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2010-11 schedule/results (0-0) Date Opponent Time/Result Oct. 31 Pittsburg State (exh.) 2:05 p.m. This Week in Nebraska Women’s Basketball Nov. 7 Nebraska-Kearney (exh.-HuskersNside) 2:05 p.m. Nov. 13 Vermont (Huskers.com - Free) TBA EXHIBITION GAME #1 Nov. 17 Miami (HuskersNside) 7:05 p.m. Nebraska Cornhuskers (32-2, 16-0 Big 12 - 2009-10) Nov. 20 Saint Mary’s (HuskersNside) TBA Nov. 22 at Washington State 9 p.m. Pittsburg State Gorillas (14-14, 12-8 MIAA - 2009-10) Nov. 26 Nebraska-Omaha 11:05 a.m. Bob Devaney Sports (13,595) • Lincoln, Neb. • Sunday, Oct. 31, 2:05 p.m. Nov. 30 UNLV (HuskersNside) 7:05 p.m. Dec. 5 at Indiana (Big Ten Network) 11 a.m. Television: None Dec. 8 at Creighton (HuskersNside) 7:05 p.m. Radio: Husker Sports Network (880 AM KRVN - Lexington) Dec. 11 Northern Colorado (Huskers.com - Free) 7:05 p.m. Free Live Audio: Huskers.com Dec. 18-20 at Duel in the Desert (Las Vegas) Dec. 18 vs. 6 p.m. Dec. 19 vs. Marist 8:30 p.m. Dec. 20 vs. Louisville 8:30 p.m. Dec. 30 South Florida (HuskersNside) 7:05 p.m. Huskers Open 2010-11 With Halloween Exhibition Vs. Gorillas Jan. 2 Florida A&M (Huskers.com - Free) 6:05 p.m. The Nebraska women’s basketball team opens its 2010-11 exhibition season by playing host to Pittsburg State Jan. 8 Oklahoma (HuskersNside)^ 2:05 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. Tip-off between the Huskers and Gorillas at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln is set for Jan. 11 at State (HuskersNside)^ 7 p.m. 2:05 p.m., with special Halloween Haunted Hoops activities beginning at 1 p.m. on the upper-level concourse. Jan. 16 Kansas (FSN)^ 2 p.m. All children eighth grade and younger will be admitted to the game free, if they are wearing a costume. They Jan. 22 at Kansas State (FSN)^ 1 p.m. Jan. 26 Iowa State (HuskersNside)^ 7:05 p.m. will also be eligible to participate in a halftime costume contest. Candy, Husker games, photo opportunities and a Jan. 29 Texas Tech (HuskersNside)^ 7:05 p.m. balloon artist will also be available on the upper-level concourse. Feb. 2 at Missouri (HuskersNside)^ 7 p.m. Tickets for Sunday’s exhibition game are available in advance at Huskers.com or by calling the Nebraska Athletic Feb. 6 at Colorado (FSN)^ 3 p.m. Feb. 9 Baylor (HuskersNside)^ 7:05 p.m. Ticket Office at 1-800-8-BIGRED or (402) 472-3111. Adult tickets start at just $5. Feb. 12 at Oklahoma State (CSN)^ 2 p.m. Fans unable to attend the game in person can listen to Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch call the action on the Feb. 15 at Texas (FS Southwest)^ 7 p.m. Husker Sports Network on 880 AM KRVN in Lexington and free worldwide on Huskers. During the regular season, Feb. 19 Kansas State (FS Midwest/Huskers.com)^ 7:05 p.m. Feb. 22 Missouri (HuskersNside)^ 7:05 p.m. Nebraska women’s basketball fans can catch the action on Husker Sports Network flagship stations 105.3 FM in Feb. 26 at Kansas (HuskersNside)^ 7 p.m. Lincoln and 93.3 FM in Omaha. March 2 Colorado (FS Midwest/Huskers.com)^ 7:05 p.m. The HuskersNside live video stream is also unavailable for the exhibition game against Pittsburg State, but March 5 at Texas A&M^ 7 p.m. beginning with NU’s exhibition game with Nebraska-Kearney, a minimum of 19 games are scheduled to be carried March 8-12 at Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA (Municipal Auditorium - Kansas City, Mo.) either on the premium subscription service or free on Huskers.com. March 19-22 at NCAA First & Second Rounds TBA The special Halloween matinee will mark the second straight year the Huskers will open against Pittsburg State. March 26-29 at NCAA Regionals TBA Last year, the Gorillas provided Nebraska with one of its toughest home contests of the entire season before falling April 3-5 at NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) TBA 68-54 on Nov. 3, 2009. NU, which raced to a perfect 29-0 regular-season record, went 16-0 at the Devaney Center All times listed are Central. ^- Denotes game. with all 16 regular-season home wins by double figures. Only Iowa State (60-50), Texas A&M (71-60), Texas (91-79) All Nebraska games can be heard live on the Husker Sports and Creighton (69-56) battled the Huskers to a closer final margin than Pittsburg State (68-54) a year ago. Network, including 105.3 FM in Lincoln and 93.3 FM in Omaha, and for free on Huskers.com. Home games in bold at the Devaney Nebraska finished 2009-10 ranked No. 4 in the final Top 25 and No. 7 in the USA Today/ESPN Center. Coaches Poll. The 2010 Big 12 regular-season champions went 32-2 overall and 16-0 in the conference.

2010-11 Nebraska Cornhuskers No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 00 * G 5-9 So. Covington, Wash. (Kentwood) Big 12 All-Freshman Team; 9.7 ppg, 6.0 apg in 2010 NCAA Tourney 1 Kellie McCann-Smith G 5-9 Fr. Asotin, Wash. (Clarkston) Washington All-Stater; exceptionally agile and competitive 5 Kaitlyn Burke** G 5-7 Jr. North Vancouver, British Columbia (National Elite Development Academy) 19 Starts in 2008-09; Medical Redshirt 2009-10 (ankle) 10 Meghin Williams* F 6-1 So. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Summit) Two-Time All-CIF; ESPN Top 160; 13 games in 2009-10 12 Layne Reeves* G 5-11 So. Lubbock, Texas (Trinity Christian) Texas All-Stater in 2007; 8 three-pointers, 24 games in 2009-10 13 Jessica Periago*** C 6-4 Sr. Toulon, France (National Sport School) Senior leader; 63 career games; 3 career games in double digits 14 Katie Simon F 6-2 Fr. Roseville, Calif. (Roseville) Hard-working, intelligent post player who can run 20 Katya Leick* F 6-1 So. Grey Cloud Township, Minn. (Park) All-Minnesota; 10 games as freshman; slowed by offseason injury 21 Harleen Sidhu** F 6-1 Jr. Surrey, British Columbia (Fleetwood) 37 career games; 16.8 pts., 12.9 reb. per 40 minutes in 2009-10 24 Dominique Kelley*** G 5-7 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast) HM All-Big 12; 98 straight starts; 18.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.3 apg in 2010 NCAA 33 Rebecca Woodberry G 5-10 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Tolleson Union) 2010 Arizona High School Player of the Year 35 F 6-2 Fr. Alliance, Neb. (Alliance) Two-Time Nebraska High School Player of the Year (2008, 2010) 44 Catheryn Redmon*** C 6-3 Sr. Grand Prairie, Texas (Mansfield Timberview) No. 3 at NU with 139 career blocks; 63 blocks in 2009-10 55 Adrianna Maurer C 6-3 Fr. Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Bishop Miege) True low- player; hard-working and intelligent Head Coach: Connie Yori, Ninth Year (Creighton, 1986), 348-239 (21st season overall) 153-99 (Ninth season at Nebraska) - 2010 Big 12 & National Coach of the Year Associate Head Coach: Sunny Smallwood, Sixth Year (Boise State, 1983); Assistant Coaches: Kellie Lewis-Jay, Fourth Year (Boise State, 1998); Dayna Finch, First Year (Creighton, 2004) Director of Operations: Jan Bethea, First Year (St. Augustine’s, 1995); Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Shawn Gilbert, Third Year (Nebraska-Kearney, 1992) Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 2 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

Nebraska Probable Starters New-Look Huskers Ready for Changes in 2010-11 Nebraska Cornhuskers (32-2, 16-0 Big 12) Last year’s Nebraska women’s basketball team featured a six-player senior class that went out as the most No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG accomplished group in school history. National Player-of-the-Year finalist and first-team All-American 20 Katya Leick 6-1 So. F 1.8 1.4 powered NU to a top 10 final national ranking, a 32-2 overall record and a Big 12 title with a perfect 16-0 league 21 Harleen Sidhu 6-1 Jr. F 2.2 1.6 35 Jordan Hooper 6-2 Fr. F High School record. Griffin averaged 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per game a year ago. The three-time first-team All-Big 12 44 Catheryn Redmon 6-3 Sr. C 4.2 4.4 selection was the Big 12 Player of the Year and the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner. 00 Lindsey Moore 5-9 So. G 6.0 2.1 Fellow forward Cory Montgomery added first-team All-Big 12 honors by averaging 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds Off the Bench 1 Kellie McCann-Smith 5-9 Fr. G High School per game alongside Griffin. Both were selected in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin was a WNBA All-Rookie pick after 5 Kaitlyn Burke (Injured) 5-7 Jr. G 1.2 0.5 being chosen No. 3 overall in the draft, while Montgomery was a third-round pick. 10 Meghin Williams 6-1 So. F 0.9 0.7 Yvonne Turner gave the Huskers three first-team All-Big 12 selections a year ago. She averaged 11.6 points 12 Layne Reeves 5-11 So. G 1.3 0.7 and 3.4 rebounds per game, while putting her name on the NU career lists for both three-pointers (183) and steals 13 Jessica Periago 6-4 Sr. C 1.1 1.6 14 Katie Simon 6-2 Fr. F High School (229). A three-time Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection, Turner was the Co-Big 12 Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 24 Dominique Kelley (Injured) 5-7 Sr. G 12.6 3.9 2010. Nikki Bober, Kala Kuhlmann and Nicole Neals also played major roles in NU’s magical 2009-10 season. 33 Rebecca Woodberry 5-10 Fr. G High School The Huskers will try to replace last year’s seniors with a talented 2010-11 freshman class, led by Alliance, Neb., 55 Adrianna Maurer 6-3 Fr. C High School native Jordan Hooper. A two-time Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Hooper produced more than 2,000 points Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986) Ninth Season at NU (153-99); 21st Season Overall (348-239) and 1,300 rebounds in her high school career, while adding approximately 400 steals, 350 blocks and 200 assists. Freshmen Adrianna Maurer and Katie Simon will be looked to for contributions inside this season, while 2010 Pittsburg State (14-14, 12-8 MIAA) Arizona High School Player-of-the-Year Rebecca Woodberry and Washington all-stater Kellie McCann-Smith will No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG bolster the backcourt. 15 Kylee Baldetti 6-1 Sr. F - - 42 Laura Glenn 5-11 Sr. F/G 7.2 5.4 Nebraska’s most experienced returning player will be senior guard Dominique Kelley. The 2010 honorable-mention 24 Lauren Brown 6-6 So. C 0.7 1.0 All-Big 12 pick has started 98 straight games for her hometown Huskers. Last year she averaged 12.6 points and 4 Courtney Tate 5-9 Jr. G 1.3 1.1 3.9 rebounds per game, including 18.3 points per game in NCAA Tournament play. 12 Drew Roberts 5-6 So. G 7.0 2.0 However, Kelley underwent knee surgery in late-September and is not expected to play against Pittsburg State. Lane Lord (Tabor, 1993) Head Coach: She hopes to be on track to return to NU’s lineup for the season opener. Fourth Season at PSU (44-40); Fourth Season Overall (44-40) Fellow fourth-year guard Kaitlyn Burke also had knee surgery right before the start of fall practice on Oct. 4. Burke, who received a medical redshirt last year with a foot injury, started 19 games as a sophomore for the Huskers. Inside the Numbers She also hopes to return early in the regular season. Nebraska Pittsburg St. Scoring Average 77.4 69.1 Sophomore Lindsey Moore will shoulder much of the load in the backcourt early in the season. As a freshman Opponent Scoring Average 58.3 70.9 , Moore started all 34 games for NU and averaged 6.0 points, 4.5 assists and 2.1 rebounds. The 2010 Scoring Margin +19.1 -1.8 Big 12 All-Freshman selection will be a major key in Nebraska’s fortunes this season. Percentage 46.1% 38.1% Senior Catheryn Redmon will anchor NU’s post game. The 6-3 center from Grand Prairie, Texas, ranks No. 3 on Opponent FG Percentage 39.0% 40.3% 3FG Percentage 34.0% 27.0% NU’s all-time block list with 139. She started 24 games as a sophomore and averaged 5.7 points and 5.5 boards Opponent 3FG Percentage 28.8% 35.5% per contest. Last year Redmon contributed 4.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Percentage 70.9% 67.5% Fellow senior Jessica Periago will also be counted on for bigger contributions inside. The 6-4 center from Toulon, Opponent FT Percentage 68.8% 71.6% Margin +4.6 +2.8 France, has appeared in 63 games in her NU career. Assists Per Game 14.1 11.1 Harleen Sidhu, Layne Reeves, Katya Leick and Meghin Williams could play greater roles in 2010-11. Turnovers Per Game 14.7 19.0 Margin +3.8 -1.6 Blocks Per Game 3.7 3.5 Parking Changes in Place for 2010-11 Steals Per Game 8.0 7.5 Since last season, the University of Nebraska has taken over the former State Fairgrounds that surrounded the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The University is in the process of building the new Innovation Campus area, which NU vs. Pittsburg State History will bring years of long-term benefits to the University and the state. Nebraska has never met Pittsburg State in a regular- With the changes, the parking lots around the Devaney Center are now being controlled by the University, which season game, but last year the two teams opened the Huskers’ exhibition season at the Devaney Center. means parking permits, and pay-by-the-event parking will be in place throughout the season at all athletic events An experienced Gorillas team that was coming off a 20-9 at the Devaney Center. campaign pushed the eventual Big 12 champion Huskers before Season passes for Nebraska women’s basketball can be purchased for $54 (18 games at $3/game) from UNL falling, 68-54, on Nov. 3, 2009. The 14-point NU win ranked as one of the Huskers’ narrowest Parking Services by calling (402) 472-1800. Fans can also purchase pro-rated season passes and special 10-event home victories of the season, as Nebraska won each of its 16 passes for any Innovation Campus event. The 10-event passes are just $27. home regular-season games by double digits. Fans who do not want to pre-purchase parking passes for Devaney Center lots can expect to pay $3 to parking lot cashiers at the public lots around the Devaney Center. Fans paying with cash on the day of the event can expect lines entering their lots, so fans are encouraged to arrive early at the Devaney Center. Devaney Center doors open 90 minutes before tip-off.

