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Massner, Barisic rally Western Illinois past Nebraska 75-74

AP
Nov 09, 2021

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Trenton Massner scored 21 points and he and Luka Barisic hit 3-pointers in the final 20 seconds to rally Western Illinois to a 75-74 victory over Nebraska in a season opener on Tuesday night.

The Leathernecks had a two-point lead after George Dixon's layup with 3:48 left, but Alonzo Verge Jr. hit a free throw and a layup, and Trey McGowens capped the 5-0 spurt with a dunk to give Nebraska a 72-69 lead with 2:07 to play.

C.J. Wilcher hit 1 of 2 free throws to push the lead to four before Massner buried a 3-pointer to get Western Illinois within 73-72 with 20 seconds remaining. Verge sank 1 of 2 free throws before Barisic hit the game-winner with 7 seconds left.

Massner sank 4 of 8 from 3-point range and snagged eight rebounds for the Leathernecks. Barisic finished with 12 points and nine boards, while Will Carius scored 11.

Verge topped the Cornhuskers with 26 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. Freshman Bryce McGowens hit 10 of 12 free throws and scored 25 points.

Nebraska sank 23 of 31 free throws on the night, but made just 2 of 6 in the final 55 seconds. Western Illinois made 6 of 14 foul shots.

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1st Half
WIU
Leathernecks
33
NEB
Cornhuskers
32

