NEB

IOWA

Dix and Payton Sandfort combine for 61 points, Iowa rallies late to beat Nebraska 97-87 in overtime

AP
Jan 07, 2025

Iowa Hawkeyes 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 Cornhuskers 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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1st Half
NEB
Cornhuskers
34
IOWA
Hawkeyes
31

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Hawkeyes gains possession)
19:42	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Josh Dix assists)	0-2
19:29		Owen Freeman personal foul
19:25		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
19:23		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
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		Brock Harding turnover (bad pass)
17:53		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
17:51		Ladji Dembele defensive rebound
17:51		Braxton Meah personal foul
17:31	+3	Brock Harding makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	5-8
17:10		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
17:08		Ladji Dembele defensive rebound
16:48		Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Owen Freeman's two point layup
16:46		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
16:42	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup	5-10
16:30		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
16:28		Berke Buyuktuncel offensive rebound
16:27		Ladji Dembele shooting foul
16:27		Berke Buyuktuncel misses regular free throw 1 of 2
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		Owen Freeman misses two point layup
15:40		Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound
15:13		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
15:11		Josh Dix defensive rebound
14:56		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
14:54		Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound
14:54		Payton Sandfort personal foul
14:54		TV timeout
14:47		Berke Buyuktuncel turnover (out of bounds)
14:36		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
14:34		Andrew Morgan defensive rebound
14:10	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point layup	11-13
14:01		Brock Harding misses three point jump shot
13:59		Brice Williams defensive rebound
13:54		Juwan Gary misses two point layup
13:52		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
13:50		Juwan Gary personal foul
13:37		Payton Sandfort turnover (Juwan Gary steals)
13:20		Brice Williams offensive foul
13:20		Brice Williams turnover (offensive foul)
12:53		Brock Harding turnover (Connor Essegian steals)
12:48	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup (Connor Essegian assists)	13-13
12:42		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
12:40		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
12:32		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
12:30		Andrew Morgan offensive rebound
12:30		Payton Sandfort personal foul
12:15		Ahron Ulis turnover (Josh Dix steals)
12:11	+2	Josh Dix makes two point layup	13-15
11:56		Owen Freeman blocks Connor Essegian's two point layup
11:54		Hawkeyes defensive rebound
11:54		TV timeout
11:32		Owen Freeman misses two point jump shot
11:30		Andrew Morgan defensive rebound
11:17		Andrew Morgan misses three point jump shot
11:15		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
10:45	+3	Josh Dix makes three point jump shot	13-18
10:23		Brock Harding shooting foul
10:23	+1	Sam Hoiberg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-18
10:23		Sam Hoiberg misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:23		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
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		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
8:47		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
8:24		Sam Hoiberg turnover (traveling)
8:02		Brock Harding turnover (lost ball) (Rollie Worster steals)
8:02		Brock Harding personal foul
7:51	+2	Braxton Meah makes two point layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)	20-23
7:26		Pryce Sandfort misses two point jump shot
7:24		Ladji Dembele offensive rebound
7:24		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
7:24		TV timeout
7:18		Connor Essegian personal foul
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		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
6:13		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
5:50	+3	Brice Williams makes three point jump shot	26-26
5:29		Payton Sandfort misses two point jump shot
5:27		Brice Williams defensive rebound
5:13		Carter Kingsbury shooting foul
5:13	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-26
5:13		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:13		Carter Kingsbury defensive rebound
4:51		Payton Sandfort turnover (Connor Essegian steals)
4:47		Brice Williams offensive foul
4:47		Brice Williams turnover (offensive foul)
4:26		Brock Harding misses three point jump shot
4:24		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
4:13	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point jump shot	29-26
3:51		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
3:49		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
3:38	+3	Andrew Morgan makes three point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists)	32-26
3:15		Brock Harding misses two point layup
3:13		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
3:04	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point jump shot	34-26
3:04		Hawkeyes 30 second timeout
3:04		TV timeout
2:41		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
2:39		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
2:33		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
2:31		Rollie Worster offensive rebound
2:23		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
2:21		Josh Dix defensive rebound
2:02		Seydou Traore turnover (Sam Hoiberg steals)
1:55		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
1:53		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
1:34		Josh Dix turnover (Juwan Gary steals)
1:31		Carter Kingsbury personal foul
1:31		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:31		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
1:18	+2	Seydou Traore makes two point layup (Owen Freeman assists)	34-28
0:56		Cale Jacobsen turnover (Josh Dix steals)
0:51		Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Josh Dix's two point layup
0:49		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
0:46		Cale Jacobsen turnover (out of bounds)
0:40	+3	Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	34-31
0:25		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
0:03		Berke Buyuktuncel misses two point layup
0:01		Carter Kingsbury defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NEB
Cornhuskers
42
IOWA
Hawkeyes
45

