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11/25 22:20 CST Rienk Mast hits 7 3s, scores 31 to help Nebraska beat Winthrop
80-73, remain undefeated
Rienk Mast hits 7 3s, scores 31 to help Nebraska beat Winthrop 80-73, remain
undefeated
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) --- Rienk Mast hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 31
points on 11-of-18 shooting Tuesday night to help Nebraska beat Winthrop 80-73
and remain undefeated.
Nebraska (7-0) has won 11 games in a row, dating to last season, the longest
active streak of its kind in Division I and just the fourth time in program
history that the Cornhuskers have accomplished the feat (1993-94, 1990-01 and
2010-11).
Kareem Rozier hit a 3-pointer that trimmed Winthrop's deficit to 72-69 with
1:45 to play, but Pryce Sandfort answered with a jumper and and Cale Jacobsen
added a layup to push the lead to seven points with 47 seconds remaining.
Jacobsen and Braden Frager each scored 11 points and Sandfort added 10 points
and eight assists for Nebraska.
Kareem Rozier led Winthrop (3-4) with 14 points, Daylen Berry added 12 and
Pharell Boyogueno scored 11. Logan Duncomb fouled out in the final seconds with
10 rebounds and eight points.
Nebraska, which went into the game leading the Big Ten and No. 20 nationally in
made 3s per game (11.5), made 13 3-pointers.
Sandfort hit a 3-pointer and Jacobsen followed with a three-point play to make
it 47-42 with 15:07 left in the game and the Cornhuskers led the rest of the
way. Mast scored Nebraska's final 13 points --- including three 3s --- in a
15-5 run that made it 67-54 with 5:35 to play.
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