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Huskers Look to Bounce back at Ohio State

Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballNebraska hits the road looking for its first Big Ten win of the season, as the Huskers travel to Ohio State Thursday evening.

Tipoff from Value City Arena in Columbus is set for 6 p.m. and the contest will be televised nationally on ESPN with Rece Davis and Dan Dakich on the call. Thursday’s game is also available online and on mobile devices on the WatchESPN app.

The game will be broadcast across the state of Nebraska on the 37-station IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, 1110 KFAB in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington with Kent Pavelka calling the action and Jake Muhleisen adding color commentary. The game can be heard for free on Huskers.com and is available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as well as on TuneIn Radio and on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

Nebraska (13-14, 5-10 Big Ten) put together its poorest effort of the season in a 28-point home loss to Iowa Sunday afternoon. The Huskers allowed Iowa to shoot 50 percent from the floor, as the Hawkeyes became the first team in 38 games to shoot 50 percent from the field against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes put the game out of reach with a 21-2 run to close the first half in taking a 42-16 halftime lead. The loss put Nebraska in a tie for 10th with Minnesota in the Big Ten standings with two weeks left in the regular season. Nebraska has three Big Ten games left, including road trips to Ohio State and Illinois.

If the Huskers are to bounce back in the final two weeks of the regular season, they will need strong performances from Terran Petteway, Shavon Shields and Walter Pitchford. Petteway (18.1 ppg) and Shields (15.7 ppg) have been among the Big Ten’s top eight scorers throughout the season, while Pitchford has gotten into an offensive groove of late, averaging 13.7 points per game in NU’s last three games, including a 19-point effort at Maryland on Feb. 19. Pitchford has come off the bench for the Huskers in the last two contests.

The Huskers face an Ohio State team which is 19-8 overall and 8-6 in the Big Ten following a 64-57 loss at Michigan on Sunday. The Wolverines held D’Angelo Russell to 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting on Sunday, becoming one of the few teams to slow down the talented freshman. The 6-foot-5 freshman guard, averages 19 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game and is one of three Buckeyes who average double figures.

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