LINCOLN, NEB. ? Before Sunday, Kansas State hadn’t won a women’s basketball game at the Devaney Sports Center in eight years.

This time, the fourth-ranked Wildcats acted as if they owned the place, with more than half of the crowd of 6,077 dressed in purple.

Nicole Ohlde made 9 of 10 shots and scored a game-high 23 points, and Kendra Wecker added 22 points and six steals as Kansas State beat Nebraska, 88-54.

The biggest contribution may have come from sophomore guard Chelsea Domenico, who inherited most of the minutes that became available last week when All-America candidate Laurie Koehn sprained her ankle.

Domenico made three of her first four shots from three-point range and finished 4-for-5 behind the arc for 12 points.

“We’ve always said at practice that Chelsea was a dead-eye shooter,” Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said. “It’s taken her a while to do it in games. Now she’s doing that. Chelsea will punish teams if they don’t guard her.”

The Wildcats (17-1, 4-0 Big 12 Conference) won their 12th straight game and equaled their best start in program history. They also opened last season with wins in 17 of 18 games.

Kansas State shot 62.3 percent from the field and went 6-of-11 from three-point range.

The Wildcats, who won in Lincoln for the first time since Jan. 6, 1995, posted their largest margin of victory ever against the Huskers. Their previous high margin against Nebraska was 15 points in 1984.

Alexa Johnson led the Cornhuskers (7-7, 0-3) with 18 points. Margaret Richards added 11 points for the Huskers, who shot just 31.7 percent from the field and committed 20 turnovers.

K-State held Nebraska scoreless over 13 straight possessions of an 8:30 span of the first and second halves while extending the lead to 45-19.

Kansas State's Brie Madden, right, breaks up a pass by Nebraska's Alexa Johnson. The Wildcats won, 88-54, Sunday in Lincoln, Neb.

“I was really pleased with the development of our defense in this game,” Patterson said. “We did a nice job of answering Nebraska play-for-play. We had a great awareness of where the ball was.”

Missouri 86, Iowa State 55

Ames, Iowa — Evan Unrau scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Missouri.

Tracy Lozier added 14 points while Kerensa Barr had 13. Stretch James and Terianne Wolford each scored 10.

Missouri (7-7, 1-2 Big 12) shot 53.8 percent from the floor compared to Iowa State’s season-low 32.2 percent.

Lindsey Wilson led the Cyclones (6-9, 1-3) with a season-high 25 points and shot 4-of-7 on three-pointers.

The Missouri victory was the Tigers’ first in Ames since 1995 and ends the Cyclones’ nine-game winning streak over Missouri.

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No. 19 Wake Forest 73, Georgia Tech 66

Winston-Salem, N.C. — Josh Howard had his second big game of the week, scoring 30 points to lead Wake Forest.

Howard, who scored 23 in Wednesday night’s win over No. 17 Maryland, opened the game with a pair of three-pointers and made big shots when needed to guide the Demon Deacons (12-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) to their 11th consecutive home win.

Chris Bosch led Georgia Tech (8-6, 2-2) with 22 points and 10 rebounds and B.J. Elder added 18 points.