Overview
- Pryce Sandfort scored 32 points and hit five 3-pointers, moving within five of Shawn Respert's Big Ten single-season record.
- Nebraska overturned a 36-31 halftime deficit with a 15-0 second-half run to seize control at the Galen Center.
- Braden Frager added 17 points and tied his career high with eight rebounds as the Huskers improved to 25-4 overall and 14-4 in conference play.
- USC fell to 18-11 and 7-11 in the Big Ten with its fifth consecutive defeat, further damaging its NCAA Tournament hopes.
- Chad Baker-Mazara exited early in the second half and did not return, as Nebraska turns to UCLA on Tuesday and USC heads to Washington on Wednesday.