Braden Frager scored a career-high 26 points off the bench to lead No. 25 Nebraska to a 102-75 win over Boise State on Sunday afternoon in a nonconference game in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Cornhuskers (4-0) extended their school-record nonleague win streak to 28 games by shooting 66.7% from the field, which included 12 of 24 from 3-point range. They won for the fourth time in five visits to Sanford Pentagon, topping the 100-point mark in consecutive opponents.
Frager was 8 of 11 from the field, 3 of 4 on 3-point attempts and 7 of 7 from the line. He shot 32.4% from the field in Nebraska’s first three games.
Four other Cornhuskers scored in double figures including Pryce Sandfort (17) and Sam Orme (15), both of whom went 3-for-6 from 3-point range. Cale Jacobsen and Boden Kapke posted 13 points apiece.
Boise State (3-1) got 17 points apiece from Spencer Ahrens and Aginaldo Neto. The Broncos entered the day leading Division I in scoring with 114.3 points per game, but shot just 37.9% from the field and committed 15 turnovers.
Nebraska led 52-34 at halftime behind 16 points from Frager, who hit two more 3-pointers early in the second half to help push the Cornhuskers’ lead to 24. Consecutive 3-pointers by Orme extended it to 75-49 with 12:10 to go.
Boise hit three 3-point attempts in the first three minutes, but didn’t make a 2-point try until more than eight minutes in as Nebraska jumped to a 23-14 lead. A Frager dunk upped the Cornhuskers’ lead to 30-17 with 7:44 left in the first half.
The Broncos got within four before Nebraska scored six straight to get back up 38-28. Frager drained a 3-pointer to make it 44-31 with 2:36 left in the half.
Boise State returns home to face Sam Houston State on Friday. Nebraska returns home Wednesday to play South Dakota.
–Field Level Media