Oct. 27 - Wednesday Oct. 28 - Thursday Oct. 29 - Friday Oct. 30 - Saturday Oct. 31 - Sunday Nov. 1 - Monday Nov. 2 - Tuesday Practice Practice Practice No Practice Game Day (Exhibition) Practice Practice 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. Nebraska vs. 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. Devaney Center Devaney Center Devaney Center Team Autograph Signing Pittsburgh State Devaney Center Devaney Center Husker Nation Pavilion 2:05 p.m. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Free Live Audio: Nebraska vs. Missouri Husker Sports Network Football Game Huskers.com (Free) Big 12 Title Recognition Naismith Coach of the Year Award Presentation Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 3 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

Hendricks Training Complex Rising at Devaney Husker Pronunciation Guide The southwest corner of the Devaney Center is receiving an extensive renovation with the addition of the Hendricks Katya Leick ...... Kah-TEE-uh LIKE Training Complex in 2010-11. The addition will become the new home for Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball, Adrianna Maurer ...... A-dree-ana MAU-er including new locker room, team areas, coaches offices and most importantly, practice courts, for both men’s and Jessica Periago ...... PAIR-ee-ah-go women’s basketball. Layne Reeves ...... LANE The Hendricks Training Complex will also allow the strength and conditioning areas to triple the size of the Harleen Sidhu ...... Sih-DOO current weight room in the Devaney Center, while also allowing for an extensive expansion of the Athletic Medicine Training Room. Husker Homes The Hendricks Training Complex will be ready to open for Husker student-athletes in 2011-12, just in time for The 14 members of the 2010-11 Husker women's Nebraska’s entrance into the Big Ten Conference. basketball team came to Nebraska from three The Hendricks Training Complex was made possible by a generous gift provided by Tom and Mary Hendricks, countries, including seven states across America. who were honored with the 2010 Dr. Barbara Hibner Trailblazer Award on Oct. 16. The Trailblazer Award was first Arizona (1): Rebecca Woodberry given in 2000 to honor outstanding support and generous contributions to women’s athletics at the University of California (2): Katie Simon, Meghin Williams Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2007, it was renamed the Dr. Barbara Hibner Trailblazer Award in honor of Dr. Barbara Hibner, Kansas (1): Adrianna Maurer a longtime member of the Nebraska Athletic Department and inaugural recipient of the award, who passed away Minnesota (1): Katya Leick on March 7, 2007. Nebraska (2): Jordan Hooper, Dominique Kelley Tom Hendricks serves as the executive vice president and co-founder of Tenaska Inc., one of the largest Texas (2): Catheryn Redmon, Layne Reeves independent power producers in the United States. He is also a University of Nebraska graduate. Tom and his wife, Washington (2): Lindsey Moore, Kellie McCann-Smith Mary, reside in Pipe Creek, Texas. The family made a generous $10 million donation to jump-start the fundraising Canada (2): Kaitlyn Burke, Harleen Sidhu effort for the new basketball practice facility. The complex will also providing extensive training benefits to wrestling, France (1): Jessica Periago men’s and women’s track and field, swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf. Huskers By Class Scouting Pittsburg State Seniors (3): Dominique Kelley, Jessica Periago, Pittsburg State comes to Lincoln to open its season also trying to fill some big shoes from last season. The Catheryn Redmon Gorillas, who went 14-14 and 12-8 in the MIAA, must replace their top three scorers and three of their top four Juniors (2): Kaitlyn Burke, Harleen Sidhu rebounders. Nicole McCombs (13.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg), DePrice Taylor (12.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and Maya Onikute (10.3 ppg, Sophomore (4): Katya Leick, Lindsey Moore, Layne 5.9 rpg) are all gone. Reeves, Meghin Williams Part-time starters Laura Glenn, Drew Roberts and Larissa Richards will try to lead a young team that features Freshmen (5): Jordan Hooper, Adrianna Maurer, Kellie nine newcomers (five freshmen, three juniors, one senior). McCann-Smith, Katie Simon, Rebecca Woodberry Last season, Nebraska defeated Pittsburg State, 68-54, in the Huskers’ exhibition opener on Nov. 3. The NCAA Division II Gorillas played NU as tough as nearly any team all season at the Devaney Center. In fact, only Division Huskers By Major Advertising/Business Administration: Kaitlyn Burke I postseason qualifiers Iowa State (NCAA Sweet 16, 60-50), Texas A&M (NCAA Second Round, 71-60), Texas (NCAA Animal Science: Catheryn Redmon Second Round, 91-79) and Creighton (WNIT Second Round, 69-56) played the Huskers closer at the Devaney Center Biochemistry: Jessica Periago than PSU. Broadcasting: Dominique Kelley, Meghin Williams A year ago, Pittsburg State was coming off a 20-9 campaign and returned plenty of firepower. However, the Communications: Katya Leick, Lindsey Moore Gorillas struggled to a .500 record last season. PSU hit just 38.1 percent of its shots from the field, including just Marketing: Rebecca Woodberry 27 percent of its three-point attempts. The Gorillas averaged 69.1 points per game, but surrendered 70.9 points per Nutrition, Exercise, Health Science: Layne Reeves contest. They did outrebound their opponents by a plus-2.8 margin, but they were a minus-1.6 in turnover margin, Nutrition Science: Kellie McCann-Smith, Harleen Sidhu averaging 19 turnovers per game. Undeclared: Jordan Hooper, Katie Simon Pittsburg State is led by Lane Lord, who enters his fourth season as the Gorillas’ head coach. Lord owns a 44-40 career record. Experience The Inexperienced in Exhibition Play Nebraska Women’s Basketball In last year’s exhibition opener with Pittsburg State, Nebraska’s starting five included Kelsey Griffin (93 starts), Radio and Television Shows Dominique Kelley (64 starts) and Cory Montgomery (35 starts) along with senior Kala Kuhlmann and true freshman The Nebraska Women’s Basketball Radio Show with Lindsey Moore. Those five, while not the most experienced lineup NU could have put on the floor, still entered the Coach Connie Yori and host Matt Coatney will tip off on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. The one-hour call-in show will also go on-air Tuesday, Nov. 9 (8 p.m.), Tuesday, Nov. 16 Nebraska’s 2010-11 Roster in Depth (7 p.m.) and Tuesday, Nov. 23 (7 p.m.), before switching No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG to Thursday nights the rest of the season beginning on 00 Lindsey Moore 5-9 So. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Thursday, Dec. 2 (8 p.m.). 1 Kellie McCann-Smith 5-9 Fr. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Coach Yori will have a show on Thursday, Dec. 16 (7 5 Kaitlyn Burke 5-7 Jr. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 p.m.), and after the holiday break, the radio show will 10 Meghin Williams 6-1 So. F 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 air each Thursday at 7 p.m. from Jan. 6 through March 12 Layne Reeves 5-11 So. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3. The final radio show is scheduled to air at a date to 13 Jessica Periago 6-4 Sr. C 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 be determined the week of March 7. 14 Katie Simon 6-2 Fr. F 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 The Bank of the West Nebraska Women’s Basketball 20 Katya Leick 6-1 So. F 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Television Show with Coach Connie Yori and host Jeff 21 Harleen Sidhu 6-1 Jr. F 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Griesch will air for the first time on WOWT, Channel 6 in 24 Dominique Kelley 5-7 Sr. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Omaha on Sunday night, Dec. 5 and on Monday evenings 33 Rebecca Woodberry 5-10 Fr. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 on KOLN/KGIN (My TV) in Lincoln. 35 Jordan Hooper 6-2 Fr. F 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 For a complete listing of airtimes, please visit 44 Catheryn Redmon 6-3 Sr. C 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Huskers.com and click on “Coaches Show” on the 55 Adrianna Maurer 6-3 Fr. C 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 women’s basketball home page.

