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Huskers Look to Knock Off No. 10 Michigan

Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballAfter winning three of its last four games, the Nebraska basketball team travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a matchup with the No. 10 Michigan Wolverines on Wednesday night.

Tipoff at the Crisler Center is set for 5:31 p.m. (CT) 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 Eric Collins and Stephen Bardo on the call. The game will also be available online and on mobile devices on BTN2Go.

Wednesday’s game will also be carried across the state on the 27-station Husker Sports Network with Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison calling all of the action, including flagship stations KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln and KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha (complete list of affiliates is on page five of the game notes). The game can also be heard on Huskers.com and is available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as well as Sirius and XM Radio.

The Huskers (11-9, 3-5 B1G) have been off since a 60-55 win over Indiana on Thursday night. In that game, the Huskers overcame a 16-point first-half deficit, outscoring Indiana, 41-23 in the second half to improve to 10-1 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Sophomore Terran Petteway led the Huskers with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and added three assists to pace four Huskers in double figures. Nebraska’s 16-point deficit was the largest the Huskers had overcome this season and second-largest during Tim Miles’ tenure in Lincoln.

Petteway has played some of his best basketball during the Huskers’ surge over the last two weeks, averaging 21.5 points per game over the last four games, while shooting 61 percent from the field in that span. On the season, Petteway is now second in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.2 points per game.

Nebraska now closes the first half of Big Ten play looking for their first road win of the season. The Huskers had chances to pick up victories in each of their two road games, as they led in the final six minutes at both Purdue and Penn State, but were unable to hang on down the stretch.

Michigan (16-5, 8-1 B1G) looks to rebound after its first loss in Big Ten play, a 63-52 setback at Indiana on Sunday. The Hoosiers held Nik Stauskas to just six points on a 1-of-6 shooting, as he entered the game second in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.4 points per game. Michigan’s loss snapped a 10-game win streak dating back to a loss to then-No. 1 Arizona on Dec. 15.

In the first meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska suffered a 71-70 loss to the Wolverines on Jan. 9. The Huskers had two chances to win in the final seconds but a missed shot by Terran Petteway and a missed tip-in by Leslee Smith allowed Michigan to escape with the one-point win.

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