LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Rienk Mast scored 20 points, Sam Hoiberg scored 15 and Nebraska beat Creighton 71-50 on Sunday to remain perfect on the season.
Pryce Sandfort added 13 points in a game that saw the 9-0 Cornhuskers build a 15-2 lead in the game's first seven minutes.
Creighton (5-4) reserve Austin Swartz was the lone Bluejay in double figures with 16 points. Josh Dix and Nik Graves were Creighton's highest-scoring starters with nine points each.
The Bluejays made just 31% (16 of 52) of their shots to 44% (24 of 55) for Nebraska.
Creighton reduced its deficit to 20-14 after Graves made two foul shots with 4:56 left before halftime. But Jamarques Lawrence, Mast and Hoiberg all made 3s, Hoiberg added a layup and the lead stood at 31-17.
After a 33-19 lead at intermission, Nebraska continued its run with a 9-3 start to the second half and reached its first 20-plus point lead of the game at 42-22. Mast's layup with 4:17 remaining kept Nebraska up by at least 20 the rest of the way.
The Huskers’ 9-0 start marks their best start since opening the 1977-78 season with a 10-0 mark, and just the third time the Huskers have won eight-or-more games to start a season.
Nebraska also extended the nation’s longest win streak to 13 games.
Creighton travels to face Kansas State on Saturday.
Nebraska starts Big Ten play on Wednesday when it hosts Wisconsin.
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