Nebraska visits No. 24 Rutgers after Tominaga's 22-point showing
Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-14, 5-10 Big Ten) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (16-9, 8-6 Big Ten)
Piscataway, New Jersey; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Nebraska takes on the No. 24 Rutgers Scarlet Knights after Keisei Tominaga scored 22 points in Nebraska's 73-63 overtime victory over the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Scarlet Knights are 13-2 in home games. Rutgers is fourth in the Big Ten with 33.6 points per game in the paint led by Clifford Omoruyi averaging 9.6.
The Cornhuskers are 5-10 against Big Ten opponents. Nebraska ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 24.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Derrick Walker averaging 5.2.
The Scarlet Knights and Cornhuskers square off Tuesday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Omoruyi is scoring 13.5 points per game and averaging 9.8 rebounds for the Scarlet Knights. Cam Spencer is averaging 11.3 points and 3.2 rebounds over the last 10 games for Rutgers.
Walker is shooting 59.1% and averaging 13.5 points for the Cornhuskers. Tominaga is averaging 12.8 points over the last 10 games for Nebraska.
LAST 10 GAMES: Scarlet Knights: 5-5, averaging 67.3 points, 34.0 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 8.0 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 41.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.5 points per game.
Cornhuskers: 3-7, averaging 63.2 points, 28.3 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 5.2 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
