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Nebrasketball: Gut-Wrenching Loss To Purdue Pulls Away Postseason Dreams

A hard-fought, must-win game ends in a 75-72 loss for Tim Miles and his Huskers and leaves one nail left in the coffin.

Number-15 ranked Purdue comes into Lincoln on a wintry Saturday afternoon, a game that was meant to be played two hours later but got moved due to incoming weather. Nebraska, who has dropped eight of their last ten, looks to find any sort of hope to somehow make the tournament. Or any tournament. Somehow, the ESPN BPI still gives Tim Miles and company a 44 percent chance to win.

The game got started off with a rare three-pointer from Glynn Watson Jr., which was immediately answered by Grady Eifert and Carsen Edwards. Not to be outdone, Watson hit another three with the shot clock winding down to tie the game at sixes. After a Carsen Edwards jumper, an empty Husker possession led to Isaiah Roby blocking Trevion Williams to take us into the U16 media timeout.

Then the craziest thing happened once play resumed: another Watson three. A Boilermaker layup, then Thomas Allen joined the three-point party with Watson driving to the rim immediately after to give the Huskers a 14-10 lead. After a quick 6-2 Purdue run, Roby hit a three to give the Huskers a 19-16 lead going into the U12.

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