Illini nose dive continues with awful loss to Huskers.

LINCOLN—First the Home loss to Purdue and Bruce Weber’s melt down which included throwing Players under the bus. Now an embarressing blow out loss to one of the worst teams in the Big Ten.Bo Spencer scored 27 points and Nebraska used a 36-4 run to roll over the free falling Fighting Illini 80-57 Saturday.The Cornhuskers (12-13, 4-10 Big Ten) snapped a four-game losing streak and sent Illinois(16-11, 5-9) to their fifth consecutive loss.Joining Spencer in double figures were Caleb Walker with 13 points and Brandon Richardson with 12.D.J. Richardson led Illinois with 15 points.Nebraska jumped in front with a 17-2 run to close the first half. The Huskers held the Illini without a basket for more than 7 minutes and forced six turnovers.The Nebraska spurt continued after intermission. The Huskers outscored Illinois 19-2 to open the second half, going up 52-28 on Mike Fox’s 3-pointer with 14:33 remaining. Nebraska’s biggest lead was 32 on Spencer’s layup, which made the score 68-36 with 7 minutes left.Nebraska made 56 percent (30 of 54) and outscored Illinois by 10 in the paint.