Nebraska Basketball Heads West for Saturday Showdown at USC
nebraska basketball travels to Los Angeles this Saturday for the Huskers' final regular-season road trip, aiming to convert a 74-61 victory over Maryland into a school-record 14th Big Ten win.
Nebraska Basketball at USC: where to watch
The game at the Galen Center will be televised on BTN with Guy Haberman and Don MacLean on the call and will also be available on the FOX Sports and FOX Sports 1 apps. Radio coverage will air on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jeff Smith, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KCRO (660 AM) and KIBM (1490 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington; the pregame show begins an hour before tipoff and will also be available on Huskers. com and the Huskers app.
Huskers ride a late surge into L. A. after beating Maryland
nebraska basketball (23-4, 12-4 B1G) used an 18-3 second-half run to seize control in the final 10 minutes of a 74-61 win over Maryland on Wednesday. Freshman guard Braden Frager led the way with 21 points and eight rebounds — his sixth 20-point game off the bench and a tie for his career high in rebounds — while Pryce Sandfort added 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Rienk Mast finished with 13 points and now has 1, 063 career rebounds, and Sam Hoiberg chipped in 12 points.
What USC brings and defensive edges for Nebraska
USC enters the matchup 18-10, 7-10 B1G, coming off an 81-62 loss at UCLA in which Chad Baker-Mazara scored a team-high 25 points, shooting 5-of-9 from 3-point range and grabbing eight rebounds; Alijah Arenas added 10 points. In that game USC shot 35 percent and committed 14 turnovers. Nebraska’s defense has been stout lately: the Huskers have held their last five opponents to a combined 37. 9 percent shooting and rank 17th nationally in field-goal percentage defense at 39. 6 percent.
With three regular-season games remaining, Nebraska is pushing for a program-best 14 conference wins after matching the school record with 13 in 2017-18. Pryce Sandfort enters the weekend needing 10 3-pointers in Big Ten play to match Shawn Respert’s single-season conference mark of 80 set in 1994-95, a milestone the Huskers will chase on the West Coast.
The Huskers’ trip to the Galen Center is Saturday afternoon; the game will be televised on BTN and carried on the Huskers Radio Network. Recovery, travel and the next regular-season assignment will follow after Saturday’s result.
