Nebraska 77-66 UCF (Apr 6, 2025) Play-by-Play

Nebraska Cornhuskers

21-14

	1	2	T
NEB	35	42	77
UCF	35	31	66

UCF Knights

20-17

Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dallan Coleman.
Nils Machowski missed Jumper.
Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam missed Three Point Jumper.
Nils Machowski made Layup.
Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.
Dallan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam missed Jumper.
Darius Johnson missed Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam made Jumper. Assisted by Darius Johnson.
Dior Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Moustapha Thiam.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Jumper.
Tyler Hendricks missed Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Three Point Jumper.
Nils Machowski missed Layup.
Nils Machowski made Two Point Tip Shot.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Jumper.
Dallan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.
Nils Machowski made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Hendricks.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dallan Coleman.
Moustapha Thiam missed Jumper.
Tyler Hendricks made Jumper.
Tyler Hendricks missed Jumper.
Dior Johnson missed Jumper.
Dallan Coleman made Layup. Assisted by Moustapha Thiam.
Tyler Hendricks missed Three Point Jumper.
Nils Machowski made Jumper.
Darius Johnson missed Layup.
Dallan Coleman made Layup.
Moustapha Thiam made Dunk. Assisted by Nils Machowski.
Tyler Hendricks missed Three Point Jumper.
Nils Machowski made Three Point Jumper.
Nils Machowski missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.
Tyler Hendricks made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Ivy-Curry.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Jumper.
Tyler Hendricks missed Layup.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Three Point Jumper.
Darius Johnson missed Jumper.
Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Benny Williams missed Layup.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam missed Layup.
Darius Johnson missed Layup.
Nils Machowski missed Three Point Jumper.
Dior Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Dior Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Moustapha Thiam made Jumper.
Darius Johnson made Layup.
Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Darius Johnson missed Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.
Nils Machowski missed Three Point Jumper.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Layup.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Layup.
Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Juwan Gary missed Jumper.
Juwan Gary missed Jumper.
Juwan Gary made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cale Jacobsen.
Andrew Morgan made Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Sam Hoiberg missed Three Point Jumper.
Andrew Morgan missed Layup.
Brice Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Juwan Gary made Jumper.
Cale Jacobsen missed Jumper.
Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.
Connor Essegian made Layup. Assisted by Braxton Meah.
Brice Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Brice Williams made Three Point Jumper.
Brice Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Ahron Ulis.
Ahron Ulis missed Layup.
Connor Essegian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.
Ahron Ulis made Layup.
Connor Essegian missed Layup.
Brice Williams made Jumper.
Ahron Ulis missed Jumper.
Juwan Gary made Layup. Assisted by Connor Essegian.
Connor Essegian made Jumper.
Brice Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Braxton Meah.
Connor Essegian missed Layup.
Sam Hoiberg missed Jumper.
Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.
Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Juwan Gary missed Three Point Jumper.
Cale Jacobsen missed Layup.
Sam Hoiberg missed Jumper.
Juwan Gary missed Three Point Jumper.
Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Juwan Gary missed Layup.
Connor Essegian missed Jumper.
Brice Williams missed Layup.
Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.
Andrew Morgan missed Layup.
Juwan Gary made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Morgan.
Connor Essegian made Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Morgan.
Juwan Gary made Layup.
Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Juwan Gary made Layup.
Juwan Gary made Layup. Assisted by Brice Williams.
Connor Essegian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Morgan.
Juwan Gary missed Jumper.
Connor Essegian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Morgan.
Brice Williams missed Jumper.
Andrew Morgan made Dunk. Assisted by Brice Williams.
Andrew Morgan made Dunk. Assisted by Brice Williams.
Brice Williams missed Jumper.
Connor Essegian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Juwan Gary missed Layup.
Juwan Gary made Two Point Tip Shot.
Cale Jacobsen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Essegian.
Connor Essegian made Jumper.
Cale Jacobsen made Layup. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Andrew Morgan made Layup. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
Connor Essegian missed Layup.

