Dix and Payton Sandfort combine for 61 points, Iowa rallies late to beat Nebraska 97-87 in overtime
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Josh Dix had a career-high 31 points and seven 3-pointers, Payton Sandfort scored all 30 of his points after halftime and Iowa overcame a 15-point, second-half deficit to beat Nebraska 97-87 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Dix and Payton Sandfort were a combined 13 of 20 from long range and 12 of 13 from the free-throw line.
Iowa scored the first nine points of the extra period to pull away. The Hawkeyes shot 3 of 4 from the field and made 14 of 16 free throws in overtime while the Cornhuskers were 4-of-12 shooting. Dix made a 3-pointer and scored nine points.
Pryce Sandfort added 11 points with three 3s for Iowa (11-4, 2-2 Big Ten Conference).
Brice Williams made four shots from distance and scored 28 points to lead Nebraska (12-3, 2-2), which had a six-game winning streak halted. Rollie Worster added 14 points. Juwan Gary scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Payton Sandfort made three 3s and scored 14 points during a 20-7 run that tied it 64-all with 4:58 remaining in regulation. Nebraska scored the next four points before Payton Sandfort answered with a dunk and back-to-back 3s to help put the Hawkeyes up 74-70 with 1:22 left.
Williams hit from long range with 1:04 to play to make it 74-73. On the Cornhuskers' final possession, Williams took an inbound pass near midcourt, dribbled the floor and made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime tied at 76.
A Williams dunk gave Nebraska its largest lead, 52-37, with about 15 minutes to play.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | (Hawkeyes gains possession) | Â | |
19:42 | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Josh Dix assists) | 0-2 | |
19:29 | Â | Owen Freeman personal foul | Â | |
19:25 | Â | Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot | Â | |
19:23 | Â | Cornhuskers offensive rebound | Â | |
19:19 | +3 | Brice Williams makes three point jump shot (Berke Buyuktuncel assists) | 3-2 | |
19:00 | +3 | Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists) | 3-5 | |
18:38 | +2 | Brice Williams makes two point jump shot | 5-5 | |
18:14 | Â | Brock Harding turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
17:53 | Â | Brice Williams misses three point jump shot | Â | |
17:51 | Â | Ladji Dembele defensive rebound | Â | |
17:51 | Â | Braxton Meah personal foul | Â | |
17:31 | +3 | Brock Harding makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists) | 5-8 | |
17:10 | Â | Rollie Worster misses two point layup | Â | |
17:08 | Â | Ladji Dembele defensive rebound | Â | |
16:48 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Owen Freeman's two point layup | Â | |
16:46 | Â | Owen Freeman offensive rebound | Â | |
16:42 | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point layup | 5-10 | |
16:30 | Â | Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:28 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel offensive rebound | Â | |
16:27 | Â | Ladji Dembele shooting foul | Â | |
16:27 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
16:27 | +1 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 6-10 | |
16:16 | +3 | Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Payton Sandfort assists) | 6-13 | |
15:51 | +3 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes three point jump shot (Juwan Gary assists) | 9-13 | |
15:42 | Â | Owen Freeman misses two point layup | Â | |
15:40 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound | Â | |
15:13 | Â | Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:11 | Â | Josh Dix defensive rebound | Â | |
14:56 | Â | Josh Dix misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:54 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound | Â | |
14:54 | Â | Payton Sandfort personal foul | Â | |
14:54 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
14:47 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel turnover (out of bounds) | Â | |
14:36 | Â | Josh Dix misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:34 | Â | Andrew Morgan defensive rebound | Â | |
14:10 | +2 | Juwan Gary makes two point layup | 11-13 | |
14:01 | Â | Brock Harding misses three point jump shot | Â | |
13:59 | Â | Brice Williams defensive rebound | Â | |
13:54 | Â | Juwan Gary misses two point layup | Â | |
13:52 | Â | Payton Sandfort defensive rebound | Â | |
13:50 | Â | Juwan Gary personal foul | Â | |
13:37 | Â | Payton Sandfort turnover (Juwan Gary steals) | Â | |
13:20 | Â | Brice Williams offensive foul | Â | |
13:20 | Â | Brice Williams turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
12:53 | Â | Brock Harding turnover (Connor Essegian steals) | Â | |
12:48 | +2 | Brice Williams makes two point layup (Connor Essegian assists) | 13-13 | |
12:42 | Â | Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:40 | Â | Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound | Â | |
