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Instant Recap: IU men's basketball loses at home to Nebraska

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* FINAL: Nebraska defeats IU 66-51.

A sluggish performance from IU lacking energy meant the Hoosiers never led in this game.

Romeo Langford had 18 points to lead IU and Juwan Morgan had 17 points, but no other Hoosier had more than five points.

IU is now 12-5 overall with a 3-3 mark in Big Ten games, while Nebraska is 13-4 overall with a 3-3 conference mark.

IU plays at Purdue on Saturday afternoon.

* Under-4 timeout (3:23 left in the game) Nebraska leads IU 62-49.

Very lackluster from IU throughout tonight's game and it looks like that's going to cost them.

IU has never led in Bloomington against Nebraska and it would take a dramatic late game turn around for that to not hold true.

* Under-8 timeout (7:27 left in the game) Nebraska leads IU 57-46.

Cornhuskers have attempted just two free throws in the game, making only one of them, but they've converted on eight three-pointers.

Nebraska has made 11 of its 19 second-half shots, while IU is 10-18 in the second period, but has been unable to maintain its frantic pace to start the period.

* Under-12 timeout (11:47 left in the game) Nebraska leads IU 50-38.

A 13-6 run for the Cornhuskers since the last media timeout, as senior guard James Palmer Jr. is showing his versatility tonight for the visitors.

Palmer averaged 20 points per game, but has just seven so far tonight. But, he also has eight rebounds and seven assists.

Clifton Moore beginning to see a lot more time for IU, as he's up to five minutes played with five points and three rebounds.

* Under-16 timeout (15:54 left in the game) Nebraska leads IU 37-32.

A nice run to start the second half, featuring aggressive offense from Romeo Langford and a three-pointer from Devonte Green, pulled IU to within three points of Nebraska temporarily.

Al Durham is not on the bench for IU this half, having limped back to the locker room before halftime.

James Palmer Jr., Nebraska's primary scoring option, only has seven points tonight, but has contributed in other ways with seven rebounds and five assists.

* HALFTIME: Nebraska leads IU 31-22.

Nebraska went more than five minutes without scoring a point toward the end of the first half, but nonetheless the visitors have a nine-point halftime advantage.

Hoosiers shot just 8-27 from the field in the opening period, as Romeo Langford and Juwan Morgan combined to shoot 5-13 from the field.

Nebraska with a 24-17 rebounding advantage, although star guard James Palmer Jr. hasn't quite exploded yet, as he only has seven points.

Isaac Copeland leads all scorers in the game with 10 points.



* Under-4 timeout (3:41 to go in the first half) Nebraska leads IU 26-14.

Been signs of life of late from the Hoosiers at both ends of the court.

Nebraska hasn't scored in the last 2:37 while Rob Phinisee has done a nice job forcing the issue on offense for IU.

Langford and Morgan both have five points, but the Hoosiers will likely finish the half with their lowest first-half scoring total this season.

* Under-8 timeout (7:40 to go in the first half) Nebraska leads IU 25-9.

The Hoosiers are 4-19 shooting the ball while Nebraska is 11-20 from the field. Six different Cornhuskers have scored compared to just three Hoosiers.

Once again, still no bench points from IU.

* Under-12 timeout (11:20 to go in the first half) Nebraska leads IU 18-5.

After the 5-0 IU run exiting Miller's timeout, Nebraska had scored nine straight points.

IU's offense doesn't look right, with poor passes and sluggish offensive movement on nearly every offensive possession. The Hoosiers are shooting 2-13 from the field and seem to be making simple mistakes that has Miller moving around in a fury on the bench.

Nebraska's Isaiah Roby has seven points to lead all players.

* Under-16 timeout (15:31 to go in the first half) Nebraska leads IU 9-5.

The Cornhuskers started 4-4 from the field and opened up an early 9-0 lead on the Hoosiers.

Following a timeout taken by Archie Miller, IU responded with much better play.

Juwan Morgan made a three-pointer and Romeo Langford made a layup, while Morgan also had a massive block on the defensive end. Rob Phinisee has also already seen action for IU, indicating he is good to play tonight's game after returning from a concussion against Maryland.

* Nebraska wins the opening tipoff and off we go from Bloomington. Nebraska in all red uniforms, while IU is in all white.

* Before tonight's game during IU's pregame radio show, freshman forward Jerome Hunter said he will redshirt the 2018-19 season. He had surgery in late 2018 and has not played for the Hoosiers, and will not, this season.

* Here are the starting lineups for tonight's game.



* Both IU and Nebraska have 12-4 overall records entering tonight's game. The Hoosiers have a 3-2 conference record while the Cornhuskers have a 2-3 conference record.

* Hello and welcome to this evening's live updates page for the IU men's basketball team's home game against Nebraska.

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