Scores

Final

Penn St 53

(8-15, 0-11 Big Ten)

Nebraska 67

(12-12, 3-8 Big Ten)

Coverage: ESPNU/WatchESPN

9:00 PM ET, February 9, 2013

Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, NE

1 2 T
PSU 26 2753
NEB 33 3467

Top Performers

Penn State: J. Marshall 16 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Stl

Nebraska: B. Ubel 14 Pts, 9 Reb, 1 Ast, 3 Blk

Nebraska 67, Penn St. 53

Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Dylan Talley had 16 points and Nebraska pulled away from Penn State early in the second half to take a 67-53 win Saturday night.

Nebraska (12-12, 3-8 Big Ten) opened the second half with an 12-2 spurt that put the Cornhuskers up 41-26 on David Rivers' free throws with 16:50 left.

Penn State (8-15, 0-11 Big Ten), which went nearly 7 minutes without a field goal to open the second half, cut the Nebraska lead to 52-40 on D.J. Newbill's layup with 6:50 left. Talley's 3-pointer and a Brandon Ubel free throw put Nebraska back up 16 with 5:32 left. Penn State got no closer than 12.

Nebraska made 32 of 41 free throws in the foul-plagued game that saw 51 fouls called on the two teams. Penn State hit 23 of 32 free throws.

Ubel had 14 points for Nebraska and Ray Gallegos had 11.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
PSU
NEB
Points 53 67
FG Made-Attempted 14-48 (.292) 15-46 (.326)
3P Made-Attempted 2-10 (.200) 5-18 (.278)
FT Made-Attempted 23-32 (.719) 32-41 (.780)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 28 (0/0) 23 (0/0)
Largest Lead 4 18

Game Leaders

 
PSU
NEB
PointsD. Newbill 17D. Talley 16
ReboundsR. Travis 13B. Ubel 9
AssistsD. Newbill 2D. Rivers 5
StealsD. Newbill 2R. Gallegos 2
BlocksJ. Graham 1A. Almeida 3
Team Stats: Penn State | Nebraska

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 19, 2013 NEB 68, @PSU 64Recap
» Feb 9, 2013 @NEB 67, PSU 53Recap

Next 5 Games

PSU
NEB
02/14 IOWA 9:00pm
02/17 @MICH 12:00pm
02/21 @ILL 8:15pm
02/27 MICH 6:30pm
03/02 @MINN 3:00pm
 02/13 @IND 7:00pm
02/16 MSU 8:00pm
02/23 IOWA 2:00pm
02/26 @WIS 9:00pm
03/02 @ILL 5:15pm
Complete Schedule: Penn State | Nebraska

Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
#1 Indiana14-427-6
#10 Ohio State13-526-7
#8 Michigan State13-525-8
#3 Michigan12-626-7
Wisconsin12-623-11
Iowa9-921-12
Illinois8-1022-12
#18 Minnesota8-1020-12
Purdue8-1015-17
Nebraska5-1315-18
Northwestern4-1413-19
Penn State2-1610-21
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