Basketball Big Ten Men's Scores and Standings (3/1)

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March 1
#16 Maryland 68, Penn State 64
Minnesota 67, Nebraska 65
Oregon 82, USC 61
Indiana 78, Washington 62

Standings
1. Michigan (22-6, 14-3)
1. Michigan State (23-5, 14-3)
3. Wisconsin (22-6, 12-5)
4. Maryland (22-7, 12-6)
4. Purdue (20-9, 12-6)
6. UCLA (20-9, 11-7)
7. Illinois (18-11, 10-8)
7. Oregon (21-8, 10-8)
9. Indiana (18-11, 9-9)
10. Ohio State (16-13, 8-10)
11. Nebraska (17-12, 7-11)
11. Minnesota (15-14, 7-11)
11. Northwestern (16-13, 7-11)
11. Rutgers (14-15, 7-11)
15. Cockeye (15-14, 6-12)
15. USC (14-15, 6-12)
17. Penn State (15-15, 5-14)
18. Washington (13-16, 4-14)

Games for Sunday, March 2
#11 Wisconsin at #8 Michigan State (12:30 PM - CBS)
Illinois at #15 Michigan (2:45 PM - CBS)

Next Nebraska Game - Tuesday, March 4
Nebraska at Ohio State (8:00 PM - Peacock)

 

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Husker Comeback Falls Short Against Gophers
Huskers.com

Brennan Rigsby’s 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds remaining lifted Minnesota to a 67-65 win over Nebraska Saturday afternoon.

Nebraska (17-12, 7-11 Big Ten) had erased a 19-point second-half deficit and took a 65-64 lead on Juwan Gary’s putback with 9.7 seconds left, but the Gophers got the ball up quickly and found Rigsby on the wing for his game winner

Nebraska has one final shot, getting the ball to Andrew Morgan, but his 3-point attempt was off the mark, allowing Minnesota (15-14, 7-11 Big Ten) to pick up its first win in Lincoln since 2012.

Risgby, who had scored just 30 points in 14 Big Ten games, led Minnesota with 20 points off the bench on 7-of-8 shooting, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, as the Golden Gophers shot 51 percent, including 10-of-21 from 3-point range. Lu’Cre Patterson added 16 points for Minnesota, which has won its last four road games.

Gary and Brice Williams had 21 points apiece for the Huskers, who stormed back from a 47-28 deficit with 15:43 remaining. Connor Essegian finished in double figures with 11 points off the bench.

A basket by Sam Hoiberg started the comeback, as Nebraska outscored Minnesota, 27-7 to erase the deficit and take a 55-54 lead on a pair of Juwan Gary free throws with 6:28 left. Williams had 12 of his 14 second-half points in the spurt, as NU used a 15-2 spurt to regain the lead.

Minnesota would respond, as a Rigsby 3-pointer started an 8-2 Gopher response that put the visitors up 62-57 after Rigsby’s fourth 3-pointer of the game with 2:12 left.

The Huskers would respond, as baskets from Andrew Morgan and Gary cut the lead to 62-61 with 1:11 left. On Minnesota’s next possession, NU forced a miss, but Frank Mitchell’s tip-in made it a three-point game with 41 seconds left. NU would get a Williams’ basket to make it a one-point game and forced a 10-second violation with 18.6 seconds left to set up a wild finish.

Minnesota controlled the pace in the first half, shooting 50 percent from the field and out-rebounded Nebraska, 19-12, in taking a 35-26 halftime lead. Trailing 6-5, a 3-pointer from Connor Essegian and a Juwan Gary basket put the Huskers ahead 10-8, but Minnesota ran off seven straight points, the final five coming from Rigsby to give Minnesota a 15-10 lead with 8:02 left in the first half.

Nebraska was within 17-15 before Minnesota used a 16-3 run to stretch the lead to 33-17 after a Patterson 3-pointer with 3:08 left in the half. Nebraska trailed 35-20 after Patterson’s basket with 1:54 left in the half but four straight points from Williams and a layup by Sam Hoiberg in the final seconds of the half cut the deficit to nine at the break.

Minnesota took control in the opening minutes of the second half, using a 9-0 lead to extend the lead to 18 before Berke Büyüktuncel’s putback ended the Gopher run.

The Big Red will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes at 8 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, March 4. The game will be streamed on Peacock and is free to listen to across the Huskers Radio Network.

 

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Postgame Notes
- Brice Williams and Juwan Gary each scored 21 points for Nebraska. Today marked the sixth game this season where NU had multiple players score 20 or more points and the fifth time with both Williams and Gary hitting that plateau

- Juwan Gary's 21 point effort marked his sixth 20-point effort of the season and ninth of his career

- Brice Williams had his 16th 20-point game of the season and his eighth in the past nine games dating back to Jan. 30. He has been in double figures in 27 of NU's 29 games

- The Huskers committed only six turnovers, tying their season low in that category

- Connor Essegian added 11 points off the bench, his 13th double-figure game off the bench this season

- Rollie Worster notched his 500th career assist, making him the first Husker basketball player to total 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists

- Nebraska had eight steals in the game, marking the seventh Big Ten game this season the Huskers have had eight or more steals. The Huskers scored 19 points off turnovers

- Nebraska held Dawson Garcia to just nine points, the fifth time he has not reached double figures this season

- Minnesota got 31 points from its bench, including a team-high 20 points from Brennan Rigsby, who had just 30 points and four 3-pointers in 14 Big Ten games prior to Saturday

- Minnesota won in Lincoln for the first time since 2012 with Saturday's win

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Minnesota	35	32	67
Nebraska	26	39	65

Minnesota	STATS	Nebraska
27-53 (50.9%)	FG	25-58 (43.1%)
10-21 (47.6%)	3FG	4-17 (23.5%)
3-5 (60.0%)	FT	11-20 (55.0%)
33	Rebounds	32
17	Fouls	7
15	Assists	8
14	Turnovers	6
4	Steals	8
3	Blocks	1
9	Pts off Turnovers	19
26	Pts in Paint	36
13	2nd Chance Pts	15
3	Fast Break Pts	5
31	Bench Pts	16

SCORING

MINNESOTA
Brennan Rigsby - 20
Lu'cye Patterson - 16
Dawson Garcia - 9
Femi Odukale - 9
Frank Mitchell - 8
Isaac Asuma - 3
Parker Fox - 2
TOTAL - 67

NEBRASKA
Juwan Gary - 21
Brice Williams - 21
Connor Essegian - 11
Andrew Morgan - 5
Sam Hoiberg - 4
Berke Buyuktuncel - 2
Braxton Meah - 1
TOTAL - 65