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A dominant effort in Manhattan.

Nebraska men's basketball used a strong second half to pull away 62-46 at Kansas State Sunday. NU moves to 9-2 on the season with just two games remaining before the calendar flips to 2024.

With Kansas State up 34-31 at the half, a Nebraska 8-4 run gave the visitors the lead for good. In the final 20 minutes, the Wildcats shot just 16 percent, committed seven turnovers and scored just 12 points.

For the game, Nebraska shot 34.7 percent from the field, including 11-of-31 on 3s.

Rienk Mast led the Big Red attack with a double-double effort of 19 points and 12 rebounds. Juwan Gary added a double-double with 13 points and 18 rebounds. Brice Williams just missed out on the double-double party, scoring 10 points and grabbing nine rebounds.

Nebraska returns home Wednesday to host North Dakota.