Nebraska Cornhuskers at Northwestern Wildcats
· NCAA Women's Basketball
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Burton helps No. 19 Northwestern rally past Nebraska 60-56
Lindsey Pulliam scored the last four points, including the clinching free throws with four seconds left in a fourth quarter of runs.
The Cornhuskers scored the first four points to take a 48-42 lead. Northwestern scored the next seven, five from Burton, for a 49-48 lead at the 6:11 mark. Nebraska then scored six and kept the lead until Jordan Hamilton hit a 3-pointer with 1:53 to play to tie the game. Pulliam's jumper with 28 seconds left put the Wildcats on top.
Nebraska missed its last four shots and had two turnovers in the final 2:13.
Neither team managed a double-figures lead and Northwestern's biggest was five, which came late in the first quarter.
Hamilton had 10 points for the Wildcats (22-3, 12-2 Big Ten), who won their fifth straight to remain a half-game behind first-place Maryland despite shooting a season-low 28.8%. Northwestern went 17 of 19 from the foul line and forced 15 turnovers for 21 points.
Leigha Brown scored 14 points for Nebraska (16-10, 6-9) and Kate Cain had 12 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks.
Cain, a junior, has 93 blocks, the second-best season total in school history behind the 100 she had as a freshman. She has six straight games of at least five blocks and her career total of 272 is four more than her mother had in a four-year career at Fairfield.
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Statistics
 NEB |
NU |
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|---|---|---|
| 22-51 | FG | 19-66 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 29 |
| 4-14 | 3PT | 5-16 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 31 |
| 8-11 | FT | 17-19 |
| 73 | Free Throw % | 89 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 15 | Assists | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 2 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 9 | Points Off Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 18 | Fouls | 12 |
| 9 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Evanston, IL
Attendance: 2,172 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 18-0 | - | 37-1 |
| Michigan | 15-3 | 3 | 28-7 |
| Iowa | 15-3 | 3 | 27-7 |
| Ohio State | 13-5 | 5 | 27-8 |
| Minnesota | 13-5 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Maryland | 11-7 | 7 | 24-9 |
| Michigan State | 11-7 | 7 | 23-9 |
| Washington | 10-8 | 8 | 22-11 |
| Illinois | 9-9 | 9 | 22-12 |
| USC | 9-9 | 9 | 18-14 |
| Oregon | 8-10 | 10 | 23-13 |
| Nebraska | 7-11 | 11 | 19-13 |
| Indiana | 6-12 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Wisconsin | 5-13 | 13 | 16-18 |
| Purdue | 5-13 | 13 | 13-17 |
| Penn State | 4-14 | 14 | 11-18 |
| Northwestern | 2-16 | 16 | 8-21 |
| Rutgers | 1-17 | 17 | 9-20 |