Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Michigan Wolverines

Jan 27, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NEB	50	22	72
MICH	48	27	75

Game Recap

McKenney makes go-ahead layup as No. 3 Michigan hands No. 5 Nebraska its first loss, 75-72. Trey McKenney made a tiebreaking layup with 1:07 left and No. 3 Michigan rallied past No. 5 Nebraska 75-72 on Tuesday night to hand the Cornhuskers their .

Player Stats

NEBRASKA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Berke Buyuktuncel	36	2-9	1-3	0-0	5	4	2	1	3	2	5
21Pryce Sandfort	39	6-18	5-16	3-4	4	3	0	0	1	2	20
31Cale Jacobsen	28	4-6	0-0	0-0	1	0	4	1	0	4	8
10Jamarques Lawrence	35	8-15	4-9	0-0	3	4	2	0	6	4	20
1Sam Hoiberg	39	6-11	1-4	0-0	7	5	4	0	0	4	13
33Leo Curtis	13	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
15Jared Garcia	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0


TOTAL	-	29-6346.0%	11-3234.4%	3-475.0%	21	16	13	2	11	19	72

MICHIGAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Yaxel Lendeborg	33	3-10	0-6	4-4	3	1	0	0	2	3	10
21Morez Johnson Jr.	28	5-6	1-2	6-7	12	2	0	0	0	0	17
15Aday Mara	25	4-4	0-0	2-4	7	2	0	1	3	2	10
3Elliot Cadeau	33	2-9	2-6	1-2	5	7	2	0	8	2	7
4Nimari Burnett	21	4-10	0-5	1-1	1	1	1	0	1	2	9
42Will Tschetter	15	2-2	1-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
2L.J. Cason	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	3	0	2
11Roddy Gayle Jr.	12	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
1Trey McKenney	22	3-8	2-5	3-3	3	0	1	0	1	1	11
TOTAL	-	25-5347.2%	6-2623.1%	19-2382.6%	32	15	5	1	19	11	75