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game with a combined 192 career starts. Head Coach In addition, Yvonne Turner (64 starts), Catheryn Redmon (24 starts) and Nikki Bober (1 start) were available off Connie Yori the NU bench, along with senior Nicole Neals. (Creighton, 1986) Overall, NU’s available players entered last year’s exhibition game against PSU with 281 career starts among 2010 WBCA National Coach of the Year their 656 games of collective college experience (Kaitlyn Burke-64-19, Harleen Sidhu-25-0 were out with injuries). 2010 AP National Coach of the Year This year’s game will be a very different story. With returning starters Kelley (98-98) and Burke (70-19) out with 2010 Naismith Coach of the Year knee injuries, only Moore (34-34) and Redmon (81-24) have ever started a collegiate game. 2010 USBWA Coach of the Year Five Huskers (Jordan Hooper, Adrianna Maurer, Kellie McCann-Smith, Katie Simon, Rebecca Woodberry) will be 2010 Kay Yow Award playing their first collegiate games, while sophomores Katya Leick (10-0), Meghin Williams (13-0) and Layne Reeves 2010 Big 12 Coach of the Year (24-0) have combined for just 47 career games and 251 minutes (the equivalent of 6 1/4 full 40-minute games). (153-99, Ninth Season at NU) Senior center Jessica Periago, who has played 63 career games with no starts and Sidhu (37 career games, no (348-239, 21st Season Overall) starts) will be among NU’s most experienced players on Sunday. Collectively, the Huskers will have 58 career starts and 262 games of collegiate experience. NCAA Division III Season School Won Lost Pct. 1990-91 Loras College 10 15 .400 Check the Box Score 1991-92 Loras College 15 10 .600 Here’s another way to consider the new-look Huskers for exhibition play in 2010-11. In last year’s 68-54 win over Totals 2 seasons 25 25 .500 Pittsburg State in the exhibition opener, Catheryn Redmon had two points and three rebounds for the Huskers off NCAA Division I 1992-93 Creighton 20 8 .714 the bench. Lindsey Moore added two points and no rebounds for the Huskers in her first career appearance at the 1993-94 Creighton 24 7 .774 Devaney Center. 1994-95 Creighton 18 9 .667 No other Husker available to play on Sunday scored a point or grabbed a rebound in last year’s game with the 1995-96 Creighton 15 13 .536 Gorillas. 1996-97 Creighton 8 19 .296 1997-98 Creighton 16 12 .571 1998-99 Creighton 16 14 .533 No Laws, Just Averages 1999-00 Creighton 12 15 .444 The Huskers enter the 2010-11 season with nine returning players who combined for 901 points, 462 rebounds 2000-01 Creighton 17 11 .607 2001-02 Creighton 24 7 .774 and 252 assists last year. As a team, Nebraska produced 2,632 points, 1,312 rebounds and 480 assists. 2002-03 Nebraska 8 20 .286 In other words, Nebraska loses 65.8 percent of its scoring, 64.8 percent of its rebounding and 47.5 percent of 2003-04 Nebraska 18 12 .600 its assists from a year ago. 2004-05 Nebraska 18 14 .563 The 2009-10 Huskers averaged 77.4 points, 38.6 rebounds and 14.1 assists per game. The 2010-11 Huskers 2005-06 Nebraska 19 13 .594 2006-07 Nebraska 22 10 .688 return 26.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists per contest. 2007-08 Nebraska 21 12 .636 To give those numbers a little more perspective, All-American Kelsey Griffin averaged 20.1 points, 10.4 rebounds 2008-09 Nebraska 15 16 .484 and 1.9 assists a year ago. 2009-10 Nebraska 32 2 .941 2010-11 Nebraska 0 0 .000 Div. I Totals 19th season 323 214 .601 Kelley, Burke to Miss Pittsburg State Game with Injuries Overall 21st season 348 239 .593 Both of Nebraska’s fourth-year guards - Dominique Kelley and Kaitlyn Burke - will sit out the Pittsburg State Yori in the Postseason game after undergoing knee surgery just before the official start of fall practice (Oct. 4). Kelley, a 5-7 senior from Year (Tournament) Results Lincoln, Neb., had arthroscopic surgery on her knee the last week of September. The surgery was expected to keep 2010 (NCAA) L, Kentucky, 67-76 her on the sideline for three to four weeks. Kelley has not returned to full practice, but has returned to drills, shooting W, UCLA, 83-70 and one-on-one activities. Her recovery is going well, and she expects to be ready for the start of the regular season W, Northern Iowa, 83-44 2009 (WNIT) L, at New Mexico, 43-54 on Nov. 13. 2008 (NCAA) L, at Maryland, 64-76 Burke underwent knee surgery a week after Kelley, after suffering an injury in a pickup game. Burke’s surgery W, Xavier, 61-58 was also successful, and she was expected to spend approximately four weeks on the sideline. The nature of Burke’s 2007 (NCAA) L, Temple, 61-64 rehabilitation could put her a couple weeks behind Kelley in an expected return to the court. 2006 (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, 63-77 W, at Wyoming, 72-67 W, Drake, 62-59 Huskers Battling Injuries in Preseason Workouts 2005 (WNIT) L, Iowa, 67-71 Throughout the fall, Nebraska’s workouts and practice sessions have been hindered by injuries to Husker players. W, Marquette, 66-57 In addition to the knee surgeries for Kaitlyn Burke and Dominique Kelley that have held them out during the entire 2004 (WNIT) L, Oregon State, 67-75 W, Drake, 73-60 portion of official fall practice since Oct. 4, several other Huskers were hurting in ugustA and September. 2002 (NCAA) L, Fla. International, 58-73 Catheryn Redmon, Meghin Williams, Katya Leick and Katie Simon all missed significant practice time with leg 1999 (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, 60-71 or foot injuries. Harleen Sidhu, Layne Reeves, Kellie McCann-Smith and even Lindsey Moore have also missed time 1994 (NCAA) W, Bowling Green, 84-73 L, Texas Tech, 65-75 recently with minor injuries. All Huskers except for Kelley and Burke are expected to be available for the start of exhibition play on Sunday. Noting Coach Yori lFirst coach in Nebraska history to lead the Huskers to seven consecutive postseason bids NU Picked Seventh in Big 12 Preseason Poll l10 all-time postseason tournament appearances Nebraska was picked to finish seventh by the Big 12 coaches in the preseason poll announced by the league lFive NCAA Tournament appearances office on Oct. 7. lLed Nebraska to First NCAA Sweet 16 (2010) The Huskers, who went 16-0 in the Big 12 last season to capture the conference crown, earned 58 points lLed Huskers to school-record 32 wins (2010) lLed Huskers to three 20-win seasons (2007, 2008, 2010) trailing fellow Big 12 North schools Iowa State (5th, 85) and Kansas (6th, 64). Nebraska, which went 32-2 overall lLed Nebraska to an average of 20.7 wins over the past and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2010, owns the best Big 12 record among North Division schools over the seven seasons past five seasons (49-31). During the last five years, NU has never finished lower than seventh in the final league lCoached Huskers to eight first-team All-Big 12 awards standings. over past seven seasons lFirst Nebraska coach to have three first-team All-Big 12 In Connie Yori’s eight previous seasons as Nebraska’s head coach, the Huskers have met or exceeded the preseason players in the same season (Kelsey Griffin, Yvonne Turner, expectations of the league coaches. In six of the eight votes, Nebraska has achieved a higher final position in the Cory Montgomery, 2009-10) standings than its preseason ranking, including 2009-10 when the Huskers were picked sixth before going unbeaten lHuskers have won two Nebraska Life Skills Team Awards honoring the NU team most committed to all areas of in the nation’s No. 1 RPI conference. life skills and community involvement (2004, 2006) Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 5 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

The coaches gave four Big 12 South Division schools the nod with the top-four spots, led by Baylor. The Lady Bears, who advanced to the 2010 NCAA Women’s Final Four, received 11 first-place votes to amass 121 points. Texas A&M captured the remaining first-place vote and totaled 109 points. The Aggies won the 2010 Big 12 Tournament title before advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Oklahoma, which has made back-to-back NCAA Final Four appearances, was the preseason pick to finish third, while Texas was picked fourth. The Longhorns advanced to the 2010 NCAA second round. Iowa State, which tied Oklahoma for second in the 2010 final Big 12 standings and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, was fifth, followed by Kansas and Nebraska. Oklahoma State, which advanced to the NCAA second round last year, was the coaches’ pick to finish eighth, Nebraska Quick Facts Institution...... University of Nebraska followed by Kansas State, Texas Tech, Missouri and Colorado. Location...... Lincoln, Neb. Population...... 254,001 Kelley Earns Preseason All-Big 12 Mention Enrollment...... 24,610 Senior Dominique Kelley earned honorable-mention recognition from the Big 12 coaches in the preseason all- Founded...... 1869 conference teams released by the league office on Oct. 12. Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers Kelley, a 5-7 guard out of Lincoln Northeast High School, was one of 13 players to receive at least one vote from Colors...... Scarlet and Cream the Big 12 coaches for a spot as one of the top five players in the conference heading into the 2010-11 season. Home Arena...... Bob Devaney Sports Center Kelley, who earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 accolades following her junior season, averaged 12.6 points and Capacity...... 13,595 3.9 rebounds per game. She has started 98 consecutive games in her first three seasons at Nebraska, averaging Conference...... Big 12 Athletic Director...... Tom Osborne 9.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in her career. She needs just 62 points to become the 26th player in school 2009-10 Overall Record...... 32-2 history to reach 1,000 career points. Home Record...... 16-0 Last year in the NCAA Tournament, Kelley helped power the Huskers to their first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance by Away Record...... 12-0 scoring 22 points in a win over No. 22 UCLA, before adding 22 more points in the regional semifinals against No. Neutral Record...... 4-2 19 Kentucky. In three NCAA Tournament games, she matched first-team All-American Kelsey Griffin for NU’s scoring Head Coach...... Connie Yori lead with 18.3 points per contest. Alma Mater/Year...... Creighton/1986 On the season, Kelley produced double figures 25 times. She owns 49 double-digit efforts in her career, including Record at Nebraska...... Ninth season (153-99) 42 in the last 65 games. Also an outstanding defender, Kelley ranked second among the Huskers with 15 charges Career Record...... 348-239 (21st season) NCAA Div. I Record...... 323-214 (19th season) drawn in 2009-10. Home Record...... 93-33 Baylor swept the conference preseason honors with sophomore center claiming preseason player- Big 12 Conference Record...... 65-63 of-the-year recognition. BU’s Brooklyn Pope was named the preseason newcomer of the year, while Big 12 Home Record...... 38-25 was projected as the preseason freshman of the year in the conference. Associate Head Coach...... Sunny Smallwood Griner was joined on the preseason first-team All-Big 12 squad by senior teammate Melissa Jones, along with Assistant Coaches...... Kellie Lewis-Jay, Dayna Finch Iowa State’s Kelsey Bolte, Oklahoma’s Danielle Robinson and Texas A&M’s . Director of Operations...... Jan Bethea Administrative Assistant...... Shawn Gilbert Moore Returns at Point Guard After Making NCAA History Graduate Assistant Manager...... Bryce Currie Lindsey Moore made history in 2009-10 by becoming the first freshman point guard in NCAA Division I history Strength Coach...... Rusty Ruffcorn Athletic Trainer...... Megan Yanda to lead her team to an unbeaten regular season. Basketball Office Phone...... (402) 472-6462 The 5-9 sophomore from Covington, Wash., was surrounded by an all-conference lineup that featured senior Basketball Office Fax...... (402) 472-0849 first-team All-Big 12 picks Kelsey Griffin, Cory Montgomery and Yvonne Turner along with Women’s Basketball Contact...... Jeff Griesch honorable-mention All-Big 12 selection Dominique Kelley. Saved By Zeroes Media Relations Office Phone...... (402) 472-2263 Moore, the 2009 Washington High School Player of the Year, added her own conference Big 12 Games Only Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 honor by being named one of five players on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. She averaged APG Player (Team) Griesch’s Cell Phone...... (402) 540-0279 6.0 points, 4.5 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game as a freshman, but her production 5.6 , OSU Griesch’s Home Phone...... (402) 328-8992 increased throughout the season. In the NCAA Tournament, Moore averaged 9.7 points 5.4 , ISU Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] Media Relations Fax...... (402) 472-2005 and 6.0 assists, and will be expected to carry more of the scoring load for a young Husker 4.9 Danielle Robinson, OU 4.6 Kelli Griffin, BU Best Time to Contact Yori...... Through Griesch team in 2010-11. 