NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GAME NOTES VS. NEBRASKA-KEARNEY LOPERS 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Nov. 3 Nebraska-Kearney (exhibition) [BTN Plus] 4 p.m. VS. NEBRASKA-KEARNEY LOPERS Nov. 7 Drake [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. Nov. 11 USC Upstate [BTN Plus] 11 a.m. Saturday, November 3, 2018, 4 p.m. Nov. 16 at Washington State [WSU] 7:30 p.m. Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Nebraska) Nov. 23-25 Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.) Live Video: BTN Plus Nov. 23 at 24/25 Miami [ACC Network+] 2 p.m. Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (3:45 p.m.) Nov. 25 vs. Radford 11 a.m. 21-11 Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) 21-7 Lincoln - B107.3 FM; Omaha - CD 105.9 FM Nov. 29 at 4/5 Louisville (ACC/B1G) 6 p.m. 11-5 BIG TEN 13-6 MIAA Dec. 2 at Creighton 1 p.m. Free Live Audio: Huskers.com & TuneIn Apps Dec. 5 Kansas [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. Dec. 8 San Jose State [BTN Plus] Noon Dec. 15 Denver [BTN Plus] TBA HUSKERS TIP 2018-19 SEASON WITH UNK SATURDAY Dec. 18 at Arkansas [SEC Network+] 7 p.m. • The Nebraska women’s basketball team tips off the 2018-19 campaign by taking on the University Dec. 28 Michigan^ [BTN] 6 p.m. of Nebraska-Kearney in an exhibition game at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday afternoon. Dec. 31 at Ohio State^ [BTN] Noon • Tip time for Nebraska’s lone exhibition game of the season is set for 4 p.m. (CT) with live audio Jan. 3 at 17/13 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. coverage on the Husker Sports Network (B107.3 FM, Lincoln; CD 105.9 FM, Omaha) at 3:45. Jan. 8 10/9 Maryland^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. • The Huskers return their top five scorers from their 2018 team that finished with a 21-11 overall Jan. 13 Rutgers^ [BTN] 2 p.m. record and advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Big Red finished 11-5 to tie for Jan. 17 at Illinois^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. third in the Big Ten Conference and advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Jan. 20 Minnesota^ [ESPN2] 5 p.m. • Nebraska produced the nation’s top turnaround last season by improving 14 games in the win Jan. 24 Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. column over its 7-22 campaign in Coach Amy Williams’ first season at Nebraska in 2016-17. Jan. 27 at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] 2 p.m. • Williams, who enters her third season leading her alma mater at Nebraska, was the 2018 Big Ten Jan. 31 at Purdue^ [BTN] 7 p.m. Coach of the Year and a semifinalist (1 of 10) for Naismith National Coach-of-the-Year honors. Feb. 3 Indiana^ [BTN Plus] 2 p.m. • Junior Hannah Whitish is expected to be a leader on the court for the Huskers in 2018-19. Feb. 7 at Michigan^ [BTN] 6 p.m. The 5-9 guard from Barneveld, Wis., earned preseason first-team All-Big Ten honors after claiming Feb. 10 Purdue^ [BTN Plus] (Play4Kay) 2 p.m. second-team all-conference accolades as a sophomore. Whitish led the Huskers in scoring (12.6 Feb. 14 at 10/9 Maryland^ [BTN] 7 p.m. ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three-pointers made (73) last season. The only Husker to Feb. 17 Michigan State^ [BTN] 3 p.m. start all 32 games last year, she carried a 2-to-1 -to-turnover ratio as Nebraska’s point guard. Feb. 21 at Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. • Kate Cain also will be counted on to play a big role for the Huskers in 2018-19. The 6-5 sophomore Feb. 25 17/13 Iowa^ [BTN] (Senior Night) 7:30 p.m. from Middletown, N.Y., is one of 20 preseason candidates for the Lisa Leslie National Center-of-the- March 2 at Penn State^ [BTN] 2 p.m. Year Award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball March 6-10 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) Coaches Association of America. Cain led the Big Ten with 3.1 blocks per game last year and ranked March 18 NCAA Selection Monday [ESPN2] TBA among the top 10 players in the nation with a school-record 100 blocks. She averaged 9.9 points and March 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA a team-leading 7.0 rebounds per contest on her way to spots on the Big Ten All-Defensive and Big March 29- NCAA Regionals TBA Ten All-Freshman teams. April 1 Albany, Chicago, Greensboro, Portland • Lincoln native Maddie Simon is the only fourth-year senior in the Husker program this season. April 5-7 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) TBA The 6-2 forward was one of the Big Ten’s most improved players last season, averaging 10.1 points All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle and 5.3 rebounds per game in her first season as a starter. Bank Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of • Nebraska adds five newcomers to its group of six returning players in 2018-19. Freshmen Leigha Nebraska’s regular-season games can be heard live on the Brown, Sam Haiby, Kayla Mershon and Ashtyn Veerbeek were ranked among the top 20 recruiting Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln classes in the nation a year ago by ESPN. The Huskers also added graduate transfer point guard and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Kristian Hudson from Florida International. Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and BTN Plus games NEBRASKA ROSTER & 2017-18 STATISTICS HUSKERS.COM No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TICKETS: 1-800-8-BIG-RED 3 Hannah Whitish** 5-9 Jr. G 32-32 12.6 4.0 4.7 1.3 0.2 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G Moorhead (Minnesota) High School 5 Nicea Eliely** 6-1 Jr. G 29-26 8.2 4.0 1.7 1.2 0.7 11 Kristian Hudson 5-5 Sr. G Florida International 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F Western Christian (Iowa) High School 14 Grace Mitchell** 6-2 Jr. F 29-2 2.0 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 24 Maddie Simon*** 6-2 Sr. F 28-27 10.1 5.3 2.0 0.8 0.3 31 Kate Cain* 6-5 So. C 32-31 9.9 7.0 1.0 0.6 3.1 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F DeKalb (Indiana) High School 33 Taylor Kissinger* 6-1 So. G/F 25-7 10.0 4.1 1.4 0.4 0.5 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F Minnetonka (Minnesota) High School

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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS SCOUTING NEBRASKA-KEARNEY • Coach Carrie Eighmey brings her fourth UNK team into the 2018-19 season. The Lopers went (21-11, 11-5 BIG TEN) 21-7 last season, including a 13-6 mark in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Sr. F 10.1 5.3 (MIAA). 31 Kate Cain 6-5 So. C 9.9 7.0 • The Lopers will have a whole new look in 2018-19, with nine newcomers including seven 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Jr. G 12.6 4.0 freshmen on their roster. 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Jr. G 8.2 4.0 • UNK lost its top three scorers from a year ago, including Michaela Barry (17.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.0 33 Taylor Kissinger 6-1 So. G 10.0 4.1 apg) and McKenzie Brown (14.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg) who were the only two Lopers to start all 28 games Off the Bench last season. Brown (66) and Barry (47) combined for 113 three-pointers last season. The rest of UNK’s 14 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Jr. F 2.0 1.7 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 0.0 0.0 roster hit 63. 11 Kristian Hudson 5-5 Sr. G 0.0 0.0 • Nebraska-Kearney also must replace Alyssa Frauendorfer, who averaged 11.0 points and 4.9 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 0.0 0.0 rebounds per contest. 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 0.0 0.0 • Sophomore guard Kelsey Sanger is UNK’s top returning scorer after averaging 7.1 points and 3.7 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 0.0 0.0 rebounds per game last season. She is the only returning Loper who averaged more than five points Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998) per contest a year ago. Sanger went scoreless in 18 minutes as a starter in UNK’s 100-68 setback to Third Season at Nebraska (28-33) 12th Season Overall (221-142) Creighton in exhibition play on Oct. 23 in Omaha. • The Lopers may rely on the leadership of 6-0 forward Jaymie Bernbeck. UNK’s only senior, NEBRASKA-KEARNEY LOPERS Bernbeck started 26 games last season and averaged 4.4 points and 4.2 rebounds. Bernbeck managed eight points on 4-of-5 shooting in the exhibition game against Creighton. (21-7, 13-6 MIAA) • UNK’s only other returning player with significant experience is sophomore Adreon Bell. The No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 11 Jaymie Bernbeck 6-0 Sr. F 4.4 4.2 5-6 guard averaged 3.3 points while competing in 23 games off the bench last season. Bell led the 25 Shiloh McCool 5-11 Fr. G/F 0.0 0.0 Lopers with 10 points in 17 minutes as a starter in UNK’s exhibition loss to Creighton. 10 Cierra Dvorak 5-10 Jr. G 0.0 0.0 • Junior college transfer Cierra Dvorak earned a start against Creighton and produced six points, 22 Adreon Bell 5-6 So. G 3.3 0.9 three rebounds and two steals in 17 minutes. Dvorak was a two-year starter at point guard for North 32 Kelsey Sanger 5-8 So. G 7.1 3.7 Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene. Originally from Lake City, Utah, Dvorak averaged 14.0 points, 5.1 Off the Bench rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.5 steals per game as a sophomore for the Cardinals. 3 Shelby Megyeri 5-7 So. G 0.0 0.0 5 Elisa Backes 6-1 Fr. G/F 0.0 0.0 • UNK’s other junior college transfer, Lauren O’Connell, played 17 scoreless minutes against 12 Aspen Jansa 5-7 Fr. G 0.0 0.0 Creighton. A 5-9 guard from Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, O’Connell averaged 15.9 15 Maegan Holt 6-0 Fr. G/F 0.0 0.0 points and 3.7 rebounds as a sophomore. She had a pair of 30-point games and nine other 20-point 20 Klaire Kirsch 5-11 Fr. G/F 0.0 0.0 performances last year. She played her freshman season at Utah State-Eastern in Price, Utah, where 21 Jordan Peitz 6-0 Fr. F 0.0 0.0 she averaged 5.1 points and 2.6 rebounds. 