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Luka Barisic vs. Derrick Walker (Cornhuskers gains possession)
19:50		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point layup
19:48		Colton Sandage defensive rebound
19:25		Will Carius misses two point jump shot
19:23		Luka Barisic offensive rebound
19:15	+3	Colton Sandage makes three point jump shot (Luka Barisic assists)	3-0
19:00		Bryce McGowens misses two point layup
18:58		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
18:41		Trenton Massner turnover (bad pass) (Trey McGowens steals)
18:37		Trey McGowens misses two point layup
18:35		Will Carius defensive rebound
18:25		Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot
18:23		Bryce McGowens defensive rebound
18:09		Bryce McGowens misses two point jump shot
18:07		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
18:00		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
17:58		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
17:44		Colton Sandage shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
17:44	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-1
17:44	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	3-2
17:25		Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot
17:23		Derrick Walker defensive rebound
17:20		Bryce McGowens misses three point jump shot
17:18		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
17:00		Tamell Pearson misses two point jump shot
16:58		Bryce McGowens defensive rebound
16:41		Derrick Walker misses two point layup
16:37		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
16:35		Luka Barisic misses three point jump shot
16:33		Bryce McGowens defensive rebound
16:25	+2	Bryce McGowens makes two point layup	3-4
16:11	+2	Trenton Massner makes two point layup	5-4
15:54	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point layup	5-6
15:38	+3	Luka Barisic makes three point jump shot (Tamell Pearson assists)	8-6
15:23		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point jump shot
15:21		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
15:09		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
15:07		Derrick Walker defensive rebound
14:56		Bryce McGowens misses two point jump shot
14:54		Will Carius defensive rebound
14:44		Trenton Massner misses three point jump shot
14:42		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
14:34		Derrick Walker misses three point jump shot
14:32		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
14:22	+2	Colton Sandage makes two point jump shot	10-6
14:07		Derrick Walker turnover (lost ball)
14:07		TV timeout
14:01		Luka Barisic misses three point jump shot
13:59		Leathernecks offensive rebound
13:57	+3	Will Carius makes three point jump shot (Colton Sandage assists)	13-6
13:49	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point layup	13-8
13:49		Colton Sandage shooting foul (Alonzo Verge Jr. draws the foul)
13:49	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	13-9
13:26		Trenton Massner turnover (bad pass)
13:12		Trenton Massner personal foul (Keisei Tominaga draws the foul)
13:09		Wilheim Breidenbach misses three point jump shot
13:07		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
12:57		Trenton Massner turnover (bad pass) (Keisei Tominaga steals)
12:52	+3	Keisei Tominaga makes three point jump shot	13-12
12:30		Luka Barisic offensive foul (Keisei Tominaga draws the foul)
12:30		Luka Barisic turnover
12:16		JJ Flores shooting foul (Alonzo Verge Jr. draws the foul)
12:16	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-13
12:16	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-14
12:02		Wilheim Breidenbach personal foul (Luka Barisic draws the foul)
11:57		Keon Edwards personal foul
11:57		TV timeout
11:57		Luka Barisic personal foul
11:56		George Dixon turnover (traveling)
11:48	+2	Trey McGowens makes two point jump shot	13-16
11:37		Luka Barisic turnover (bad pass) (Wilheim Breidenbach steals)
11:37		JJ Flores personal foul (Alonzo Verge Jr. draws the foul)
11:37	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-17
11:37	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-18
11:09		Trey McGowens personal foul
10:53		Tamell Pearson misses two point jump shot
10:51		George Dixon offensive rebound
10:50	+2	George Dixon makes two point putback layup	15-18
10:50		Keon Edwards shooting foul (George Dixon draws the foul)
10:50		George Dixon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:50		Will Carius offensive rebound
10:48		Will Carius misses two point layup
10:46		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
10:34		Trey McGowens misses two point layup
10:32		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
10:19		Trey McGowens personal foul
10:14		Trenton Massner turnover (bad pass) (Keisei Tominaga steals)
10:09		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
10:07		Alonzo Verge Jr. offensive rebound
10:05	+3	C.J. Wilcher makes three point jump shot (Alonzo Verge Jr. assists)	15-21
9:40		Wilheim Breidenbach blocks Tamell Pearson's two point layup
9:38		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
9:35		Bryce McGowens misses three point jump shot
9:33		Tamell Pearson defensive rebound
9:31		KJ Lee misses three point jump shot
9:29		Keisei Tominaga defensive rebound
9:08		Bryce McGowens misses three point jump shot
9:06		Tamell Pearson defensive rebound
9:05		Wilheim Breidenbach personal foul
8:48		Will Carius turnover (traveling)
8:33		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point jump shot
8:31		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
8:23		Trenton Massner misses three point jump shot
8:21		Derrick Walker defensive rebound
8:18		Bryce McGowens misses two point layup
8:16		Cameron Burrell defensive rebound
8:03		Tamell Pearson misses two point jump shot
8:01		Derrick Walker defensive rebound
7:47		Alonzo Verge Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Cameron Burrell steals)
7:29	+2	Trenton Massner makes two point layup	17-21
7:22		C.J. Wilcher turnover (lost ball) (Braden Lamar steals)
7:22		TV timeout
7:00		Will Carius turnover (bad pass) (Bryce McGowens steals)
6:57	+2	Bryce McGowens makes two point layup	17-23
6:57		Trenton Massner shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
6:57	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-24
6:44		Bryce McGowens personal foul (KJ Lee draws the foul)
6:44	+1	KJ Lee makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-24
6:44		KJ Lee misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:17		Bryce McGowens defensive rebound
6:17		Alonzo Verge Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Tamell Pearson steals)
6:00	+2	Will Carius makes two point layup	20-24
5:42	+2	Bryce McGowens makes two point layup	20-26
5:42		Will Carius shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
5:42		Bryce McGowens misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:42		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
5:26		Tamell Pearson turnover (traveling)
5:11		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point jump shot
5:09		Cameron Burrell defensive rebound
5:05	+2	Cameron Burrell makes two point jump shot	22-26
5:05		Trevor Lakes shooting foul (Cameron Burrell draws the foul)
5:05	+1	Cameron Burrell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	23-26
4:51		C.J. Wilcher misses three point jump shot
4:49		Cameron Burrell defensive rebound
4:31		Tamell Pearson misses three point jump shot
4:29		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
4:17	+2	Bryce McGowens makes two point layup	23-28
4:01		Will Carius misses two point layup
3:59		George Dixon offensive rebound
3:58		Derrick Walker shooting foul (George Dixon draws the foul)
3:58		TV timeout
3:58	+1	George Dixon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-28
3:58	+1	George Dixon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-28
3:44		Bryce McGowens misses three point jump shot
3:42		Will Carius defensive rebound
3:20	+2	Tamell Pearson makes two point dunk (Will Carius assists)	27-28
3:04		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
3:02		Leathernecks defensive rebound
2:53		KJ Lee misses two point layup
2:51		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
2:36	+2	Bryce McGowens makes two point jump shot	27-30
2:15		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
2:13		Tamell Pearson offensive rebound
2:10	+2	Tamell Pearson makes two point layup	29-30
1:53		Wilheim Breidenbach misses two point layup
1:51		KJ Lee defensive rebound
1:41		Will Carius misses two point layup
1:39		Will Carius offensive rebound
1:38		Wilheim Breidenbach shooting foul (Will Carius draws the foul)
1:38		Will Carius misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:38		Will Carius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:38		Will Carius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:38		Derrick Walker defensive rebound
1:27		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point layup
1:25		Derrick Walker offensive rebound
1:15		C.J. Wilcher turnover (traveling)
0:56		Cameron Burrell misses two point layup
0:54		Cameron Burrell offensive rebound
0:47		Cameron Burrell misses two point layup
0:45		Cameron Burrell offensive rebound
0:44		Cameron Burrell misses two point layup
0:43		George Dixon offensive rebound
0:41	+2	George Dixon makes two point putback layup	31-30
0:33	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point layup	31-32
0:03		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
0:03		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
0:02		Cameron Burrell offensive rebound
0:02		Cameron Burrell misses two point layup
0:01		Luka Barisic offensive rebound
0:01	+2	Luka Barisic makes two point layup	33-32

