Despite the Illinois Fighting Illini shooting a season low 17.2% from 3-point range, going just 5-of-29, the Nebraska Cornhuskers couldn’t find enough offense to pull off a tough road win. Instead, turnovers yet again proved an achilles heal impossible to overcome for UNL as a second-straight opponent scored 20+ points off Husker turnovers with Nebraska losing 72-56 in Champaign Tuesday night.
Sam Griesel led Nebraska in scoring, hitting a season-high in Big Ten action of 21 points, just shy of his 22 against Maine for a season-high overall. At one point in the first half, Griesel had 15 of Nebraska’s 17 points in fact.