Tuesday night hoops viewer’s guide: The Marshall Henderson Experience takes center stage

The two SEC foes were pretty evenly matched throughout the first half. UK moved out to a 17-point lead midway through the second half, but a furious 16-0 run from Ole Miss brought them within one point of the defending national champions. Kentucky responded, though, battling back with a 14-2 run of their own to close out the game.

The Gophers controlled the game from the tip. They moved out to a double-digit lead early in the second half and never looked back. As a team, Minnesota shot 54 percent from the field, made 16 of their 22 free throw attempts and out-rebounded Nebraska, 34-17.

With the Tar Heels taking on Boston College, Hairston collided with another player and immediately went to the floor. He was attended to by the UNC training staff and coach Roy Williams. Hairston eventually made his way to the bench, but appeared to be losing consciousness.

He was then taken off the court on a stretcher. North Carolina has announced that Hairston will not return to Tuesday’s game. He will likely miss one more game, although the training staff will have to reevaluate him in the coming days. Hairston was able to return to the UNC bench early in the second half.

With the win, Indiana State is now 7-3 against the Missouri Valley Conference. Wichita State drops to 8-2 with the loss.

Henderson grabbed the media’s attention last April when he signed with the Rebels. He said he was looking forward to facing Kentucky because he wanted to show them who the “real national champ is”. Henderson was referring to himself and South Plains College winning the JUCO national title in 2012.

Last weekend, Henderson began waving his jersey at a group of angry Auburn fans following a big road victory for Ole Miss. The Auburn fans responded with profanities and enough middle fingers to think you were back in high school.

The game was closely contested until midway through the second half. Ohio State then went on a 13-0 run, led by a couple impressive drives from Deshaun Thomas. The Badgers attempted to come back, but their efforts eventually fell short on the road.

For a team that has shot the ball well for most of the year, Wisconsin hit just 36.5 percent of their shot attempts in Columbus.

According to Doug Gottlieb of CBS Sports, Bowers will play on Wednesday night as Missouri hits the road to take on LSU. It is unclear if he will immediately return to the starting lineup or come off the bench, but his impact will be felt regardless.

On the season, Bowers is averaging a team-high 16.8 points and nearly seven rebounds a game.

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No two teams in the unpredictable Big Ten have been more unpredictable than Ohio State and Wisconsin. In terms of the conference race, the stakes are pretty high for a game in late January. The winner moves into a tie for third place and stays just a game back of Indiana and Michigan, while the loser puts itself in a position where it’s probably going to have to get extremely hot in February if it wants to have a shot at wearing the crown.