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Southern at Nebraska

Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 5:00 PM ET at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Southern our rank 330 · 0-5; Nebraska AP 25, our rank 18 · 3-0.

Who will win Southern vs Nebraska?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Nebraska a >99% chance to beat Southern, with a projected score of Nebraska 91, Southern 56.

To winNebraska >99%Southern <1%
Projected score56–91Southern, then Nebraska
Margin35.2Nebraska · no line posted
Total147.6no line posted
First half25–44Nebraska ahead 94%
Nebraska by 10by 20by 30by 40by 50by 60Nebraska by 70Model: Nebraska by 35.2Nebraska by 10by 30by 50Nebraska by 70Model: Nebraska by 35.2

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Nebraska
SandfortF · 27 min19.54.52.820+ 46%
FragerF · 24 min11.83.81.710+ 60%
WilkinsonF · 17 min11.54.61.010+ 59%
KapkeF · 18 min9.94.50.810+ 47%
Southern
DormuG · 23 min7.01.42.25+ 64%
PageG · 19 min6.51.11.05+ 60%
FergusonG · 20 min6.21.70.65+ 58%
KingF · 20 min6.23.20.65+ 58%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Pryce Sandfort: Southern <1%Nebraska >99%

The white mark is the call with him: Nebraska >99%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsNebraska without himChangeProjected score
Nebraska
Pryce Sandfort4.9>99%059–89
Braden Frager3.9>99%058–89
Cale Jacobsen3.2>99%058–90
Trevan Leonhardt2.3>99%057–90

Change is in Nebraska's win chance, in points. Scores read Southern, then Nebraska. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Southern 0-5LLLLL

    1. Nov 12L 61-91at MinnesotaDidn't cover +26.5 · Over 142.5
    2. Nov 10L 47-84at Iowa StateDidn't cover +35.5 · Under 146.5
    3. Nov 8L 68-75at DrakeCovered +13.5 · Under 151.5
    4. Nov 6L 54-106at TCUDidn't cover +27.5 · Over 152.5
    5. Nov 2L 72-85at SMU
    Last five
    0–5, scoring 60.4 and allowing 88.2
    Against the spread, this season
    1–3
    Totals, this season
    2 over, 2 under

    Nebraska 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 11W 94-60vs LindenwoodDidn't cover −34.5 · Over 152.5
    2. Nov 7W 67-58vs ProvidenceCovered −2.5 · Under 158.5
    3. Nov 2W 106-64vs Le Moyne
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 89.0 and allowing 60.7
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    SouthernNebraska
    Points scored per 100 possessions94.4 343rd118.2 19th
    Points allowed per 100110.7 249th94.6 21st
    Possessions a game72.4 39th70.4 222nd
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)50.7% 164th52.8% 48th
    Opponents' shooting53.1% 332nd47.8% 28th
    Turnovers, share of possessions22.2% 364th17.1% 76th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses29.6% 303rd31.1% 226th
    Free throws per shot0.26 189th0.28 105th

    The widest gap: Nebraska's defense (21st) against Southern's offense (343rd), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Southern 25, Nebraska 44
    First-half margin
    Nebraska by 19.4
    First-half points, both teams
    69.2
    Projected second half
    Southern 31, Nebraska 47
    Second-half points, both teams
    78.3
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Southern, first halves so far
    Led 0 of 5 · 27.4 scored, 41.8 allowed
    Nebraska, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 49.7 scored, 29.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Southern

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Daniel DormuG237.01.42.20.8
    5+ pts 64% · 2+ ast 62% · 1+ threes 51%
    Malik FergusonG206.21.70.60.5
    5+ pts 58% · 2+ reb 46% · 1+ threes 40%
    R'Chaun KingF206.23.20.60.0
    5+ pts 58% · 3+ reb 57% · 2+ ast 15%
    Justin PageG196.51.11.00.8
    5+ pts 60% · 2+ reb 30% · 1+ threes 51%
    Joseph HunterG184.12.10.70.2
    5+ pts 37% · 2+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 21%
    Lionel LarvadainG185.11.70.80.5
    5+ pts 47% · 2+ reb 45% · 1+ threes 39%
    Cam AmboreeG174.91.31.70.9
    5+ pts 44% · 2+ ast 47% · 1+ threes 54%
    Aaron HallF154.02.50.40.3
    5+ pts 35% · 3+ reb 42% · 1+ threes 25%

    Nebraska

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Pryce SandfortF2719.54.52.83.1
    20+ pts 46% · 3+ ast 50% · 3+ threes 54%
    Braden FragerF2411.83.81.71.9
    10+ pts 60% · 4+ reb 50% · 2+ threes 51%
    Cale JacobsenG249.03.42.70.6
    10+ pts 41% · 3+ ast 49% · 1+ threes 45%
    Trevan LeonhardtG205.23.23.80.6
    5+ pts 48% · 3+ reb 57% · 4+ ast 50%
    Boden KapkeF189.94.50.80.6
    10+ pts 47% · 5+ reb 45% · 1+ threes 44%
    Taj DeGourvilleG185.12.63.60.5
    5+ pts 47% · 3+ reb 46% · 4+ ast 47%
    Damon WilkinsonF1711.54.61.00.3
    10+ pts 59% · 5+ reb 47% · 2+ ast 26%
    Jacob LanierG155.12.71.70.7
    5+ pts 47% · 2+ ast 48% · 1+ threes 49%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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