Play-by-Play

Scores OnlyExpand All

1st halfNEBMICH

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Nebraska.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Michigan.
+2 (19:46) Cale Jacobsen makes driving layup (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
20
(19:35) Foul on Sam Hoiberg.
(19:35) Morez Johnson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2.
(19:35) Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (19:35) Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
21
(19:00) Pryce Sandfort misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(18:57) Michigan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:35) Morez Johnson Jr. makes layup (Nimari Burnett assists).
23
(18:12) Jamarques Lawrence misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:07) Elliot Cadeau Defensive Rebound.
(17:57) Elliot Cadeau misses 11-foot jumper.
(17:56) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(17:56) Foul on Elliot Cadeau.
+3 (17:39) Jamarques Lawrence makes 29-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
53
(17:19) Yaxel Lendeborg misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:15) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:58) Berke Buyuktuncel makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pryce Sandfort assists).
83
(16:44) Elliot Cadeau bad pass turnover.
(16:44) Cale Jacobsen Steal.
(16:32) Jamarques Lawrence misses 7-foot jumper.
(16:29) Aday Mara Defensive Rebound.
(16:23) Nimari Burnett misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:21) Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:21) Foul on Cale Jacobsen.
+2 (16:14) Nimari Burnett makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Elliot Cadeau assists).
85
(15:49) Pryce Sandfort misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:46) Morez Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:32) Elliot Cadeau misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:28) Roddy Gayle Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(15:27) Elliot Cadeau misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:24) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(15:24) Foul on Yaxel Lendeborg.
(15:09) Jamarques Lawrence misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:05) Yaxel Lendeborg Defensive Rebound.
(14:50) Nimari Burnett misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(14:50) Cale Jacobsen Block.
(14:46) Morez Johnson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:43) Nimari Burnett makes layup.
87
(14:22) Berke Buyuktuncel misses layup.
(14:19) Berke Buyuktuncel Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:18) Berke Buyuktuncel makes layup (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
107
+3 (14:08) Morez Johnson Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists).
1010
+3 (13:52) Pryce Sandfort makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
1310
+2 (13:36) Morez Johnson Jr. makes driving layup.
1312
+2 (13:22) Jamarques Lawrence makes driving layup.
1512
(13:12) Foul on Cale Jacobsen.
+1 (13:12) Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
1513
+1 (13:12) Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
1514
+3 (13:00) Pryce Sandfort makes 30-foot three point jumper.
1814
(12:51) Elliot Cadeau bad pass turnover.
(12:51) Sam Hoiberg Steal.
+2 (12:51) Sam Hoiberg makes driving layup.
2014
+2 (12:51) Roddy Gayle Jr. makes driving layup.
2016
(12:51) Pryce Sandfort misses layup.
(12:48) Jamarques Lawrence Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:47) Jamarques Lawrence makes layup.
2216
+2 (11:41) Aday Mara makes layup (L.J. Cason assists).
2218
+3 (11:21) Jamarques Lawrence makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pryce Sandfort assists).
2518
(11:00) Yaxel Lendeborg misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:57) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:50) Jamarques Lawrence makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
2818
(10:32) Elliot Cadeau misses layup.
(10:30) Aday Mara Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:29) Aday Mara makes layup.
2820
+3 (10:19) Jamarques Lawrence makes 28-foot three point jumper.
3120
+3 (9:58) Elliot Cadeau makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aday Mara assists).
3123
(9:42) Sam Hoiberg misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:39) Elliot Cadeau Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:36) Yaxel Lendeborg makes driving layup (Elliot Cadeau assists).
3125
(9:17) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
(9:17) Jamarques Lawrence turnover.
(9:06) L.J. Cason bad pass turnover.
(9:06) Leo Curtis Steal.
(9:01) Jamarques Lawrence misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(8:57) Leo Curtis Offensive Rebound.
(8:55) Pryce Sandfort misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(8:51) Trey McKenney Defensive Rebound.
(8:46) L.J. Cason bad pass turnover.
(8:46) Jamarques Lawrence Steal.
+3 (8:19) Sam Hoiberg makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
3425
(8:03) Roddy Gayle Jr. bad pass turnover.
(8:03) Jamarques Lawrence Steal.
(7:58) Jamarques Lawrence bad pass turnover.
(7:58) L.J. Cason Steal.
+2 (7:49) L.J. Cason makes layup.
3427
+2 (7:19) Leo Curtis makes layup.
3627
(7:09) Foul on Leo Curtis.
(6:56) Elliot Cadeau bad pass turnover.
(6:56) Cale Jacobsen Steal.
(6:43) Berke Buyuktuncel misses 11-foot jumper.
(6:39) Morez Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:33) Trey McKenney makes 26-foot three point jumper (Morez Johnson Jr. assists).
3630
+2 (6:11) Leo Curtis makes 9-foot hook shot (Pryce Sandfort assists).
3830
+2 (6:02) Morez Johnson Jr. makes 5-foot jumper.
3832
(6:02) Foul on Pryce Sandfort.
+1 (6:02) Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
3833
(5:52) Foul on Trey McKenney.
(5:45) Foul on Nimari Burnett.
+1 (5:45) Pryce Sandfort makes free throw 1 of 2.
3933
+1 (5:45) Pryce Sandfort makes free throw 2 of 2.
4033
(5:36) Elliot Cadeau bad pass turnover.
+2 (5:18) Sam Hoiberg makes layup.
4233
+3 (4:53) Trey McKenney makes 27-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists).
4236
(4:30) Jamarques Lawrence bad pass turnover.
+3 (4:19) Elliot Cadeau makes 33-foot three point jumper (Yaxel Lendeborg assists).
4239
+2 (4:01) Sam Hoiberg makes 3-foot jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists).
4439
(3:31) Trey McKenney misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:25) Jamarques Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
(3:03) Jamarques Lawrence bad pass turnover.
(3:03) Nimari Burnett Steal.
+2 (2:59) Nimari Burnett makes driving layup.
4441
(2:59) Foul on Jared Garcia.
+1 (2:59) Nimari Burnett makes free throw 1 of 1.
4442
+3 (2:35) Pryce Sandfort makes 30-foot three point jumper (Berke Buyuktuncel assists).
4742
(2:27) Nimari Burnett misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(2:23) Pryce Sandfort Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:04) Pryce Sandfort makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists).
5042
+2 (1:45) Nimari Burnett makes layup (Elliot Cadeau assists).
5044
(1:26) Foul on Yaxel Lendeborg.
(1:21) Pryce Sandfort misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(1:17) Morez Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:07) Aday Mara makes layup (Elliot Cadeau assists).
5046
(0:44) Pryce Sandfort misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(0:42) Nimari Burnett Defensive Rebound.
(0:39) Elliot Cadeau bad pass turnover.
(0:17) Jared Garcia bad pass turnover.
+2 (0:00) Aday Mara makes layup (Elliot Cadeau assists).
5048

2nd half

Team Stats

NEB

MICH

72Points75

29-63(46.0%)Field Goal(%)25-53(47.2%)

11-32(34.4%)3-Point(%)6-26(23.1%)

3-4(75.0%)Free Throw(%)19-23(82.6%)

23(7)Rebounds(Offensive)35(9)

16Assists15

13Steals5

2Blocks1

11Turnovers19

19(0)Fouls(Technical)11(0)

11Largest Lead3

Game Details

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Crisler Center · Ann Arbor, MI

attendance: 12,707 (100%)

tv: Peacock

spread: MICH -11.5

over/under: 157.5