Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Northwestern Wildcats

Jan 17, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NEB	34	43	77
NU	29	29	58

Game Recap

No. 8 Nebraska stays unbeaten with a dominant 77-58 win over Northwestern. Braden Frager and Pryce Sandfort each scored 20 points and No. 8 Nebraska stayed unbeaten with a 77-58 victory at Northwestern on Saturday afternoon.

Player Stats

NEBRASKA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Berke Buyuktuncel	28	2-4	0-0	0-2	5	4	2	2	1	3	4
21Pryce Sandfort	36	7-13	5-10	3-3	2	0	0	0	1	0	22
51Rienk Mast	20	3-6	1-3	2-2	2	2	0	0	1	1	9
10Jamarques Lawrence	22	3-6	2-4	0-0	4	4	3	0	2	2	8
1Sam Hoiberg	36	3-6	1-1	5-6	7	4	1	0	0	3	12
33Leo Curtis	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Braden Frager	33	8-14	2-7	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	20
15Jared Garcia	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Kendall Blue	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31Cale Jacobsen	22	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	4	1	1	0	2	2
TOTAL	-	27-5350.9%	11-2642.3%	12-1580.0%	26	18	7	3	5	12	77

NORTHWESTERN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Tre Singleton	36	6-13	0-2	2-2	2	1	1	1	2	1	14
2Nick Martinelli	38	9-20	2-3	2-4	10	2	0	0	0	2	22
22Arrinten Page	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
44Angelo Ciaravino	31	3-5	0-1	0-0	5	3	0	1	0	3	6
3Jake West	27	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	3	0	1	2	0	3
1Tyler Kropp	10	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
13Phoenix Gill	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Max Green	13	2-4	1-3	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
11Jordan Clayton	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
4Jayden Reid	26	2-6	1-2	2-3	4	5	0	0	4	1	7
TOTAL	-	23-5442.6%	5-1435.7%	7-1070.0%	28	15	1	3	10	12	58

