Nebraska downs Maryland in 70-66 overtime

The Nebraska Cornhuskers rallied in entrance of a deafening residence court docket viewers to pressure additional time and ship the Maryland Terrapins flying residence to BWI in defeat. The Huskers overcame an eight level deficit with 7:10 remaining to ship the sport into additional time and emerged with a 70-66 victory Sunday afternoon to enhance to 14-14 total on the season. That’s the first time the crew is .500 or higher this late in February since falling to 15-12 on the identical date in 2019 at Penn State.

Derrick Walker turned in a monster efficiency with a team-high 23 factors, six assists, and three blocks together with ending second on the glass with seven boards. Keisei Tominaga was second on the crew with 20 factors, included an ideal 4-for-4 from the free throw line. His fifth-straight 20+-point recreation, Tominaga turns into the primary Husker with 5 straight video games of a minimum of 20-points since Tyronn Lue did so in seven-straight video games in the course of the 1997-1998 season.

Sam Griesel added 12 factors for Huskers hitting double figures scoring whereas Sam Hoiberg scored 9 and grabbed six boards and a team-high two steals, together with the sport decider beneath. Blaise Keita led the crew on the glass with eight rebounds.

Maryland had three gamers end in double figures, Jahmir Younger and Julian Reese tying for crew lead with 16 every and Hakim Hart including 14. Reese additionally grabbed 16 rebounds for the double-double efficiency on the day.

The primary half was a low scoring affair Sunday as Maryland acquired on the board first, however took over a minute and a half into the sport’s motion earlier than it might achieve this with a Donta Scott 3-pointer. Nebraska responded with a 7-0 run to take a slim 7-3 lead shortly after the primary media timeout, capped off by a 3-pointer by Tominaga with 14:52 left.

After the Terps had been in a position to lower the Huskers’ result in three, trailing 9-6 with 12:32 left, the Huskers responded with a 6-0 run to take the biggest lead of the sport by both crew, up 15-6 with 9:54 remaining because of a jumper by Walker contained in the paint. As soon as once more, Maryland dug in and went by itself 10-0 run to take a slim 16-15 lead with 7:17 remaining within the opening half.

UNL retook the lead shortly with a 6-0 run that pressured UMD head coach Kevin Willard to name for a timeout, and the groups usually traded scores for the remainder of the half. UNL was in a position to push its lead again out to seven by the buzzer to go into the locker room main 31-24.

Nebraska was in a position to promptly push its lead again out to 9 once more because of a 5-0 run capped off by a jumper from Griesel with 17:12 left to increase its result in 36-27. Maryland was in a position to mount an 11-0 run in response to eke out a slim 38-36 lead, its first because the opening minutes of the sport. Walker was in a position to halt it and tie it again up because of a pair of free throws with 12:21 left, however the Terps hit back-to-back 3-pointers for a 6-0 run to provide the house crowd a scare with 10:34 left and a 44-38 lead.

The groups went forwards and backwards for the subsequent couple of minutes of recreation motion with UMD managing briefly to increase its lead out to seven because of a 3-pointer by Younger with 8:04 left after which to eight with 7:10 remaining on a layup by Reese.

UNL refused to stop on this one, slicing it to inside one with 2:04 left on a drive by Griesel. Again-to-back free throws by Tominaga with 1:24 and 1:06 remaining tied it up at 56-56 and Walker tied it once more at 58-58 with :29 remaining. Maryland’s Younger wasn’t in a position to sink his last try with simply two seconds left and this one headed to additional time.

The groups battled forwards and backwards, buying and selling the lead and tying it up thrice with Maryland holding it from 2:54 till Griesel took it again for good with a layup to make it 65-64 Nebraska with 1:23 left. Then Hoiberg’s monster steal already proven above occurred and the Huskers by no means regarded again. Ultimate rating: 70-66 Nebraska.

The win snapped a five-game shedding streak to Maryland and marks the primary win over the Terrapins in Lincoln since Feb. 13, 2018. Nebraska improves to 14-14 total and 7-10 in Large Ten play. Maryland drops to 0-7 in Large Ten street video games not performed at Minnesota, 18-19 total, and 9-7 in league play.

The Huskers subsequent take the court docket when the crew hosts Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 25. Tipoff is about for two:30 p.m. Central Time. The Golden Gophers are simply 7-17 total and 1-13 in Large Ten play. Minnesota is 1-5 in league play on the street, its lone win coming in a 70-67 victory at Ohio State on Jan. 12. Nebraska defeated Minnesota in Minneapolis in an 81-79 additional time victory on Jan. 7.