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It has been a difficult season already at Nebraska and things took another bad turn Saturday when senior Shavon Shields, the heart and soul of coach Tim Miles' team, took a scary tumble over an opponent landing on his head and neck and had to be taken from the court on a stretcher. Scary, scary moment: @HuskerHoops star Shavon Shields gets carried off court on stretcher. https://t.co/ATVAgFiZM3 — Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 6, 2016 The injury occured with 8 minutes, 49 seconds remaining in the Cornhuskers' 87-63 victory when Shields leaped to attempt to block a shot from Rutgers' forward D.J. Foreman, who pumped faked to get Shields in the air. Shields came down on top of Foreman rolling over him and hitting the floor hard on his head, neck and shoulders. [ Slain Mercer player had heartbreaking bond with 7-year-old girl ] Miles reported in interviews after the game that when he reached Shields, he was knocked out and remained so for the longest period of time Miles had ever seen someone knocked out. Eventually Shields came around and told the coach and medical personnel that he could feel all of his extremities, but he was told not to try to move. Shields was immobilized and carried off the court while fans applauded and hoped for the best. He was taken to an area hospital in Lincoln. Shields had scored 17 points with three rebounds and three assists at the time of his injury. That effort was good enough to finish the game as Nebraska's second leading scorer behind Andrew White, who had 21. [ Nigel Hayes answers reporter's Ohio State question as only he can ] It remained unclear Saturday afternoon how serious Shields' injuries might be and how long he might be out of the lineup. Considering that Miles said he was knocked out, he will have to go through the team's concussion protocol along with any other recovery needed. He is the team's second leading scorer and rebounder and leads the Cornhuskers in assists. Nebraska improved to 13-11 overall and 5-6 in the Big Ten by beating Rutgers. - - - - - - - [ Kyle Ringo is the assistant editor of The Dagger on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at kyle.ringo@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @KyleRingo Continue to Article

February 06, 2016 5:01:pm EST

Nebraska basketball player Shavon Shields banged his head on the court in a hard fall during a game against Rutgers on Saturday. Shields was hurt when Rutgers' D.J. Foreman started to go up for a shot under the basket with 8:49 left. Miles said Shields was knocked out for about a minute. Continue to Article

February 06, 2016 4:51:pm EST

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Andrew White had 21 points and eight rebounds and Nebraska defeated Rutgers 87-63 to end a three-game losing streak Saturday. Continue to Article

February 06, 2016 4:19:pm EST