National Basketball Association
Nebraska 66, UCLA 58
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 4, 2025
Where: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska
Officials:
# Paul Szelc, # Randy Richardson, # D.J. Carstensen
Attendance:
15167
By Field Level Media
Brice Williams scored 16 points and Andrew Morgan added 12 as Nebraska continued to get the best of ranked teams at home with a 66-58 victory over No. 15 UCLA on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
Rollie Worster scored 11 points and Juwan Gary added 10 as the Cornhuskers (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) won their 20th consecutive home game to tie a program record. Included in that run are home victories against No. 1 Purdue and No. 6 Wisconsin last season.
Former UCLA forward Berke Buyuktuncel had nine rebounds with four points for Nebraska.
Tyler Bilodeau scored 15 points and Lazar Stefanovic added 10 for the Bruins (11-3, 2-1), who lost a game in their new conference for the first time. UCLA was just 4 of 28 (14.3 percent) from 3-point range one game after earning a victory over Gonzaga.
Nebraska used an 8-0 run to take a commanding 50-38 lead with 8:02 remaining. The charge started with a 3-pointer from Sam Hoiberg and included a three-point play from Morgan.
The Cornhuskers had an extended 11-2 run to take a 53-40 lead with 7:15 remaining. The Bruins did not make a field goal in the stretch.
UCLA closed within 58-54 with 51 seconds remaining after a three-point play from Kobe Johnson before two free throws from Worster put Nebraska up 60-54 with 48.8 seconds left. The Cornhuskers made five free throws in the final 24.3 seconds.
The Bruins opened the game on a 7-0 run, while the Cornhuskers did not score their first basket until a Williams 3-pointer after 4:22 had elapsed. Nebraska then went on a 15-0 run past the midway point of the first half.
In a see-saw first half, UCLA then followed with a 12-0 run, with the game tied 24-24 at halftime as both teams shot under 34 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
UCLA starter Eric Dailey Jr. missed his first game because of a facial injury. Sebastian Mack received his first start of the season and scored nine points.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
UCLA |
|
Nebraska |
Tyler Bilodeau 15 |
Scoring |
Brice Williams 16 |
Sebastian Mack 6 |
Assists |
Connor Essegian 3 |
Kobe Johnson 11 |
Rebounds |
Berke Buyuktuncel 9 |
Sebastian Mack 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Brice Williams 11 |
Sebastian Mack 3 |
Steals |
Sam Hoiberg 3 |
Aday Mara 2 |
Blocks |
Juwan Gary 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
UCLA
|
58 |
38.6 |
4-28 |
10-13 |
13 |
32 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
Nebraska
|
66 |
32.7 |
7-25 |
25-29 |
11 |
35 |
1 |
10 |
13 |