LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Shavon Shields scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half and Nebraska survived an eight-minute field-goal drought to end the game to beat Minnesota 52-49 on Tuesday night.

The Cornhuskers (11-7, 3-3 Big Ten) made 11 of their last 12 free throws after starting 3 for 9 from the line. Benny Parker made two with 25 seconds left to make it a three-point game, and the Gophers missed three straight 3-pointers before the final buzzer.

Minnesota (12-8, 1-6) has lost six of its last seven games. Five of the Gophers’ six conference losses have been by five points or less.

Terran Petteway added 11 points for the Huskers in a slog of a game that had 33 field goals and 31 turnovers.

Andre Hollins had 21 points for the Gophers, who shot a season-low 30.8 percent from the field and made only 9 of 19 free throws. Joey King added 11 points.

The No. 16 Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to Big Ten road action in search of their fifth straight win when the Huskers take on Wisconsin Thursday night in Madison.

Tip-off between the Big Red (14-3, 4-2 Big Ten) and the Badgers (7-10, 3-4 Big Ten) is set for 7 p.m. (central) with live premium video by 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.

Nebraska is coming off its fourth straight win with a 69-59 victory over Purdue on Monday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena. All-American Rachel Theriot led four Huskers in double figures with 16 points and seven assists, closing out the win with nine points in the final three minutes.

Senior Hailie Sample added a strong performance with 15 points, while fellow senior Brandi Jeffery produced one of the best all-around games of her career with 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals. Tear’a Laudermill, who scored 21 points and hit five threes in last year’s 71-70 overtime win at Wisconsin, pitched in 10 first-half points for the Big Red against the Boilermakers.

Nebraska’s win over Purdue snapped a five-game losing streak in the series with the Boilers. On the flip side, the Huskers own a five-game winning streak against Wisconsin. The series has been defined by close games, including NU’s one-point OT win last year and a 55-53 win on Feb. 28, 2013. Four of NU’s five wins have been by single digits with all three wins in Madison decided by six points or less.

Thursday night’s game will mark the third straight meeting in the series in Madison, and the seventh time in 11 games that the teams have met on Wisconsin’s home court.

The Badgers bring a 7-10 record and a 3-4 Big Ten mark into the contest. Wisconsin is coming off a 73-63 loss to No. 24 Rutgers at the Kohl Center on Sunday, but notched a 65-56 win over Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., on Jan. 15. Wisconsin is 5-3 at the Kohl Center this season, including decisive Big Ten wins over Michigan (63-53) and Penn State (65-46).

#16 Nebraska Cornhuskers (14-3, 4-2 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 7.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 12.4 ppg, 9.6 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 11.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 8.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 17.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 6.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 5.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.6 ppg, 0.4 rpg
30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 2.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg
12 – Emily Wood – 5-5 – Fr. – G – 0.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – Redshirting
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (255-145); 25th Season Overall (450-285)

Wisconsin Badgers (7-10, 3-4 Big Ten)
35 – Jacki Gulczynski – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 9.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg
43 – Cassie Rochel – 6-4 – RSr. – F – 5.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg
1 – Dakota Whyte – 5-8 – Jr. – G – 10.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
4 – Nicole Bauman – 5-10 – Jr. – G – 12.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg
22 – Tessa Cichy – 5-10 – Jr. – G – 7.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Off the Bench
3 – AnnMarie Brown – 6-0 – Sr. – G/F – 2.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg
23 – Cayla McMorris – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 6.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg
24 – Malayna Johnson – 6-4 – So. – F – 3.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg
30 – Carly Truesdale – 5-9 – So. – G – 0.2 ppg, 0.2 rpg
25 (Out) – Michala Johnson – 6-3 – RSr. – F – 12.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg
Head Coach: Bobbie Kelsey (Stanford, 1996)
4th Season at UW (38-68); 4th Season Overall (38-68)

The Nebraska men’s basketball team returns home to begin a two-game homestand, as the Huskers welcome the Minnesota Golden Gophers to town. A limited number of 300 Level tickets are available for $10 by visiting Huskers.com, calling 800-8-BIGRED or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena box office Tuesday evening beginning at 6 p.m.

Tipoff between the Huskers and Golden Gophers at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 7:36 p.m. (central) 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 devices on BTN and 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 (10-7, 2-3 Big Ten) ran into hot-shooting Wisconsin team in their last outing, as the seventh-ranked Badgers shot 52 percent (11-of-21) from 3-point range in a 70-55 win on Thursday night. That performance had been an anomaly against the Huskers this year, as Nebraska had held its first 16 opponents to just 27.6 percent from 3-point range.
The loss, which snapped NU’s two-game win streak, offset a strong performance from junior guard Terran Petteway, who scored a season-high 27 points, including 4-of-9 from 3-point range.

