Nebraska Cornhuskers @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights

21-2, 10-2 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Nebraska NEB	41	39	80
Rutgers RUTG	27	41	68

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRutgersRUTG

9-15, 2-11 Big Ten

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Kaden Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
Sam Hoiberg makes driving layup
Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rienk Mast makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Kaden Powers makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Rienk Mast makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Dylan Grant misses layup
Sam Hoiberg makes driving layup
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
Rienk Mast misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 1 of 2
Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 2 of 2
Tariq Francis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Harun Zrno assists)
Pryce Sandfort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Tariq Francis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jamarques Lawrence misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamichael Davis misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Rienk Mast misses 7-foot jumper
Tariq Francis makes 15-foot floating jump shot
Rienk Mast misses layup
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup
Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Rienk Mast makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)
Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
Pryce Sandfort misses 28-foot three point jumper
Sam Hoiberg misses 24-foot three point jumper
Berke Buyuktuncel makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)
Braden Frager misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pryce Sandfort makes layup (Cale Jacobsen assists)
Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper
Braden Frager misses 5-foot floating jump shot
Tariq Francis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tariq Francis makes 21-foot jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
Braden Frager makes free throw 1 of 2
Braden Frager makes free throw 2 of 2
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 8-foot floating jump shot
Cale Jacobsen makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Rienk Mast assists)
Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Braden Frager misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kaden Powers misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jamarques Lawrence makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Frager assists)
Dylan Grant misses layup
Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emmanuel Ogbole makes 3-foot dunk (Tariq Francis assists)
Rienk Mast misses 24-foot three point jumper
Dylan Grant misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sam Hoiberg makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cale Jacobsen assists)
Jamichael Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamichael Davis makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Harun Zrno assists)
Rienk Mast misses 25-foot three point jumper
Braden Frager misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jamarques Lawrence misses 6-foot hook shot
Tariq Francis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Rienk Mast makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Tariq Francis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rienk Mast makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)
Tariq Francis misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jamarques Lawrence makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cale Jacobsen assists)
Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Harun Zrno assists)
Cale Jacobsen misses driving layup
Pryce Sandfort makes layup
Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 9-foot floating jump shot
Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rienk Mast makes 11-foot jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists)
Pryce Sandfort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Kaden Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
Sam Hoiberg makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Harun Zrno makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
Rienk Mast misses 12-foot floating jump shot
Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rienk Mast makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
Tariq Francis misses 11-foot floating jump shot
Tariq Francis misses tip in layup
Jamarques Lawrence misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kaden Powers makes 17-foot jumper
Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 1 of 2
Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 2 of 2
Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Hoiberg makes 24-foot three point jumper
Kaden Powers misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Harun Zrno makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
Pryce Sandfort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rienk Mast assists)
Tariq Francis misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rienk Mast misses 3-foot hook shot
Berke Buyuktuncel misses 17-foot turnaround jump shot
Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dylan Grant assists)
Jamarques Lawrence misses driving layup
Berke Buyuktuncel makes layup (Pryce Sandfort assists)
Braden Frager makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)
Dylan Grant makes 10-foot jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
Pryce Sandfort misses layup
Braden Frager misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kaden Powers makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Hoiberg misses driving layup
Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rienk Mast makes 5-foot hook shot
Dylan Grant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 1
Rienk Mast makes 5-foot hook shot
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot
Braden Frager misses driving layup
Rienk Mast makes 7-foot hook shot
Jamichael Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamichael Davis makes driving layup
Braden Frager makes driving layup
Denis Badalau misses free throw 1 of 2
Denis Badalau misses free throw 2 of 2
Rienk Mast misses layup
Denis Badalau makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Tariq Francis assists)
Jamarques Lawrence makes driving layup
Jamichael Davis misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Braden Frager misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
Rienk Mast makes 0-foot tip in layup
Tariq Francis makes 8-foot step back jumpshot
Pryce Sandfort makes layup
Tariq Francis misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rienk Mast misses 8-foot hook shot
Kaden Powers makes driving layup
Jamarques Lawrence misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kaden Powers misses 10-foot jumper
Rienk Mast makes free throw 1 of 2
Rienk Mast makes free throw 2 of 2
Dylan Grant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Denis Badalau makes free throw 1 of 2
Denis Badalau makes free throw 2 of 2
Pryce Sandfort misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rienk Mast misses free throw 1 of 2
Rienk Mast makes free throw 2 of 2
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
Justin Bolis misses layup
Tariq Francis makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Denis Badalau assists)
Denis Badalau makes layup
Cale Jacobsen makes free throw 1 of 2
Cale Jacobsen makes free throw 2 of 2
Tariq Francis misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dylan Grant misses free throw 1 of 1

