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CHAMPAIGN — Jamarques Lawrence hit a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds remaining Saturday to give No. 23 Nebraska an 83-80 win over No. 13 Illinois.

The undefeated Huskers (11-0, 2-0 Big Ten) are off to the best start in program history. They won 10 in a row to start the 1977-78 season.

Tomislav Ivišić’s 3-pointer — his only points of the game — with 17 seconds to play deadlocked the game at 80 for the Illini (8-3, 1-1), who trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half and 14 in the first half.

Lawrence finished with 14 points. Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 32 points and Rienk Mast had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Huskers in their first road game of the season.

Kylan Boswell scored 20 points for Illinois, which led for only 16

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