Brice Williams scored a game-high 30 points and Connor Essegian posted all 17 of his points in the final 11 minutes as Nebraska rallied to earn an 86-78 victory over Arizona State during College Basketball Crown first-round play Monday night in Las Vegas.Juwan Gary added 18 points for Nebraska (18-14), which snapped a five-game losing streak and claimed its first victory since Feb. 16 at Northwestern.After turning an 11-point second-half deficit into a 12-point lead with 1:21 to go, the Huskers advanced to Wednesday’s second quarterfinal versus the winner of Monday’s late game between Georgetown (17-15) and Washington State (19-14).Alston Mason produced 23 points and Basheer Jihad added 21 and seven rebounds for Arizona State (13-20), which finished the season losing six in a row and 11 of its final 13.Nebraska played without senior point guard Rollie Worster (7.0 points per game, 2.6 assists), who was shut down with a foot injury. Arizona State didn’t have freshman sixth man Joson Sanon (11.9 ppg), who has already transferred to St. John’s.Both teams enjoyed an offensive flurry early on, but three weeks of rust started to show with multiple travels and missed defensive assignments.Nonetheless, the Sun Devils and Huskers traded the lead 12 times in the first half before Arizona State put on a 14-4 run to seize a 38-30 halftime lead.