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		NEB	RUTG
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball won by Rutgers	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball lost by Nebraska	0	0
19:32	Kaden Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)	0	3
19:18	Sam Hoiberg makes driving layup	2	3
19:01	Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	3
18:59	Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.	2	3
18:59	Foul on Dylan Grant.	2	3
18:46	Rienk Mast makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	4	3
18:30	Kaden Powers makes 9-foot pullup jump shot	4	5
18:13	Rienk Mast makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	7	5
17:59	Dylan Grant misses layup	7	5
17:56	Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.	7	5
17:46	Sam Hoiberg makes driving layup	9	5
17:23	Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot	9	7
17:22	Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.	9	7
17:22	Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1	9	7
17:20	Jamarques Lawrence Defensive Rebound.	9	7
17:08	Rienk Mast misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	7
17:04	Tariq Francis Defensive Rebound.	9	7
16:49	Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	9	7
16:45	Pryce Sandfort Defensive Rebound.	9	7
16:36	Foul on Dylan Grant.	9	7
16:36	Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 1 of 2	10	7
16:36	Kaden Powers subbing out for Rutgers	10	7
16:36	Dylan Grant subbing out for Rutgers	10	7
16:36	Jamichael Davis subbing in for Rutgers	10	7
16:36	Bryce Dortch subbing in for Rutgers	10	7
16:36	Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 2 of 2	11	7
16:17	Tariq Francis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Harun Zrno assists)	11	10
15:57	Pryce Sandfort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	14	10
15:40	Tariq Francis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	14	10
15:36	Pryce Sandfort Defensive Rebound.	14	10
15:17	Jamarques Lawrence misses 27-foot three point jumper	14	10
15:13	Jamichael Davis Defensive Rebound.	14	10
15:08	Jamichael Davis misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	14	10
15:05	Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.	14	10
14:52	Foul on Jamichael Davis.	14	10
14:52	Official TV Timeout	14	10
14:52	Berke Buyuktuncel subbing out for Nebraska	14	10
14:52	Braden Frager subbing in for Nebraska	14	10
14:49	Rienk Mast misses 7-foot jumper	14	10
14:46	Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.	14	10
14:31	Tariq Francis makes 15-foot floating jump shot	14	12
14:18	Foul on Bryce Dortch.	14	12
14:14	Rienk Mast misses layup	14	12
14:14	Bryce Dortch Block.	14	12
14:10	Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.	14	12
14:09	Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup	14	14
13:58	Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.	14	14
13:58	Jamarques Lawrence turnover	14	14
13:58	Jamarques Lawrence subbing out for Nebraska	14	14
13:58	Cale Jacobsen subbing in for Nebraska	14	14
13:41	Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	14	14
13:37	Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.	14	14
13:29	Rienk Mast makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)	16	14
13:17	Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)	16	16
13:17	Foul on Pryce Sandfort.	16	16
13:16	Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1	16	16
13:12	Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.	16	16
13:02	Pryce Sandfort misses 28-foot three point jumper	16	16
13:01	Rutgers Defensive Rebound.	16	16
13:01	Bryce Dortch subbing out for Rutgers	16	16
13:01	Darren Buchanan Jr. subbing out for Rutgers	16	16
13:01	Chris Nwuli subbing in for Rutgers	16	16
13:01	Emmanuel Ogbole subbing in for Rutgers	16	16
13:01	Rienk Mast subbing out for Nebraska	16	16
