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No. 13 Huskers Travel to Ohio State Monday Night
The No. 13 Nebraska males’s basketball staff returns seems to increase its school-record win streak Monday night time, because the Huskers wrap up a stretch of three video games in seven days with a visit to Ohio State.
Tipoff from Value City Arena is ready for five:30 p.m. (central) and the sport might be carried nationally on FS1 and broadcast on the Huskers Radio Network, in addition to on Huskers.com and on the official Huskers app.
The Huskers (14-0, 3-0 B1G) are coming off an exciting 58-56 win over Michigan State final Friday night time. The Huskers trailed 55-52 with 4:40 remaining however closed the sport with a 6-1 run, taking the lead for good at 58-55 on Rienk Mast’s 3-pointer with 1:52 remaining. MSU had an opportunity to tie with 0.7 seconds left, however Carson Cooper missed the primary of two free throws and deliberately missed the second whereas a lane violation gave the ball to Nebraska.
Mast had a game-high 19 factors, together with six 3-pointers, and a team-high seven rebounds, offering a significant raise within the first half with 15 factors as Pryce Sandfort battled foul bother many of the night time. Mast leads the Huskers in scoring (16.8 ppg) and rebounding (6.8 rpg) whereas the 6-foot-10 ahead is capturing practically 40 % from 3-point vary.
The Huskers, whose 14-0 begin is the perfect in program historical past, shined on the defensive finish towards the Spartans, holding MSU to a season-low 56 factors on simply 34 % capturing. Nebraska is ninth nationally in discipline aim protection (.374) and has held seven of its final eight opponents below 40 % capturing.
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Best Starts in School History |
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No. |
Wins |
Year |
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1. |
14-0 |
2025-26 |
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2. |
10-0 |
1977-78 |
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3 |
9-0 |
1915-16 |
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4. |
7-0 |
2023-24 |
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7-0 |
1992-93 |
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7-0 |
1984-85 |
Ohio State (10-3, 2-1 Big Ten) comes off a formidable 80-73 win at Rutgers on Friday night time. Bryce Thornton had 20 factors and 10 rebounds to guide 4 Buckeyes in double figures as OSU shot 51 % within the second half to outscore Rutgers, 43-32 on the break.
Numbers to Know
3 – With Friday’s win, Nebraska has gained three straight video games towards top-10 groups relationship again to Jan. 9, 2024. It is the primary time NU has ever gained three straight vs. top-10 groups (h/t @MattNorlander).
34 – Fred Hoiberg has 34 wins over ranked opponents, together with 12 wins towards top-10 groups, in his collegiate teaching profession. In addition, his six street wins towards ranked opponents is second solely to Danny Nee (seven) all-time amongst NU males’s basketball coaches.
25 – Prior to Friday’s win, the Huskers had misplaced 25 straight video games below Fred Hoiberg when held to 60 or fewer factors and 26 general relationship again to 2019. The final time NU scored below 60 factors and gained was on Feb. 16, 2019 vs. Northwestern (W, 59-50).
6.0 – Sam Hoiberg is second within the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (min. 3 assists per recreation) at 6.0-to-1 as of Jan. 3. Over the final 5 video games, Hoiberg has 23 assists and simply two turnovers in 165:27 of recreation motion.
7 – Rienk Mast wants seven rebounds to achieve 1,000 rebounds for his profession. To put the quantity in perpective, solely two Huskers have ever totaled 1,000 profession rebounds (Venson Hamilton (1,080) and Aleks Maric (1,015)
53.5 – Nebraska’s high 4 scorers (Rienk Mast, Pryce Sandfort, Braden Frager and Jamarques Lawrence) are combining for 53.5 factors per recreation. None of them had been within the Husker lineup final season.
230 – In the final assembly, the groups mixed for 230 factors in a 116-114 Ohio State assembly in Columbus. Brice Williams led NU with a school-record 43 factors within the loss.
80+ Nebraska is 47-10 (.824) below Fred Hoiberg when scoring 80 or extra factors, together with a 38-7 mark during the last three-plus seasons. Of these seven losses for the reason that begin of 2022-23, 4 got here in time beyond regulation.
