Jamarques Lawrence hit a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left to assist No. 23 Nebraska beat No. 13 Illinois 83-80 in a Huge Ten Convention sport Saturday afternoon in Champaign, Sick.
Lawrence, who had 14 factors, prolonged the Cornhuskers’ school-record win streak to fifteen video games. Nebraska (11-0, 1-0 Huge Ten) can be off to the perfect begin at school historical past.
Pryce Sandfort had 26 of his career-high 32 factors within the first half for the Cornhuskers, going 12 for 18 total and 6 of 11 from 3-point vary. Rienk Mast added 17 for Nebraska, which shot 51.6% and made 12 of 26 3s to win at Illinois for the primary time since 2016.
Illinois (8-3, 1-1) received 20 factors from Kylan Boswell, whereas freshman Keaton Wagler had 19 factors and a career-high 10 assists. Andrej Stojakovic added 19 factors and 10 rebounds. The Preventing Illini rallied from double-digit deficits in each halves, tying it on a Tomislav Ivisic 3-pointer with 17.4 seconds remaining.
The sport was tied at halftime after Nebraska led by as many as 14. It was tied once more at 45 on a Boswell 3, however the Cornhuskers had been capable of construct a 61-51 lead with 11:40 to go as a technical foul on Illinois’ Zvonimir Ivisic keyed a 7-0 run.
The Illini received inside 66-63 on a three-point play by Wagler with 7:32 remaining. Nebraska prolonged the lead again to eight and maintained at the least a two-score edge till Boswell made two free throws with 1:38 left to chop it to 76-74.
Sandfort scored Nebraska’s first 15 factors, 9 approaching 3-pointers, whereas Illinois began 2 of 10 from the sphere and missed its first eight triples. A 3-pointer by Lawrence put the Cornhuskers up 20-8 with 11:46 left within the first half.
A fifth 3-pointer by Sandfort prolonged the result in 30-16 with 6:31 remaining within the half, however Illinois ended the primary half on a 13-0 run, with Boswell’s 3-pointer tying it up.
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