SCST

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Nebraska goes wild in first half, rolls to 91-62 victory over South Carolina State

AP
Dec 30, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) C. J. Wilcher scored 18 points off the bench, Brice Williams added 16 points, and Nebraska Cornhuskers rode a dominant first half to a 91-62 victory over South Carolina State Bulldogs on Friday night.

Nebraska's first half was one to remember. The Cornhuskers led 50-11 after holding South Carolina State to 11.9% shooting (5 for 42) and 1 for 13 from 3-point distance. In contrast, Nebraska shot 55.2% overall, which included 11-for-14 shooting on 2-point tries. The Cornhuskers had 13 assists on 16 made baskets.

Josiah Allick finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists for Nebraska (11-2). Eli Rice scored 10 points.

Jordan Simpson scored all of his team-high 17 points in the second half to help the Bulldogs outscore Nebraska 51-41 after the break.

Michael Teal finished with 11 points and Raquan Brown had 10 for the Bulldogs (4-11).

Nebraska's 11 nonconference wins are the most since the Cornhuskers went 11-1 to open the 1994-95 season. Only four teams in program history have had a better nonconference record than this season's 11-2.

Nebraska, which is 1-1 in Big Ten play, returns to conference action with a home game against Indiana on Wednesday.

South Carolina State visits Oklahoma State on Sunday.

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1st Half
SCST
Bulldogs
11
NEB
Cornhuskers
50

