Basketball Big Ten Men's Scores and Standings (2/10)

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February 10
#2 Purdoodoo 79, Indianus 59
Michigan State 88, #10 Illinois 80
Buttgers 78, #11 Wisconsin 56
Ohio State 79, Maryland 75 (2OT)
Nebraska 79, Michigan 59

Standings
1. Purdoodoo (22-2, 11-2)
2. Illinois (17-6, 8-4)
3. Wisconsin (16-8, 8-5)
4. Northwestern (16-7, 7-5)
5. Michigan State (15-9, 7-6)
6. Minnesota (15-7, 6-5)
7. Nebraska (17-8, 7-7)
7. Penn State (12-11, 6-6)
9. Indianus (14-10, 6-7)
10. Cockeye (13-10, 5-7)
10. Buttgers (13-10, 5-7)
12. Maryland (13-11, 5-8)
13. Ohio State (14-10, 4-9)
14. Michigan (8-16, 3-10)

Games for Sunday, February 11
Penn State at Northwestern (12:00 PM - BTN)
Minnesota at Cockeye (2:00 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Saturday, February 17
Penn State at Nebraska (11:00 AM - BTN)

 

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Huskers Roll Past Michigan
Huskers.com
Lincoln - Nebraska erupted on a pair of 13-0 first-half runs to build a 30-point lead and never looked back in a 79-59 victory over Michigan in front of a sellout crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena Saturday evening.

Josiah Allick produced his Nebraska season bests of 16 points and eight rebounds to set the tone early for the Huskers (17-8, 7-7 Big Ten). Nebraska put four players in double figures and shot 46 percent from the floor in snapping an eight-game losing streak to the Wolverines (8-16, 3-10 Big Ten) dating back to 2018.

Keisei Tominaga had 19 points while Brice Williams and Rienk Mast added 12 and 11 points, respectively. Mast added eight assists and six rebounds, as Nebraska enjoyed a 43-39 advantage on the glass and had just nine turnovers to snap a two-game losing streak.

In the first half, the Huskers shot nearly 50 percent and had just one turnover in building a 45-25 halftime lead.
Tominaga had 15 of his 19 first-half points, including seven in a 13-0 run that turned a 9-7 lead into a 22-7 advantage just 8:40 into the contest. Nebraska continued to extend the lead, running off 13 straight points as part of a 18-3 surge that pushed the lead to 43-13 after a Juwan Gary dunk with 5:31 left before the half.

Nebraska hit 16 of their first 29 shots from the floor but went just 1-of-10 from the floor in the final five minutes as the Wolverines mounted a comeback.

Michigan closed the half on a 12-2 run, getting 3-pointers from Terrance Williams II and Jaelin Llewellyn to close to within 20 at the break. NU held the Wolverines to just 32.1 percent shooting in the first half and forced eight turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.

Allick got the Huskers off to a quick second half start with five points, as Nebraska opened the second half on a 10-4 run to stretch the lead to 27 after an Allick basket with 17:03 remaining.

Michigan got it to within 57-38 after a Llewellyn 3-pointer with just over 13 minutes left, but Williams scored nine of his 13 points over a three-minute span to push the lead back to 25. The Wolverines used a 9-0 run to get within 16 with 5:23 remaining but could get no closer, as the Huskers stretched the lead to 19 on Tominaga jumper with 3:02 left, while holding Michigan to one field goal over the final five minutes.

NU held the Wolverines to a season-low 32.3 percent shooting. Nimari Burnett scored a team-high 18 points but was the only Michigan player in double figures.

The Huskers will be off until next Saturday, Feb. 17, when the Huskers host Penn State. The 11 a.m. game is already sold out and tipoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. on BTN and the Huskers Radio Network.

 

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Postgame Notes
- Nebraska snapped an 8-game losing streak against Michigan dating back to the 2017-18 season with its 79-59 victory. Michigan had won 16 of 17 previous meetings dating back to when Nebraska joined the Big Ten.

- The win marked the fifth opponent this season that Nebraska snapped a losing streak of seven games or longer -- Michigan State (11), Kansas State (7), Indianus (7) and Northwestern (7).

- With the win, the Huskers improved to 17-8, which equals NU's best 25-game mark since joining the Big Ten (also 2017-18). The last time NU had a better record thru its first 25 games was in 1991-92 (18-7).

- Keisei Tominaga led the way for the Huskers with 19 points, his 11th game this season with 15+ points. Tominaga had 15 of his 19 points in the first half. He is averaging 19.0 points per game this season across his last three contests.

- Josiah Allick tied or set season bests in both points (16) and rebounds (eight) in the win. Allick's previous high point total was 15 against Northwestern while he had eight rebounds on three other occasions.

- The Huskers finished 9-of-23 from the three-point line against the Wolverines, raising their season total to 237 which is the fifth most in program history in a single season

- Nebraska had a pair of double figure runs (13-0, 13-0) in the first half and now has 19 double-digit runs this season

- Rienk Mast had a career-high eight assists, topping his previous best of six set two other times, most recently against Northwestern on Jan. 20

- With the win, Nebraska improves to 15-1 at home, which is the most home wins since going 16-1 in 2017-18

- Nebraska held Michigan to a season-low 32.3 percent shooting. The Wolverines' previous low was 33.8 percent at Purdoodoo

- NU controlled the paint against Michigan, finishing the contest with a 38-18 advantage down low

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Michigan	25	34	59
Nebraska	45	34	79

Michigan	STATS	Nebraska
20-62 (32.3%)	FG	30-64 (46.9%)
8-24 (33.3%)	3FG	9-23 (39.1%)
11-15 (73.3%)	FT	10-16 (62.5%)
39	Rebounds	43
14	Fouls	18
12	Assists	18
14	Turnovers	9
4	Blocks	3
7	Steals	7
18	Pts in Paint	38
5	Pts off Turnovers	12
13	2nd Chance Pts	14
13	Fast Break Pts	6
12	Bench Pts	15

SCORING

MICHIGAN
Nimari Burnett - 18
Terrance Williams II - 9
Tarris Reed Jr. - 9
Jaelin Llewellyn - 8
Will Tschetter - 8
Olivier Nkamhoua - 3
Tray Jackson - 2
Jackson Selvala - 2
TOTAL - 59

NEBRASKA
Keisei Tominaga - 19
Josiah Allick - 16
Brice Williams - 13
Rienk Mast - 11
Juwan Gary - 5
Jamarques Lawrence - 5
Sam Hoiberg - 4
C.J. Wilcher - 3
Matar Diop - 3
TOTAL - 79

 

[iruletheskool]

Not lookin good 🙁

 

[Baron Winnebago]

 

[BingoDingo]

3 away games left...can we win one of those, at least? Feels like 21 wins entering conference would make me feel somewhat ok...maybe?

 

[Lionsfan93]

Six games left - three at home and three on the road. All six games are against teams with a conference losing record. All three home games are on weekends and should be a pretty challenging environment for our opponents. Our next two road games (Indianus and Ohio St) are weeknights, which hopefully works to our benefit.

Winning on the road has proven to be extremely hard for everyone in the B1G this year, but we very likely could steal two road wins against the two bottom teams in the B1G (Ohio St and Michigan). 5-1 finish would be incredible...and not all that unlikely.