The Nebraska Cornhuskers had a frustratingly sloppy performance to start out in their trip to Evanston to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. The sole battle for “NU” in men’s hoops went the same way as football, though, and despite clawing back into it to take a late lead the Huskers couldn’t dig out of their own self-induced hole to double their conference win total from last season.
Nebraska committed nine turnovers in the first half, but also managed 5-for-14 from three point range including 2-for-3 by Thorir Thorbjarnarson. The Huskers finally cut the turnovers out of the half for the final 8:57 and went into the locker room trailing 39-30.