Sandfort Scores 22: Nebraska Beats Lindenwood 94-60

Nebraska men’s basketball is 3-0, and the regular-season non-conference win streak is now 25. Pryce Sandfort scored 22 points, the Huskers dropped 61 in the first half at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and Nebraska beat Lindenwood 94-60 on Wednesday.

The question after the Providence win was whether a cold night from three would travel home. A 61-point first half, the program’s highest since at least the 2001-02 season, answered it.

Sandfort made 7 of 14 shots, including 6 of 12 threes, and went 2-for-2 at the line. He added eight rebounds and four assists. It was his third straight 20-point game to open the season, and he is the first Husker to score 20 or more in each of his first three games since at least 1990-91.

Nebraska shot 21 of 32 in the first half, including 9 of 18 from three, and led 61-32 at the break. The previous first-half high, 58, came most recently in the Le Moyne opener. The Huskers’ biggest lead was 38. Lindenwood’s only lead was 2 points, and it lasted 22 seconds.

Wilkinson makes it look easy off the bench

Damon Wilkinson came off the bench and scored a season-high 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting. He also made the first two 3-pointers of his career. Nebraska’s bench finished with 44 points.

Braden Frager added 14 points, four rebounds and three steals. Cale Jacobsen had seven points and five assists. Boden Kapke and Connor Essegian each scored seven.

Nebraska shot 33 of 64 for the game, 51.6 percent, and 11 of 35 from three. The Huskers won the paint 44-32, scored 19 points off turnovers and 15 second-chance points, and held the lead for 38 minutes and 35 seconds in front of 14,714.

Lindenwood can’t keep up

Lindenwood fell to 2-2 and shot 22 of 62, 35.5 percent, including 3 of 20 from three. The Lions committed 18 turnovers and finished with nine assists.

Shamiere Green led Lindenwood with 12 points. Makhan Diouf added nine, and Marsai Mason grabbed 10 rebounds.

Nebraska has now won 25 straight regular-season non-conference games dating back to 2024, and 17 straight home games against non-conference opponents dating back to 2023. A 12-0 first-half run gave the Huskers their fifth double-figure run of the season.

Husker Nation, noon Sunday against Boise State in Sioux Falls tells us whether a 61-point first half travels.