South Carolina Upstate Spartans (4-4) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-0)
Lincoln, Nebraska; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Nebraska faces South Carolina Upstate after Rienk Mast scored 31 points in Nebraska’s 80-73 victory over the Winthrop Eagles.
The Cornhuskers have gone 4-0 in home games. Nebraska scores 86.6 points and has outscored opponents by 15.5 points per game.
The Spartans are 1-3 in road games. South Carolina Upstate averages 81.4 points while outscoring opponents by 12.4 points per game.
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 has shot at a 47.3% rate from the field this season, 8.4 percentage points higher than the 38.9% shooting opponents of Nebraska have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pryce Sandfort averages 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Cornhuskers, scoring 15.6 points while shooting 35.0% from beyond the arc. Mast is shooting 54.9% and averaging 18.3 points.
Carmelo Adkins is averaging 15.4 points for the Spartans. Mason Bendinger is averaging 15.3 points.
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