4.6 Lindsey Moore, NU Starters Returning/Lost...... 2/3 One of the best play-making point guards in the Big 12, Moore scored a career-high Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 9/6 18 points and canned a career-best four three-pointers in NU’s win over No. 13 Iowa 2010-11 Newcomers...... 5 State on Feb. 17. On the season, she produced double figures on nine occasions, including 14 points, three assists and three steals at Kansas on March 3. 2009-10 Nebraska Individual Honors She had 11 points and a career-high eight rebounds against No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3. She added 10 Dominique Kelley...... Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 points and five rebounds in an NCAA Tournament win over Northern Iowa, before notching nine points and a career- Lindsey Moore...... Big 12 All-Freshman Team high 11 assists in an NCAA Tournament win over No. 22 UCLA. She also had 10 points against No. 19 Kentucky in Connie Yori...... WBCA National Coach of the Year the NCAA Sweet 16, and 10 more at Kansas State in the regular-season finale. In the Big 12 title-clinching win ...... AP National Coach of the Year at No. 11 Oklahoma on Feb. 24, Moore had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists going head-to-head with OU ...... USBWA National Coach of the Year All-American point guard Danielle Robinson...... Naismith National Coach of the Year ...... Kay Yow Award Winner Moore produced her first career double-figure scoring effort with 10 points against Washington State on Nov. 22, ...... Big 12 Coach of the Year before scoring 11 points in a win over Creighton on Dec. 9. She had nine points, seven assists and just one turnover in Nebraska’s rousing win over No. 5 LSU on Dec. 20. Husker Career 20-Point Games Dominique Kelley (3) Points Moore Ready to Make Rest of Young Huskers Better vs. #19 Kentucky (3/28/10) 22 One of the best young point guards in the nation, Lindsey Moore dished out 154 assists as a true freshman for vs. #22 UCLA (3/23/10) 22 the Huskers in 2009-10. Not only did she start all 34 games and lead NU to a Big 12-record-tying 30 consecutive vs. Butler (11/28/08) 21 wins, she also produced the third-most assists by a freshman in school history. Moore ranked fourth in the Big 12 with 4.6 assists per game, while ranking sixth in Big 12 games with a 1.7-to-1 -to-turnover ratio. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 6 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

In the second round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Moore distributed a career-high Nebraska Individual Career Highs Eight Is Moore Scoring 11 assists to go along with nine points in a win over No. 22 UCLA that sent the Huskers Player (Game, Date) Points Than Enough to their first-ever NCAA Sweet 16. Dominique Kelley (vs. Kentucky, 3/28/10; vs. UCLA, 3/23/10) 22 Moore’s Top Assist Games Moore notched eight or more assists five times in 2009-10, including twice in Big 12 Lindsey Moore (vs. Iowa State, 2/17/10) 18 Assists Opponent Kaitlyn Burke (at Cal State Bakersfield, 12/13/07) 15 play. She registered nine assists in a run past Kansas State on Jan. 23, before dishing 11 #22 UCLA Catheryn Redmon (vs. South Dakota, 12/3/09) 14 out eight assists in NU’s first-ever road win at Texas Tech on Jan. 27. Jessica Periago (Three Times, vs. Idaho State, 11/19/09) 11 9 Kansas St. Harleen Sidhu (vs. Washington State, 11/22/09) 10 8 at Texas Tech Moore also dished out eight assists in NU’s win at Miami on Dec. 5. She added three Katya Leick (at Texas Tech, 1/27/10) 6 8 at Miami points, including Nebraska’s final two free throws with less than three seconds left to Layne Reeves (vs. No. Illinois, 12/13/09; vs. So. Dakota, 12/3/09) 6 Meghin Williams (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/3/10) 5 8 Davidson seal the win. She also snagged a pair of steals. Jordan Hooper 0 In 2008-09, Kaitlyn Burke was the only Husker to produce eight assists in a game, Adrianna Maurer 0 Kellie McCann-Smith 0 which came at Long Beach State on Dec. 12, 2008. Over the three previous seasons, (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09), Katie Simon 0 a Husker had produced eight or more assists on only three occasions, including nine from Yvonne Turner at Kansas Rebecca Woodberry 0 State on Feb. 27, 2008, and eight from Kiera Hardy at Minnesota on Dec. 5, 2006. Rebounding Catheryn Redmon (vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 12/9/08) 15 Dominique Kelley (vs. Denver, 12/30/07) 9 Freshman Hooper Ready to Make Instant Impact Yvonne Turner (vs. Albany, 12/30/09; vs. Butler, 11/28/08) 9 One of the best high school players in the history of Nebraska girls basketball, Jordan Hooper is ready to bring Lindsey Moore (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/3/10) 8 Kaitlyn Burke (at Long Beach State, 12/15/07) 7 her great basketball name to the women’s college game this season. Harleen Sidhu (vs. Butler, 11/28/08) 7 Hooper, a 6-2 freshman forward, was a two-time Nebraska Gatorade High School Player of the Year (2008, 2010) Jessica Periago (vs. Wash. St., 11/22/09; at Kansas, 2/28/09) 6 at Alliance High School. In four years as one of the most athletic and electric players in Nebraska prep history, Hooper Katya Leick (vs. South Dakota, 12/3/09) 5 Layne Reeves (vs. Washington State, 11/22/09) 4 amassed more than 2,000 points and 1,300 rebounds, while adding nearly 400 steals, 350 blocks and more than Meghin Williams (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/3/10) 2 200 assists. Jordan Hooper 0 Adrianna Maurer 0 Last year, the three-time All-Nebraska and Super-State selection, set the Nebraska high school record with Kellie McCann-Smith 0 380 total rebounds, while also connecting on 34 three-pointers. She also scored 100 total points in three state Katie Simon 0 Rebecca Woodberry 0 tournament games, including 47 in the final high school game of her career. Assists As a senior at Alliance, she averaged 26.1 points, 15.2 rebounds, 3.6 steals, 2.5 assists and 5.0 blocked shots Lindsey Moore (vs. UCLA, 3/23/10) 11 per game on the basketball court. She was also an all-state volleyball player for the Bulldogs and won the Class Kaitlyn Burke (vs. Long Beach State, 12/12/08) 8 B long jump title by soaring 18-8 1/4 at the 2010 state track and field championships. Earlier in the season, she Dominique Kelley (vs. Southern Utah, 11/22/08) 6 Jessica Periago (vs. South Dakota, 12/3/09) 3 actually went 18-10 1/2. Hooper also ran the second leg on Alliance’s 4x100-meter relay team that finished fourth Catheryn Redmon (vs. Idaho St., 11/19/09; vs. Iowa St., 1/24/09) 2 in the state, while taking seventh as an individual in the Class B 200-meter dash in a time of 25.95. Layne Reeves (at Texas Tech, 1/27/10; vs. No. Illinois, 12/13/09) 2 Katya Leick (at Vermont, 1/4/10; vs. Albany, 12/30/09) 1 Harleen Sidhu (Three Times, vs. Albany, 12/30/09) 1 Take Cover When the Big Cat Roars Jordan Hooper 0 Center Catheryn Redmon continued to fly up Nebraska’s career blocked shot chart as a junior, climbing into third Adrianna Maurer 0 Kellie McCann-Smith 0 all-time with 139 blocks entering her senior season. Katie Simon 0 Danielle Page (207) and Janet Smith (238) are the only two Huskers in front of Redmon Rebecca Woodberry 0 Redmon’s Rejections on the career block chart. Steals Career Single-Game Bests Redmon produced an NU junior season record with 63 rejections in 529 minutes in Lindsey Moore (vs. Texas A&M, 3/13/10) 4 Blocks Opponent Kaitlyn Burke (vs. Arizona St., 12/28/08; vs. Weber St., 11/14/08) 3 2009-10. She blocked two or more shots in 19 of NU’s 34 contests and averaged 1.9 7 vs. Albany Dominique Kelley (Three Times, at Vermont,1/4/10) 3 blocks in just 15.6 minutes per game. Catheryn Redmon (at Oklahoma State, 3/7/09) 3 7 vs. #20 K-State Jessica Periago (vs. Kansas, 3/3/10) 2 5 at New Mexico Redmon blocked three shots in NU’s first-round NCAA Tournament win over Northern Layne Reeves (vs. Davidson, 11/13/09) 2 Iowa on March 21, after notching four rejections in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals Harleen Sidhu (vs. Kansas, 1/21/09) 2 5 vs. Colorado Katya Leick (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/3/10; vs. Idaho State, 11/19/09 1 5 vs. #22 Iowa St. against No. 11 Texas A&M. Jordan Hooper 0 5 at Missouri In 2008-09, Redmon produced one of the best single-season block efforts in school Adrianna Maurer 0 Kellie McCann-Smith 0 history with 67 rejections as a sophomore. She ranked second on the sophomore single- Katie Simon 0 Big 12 Block Leaders season list, trailing only Janet Smith’s 69 blocks in 1979-80. Redmon is just the third Rebecca Woodberry 0 BPG Player (Team) Husker to record 60 or more blocks in a season. Blocked Shots 6.4 Brittney Griner, BU Redmon’s 2008-09 single-season mark was even more amazing considering she Catheryn Redmon (vs. Albany, 12/30/09; vs. Kansas State, 2/25/09) 7 3.1 Ashley Gayle, UT Jessica Periago (at Miami, 12/5/09) 2 blocked 64 of her 67 shots on the year in her 24 games as a starter, after blocking just 1.9 Catheryn Redmon, NU Kaitlyn Burke (vs. Missouri, 2/21/08; vs. UAPB, 1/2/08) 1 three shots in limited action through NU’s first seven games of the season. As a starter, Dominique Kelley (at Baylor, 1/17/10) 1 Lindsey Moore (Four Times; vs. Colorado, 2/20/10) 1 Redmon averaged 2.7 blocks per game, including 2.8 in Big 12 Conference action. Layne Reeves (Three Times, vs. Kansas, 3/3/10) 1 Her 2009 conference blocks trailed only All-Americans from Oklahoma (3.1 bpg) and Danielle Harleen Sidhu (Three Times, vs. South Dakota, 12/3/09) 1 Jordan Hooper 0 Wilson from Baylor (3.0 bpg). Adrianna Maurer 0 Redmon continued to increase her defensive dominance inside throughout the 2008-09 season, blocking 30 Kellie McCann-Smith 0 shots in NU’s final nine games (3.3 bpg), including one of the top single-game block performances in NU history Katie Simon 0 Rebecca Woodberry 0 with a career-high seven rejections in the win over No. 20 Kansas State on Feb. 25. Minutes Played Redmon’s total tied for the second-best mark in school history, trailing only Page’s nine blocks against Baylor Lindsey Moore (at Oklahoma, 2/24/10) 39 on Feb. 3, 2007. Redmon added five blocks in a win over Colorado on March 3 and five more at New Mexico in the Dominique Kelley (vs. Kentucky, 3/28/10; vs. Texas Tech, 2/14/09) 35 Kaitlyn Burke (at Cal State Bakersfield, 12/13/07) 34 second round of the WNIT on March 25. Catheryn Redmon (vs. Kansas State, 2/25/09) 34 Jessica Periago (at Oklahoma State, 3/7/09) 24 Harleen Sidhu (vs. Weber State, 11/14/08) 24 Huskers Seek eighth Straight Postseason Appearance Layne Reeves (vs. South Dakota, 12/3/09) 13 Nebraska enters the 2010-11 campaign in pursuit of an eighth straight postseason tournament bid. Katya Leick (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/3/10) 9 The Huskers made their school-record seventh consecutive postseason appearance as the No. 1 seed in the Meghin Williams (vs. Oklahoma State, 2/3/10) 7 Jordan Hooper 0 Midwest Region in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. NU also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2008, Adrianna Maurer 0 advancing to the second round of the Big Dance in 2008 with a win over Xavier in College Park, Md. Before Coach Kellie McCann-Smith 0 Katie Simon 0 Connie Yori’s arrival at Nebraska for the 2002-03 season, Nebraska had never earned more than three consecutive Rebecca Woodberry 0 postseason berths. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 7 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

All time, Nebraska has made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament (1988, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010). The Huskers are 5-9 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers also earned trips to the Postseason WNIT in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 as part of their seven-season streak, joining WNIT bids in 1976 and 1992.

