Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 16 vs. No. 10/11 Nebraska

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Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Game 16 vs. No. 10/11 Nebraska

1/9/2026 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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Opening Tip
• Indiana University continues Big Ten Conference play against No. 10/11 Nebraska on Sunday, Jan. 10, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Tip is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET on BTN with Kevin Kugler (PxP) and Bruce Weber (Analyst) on the call.

• Nebraska (15-0, 4-0 B1G) is under the direction of seventh-year head coach Fred Hoiberg. He is on track to post his seventh 20-win season as a college basketball head coach, including three of the last four with the Huskers.

• The Huskers have six players in the regular rotation that average at least 7.5 points per game led by senior forward Rienk Mast. He has posted 16.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per night. The 6-10 big is one of six high-major players to average 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists this season.

• Junior forward Pryce Sandfort has poured in 15.9 points per game on a team-best 45 made 3-pointers. Redshirt freshman forward Braden Frager (11.7 points), senior guard Jamarques Lawrence (9.4 points, 3.6 assists), senior guard Sam Hoiberg (8.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists), and junior forward Berke Buyuktuncel (7.9 points, 6.4 rebounds) all average north of 20.0 minutes per game.

• Nebraska has won an NCAA-best 19 straight games dating back to a 2025 College Basketball Crown championship.

Game Information
Jan. 10, 2026 • 12 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Bruce Weber)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 19-11
Last Meeting: NEB 85, IU 68 on Dec. 13, 2024, in Lincoln

Series History
• The Hoosiers have won 19 times in the 30-game series against the Cornhuskers. Nebraska has won each of the last four meetings between the two programs with Indiana last winning (81-65) on Dec. 7, 2022, in Bloomington.

• The two sides have not met when Nebraska has been ranked in the AP top 25. The Cornhuskers (No. 10 in the AP) have not been ranked inside the top 10 since 1965-66.

Last Time Out
• Indiana (12-3, 3-1 B1G) secured the program's first true road win of the season with an 84-66 result against Maryland on Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the XFINITY Center in College Park.

• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson posted his fourth-straight 20-point game with a game-high 24 points and six rebounds. He is the first Hoosier since Trayce Jackson-Davis (6 games; Feb. 28-March 19, 2023) to score at least 20 points in four straight games. The Sam Houston transfer has averaged 26.3 points on 47.4% (18-of-38) shooting from the 3-point line in Big Ten play.

• Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway charted 19 points, eight rebounds, and four assists. Redshirt senior guard Conor Enright added 16 points, his second straight double-figure scoring game, to go with four rebounds and three assists.

• Senior forward Reed Bailey put up 15 points, six rebounds, and two assists in 28 bench minutes.

• All eight players that played pulled down at least one offensive rebound. The Hoosier bench grabbed seven offensive rebounds, led by three from freshman forward Trent Sisley.

B1G Performers
• Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson has averaged a team-best 26.3 points per night in Big Ten Conference play, the most by any B1G player this season. He has shot 51.4% (36-of-70) from the floor, 47.4% (18-of-38) from the 3-point line, and 88.2% (15-of-17) from the free throw line in league play.

• Sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway has averaged 18.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per night in B1G play. He has shot 64.1% (25-of-39) from the floor, 55.6% (10-of-18) from behind the arc, and 82.4% (14-of-17) from the free throw line.

• As a team, the Hoosiers average 87.8 points per Big Ten game, have shot 51.7% from the floor, 40.5% from distance, and average 18.3 assists a night. Indiana pulls down 31.8 rebounds in conference games and holds a +1.0 rebounding margin.

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