2nd Half
WIU
Leathernecks
42
NEB
Cornhuskers
42

Time		Play	Score
19:41		Luka Barisic misses three point jump shot
19:39		Trey McGowens defensive rebound
19:20		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point layup
19:18		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
18:57	+3	Will Carius makes three point jump shot (Colton Sandage assists)	36-32
18:40		Bryce McGowens misses three point jump shot
18:38		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
18:09	+3	Trenton Massner makes three point jump shot (Tamell Pearson assists)	39-32
17:54	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point jump shot	39-34
17:38		Will Carius offensive foul
17:38		Will Carius turnover
17:23		C.J. Wilcher turnover (bad pass) (Luka Barisic steals)
17:14		Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot
17:12		Colton Sandage offensive rebound
16:55		Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot
16:53		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
16:47	+3	C.J. Wilcher makes three point jump shot (Alonzo Verge Jr. assists)	39-37
16:21	+2	Will Carius makes two point jump shot	41-37
16:20		Alonzo Verge Jr. shooting foul (Will Carius draws the foul)
16:21	+1	Will Carius makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-37
16:12	+2	Derrick Walker makes two point layup (Alonzo Verge Jr. assists)	42-39
16:00		Tamell Pearson turnover (lost ball) (Trey McGowens steals)
15:58		Colton Sandage personal foul
15:58		TV timeout
15:50		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point layup
15:48		Derrick Walker offensive rebound
15:45		Will Carius shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
15:45	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-40
15:45	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-41
15:35	+2	Luka Barisic makes two point layup (JJ Flores assists)	44-41
15:22		Bryce McGowens misses two point jump shot
15:20		JJ Flores defensive rebound
15:07		Luka Barisic misses two point jump shot
15:05		Bryce McGowens defensive rebound
14:51	+3	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes three point step back jump shot (C.J. Wilcher assists)	44-44
14:35		Derrick Walker shooting foul (Trenton Massner draws the foul)
14:35		Trenton Massner misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:35	+1	Trenton Massner makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-44
14:19	+2	Trey McGowens makes two point dunk (Alonzo Verge Jr. assists)	45-46
14:10		Braden Lamar misses three point jump shot
14:08		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
14:01		Braden Lamar shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
14:01	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-47
14:01	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-48
13:40	+3	Trenton Massner makes three point jump shot	48-48
13:30		Will Carius shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
13:28	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-49
13:28	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-50
13:09	+2	Luka Barisic makes two point layup (Trenton Massner assists)	50-50
12:57		Trey McGowens misses two point layup
12:55		JJ Flores defensive rebound
12:48		George Dixon turnover (bad pass) (Keisei Tominaga steals)
12:46		JJ Flores personal foul
12:23	+2	Bryce McGowens makes two point turnaround jump shot	50-52
12:06	+2	Trenton Massner makes two point layup	52-52
11:52		Trey McGowens turnover (lost ball) (Cameron Burrell steals)
11:52		Trey McGowens personal foul
11:52		TV timeout
11:39		Colton Sandage misses two point layup
11:37		Tamell Pearson offensive rebound
11:34	+2	Tamell Pearson makes two point layup	54-52
11:24		Alonzo Verge Jr. offensive foul
11:24		Alonzo Verge Jr. turnover
11:08	+3	Trenton Massner makes three point jump shot (Colton Sandage assists)	57-52
10:48		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
10:46		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
10:41	+2	Colton Sandage makes two point layup (JJ Flores assists)	59-52
10:23	+3	Bryce McGowens makes three point jump shot (Alonzo Verge Jr. assists)	59-55
10:03		Trenton Massner misses two point jump shot
10:01		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
9:52		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
9:50		Keon Edwards offensive rebound
9:45		Tamell Pearson shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)
9:45		Bryce McGowens misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:45	+1	Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-56
9:19		Tamell Pearson misses three point jump shot
9:17		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
9:11		Wilheim Breidenbach misses three point jump shot
9:09		Trey McGowens offensive rebound
9:09		Trenton Massner personal foul (Trey McGowens draws the foul)
9:09	+1	Trey McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-57
9:09	+1	Trey McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-58
8:55		Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot
8:53		Trey McGowens defensive rebound
8:53		Colton Sandage personal foul (Trey McGowens draws the foul)
8:53	+1	Trey McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-59