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Cornhuskers gains possession)
19:40	+3	Jamarques Lawrence makes three point jump shot (Juwan Gary assists)	0-3
19:08		Juwan Gary blocks Omar Croskey's two point layup
19:06		Caleb McCarty offensive rebound
18:57		Caleb McCarty misses two point jump shot
18:55		Omar Croskey offensive rebound
18:55		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
18:55		Jamarques Lawrence offensive foul
18:55		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (offensive foul)
18:32		Mitchel Taylor misses two point jump shot
18:30		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
18:16	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup (Josiah Allick assists)	0-5
18:03		Shaman Alston misses two point jump shot
18:01		Brice Williams defensive rebound
17:54		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
17:52		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
17:40		Caleb McCarty blocks Keisei Tominaga's three point jump shot
17:38		Mitchel Taylor defensive rebound
17:23		Juwan Gary blocks Caleb McCarty's two point layup
17:21		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
17:21		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
17:19		Caleb McCarty defensive rebound
17:16		Keisei Tominaga personal foul
16:57		Davion Everett turnover (Keisei Tominaga steals)
16:50		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
16:48		Bulldogs defensive rebound
16:27		Drayton Jones misses two point jump shot
16:25		Davion Everett offensive rebound
16:21		Davion Everett misses two point jump shot
16:19		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
16:15		Jordan Simpson personal foul
16:08	+3	Brice Williams makes three point jump shot (Juwan Gary assists)	0-8
15:57		Brice Williams blocks Drayton Jones's two point jump shot
15:55		Keisei Tominaga defensive rebound
15:53	+2	Josiah Allick makes two point layup (Juwan Gary assists)	0-10
15:51		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
15:51		TV timeout
15:38		Mitchel Taylor misses two point layup
15:36		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
15:17		Sam Hoiberg misses three point jump shot
15:15		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
14:55		C.J. Wilcher misses three point jump shot
14:53		Davion Everett defensive rebound
14:53		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
14:50		Jordan Simpson misses two point jump shot
14:48		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
14:40		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
14:38		Davion Everett defensive rebound
14:29		Atiba Taylor misses two point jump shot
14:27		Brice Williams defensive rebound
14:21		Jordan Simpson shooting foul
14:21	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-11
14:21	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-12
14:03	+3	Michael Teal makes three point jump shot (Atiba Taylor assists)	3-12
13:46		Davion Everett shooting foul
13:46	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 3	3-13
13:46	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 3	3-14
13:46	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 3 of 3	3-15
13:32		Michael Teal misses three point jump shot
13:30		Brice Williams defensive rebound
13:22	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point jump shot (Brice Williams assists)	3-17
13:06		Eli Rice shooting foul
13:06		Drayton Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:06		Drayton Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:06		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
12:56	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)	3-19
12:48		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
12:46		Eli Rice defensive rebound
12:24	+2	Jamarques Lawrence makes two point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists)	3-21
12:04		Michael Teal misses three point jump shot
12:02		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
11:58		Jamarques Lawrence turnover
11:58		TV timeout
11:41		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
11:39		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
11:31		Caleb McCarty shooting foul
11:31		Matar Diop misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:31		Matar Diop misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:31		Bulldogs defensive rebound
11:20		Omar Croskey misses two point layup
11:18		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
11:10		Eli Rice misses three point jump shot
11:08		Caleb McCarty defensive rebound
10:58		Atiba Taylor turnover (C.J. Wilcher steals)
10:38	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point layup	3-23
10:32		Atiba Taylor misses two point jump shot
10:30		Matar Diop defensive rebound
10:22		C.J. Wilcher turnover
10:11		Davion Everett turnover (Matar Diop steals)
9:55		Jamarques Lawrence misses two point jump shot
9:53		Davion Everett defensive rebound
9:39		Michael Teal misses three point jump shot
9:37		Omar Croskey offensive rebound
9:31	+2	Omar Croskey makes two point layup	5-23
9:13	+3	C.J. Wilcher makes three point jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	5-26
9:01		Omar Croskey misses two point jump shot
8:59		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
8:55		Drayton Jones personal foul
8:55		Jarron Coleman turnover
8:55		Eli Rice personal foul
8:52		Wilson Dubinsky misses two point jump shot
8:50		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
8:45		C.J. Wilcher turnover
8:38		Josiah Allick blocks Wilson Dubinsky's two point jump shot
8:36		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
8:28		Omar Croskey shooting foul
8:28	+1	Eli Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-27
8:28		Eli Rice misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:28		Drayton Jones defensive rebound
8:26		Mitchel Taylor misses two point jump shot
8:25		Brice Williams defensive rebound
8:25		Caleb McCarty shooting foul
8:25	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-28
8:25	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-29
8:03	+2	Davion Everett makes two point jump shot	7-29
7:37	+3	Jarron Coleman makes three point jump shot (Keisei Tominaga assists)	7-32
7:10		Davion Everett misses three point jump shot
7:08		Bulldogs offensive rebound
7:07		TV timeout
7:04		Davion Everett misses two point jump shot
7:02		Brice Williams defensive rebound
6:56	+3	Jarron Coleman makes three point jump shot (Juwan Gary assists)	7-35
6:31	+2	Davion Everett makes two point layup (Wilson Dubinsky assists)	9-35
6:20		Drayton Jones personal foul
6:20	+1	Josiah Allick makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-36
6:20	+1	Josiah Allick makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-37
6:09		Wilson Dubinsky turnover (Keisei Tominaga steals)
5:55	+2	Josiah Allick makes two point dunk (Jarron Coleman assists)	9-39
5:25		Caleb McCarty turnover (Josiah Allick steals)
5:21	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point dunk (Jarron Coleman assists)	9-41
5:21		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
5:10		Josiah Allick personal foul
5:10		Raquan Brown misses two point layup
5:08		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
4:49		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
4:47		Raquan Brown defensive rebound
4:32		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
4:30		Keisei Tominaga defensive rebound
4:25	+2	Josiah Allick makes two point layup (Jarron Coleman assists)	9-43
4:10		Juwan Gary blocks Omar Croskey's two point layup
4:08		Brice Williams defensive rebound
4:01	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup	9-45
3:44		Atiba Taylor misses three point jump shot
3:42		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
3:42		TV timeout
3:13		Brice Williams misses two point jump shot
3:11		Matar Diop offensive rebound
3:11		Drayton Jones personal foul
3:11		Matar Diop misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:11		Davion Everett defensive rebound
3:01		Omar Croskey misses two point layup
2:59		Eli Rice defensive rebound
2:53		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
2:51		Davion Everett defensive rebound
2:37		Brice Williams blocks Atiba Taylor's two point layup
2:35		Davion Everett offensive rebound
2:21	+2	Davion Everett makes two point layup	11-45
2:15		Brice Williams turnover (Omar Croskey steals)
2:09		Omar Croskey misses two point layup
2:07		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
2:07		Brice Williams misses two point layup
2:06		Davion Everett defensive rebound
1:57		Raquan Brown misses three point jump shot
1:55		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
1:51		Josiah Allick turnover
1:29		Atiba Taylor misses two point layup
1:27		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
1:19		Caleb McCarty personal foul
1:19	+1	Eli Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-46
1:19		Eli Rice misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:19		Caleb McCarty defensive rebound
1:10		Raquan Brown misses three point jump shot
1:08		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
1:05		Omar Croskey personal foul
1:05	+1	Sam Hoiberg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-47
1:05		Sam Hoiberg misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:05		Sam Hoiberg offensive rebound
1:01	+2	Sam Hoiberg makes two point layup	11-49
0:47		Michael Teal misses two point jump shot
0:45		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
0:40		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (Wilson Dubinsky steals)
0:31		Omar Croskey misses three point jump shot
0:29		Cale Jacobsen defensive rebound
0:28		Raquan Brown shooting foul
0:28		Jamarques Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:28	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-50
0:02		Michael Teal turnover
0:01		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (Michael Teal steals)
0:01		Michael Teal misses three point jump shot
0:00		Caleb McCarty offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SCST
Bulldogs
51
NEB
Cornhuskers
41

