Payne - 6
Braeden Carrington - 3
TOTAL - 78

NEBRASKA
Keisei Tominaga - 23
Sam Griesel - 16
Jamarques Lawrence - 12
Derrick Walker - 12
C.J. Wilcher - 8
Sam Hoiberg - 2
Wilhelm Briedenbach - 2
TOTAL - 75