The Nebraska men’s basketball team’s floundering season got a major boost last night. The Huskers got their biggest win of the season, topping 11th-ranked Indiana 70-69 at the Devaney Center. Jorge Brian Diaz hit a pair of free throws with 11 seconds to play to provide the winning points for the Big Red, as Indiana missed two shots on the other end before the buzzer sounded. The Huskers trailed by seven points at the half and were down by 13 with 14 minutes to play, but steadily cut into the Hoosier lead before Diaz’s heroics gave them their first lead since early in the first half. Bo Spencer paced the Husker attack with 23 points. It’s the ninth time in coach Doc Sadler’s six season the Huskers have beaten a ranked team. They’re now 2-5 in Big Ten play. Nebraska hosts 6th-ranked Ohio State on Saturday.

The 20th-ranked Nebraska women’s basketball team will try and rebound from their first Big Ten loss of the season, but starting a new winning streak won’t come easily as they meet 10th-ranked Ohio State in Columbus tonight. The Huskers fell to Penn State 93-73 at home on Sunday to bring their nine-game winning streak to an end and drop them to 4-1 in conference play. It’s their fourth time out on the road in this young Big Ten season. The Huskers are perfect thus far away from the Devaney Center in the conference. The Buckeyes are also 4-1 in the league, and have a 17-1 record on the season. Nebraska hasn’t played Ohio State since December 2007, when they lost to the Buckeyes 86-74 in Columbus. Tipoff is set for 5 PM tonight. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network.

Andre Miller’s big night led the Denver Nuggets to a 108-104 overtime victory on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers last night. The veteran point guard tallied 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists to lead the Nuggets to their second win in as many evenings. His basket in the final minute of OT gave the Nuggets the lead for good. The Nuggets trailed by as many as 15 in the first half but battled back to take a five point lead into the locker room. Miller scored Denver’s last 10 points of regulation to help force overtime. Denver travels to play the Washington Wizards on Friday.

One of the most storied programs in college basketball history makes its first visit to Lincoln since 1942 tonight. The Indiana Hoosiers, the 11th-ranked team in the country, comes to the Devaney Center tonight to face the slumping Nebraska men. The Huskers could not build on their first Big Ten conference win of the season, losing at Wisconsin 50-45 on Sunday afternoon in their last game. The Hoosiers have struggled as of late as well, losing to Minnesota and Ohio State last week to fall four spots from 7^th in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Though the two teams haven’t played in Nebraska in 70 years, they have met ten times in history, with the last time a Hoosiers victory in Indianapolis back in 1982. Tip-off from the Devaney Center tonight is set for 6:00. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

The Denver Nuggets used a monster 37-point second quarter to build a big lead they would not relinquish in a 105-95 win against the Milwaukee Bucks in Milwaukee last night. Six Nuggets scored in double figures to carry the offensive effort that led to a 19-point halftime lead. Though the Bucks would get as close as nine in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets got five straight points from Danilo Gallinari to ward off any potential threat. Reserve guard Corey Brewer led the way with a season-high 22 points on the night. Al Harrington added 16 off the bench, and Gallinari and Nene added 14 points apiece. The win gives the Nuggets a two-game season series sweep of the Bucks and moves their record to 9-5. The Nuggets continue their five-game road trip tonight against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Tri-City Storm lost their fifth consecutive game in blowout fashion last night, falling on the road 7-0 to the Lincoln Stars. The Stars scored less than two minutes into the contest and had their second less than six minutes in. They would add two goals in the second quarter and three more in the third to complete the rout. The Storm have lost their last three games by the combined score of 19-3. They are back on home ice this weekend, hosting Waterloo on Friday and Saturday night at the Viaero Events Center in Kearney.