Petteway, who is second in the Big Ten in scoring at 19.4 points per game, needs only three points on Tuesday to reach 1,000 career points. He has scored 909 of his points over the last year and a half for the Huskers, as Tuesday’s matchup with the Gophers will be his 50th career appearance at Nebraska.

Minnesota heads to Lincoln with a 12-7 record and a 1-5 Big Ten mark after topping Rutgers, 89-80, on Saturday to break a five-game losing streak. In that game, Andre Hollins scored 31 points, including 7-of-10 from 3-point range, to place three Gophers in double figures. Minnesota averages 78.9 points per game and have four players averaging double figures, led by Hollins’ 13.4 points per game.

Tuesday’s matchup will be the first of two meetings with the Gophers in a 12-day stretch, as the Huskers travel to Minneapolis on Jan. 31.

Lincoln – The Big Ten Conference and ESPN announced Saturday that the Jan. 24 men’s basketball game between Nebraska and Michigan State at Pinnacle Bank Arena will tip off at 3 p.m. central. The game had been listed as TBA on the schedule until Saturday’s announcement. The contest will be televised by either ESPN or ESPN2 with a TV determination set early next week.

Tickets are going fast for the matchup between the Huskers and Spartans, which is the only Saturday home game on the Huskers’ Big Ten schedule. As of Friday afternoon, the game is sold out, although a limited number of tickets could become available on game day at the Pinnacle Bank Arena box office 90 minutes prior to tip-off. The MSU game is also part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Awareness Week.

The only remaining games with TBAs on the schedule are the Huskers home games against Iowa (Sunday, Feb. 22) and Maryland (Sunday, March 8). Both of those start times and television information will be announced by the Big Ten Conference in the coming weeks.

The No. 17 Nebraska women’s basketball team takes aim at its fourth straight Big Ten win when the Huskers play host to Purdue on Monday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Tip-off between the Big Red (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten) and the Boilermakers (9-8, 2-4 Big Ten) on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set for 6 p.m. (central) with live national television coverage by the Big Ten Network with Kevin Kugler and Debbie Antonelli on the call.

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.

Nebraska is coming off an impressive 73-45 win over Penn State on Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers, who had all 12 players in uniform and available to play for the first time all season, got career highs of 18 points and six three-pointers from freshman Natalie Romeo. The 5-7 guard from Martinez, Calif., played a career-high 26 minutes while making her first career start. She added three rebounds and three assists in a tremendous all-around effort.

Romeo’s outburst from long range allowed the Huskers to hit a season-high 11 three-pointers against the Lady Lions. Romeo led four Huskers in double figures, including 12 points from Tear’a Laudermill, 11 from Allie Havers and 10 from Brandi Jeffery.

Junior Rachel Theriot continues to lead the Big Red with 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. The 6-0 point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio is shooting 41 percent from three-point range and 92.6 percent at the free throw line.

Senior forward Emily Cady has added 12.8 points, a team-best 9.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game as one of the Big Ten’s most versatile players.

Purdue comes to Lincoln with a 9-8 overall and a 2-4 Big Ten mark trying to avoid its fourth consecutive loss. The Boilermakers are coming off a 65-56 home loss to Wisconsin, which followed a 24-point loss at Maryland on Jan. 8 and a 14-point setback at Iowa on Jan. 11.

#17 Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 6.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 12.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 11.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 8.0 ppg, 6.8 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 17.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 6.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 6.0 ppg, 2.1 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.6 ppg, 0.4 rpg
30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 0.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg
12 – Emily Wood – 5-5 – Fr. – G – 0.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – High School
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (254-145); 25th Season Overall (449-285)

Purdue Boilermakers (9-8, 2-4 Big Ten)
32 – Whitney Bays – 6-2 – RSr. – F – 15.0 ppg, 10.6 rpg
23 – Liza Clemons – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 8.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg
1 – Ashley Morrissette – 5-9 – So. – G – 11.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg
24 – Andreona Keys – 5-10 – Fr. – G – 5.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
25 – April Wilson – 5-7 – Jr. – G – 8.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Off the Bench
13 – Bridget Perry – 6-2 – So. – G – 9.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg
10 – Hayden Hamby – 5-7 – Jr. – G – 4.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg
4 – Torrie Thornton – 6-0 – Jr. – F – 3.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
22 – Bree Horrocks – 6-5 – Fr. – C – 2.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg
21 – Erica Moore – 6-2 – Fr. – F – 0.8 ppg, 0.5 rpg
5 – Justine Hall – 5-10 – Fr. – G – 0.4 ppg, 0.4 rpg
Head Coach: Sharon Versyp (Purdue, 1989)
9th Season at Purdue (192-96); 15th Season Overall (309-161)