The Nebraska Cornhuskers men’s basketball team delivered an even more resounding victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes Thursday night than the football team did in Iowa City a month ago. The Huskers blew out the Hawkeyes in dominating fashion, notching a 66-50 win to move to 1-2 in Big Ten play and 8-6 overall. The win also snapped a five game losing streak to Iowa in the series.
The win over Iowa is the first by the men’s basketball team since since Jan. 7, 2020, a 76-70 home victory. It also marks the first time UNL has beaten Iowa in both football and men’s basketball in the same academic year since 2012-2013 (The Huskers won the first matchup in Lincoln then lost in Iowa City about two weeks later).