UNO blew a 15-point lead in the final three minutes of regulation last November at Devlin Fieldhouse before rebounding to beat Tulane in overtime.

This time, the Privateers left no doubt.

Coleton Benson drained eight 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 33 points and UNO led wire-to-wire, blowing out the cold-shooting Green Wave 85-63 in front of a crowd of 2,009 on Friday night. The Privateers (2-1) held the Wave to exactly the same 3-of-27 shooting accuracy from 3-point range that they held TCU to in their opening-night upset on the road.

It was the second-largest margin of victory in series history for UNO, trailing only a 23-point win in 1996.

“We expected there were going to be windows that were open for me,” Benson said. “I was able to hit them and connect, and it got us going an

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