LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Chris Evans scored 19 points and Kent State used a 20-6 second-half run to put away Nebraska 74-60 on Saturday night.
Kent State (4-2) trailed by one at the half, but came out firing, going up 37-35 on Randal Holt's layup two minutes into the second period and never trailed again. Nebraska (4-1) cut the Golden Flashes lead to 50-49 on Dylan Talley's basket with 10:42 left.
Evans' short jumper with 10:01 triggered the game-clinching run. Kent State pushed the ball inside, getting layups and short jump shots, going up by 10 on Evans' 8 footer that made the score 61-51 with 6:48 remaining.
Darren Goodson hit 8 of 10 shots to score 16 points for Kent State. Holt finished with 15.
Talley had a career high 27 points to lead Nebraska. Brandon Ubel had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Huskers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Kent State (4-2) « | 32 | 42 | 74 |
| Nebraska (4-1) | 33 | 27 | 60 |
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| Kent State Golden Flashes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Evans, F | 32 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| M. Henniger, F | 24 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| C. Ortiz, F | 15 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| R. Holt, G | 32 | 5-12 | 3-3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| K. Thomas, G | 28 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Pope | 20 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| K. Brewer | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Goodson | 17 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| M. Tabb | 9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| E. Morris Jr. | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Spicer | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-49 | 13-18 | 27 | 7 | 21 | 74 | |
| 57.1% | 72.2% | ||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Ubel, F | 37 | 6-8 | 5-10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| A. Almeida, C | 15 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Gallegos, G | 37 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Talley, G | 37 | 10-21 | 5-5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| B. Parker, G | 27 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Rivers | 23 | 1-6 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Peltz | 22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Menke | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 17-26 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 60 | |
| 39.2% | 65.4% | ||||||
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