EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Dylan Talley led all scorers with 21 points, David Rivers added 20 and Nebraska defeated Central Michigan 89-75 in the first game of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational on Saturday night.
Nebraska (7-3) opened up the game with a 10-0 run, forcing Central Michigan to take a time out in an attempt to try and slow down the Huskers. It worked for a few minutes until Nebraska, which led by as many as 19 in the first half, went on an 18-2 run to put the game out of reach for the Chippewas.
The Huskers shot 63 percent from the field and made 7 of 11 from beyond the arc in the first half. Nebraska finished the game by making 32 of 56 from the field and had nine 3-pointers.
Kyle Randall finished the game with 27 points and John Simons finished with 14 for Central Michigan (6-4).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Central Michigan (6-5) | 33 | 42 | 75 |
| Nebraska (8-3) « | 43 | 46 | 89 |
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| Central Michigan Chippewas | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Simons, F | 32 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| O. Mbaigoto, F | 19 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| K. Randall, G | 34 | 5-11 | 15-15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| C. Fowler, G | 31 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| A. Keel, G | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hibbitts | 23 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Richardson Jr. | 22 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| F. Craddock | 9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A. Stewart | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Krannitz | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Buckley | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-50 | 27-33 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 75 | |
| 42% | 81.8% | ||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Ubel, F | 27 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| A. Almeida, C | 9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| D. Talley, G | 38 | 7-17 | 1-1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| R. Gallegos, G | 34 | 6-12 | 4-4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| B. Parker, G | 25 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Rivers | 25 | 8-10 | 4-5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| S. Shields | 21 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Peltz | 18 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Tyrance | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-56 | 16-22 | 33 | 17 | 25 | 89 | |
| 57.1% | 72.7% | ||||||
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