Nebraska’s 2009-10 Big 12 Championship Season The Huskers made history by winning the 2010 Big 12 regular-season title and advancing to the program’s first NCAA Sweet 16 after earning the school’s first NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed. The Huskers went on to achieve the first Final 2010 Big 12 Standings final top 25 national rankings in school history, as Nebraska closed 2009-10 with a No. 4 ranking in the Associated Team Big 12 Record Overall Record Press Poll and a No. 7 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25. NU also finished No. 4 in the final official 1. Nebraska$ 16-0 32-2 (Sweet 16) NCAA RPI rankings. 2. Iowa State^ 11-5 25-7 (Sweet 16) 3. Oklahoma^ 11-5 27-11 (Final Four) Nebraska tied the Big 12 record with a 30-game winning streak that included the first unbeaten regular season 4. Texas A&M^ 10-6 26-8 (2nd Round) (29-0) by a Big 12 men’s or women’s basketball program in history. NU also became just the second team in history 5. Texas 10-6 22-11 (1st Round) to go through the Big 12 regular season with a perfect 16-0 record. 6. Baylor 9-7 27-10 (Final Four) 7. Oklahoma State 9-7 24-11 (2nd Round) The Huskers, who opened the season unranked in the national polls and picked sixth by league coaches in the 8. Texas Tech 5-11 18-15 (WNIT) Big 12 preseason rankings, won the school’s first Big 12 women’s basketball title after an outstanding offseason. 9. Kansas State 5-11 14-18 The 2009-10 Huskers lived by the fruits of their hard work and their devotion to producing each and every day 10. Kansas 5-11 17-16 (WNIT) at practice. NU’s outstanding team chemistry and unselfish attitudes allowed them to achieve great things. 11. Colorado 3-13 13-17 12. Missouri 2-14 12-18 Although Nebraska’s run in the NCAA Tournament ended in the Kansas City Regional semifinal at the Sprint $-Big 12 regular-season champion, No. 1 seed in Phillips 66 Center, Coach Connie Yori and Kelsey Griffin remained in the national spotlight at the NCAA Women’s Final Four. Big 12 Championship, March 11-14, Kansas City, Mo. Yori was named the 2010 National Coach of the Year by the WBCA, the Associated Press, and the U.S. Basketball ^-Big 12 Tournament first-round byes. Writers Association, while also winning the Naismith Award and the inaugural Kay Yow Award. Yori also captured Big 12 Coach-of-the-Year accolades. 2010-11 Big 12 Preseason Poll Griffin claimed the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, becoming Nebraska’s first winner of the award across all Team (First-Place Votes) Returning Starters Points 1. Baylor (11) 4 121 sports. She was also named a first-team All-American by the WBCA, AP, USBWA and the Wooden Award. She was a 2. Texas A&M (1) 3 109 finalist for the Naismith and Wade trophies and the Wooden Award, while also being named a finalist for the Honda 3. Oklahoma 3 97 Sports Award. She was also a finalist for the V Foundation Comeback Award and the NCSA Giant Steps Courageous 4. Texas 3 88 5. Iowa State 3 85 Student-Athlete Award, before being named Nebraska’s 2010 Female Student-Athlete of the Year. 6. Kansas 3 64 Griffin’s collegiate career culminated with her No. 3 overall selection by Minnesota in the 2010 WNBA Draft. She 7. Nebraska 2 58 was quickly traded to the . In her first season with Connecticut in 2010, Griffin earned a spot on 8. Oklahoma State 2 50 the WNBA All-Rookie Team. 9. Kansas State 3 40 10. Texas Tech 3 39 Senior Cory Montgomery was also chosen as the No. 1 pick in the third round of the WNBA Draft by the New York 11. Missouri 2 26 Liberty. Montgomery marked the fourth Husker WNBA Draft pick in school history, joining Griffin, Nicole Kubik and 12. Colorado 3 15 Kiera Hardy. It also marked the first time that two Huskers had been taken in the same draft. (first-place votes in parentheses; coaches not allowed to vote for own team) Preseason Big 12 Honors Yori Sweeps National Coaching Awards Player of the Year: Brittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, So., C Coach Connie Yori completed a clean sweep of every major national coach-of-the-year honor in 2009-10. Yori Newcomer of the Year: Brooklyn Pope, Baylor, 6-1, So., F/C earned WBCA National Coach-of-the-Year honors after being named the WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year by her Freshman of the Year: Odyssey Sims, Baylor, 5-8, Fr., G peers. She was later tabbed the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year, becoming the first 2010-11 Preseason All-Big 12 Team Big 12 coach in history to win the award. First Team A few days later, Yori was named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year, before winning the inaugural Brittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, So., C Kay Yow Award. She won her fifth major national award the following day when she was named the Big 12’s first Melissa Jones, Baylor, 5-10, Sr., G Naismith National Coach of the Year. Kelsey Bolte, Iowa State, 6-1, Sr., G Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma, 5-9, Sr., G After leading the Huskers to the first Big 12 regular-season title in school history, Yori was named the 2010 Big Danielle Adams, Texas A&M, 6-1, Sr., F/C 12 Conference Coach of the Year by her league peers. Yori, who enters her ninth season at Nebraska, has led the Honorable Mention: Dominique Kelley, Nebraska; Huskers to a school-record seven consecutive postseason tournament appearances. NU was also one of just 19 Brittany Spears, Colorado; Carolyn Davis, Kansas; Whitney Hand, teams in the NCAA Tournament to post a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate. Oklahoma; Ashleigh Fontenette, Kathleen Nash, Texas; Sydney The 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Yori completed her 20th season as a collegiate head Colson, Tyra White, Texas A&M coach in 2009-10. Nebraska Big 12 Rookies of the Week Huskers Made Mark in 2010 NCAA Statistical Rankings 2007-08 Nebraska’s history-making season left a mark in the NCAA books at the end of 2009-10. NU’s 32-2 record Player, Class, Position Date gave the Huskers the third-best winning percentage (.941) in the nation, while Nebraska’s 19.1 points-per-game Kaitlyn Burke, Freshman, Guard Dec. 17, 2007 scoring margin ranked fourth nationally. The Huskers ranked No. 8 nationally in field goal percentage (.461) and finished 10th in the country in scoring offense (77.4 ppg). Academic All-Big 12 Huskers NU also finished among the top 50 teams nationally in seven other statistical categories, including turnovers Player (Class) Major per game (14.8, 25th), personal fouls per game (14.6, 29th), assist-to-turnover ratio (0.96, 30th), turnover margin First Team Kaitlyn Burke (2009) Advertising/Business Administration (+3.76, 33rd), three-point field goal percentage defense (.288, 35th), rebound margin (+4.6, 44th) and three- Jessica Periago (2009, 2010) Biochemistry point field goals made per game (6.6, 46th). Nebraska’s 30-game winning streak was the second-longest in the nation in 2009-10, and the Huskers will Huskers Stay Perfect in GSR carry the nation’s sixth-longest home court winning streak (20 games) into the 2010-11 campaign. The Nebraska women’s basketball program is one of a select few across the nation setting a perfect graduation standard. NU’s average home attendance of 7,390 also ranked seventh nationally - the highest ranking ever by the In the most recent Graduation Success Report released by the Huskers. Nebraska produced three of the top 20 individual crowds in the nation in 2009-10, including the largest NCAA in late-October of 2010, the Huskers posted a perfect 100 home crowd in the country that did not involve either UConn or Tennessee (13,595 vs. Missouri, Feb. 27). percent graduation rate. Among 2010 NCAA Tournament teams, Nebraska was one of only 19 teams in the 64-team field to post a perfect GSR. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 8 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

Nebraska’s Career Scoring Leaders Husker Players Finish High in NCAA Stats Player (Years) Points Led by an All-American campaign from Kelsey Griffin, several Huskers finished among the top players in the 1. (1990-93) 2,405 2. Maurtice Ivy (1985-88) 2,131 country in the final NCAA statistical rankings. 3. Kelsey Griffin (2005-10) 2,033 Griffin finished eighth nationally with her .596 field goal percentage, and ranked 10th in the country with 20 4. Amy Stephens (1986-89) 1,976 double-doubles on the year. She also ranked 12th in the nation in scoring by averaging 20.1 points per game. The 5. Kiera Hardy (2004-07) 1,930 6. Nicole Kubik (1997-2000) 1,867 6-2 power forward added a No. 22 national ranking by averaging 10.4 rebounds per game. 7. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 1,859 Point guard Lindsey Moore also made her mark by ranking 40th nationally with a 1.77 assist-to-turnover ratio. 8. Debra Powell (1982-85) 1,843 Moore’s 4.5 assists per game ranked 71st. 9. Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-83) 1,778 Center Catheryn Redmon ranked just outside the national top 50 by averaging 1.9 blocked shots per game. 10. Angie Miller (1984-87) 1,541 11. Diane DelVigna (1979-80) 1,433 Redmon ranked 51st nationally in blocks despite averaging fewer than 16 minutes per game off the bench. 12. Cory Montgomery (2006-10) 1,378 13. Janet Smith (1979-82) 1,284 HuskerS Finish Fourth in Official 2010 NCAA RPI 14. Brooke Schwartz (1997-2000) 1,243 Nebraska finished near the top of the chart with a No. 4 final RPI ranking in 2009-10. Only Connecticut, Stanford 15. Jan Crouch (1976-79) 1,183 16. Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) 1,116 and Tennessee ranked ahead of the Huskers. 17. Yvonne Turner (2006-10) 1,101 Big 12 foes Oklahoma (6th), Texas A&M (7th) and Baylor (10th) joined Nebraska in the top 10, while Oklahoma 18. Ann Halsne (1988-91) 1,096 State was 14th, Texas 16th and Iowa State was 21st giving the Big 12 seven teams in the RPI top 25. All seven 19. Nafeesah Brown (1992-94) 1,089 teams earned top-six seeds in the 64-team NCAA Tournament field. 20. Tina McClain (1994-97) 1,074 21. Kate Galligan (1993-96) 1,069 All 12 of the Big 12 teams were among the top 125, including No. 46 Kansas, No. 60 Texas Tech, No. 88 Kansas 22. Cathy Owen (1982-85) 1,048 State, No. 108 Missouri and No. 123 Colorado. 23. Stacy Imming (1984-87) 1,036 Nebraska notched 20 wins over top-100 RPI teams, including 12 over top-50 RPI clubs and eight over top-25 24. Alexa Johnson (2001-04) 1,035 25. Charlie Rogers (1997-2000) 1,001 RPI teams, including four top-25 wins away from the Devaney Center. Overall, 12 of NU’s top-100 RPI wins came - Dominique Kelley (2008-present) 938 outside of Lincoln in 2009-10. NU defeated No. 6 Oklahoma (road), No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 10 Baylor (road), No. 14 Oklahoma State, No. 16 Nebraska Career Blocks Texas, No. 18 UCLA (neutral), No. 21 Iowa State (road, home), No. 26 LSU, No. 38 Vermont (road), No. 46 Kansas Player (Season) Blocks (road-home), No. 56 UALR (neutral), No. 58 Miami (road), No. 60 Texas Tech (road), No. 67 Creighton, No. 79 Saint 1. Janet Smith (1979-82) 238 2. Danielle Page (2005-08) 207 Mary’s (road), and No. 88 Kansas State (road-neutral-home). NU also produced two wins over RPI No. 108, a win 3. Catheryn Redmon (2008-present) 139 over RPI No. 111 Northern Iowa and two more over RPI No. 123 Colorado. 4. Charlie Rogers (1997-00) 126 5. Maurtice Ivy (1985-88) 104 5. Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-83) 102 Nebraska’s History of Success at Home 6. Katie Morse (2001-04) 101 Since the Bob Devaney Sports Center opened in 1976-77, the Huskers are 351-118 (.748) in games played in 7. Kelsey Griffin (2007-10) 94 the arena, including 133-77 (.633) in conference games. Since 2003-04, NU is 87-22 (.799) at the Devaney Center. 