13:01	Berke Buyuktuncel subbing in for Nebraska	16	16
12:47	Foul on Harun Zrno.	16	16
12:47	Harun Zrno turnover	16	16
12:31	Sam Hoiberg bad pass turnover	16	16
12:31	Jamichael Davis Steal.	16	16
12:26	Chris Nwuli bad pass turnover	16	16
12:26	Cale Jacobsen Steal.	16	16
12:21	Sam Hoiberg misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	16
12:21	Cale Jacobsen Offensive Rebound.	16	16
12:21	Foul on Tariq Francis.	16	16
12:14	Berke Buyuktuncel makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)	18	16
12:02	Jamichael Davis bad pass turnover	18	16
12:02	Sam Hoiberg Steal.	18	16
11:52	Braden Frager misses 24-foot three point jumper	18	16
11:47	Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.	18	16
11:33	Harun Zrno bad pass turnover	18	16
11:33	Cale Jacobsen Steal.	18	16
11:28	Pryce Sandfort makes layup (Cale Jacobsen assists)	20	16
11:09	Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	16
11:04	Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.	20	16
10:48	Braden Frager misses 5-foot floating jump shot	20	16
10:45	Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.	20	16
10:34	Tariq Francis misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	16
10:34	Pryce Sandfort Block.	20	16
10:31	Harun Zrno Offensive Rebound.	20	16
10:31	Foul on Cale Jacobsen.	20	16
10:31	Official TV Timeout	20	16
10:31	Chris Nwuli subbing out for Rutgers	20	16
10:31	Harun Zrno subbing out for Rutgers	20	16
10:31	Kaden Powers subbing in for Rutgers	20	16
10:31	Darren Buchanan Jr. subbing in for Rutgers	20	16
10:31	Sam Hoiberg subbing out for Nebraska	20	16
10:31	Jamarques Lawrence subbing in for Nebraska	20	16
10:13	Tariq Francis makes 21-foot jumper (Kaden Powers assists)	20	18
10:00	Foul on Darren Buchanan Jr..	20	18
10:00	Braden Frager makes free throw 1 of 2	21	18
10:00	Braden Frager makes free throw 2 of 2	22	18
9:47	Emmanuel Ogbole turnover	22	18
9:47	Tariq Francis subbing out for Rutgers	22	18
9:47	Harun Zrno subbing in for Rutgers	22	18
9:29	Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.	22	18
9:29	Berke Buyuktuncel turnover	22	18
9:29	Berke Buyuktuncel subbing out for Nebraska	22	18
9:29	Rienk Mast subbing in for Nebraska	22	18
9:16	Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 8-foot floating jump shot	22	20
9:04	Cale Jacobsen makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Rienk Mast assists)	24	20
8:48	Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper	24	20
8:43	Jamarques Lawrence Defensive Rebound.	24	20
8:40	Braden Frager misses 23-foot three point jumper	24	20
8:36	Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.	24	20
8:29	Darren Buchanan Jr. subbing out for Rutgers	24	20
8:29	Dylan Grant subbing in for Rutgers	24	20
8:29	Pryce Sandfort subbing out for Nebraska	24	20
8:29	Sam Hoiberg subbing in for Nebraska	24	20
8:10	Kaden Powers misses 22-foot three point jumper	24	20
8:06	Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.	24	20
7:50	Jamarques Lawrence makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Frager assists)	27	20
7:33	Dylan Grant misses layup	27	20
7:27	Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.	27	20
7:21	Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	20
7:18	Rutgers Defensive Rebound.	27	20
7:18	Official TV Timeout	27	20
7:18	Kaden Powers subbing out for Rutgers	27	20
7:18	Tariq Francis subbing in for Rutgers	27	20
7:06	Emmanuel Ogbole makes 3-foot dunk (Tariq Francis assists)	27	22
6:35	Rienk Mast misses 24-foot three point jumper	27	22
6:31	Harun Zrno Defensive Rebound.	27	22
6:15	Dylan Grant misses 23-foot three point jumper	27	22
6:11	Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.	27	22
5:48	Sam Hoiberg makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cale Jacobsen assists)	30	22
5:23	Jamichael Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper	30	22
