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Four days after Northwestern decisively dealt with Nebraska at home Wednesday, coach Chris Collins and co. returned to Welsh-Ryan Arena for a Super Bowl Sunday showdown against Penn State. With their lone road conference victory coming against the Nittany Lions (12-12, 6-7 Big Ten) on Jan. 10, the Wildcats (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten) looked to...
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Buie, Northwestern control Nebraska, secure fourth place in Big Ten
Boo Buie scored 22 points and Brooks Barnhizer recorded a double-double and Northwestern beat Nebraska 80-68 on Wednesday. Buie now has 1,978 career points, which ranks second-most in Northwestern history, trailing only John Shurna's 2,038 career points for the school career scoring record. Barnhizer scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Ryan Langborg scored 18 points, grabbed seven rebounds and distributed six assists without committing a turnover.
Fresh off consecutive overtime losses and three overtime periods in its last four contests, Northwestern returned to friendly territory for a rematch against Nebraska Wednesday. The squads last faced off a month ago when the Cornhuskers (16-8, 6-7 Big Ten) defended their homecourt in a 75-69 victory to hand the Wildcats (16-7, 7-5 Big Ten)...