Time		Play	Score
19:40		Owen Freeman shooting foul
19:40		Juwan Gary misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:40	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-31
19:12		Owen Freeman misses two point jump shot
19:10		Braxton Meah defensive rebound
18:43		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
18:41		Hawkeyes defensive rebound
18:31	+3	Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Payton Sandfort assists)	35-34
18:16	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup (Berke Buyuktuncel assists)	37-34
17:43		Owen Freeman misses three point jump shot
17:41		Braxton Meah defensive rebound
17:36	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	39-34
17:25		Brock Harding turnover (Berke Buyuktuncel steals)
17:18	+2	Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	41-34
17:18		Ladji Dembele shooting foul (Berke Buyuktuncel draws the foul)
17:18		Berke Buyuktuncel misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:18		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
17:16		Ladji Dembele shooting foul
17:16	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-34
17:16	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-34
17:00		Payton Sandfort misses two point jump shot
16:58		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
16:48		Sam Hoiberg turnover (Josh Dix steals)
16:41		Sam Hoiberg shooting foul
16:41	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-35
16:41	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-36
16:29	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point layup	45-36
16:22		Juwan Gary blocks Brock Harding's two point layup
16:20		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
16:05	+2	Braxton Meah makes two point dunk (Brice Williams assists)	47-36
15:55		TV timeout
15:41		Brock Harding misses three point jump shot
15:39		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
15:33		Juwan Gary turnover (Payton Sandfort steals)
15:29		Rollie Worster shooting foul
15:29		Owen Freeman misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:29	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-37
15:09	+3	Sam Hoiberg makes three point jump shot (Braxton Meah assists)	50-37
14:58		Owen Freeman turnover (Brice Williams steals)
14:53	+2	Brice Williams makes two point dunk	52-37
14:53		Hawkeyes 30 second timeout
14:53		TV timeout
14:29		Owen Freeman misses two point layup
14:27		Brice Williams defensive rebound
14:10		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
14:08		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
14:02	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Pryce Sandfort assists)	52-40
13:33		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
13:31		Josh Dix defensive rebound
13:21		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
13:19		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
13:15	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup	52-42
12:57	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point layup (Braxton Meah assists)	54-42
12:50	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Brock Harding assists)	54-44
12:23		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
12:21		Josh Dix defensive rebound
12:15		Rollie Worster blocks Payton Sandfort's two point layup
12:13		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
12:06		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
12:06		TV timeout
11:58	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists)	57-44
11:49		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
11:47		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
11:44		Sam Hoiberg turnover (Owen Freeman steals)
11:42	+2	Payton Sandfort makes two point layup (Brock Harding assists)	57-46
11:27		Brice Williams misses two point layup
11:25		Hawkeyes defensive rebound
11:17	+3	Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Payton Sandfort assists)	57-49
10:53	+2	Andrew Morgan makes two point layup	59-49
10:47	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	59-52
10:24		Sam Hoiberg turnover (traveling)
10:06		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
10:04		Brice Williams defensive rebound
9:49		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
9:47		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
9:47		Juwan Gary turnover (out of bounds)
9:36		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
9:34		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
9:30		Owen Freeman misses two point layup
9:28		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
9:05		Owen Freeman shooting foul
9:05		Andrew Morgan misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:05	+1	Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-52
8:45	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	60-55
8:22		Juwan Gary misses two point layup
8:20		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
8:17		Owen Freeman blocks Juwan Gary's two point layup
8:15		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
8:01		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
7:59		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
7:39	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup	62-55
7:32	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	62-58
7:06		Josh Dix blocks Brice Williams's two point layup
7:04		Brock Harding defensive rebound
6:59		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
6:57		Pryce Sandfort offensive rebound
6:51	+3	Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	62-61
6:49		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
6:49		TV timeout
6:23		Andrew Morgan misses two point jump shot
6:21		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
6:18		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
6:16		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
6:12		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
6:10		Josh Dix defensive rebound
6:02		Brock Harding turnover (bad pass)
5:44		Juwan Gary misses two point layup
5:42		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
5:24		Brock Harding turnover (Rollie Worster steals)
5:06		Payton Sandfort shooting foul
5:06	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-61
5:06	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-61
4:58		Brice Williams shooting foul
4:58	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 3	64-62
4:58	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 2 of 3	64-63
4:58	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 3 of 3	64-64
4:30		Berke Buyuktuncel misses two point jump shot
4:28		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
4:26	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point layup	66-64
4:12		Payton Sandfort turnover (Berke Buyuktuncel steals)
4:03	+2	Sam Hoiberg makes two point layup	68-64
3:52	+2	Payton Sandfort makes two point dunk	68-66
3:17		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
3:15		Pryce Sandfort defensive rebound
3:15		TV timeout
3:02	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	68-69
2:42		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
2:40		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
2:36		Juwan Gary misses two point jump shot
2:34		Andrew Morgan offensive rebound
2:30	+2	Andrew Morgan makes two point layup	70-69
2:15	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Josh Dix assists)	70-71
1:47		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass) (Josh Dix steals)
1:22	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Pryce Sandfort assists)	70-74
1:04	+3	Brice Williams makes three point jump shot	73-74
0:27		Brock Harding misses three point jump shot
0:25		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
0:10		Brice Williams turnover (Pryce Sandfort steals)
0:08		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
0:07		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
0:07		Hawkeyes 30 second timeout
0:07		Hawkeyes 60 second timeout
0:06		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
0:05		Rollie Worster personal foul
0:05		Cornhuskers 60 second timeout
0:05	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-75
0:05	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-76
0:03		Payton Sandfort personal foul
0:01	+3	Brice Williams makes three point jump shot	76-76
0:00		End of period

