Feb. 20, 2014
VIDEO: Postgame Press Conference
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Terran Petteway scored 26 points to lead five Nebraska players in double figures, and the upstart Cornhuskers defeated Penn State 80-67 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win and seventh in nine games.
Nebraska (15-10, 7-6 Big Ten) has won four straight conference games for the first time since 1998-99 and has matched its victory total of last season. The Huskers are over .500 in the Big Ten for the first time since joining the league in 2011.
D.J. Newbill and Tim Frazier scored 17 points each for Penn State (13-14, 4-10) has lost four of its last five after winning three straight.
Shavon Shields had 13 points before fouling out with 3 minutes to play, Walter Pitchford and Ray Gallegos added 11 apiece and Tai Webster had 10 in the win.
The Huskers led from start to finish against a Penn State team that had beaten them 58-54 in State College, Pa., on Jan. 23.
The game had little flow and devolved into a free-throw shooting exhibition for Nebraska.
The teams combined for 51 fouls. Five technical fouls were called. Nebraska made 37 of 48 free throws and the Nittany Lions hit 17 of 23.
The Huskers used runs of 12-4 and 9-0 to build a double-digit lead in the middle of the first half, and they led 39-27 at the break despite making only one field goal the last 8:35. Penn State shot 25.8 percent the first 20 minutes and 34.9 percent for the game. The Nittany Lions' only worse first-half effort was 24.1 percent the first time the teams met.