Nebraska's hot shooting downs Iowa at home

Nebraska vs. Iowa - 1/27/18 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Nebraska vs. Iowa - 1/27/18 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction

The Gophers have dropped six of their last seven games and sit at 3-7 in the Big Ten.

Center Megan Gustafson finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (16-6, 4-5), who were coming off a 14-point win Thursday over No. 12 and 14 Ohio State.

Nebraska, which was shooting 40.8 percent from the floor, 11th in the Big Ten, knocked down 57.7 percent Saturday, including a blistering 11 of 19 (57.9) from behind the arc. Big Ten, 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games overall.

"James' mentality is probably what's impressed me the most", coach Tim Miles said. "They play quick, they see an open shot and it's going up, and you can have a lot of quick possessions".

"I just didn't know if we could keep up at that rate". "We didn't do a great job, but we did a good job".

Nebraska's 56 first-half points were the most scored by the Cornhuskers against any conference foe at any point in the program's history, but coach Amy Williams felt defense fueled it all.

Eugene German scored 21 points, Bradley added 20, and Dante Thorpe had 10 for Northern Illinois (10-11, 3-5), which shot 61.5 percent in the second half.

The Hawkeyes trailed 48-34 at halftime but quickly cut the lead to two in the second half.

"It was obviously a game of runs", Palmer said. For the seventh time over that span, the other team shot an extremely high percentage. "We just had to stay poised and make our plays". Nearly immediately, Nebraska ran its lead back to double digits with a 12-2 run and never let up.

The Huskers were able to get their lead back to 16 on a basket by Jordy Tshimanga with 4:36 remaining, and from there it would be mainly semantics the rest of the way. The Huskers reeled off the game's next 11 points and never looked back.

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Tyler Cook and Jordan Bohannon shared high-scoring honors for Iowa with 24 points.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29, with the game being televised on BTN and streamed on BTN2Go.

"I really like the demeanor of this team", Miles said. Now, did I believe that he was going to be this consistent?

Nebraska's lead was 86-71 after Copeland drained a 3-pointer with 5:57 to play.

The game on Monday will be the second matchup between Wisconsin and Nebraska this month, with the Huskers squeaking out a 63-59 win at home on January 9.

Palmer, in NU's five games during the past 13 days, has scored 24, 19, a career-high 34, 18 and 28 points. Their two best players were substantially above their season averages, five players are above their averages, you get outrebounded, you give up 11 3s ...

Palmer, a 6-foot-6 transfer from Miami, took over at that point, knocking down a 3-point field goal, banking in another 3 and sinking a pair of free throws.

"That's the mentality you've got to have", he said. "Just really enjoying this experience". I think he feels the pressure's off him a little bit.

The final margin understated the Huskers' dominance. NU, which did not have a player compete for as many as 28 minutes in the game, forced just one turnover by the Hawkeyes in the fourth quarter, after turning Iowa over 15 times in the first three periods.

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