Price Williams scored eight points in the extra time and ended with 27 points, as Nebraska finished a series of six games by winning 80-74 over the 18th Illinois No. Thursday evening.
Price Williams makes the bird to close Nebraska 80-74 victory over Illinois
Huskers (13-8, 3-7 Big Ten) did not lagward while expelling a third opponent in the same season for the first time since 2013-14.
Illinois (14-7, 6-5) lost for the first time in 10 meetings with Huskers and for the first time on four visits to Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Konor Isigian scored 14 points from the bench and Joan Gary 13 added to Hoskars.
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Kasparas Jakucionis Illini led with 18 points, and Whale Riley made four three-pointed domains, and Dra Gibs-Lawhorn 15 added.
Williams presented three straight shots and a free pomegranate to raise the Huskes team with eight points in additional time. It broke a 72 tie with a wing shot, muscles in an internal basket and then hit the primary bird.
Fast food
Illinois: Thomslav Evisic, 7 -foot center, and the top of the pioneering second team, missed his third consecutive match with monochrome. Illini lost four of the last six.
Nebraska: Huskes has discovered their identity as a brave and directed team towards defense, where Illini carried 28 % of fire in the first half and 35.6 % for the game.
Main moment
Gibbs-Lawhorn 3 indicated with 47.2 seconds in the organization with an ISP pulled into a tie for the first time since the game was without goals. He came to the game while shooting 29 % at 3s.
Stat Stat
Huskers, whose season matchs six transformations, scored 17 points from Illinois 17.
Even then
On Sunday, Illinoi will host the state of Nebraska, Nebraska No. Oregon on the same day.
Report by Associated Press.
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