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Lewis scored 23 points, Saint Mary's holds off a late Nebraska rally for a 77-74 win in Sioux Falls

AP
Nov 17, 2024

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Mikey Lewis hit two free throws with five seconds left to give Saint Mary's a three-point lead, Brice Williams missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer to tie and the Gaels earned a 77-74 win over Nebraska in a neutral-site game played in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Sunday afternoon.

Lewis hit a jumper and knocked down a 3 with 4:13 left to give Saint Mary’s a double-digit lead, 73-63, but the Cornhuskers clawed back behind four free throws from Williams, a tip-in and 1 of 2 free throws by Berke Buyuktuncel, and a Rollie Worster layup to make it 75-72 with under a minute left. Williams hit two free throws with 6 seconds left to get within one.

Lewis led Saint Mary's (4-0) with 23 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals off the bench. Paulius Murauskas had 16 points, six boards and three assists and Luke Barrett added 15 -points. Mitchell Saxen turned in a double-double with a dozen points and a dozen rebounds, leaving him just one point shy of becoming the 40th player to reach 1,000 in his Saint Mary's career. The Gaels shot 42.6% from the field (26 of 61), including 11 of 23 from beyond the arc, but were only 14 of 25 from the free-throw line.

Nebraska (3-1) converted 25 of 29 free-throw attempts to fuel its comeback attempt. Williams was 11 for 11 from the line and scored a season-high 28 points. Buyuktuncel was 5 of 6 from the line and finished with 15 points with three steals and three blocked shots. Worster and Andrew Morgan each added 10 points.

The Gaels return home for a pair of games, beginning with Stanislaus State on Wednesday.

Nebraska travels to Omaha to take on in-state rival Creighton on Friday.

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1st Half
SMARY
Gaels
46
NEB
Cornhuskers
43

