LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nick Zeisloft hit a pair of free throws with 33 seconds left and Collin Hartman added one 21 seconds later to seal the win for Indiana which held off Nebraska 70-65 in the Big Ten conference opener for both teams Wednesday.

The three free throws were the only points scored by Indiana (11-3, 1-0 Big Ten) in the final 4:50 of the run-filled game.

Nebraska (8-5, 0-1) came out of halftime strong, hitting five of its first seven shots, outscoring Indiana 14-2 and taking a 46-42 lead on Walter Pitchford’s shot-clock-beating 27-foot 3-pointer with 15:28 left.

Robert Johnson led Indiana with 14 points. Troy Williams had 13 points and Hanner Mosquera-Perea finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Terran Petteway led Nebraska with 23 points. Shavon Shields added 20 and Pitchford had 11 for Nebraska.

The Nebraska men’s basketball team returns home for the first time since Dec. 13, as the Huskers welcome Indiana to Pinnacle Bank Arena in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams Wednesday afternoon.

Tipoff for the New Year’s Eve matchup is set for 4:30 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris on the call. Wednesday’smatchup will also be available on BTN2GO.

A very limited number of $30 tickets are available on Huskers.com or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Ticket Office beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, as a sellout crowd of over 15,000 is expected.

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 are 8-4 on the season after wrapping up a 2-1 showing in Hawaii last week with a 71-58 win over Ohio on Christmas Day. Against Ohio, the Huskers got 22 points apiece from Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields, while holding the Bobcats to 38 percent shooting. Nebraska never trailed and enjoyed a 39-28 advantage on the boards, including a career-high 13 rebounds by David Rivers, which matched the Huskers’ best individual rebounding effort in five years.

Nebraska has defended at a high level since the loss to Incarnate Word on Dec. 10, holding its last four opponents to a combined 34 percent shooting and 55.2 points per game. The improvement has coincided with a string of strong performances from junior forward Walter Pitchford, who is averaging 9.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in that stretch.

The Huskers will need to continue that strong defensive against an Indiana team which leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth nationally in scoring offense at 83.4 points per game. The Hoosiers are second in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (.499) and fourth in 3-point percentage (.417).

Wednesday’s game features two of the top scoring duos in the Big Ten as Shields and Petteway combine for 36.5 points per game for the Huskers, while the Hoosiers’ duo of James Blackmon Jr. and Yogi Ferrell account for 35.1 points per game.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amanda Zahui B. scored 20 points — including a pair of free throws with 6 seconds left — and blocked a last-second shot to secure Minnesota’s 72-69 win over No. 12 Nebraska on Monday in both team’s Big Ten opener.

Zahui B. was 7 of 11 from the floor and added 15 rebounds. Shayne Mullaney had 18 points for Minnesota (12-1).

Nebraska (10-2) led 67-61 with 2:46 left after Tear’a Laudermilk’s 3-pointer. But Minnesota clawed back with a 9-0 run, including a jumper and pair of free throws from Shae Kelley, to take a three-point lead with 17 seconds left.

Allie Havers’ short jumper made it 70-69 with 8 second remaining. After trading timeouts, Laudermilk put Zahui B. at the line. She made both, then on the other end blocked Emily Cady’s last-second bid to preserve the upset.

Cady paced Nebraska with 21 points and had 14 rebounds.

HONOLULU (AP) — Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields each scored 22 points as Nebraska beat Ohio 72-58 on Thursday to claim fifth place in the Diamond Head Classic.

Petteway shot 6 of 14 from the field and 9 of 13 from the free-throw line and grabbed 10 rebounds. Shields made 7 of 14 field goals and hit all seven of his free throw attempts.

The Cornhuskers (8-4) did not trail in the game and also got 13 rebounds and eight points from David Rivers. It was their second consecutive victory and third in their last four games.

Javarez Willis had team-highs of 15 points and eight rebounds and Maurice Ndour chipped in 12 points for the Bobcats (4-6).

Nebraska held a 32-30 lead at halftime despite going scoreless for more than six minutes in the first half.

Thursday’s matchup at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic is a Christmas treat for college basketball fans, as two of colorful coaches in the country will have their teams square off in Honolulu.

Nebraska takes on Ohio in the fifth-place contest with tipoff between the Huskers and Bobcats slated for 3 p.m. (central) or 20 minutes following the conclusion of the DePaul/Loyola Marymount contest.

Thursday’s contest will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Kanoa Leahey and Cory Alexander on the call. The contest, along with all of the Diamond Head Classic games, is also available online at WatchESPN.com and 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.

