Men's Basketball Falls at Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Creighton men's basketball team fell to Nebraska 71-50 on Sunday afternoon at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb.

The loss drops the Bluejays to 5-4 on the year while the Cornhuskers remained unbeaten, picking up their 13^thconsecutive victory to improve to 9-0. With Nebraska's victory on Sunday, the Cornhuskers have now won back-to-back meeting with the Bluejays for the first time since 1995-97.

Rienk Mast led all scorers with 20 points, while Sam Hoiberg (15) and Pryce Sandfort (13) each scored in double-figures. Nebraska finished the contest shooting 43.6 percent from the field and 37.0 percent from three-point range, while outrebounding the Jays 39-35.

Creighton got a career-high 16 points and a season-high five rebounds from Austin Swartz as the Jays shot a season-low 30.8 percent from the field and just 24.2 percent from the three-point land.

A slow start for both teams quickly turned in the favor of the Cornhuskers as Nebraska embarked on a 13-0 run take a 15-2 lead eight minutes into the contest. CU looked for a spark on the offensive end from the bench and used a three from Isaac Traudt and a pull-up jumper from Swartz to pull within eight at 15-7. Five straight points from Nik Graves cut the deficit to six at 20-14 with 4:56 remaining in the first half, but the Cornhuskers answered with an 11-3 burst to take a 33-19 advantage into the break.

CU struggled to find their footing in the opening period, shooting a season-low 18.8 percent from the field in the first half. Graves led the way with seven points, while Nebraska got eight points from Jamarques Lawrence before half.

Nebraska extended their lead with an 8-0 run that including three-pointers from Mast and Hoiberg to seize a 45-22 edge. NU's lead grew to as much as 27 at 71-44 late in the game on a layup from Cale Jacobsen before claiming the victory..

Creighton returns to the court on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. when it hosts Kansas State in a contest that will be televised on FOX and can be heard on 1620 The Zone.

NOTES: Creighton assistant coach Trey Zeigler is the son of Nebraska assistant coach Ernie Zeigler … Creighton has made a three-pointer in 1,065 straight games, and Josh Dix has made a triple in 21 games in a row … Creighton has made five or more three-pointers in 80 straight games … Creighton missed its first eight attempts from three-point range and were 8-for-33 from downtown after shooting 17-for-34 from long-range on Tuesday vs. Nicholls … Creighton's bench outscored Nebraska's, 29-9 … The road team had won the previous four meetings in the series … Despite the loss, Creighton (with 4) is still the only non-conference foe with multiple wins vs. Nebraska inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, which opened in 2014 … This is Nebraska's first win vs. Creighton in an odd-numbered year since 1997 … Nebraska owns the nation's longest active win streak with 13 straight wins.

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Team Stats

Austin Swartz

Josh Dix

Nik Graves

Isaac Traudt

Players Mentioned

Josh Dix

Nik Graves

Austin Swartz

Isaac Traudt

Players Mentioned

Josh Dix

Nik Graves

Austin Swartz

Isaac Traudt