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Keisei Tominaga scored a career-high 31 points
to pace Nebraska (16-7, 6-6). Rienk Mast posted 22 points and
Juwan Gary added 12 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for
Nebraska.
The Huskers scored 11 straight points in the final three-plus
minutes of regulation and took a 73-72 lead on Mast's short,
banked hook with 9.3 seconds left. Illinois brought the ball
straight up the court and Domask drew a shooting foul with 3.1
seconds to go -- but the 89-percent free-throw shooter missed
his second try to send the game into overtime at 73-73.
Quincy Guerrier (12 points) and Domask each scored four points
in overtime for Illinois.
Nebraska led for most of the first half as Tominaga was
determined not to repeat his two-point effort in Thursday's
overtime win over Wisconsin. The first time the senior
left-hander touched the ball, he swished a step-back 3-pointer
from the corner in front of Illinois' bench. When he pulled up
on the break and made another 3-pointer at the 13:38 mark, he
was up to 12 points and the Huskers owned a 16-12 lead.
Illinois later got within 28-27 on Shannon's breakaway slam, but
Nebraska took a 36-34 lead into the break as Tominaga posted 15
points.
The Illini wasted no time seizing control in the second half as
they sliced through Nebraska's man-to-man to hit their first six
shots. They converted layups on their first five possessions --
two by Guerrier, two by Ty Rodgers (eight points, 14 rebounds,
two blocks, three steals) and one by Shannon. Then Hawkins
drilled a 3-pointer on the sixth possession to give Illinois a
47-40 edge and force Nebraska to call a timeout with 16:26 to
go.
The Huskers switched to a zone to cool off Illinois and got as
close as 57-55 on a pullup by C.J. Wilcher. Illinois tried to
pull away in the final five minutes as Shannon drilled two
3-pointers and Hawkins added a third in a 100-second stretch to
give the Illini a 72-62 lead with 3:29 left before Nebraska's
late rally.
--Field Level Media
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