OT
NEB
Cornhuskers
11
IOWA
Hawkeyes
21

Time		Play	Score
5:00		(Cornhuskers gains possession)
4:37		Juwan Gary misses two point layup
4:35		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
4:25	+2	Pryce Sandfort makes two point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	76-78
4:17		Owen Freeman shooting foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
4:17		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:17		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:17		Pryce Sandfort defensive rebound
4:04	+3	Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Payton Sandfort assists)	76-81
3:43		Owen Freeman blocks Juwan Gary's two point layup
3:41		Pryce Sandfort defensive rebound
3:16	+2	Josh Dix makes two point layup	76-83
3:06		Payton Sandfort blocks Brice Williams's two point layup
3:04		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
3:04		Braxton Meah personal foul
3:04	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-84
3:04	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-85
2:52		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
2:50		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
2:47	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point jump shot	78-85
2:38		Berke Buyuktuncel shooting foul
2:38	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-86
2:38	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-87
2:26	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup (Connor Essegian assists)	80-87
2:05		Juwan Gary personal foul
2:05	+1	Josh Dix makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-88
2:05	+1	Josh Dix makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-89
1:51	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	82-89
1:24		Hawkeyes 30 second timeout
1:20		Payton Sandfort turnover (Brice Williams steals)
1:18		Pryce Sandfort personal foul
1:18	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-89
1:18		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:18		Connor Essegian offensive rebound
1:13		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
1:11		Josh Dix defensive rebound
1:11		Connor Essegian personal foul
1:11	+1	Josh Dix makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-90
1:11	+1	Josh Dix makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-91
1:04		Owen Freeman blocks Brice Williams's two point jump shot
1:02		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
1:02		Juwan Gary personal foul
1:02	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-92
1:02		Payton Sandfort misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:02		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
0:53	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	85-92
0:53		Cornhuskers 60 second timeout
0:45		Juwan Gary personal foul
0:45	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-93
0:45	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-94
0:36		Rollie Worster misses three point jump shot
0:34		Brock Harding defensive rebound
0:32		Connor Essegian personal foul
0:32	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-95
0:32	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-96
0:26		Owen Freeman shooting foul
0:26	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	86-96
0:26	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	87-96
0:23		Brock Harding misses two point layup
0:21		Brock Harding offensive rebound
0:21		Jeffrey Grace III personal foul
0:21		Brock Harding misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:21	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 2 of 2	87-97
0:11		Brice Williams misses two point jump shot
0:09		Brock Harding defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Brock Harding defensive rebound