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Mitchell Saxen vs. Braxton Meah (Cornhuskers gains possession)
19:42		Juwan Gary turnover (bad pass) (Luke Barrett steals)
19:19	+3	Luke Barrett makes three point jump shot (Augustas Marciulionis assists)	3-0
18:59		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
18:57		Paulius Murauskas defensive rebound
18:49		Paulius Murauskas turnover (lost ball) (Juwan Gary steals)
18:47		Luke Barrett personal foul
18:36		Brice Williams misses two point jump shot
18:34		Berke Buyuktuncel offensive rebound
18:25		Brice Williams misses two point jump shot
18:23		Paulius Murauskas defensive rebound
18:16	+2	Paulius Murauskas makes two point jump shot	5-0
18:00		Braxton Meah turnover (lost ball) (Jordan Ross steals)
17:48		Braxton Meah blocks Augustas Marciulionis's two point layup
17:46		Gaels offensive rebound
17:42	+3	Luke Barrett makes three point jump shot (Paulius Murauskas assists)	8-0
17:31		Augustas Marciulionis personal foul
17:26		Rollie Worster turnover (traveling)
17:12		Mitchell Saxen turnover (bad pass) (Berke Buyuktuncel steals)
17:07		Jordan Ross shooting foul (Berke Buyuktuncel draws the foul)
17:07	+1	Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-1
17:07	+1	Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-2
16:58		Brice Williams shooting foul (Jordan Ross draws the foul)
16:58	+1	Jordan Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-2
16:58	+1	Jordan Ross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-2
16:42	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot	10-4
16:25		Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Jordan Ross's two point layup
16:23		Luke Barrett offensive rebound
16:16	+2	Luke Barrett makes two point layup	12-4
15:55		Paulius Murauskas personal foul
15:55		TV timeout
15:47		Andrew Morgan turnover (lost ball) (Augustas Marciulionis steals)
15:39		Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot
15:37		Andrew Morgan defensive rebound
15:22	+2	Andrew Morgan makes two point layup (Berke Buyuktuncel assists)	12-6
15:14	+2	Augustas Marciulionis makes two point jump shot	14-6
15:14		Andrew Morgan shooting foul (Augustas Marciulionis draws the foul)
15:14	+1	Augustas Marciulionis makes regular free throw 1 of 1	15-6
14:57		Juwan Gary misses two point layup
14:55		Andrew Morgan offensive rebound
14:50		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
14:48		Mitchell Saxen defensive rebound
14:21	+3	Paulius Murauskas makes three point jump shot (Jordan Ross assists)	18-6
14:08		Augustas Marciulionis shooting foul (Brice Williams draws the foul)
14:08	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 3	18-7
14:08	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 3	18-8
14:08	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 3 of 3	18-9
13:54	+2	Luke Barrett makes two point layup	20-9
13:37		Ahron Ulis turnover (bad pass) (Mikey Lewis steals)
13:28	+2	Paulius Murauskas makes two point layup	22-9
13:28		Gavin Griffiths shooting foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul)
13:28	+1	Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 1 of 1	23-9
13:17		Jordan Ross personal foul
13:03	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot (Andrew Morgan assists)	23-11
12:42		Ahron Ulis personal foul
12:30		Paulius Murauskas turnover (carrying)
12:10		Harry Wessels shooting foul (Andrew Morgan draws the foul)
12:10	+1	Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-12
12:10	+1	Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-13
11:51		Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot
11:49		Ahron Ulis defensive rebound
11:42		Andrew Morgan misses three point jump shot
11:40		Paulius Murauskas defensive rebound
11:38		Berke Buyuktuncel personal foul
11:38		TV timeout
11:23		Luke Barrett misses three point jump shot
11:21		Ahron Ulis defensive rebound
11:11		Sam Hoiberg turnover (bad pass) (Mikey Lewis steals)
10:45		Harry Wessels turnover (lost ball) (Sam Hoiberg steals)
10:38	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Ahron Ulis assists)	23-16
10:13	+3	Mikey Lewis makes three point jump shot (Paulius Murauskas assists)	26-16
9:51		Harry Wessels shooting foul (Andrew Morgan draws the foul)
9:51	+1	Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-17
9:51	+1	Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-18
9:34	+2	Paulius Murauskas makes two point jump shot	28-18
9:21		Luke Barrett shooting foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
9:21	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-19
9:21	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-20
