LINCOLN – The Huskers’ basketball season is in full swing, with more start times announced for men’s basketball and the women’s team outlasting the Scarlet Knights on Sunday night.
Men’s Basketball
The Big Ten Conference and its television partners announced start times for next weekend’s Big Ten men’s basketball games. Nebraska’s game against Indiana from Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday, Jan. 10 will tipoff at 5 pm. (central).
Women’s Basketball
In a game that has become the norm in the brief history of the Nebraska vs. Rutgers women’s basketball series, the Huskers outlasted the Scarlet Knights, 53-50, in a defensive dogfight at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Sam Haiby scored a team-high 16 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists, including six straight points midway through the fourth quarter that turned a 44-43 Nebraska deficit into a 49-44 lead. Fellow Husker captain Isabelle Bourne added her second consecutive double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to go along with three assists to help the Huskers improve to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten. Rutgers slipped to 5-3 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten.
Nebraska returns to Big Ten road action this week by traveling to No. 16 Michigan on Thursday, Jan. 7, before squaring off with No. 25 Michigan State on Sunday, Jan. 10.
