CHAMPAIGN — Jamarques Lawrence hit a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds remaining Saturday to give No. 23 Nebraska an 83-80 win over No. 13 Illinois. The undefeated Huskers (11-0, 2-0 Big Ten) are off to the best start in program history. They won 10 in a row to start the 1977-78 season. Tomislav Ivišić ’s 3-pointer — his only points of the game — with 17 seconds to play deadlocked the game at 80 for the Illini (8-3, 1-1), who trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half and 14 in the first half.   Lawrence finished with 14 points. Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 32 points and Rienk Mast had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Huskers in their first road game of the season. Kylan Boswell scored 20 points for Illinois, which led for only 16 seconds early in the first half. Andrej Stojaković had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Keaton Wagler scored 19 points for the Illini. Sandfort scored the Huskers’ first 15 points and had 26 in the first half, but Illinois went on a 13-point run to end the half and tied the game at 37. The Huskers, ranked for the first time since 2018, have won a program-record 15 in a row dating to last season, when they won the inaugural College Basketball Crown postseason tournament in Las Vegas. They won 14 straight during the 1990-91 season. The Illini had won six straight at home against Nebraska. They’re now 15-3 all time against the Huskers at the State Farm Center and 10-2 in the Big Ten. Up next Illinois: vs. Missouri on Dec. 22 in St. Louis Nebraska: vs. North Dakota on Dec. 21 ...read more read less