Overview
- Tip is set for 9 p.m. ET on Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln with streaming on Peacock.
- Nebraska enters 13-0 with a 9-0 home mark, averages more than 80 points per game, ranks top 20 in opponent field-goal percentage, and features double-figure scorers Rienk Mast, Pryce Sandfort and Braden Frager.
- Michigan State is 12-1 after four straight wins, most recently a 114-97 victory over Cornell highlighted by season highs in shooting (55.4%) and assists (30).
- Jeremy Fears Jr. delivered a career performance against Cornell with 21 points and 11 assists, and the Spartans are 12-0 this season when they win the rebounding battle.
- The sold-out meeting comes as Nebraska surpasses preseason expectations after being picked 14th in a Big Ten media poll, while Tom Izzo’s Spartans seek another road result in their third conference game.