The Nebraska basketball team looks for its third win in the last four games on Thursday night, as the Huskers welcome Indiana to Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Tipoff is set for 7:15 p.m. and the game will be carried nationally on BTN (Ch. 610 on DirecTV, Chs. 439 and 9500 on Dish; Chs. 2, 1333 on Time Warner Cable) with Dave Revsine and Jim Jackson on the call. The game will also be available online and on mobile devices on BTN2Go.
A limited number of returned tickets are available for Thursday’s game starting at $10. They can be purchased by calling 1-800-8-BIGRED or (402) 472-3111 or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Ticket Office beginning 90 minutes prior to tipoff, if available.
The Huskers (10-9, 2-5 B1G) come off one of their finest offensive efforts of the season, knocking off Minnesota, 82-78 on Sunday. The Huskers shot 50 percent from the field, including 11-of-22 from 3-point range, and used a career night from sophomore Terran Petteway to subdue the Gophers. Petteway hit 10-of-15 shots from the field, including four 3-pointers, while also going 11-of-14 from the foul line. His 35-point night was the highest in conference action, while the Huskers’ 82 points were the most in a conference game since 2011.
Petteway has been one of the best newcomers in the Big Ten, as the 6-foot-6 guard/forward is third in the conference in scoring at 18.2 points per game and has reached double figures in each of the last 15 games. In Big Ten games, he has been even better, ranking second in scoring (19.2 ppg), eighth in rebounding (6.6 rpg) and 10th in field goal percentage (.495).
The Huskers have been tough in their new home, going 9-1 in the first season at Pinnacle Bank Arena with the only loss coming in a 71-70 setback to Michigan on Jan. 9.
Indiana (13-7, 3-4 Big Ten) comes to Lincoln after turning in one of its best defensive performances of the year, holding Illinois to 46 points in a 56-46 victory. The Hoosiers, who snapped a two-game losing streak, held Illinois to 33 percent shooting and out-rebounded the Illini, 42-28. Sophomore Yogi Ferrell led IU with 17 points and five assists, and ranks among the Big Ten leaders in both scoring (17.5 ppg) and assists (4.0 apg).
By the Numbers
.818 – Nebraska’s winning percentage in games decided by five points or less under Tim Miles. The Huskers are 9-2 in such games over the last two seasons.
4 – Nebraska’s last five games have all been decided by six points or less.
8.5 – Rebounds per game for Shavon Shields over Nebraska’s last four games. He has at least six rebounds in each of those games, including a season-best 10 at Penn State on Jan. 23.
35 – Points by Terran Petteway against Minnesota, the second-highest scoring effort in the Big Ten this season. Petteway is also the only Big Ten player with multiple 30-point games this season.
1944 – The last time Nebraska and Indiana met when neither team was ranked (prior to the AP poll starting).