NEBRASKA

UCF

TIME		NEB	UCF
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball won by UCF	0	0
19:58	Jump Ball lost by Nebraska	0	0
19:42	Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:39	Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:15	Juwan Gary missed Jumper.	0	0
19:15	Moustapha Thiam Block.	0	0
19:15	Nebraska Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:11	Juwan Gary missed Jumper.	0	0
19:07	Tyler Hendricks Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:50	Moustapha Thiam made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dallan Coleman.	0	3
18:19	Juwan Gary made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cale Jacobsen.	3	3
17:56	Nils Machowski missed Jumper.	3	3
17:53	Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.	3	3
17:36	Andrew Morgan made Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.	5	3
17:17	Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	5	3
17:13	Juwan Gary Defensive Rebound.	5	3
17:01	Sam Hoiberg missed Three Point Jumper.	5	3
16:58	UCF Defensive Rebound.	5	3
16:36	Moustapha Thiam missed Three Point Jumper.	5	3
16:33	Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.	5	3
16:15	Foul on Darius Johnson.	5	3
16:08	Andrew Morgan missed Layup.	5	3
16:05	Moustapha Thiam Defensive Rebound.	5	3
15:56	Nils Machowski made Layup.	5	5
15:41	Brice Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.	8	5
15:25	Nils Machowski Turnover.	8	5
15:25	Cale Jacobsen Steal.	8	5
15:22	Cale Jacobsen Turnover.	8	5
15:22	Nils Machowski Steal.	8	5
15:17	Darius Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	8	5
15:17	Nebraska Defensive Rebound.	8	5
15:17	Official TV Timeout	8	5
15:17	Nils Machowski subbing out for UCF	8	5
15:17	Jordan Ivy-Curry subbing in for UCF	8	5
14:52	Juwan Gary made Jumper.	10	5
14:32	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.	10	7
14:06	Cale Jacobsen missed Jumper.	10	7
14:04	Andrew Morgan Turnover.	10	7
14:02	Andrew Morgan Offensive Rebound.	10	7
13:46	Dallan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.	10	7
13:43	Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.	10	7
13:30	Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.	10	7
13:28	Tyler Hendricks Defensive Rebound.	10	7
13:20	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.	10	9
13:04	Foul on Andrew Morgan.	10	9
13:04	Andrew Morgan Turnover.	10	9
13:04	Andrew Morgan subbing out for Nebraska	10	9
13:04	Cale Jacobsen subbing out for Nebraska	10	9
13:04	Connor Essegian subbing in for Nebraska	10	9
13:04	Braxton Meah subbing in for Nebraska	10	9
13:04	Darius Johnson subbing out for UCF	10	9
13:04	Dior Johnson subbing in for UCF	10	9
12:52	Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.	10	9
12:50	Connor Essegian Defensive Rebound.	10	9
12:44	Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.	10	9
12:39	Sam Hoiberg Offensive Rebound.	10	9
12:37	Connor Essegian made Layup. Assisted by Braxton Meah.	12	9
12:19	Moustapha Thiam missed Jumper.	12	9
12:15	Braxton Meah Defensive Rebound.	12	9
12:01	Brice Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.	15	9
11:54	Dallan Coleman subbing out for UCF	15	9
11:54	UCF Timeout	15	9
11:54	Official TV Timeout	15	9
11:54	Tyler Hendricks subbing out for UCF	15	9
11:54	Darius Johnson subbing in for UCF	15	9
11:54	Benny Williams subbing in for UCF	15	9
11:54	Juwan Gary subbing out for Nebraska	15	9
11:54	Ahron Ulis subbing in for Nebraska	15	9
11:36	Darius Johnson missed Jumper.	15	9
11:31	Braxton Meah Defensive Rebound.	15	9
11:23	Brice Williams made Three Point Jumper.	18	9
11:14	Moustapha Thiam made Jumper. Assisted by Darius Johnson.	18	11
11:01	Brice Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Ahron Ulis.	20	11
10:52	Foul on Darius Johnson.	20	11
10:52	Darius Johnson Turnover.	20	11
10:52	Darius Johnson subbing out for UCF	20	11
10:52	Tyler Hendricks subbing in for UCF	20	11
10:52	Braxton Meah subbing out for Nebraska	20	11
10:52	Andrew Morgan subbing in for Nebraska	20	11
10:36	Ahron Ulis missed Layup.	20	11
10:36	Moustapha Thiam Block.	20	11
10:33	Benny Williams Defensive Rebound.	20	11
10:28	Jordan Ivy-Curry Turnover.	20	11
10:28	Andrew Morgan Steal.	20	11
10:21	Connor Essegian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.	23	11
10:01	Dior Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Moustapha Thiam.	23	13
9:48	Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.	23	13
9:45	Dior Johnson Defensive Rebound.	23	13
9:40	Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Three Point Jumper.	23	13
9:38	Foul on Connor Essegian.	23	13
9:38	Moustapha Thiam subbing out for UCF	23	13
9:38	Nils Machowski subbing in for UCF	23	13
9:38	Sam Hoiberg subbing out for Nebraska	23	13
9:38	Cale Jacobsen subbing in for Nebraska	23	13
9:37	Tyler Hendricks Offensive Rebound.	23	13
