The Nebraska men’s basketball team set some more history Wednesday night you don’t want to remember, finishing Big Ten road play 0-9 with a 69-57 setback at Illinois.
The last winless road mark was Danny Nee’s final season (1999-2000), when the Huskers went 0-8 in the Big 12 and 0-9 overall in true road games.
Nebraska is 1-11 on the road this season, with the only victory Dec. 1 at Florida State. The loss was the seventh straight and ninth in the past 10 games.
Nebraska, down 31-23 late in the first half, got the final basket of that period and scored the first 11 points of the second half to take a 36-31 lead. Junior forward Shavon Shields had seven of his team-high 14 points in that surge.
Illinois reclaimed the lead at 37-36 with 13:26 left — the first of five lead changes in the next 3½ minutes.
The Huskers gave up the lead for good with 11:28 to go on Illini senior guard Rayvonte Rice’s 3-pointer. He missed Illinois’ loss to Nebraska in early January with a broken hand.
