The Huskers faced off against Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. With a fourth-quarter run, Nebraska lifted itself past Illinois.
Ridge Lovett successfully defended his Big Ten championship title. And he has some Husker company at the top of the podium.
Freshman Britt Prince scored 17 points with five assists and 10th-seeded Nebraska rallied for a 74-70 win over seventh-seeded Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament, closing with a 13-5 run
Illinois (21-9, 11-8) let up another late-game comeback, this time against Nebraska (21-10, 11-8). The short-handed Illini couldn’t keep up with a much deeper Cornhuskers team and fell 72-67 in their opening Big Ten tournament game.
Big Ten All-Freshman Britt Prince scored a team-high 17 points, while Jessica Petrie scored nine points in the fourth quarter to help the Huskers rally from a nine-point third-quarter deficit