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IOWA	43	34	77
NEB	46	25	71

Final

Iowa beats Nebraska 77-71

#9 Iowa Hawkeyes beat #4 Nebraska Cornhuskers 77-71 on Thursday at Toyota Center (Houston).

The second half made the difference: Iowa outscored Nebraska 34-25.

Iowa shot 52% to 41% and lost the boards 35-26.

For Iowa, Bennett Stirtz (G): 20. For Nebraska, Pryce Sandfort (F): 25.

Iowa improves to 24-12. Nebraska falls to 28-7.

Attendance: 17,307.

Full recap at ESPN: Ninth-seeded Iowa continues improbable March run, beating Nebraska 77-71 to reach Sweet 16

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#14

IOWA · PointsBennett Stirtz G20

#11

IOWA · AssistsKael Combs G5

#24

IOWA · ReboundsTate Sage G8

#21

NEB · PointsPryce Sandfort F25

NEB · AssistsSamuel Hoiberg G6

NEB · ReboundsBerke Buyuktuncel C10

Stats	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. Manyawu F	14	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
C. Koch F	37	11	3-8	3-8	2-2	5	1	0	2	0	1	4	0
B. Stirtz G	40	20	7-15	3-9	3-3	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
T. Banks G	15	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	2
K. Combs G	27	6	3-4	0-1	0-0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1
A. Folgueiras F	29	16	6-7	2-3	2-3	2	2	1	3	0	0	2	1
T. Sage G	29	19	6-10	4-7	3-4	8	3	1	0	0	2	6	1
I. Howard G	9	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team		77	27-52	13-30	10-12	26	18	5	6	1	3	23	7

Stats	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
P. Sandfort F	34	25	8-13	6-10	3-3	5	2	1	1	0	0	5	2
R. Mast F	33	9	4-15	0-7	1-1	6	4	1	0	2	3	3	2
B. Buyuktuncel C	28	2	1-7	0-4	0-0	10	3	1	1	2	4	6	1
J. Lawrence G	31	9	2-5	2-4	3-3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
S. Hoiberg G	37	6	3-7	0-3	0-0	3	6	5	1	0	1	2	2
B. Frager F	25	16	5-8	5-8	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
C. Jacobsen G	12	4	1-3	0-2	2-2	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	3
Team		71	24-58	13-38	10-11	35	19	10	3	5	12	23	14

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