Huskers Look to Continue Poll Climb
With a 14-0 document, the Huskers may earn one in all their highest rankings at school historical past when the polls come out Monday. NU is ranked thirteenth within the newest AP ballot on Dec. 22, this system’s highest rating since March 11, 1991, when the Huskers had been No. 11 within the ultimate regular-season AP ballot.
• The Huskers improved to 43-22 (.661) all-time when ranked within the AP ballot following the 58-56 win over No. 9 Michigan State on Friday night time.
• Prior to its 2025-26 ballot debut on Dec. 8, the Huskers had not been ranked within the AP ballot for the reason that 2018-19 season (Dec. 31, 2018).
• If Nebraska cracks the highest 10 on Monday, it might mark the Huskers’ first top-10 rating since being ranked ninth on Feb. 28, 1966. That season, the Huskers went 20-5, together with 12-2 within the Big Eight to complete second to Kansas, however didn’t advance to postseason play. That Kansas staff that gained the Big Eight misplaced to eventual NCAA Champion Texas Western, 81-80 in double time beyond regulation within the Midwest Regional Final.
Picking Up Ranked Wins
Friday’s 58-56 win over ninth-ranked Michigan State marked NU’s second ranked win of the season, each coming in Big Ten play. It additionally marked simply the second time at school historical past that NU hosted a ranked vs. ranked matchup and first since 1991 (No. 15 Nebraska defeated No. 10 Kansas, 85-75, on March 3, 1991).
• Nebraska is now 5-6 all-time in ranked vs. ranked video games, together with 2-0 this yr. No. 23 Nebraska gained at No. 13 Illinois, 83-80, on Dec. 13.
• Of NU’s 11 ranked vs. ranked video games in program historical past, seven had been street video games and two others had been at impartial websites.
Worth Noting
• Nebraska enters the week as one in all six unbeaten groups in Division I, becoming a member of Michigan, Arizona, Iowa State, Vanderbilt and Miami (Ohio).
• With a 14-0 mark, Nebraska is unbeaten coming into the month of January for the primary time for the reason that 1928-29 season. The 2028-29 staff was 1-0 with a win over South Dakota State. Since the tip of WWI, NU has entered January unbeaten solely two different occasions (1919-20, 2-0; 1928-29, 1-0).
• Nebraska’s 3-0 Big Ten begin matches this system’s finest convention begin of the Big Ten period (2011-12 to current), because the Huskers opened the 2016-17 season with three straight Big Ten wins. A win at Ohio State on Monday night time would give NU a 4-0 convention mark for the primary time for the reason that 1975-76 season.
• Nebraska accomplished its non-conference slated with an ideal 11-0 document, marking the primary time for the reason that 1928-29 season the place NU posted an unblemished non-conference mark (6-0). The Huskers are 31-2 in regular-season non-conference play for the reason that begin of the 2023-24 season (10-1 in 2023-24; 10-1 in 2024-25).
• Nebraska moved to No. 11 within the NET on Jan. 3 following the win over Michigan State. NU is one in all six Big Ten groups within the high 17 of the NET (No. 1 Michigan, No. 7 Purdue, No. 10 Illinois, No. 11 Nebraska, No. 12 Iowa and No. 17 Michigan State). No convention has extra groups within the high 25 and high 50 of the NET than the Big Ten.
• Nebraska is now 2-0 towards ranked foes this season following Friday’s win over No. 9 Michigan State. Since March 1, 2022, the Huskers are actually 10-11 within the final 21 video games towards ranked groups, together with 5-2 towards top-10 groups. Prior to that, NU had misplaced 24 straight towards ranked groups relationship again to the 2019 Big Ten Tournament.
• Nebraska comes into the Ohio State recreation with 18 straight wins, breaking the varsity document for consecutive wins. The 18 straight wins broke the mark of 14 set two different occasions (1912-13 and 1990-91). It is the longest lively streak within the nation and dates again to the primary spherical of the 2025 College Basketball Crown. Before the present win streak, NU’s longest streak below Fred Hoiberg was a seven-game streak to begin the 2023-24 season. Friday’s win over MSU was the primary time within the 18-game win streak that NU was held below 1.00 factors per possession.
