Minnesota Golden Gophers at Nebraska Cornhuskers

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Minnesota Golden Gophers

14-14, 4-4 Away

Nebraska Cornhuskers

17-11, 10-4 Home

Minnesota visits Williams and Nebraska

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Minnesota Golden Gophers (14-14, 6-11 Big Ten) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-11, 7-10 Big Ten)

Lincoln, Nebraska; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Nebraska hosts Minnesota after Brice Williams scored 26 points in Nebraska's 49-46 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.

The Cornhuskers have gone 10-4 at home. Nebraska is 0-4 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Golden Gophers have gone 6-11 against Big Ten opponents. Minnesota has a 5-4 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Nebraska's average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.4 more made shots on average than the 6.9 per game Minnesota gives up. Minnesota averages 68.3 points per game, 2.9 fewer than the 71.2 Nebraska allows to opponents.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Berke Buyuktuncel is averaging 6.9 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Cornhuskers. Williams is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Dawson Garcia is averaging 19.6 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Golden Gophers. Lu'Cye Patterson is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cornhuskers: 5-5, averaging 71.1 points, 29.7 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 5.8 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.

Golden Gophers: 5-5, averaging 66.7 points, 28.3 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.7 points.

TV Channel: Minnesota at Nebraska 2021 College Basketball, week 17, is broadcasted on BTN.
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Nebraska: 78.6%

Minnesota: 21.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

MINN		NEB
L2	Streak	L2
68.3	Points Per Game	74.6
44.3	Field Goal %	45.4
32.1	Three Point %	32.7
33.6	Rebounds Per Game	35.0
15.5	Assists Per Game	13.9
4.8	Blocks Per Game	3.1
6.1	Steals Per Game	7.3
1.0	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.4
11.7	Total Turnovers Per Game	12.2
69.5	Points Against	71.2

Game Information

Pinnacle Bank Arena

Location: Lincoln, NE
Capacity:

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Michigan State	14-3	-	23-5
Michigan	14-3	-	22-6
Wisconsin	12-5	2	22-6
Maryland	11-6	3	21-7
UCLA	11-6	3	20-8
Purdue	11-6	3	19-9
Illinois	10-8	4.5	18-11
Oregon	9-8	5	20-8
Indiana	8-9	6	17-11
Ohio State	8-10	6.5	16-13
Nebraska	7-10	7	17-11
Rutgers	7-11	7.5	14-15
Northwestern	6-11	8	15-13
Iowa	6-11	8	15-13
Minnesota	6-11	8	14-14
USC	6-11	8	14-14
Penn State	5-13	9.5	15-14
Washington	4-13	10	13-15