23 Lauren O’Connell 5-9 Jr. G 0.0 0.0 • Freshman Shiloh McCool earned a start for the Lopers in the exhibition game against Creighton 45 Brooke Carlson 6-1 Fr. C 0.0 0.0 Head Coach: Carrie Eighmey (Hastings, 2004) and scored seven points in 19 minutes. The 5-11 wing added two rebounds and an assist. Fourth Season at UNK (49-37) • Brooke Carlson, a 6-1 freshman center out of Elkhorn High School, had the biggest impact of the Seventh Season Overall (117-68) UNK newcomers against Creighton. Carlson finished with nine points and a game-high six rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench. HUSKER NUGGETS • Freshman Klaire Kirsch, a 5-11 wing from Rapid City, S.D., led UNK’s 13-player roster in minutes • Coach Amy (Gusso) Williams is the first former against the Jays, playing 21 minutes. She managed three points on just 1-of-7 shooting. All 13 Lopers Husker women’s basketball player in history to played against Creighton, and only 6-0 freshman forward Jordan Pietz played fewer than 10 minutes. serve as Nebraska’s head coach. • Saturday’s meeting between UNK and Nebraska will be the first for the two teams since Nov. 1, • Williams was a player on two Nebraska 2015. The Huskers defeated the Lopers, 92-54. Maddie Simon is the only current Husker who played teams (1996, 1998) that qualified for the NCAA in that game, producing six points, three rebounds and two rebounds as a starter in her first-ever Tournament before leading the Huskers to the appearance in a Nebraska uniform as a true freshman. No current Lopers participated in the game. NCAA Tournament as a coach in 2018. Williams • Saturday’s game will mark the 14th exhibition meeting between the Huskers and Lopers since also led South Dakota to the NCAA Tournament 2002. The Big Red played UNK for 12 straight seasons from Nov. 17, 2002 through Nov. 3, 2013. in her second season in Vermillion in 2014. The Huskers have never lost to the Lopers in exhibition play or in six regular-season games played • Kate Cain owns the Nebraska season record between Nov. 25, 1974 and Dec. 8, 1982. for blocks with 100, surpassing the previous mark held by Olympic bronze medalist Danielle Page (78, 2007-08). BIG RED RETURN YOUNG, HUNGRY HUSKERS IN 2018-19 • Cain’s 100 blocks ranked No. 8 in the nation • Although Nebraska loses three key seniors (Jasmine Cincore, Janay Morton, Emily Wood) from while her 3.1 blocks per game ranked seventh in the country. No Nebraska individual has the 2017-18 campaign, the 2018-19 version of the Huskers will feature several experienced weapons. ever averaged 2.0 blocks per game in a career, • In fact, Nebraska will return each of its top five scorers from 2017-18, led by second-team All-Big and only two Huskers (Danielle Page, 2.4 bpg, Ten point guard Hannah Whitish (12.6 ppg). Forward Maddie Simon (10.1 ppg), guard/forward Taylor 2007-08; Catheryn Redmon, 2.5 bpg, 2010-11) Kissinger (10.0 ppg), center Kate Cain (9.9 ppg) and guard/forward Nicea Eliely (8.2 ppg) all return had ever averaged 2.0 blocks per game in a for the Huskers in 2018-19. single season. • Overall, the Huskers are scheduled to return more than 70 percent of their scoring (70.4%) and • Nebraska’s Taylor Kissinger came off the rebounding (70.2%), and nearly 65 percent (64.7%) of their assists from the 2017-18 roster. Nebraska bench throughout Big Ten play as one of the also returns 147 of its school-record 163 blocks from 2017-18. The previous school record was top freshman scorers in the conference. The 147. 6-1 guard from Minden, Neb., averaged 10.0 • In 2018-19, Nebraska is scheduled to return 160 of its school-record 250 three-pointers (64%) points per game on the year. from 2017-18, including 73 from Hannah Whitish and 50 from Taylor Kissinger. It will mark the first • Kissinger (10.0 ppg) and Cain (9.9 ppg) time in school history that Nebraska returns two players from the previous season who each hit 50 or became just the second pair of Husker freshmen more threes. and the first since 1981-82 to each average 9.9 • Nebraska posted a plus-2.4 margin in 2017-18. The Huskers are scheduled to return or more points per game in the same season, five of the six players who averaged 4.0 or more rebounds in 2017-18. joining Debra Powell (15.4 ppg) and Crystal Coleman (12.3 ppg). • Nebraska’s 2018-19 freshman class was ranked No. 20 in the nation by the ESPN, giving the • Kissinger became just the fourth freshman in Huskers back-to-back top 20 classes. Nebraska history to hit 50 three-pointers in a • Ashtyn Veerbeek, a 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High School in Hull, Iowa, was ranked season. She joins current Husker sophomore as the No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, No. 66 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, Hannah Whitish (57, 2016-17) in accomplishing which also ranked Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2018. As a senior, Veerbeek was that feat. named one of the 50 greatest girls players in Iowa history by the Des Moines Register. 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(86) across all players and classes. She finished her career with 1,871 points, 1,041 rebounds, 227 blocks, 203 assists and 99 steals. INSIDE THE • Leigha Brown, a 6-1 forward out of DeKalb High School in Indiana, averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game as a senior in 2017-18 to finish her career NEBRASKA ROSTER with 1,798 points, 810 rebounds, 325 assists, 161 steals and 86 blocks. Brown was ranked as the No. 21 forward nationally by ESPN. HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Sam Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the country by Prospects Nation, No. 125 by Leigha Brown...... LEE-uh Blue Star and as the No. 28 guard nationally by ESPN. The 5-9 guard at Class 4A Moorhead High Nicea Eliely...... NY-see-uh E-ly-lee School scored well over 2,000 points in her high school career while averaging 25.1 points, 7.1 Sam Haiby...... HY-bee rebounds and 5.3 assists per game for the Spuds despite being limited by injury as a senior. Taylor Kissinger...... KISS-in-jur • A North Tartan club teammate of Haiby’s, Kayla Mershon comes to Lincoln as one of the top Kayla Mershon...... MERR-shawn players in Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., was ranked as the No. 132 overall Ashtyn Veerbeek...... Verr-BEEK player in the country by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. As a senior at Hannah Whitish...... WHITE-ish Minnetonka High School, Mershon averaged 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. HUSKER HOMES The 11 members of the 2017-18 Husker women's CAIN NAMED TO LISA LESLIE AWARD WATCH LIST basketball team came to Nebraska from nine • Nebraska’s Kate Cain claimed one of 20 spots on the preseason watch list for the 2019 Lisa Leslie states. Award announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Alabama (1): Kristian Hudson Coaches Association (WBCA) on Oct. 26. Colorado (1): Nicea Eliely • The Lisa Leslie Award is in its second season of Indiana (1): Leigha Brown recognizing the top centers in NCAA Division I women’s Iowa (1): Ashtyn Veerbeek college basketball. It is named after the three-time All- Kansas (1): Grace Mitchell American and 1994 National Player of the Year. The award Minnesota (2): Sam Haiby, Kayla Mershon will be announced by ESPN at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Final Nebraska (2): Taylor Kissinger, Maddie Simon Four in Tampa. New York (1): Kate Cain • Cain, a 6-5 sophomore from Middletown, N.Y., made Wisconsin (1): Hannah Whitish an instant impact as a freshman for the Nebraska women’s basketball team in 2017-18. She was one of five players across HUSKERS BY CLASS the conference to capture first-team Big Ten All-Freshman Seniors (2): Kristian Hudson, Maddie Simon honors, while being the only freshman or sophomore named Juniors (3): Nicea Eliely, Grace Mitchell to the five-player Big Ten All-Defensive Team. Hannah Whitish • Cain shattered the Nebraska single-season blocked shot Sophomores (2): Kate Cain, Taylor Kissinger record with 100 on the season, while leading the Big Ten Freshmen (4): Leigha Brown, Sam Haiby in blocks per game. She ranked among the top 10 players Kayla Mershon, Ashtyn Veerbeek nationally in blocked shots. Cain also smashed Nebraska’s single-game block record with 11 against Florida Atlantic on HUSKERS BY MAJOR Dec. 17, 2017, when she became the first Husker in history Applied Science (Master’s): Kristian Hudson to produce a triple-double in points (22), rebounds (14) and Business Administration: Nicea Eliely blocks (11). (#31) Kate Cain, 6-5, So., Center Communication Studies: Maddie Simon • During the season, Cain’s growth on the court helped the Huskers produce one of the nation’s top Management: Leigha Brown, Kate Cain turnarounds, improving 14 games in the win column to capture a bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Ashtyn Veerbeek, Hannah Whitish Cain finished the season by averaging 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per Marketing: Kayla Mershon game. Mathematics Education: Taylor Kissinger • Cain is one of five Big Ten Conference centers who make up a combined one quarter of the Nutrition & Health Sciences: Grace Mitchell preseason national watch list for the Lisa Leslie Award. Cain is the youngest Big Ten center on the list, Undeclared: Sam Haiby joining Iowa senior Megan Gustafson, Michigan senior Hallie Thome, Illinois senior Alex Wittinger and Purdue junior Ae’Rianna Harris in representing the conference. • Cain is scheduled to go head-to-head against those Big Ten centers seven times during the 2018-19 conference season, including twice each against Gustafson, Thome and Harris, who will all

