LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Shavon Shields scored a career-high 35 points, 21 of them in the first half, to lead slow-starting Nebraska past Omaha 80-67 on Tuesday night.

Nebraska (3-1) trailed by as many as 16 early but opened up a double digit lead late in the first half.

Omaha (2-2, 0-0 Summit) cut the Nebraska lead to 47-43 on C.J. Carter’s layup with 13:15 left.

Shields then hit Nebraska’s first field goal of the second half and followed that with a 3-pointer to push the Husker lead back to 52-43 with 12:25 remaining. Nebraska went up 61-50 on Shields 3-pointer with 9 minutes left. Omaha didn’t get any closer down the stretch.

Omaha opened the game hot, hitting eight of its first nine shots, four of them 3-pointers, in the first five minutes to take a 23-7 lead.