Brice Williams scored a game-high 27 points, including Nebraska’s last eight in overtime, as the Cornhuskers stopped No. 18 Illinois 80-74 on Thursday in Lincoln, Neb.
Williams snapped a 72-72 tie on a pull-up jumper with 2:28 left, then drove for a layup at the 1:44 mark. He added a baseline jumper with 43 seconds on the clock and capped his clutch spree by sinking both ends of a one-and-one with 26.2 seconds left.
Connor Essegian came off the bench to add 14 points for Nebraska (13-8, 3-7 Big Ten), which ended a six-game skid and also beat the Fighting Illini for the first time in 10 games.
Kasparas Jakucionis scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Illinois (14-7, 6-5). The Illini shot just 35.6 percent from the field and 10 of 42 (23.8 percent) from 3-point range to negate a 58-42 rebounding advantage.
UCLA 78, No. 16 Oregon 52
Eric Dailey Jr. scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting to lead the Bruins to a convincing victory over the Ducks in Los Angeles.
Tyler Bilodeau and Dylan Andrews scored 15 points apiece as UCLA (16-6, 7-4 Big Ten) won its fifth consecutive game. Dailey, Bilodeau and Andrews each made three 3-pointers.
Nate Bittle scored 13 points and Keeshawn Barthelemy added 12 for Oregon (16-5, 5-5), which has lost three of its past four games. TJ Bamba added 11 points for the Ducks, who posted their lowest point total of the season.
No. 19 Memphis 68, Tulane 56
Dain Dainja had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Tigers held off the Green Wave in New Orleans.
PJ Carter and Colby Rogers added 14 points each for Memphis (17-4, 7-1 American Athletic Conference), which won its fourth straight game and prevailed for the eighth time in nine games.
Rowan Brumbaugh scored 19 points and Kaleb Banks added 14 to lead Tulane (11-10, 5-3).
–Field Level Media
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