2018-19 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 3 Hannah Whitish** G 5-9 Jr. Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld) Second-Team All-Big Ten (2018); career-high 29 pts at Drake (12/9) & KU (12/6) 4 Sam Haiby G 5-9 Fr. Moorhead, Minn. (Moorhead) Top 125 High School Player (2017); No. 28 Guard (ESPN, 2018) 5 Nicea Eliely** G/F 6-1 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017); Season-high 17 pts at MSU (2/14) 11 Kristian Hudson G 5-5 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville/FIU) 87 Starts at FIU; 1,076 Points, 383 Assists/Career-high 35 pts vs. UTEP (2017) 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek F 6-2 Fr. Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian) Consensus Top 70 Prospect (2017). No. 9 Forward (ESPN, 2017) 14 Grace Mitchell** F 6-2 Jr. Wellington, Kan. (Wellington) 2016 Kansas HS POY (USA Today), Career-high 10 pts vs. UMKC (11/14/17) 24 Maddie Simon*** F 6-2 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS POY; Double-figure points in eight Big Ten games 31 Kate Cain* C 6-5 So. Middletown, N.Y. (Pine Bush) Big Ten All-Freshman & All-Defensive; Triple-Double vs. FAU (22 pts, 14 reb, 11 blocks) 32 Leigha Brown F 6-1 Fr. Auburn, Ind. (DeKalb) No. 21 Forward (ESPN, 2017); 1,798 Points, 810 Rebounds (DeKalb HS) 33 Taylor Kissinger G/F 6-1 Fr. Minden, Neb. (Minden) No. 38 Player in Nation (ESPN, 2016); 25 points, 8 rebounds vs. Arkansas Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998), 221-142 (12th season overall) 28-33 (Third season at Nebraska) Assistant Coach: Tom Goehle, Third Season (Augustana, S.D., 1993) Assistant Coach: Chuck Love, Third Season (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2008) Assistant Coach: Tandem Mays, Third Season (Tulsa, 2007) Director of Operations: Amanda Hart, Third Season (Dakota Wesleyan, 2014) Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, Fourth Season (Rutgers, 2008) Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Stuart Hart, Second Season (Saint Leo, 1998) Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ashley Rudolph, Third Season (Michigan State, 2010) 4 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

play the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena this season. Cain is also set to face another center on the AMY WILLIAMS list - Louisville’s Sam Fuehring in the ACC/B1G Challenge in Kentucky on Nov. 29. (NEBRASKA, 1998) • Overall, Cain is one of just four sophomores nationally on the Lisa Leslie Award watch list, joining (28-33, Third Season at Nebraska) North Carolina’s Janelle Bailey, Duke’s Jade Williams and IUPUI’s Macee Williams. No freshmen start (221-142, 12th Season Overall) the season on the award watch list, but centers can play their way onto or off the list at any point Big Ten Coach of the Year (2018) during the season. Summit League Coach of the Year • The inaugural winner of the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award was A’ja Wilson from South (2015, 2016) WNIT Championship Team (2016) Carolina in 2018. • The selection committee for the Lisa Leslie Award is composed of media members, head coaches, NAIA sports information directors and Hall of Famers. In mid-February, the watch list will be narrowed to a list Season School Won Lost Pct. of 10 centers. In March, five finalists for the award will be announced. Fans will have the opportunity 2007-08 Rogers State 13 18 .419 to vote on their favorite finalist at www.hoophallawards.com. 2008-09 Rogers State 18 14 .563 • The Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award is part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2009-10 Rogers State 21 11 .656 Starting Five awards, which include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale 2010-11 Rogers State 23 10 .697 Shooting Guard Award, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award and the Katrina McClain Power Forward 2011-12 Rogers State 22 12 .647 Award. The WBCA also presents the annual Wade Trophy, which honors the overall national player of Total 5 seasons 97 65 .599 the year. In 1993, Nebraska’s Karen Jennings won the Wade Trophy. NCAA Division I 2012-13 South Dakota 19 16 .543 2013-14 South Dakota 19 14 .576 WHITISH EARNS PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN HONORS 2014-15 South Dakota 26 8 .765 • Nebraska’s Hannah Whitish was named to the 12-player 2015-16 South Dakota 32 6 .842 All-Big Ten Team by the conference coaches when the annual 2016-17 Nebraska 7 22 .241 preseason honors were announced on Oct. 22. 2017-18 Nebraska 21 11 .656 • The announcement of the preseason teams marked 2018-19 Nebraska 0 0 .000 the tip-off of Big Ten Women’s Basketball Media Week (@ Div. I Total 7th season 124 77 .617 B1GWBBall) on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Overall 12th season 221 142 .609 • Whitish, a 5-9 junior guard from Barneveld, Wis., led WILLIAMS IN POSTSEASON Nebraska in scoring (12.6 ppg) and assists (4.7 apg) as a sophomore in 2017-18. She owned a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover Year (Tournament) Results 2018 (NCAA) First Round ratio as Nebraska’s point guard while also ranking among the 2016 (WNIT) Champion Big Ten’s best three-point shooters. Whitish played a major 2015 (WNIT) Second Round role in lifting Nebraska to the nation’s top turnaround in the 2014 (NCAA) First Round win column last season, as the Huskers recorded 14 more 2013 (WBI) Semifinals victories (21) in 2017-18 than in 2016-17 (7). She captured 2012 (NAIA) Elite Eight second-team All-Big Ten accolades at the end of last season 2011 (NAIA) First Round while helping Nebraska to the NCAA Tournament. • Whitish was the lone Husker honored by the league in NOTING COACH WILLIAMS preseason voting of the conference coaches. NCAA Tournament (Nebraska, 2018) • The Big Ten Conference does not rank its team’s No. 1 Summit League Regular-Season Champions through No. 14 in preseason voting, instead the coaches and (South Dakota, 2015, 2016) (#3) Hannah Whitish, 5-9, Jr., Guard select media members each choose their projected top-three NCAA Tournament (South Dakota, 2014) teams in the league. Maryland is the preseason pick of the coaches and the media to win the Big Ten, Summit League Tournament Champions (2014) while Iowa was picked No. 2 by both the coaches and media. The league coaches chose Michigan in Four Summit League Championship Game Appearances Assistant Coach, Tulsa (2006-07) the No. 3 spot, while the conference media selected Minnesota. Iowa senior center Megan Gustafson, Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State (2002-05) the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year, was chosen by the coaches to repeat that honor. Gustafson, Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (2001) Maryland’s Kaila Charles, Michigan’s Hallie Thome and Minnesota’s Kenisha Bell were all unanimous Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney (1999-2000) preseason all-conference selections by the coaches. Four-Year Letterwinner Nebraska (1995-98) WHITISH SPARKED HUSKER BACKCOURT GROWTH • Nebraska’s growth in the backcourt in 2017-18 started with Hannah Whitish, who earned second- team All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore in her first full season as a starter. The 5-9 guard from Barneveld, Wis., led the Huskers in scoring (12.6 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three-pointers (2.3 pg), as the only Husker to start all 32 games in 2017-18. • She scored in double figures a team-leading 18 times in 2017-18 for a balanced Big Red attack. • The Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 11), Whitish averaged 29.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals to lead NU to a pair of road wins at Kansas (Dec. 6) and Drake (Dec. 9). • She erupted for a career-high 29 points, including 25 in the second half, to carry Nebraska offensively in a road win at Kansas (Dec. 6). Whitish outscored the previously unbeaten Jayhawks 25- 13 after halftime to help the Huskers rally from a 13-point late-second-quarter deficit to a 17-point victory. • Whitish matched her career high with 29 points in the next game at Drake (Dec. 9) to lead Nebraska to an 89-85 double-overtime victory. She added six rebounds, six assists, two steals and her first block of the season against the Bulldogs. • She notched her fourth career 20-point game with 20 points on a career-high six threes in the road win at Illinois (Jan. 10). • Whitish put up an 18-point, five-assist effort in Nebraska’s win over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), and added 16 points and a six assists to help the Huskers complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes (Jan. 28). • She helped power Nebraska to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals by scoring 17 points while Nebraska’s 2018-19 Coaching Staff (from left): pulling down a team-high seven rebounds in a win over Michigan in the quarterfinals (March 2). Assistant Coach Chuck Love, Assistant Coach • Whitish pumped in 17 points on 5-of-7 three-point shooting while adding five rebounds, five Tandem Mays, Head Coach Amy Williams, assists and two steals in a key Big Ten road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Assistant Coach Tom Goehle. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 5

• She had 16 points and seven assists in the win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). She had 14 points with five assists in the win at Minnesota (Dec. 31) and 14 more to close the regular season at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). NEBRASKA • In her first NCAA Tournament appearance, Whitish scored 12 points and hit a pair of three-pointers against Arizona State (March 17) in Austin, Texas. 2018-19 QUICK FACTS • She had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists against No. 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). She added Institution...... University of Nebraska. 16 points and five assists against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13) Location...... Lincoln, Neb. • Whitish was solid against Washington State (Dec. 22) with 18 points, six assists and three steals. Population...... 280,364 • She had a strong game with 17 points, five rebounds, eight assists and a in a win over Florida Enrollment...... 25,820 Atlantic (Dec. 19). Whitish had 15 points against Buffalo (Nov. 23) and 14 against Creighton (Nov. 19). Founded...... 1869 • She tied a career high with nine assists while adding eight points and five rebounds in a win over Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers UMKC (Nov. 14). Colors...... Scarlet and Cream Home Arena...... Pinnacle Bank Arena • Whitish tied a career high with eight rebounds while adding nine points and a game-high five Capacity...... 15,000 assists in the win over Penn State (Feb. 22). Conference...... Big Ten • Whitish owns a team-best 31 career double-figure scoring efforts, including 18 in 2017-18. She Athletic Director...... Bill Moos owns four career 20-point performances, including three in 2017-18. 2018-19 Overall Record...... 0-0 Home Record...... 0-0 Away Record...... 0-0 BIG RED RULES @B1GWBBALL MEDIA WEEK Neutral Record...... 0-0 • The Nebraska women’s basketball program made a big impression during @B1GWBBall Media Big Ten Record...... 