The Nebraska men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time in Big Ten action on Monday night, traveling to Iowa City to take on the Hawkeyes.
Tipoff for Monday’s matchup between the Huskers and Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena is set for 8:06 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on BTN with Dave Revsine and Jim Jackson on the call. The game is also available online and on mobile apps on BTN2Go.
The game will be broadcast across the state of Nebraska on the 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 Matt Davison adding color commentary. The game can be heard for free on Huskers.com and available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as well as on TuneIn Radio and on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
The Huskers (8-5, 0-1 Big Ten) looks to regroup following a 70-65 home loss to Indiana in their Big Ten opener on Wednesday. The Huskers battled back from a 16-point first-half deficit to take a four-point lead midway through the second half against Indiana, but a costly offensive stretch in the second half proved costly. The Huskers had only one field goal over an eight-minute stretch to allow the Hoosiers to regain the lead for good. Nebraska cut the deficit to three points in the final 30 minutes, but were unable to get the rebound to get a chance to tie the contest.
The Huskers feature two of the top wings in the Big Ten in juniors Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields. Against Indiana, the duo combined for 43 points and 15 rebounds in a losing effort, as Petteway scored a game-high 23 points, while Shields added 20. On the season, Petteway is second in the Big Ten at 19.5 points per game, while Shields is third at 17.4 ppg.
The Huskers enter the Big Ten road opener looking to even their road record at 2-2 this season, and have won four of their last seven road games since snapping a 12-game road losing streak on Feb. 8, 2014.
Iowa is 10-4 on the season and comes off one of its most impressive efforts of the season, a 71-65 win at Ohio State last Tuesday in its Big Ten opener. In that game, the Hawkeyes got 18 points each from Jarrod Uthoff and Aaron White and held Ohio State to 42 percent shooting. Iowa is 8-1 at home this season with the only loss coming to Iowa State.
Monday’s game begins a stretch of three Big Ten games in a seven-day stretch for the Huskers, as NU hosts Rutgers (Thursday) and Illinois (Sunday).