Nebraska Cornhuskers @ Utah Utes

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Final

	1	2	T
Nebraska NEB	36	39	75
Utah UTAH	41	28	69

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Nebraska holds off Utah in 75-69 win

Updated: Nov 15, 2014, 11:28 pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Rachel Theriot scored a career-high 28 points to lead Nebraska to a 75-69 win over Utah on Friday night.

Jordan Hooper added 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Emily Cady scored 13 points as well for the undefeated No. 15 Cornhuskers, who held off a late Utah rally by going 10 of 10 at the free throw line in the closing minutes. Nineteen of Theriot's points came in the second half.

Michelle Plouffe scored 27 points and hauled in 12 rebounds for Utah (1-1), which led 41-36 at the break.

Nebraska stormed back, opening the second half with a 9-0 run and hitting 6 of 11 from 3-point range. The Huskers shot 85.7 percent from the free throw line, with Theriot setting a career-best 8 of 8 from the charity stripe.

Game Information

Salt Lake City, UT

Referee:Penny Davis

Referee:Brenda Pantoja

Referee:Cathi Cornell

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UCLA	18-0	-	37-1
Michigan	15-3	3	28-7
Iowa	15-3	3	27-7
Ohio State	13-5	5	27-8
Minnesota	13-5	5	24-9
Maryland	11-7	7	24-9
Michigan State	11-7	7	23-9
Washington	10-8	8	22-11
Illinois	9-9	9	22-12
USC	9-9	9	18-14
Oregon	8-10	10	23-13
Nebraska	7-11	11	19-13
Indiana	6-12	12	18-14
Wisconsin	5-13	13	16-18
Purdue	5-13	13	13-17
Penn State	4-14	14	11-18
Northwestern	2-16	16	8-21
Rutgers	1-17	17	9-20

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
TCU	15-3	-	32-6
West Virginia	14-4	1	28-7
Baylor	13-5	2	25-9
Texas Tech	12-6	3	26-8
Oklahoma State	12-6	3	24-10
Colorado	11-7	4	22-12
Iowa State	10-8	5	22-10
Utah	10-8	5	19-13
Arizona State	9-9	6	24-11
BYU	9-9	6	26-12
Kansas	8-10	7	22-14
Kansas State	8-10	7	19-18
Cincinnati	6-12	9	11-20
Arizona	3-15	12	12-18
UCF	3-15	12	11-19
Houston	1-17	14	7-23

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