Ball insecurity had highlighted Nebraska’s six-game losing streak but it was the Huskers who were deflecting passes and scoring 17 points off its opponent's giveaways that led NU to a

What a way to end the losing streak. After dropping six consecutive games, Nebraska men's basketball upset No. 18 Illinois in overtime Thursday, 80-74. The Huskers improve to 13-8 on the year and 3-7 in the Big Ten Conference while the Illini fall to 14-7 overall and 6-5 in the league.

A stingy Nebraska defense, which held Illinois to 35.6 percent from the field and took advantage of 17 Illini turnovers, helped the unranked Huskers to an upset win Thursday, beating No. 18 Illinois 80-74 in overtime in Lincoln,

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The 18th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini hit the road looking to emerge from a recent funk with a Thursday night Big Ten matchup with the Nebraska Cornhuskers.