0-0 Week, Oct. 22-26. 2017-18 Overall Record...... 21-11 • As of Oct. 30 at 11 a.m. (CT), the media views for video interviews of Big Ten coaches and players Home Record...... 10-6 smashed record highs, and Nebraska was the clear leader in the 14-team conference. Away Record...... 9-2 • Overall, video views of coach interviews on Twitter alone surpassed 68,700 while video views of Neutral Record...... 2-3 Big Ten players surpassed 56,300, accounting for more than 125,000 views on only the Twitter platform. Big Ten Record...... 11-5 Over all platforms and all videos, media weeks attracted more than 207,000 views, nearly tripling its Head Coach...... Amy Williams total from a year ago and more than doubling the previous media week record of just over 91,000 set Alma Mater/Year...... Nebraska/1998 in the first year in 2016. Record at Nebraska...... 28-33 (Two seasons) • Nebraska Coach Amy Williams’ five-minute video interview with BTN’s Elise Menaker set the tone Career Record...... 221-142 (11 seasons) for the record-breaking exposure of media week with more than 19,600 views on Twitter - more than NCAA Div. I Record...... 124-77 (Six seasons) doubling the views of any other Big Ten coach. Michigan’s Kim Barnes Arico received nearly 8,800 Williams’ Nebraska Home Record...... 17-15 Big Ten Conference Record...... 14-18 views of her interview, while Ohio State’s Kevin McGuff added nearly 5,900 views. A total of 12 of the Big Ten Home Record...... 8-8 14 Big Ten coaches each received at least 1,500 views with six surpassing 4,000 each. Big Ten Road Record...... 6-10 • Husker senior forward Maddie Simon led all Big Ten players in video views on Twitter with 10,400. Big Ten Tournament Record...... 1-2 Simon was one of five Big Ten players to receive more than 5,000 video views, including Big Ten Assistant Coaches:...... Tom Goehle Player-of-the-Year Megan Gustafson from Iowa received nearly 5,700 views...... Chuck Love • Overall, Williams and Simon received the top two video view totals of @B1GWBBall Media Week ...... Tandem Mays on Twitter, combining for more than 30,000 of the 125,000 total views - 24 percent of the Big Ten’s Director of Operations...... Amanda Hart overall video exposure from coaches and players on Twitter. Video Coordinator...... Katie Adams • @B1GWBBall Media Week included many other view graphics and media features that pushed Strength Coach...... Stuart Hart the conference’s overall exposure to nearly 1.15 million crushing the more than 907,000 exposures of Athletic Trainer...... Ashley Rudolph the 2017-18 preseason media week. Basketball Office Phone...... (402) 472-6462 Basketball Office Fax...... (402) 472-0849 Women’s Basketball Contact...... Jeff Griesch BIG PICTURE LOOK AT THE BIG RED Communications Office Phone.....(402) 472-2263 • Nebraska Coach Amy Williams completed her second season rebuilding the Husker program, Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 and a year after the Big Red experienced the worst overall record in school history (7-22), Nebraska Griesch’s Cell Phone...... (402) 540-0279 jumped ahead of schedule by making the 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] • The Huskers, who returned just 52.6 percent of their offense from 2016-17, are expected to return Communications Fax...... (402) 472-2005 their top five scorers for 2018-19 - junior guard Hannah Whitish (12.6 ppg), senior forward Maddie Best Way to Contact Williams.... Through Griesch Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 Simon (10.1 ppg), sophomore guard/forward Taylor Kissinger (10.0 ppg), sophomore center Kate Cain Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 6/6 (9.9 ppg) and junior guard Nicea Eliely (8.2 ppg). Newcomers...... 5 • Nebraska went 20-8 with Maddie Simon on the court in 2017-18. Simon missed four games Returning Starters (4, 2017-18 Stats)...... (Creighton, Buffalo, Coastal Carolina, Clemson) with a significant ankle sprain suffered in warm-ups Hannah Whitish, G (12.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.7 apg) before the game with Creighton (Nov. 19). Simon missed the rest of NU’s games in November and Maddie Simon, F (10.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg) the Huskers went 1-3. Kate Cain, C (9.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.1 bpg) • Taylor Kissinger missed Nebraska’s final six non-conference games with a knee injury suffered late Nicea Eliely, G (8.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.7 apg) in the game with Clemson (Nov. 30). Kissinger averaged a team-best 14.0 points per game through Others Returning (2, 2017-18 Stats)...... the first seven contests in 2017-18. She also suffered an upper body injury (SC Joint sprain) in the Taylor Kissinger, G (10.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.4 apg) first quarter of Nebraska’s regular-season finale at Maryland (Feb. 25). She played just four minutes Grace Mitchell, F (2.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) before the injury in the two-point loss at Maryland, and missed Nebraska’s Big Ten Tournament win Starters Lost (1, 2017-18 Stats)...... over Michigan (March 2) and played just two minutes in the Big Ten Tournament loss to Maryland Jasmine Cincore, G (6.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) (March 3). She returned to score 15 points in 21 minutes against Arizona State (March 17) in the NCAA Others Lost (2, 2017-18 Stats)...... Tournament. Janay Morton, G (6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) • Nicea Eliely missed Nebraska’s first three games in 2017-18 with a foot/ankle injury that kept her Emily Wood, G (3.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg) Bria Stallworth, G (3.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.7 apg) off the court for the last two weeks of October and the first two weeks of November. Rachel Blackburn, F (1.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg) Darrien Washington, F (1.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg) NEBRASKA STREAKS 2018-19 Newcomers (5) ...... Leigha Brown, 6-1, Fr., G • Junior guard Hannah Whitish (49) owns the longest current streak of consecutive starts by a Husker...... Sam Haiby, 5-9 Fr., G Nebraska’s second-longest streak is 31 games by sophomore Kate Cain...... Kristian Hudson, 5-5, Sr., G • Whitish was the only Husker to start all 32 games in 2017-18...... Kayla Mershon, 6-3, Fr., F • Nebraska featured the same starting lineup for each of the final 24 games of 2017-18. That will ...... Ashtyn Veerbeek, 6-2, Fr., F change for the opener of the 2018-19 season with the graduation of guard Jasmine Cincore. • Cain has at least two rebounds in every game of her Nebraska career (32). 6 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Whitish has hit multiple three-pointers in four consecutive games heading into 2018-19. HUSKER CAREER HIGHS • Whitish hit her last seven free throws of 2017-18, dating back to a miss against Penn State (Feb. SCORING 22). Player (Game, Date) Points • Maddie Simon made her final seven free throws of 2017-18, dating back to a miss against Penn Hannah Whitish (at Drake, 12/9/17; at Kansas, 12/6/17) 29 State (Feb. 22). Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 25 Kate Cain (vs. Florida Atlantic, 12/19/17) 22 • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 312 straight games dating back to Maddie Simon (at San Jose State, 12/17/17) 20 a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. Nicea Eliely (vs. California, 12/4/16) 19 • Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 191 consecutive games. Grace Mitchell (vs. UMKC, 11/14/17) 10 REBOUNDING Player (Game, Date) Rebounds SIMON SHOOTS FOR STRONG SENIOR SEASON Kate Cain (vs. Penn State, 2/22/18) 20 • With depth and experience creating a positive for the Maddie Simon (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 12 Nebraska backcourt, Maddie Simon changed her focus to the Taylor Kissinger (at Indiana, 2/17/18) 10 Nicea Eliely (Three Times, vs. FAU, 12/19/17) 9 power forward position in 2017-18. Hannah Whitish (vs. Penn St., 2/22/18; vs. Minn., 2/4/17) 8 • The 6-2 Lincoln Pius X High School grad was a significant Grace Mitchell (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 6 contributor in the NU backcourt her first two years, including a starting role late in the regular season of 2015-16. ASSISTS Player (Game, Date) Assists • Through two seasons, she averaged 4.5 points and 1.9 Hannah Whitish (vs. UMKC, 11/14/17; vs. Illinois, 2/4/17) 9 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game. She made five starts for Nicea Eliely (Four Times, vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 6 the Huskers as a freshman, before coming off the bench in all Maddie Simon (at Minnesota, 12/31/17) 5 Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 4 29 games in 2016-17. Kate Cain (Three Times, at Mich. St., 2/14/18) 3 • With the loss of Nebraska’s starting frontcourt, and Grace Mitchell (vs. CCU,, 11/24/17; at Mich. St., 1/7/17) 2 inexperience and injuries challenging the inside game, Simon STEALS ran into a more prominent role at power forward in 2017-18. Player (Game, Date) Steals • In 28 games with 27 starts at power forward, Simon was Nicea Eliely (vs. Michigan, 1/22/17; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 4 one of the most improved players in the Big Ten by averaging Hannah Whitish (at Maryland, 2/25/18) 4 Taylor Kissinger (vs. Buffalo, 11/23/17) 3 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2017- Maddie Simon (at Minn., 12/31/17; vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3 18. The Huskers went 20-8 with Simon on the court with their Kate Cain (Five Times, vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2 only losses to No. 11/13/17 Maryland (3), No. 12 Ohio State, Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17; vs. Drake, 12/6/16) 2 No. 23 Michigan, Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament, at (#24) Maddie Simon, 6-2, Sr., Forward BLOCKED SHOTS WNIT Champion Indiana, and Washington State. Player (Game, Date) Blocks • Statistically, Simon was one of the Big Ten’s most improved players, increasing her scoring (+6.0 Kate Cain (vs. FAU, 12/19/17) - school record 11 ppg) and rebounding averages (+3.0 rpg) from 2016-17. She more than doubled her points (282-118), Nicea Eliely (vs. Ariz. St., 