Southern Utah Upsets Nebraska In Double Overtime Thriller
Nov 9, 2019, 3:06 PM | Updated: 3:08 pm
Courtesy of Southern Utah Athletics
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Southern Utah men’s basketball team upset the Big Ten’s Nebraska Cornhuskers in a double-overtime thriller.
The Thunderbirds defeated the Huskers in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, November 9.
Southern Utah’s Cameron Oluyitan hit a game-winning jumper with two seconds left in 2OT to give the T-Birds a 79-78 victory.
.@SUUBasketball scores the upset at Nebraska in 2OT! 🚨
(via @BigTenNetwork, @NebraskaOnBTN) pic.twitter.com/CEY8p7xMBO
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) November 9, 2019
Oluyitan’s winning bucket was two of his 11 points in the win. The guard was 5-11 on field goals and added 7 rebounds and a steal in Saturday’s game.
Southern Utah was led in scoring by Dwayne Morgan who had 19 points on 6-16 shooting.
The Thunderbirds had five players that scored in double figures.
HOW. ABOUT. THAT. #LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/ZDBuvJoSf7
— SUU Men's Basketball (@SUUBasketball) November 9, 2019
SUU moved to 2-0 on the season with the upset. Nebraska fell to 0-2 to start the 2019-20 season.
The T-Birds next game is against the BYU Cougars. SUU and BYU tip-off on November 13 at 7 p.m.
