Overview
- Nebraska won 86-85 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City to claim the NABC Hall of Fame Classic title.
- The Huskers raced to a 15-point first-half lead behind efficient shooting as Kansas State’s miscues mounted.
- Pryce Sandfort led Nebraska with 21 points and Rienk Mast added 20 in a balanced effort.
- PJ Haggerty scored 27 and Abdi Bashir Jr. hit seven threes for 26 as the Wildcats staged a second-half comeback.
- A flagrant-1 on Jamarques Lawrence and a disputed late foul fed postgame frustration for K-State, which fell to 5-1 as Nebraska stayed unbeaten.