Wisconsin Badgers at Nebraska Cornhuskers

· NCAA Men's Basketball

Wisconsin Badgers

7-2, 0-1 Away

Nebraska Cornhuskers

9-0, 6-0 Home

Blackwell leads Wisconsin against No. 23 Nebraska

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Wisconsin Badgers (7-2, 1-0 Big Ten) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-0)

Lincoln, Nebraska; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST

Cornhuskers -1.5; over/under is 156.5

BOTTOM LINE: Wisconsin takes on No. 23 Nebraska after John Blackwell scored 30 points in Wisconsin's 96-76 win against the Marquette Golden Eagles.

The Cornhuskers have gone 6-0 at home. Nebraska averages 83.2 points and has outscored opponents by 15.3 points per game.

The Badgers play their first true road game after going 7-2 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Wisconsin is fifth in the Big Ten scoring 87.9 points per game and is shooting 45.3%.

Nebraska makes 47.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.8 percentage points higher than Wisconsin has allowed to its opponents (43.8%). Wisconsin has shot at a 45.3% rate from the field this season, 7.4 percentage points higher than the 37.9% shooting opponents of Nebraska have averaged.

The Cornhuskers and Badgers face off Wednesday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rienk Mast is scoring 18.1 points per game and averaging 6.1 rebounds for the Cornhuskers. Pryce Sandfort is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers.

Blackwell averages 3.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Badgers, scoring 21.0 points while shooting 43.3% from beyond the arc. Nicholas Boyd is averaging 20.2 points and 3.3 assists.

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Nebraska: 54.1%

Wisconsin: 45.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

WIS		NEB
W2	Streak	W9
73.8	Points Against	67.9
87.9	Points Per Game	83.2
45	Field Goal %	48
34	Three Point %	35
38.8	Rebounds Per Game	38.6
16.1	Assists Per Game	18.6
3.7	Blocks Per Game	2.3
7.8	Steals Per Game	7.3
0.4	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.0
10.8	Total Turnovers Per Game	10.2
73.8	Points Against	67.9

Game Information

Pinnacle Bank Arena

Location: Lincoln, NE
Capacity:

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
UCLA	2-0	-	7-2
Michigan	1-0	0.5	9-0
Michigan State	1-0	0.5	8-1
Purdue	1-0	0.5	8-1
Illinois	1-0	0.5	8-2
Wisconsin	1-0	0.5	7-2
Minnesota	1-0	0.5	5-4
USC	1-1	1	9-1
Iowa	1-1	1	8-1
Indiana	1-1	1	8-2
Ohio State	1-1	1	7-2
Washington	1-1	1	6-3
Nebraska	0-0	1	9-0
Penn State	0-1	1.5	8-2
Maryland	0-1	1.5	6-4
Northwestern	0-2	2	5-4
Rutgers	0-2	2	5-5
Oregon	0-2	2	4-5