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Huskers Host No. 4 Purdue on Saturday

Huskers Host No. 4 Purdue on Saturday


Nebraska wraps up a stretch of three straight games against nationally ranked teams on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers host No. 4 Purdue at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Tipoff is set for 1:15 p.m., and tickets are available by visiting Huskers.com/Tickets, calling the NU Athletic Ticket Office at 800-8-BIGRED during business hours (8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.) and at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Ticket Office beginning Saturday at 11:45 a.m.  Saturday’s game will be televised nationally on BTN and on the Huskers Radio Network.
 





Game 11:  vs. No. 4/4 Purdue
Date: Sat., Dec. 10

Tipoff:  1:15 p.m. (CT)

Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena

Tickets: Huskers.com/Tickets

On the Air

Radio: Saturday’s game will be carried on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jake Muhleisen on the call, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington and will also be available on Huskers.com and the Huskers app. The pregame show begins an hour before tipoff.

TV/Online: Saturday’s game will be televised nationally on BTN with Jeff Levering and Stephen Bardo on the call. The game will also be available on the Fox Sports App

 

Fans will hear from new Husker Football Coach Matt Rhule at halftime of Saturday’s game.  Saturday’s game also feature the Kids Zone located in the North Concourse beginning 90 minutes prior to tipoff.  Fans can also use their tickets for the Purdue game to get free GA seating for the Husker women’s 6 p.m. game against Samford Saturday night at PBA.

Saturday’s game with Purdue concludes a stretch of playing three straight top-15 teams to open the month of December. It will be the Huskers’ sixth Quad 1 game of 2022-23, which leads the Big Ten. Through Wednesday’s games, NU’s five Quad 1 games lead all power conference programs. In all, 12 Big Ten teams, including Nebraska, are in the top 76 of the NET through Wednesday’s games. 

The Huskers (6-4, 0-1 Big Ten) battled No. 14 Indiana before losing 81-65 on Wednesday night. NU was without Sam Griesel, who was a late scratch because of illness. Behind a career-high 22 points from C.J. Wilcher, NU was within seven a couple of times early in the second half and trailed 73-61 with just over three minutes left before Indiana pulled away. Emmanuel Bandoumel added 13 points, while

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