South Carolina Upstate Spartans vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nov 29, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UPST	30	33	63
NEB	32	40	72

Game Recap

Nebraska gains the win over USC Upstate after announcing Essegian's season-ending injury. Pryce Sandfort scored 20 points, Rienk Mast scored 15 points and Nebraska overcame early bad news by staying undefeated, beating USC Upstate 72-63 on Saturday.

Player Stats

SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Jafeth Martinez	29	1-2	0-0	0-0	9	1	1	0	0	3	2
8Nic Book	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9Mason Bendinger	33	6-14	1-2	0-2	1	0	0	0	2	0	13
1Karmani Gregory	33	6-22	6-17	2-4	2	4	0	0	3	3	20
4Carmelo Adkins	30	5-14	1-7	0-0	9	0	3	0	1	2	11
11Learic Davis	21	2-5	0-2	0-0	4	2	1	1	2	2	4
7Coen Collier	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
0Tyler Smith	20	0-2	0-1	1-2	3	3	0	0	2	1	1
2Isaiah Skinner	16	4-5	4-5	0-0	1	1	4	0	1	3	12
6Kanye Jones	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	24-6636.4%	12-3534.3%	3-837.5%	31	11	9	3	11	18	63

NEBRASKA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Berke Buyuktuncel	20	2-6	0-3	0-0	7	1	0	2	1	1	4
21Pryce Sandfort	32	5-13	4-8	6-7	9	4	1	1	0	1	20
51Rienk Mast	30	6-10	0-4	3-4	6	3	1	0	5	1	15
10Jamarques Lawrence	23	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	4	5
1Sam Hoiberg	26	1-5	0-1	1-1	2	1	0	1	2	2	3
5Braden Frager	25	3-7	2-6	3-4	5	0	0	1	4	1	11
15Jared Garcia	10	1-6	1-3	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	1	3
2Kendall Blue	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31Cale Jacobsen	31	5-7	0-1	1-2	4	3	5	0	1	1	11

