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Huskers Surge Down Stretch, Defeat Illinois

Lincoln - Sam Haiby erupted for a career-high 33 points while Isabelle Bourne added a career-high 21, as Nebraska improved to 3-0 on the young season with a 78-72 come-from-behind women's basketball win over Illinois on Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Haiby, a 5-9 junior guard from Moorhead, Minn., scored 21 of her game-high 33 points in the second half, including 10 points in the final 5:41 to lead Nebraska to victory, after the Huskers fell behind 62-57 with just over six minutes left in the contest. Haiby eclipsed her previous collegiate-best 28 points (at Missouri, Nov.