NEW YORK -- Troy Caupain scored 17 points and No. 24 Cincinnati beat Nebraska 65-61 on Friday night in the Barclays Center Classic semifinals.
Shaq Thomas added 14 points, and Octavius Ellis had 12 as Cincinnati (6-0).
Tai Webster scored 21 points for Nebraska (4-2), and Shavon Shields had 14.
The game was tied at 25 after a tight, defensive first half.
Nebraska took a 41-40 lead 8:08 into the second half when Shields converted Glynn Watson Jr.'s lob for an alley-oop jam.