Pryce Sandfort Hits 6 Threes for 22 as No. 25 Nebraska Beats Lindenwood 94-60
Pryce Sandfort hit six threes, and Nebraska's 24-point edge from beyond the arc carried a 94-60 win over Lindenwood.
Photo: Nebraska Athletics. Pryce Sandfort, official roster headshot. Card design: The Dyme.
Pryce Sandfort scored 22 points with eight rebounds and four assists as No. 25 Nebraska beat Lindenwood 94-60 on Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, per the ESPN box score. Sandfort went 7-of-14 from the field and 6-of-12 from three in 28 minutes. Five of the six threes came before halftime, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. Nebraska led 61-32 at the break. Attendance was 14,714, and the game aired on FS1. The Huskers moved to 3-0. Lindenwood fell to 2-2.
Damon Wilkinson scored 19 off the bench on 7-of-8 shooting in 18 minutes, including 2-of-2 from three. Seventeen of his 19 came in the first half, by our count. Braden Frager added 14 points and three steals. Cale Jacobsen had seven points and five assists with no turnovers.
61 by halftime
Lindenwood led 2-0 on Makhan Diouf's opening layup, its only lead, per ESPN. After Cale Jacobsen's free throws tied it, Sandfort hit back-to-back threes at 18:35 and 18:08 for an 8-2 lead. From 11:07 to 8:59 of the first half, Nebraska scored 12 straight to go from 25-9 to 37-9, by our count from the play-by-play. Wilkinson's three at 8:59 capped that run. Sandfort's three at 3:59 made it 56-18, the 38-point lead ESPN lists as Nebraska's largest.
The first half went 61-32 and the second 33-28.
Where the margin came from
The three-point line was most of this game: Nebraska's 24-point edge from three accounts for 24 of the 34-point margin, by our count from the ESPN box. Nebraska made 11 threes to Lindenwood's three, a 24-point gap from beyond the arc, by our count from the ESPN box. The Huskers went 11-of-35 from three (31%). Lindenwood went 3-of-20 (15%). Paint points went 44-32 to Nebraska, and the Huskers held a 41-38 rebounding edge.
Lindenwood committed 18 turnovers to Nebraska's 12. Nebraska scored 19 points off turnovers, Lindenwood 12. The Huskers assisted 19 of their 33 baskets, per ESPN.
Lindenwood's side
Shamiere Green led Lindenwood with 12 points on 3-of-5 from three. Marsai Mason had six points and 10 rebounds, four of them offensive. Makhan Diouf scored nine on 4-of-7 shooting. The Lions shot 22-of-62 (35%).
The box score, side by side
Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box and checked against the CBS Sports gametracker box:
| Category | Nebraska | Lindenwood |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 33-64 (52%) | 22-62 (35%) |
| 3-pointers | 11-35 (31%) | 3-20 (15%) |
| Free throws | 17-24 (71%) | 13-19 (68%) |
| Rebounds | 41 | 38 |
| Offensive rebounds | 13 | 14 |
| Assists | 19 | 9 |
| Turnovers | 12 | 18 |
| Steals | 10 | 6 |
| Blocks | 5 | 0 |
| Points in the paint | 44 | 32 |
| Points off turnovers | 19 | 12 |
| Fast-break points | 12 | 6 |
| Largest lead | 38 | 2 |
Half scoring, per the ESPN linescores:
| Half | Nebraska | Lindenwood |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | 32 |
| 2 | 33 | 28 |
| Final | 94 | 60 |
Nebraska held the No. 25 spot in the Associated Press men's Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. Lindenwood was unranked.
Next on the schedule
Nebraska faces Boise State at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sunday, Nov. 15, per the ESPN team schedule.
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