3/17/18; vs. Creighton, 11/19/17) 3 Taylor Kissinger (vs. Purdue, 1/24/18; vs. Creighton, 11/19/17) 2 rebounds (147-67) and assists (55-24) and nearly doubled her steals (23-12) from 2016-17. Maddie Simon (vs. Wisconsin, 2/11/18; vs. UConn, 12/21/16) 2 • Simon produced double figures 14 times in 2017-18. She entered the season with five career Hannah Whitish (vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2 double-figure scoring efforts in 50 games. Grace Mitchell (Four Times, vs. Illinois, 2/1/18) 1 • She had the best game of her career with 18 points, eight rebounds, a career-high five assists MINUTES PLAYED and a career-high-tying three steals in a win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). Simon scored 16 of her team-high Player (Game, Date) Minutes 18 points in the second half, including the go-ahead shot in the lane with 29.8 seconds left, before Hannah Whitish (vs. Michigan State, 2/26/17) 44 Kate Cain (vs. Michigan, 1/13/18) 39 grabbing a defensive rebound, getting fouled and making two free throws with 12.9 seconds left to Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 37 help seal a 79-74 win in which Nebraska trailed by eight points late in the third quarter on the road. Maddie Simon (at Drake, 12/9/17) 34 • Simon erupted for a team-high 19 points including a season-best 3-for-4 three-point shooting Taylor Kissinger (vs. Creighton, 11/19/17) 32 Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17) 22 in a win over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16). She added 19 more points and a team-best eight rebounds to THREE-POINTERS MADE complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes at Iowa (Jan. 28). Player (Game, Date) 3FG Made • Simon scored a career-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting at San Jose State (Dec. 17). Her 20 Hannah Whitish (at Illinois, 1/10/18) 6 points at San Jose State came in just 24 minutes. Taylor Kissinger (vs. Coastal Carolina, 11/24/17) 5 Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 4 • Her effort at San Jose State followed a then-career-high 17 points to go along with six boards, Maddie Simon (Three Times, vs. Iowa, 1/16/18) 3 four assists and two steals in a win at Drake (Dec. 9). She added 13 points against Florida Atlantic Grace Mitchell (Five Times, vs. UAPB, 12/2/17) 1 (Dec. 19). • The Big Red opened the season 3-0 with Simon in the starting lineup. She averaged 6.7 points and a team-high 9.3 rebounds through three games. She had 11 points and eight rebounds in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14), before managing five points and a career-high 12 rebounds in a win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). • She suffered an ankle sprain in pregame warmups prior to Nebraska’s game with Creighton (Nov. 19) and did not play against the Bluejays. Simon missed four straight games with the injury. • The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Simon was a two-time first-team Super-State selection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. She was the No. 149 player in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard by ESPN in 2015. A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships. • Simon earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time in 2018. • Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American as a member of Coach Gary Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984. BIG RED LOCKED DOWN ON DEFENSE IN 2017-18 • Nebraska showed drastic improvement on defense in 2017-18. In 2016-17, Nebraska ranked 14th in the Big Ten by allowing 76.3 points, including 80.4 points per game in league play. Prior to 2015-16, the Huskers had not allowed 65 points per game since 2004-05. • In 2017-18, Nebraska allowed 63.6 points per game. • Over the last 14 games, the Huskers allowed just 61.7 points per game, despite playing 11 games against postseason teams, including seven against NCAA Tournament teams. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 7

• Nebraska led the Big Ten in percentage defense (.371) and DEFENSIVE STANCE three-point field goal percentage defense (.299). NU’s Big Ten field goal Season PPG Allowed HUSKERS BY THE NUMBERS percentage defense was a school record, while the Huskers held opponents 2017-18 63.6 NEB leads after 1st quarter 17-0 to under 30 percent three-point shooting for just the fourth time in school 2016-17 76.3 NEB trails after 1st quarter 3-9 history. 2015-16 (WNIT) 68.1 NEB tied after 1st quarter 1-2 • In 2016-17, Nebraska allowed 82.8 points per game to go 0-13 2014-15 (NCAA) 60.9 NEB leads at the half 15-0 away from home. In 2017-18, the Huskers allowed 66.3 points per game 2013-14 (NCAA) 63.4 NEB trails at the half 6-10 while going 11-5 away from Pinnacle Bank Arena. Ten of NU’s 16 road 2012-13 (NCAA) 59.0 NEB is tied at the half 0-1 NEB leads after 3rd quarter 18-1 games came against postseason qualifiers, including eight against NCAA 2011-12 (NCAA) 61.8 NEB trails after 3rd quarter 3-11 Tournament teams. 2010-11 64.7 NEB tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 • Compared to 2016-17, Nebraska was 6.0 points per game better 2009-10 (NCAA) 58.3 NEB in overtime 1-1 offensively (68.8-62.8 ppg) and 12.7 points per game better defensively 2008-09 (WNIT) 61.7 (63.6-76.3 ppg). 2007-08 (NCAA) 63.2 NEB attempts more FG than opponent 6-5 • Nebraska allowed just 42 points at No. 25 Rutgers, the lowest point 2006-07 (NCAA) 62.6 NEB attempts fewer FG than opponent 14-6 total by an opponent in Coach Amy Williams’ two seasons at NU and the 2005-06 (WNIT) 62.9 NEB attempts same FG as opponent 1-0 2004-05 (WNIT) 65.4 fewest points surrendered by the Huskers since holding Creighton to 38 NEB makes more FG than opponent 19-3 2003-04 (WNIT) 63.9 on Dec. 14, 2013. It was also the fewest points allowed by the Huskers in NEB makes fewer FG than opponent 2-6 2002-03 63.9 a road game since holding Michigan to 39 points on Feb. 21, 2013, in Ann NEB makes same FG as opponent 0-2 Arbor. 2001-02 68.9 • Nebraska held 11 foes to 55 points or less, including 42 at No. 2000-01 68.8 NEB has better FG Pct. than opponent 19-2 25 Rutgers, 47 to Illinois (Feb. 1) and Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24), 48 to NEB has worse FG Pct. than opponent 1-9 Wisconsin (Feb. 11), 49 at Kansas (Dec. 6), 51 to Purdue (Jan. 24) and Penn State (Feb. 22), 52 to NEB shoots 50 percent or better FG 5-0 Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), 53 to SIUE (Nov. 11), 54 to No. 24 Michigan at the Big Ten Tournament NEB shoots less than 50 percent FG 16-11 and 55 at San Jose State (Dec. 17). NEB shoots 40 percent or better FG 15-4 • In 2016-17, the Huskers held just two foes to 55 or less. NEB shoots less than 40 percent FG 6-7 • The Huskers held two opponents (Illinois, 2nd, 0-12, Feb. 1; at Kansas, 4th, 0-14, Dec. 6) without a field goal in a quarter in 2017-18. They are the only two times Nebraska has held an opponent NEB shoots more FT than opponent 9-2 without a field goal since the advent of the quarter system. NEB shoots fewer FT than opponent 12-8 • Nebraska held Illinois (Feb. 1) to just 10 points in the first half - the lowest total by an opponent NEB shoots same FT as opponent 0-1 in a first half in school history. Illinois managed just one point in the second quarter. NEB makes more FT than opponent 7-2 • Nebraska held Kansas (Dec. 6) to just 13 points in the second half, the fewest points ever scored NEB makes fewer FT than opponent 13-9 in a half by a Husker road opponent on their homecourt. NEB makes same FT as opponent 1-0 • The Huskers limited a potent Michigan offense to just 14 second-half points (4 field goals), including NEB has more rebounds than opponent 17-4 five points in the third quarter, to take the No. 23 Wolverines to overtime (Jan. 13). NEB has fewer rebounds than opponent 4-7 • Since accomplishing it the first time in the first quarter (8 points) against Coastal Carolina (Nov. NEB has same rebounds as opponent 0-0 24), Nebraska held opponents to single digits in a quarter a total of 13 times, including seven times in Big Ten Conference games. The Huskers held Michigan (3rd, 4th), Rutgers (1st, 4th) and Illinois (1st, NEB has more O-rebounds than opponent 10-4 2nd) to single digits twice in the same game. NEB has fewer O-rebounds than opponent 8-6 • The Huskers held each of the Big Ten’s top five scoring offenses to double digits less (in regulation) NEB has same O-rebounds as opponent 3-1 than their regular-season averages, including Ohio State (85.0 ppg - 73, Lincoln, Dec. 28), Minnesota NEB has more assists than opponent 17-7 (84.9 ppg - 74, , Dec. 31), Maryland (79.6 ppg - 64, Lincoln, Feb. 4; 66, Indianapolis, March NEB has fewer assists than opponent 4-3 3), Iowa (78.7 ppg, 65, Lincoln, Jan. 13) and Michigan (74.9 ppg - 62, Lincoln, Jan. 13; 54, Indianapolis, NEB has same assists as opponent 0-1 March 2). NEB has more turnovers than opponent 14-6 • In a season sweep of Iowa, the Huskers held the high-scoring Hawkeyes to just 1-for-19 from NEB has fewer turnovers than opponent 6-5 three-point range combined. In the first first meeting, Iowa went 0-for-7 with multiple air balls and NEB has same turnovers as opponent 1-0 had two attempts blocked by Huskers. NEB has more steals than opponent 7-6 NEB has fewer steals than opponent 11-4 CAIN KEY ON BLOCK, EARNS BIG TEN ALL-DEFENSIVE AWARD NEB has same steals as opponent 3-1 • Kate Cain was the only player to capture spots on both the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and Big NEB has more blocks than opponent 13-7 Ten All-Defensive Team in 2017-18. Both five-player teams were chosen by the league coaches. NEB has fewer blocks than opponent 7-3 • She averaged 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and a Big Ten-best 3.1 blocks per game NEB has same blocks as opponent 1-1 in 2017-18. NEB commits more fouls than opponent 6-8 • Cain’s 100 total blocks were a school record, while her seven blocks in a win over Michigan in NEB commits fewer fouls than opponent 13-2 the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 2) and nine total blocks in two tournament games were NEB commits same fouls as opponent 2-1 both Nebraska conference tournament records. Games are decided by 20 or more points 4-0 • Cain’s 56.6 field goal percentage ranked as the second-best mark by a Nebraska freshman in Games are decided by 10 or more points 10-6 school history. Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 9-5 • Her 223 total rebounds ranked fourth among freshmen in Husker history, and she was just the Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 3-3 Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 1-2 sixth Husker freshman ever to grab 200 rebounds. Overtime Games 1-1 • She is the only Husker freshman ever to record 300 points, 200 rebounds and 100 blocks in a Playing on Monday 0-0 season. Playing on Tuesday 3-0 • Cain is the only player in Nebraska history to record a points (22), rebounds (14) and blocked Playing on Wednesday 4-0 shots (11) triple-double, which she accomplished in a win over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19). Her points, Playing on Thursday 3-3 blocks and assists (3) were all career highs against the Owls. Playing on Friday 2-1 • Cain’s performance was one of only two points-rebounds-blocks triple-doubles in the Big Ten Playing on Saturday 3-4 (Alex Wittinger, Illinois vs. Penn State, Jan. 23) in 2017-18. Playing on Sunday 6-3 • Cain, who set the Nebraska record with 11 blocks against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) smashed Playing in November 4-3 Olympic bronze medalist Danielle Page’s previous school record of nine set against Baylor on Feb. 3, Playing in December 6-2 2007. Playing in January 6-1 • Cain became just the sixth player in Big Ten Conference history to record 11 or more blocks and Playing in February 4-3 just the 10th Big Ten player to notch double-digit blocks in a single game. Playing in March 1-2 8 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Cain captured four Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26) ASSOCIATED PRESS during the non-conference season. • Cain added a monstrous double-double with 14 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in a win PRESEASON TOP 25 over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 rebounds tied for the sixth-highest individual total in school history (WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018) and helped the Huskers to a plus-29 rebound margin against the Lady Lions. Cain added three blocks. 1-Notre Dame (0-0) [31]...... 775 • Cain owns five career double-doubles, including 19 points and 14 rebounds in a double-overtime 2-UConn (0-0)...... 728 win at Drake (Dec. 9). She had four blocks and a steal against the Bulldogs. 3-Oregon (0-0)...... 712 • She had another double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Arkansas Pine Bluff 4-Baylor (0-0)...... 679 (Dec. 2). She added three blocked shots against the Lady Lions. 5-Louisville (0-0)...... 664 • Cain notched her first career double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks in 6-Mississippi State (0-0)...... 563 Nebraska’s win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). She also had two assists against the Razorbacks. 7-Stanford (0-0)...... 559 • Cain finished No. 8 nationally in blocks (100) and No. 7 in blocks per game (3.1 bpg). 8-Oregon State (0-0)...... 517 • Cain recorded a block in each of the first 31 games of her career before going without a block 9-Maryland (0-0)...... 500 10-South Carolina (0-0)...... 479 in the NCAA Tournament first round loss to Arizona State (March 17). She had multiple blocks in 26 T11-Tennessee (0-0)...... 448 of 32 games as a freshman. T11-Texas (0-0)...... 448 • She owns 15 double-figure scoring efforts, six double-figure rebounding games and one double- 13-Iowa (0-0)...... 383 digit block game in the first 32 games of her career. She has made 31 straight starts. 14-Georgia (0-0)...... 374 • Cain, who previously tied the Nebraska freshman record with six blocks against Clemson (Nov. 15-DePaul (0-0)...... 306 30), had 15 games with three or more blocks in 2017-18, including five games with five or more blocks 16-Missouri (0-0)...... 294 - Clemson (6, Nov. 30), Kansas (5, Dec. 6), Florida Atlantic (11, Dec. 19), Northwestern (5, Jan. 7), Iowa 17-NC State (0-0)...... 288 (5, Jan. 16). 18-Syracuse (0-0)...... 238 19-Marquette (0-0)...... 231 20-Texas A&M (0-0)...... 149 KISSINGER PROVIDED POP OFF BIG RED BENCH 21-Duke (0-0)...... 131 • A newcomer to the Nebraska backcourt in 2017-18, 22-USF (0-0)...... 123 Taylor Kissinger was one of the top three-point shooters in the 23-Arizona State (0-0)...... 122 nation coming out of high school and was ranked among the 24-California (0-0)...... 103 nation’s top 50 overall players. The four-time all-state selection 25-Miami (0-0)...... 84 for the Whippets had both her junior and senior seasons of Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics. high school cut short by hand/arm injuries. NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: • The 6-1 guard from Minden, Neb., had an excellent 26-Minnesota (38); 30-Nebraska (13) summer and progressed quickly in Nebraska’s program, 32-Michigan (9); T38-Drake (1) gaining strength and making an impact in practice. • As a freshman, Kissinger finished third on the team USA TODAY COACHES in scoring with 10.0 points per game, while adding 4.1 PRESEASON TOP 25 rebounds per contest. She also ranked second on the team with 50 three-pointers, which was the fourth-highest total by (THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018) a freshman in Nebraska history. 1-Notre Dame (0-0) [30]...... 798 • Kissinger played in 25 games with seven starts on the 2-UConn (0-0) [2]...... 757 year, while missing seven games due to injuries. She scored 3-Oregon (0-0)...... 690 in double figures 12 times, while adding one double-digit 4-Louisville (0-0)...... 687 4-Baylor (0-0)...... 656 rebound game with her first career double-double with 10 6-Mississippi State (0-0)...... 594 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench at Indiana 7-Stanford (0-0)...... 578 (#33) Taylor Kissinger, 6-1, So., Guard (Feb. 17). 8-Texas (0-0)...... 535 • In the NCAA Tournament, Kissinger scored 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench, after missing 9-Oregon State (0-0)...... 514 all but six minutes over the three previous games with a sprained SC joint suffered in the first quarter 10-Maryland (0-0)...... 511 of a loss in the regular-season finale at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). 11-South Carolina (0-0)...... 502 • Kissinger produced the best performance of her young career with a game-high 25 points to 12-Tennessee (0-0)...... 444 lead Nebraska to an 80-69 win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). Kissinger hit 9-of-15 shots from the floor, 13-Georgia (0-0)...... 411 including 4-of-7 threes, and 3-of-4 free throws against the Razorbacks. She added career highs with 14-Missouri (0-0)...... 318 eight rebounds and four assists against the Hogs to go along with a steal. 15-DePaul (0-0)...... 293 • Kissinger joined Hannah Whitish as the only two Huskers to start each of the first seven games in 16-NC State (0-0)...... 283 2017-18, Kissinger did not play in wins over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), at Kansas (Dec. 6), at Drake 17-Iowa (0-0)...... 262 (Dec. 9), at San Jose State (Dec. 17) or over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) after suffering a minor knee injury 18-Syracuse (0-0)...... 208 late in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30). She also missed a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). 19-Marquette (0-0)...... 199 • Kissinger opened her career as a starter and managed five points and three rebounds despite 20-Duke (0-0)...... 164 T21-USF (0-0)...... 159 battling foul trouble in a win over SIUE (Nov. 11). She scored Nebraska’s first three points of the season. T21-Texas A&M (0-0)...... 159 • Kissinger pumped in 18 points and four three-pointers in Nebraska’s win over UMKC (Nov. 14). 23-UCLA (0-0)...... 116 • She averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games at the San Juan Shootout in Daytona 24-Miami (0-0)...... 92 Beach, Fla., Nov. 23-24. She also established a career high with three steals vs. Buffalo (Nov. 23). 24-West Virginia (0-0)...... 73 • She set a career high with five threes, scoring 15 points in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24). Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics. • Kissinger led Nebraska with 17 points to go along with six rebounds, three assists, a block and NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: a steal before sustaining a knee injury late in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30). 27-Michigan (53); 32-Kansas (14); • Nebraska’s leading scorer through the first seven games as a starter (14.0 ppg), Kissinger averaged T33-Minnesota (12); 36-Drake (10); 38-Illinois (9) 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game off the bench in Big Ten play, including a T42-Ohio State (5); T48-Michigan State (3) personal conference-best 18 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting against No. 11 Maryland (Feb. 4). • She had 14 points with four three-pointers to go along with three rebounds and two assists in a road win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). • Kissinger came up big in Nebraska’s upset of No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), scoring 12 points while grabbing a eight rebounds off the bench in the win over the Hawkeyes. 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• She played a strong all-around game with 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting while adding three rebounds, three assists and a steal in a road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). • She had 11 points and five rebounds off the bench in a low-scoring win over Wisconsin (Feb. 11). • Kissinger’s older twin sisters were both Division I guards, with Brooke entering her third season at Creighton in 2018-19 after spending her first two seasons at Illinois. Jamie completed her eligibility at San Diego in 2017-18. 2017-18 FINAL BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Overall (Big Ten) ELIELY MADE STRIDES DURING SOPHOMORE SEASON #10 Ohio State$ 28-7 (13-3) • Nicea Eliely joined Hannah Whitish as a returning starter #16 Maryland$ 26-8 (12-4) Nebraska$ 21-11 (11-5) in the backcourt in 2017-18. Eliely, a 6-1 wing from Colorado Minnesota$ 24-9 (11-5) Springs, Colo., started all 29 games for the Huskers as a true Iowa$ 24-8 (11-5) freshman, averaging 7.