Longest Win Streaks in School History
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No. |
Season |
Win Streak |
Date Started |
Date Ended |
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1. |
2024-25/25-26 |
18 video games |
3-31-25 |
current |
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2. |
1990-91 |
14 video games |
11-28-90 |
1-22-91 |
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1911-12/12-13 |
14 video games |
1-27-12 |
1-25-13 |
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4 |
1919-20/20-21 |
13 video games |
2-6-20 |
1-3-21 |
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1897-98/1900-01 |
13 video games |
2-22-1898 |
1901** |
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6. |
1912-13 |
12 video games |
1-31-13 |
3-12-13 |
• The Huskers are third within the Big Ten and thirty fifth nationally with 10.5 3-pointers made per recreation as of Jan. 4. It is on observe to interrupt the varsity the varsity document by practically one 3-pointer per recreation. NU led the Big Ten in 3-pointers per recreation in 2023-24, the fifth time a Hoiberg-coached staff led the convention in 3-pointers per recreation.
• Nebraska has made 10-or-more 3-pointers 9 occasions in 14 video games, together with 17 towards FIU and 15 vs. Oklahoma. It marked solely the seventh and eighth time at school historical past that NU had at the least 15 3-pointers in a recreation. Last yr, the Huskers hit 10-or-more 3-pointers simply seven occasions in 35 contests.
• NU’s staff 1.98-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks fifth nationally as of Jan. 3. NU is one in all three Big Ten groups within the high 5 nationally in that class (Northwestern 2nd; Purdue, third). It is on observe to shatter the varsity mark of 1.81 set in 1984-85. NU’s finest assist-to-turnover ratio below Hoiberg is 1.38-to-1 in 2023-24. The Huskers have 4 video games with at the least 20 assists and 6 or fewer turnovers (vs. Oklahoma, Winthrop, at Illinois, North Dakota).
• Nebraska enters Monday’s recreation with Ohio State ranked fifth within the Big Ten and twenty sixth nationally with 18.6 assists per recreation. It is a rise of 4.4 assists per recreation from final season. NU has averaged 20 assists solely two occasions at school historical past (1990-91 and 1984-85), and Nebraska’s highest help per recreation complete below Hoiberg is 15.3 per recreation in 2023-24.
•Nine Huskers have posted double-figure efforts this season, whereas 4 gamers have had at the least one 20-point efficiency (Pryce Sandfort-5; Rienk Mast-4; Braden Frager-2; Jamarques Lawrence-1).
• The Huskers posted their second double-digit comeback of the season towards USC Upstate on Nov. 29, overcoming a 12-point first-half deficit. During its 18-game win streak, NU now has 4 comebacks from 10+ factors (Arizona State, UCF, Oklahoma and USC Upstate).
• Nebraska has held 10 of its 14 opponents to below 1.0 factors per possession, together with six of the final seven opponents.
• Over the final three-plus seasons, NU is 49-3 (.941) when holding foes to below 1.00 PPP and 50-5 when holding opponents to below 70 factors. Nebraska has improved its KenPom defensive effectivity in every of the previous three seasons and is on observe to proceed that pattern in 2025-26.
• Following the win over New Hampshire on Dec. 30, Nebraska has gained a school-record 22 straight non-conference video games relationship again to Nov. 22, 2024. It can be the nation’s longest non-conference win streak. NU has additionally gained 16 straight dwelling video games towards non-conference foes relationship again to the 2023-24 season.
• Rienk Mast is one in all 11 gamers nationally – and 5 from energy convention groups – averaging at the least 16.5 factors, 6.5 rebounds and three.0 assists per recreation as of Jan. 3. He comes into the OSU recreation averaging a career-high 16.6 factors per recreation on 50 % capturing, together with 39 % from 3-point vary.
• Mast (1,629 factors, 993 rebounds) is one in all two lively Division I gamers with at the least 1,600 factors and 900 rebounds as of Jan. 3, becoming a member of Gonzaga’s Graham Ike (2,211 factors, 1,024 rebounds). Mast additionally ranks within the high 15 amongst lively NCAA gamers in factors, rebounds and video games performed.
• Pryce Sandfort has been one of many Big Ten’s high transfers, as he enters the Michigan State recreation averaging 16.2 factors, 4.9 rebounds and a pair of.3 assists per recreation. Sandfort has a team-high 5 20-point video games, together with a career-high 32 factors at No. 13 Illinois on Dec. 13.
• Sandfort is making the same leap that his brother Payton made between his second and third collegiate seasons. The elder Sandfort noticed his scoring common bounce from 10.3 to 16.4 whereas additionally averaging greater than two extra rebounds per recreation as a junior.
