EVANSTON, Illinois — Despite winning the turnover margin by 24 and taking 27 more shots than Nebraska, Northwestern (11-5, 9-5 Big Ten) fell to the Huskers (10-9, 8-7) 71-64 Wednesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
NU led for nearly the first three quarters and forced plenty of takeaways, but couldn’t score in the second half as Nebraska used the size of forwards Isabelle Bourne and Kate Cain to suffocate the ‘Cats in the paint and force them to take outside shots. The Huskers made up for their shot deficit by shooting a healthy 7-of-17 from three while NU was just 4-of-18 from deep.