Time		Play	Score
19:46	+2	Keisei Tominaga makes two point jump shot (Josiah Allick assists)	11-52
19:20		Juwan Gary blocks Atiba Taylor's two point jump shot
19:18		Bulldogs offensive rebound
19:17		Drayton Jones misses two point jump shot
19:15		Keisei Tominaga defensive rebound
18:55		Keisei Tominaga misses two point layup
18:53		Keisei Tominaga offensive rebound
18:48	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot (Josiah Allick assists)	11-54
18:39	+2	Jordan Simpson makes two point layup	13-54
18:39		Jamarques Lawrence shooting foul
18:39	+1	Jordan Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	14-54
18:34		Atiba Taylor shooting foul
18:34		Juwan Gary misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:34	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-55
18:16		Michael Teal turnover (Keisei Tominaga steals)
18:09	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot (Josiah Allick assists)	14-57
17:45		Brice Williams personal foul
17:43	+2	Jordan Simpson makes two point jump shot (Mitchel Taylor assists)	16-57
17:22		Brice Williams turnover (Omar Croskey steals)
17:20		Jamarques Lawrence personal foul
17:20	+1	Omar Croskey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-57
17:20	+1	Omar Croskey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-57
17:16		Jordan Simpson misses two point layup
17:14		Keisei Tominaga defensive rebound
17:00		Jamarques Lawrence misses two point layup
16:58		Josiah Allick offensive rebound
16:52	+2	Josiah Allick makes two point layup	18-59
16:46	+2	Mitchel Taylor makes two point layup	20-59
16:36		Mitchel Taylor shooting foul
16:36	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-60
16:36	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-61
16:18		Shaman Alston turnover (Juwan Gary steals)
16:12		Brice Williams turnover (Atiba Taylor steals)
16:00		Mitchel Taylor turnover (traveling)
16:00		TV timeout
15:59		Sam Hoiberg misses two point layup
15:57		Mitchel Taylor defensive rebound
15:39	+2	Mitchel Taylor makes two point layup	22-61
15:30	+3	Keisei Tominaga makes three point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists)	22-64
15:14	+2	Omar Croskey makes two point jump shot	24-64
15:00		Sam Hoiberg misses three point jump shot
14:58		Omar Croskey defensive rebound
14:56		Brice Williams personal foul
14:42		Shaman Alston misses two point jump shot
14:40		Brice Williams defensive rebound
14:31		Sam Hoiberg misses two point layup
14:29		Sam Hoiberg offensive rebound
14:20		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
14:18		Mitchel Taylor defensive rebound
13:59		Shaman Alston turnover (Josiah Allick steals)
13:54		Mitchel Taylor shooting foul
13:44		Sam Hoiberg turnover
13:31		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
13:29		Drayton Jones offensive rebound
13:29		Matar Diop personal foul
13:29		Mitchel Taylor turnover (Matar Diop steals)
13:18		Jarron Coleman turnover (Shaman Alston steals)
13:09		Mitchel Taylor turnover (Sam Hoiberg steals)
13:01	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point layup (Eli Rice assists)	24-66
12:53		Mitchel Taylor turnover (Sam Hoiberg steals)
12:44	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point layup (Jarron Coleman assists)	24-68
12:25		Wilson Dubinsky turnover (C.J. Wilcher steals)
12:16		Matar Diop misses two point layup
12:14		Sam Hoiberg offensive rebound
12:09		Eli Rice misses three point jump shot
12:07		Shaman Alston defensive rebound
12:03		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
11:50		Shaman Alston misses three point jump shot
11:48		Cale Jacobsen defensive rebound
11:45		Caleb McCarty personal foul
11:45		TV timeout
11:42		Raquan Brown personal foul
11:41	+3	C.J. Wilcher makes three point jump shot (Jarron Coleman assists)	24-71
11:12	+2	Michael Teal makes two point jump shot	26-71
11:04	+2	Cale Jacobsen makes two point jump shot	26-73
10:52		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
10:50		Matar Diop defensive rebound
10:35		Jarron Coleman misses three point jump shot
10:33		Shaman Alston defensive rebound
10:18	+3	Michael Teal makes three point jump shot (Raquan Brown assists)	29-73
10:11		Raquan Brown personal foul
9:59	+3	Eli Rice makes three point jump shot (Jarron Coleman assists)	29-76
9:37		Eli Rice shooting foul
9:37		Caleb McCarty misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:37		Caleb McCarty misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:37		Michael Teal offensive rebound
9:30		Michael Teal turnover (Eli Rice steals)
9:30		Cale Jacobsen turnover
