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Nebraska denies road-weary Iowa’s comeback bid, 76-70

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January 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) – Thorir Thorbjarnarson scored 17 points and Nebraska turned back a second-half Iowa comeback to down the Hawkeyes 76-70. Nebraska led by seven at the half, but saw Iowa come back to take its only lead of the game on Joe Weiskamp’s 3-pointer that made the score 51-50 with 12:40 remaining.