The secret is out: Nebraska can play with the best in the country.

The 20th-ranked Cornhuskers established themselves as a legitimate player on the national scene yesterday, rolling to a 77-63 victory against No. 5 LSU behind Kelsey Griffin's 30 points and 14 rebounds.

"Some people have been questioning our strength of schedule, so to prove we can play with some of the best teams, it's a great win," Griffin said. "I'm kind of hoping it put us on the map."

The Huskers finished 15-16 a year ago and were picked sixth in the Big 12 in the preseason. They quietly rolled off 10 consecutive wins before LSU came into the Devaney Sports Center without a loss on the season.

Nebraska (11-0), out to its best start in school history and on its longest winning streak ever, dominated the battle of the unbeatens. The Huskers got out to a 21-4 lead, and after LSU (9-1) pulled within five points early in the second half, they went on a 12-2 run and led by double digits the rest of the game.

"Nebraska's for real," LSU coach Van Chancellor said. "The Big 12 better look out."

LSU is the highest-ranked opponent Nebraska has beaten since a triple-overtime win against a second-ranked Baylor team in the 2004-05 season.

Cory Montgomery added 16 points and Dominique Kelley 13 for Nebraska.

Allison Hightower had 15 points and Katherine Graham 12 for LSU, which had come into the game with an average winning margin of 32 points.

Griffin led a balanced offense and Nebraska's defense forced LSU into bad shots throughout the game. Griffin made 12 of 19 shots, doing most of her damage under the basket in front of 7,717, the largest crowd in school history for a nonconference game.

• Notre Dame 90, Charlotte 31: Ashley Barlow scored a season-high 19 points and fourth-ranked Notre Dame forced 43 turnovers in a victory against visiting Charlotte. The Irish (10-0) put together runs of 16-0 to start the game and 30-3 in the second half, and five players had at least three steals. Notre Dame also held Charlotte (5-6) to 24.5 percent shooting, the first time the 49ers shot below 30 percent in a game since 2006.

• DePaul 75, Florida State 60: Sam Quigley scored 17 points to help DePaul hand No. 10 Florida State its first loss of the season with a win against the Seminoles in the second round of the Duel in the Desert.

• Texas 91, Texas Southern 42: Ashley Gayle had a career-high 14 points along with 10 rebounds and six blocks to help No. 17 Texas beat visiting Texas Southern.

• Connecticut 90, Iona 35: Maya Moore tied a season high with 23 points to lead top-ranked Connecticut to a win against Iona.

• Vanderbilt 84, Tennessee State 47: Meredith Marsh scored 24 points to lead host No. 18 Vanderbilt to a victory against Tennessee State.

• Georgia 69, Virginia 53: Jasmine James had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 11 Georgia beat visiting No. 19 Virginia.

• Xavier 81, Mississippi State 60: Amber Harris had 18 points to lead host No. 12 Xavier to a victory against Mississippi State.

• Kansas 75, UC Riverside 60: Danielle McCray scored a season-high 30 points and No. 22 Kansas overcame a sluggish first half to beat visiting UC Riverside.

• Oklahoma 67, Creighton 58: Danielle Robinson scored 22 points and No. 15 Oklahoma used a late surge to push past host Creighton.

• Morehead State 58, Robert Morris 57: Kristine Silaraja led host Robert Morris with 12 points, and Angela Pace and Yohanna Morton added 11 each, but it wasn't enough to hold off Morehead State.

• Florida State 66, Georgia Tech 59: Ryan Reid scored 17 points and Chris Singleton made the go-ahead basket with 1:05 left in overtime to help visiting Florida State beat No. 22 Georgia Tech.

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