9:23		Eli Rice shooting foul
9:23	+1	Shaman Alston makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-76
9:23	+1	Shaman Alston makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-76
9:10		Erik Martin technical foul
9:10	+1	C.J. Wilcher makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-77
9:10	+1	C.J. Wilcher makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-78
8:54		Jarron Coleman misses three point jump shot
8:52		Raquan Brown defensive rebound
8:43		Shaman Alston turnover (Eli Rice steals)
8:38		Jordan Simpson shooting foul
8:38	+1	Eli Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-79
8:38	+1	Eli Rice makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-80
8:31	+2	Michael Teal makes two point jump shot	33-80
8:28		Jarron Coleman shooting foul
8:28	+1	Michael Teal makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-80
8:20		Dallas James blocks Eli Rice's two point layup
8:18		Caleb McCarty defensive rebound
8:12		Jordan Simpson turnover (Jarron Coleman steals)
8:05	+3	Eli Rice makes three point jump shot (Cale Jacobsen assists)	34-83
7:52		Jordan Simpson misses two point jump shot
7:50		Matar Diop defensive rebound
7:40		Jarron Coleman turnover (Jordan Simpson steals)
7:34	+2	Jordan Simpson makes two point dunk	36-83
7:15		C.J. Wilcher misses three point jump shot
7:13		Michael Teal defensive rebound
7:08		Michael Teal turnover (C.J. Wilcher steals)
7:01	+2	Jarron Coleman makes two point layup	36-85
6:46		Jordan Simpson misses two point layup
6:44		Raquan Brown offensive rebound
6:44		TV timeout
6:42		Mitchel Taylor misses two point layup
6:40		Raquan Brown offensive rebound
6:37		Matar Diop shooting foul
6:37	+1	Raquan Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-85
6:37	+1	Raquan Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-85
6:26		Sam Hoiberg turnover
6:14		Raquan Brown misses three point jump shot
6:12		Sam Hoiberg defensive rebound
5:58		Shaman Alston blocks Eli Rice's two point layup
5:56		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
5:47		Cale Jacobsen misses three point jump shot
5:45		Raquan Brown defensive rebound
5:38	+2	Jordan Simpson makes two point layup	40-85
5:38		Matar Diop shooting foul
5:38	+1	Jordan Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	41-85
5:33		Eli Rice misses three point jump shot
5:31		Raquan Brown defensive rebound
5:14	+2	Dallas James makes two point jump shot (Shaman Alston assists)	43-85
4:47		Cale Jacobsen misses three point jump shot
4:45		Raquan Brown defensive rebound
4:41	+2	Jordan Simpson makes two point jump shot (Raquan Brown assists)	45-85
4:27		Eli Rice misses three point jump shot
4:25		Jordan Simpson defensive rebound
4:18		Shaman Alston misses two point layup
4:16		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
4:03	+2	Sam Hoiberg makes two point layup	45-87
3:52		Sam Hoiberg personal foul
3:52		TV timeout
3:52	+1	Drayton Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-87
3:52	+1	Drayton Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-87
3:46		Jarron Coleman turnover
3:37		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
3:35		Jordan Simpson offensive rebound
3:28	+3	Jordan Simpson makes three point jump shot (Wilson Dubinsky assists)	50-87
2:56		Jarron Coleman misses two point jump shot
2:54		Jordan Simpson defensive rebound
2:46	+3	Raquan Brown makes three point jump shot (Jordan Simpson assists)	53-87
2:34		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
2:34		TV timeout
2:29		Matar Diop turnover (traveling)
2:21	+2	Mitchel Taylor makes two point layup	55-87
1:51		Jarron Coleman misses three point jump shot
1:50		Jeffrey Grace III offensive rebound
1:50		Wilson Dubinsky personal foul
1:50	+1	Jeffrey Grace III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-88
1:50	+1	Jeffrey Grace III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-89
1:34	+2	Raquan Brown makes two point layup	57-89
1:19		Jarron Coleman turnover (Drayton Jones steals)
1:09		Wilson Dubinsky misses three point jump shot
1:07		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
0:50		Mitchel Taylor personal foul
0:50	+1	Cale Jacobsen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-90
0:50	+1	Cale Jacobsen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-91
0:37	+3	Raquan Brown makes three point jump shot (Mitchel Taylor assists)	60-91
0:19		Jarron Coleman turnover (Jordan Simpson steals)
0:12	+2	Jordan Simpson makes two point dunk	62-91
0:00		End of period

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Jordan Simpson makes two point dunk