Lincoln, Neb. ? Nebraska coach Doc Sadler wasn’t upset with his team’s defense following NU’s 86-66 loss to Kansas University on Saturday afternoon.

Instead, he was left awed by the Jayhawks’ offense.

“I thought the first half, that was about as good an offensive performance that I’ve coached against,” the defensive-minded Sadler said.

Not only did KU make 25 of 45 field goals (55.6 percent) against NU, it also made 13 of 24 threes (54.2 percent).

“We could play them 10 times,” Sadler said, “and if they played as well as they played today, we’d have a hard time beating them.”

The Jayhawks’ offensive outburst was even more impressive considering it came against a stingy Huskers defense.

Before Saturday, NU had held every opponent under its season average for points (KU’s season average was 82.7 points per game).

Also, the Huskers hadn’t allowed any team to score 70 points on them at home this season.

“They deserved to win, because we played our heart out,” NU guard Lance Jeter said. “I feel like we played good D. It’s just they would not miss tonight.”

Coming in, opponents had made just 36.5 percent of their field goals against NU.

The Huskers also had allowed just 56.5 points per game overall and 53 points per game at home.

“There’s not many times I’ve given up 86 points on a team,” Sadler said, “but I don’t know, I thought our guys played defense about as well as we could play.”

Sadler said he had noticed that in the Jayhawks’ games against both Texas and Texas Tech, they had shot well in the first half before cooling off some in the second half.

“I just never thought they’d continue to make shots,” Sadler said.

Instead, KU followed up a 55.6-percent shooting effort in the first half (15 of 27) with a 55.6-percent shooting effort in the second half (10 of 18).

“It’s hard to beat a team who is hitting everything almost,” NU guard Brandon Richardson said. ” … We just caught them on a bad day.”

Sadler actually was pleased with some of his team’s statistics. NU committed only 13 turnovers and also shot well above its season average from three-point range (7-for-20, 35 percent).

Still, the coach said it didn’t matter because of the Jayhawks’ effort.

“They were just too good today,” Sadler said. “They were just too good.”