Nebraska basketball player appears to chip tooth after being punched in back of head during game

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Nebraska guard Connor Essegian suffered what appeared to be a chipped tooth after he was punched in the back of the head during the Cornhuskers’ 84-72 win over New Mexico on Thursday night. 

The ugly scene unfolded in the first half of the game when one of the Lobos’ leading scorers this season, Deyton Albury, took aim at the back of Essegian’s head with just over a minute remaining in the half. 

Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Connor Essegian (0) reacts after scoring against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the second half at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, on March 1, 2025. (Steven Branscombe/Imagn Images)

Albury was assessed a flagrant foul 2 for the contact and ejected from the game.

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"It looked like there was contact to his head, which is what they called it," New Mexico coach Eric Olen said after the game, via The Santa Fe New Mexican. "That was a tough moment for us, losing Deyton like that and that took the wind out of our sails and we didn’t really finish the half."

Essegian finished the game with 6 points, 7 rebounds and one assist in 31 minutes in the win that extended Nebraska’s winning streak to nine games. But he walked away with another trophy of sorts. 

Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Connor Essegian (0) celebrates after a play in the first half of the championship game of the College Basketball Crown tournament against the UCF Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 6, 2025. (Ian Maule/Getty Images)

The senior from Indiana took to social media after the game to show what appeared to be a chipped tooth.

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