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNEBNU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Northwestern.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Nebraska.
+2 (19:39) Tre Singleton makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Angelo Ciaravino assists).
02
+2 (19:14) Berke Buyuktuncel makes 16-foot jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
22
(18:48) Arrinten Page bad pass turnover.
(18:48) Jamarques Lawrence Steal.
(18:34) Sam Hoiberg misses driving layup.
(18:34) Jake West Block.
(18:34) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:12) Nick Martinelli makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jake West assists).
25
(17:54) Pryce Sandfort out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(17:40) Nick Martinelli misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(17:36) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:31) Rienk Mast makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
55
(17:05) Angelo Ciaravino misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:59) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
(16:58) Nick Martinelli misses 16-foot jumper.
(16:58) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(16:58) Foul on Angelo Ciaravino.
+2 (16:42) Rienk Mast makes layup (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
75
(16:19) Tre Singleton misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:16) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:58) Jamarques Lawrence makes 24-foot three point jumper.
105
(15:34) Jake West bad pass turnover.
(15:34) Berke Buyuktuncel Steal.
(15:19) Jamarques Lawrence misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:16) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:58) Angelo Ciaravino makes layup.
107
+2 (14:41) Jamarques Lawrence makes layup (Rienk Mast assists).
127
(14:21) Foul on Rienk Mast.
+2 (14:02) Jayden Reid makes 11-foot pullup jump shot.
129
(13:37) Rienk Mast misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:33) Jamarques Lawrence Offensive Rebound.
(13:31) Braden Frager misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:27) Jayden Reid Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:13) Nick Martinelli makes driving layup.
1211
(12:57) Jamarques Lawrence bad pass turnover.
+2 (12:39) Tre Singleton makes layup (Angelo Ciaravino assists).
1213
(12:25) Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:22) Max Green Defensive Rebound.
(12:08) Tre Singleton bad pass turnover.
(12:08) Cale Jacobsen Steal.
+2 (12:03) Braden Frager makes driving layup (Cale Jacobsen assists).
1413
+2 (11:42) Nick Martinelli makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Tre Singleton assists).
1415
(11:27) Foul on Jayden Reid.
(11:09) Cale Jacobsen misses driving layup.
(11:09) Angelo Ciaravino Block.
(11:04) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
(10:54) Max Green misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:51) Braden Frager Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:39) Pryce Sandfort makes 25-foot three pointer (Berke Buyuktuncel assists).
1715
(10:13) Jayden Reid misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:13) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
(10:13) Foul on Braden Frager.
(10:13) Nick Martinelli misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:13) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:13) Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2.
1716
(9:56) Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:52) Tyler Kropp Defensive Rebound.
(9:51) Jayden Reid bad pass turnover.
(9:51) Sam Hoiberg Steal.
(9:50) Foul on Tyler Kropp.
+1 (9:50) Sam Hoiberg makes free throw 1 of 2.
1816
+1 (9:50) Sam Hoiberg makes free throw 2 of 2.
1916
(9:29) Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.
(9:20) Nick Martinelli misses layup.
(9:16) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
(9:16) Nick Martinelli misses tip in layup.
(9:14) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
(9:14) Nick Martinelli misses tip in layup.
(9:13) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:13) Nick Martinelli makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1918
(8:49) Berke Buyuktuncel misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(8:45) Tre Singleton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:42) Tre Singleton makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Jayden Reid assists).
1920
+2 (8:24) Braden Frager makes layup (Berke Buyuktuncel assists).
2120
(8:00) Nick Martinelli misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(7:56) Jamarques Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:55) Pryce Sandfort makes 31-foot three pointer (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
2420
(7:55) Foul on Jordan Clayton.
+1 (7:55) Pryce Sandfort makes free throw 1 of 1.
2520
(7:35) Jordan Clayton misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(7:31) Angelo Ciaravino Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:31) Angelo Ciaravino makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2522
+2 (7:11) Pryce Sandfort makes driving layup.
2722
(6:46) Jayden Reid misses driving layup.
(6:46) Cale Jacobsen Block.
(6:46) Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
(6:25) Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:22) Tre Singleton Defensive Rebound.
(6:01) Nick Martinelli misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(5:55) Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.
(5:48) Pryce Sandfort misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:44) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
(5:32) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
(5:16) Arrinten Page bad pass turnover.
(5:16) Jamarques Lawrence Steal.
(5:10) Foul on Arrinten Page.
(5:10) Berke Buyuktuncel misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:10) Nebraska Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:10) Berke Buyuktuncel misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:08) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:44) Nick Martinelli makes 14-foot jumper (Jake West assists).
2724
(4:16) Rienk Mast misses layup.
(4:12) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
(4:10) Jordan Clayton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:07) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:03) Braden Frager makes driving layup (Sam Hoiberg assists).
2924
(3:34) Tre Singleton misses 17-foot jumper.
(3:31) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(3:12) Jamarques Lawrence misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:08) Jordan Clayton Defensive Rebound.
(3:00) Jake West bad pass turnover.
(3:00) Jamarques Lawrence Steal.
(2:54) Rienk Mast misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:49) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:35) Nick Martinelli makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists).
2927
(2:13) Pryce Sandfort misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(2:10) Jamarques Lawrence Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:09) Braden Frager makes driving layup (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
3127
(1:43) Tre Singleton misses layup.
(1:43) Berke Buyuktuncel Block.
(1:40) Jayden Reid Offensive Rebound.
(1:38) Jayden Reid misses 20-foot jumper.
(1:35) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:18) Jamarques Lawrence makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
3427
(1:02) Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.
+1 (1:02) Tre Singleton makes free throw 1 of 2.
3428
+1 (1:02) Tre Singleton makes free throw 2 of 2.
3429
(0:49) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
(0:49) Jamarques Lawrence turnover.
(0:30) Angelo Ciaravino misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(0:27) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
(0:04) Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:01) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NEB

77Points58

27-53(50.9%)Field Goal(%)23-54(42.6%)

11-26(42.3%)3-Point(%)5-14(35.7%)

12-15(80.0%)Free Throw(%)7-10(70.0%)

28(6)Rebounds(Offensive)30(9)

18Assists15

7Steals1

3Blocks3

5Turnovers11

12(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

19Largest Lead3

Game Details

Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

attendance: 5,783 (82.2%)

tv: BTN

spread: NEB -4.5

over/under: 149.5