LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Shavon Shields and Andrew White III each had 19 points and five rebounds on Tuesday night and Nebraska blew past Prairie View A&M in the second half for an 81-50 win.

Nebraska (8-5) led by as many as 16 in the first half, but fell behind Prairie View A&M 32-31 on Zachary Hamilton’s basket with 18:40 remaining.

The Huskers responded with a 23-5 run, going up 45-34 on Tai Webster’s steal and layup with 14:40 left and taking a 54-37 lead on White’s 3 pointer with 11:40 remaining. The Panthers (0-11) got no closer than 15 the rest of the way. Nebraska’s biggest lead was 32.

Nebraska built a 26-8 lead capped by Shields’ six free throws as the Panthers hit just four of their first 18 shots. Prairie View A&M then hit six of their next seven shots for a 16-0 run that cut the lead to 26-24 on Zachary Hamilton’s layup with 2:54 remaining in the half. Nebraska made just one field goal in the final 8:18 of the half.

Tai Webster added 10 points for Nebraska.

Karim York led Prairie View A&M with 16 points. Hamilton finished with 13 for the Panthers.

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TIP-INS

Prairie View A&M: Has played just one home game this season, a loss to Texas State on Dec. 16. The Panthers return home for a Jan. 2 tilt against Alcorn State.

Nebraska: Is now 21-1 all-time against schools from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Tuesday’s game was the first meeting between the Huskers and Prairie View A&M.

UP NEXT

Prairie View A&M travels to Louisiana Tech on Monday.

Nebraska hosts Northwestern Dec. 30.

— Associated Press —