The No. 19 Nebraska women’s basketball team completes a two-game Big Ten road swing on Sunday, when the Huskers travel to Champaign to battle Illinois.

Tip-off between the Huskers (11-3, 1-2 Big Ten) and the Fighting Illini (11-4, 2-1 Big Ten) is set for 2 p.m. (central) at the State Farm Center with live premium video from BTN Plus.

Live radio coverage will be provided by the Husker Sports Network, with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call on stations across the network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln, 93.3 FM in Omaha and 880 AM in Lexington. Free live audio also will be available on Huskers.com.

The Huskers are coming off a thrilling come-from-behind road win at Michigan State late Thursday night. Nebraska trailed 66-60 with three minutes left, before outscoring the Spartans 11-1 down the stretch. Senior forward Emily Cady led the Big Red with 16 points, including seven of NU’s final 11 points. Cady’s three-point play with 30 seconds left gave Nebraska the lead for good at 69-67. Fellow senior forward Hailie Sample added 13 points, including two free throws with 5.4 seconds left to seal Nebraska’s first Big Ten win of the season.

Cady and Sample, who will be starting their 115th consecutive games together on Sunday, will lead the Huskers against a much-improved Illinois team. The Fighting Illini are coming off an impressive 73-61 victory over No. 17 Iowa at the State Farm Center on Thursday. Illinois trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half. They won going away despite losing senior guard Ivory Crawford for the game to a first-half knee injury. Crawford entered the Iowa contest as the Illini’s leading scorer at 17.0 points. She added 5.7 rebounds and a team-best 2.5 steals per game.

Freshman Chatrice White led the Illini against the Hawkeyes, pumping in 13 of her team-high 22 points in the second half. She added six rebounds, five steals and four blocks against Iowa. The 6-3 center from Shelby, Neb., is averaging 15.6 points and team bests of 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.

Iowa led Illinois 53-47 with 10 minutes left, before the Illini outscored the Hawkeyes 26-8, thanks to a defense that forced 11 Iowa turnovers in an eight-minute stretch.

#19 Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-3, 1-2 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 7.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 13.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 12.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 8.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 17.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 6.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 5.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.6 ppg, 0.4 rpg
30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 1.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
12 – Emily Wood – 5-5 – Fr. – G – 0.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.7 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – High School
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (252-145); 25th Season Overall (447-285)

Illinois Fighting Illini (11-4, 2-1 Big Ten)
22 – Ivory Crawford – 5-10 – Sr. – F – 15.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg
32 – Chatrice White – 6-3 – Fr. – C – 15.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg
34 – Jacqui Grant – 6-3 – So. – F – 9.8 ppg, 6.4 rpg
15 – Kyley Simmons – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 9.9 ppg, 2.1 rpg
20 – Brittany Carter – 6-0 – Sr. – G – 8.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Off the Bench
10 – Amarah Coleman – 5-11 – Fr. – G – 6.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg
3 – Taylor Tuck – 6-0 – Sr. – G/F – 3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg
21 – Brooke Kissinger – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 2.3 ppg, 0.8 rpg
25 – Kennedy Cattenhead – 5-10 – RFr. – G – 1.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg
12 – Ashley McConnell – 5-9 – So. – G – 0.8 ppg, 0.4 rpg
2 – Taylor Gleason – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg
00 – Sarah Hartwell – 5-10 – Jr. – G – 0.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg
5 – Nia Oden – 5-10 – Sr. – F – 0.6 ppg, 0.9 rpg
Head Coach: Matt Bollant (Winona State, 1994)
3rd Season at Illinois (39-39); 13th Season Overall (321-94)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Terran Petteway scored 20 points and Shavon Shields added 11, and Nebraska pulled away from Rutgers in the second half for a 65-49 victory Thursday night.

The Huskers (9-6, 1-2) are off to their best start in Big Ten play in their four years in the conference. Their previous starts were 0-4, 0-5 and 0-4.

Rutgers (9-6, 1-2) shot 34.7 percent and turned the ball over 19 times in its first-ever Big Ten road game. The Knights led by seven points early, but the lowest-scoring and worst-shooting team in the league struggled mightily after the opening 10 minutes.

Benny Parker and Walter Pitchford added nine points apiece for the Huskers.

Bishop Daniels had 12 points and Kadeem Jack had 11 for Rutgers.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Emily Cady scored 16 points, including a go-ahead three-point play with 30 seconds remaining and No. 19 Nebraska beat Michigan State 71-67 on Thursday night.

The victory was the first in Big Ten play for the Cornhuskers (11-3, 1-2) after dropping their first two conference games.

Michigan State’s Aerial Powers had seven 3-pointers on her way to 35 points, a total that tied her for second-most behind a school-record 41 by Maxann Reese in 1999. Powers also had 11 rebounds.

Nebraska trailed 66-60 with three minutes left when it went on an 11-1 run to finish the game. Cady’s layup and foul shot gave Nebraska a 69-67 lead and after Michigan State missed a 3-pointer, Hailie Sample closed out the scoring with a pair of free throws with five seconds left.

The Cornhuskers survived a 3-of-18 night from behind the arc, outscoring Michigan State in the paint 38-16.

The Nebraska men’s basketball team returns to action Thursday night, as the Huskers hosts Big Ten newcomer Rutgers at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Tipoff for Thursday’s matchup between the Huskers and Scarlet Knights is set for 8:05 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Adam Amin and Craig Robinson on the call. The 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 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.

A limited number of tickets for Thursday’s game, ranging from $10 (300 Level) to $30 (100 Level) are available on Huskers.com or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Ticket Office beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening.

The Huskers (8-6, 0-2 Big Ten) look to avoid an 0-3 conference start after falling at Iowa, 70-59, on Monday night in Iowa City. Junior forward Shavon Shields led Nebraska with 25 points and six rebounds, but Iowa went 31-of-38 from the foul line, including 9-of-11 in the final 2:38 to pull away in the final minute.

Shields has become one of the Big Ten’s most consistent scorers this season and is averaging 22.3 points per game over the last three contests. Entering Wednesday’s action, Shields leads the Big Ten in scoring in conference play at 22.5 points per game. He combines with All-American candidate Terran Petteway to give the Huskers a pair of high-scoring wings.

Thursday’s matchup features a pair of teams who defend well. Nebraska is holding opponents to 38.7 percent shooting this season, including 29 percent from 3-point range, while Rutgers has limited teams to 38.9 percent shooting, including just 30 percent from 3-point range. Nebraska has limited four of its last five teams to under 40 percent shooting, while Rutgers (9-6, 1-1 Big Ten) is allowing a Big Ten-low 48.5 points per game in Big Ten play.

Thursday’s contest continues a busy week for the Huskers, as they are in the middle of playing three games in a seven-day stretch. After Sunday’s home game with Illinois, they play only once until Jan. 20. The game with Rutgers also begins a stretch where four of the next five are at Pinnacle Bank Arena.