LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Pryce Sandfort scored 20 points, Rienk Mast scored 15 points and Nebraska overcame early bad news by staying undefeated, beating USC Upstate 72-63 on Saturday.

Reserves Cale Jacobsen and Braden Frager each scored 11 points for the Huskers.

Karmani Gregory scored 20 points, Mason Bendinger 13, backup Isaiah Skinner 12 and Carmelo Adkins 11 for the Spartans (4-5).

Nebraska never trailed in the second half. Frager's 3 with 2:17 left gave the Cornhuskers their largest lead, 64-50. The first half was completely different.

The Spartans' Gregory made a 3 with 15:45 before halftime for a 7-6 lead and they proceeded to outscore Nebraska 23-9 over nearly the next eight minutes and built a 27-15 advantage with 7:22 left before halftime.

Despite an almost three-minute scoring

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