Indiana University
13-8, 3-5
Nebraska
11-9, 3-5
Indiana Drops 60-55 Contest to Nebraska
1/30/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
30, 2014
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Terran Petteway scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half, and Nebraska defeated Indiana, 60-55, on Thursday night.
The Cornhuskers (11-9, 3-5 Big Ten) won for the third time in four games and back-to-back conference games for the first time in their three years in the Big Ten. They also improved to 10-1 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
The Hoosiers (13-8, 3-5) have lost three of their last four.
Shavon Shields and Walter Pitchford scored 11 points apiece and Ray Gallegos added 10 for Nebraska.
Kevin Yogi Ferrell, who made 4 of 7 3-pointers, led the Hoosiers with 14 points. Will Sheehey and Stanford Robinson had 12 apiece.
Petteway, coming off a 35-point game against Minnesota, drained a huge 3-pointer with the shot clock running down to put the Huskers up 56-50 with 2:04 to play. The Hoosiers got within 58-55 on Ferrell's 3-pointer with 47 seconds to play but could get no closer.
The Hoosiers had their chances to come back as Nebraska went just 4 of 8 from the free-throw line in the last 1:09. But they committed four turnovers and missed four of five shots in the last seven minutes.
The Huskers, down 32-19 at half, outscored the Hoosiers 20-8 to start the second half and close to 40-39.
Petteway hit a 3 and Shields took a charge from Vonleh before Gallegos converted a four-point play to make it a four-point game. Petteway sat out less than 2 minutes after committing his third foul, and when he came back he made a jumper in the lane to pull the Huskers to 40-39.
Indiana went scoreless for more than 6 minutes and almost 7 minutes without a field goal before Vonleh's hook shot in the lane put the Hoosiers up 43-39. But Petteway's baseline jumper and a couple of free throws by Tai Webster tied it 43-all with 8:54 left.
The teams combined for 23 turnovers in a grinding first half. Indiana outscored the Huskers 30-12 after the first 3 minutes of the half to lead 32-19.
It was the lowest-scoring half for the Huskers this season and matched the fewest points allowed in a half by Indiana, since Evansville scored 19 on Nov. 26.
The Huskers struggled against Indiana's zone defense and went scoreless over two spans of more than 5 minutes. The Hoosiers used runs of 12-0 and 17-2 to take control, and their good work on the defensive end allowed them to survive a field-goal drought that stretched 7 1/2 minutes.
