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GAME 22: AT NO. 5/4 ILLINOIS GAME DETAILS MEDIA INFO NEBRASKA BASKETBALL Date: Thurs., Feb. 25 TV: BTN 22 Time: 6:01 p.m. Online Video: Fox Sports App City: Champaign, Ill. Radio: Learfield IMG College 2020-21 GAME NOTES Arena: State Farm Center Internet Audio: Huskers.com Huskers app/TuneIn The Nebraska men’s basketball team faces its eighth GAME MATCHUP 2020-21 SCHEDULE ranked team of the season, as the Huskers travel to Date Opponent TV/Internet Result NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Champaign, Ill., to take on No. 5 Illinois on Thursday night. Wed., Nov. 25 McNeese State BTN W, 102-55 Tipoff between the Huskers and Fighting Illini is set for 2020-21 Record: 5-16 (1-13 Big Ten) Golden Window Classic shortly after 6 p.m. Head Coach: Fred Hoiberg Thurs., Nov. 26 Nevada BTN L, 66-69 Thursday’s game will be televised on BTN with Brandon Record at Nebraska: 12-41 (2nd year) Sat., Nov. 28 North Dakota State BTN W, 79-57 Gaudin and Stephen Bardo on the call. The game can Career NCAA Record: 127-97 (7th year) also be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and Tues., Dec. 1 South Dakota BTN W, 76-69 connected devices through the Fox Sports app. NO. 5/4 ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI Sun., Dec. 6 Florida A&M BTN canceled Fans can follow all of the action across the state of 2020-21 Record: 16-6 (12-4 Big Ten) ACC/Big Ten Challenge Nebraska on the Learfield IMG College Husker Sports Head Coach: Brad Underwood Wed., Dec. 9 Georgia Tech ESPN2 L, 64-75 Network with Kent Pavelka and Jake Muhleisen on the call. Record at Penn State: 63-54 (4th year) Fri., Dec. 11 at No. 8 Creighton BTN L, 74-98 The game will also be available on Huskers.com, the Huskers Career Record: 172-82 (8th year) Thurs., Dec. 17 Doane BTN+ W, 110-64 Tues., Dec. 22 at No. 9 Wisconsin * FS1 L, 53-67 app and TuneIn radio. The pregame show begins one hour BROADCAST INFO prior to tipoff. Fri., Dec. 25 No. 19 Michigan * BTN L, 69-80 Thursday’s game continues a stretch of four games in Television: BTN Wed., Dec. 30 at No. 25 Ohio State * BTN L, 54-90 eight days that began with the 86-83 loss to Penn State. Play-by-play: Brandon Gaudin Sat., Jan. 2 No. 17 Michigan State * BTN L, 77-84 Following Thursday, the Huskers will host Minnesota on Analyst: Stephen Bardo Tues., Jan. 5 at Purdue * BTN PPD Senior Night on Saturday before taking on Rutgers on Online Broadcast: Fox Sports app & foxsports.com/live Sun., Jan. 10 Indiana * BTN L, 76-84 Monday. Radio: Learfield IMG College Husker Sports Network, Sat., Feb. 6 a Michigan State * (1) BTN L, 56-66 The Huskers (5-16, 1-13 Big Ten) could not capitalize including 590 AM (Omaha), 1400 AM (Lincoln) and 880 Mon., Feb. 8 at Minnesota * BTN L, 61-79 on a career night from Teddy Allen, falling to Penn State AM (Lexington) Wed., Feb. 10 No. 21 Wisconsin * BTN L, 48-61 on Tuesday night. Allen carried the Husker attack, posting Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka Fri., Feb. 12 No. 6 Illinois * (2) BTN L, 72-77 (OT) Sun., Feb. 14 at Penn State * BTN W, 62-61 a career-high 41 points on 16-of-24 shooting, as well as Analyst: Jake Muhleisen Tues, Feb. 16 at Maryland * (3) BTN L, 50-64 eight rebounds and eight assists. Allen scored 28 first-half Online Radio: Available on Huskers.com, Huskers App, Wed, Feb. 17 at Maryland * (4) BTN L, 71-79 points, setting a school record, to send the Huskers into the TuneIn.com/Huskers and TuneIn App. XM: 385 SiriusXM (internet): 975 Sat., Feb. 20 Purdue * BTN L, 58-75 locker room trailing 39-38. Nebraska rallied from a 10-point Tues., Feb. 23 Penn State * (5) BTN L, 83-86 second-half deficit to pull even at 70 with 6:20 remaining, Thurs., Feb. 25 at No. 5 Illinois * (6) BTN 6 p.m. but could not complete the comeback. Trailing by three, Sat., Feb. 27 Minnesota * (7) BTN 6 p.m. the Huskers had a chance to send the game into overtime, PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Mon., March 1 Rutgers * (8) BTN 6 p.m. but Trey McGowens, who scored 14 of his 17 points in the Sun., Jan. 24 at Iowa * (9) BTN TBA second half, missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer in Teddy Allen is one Sun., March 7 at Northwestern * BTN TBA the final seconds. Nebraska shot 