8. Casey Leonhardt (2000-01) 88 NU has posted double-figure home victory totals in seven consecutive seasons, including a perfect 16-0 mark in 10. Rissa Taylor (1990-93) 66 11. Pyra Aarden (1993-96) 63 2009-10 to stretch the Husker home winning streak to 20 games. NU’s longest home winning streak is 29 games. Karen Jennings (1990-93) 63 Big Red Fans CAme Out in Droves at Devaney NU Career Three-Point Leaders Nebraska has regularly ranked among the top 30 teams nationally in average home attendance over the past Player, Pos. (Season) 3FG 15 years, but Husker fans flocked to the Bob Devaney Sports Center in record numbers in 2009-10. 1. Kiera Hardy, G (2004-07) 267 2. Yvonne Turner, G (2007-10) 183 Big Red faithful came along for the ride during Nebraska’s record-setting season, averaging a school-record 3. Anna DeForge, G (1995-98) 155 7,390 fans per game - ranking seventh nationally. NU’s Big 12 attendance was spectacular, averaging a Big 12- 4. Kate Galligan, G (1993-96) 145 best 11,383 fans per game. Nebraska drew seven consecutive crowds of more than 10,000 to the Devaney Center 5. Nicole Kubik, G (1997-00) 129 to end the season, beginning with a then-school-record 13,303 fans for Nebraska’s win over Kansas State on Jan. Amy Stephens, G (1986-89) 129 7. Amanda Went, G (1998-01) 96 23 - the 16th-largest crowd in the nation in 2009-10 (including NCAA Tournament play). 8. Brooke Schwartz, G (1997-00) 81 Nebraska smashed that record against Missouri Feb. 27, posting the first sellout in school history with 13,595 9. Cory Montgomery, F (2007-10) 80 fans. The NU-MU game featured the largest regular-season crowd in the nation in 2009-10 that did not involve 10. Margaret Richards, G (2001-04) 79 Active Huskers with 50 or More Career 3FG Connecticut or Tennessee. -- Dominique Kelley, G (2007-present) 61 Over the last seven home games, the Huskers attracted an average of 11,989 fans per game to the Devaney -- Kaitlyn Burke, G (2007-present) 57 Center. NU’s previous single-season average home attendance record was 5,000 fans per game in 1998-99. Freshman Single-Season Assists Player (Season) Assist Season Ticket Holders for 2010-11 Increase 80% 1. Kathy Hawkins (1975-76) 191 NU’s success at the turnstiles last year has carried over to the 2010-11 season. 2. Meggan Yedsena (1990-91) 163 Last year, Nebraska entered the season with 1,424 season ticket holders. During a special March Madness 3. Lindsey Moore (2009-10) 154 season ticket promotion at the end of last season, the Huskers sold more than 1,100 new season tickets for 2010- 4. Amy Stephens (1985-86) 105 11, pushing NU’s season ticket base beyond 2,500 for the first time in history. 5. Shannon Howell (2000-01) 87 6. Anna DeForge (1994-95) 86 New season tickets can still be purchased at Huskers.com or by calling 1-800-8-BIGRED or (402) 472-3111. Single-game tickets for all Nebraska women’s basketball games are also available. Nebraska’s Top Seasons at Home Season Record (Winning Pct.) 1. 2009-10 16-0 (1.000) Fastbreakers Set Social Schedule for 2010-11 1997-98 16-0 (1.000) The Fastbreakers Booster Club has set the Backboard Banquet and Bus Trip schedules for the 2010-11 season. 2. 1987-88 13-0 (1.000) Fastbreaker members can attend three Backboard Banquet pregame meals (Nov. 30, 5:30 p.m. - UNLV; Jan. 8, 3. 1995-96 12-1 (.923) Noon - Oklahoma; Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m. - Kansas State). The cost of each meal is $13 and reservations can be made 1992-93 12-1 (.923) in advance through Rose Sousek in the women’s basketball office at (402) 472-6462. 1986-87 12-1 (.923) 6. 2007-08 14-2 (.875) The Fastbreakers will also be offering four bus trips this season, with journeys set for Kansas State (Jan. 22, 7. 1998-99 12-2 (.857) $40), Colorado (Feb. 5-6, $80), Oklahoma State (Feb. 12-13, $70) and Kansas (Feb. 26, $50). Fastbreakers can sign up at the Fastbreaker tables at the Devaney Center before each game. For more information, please contact Doug Fry at (402) 617-7039. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 9 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

Nebraska Season 3FG Made TV Appearances Aplenty for Huskers in 2010-11 Season 3FG Nebraska will be a regular again on national, regional and local television in 2010-11. The Huskers are scheduled 1. 2009-10 225 to play three nationally televised games on FSN during the regular season, beginning with a Big 12 North showdown 2. 2006-07 173 with Kansas on Sunday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m. 3. 2008-09 171 Less than a week later, Nebraska travels to Kansas State to play the Wildcats in another nationally televised game 4. 2004-05 161 5. 2005-06 155 on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. The Huskers will play their third FSN nationally televised game on Super Bowl Sunday, 6. 2003-04 145 Feb. 6, against Colorado at 3 p.m. (central) in Boulder. 7. 2007-08 141 Nebraska will also play a pair of games on Fox Sports Midwest, beginning with a Saturday, Feb. 19 home game 8. 2001-02 132 1999-00 132 against Kansas State. Tip-off against KSU is set for 7:05 p.m. The Huskers will also appear on Fox Sports Midwest in 10. 2000-01 129 their home regular-season finale against Colorado on Wednesday, March 2, at 7:05 p.m. *bold indicates team coached by Connie Yori Nebraska’s first television appearance of the season will come on the Big Ten Network at Indiana on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. Nebraska Season 3FG attempted Season 3FG The Huskers will also appear on Fox Sports Southwest (Longhorn Sports Network) at Texas on Tuesday, Feb. 15. In 1. 2009-10 661 addition to those games in the Fox family, Nebraska’s game against Oklahoma in Lincoln will be carried by the Sooner 2. 2006-07 519 Sports Network on Saturday, Jan. 8. NU’s game at Iowa State on Tuesday, Jan. 11 will be carried in Iowa by Mediacom, 3. 2008-09 516 and the Huskers’ game at Oklahoma State on Feb. 12 will be televised by the Cowboy Sports Network. 4. 2004-05 484 5. 2003-04 462 Last season, Nebraska appeared 14 times on television, including five postseason tournament games. Five games 6. 2005-06 457 were on FSN and three on ESPN2. The Huskers also played three games on FSN regional TV, one on NET and two as 7. 2007-08 455 part of opponent local TV packages. NU had 14 games streamed live to HuskersNside and Huskers.com. 8. 2001-02 437 9. 1999-00 435 10. 2000-01 401 Live Video, TV Set for at Least 25 Games in 2010-11 *bold indicates team coached by Connie Yori In addition to the extensive television coverage of Nebraska women’s basketball, NU’s premium subscription video service - HuskersNside on Huskers.com - will provide home and road coverage all season long. Nebraska Single-Season Blocks Beginning with NU’s exhibition finale against Nebraska-Kearney Sunday, Nov. 7, HuskersNside and Huskers.com Player (Season) Blocks 1. Danielle Page (2008-09) 78 are set to provide live video streams of at least 19 NU women’s basketball games this year. For just $9.95 per month 2. Janet Smith (1979-80) 69 or $99.95 per year, fans can subscribe to HuskersNside for live women’s basketball video, home and away. 3. Catheryn Redmon (2008-09) 67 Nebraska’s first three regular-season games (Vermont, Miami, Saint Mary’s) will all have video available, including 4. Catheryn Redmon (2009-10) 63 5. Danielle Page (2006-07) 60 a free live video stream of the Vermont game on Huskers.com. NU’s home game with UNLV (Nov. 30) will be available 6. Janet Smith (1980-81) 59 on HuskersNside, as will the Huskers’ road game at Creighton (Dec. 8). 7. Janet Smith (1981-82) 56 After another Huskers.com free video stream on Dec. 11 against Northern Colorado, HuskersNside will provide 8. Katie Morse (2003-04) 54 a live video stream of the South Florida game on Dec. 30, before another free video stream on Huskers.com of the Janet Smith (1978-79) 54 Florida A&M contest on Jan. 2. Junior Single-Season Blocks Games against Oklahoma (Jan. 8) and at Iowa State (Jan. 11) will be available on HuskersNside, as will matchups Player (Season) Blocks with Iowa State (Jan. 26), Texas Tech (Jan. 29), at Missouri (Feb. 2), Baylor (Feb. 9), Missouri (Feb. 22) and Kansas 1. Catheryn Redmon (2009-10) 63 (Feb. 26). NU’s Fox Sports Midwest television games with Kansas State (Feb. 19) and Colorado (March 2) will also be 2. Danielle Page (2006-07) 60 3. Janet Smith (1980-81) 59 provided for free on Huskers.com. 4. Casey Leohnhardt (1999-00) 37 5. Maurtice Ivy (1986-87) 34 Huskers Shatter Records with 30-Game Winning Streak Nebraska had its school-record and Big 12-record-tying 30-game winning streak snapped with an 80-70 loss to Sophomore Single-Season Blocks Player (Season) Blocks NCAA Tournament No. 2 seed Texas A&M in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Saturday, March 13. 1. Janet Smith (1979-80) 69 The loss ended an amazing run through the 2009-10 season for the Huskers, surpassing 2. Catheryn Redmon (2008-09) 67 the previous school-record streak of nine straight wins set in 1996-97. Nebraska also NU All-Time Best 3. Danielle Page (2005-06) 38 stretched its Big 12 Conference regular-season winning streak to 18 games, which it will Winning Streaks 4. Charlie Rogers (1997-98) 36 Season Games 5. Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-81) 29 carry into 2010-11. 2009-10 30 (1-30) Prior to the 2009-10 season, NU’s most wins in a season in school history came with 23 1996-97 9 (1-9) NU’s Double-Digit Rallies Under Yori (four times, most recently 1997-98). Nebraska’s 29-0 regular-season record also marked Opponent Deficit 2nd Half Half Final the first-ever unbeaten regular season by a league team since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996-97. at San Diego (Dec. 28, 2002) 19 -19 -5 62-61 #24 Ariz. St. (Dec. 28, 2008) 16 -10 -9 62-58 The Huskers’ 16-0 Big 12 season more than tripled the previous best league start in school history, which came at Missouri (Feb. 3, 2008) 14 -14 -8 73-67 with the 1987-88 Huskers’ 5-0 start on their way to the Big Eight regular-season title. The 2010 Big 12 regular-season at Missouri (Jan. 8, 2005) 13 -13 -9 81-74 champion Huskers also amassed their most conference wins in history. #2 Baylor (Jan. 12, 2005) 13 -13 -8 103-99 3OT Nebraska’s streak is just the seventh of eight or more victories in school history. Three of Nebraska’s eight-game at Texas (Jan. 3, 2007) 11 -11 -4 79-75 at Colorado (Feb. 6, 2008) 12 -6 +1 80-71 winning streaks have come in Yori’s eight seasons, including 2003-04 and 2005-06. Iowa State (Jan. 10, 2004) 12 -1 -1 62-57 at Kansas St. (March 6, 2010) 11 -7 -7 82-72 2009-10 Huskers Were Nation’s Most Improved Team Nebraska was the nation’s most improved team from the 2008-09 campaign to the 2009-10 season. A year after advancing to the WNIT and finishing with a 15-16 overall record, the Huskers went 32-2 overall and 16-0 in the Big 12. NU not only went 16-0 in the nation’s No. 1 RPI conference, the Huskers won 12 games by double digits and led 15 of their 16 league opponents by double figures at some point in the game. The Huskers were only outscored by regular-season league foes in three of 32 halves on the year. The Huskers were plus-17 in the win column and plus-14 in the loss column, giving them a plus-15.5 mark by official NCAA standards. The most improved team from one season to the next in NCAA Division I history was Valparaiso, which produced a 17-game improvement from 2001 to 2002. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 10 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