TOTAL	-	25-6041.7%	8-3026.7%	14-1877.8%	40	15	8	5	13	12	72

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUPSTNEB

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by South Carolina Upstate.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Nebraska.
+2 (19:32) Mason Bendinger made Jumper.
20
(19:07) Berke Buyuktuncel missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:04) Carmelo Adkins Defensive Rebound.
(18:40) Carmelo Adkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:38) Nebraska Defensive Rebound.
(18:28) Foul on Nic Book.
(18:24) Pryce Sandfort missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:22) South Carolina Upstate Defensive Rebound.
(18:04) Karmani Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:04) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(18:04) Foul on Nic Book.
+2 (17:46) Berke Buyuktuncel made Layup. Assisted by Rienk Mast.
22
+2 (17:34) Carmelo Adkins made Jumper.
42
(17:16) Sam Hoiberg missed Layup.
(17:14) Rienk Mast Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:13) Rienk Mast made Layup.
44
(17:05) Learic Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:01) Jamarques Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:51) Berke Buyuktuncel made Layup.
46
(16:33) Mason Bendinger missed Layup.
(16:33) Berke Buyuktuncel Block.
(16:30) Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.
(16:16) Foul on Karmani Gregory.
(16:14) Pryce Sandfort missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:12) Carmelo Adkins Defensive Rebound.
(15:57) Carmelo Adkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:55) Learic Davis Offensive Rebound.
+3 (15:45) Karmani Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Learic Davis.
76
+2 (15:20) Rienk Mast made Jumper.
78
+2 (15:04) Carmelo Adkins made Jumper.
98
(14:47) Jamarques Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:45) Berke Buyuktuncel Offensive Rebound.
(14:35) Sam Hoiberg missed Layup.
(14:33) Tyler Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:07) Carmelo Adkins made Layup.
118
(13:48) Berke Buyuktuncel missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:46) Tyler Smith Defensive Rebound.
(13:37) Foul on Rienk Mast.
(13:22) Tyler Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:19) Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
(12:56) Rienk Mast Turnover.
(12:56) Isaiah Skinner Steal.
(12:56) Isaiah Skinner Turnover.
(12:54) Cale Jacobsen missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:49) Mason Bendinger Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:45) Karmani Gregory made Three Point Jumper.
148
(12:28) Foul on Tyler Smith.
(12:28) Pryce Sandfort missed Jumper.
(12:26) Jafeth Martinez Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:15) Karmani Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isaiah Skinner.
178
+3 (11:51) Jamarques Lawrence made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cale Jacobsen.
1711
+3 (11:28) Isaiah Skinner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Smith.
2011
(11:12) Foul on Isaiah Skinner.
(11:01) Cale Jacobsen missed Layup.
(10:59) Coen Collier Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:33) Isaiah Skinner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Smith.
2311
+3 (10:16) Braden Frager made Three Point Jumper.
2314
(10:00) Tyler Smith Turnover.
(10:00) Cale Jacobsen Steal.
(10:00) Foul on Coen Collier.
(9:52) Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.
(9:52) Berke Buyuktuncel Turnover.
(9:33) Mason Bendinger missed Jumper.
(9:30) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(9:17) Sam Hoiberg missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:15) Carmelo Adkins Defensive Rebound.
(8:51) Carmelo Adkins missed Jumper.
(8:49) Braden Frager Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Berke Buyuktuncel missed Jumper.
(8:27) Coen Collier Block.
(8:27) Nebraska Offensive Rebound.
(8:15) Braden Frager missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:15) Jafeth Martinez Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:07) Learic Davis made Layup.
2514
(7:40) Braden Frager Turnover.
(7:40) Carmelo Adkins Steal.
(7:37) Carmelo Adkins Turnover.
(7:25) Foul on Carmelo Adkins.
(7:25) Braden Frager missed Free Throw.
(7:25) Nebraska Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:25) Braden Frager made Free Throw.
2515
(7:25) Karmani Gregory missed Layup.
(7:22) Learic Davis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:22) Learic Davis made Two Point Tip Shot.
2715
(7:14) Rienk Mast Turnover.
(7:14) Carmelo Adkins Steal.
(6:50) Karmani Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:46) Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
(6:34) Sam Hoiberg Turnover.
(6:34) Jafeth Martinez Steal.
(6:08) Kanye Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:08) Braden Frager Block.
(6:05) Braden Frager Defensive Rebound.
(5:57) Rienk Mast missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:54) Carmelo Adkins Defensive Rebound.
(5:30) Karmani Gregory Turnover.
(5:30) Cale Jacobsen Steal.
(5:24) Sam Hoiberg missed Jumper.
(5:24) Kanye Jones Block.
(5:24) Nebraska Offensive Rebound.
(5:16) Jamarques Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:13) Isaiah Skinner Defensive Rebound.
(4:47) Karmani Gregory Turnover.
(4:47) Rienk Mast Steal.
+2 (4:31) Rienk Mast made Layup. Assisted by Pryce Sandfort.
2717
(4:07) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
(4:04) Foul on Jared Garcia.
(4:04) Karmani Gregory missed Free Throw.
(4:04) South Carolina Upstate Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:04) Karmani Gregory missed Free Throw.
(4:03) Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.
(4:02) Rienk Mast Turnover.
(4:02) Isaiah Skinner Steal.
(3:54) Karmani Gregory missed Jumper.
(3:51) Pryce Sandfort Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:22) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jared Garcia.
2720
(3:02) Tyler Smith missed Layup.
(2:59) Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:51) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamarques Lawrence.
2723
(2:17) Coen Collier missed Jumper.
(2:15) Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.
(2:15) Foul on Coen Collier.
+1 (2:15) Rienk Mast made Free Throw.
2724
(2:15) Rienk Mast missed Free Throw.
(2:14) Jafeth Martinez Defensive Rebound.
(2:03) Mason Bendinger missed Jumper.
(2:01) Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound.
(1:55) Foul on Karmani Gregory.
+1 (1:55) Pryce Sandfort made Free Throw.
2725
+1 (1:55) Pryce Sandfort made Free Throw.
2726
(1:42) Carmelo Adkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:39) Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound.
(1:27) Jared Garcia missed Layup.
(1:24) Karmani Gregory Defensive Rebound.
(1:23) Learic Davis Turnover.
(1:23) Cale Jacobsen Steal.
+3 (1:20) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cale Jacobsen.
2729
(1:09) Mason Bendinger missed Jumper.
(1:09) South Carolina Upstate Offensive Rebound.
(0:57) Learic Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:54) Pryce Sandfort Defensive Rebound.
(0:49) Jared Garcia missed Jumper.
(0:49) Learic Davis Block.
(0:49) Nebraska Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:48) Rienk Mast made Layup. Assisted by Jamarques Lawrence.
2731
(0:47) Foul on Jafeth Martinez.
+1 (0:47) Rienk Mast made Free Throw.
2732
(0:36) Mason Bendinger missed Jumper.
(0:33) Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound.
(0:18) Cale Jacobsen Turnover.
(0:11) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
+3 (0:03) Isaiah Skinner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karmani Gregory.
3032

2nd half

Team Stats

UPST

NEB

63Points72

24-66(36.4%)Field Goal(%)25-60(41.7%)

12-35(34.3%)3-Point(%)8-30(26.7%)

3-8(37.5%)Free Throw(%)14-18(77.8%)

36(9)Rebounds(Offensive)45(10)

11Assists15

9Steals8

3Blocks5

11Turnovers13

18(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

12Largest Lead16

Game Details

Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 2:00 PM

Pinnacle Bank Arena · Lincoln, NE

attendance: 14,107 (94.0%)

tv: B1G+

over/under: 157.5