Jaden Akins scored 18 points and Jaxon Kohler finished a rebound shy of tying a career high with 12 and Michigan State throttled Nebraska 89-52. Reserve Andrew Morgan scored 14 points and Brice Williams 11 in Nebraska’s Big Ten conference opener. Nebraska rallied to get within 26-21 on Andrew Morgan’s jump shot with 6:01 left.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jaden Akins scored 18 points and Jaxon Kohler finished a rebound shy of tying a career high with 12 and Michigan State throttled Nebraska 89-52 on Saturday.
Michigan State reserves Jase Richardson scored 16 points and Xavier Booker scored 11 and the two combined to finish 9-for-13 shooting. Each played 15 minutes.Reserve Andrew Morgan scored 14 points and Brice Williams 11 in Nebraska’s conference opener. The Spartans built a 7-0 lead before Nebraska scored seven straight to tie it. The Cornhuskers’ Williams made a pair of free throws to again tie it, this time at 11, but the Spartans outscored Nebraska 13-2 in a span of a little more than 5 1/2 minutes and were up 24-13 with 7:36 left before halftime.
Nebraska rallied to get within 26-21 on Andrew Morgan’s jump shot with 6:01 left. The Spartans countered with a Coen Carr dunk plus a 3-pointer and two free throws from Richardson and Michigan State led by double digits for the remainder. The lead reached 20 on an Akins jumper with 14:26 left and 30 with a Tre Holloman 3-pointer with 10:48 remaining.
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