South Carolina Upstate Spartans (4-4) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-0)
Lincoln, Nebraska; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cornhuskers -25.5; over/under is 158.5
BOTTOM LINE: Nebraska hosts South Carolina Upstate after Rienk Mast scored 31 points in Nebraska’s 80-73 win against the Winthrop Eagles.
The Cornhuskers have gone 4-0 at home. Nebraska is seventh in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 35.9 rebounds. Mast leads the Cornhuskers with 6.3 boards.
The Spartans are 1-3 on the road. South Carolina Upstate ranks third in the Big South with 14.5 assists per game led by Tyler Smith averaging 3.6.
Nebraska makes 48.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.3 percentage points higher than South Carolina Upstate has allowed to its opponents (40.6%). South Carolina Upstate averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 fewer made shots on average than the 9.9 per game Nebraska gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mast is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 6.3 rebounds for the Cornhuskers. Pryce Sandfort is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers.
Carmelo Adkins is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Spartans. Mason Bendinger is averaging 15.3 points and 2.4 rebounds.
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