ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Syla Swords scored 28 points and Olivia Olson had 21 to help No. 8 Michigan pull away and beat Nebraska 88-76 on Wednesday night. The Wolverines (20-3, 11-1 Big Ten) went on a 15-6 run to take a nine-point lead early in the fourth quarter and turned what was a closely contested game into a double-digit victory.

Carson Cooper missed two free throws in the final second to cap a turnover-filled second half for the Spartans.

It was not that long ago that the 10th-ranked Michigan State Spartans were in a four-way tie with Michigan, Illinois and Nebraska for first-place in the Big Ten.

No. 8 Michigan faces the Nebraska Cornhuskers after Mila Holloway scored 26 points in Michigan's 94-91 win against the Michigan State Spartans.

Both teams enter the game red hot. Michigan has won five straight since dropping its first (and so far only) game of the season on Jan. 10, highlighted by Tuesday’s heavyweight fight in Ann Arbor. MSU, meanwhile, has won seven in a row — needing overtime on Tuesday at Rutgers, winning 88-79, to keep that streak alive.