Pryce Sandfort scored 22 points, and Nebraska men’s basketball beat Lindenwood 94-60 on Wednesday night, Nebraska Athletics announced. The Huskers are 3-0. Lindenwood is 2-2.
Nebraska shot 66 percent in the first half and scored 61 points before the break, which the university said is the program’s highest-scoring first half in more than 30 seasons. The Huskers led by as many as 38, at 56-18 with just under four minutes left in the half, and took a 61-32 lead into the locker room.
The scorers
Sandfort finished 7 of 14 from the field with six 3-pointers. It was his third straight 22-point game to open the season, Nebraska Athletics said. Damon Wilkinson scored 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting, including the first two 3-pointers of his career, in 18 minutes off the bench. Braden Frager added 14 points. Wilkinson and Sandfort had 17 points each in the first half, outscoring Lindenwood by themselves before the break, per the official recap.
Lindenwood’s only lead came after the opening layup. Nebraska answered with a 23-4 run and led 23-6, then hit six 3-pointers in a seven-minute stretch. The Huskers opened the second half with a 13-4 run to lead 73-36 with 14:45 left.
Shamiere Green led Lindenwood with 12 points. Makhan Diouf added 9. The Lions shot 35.5 percent, including 3 of 20 from 3-point range.
Next
Nebraska plays Boise State on Sunday, Nov. 15, at noon CST at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., per the official schedule. The university’s Sunday preview says the game will be on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the official Huskers app. The same preview lists the television network as FS1 in one place and BTN in another, so the channel should be confirmed before tipoff.
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