54 percent from the field, of only three Big BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Ten players to have including 12-of-25 from 3-point range, but Penn State hit 14 Wed., March 10 at Big Ten Tournament BTN TBA a 40-point game 3-pointers and took advantage of 18 Husker turnovers and Thurs., March 11 at Big Ten Tournament BTN TBA over the last four turned them into 25 points. Fri., March 12 at Big Ten Tournament BTN TBA seasons following Illinois (16-6, 12-4) saw its seven-game winning streak Sat., March 13 at Big Ten Tournament CBS TBA his 41-point night snapped with an 81-72 loss to Michigan State on Tuesday Sun., March 14 at Big Ten Tournament CBS TBA night. The Illini were held to 40 percent shooting, while Ayo against Penn State, joining Purdue’s Notes: *-Big Ten Conference Game; Home games are in red and bold; Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn were held to a combined 30 All times listed as central points, nearly 10 points under their season average. Trent Carsen Edwards Frazier led Illinois with 22 points, including four 3-pointers, (three times) and Schedule updates (1) - moved from Feb. 3 (2) - rescheduled from Jan. 13 as the Illini shot just 5-of-17 from beyond the arc. Aaron Iowa’s Luka Garza (twice). (3) - rescheduled from Jan. 16 (4) - moved from Lincoln to College Park Henry had 20 points, while Joshua Langford had 13 points (5) - rescheduled from Jan. 30 (6) - moved from Feb. 23 and 16 rebounds for MSU, which led by as many as 19 in the (7) - rescheduled from Jan. 20 (8) - moved from Feb. 28 second half before Illinois rallied in the second half. (9) - rescheduled from Jan. 24 2020-21 ROSTER AT A GLANCE No Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown GP/GS MPG PPG RPG APG 0 Teddy Allen G 6-6 223 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. 20/20 28.4 17.8 5.0 1.8 2 Trey McGowens G 6-4 191 Jr. Pendleton, S.C. 21/21 28.6 10.4 3.9 2.1 3 Elijah Wood G 6-5 174 Fr. Potomac, Md. 10/0 3.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 4 Shamiel Stevenson G 6-6 245 Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada 21/0 14.7 5.6 2.5 0.6 10 Kobe Webster G 6-0 172 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 21/0 21.4 6.8 1.7 1.0 11 Lat Mayen F 6-9 205 Jr. Adelaide, Australia 21/21 25.1 8.1 4.5 0.7 13 Derrick Walker F 6-8 232 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. 10/10 19.3 4.5 4.0 1.3 14 Trevor Lakes F 6-7 215 Sr. Lebanon, Ind. 9/1 9.7 2.6 1.6 0.2 21 Jace Piatkowski G 6-3 184 RFr. Omaha, Neb. 7/0 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 24 Yvan Ouedraogo F 6-9 245 So. Bordeaux, France 20/4 15.6 3.7 4.1 0.5 30 Chris McGraw G 6-0 170 So. Columbus, Ohio Walk-on who has not played in 2020-21 33 Akol Arop F 6-5 203 So. Omaha, Neb. Will miss 2020-21 season (knee) 34 Thorir Thorbjarnarson G 6-6 202 Sr. Reykjavik, Iceland 21/7 19.9 3.4 2.6 1.1 35 Eduardo Andre F 6-10 228 Fr. London, England 14/0 7.4 1.8 1.9 0.4 44 Bret Porter F 6-5 228 RFr. Omaha, Neb. 4/0 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 45 Dalano Banton G 6-9 204 So. Toronto, Ontario, Canada 21/21 28.8 9.9 6.2 4.3 2 | NEBRASKA BASKETBALL 2020-21 NEBRASKA BASKETBALL ROSTER No. VL Name Pronuncation Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Previous School 0 Teddy Allen G 6-6 223 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. Western Nebraska CC 2 Trey McGowens G 6-4 191 Jr. Pendleton, S.C. Pittsburgh 3 Elijah Wood G 6-5 174 Fr. Potomac, Md. Berkmar (Ga.) HS 4 Shamiel Stevenson Sha-meal G 6-6 245 Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Nevada 10 Kobe Webster G 6-0 172 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. Western Illinois 11 Lat Mayen Latt [rhymes w/ Matt] MAY-en F 6-9 205 Jr. Adelaide, Australia Chipola College 13 Derrick Walker F 6-8 232 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Tennessee 14 Trevor Lakes F 6-7 215 Sr. Lebanon, Ind. Indianapolis 21 * Jace Piatkowski Pie-it-COW-ski G 6-3 184 RFr. Omaha, Neb. Elkhorn South HS 24 * Yvan Ouedraogo I-van WOO-drah-oh-goh F 6-9 245 So. Bordeaux, France INSEP 30 Chris McGraw G 6-0 170 So. Columbus, Ohio Otterbein 33 * Akol Arop A-call uh-rope F 6-5 203 So. Omaha, Neb. Creighton Prep HS 34 *** Thorir Thorbjarnarson Thor-EAR thorb-YAR-nar-son G 6-6 202 Sr.