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Cain, Huskers hand No. 15 Ohio State women 1st loss 63-55

Syndication: Journal-Courier

Purdue guard Brooke Moore (0) guards Nebraska guard Ruby Porter (11) during the third quarter of an NCAA women’s basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. Bkw Purdue Vs Nebraska

Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courie

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Kate Cain brushed up against a rare triple-double and short-handed Nebraska bumped off No. 15 Ohio State 63-55 on Saturday, halting the Buckeyes seven-game win streak and dropping them from the undefeated ranks.

Cain scored 22 points, pulled down 12 rebounds and blocked nine shots to lead Nebraska (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten Conference) to its third win over a ranked opponent in its last five games.

Whitney Brown hit four 3-pointers and added 14 points for Nebraska, Sam Haiby added 11 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. The Huskers, with second-leading scorer Isabelle Bourne out with an ankle injury, were down to seven players. Six scored on Saturday.

Ohio State (7-1, 3-1) entered the game averaging 89.9 points per game and had not scored fewer than 78 points before Saturday. The Buckeyes were just 22 of 81 shooting on Saturday (27%), making 5 of 27 from distance and had just six assists.

Aaliyah Patty and Dorka Juhasz each scored 13 points for Ohio State, Jacy Sheldon and Madison Greene 11 apiece.

Ohio State trailed 30-21 at halftime and last season erased a 15-point Nebraska lead for the largest comeback in program history. On Saturday, OSU had cut a 12-point lead down to 57-54 on a Greene 3-pointer with 1:24 to go.

Haiby answered with a three-point play for Nebraska, which outscored OSU 6-1 in the last 44 seconds.

Ohio State plays host to No. 13 Michigan on Thursday. Nebraska takes on visiting Minnesota Tuesday.