Indiana’s three losses have one commonality that jumps off the box score –– lackluster defensive performances. Head coach Mike Woodson’s team has allowed 85-plus points in each of its defeats, the latest such showing in the Hoosiers’ 85-68 loss to Nebraska on Friday night inside Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.

• Recent results: Indiana has won four games in a row. The latest was an 82-67 victory over Minnesota Monday that gave the Hoosiers their first Big Ten victory. Wins over Providence (at Battle 4 Atlantis), Sam Houston and Miami of Ohio have also been part of the streak.

Indiana basketball unraveled down the stretch at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Friday night in a 85-68 loss to Nebraska. The game ended with a sold out crowd of Cornhuskers fans raining down "Hoosier daddy" chants as their team closed out the game on a 17-1 run over the final six-plus minutes.

Nebraska enters Friday night’s contest six days removed from a 37-point road loss to Michigan State in its first Big Ten game this season. The Cornhuskers were outscored 48-21 in the second half en route to an 89-52 defeat. Saint Mary’s College of California gave Nebraska its other defeat in a 77-74 outcome Nov. 17.

The Illini may face no greater test all season than what the Volunteers will have ready for them Saturday in Champaign

Indiana basketball (8-2) will look to improve to 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference on the road tonight against Nebraska (6-2 overall, 0-1 league play). Will the Hoosiers get a win or will the Cornhuskers get their first Big Ten victory?