
After playing seven games in a 15-day span, the Nebraska basketball team is back at Pinnacle Bank Arena Tuesday evening, as the Huskers return home to face the No. 21/21 Miami Hurricanes (AP/Coaches) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Tipoff is set for 8:05 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and carried across Nebraska on the Husker Sports Network, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln and KSXP 590 AM in Omaha. It is also available on the WatchESPN app.
As of Monday morning, a very limited amount of tickets were available for Tuesday’s matchup by visiting Huskers.com or calling Nebraska Athletics Development and Ticketing at 800-8-BIGRED or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena box office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Huskers are 5-2 on the season following an 82-71 win over Tennessee on Saturday afternoon in the third-place game at the Barclays Center Classic. Junior guard Tai Webster led five Huskers in double figures with 18 points, while Nebraska held the Volunteers to 36 percent shooting from the floor.
Webster has played some of the best basketball of his career over the last four games, averaging 14.0 points on 57 percent shooting and 5.3 rebounds per game. His development has helped provide a third scoring option to go with Andrew White III and Shavon Shields, who combine for over 28 points per game.
Tuesday begins a stretch where the Huskers will spend the next month in Nebraska, as the only road game in the stretch is a Dec. 9 tilt in Omaha against Creighton.
The Hurricanes are 5-1 on the season and look to rebound from a last second 78-77 loss to Northeastern on Friday night. Miami had won its first five games by double figures, including wins over nationally ranked Utah and Butler to win the Puerto Rico Tipoff two weeks ago. Miami, which won 25 games and reached the NIT Finals in 2015, has four players averaging double figures, led by Sheldon McClellan’s 17.5 points per game.