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and Michigan$ 23-10 (10-6) a team-leading 1.6 steals per game. Indiana% 23-14 (9-7) • Eliely was Nebraska’s top defender throughout her Purdue% 20-14 (9-7) freshman season, and with a year of experience under her Rutgers 20-12 (7-9) Michigan State% 19-14 (7-9) belt, the Huskers saw even better defensive play from the Penn State% 16-16 (6-10) long, athletic wing. Northwestern 12-20 (4-12) • However, Eliely suffered a foot/ankle injury in mid- Wisconsin 9-21 (2-14) October that sidelined her late in preseason. She made a full Illinois 9-22 (0-16) recovery after missing the first three games and being limited $-NCAA Tournament Selections %-Postseason WNIT Selections in her first three games back in 2017-18. • Eliely has been healthy during the 2018 offseason and BIG TEN PRESEASON TOP THREE is looking to be a lockdown defender while adding more Coaches offensive consistency in 2018-19. 1. Maryland • Eliely has played in 29 consecutive games, including 26 2. Iowa straight starts. 3. Michigan • For the season, Eliely averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, Media 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals, while shooting a strong 46.9 percent 1. Maryland from the field, including 38 percent (19-50) from three-point (#5) Nicea Eliely, 6-1, Jr., Guard/Forward 2. Iowa range. 3. Minnesota • She recorded 20 blocks, giving her back-to-back seasons with 20 or more blocks (team-leading 21 in 2016-17) - the first Husker to do that feat since Emily Cady in 2013-14 (27) and 2014-15 (30). PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN Hannah Whitish, Jr., G, Nebraska • Eliely put up her 20th career double-figure scoring effort and 12th of 2017-18 with 12 points, six Alex Wittinger, Sr., F, Illinois rebounds and two steals in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal win over Michigan (March 2). Kathleen Doyle, Jr., G, Iowa • It followed 11 points, five rebounds and four assists at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). She added Megan Gustafson, Sr., F, Iowa 12 points and five rebounds at Indiana (Feb. 17), after producing a season-high 17 points on 5-of-6 Kaila Charles, Jr., G, Maryland shooting in a road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Hallie Thome, Sr., C, Michigan • She had 14 points to go with six rebounds in a win at Minnesota (Dec. 31) and had a team-high Shay Colley, Jr., G, Michigan State Kenisha Bell, Sr., G, Minnesota 13 points in a win over Purdue (Jan. 24). She added a team-high 11 points in a win over Illinois (Feb. Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, Sr., F, Northwestern 1). She managed 10 points against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13) and 10 more at Northwestern (Jan. 7). Teniya Page, Sr., G, Penn State • She had 10 points, a career-high-matching nine rebounds, three assists and a block in a win over Ae’Rianna Harris, Jr., F, Purdue Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19). Dominique Oden, Jr., G, Purdue PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR MITCHELL WORKS TO CONTRIBUTE INSIDE Megan Gustafson, Sr., F, Iowa • Grace Mitchell found ways to be productive for the Huskers in 2017-18, and should be a contributor again in Nebraska’s 11-player NEBRASKA’S BIG TEN HONORS (2018) rotation in 2018-19. • Amy Williams, Big Ten Coach of the Year • The 6-2 junior forward from Wellington, Kan., played in 29 (Media, Coaches) Hannah Whitish, Second-Team All-Big Ten games with two starts as a sophomore, after appearing in 29 games • (Media, Coaches) as a freshman. • Kate Cain, Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Coaches) • Mitchell averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game as • Kate Cain, Big Ten All-Defensive Team (Coaches) a sophomore, including a career-high 10 points to go along with • Emily Wood, Big Ten Sportsmanship Award three rebounds in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14). • Mitchell added a nine-point, five-rebound performance in 16 BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nov. 12 - minutes off the bench at San Jose State (Dec. 17). • She had four first-half points to go along with a career-high BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK six rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench in Nebraska’s win over Nov. 12 - Arkansas (Nov. 16). • Mitchell made her first career start against Creighton (Nov. 19) BIG TEN EXHIBITION SCHEDULE in place of Maddie Simon who was injured in pregame warmups. Thursday, Nov. 1 Mitchell played well against the Jays with seven points on 3-of-6 (#14) Grace Mitchell, 6-2, Jr., Forward Findlay at Michigan, 6 p.m. shooting while adding five rebounds in a season-high 20 minutes. Hillsdale at Michigan State, 6 p.m. • She also started in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24). She had four points and three rebounds Friday, Nov. 2 against the Chanticleers. Clarion at Maryland, 5 p.m. • Mitchell had four straight points to close the first quarter to turn an 11-8 Nebraska deficit into a Northwood at Indiana, 6 p.m. 12-11 lead to close the quarter in Nebraska’s win over Purdue (Jan. 24). Saturday, Nov. 3 • Mitchell had four points and four rebounds in 11 minutes against Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), Nebraska-Kearney at Nebraska, 4 p.m. knocking down her first three-pointer of the season. • She added four big first-half points in a road win at Illinois (Jan. 10), before pitching in four points, Sunday, Nov. 4 a rebound, a block and a steal against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13). Mitchell scored Nebraska’s only Ashland at Purdue, 1 p.m. Lewis at Northwestern, 2 p.m. overtime points against the Wolverines to give Nebraska a 64-62 lead. UW-Oshkosh at Wisconsin, 2 p.m. • Mitchell earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the first time in 2018.

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NU CAREER 20-POINT GAMES 2018-19 SCHEDULE PROVIDES CHALLENGES Hannah Whitish (4) • Nebraska’s 29-game regular-season schedule will feature 18 games against 2018 postseason at Drake (12/9/17) 29 tournament qualifiers (NCAA, WNIT), including 12 contests against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams. at Kansas (12/6/17) 29 • Nine of Nebraska’s 14 road games will come against postseason qualifiers, including seven games Michigan State (2/26/17) 24 against NCAA Tournament teams. at Illinois (1/10/18) 20 • Nine of Nebraska’s 15 home games will feature opponents who qualified for 2018 postseason Kate Cain (1) play, including five NCAA Tournament qualifiers. Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) - triple-double 22 • Nebraska will face a tough road schedule in 2018-19, including a trip to 2018 NCAA Women’s Taylor Kissinger (1) Final Four qualifier Louisville for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Nov. 29). The game against the ACC Arkansas (11/16/17) 25 Champion Cardinals will be the fourth of a five-game road trip that starts at Washington State (Nov. 16) - a team that has defeated Nebraska each of the last two seasons. Maddie Simon (1) at San Jose State (12/17/17) 20 • The Huskers head across the country to face 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifier Miami at its Thanksgiving tournament (Nov. 23), before closing the tournament against 2018 Big South runner-up NU CAREER DOUBLE FIGURE GAMES Radford, which advanced to the 2018 WNIT second round with a win at Penn State. Player (Years) Games • After the game at Louisville (Nov. 29), the Huskers close their five-game road trip with in-state 1. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 31 rival Creighton (Dec. 2). The Jays advanced to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament with 2. Nicea Eliely (2017-present) 20 a win over Iowa at UCLA. 3. Maddie Simon (2016-present) 19 • While Nebraska’s road schedule grabs headlines, the Huskers home schedule should provide 4. Kate Cain (2018-present) 15 plenty of challenges and opportunities, especially with a nine-game Big Ten home slate. 5. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 12 • Nebraska’s 14-game regular-season home schedule features NCAA Tournament-caliber 6. Grace Mitchell (2017-present) 1 competition from start to finish. The Huskers open the season with Drake (Nov. 7), which has earned HUSKER DOUBLE-DOUBLES back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids and has been unbeaten in Missouri Valley Conference play the Player (Years) Double-Doubles last two seasons. 1. Kate Cain (2017-present) 5 (1 triple-double) • After opening the season with back-to-back home games against Drake (Nov. 7) and USC Upstate 2. Taylor Kissinger (2017-present) 1 (Nov. 11), the Huskers play five straight on the road before facing old Big Eight/Big 12 rival Kansas at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Dec. 5). HUSKER FRESHMAN SEASON • The game with Kansas tips off a three-game home stand that includes San Jose State (Dec. 8) BLOCKED SHOTS and Denver (Dec. 15). Player (Years) Blocks • Nebraska’s nine-game home Big Ten schedule begins with 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifiers 1. Kate Cain (2017-18, 32 games) 100 Michigan (Dec. 28) and Maryland (Jan. 8) before facing traditional power Rutgers (Jan. 13). The Scarlet 2. Janet Smith (1978-79, 34 games) 54 Knights matched Nebraska’s 14-game turnaround in the win column last year and just missed the 3. Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80, 40 games) 42 NCAA Tournament. NEBRASKA SEASON • The Big Red battle 2018 NCAA qualifier Minnesota (Jan. 20), before taking on Northwestern (Jan. BLOCKED SHOTS 24) and 2018 WNIT champion Indiana (Feb. 3). The Huskers collide with Purdue in the annual pink Player (Years) Blocks game (Feb. 10), before facing Michigan State (Feb. 17). Both Purdue and Michigan State advanced 1. Kate Cain (2017-18) 100 to the 2018 WNIT. 2. Danielle Page (2007-08) 78 • Nebraska wraps up its regular-season home schedule by taking on 2018 NCAA Tournament 3. Catheryn Redmon (2010-11) 77 qualifier Iowa on Senior Night (Feb. 25). • In Big Ten road play, the Huskers open with defending conference champion and NCAA NEBRASKA CAREER Tournament qualifier Ohio State (Dec. 31), before heading to NCAA qualifier Iowa (Jan. 3). BLOCKED SHOTS • NU faces Illinois (Jan. 17) and Wisconsin (Jan. 27) before closing January at Purdue (Jan. 31). Player (Years) Blocks • Nebraska completes its season series at Michigan (Feb. 7), before wrapping up season series at 1. Janet Smith (1979-82) 238 Maryland (Feb. 14) and Northwestern (Feb. 21). 