LINCOLN, NEB. ? Missouri made up for its lack of offense Wednesday night with a big second half of defense.

The 25th-ranked Tigers held Nebraska to six field goals and 22.2-percent shooting in the final 20 minutes and rallied for a 63-56 victory.

“If you look at how we played the entire 40 minutes, that’s a heck of a win,” Missouri coach Quin Snyder said. “It wasn’t pretty, but it’s one of those that’s really gratifying because of how you did it.

“You want to be able to win when you don’t shoot well and you have foul trouble. Our guys played through a lot tonight.”

Arthur Johnson had 18 points for the Tigers, who ended a three-game road losing streak. Rickey Paulding added 14 points and Travon Bryant 10 for MU (12-4, 3-2 Big 12 Conference).

Andrew Drevo hit four three-pointers and led the Cornhuskers (9-10, 1-5) with 24 points and 14 rebounds.

Nebraska, which shot a season-low 30.9 percent, has lost three straight and five of six.

“It’s kind of the same old story in conference play,” Drevo said. “The second half we can’t get the ball to fall. They played some good pressure defense, but we got some good shots. They just didn’t fall.”

Missouri wiped out a nine-point halftime deficit in the first 7:22 of the second half. The Tigers, who shot 44.8 percent for the game, made 55.2 percent of their attempts after the break.

“They played with a little more fire in the second half,” Nebraska coach Barry Collier said. “That’s to their credit.”

Ricky Clemons scored on a fast-break layup with 12:38 left to cap a 12-3 spurt and give Missouri its first lead of the game, 41-40.

Freshman Kevin Young scored twice inside and Bryant hit two free throws as the Tigers stretched their advantage to 49-41.

But Nate Johnson sank a three-pointer and two free throws and, after Arthur Johnson scored, Jason Dourisseau hit a foul shot and lay-in to bring the Huskers to 51-49.

Missouri scored the next six points for a 57-49 cushion and sealed the game when Josh Kroenke took a pass from Jimmy McKinney and drilled a three-pointer with 1:28 left on his only shot of the night.

“That’s as big a shot as he’s had in his career,” Snyder said, “and as big as we’ve had on the road.”

Nebraska led 31-22 at halftime even though it shot just 39.3 percent and committed nine turnovers in the first 20 minutes.

No. 9 Oklahoma St. 68, Iowa State 55

Stillwater, Okla. — Victor Williams scored 18 points, including three three-point plays in a 20-7 second-half run that gave Oklahoma State (17-1, 6-0 Big 12) its 15th straight victory. The Cyclones (11-6, 1-6) got just six points from Jake Sullivan, who came in averaging 18.

Texas Tech 66, Colorado 56

Lubbock, Texas — The balanced scoring that Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has been seeking brought the Red Raiders a victory and put him just one game away from career win No. 800. Knight, in his second year at Tech, goes for the milestone Saturday when the Red Raiders play Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.

Andre Emmett scored 19 points, Will Chavis had 18 and Nick Valdez added 12 for Tech (12-4, 2-3 Big 12).

Colorado center David Harrison drew two quick technicals in the second half and appeared to want a fight with Tech’s Pawel Storozynski. Police were called to the court to escort Harrison off the floor after he was ejected.

CU (12-6, 2-3) had just two field goals in 13 possessions to start the second half.