9:06		Berke Buyuktuncel shooting foul (Mitchell Saxen draws the foul)
9:06	+1	Mitchell Saxen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-20
9:06	+1	Mitchell Saxen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-20
8:55		Ahron Ulis misses two point layup
8:53		Andrew Morgan offensive rebound
8:53		Luke Barrett blocks Andrew Morgan's two point layup
8:52		Sam Hoiberg offensive rebound
8:45		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
8:42		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
8:41		Ahron Ulis misses three point jump shot
8:41		Gaels defensive rebound
8:22		Andrew Morgan blocks Paulius Murauskas's two point layup
8:17		Mikey Lewis offensive rebound
8:17		Mikey Lewis misses two point layup
8:15		Mikey Lewis offensive rebound
8:15		Mikey Lewis misses two point layup
8:12		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
8:12		Mitchell Saxen misses two point layup
8:12		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
8:11		Mitchell Saxen misses two point layup
8:11		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
8:08		Mikey Lewis misses two point jump shot
8:06		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
7:43	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot	30-22
7:17		Juwan Gary shooting foul (Jordan Ross draws the foul)
7:17		TV timeout
7:17		Jordan Ross misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:17		Jordan Ross misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:17		Brice Williams defensive rebound
7:04		Jordan Ross shooting foul (Brice Williams draws the foul)
7:04	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-23
7:04	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-24
6:36	+2	Mitchell Saxen makes two point layup (Mikey Lewis assists)	32-24
6:28	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup	32-26
6:09	+3	Mikey Lewis makes three point jump shot (Mitchell Saxen assists)	35-26
5:51	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point layup	35-28
5:46	+3	Mikey Lewis makes three point jump shot (Augustas Marciulionis assists)	38-28
5:26		Braxton Meah misses two point hook shot
5:24		Gaels defensive rebound
5:24		Juwan Gary personal foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul)
5:24		Paulius Murauskas misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:24		Andrew Morgan defensive rebound
5:17		Mitchell Saxen personal foul (Andrew Morgan draws the foul)
5:17	+1	Andrew Morgan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-29
5:17		Andrew Morgan misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:17		Augustas Marciulionis defensive rebound
5:03		Ashton Hardaway misses three point jump shot
5:01		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
4:50	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	38-31
4:30	+3	Luke Barrett makes three point jump shot (Mikey Lewis assists)	41-31
4:19	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	41-33
4:00	+2	Mitchell Saxen makes two point layup	43-33
3:38		Brice Williams turnover (lost ball) (Mikey Lewis steals)
3:32		Mikey Lewis misses two point layup
3:30		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
3:25		Gavin Griffiths misses three point jump shot
3:23		Mitchell Saxen defensive rebound
3:05		Luke Barrett misses three point jump shot
3:03		Gaels offensive rebound
3:02		TV timeout
2:56	+2	Mikey Lewis makes two point jump shot (Ashton Hardaway assists)	45-33
2:35	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot	45-35
2:11		Brice Williams blocks Ashton Hardaway's two point dunk
2:09		Brice Williams defensive rebound
2:01	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup	45-37
1:47		Mikey Lewis misses three point jump shot
1:45		Paulius Murauskas offensive rebound
1:43		Brice Williams shooting foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul)
1:43		Paulius Murauskas misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:43	+1	Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-37
1:21	+3	Rollie Worster makes three point jump shot	46-40
0:56		Paulius Murauskas misses two point jump shot
0:53		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
0:51		Mitchell Saxen misses two point layup
0:51		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
0:39		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
0:37		Braxton Meah offensive rebound
0:31	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Brice Williams assists)	46-43
0:30		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
0:00		Luke Barrett misses two point jump shot
0:00		Gaels offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SMARY
Gaels
31
NEB
Cornhuskers
31

