The Nebraska Cornhuskers will not remorse their journey to Las Vegas.
Regardless of staying in southern Nevada for a protracted three weeks after not making the NCAA event, the Cornhuskers made it all of the worthwhile by taking house the first-ever Faculty Basketball Crown.
Nebraska took down the UCF Knights, 77-66, to assert the $300,000 prize.
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Connor Essegian of the Nebraska Cornhuskers celebrates within the first half of the championship recreation of the Faculty Basketball Crown event towards the UCF Knights at T-Cellular Area on April 6, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Ian Maule/Getty Photographs)
The sport was tied at 35 a chunk on the half, and the second half was all UCF to start. However it seems that Nebraska took some notes from Houston’s comeback towards Duke within the Ultimate 4.
The Knights bought out to a 14-0 run to open up the second half, however the Cornhuskers responded with a 24-3 run to guide by six with 7:27 to go.
UCF reduce it to 4 simply over a minute later, however that is as shut as UCF bought as Nebraska started to proceed their takeover and separate themselves.
Juwan Gary of the Nebraska Cornhuskers is proven within the first half of the championship recreation of the Faculty Basketball Crown event at T-Cellular Area on April 6, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Louis Grasse/Getty Photographs)
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Within the closing 14:36, Nebraska outscored UCF, 42-17.
Juwan Gary, the event’s MVP, dropped 20 factors and grabbed eight rebounds. Brice Williams and Connor Essegian every scored 21 factors, with the latter doing it off the bench.
Jordan Ivy-Curry’s 29 factors weren’t sufficient in UCF’s dropping effort.
That is the wearable trophy for the Faculty Basketball Brown. (AP Information)
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It was a deep-shooting clinic for Nebraska as they went 9-for-21 (42.9%) from three. UCF, alternatively, went 7-for-29, a 24.1% clip.
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