LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Walter Pitchford scored a career-high 19 points, Terran Petteway added 18 with eight assists, and Nebraska held off Tennessee-Martin 75-64 on Friday night.
Nebraska (4-1) used a 17-4 run in the last seven minutes of the first half to take a 13-point halftime lead. The Huskers stretched that advantage to 19 on Benny Parkers' free throws with 14:26 left.
Tennessee-Martin (3-2) then responded with a 17-2 run of its own, slicing the Nebraska lead to 54-50 after the second of Deville Smith's back-to-back 3 pointers with 9:10 remaining.
Petteway's jumper started a 10-3 Nebraska run that was capped by Shavon Shields' layup with 6:38 left and made the score 64-53. The Skyhawks cut the Nebraska lead to 8 on Twymond Howard's jumper with 56 seconds left. Nebraska made five of six free throws in the final minute to seal the win.