8:53		Trey McGowens misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:53		Trenton Massner defensive rebound
8:39	+2	Cameron Burrell makes two point layup	61-59
8:30		Wilheim Breidenbach offensive foul
8:30		Wilheim Breidenbach turnover
8:16		Luka Barisic misses two point jump shot
8:14		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
8:02	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point turnaround jump shot	61-61
7:46		Luka Barisic misses three point jump shot
7:44		George Dixon offensive rebound
7:41		Trenton Massner misses three point jump shot
7:39		Bryce McGowens defensive rebound
7:31		Bryce McGowens turnover (traveling)
7:31		TV timeout
7:08	+2	Cameron Burrell makes two point jump shot	63-61
6:39	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point layup	63-63
6:16		Alonzo Verge Jr. blocks JJ Flores's three point jump shot
6:14		JJ Flores offensive rebound
6:11	+2	JJ Flores makes two point layup	65-63
6:06		Trey McGowens turnover (JJ Flores steals)
5:51		Trenton Massner misses two point jump shot
5:49		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
5:41		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point jump shot
5:39		JJ Flores defensive rebound
5:38	+2	Trenton Massner makes two point layup	67-63
5:38		C.J. Wilcher personal foul (Trenton Massner draws the foul)
5:38		TV timeout
5:38		Trenton Massner misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:38		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
5:27		Cameron Burrell personal foul (Derrick Walker draws the foul)
5:27	+1	Derrick Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-64
5:27	+1	Derrick Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-65
5:12		Trenton Massner misses two point jump shot
5:10		George Dixon offensive rebound
5:00		Derrick Walker blocks George Dixon's two point jump shot
4:58		JJ Flores offensive rebound
4:57		C.J. Wilcher personal foul
4:57		Leathernecks 30 second timeout
4:57		JJ Flores misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:57		Derrick Walker defensive rebound
4:41		Bryce McGowens turnover (bad pass) (JJ Flores steals)
4:39		JJ Flores offensive foul
4:39		JJ Flores turnover
4:31		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point layup
4:29		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
4:27		Bryce McGowens misses two point jump shot
4:25		Colton Sandage defensive rebound
4:15		C.J. Wilcher personal foul (Cameron Burrell draws the foul)
4:15		Cameron Burrell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:15		George Dixon offensive rebound
4:14		George Dixon turnover (traveling)
4:08	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point layup	67-67
3:52		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
3:50		George Dixon offensive rebound
3:48	+2	George Dixon makes two point putback layup	69-67
3:31		George Dixon personal foul (Alonzo Verge Jr. draws the foul)
3:31		TV timeout
3:31		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:31	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-68
3:02		Trenton Massner misses three point jump shot
3:00		Cameron Burrell offensive rebound
3:01		Cameron Burrell misses two point layup
3:01		Cameron Burrell offensive rebound
3:01		Leathernecks turnover (shot clock violation)
3:01		Official timeout
2:53	+2	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes two point layup	69-70
2:32		Will Carius misses three point jump shot
2:30		Alonzo Verge Jr. defensive rebound
2:07	+2	Trey McGowens makes two point driving dunk	69-72
1:59		Leathernecks 30 second timeout
1:41		Colton Sandage offensive foul
1:41		Colton Sandage turnover
1:28		Cameron Burrell blocks Alonzo Verge Jr.'s three point jump shot
1:26		Alonzo Verge Jr. offensive rebound
1:20		C.J. Wilcher misses three point jump shot
1:18		Luka Barisic defensive rebound
0:57		Cameron Burrell turnover (bad pass) (Trey McGowens steals)
0:55		Trenton Massner shooting foul (Trey McGowens draws the foul)
0:55		Trey McGowens misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:55		Trey McGowens misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:55		George Dixon defensive rebound
0:38		Trenton Massner misses two point layup
0:36		Will Carius offensive rebound
0:35		Will Carius misses two point layup
0:33		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
0:35		Will Carius personal foul (C.J. Wilcher draws the foul)
0:35	+1	C.J. Wilcher makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-73
0:35		C.J. Wilcher misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:35		George Dixon defensive rebound
0:20	+3	Trenton Massner makes three point jump shot	72-73
0:20		Leathernecks 60 second timeout
0:16		Trenton Massner personal foul (Alonzo Verge Jr. draws the foul)
0:16	+1	Alonzo Verge Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-74
0:16		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:16		KJ Lee defensive rebound
0:07	+3	Luka Barisic makes three point jump shot (KJ Lee assists)	75-74
0:06		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
0:03		Alonzo Verge Jr. misses two point layup
0:01		JJ Flores defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

JJ Flores defensive rebound