The Nebraska Cornhuskers hosted the Maryland Terrapins in Lincoln tonight for the first time in three seasons. The Huskers fell 90-74, giving up at least 90-points to an opponent for the seventh.
By Field Level Media, via Reuters Alonzo Verge Jr. scored 22 points and Bryce McGowens added 16 as Nebraska snapped a 14-game Big Ten regular-season l.
It was a weekday night at 9 pm, the day prior to a pending large snowstorm, against the worst team in the conference, and on a day where all the news in the University of Michigan sports sphere was not related to basketball. Put simply, there's a lot of reason why the crowd at Crisler Center Tuesday night was late arriving, and why the energy around and interest in the game that went down between Michigan and Nebraska was so low. But even if you didn't watch it, the game had meaning. Michigan's 85-79 victory was lackluster and uninspiring, but for now, it continues to give them a chance to make the NCAA Tournament in March. They will just need to play a whole lot better.
The first half was all about Hunter Dickinson- not so much about his play, but about his absence. After picking up two quick fouls, Dickinson and his six points exited the game with 14:38 remaining in the first half and the game tied at 13. He would not return for the remainder of the opening stanza, w