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Hustling Defense Keys Upset of Gophers

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On a night gritty, tough-nosed, hustling defense spurred the Nebraska men’s basketball team to victory, what was Isaac Copeland’s favorite defensive play?

“Glynn’s steal into what should’ve been a dunk,” Copeland said, “but he laid it up.”

Glynn Watson Jr., sitting a spot away from Copeland at the postgame interview table, looked ahead and smiled.

“I touched the rim though,” said Watson, a 6-foot junior guard.

Duby Okeke, seated between the two, shook his head.

“It wasn’t a dunk,” Okeke confirmed, to which Watson responded, “It was a rim graze.