Josh Hart scored 19 points, Daniel Ochefu had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 11 Villanova rolled past Nebraska 87-63 on Tuesday night.
Ryan Arcidiacono added 15 points and Phil Booth scored 11 for the Wildcats (2-0), who shot 49.2 percent from the field.
The game was part of the inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games, which pits teams from the Big East against Big Ten squads.
Andrew White led Nebraska (1-1) with 18 points for the second straight game while Shavon Shields and Glynn Watson Jr. scored 12 apiece.
Trailing 23-16 with 7:43 left in the first half, Villanova reeled off the game’s next 22 points before Watson ended Nebraska’s seven-minute scoring drought with a basket right before halftime.
Arcidiacono and Hart kicked off the game-changing spurt with back-to-back 3-pointers and Darryl Reynolds capped it with a thunderous dunk.
