AP men's player of the week: Nebraska's Brice Williams sparks 2 wins against ranked foes

Nebraska senior guard Brice Williams is the Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the week.

The 6-foot-7 senior guard came up big in a pair of wins against ranked Illinois and Oregon teams in the Big Ten.

He first had 27 points, a season high eight rebounds and four assists in an overtime win against then-No. 18 Illinois, a performance that included him scoring eight straight in the extra period. He followed that by going for 28 points, seven rebounds and a season-best six assists in a win at then-No. 16 Oregon.

Williams has reached double figures in 20 of his first 22 games, helping the Cornhuskers claim a fourth win against an AP Top 25 team this year to tie the program single-season record — the most recent time coming in 1998-99.