The Huskers are 7-4 on the season after losing to Hawaii (66-58) in the tournament opener before rebounding with a 50-42 overtime win over Loyola Marymount Tuesdayevening. Nebraska relied on its best defensive effort in nearly four years, holding LMU to 28 percent shooting. Terran Petteway provided the offensive heroics in overtime, scoring seven of his 17 points in the extra session to lead three Huskers in double figures.

While Petteway and junior wing Shavon Shields combine for nearly 37 points per game, the Huskers’ first two games in Hawaii have also seen the continued emergence of Walter Pitchford as a third offensive option. The 6-foot-10 junior has played some of his best basketball over the last four games, averaging 9.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

Ohio (4-5) comes into the game off its best offensive effort of the year, routing DePaul 99-78 behind 31 points from Javarez Willis after falling to George Washington inMonday’s opener. Willis, who was a teammate of Petteway’s at Texas Tech in 2011-12, averages a team-high 16.4 points per game and is one of four Ohio players averaging in double figures.

The action on the sideline may be as entertaining as the game itself, as NU Coach Tim Miles coaches against one of his protégé. Ohio Head Coach Saul Phillps worked for Miles for three seasons at North Dakota State before succeeded him when Miles left for Colorado State in 2007. Phillips, one of four former Miles assistants coaching in the Division I ranks, won the first matchup between the two, an 83-69 NDSU win over Colorado State in Fargo on Dec. 15, 2007.

The No. 12 Nebraska women’s basketball team opens Big Ten Conference play on the road when the Huskers take on Minnesota Monday night.

Tip-off between the Huskers (10-1) and the Golden Gophers (11-1) is set for 8 p.m. (central) at Williams Arena with live national television coverage by the Big Ten Network.

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 and 93.3 FM in Omaha. Free live audio also will be available on Huskers.com.

The Huskers finished off one of the best non-conference seasons in school history with an 83-57 win over defending Big South regular-season champion High Point at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Dec. 20. The victory pushed Nebraska’s record to 10-1, matching the second-best 11-game start in school history.

National Player-of-the-Year candidate Rachel Theriot erupted for a season-high 31 points for her second career 30-point effort. Her first came with a career-high 33 points in an 88-85 overtime over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014. In addition to her huge 33-point performance in the regular season against the Golden Gophers a year ago, Theriot had 14 points and a career-high 18 assists in Nebraska’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal win over Minnesota in Indianapolis on March 7.

The Huskers ended non-conference play as one of four Big Ten teams with 10 or more wins and owned the conference’s best NCAA RPI at No. 7 (Dec. 23). The Big Ten is the No. 1 RPI conference in the nation. Minnesota posted an even better non-conference mark than the Huskers, rolling to an 11-1 record with its lone loss coming in a 71-54 setback at Vanderbilt. The Golden Gophers ended non-conference play as the Big Ten’s only 11-win team and were ranked No. 37 in the official NCAA RPI.

Athough the Gophers lost just once, they did suffer a huge setback with a season-ending knee injury to preseason Big Ten Player of the Year Rachel Banham at North Dakota on Dec. 10. A preseason national player-of-the-year candidate, Banham was averaging 20.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists before her injury at North Dakota. She scored 33 points in the overtime loss last season in Lincoln.

#12 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-1, 0-0 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 7.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 13.6 ppg, 9.1 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 12.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 8.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 18.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 6.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 4.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.1 ppg,  3.6 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 – 0.4 ppg, 0.8 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – High School
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (251-143); 25th Season Overall (446-283)

Minnesota Golden Gophers (11-1, 0-0 Big Ten)
23 – Shae Kelley – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 16.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg
32 – Amanda Zahui B. – 6-5 – So. – C – 15.6 ppg, 10.5 rpg
3 – Shayne Mullaney – 5-10 – Jr. – G – 3.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg
24 – Mikayla Bailey – 5-9 – Jr. – G – 6.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg
33 – Carlie Wagner – 5-10 – Fr. – G – 9.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Off the Bench
1 – Rachel Banham (OUT) – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 18.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
20 – Kayla Hirt – 6-2 – Jr. – G/F – 7.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg
35 – Rangie Bessard – 6-0 – Fr. – F – 2.3 ppg, 1.5 rpg
2 – Stabresa McDaniel – 5-10 – So. – G – 1.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg
52 – Josie Buckingham – 6-5 – Fr. – C – 1.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg
22 – Joanna Hedstrom – 6-1 – So. – G – 1.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg
5 – Tory Jacobs – 5-10 – Fr. – G/F – 1.6 ppg, 0.5 rpg
11 – Grace Coughlin – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 0.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg
Head Coach: Marlene Stollings (Ohio, 1998)
1st Season at Minnesota (11-1); 4th Season Overall (60-43)