• Sandfort is third within the Big Ten in 3-pointers per recreation (3.0) and three video games with at the least 5 3-pointers (FIU, vs. Kansas State and at Illinois).
• Braden Frager has emerged as one of many high freshmen within the Big Ten as he comes into Monday’s recreation with Ohio State averaging 11.4 factors per recreation.
• Frager ranks sixth amongst all Big Ten freshmen in scoring and is one in all two Big Ten freshmen averaging double figures whereas beginning below 50 % of their staff’s video games.
• With his two Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors, he’s simply the third Husker participant within the Big Ten period (2011-12 to current) to earn a number of weekly honors.
• In the Big Ten period, just one Husker freshman completed the season averaging double figures – Bryce McGowens in 2021-22 (16.8 ppg) – whereas solely seven Husker freshman at school historical past have completed the yr averaging double figures.
• Nebraska is 47-14 (.774) over the previous three-plus seasons when Sam Hoiberg performs at the least 20 minutes. The senior is setting profession bests in practically each class, together with scoring (8.3 ppg), rebounding (4.9 rpg), assists (3.9 apg) and steals (1.7 spg).
• Hoiberg turned Nebraska’s most up-to-date graduate, as he acquired his diploma in media and sports activities communications on Dec. 20. Hoiberg joins Rienk Mast (who has each undergraduate and graduate levels), Cale Jacobsen and Jared Garcia as graduates on the 2025-26 Husker roster.
• As of Jan. 3, there have been 16 triple-doubles in Division I basketball this season whereas Nebraska is the one faculty with a number of gamers recording a triple double. Over the final seven seasons, solely 5 faculties – Nebraska (2025-26), Iowa State (2023-24), Western Kentucky (2021-22), Portland (2021-22) and Utah (2019-20) – have had a number of gamers document triple-doubles in the identical yr.
• NU has 16 double-digit scoring runs this season, which is tied for twelfth nationally in keeping with EvanMiya.com as of Jan. 3. It is third amongst Big Ten groups, trailing solely Michigan (25) and Purdue (18)
Michigan State Recap
Rienk Mast had 19 factors, together with the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:50 left as No. 13 Nebraska held on for a 58-56 win over No. 9 Michigan State on Jan. 2 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Mast drained his solely three of the second half breaking a 55-all impasse. Nebraska, which trailed 55-52, held Michigan State to at least one level over the ultimate 4:30 to come back again and lengthen its win streak to 18 video games relationship again to final season. Pryce Sandfort added 13 factors and three three-pointers regardless of being strapped with foul bother your entire recreation. Sandfort scored eight factors within the second half however was referred to as for his fifth foul on a Carson Cooper desperation drive with 0.7 seconds left. Cooper, who completed with six factors, missed the primary free throw to ship the sellout cowed of 14,841 followers right into a wild frenzy. He missed the second free throw deliberately however was referred to as for a violation, and Nebraska threw the ball into the frontcourt to kill the clock and declare the victory.
Jamarques Lawrence added 12 factors for the Huskers, who stymied the Spartan offense from begin to end by forcing 21 turnovers and held MSU to a season-low level complete.
Notes from the Michigan State Game
• Nebraska improved to 14-0 on the season, extending the perfect begin at school historical past and has gained 18 straight video games relationship again to final season
• Nebraska win over No. 9 Michigan State was the twenty seventh win over a top-10 staff at school
historical past and first since defeating No. 6 Wisconsin in 2023-24. Nebraska has now gained its final three video games towards top-10 groups.
• Fred Hoiberg now has 5 top-10 wins at Nebraska following tonight’s recreation and 12 top-10 wins in his collegiate teaching profession.
• Rienk Mast made six three-pointers which is one shy of his profession excessive seven that he made earlier this season towards Winthrop. It is the third time this season he made at the least 5 3-pointers in a recreation. The three blocked pictures additionally tied a profession excessive set two different occasions, most just lately in 2023 when he was at Bradley
• Nebraska’s 58 factors was a season low (earlier low was 69 vs. UMES) and the primary time within the 18-game win streak that NU was held below 1.00 factors per possession.
• Michigan Stats was held to a season low 56 factors. The earlier low was 60 vs. Duke on Dec. 6.
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