2. Catheryn Redmon (2008-11) 216 • The Huskers close the regular season at Penn State (March 2). The Lady Lions advanced to the 3. Danielle Page (2005-08) 207 4. Charlie Rogers (1997-00) 126 2018 WNIT. 5. Emily Cady (2012-15) 115 6. Maurtice Ivy (1985-88) 104 7. Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-83) 102 NEBRASKA’S HISTORY OF HOME SUCCESS 8. Katie Morse (2001-04) 101 • Nebraska opened 2017-18 with a 62-53 win over SIU Edwardsville for its 12th consecutive season- 9. Kate Cain (2018-present) 100 opening win at home. 10. Kelsey Griffin (2006-10) 94 • The Huskers were 10-6 at home in 2017-18, winning five of their final six home games. • The Huskers went 15-4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2015-16 after going 12-3 (13-3 at home) in MOST BLOCKS IN A GAME 2014-15. The Huskers are 60-24 (.714) all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss BY A HUSKER FRESHMAN to Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. NU’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single- Player, Game Blocks season home victories. 1. Kate Cain vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 (NU record) 11 • The Huskers played the first regular-season game in the history of the arena against USA Today 2. Kate Cain vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018 7 No. 25 UCLA (Nov. 8, 2013) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 3. Kate Cain vs. Clemson, Nov. 30, 2017 6 Janet Smith vs. Okla. St., Jan. 12, 1979 6 25 team came with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8, 2014. The Huskers added their Jeanne Boller vs. Wichita St., Feb. 5, 1977 6 first-ever win over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 6. Kate Cain vs. Iowa, Jan. 16, 2017 5 24, 2014. Kate Cain at Northwestern, Jan. 7, 2017 5 • NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game at Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 66-65 thriller over Kate Cain at Kansas, Dec. 6, 2017 5 Northwestern Jan. 2, 2014, before an 88-85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first overtime game. • NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013. • The Huskers are 449-154 (.745) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 185-58 (.761) over the last 15 seasons, posting double-figure home victory totals 14 times. • Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one appearance at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Devaney Center, including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 11

NEBRASKA RANKS NEAR TOP IN ATTENDANCE • Nebraska ranked No. 20 nationally with an average home attendance of 4,380 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2017-18. It marked the eighth consecutive year that the Huskers have ranked in the top 25 nationally in average home attendance. • Nebraska has ranked among the top 20 nationally in average home attendance in each of its first five seasons inside Pinnacle Bank Arena. NEBRASKA IN BIG TEN STATISTICS • In 84 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own a 60-24 record (.714 winning TEAM (2017-18 Final) percentage) while averaging 5,351 fans per game (449,444 total fans/84 games). Scoring Offense - 8th (68.8 ppg) • Nebraska attracted a Pinnacle Bank Arena non-conference record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay Scoring Defense - 4th (63.6 ppg) in the arena with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. Scoring Margin - 7th (+5.2 ppg) Pct. - 14th (.641) • Nebraska set its all-time single-game record with a sellout crowd of 13,595 fans against Missouri Field Goal Pct. - 10th (.419) at the Devaney Center on Feb. 27, 2010. NU drew 10 straight crowds of more than 10,000 fans at the Field Goal Pct. Defense - 1st (.371) Devaney Center in 2009-10. 3FG Pct. - 8th (.350) • Nebraska produced its top attendance season in school history by ranking No. 7 nationally with 3FG Pct. Defense - 1st (.299) a record 7,390 fans per game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2009-10. The Huskers went 16-0 Total Rebounds - 6th (40.1 rpg) at the Devaney Center on their way to a perfect 29-0 record, a Big 12 title and a No. 1 seed in the Rebounds Allowed - 10th (37.7 rpg) Rebound Margin - 7th (+2.4 rpg) NCAA Tournament. Blocked Shots - 4th (5.1 bpg) Assists - 5th (15.9 apg) Steals - 9th (6.9 spg) HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK COVERS WORLD Turnover Margin - 8th (-0.6 pg) The Husker Sports Network enters its 25th season producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 6th (1.1) Nebraska women’s basketball in 2018-19. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney Offensive Rebounds - 6th (12.6 rpg) and color commentator Jeff Griesch will team up for their 18th season together as the Husker broadcast Defensive Rebounds - 3rd (27.5 rpg) Offensive Rebound Pct. - 8th (.336) team. Defensive Rebound Pct. - 9th (.683) The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a 3FG Made - 3rd (7.8 pg) decade to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com. INDIVIDUAL (Through games April 1) In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Scoring - Hannah Whitish - 22nd (12.6 ppg) Network flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong Rebounding - Kate Cain - T13th (7.0 rpg) signals for Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also Defensive Rebounds - Kate Cain - 9th (5.2 rpg) could be heard on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - T1st (3.1 bpg) statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s 3FG Pct. - Hannah Whitish - 6th (.380) Taylor Kissinger - 10th (.362) basketball coverage across the state and the Midwest. 3FG Made - Hannah Whitish - T5th (2.3 pg) Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM. Taylor Kissinger - T14th (2.0 pg) Assists - Hannah Whitish - T4th (4.7 apg) NEBRASKA POSTS 13TH STRAIGHT PERFECT GSR Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - Hannah Whitish - T7th (1.9) In the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the Husker women’s basketball program has been perfect for 13 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 13 straight years. The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Nov. 8, 2017, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 13th straight season (2004-05). The Nebraska women’s basketball program joins the Husker women’s tennis and volleyball programs NEBRASKA IN NCAA RANKINGS as Husker teams that have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 13 years. TEAM (2017-18 Final) Win-Loss Pct. - 80th (.656) Nebraska was one of just 28 teams in the 64-team field of the 2018 NCAA Tournament to also Scoring Offense - 96th (68.8 ppg) boast a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate. Scoring Defense - 135th (63.6 ppg) Scoring Margin - 101st (5.2 ppg) FG Pct. - 101st (.419) NEBRASKA OVERTIME FACTS FG Pct. Defense - 39th (.371) • Nebraska is 22-22 all-time in overtime games, including 12-11 at home, 7-8 in true road games FT Pct. - 315th (.641) and 3-3 on neutral courts in overtime. The Huskers went 1-1 in overtime in 2017-18, following a 69-64 Rebounds Per Game - 66th (40.1) Rebound Margin - 114th (+2.4 rpg) overtime loss to No. 23 Michigan at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Jan. 13). The Huskers won their first overtime 3FG Per Game - 49th (7.8 pg) game of 2017-18 with an 89-85 double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). 3FG Pct. - 62nd - (.350) • Nebraska was 1-1 in overtime in 2016-17, including a 76-74 win over Michigan State at Pinnacle 3FG Pct. Defense - 76th (.299) Bank Arena to close the regular season (Feb. 26, 2017). The Huskers lost 79-69 in OT to Minnesota 3FG Attempted - 50th (714) at the arena (Feb. 4, 2017). Assists Per Game - 40th (15.9 apg) Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 60th (1.1) • The Huskers are 2-2 in overtime games under Coach Amy Williams. Turnovers Per Game - 115th (14.8 pg) • Nebraska is 2-2 in overtime games at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Turnover Margin - 205th (-0.6 pg) • Nebraska is 5-1 in multi-overtime games with the lone loss coming to Purdue in the Big Ten Fewest Turnovers - 127th (475) Championship Game, 74-70 in double-overtime in 2012. Steals Per Game - 224th (6.9 spg) • The Huskers defeated Minnesota 88-85 in overtime on Jan. 16, 2014. It marked the first overtime Blocked Shots - 28th (163) Blocked Shots Per Game - 26th (5.1 bpg) game in the history of Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska’s first overtime game in the history of the Bob Personal Fouls Per Game - 200th (17.3 pg) Devaney Sports Center also came against Minnesota - a 68-67 win for the Huskers on Dec. 30, 1977. Fewest Fouls - 223rd (554) • The Huskers have played 13 all-time overtime games against Big Ten opponents and own a 5-8 INDIVIDUAL (Top 150 rankings through April 1) record. NU is 4-5 against Big Ten opponents in OT since joining the conference in 2011-12. Blocked Shots Per Game - Kate Cain - 7th (3.1 bpg) • Nebraska’s most frequent overtime opponents are Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 8th (100) The Huskers and Purdue have played three overtime games in 10 all-time meetings. NU’s six total Triple-Doubles - Kate Cain - T5th (1) overtimes against Purdue are the most against any team in school history. 3FG Pct. - Hannah Whitish - 79th (.380) • The Huskers also have played three overtime games against Minnesota, including two of the 3FG Pct. - Taylor Kissinger - 116th (.362) 3FG Made - Hannah Whitish - 99th (73) three overtime games in Pinnacle Bank Arena history. 3FG Made Per Game - Hannah Whitish - 117th (2.3) • In 14 all-time games with Wisconsin the Huskers have played three overtime contests. Assists - Hannah Whitish - 69th (150) • Nebraska has never played back-to-back overtime games at home. The Huskers have played Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - Hannah Whitish - 75th (2.0) back-to-back overtime games only once in school history, an 83-81 loss to Texas A&M in College Assists Per Game - Hannah Whitish - 76th (4.7 apg) Station on Dec. 30, 1985, before returning to Lincoln for an 80-75 win over Eastern Kentucky at the Devaney Center on Jan. 2, 1986.