2009-10 Husker Season In-Depth Nebraska’s improvement is even more amazing by historical standards, considering the Huskers won 15 games NU leads at the half 30-0 and qualified for the postseason in 2009. NU’s 15 wins were the most ever by a nation’s most improved team, while NU trails at the half 2-2 the Huskers were the first-ever postseason team from the previous year, to be the nation’s most improved team the NU is tied at the half 0-0 next season. NU attempts more FG than opponent 17-0 NU attempts fewer FG than opponent 14-2 Griffin, Montgomery Chosen in 2010 WNBA Draft NU attempts same number of FG as opponent 1-0 The Huskers continued to make history after the completion of the 2009-10 season, when senior forwards Kelsey Griffin and Cory Montgomery were chosen in the 2010 WNBA Draft. NU makes more FG than opponent 22-0 NU makes fewer FG than opponent 7-2 Griffin, a first-team All-American and national player-of-the-year finalist, was invited to attend the draft at the NU makes same number of FG as opponent 3-0 NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, N.J., on April 8. She didn’t have to wait long to hear her name announced on draft day, as the chose Griffin with the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, making her the top Husker NU has better FG Pct. than opponent 27-0 pick in WNBA Draft history. Nicole Kubik was NU’s first first-round pick going No. 15 in the 2000 WNBA Draft. NU has worse FG Pct. than opponent 5-2 Moments after being selected by the Lynx, Griffin was traded to the Connecticut Sun, as the Lynx received 2011 NU shoots 50 percent or better from field 12-0 first- and second-round picks for Griffin. Griffin went on to earn WNBA All-Rookie honors in her first season with NU shoots less than 50 percent from field 20-2 the sun in 2010, before continuing her professional career this fall by playing professionally in Hungary. NU shoots 40 percent or better from field 25-1 Montgomery joined Griffin little more than an hour later as a WNBA Draft choice, when she was taken with the NU shoots less than 40 percent from field 7-1 No. 25 pick overall by the with the first pick of the third round. Montgomery did not earn a roster spot with the Liberty in 2010, but is playing professionally in Spain. NU shoots more FT than opponent 28-2 Montgomery, who joined Griffin on the 2010 first-team All-Big 12 squad, closed her Nebraska career with 1,378 NU shoots fewer FT than opponent 3-0 points and 627 rebounds. She and Griffin are among a group of just eight players in Husker history with more than NU shoots same number of FT as opponent 1-0 1,300 points and 600 rebounds. Griffin closed her Husker career with 2,033 points and 1,019 boards. NU makes more FT than opponent 28-2 Yvonne Turner has also continued her basketball career in 2010 by playing professionally, first in Australia NU makes fewer FT than opponent 2-0 and then in Germany. Turner joined Griffin and Montgomery on the first-team All-Big 12 squad. She is also among NU makes same number of FT as opponent 2-0 Nebraska’s 1,000-point career scorers. NU has more total rebounds than opponent 24-0 NU has fewer total rebounds than opponent 7-2 Huskers Spent Nine Weeks in AP Top 10 in 2009-10 NU has same number of total rebounds as opp. 1-0 Nebraska achieved its highest ranking in school history when the Huskers climbed to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, Feb. 8. NU maintained that ranking for five weeks, before slipping one spot to No. 4 heading NU has more offensive rebounds than opponent 18-0 NU has fewer offensive rebounds than opponent 12-1 into the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers spent nine straight weeks in the top 10 and 14 straight in the top 25. NU’s NU has same number of off. rbs. as opponent 2-1 first-ever top-10 ranking in either poll came with a No. 9 ranking in the USA oday/ESPNT poll on Jan. 12. The Huskers finished the season with a No. 4 ranking in the final AP poll, which was announced before the start NU has more assists than opponent 23-0 of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. NU closed the year with its 10th straight top-10 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN poll, NU has fewer assists than opponent 8-2 coming in at No. 7 in the final coaches poll on April 7. NU has same number of assists as opponent 1-0 NU has more turnovers than opponent 4-0 NU has fewer turnovers than opponent 24-1 2010 Seniors Left Impressive Legacy NU has same number of turnovers as opponent 4-1 Nebraska’s senior class was not only the largest in school history, the six Husker seniors also teamed for more appearances than any senior class in NU history. NU has more steals than opponent 17-1 Despite several season-ending injuries during their respective careers, including NU has fewer steals than opponent 14-1 2010 Senior Presence two season-ending knee injuries for senior center Nikki Bober, and a foot injury that NU has same number of steals as opponent 1-0 Player Games-Starts kept Kelsey Griffin out of the entire 2008-09 campaign, the six seniors combined for Montgomery 130-69 NU has more blocked shots than opponent 15-1 Griffin 127-127 683 career games at Nebraska. NU has fewer blocked shots than opponent 13-1 Turner 126-95 Cory Montgomery led the way with 130 appearances, while Griffin started all 127 NU has same number of blocks as opponent 4-0 Neals 122-0 games of her NU career. Yvonne Turner added 126 games, while Nicole Neals and Kuhlmann 122-3 NU commits more fouls than opponent 4-0 Bober 56-1 Kala Kuhlmann each played 122 career games. Bober rounded out the senior six pack NU commits fewer fouls than opponent 28-2 Totals 683-295 with 56 games. NU commits same number of fouls as opponent 0-0 Prior to the 2009-10 season, only 10 players in the 35-year history of Nebraska women’s basketball had played in 120 or more games in a Husker uniform. The group also achieved unprecedented Games are decided by 20 or more points 12-0 Games are decided by 10 or more points 27-1 success on the court, averaging 22.5 wins over the past four years while leading NU to four straight postseason Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 5-1 appearances, a trio of NCAA Tournament victories and the school’s first Big 12 regular-season title. Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 2-0 Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 0-0 NU Shows North Division Dominance over Last Five Years During the past five seasons, Nebraska leads the North Division with a 36-14 Overtime 0-0 North vs. North regular-season record against the other five Big 12 North foes. Iowa State is 32-18, Big 12 North Last 5 Years Playing on Monday 1-0 1. Nebraska 36-14 while Kansas State is 30-20 in that span. Playing on Tuesday 2-0 2. Iowa State 32-18 The Huskers completed season sweeps of Iowa State, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas Playing on Wednesday 8-0 3. Kansas State 30-20 and Kansas State to finish 10-0 in 2009-10 against the North. NU completed its fifth Playing on Thursday 2-0 sweep at Kansas State on March 6 (82-72), after beating the Wildcats (71-56) in Playing on Friday 3-0 Lincoln on Jan. 23. Iowa State was 7-3 against the North in 2009-10, while Kansas State and Kansas were 5-5. Playing on Saturday 10-1 Playing on Sunday 6-1 Colorado was 3-7 and Missouri 0-10. Playing in November 6-0 Playing in December 6-0 Huskers First North Team to Go 6-0 vs. South Since 2000 Playing in January 7-0 Nebraska capped a 6-0 sweep of the Big 12 South with an 80-64 victory over No. 11 Oklahoma to clinch the Playing in February 8-0 2010 Big 12 regular-season title on Feb. 24. Among their 18 consecutive Big 12 Conference victories entering the Playing in March 5-2 2010-11 season, the Huskers own eight straight regular-season wins against the South. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 11 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

The win over the Sooners followed a 71-60 victory over No. 12 Texas A&M Feb. 6 and an 88-67 run past No. 10 Oklahoma State in Lincoln Feb. 3. Nebraska produced its largest victory margin in history against a Big 12 opponent USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25 with an 89-47 win at Texas Tech Jan. 27, after posting a 65-56 win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17. The Lady Bears were Final Poll the only South foe to play the Huskers within single digits in 2009-10. NU opened home Big 12 action with a 91-79 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010) win over No. 19 Texas on Jan. 12. 1-Connecticut (39-0) (31)...... 775 In its six regular-season meetings with Big 12 South foes, Nebraska averaged 80.7 points per game, while 2-Stanford (36-2)...... 744 surrendering 62.2 points per contest, for an average winning margin of 18.5 points per game. 3-Oklahoma (27-11)...... 678 Nebraska is the first North team in a decade to sweep the South. Iowa State was the last team to accomplish 4-Baylor (27-10)...... 676 the feat in 1999-2000, while Kansas (1998-99) is the only other North school to notch a sweep. A North school has 5-Xavier (30-4)...... 652 won five or more games against the South only eight previous times, most recently Kansas State’s back-to-back 6-Duke (30-6)...... 591 5-1 marks in 2002-03 and 2003-04. 7-Nebraska (32-2)...... 550 8-Tennessee (32-3)...... 538 T9-Kentucky (28-8)...... 537 Huskers Get It Done on Court, In Classroom, In Community T9-Florida State (29-6)...... 537 Nebraska not only enjoyed a record-setting run on the court in 2009-10, the Huskers achieved at high levels in 11-Notre Dame (29-6)...... 500 the classroom. 12-Gonzaga (29-5)...... 397 Nebraska led the Big 12 with six first-team academic all-conference selections in 2009-10. Five Husker seniors 13-Iowa State (25-8)...... 357 claimed first-team honors, led by Kelsey Griffin. It was the third first-team award of Griffin’s career. She was joined 14-Texas A&M (26-8)...... 336 as a three-time first-team selection by senior Kala Kuhlmann, while Cory Montgomery added her third academic 15-Ohio State (31-5)...... 306 award, including her second first-team honor. Nicole Neals and Nikki Bober also claimed first-team honors, along 16-West Virginia (29-6)...... 287 17-Georgetown (26-7)...... 218 with junior center Jessica Periago. The 6-4 center from France earned her second first-team award. 18-St. John’s (25-7)...... 215 During the 2009 fall semester, the women’s basketball team posted a cumulative 3.138 GPA. In addition to the 19-Georgia (25-9)...... 202 high grade-point averages, Montgomery (business administration) and Neals (management) earned their bachelor’s 20-San Diego State (23-11)...... 174 degrees from Nebraska in just 3 1/2 years. The two graduate students received their diplomas at the Devaney Center 21-Mississippi State (21-13)...... 170 during commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 19. The next day, Montgomery and Neals helped the Huskers roll 22-Oklahoma State (24-11)...... 121 to a 77-63 win over No. 5 LSU at the Devaney Center. 23-UCLA (25-9)...... 106 Nebraska owns a perfect 100 percent score in the Graduate Success Rate published by the NCAA, and every 24-Vanderbilt (23-11)...... 74 senior that Connie Yori has coached over the past 20 seasons has gone on to earn her degree. 25-Texas (22-11)...... 53 The Huskers have also earned two Nebraska Life Skills Team Awards during Coach Connie Yori’s eight seasons 25-LSU (21-10)...... 53 Note: Nebraska 2009-10 opponents in bold. in Lincoln, including the inaugural award in 2003-04. Griffin was a leader in Nebraska’s community service efforts 31-UALR (27-7)...... 15 throughout her career and captured the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. 34-Vermont (27-7)...... 