This one didn’t start off really pretty if you were Nebraska. Hawai’i took an early 12-7 lead as Marcus Greene hit 2 from deep early. Braxton Meah had a couple of easy dunks to lead Nebraska’s early scoring. Scoring droughts would quickly become a huge theme as Nebraska shortly afterwards embarked on a 3+ minute drought, missing 7 straight shots. Hawai’i expanded its lead to 8 as Nebraska started 3-12 from the floor in the first 8 minutes of the game. The Rainbow Warriors were outhustling the Huskers as they had a 14-9 edge in rebounding at the halfway point of the first half.