Overview
- Jamarques Lawrence buried a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left to give No. 23 Nebraska an 83-80 victory in Champaign.
- Nebraska improved to 11-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten, extending its school-record winning streak to 15 games.
- Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 32 points, including 26 before halftime, as Nebraska won at Illinois for the first time since 2016.
- Illinois tied the game on Tomislav Ivicic’s 3-pointer with about 17 seconds remaining before Lawrence’s decisive shot.
- Illinois got 20 points from Kylan Boswell, with Andrej Stojakovic posting 19 points and 10 rebounds and Keaton Wagler adding 19 points and 10 assists.