5 Nebraska Owns Success Against Top 25 Foes Nebraska has made a habit of knocking off top-25 opponents during Connie Yori’s eight seasons at the helm. In Associated Press Top 25 fact, the Huskers’ win over No. 22 UCLA marked their 20th win over an AP Top 25 foe during Yori’s tenure, including Final Regular-Season Poll their eighth in 2009-10. NU’s 21-point win over No. (Monday, March 15, 2010) 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3 was the Huskers’ fifth NU Wins Over AP Top 25 Foes Since 2002-03 (20) 1-Connecticut (33-0) (40)...... 1,000 Opponent Final Location 2-Stanford (31-1)...... 960 against a top-10 opponent. Before Yori’s arrival, #22 UCLA (March 23, 2010) 83-70 Minneapolis Nebraska had beaten just one top-10 opponent in #11 Oklahoma (Feb. 24, 2010) 80-64 Norman, Okla. 3-Tennessee (30-2)...... 911 school history. #13 Iowa State (Feb. 17, 2010) 60-50 Devaney Center 4-Nebraska (30-1)...... 880 5-Xavier (27-3)...... 807 Nebraska’s three top-10 wins in 2009-10 matched #12 Texas A&M (Feb. 6, 2010) 71-60 Devaney Center #10 Oklahoma State (Feb. 3, 2010) 88-67 Devaney Center 6-Duke (27-5)...... 775 NU’s all-time total in 35 seasons of women’s #9 Baylor (Jan. 17, 2010) 65-56 Waco, Texas 7-Notre Dame (27-5)...... 755 basketball. #19 Texas (Jan. 12, 2010) 91-79 Devaney Center 8-Ohio State (30-4)...... 728 #5 LSU (Dec. 20, 2009) 77-63 Devaney Center NU’s win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17, marked the #20 Kansas State (Feb. 25, 2009) 52-47 Devaney Center 9-Texas A&M (25-7)...... 704 Huskers’ first victory against a top-25 team in a true #24 Arizona State (Dec. 28, 2008) 62-58 Devaney Center 10-West Virginia (28-5)...... 639 road game under Yori. It was also the Huskers’ first- #21 Texas A&M (Jan. 23, 2008) 73-60 Devaney Center 11-Florida State (26-5)...... 605 ever true road win over a top-10 opponent. #15 Texas (Jan. 9, 2008) 56-45 Devaney Center 12-Oklahoma (23-10)...... 565 #13 Baylor (Feb. 3, 2007) 76-67 Devaney Center 13-Georgetown (25-6)...... 466 The Huskers posted six wins over AP Top 15 teams #25 Kansas State (Jan. 17, 2007) 70-63 Devaney Center 14-Baylor (23-9)...... 393 (No. 5 LSU, No. 9 Baylor, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. #18 New Mexico (Nov. 13, 2006) 66-59 Tempe, Ariz. #14 Iowa State (Feb. 12, 2005) 88-59 Devaney Center 15-St. John’s (24-6)...... 383 11 Oklahoma, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 13 Iowa State) #2 Baylor (Jan. 12, 2005) 103-99 3OT Devaney Center 16-Iowa State (23-7)...... 381 in 2009-10, including three wins over top-10 foes. #9 Kansas State (Jan. 24, 2004) 81-63 Devaney Center 17-Texas (22-10)...... 369 The Huskers added a road win over final AP No. 16 #13 Ohio State (Dec. 12, 2003) 60-55 Devaney Center 18-Gonzaga (27-4)...... 339 #25 Cincinnati (Dec. 15, 2002) 65-55 Devaney Center Iowa State on Jan. 9, in Ames, while also claiming road 19-Kentucky (25-7)...... 328 wins over previously ranked clubs at Vermont (AP No. 20-Oklahoma State (23-10)...... 266 24, Jan. 18), Miami (AP No. 25, Jan. 11), Kansas (as high as No. 18, first nine weeks AP). The Jayhawks, Catamounts 21-LSU (20-9)...... 143 and Hurricanes were unranked when they played the Huskers. 22-UCLA (24-8)...... 126 23-Georgia (23-8)...... 109 The highest-ranked team Nebraska has ever defeated was the 2004-05 Baylor team that went on to win the 24-Michigan State (22-9)...... 82 national title. NU outlasted No. 2 BU, 103-99 in triple overtime on Jan. 12, 2005. The Huskers’ 21-point win over 25-Hartford (27-4)...... 60 No. 10 OSU on Feb. 3, 2010, marked NU’s largest victory margin ever over a top-10 team. Nebraska’s 29-point win Note: Nebraska 2009-10 opponents in bold. over No. 14 Iowa State in 2005 was NU’s largest victory margin in history over a top-25 foe. Nebraska’s 56-45 win 31-UALR (26-6)...... 7 over No. 15 Texas at the Devaney Center in 2008 also marked the lowest point total ever allowed by the Huskers T41-Vermont (26-6)...... 2 against a ranked opponent. Before Yori’s arrival at Nebraska in 2002-03, the Huskers had not defeated a top-10 team since a 73-67 win over No. 9 Iowa on Dec. 8, 1996, and had never beaten a top-five opponent. Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 12 • 2010-11 Game Notes • Huskers.com

Nebraska All-Time NCAA Appearances Nu Offense Hit 80 Points with Frequency in 2009-10 Nine Appearances, 14 Games (5-9 Record) With an offense that ranked among the best in school history, Nebraska hit 80-plus points 16 times in 34 games Season Opponent Site Result 1988 at USC Los Angeles L, 82-100 in 2009-10. Three of NU’s 16 80-plus games in 2009-10 crossed the 90-point mark, including a 107-54 win over 1993 vs. San Diego Lincoln W, 81-58 Washington State (Nov. 22), a 94-50 win at Vermont (Jan. 4) and a 91-79 win over Texas (Jan. 12). 1993 at USC Los Angeles L, 60-78 In 2008-09, Nebraska managed 80 points on only two occasions, in the first game (Weber State, 96-47) and last 1996 vs. Colorado St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-66 game (Oklahoma State, 82-74) of the regular season. 1998 vs. New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-59 1998 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-75 1999 vs. Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-98 Huskers Shattered School Three-Point Record in 2009-10 2000 vs. Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-93 Nebraska crushed the single-season school record with 225 three-pointers made in 34 games in 2009-10. The 2007 vs. Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-64 Huskers, who eclipsed the previous record of 173 made threes in 2006-07, passed the old mark in the season’s 2008 vs. Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-58 25th game. 2008 at Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-76 2010 vs. Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-44 Under Coach Connie Yori, Nebraska has produced each of the top seven seasons in three-point field goals made 2010 vs. UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-70 in school history. As a team, NU hit 6.6 threes per game in 2009-10 to rank 46th nationally, crushing the previous 2010 vs. Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-76 school mark of 5.5 threes per game in 2008-09. The Huskers hit eight or more threes 13 times in 2009-10. Nebraska knocked down a school-record-tying 12 three-pointers in the road win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17. NU’s NCAA All-Time Most Improved Teams 34 attempts against the Lady Bears were also a school record. The Huskers hit 11-of-23 three-pointers against Season Team W-L Previous Improvement Washington State, which was just one shy of the school record set in the 2008-09 season opener against Weber 1982 UMKC 19-4 5-16 13 State. NU added 11-of-31 threes in a run past No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3. The Huskers also connected on 1983 UL-Lafayette 18-10 5-23 13 10 threes in just 20 attempts in an NCAA first-round win over Northern Iowa, while adding 10 more threes against 1984 Austin Peay 15-11 2-24 13 Oklahoma St. 18-11 4-23 13 Idaho State. San Diego St. 24-6 10-18 13 1985 La Salle 22-8 11-18 10.5 Nebraska ForceD Fresh Look at Levels of Production 1986 Ohio 26-3 11-16 14 Basketball fans are accustomed to charting individual statistics by game, but the depth, experience and style 1987 Evansville 19-9 6-22 13 1988 Lamar 14-14 2-24 11 of play of the 2009-10 Huskers caused some folks to take a fresh look at the numbers. Stanford 27-5 14-14 11 For example, no Husker averaged more than 28.0 minutes per game, but NU’s individual numbers still rivaled 1989 NC State 24-7 10-17 12 all-conference levels of production. 1990 Lehigh 21-8 7-21 13.5 Big 12 Player-of-the-Year and 2010 All-American Kelsey Griffin made the strongest case for considering 1991 Santa Clara 28-3 9-17 16.5 1992 BYU 21-8 8-21 13 production per minute, rather than per game. Griffin averaged 20.1 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game. 1993 W. Michigan 14-13 2-25 12 Those numbers become significantly more impressive considering she played just27.9 minutes per game. 1994 UAB 23-6 9-18 13 Taken over 40 minutes, Griffin averaged 28.9 points, 14.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 steals. In addition to 1995 VCU 20-10 3-24 15.5 her 60 steals as a senior, Griffin added 26 blocked shots and drew a team-leading 29 charges. She also shot 59.6 1996 Hawaii 23-6 6-20 15.5 1997 Liberty 22-8 5-22 15.5 percent from the field, which ranked among national leaders. 1998 Central Conn. St. 17-10 2-23 14 With 685 points and 354 rebounds in 948 minutes, Griffin averaged 0.72 points and 0.37 rebounds per minute. 1999 UNLV 17-11 4-23 12.5 The following is a brief listing of Nebraska players and their averages taken over 40 minutes in 2009-10: 2000 Chattanooga 26-5 10-17 14 - Kelsey Griffin - 28.9 points, 14.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.5 steals 2001 Siena 24-6 10-18 13 Washington 22-10 8-22 13 - Dominique Kelley - 20.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.3 steals 2002 Valparaiso 26-7 7-22 17* (Record) - Cory Montgomery - 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals 2003 Rutgers 21-8 9-20 12 - Yvonne Turner - 17.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.7 steals 2004 UNC Asheville 19-9 3-25 16 2005 Robert Morris 20-10 3-24 15.5 - Harleen Sidhu - 16.8 points, 12.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.6 steals 2006 St. Joseph’s 20-11 7-23 12.5 - Katya Leick - 12.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.4 steals 2007 Oklahoma St. 20-11 6-22 12.5 - Meghin Williams - 12.3 points, 9.2 rebounds W. Carolina 24-10 9-20 12.5 - Catheryn Redmon - 10.9 points, 11.3 rebounds, 4.8 blocks 2008 Winthrop 20-12 6-26 14 2009 Central Conn. St. 18-14 4-25 12.5 - Lindsey Moore - 8.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.9 steals Mercer 17-14 4-26 12.5 - Kala Kuhlmann - 8.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.7 steals 2010 Nebraska 32-2 15-16 15.5 - Layne Reeves - 7.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.3 steals - Nicole Neals - 7.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 steals 2010 Huskers in the Record Book - Jessica Periago - 5.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.0 , 1.7 blocks Single-Season Rankings Wins - 1st - 32 Winning Percentage - 1st - .970 Nebraska Establishes Kathy Branchaud Memorial Scholarship Conference Wins - 1st - 16 Nebraska has established the Kathy Branchaud Memorial Women’s Basketball Scholarship Fund to honor the Conference Winning Percentage - 1st - 1.000 life of the former player and Fastbreaker Booster Club board member, who passed away Feb. 11, 2010 at age 58, Games Played - T4th - 33 Points - 2nd - 2,565 points following a two-year battle with cancer. Points Per Game - 6th - 77.7 The Kathy Branchaud Memorial Scholarship will be presented to sophomores, juniors or seniors on the Nebraska Field Goal Percentage - 8th - .460 women’s basketball team. Senior recipients must demonstrate a commitment to pursuing a post-graduate education Free Throws Made - 1st - 581 Free Throws Attempted - 2nd - 819 at the University of Nebraska. Candidates must maintain a 3.2 or above cumulative grade-point average and a Free Throw Percentage - 11th - .709 preference will be given to the player with most improved rebounding percentage from the previous season. 3FG Made - 1st - 220 To contribute to the Kathy Branchaud Memorial Women’s Basketball Scholarship Fund, please contact the 3FG Attempted - 1st - 649 Nebraska Athletic Development Office at (402) 472-2367. 3FG Percentage - T5th - .339 Total Rebounds - 8th - 1,287 Rebound Margin - 4th - +5.1 Blocked Shots - 3rd - 124 Fewest Turnovers - 3rd - 486