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At the Buzzer: Nebraska 85, Indiana 68 – Inside the Hall

12/14/2024

Quick ideas on an 85-68 loss at Nebraska:

How it occurred

After Nebraska raced to a 13-3 lead Friday evening at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Indiana had a solution. The Hoosiers took the lead at 20-19 on a pair of Malik Reneau free throws with 11:37 to play within the first half and prolonged it to 4 on a Luke Goode 3-pointer on the 11:09 mark. Perimeter capturing had an enormous hand in Indiana getting again within the sport. The Hoosiers splashed three triples throughout their 20-6 run to seize the lead. After Indiana led 35-32 on an Oumar Ballo jumper, the Huskers closed the half on a 12-6 run to seize a 44-41 halftime cushion. The Huskers shot a scorching 65.2 % within the first half, together with a 5-for-7 mark (71.4 %) on 3s and scored 1.23 factors per possession. Indiana didn’t shoot in addition to Nebraska, however restricted its turnover (4) and obtained to the road 14 occasions and posted a strong 1.14 factors per possession within the opening 20 minutes.

The Huskers stretched the result in 9 at 58-49 on a putback by Juwan Gary with 13:44 left, however Myles Rice had a solution. The redshirt sophomore scored 9 straight factors to drag the Hoosiers inside 4 on the under-12 media timeout. Two extra buckets by Rice tied the sport at 62 with 10:35 to play and after a bucket by Braxton Meah, Kanaan Carlyle’s pull-up jumper tied it at 64 with 9:57 left. The subsequent 4 factors went to the Huskers and the Hoosiers trailed 68-64 on the under-eight media timeout. After a Luke Goode 3-pointer obtained the Hoosiers inside one, Nebraska obtained back-to-back buckets from Connor Essegian and Brice Williams to seize a 72-67 lead with 5:39 left. Williams stretched the run to 7-0 for Nebraska with a 3-pointer that made it 75-67 and a Juwan Gary triple adopted to make it 78-67 Huskers and put the sport out of attain.

Standout performer

Rice completed with a team-high 20 factors on 8-for-13 capturing to associate with 4 steals, three rebounds and an help in 28 minutes.

Statistics that stand out

The loss to the Huskers was Indiana’s fourth straight as a program. Each loss has come by no less than 15 factors. The Hoosiers shot 8-for-35 (22.9 % on 3s) and solely scored 10 second-chance factors regardless of grabbing 15 offensive rebounds.