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PrintLINCOLN, Neb. — Brandon Rush scored 20 points, Julian Wright added 17, and sixth-ranked Kansas used a 27-0 run in the first half to fuel a 76-56 blowout of Nebraska on Monday night.
The Jayhawks (19-3, 6-1 Big 12) won for the 13th time in 14 games. The Huskers (12-8, 1-5) lost their third straight.
Ryan Anderson made six 3-pointers and led Nebraska with 19 points.
Kansas outrebounded the Huskers 47-21.
Kansas owns the record for most lopsided win by a Nebraska opponent,
102-46 in 1958, and it looked as if the Jayhawks would threaten that 56-point margin after their 27-0 run put them up 39-6.
As the game got further out of hand, fans began to sarcastically cheer Kansas’ missed shots and Nebraska’s rebounds. When Jay-R Strowbridge’s layup ended a scoring drought that lasted nearly 14 minutes, much of the crowd rose to cheer the occasion.
The Jayhawks led 43-16 at halftime after Nebraska scored eight straight points in the last two minutes.
Nebraska played KU on even terms much of the second half. The Huskers, who trailed by 35 points in the first half, got the deficit down to 20 in the final minute.
Darrell Arthur added 12 points for the Jayhawks.
Aleks Maric, Nebraska’s season scoring leader, missed his only two shots of the first half and was held to nine points. Marcus Perry hit three 3-pointers for nine points.
Nebraska shot 39.1 percent from the field, becoming the 28th straight Kansas opponent to shoot under 50 percent.
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