Nebraska Gets Big Ten Road Win at Indiana

Four Huskers score at least 15 points to help the NU men boost their NCAA Tournament résumé

Finally, a conference road win for Nebraska men's basketball.

NU (19-8, 9-7 Big Ten) ran away from Indiana (14-12, 6-9 Big Ten) 85-70 in Bloomington on Wednesday evening. The Big Ten road victory is the first of the year for Nebraska.

The Huskers came out on fire, turning a 7-2 start into a 51-31 lead at halftime. Out of the break, NU scored immediately to stretch the lead to 22 points.

But Indiana didn't fold. The Hoosiers used a 22-6 run to close the gap to just three points.

Jamarques Lawrence, Juwan Gary and Josiah Allick combined for a 7-0 run at the start of a more than six-minute stretch where the Hoosiers did not make a shot.

Nebraska kept the difference in double digits, capped off by a Lawrence triple with 23 seconds to go.

NU shot 49% for the game, including 14-of-33 from 3. Indiana made 43% of its shots, going 4-of-21 from deep.

Four Huskers scored at least 15 points, led by 20 points from Keisei Tominaga. Lawrence added 19 off the bench, while Brice Williams and Gary chipped in 18 and 15, respectively.

Nebraska returns home Sunday to host Minnesota.

• Box score

Game notes

• Nebraska improved to 19-8 on the season, matching its best 27-game start in the Big Ten era (also 2017-18).
• Nebraska’s win completed the first season sweep by the Huskers since 2013-14 and picked up its first win in Bloomington since 2019.
• Jamarques Lawrence had a career-high 19 points off the bench, the 22nd time this year that Nebraska has had at least one reserve reach double figures.
• Lawrence finished with 19 points (previous high 16 at Minnesota) and tied a career high with five 3-pointers. He also had five 3-pointers at Iowa last season.
• Keisei Tominaga posted his fifth 20-point game of the season and 14th of his career with 20 points.
• Nebraska scored 85 points, the 15th time with at least 80 points this season.
• Nebraska had just seven turnovers, its lowest total in Big Ten play.
• Nebraska hit 13 3-pointers and is now 10-4 when hitting at least 10 3-pointers in a game.
• Nebraska had 51 first-half points, tying its season high for a first half (also vs. Lindenwood). It marked the third time NU scored 50 or more points in the first half this season.
• The 51 points marked Nebraska’s highest-scoring first half in conference play since joining the Big Ten in 2011-12. 
• Notes courtesy of Nebraska Athletics