9:29	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Jumper.	23	15
9:09	Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.	23	15
9:06	Tyler Hendricks Defensive Rebound.	23	15
8:53	Tyler Hendricks missed Jumper.	23	15
8:50	Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.	23	15
8:41	Ahron Ulis made Layup.	25	15
8:21	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Three Point Jumper.	25	18
8:03	Connor Essegian missed Layup.	25	18
8:03	Benny Williams Block.	25	18
8:00	Nils Machowski Defensive Rebound.	25	18
7:57	Nils Machowski missed Layup.	25	18
7:54	Nils Machowski Offensive Rebound.	25	18
7:54	Nils Machowski made Two Point Tip Shot.	25	20
7:32	Brice Williams made Jumper.	27	20
7:12	Jordan Ivy-Curry missed Jumper.	27	20
7:09	Nils Machowski Offensive Rebound.	27	20
7:09	Foul on Andrew Morgan.	27	20
7:09	Official TV Timeout	27	20
7:09	Benny Williams subbing out for UCF	27	20
7:09	Dior Johnson subbing out for UCF	27	20
7:09	Dallan Coleman subbing in for UCF	27	20
7:09	Moustapha Thiam subbing in for UCF	27	20
7:09	Brice Williams subbing out for Nebraska	27	20
7:09	Andrew Morgan subbing out for Nebraska	27	20
7:09	Juwan Gary subbing in for Nebraska	27	20
7:09	Braxton Meah subbing in for Nebraska	27	20
7:01	Dallan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.	27	20
6:59	Ahron Ulis Defensive Rebound.	27	20
6:29	Ahron Ulis missed Jumper.	27	20
6:27	Nils Machowski Defensive Rebound.	27	20
6:25	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Layup.	27	22
6:25	Foul on Juwan Gary.	27	22
6:25	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Free Throw.	27	23
6:20	Juwan Gary made Layup. Assisted by Connor Essegian.	29	23
6:00	Nils Machowski made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Hendricks.	29	26
5:45	Connor Essegian made Jumper.	31	26
5:22	Jordan Ivy-Curry Turnover.	31	26
5:22	Ahron Ulis subbing out for Nebraska	31	26
5:22	Cale Jacobsen subbing out for Nebraska	31	26
5:22	Sam Hoiberg subbing in for Nebraska	31	26
5:22	Brice Williams subbing in for Nebraska	31	26
4:58	Brice Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Braxton Meah.	33	26
4:33	Jordan Ivy-Curry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dallan Coleman.	33	29
4:03	Connor Essegian missed Layup.	33	29
4:03	Moustapha Thiam Block.	33	29
4:03	Nebraska Offensive Rebound.	33	29
4:03	Jordan Ivy-Curry subbing out for UCF	33	29
4:03	Dallan Coleman subbing out for UCF	33	29
4:03	Darius Johnson subbing in for UCF	33	29
4:03	Dior Johnson subbing in for UCF	33	29
4:00	Sam Hoiberg missed Jumper.	33	29
3:59	Nebraska Offensive Rebound.	33	29
3:59	Foul on Nils Machowski.	33	29
3:59	Official TV Timeout	33	29
3:56	Connor Essegian missed Three Point Jumper.	33	29
3:53	Moustapha Thiam Defensive Rebound.	33	29
3:38	Foul on Brice Williams.	33	29
3:38	Dior Johnson subbing out for UCF	33	29
3:38	Jordan Ivy-Curry subbing in for UCF	33	29
3:38	Connor Essegian subbing out for Nebraska	33	29
3:38	Cale Jacobsen subbing in for Nebraska	33	29
3:29	Moustapha Thiam missed Jumper.	33	29
3:26	Juwan Gary Defensive Rebound.	33	29
3:19	Brice Williams missed Three Point Jumper.	33	29
3:16	Moustapha Thiam Defensive Rebound.	33	29
2:59	Jordan Ivy-Curry Turnover.	33	29
2:40	Juwan Gary missed Three Point Jumper.	33	29
2:37	Tyler Hendricks Defensive Rebound.	33	29
2:13	Tyler Hendricks made Jumper.	33	31
1:57	Cale Jacobsen missed Layup.	33	31
1:56	UCF Defensive Rebound.	33	31
1:56	Foul on Braxton Meah.	33	31
1:56	Nils Machowski subbing out for UCF	33	31
1:56	Dior Johnson subbing in for UCF	33	31
1:46	Foul on Brice Williams.	33	31
1:46	Darius Johnson made Free Throw.	33	32
1:46	Brice Williams subbing out for Nebraska	33	32
1:46	Ahron Ulis subbing in for Nebraska	33	32
1:46	Darius Johnson made Free Throw.	33	33
1:36	Sam Hoiberg missed Jumper.	33	33
1:34	Dior Johnson Defensive Rebound.	33	33
1:25	Tyler Hendricks missed Jumper.	33	33
1:22	Braxton Meah Defensive Rebound.	33	33
1:07	Foul on Tyler Hendricks.	33	33
1:07	Juwan Gary made Free Throw.	34	33
1:07	Braxton Meah subbing out for Nebraska	34	33
1:07	Berke Buyuktuncel subbing in for Nebraska	34	33
1:07	Darius Johnson subbing out for UCF	34	33
1:07	Tyler Hendricks subbing out for UCF	34	33
1:07	Dallan Coleman subbing in for UCF	34	33
1:07	Nils Machowski subbing in for UCF	34	33
1:07	Juwan Gary made Free Throw.	35	33
0:51	Dior Johnson missed Jumper.	35	33
0:46	Jordan Ivy-Curry Offensive Rebound.	35	33
0:38	Dallan Coleman made Layup. Assisted by Moustapha Thiam.	35	35
0:31	Nebraska Timeout	35	35
0:31	Cale Jacobsen subbing out for Nebraska	35	35
0:31	Connor Essegian subbing in for Nebraska	35	35
0:16	Foul on Dior Johnson.	35	35
0:05	Connor Essegian Turnover.	35	35
0:05	Nils Machowski Steal.	35	35
0:02	Moustapha Thiam Turnover.	35	35
0:02	Juwan Gary Steal.	35	35
0:01	Juwan Gary Turnover.	35	35
0:01	Dior Johnson Steal.	35	35
0:00	End of 1st half	35	35

