▁Ten ▁at ▁ 3 – 3 ▁and ▁ 1 6 – 3 ▁overall . ▁Cost ello ▁scored ▁a ▁career - high ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁Valent ine ▁led ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁with ▁ 2 3 . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁fell ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁rank ings , ▁sli pping ▁to ▁ 1 0 th ▁in ▁the ▁Co aches ▁Pol l ▁and ▁ 1 1 th ▁in ▁the ▁AP ▁Pol l . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 0 , ▁MS U ▁took ▁on ▁un rank ed ▁Neb r aska ▁at ▁Bres lin ▁Center . ▁The ▁Corn hus k ers , ▁w inners ▁of ▁three ▁straight ▁games , ▁had ▁be aten ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁in ▁their ▁last ▁two ▁meet ings . ▁MS U ▁started ▁off ▁strong , ▁going ▁up ▁ 5 – 0 ▁and ▁leading ▁Neb r aska ▁to ▁call ▁a ▁timeout ▁ 5 0 ▁seconds ▁into ▁the ▁game . ▁However , ▁Neb r aska ▁r al lied ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁lead ▁and ▁the ▁teams ▁were ▁tied ▁at ▁the ▁half . ▁However , ▁despite ▁a ▁Valent ine ▁circ us ▁shot ▁three ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 0 ▁seconds ▁and ▁an ▁open ▁look ▁for ▁the ▁win ▁as ▁the ▁clock ▁exp ired , ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁fell ▁to ▁Neb r aska ▁ 7 2 – 7 1 . ▁Sh av on ▁Sh ield s ▁had ▁ 2 8 ▁for ▁the ▁H usk ers . ▁Valent ine ▁contributed ▁ 2 4 ▁for ▁MS U . ▁Bry n ▁For bes ▁strugg led ▁again ,