Huskers rally from 19 to leading No

LINCOLN, Neb.– Nebraska came back from an 18-point second-half deficit to knock off No. 6 Wisconsin 80-72 in overtime on Thursday night, the second top 10 guys’s college basketball opponent the Cornhuskers have beaten this season.Rienk Mast scored early in overtime to give the Huskers the lead for great, and when time expired trainees spilled onto the court for the 2nd time this year. The very first was Jan. 9 when the Huskers beat then-No. 1 Purdue 88-72. C.J. Wilcher scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half

, Mast finished with 20 and the Huskers (16-6, 6-5 )improved to 6-0 at home in Huge Ten play.It was Nebraska’s greatest return considering that removing a 19-point margin versus Iowa in

2013. Because 2000, Wisconsin had been 120-0 when leading by 15 or more points at halftime.Editor’s Picks AJ Storr matched his season high with 28 points to lead the Badgers(16-5, 9-2). Max Klesmit and Chucky Hepburn had 13 apiece.The Cornhuskers were down as lots of as 19 in the very first half however had the ability to rally as Wisconsin, which shot 55 %in the first half, dipped to 36 %in the second and got careless with the ball.Brice Williams’

2 complimentary tosses in the last minute of regulation gave Nebraska its very first lead at 67-65. Storr’s layup connected it and Mast and Williams missed two shots in the last 20 seconds.Nebraska taken advantage of a run

of eight Wisconsin turnovers over eight minutes in the second half to tie it at 52. The Badgers were ahead 63-56 after Klesmit scored 11 points over 2 minutes.But Nebraska came back once again, got the game to overtime and posted one of its biggest comebacks in program history.