NU Never Trails in 15-Point Win at No. 25 Indiana
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The Nebraska basketball team started fast and finished strong Monday night, never trailing No. 25 Indiana in a 66-51 victory over the Hoosiers at Assembly Hall.
The Huskers scored the first nine points of the game and held Indiana without a basket over the final 5:38 en route to picking up their first road victory over a ranked opponent in more than two years. With the win, Nebraska improved to 13-4 on the season and the Huskers evened their Big Ten Conference record at 3-3. Indiana fell to 12-5 overall and dropped to 3-3 in league play.
Nebraska’s seniors shined in the upset win. Glynn Watson Jr. paced the Huskers with 15 points - including 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the second half - while Isaac Copeland chipped in 14 points and eight rebounds. James Palmer Jr. filled up the stat sheet with 11 points, a career-high-tying nine rebounds and a season-high seven assists. Tanner Borchardt was big off the bench, scoring seven points – one shy of his career high – and grabbing five rebounds. Together, the four seniors combined for 47 points and 27 rebounds, while sophomore Thomas Allen added 10 points for the Big Red and junior Isaiah Roby had nine points and four rebounds.
Defensively, the Huskers held Indiana to a season-low 51 points, 12 points fewer than the Hoosiers managed against No. 2 Michigan. Nebraska also limited Indiana to a season-worst 36.5 percent from the field and held the Hoosiers to a season-low two 3-pointers. Romeo Langord led Indiana with a game-high 18 points, but he was just 5-of-14 from the field. Juwan Morgan added 17 points, but no other Hoosier had more than five points.
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Huskers snap a two-game losing streak with a 70-64 win over Penn State.
Isaiah Roby led three Huskers in double figures with 22 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, while Glynn Watson Jr. added 19 points, three assists and four rebounds. Watson keyed a decisive second-half run after PSU pulled to within one with eight points to help extend the lead to 66-61. Roby capped his second 20-point effort of the season with four free throws in the final 17 seconds and also helped limit Lamar Stevens to just 13 points, including 6-of-20 shooting, as the Huskers held PSU to 36 percent shooting.
Roby has played some of his best basketball over the last month, averaging 15.0 points on 55 percent shooting, 7.7 rebounds and 2.1 per game. He has reached double figures in six of his last seven games.
SCOUTING INDIANA
Indiana went 9-2 in non-conference play, with losses at No. 1 Duke and a one-point setback at Arkansas. In conference play, three of Indiana's five games have been decided by three points or less.
As a team, Indiana shoots a Big Ten-best 52 percent from the field, including 36 percent from 3-point range, while holding foes to 41 percent shooting. The Hoosiers also hold opponents to under 30 percent from 3-point range and average more than six steals per contest.
The Hoosiers feature a strong 1-2 punch in freshman Romeo Langford and senior Juwan Morgan. Langford is fourth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.8 points per game and has been in double figures all 16 games. Langford has seven 20-point games, including 28 against both Illinois and Maryland. In Big Ten play, Langford is averaging 22 ppg while shooting close to 90 percent from the line.
Morgan, a second-team All-Big Ten pick last year, is averaging 16.5 points per game on 63 percent shooting while pacing the Hoosiers in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and blocked shots (1.3 bpg) and steals (1.0 spg). Morgan had a career-high 35 points against Butler and 25 points and eight boards against Michigan.
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