Overview
- Jamarques Lawrence buried a go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left, moments after Tomislav Ivisic tied the game at 80-80.
- Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 32 points with 26 in the first half, and Rienk Mast added 17 for the Huskers.
- Nebraska shot 51.6% from the field and made 12 of 26 from deep in its first true road game of the season.
- The Huskers moved to 11-0 and 2-0 in the Big Ten, extending their program-record winning streak to 15 games and securing a Quad-1 road win.
- Illinois dropped to 8-3 as Kylan Boswell scored 20 and Andrej Stojakovic (19 points, 10 rebounds) and Keaton Wagler (19 points, 10 assists) posted double-doubles; next up are North Dakota on Dec. 21 for Nebraska and Missouri on Dec. 22 for Illinois.