T-Mobile Arena

5:30 PM, April 6, 2025Coverage: FOX

Las Vegas, NV

Line: NEB -3.5

Over/Under: 160.5

Attendance: 3,314

Referees:
Brian O'Connell
D.J. Carstensen
Tyler Kumpf

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan State	17-3	-	30-7
Maryland	14-6	3	27-9
Michigan	14-6	3	27-10
Wisconsin	13-7	4	27-10
UCLA	13-7	4	23-11
Purdue	13-7	4	24-12
Oregon	12-8	5	25-10
Illinois	12-8	5	22-13
Indiana	10-10	7	19-13
Ohio State	9-11	8	17-15
Rutgers	8-12	9	15-17
Nebraska	7-13	10	21-14
Northwestern	7-13	10	17-16
Iowa	7-13	10	17-16
USC	7-13	10	17-18
Minnesota	7-13	10	15-17
Penn State	6-14	11	16-15
Washington	4-16	13	13-18

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Houston	19-1	-	35-5
Texas Tech	15-5	4	28-9
BYU	14-6	5	26-10
Arizona	14-6	5	24-13
Iowa State	13-7	6	25-10
Kansas	11-9	8	21-13
West Virginia	10-10	9	19-13
Baylor	10-10	9	20-15
TCU	9-11	10	16-16
Kansas State	9-11	10	16-17
Utah	8-12	11	16-17
Cincinnati	7-13	12	19-16
UCF	7-13	12	20-17
Oklahoma State	7-13	12	17-18
Arizona State	4-16	15	13-20
Colorado	3-17	16	14-21

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