5:19	Emmanuel Ogbole Offensive Rebound.	30	22
5:16	Jamichael Davis makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Harun Zrno assists)	30	24
5:06	Rienk Mast misses 25-foot three point jumper	30	24
5:01	Rienk Mast Offensive Rebound.	30	24
4:58	Braden Frager misses 22-foot three point jumper	30	24
4:54	Rienk Mast Offensive Rebound.	30	24
4:47	Jamarques Lawrence misses 6-foot hook shot	30	24
4:43	Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.	30	24
4:28	Tariq Francis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	30	24
4:24	Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.	30	24
4:13	Jamichael Davis subbing out for Rutgers	30	24
4:13	Emmanuel Ogbole subbing out for Rutgers	30	24
4:13	Kaden Powers subbing in for Rutgers	30	24
4:13	Bryce Dortch subbing in for Rutgers	30	24
4:13	Braden Frager subbing out for Nebraska	30	24
4:13	Pryce Sandfort subbing in for Nebraska	30	24
4:11	Rienk Mast makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	32	24
3:42	Dylan Grant bad pass turnover	32	24
3:42	Sam Hoiberg Steal.	32	24
3:40	Cale Jacobsen bad pass turnover	32	24
3:40	Kaden Powers Steal.	32	24
3:40	Official TV Timeout	32	24
3:22	Tariq Francis misses 24-foot three point jumper	32	24
3:17	Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.	32	24
3:00	Rienk Mast makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)	34	24
2:32	Tariq Francis misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	34	24
2:28	Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.	34	24
2:15	Jamarques Lawrence makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cale Jacobsen assists)	37	24
2:06	Dylan Grant subbing out for Rutgers	37	24
2:06	Darren Buchanan Jr. subbing in for Rutgers	37	24
2:06	Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.	37	24
2:06	Jamarques Lawrence subbing out for Nebraska	37	24
2:06	Braden Frager subbing in for Nebraska	37	24
1:58	Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Harun Zrno assists)	37	27
1:45	Cale Jacobsen misses driving layup	37	27
1:45	Bryce Dortch Block.	37	27
1:41	Bryce Dortch Defensive Rebound.	37	27
1:37	Kaden Powers bad pass turnover	37	27
1:37	Braden Frager Steal.	37	27
1:14	Pryce Sandfort makes layup	39	27
0:53	Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 9-foot floating jump shot	39	27
0:48	Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.	39	27
0:45	Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	39	27
0:43	Rutgers Defensive Rebound.	39	27
0:43	Kaden Powers subbing out for Rutgers	39	27
0:43	Jamichael Davis subbing in for Rutgers	39	27
0:43	Bryce Dortch subbing out for Rutgers	39	27
0:43	Emmanuel Ogbole subbing in for Rutgers	39	27
0:20	Darren Buchanan Jr. bad pass turnover	39	27
0:20	Sam Hoiberg Steal.	39	27
0:03	Rienk Mast makes 11-foot jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists)	41	27
0:01	Rutgers Timeout	41	27
0:01	Darren Buchanan Jr. subbing out for Rutgers	41	27
0:01	Kaden Powers subbing in for Rutgers	41	27
0:00	End of 1st half	41	27

Darren Buchanan Jr. gets the and-1 to fall

0:15

Darren Buchanan Jr. hits the bucket vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers

0:22

Darren Buchanan Jr. buries basket against Nebraska Cornhuskers

0:22

Game Information

Piscataway, NJ

Referee:Earl Walton

Referee:Brian Dorsey

Referee:Paul Szelc

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	12-1	-	22-1
Illinois	11-2	1	20-4
Nebraska	10-2	1.5	21-2
Michigan State	10-3	2	20-4
Purdue	9-3	2.5	19-4
UCLA	9-4	3	17-7
Iowa	8-4	3.5	18-5
Wisconsin	8-4	3.5	16-7
Indiana	8-6	4.5	17-8
USC	7-6	5	18-6
Ohio State	7-6	5	15-8
Washington	4-9	8	12-12
Minnesota	4-9	8	11-13
Maryland	2-10	9.5	9-14
Northwestern	2-11	10	10-14
Rutgers	2-11	10	9-15
Penn State	1-12	11	10-14
Oregon	1-12	11	8-16

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