Cal State Fullerton Titans vs Nebraska Cornhuskers Match Player Stats On Nov 26, 2023

Rienk Mast had 19 points and Nebraska matched its best start in 31 years with an 85-72 home win over Cal State Fullerton in a nonconference game Sunday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.

The Cornhuskers (7-0) have their longest win streak since winning 11 in a row in 2010-11 and their best start since beginning the 1992-93 season with seven straight victories.

Mast was 8 of 12 from the field, making all three 3-point attempts, and added nine rebounds. Keisei Tominaga added 17, making all five of his shots.

The Titans (2-4) got a career-high 30 points from Max Jones, who had 19 in the first half. Jones was 10 of 19, including 5 of 7 from 3, while the rest of the Titans shot 37.5 percent and were 4 of 15 from outside.

Up 47-36 at the break, Nebraska opened with back-to-back 3-pointers by Mast and Keisei Tominaga to up the advantage to 17. The lead was 66-50 with 12:03 to go when both teams went into a prolonged scoring drought, with zero field goals over the next four-plus minutes.

The Titans missed eight straight shots before a 3-pointer by Grayson Carper with 6:42 remaining, but by then it was 70-55 Nebraska. A 7-0 run capped by a Jones 3 got the visitors within 78-67 with 2:26 to go before Nebraska's Brice Williams canned a 3 to thwart the comeback.

Nebraska hit six of its first 11 3-pointers, with a triple from Jamarques Lawrence giving it a 29-18 lead with 10:10 left in the first half. Fullerton twice got within four before halftime, including 34-30 with 6:04 remaining, but Nebraska built the margin to 13 with 1:45 to go on back-to-back Mast baskets.

Fullerton will host North Dakota on Friday while Nebraska hosts No. 8 Creighton next Sunday.

--Field Level Media