Nebraska Steals Victory at Iowa

Nebraska males’s basketball had no enterprise rising the victor Sunday afternoon in Iowa Metropolis.

Iowa reeled in 21 offensive rebounds and turned these into 31 second probability factors. The Hawkeyes added 21 factors off of 15 Nebraska turnovers. The Huskers had 21 complete factors between second probability and Iowa turnovers.

And but, when the ultimate buzzer sounded on Senior Day in Iowa Metropolis, NU had extra factors on the scoreboard.

Nebraska (16-15, 11th of September Huge Ten) beat Iowa 81-77. The win, pair with December’s 66-50 win in Lincoln, offers Huge Crimson their first season sweep of the Hawkeyes since becoming a member of the Huge Ten in 2011-12.

NU got here out scorching, with freshman Jamarques Lawrence hitting his first of what can be 5 3s within the first minute. Sam Griesel and Keisei Tominaga every added their very own triples over the following couple minutes.

The Huskers received out to an 18-9 lead, however then Iowa began to make their case for holding onto the 2-seed on this week’s Huge Ten Convention Match.

Patrick McCaffery hit a 3, his first of 5 first-half triples, to spark a 12-0 Hawkeye run.

By the half, Iowa was up 4 factors.

The house group by no means led by greater than seven after the break, however Nebraska didn’t take that lead away till a Sam Hoiberg 3 with 8:16 to go. From there, Iowa made only one extra shot, which got here with 6:12 on the clock.

Nebraska merely out-toughed Iowa on the highway to steal a win within the common season finale.

NU shot 58.5 % for the sport, together with 14-of-26 from 3, however solely shot eight free throws. Iowa made 11-of-17 free throws to go along with a 36.5 % capturing efficiency, including 12-of-37 triples.

Iowa took 24 extra photographs within the recreation than Nebraska.

4 Huskers scored in double figures, led by 16 from Griesel. Lawrence completed subsequent in keeping with 15 factors.

The balanced scoring prolonged past these in double digits, as Wilhelm Breidenbach, Hoiberg, and Derrick Walker all completed 9 factors every. Walker additionally had a team-high 12 rebounds.

With different outcomes earlier within the day, Nebraska was already eradicated from a first-round bye. The Huskers will open Huge Ten Convention Match play on Wednesday in Chicago.