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With its season on the line, Nebraska made a critical unforced error in Thursday’s Sweet 16 loss to Iowa.
With the game in the balance and Iowa in possession of the ball, Nebraska took the court with only four defenders on the floor. Iowa took advantage with a breakaway and-1 layup off an inbounds pass to ice a 77-71 win.
The play took place with Iowa holding a 71-68 lead and in inbounds play under its own basket coming out of a timeout. There were 58.8 seconds remaining in the game.
Junior guard Kael Combs had the ball on the basline and noticed Alvaro Folgueiras standing wide open over halfcourt. Nebraska only had four defenders on the floor, and nobody covered Folgueiras.
Folgueiras waved for the ball, and Combs hit him with a pinpoint down-court pass. Folgueiras ran uncontested to the rim for before a trailing Berke Büyüktuncel caught up with him in time to foul him as his layup went in.
Folgueiras hit the ensuing free throw for a 3-point play and a 74-68 lead, and the game was virtually over from there. Instead of a chance for a stop with a 3-point deficit, Nebraska allowed Iowa to take an easy 6-point lead inside the final minute.
Iowa, a 9 seed, advances to the South regional final, where it will take on the winner between 2 seed Houston and 3 seed Illinois with a trip to the Final Four at stake.
Nebraska’s season is over. The Cornhuskers completed a historic season in which they won the first two NCAA tournament games in program history. But it will leave the tournament with a bitter taste after their late-game collapse against the Hawkeyes.
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With the game in the balance and Iowa in possession of the ball, Nebraska took the court with only four defenders on the floor. Iowa took advantage with a breakaway and-1 layup off an inbounds pass to ice a 77-71 win.
The play took place with Iowa holding a 71-68 lead and in inbounds play under its own basket coming out of a timeout. There were 58.8 seconds remaining in the game.
Junior guard Kael Combs had the ball on the basline and noticed Alvaro Folgueiras standing wide open over halfcourt. Nebraska only had four defenders on the floor, and nobody covered Folgueiras.
Folgueiras waved for the ball, and Combs hit him with a pinpoint down-court pass. Folgueiras ran uncontested to the rim for before a trailing Berke Büyüktuncel caught up with him in time to foul him as his layup went in.
Folgueiras hit the ensuing free throw for a 3-point play and a 74-68 lead, and the game was virtually over from there. Instead of a chance for a stop with a 3-point deficit, Nebraska allowed Iowa to take an easy 6-point lead inside the final minute.
Iowa, a 9 seed, advances to the South regional final, where it will take on the winner between 2 seed Houston and 3 seed Illinois with a trip to the Final Four at stake.
Nebraska’s season is over. The Cornhuskers completed a historic season in which they won the first two NCAA tournament games in program history. But it will leave the tournament with a bitter taste after their late-game collapse against the Hawkeyes.
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