Nebraska @ #16 Clemson

Who will WIN this matchup?

Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1)

@ #16 Clemson Tigers (5-1)

Current odds:

Nebraska Cornhuskers: (TBD)

Clemson Tigers: (TBD)

•  The line for this game is Clemson by 3.5 points.

• Even though March is more than three months away, both teams will be looking for a win that will boost their postseason resume when 16th-ranked Clemson hosts No. 24 Nebraska on Monday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. It’s only the second meeting between the squads, with the first coming in the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge in which Clemson claimed a 60-58 home victory. The Tigers’ perfect start came to an end with an 87-82 loss to Creighton in the championship game of the Cayman Islands Classic on Wednesday despite 27 points from Marcquise Reed. Clemson struggled at the defensive end as it permitted the Bluejays to shoot 55.8 percent, eclipsing the previous season-high mark allowed of 44.8 percent recorded by The Citadel.

• The Cornhuskers bounced back from their first loss of the season – a 70-52 defeat against Texas Tech on Tuesday – to crush Western Illinois 73-49 on Saturday. Nebraska’s last road win over a ranked team came on Dec. 28, 2016 at Indiana.

• The Huskers are getting it done on defense, as they rank third in the nation in field-goal defense (32.4 percent), but they also have a trio of dangerous offensive players. Guard Glynn Watson Jr. (15.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, four assists) led the team with 20 points and matched his career high with nine rebounds against Western Illinois, and he is a blistering 17-for-33 from 3-point range. Leading scorer James Palmer Jr. (17.2 points) scored 19 points against the Leathernecks and gets to the line an average of 7.3 times per game, while Isaac Copeland (14.8 points, six rebounds) leads the team on the boards.

• The Tigers are led by the dynamic backcourt duo of Reed (19.8 points, six rebounds) and Shelton Mitchell (14.7 points). Reed has scored 20 or more points four times this season – including three of his last four games – and Mitchell has scored in double figures in all six contests while they’ve combined for 19 steals this season. Elijah Thomas (10.2 points, seven rebounds) has posted double-doubles in two of his last three contests while Aamir Simms (11 points, 4.5 rebounds) is trending toward a breakout season.

• Clemson is 11-7 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge while Nebraska is one of only two Big Ten teams with a winning record in the event at 4-3.

• Nebraska has held 32 consecutive opponents under 50 percent shooting.

• Reed and Mitchell are a combined 45-for-55 from the free-throw line, while the rest of the team is 46-for-72.