LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Senior Brice Williams scored 21 points to set the single-season scoring record for Nebraska, and the Cornhuskers outrallied UCF for a 77-66 victory in the championship game of the College Basketball Crown at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

Williams made 6 of 14 shots with three 3-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws for Nebraska (21-14). He scored 713 points this season — five more than James Palmer Jr. had in the 2018-19 season.

Connor Essegian sank 8 of 16 shots with four 3-pointers, also scoring 21 for the Cornhuskers. Juwan Gary had 20 points on 8-for-15 shooting, adding eight rebounds.

Jordan Ivy-Curry came off the bench to score a season-high 29 for the Knights (20-17). He made 12 of 22 shots — 3 of 9 from beyond the arc. Nils Machowski totaled 13 points and six rebounds. Moustapha Thiam had 11 rebounds to go with nine points.

"We didn’t make the shots that we had been making throughout the tournament, some timely shots that would’ve helped us," coach Johnny Dawkins told ucfknights.com. "I’m very proud of our team for the effort they’ve given us throughout this entire postseason tournament.”

The game snapped UCF's streak of making at least 10 3-pointers \in each postseason game, sinking just seven against Nebraska.

Senior Darius Johnson finished with just four points after totaling 42 in 42 minutes, 18 seconds in a 104-98 overtime victory Saturday against Villanova on Saturday. Johnson was named to the all-tournament team and finished his UCF career with 1,586 points. 

Williams hit two 3-pointers to help Nebraska jump in front 15-9 in the first eight minutes. The Cornhuskers led by as many as 12 and played with the lead until Darius Johnson sank two free throws to tie the score at 33 with 1 minute, 46 seconds left before halftime.

Gary made two free throws to end a nearly four-minute scoring drought for Nebraska, but Deebo Coleman answered with a second-chance layup to forge a 35-all tie at the break.

The Knights scored the first 14 points of the second half — capped by a 3-pointer from Tyler Hendricks — to move in front for the first time since they led 3-0.

Nebraska’s first basket didn’t come until the 14:36 mark, when Gary had a layup. He scored nine in an 11-0 run to cut the deficit to three. Essegian hit back-to-back 3-pointers to tie it at 52. Andrew Morgan followed with two straight dunks, and the Cornhuskers never trailed over the final 9:48.

Williams also set Nebraska’s single-game scoring record this season with 43 points in a 116-114 double-overtime road loss to Ohio State on March 4.

The championship came with a trophy and a $300,000 name, image and likeness reward for the Cornhuskers. The Knights received $100,000 for finishing as runner-up.

UCF finished the season with a 20-17 record, the 10th time in its history it has won 20 games and the third time with Dawkins as coach.

Next up for Dawkins is turning his attention to the transfer portal to help restock his roster before next season. Heading into the tournament, UCF had lost eight players to the transfer portal, though Machowski and Hendricks played in the tournament despite entering the portal beforehand. Among the losses was Knights and Big 12 leading scorer Keyshawn Hall, who reportedly will play for Auburn next season.