Time		Play	Score
19:51	+2	Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup	46-45
19:34		Rollie Worster shooting foul (Luke Barrett draws the foul)
19:34		Luke Barrett misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:34		Luke Barrett misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:34		Brice Williams defensive rebound
19:16	+3	Brice Williams makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	46-48
18:54	+2	Mitchell Saxen makes two point layup	48-48
18:41		Mitchell Saxen personal foul
18:23		Rollie Worster misses three point jump shot
18:21		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
18:15	+2	Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup (Juwan Gary assists)	48-50
17:57		Juwan Gary personal foul
17:36		Augustas Marciulionis misses two point jump shot
17:34		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
17:22		Berke Buyuktuncel misses three point jump shot
17:20		Paulius Murauskas defensive rebound
17:14		Brice Williams personal foul
17:02		Paulius Murauskas misses two point layup
17:00		Paulius Murauskas offensive rebound
16:56		Paulius Murauskas misses two point layup
16:54		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
16:50		Brice Williams misses two point layup
16:48		Mitchell Saxen defensive rebound
16:43		Jordan Ross turnover (lost ball) (Berke Buyuktuncel steals)
16:34		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
16:32		Berke Buyuktuncel offensive rebound
16:28	+2	Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup	48-52
16:28		Gaels 30 second timeout
16:28		TV timeout
16:11		Augustas Marciulionis turnover (bad pass) (Berke Buyuktuncel steals)
15:46		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
15:44		Luke Barrett defensive rebound
15:44		Berke Buyuktuncel personal foul
15:44		TV timeout
15:22		Braxton Meah shooting foul (Augustas Marciulionis draws the foul)
15:22	+1	Augustas Marciulionis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-52
15:22		Augustas Marciulionis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:22		Braxton Meah defensive rebound
15:05		Mitchell Saxen shooting foul (Berke Buyuktuncel draws the foul)
15:05	+1	Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-53
15:05	+1	Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-54
14:38		Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Augustas Marciulionis's three point jump shot
14:36		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
14:28		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass) (Luke Barrett steals)
14:19	+3	Mikey Lewis makes three point jump shot (Augustas Marciulionis assists)	52-54
13:48		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass)
13:30	+3	Augustas Marciulionis makes three point jump shot (Paulius Murauskas assists)	55-54
13:14		Connor Essegian turnover (bad pass) (Mitchell Saxen steals)
12:49		Andrew Morgan shooting foul (Luke Barrett draws the foul)
12:49	+1	Luke Barrett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-54
12:49	+1	Luke Barrett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-54
12:25		Andrew Morgan turnover (lost ball) (Mitchell Saxen steals)
12:17		Mikey Lewis turnover (bad pass) (Juwan Gary steals)
12:07		Mikey Lewis personal foul
11:58		Brice Williams turnover (lost ball) (Mitchell Saxen steals)
11:58		Brice Williams personal foul (Mitchell Saxen draws the foul)
11:58		TV timeout
11:58	+1	Mitchell Saxen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-54
11:58		Mitchell Saxen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:58		Andrew Morgan defensive rebound
11:31		Mitchell Saxen blocks Andrew Morgan's two point layup
11:29		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
11:23		Luke Barrett shooting foul (Juwan Gary draws the foul)
11:23	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-55
11:23		Juwan Gary misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:23		Luke Barrett defensive rebound
11:08		Mikey Lewis misses three point jump shot
11:06		Luke Barrett offensive rebound
10:51		Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot
10:49		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
10:47		Luke Barrett personal foul
10:15	+2	Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point jump shot	58-57
9:56	+2	Mitchell Saxen makes two point layup (Augustas Marciulionis assists)	60-57
9:39	+3	Andrew Morgan makes three point jump shot (Ahron Ulis assists)	60-60
9:10	+3	Paulius Murauskas makes three point jump shot (Mikey Lewis assists)	63-60
8:53		Juwan Gary misses two point layup
8:51		Mikey Lewis defensive rebound
8:38		Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot
8:37		Gaels offensive rebound
8:37		Andrew Morgan personal foul (Mitchell Saxen draws the foul)
8:37	+1	Mitchell Saxen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-60
8:37		Mitchell Saxen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:37		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
8:18		Ahron Ulis misses two point jump shot
8:16		Braxton Meah offensive rebound
8:11		Braxton Meah turnover (lost ball) (Mikey Lewis steals)
7:54		TV timeout
7:30		Luke Barrett misses two point layup
7:28		Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound
7:16		Ahron Ulis misses two point layup
7:14		Ahron Ulis offensive rebound
7:10		Ahron Ulis misses two point layup
7:08		Mitchell Saxen defensive rebound
7:01	+2	Augustas Marciulionis makes two point jump shot (Mitchell Saxen assists)	66-60
6:38		Braxton Meah turnover (lost ball) (Mitchell Saxen steals)
6:31		Augustas Marciulionis turnover (carrying)
6:20		Mitchell Saxen blocks Berke Buyuktuncel's two point jump shot
6:18		Mikey Lewis defensive rebound
6:02		Augustas Marciulionis misses two point layup
6:00		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
5:56	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup (Juwan Gary assists)	66-62
5:31	+2	Paulius Murauskas makes two point jump shot	68-62
5:18		Augustas Marciulionis shooting foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
5:18		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:18	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-63
4:59		Augustas Marciulionis misses three point jump shot
4:57		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
4:53		Mitchell Saxen misses two point layup
4:51		Gaels offensive rebound
4:38	+2	Mikey Lewis makes two point jump shot	70-63
4:26		Juwan Gary turnover (bad pass)
4:14	+3	Mikey Lewis makes three point jump shot	73-63
4:07		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
4:07		TV timeout
4:03		Luke Barrett personal foul (Brice Williams draws the foul)
4:03	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-64
4:03	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-65
3:37		Mikey Lewis turnover (out of bounds)
3:24		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
3:22		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
3:16		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
3:14		Berke Buyuktuncel offensive rebound
3:11	+2	Berke Buyuktuncel makes two point layup	73-67
2:45		Augustas Marciulionis misses three point jump shot
2:43		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
2:36	+2	Mikey Lewis makes two point jump shot	75-67
2:19		Augustas Marciulionis shooting foul (Berke Buyuktuncel draws the foul)
2:19		Berke Buyuktuncel misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:19	+1	Berke Buyuktuncel makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-68
1:53		Mitchell Saxen misses two point layup
1:51		Berke Buyuktuncel defensive rebound
1:42		Augustas Marciulionis personal foul (Brice Williams draws the foul)
1:42	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-69
1:42	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-70
1:15		Berke Buyuktuncel blocks Paulius Murauskas's two point dunk
1:13		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
1:13		Rollie Worster shooting foul (Mitchell Saxen draws the foul)
1:13		Mitchell Saxen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:13		Mitchell Saxen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:13		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
0:50	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	75-72
0:32		Gaels 60 second timeout
0:21		Paulius Murauskas misses two point jump shot
0:18		Mitchell Saxen offensive rebound
0:16		Mitchell Saxen misses two point layup
0:16		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
0:15		Cornhuskers 60 second timeout
0:06		Jordan Ross personal foul (Brice Williams draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-73
0:06	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-74
0:05		Gaels 30 second timeout
0:05		Ahron Ulis personal foul (Mikey Lewis draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Mikey Lewis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-74
0:05	+1	Mikey Lewis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-74
0:05		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
0:00		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
0:00		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Cornhuskers offensive rebound