12:32 | Â | Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:30 | Â | Andrew Morgan offensive rebound | Â | |
12:30 | Â | Payton Sandfort personal foul | Â | |
12:15 | Â | Ahron Ulis turnover (Josh Dix steals) | Â | |
12:11 | +2 | Josh Dix makes two point layup | 13-15 | |
11:56 | Â | Owen Freeman blocks Connor Essegian's two point layup | Â | |
11:54 | Â | Hawkeyes defensive rebound | Â | |
11:54 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:32 | Â | Owen Freeman misses two point jump shot | Â | |
11:30 | Â | Andrew Morgan defensive rebound | Â | |
11:17 | Â | Andrew Morgan misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:15 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
10:45 | +3 | Josh Dix makes three point jump shot | 13-18 | |
10:23 | Â | Brock Harding shooting foul | Â | |
10:23 | +1 | Sam Hoiberg makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-18 | |
10:23 | Â | Sam Hoiberg misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
10:23 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
10:08 | +3 | Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists) | 14-21 | |
9:52 | +2 | Brice Williams makes two point layup | 16-21 | |
9:30 | +2 | Josh Dix makes two point layup (Pryce Sandfort assists) | 16-23 | |
9:12 | +2 | Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup (Ahron Ulis assists) | 18-23 | |
8:49 | Â | Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:47 | Â | Connor Essegian defensive rebound | Â | |
8:24 | Â | Sam Hoiberg turnover (traveling) | Â | |
8:02 | Â | Brock Harding turnover (lost ball) (Rollie Worster steals) | Â | |
8:02 | Â | Brock Harding personal foul | Â | |
7:51 | +2 | Braxton Meah makes two point layup (Sam Hoiberg assists) | 20-23 | |
7:26 | Â | Pryce Sandfort misses two point jump shot | Â | |
7:24 | Â | Ladji Dembele offensive rebound | Â | |
7:24 | Â | Sam Hoiberg personal foul | Â | |
7:24 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
7:18 | Â | Connor Essegian personal foul | Â | |
7:13 | +3 | Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Ladji Dembele assists) | 20-26 | |
6:46 | +3 | Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Brice Williams assists) | 23-26 | |
6:15 | Â | Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
6:13 | Â | Connor Essegian defensive rebound | Â | |
5:50 | +3 | Brice Williams makes three point jump shot | 26-26 | |
5:29 | Â | Payton Sandfort misses two point jump shot | Â | |
5:27 | Â | Brice Williams defensive rebound | Â | |
5:13 | Â | Carter Kingsbury shooting foul | Â | |
5:13 | +1 | Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 27-26 | |
5:13 | Â | Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
5:13 | Â | Carter Kingsbury defensive rebound | Â | |
4:51 | Â | Payton Sandfort turnover (Connor Essegian steals) | Â | |
4:47 | Â | Brice Williams offensive foul | Â | |
4:47 | Â | Brice Williams turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
4:26 | Â | Brock Harding misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:24 | Â | Juwan Gary defensive rebound | Â | |
4:13 | +2 | Rollie Worster makes two point jump shot | 29-26 | |
3:51 | Â | Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:49 | Â | Rollie Worster defensive rebound | Â | |
3:38 | +3 | Andrew Morgan makes three point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists) | 32-26 | |
3:15 | Â | Brock Harding misses two point layup | Â | |
3:13 | Â | Juwan Gary defensive rebound | Â | |
3:04 | +2 | Rollie Worster makes two point jump shot | 34-26 | |
3:04 | Â | Hawkeyes 30 second timeout | Â | |
3:04 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
2:41 | Â | Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:39 | Â | Juwan Gary defensive rebound | Â | |
2:33 | Â | Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:31 | Â | Rollie Worster offensive rebound | Â | |
2:23 | Â | Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:21 | Â | Josh Dix defensive rebound | Â | |
2:02 | Â | Seydou Traore turnover (Sam Hoiberg steals) | Â | |
1:55 | Â | Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot | Â | |
1:53 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
1:34 | Â | Josh Dix turnover (Juwan Gary steals) | Â | |
1:31 | Â | Carter Kingsbury personal foul | Â | |
1:31 | Â | Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
1:31 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
1:18 | +2 | Seydou Traore makes two point layup (Owen Freeman assists) | 34-28 | |
0:56 | Â | Cale Jacobsen turnover (Josh Dix steals) | Â | |
0:51 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Josh Dix's two point layup | Â | |
0:49 | Â | Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound | Â | |
0:46 | Â | Cale Jacobsen turnover (out of bounds) | Â | |
0:40 | +3 | Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists) | 34-31 | |
0:25 | Â | Cornhuskers 30 second timeout | Â | |
0:03 | Â | Berke Buyuktuncel misses two point layup | Â | |
0:01 | Â | Carter Kingsbury defensive rebound | Â | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |