NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GAME NOTES GAME 15 - NO. 3 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Nov. 6 Southwest Baptist (exhibition) W, 73-71 VS. MARYLAND TERRAPINS Nov. 12 UTRGV (WNIT) [HuskersNside] W, 71-53 Wednesday, Jan. 4, 7 p.m. (CT) Nov. 14 #25 Missouri (WNIT) [BTN Plus] L, 35-55 Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Nebraska) Nov. 17 Colorado State (WNIT) [BTN Plus] W, 62-59 Live Video: BTN Plus Nov. 22 Omaha [BTN Plus] W, 66-58 Nov. 25-26 South Point Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.) Live Radio: Husker Sports Network Nov. 25 vs. Washington State L, 65-79 Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Nov. 26 vs. Virginia L, 51-73 4-10 Overall Lincoln - B107.3 FM, Omaha - ESPN 590 AM 13-1 Overall Dec. 1 at Virginia Tech (ACC/B1G) L, 67-76 0-2 Big Ten Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App 1-0 Big Ten Dec. 4 California [BTN] L, 65-86 Dec. 6 Drake [BTN Plus] L, 70-84 Dec. 9 San Jose State [BTN Plus] W, 83-61 HUSKERS TO MEET NO. 3 MARYLAND WEDNESDAY Dec. 18 at Creighton (NET) L, 64-80 The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to Pinnacle Bank Arena to take on No. 3 Maryland on Dec. 21 #1 UConn [BTN] L, 41-84 Wednesday night. Dec. 28 Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] L, 58-62 Tip-off between the Huskers (4-10) and the Terrapins (13-1) is set for 7 p.m., with tickets available now Dec. 31 at Iowa^ [BTN Plus] L, 72-75 at Huskers.com. Tickets also will be available the night of the game at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Box Office Jan. 4 #3 Maryland^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. beginning at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Michigan State^ [BTN Plus] 6 p.m. A live radio broadcast will be produced by the Husker Sports Network. Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch Jan. 10 Rutgers^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. will call the action on B107.3 FM in Lincoln and 590 AM ESPN in Omaha. Free audio also can be found on Jan. 15 at Illinois^ [BTN Plus] 2 p.m. Huskers.com and the Huskers App. A live video stream will be available to premium subscribers of BTN Jan. 19 at Penn State^ [BTN Plus] 6 p.m. Plus with the radio call of Coatney and Griesch accompanying the in-arena video production. Jan. 22 Michigan^ [BTN Plus] 2 p.m. Although the Huskers are 0-2 in Big Ten play, they have have lost their first two games by a combined Jan. 26 at Purdue^ [BTN] 5 p.m. seven points battling in one-possession games to the final seconds against Northwestern (13-2, 2-0) and Jan. 29 at Ohio State^ [BTN] 11 a.m. at Iowa (10-5, 1-1). Feb. 4 Minnesota^ [BTN] 5 p.m. Through Monday’s games, Nebraska owned the nation’s No. 6 strength of schedule, and Maryland will Feb. 9 at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. be the Huskers’ fifth opponent this season that currently owns 13 or more wins. Feb. 16 Ohio State^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. The Terps opened conference play on New Year’s Day with an 83-72 win at Minnesota to improve to Feb. 19 Indiana^ (Play4Kay) [BTN Plus] 2 p.m. 13-1 overall with their lone loss coming in an 87-81 setback to No. 1 UConn on Dec. 29. Big Ten Co-Player- Feb. 23 at Michigan^ [BTN or BTN Plus] TBA of-the-Week Brionna Jones led Maryland with 27 points, 13 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and Feb. 26 Michigan State^ (Senior Day) [BTN/BTN Plus] TBA March 1-5 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) four steals at Minnesota. That performance followed a 19-point, 13- effort in the loss to UConn. March 14 NCAA Tournament Selection TBA The 6-3 senior center comes to Lincoln averaging 18.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. March 18-21 NCAA First & Second Rounds TBA Jones will go head-to-head with Husker sophomore Jessica Shepard, who is averaging 18.6 points and March 24-27 NCAA Regionals TBA 10.6 rebounds per game for the Big Red. The 6-4 forward from Fremont is averaging 22.5 points and 11.5 March 31- NCAA Women’s Final Four (Dallas) TBA rebounds through two Big Ten games, including a season-high-tying 28 points at Iowa on Dec. 31. April 2 Nebraska is 0-5 all-time against Maryland in a series that dates back to the second round of the 2008 All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle Bank NCAA Tournament. In two meetings in Lincoln, Nebraska has lost by an average of 23.5 points, including Arena. ^- Denotes game. All of Nebraska’s a 75-47 setback in the only previous meeting at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Jan. 3, 2015. regular-season games can be heard live on the Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten NEBRASKA 2016-17 STATISTICS Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 2 Rylie Cascio Jensen 5-10 Fr. G 14-0 2.1 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.0 BTN Plus games; [HuskersNside]-Live Video Streams 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Fr. G 14-2 6.6 1.5 1.8 0.6 0.1 HUSKERS.COM 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Fr. G 14-14 8.6 4.5 2.9 1.7 0.7 TICKETS: 1-800-8-BIG-RED 11 Esther Ramacieri*** 5-8 Sr. G 12-12 3.5 2.2 3.2 1.0 0.0 12 Emily Wood** 5-5 Jr. G 14-0 2.4 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.0 13 Janay Morton# 5-10 Sr. G All-Mid-American Conference (3rd Team) 14 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Fr. F/G 14-0 1.9 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 15 Bria Stallworth# 5-6 So. G Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie Team 22 Allie Havers*** 6-5 Sr. C 14-14 6.7 5.7 1.1 0.6 0.6 24 Maddie Simon* 6-2 So. G 14-0 4.0 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 32 Jessica Shepard* 6-4 So. F 14-14 18.6 10.6 1.7 0.3 0.3 34 Jasmine Cincore** 5-10 Jr. G 14-14 5.7 3.4 2.3 1.2 0.4 43 Rachel Blackburn*& 6-3 So. F Started 10 Games as True Freshman in 2015-16 50 Darrien Washington* 6-2 So. F 14-0 2.4 4.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 # redshirting in 2016-17 due to NCAA transfer rules & redshirting in 2016-17 due to injury

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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS SCOUTING NO. 3 MARYLAND Maryland comes to Lincoln after climbing to No. 3 in both The Associated Press and USA Today Coaches (4-10, 0-2 BIG TEN) Top 25 this week. The Terrapins are 13-1 overall and 1-0 in Big Ten play for Coach , who is in her No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 32 Jessica Shepard 6-4 So. F 18.6 10.6 15th season at the helm of the program. She led the Terps to the NCAA title in 2006 and added Women’s 22 Allie Havers 6-5 Sr. C 6.7 5.7 Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015. Maryland also won Big Ten regular-season and tournament 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Fr. G 6.6 1.5 championships in its first two seasons in the conference in 2015 and 2016. 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Fr. G 8.6 4.5 Senior Brionna Jones leads the Terrapins to Pinnacle Bank Arena averaging team bests of 18.3 points 34 Jasmine Cincore 5-10 Jr. G 5.7 3.4 Off the Bench and 10.0 rebounds per game, while adding team defensive bests with 29 steals and 18 blocked shots. 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 So. G 4.0 2.2 The 6-3 center has won a pair of Big Ten Player-of-the-Week awards this season (Dec. 12, Jan. 2). She is 11 Esther Ramacieri 5-8 Sr. G 3.5 2.2 shooting 66.3 percent from the field and 75.9 percent at the line. 12 Emily Wood 5-5 Jr. G 2.4 0.9 Jones, who is expected to make the 100th start of her career on Wednesday, is joined in the starting 50 Darrien Washington 6-2 So. F 2.4 4.1 2 Rylie Cascio Jensen 5-10 Fr. G 2.1 1.0 lineup by fellow senior Shatori Walker-Kimbrough. The 5-11 guard is averaging 16.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 4.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Walker-Kimbrough, who is shooting 54.7 percent from the field, 15 Gabby Williams 5-11 Jr. F 10.4 8.1 14 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Fr. F/G 1.9 1.6 24 6-1 So. G/F 20.2 7.4 Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998) including 38.8 percent from three-point range, is also hitting 84.5 percent of her free throws. She owns First Season at Nebraska (4-10) 86 career starts for the Terrapins. 33 6-3 So. G/F 20.4 4.3 10th Season Overall (197-119) 11 Kia Nurse 6-0 Jr. G 12.9 2.2 Destiny Slocum, a 5-7 freshman guard, is one of two newcomers in the Maryland starting five. She is 5 5-5 Fr. G 7.0 3.0 MARYLAND TERRAPINS averaging 11.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and a team-best 4.4 assists per game. She is shooting a team-best Head Coach: (West Chester, 1981) 42.9 percent from three-point range with a team-high 27 made threes. 32nd Season at UConn/Overall (965-134) (13-1, 1-0 BIG TEN) Kaila Charles, a 6-1 freshman guard, adds size on the wing for the Terps while contributing 9.5 points No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 42 Brionna Jones 6-3 Sr. C 18.3 10.0 and 4.9 rebounds in just 22.1 minutes per game. 3 Kaila Charles 6-1 Fr. G 9.5 4.9 Junior Kristen Confroy, a 5-9 junior guard, rounds out the starting lineup with 4.7 points and 3.8 5 Destiny Slocum 5-7 Fr. G 11.4 2.6 rebounds per game. Confroy also owns a team-best 4.6-to-1 -to- ratio while shooting 37.2 12 Kristen Confroy 5-9 Jr. G 4.7 3.8 percent from three-point range and 85.7 percent from the free throw line. 32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 5-11 Sr. G 16.4 2.7 Off the Bench The Terrapins, who brought in the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class as freshmen in 2016-17, have featured 34 Brianna Fraser 6-3 So. F 6.4 4.9 a deep and talented bench that has included 6-6 freshman center Jenna Staiti (5.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg), 6-2 14 Jenna Staiti 6-6 Fr. C 5.1 3.3 freshman forward Stephanie Jones (4.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg), and 6-0 freshman guards Blair Watson (3.6 ppg, 1 Ieshia Small 6-0 Jr. G 4.9 1.9 2.6 rpg) and Sarah Myers (2.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg). Ieshia Small, a 6-0 junior guard who transferred from Baylor, 24 Stephanie Jones 6-2 Fr. F 4.8 2.1 15 Kiah Gillespie 6-2 So. F 4.4 3.8 has added 4.9 points and 1.9 boards off the bench, while 6-3 sophomore forward Brianna Fraser has 22 Blair Watson 6-0 Fr. G 3.6 2.6 contributed 6.4 points and 4.9 rebounds to lead the Terp reserves in both categories. 21 Sarah Myers 6-0 Fr. G 2.1 1.7 Kiah Gillespie, a 6-2 sophomore forward, rounds out Maryland’s contributors off the bench with 4.4 Head Coach: Brenda Frese (Arizona, 1993) points and 3.8 rebounds per game. 15th Season at Maryland (384-109) 18th Season Overall (441-139) Overall, Maryland’s active roster features six players who were either McDonalds, WBCA or Parade High School All-Americans, including Gillespie (McDonalds, Parade), Small (McDonalds), Watson (McDonalds, WBCA), Charles (McDonalds, WBCA) and Slocum (McDonalds, WBCA). However, three of Maryland’s five HUSKER NUGGETS starters (Brionna Jones, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Kristen Confroy) were not high school All-Americans. • Jessica Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 18.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She Maryland’s high-powered offense is averaging 89.9 points per game, while shooting 50.8 percent from produced her 17th career double-double with the field and 33.6 percent from three-point range. The Terrapins have knocked down 71.7 percent of their 17 points and 15 rebounds in Nebraska’s Big Ten free throws. They have outrebounded their opponents by a whopping 16.4 rebounds per game and own a opener with Northwestern (Dec. 28). Shepard’s plus-6.0 team turnover margin. The have outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points per game next double-double will place her in a tie for ninth on Nebraska’s career double-doubles list with 1998 by allowing just 58.9 points per contest. All-American and two-time WNBA All-Star Anna Maryland leads the all-time series with Nebraska 5-0, and the Huskers have never played the Terrapins DeForge (18, 1995-98). within in single digits. The two schools met for the first time in the second round of the NCAA Tournament • Shepard owns seven double-doubles this season, at College Park, when the Terps battled to a 76-64 win on March 25, 2009. including a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds Five seasons later, Maryland managed a 90-71 win at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln as the against San Jose State (Dec. 9). She had 23 points ACC’s representative against the Huskers in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Nov. 28, 2012. and a season-high 16 rebounds against Drake (Dec. 6), 25 points and 14 rebounds at Virginia Tech (Dec. The two teams met as Big Ten foes for the first time at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Jan. 3, 2015, when the 1), 24 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Colorado Terps rolled to a 75-47 win, before the Huskers fell 59-47 just over a month later (Feb. 8, 2015) in College State (Nov. 17), 22 points and 13 rebounds at Park. The Terps went on to a pair of Big Ten titles and the NCAA Women’s Final Four. Creighton (Dec. 18), and 17 points and 15 rebounds Last season, Maryland marched to an 89-50 win over the Huskers in College Park. in a win over UTRGV (Nov. 12). • Shepard owns seven 20-point scoring efforts through 14 games, including season highs of 28 HUSKERS FACING EXPERIENCED COACHES points at Iowa (Dec. 31) and against San Jose State Iowa’s was the third in an amazing stretch of head coaches the Huskers are facing midway (Dec. 9). She owns 23 career 20-plus scoring games in 43 career contests. through the 2016-17 campaign. Bluder, who is in her 33rd season as a head coach and 17th season at Iowa, owns 689 career wins and was the third consecutive coach Nebraska faced with more than 600 • Shepard ranks second among the Huskers in three-point field goals made (16), including a game- victories and 30 years of head coaching experience. She followed Northwestern’s Joe McKeown, who clinching three with one minute left in the win over owns 651 career victories in 31 seasons as a head coach. Colorado State on Nov. 14, and a 60-foot heave at Nebraska’s six-game stretch against highly successful coaches began with the legendary Geno Auriemma, the first-half buzzer in the win over UTRGV on Nov. who owns 968 wins in his 32 seasons at UConn. 12. She also beat the first-half buzzer with a three at Creighton (Dec. 18). In the three-game stretch, Auriemma, McKeown and Bluder combined for 2,308 wins in 96 combined seasons as head coaches. • Nebraska freshman Nicea Eliely ranks second on the team in scoring (8.5 ppg), third in rebounding Nebraska’s next three opposing coaches have all notched at least 400 wins as head coaches, beginning (4.5 rpg), second in assists (2.9 apg) and first in with Maryland’s Brenda Frese (441 wins) and Michigan State’s (416) before facing Naismith steals (1.7 spg), blocked shots (0.7 bpg), field Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer (975) and Rutgers. Stringer is in her 46th season as a head coach and 22nd goal percentage (.505) and three-point season at Rutgers. percentage (.423) through the first 14 games of her Overall, the six coaches have amassed 4,140 wins in 182 seasons as head coaches. collegiate career.

• Freshman Hannah Whitish is averaging 13.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in two Big Ten games as a starter for the Huskers. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 3

SHEPARD LEADS BIG RED ON B1G STAGE • Sophomore Jessica Shepard owns 17 career double-doubles, including seven this season. Her most INSIDE THE ROSTER recent double-double came with 17 points and 15 rebounds against Northwestern on Wednesday. She had 22 points and 11 rebounds at Creighton on Dec. 18. She had a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE in a win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. She added 23 points and a season-high 16 rebounds against Drake Rylie Cascio Jensen...... CASH-ee-O on Dec. 6. It followed a 25-point, 14-rebound performance in a loss at unbeaten Virginia Tech on Dec. Jasmine Cincore...... SIN-core 1. She also had 24 points and 13 rebounds in Nebraska’s 62-59 win over Colorado State on Nov. 17. She Nicea Eliely...... NY-see-uh E-ly-lee Allie Havers...... HAY-vers opened the season with 17 points and 15 rebounds in a win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. Janay Morton...... juh-NAY • Through 14 games, Shepard is averaging team bests of 18.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She Esther Ramacieri...... RAH-muh-Cherry also ranks second on the team with 16 three-pointers, including a game-clinching three with one minute Bria Stallworth...... BREE-uh left against Colorado State and a 60-footer at the first-half buzzer in the win over UTRGV. She added a Darrien Washington...... DERRY-in first-half buzzer-beater at Creighton. The 6-4 sophomore forward had not hit a collegiate three-pointer Hannah Whitish...... WHITE-ish prior to this season. HUSKER HOMES • Shepard earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors when the conference announced its preseason awards The 14 members of the 2016-17 Husker women's on Oct. 24. Shepard was one of two sophomores on the coaches preseason all-conference team, joining basketball team came to Nebraska from nine U.S. Penn State guard Teniya Page. Shepard was the lone sophomore honored by the media on its 10-player states and one foreign country (Canada). California (1): Darrien Washington preseason team. Coloardo (1): Nicea Eliely • Shepard became the first freshman in Nebraska history to earn first-team all-conference honors. She Illinois (1): Bria Stallworth produced school freshman-record averages of 18.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in 2015-16. Kansas (3): Rachel Blackburn, Grace Mitchell, • Shepard became the first Husker in history to earn conference freshman-of-the-year accolades. The Emily Wood 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., joined Emily Cady (2012) and Rachel Theriot (2013) as Huskers who Michigan (1): Allie Havers Minnesota (1): Janay Morton earned spots on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in Nebraska’s first five seasons in the conference. Nebraska (3): Rylie Cascio Jensen, Jessica Shepard, • Shepard set a conference record by winning 10 Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards. Maddie Simon Tennessee (1): Jasmine Cincore Wisconsin (1): Hannah Whitish HUSKERS ESTABLISHING SOLID STARTING FIVE Canada [Quebec] (1): Esther Ramacieri • One of Coach Amy Williams’ primary objectives early in the season was START ME UP to find a starting five from a relatively inexperienced group of Huskers. Only HUSKERS BY CLASS seven players on Nebraska’s active roster have ever started a game for the Player Career Starts Seniors (3): Allie Havers, Janay Morton Shepard 43 Huskers, with five of them starting 20 or fewer contests. Esther Ramacieri Havers 35 Juniors (2): Jasmine Cincore, Emily Wood • Although Jessica Shepard is just a sophomore, she owns a team-high 43 Cincore 20 Sophomores (5): Rachel Blackburn, Jessica Shepard, career starts, including 29 in 31 games as a freshman. Ramacieri 16 Maddie Simon, Bria Stallworth, • A three-year contributor on the court, 6-5 senior Allie Havers adds 35 Eliely 14 Darrien Washington Freshmen (4): Rylie Cascio Jensen, Nicea Eliely, career starts to Nebraska’s level of experience in 2016-17. Simon 5 Grace Mitchell, Hannah Whitish • Only three other returning Huskers had ever started a game for Nebraska Whitish 2 before this season, including Jasmine Cincore (20 career), Esther Ramacieri HUSKERS BY MAJOR (16) and Maddie Simon (5), while true freshmen Nicea Eliely (14) and Hannah Whitish (2) have made their Advertising & Public Relations: Jasmine Cincore first career starts this season. Animal Science: Darrien Washington • Overall, Nebraska owns just 135 career starts. In comparison, Maryland’s active roster owns a Biological Systems Engineering: Nicea Eliely Emily Wood collective 261 starts with a combined 185 career starts coming from Brionna Jones (99) and Shatori Management: Marketing: Esther Ramacieri, Jessica Shepard Walker-Kimbrough (86). Pre-Dentistry: Rylie Cascio Jensen • Nebraska sent nine different starting lineups onto the floor in 2015-16. Pre-Health: Grace Mitchell, Maddie Simon • The longest stretch Nebraska was able to play with a consistent starting five in 2015-16 was eight Psychology: Allie Havers, Janay Morton games (Game 2 vs. North Florida, Nov. 16 - Game 9 at California, Dec. 12). Undeclared: Rachel Blackburn, Bria Stallworth, Hannah Whitish • Three times (2003-04, 2006-07, 2011-12) in the last 14 seasons, Nebraska’s starting five has hit the floor for every game together, and five more times the Huskers have only featured six different starters in a season (2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14).

2016-17 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 2 Rylie Cascio Jensen G 5-10 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) 2016 Nebraska HS POY, 6 pts, 2 3FG vs. Omaha & San Jose State 3 Hannah Whitish G 5-9 Fr. Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld) 2016 Wisconsin HS POY; Averaging 13.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg as starter 5 Nicea Eliely G 6-1 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN); Career-high 19 points vs. Cal, 12/4/16 11 Esther Ramacieri*** G 5-8 Sr. Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (Dawson) Fourth Canadian in Husker history; Career-high 9 pts and 3 3FG in win over Omaha 12 Emily Wood** G 5-5 Jr. Salina, Kan. (Salina Central) Walk-on earned scholarship in 14-15; Career-high 8 pts at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 13 Janay Morton# G 5-10 Sr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Osseo/E. Michigan) 2016 All-MAC Third Team; 2016 MAC All-Defensive 14 Grace Mitchell F/G 6-2 Fr. Wellington, Kan. (Wellington) 2016 Kansas HS POY (USA Today HS Sports), Career-high 7 pts vs. Drake, 12/6/16 15 Bria Stallworth# G 5-6 So. Chicago, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor) 2016 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team; A-10 Freshman Scoring, Assist Leader 22 Allie Havers*** C 6-5 Sr. Mattawan, Mich. (Mattawan) 9 pts, 11 reb vs. Omaha; 4 double-doubles in 15-16; 16 pts, 10 reb vs. RUT, 3/3/16 24 Maddie Simon* G 6-2 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS POY; missed 6 gms with broken arm; 16 pts, 7 reb vs. NU, 2/28 32 Jessica Shepard* F 6-4 So. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) Naismith Candidate; Big Ten Freshman of the Year; 1st Team All-Big Ten; NEB frosh record 574 pts 34 Jasmine Cincore** G 5-10 Jr. Arlington, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian) 2-Time Tennessee 2A POY; 14 career starts; 16 pts vs. Indiana (2/24/16) 43 Rachel Blackburn*& F 6-3 So. Leavenworth, Kan. (Leavenworth) Redshirting in 2016-17 after knee surgery on Oct. 4. Started first 9 games of 2015-16 50 Darrien Washington* F 6-2 So. Oakland, Calif. (Skyline) 20 points, 19 rebounds, 39 min. in 2015-16 * denotes letters earned # redshirting in 2016-17 due to NCAA transfer rules & redshirting in 2016-17 due to injury Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998), 197-119 (10th season overall) 4-10 (First season at Nebraska) - 2015 & 2016 Summit League Coach of the Year Assistant Coaches: Tom Goehle, First Season (Augustana, S.D., 1993); Chuck Love, First Season (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2008); Tandem Mays, First Season (Tulsa, 2007) Director of Operations: Amanda Hart, First Season (Dakota Wesleyan, 2014); Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, Second Season (Rutgers, 2008) Graduate Assistant Manager: Shelby Romine, First Season (Bucknell, 2014); Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Rusty Ruffcorn, 11th Season (Nebraska-Omaha, 2004) Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ashley Rudolph, First Season (Michigan State, 2010) 4 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

AMY WILLIAMS NEBRASKA RANKS NEAR TOP IN ATTENDANCE • Nebraska closed the 2015-16 season ranked No. 9 nationally in total attendance (102,682) and No. (NEBRASKA, 1998) (4-10, First Season at Nebraska) 12 in NCAA Division I in average home attendance (5,404). It marked the third consecutive season inside (197-119, 10th Season Overall) Pinnacle Bank Arena that the Big Red have ranked among the top 12 nationally in both categories. Summit League Coach of the Year • In 61 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own a 47-14 record (.770 winning (2015, 2016) percentage) while averaging 5,695 fans per game (347,420 total fans/61 games). WNIT Championship Team (2016) • Nebraska attracted a non-conference school-record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay in the building NAIA with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. Season School Won Lost Pct. 2007-08 Rogers State 13 18 .419 2008-09 Rogers State 18 14 .563 BIG RED TO BATTLE ONE OF NATION’S BEST SCHEDULES 2009-10 Rogers State 21 11 .656 • Nebraska will likely face the toughest overall schedule in school history in 2016-17. The Huskers will 2010-11 Rogers State 23 10 .697 2011-12 Rogers State 22 12 .647 play 10 games against NCAA Tournament teams and 11 more regular-season games against Postseason Totals 5 seasons 97 65 .599 WNIT teams in 2016-17. NCAA Division I • Through Monday’s games, Nebraska’s strength of schedule ranked No. 6 nationally. NU’s 14 opponents 2012-13 South Dakota 19 16 .543 owned a cumulative record of 139-53 (.724 winning percentage), including unbeaten records for No. 1 2013-14 South Dakota 19 14 .576 UConn (13-0) and No. 18 Virginia Tech (14-0). 2014-15 South Dakota 26 8 .765 SCHEDULE STRENGTH 2015-16 South Dakota 32 6 .842 • No. 3 Maryland (13-1) will be Nebraska’s fifth opponent with 13 or 2016-17 Nebraska 4 10 .286 more wins this season and ninth opponent that has already amassed Team Strength of Schedule UConn* 1 Div. I Totals Fifth season 100 54 .649 double-digit victories joining No. 18 Virginia Tech (14-0), No. 1 UConn Overall 10th season 197 119 .623 Notre Dame 2 (13-0), California (13-1), Northwestern (13-2), Virginia (11-3), Missouri Minnesota* 3 WILLIAMS IN POSTSEASON (11-4), Iowa (10-5) and UTRGV (10-6). Three other Husker opponents Kentucky 4 Year (Tournament) Results entered the week with nine wins, including Creighton (9-4), Drake (9-4) Washington State* 5 2016 (WNIT) Champion and Colorado State (9-5). NEBRASKA 6 2015 (WNIT) Second Round 2014 (NCAA) First Round • Through non-conference play, Nebraska’s Strength of Schedule Tennessee 7 2013 (WBI) Semifinals ranked No. 12 by RPIRatings.com. NU’s schedule strength was No. 2 in Georgetown 8 2012 (NAIA) Elite Eight the Big Ten, trailing only Minnesota. Nebraska, Minnesota and Rutgers South Carolina 9 2011 (NAIA) First Round were the only three Big Ten teams to enter conference play with a top- Rutgers* 10 25 strength of schedule. Six Big Ten teams entered league play with * 2016-17 Husker opponent NOTING COACH WILLIAMS strength of schedules below 100, including Purdue (204), Maryland l Summit League Regular-Season Champions (South Dakota, 2015, 2016) (203), Indiana (176), Northwestern (167), Ohio State (155) and Wisconsin (114). l NCAA Tournament (South Dakota, 2014) • Nebraska’s appearance in the 2016 Preseason WNIT to open the year featured three games against l Summit League Tournament Champions (2014) l Four Summit League Championship Game Appearances postseason foes, including NCAA Tournament teams Missouri and Colorado State. l Assistant Coach, Tulsa (2007) • Virginia, Virginia Tech, Drake and Creighton all competed in the 2016 WNIT and the Huskers will play l Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State (2002-05) three of those games on the road. Nebraska closes non-conference play at home against UConn, which l Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (2001) l Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney (1999-2000) has won four consecutive NCAA titles. l Four-Year Letterwinner Nebraska (1995-98) • A total of 13 of Nebraska’s 16 Big Ten Conference games will come against postseason foes, including seven games against NCAA qualifiers and six more against WNIT teams from a year ago. FIRST-YEAR HUSKER COACHES • Nebraska’s 16-game regular-season home schedule will feature 13 games against postseason teams, l Amy Williams (2016-17) - 4-10, 0-2 Big Ten including all eight Big Ten Conference home games. l (2002-03) - 8-20, 1-15 Big 12 l Paul Sanderford (1997-98) - 19-9, 8-8 Big 12 l Angela Beck (1986-87) - 16-13, 8-6 Big Eight NEBRASKA STREAKS l Kelly Hill (1983-84) - 16-12, 6-8 Big Eight l Colleen Matsuhara (1980-81) - 18-13 (no conference) • Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 110 consecutive games since the first game of her l Lorrie Gallagher (1978-79) - 23-13 (no conference) freshman season in 2013-14. The Huskers own a 69-41 record in those contests over the last four years. l Marcia Walker (1977-78) - 11-18 (no conference) • Junior Jasmine Cincore owns the longest streak of consecutive starts among the Huskers with 19. l George Nicodemus (1975-76) - 21-9 (no conference) l Jan Callahan (1974-75) - 9-7 (no conference) Havers has made 17 straight starts, while freshman Nicea Eliely and sophomore Jessica Shepard have each started 14 straight games this season. Hannah Whitish has made back-to-back starts. • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 265 straight regular-season games dating back to a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. • Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 144 consecutive games. • Nebraska has had at least two players earn first- or second-team All-Big Ten honors in each of its first five seasons in the Big Ten. • Nebraska finished with a 9-9 Big Ten record to mark the fifth consecutive season the Huskers have posted a .500 or better Big Ten record. Nebraska is the only Big Ten team with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons. In fact, no other Big Ten team has had four straight .500 marks. The only other team with three straight .500 or better Big Ten seasons is Minnesota, which went 11-7 in both 2015 and 2016 after going 8-8 in 2014. PUMP UP THE PROGRAM • Nebraska earned its fifth straight postseason tournament bid with a trip to the 2016 WNIT. The Huskers were one of only 21 Division I teams to earn four consecutive NCAA Tournament bids from 2012 through 2015. • The Huskers have produced seven 20-win seasons in the last 10 years. Nebraska owns 16 20-win seasons in program history. Nebraska’s 2016-17 Coaching/Support Staff (back row, from left): Athletic Trainer Ashley Rudolph, Graduate Assistant • Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to post a .500 or better conference mark in each of the last Manager Shelby Romine, Video Coordinator Katie Adams, five years. Minnesota is the only other Big Ten team to do it each of the last three seasons. Strength Coach Rusty Ruffcorn. Middle row (from left): • The Huskers, who joined the Big Ten in 2011-12, have averaged 10.6 conference wins per season Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle, Assistant Coach Chuck Love, Director of Operations Amanda since joining the conference. The Big Red have added eight Big Ten Tournament wins for 61 total victories Hart. 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• Nebraska has ranked among the top 12 schools nationally in average home attendance in each of the Huskers’ first three seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Big Red have ranked among the top 10 nationally in total home attendance in each of the first three seasons at the arena, including 102,682 fans in 2015-16. NEBRASKA • Nebraska set a season ticket sales record with 4,032 season tickets sold as of Jan. 31, 2016. It marked the first time in school history the Huskers sold 4,000 season tickets. Nebraska’s season ticket number for 2016-17 QUICK FACTS 2016-17 was 3,980 as of Dec. 21, 2016. Institution...... University of Nebraska. Location...... Lincoln, Neb. • Nebraska featured six first-team academic All-Big Ten selections in 2015-16, including returning Population...... 268,738 Huskers Jasmine Cincore, Allie Havers and Emily Wood. Enrollment...... 25,897 Founded...... 1869 Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers HUSKERS TO LEARN DAY-BY-DAY, MINUTE-BY-MINUTE Colors...... Scarlet and Cream • First-year Nebraska Coach Amy Williams and her staff will try to guide Home Arena...... Pinnacle Bank Arena an extremely inexperienced Husker team through the 2016-17 season. EXPERIENCE Capacity...... 15,000 • Senior center Allie Havers was the most experienced Husker with 96 BY THE MINUTE Conference...... Big Ten career games and 1,583 career minutes entering the season. Havers was the 1. Northwestern 14,195 Director of Athletics...... Shawn Eichorst 2. Indiana 10,671 2016-17 Overall Record...... 4-10 only active Husker who entered the season with more than 1,000 collegiate Home Record...... 4-5 minutes. In fact, she had played more minutes than senior guard Esther 3. Michigan 9,802 Away Record...... 0-3 Ramacieri (282 minutes, 52 games), junior guard Jasmine Cincore (653 4. Ohio State 8,587 Neutral Record...... 0-2 minutes, 51 games), junior guard Emily Wood (158 minutes, 31 games), 5. Iowa 8,260 Big Ten Record...... 0-2 6. Penn State 7,923 ...... Amy Williams sophomore guard Maddie Simon (299 minutes, 21 games) and sophomore Head Coach 7. Michigan State 7,647 Alma Mater/Year...... Nebraska/1998 forward Darrien Washington (39 minutes, 10 games) combined (1,331 8. Purdue 7,403 Record at Nebraska...... 4-10 (First season) minutes) entering the 2016-17 campaign. 9. Maryland 7,300 Career Record...... 197-119 (10th season) NCAA Div. I Record...... 100-54 (Fifth season) • Sophomore forward Jessica Shepard ranked second among active Huskers 10. Minnesota 4,901 in career minutes with 884 entering the year. In all, Nebraska returns just Williams’ Nebraska Home Record...... 4-5 11. Nebraska 3,798 Big Ten Conference Record...... 0-2 3,798 minutes of active collegiate experience, which ranks 11th in the Big 12. Illinois 3,108 Big Ten Home Record...... 0-1 Ten. Only Illinois (3,108), Wisconsin (2,985) and Rutgers (2,253) have fewer 13. Wisconsin 2,985 Big Ten Road Record...... 0-1 minutes of returning experience to their respective teams than Nebraska. 14. Rutgers 2,253 Big Ten Tournament Record...... 0-0 • Nebraska’s returning players combined for just under 19 full 40-minute Assistant Coaches:...... Tom Goehle games of experience entering the season...... Chuck Love ...... Tandem Mays • Northwestern has three seniors (Nia Coffey, Ashley Deary and Christen Inman) who each played Director of Operations...... Amanda Hart more than 3,000 career minutes for the Wildcats, combining for 9,620 minutes entering the year. As a Video Coordinator...... Katie Adams team, Northwestern returns 14,195 minutes on the court, which does not include 413 minutes for Oceana Graduate Assistant Manager...... Shelby Romine Hamilton who played two seasons at Alabama before transferring to Northwestern and sitting out 2015- Strength Coach...... Rusty Ruffcorn ...... Ashley Rudolph 16. Athletic Trainer Basketball Office Phone...... (402) 472-6462 • Indiana returns 10,671 minutes and that does not include 3,497 minutes from transfers Amber Deane Basketball Office Fax...... (402) 472-0849 (2,697, Dayton) and Tia Elbert (800, Marquette) who are both eligible to play this year for the Hoosiers. Women’s Basketball Contact...... Jeff Griesch • Michigan senior guard Sierra Thompson played 3,517 career minutes entering 2016-17, while Iowa Communications Office Phone...... (402) 472-2263 senior Ally Disterhoft played 3,346. Northwestern’s Ashley Deary (3,319), Nia Coffey (3,231) and Christen Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 Griesch’s Cell Phone...... (402) 540-0279 Inman (3,070) join Michigan State’s Tori Jankoska (3,209) as the six returning players in the Big Ten who Griesch’s Home Phone...... (402) 328-8992 have played more than 3,000 career minutes entering the season. Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] Communications Fax...... (402) 472-2005 Best Way to Contact Williams...... Through Griesch SHEPARD SETS BIG RED RECORDS AS FRESHMAN Starters Returning/Lost...... 2/3 • Jessica Shepard set a Nebraska freshman record with 574 points, shattering Debra Powell’s previous Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/4 NU freshman mark of 461 (1981-82) by 113 points. Shepard’s 18.5 points per game smashed Powell’s Newcomers...... 6 Husker freshman mark of 15.4 points per game. Returning All-Big Ten Player (1)...... • Shepard’s 8.6 rebounds per game broke Powell’s previous Nebraska freshman mark of 7.6 per game Jessica Shepard (6-4, So., F)...... 1st Team, 2016 ...... 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1981-82). With 266 total rebounds, Shepard finished 11 shy of Kathy Hagerstrom’s freshman mark of 277 Returning Starters (2, 2015-16 Stats)...... (1979-80). Shepard amassed her rebounds in 31 games. Hagerstrom pulled down her 277 in 40 games. Jessica Shepard, So., F (18.5, 9.3 rpg) • Shepard produced one of the best individual performances in Nebraska history with a freshman-record Allie Havers, Sr., C (8.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg) 35 points to go along with 20 rebounds in a win at Michigan on Jan. 24. It is the only 30-point/20-rebound Other Returning Letterwinners (6, 2015-16 Stats). performance in Nebraska women’s basketball history. Maddie Simon, So., G (5.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg) Jasmine Cincore, Jr., G (4.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg) • Shepard owns the Nebraska freshman record with 10 double-doubles. She had six double-doubles Rachel Blackburn, So., F (4.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg) in Big Ten play. She is just the eighth Husker in history to produce 10 double-doubles in a season. Darrien Washington, So., F (2.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg) • Shepard’s 228 made field goals were a Nebraska freshman record. Emily Wood, Jr., G (1.4 ppg, 0.8 rpg) • Her 203 free throw attempts set the Nebraska freshman record in that category in 2015-16. Esther Ramacieri, Sr., G (0.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg) Starters Lost (3, 2015-16 Stats)...... • Shepard’s 20 free throw attempts against Northern Arizona (Dec. 19) were the most by any Husker Natalie Romeo, G (16.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.0 apg) in a game in history, regardless of class. Rachel Theriot, G (10.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 7.3 apg) • Shepard produced a record-setting regular-season debut with 24 points and 13 rebounds against Kyndal Clark, G (4.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.3 apg) Arkansas Pine Bluff Nov. 14, 2015. She became the first freshman in history to notch a double-double in Others Lost (1, 2015-16 Stats)...... an opener and her 24 points and 13 rebounds were the most by an NU freshman in a season opener. Anya Kalenta, F (4.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg) 2016-17 Newcomers (6) ...... Rylie Cascio Jensen, 5-10, Fr., G SHEPARD SHOOTS FOR MORE AS SOPHOMORE ...... Nicea Eliely, 6-1, Fr., G • Jessica Shepard has her sophomore season off to a strong start averaging 18.6 points and 10.6 ...... Grace Mitchell, 6-2, Fr., G/F ...... #Janay Morton, 5-10, Sr., G rebounds per game. She has produced seven double-doubles, including 17 points and 15 rebounds in ...... #Bria Stallworth, 5-6, So., G Nebraska’s Big Ten opener against Northwestern on Dec. 28. She had 22 points and 11 rebounds against ...... Hannah Whitish, 5-9, Fr., G Creighton (Dec. 18). That followed a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds against San Jose State (Dec...... # redshirting as transfers in 2016-17 9), 23 points and a season-high 16 rebounds against Drake (Dec. 6), 25 points and 14 rebounds at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1), 24 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Colorado State (Nov. 17), and 17 points and 15 boards in a win over UTRGV (Nov. 12). 6 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Shepard owns 17 career double-doubles to rank 10th on Nebraska’s career chart in that category. HUSKER CAREER HIGHS Her next double-double will move her into a tie for ninth at Nebraska with All-American and two-time SCORING WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge, who had 18 double-doubles for the Huskers from 1995 to 1998. Player (Game, Date) Points • Shepard has seven 20-point efforts this season, including a season-high 28 points in the win over Jessica Shepard (at Michigan, 1/24/16; vs. NAU, 12/19/15) 35 Nicea Eliely (vs. California, 12/4/16) 19 San Jose State (Dec. 9). She matched her season high with 28 points to go along with eight rebounds at Allie Havers (at California, 12/12/15) 18 Iowa (Dec. 31). She had 25 points at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1) and against Washington State (Nov. 25). She Jasmine Cincore (vs. Indiana, 2/24/16) 16 Maddie Simon (vs. Northwestern, 2/28/16) 16 scored 24 points against Colorado State (Nov. 17), before going for 23 points, including 22 in the second Rachel Blackburn (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 14 half, against Drake (Dec. 6). Shepard owns 22 career 20-point games in her first 44 games as a Husker. Hannah Whitish (at Iowa, 12/231/16) 14 Esther Ramacieri (vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 9 • Shepard ranks second among the Huskers with 16 three-pointers on the season, including a game- Emily Wood (at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16) 8 clinching three in the win over Colorado State and a buzzer-beating 60-footer to close the first half in the Grace Mitchell (vs. Drake, 12/6/16) 7 Darrien Washington (vs. San Jose State, 12/9/16) 7 win over UTRGV. She also hit a first-half buzzer-beater at Creighton. Shepard did not hit a three-pointer Rylie Cascio Jensen (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 6 as a freshman. REBOUNDING • Nebraska’s first Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Shepard became the first Husker in history to earn first- Player (Game, Date) Rebounds Jessica Shepard (at Michigan, 1/24/16) 20 team all-conference honors as a freshman in 2015-16. During the season, she set a conference record by Allie Havers (vs. Wisconsin, 1/27/16) 14 winning 10 Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards. She was also a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week Rachel Blackburn (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 11 (Dec. 21, Jan. 25). Jasmine Cincore (at Iowa, 12/31/16) 11 Nicea Eliely (vs. Missouri, 11/14/16) 8 • One of only two freshmen on the Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 in 2015-16 (joining Cal’s Kristine Maddie Simon (vs. UTRGV, 11/12/16; vs. NU, 2/28/16) 7 Anigwe), Shepard was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Dec. 22, 2015; Jan. 26, 2016). Shepard Esther Ramacieri (Four Times, vs. SJSU, 12/9/16) 6 Darrien Washington (Three Times, at Iowa, 12/31/16) 6 was the espnW and College Sports Madness National Player of the Week (Jan. 25). Hannah Whitish (vs. San Jose STate, 12/9/16) 5 • Shepard finished 10th overall in the Big Ten in scoring (18.5 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (8.6 rpg), Rylie Cascio Jensen (at Creighton, 12/18/16) 4 Grace Mitchell (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. California, 12/4/16) 4 including fourth on the offensive glass (3.1 rpg) and 10th on the defensive boards (5.5 rpg). She ranked Emily Wood (Three Times, vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3 13th in conference field goal percentage (.510). ASSISTS • The 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., finished with Nebraska freshman record averages of 18.5 Player (Game, Date) Assists Esther Ramacieri (at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16) 8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Her 574 total points were a Nebraska freshman record, while her 266 Jasmine Cincore (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. Rutgers, 3/3/16) 6 rebounds ranked second among freshmen in Husker history. Nicea Eliely (vs. Colorado State, 11/17/16) 6 Jessica Shepard (vs. Wisconsin, 1/27/16) 6 • She amassed 16 games with 20 or more points as a freshman, including 11 in Big Ten play. She Rylie Cascio Jensen (at Creighton, 12/18/16) 5 produced the first of two 35-point performances against Northern Arizona Dec. 19, 2015. She added 35 Allie Havers (vs. Colo. St., 11/17/16; at Michigan, 1/24/16) 5 Hannah Whitish (vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 5 points at Michigan, Jan. 24. She scored in double figures 25 times. Emily Wood (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 5 • Shepard averaged just 4.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 20 minutes per game over the final two games Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 4 of 2015-16 as she battled a stress reaction in her foot. She did not practice March 1-17, while she rested Rachel Blackburn (Three Times, vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 3 Grace Mitchell (at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16) 1 the injury. Darrien Washington (at Creighton, 12/18/16; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 1 • Shepard was not cleared for her first full practice until Oct. 27, 2015, after suffering an ACL tear as STEALS a high school senior on Dec. 29, 2014. On Nov. 1, she had 29 points and 12 rebounds against Nebraska- Player (Game, Date) Steals Jasmine Cincore (vs. Purdue, 2/21/16; vs. UNF, 11/16/15) 4 Kearney in NU’s exhibition opener. She added 42 points and 12 rebounds in just 25 minutes in a second Nicea Eliely (vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 4 exhibition against Winona State on Nov. 8. Jessica Shepard (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 4 Esther Ramacieri (at Creighton, 12/18/16; vs. CSU, 11/17/16) 3 • She was the top recruit in Nebraska history, as the No. 1 post and No. 3 overall recruit in the nation Maddie Simon (vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3 by ESPN. A first-team Parade All-American as a high school senior despite missing nearly all of her final Rachel Blackburn (vs. Mich. St., 2/14/16; vs. NC Central, 11/21/15) 2 Rylie Cascio Jensen (vs. Wash. St., 11/25/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 2 year (ACL tear, Dec. 29, 2014), Shepard was the 2013 and 2014 Nebraska High School Player of the Year. Allie Havers (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 2 Shepard averaged 12.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while helping the USA Basketball U18 Team to a 5-0 record Grace Mitchell (vs. Drake, 12/6/16) 2 Hannah Whitish (at Iowa, 12/31/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 2 and a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championship. Emily Wood (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. UTRGV, 11/12/16) 2 Darrien Washington (Five Times, at Iowa, 12/31/16) 1 BLOCKED SHOTS HAVERS LOOKED TO FOR SENIOR LEADERSHIP Player (Game, Date) Blocks • One of the tallest Huskers in history, 6-5 center Allie Havers is being looked to for senior leadership Jasmine Cincore (vs. Drake, 12/6/16) 4 in 2016-17. She got her senior season off to a solid start with 10 points and seven rebounds in the WNIT Rachel Blackburn (at Purdue, 1/20/16) 3 Allie Havers (Three Times, at Indiana, 2/7/16) 3 first-round victory over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She added a season-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from Jessica Shepard (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 3 the floor against Drake on Dec. 6 for her second double-figure scoring performance of the season. Nicea Eliely (Northwestern, 12/28/16; at Creighton, 12/18/16) 2 Maddie Simon (vs. UConn, 12/21/16) 2 • The senior from Mattawan, Mich., is the most experienced active Husker, competing in 110 career Emily Wood (vs. Indiana, 2/24/16) 2 games with 35 starts. In fact, senior Esther Ramacieri (64) and junior Jasmine Cincore (65) are the only Grace Mitchell (vs. Missouri, 11/14/16) 1 Darrien Washington (Three Times, Northwestern, 12/28/16) 1 other Huskers who have played in more than 50 career games. Hannah Whitish (vs. Wash. St., 11/25/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 1 • Havers had a season-high 14 points against Drake (Dec. 6) and has produced double figures in points MINUTES PLAYED three times this season, including 12 points at Iowa (Dec. 31) and 10 points in the season-opening win Player (Game, Date) Minutes Jessica Shepard (vs. Iowa, 12/31/15) 39 over UTRGV (Nov. 12). She has added a pair of double-figure rebound games, including a season-high 11 Allie Havers (at Rutgers, 1/30/16) 39 boards in a win over Omaha (Nov. 22), when she added nine points. She also had 10 rebounds at Virginia Jasmine Cincore (vs. NU, 2/28/16; vs. Indiana, 2/24/16) 38 Tech (Dec. 1). Esther Ramacieri (vs. Northern Iowa, 3/17/16) 35 Nicea Eliely (vs. Drake, 12/6/16; vs. Colo. St., 11/17/16) 32 • She tied her career high with five assists in Nebraska’s win over Colorado State on Nov. 17. Maddie Simon (vs. Northwestern, 2/28/16) 32 • Havers, who was a freshman on Nebraska’s 2014 Big Ten Championship team and helped the Huskers Rachel Blackburn (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 30 Hannah Whitish (at Iowa, 12/31/16) 28 to NCAA Tournament appearances in her first two seasons in Lincoln, will need to draw on her experience Emily Wood (vs. Indiana, 2/24/16) 25 to help an extremely young Husker squad with a group of first-year coaches this season. Rylie Cascio Jensen (vs. Washington State, 11/25/16) 23 Darrien Washington (vs. UTRGV, 11/12/16) 20 • Last season, Havers stepped into the starting lineup and stepped up her production as a junior. Grace Mitchell (vs. San Jose State, 12/9/16) 17 • Havers tied for 15th in the Big Ten with 6.6 rebounds per game, while her 1.0 blocked shots per game THREE-POINTERS MADE tied for 14th in the conference. Player (Game, Date) 3FG Made Esther Ramacieri (vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 3 • Her scoring numbers increased throughout the season, finishing at 8.3 points per game - her highest Maddie Simon (vs. Northwestern, 2/28/16) 3 average at any point during the season. Over the final five games, Havers averaged 13.0 points and 6.8 Hannah Whitish (Three Times, at Iowa, 12/31/16) 3 Jasmine Cincore (Three Times, at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16) 2 rebounds while hitting 70.7 percent of her shots from the field in 27.8 minutes per game. In the first five Rylie Cascio Jensen (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 2 games of 2015-16, Havers averaged just 4.6 points and 6.0 rebounds in 16.8 minutes per game, while Nicea Eliely (vs. Cal, 12/4/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 2 Jessica Shepard (Four Times, at Iowa, 12/31/16) 2 hitting just 36 percent of her shots from the floor. Emily Wood (at Va. Tech, 12/1/16; vs. N. Fla., 11/16/15) 2 • Havers scored in double figures 11 times as a junior, including each of the final five games of the Allie Havers (Three Times, vs. UConn 12/21/16) 1 season. She has 20 career double-figure scoring efforts, including a career-high 18 points at California on Grace Mitchell (vs. UConn, 12/21/16; vs. Drake, 12/6/16) 1 Dec. 12, 2015. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 7

• She owns seven career double-figure rebound games, including a career-high 14 against Wisconsin on Jan. 27, 2016, and 11 in a win over Omaha on Nov. 22, 2016. She had 10 boards at Virginia Tech (Dec. HUSKERS BY THE NUMBERS 1). Havers notched four double-doubles in 2015-16, including back-to-back games against Northwestern NU leads after 1st quarter 2-3 (Feb. 28) and Rutgers (March 3). NU trails after 1st quarter 1-7 • Havers also stepped up her passing production in 2015-16, totaling 34 assists in 31 after managing NU tied after 1st quarter 1-0 just 21 assists in the first 65 games of her career. NU leads at the half 3-2 NU trails at the half 1-8 • Havers added her second academic All-Big Ten award for the Huskers in 2016. NU is tied at the half 0-0 NU leads after 3rd quarter 3-1 HOMEGROWN HUSKERS AT HEART OF NEBRASKA NU trails after 3rd quarter 1-9 • Nebraska’s 11-player active roster features a trio of Huskers who combined forces to win the last four NU tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 Nebraska Gatorade High School Player-of-the-Year honors. Sophomore Jessica Shepard claimed state high NU in overtime 0-0 school honors in 2013 and 2014, before fellow Husker sophomore Maddie Simon earned state player- NU attempts more FG than opponent 1-3 of-the-year accolades as a senior at Lincoln Pius X High School in 2015. Shepard’s high school teammate, NU attempts fewer FG than opponent 3-6 freshman Rylie Cascio Jensen, was named the state player of the year at Fremont High School in 2016. NU attempts same number of FG as opponent 0-1 • Shepard, a two-time state high school player of the year (2013, 2014), earned Big Ten Freshman- NU makes more FG than opponent 3-0 of-the-Year honors as a Husker in 2015-16. The graduate of Fremont High School started 29 games for NU makes fewer FG than opponent 1-9 the Big Red as a freshman and averaged team highs and Husker freshman records of 18.5 points and 8.6 NU makes same number of FG as opponent 0-1 rebounds per game. NU has better FG Pct. than opponent 3-2 • Simon opened 2016-17 with six points and a career-high matching seven rebounds off the bench in NU has worse FG Pct. than opponent 1-8 Nebraska’s win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She is averaging 4.0 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.1 minutes per game off the bench early this season. Simon had a season-high 11 points against California on Dec. 4. NU shoots 50 percent or better from field 1-1 NU shoots less than 50 percent from field 3-9 • She started Nebraska’s final four regular-season games in 2015-16, before missing the Postseason WNIT with a severe ankle sprain suffered in practice on March 14. The 6-2 guard out of Pius X High School NU shoots 40 percent or better from field 2-4 in Lincoln also started the season opener for the Huskers on Nov. 14. In five games as a starter, Simon NU shoots less than 40 percent from field 2-6 averaged 7.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 23.8 minutes per game. For the season, she averaged NU shoots more FT than opponent 4-2 5.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 14.2 minutes over 21 contests. NU shoots fewer FT than opponent 0-6 • In her last two games of 2015-16, Simon averaged 12.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.0 assist, while NU shoots same number of FT as opponent 0-2 hitting 9-of-16 shots from the floor, including 4-of-9 threes. She had career highs of 16 points and seven NU makes more FT than opponent 2-2 rebounds in Nebraska’s win over Northwestern on Feb. 28. She also hit a career-high three three-pointers NU makes fewer FT than opponent 2-7 against the Wildcats. Simon notched three double-figure scoring performances on the season. NU makes same number of FT as opponent 0-1 • Over her last seven games of 2015-16, Simon hit 8-of-19 (.421) of her three-point attempts, finishing NU has more total rebounds than opponent 4-5 at 12-for-35 (.343) on the season. NU has fewer total rebounds than opponent 0-5 • Simon missed 10 games, primarily because of injuries, in 2015-16. She suffered a broken left (non- NU has same number of total rebounds as opp. 0-0 shooting) arm in a non-basketball accident on Dec. 7, 2015. She also suffered a strain in her right arm in NU has more offensive rebounds than opponent 4-5 the same fall, and a severe ankle sprain in practice before the 2016 Postseason WNIT. NU has fewer offensive rebounds than opponent 0-5 • The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Simon was a two-time first-team Super-State NU has same number of off. rbs. as opponent 0-0 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 NU has more assists than opponent 4-3 NU has fewer assists than opponent 0-7 athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Nebraska State NU has same number of assists as opponent 0-0 Track & Field Championships. • Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American as a member of Coach Gary NU has more turnovers than opponent 2-8 Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984. NU has fewer turnovers than opponent 2-2 NU has same number of turnovers as opponent 0-0 • Cascio Jensen scored the first points of her collegiate career with a pair of three-pointers in Nebraska’s win over Omaha on Nov. 22. She is averaging 2.0 points and 1.7 assists off the bench through her first 14 NU has more steals than opponent 3-2 games as a freshman. NU has fewer steals than opponent 1-8 • Cascio Jensen averaged 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals to lead Fremont High NU has same number of steals as opponent 0-0 School to the Class A quarterfinals as a senior in 2015-16. The 5-10 guard hit 40.7 percent of her three- NU has more blocked shots than opponent 1-3 point attempts and 78.2 percent of her free throws, including a Class A state record 34 straight free throws NU has fewer blocked shots than opponent 3-6 as a senior. NU has same number of blocks as opponent 0-1 • As a junior in 2014-15, Cascio Jensen averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists. She led NU commits more fouls than opponent 0-6 Fremont to the district final despite the loss of Shepard in December to an ACL tear. At the time of her NU commits fewer fouls than opponent 3-2 injury, Shepard was averaging 33.0 points and 14.3 rebounds per game. NU commits same number of fouls as opponent 1-2 Games are decided by 20 or more points 1-4 Games are decided by 10 or more points 1-3 CINCORE BUILDING ON STRONG FINISH TO 2015-16 Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 1-3 • Jasmine Cincore emerged as a reliable and consistent contributor at both ends of the court throughout Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 0-2 her sophomore season. One of five Huskers to play in all 31 games in 2015-16, Cincore made six starts in Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 1-1 place of injured All-American Rachel Theriot, including five straight to close the campaign. Overtime Games 0-0 • Cincore has started each of Nebraska’s first 14 games this season and ranks fifth on the team in Playing on Monday 0-1 scoring (5.7 ppg), and third in assists (2.3 apg) and second in steals (1.2 spg). Playing on Tuesday 1-1 • Cincore opened 2016-17 with nine points and four rebounds in a win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She Playing on Wednesday 0-2 added nine points on 4-of-5 shooting with a three-pointer in the win over Colorado State on Nov. 17. She Playing on Thursday 1-1 also contributed nine points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals at Virginia Tech on Dec. 1. Playing on Friday 1-1 Playing on Saturday 1-2 • She opened Big Ten play with eight points, four rebounds, two assists and a against Northwestern Playing on Sunday 0-2 on Dec. 28. Cincore added a career-high 11 rebounds at Iowa on Dec. 31. Her previous career high was five. Playing in November 3-3 Playing in December 1-7 • She doubled her previous career total in blocks (4) by swatting a career-high four blocks against Drake Playing in January 0-0 on Dec. 6. Her total against the Bulldogs is the highest single-game mark of any active Husker. Playing in February 0-0 • As a starter in 2015-16, Cincore averaged 7.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 35.5 Playing in March 0-0 minutes per game for the Huskers. 8 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• The 5-10 guard from Arlington, Tenn., averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 18 minutes ASSOCIATED PRESS per game in 2015-16. TOP 25 • Cincore produced the first double-digit scoring effort of her career with 16 points in a career-high 38 minutes against Indiana on Feb. 24. She closed the 2015-16 season with 10 points and a career-high-tying (MONDAY, JAN. 2, 2017) four rebounds to go along with three assists against Northern Iowa in the WNIT on March 17. 1-UConn (13-0) [33]...... 825 (1) • A two-time Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year (2013, 2014), Cincore made her first career start 2-Baylor (13-1)...... 781 (3) in her 39th career game in Nebraska’s 93-81 win at Michigan Jan. 24. She had eight points, three assists, 3-Maryland (13-1)...... 739 (4) a block and a steal in 32 minutes against the Wolverines. She had nine points and a pair of threes at No. 4-Mississippi State (15-0)...... 714 (5) 5-South Carolina (11-1)...... 691 (6) 5 Ohio State on Feb. 21, and nine points at No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 7. 6-Florida State (13-1)...... 654 (7) • Cincore earned academic All-Big Ten honors for the first time in 2016. 7-Notre Dame (12-2)...... 651 (2) 8-Louisville (13-2)...... 610 (8) FORMER WALK-ON WOOD CONTRIBUTING AT GUARD 9-UCLA (11-2)...... 551 (10) • Emily Wood challenged for a starting role in the Husker backcourt and has provided important 10-Stanford (12-2)...... 497 (13) contributions off the bench early in her junior season at Nebraska. The 5-5 guard from Salina, Kan., 11-Ohio State (12-4)...... 440 (14) originally came to Lincoln as a walk-on, before earning a scholarship prior to her sophomore season in 12-Washington (14-2)...... 418 (9) 2015-16. 13-Duke (12-1)...... 415 (15) • Wood earned a start in Nebraska’s exhibition win over Southwest Baptist on Nov. 6. She came off the 14-Miami (11-2)...... 405 (11) bench to score three points while tying a career high with three rebounds in the Huskers’ regular-season 15-Texas (8-4)...... 324 (16) opening victory over UTRGV on Nov. 12. 16-Oregon State (13-1)...... 304 (22) • Wood scored a career-high eight points - all in the first half - in Nebraska’s loss at Virginia Tech on 17-West Virginia (13-1)...... 289 (12) 18-Virginia Tech (13-0)...... 282 (19) Dec. 1. She put up the first five points of a 23-4 surge that allowed the Huskers to build a 16-point first- 19-Arizona State (10-3)...... 256 (18) half lead against the Hokies. 20-California (13-1)...... 160 (21) • She scored seven points and matched her career high with two steals in Nebraska’s win over San 20-Oklahoma (11-3)...... 160 (24) Jose State on Dec. 9. 22-South Florida (11-1)...... 146 (23) • She came up with a crucial offensive rebound late in the game against Colorado State that led to 23-DePaul (10-4)...... 88 (NR) Ram post player Amanda Kantzy fouling out. Wood hit both free throws with 3:38 left to give NU a 55-52 24-Kentucky (9-5)...... 71 (17) lead over CSU in a game the Huskers won 62-59. 25-Kansas State (11-3)...... 54 (NR) • As a sophomore, Wood competed in 21 of Nebraska’s 32 games, including 11 of 18 Big Ten contests. Note: Nebraska 2016-17 opponents in italics. She averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds. NU Opponents Receiving Votes: • Wood has proven herself as a smart, tough, consistent and hard-working player. She owns a 2.4-to-1 T33-Michigan State (5); 37-Northwestern (4) career assist-to-turnover (19-to-8) ratio and has committed just four turnovers this season. • Wood also has proven to be a reliable three-point threat, knocking down 16-of-44 (.364) of her career USA TODAY COACHES three-point attempts, including 8-of-22 (.364) as a junior and 8-of-18 (.444) as a sophomore. • A star off the court, Wood was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and an academic All-Big Ten selection TOP 25 in 2016. She also earned a prestigious Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award in 2016, and is (TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 2017) a two-time Tom Osborne Citizenship Team selection (2015, 2016). 1-UConn (13-0) [32]...... 800 (1) • In May of 2016, Wood participated in Nebraska’s second annual Service Trip Abroad, joining 19 other 2-Baylor (13-1)...... 747 (4) Husker student-athletes across all sports in an outreach journey to the Dominican Republic. 3-Maryland (13-1)...... 723 (3) • Wood participated in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in 2015. 4-Mississippi State (15-0)...... 701 (5) • Wood was a Kansas Class 5A all-state selection at Salina Central High School. She averaged 16.0 5-South Carolina (11-1)...... 681 (6) 6-Notre Dame (13-2)...... 637 (2) points per game while hitting a school-record 91 three-pointers as a senior. Her 223 career threes were 7-UCLA (11-2)...... 578 (10) also a school record. 8-Florida State (13-2)...... 533 (7) 9-Louisville (13-3)...... 499 (8) FRESHMEN CONTRIBUTING EARLY 10-Stanford (12-2)...... 475 (14) • Nebraska’s four-player freshman class of Rylie Cascio Jensen, Nicea Eliely, Grace Mitchell and Han- 11-Washington (14-2)...... 444 (9) nah Whitish have been looked to for immediate contributions on the Huskers’ 11-player active roster. 12-Oregon State (13-1)...... 439 (15) 13-Ohio State (12-4)...... 430 (13) NICEA ELIELY, 6-1, GUARD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 14-Miami (12-2)...... 387 (11) • Eliely, a 6-1 guard out of Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, has started all 14 games and is 15-Duke (13-1)...... 383 (17) averaging 8.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game. 16-West Virginia (13-1)...... 304 (12) • Eliely produced a career-high 19-point performance in a loss to California on Dec. 4. She hit 8-of-13 17-Texas (8-4)...... 284 (16) shots from the field including 2-of-3 three-pointers against the Bears. She added two rebounds, two assists 18-Virginia Tech (14-0)...... 249 (20) and two steals. 19-Arizona State (10-3)...... 235 (19) • She added her second career double-figure scoring effort with 13 points to go along with seven 20-California (13-1)...... 204 (18) rebounds, four assists, a steal and a block in a win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. She hit 6-of-9 shots from 21-DePaul (11-4)...... 140 (22) the field against the Spartans. 22-South Florida (11-1)...... 110 (25) • Eliely contributed her third double-figure performance with 11 points, four rebounds, two assists 23-NC State (12-3)...... 107 (NR) and three steals at Iowa on Dec. 31. 24-Oklahoma (11-3)...... 97 (24) 25-Syracuse (10-5)...... 83 (21) • In her Big Ten debut against Northwestern (Dec. 28), Eliely finished with seven points, seven rebounds, Note: Nebraska 2016-17 opponents in italics. and team highs of five assists, two blocks and two steals. NU Opponents Receiving Votes: • She earned her first career start in Nebraska’s season-opening win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. Eliely 26-Michigan State (32); T27-Northwestern (17); performed well with nine points, two rebounds, four assists and two steals against the Vaqueros, while T30-Michigan (11) also drawing the primary defensive assignment on 2016 WAC Player-of-the-Year Shawnte’ Goff. • Eliely played Nebraska’s best all-around game in the loss to No. 25 Missouri on Nov. 14. She finished with eight points, eight rebounds, two assists and a steal against the Tigers. She also hit her first career three-pointer against the Tigers. • She was even better in Nebraska’s win over Colorado State, contributing six points, six rebounds and a career-high six assists to go along with three steals. She also helped frustrate and foul out 2016 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year Ellen Nystrom. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 9

• She had one of Nebraska’s best all-around games with seven points, five rebounds, four assists and a block in the loss to No. 1 UConn on Dec. 21. • Eliely added nine points, six rebounds, two assists and a career-high four steals in Nebraska’s win over Omaha on Nov. 22. She scored nine more points while adding three rebounds, a block and a steal at Virginia Tech on Dec. 1. • Eliely was a Colorado Class 5A performer as a senior in 2015-16. Ranked as the No. 25 guard in the nation by ESPN and the No. 143 player in the nation by Blue Star, Eliely averaged 21.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2016-17 BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Big Ten (Overall) 2.3 assists, 3.4 steals and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior for the Rams. 1. Northwestern 2-0 (13-2) HANNAH WHITISH, 5-9, GUARD, BARNEVELD, WIS. Michigan 2-0 (13-3) Ohio State 2-0 (12-4) • Whitish, a 5-9 guard from Barneveld, Wis., was the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year after 4. Maryland 1-0 (13-1) averaging 24.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.5 steals as a senior. The five-time first-team All- Michigan State 1-0 (11-3) Wisconsin selection led Barneveld High School to four consecutive state championship game appearances 6. Indiana 1-1 (11-4) including a pair of state titles. She led her team to a 110-4 record in her career, while ranking among the Iowa 1-1 (10-5) top 10 in Wisconsin High School history in career points with well over 2,000. Illinois 1-1 (6-9) • Whitish was Nebraska’s top contributor off the bench in non-conference play before making her first Rutgers 1-1 (4-11) career start in Nebraska’s Big Ten opener with Northwestern (Dec. 28). Whitish, who started in place of 10. Purdue 0-1 (9-6) injured senior Esther Ramacieri against the Wildcats, scored a then-career-high 12 points and added four Wisconsin 0-1 (5-9) 12. Nebraska 0-2 (4-10) assists in a then-career-high 27 minutes against Northwestern. Minnesota 0-2 (9-6) • She added a career-high 14 points in a career-high 28 minutes while adding four rebounds, a team- Penn State 0-2 (10-4) high four assists and two steals at Iowa on Dec. 31. She tied a career high with a trio of three-pointers against the Hawkeyes. BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK • Through 14 games, Whitish is averaging 6.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18.4 minutes per Nov. 14 - , So., C/F, Iowa contest. Whitish also leads the Huskers with 20 three-pointers this season (20-54, .370). Nov. 21 - Teniya Page, So., G, Penn State • Whitish owns four double-figure scoring efforts this season. As a starter, she is averaging 13.0 points, Nov. 29 - Nia Coffey, Sr., F, Northwestern 2.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in 27.5 minutes per game. Dec. 5 - Nia Coffey, Sr., F, Northwestern - Teniya Page, So., G, Penn State • She played arguably Nebraska’s best individual game with nine points on a career-high three three- Dec. 12 - Brionna Jones, Sr., C, Maryland pointers, while adding two rebounds, two assists, no turnovers and a steal in 19 minutes against No. 1 Dec. 19 - Teniya Page, So., G, Penn State UConn on Dec. 21. Dec. 26 - Amanda Cahill, Sr., F, Indiana • In her Husker debut, Whitish scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting with a three-pointer, while Jan. 2 - Brionna Jones, Sr., C, Maryland adding two assists, one steal and no turnovers in the win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. Hallie Thome, So., C, Michigan • Whitish played a huge role in Nebraska’s win over Colorado State, finishing with her first career double-figure scoring performance. Her 10-point effort in the win over the Rams included a career-high BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK three three-pointers with the final triple coming on a cast from the deep left wing with one second on Nov. 14 - Kysre Gondrezick, G, Michigan the shot clock to give Nebraska a 58-55 lead with 1:48 left. She added a free throw with 18 seconds left Nov. 21 - Destiny Slocum, G, Maryland Nov. 29 - Dominique Oden, G, Purdue to seal the 62-59 win. Dec. 5 - Gadiva Hubbard, G, Minnesota • Whitish added her second straight double-figure scoring performance with 10 points and career Dec. 12 - Tory McCoy, F, Ohio State highs of five assists and two steals in Nebraska’s win over Omaha on Nov. 22. Dec. 19 - Dominique Oden, G, Purdue Dec. 26 - Kysre Gondrezick, G, Michigan RYLIE CASCIO JENSEN, 5-10, GUARD, FREMONT, NEB. Jan. 2 - Victoria Gaines, F, Michigan State • Cascio Jensen, a 5-10 guard from Fremont High School, was the 2016 Nebraska High School Player of the Year. She averaged 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals per game for the Tigers. BIG TEN SCHEDULE • She is averaging 2.1 points and 1.7 assists in 14.4 minutes per game this season. Tuesday, Jan. 3 • Cascio Jensen had season highs with six points and two three-pointers in wins over both Omaha Iowa at Penn State, 6 p.m. [BTN] (University Park) (Nov. 22) and San Jose State (Dec. 9). Ohio State at Northwestern, 8 p.m. [BTN] (Evanston) GRACE MITCHELL, 6-2, FORWARD/GUARD, WELLINGTON, KAN. Wednesday, Jan. 4 • Mitchell, a 6-2 forward/guard, was the Kansas Player of the Year as selected by USA Today High School Michigan State at Purdue, 5 p.m. (West Lafayette) Minnesota at Indiana, 6 p.m. (Bloomington) Sports. She averaged 21.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.7 blocks as a senior at Wellington High School. She Wisconsin at Rutgers, 6 p.m. (Piscataway) also hit 48 percent of her three-pointers while setting a single-season school record with 533 points on Maryland at Nebraska, 7 p.m. (Lincoln) her way to Kansas Class 4A Player-of-the-Year honors. She was ranked as the No. 51 wing in the nation by ESPN. Saturday, Jan. 7 Michigan at Ohio State, 11 a.m. [BTN] (Columbus) • Mitchell has averaged 1.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.3 minutes per game this season. She produced Northwestern at Maryland, 1 p.m. [BTN] (College Park) a career-high seven-point effort against Drake on Dec. 6. Mitchell scored five points and had the first two Penn State at Purdue, 1 p.m. (West Lafayette) steals of her career during a 15-5 Husker surge in the second quarter that helped send the Big Red to Rutgers at Illinois, 3 p.m. [BTN] (Champaign) halftime with a 33-32 lead over the Bulldogs. Wisconsin at Minnesota, 5 p.m. (Minneapolis) • She played well off the bench with five points on 2-of-2 shooting, including a three-pointer, while Nebraska at Michigan State, 6 p.m. (East Lansing) adding three rebounds against No. 1 UConn on Dec. 21. Tuesday, Jan. 10 • Mitchell hit the first three-pointer of her career in the second quarter against Drake. Indiana at Michigan, 5 p.m. [BTN] (Ann Arbor) • She scored two points and grabbed two rebounds off the bench in her Husker debut against UTRGV, Ohio State at Michigan State, 7 p.m. [BTN] (East Lansing) and added an important putback in Nebraska’s 62-59 win over Colorado State on Nov. 17. Rutgers at Nebraska, 7 p.m. (Lincoln) Saturday, Jan. 14 BLACKBURN TO REDSHIRT AFTER SURGERIES Michigan State at Rutgers, 11 a.m. [BTN] (Piscataway) Indiana at Northwestern, 2 p.m. (Evanston) • Sophomore Rachel Blackburn will redshirt during the 2016-17 season after undergoing season-ending Maryland at Iowa, 3 p.m. (Iowa City) surgery on her knees on Oct. 4, 2016. • The 6-3 forward from Leavenworth, Kan., averaged 6.3 points and 7.6 rebounds in nearly 24 minutes Sunday, Jan. 15 per contest in Nebraska’s first nine games as a true freshman in 2015-16. She was limited greatly in both Minnesota at Michigan, Noon [BTN] (Ann Arbor) Nebraska at Illinois, 2 p.m. (Champaign) practice and games in NU’s final 23 contests last season, missing seven games entirely, while averaging Ohio State at Purdue, 2:30 p.m. [ESPN2] (West Lafayette) just 13 minutes per contest in 16 games the rest of the way. She averaged just 2.4 points and 4.0 boards in those games, while being limited by chronic knee pain. 10 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Blackburn underwent knee surgery soon after the 2015-16 season and was hoping to contribute in NU ACTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLES 2016-17. However, she continued to be limited during the summer and elected to try another procedure Jessica Shepard (17) Northwestern (12/28/16) 17 points, 15 rebounds to alleviate knee pain this fall. Creighton (12/18/16) 22 points, 11 rebounds San Jose State (12/9/16) 28 points, 14 rebounds HUSKERS SIGN TAYLOR KISSINGER FOR 2017-18 Drake (12/6/16) 23 points, 16 rebounds • The top-ranked high school recruit in the state of Nebraska, Taylor Kissinger signed her National at Virginia Tech (12/1/16) 25 points, 14 rebounds Letter of Intent to join the Nebraska women’s basketball team for the 2017-18 season on the first day of Colorado State (11/17/16) 24 points, 13 rebounds the fall signing period on Nov. 9. UTRGV (11/12/16) 17 points, 15 rebounds Indiana (2/24/16) 16 points, 11 rebounds • Kissinger, a 6-1 forward/guard from Minden, was ranked as the No. 26 player in the nation by at Indiana (2/7/16) 18 points, 13 rebounds Prospects Nation and continued to climb in the national player rankings after a strong summer of 2016. at Michigan (1/24/16) 35 points, 20 rebounds She is ranked as the No. 40 player in the nation by ESPN and No. 58 by Blue Star Basketball. Kissinger is Penn State (1/13/16) 29 points, 10 rebounds the only prep player from the state of Nebraska ranked among the nation’s top 100 recruits in the 2017 at Illinois (1/10/16) 29 points, 19 rebounds signing class. at #14 Northwestern (1/3/16) 12 points, 14 rebounds • Kissinger earned a spot on the 2017 Naismith Trophy High School Girls Preseason Player-of-the-Year vs. Arkansas State (12/21/15) 19 points, 13 rebounds Watch List, announced on Nov. 16. vs. North Carolina Central (11/21/15) 20 points, 10 rebounds vs. North Florida (11/16/15) 27 points, 10 rebounds • She was also one of five Nebraska players on the 2016 USA Today High School Sports All-Nebraska vs. UAPB (11/14/15) 24 points, 13 rebounds team in 2015-16, joining future Husker teammate and 2016 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year Rylie Allie Havers (4) Cascio Jensen. vs. Rutgers (3/3/16) 16 points, 10 rebounds • Kissinger, who missed nearly half of her junior season at Minden High School with a broken wrist vs. Northwestern (2/28/16) 13 points, 10 rebounds in 2015-16, averaged 28.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for the Whippets following her return to vs. Wisconsin (1/27/16) 11 points, 14 rebounds the court. She earned second-team Super-State honors as a junior and is a two-time first-team Class C-1 vs. Evansville (12/8/15) 14 points, 12 rebounds all-stater (2015, 2016). • In 2015, Kissinger became the first sophomore in history to be named the Kearney Hub Territory FRESHMAN DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player of the Year after averaging 25.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game while hitting 62 three-pointers. 18 Husker Freshmen, 65 total double-doubles She was also a third-team All-Nebraska selection as a sophomore in 2015. Player (Season) Double-Doubles • Kissinger claimed second-team Class C-1 all-state honors as a freshman in 2014 after averaging 16.8 1. Jessica Shepard (2015-16) 10 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. She also tied a Nebraska state tournament record by knocking down 2. Debra Powell (1981-82) 9 seven three-pointers in an opening-round win over Lincoln Lutheran. 3. Katie Robinette (2001-02) 5 • Kissinger’s older twin sisters are both Division I guards, with Brooke entering her first season at Janet Smith (1978-79) 5 Creighton after spending her first two seasons at Illinois, and Jamie entering her third season at San Diego. Jan Crouch (1975-76) 5 6. Karen Jennings (1989-90) 4 • Taylor Kissinger, who played her club basketball last season for the All-Iowa Attack after previously Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80) 4 playing for the Cornhusker Shooting Stars, also was invited to compete in the USA Basketball U16 National 8. Emily Cady (2011-12) 3 Team Trials in Colorado Springs. She chose Nebraska over Oklahoma State and Creighton. She also received Jordan Hooper (2010-11) 3 offers from Arizona State, Louisville, Iowa, Iowa State and Illinois among others. Kelsey Griffin (2005-06) 3 Anna DeForge (1994-95) 3 Meggan Yedsena (1990-91) 3 PAIR OF TRANSFERS PREPARING FOR 2017-18 Maurtice Ivy (1984-85) 3 • Nebraska added a pair of NCAA Division I transfers following the hiring of Coach Amy Williams in April of 2016. Senior Janay Morton (Eastern Michigan) and sophomore Bria Stallworth (UMass) both elected NU SEASON DOUBLE-DOUBLES to leave their former schools after coaching changes at their schools. Player (Season) Double-Doubles • Morton, a 5-10 guard from Brooklyn Park, Minn., was a third-team All-Mid-American Conference 1. Kelsey Griffin (2009-10) 20 selection in 2015-16. She was also a member of the 2016 MAC All-Defensive Team, and she was chosen 2. Nafeesah Brown (1993-94) 16 to the MAC All-Freshman Team in 2014. 3. Emily Cady (2013-14) 14 • In Morton’s three seasons at EMU, she amassed 1,341 points, 364 rebounds, 249 assists and 223 Jordan Hooper (2013-14) 14 Jordan Hooper (2011-12) 14 steals over 103 games with 94 starts. She averaged 13.5 points per game as a junior in 2015-16, while 6. Karen Jennings (1992-93) 13 knocking down 76 three-pointers. She also led the MAC with 96 steals. Karen Jennings (1990-91) 13 • Stallworth, a 5-6 guard from Chicago, Ill., earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie -- Jessica Shepard (2015-16) 10 Team after leading all A-10 freshmen in scoring (13.1 ppg) and assists (3.8 apg). She also hit 35.1 percent -- Jessica Shepard (2016-17) 7 of her three-pointers. NU CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES • Stallworth was ranked as the No. 33 point guard in the nation ESPN as a senior at Homewood- Player (Years) Double-Doubles Flossmoor High School in Illinois. 1. Jordan Hooper (2011-14) 40 Kelsey Griffin (2006-10) 40 NEBRASKA’S HISTORY OF HOME SUCCESS 3. Karen Jennings (1990-93) 36 • Nebraska opened 2016-17 with a 71-53 win over UTRGV for its 11th consecutive season-opening 4. Emily Cady (2012-15) 33 5. Nafeesah Brown (1993-94) 24 win at home. The Huskers went 15-4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2015-16 after going 12-3 (13-3 at home) 6. Janet Smith (1979-82) 22 in 2014-15. The Huskers are 47-14 (.770) all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for 7. Maurtice Ivy (1985-88) 21 the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss to Debra Powell (1982-85) 21 Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. Nebraska’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single- 9. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 18 season home victories. 10. Jessica Shepard (2016-present) 17 • The Huskers played the first regular-season basketball game in the history of the arena against USA Today No. 25 UCLA (Nov. 8, 2013) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 25 team came with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8, 2014. The Huskers added their first-ever win over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24, 2014 • NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game with a 66-65 thriller over Northwestern Jan. 2, 2014, before an 88-85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first overtime game in Pinnacle Bank Arena history. • NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013. • The Huskers are 436-144 (.752) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 172-48 (.782) over the last 14 seasons, posting double-figure home victory totals in each of the last 13 years. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 11

• 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, NU CAREER 20-POINT GAMES including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play. Jessica Shepard (23) at Michigan (1/24/16) 35 vs. Northern Arizona (12/19/15) 35 HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK COVERS WORLD at Penn State (1/13/16) 29 The Husker Sports Network is in its 23rd season producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Nebraska vs. Illinois (1/10/16) 29 women’s basketball in 2016-17. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and color at Iowa (12/31/16) 28 commentator Jeff Griesch are teaming up for their 16th season together as the Huskers’ broadcast team. vs. San Jose State (12/9/16) 28 The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a decade vs. Iowa (12/31/15) 28 to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com. vs. North Florida (11/16/15) 27 In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Network vs. #17 Michigan State (2/14/16) 26 flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong signals for at Virginia Tech (12/1/16) 25 Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also could be heard vs. Washington State (11/25/16) 25 on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central vs. Colorado State (11/17/16) 24 Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s basketball coverage vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) 24 across the state and the Midwest. vs. Drake (12/6/16) 23 Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM. at Rutgers (1/30/16) 23 at Creighton (12/18/16) 22 at Minnesota (2/11/16) 22 NEBRASKA POSTS 12TH STRAIGHT PERFECT GSR at Purdue (1/20/16) 22 In the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the Husker women’s basketball vs. Rutgers (1/16/16) 22 program has been perfect for 12 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten vs. Southern (11/23/15) 22 Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 12 straight years. at #5 Ohio State (2/18/16) 20 The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Nov. 15, 2016, and vs. Penn State (2/2/16) 20 Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 12th straight season (2004-05). vs. North Carolina Central (11/21/15) 20 The Nebraska women’s basketball program joins the Husker women’s tennis and volleyball programs as Husker teams that have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 12 years. NU CAREER DOUBLE FIGURE GAMES Player (Years) Games NEBRASKA OVERTIME FACTS 1. Jessica Shepard (2016-present) 37 • Nebraska is 20-20 all-time in overtime games, including 11-9 at home, 6-8 in true road games and 2. Allie Havers (2014-present) 20 3-3 on neutral courts in overtime. The Huskers were 0-1 in overtime in 2015-16, with an 87-80 loss at No. 3. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 4 22 California on Dec. 12. 4. Nicea Eliely (2017-present) 3 Maddie Simon (2016-present) 3 • Nebraska is 1-0 in overtime games at Pinnacle Bank Arena. 6. Jasmine Cincore (2015-present) 2 • Nebraska is 4-1 in multi-overtime games, including 2-1 since 2005-06. The lone loss came to Purdue 7. Rachel Blackburn (2016-present) 1 in the Big Ten Championship Game, 74-70 in double-overtime in 2012. • NU’s last overtime win came with a 71-70 victory at Wisconsin on Feb. 5, 2014. The Huskers also defeated Minnesota 88-85 in overtime on Jan. 16, 2014. It marked the first overtime game in the history NEBRASKA NCAA APPEARANCES of Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska’s first overtime game in the history of the Bob Devaney Sports Center 13 Appearances, 21 Games (8-13 Record) also came against Minnesota - a 68-67 win for the Huskers on Dec. 30, 1977. Season (Sd.) Opponent Site Result • The Huskers have played 10 all-time overtime games against Big Ten opponents and own a 4-6 record. 2015 (9) vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C. L, 69-72 2014 (4) vs. (12) BYU Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-80 NU is 3-3 against Big Ten opponents since joining the conference for the start of the 2011-12 season. 2014 (4) vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-55 • Nebraska’s most frequent overtime opponent is Purdue. The Huskers and Boilermakers have played 2013 (6) vs. (2) Duke Norfolk, Va. L, 45-53 three overtime games in nine all-time meetings. NU’s six total overtimes against Purdue are the most 2013 (6) at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-63 against any team in school history. 2013 (6) vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-59 • In 13 all-time games with Wisconsin, the Huskers have played three overtime contests, including 2012 (6) vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-57 the 71-70 win over the Badgers on Feb. 5. It was NU’s first OT win against UW. The Huskers also battled 2010 (1) vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-76 Missouri in three single-overtime games among the 71 all-time contests in that series. 2010 (1) vs. (8) UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-70 • Nebraska has never played back-to-back overtime games at home. The Huskers have played back-to- 2010 (1) vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-44 back overtime games only once in school history, an 83-81 loss to Texas A&M in College Station on Dec. 2008 (8) at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-76 30, 1985, before returning to Lincoln for an 80-75 win over Eastern Kentucky at the Devaney Center on 2008 (8) vs. (9) Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-58 Jan. 2, 1986. 2007 (9) vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-64 2000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-93 1999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-98 1998 (9) at (1) Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-75 1998 (9) vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-59 1996 (9) vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-66 1993 (6) at (3) USC Los Angeles L, 60-78 1993 (6) vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-58 1988 (5) at (4) USC Los Angeles L, 82-100 12 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME RESULTS

OVERALL RECORD: 4-10 BIG TEN: 0-2 HOME: 4-5 AWAY: 0-3 NEUTRAL: 0-2

Date Opponent W/L Score Home Away Neutral Total Big Ten Att. High Points High Rebounds High Assists 11/12 UTRGV+ W 71-53 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 4,405 (17) Shepard (15) Shepard (4) Cincore (4) Eliely 11/14 #25 Missouri+ L 35-55 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 4,207 (12) Shepard (9) Shepard (2) Eliely (2) Ramacieri 11/17 Colorado State+ W 62-59 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 4,229 (24) Shepard (13) Shepard (6) Eliely 11/22 Omaha W 66-58 3-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 4,419 (17) Shepard (11) Havers (5) Whitish 11/25 vs. Washington State$ L 65-79 3-1 0-0 0-1 3-2 0-0 400 (25) Shepard (9) Shepard (4) Eliely 11/26 vs. Virginia$ L 51-73 3-1 0-0 0-2 3-3 0-0 400 (12) Shepard (5) Cincore (3) Cascio Jensen (3) Shepard 12/1 at Virginia Tech% L 67-76 3-1 0-1 0-2 3-4 0-0 2,292 (25) Shepard (14) Shepard (8) Ramacieri 12/4 California L 65-86 3-2 0-1 0-2 3-5 0-0 5,573 (19) Eliely (8) Shepard (6) Ramacieri 12/6 Drake L 70-84 3-3 0-1 0-2 3-6 0-0 4,200 (23) Shepard (16) Shepard (6) Ramacieri 12/9 San Jose State W 83-61 4-3 0-1 0-2 4-6 0-0 4,205 (28) Shepard (14) Shepard (6) Cincore 12/18 at Creighton L 64-80 4-3 0-2 0-2 4-7 0-0 1,160 (22) Shepard (11) Shepard (5) Cascio Jensen 12/21 #1 UConn L 41-84 4-4 0-2 0-2 4-8 0-0 7,553 (9) Whitish (5) Eliely (4) Eliely (5) Havers 12/28 Northwestern* L 58-62 4-5 0-2 0-2 4-9 0-1 4,669 (17) Shepard (15) Shepard (5) Eliely 12/31 at Iowa* L 72-75 4-5 0-3 0-2 4-10 0-2 6,750 (28) Shepard (11) Cincore (4) Whitish

AP Ranking at game time listed before team Home Attendance (Avg.) -- 43,460 (4,829) + denotes Preseason WNIT game Road Attendance (Avg.) -- 10,202 (3,401) $ South Point Shootout game Neutral Attendance (Avg.) -- 800 (400) % denotes ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Total Attendance (Avg.) -- 54,462 (3,890) * denotes Big Ten Conference game # denotes Big Ten Tournament game (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.) HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 13 2016-17 GAME RESULTS 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME LINESCORES

Game FG FGA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT PF A TO BS ST TP Nebraska 25 62 .403 8 22 .364 13 22 .591 12 39 51 18 19 21 0 8 71 UTRGV 22 68 .324 4 22 .182 5 12 .417 10 30 40 22 8 18 9 7 53 Nebraska 10 63 .159 6 31 .194 9 17 .529 16 23 39 18 6 10 5 5 35 #25 Missouri 18 50 .360 6 25 .240 13 17 .765 10 39 49 18 10 16 4 4 55 Nebraska 22 64 .344 8 16 .500 10 22 .455 16 28 44 11 15 10 0 9 62 Colorado State 21 55 .382 6 23 .261 11 16 .688 10 32 42 22 5 14 3 2 59 Nebraska 20 56 .357 12 31 .387 14 23 .609 11 32 43 15 15 15 4 12 66 Omaha 22 63 .349 7 26 .269 7 7 1.000 9 29 38 16 12 16 0 5 58 Nebraska 26 54 .481 4 14 .286 9 22 .409 8 24 32 17 14 23 2 7 65 Washington State 32 68 .471 8 20 .400 7 13 .538 16 28 44 22 18 20 5 16 79 Nebraska 19 54 .352 5 21 .238 8 11 .727 10 22 32 17 12 19 1 8 51 Virginia 30 63 .476 5 21 .238 8 17 .471 17 26 43 17 16 15 3 9 73 Nebraska 27 51 .529 8 17 .471 5 8 .625 7 34 41 22 17 25 1 3 67 Virginia Tech 29 74 .392 10 29 .345 8 17 .471 17 18 35 9 15 9 1 11 76 Nebraska 24 63 .381 10 19 .526 7 13 .538 18 22 40 17 18 26 2 7 65 California 36 66 .545 6 19 .316 8 13 .615 11 24 35 16 16 16 10 18 86 Nebraska 27 64 .422 6 20 .300 10 17 .588 10 24 34 22 20 16 8 7 70 Drake 31 64 .484 9 24 .375 13 19 .684 11 31 42 21 25 18 3 13 84 Nebraska 35 65 .538 6 17 .353 7 15 .467 18 37 55 20 20 26 2 4 83 San Jose State 22 71 .310 7 30 .233 10 14 .714 14 17 31 20 12 13 3 15 61 Nebraska 22 59 .373 3 16 .188 17 25 .680 13 30 43 15 15 18 2 9 64 Creighton 26 62 .419 15 38 .395 13 18 .722 8 29 37 21 24 12 4 8 80 Nebraska 16 56 .286 8 26 .308 1 4 .250 14 20 34 18 15 24 3 2 41 #1 UConn 32 70 .457 8 17 .471 12 14 .857 19 28 47 12 22 11 2 16 84 Nebraska 23 60 .383 5 20 .250 7 12 .583 15 27 42 13 15 17 3 6 58 Northwestern 24 59 .407 5 19 .263 9 16 .563 11 25 36 12 13 14 4 8 62 Nebraska 29 70 .414 6 20 .300 8 12 .667 17 29 46 17 13 22 2 8 72 at Iowa 29 65 .446 6 21 .286 11 21 .524 11 27 38 11 19 15 3 12 75 14 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-17 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS

HUSKER TEAM SEASON HIGHS Points...... 83...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 First Quarter Points...... 24...... vs. Washington State, 11/25/16 ...... 24...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Second Quarter Points...... 25...... at Iowa, 12/31/16 First Half Points...... 39...... at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Third Quarter Points...... 26...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Fourth Quarter Points...... 22...... at Creighton, 12/18/16 Second Half Points...... 46...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Overtime Points...... 0...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Field Goals Made...... 35...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Field Goals Att...... 70...... at Iowa, 12/31/16 Field Goal Pct...... 53.8 (35-65)...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 12...... Omaha, 11/22/16 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 31...... Omaha, 11/22/16 ...... 31...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 52.6 (10-19)...... California, 12/4/16 Free Throws Made...... 17...... at Creighton, 12/18/16 Free Throws Att...... 25...... at Creighton, 12/18/16 Free Throw Pct...... 72.7 (8-11)...... vs. Virginia, 11/26/16 Rebounds...... 55...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Offensive Rebounds...... 18...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 ...... 18...... California, 12/4/16 Defensive Rebounds...... 39...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Rebound Margin...... +24 (55-31)...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Assists...... 20...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 ...... 20...... Drake, 12/6/16 Steals...... 12...... Omaha, 11/22/16 Blocked Shots ...... 8...... Drake, 12/6/16 Turnovers...... 26...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 ...... 26...... California, 12/4/16 Fouls...... 22...... Drake, 12/6/16 Sophomore Jessica Shepard owns 17 career double-doubles to rank 10th in ...... 22...... at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Nebraska history. She has seven double-doubles in 2016-17, including a season- high 28 points to go along with 14 rebounds in a win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. OPPONENT TEAM SEASON LOWS Points...... 51...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Free Throws Att...... 4...... UConn, 12/21/16 First Quarter Points...... 10...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Free Throw Pct...... 25.0 (1-4)...... UConn, 12/21/16 Second Quarter Points...... 9...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Rebounds...... 32...... vs. Virginia, 11/26/16 First Half Points...... 24...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 ...... 32...... vs. Washington State, 11/25/16 Third Quarter Points...... 10...... Omaha, 11/22/16 Offensive Rebounds...... 7...... at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Fourth Quarter Points...... 6...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Defensive Rebounds...... 20...... UConn, 12/21/16 Second Half Points...... 25...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Rebound Margin...... -13 (34-47)...... UConn, 12/21/16 Field Goals Made...... 18...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Assists...... 10...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Field Goals Att...... 50...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Steals...... 2...... UConn, 12/21/16 Field Goal Pct...... 31.0 (22-71)...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Blocked Shots ...... 0...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 4...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 ...... 0...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 19...... Northwestern, 12/28/16 Turnovers...... 10...... Missouri, 11/14/16 ...... 19...... California, 12/4/16 Fouls...... 11...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 18.2 (4-22)...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Free Throws Made...... 5...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 OPPONENT TEAM SEASON HIGHS Free Throws Att...... 7...... Omaha, 11/22/16 Points...... 86...... California, 12/4/16 Free Throw Pct...... 41.7 (5-12)...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 First Quarter Points...... 27...... Washington State, 11/25/16 Rebounds...... 31...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Second Quarter Points...... 30...... Creighton, 12/18/16 Offensive Rebounds...... 8...... Creighton, 12/18/16 First Half Points...... 53...... Washington State, 11/25/16 Defensive Rebounds...... 17...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Third Quarter Points...... 29...... Drake, 12/6/16 Rebound Margin...... -24 (31-55)...... San Jose State, 12/9/16 Fourth Quarter Points...... 23...... Drake, 12/6/16 Assists...... 5...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Second Half Points...... 52...... Drake, 12/6/16 Steals...... 2...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Field Goals Made...... 36...... California, 12/4/16 Blocked Shots...... 0...... Omaha, 11/22/16 Field Goals Att...... 74...... Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Turnovers...... 9...... Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Field Goal Pct...... 54.5 (36-66)...... California, 12/4/16 Fouls...... 9...... Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 15...... Creighton, 12/18/16 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 38...... Creighton, 12/18/16 HUSKER TEAM SEASON LOWS Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 47.1 (8-17)...... UConn, 12/21/16 Points...... 35...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Free Throws Made...... 13...... Creighton, 12/18/16 First Quarter Points...... 7...... UConn, 12/21/16 ...... 13...... Drake, 12/6/16 Second Quarter Points...... 7...... Missouri, 11/14/16 ...... 13...... Missouri, 11/14/16 First Half Points...... 16...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Free Throws Att...... 21...... Iowa, 12/31/16 Third Quarter Points...... 8...... UConn, 12/21/16 Free Throw Pct...... 100.0 (7-7)...... Omaha, 11/22/16 ...... 8...... vs. Virginia, 11/26/16 Rebounds...... 49...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Fourth Quarter Points...... 5...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Offensive Rebounds...... 19...... UConn, 12/21/16 Second Half Points...... 19...... UConn, 12/21/16 Defensive Rebounds...... 39...... Missouri, 11/14/16 ...... 19...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Rebound Margin...... +13 (47-34)...... UConn, 12/21/16 Overtime Points...... 0...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Assists...... 25...... Drake, 12/6/16 Field Goals Made...... 10...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Steals...... 18...... California, 12/4/16 Field Goals Att...... 51...... at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16 Blocked Shots...... 10...... California, 12/4/16 Field Goal Pct...... 15.9 (10-63)...... Missouri, 11/14/16 Turnovers...... 20...... Washington State, 11/25/16 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 3...... at Creighton, 12/18/16 Fouls...... 22...... Washington State, 11/25/16 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 14...... vs. Washington State, 11/25/16 ...... 22...... Colorado State, 11/17/16 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 18.8 (3-16)...... at Creighton, 12/18/16 ...... 22...... UTRGV, 11/12/16 Free Throws Made...... 1...... UConn, 12/21/16 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 15 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES

GAME #1 GAME #2 GAME #3 NEBRASKA 71 #25 MISSOURI 55 NEBRASKA 62 UTRGV 53 NEBRASKA 35 COLORADO STATE 59 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 12, 2016 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 14, 2016 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 17, 2016

UTRGV Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Missouri Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Colo. St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Kjartansdottir*32 0-6 1-2 11 3 1 0 1 Porter* 32 4-10 2-2 10 1 1 2 10 Mirkovic* 25 2-6 0-0 1 3 1 0 6 Murphy* 6 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 1 0 S. Cunningham* 33 5-9 7-9 10 3 2 1 18 Gustavsson* 31 6-11 1-3 11 5 0 0 13 Peters* 30 2-5 0-0 2 3 2 3 4 L. Cunningham* 37 0-2 0-0 11 1 2 0 0 Tryggedsson* 23 1-4 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 Turk* 25 1-7 0-0 1 3 1 0 2 Smith* 10 0-4 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Tvrdy* 38 6-9 3-3 9 2 0 0 17 Goff* 30 7-23 3-4 5 1 1 119 Michaelis* 34 6-14 2-4 1 3 1 0 18 Nystrom* 26 4-11 5-6 7 5 1 0 13 Villarreal 5 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 5 Doty 30 1-4 2-2 6 3 4 1 5 Austgulen 20 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 Hyman 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Roundtree 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Edwards 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Graham 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Chavis 11 1-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Kaiser 7 0-1 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 Havili 11 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Schuchts 12 1-4 0-0 3 5 0 0 2 Hamm 4 0-3 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 Savoy 18 3-10 0-2 6 4 1 1 6 Team Rebounds 4 Kantzy 20 1-7 2-2 4 5 0 0 5 Johnson 16 2-4 0-0 5 1 1 0 5 Totals 200 18-50 13-17 49 18 10 4 55 Team Rebounds 4 Van Tilburg 17 5-6 1-4 5 2 1 0 11 Totals 200 21-55 11-16 42 22 5 2 59 Team Rebounds 2 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Totals 200 22-68 5-12 40 22 8 7 53 Shepard* 29 4-17 3-7 9 4 1 1 12 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Havers* 32 0-8 0-0 6 3 0 1 0 Shepard* 32 9-22 4-11 13 1 1 1 24 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Eliely* 25 2-5 3-4 8 1 2 0 8 Havers* 31 1-8 0-0 8 3 5 0 2 Shepard* 23 6-15 3-3 15 3 3 1 17 Ramacieri* 21 1-5 1-2 2 1 2 1 4 Eliely* 32 2-7 1-2 6 2 6 3 6 Havers* 27 3-9 3-5 7 1 0 1 10 Cincore* 22 0-7 2-4 1 4 1 1 2 Ramacieri* 15 0-1 1-2 2 1 0 3 1 Eliely* 23 2-5 5-8 2 0 4 2 9 Cascio Jensen 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Cincore* 30 4-5 0-0 0 0 1 1 9 Ramacieri* 16 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 6 Whitish 12 0-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 Cascio Jensen 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Cincore* 21 4-8 0-0 2 0 4 0 9 Wood 17 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Whitish 26 3-9 1-2 1 0 2 010 Cascio Jensen 10 0-4 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Wood 4 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 2 Whitish 17 3-4 0-0 0 0 2 17 Simon 11 2-9 0-0 3 0 0 1 6 Mitchell 3 1-2 0-1 2 1 0 0 2 Wood 14 1-3 0-0 3 2 2 2 3 Washington 12 0-2 0-0 4 3 0 0 0 Simon 11 1-5 1-2 2 2 0 0 4 Mitchell 11 1-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 3 Washington 12 1-4 0-0 4 1 0 1 2 Simon 18 2-5 2-4 7 3 1 0 6 Totals 200 10-63 9-17 39 18 6 5 35 Team Rebounds 3 Washington 20 1-2 0-2 5 4 0 1 2 Totals 200 22-64 10-22 44 11 15 9 62 Team Rebounds 7 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 25-62 13-22 51 18 19 8 71 #25 Missouri 16 14 16 9 55 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 9 7 14 5 35 Colorado State 17 9 24 9 59 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 24 9 16 13 62 UTRGV 10 14 12 17 53 3FG: Missouri 6-25 (Michaelis 4-11, S. Cunningham 1-3, Nebraska 15 18 25 13 71 Doty 1-3, Porter 0-2, L. Cunningham 0-2, Smith 0-2, Chavis 3FG: Colorado State 6-23 (Tvrdy 2-3, Mirkovic 2-5, 0-2); Nebraska 6-31 (Simon 2-5, Eliely 1-2, Shepard 1-4, Austgulen 1-3, Kantzy 1-6, Gustavsson 0-1, Nystrom 0-1, 3FG: UTRGV 4-22 (Goff 2-6, Johnson 1-1, Villarreal 1-2, Wood 1-4, Ramacieri 1-5, Mitchell 0-1, Havers 0-2, Whitish Hamm 0-2, Tryggedsson 0-2); Nebraska 8-16 (Whitish 3-4, Savoy 0-1, Peters 0-2, Turk 0-5, Kjartansdottir 0-5); 0-3, Cincore 0-5). 3FG%: Missouri 24.0; Nebraska 19.4. Shepard 2-3, Cincore 1-1, Eliely 1-1, Simon 1-3, Ramacieri Nebraska 8-22 (Shepard 2-2, Ramacieri 2-4, Whitish FG%: Missouri 36.0; Nebraska 15.9. FT%: Missouri 76.5; 0-1, Cascio Jensen 0-1, Havers 0-2). 3FG%: Colorado State 1-2, Havers 1-3, Wood 1-3, Eliely 0-1, Simon 0-1). 3FG%: Nebraska 52.9. Steals: Missouri 4 (Porter 2); Nebraska 5 26.1; Nebraska 50.0. FG%: Colorado State 38.2; Nebraska UTRGV 18.2; Nebraska 36.4. FG%: UTRGV 32.4; Nebraska (Shepard, Havers, Ramacieri, Cincore, Simon 1). Blocked 34.4. FT%: Colorado State 68.8; Nebraska 45.5. Steals: 40.3. FT%: UTRGV 41.7; Nebraska 59.1. Steals: UTRGV 7 Shots: Missouri 4 (Schuchts 2); Nebraska 5 (Havers 2). Colorado State 2 (Tryggedsson, Austgulen 1); Nebraska (Peters 3); Nebraska 8 (Eliely, Wood 2). Blocked Shots: Turnovers: Missouri 16; Nebraska 10. Technical Fouls: 9 (Eliely, Ramacieri 3). Blocked Shots: Colorado State UTRGV 9 (Kjartansdottir, Van Tilburg 3); Nebraska 0. Nebraska-Jasmine Cincore. Officials: Garland, B. Morris, 3 (Gustavsson, Tryggedsson, Nystrom 1); Nebraska 0. Turnovers: UTRGV 18; Nebraska 21. Technical Fouls: Lukanich. Attendance: 4,207. Turnovers: Colorado State 14; Nebraska 10. Technical None. Officials: Brooks, Knight, Schroeder. Attendance: Fouls: None. Officials: Rump, Brendenmuhl, McHugh. 4,405. Game Highlights: Nebraska struggled through one of Attendance: 4,229. the worst shooting nights in school history in a 55-35 Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard posted her 11th loss to No. 25 Missouri in the second round of the Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard and Hannah Whitish career double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds Preseason WNIT. The Huskers, who were held to a tie each hit huge threes in the final minutes to shoot to power Nebraska to a 71-53 victory over the for the second-lowest scoring total in school history, Nebraska to a 62-59 win over defending Mountain University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the opening hit just 10-of-63 shots (.159) from the field, including West Conference champion Colorado State in the round of the Preseason WNIT at Pinnacle Bank Arena. 6-of-31 threes (.194). Nebraska also went just 9-for- Preseason WNIT. Shepard’s second three of the game Shepard, a preseason All-Big Ten choice, also knocked 17 (.529) at the free throw line. The Huskers led 9-7 came with a minute left and gave the Huskers a 61- down the first two three-pointers of her career midway through the first quarter before Missouri 57 lead. It capped a 24-point, 13-rebound effort for including a 60-foot one-handed runner at the halftime scored the final nine points of the period to take a Shepard, who moved into a tie for 12th on NU’s career buzzer. Senior Allie Havers added 10 points and seven 16-9 lead. The Huskers were just 3-for-22 in the first, double-double list with 12. Whitish hit her third three rebounds in a strong team effort. Freshman Nicea including 0-for-11 from two-point range. NU’s struggles of the night with one second on the shot clock from the Eliely and junior Jasmine Cincore each contributed continued in the second, as Missouri capped a 16-0 run deep left wing to give Nebraska a 58-55 lead with 1:48 nine points and team highs with four assists. Eliely, by holding the Huskers scoreless for more than seven left. Whitish finished with her first career double-figure who earned a start in the first game of her collegiate minutes. Jessica Shepard scored two of her 12 points scoring effort. Fellow freshman Nicea Eliely played career, also drew the primary defensive assignment on on a free throw line jumper to end NU’s 0-for-16 slump an outstanding all-around game with six points, six WAC Player-of-the-Year Shawnte’ Goff. Fellow Husker from inside the arc. MU then answered with a 7-0 surge rebounds, six assists and three steals. She also helped freshman Hannah Whitish pitched in seven points, two to take a 30-11 lead. The Huskers got no closer than slow down and foul out defending Mountain West assists and a steal in 17 solid minutes for the Huskers. 11 points the rest of the way. Conference Player of the Year Ellen Nystrom. 16 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES

GAME #4 GAME #5 GAME #6 NEBRASKA 66 WASHINGTON STATE 79 VIRGINIA 73 OMAHA 58 NEBRASKA 65 NEBRASKA 51 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 22, 2016 LAS VEGAS, NEV., NOV. 25, 2016 LAS VEGAS, NEV., NOV. 26, 2016

Omaha Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Virginia Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Shaw* 37 6-16 6-6 2 3 4 0 19 Shepard* 30 11-17 2-8 9 2 0 0 25 Toussaint* 20 1-4 0-0 3 4 2 0 2 Mi. Dapprich* 32 8-18 0-0 2 3 1 1 18 Havers* 28 1-4 0-0 4 4 0 1 2 Mason* 27 1-6 0-3 1 2 5 1 2 Vaccher* 21 2-5 0-0 5 2 0 2 4 Eliely* 18 3-5 0-2 1 3 4 1 6 Willoughby* 17 6-9 0-0 2 3 2 1 12 Vidal* 28 1-2 0-0 4 2 2 1 3 Ramacieri* 13 0-2 0-0 2 0 3 0 0 Moses* 22 8-12 3-4 5 4 0 1 19 Davenport* 30 1-8 0-0 3 3 3 1 3 Cincore* 24 2-7 0-1 4 2 2 2 5 Huland El* 27 5-12 2-4 5 1 0 1 14 Preston 24 1-4 0-0 2 0 2 0 3 Cascio Jensen 23 0-1 3-4 1 3 3 2 3 Allen 11 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Lujan 4 1-1 0-0 4 0 0 0 3 Whitish 22 3-8 1-1 2 1 1 18 Brown 25 3-7 3-5 9 0 6 2 11 Brecht 4 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Wood 9 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Jablonowski 23 4-5 0-0 3 0 1 0 9 Bridgeman 7 2-4 1-1 3 0 0 0 5 Mitchell 8 1-1 2-2 0 1 0 0 4 Aiyeotan 21 2-5 0-0 6 2 0 2 4 Mo. Dapprich 13 0-3 0-0 8 2 0 0 0 Simon 13 3-4 0-2 0 0 1 0 7 Jones 0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 4 Washington 12 1-2 1-2 6 1 0 0 3 Payne 7 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 22-63 7-7 38 16 12 5 58 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 8 Totals 200 26-54 9-22 32 17 14 7 65 Totals 200 30-63 8-17 43 17 16 9 73 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Shepard* 29 6-12 3-5 9 5 1 0 17 Wash. St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Havers* 30 3-5 3-4 11 2 1 1 9 Brown* 27 5-14 2-2 7 3 2 3 16 Eliely* 15 2-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 4 Eliely* 29 3-10 1-4 6 4 2 4 9 Kmetovska* 11 4-5 0-0 4 4 1 1 8 Ramacieri* 17 1-3 1-1 1 3 1 2 3 Ramacieri* 25 3-4 0-0 3 1 3 2 9 Hirstova* 22 4-10 0-0 0 3 1 2 9 Havers* 24 2-4 1-2 3 1 1 1 5 Cincore* 24 1-7 3-4 3 0 3 1 6 Hailey* 21 4-7 1-3 7 3 1 1 9 Shepard* 26 4-13 3-4 4 0 3 0 12 Cascio Jensen 14 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 2 6 Molina* 18 3-5 0-0 1 1 6 1 6 Cincore* 21 3-8 0-0 5 2 1 0 6 Whitish 25 2-7 4-6 1 0 5 210 McKenzie 14 0-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 Cascio Jensen 19 1-3 0-0 2 0 3 0 3 Wood 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Washington 13 1-3 1-2 2 1 0 1 3 Whitish 20 1-5 0-0 2 3 1 03 Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Muzet 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 Wood 14 1-4 0-0 3 2 1 0 3 Simon 6 0-5 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 Kostourkova 13 2-4 2-2 4 1 0 4 6 Mitchell 7 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Washington 7 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 McClure 16 2-5 1-2 7 3 0 0 5 Simon 18 2-6 3-4 2 3 0 3 8 Team Rebounds 2 Pavlopoulou 22 4-8 0-2 3 0 5 2 10 Washington 19 1-3 0-0 5 2 0 1 2 Totals 200 20-56 14-23 43 15 15 12 66 Swedlund 20 3-5 0-0 2 2 0 0 7 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 19-54 8-11 32 17 12 8 51 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 32-68 7-13 44 22 18 16 79 Omaha 21 10 10 17 58 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 9 19 17 21 66 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Virginia 23 17 23 10 73 Nebraska 24 10 18 13 65 Nebraska 16 10 8 17 51 3FG: Omaha 7-26 (Mi. Dapprich 2-6, Lujan 1-1, Vidal 1-1, Washington St. 27 26 18 8 79 Shaw 1-4, Preston 1-4, Davenport 1-7, Brecht 0-1, Mo. 3FG: Virginia 5-21 (Brown 2-4, Huland El 2-9, Jablonowski Dapprich 0-2); Nebraska 12-31 (Ramacieri 3-4, Shepard 3FG: Nebraska 4-14 (Simon 1-1, Shepard 1-2, Cincore 1-2, Toussaint 0-2, Mason 0-2, Willoughby 0-2); Nebraska 2-4, Cascio Jensen 2-4, Whitish 2-5, Eliely 2-6, Cincore 1-4, 1-3, Whitish 1-4, Ramacieri 0-1, Cascio Jensen 0-1, Wood 5-21 (Shepard 1-3, Simon 1-3, Cascio Jensen 1-3, Whitish Mitchell 0-1, Havers 0-1, Simon 0-2). 3FG%: Omaha 26.9; 0-2); Washington State 8-20 (Brown 4-5, Pavlopoulou 1-4, Wood 1-4, Ramacieri 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Cincore 0-2). Nebraska 38.7. FG%: Omaha 34.9; Nebraska 35.7. FT%: 2-4, Hristova 1-3, Swedlund 1-3, Molina 0-1, McKenzie 3FG%: Virginia 23.8; Nebraska 23.8. FG%: Virginia 47.6; Omaha 100.0; Nebraska 60.9. Steals: Omaha 5 (Vaccher 0-1, Washington 0-1, Hailey 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 28.6; Nebraska 35.2. FT%: Virginia 47.1; Nebraska 72.7. Steals: 2); Nebraska 12 (Eliely 4). Blocked Shots: Omaha 0; Washington State 40.0. FG%: Nebraska 48.1; Washington Virginia 9 (Aiyeotan, Jablonowski 2); Nebraska 8 (Simon 3). Nebraska 4 (Havers 2). Turnovers: Omaha 16; Nebraska State 47.1. FT%: Nebraska 40.9; Washington State 53.8. Blocked Shots: Virginia 3 (Aiyeotan 2); Nebraska 1 (Havers 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials:Hall, Bonner, Knight. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Cincore, Cascio Jensen 2); Washington 1). Turnovers: Virginia 15; Nebraska 19. Technical Fouls: Attendance: 4,419. State 16 (Kostourkova 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 None. Officials: Small, Smith, Hurst. Attendance: 400. (Eliely, Havers 1); Washington State 5 (Brown, Kostourkova Game Highlights: Nebraska hit 12 three-pointers in the 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 23; Washington State 20. Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard scored 12 points final three quarters to rally from a 21-9 first-quarter Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Smith, Munch, Small. while adding four rebounds and three assists, but deficit on its way to a 66-58 win over Omaha at Pinnacle Attendance: 400. Nebraska could not overcome a hot-shooting Virginia Bank Arena. Jessica Shepard led the Huskers with 17 team in a 73-51 loss at the South Point Shootout. points, including a pair of second-half threes. Shepard Game Highlights: Washington State erupted for 53 Shepard was named to the all-tournament team overcame early foul trouble to help the Huskers to first-half points and never looked back in a 79-65 win despite going just 4-for-13 from the field against the their third victory. Freshman Hannah Whitish added over Nebraska in the first game of the South Point Cavaliers, who improved to 5-1 with the win. No other double figures for the second straight game with 10 Shootout in Las Vegas. WSU built its lead to 68-38 Husker scored in double figures, as Maddie Simon points, including two threes of her own, while adding a midway through the third quarter, before Nebraska managed eight points and a game-high three steals game-high five assists. Senior Esther Ramacieri scored rallied in a big way. The Huskers closed the quarter off the bench. Jasmine Cincore added six points and a career-high nine points with a career-best three on an 11-3 surge, then opened the fourth with a five rebounds for the Huskers. Lauren Moses led four three-pointers, while fellow senior Allie Havers added 10-2 burst to cut WSU’s lead to 73-62 with 7:23 left. Cavaliers in double figures with 19 points on 8-of-12 nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Freshman Both teams struggled to score down the stretch and shooting. Aliyah Huland El added 14 points and five Nicea Eliely pitched in another strong all-around game the Cougars held on for the victory. Jessica Shepard boards, while Jocelyn Willoughby contributed 12 points with nine points, six rebounds, two assists and four led Nebraska with game highs of 25 points and nine on 6-of-9 shooting. J’Kyra Brown pitched in 11 points steals. Freshman Rylie Cascio Jensen also scored the rebounds. Hannah Whitish added eight points off the and a game-high nine rebounds off the bench, as the first points of her career with a pair of threes to help bench, while Maddie Simon pitched in seven. Louise Cavaliers outrebounded the Huskers, 43-32, while also the Huskers. Brown led WSU with 14 of her 16 points in the first half. winning the turnover battle, 19-15. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 17 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES

GAME #7 GAME #8 GAME #9 VIRGINIA TECH 76 CALIFORNIA 86 DRAKE 84 NEBRASKA 67 NEBRASKA 65 NEBRASKA 70 BLACKSBURG, VA., DEC. 1, 2016 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 4, 2016 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 6, 2016

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP California Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Drake Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Shepard* 29 12-17 0-2 14 2 1 0 25 Cowling* 27 1-6 0-0 3 1 5 7 2 Wendell* 27 8-23 2-5 6 3 4 5 18 Havers* 25 1-2 2-2 10 2 2 0 4 Davidson* 20 2-5 0-0 6 2 2 0 4 Jonas* 24 4-7 0-0 5 1 2 0 9 Eliely* 25 3-5 2-2 3 3 0 1 9 Range* 22 4-12 0-0 5 1 1 1 8 Hittner* 18 3-5 0-0 4 2 2 08 Ramacieri* 26 2-4 0-0 0 4 8 0 5 Anigwe* 26 10-13 5-5 4 3 0 0 25 Bachrodt* 28 3-6 0-0 3 5 3 2 8 Cincore* 26 3-8 1-2 4 4 4 2 9 Thomas* 27 4-6 0-0 2 0 2 3 11 Ingle* 30 5-8 2-2 3 3 13 3 13 Cascio Jensen 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Yue 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Rose 12 4-6 0-0 3 1 0 1 10 Whitish 13 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 05 Mosley 10 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 Greiner 7 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Wood 19 3-5 0-0 2 3 1 0 8 Cayton 26 5-8 0-2 1 1 5 1 11 Miller 21 1-2 4-4 3 2 0 1 7 Mitchell 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 West 17 5-8 0-0 5 3 0 1 10 Rush 6 0-0 4-4 1 0 0 0 4 Simon 2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Brown 20 4-5 3-6 5 4 1 4 13 Mertz 4 0-0 0-2 1 2 0 1 0 Washington 15 1-3 0-0 5 3 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 3 Rhine 23 3-6 1-2 5 2 1 0 7 Team Rebounds 2 Totals 200 36-66 8-13 35 16 16 18 86 Team Rebounds 7 Totals 200 27-51 5-8 41 22 17 3 67 Totals 200 31-64 13-19 42 21 25 13 84 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Va. Tech Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Shepard* 26 3-14 1-2 8 5 3 3 8 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cook* 33 6-15 2-4 13 2 2 0 14 Havers* 30 4-11 0-0 1 2 1 0 9 Shepard* 32 8-18 6-10 16 4 3 1 23 Magarity* 38 9-13 3-6 8 3 0 3 25 Eliely* 31 8-13 1-2 2 3 2 2 19 Havers* 27 6-9 2-5 1 3 1 1 14 Panousis* 31 6-14 1-3 1 0 4 1 17 Ramacieri* 30 1-4 0-0 6 1 6 1 2 Eliely* 32 3-6 0-0 4 2 2 1 6 Hicks* 39 3-13 0-1 5 0 6 6 6 Cincore* 23 2-8 1-2 3 3 3 2 7 Ramacieri* 21 0-2 0-0 3 2 6 0 0 Hill* 31 2-9 1-2 1 3 1 1 6 Cascio Jensen 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 3 Cincore* 22 2-6 2-2 0 2 2 1 7 DaRosa 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Whitish 12 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 03 Cascio Jensen 14 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 Brooks 17 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 0 3 Wood 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Whitish 16 2-4 0-0 0 1 3 14 Kinder 8 2-6 1-1 3 0 1 0 5 Mitchell 11 0-0 1-2 4 1 0 0 1 Wood 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 3 Simon 19 3-6 3-5 4 0 0 2 11 Mitchell 16 3-9 0-0 1 3 0 2 7 Totals 200 29-74 8-17 35 9 15 11 76 Washington 9 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Simon 11 2-4 0-0 3 1 2 0 6 Team Rebounds 8 Washington 3 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 24-63 7-13 40 17 18 7 65 Team Rebounds 4 Nebraska 18 21 17 11 67 Totals 200 27-64 10-17 34 22 20 7 70 Virginia Tech 14 15 26 21 76 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final California 25 22 22 17 86 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 3FG: Nebraska 8-17 (Wood 2-3, Cincore 2-4, Eliely 1-1, Nebraska 19 9 21 16 65 Drake 13 19 29 23 84 Shepard 1-1, Ramacieri 1-2, Whitish 1-5, Simon 0-1); Nebraska 9 24 17 20 70 Virginia Tech 10-29 (Magarity 4-5, Panousis 4-10, Brooks 3FG: California 6-19 (Thomas 3-4, Brown 2-2, Cayton 1-4, Hill 1-6, Cook 0-2, Hicks 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 47.1; 1-2, Davidson 0-1, Anigwe 0-1, Cowling 0-3, Range 0-6); 3FG: Drake 9-24 (Hittner 2-3, Bachrodt 2-3, Rose 2-4, Virginia Tech 34.5. FG%: Nebraska 52.9; Virginia Tech 39.2. Nebraska 10-19 (Cincore 2-3, Eliely 2-3, Simon 2-3, Cascio Jonas 1-2, Miller 1-2, Ingle 1-3, Greiner 0-1, Wendell FT%: Nebraska 62.5; Virginia Tech 47.1. Steals: Nebraska Jensen 1-1, Havers 1-2, Shepard 1-3, Whitish 1-4).3FG%: 0-6); Nebraska 6-20 (Simon 2-2, Mitchell 1-1, Shepard 3 (Cincore 2); Virginia Tech 11 (Hicks 6). Blocked Shots: California 31.6; Nebraska 52.6. FG%: California 54.5; 1-3, Cincore 1-3, Cascio Jensen 1-4, Wood 0-1, Eliely 0-2, Nebraska 1 (Eliely 1); Virginia Tech 1 (Hicks 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 38.1. FT%: California 61.5; Nebraska 53.8. Ramacieri 0-2, Whitish 0-2).3FG%: Drake 37.5; Nebraska Virginia Tech 9; Nebraska 25. Technical Fouls: None. Steals: California 18 (Cowling 7); Nebraska 7 (Cincore, 30.0. FG%: Drake 48.4; Nebraska 42.2. FT%: Drake 68.4; Officials: Sidlasky, Suffren, Spurlock.Attendance: 2,292. Eliely, Simon 2). Blocked Shots: California 10 (Anigwe 4); Nebraska 58.8. Steals: Drake 13 (Wendell 5); Nebraska 7 Nebraska 2 (Havers 2). Turnovers: California 16; Nebraska (Mitchell 2). Blocked Shots: Drake 3 (Bachrodt, Hittner, Game Highlights: Nebraska led by 16 points midway 26. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Inouye, Bonner, Rhine 1); Nebraska 8 (Cincore 4). Turnovers: Drake 18; through the second quarter, but unbeaten Virginia Krommenhoek. Attendance: 5,573. Nebraska 16. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Tech rallied to take a fourth-quarter lead on its way to Zentz, Cross. Attendance: 4,200. a 76-67 victory at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely more than doubled Nebraska’s first true road game of the season came as her previous career high by pumping in a team-high Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard produced her fourth part of the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The 19 points, but it wasn’t enough to prevent unbeaten double-double of the season with a game-high 23 Huskers trailed 10-6 midway through the first quarter California from running to an 86-65 win over the points and a season-high 16 rebounds, but it wasn’t before erupting on a 23-4 outburst with all the points Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Bears shot a enough to prevent Drake from running to an 84-70 coming from Nicea Eliely, Emily Wood and Jessica sizzling 54.5 percent (36-66) from the field, while win. The preseason pick to win the Missouri Valley Shepard in an eight-minute span. Wood started the winning the turnover battle 26-16. , the Conference, Drake trailed 33-32 at halftime before surge with five straight points on her way to a career- 2016 USBWA National Freshman of the Year, scored 25 scoring an opponent season-high 52 points in the high eight points - all coming in the stretch. Eliely points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field and a 5-for-5 second half. The Huskers rallied from a 23-16 second- tied her career high with nine points in the stretch, effort at the free throw line. Anigwe led five Bears in quarter deficit primarily without Shepard on the floor. including seven straight early in the second quarter. double figures, including 13 points on a 4-of-5 shooting Grace Mitchell sparked a 15-5 Husker spurt to turn the Shepard, who finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds effort by freshman Jaelyn Brown. Asha Thomas and 23-16 deficit into a 31-28 lead late in the half. Shepard for her 13th career double-double, added six points Mi’Cole Cayton each added 11 points, while CJ West was held without a first-half field goal and managed during the surge. The Huskers turned a 10-6 deficit pitched in 10 points. Maddie Simon, who scored 11 just one point to go along with 10 rebounds. In the into a 29-14 advantage and built a 16-point lead on points off the bench, was the only Husker other than second half, Shepard hit 8-of-14 shots and connected three occasions before taking a 39-29 edge to the Eliely to reach double digits. Jessica Shepard managed on eight of NU’s total second-half field goals, but the half. Virginia Tech cut the margin to 56-55 at the end eight points, eight rebounds and three assists before Huskers were outscored 52-37, as Drake hit 16-of-22 of three quarters. fouling out. two-point field goal attempts in the half. 18 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES

GAME #10 GAME #11 GAME #12 NEBRASKA 83 CREIGHTON 80 #1 UCONN 84 SAN JOSE STATE 61 NEBRASKA 64 NEBRASKA 41 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 9, 2016 OMAHA, NEB., DEC. 21, 2016 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 21, 2016

SJSU Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP UConn Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Baird* 25 2-6 2-2 1 3 1 0 7 Shepard* 30 7-21 7-10 11 2 3 0 22 Collier* 26 5-12 4-4 15 3 1 2 14 Smith* 31 4-10 0-2 9 4 1 7 8 Havers* 20 2-3 2-2 6 2 0 0 6 Samuelson* 29 8-14 4-4 2 1 3 2 23 Ladd* 31 2-7 0-0 11 2 3 1 4 Eliely* 24 2-4 2-4 7 3 2 3 6 Dangerfield* 8 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 1 3 West* 24 3-7 0-2 2 4 0 1 9 Ramacieri* 21 2-4 0-0 0 2 1 3 4 Nurse* 33 7-12 3-4 1 0 4 1 20 Ramos* 32 8-24 6-6 3 1 6 1 24 Cincore* 19 1-5 2-2 3 3 1 3 4 Williams* 21 5-9 0-0 9 1 1 3 10 Kohlhaas 13 1-3 0-0 2 3 1 2 3 Cascio Jensen 20 0-4 2-2 4 1 5 0 2 Bent 17 1-3 0-0 4 0 3 2 2 Hafoka 9 2-4 0-0 2 0 0 2 4 Whitish 13 2-7 0-0 1 0 0 05 Chong 28 3-6 1-2 5 0 4 3 8 Benally 7 0-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Wood 15 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 3 Lawlor 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Gennett 13 0-5 0-0 1 0 0 10 Mitchell 11 1-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 2 Irwin 12 0-1 0-0 2 1 2 2 0 Harris 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Simon 13 2-4 0-1 0 1 0 0 4 Butler 23 2-9 0-0 6 2 3 0 4 Turney 8 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 Washington 14 2-4 2-4 4 0 1 0 6 Team Rebounds 2 Team Rebounds 0 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 32-70 12-14 47 12 22 16 84 Totals 200 22-71 10-14 31 20 12 15 61 Totals 200 22-59 17-25 43 15 15 9 64 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Creighton Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Shepard* 30 1-13 0-0 4 1 1 0 3 Shepard* 27 12-21 4-6 14 0 1 0 28 McGrory* 22 1-5 1-2 6 2 2 0 3 Havers* 24 3-12 0-0 5 2 1 1 7 Havers* 22 4-9 0-0 4 3 2 0 8 Lamberty* 32 3-7 3-3 2 1 7 2 10 Eliely* 25 3-4 0-0 5 3 4 0 7 Eliely* 27 6-9 0-0 7 3 4 1 13 Janning* 31 7-13 1-2 4 1 9 2 22 Ramacieri* 21 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 3 Ramacieri* 21 2-5 0-0 6 4 3 0 5 Faber* 26 5-11 3-4 4 3 1 1 16 Cincore* 14 0-5 1-2 3 1 0 0 1 Cincore* 25 2-7 0-0 4 4 6 1 4 Rollerson* 19 3-5 2-4 8 3 2 1 8 Cascio Jensen 18 0-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 Cascio Jensen 19 2-4 0-2 2 1 3 0 6 Rischard 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Whitish 19 3-6 0-0 2 2 2 19 Whitish 8 1-2 0-0 5 1 0 03 Agnew 24 1-6 2-2 3 3 1 2 4 Wood 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Wood 15 2-2 2-3 1 0 1 2 7 Norby 10 1-4 0-0 3 4 0 0 3 Mitchell 16 2-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 5 Mitchell 17 0-1 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 Works 21 4-8 0-0 3 3 2 0 11 Simon 20 1-6 0-0 4 4 1 0 2 Simon 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Brown 11 1-3 1-1 1 1 0 0 3 Washington 10 2-3 0-2 4 0 0 0 4 Washington 15 3-3 1-4 6 4 0 0 7 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 1 Totals 200 26-62 13-18 37 21 24 8 80 Totals 200 16-56 1-4 34 18 15 2 41 Totals 200 35-65 7-15 55 20 20 4 83 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 15 13 14 22 64 UConn 22 26 21 15 84 San Jose State 16 18 21 6 61 Creighton 14 30 24 12 80 Nebraska 7 15 8 11 41 Nebraska 16 21 26 20 83 3FG: Nebraska 3-16 (Wood 1-1, Whitish 1-3, Shepard 3FG: UConn 8-17 (Nurse 3-4, Samuelson 3-5, Dangerfield 3FG: San Jose State 7-30 (West 3-6, Ramos 2-10, Baird 1-4, Ramacieri 0-1, Cincore 0-1, Eliely 0-2, Cascio Jensen 1-1, Chong 1-2, Bent 0-1, Irwin 0-1, Lawlor 0-1, Collier 1-3, Kohlhaas 1-3, Ladd 0-2, Benally 0-3, Gennett 0-3); 0-2, Simon 0-2); Creighton 15-38 (Janning 7-11, Works 0-2); Nebraska 8-26 (Whitish 3-4, Eliely 1-1, Mitchell Nebraska 6-17 (Cascio Jensen 2-3, Wood 1-1, Whitish 3-7, Faber 3-8, Lamberty 1-2, Norby 1-4, McGrory 0-2, 1-1, Ramacieri 1-3, Havers 1-4, Shepard 1-4, Cascio 1-2, Eliely 1-2, Ramacieri 1-3, Havers 0-1, Cincore 0-2, Agnew 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 18.8; Creighton 39.5. Jensen 0-2, Cincore 0-3, Simon 0-4). 3FG%: UConn 47.1; Shepard 0-3). 3FG%: San Jose State 23.3; Nebraska 35.3. FG%: Nebraska 37.3; Creighton 41.9. FT%: Nebraska Nebraska 30.8. FG%: UConn 45.7; Nebraska 28.6. FT%: FG%: San Jose State 31.0; Nebraska 53.8. FT%: San Jose 68.0; Creighton 72.2. Steals: Nebraska 9 (Cincore, Eliely, UConn 85.7; Nebraska 25.0. Steals: UConn 16 (Chong, State 71.4; Nebraska 46.7. Steals: San Jose State 15 (Smith Ramacieri 3); Creighton 8 (Agnew, Janning, Lamberty 2). Williams 3); Nebraska 2 (Havers, Whitish 1). Blocked 7); Nebraska 4 (Wood 2). Blocked Shots: San Jose State Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Eliely 2); Creighton 4 (Norby, Shots: UConn 2 (Samuelson, Williams 1); Nebraska 3 3 (Baird 2); Nebraska 2 (Havers, Eliely 1). Turnovers: Rollerson 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 18; Creighton 12. (Simon 2). Turnovers: UConn 11; Nebraska 24. Technical San Jose State 13; Nebraska 26. Technical Fouls: None. Technical Fouls: Nebraska-Williams. Officials: Sidlasky, Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Barb Smith, B. Morris. Officials: Kanter, Whitson, Bird. Attendance: 4,205. Daley, Schroeder. Attendance: 1,160. Attendance: 7,553. Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard scored 23 of her Game Highlights: Creighton tied a Nebraska opponent Game Highlights: Freshman Hannah Whitish led game-high 28 points after halftime as Nebraska record by knocking down 15 three-pointers on its way the Huskers with nine points on 3-of-4 three-point dominated in the paint in the second half on its way to an 80-64 win over the Huskers at D.J. Sokol Arena. shooting off the bench, but four-time defending to an 83-61 win over San Jose State at Pinnacle Bank Marissa Janning, the 2014 BIG EAST Player of the Year, national champion UConn rolled to an 84-41 win over Arena. Shepard, who notched her fifth double-double connected on 7-of-11 threes on her way to 22 points. the Huskers in front of a season-high crowd of 7,553 at of the season with 28 points and 14 rebounds, helped She added nine assists to lead the Jays, who outscored Pinnacle Bank Arena. Katie Lou Samuelson led the No. the Huskers outscore the Spartans 50-20 in the paint the Huskers 54-27 in the second and third quarters 1 Huskies with 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including for the game, including 34-14 in the second half. combined. Nebraska, which was led by 22 points a trio of threes, as UConn notched its 86th consecutive Shepard hit 10-of-12 shots from the field in the second and a game-high 11 rebounds from Jessica Shepard, victory. Fellow sophomore Napheesa Collier added a half, as Nebraska hit 20-of-33 shots from the field (.606) outscored the Bluejays 15-14 in the first quarter. The double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, while as a team in the half. For the game, the Big Red shot a Huskers also scored the first basket of the second Olympian Kia Nurse pitched in 20 points and four season-best 53.8 percent from the floor. Nicea Eliely quarter to take a 17-14 lead before the Jays outscored assists for the Huskies. Nicea Eliely played another scored 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting for the game, while the Huskers 30-8 before a buzzer-beating three by strong all-around game for Nebraska with seven points adding seven rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal. Shepard at the half. CU built its lead to 26 at the end of and team highs of five rebounds and four assists, while Ten Huskers hit at least one field goal in the game, and the third quarter before the Huskers outscored the Jays fellow freshman Grace Mitchell added five points and all 11 Huskers grabbed at least one rebound, as the Big 22-12 in the final period. While CU scored 45 points three boards. The Huskers honored their first Olympic Red dominated the glass, 55-31. from beyond the arc, Nebraska went just 3-for-16. medalist, Danielle Page (Serbia, 2016) during the game. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 19 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES

GAME #13 GAME #14 NORTHWESTERN 62 IOWA 75 NEBRASKA 58 NEBRASKA 72 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 28, 2016 IOWA CITY, IOWA, DEC. 31, 2016

Northwestern Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Coffey* 28 7-15 4-6 9 3 3 022 Shepard* 32 11-22 4-5 8 2 2 0 28 Hamilton* 15 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 Havers* 28 6-12 0-0 7 4 0 0 12 Deary* 40 4-10 3-6 4 1 6 0 11 Whitish* 28 4-7 3-4 4 1 4 214 Rohde* 24 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 2 Eliely* 29 5-11 0-1 4 4 2 3 11 Inman* 36 3-7 2-2 7 2 2 1 8 Cincore* 30 1-9 1-2 11 1 2 2 3 Douglas 24 4-11 0-0 4 1 1 3 8 Cascio Jensen 13 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Jamison 8 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Wood 9 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Scheid 25 4-8 0-0 4 1 0 2 9 Mitchell 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 5 Simon 12 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 Totals 200 24-59 9-16 36 12 13 8 62 Washington 16 1-2 0-0 6 1 0 1 2 Team Rebounds 5 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Totals 200 29-70 8-12 46 17 13 8 72 Shepard* 33 8-20 1-4 15 2 1 0 17 Havers* 29 3-6 0-0 7 2 1 1 6 Iowa Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Whitish* 27 3-10 4-4 1 1 4 112 Buttenham* 20 1-3 0-0 6 0 1 0 2 Eliely* 32 3-6 0-0 7 2 5 2 7 Gustafson* 31 9-12 4-6 9 3 0 2 22 Cincore* 29 3-5 2-4 4 3 2 1 8 Disterhoft* 35 6-15 0-0 5 0 1 016 Cascio Jensen 17 1-5 0-0 1 2 2 0 3 Davis* 37 5-11 0-2 5 0 8 4 11 Wood 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Doyle* 30 3-10 4-7 3 3 6 3 10 Mitchell 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Kastanek 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Simon 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Meyer 13 1-3 3-4 2 2 1 1 6 Washington 15 1-3 0-0 4 1 0 1 2 Coley 24 3-7 0-2 2 1 2 0 6 Team Rebounds 3 Stewart 9 1-4 0-0 3 1 0 2 2 Totals 200 23-60 7-12 42 13 15 6 58 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 29-65 11-21 38 11 19 12 75 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Northwestern 14 18 16 14 62 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 16 14 14 14 58 Nebraska 11 25 18 18 72 Iowa 17 22 22 14 75 3FG: Northwestern 5-19 (Coffey 4-7, Scheid 1-3, Deary 0-1, Inman 0-1, Rohde 0-2, Jamison 0-2, Douglas 0-3); 3FG: Nebraska 6-20 (Whitish 3-5, Shepard 2-4, Eliely Nebraska 5-20 (Whitish 2-7, Eliely 1-1, Wood 1-2, 1-4, Wood 0-1, Cascio Jensen 0-2, Cincore 0-2, Simon Cascio Jensen 1-3, Cincore 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Simon 0-2); Iowa 6-21 (Disterhoft 4-7, Meyer 1-3, Davis 1-4, 0-1, Shepard 0-4). 3FG%: Northwestern 26.3; Nebraska Buttenham 0-1, Doyle 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 30.0; Iowa 25.0. FG%: Northwestern 40.7; Nebraska 38.3. FT%: 28.6. FG%: Nebraska 41.4; Iowa 44.6. FT%: Nebraska Northwestern 56.3; Nebraska 58.3. Steals: Northwestern 66.7; Iowa 52.4. Steals: Nebraska 8 (Eliely 3); Iowa 12 8 (Douglas 3); Nebraska 6 (Eliely 2). Blocked Shots: (Davis 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Cincore, Shepard Northwestern 4 (Douglas 2); Nebraska 3 (Eliely 2). 1); Iowa 3 (Gustafson 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 22; Iowa Turnovers: Northwestern 14; Nebraska 17. Technical 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials:Trammell, Dickerson, Fouls: None. Officials: Blauch, Zentz, Hall. Attendance: Inouye. Attendance: 6,750. 4,669. Game Highlights: Nebraska closed the game on a 9-0 Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard produced her run after falling behind 75-63 with two minutes left, but seventh double-double with 17 points and 15 Hannah Whitish’s three to tie from the left wing with rebounds, while Hannah Whitish scored 12 points two seconds left fell short, as Iowa held on for a 75-72 and had four assists in her first career start in a 62-58 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Whitish finished with loss to Northwestern. The Huskers led by as many as 14 points, including a trio of three-pointers. She was seven points early in the first quarter but trailed by one of four Huskers to finish in double figures, led by as many as nine points midway through the fourth Jessica Shepard’s season-high-tying 28 points. Shepard quarter. However, the Huskers answered with a 6-0 added a pair of threes, while grabbing eight rebounds. surge late in the game to close within 58-55 late in Allie Havers contributed 12 points and seven rebounds, the final period. Nebraska’s defense held the much while Nicea Eliely pitched in 11 points and a team-high more experienced Wildcats without a field goal for three steals. Nebraska led 45-41 after Whitish’s third the game’s final 6:46, but could not muster enough three of the game with 6:57 left in the third quarter. offense to pull the upset. Senior forward Nia Coffey Iowa answered with a 5-0 run before Whitish hit a pair led the Wildcats with 22 points, including a pair of big of free throws with 4:37 left in the quarter to give NU three-point plays early in the fourth quarter to help its last lead at 48-47. Iowa responded with a 12-2 surge the Cats build their nine-point lead. Senior point guard to pushed its edge to 58-49 with 54 seconds left in the Ashley Deary added 11 points and six assists. Deary hit third. Megan Gustafson led four Hawkeyes in double a pair of free throws with 20 seconds left, while fellow figures with 22 points, while Ally Disterhoft added 16 senior Christen Inman added two more free throws points including four three-pointers with last-second second later to seal Northwestern’s win. threes at the end of the second and third quarters. 20 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RYLIE CASCIO JENSEN 5-10 Freshman Guard Fremont, Nebraska (Fremont) 2

smart basketball player and we are glad to have her on our roster.” CASCIO JENSEN’S CAREER BESTS Category Total Game BEFORE NEBRASKA Points 6 San Jose State (12/9/16) Cascio Jensen earned Gatorade Nebraska High 6 Omaha (11/22/16) School Player-of-the-Year honors as a senior in 2015- Rebounds 4 Creighton (12/18/16) 16 after averaging 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 Assists 5 Creighton (12/18/16) assists and 2.6 steals per game for Fremont High Steals 2 Washington State (11/25/16) School. She led the Tigers to the state tournament as 2 Omaha (11/22/16) a senior, as Fremont finished with a 21-7 record. Blocks 0 None Cascio Jensen transferred to Fremont prior to FGA 5 Northwestern (12/26/16) her sophomore season to begin playing with 2013 FGM 2 San Jose State (12/9/16) and 2014 Gatorade Nebraska High School Player of 2 Omaha (11/22/16) the Year and current Husker Jessica Shepard. Cascio FTA 3 Washington State (11/25/16) Jensen, who was a club teammate of Shepard’s FTM 4 Washington State (11/25/16) beginning in fourth grade, spent her freshman season 3-PT FGA 4 Drake (12/6/16) at Bellevue East, while Shepard played for Lincoln 4 Omaha (11/22/16) Southeast as a freshman and sophomore. 3-PT FGM 2 San Jose State (12/9/16) Cascio Jensen and Shepard led an instant 2 Omaha (11/22/16) FIVE FACTS ABOUT RYLIE turnaround in the Tiger program, as Fremont earned 1. Rylie’s grandpa Cascio named a race horse after a state tournament berth and finished with a 22-4 to be a pre-med major at Nebraska with the ultimate her called Point Guard Rylie. record in 2013-14. Fremont went 8-16 in 2012-13, before the arrival of Cascio Jensen and Shepard. goal of being an orthodontist. She was the Fremont 2. Rylie loves turtles. When she was 5 years old, As a sophomore, Cascio Jensen earned Optimist Club Student of the Year in 2015-16, and she she snuck a baby turtle home from Florida in honorable-mention Class A all-state accolades, before was also named Fremont’s Business Student of the her pocket. adding second-team All-Nebraska and second-team Year. She maintained nearly a 3.9 GPA in high school 3. Her favorite color is lime green. Class A honors as a junior in 2014-15. and was a member of the National Honor Society and 4. She was deathly afraid of mascots when she Cascio Jensen became the focal point of the the Spanish National Honor Society. was little. Fremont attack as a junior in 2014-15, after Shepard Cascio Jensen came to Nebraska after originally 5. Rylie played soccer and volleyball in high school. was sidelined by an ACL tear in December of 2014. signing with South Dakota. She also was recruited Although Shepard was averaging 33.0 points and heavily by Wyoming, Wake Forest and Drake among HONORS & AWARDS 14.3 rebounds prior to injury, Cascio Jensen stepped others. • Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2016) up to lead the Tigers to a 16-7 record, finishing just “I just think Coach Williams builds great relationships with her players,” Cascio Jensen said. • First-Team All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald 2016) one game short of a second straight Class A state “You know she’s going to fight for you on the floor. • First-Team Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star, 2016) tournament bid. Cascio Jensen closed the season by averaging 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists. I grew up going to Husker games and following the • Second-Team All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald, 2015) team. With Coach Williams going there, everything • Second-Team Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star, 2015) just fell into place.” • First-Team Nebraska Class A (2016) PERSONAL • Second-Team Nebraska Class A (2015) The daughter of Scott and Robyn Cascio Jensen, • Honorable-Mention Nebraska Class A (2014) Rylie Cascio Jensen was born March 2, 1998. She plans FRESHMAN (2016-17) Nebraska Gatorade High School Player-of-the- 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Year Rylie Cascio Jensen (pronounced CASH-ee-O) |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. was a late addition to the Husker program after the UTRGV 1-0 11/12 10 0-4 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 April hiring of Coach Amy Williams. #25 Missouri 2-0 11/14 12 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Cascio Jensen, a 5-10 guard out of Fremont High Colorado State 3-0 11/17 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 School, has appeared in all 14 games for the Huskers, Omaha 4-0 11/22 14 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.8 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1.5 averaging 2.1 points and 1.7 assists per game. She vs. Washington State 5-0 11/25 23 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 1 1 0.8 3-0 3 2 0 2 3 1.8 played the best game of her young career with six vs. Virginia 6-0 11/26 19 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.0 0-0 3 2 0 0 3 2.0 points, two rebounds and three assists in the win at Virginia Tech 7-0 12/1 10 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1.7 over San Jose State on Dec. 9. She followed it up with California 8-0 12/4 8 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0-0 2 1 0 0 3 1.9 two points and career highs of five assists and four Drake 9-0 12/6 14 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 1-0 1 0 0 0 3 2.0 rebounds in the loss at Creighton on Dec. 18. San Jose State 10-0 12/9 19 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.8 1-0 3 1 0 0 6 2.4 Cascio Jensen also had six points in a win over at Creighton 11-0 12/18 20 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 4 4 1.1 1-0 5 0 0 0 2 2.4 Omaha on Nov. 22, when she hit a pair of second-half #1 UConn 12-0 12/21 18 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.2 threes. She also grabbed the first two steals of her Northwestern* 13-0 12/28 17 1-5 .200 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2-0 2 1 0 0 3 2.2 career against the Mavs. at Iowa* 14-0 12/31 13 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 2.1 She scored three points and dished out three Totals 14-0 201 8-36 .222 8-29 .276 5-8 .625 1 13 14 1.0 11-0 24 14 0 4 29 2.1 assists in each of Nebraska’s games at the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas, Nov. 25-26. She added three points on her only shot attempt, while adding two assists against California on Dec. 4. As a senior at Fremont High School, Cascio Jensen averaged 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals per game. “Rylie is a Nebraska native that understands the pride in wearing a Husker jersey,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. “She is a good shooter and a RYLIE CASCIO JENSEN career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 14-0 201 8-36 .222 8-29 .276 5-8 .625 1-13 14-1.0 11-0 24 14 0 4 29-2.1 Career 14-0 201 8-36 .222 8-29 .276 5-8 .625 1-13 14-1.0 11-0 24 14 0 4 29-2.1 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 21 HANNAH WHITISH 5-9 Freshman Guard Barneveld, Wisconsin (Barneveld) 3

10 points and three three-pointers, including a long triple from the left wing with one on the shot clock WHITISH’S CAREER BESTS with under two minutes left that gave Nebraska a 58- Category Total Game 55 lead. She scored NU’s final point at the free throw Points 14 Iowa (12/31/16) line to seal the three-point win. Rebounds 5 San Jose State (12/9/16) Whitish added 10 points and career highs with Assists 5 Omaha (11/22/16) five assists, two steals and a block in NU’s win over Steals 2 Iowa (12/31/16) Omaha on Nov. 22. 2 Omaha (11/22/16) She led Nebraska nine points on 3-of-4 three- Blocks 1 Omaha (11/22/16) point shooting, while adding two rebounds and two FGA 10 Northwestern (12/28/16) assists against No. 1 UConn on Dec. 21. She also eight FGM 4 Iowa (12/31/16) points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal against FTA 6 Omaha (11/22/16) Washington State in the South Point Shootout in Las FTM 4 Northwestern (12/28/16) Vegas, Nov. 25. 4 Omaha (11/22/16) She managed three points and a career-high five 3-PT FGA 7 Northwestern (12/28/16) rebounds in NU’s win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. 3-PT FGM 3 Three Times, most recent She opened her collegiate career with seven points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field in a win over 3 Iowa (12/31/16) 2016 WAC runner-up UTRGV in the first game of the Preseason WNIT on Nov. 12. FIVE FACTS ABOUT HANNAH A four-time WBCA Division 5 All-State honoree, 1. Hannah was born in Arkansas. Whitish is also a four-time first-team All-Six Rivers 2. Her favorite animals are turtles. BEFORE NEBRASKA Conference selection. She was the 2015 and 2016 Six 3. Hannah came from a town of about 1,200 Whitish was a unanimous first-team WBCA Rivers Conference Player of the Year. people, and there were just 29 people in her all-state selection for the second straight year at Whitish played her club basketball for Wisconsin high school senior class. Barneveld High School. As a senior, she averaged 24.2 Academy, earning a spot on the All-Star Team at 4. She loves to travel. points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.5 steals while the U.S. Junior Nationals Midwest Qualifier in the 5. Hannah wore braces on her teeth for four years. leading Barneveld to its fourth consecutive state summer of 2015. championship game. Barneveld fell to Assumption Whitish is the first Husker women’s basketball in the title game, but finished with a 28-1 record to player from Wisconsin since 1994 WBCA Player of the HONORS & AWARDS cap a 110-4 career record for Whitish. Barneveld Year Anna DeForge from Niagara. A four-year starter • Wisconsin Miss Basketball (2016) won state titles in 2014 and 2015 and was the state at Nebraska, DeForge was an honorable-mention All- • Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year (2016) runner-up to Assumption in 2013. American as a senior in 1998. She was also a two-time • First-Team All-Wisconsin (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Whitish hit 59 percent of her field goals including WNBA All-Star. • Two-Time Area Player of the Year 48 percent of her threes for the Golden Eagles as a An outstanding all-around athlete, Whitish (Wisconsin State Journal, 2015, 2016) senior to finish among the top 10 in Wisconsin state competed in track and field as a freshman and played • Two-Time Six Rivers Conference Player of the Year history in career scoring with well over 2,000 points. softball as a sophomore in high school. (2015, 2016) As a junior, Whitish averaged 21.0 points, 3.9 • Four-Time First-Team All-Six Rivers Conference rebounds, 5.1 assists and 4.6 steals to lead the PERSONAL (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Eagles to their second straight WIAA Division 5 state title. She hit 46 percent of her three-pointers while The daughter of Bob and Sherry Whitish, Hannah was born March 20, 1998, in Little Rock, Ark. She has FRESHMAN (2016-17) knocking down nearly 80 percent of her free throws as a junior for Coach Jim Myers. a younger sister Jordyn, 13. Hannah has not declared Hannah Whitish (pronounced WHITE-ish) was a a major at Nebraska. unanimous first-team Wisconsin Basketball Coaches As a sophomore, Whitish pumped in 17.1 points per game while powering Barneveld to the state title. Whitish chose Nebraska over Wisconsin, Indiana, Association (WBCA) all-state selection as a junior and Illinois, Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast. senior at Barneveld High School. She added 15.0 points per game as a freshman. The WBCA and Gatorade Wisconsin Player of the Year, Whitish was a four-time first-team Division 5 All-State selection and the 2015 and 2016 Wisconsin 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS State Journal Player of the Year. |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| The 5-9 freshman guard played key roles in Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. NU’s first three wins this season and made her first UTRGV 1-0 11/12 17 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 2 0 0 1 7 7.0 career start in Nebraska’s Big Ten opener against #25 Missouri 2-0 11/14 12 0-4 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Northwestern on Dec. 28. She set a then-career high Colorado State 3-0 11/17 26 3-9 .333 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 0 1 1 0.7 0-0 2 0 0 0 10 5.7 with 12 points against the Wildcats, while adding four Omaha 4-0 11/22 25 2-7 .286 2-5 .400 4-6 .667 0 1 1 0.8 0-0 5 0 1 2 10 6.8 assists and a steal. Whitish was even better in her vs .Washington State 5-0 11/25 22 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000 0 2 2 1.0 1-0 1 1 0 1 8 7.0 second start at Iowa on Dec. 31, scoring a career-high vs. Virginia 6-0 11/26 20 1-5 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.2 3-0 1 0 0 0 3 6.3 at Virginia Tech 7-0 12/1 13 2-6 .333 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0-0 0 2 0 0 5 6.1 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-5 from California 8-0 12/4 12 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0-0 1 2 0 0 3 5.8 long range. She added four rebounds, four assists and Drake 9-0 12/6 16 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 1-0 3 2 0 1 4 5.6 two steals in a career-high 28 minutes against the San Jose State 10-0 12/9 8 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 5 5 1.3 1-0 0 3 0 0 3 5.3 Hawkeyes. at Creighton 11-0 12/18 13 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 0-0 0 1 0 0 5 5.3 Whitish is averaging 6.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and #1 UConn 12-0 12/21 19 3-6 .500 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.3 2-0 2 0 0 1 9 5.6 1.8 assists while shooting 37 percent from long range Northwestern* 13-1 12/28 27 3-10 .300 2-7 .286 4-4 1.000 1 0 1 1.3 1-0 4 1 0 1 12 6.1 with a team-high 20 threes. She is averaging 13.0 at Iowa* 14-2 12/31 28 4-7 .571 3-5 .600 3-4 .750 2 2 4 1.5 1-0 4 3 0 2 14 6.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in 27.5 Totals 14-2 258 30-83 .361 20-54 .370 13-17 .765 4 17 21 1.5 11-0 25 16 1 9 93 6.6 minutes per game as a starter. Whitish notched her first double-digit scoring effort with 10 points in Nebraska’s win over defending Mountain West Conference champion Colorado State on Nov. 17. She established career highs with HANNAH WHITISH career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 14-2 258 30-83 .361 20-54 .370 13-17 .765 4-17 21-1.5 11-0 25 16 1 9 93-6.6 Career 14-2 258 30-83 .361 20-54 .370 13-17 .765 4-17 21-1.5 11-0 25 16 1 9 93-6.6 22 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NICEA ELIELY 6-1 Freshman Guard Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rampart) 5

Eliely added nine points and a career-high four steals in the win over Omaha. Her third-quarter steal ELIELY’S CAREER BESTS and layup gave Nebraska the lead for good. She had Category Total Game nine points in a loss at unbeaten Virginia Tech on Dec. Points 19 California (12/4/16) 1. She produced Nebraska’s best performance in the Rebounds 8 Missouri (11/14/16) loss to No. 25 Missouri on Nov. 14, with eight points Assists 6 Colorado State (11/17/16) and eight rebounds. Steals 4 Omaha (11/22/16) In the Big Red’s win over defending Mountain Blocks 2 Northwestern (12/28/16) West Conference champion Colorado State on Nov. 2 Creighton (12/18/16) 17, Eliely had six points, six rebounds and team highs FGA 13 California (12/4/16) of six assists and three steals while helping to slow FGM 8 California (12/4/16) down reigning Mountain West Player of the Year Ellen FTA 8 UTRGV (11/12/16) Nystrom. Eliely held Nystrom nine points under her FTM 5 UTRGV (11/12/16) scoring average entering the game and frustrated 3-PT FGA 6 Omaha (11/22/16) Nystrom to the point of fouling out before Nebraska 3-PT FGM 2 California (12/4/16) prevailed with a 62-59 win. 2 Omaha (11/22/16) Against No. 1 UConn, Eliely had seven points on 3-of-4 shooting while adding team highs with five rebounds and four assists. She also pitched in a block. 2.5 steals and 1.2 blocked shots to help Rampart In her Big Ten debut, Eliely had seven points, seven advance to the Elite Eight of the CHSAA Class 5A state FIVE FACTS ABOUT NICEA rebounds and team highs with five assists, two blocks tournament and finish with a 20-6 record. She earned 1. According to Nicea, she is half black and and two steals. first-team All-Colorado Springs Metro League honors, half Chinese. while adding a second-team selection to the Gazette 2. She loves scary movies. Class 5A/4A all-area team as a sophomore. 3. Nicea is truly a gamer (video games). BEFORE NEBRASKA She was also a varsity contributor as a freshman 4. She considers herself a dog person (100%). A slasher on offense and a lock-down defender, in 2013, averaging 4.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 5. Nicea sleeps only with soft blankets. Eliely was ranked as the No. 143 overall player in the steals per game. nation by Blue Star while being ranked as the No. 25 Eliely played for the Boulder Rockies club team HONORS & AWARDS guard in the country by ESPN. that won the U.S. Junior National Nike Tournament As a senior, Eliely averaged 21.4 points, 7.6 • No. 143 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015) in 2015 and the Blue Star Nationals title in 2014 for rebounds, 2.3 assists, 3.4 steals and 2.0 blocks per Coach Johnnie Bratton. Eliely was also a member • No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) game. She ranked eighth in the state of Colorado • Second-Team Colorado Class 5A (2016) of the all-star teams at both the USJN Battle of the across all classes in scoring in 2016. She also ranked Border and the USJN Windy City Classic. • Third-Team Colorado Class 5A (2015) 11th in the state in free throws made (115) while • First-Team Colorado Class 5A/4A All-Area (2016) shooting 84.6 percent from the line. She helped • Second-Team Colorado Class 5A/4A All-Area (2014, 2015) Eliely, who averaged 16.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, PERSONAL • First-Team All-Colorado Springs Metro League 2.5 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.2 blocks for Rampart as Queen Nicea Tyana Eliely was born July 12, 1998, (2014, 2015, 2016) a junior in 2015, closed her career with 1,366 points, in Colorado Springs. She is the daughter of Actual 455 rebounds, 188 assists, 247 steals and 118 blocks Allah and Yee Fong. Her father, Actual Allah, played FRESHMAN (2016-17) for Coach Ashley Miller. A third-team Colorado Class basketball collegiately at Colorado State-Pueblo. The No. 25 guard in the class of 2016 according 5A all-state selection at Rampart as a junior, Eliely Eliely chose Nebraska over Colorado, Wichita to ESPN, Nicea Eliely (pronounced ny-SEE-ah EE-ly- earned first-team All-Colorado Springs Metro League State, Colorado State, Northern Colorado and lee) earned second-team Colorado Class 5A all-state honors in 2015. She was also a second-team Gazette Denver. Off the court, she was a first-team academic honors as a senior at Rampart High School in 2016. Class 5A/4A all-area selection as a junior. all-state selection and a member of the National Ranked as the No. 143 overall player nationally by As a sophomore for the Lady Rams, Eliely Honor Society as a junior in 2015. She is majoring in Blue Star. contributed 12.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, biological systems engineering at Nebraska. Eliely has continued to emerge as a player with loads of potential who creates problems with her length, versatility and athleticism on the perimeter. 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS She has shown her all-around game early in her |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Husker career by starting each of Nebraska’s first 14 Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. games and averaging 8.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.9 UTRGV 1-1 11/12 23 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 5-8 .625 1 1 2 2.0 0-0 4 3 0 2 9 9.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game. #25 Missouri 2-2 11/14 25 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 5 3 8 5.0 1-0 2 0 1 0 8 8.5 She leads the Huskers in steals (24), blocks (10), Colorado State 3-3 11/17 32 2-7 .286 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 3 3 6 5.3 2-0 6 1 0 3 6 7.7 field goal percentage (.505) and three-point field goal Omaha 4-4 11/22 29 3-10 .300 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 1 5 6 5.5 4-0 2 3 0 4 9 8.0 percentage (.423), while ranking second on the team vs. Washington State 5-5 11/25 18 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 0 1 4.6 3-0 4 5 1 1 6 7.6 in scoring and assists. vs. Virginia 6-6 11/26 15 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 4.0 1-0 1 3 0 1 4 7.0 Eliely produced a career-high 19-point effort at Virginia Tech 7-7 12/1 25 3-5 .600 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 3.9 3-0 0 4 1 1 9 7.3 against California on Dec. 4, when she hit 8-of-13 California 8-8 12/4 31 8-13 .615 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 1 1 2 3.6 3-0 2 3 0 2 19 8.8 shots from the field including 2-of-3 three-pointers. Drake 9-9 12/6 32 3-6 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 3.7 2-0 2 3 1 1 6 8.4 She added 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting, while San Jose State 10-10 12/9 27 6-9 .667 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 3 4 7 4.0 3-0 4 2 1 1 13 8.9 adding seven rebounds, four assists, a steal and a at Creighton 11-11 12/18 24 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 2-4 .500 4 3 7 4.3 3-0 2 3 2 3 6 8.6 #1 UConn 12-12 12/21 25 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 4 1 5 4.4 3-0 4 4 1 0 7 8.5 block in the win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. Eliely Northwestern* 13-13 12/28 32 3-6 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 4 3 7 4.5 2-0 5 3 2 2 7 8.4 contributed her third double-figure scoring effort at Iowa* 14-14 12/31 29 5-11 .455 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 2 2 4 4.5 4-0 2 5 0 3 11 8.6 with 11 points at Iowa on Dec. 31. Totals 14-14 367 47-93 .505 11-26 .423 15-29 .517 31 32 63 4.5 34-0 40 42 10 24 120 8.6 In the first game of her career, Eliely scored nine points and led the Huskers with four assists and two steals while helping to slow down reigning Western Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year Shawnte’ Goff in Nebraska’s win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. NICEA ELIELY career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 14-14 367 47-93 .505 11-26 .423 15-29 .517 31-32 63-4.5 34-0 40 42 10 24 120-8.6 Career 14-14 367 47-93 .505 11-26 .423 15-29 .517 31-32 63-4.5 34-0 40 42 10 24 120-8.6 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 23 ESTHER RAMACIERI 5-8 Senior Guard Repentigny, Quebec (Leclerc/Dawson) 11

NEBRASKA CAREER RAMACIERI’S CAREER BESTS Ramacieri made the largest contributions of her career by appearing in 18 games with three starts in Category Total Game 2015-16. She contributed 17 points, 29 rebounds, 16 Points 9 Omaha (11/22/16) assists and six steals, smashing her previous career Rebounds 6 Four Times, most recent totals in all categories. She also hit 3-of-6 three- 6 San Jose State (12/9/16) pointers as a junior. Ramacieri scored a season-high Assists 8 Virginia Tech (12/1/16) five points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds Steals 3 Creighton (12/18/16) in a win over Northwestern on Feb. 28, 2016. She 3 Colorado State (11/17/16) matched her career best with six more boards in the Blocks 0 None WNIT loss to Northern Iowa on March 17. She also FGA 5 San Jose State (12/9/16) played a career-high 35 minutes in a start against UNI. 5 Missouri (11/14/16) Ramacieri started back-to-back Big Ten wins over Penn State (Jan. 13) and Rutgers (Jan. 16). FGM 3 Omaha (11/22/16) As a sophomore Ramacieri saw playing time in 17 FTA 2 Nine Times, most recent games in 2014-15, including seven Big Ten contests Colorado State (11/17/16) and both of NU’s conference tournament games. She FTM 2 Northern Arizona (12/19/15) made her first career start against Penn State Jan. 15. 2 Fresno State (3/22/14) She played a season-high 13 minutes and grabbed a 3-PT FGA 5 Missouri (11/14/16) season-best three rebounds in a win over High Point 3-PT FGM 3 Omaha (11/22/16) FIVE FACTS ABOUT ESTHER Dec. 20. She added two rebounds against Alcorn State 1. Esther is half Italian and half Haitian. Nov. 16. Ramacieri was Felix Leclerc High School’s athlete 2. She speaks French. Ramacieri saw playing time in 17 games, averaging of the year four times and the MVP of her Dawson 3. Esther says “eh” like there is no tomorrow. 0.2 points and 0.5 rebounds as a freshman for the Community Blues club team in both 2009 and 2010. 4. Esther likes to use her hair as a pillow because Huskers in 2013-14. She played a season-high eight In 2010-11, Ramacieri started all 26 games for the it is so fluffy. minutes in Nebraska’s non-conference finale against Blues and averaged 16.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 5. She loves pugs. Oral Roberts on Dec. 29, when she pulled down two assists and 2.2 steals per game. rebounds. She also scored her first career point and Ramacieri played on bronze medal-winning teams HONORS & AWARDS grabbed two rebounds in a victory over South Dakota for Quebec at the 2011 Canadian U-17 Championships Dec. 21. She added a point in NU’s win over No. 8 and the 2008 Canadian U-15 Championships. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Penn State Feb. 24, while grabbing a pair of rebounds. Ramacieri is the fourth Canadian to compete for (Fall, 2015; Spring 2014) Ramacieri played in Nebraska’s 2014 Big Ten the Huskers in women’s basketball, following 2012 • Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award Tournament quarterfinal win over Minnesota and the Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry (2004-07), Kaitlyn (2015) Huskers’ semifinal victory over No. 19 Michigan State. Burke (2008-12) and Harleen Sidhu (2009-12). • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016) She pulled down a rebound and dished out the first • Four-Time Felix Leclerc High School Athlete of assist of her career against the Spartans. PERSONAL the Year (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) She saw her first NCAA Tournament action in The daughter of Giuseppe Ramacieri and Marie- • Led Dawson College to Silver at CCAA Nebraska’s win over Fresno State in Los Angeles on Herta Celestin Ramacieri, Esther was born March 4, National Championships (2013) March 22. She went 2-for-2 at the free throw line to 1994, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Esther is the • Led Dawson College to Silver at Quebec finish with two points against the Bulldogs. youngest of four children, with sisters Cynthia (37) Provincial Championships (2012) and Julia (34) along with one brother, Pascal (31). SENIOR (2016-17) BEFORE NEBRASKA Esther is majoring in marketing and earned spots on Ramacieri helped Dawson College to a the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring Esther Ramacieri (pronounced RAH-muh-Cherry) second-place finish at the 2013 CCAA National of 2014 and the fall of 2015. is playing a key leadership role in a young Husker Championships. In 2011-12, Dawson won the Quebec Ramacieri is also a standout in the community, backcourt as a senior. Ramacieri has started each of Provincial Championship and claimed a silver medal claiming a prestigious Nebraska Student-Athlete Nebraska’s first 12 games of 2016-17 and is averaging at the CCAA National Championships. Ramacieri HERO Leadership Award in 2015. She is a three-time 3.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, a team-leading 3.2 assists in averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 20.6 minutes per game. while helping Dawson to an 18-2 record. 2015, 2016). Ramacieri has already outproduced her own previous career totals in points (42-22), assists (38- 18) and steals (12-6) this season. Her nine threes this 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS season are triple her career total (3) in her first three |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| seasons at Nebraska. Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. She produced a career-high nine-point effort in UTRGV 1-1 11/12 16 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2-0 2 1 0 0 6 6.0 a win over Omaha on Nov. 22, when she set a career #25 Missouri 2-2 11/14 21 1-5 .200 1-5 .200 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.0 1-0 2 0 0 1 4 5.0 high by knocking down 3-of-4 three-pointers. Colorado State 3-3 11/17 15 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.3 1-0 0 1 0 3 1 3.7 Ramacieri added five points and a career-high Omaha 4-4 11/22 25 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1.8 1-0 3 2 0 2 9 5.0 eight assists in a loss at Virginia Tech on Dec. 1. She vs. Washington State 5-5 11/25 13 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.8 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 4.0 opened the season by hitting 2-of-4 threes to finish vs. Virginia 6-6 11/26 17 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 1 0 1 1.7 3-0 1 2 0 2 3 3.8 with six points in a win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. at Virginia Tech 7-7 12/1 26 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.4 4-0 8 2 0 0 5 4.0 Ramacieri struggled through injuries for much California 8-8 12/4 30 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 2.0 1-0 6 6 0 1 2 3.8 of her junior season. She was limited in the summer Drake 9-9 12/6 21 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.1 2-0 6 2 0 0 0 3.3 of 2015 by a knee injury, then missed time with a San Jose State 10-10 12/9 21 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2 4 6 2.5 4-0 3 1 0 0 5 3.5 concussion in December, before missing time with an at Creighton 11-11 12/18 21 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 2-0 1 2 0 3 4 3.5 Achilles injury at the start of Big Ten play in 2015-16. #1 UConn 12-12 12/21 21 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.2 2-0 3 4 0 0 3 3.5 She also missed five Big Ten games with illness in late Totals 12-12 247 15-41 .366 9-27 .333 3-5 .600 6 20 26 2.2 23-0 38 24 0 12 42 3.5 January and early February.

ESTHER RAMACIERI career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2013-14 17-0 43 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 4-6 .667 2-6 8-0.5 5-0 1 2 0 0 4-0.2 2014-15 17-1 69 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2-7 9-0.5 4-0 1 4 0 0 1-0.1 2015-16 18-3 170 6-12 .500 3-6 .500 2-6 .333 2-27 29-1.6 12-0 16 11 0 6 17-0.9 2016-17 12-12 247 15-41 .366 9-27 .333 3-5 .600 6-20 26-2.2 23-0 38 24 0 12 42-3.5 Career 64-16 529 21-62 .339 12-38 .3162 10-19 .526 12-60 72-1.1 44-0 56 41 0 18 64-1.0 24 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EMILY WOOD 5-5 Junior Guard Salina, Kansas (Salina Central) 12

Wood produced a career-high eight points at Virginia Tech on Dec. 1. She scored all eight during WOOD’S CAREER BESTS a 23-4 first-half surge that helped the Huskers build Category Total Game a 16-point second-quarter lead. She added two Points 8 Virginia Tech (12/1/16) rebounds and a assist against the Hokies. Rebounds 3 Three Times, most recent She added seven points on 2-of-2 shooting to go 3 Virginia (11/26/16) along with a career-high-tying two steals in a win over Assists 5 Evansville (12/8/15) San Jose State on Dec. 9. Steals 2 San Jose State (12/9/16) She got both of her steals to set a career high in the season-opening win over UTRGV on Nov. 2 UTRGV (11/12/16) 12, while also matching her career best with three Blocks 2 Indiana (2/24/16) boards against the Vaqueros. FGA 5 Virginia Tech (12/1/16) FGM 3 Virginia Tech (12/1/15) NEBRASKA CAREER FTA 3 San Jose State (12/9/16) Wood averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds FTM 2 Four Times, most recent while producing a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover (12-4) as 2 San Jose State (12/9/16) a sophomore. She had the best performance of her 3-PT FGA 4 Virginia (11/26/16) career with six points on the first two three-pointers 4 Missouri (11/14/16) of her career in a win over North Florida on Nov. 16. She added the first assist and steal of her career to go 3-PT FGM 2 Virginia Tech (12/1/16) FIVE FACTS ABOUT EMILY along with two rebounds. 2 North Florida (11/16/15) 1. Emily has several notebooks full of quotes that She had a strong effort with three points and career highs of three rebounds and five assists with she has collected since fifth grade. Sports in Kansas magazine, while KansasPreps chose 2. A few of Emily’s favorite books she’s read no turnovers in a win over Evansville on Dec. 8, 2015. Wood closed her sophomore season with three her as the Class 5A Senior of the Year. She was a recently are Fearless by Eric Blehm, The Insanity second-team choice by both the Wichita Eagle and of God by Nik Ripken, and The Heart and the points, two rebounds and an assist in 11 minutes against Northern Iowa in the WNIT March 17, 2016. the Topeka Capital-Journal. She was also a first-team Fist by Eric Greitens. Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League (AVCTL) Division I 3. Emily’s favorite adventures in Australia included She also had three points, two rebounds, three assists and the first two blocked shots of her career in pick. leading the team to a school-record 23-2 mark Scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef and and a runner-up finish at the Kansas Class 5A state eating kangaroo. a career-high 25 minutes against Indiana Feb. 24. Wood played in 10 games as a true freshman tournament. Wood earned a spot on the 5A All- 4. As part of the No Filter group, Emily spent a Tournament team. week in one of the poorest communities in the for the Huskers. She appeared in five of Nebraska’s Dominican Republic building a basketball court, non-conference games, three Big Ten regular-season PERSONAL painting a mural, and building relationships contests and both of NU’s games in the Big Ten with the locals. She considers it one of the most Tournament. She saw her most meaningful action in Emily is the daughter of Brian and Julie Wood. life-changing weeks she’s ever had. NU’s win over Bakersfield Dec. 13, when she scored She was born in Salina, Kan., Oct. 17, 1995, and has 5. In her free time, she loves being active and her only points of the season on a reverse layup in two younger sisters, Lindsey and Lauren. playing other sports with family and friends. transition to end an eight-minute scoreless drought in Emily is a management major at Nebraska. She the first half. Wood’s basket preceded an 18-0 Husker was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and earned run on their way to victory. academic All-Big Ten accolades in 2016. She is also a HONORS & AWARDS four-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete • Nebraska Teammate Award (2016) Honor Roll. A two-time member of the Tom Osborne • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016) BEFORE NEBRASKA Wood scored 1,103 career points while knocking Citizenship Team, she claimed a prestigious Nebraska • Academic All-Big Ten (2016) Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award in 2016. She • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll down a school-record 223 three-pointers in her career at Salina Central High School. Her 401 points was also one of 20 student-athletes across all sports (Fall 2014, 2015; Spring 2015, 2016) to participate in the Nebraska Athletic Department’s • Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2016) as a senior in 2013-14 were also a school record, as she averaged 16.0 points per game and hit a school Service Trip Abroad to the Dominican Republic in • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016) May of 2016. Wood chose Nebraska over Harvard, • Nebraska Athletic Department Service Trip Abroad season record 91 threes. She hit 42.1 percent of her threes and 86.2 percent of her free throws. Dartmouth, West Point, Washburn and Western to Dominican Republic (2016) Illinois. • NCAA Career in Sports Forum (2015) Wood was a first-team Class 5A all-state pick by • First-Team Kansas Class 5A (Sports in Kansas, 2014) • Kansas Class 5A All-Tournament Team (2014) 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS • Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star (2014) • Second-Team Kansas Class 5A |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. (Wichita Eagle, 2012, 2014) UTRGV 1-0 11/12 14 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.0 2-0 2 0 0 2 3 3.0 • Second-Team Kansas Class 5A #25 Missouri 2-0 11/14 17 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 (Topeka Capital-Journal, 2014) Colorado State 3-0 11/17 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 0 1 1.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 Omaha 4-0 11/22 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 JUNIOR (2016-17) vs. Washington State 5-0 11/25 9 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 Emily Wood brings energy, enthusiasm, vs. Virginia 6-0 11/26 14 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2 1 3 1.3 2-0 1 0 0 0 3 2.2 toughness and intelligence to the court each day. at Virginia Tech 7-0 12/1 19 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.4 3-0 1 1 0 0 8 3.0 Originally a walk-on, Wood earned a scholarship and California 8-0 12/4 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.4 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.6 emerged as a leader on and off the court. Drake 9-0 12/6 6 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 Wood has been solid through 14 games as a San Jose State 10-0 12/9 15 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-3 .667 0 1 1 1.2 0-0 1 1 0 2 7 2.8 junior, contributing 2.4 points and 0.9 rebounds in at Creighton 11-0 12/18 15 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 0-0 2 0 0 0 3 2.8 9.6 minutes per game. She has hit eight threes and #1 UConn 12-0 12/21 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.6 is shooting a team-best 80 percent (4-5) at the free Northwestern* 13-0 12/28 4 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 2.6 throw line. She also has dished out seven assists and at Iowa* 14-0 12/31 9 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 already owns a career season-best four steals. Totals 14-0 134 11-26 .423 8-22 .364 4-5 .800 5 8 13 0.9 10-0 7 4 0 4 34 2.4 EMILY WOOD career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2014-15 10-0 29 1-6 .167 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-5 5-0.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 2-0.2 2015-16 21-0 127 9-20 .450 8-18 .444 4-4 1.000 3-13 16-0.8 14-0 12 4 2 3 30-1.4 2016-17 14-0 134 11-26 .423 8-22 .364 4-5 .800 5-8 13-0.9 10-0 7 4 0 4 34-2.4 Career 45-0 290 21-52 .404 16-45 .356 8-10 .800 8-26 34-0.8 25-0 19 8 2 7 66-1.5 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 25 GRACE MITCHELL 6-2 Freshman Forward/Guard Wellington, Kansas (Wellington) 14

Mitchell managed two points and two rebounds in each of Nebraska’s wins over Colorado State (Nov. MITCHELL’S CAREER BESTS 17) and UTRGV (Nov. 12). She added the first blocked Category Total Game shot of her career in the NU’s loss to No. 25 Missouri Points 7 Drake (12/6/16) on Nov. 14. Rebounds 4 San Jose State (12/9/16) “We have been very pleased with Grace’s 4 California (12/1/16) versatility and willingness to fit in wherever the team Assists 1 Virginia Tech (12/1/16) needs her,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. “She Steals 2 Drake (12/6/16) is strong and athletic and has an incredible work Blocks 1 Missouri (11/14/16) ethic, and we are excited about all she brings to our FGA 9 Drake (12/6/16) team.” FGM 3 Drake (12/6/16) FTA 2 California (12/4/16) BEFORE NEBRASKA 2 Washington State (11/25/16) Mitchell was the No. 51 wing in the nation as a FTM 2 Washington State (11/25/16) high school senior, according to ESPN. As a senior at 3-PT FGA 1 Five Times, most recent Wellington High School, Mitchell set a school single- 1 UConn (12/21/16) season scoring record with 533 points on her way 3-PT FGM 1 UConn (12/21/16) to Kansas Class 4A Player-of-the-Year honors. She 1 Drake (12/6/16) averaged 21.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in FIVE FACTS ABOUT GRACE her only season at Wellington. She helped the Lady at Next Level Hoops Academy in Wichita. 1. Grace loves dogs and has a toy Golden Retriever. Crusaders to a 24-1 record and a third-place finish at the Class 4A state tournament. As a senior, she hit 48 As a junior, Mitchell was a second-team KBCA 2. She likes to watch movies in her free time. percent of her three-pointers. Class 6A all-state selection at Derby High School. An 3. She can never have too many shoes. A first-team All-Kansas selection, she was the emerging talent, Mitchell did not not compete in 4. Grace’s stress reliever is shooting in the gym MVP of the Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League in 2016. summer club until 2014-15. by herself. A three-time AVCTL Division I pick, earning first-team 5. She knows how to do card tricks. honors as a junior and senior and a second-team PERSONAL award as a sophomore, Mitchell was a second-team The daughter of Jud Mitchell and Cathy Mitchell, Kansas Class 6A all-state selection at Derby High Grace was born April 2, 1998, in Wichita, Kan. Grace HONORS & AWARDS School in 2015 by both the KBCA and the Wichita has two older sisters, Sarah Jeanne (24), and Elizabeth • No. 51 Wing in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) Eagle. She was a KBCA honorable-mention all-state (21). Grace is majoring in pre-health at Nebraska. She • Kansas Player of the Year (USA Today HS Sports, 2016) choice as a sophomore in 2014. is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. • Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year (2016) She led the AVCTL in scoring with 17.6 points Grace chose Nebraska over 12 other Division I • First-Team Kansas Class 4A All-State (KBCA, 2016) and 6.3 rebounds per game as a junior at Derby High scholarship offers. • Second-Team Kansas Class 6A All-State (2015) School in 2014-15. She played for Coach Gayla Soyez • Honorable-Mention Kansas Class 6A All-State (2014) • Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League MVP (2016) • First-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (2015, 2016) |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| • Second-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. Trail League (2014) UTRGV 1-0 11/12 11 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 #25 Missouri 2-0 11/14 7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 FRESHMAN (2016-17) Colorado State 3-0 11/17 3 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 0 2 1.7 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.3 Omaha 4-0 11/22 7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 The No. 51 ranked wing player in the nation vs. Washington State 5-0 11/25 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 1.4 1-0 0 1 0 0 4 1.6 according to ESPN, Grace Mitchell brings a long-range vs. Virginia 6-0 11/26 7 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.3 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 1.7 shooting threat and a big frame to the Huskers in at Virginia Tech 7-0 12/1 10 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1.4 2016-17. The 6-2 forward/guard from Wellington, California 8-0 12/4 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 Kan., was the Kansas Player of the Year by USA Today Drake 9-0 12/6 16 3-9 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.4 3-0 0 0 0 2 7 2.0 High School Sports and the Kansas Class 4A Player of San Jose State 10-0 12/9 17 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 1.7 0-0 0 5 0 0 0 1.8 the Year in 2016. She earned first-team KBCA Class 4A at Creighton 11-0 12/18 11 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1.8 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.8 all-state honors as a senior at Wellington High School #1 UConn 12-0 12/21 16 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1.9 1-0 0 1 0 0 5 2.1 in 2016. Northwestern* 13-0 12/28 3 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1.9 Mitchell has focused on the forward spot early at Iowa 14-0 12/31 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.9 in the season and has averaged 1.9 points and 1.6 Totals 14-0 130 11-26 .423 2-6 .333 3-5 .600 9 14 23 1.6 13-0 1 11 1 2 27 1.9 rebounds in 9.3 minutes per game in support of starters Jessica Shepard and Allie Havers. She produced a career-high seven-point effort against Drake on Dec. 6, when she hit her first career three-pointer and added her first career steals. She scored five points to spark a 15-5 surge for the Big Red against the Bulldogs to help send the Huskers to halftime with a 33-32 lead. Mitchell added five points on a perfect shooting night, including a three-pointer against No. 1 UConn on Dec. 21. She added three rebounds against the Huskies. She scored four points with a perfect shooting performance against Washington State at the South Point Shootout on Nov. 25. She notched a career-high four rebounds against California on Dec. 4. GRACE MITCHELL career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 14-0 130 11-26 .423 2-6 .333 3-5 .600 9-14 23-1.6 13-0 1 11 1 2 27-1.9 Career 14-0 130 11-26 .423 2-6 .333 3-5 .600 9-14 23-1.6 13-0 1 11 1 2 27-1.9 26 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALLIE HAVERS 6-5 Senior Center Mattawan, Michigan (Mattawan) 22

midway through her junior season. She started 21 of Nebraska’s final 22 games after playing as NU’s first HAVERS’ CAREER BESTS post off the bench for the first 74 games of her career. Category Total Game She averaged 8.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and Points 18 California (12/12/15) 1.0 block in 24.6 minutes per game. Rebounds 14 Wisconsin (1/27/16) Havers finished with four double-doubles on Assists 5 Colorado State (11/17/16) the year, including 13 points and 10 rebounds in the 5 Michigan (1/24/16) regular-season finale victory over Northwestern on Steals 2 Northern Arizona (12/19/15) Feb. 28. She added 16 points and 10 boards in a loss Blocks 3 Three Times, most recent to Rutgers in the Big Ten Touranment on March 3. She 3 Indiana (2/7/16) also had 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench against Indiana on Feb. 24. FGA 16 Minnesota (2/24/15) She closed her junior season with 10 points, FGM 9 California (12/12/15) seven rebounds and two assists against Northern FTA 7 Three Times, most recent Iowa in the WNIT March 17. Havers finished with 11 Wisconsin (1/27/16) double-figure scoring efforts, including each of the FTM 6 UCLA (11/8/13) last five games, when she averaged 13.0 points and 3-PT FGA 4 UConn (12/21/16) 6.8 boards. 3-PT FGM 1 Three Times, most recent She had 15 points, eight rebounds and a career- 1 UConn (12/21/16) high five assists at Michigan Jan. 24, before adding FIVE FACTS ABOUT ALLIE a double-double with 11 points and a career-high Havers had eight points and 10 rebounds at 1. Allie is deathly afraid of spiders. 14 rebounds against Wisconsin Jan. 27. She had 10 Northwestern Jan. 26, 2014. She opened her career points, eight rebounds and four assists at Penn State with 14 points and three rebounds in 15 minutes in 2. She likes elderly people. Jan. 13. She added eight points, four rebounds a NU’s 77-49 win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. 3. Pizza rolls are her favorite snack. block, a steal and a key deflection on the game’s final 4. The refrigerator is her best friend. play to help secure a 62-61 win at Purdue Jan. 20. BEFORE NEBRASKA 5. She likes to play beach volleyball in her free time. Havers had her first double-double with 14 points Havers was two-time first-team Michigan Class A and 12 rebounds against Evansville Dec. 8. She added center at Mattawan High School. She averaged 19.3 a career-high 18 points at No. 22 California Dec. 12. points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.3 blocks, 2.3 steals and 1.5 HONORS & AWARDS As a sophomore in 2014-15, Havers averaged assists as a senior. She closed her career with 1,561 • Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016) 4.9 points and 3.0 rebounds while playing all 32 points, 1,015 rebounds, a school-record 348 blocks • Nebraska Kathy Branchaud Most Improved games. She had five double-figure scoring efforts, and 178 steals. She was rated the No. 76 player in the Rebounder Award (2016) including a season-high 13 points in 20 minutes in nation by Blue Star. Havers was a first-team Class A • Nebraska Teammate Award (2014) NU’s second-round win over Illinois at the 2015 Big Michigan all-stater in volleyball as a senior in 2012, • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016) Ten Tournament on March 5. when she was also an honorable-mention Under • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll As a freshman in 2013-14, Havers averaged 3.2 Armour All-American. She was a first-team all-state (Fall 2013, 2014; Spring 2014, 2015) points and 2.6 rebounds while playing in all 33 games shortstop/pitcher as a junior and senior in softball, • No. 76 Player in the Nation (BlueStar, 2012) for the Big Ten champion Huskers. She had her best leading Mattawan to the 2013 state title. • Finalist for Michigan Miss Basketball (2013) game in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal win over • First-Team Michigan Class A All-State No. 19 Michigan State on March 8. With All-American PERSONAL (Basketball, 2012, 2013) Jordan Hooper strapped with early foul trouble, the The daughter of Mike and Jullie Havers, Allie was • Four-Time First-Team All-South Michigan Athletic third-seeded Huskers held a 16-13 lead over the Big born Nov. 16, 1994. She has two sisters, Caralee and Conference (Basketball, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) Ten regular-season co-champion Spartans. Havers Reilly, and a brother, Ty. Allie is majoring in psychology • Under Armour Honorable-Mention All-American helped ignite a first-half surge to a 50-27 halftime and earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2015 (Volleyball, 2012) lead. She finished with a season-high 17 points on and 2016. Havers is also a four-time member of the • First-Team Michigan Class A All-State (Volleyball, 2012) 6-of-7 shooting and a 5-for-5 effort at the free throw Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, and she is a • First-Team Michigan Class A All-State (Softball, 2012, 2013) line. She dished out a season-best three assists while three-time selection to the Tom Osborne Citizenship blocking a career-high three shots in 19 minutes. Team. Havers chose Nebraska over Michigan, Illinois, SENIOR (2016-17) Indiana, Green Bay and Iowa State. Allie Havers (pronounced HAY-vers) is a leader inside for the Huskers as a senior in 2016-17. She 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS is averaging 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 26.9 |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| minutes per game after producing her third double- Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. figure scoring effort of the season wtih 12 points UTRGV 1-1 11/12 27 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 3-5 .600 4 3 7 7.0 1-0 0 1 0 1 10 10.0 at Iowa (Dec. 31). She had a season-high 14 points #25 Missouri 2-2 11/14 32 0-8 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 6.5 3-0 0 1 2 1 0 5.0 against Drake (Dec. 6), and opened the season with Colorado State 3-3 11/17 31 1-8 .125 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 6 8 7.0 3-0 5 1 0 0 2 4.0 10 points in a win over UTRGV (Nov. 12). Omaha 4-4 11/22 30 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 2 9 11 8.0 2-0 1 3 2 1 9 5.3 Havers owns a pair of double-figure rebound vs. Washington State 5-5 11/25 28 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 7.2 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 4.6 games with a season-high 11 in a win over Omaha vs. Virginia 6-6 11/26 24 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 6.5 1-0 1 0 1 1 5 4.7 (Nov. 22) and 10 at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1). at Virginia Tech 7-7 12/1 25 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 8 10 7.0 2-0 2 1 0 0 4 4.6 Havers had a season-high 14 points against Drake California 8-8 12/4 30 4-11 .364 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 6.3 2-0 1 1 2 0 9 5.1 for her second double-figure scoring effort of the Drake 9-9 12/6 27 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 1 0 1 5.7 3-0 1 2 0 1 14 6.1 season. She added nine points and a season-high 11 San Jose State 10-10 12/9 22 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 5.5 3-0 2 1 1 0 8 6.3 rebounds in a win over Omaha. She tied a career high at Creighton 11-11 12/18 20 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 5.5 2-0 0 4 0 0 6 6.3 with five assists in a win over Colorado State Nov. 17. #1 UConn 12-12 12/21 24 3-12 .250 1-4 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 5.5 2-0 1 3 0 1 7 6.3 Northwestern* 13-13 12/28 29 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 5.6 2-0 1 3 0 1 6 6.3 NEBRASKA CAREER at Iowa* 14-14 12/31 28 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 5 2 7 5.7 4-0 0 1 0 0 12 6.7 Havers moved into a starting role for the Huskers Totals 14-14 377 39-102 .382 3-15 .200 13-20 .650 27 53 80 5.7 34-0 15 23 9 8 94 6.7 ALLIE HAVERS career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2013-14 33-0 347 40-90 .444 0-3 .000 26-34 .765 17-68 85-2.6 45-0 11 34 9 8 106-3.2 2014-15 32-0 472 64-154 .416 0-3 .000 28-38 .737 31-66 97-3.0 51-0 10 34 12 9 156-4.9 2015-16 31-21 764 112-223 .502 0-0 .000 33-46 .717 29-176 205-6.6 79-2 34 52 32 11 257-8.3 2016-17 14-14 377 39-102 .382 3-15 .200 13-20 .650 27-53 80-5.7 34-0 15 23 9 8 94-6.7 Career 110-35 1,960 255-569 .448 3-21 .143 100-138 .725 104-363 467-4.2 209-2 70 143 62 36 603-5.5 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 27 MADDIE SIMON 6-2 Sophomore Guard Lincoln, Nebraska (Pius X) 24

Simon earned starts in four straight games late in the season in place of injured senior Kyndal Clark. SIMON’S CAREER BESTS She averaged 7.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and and 2.0 Category Total Game assists in those four starts. Simon had a career game Points 16 Northwestern (2/28/16) with 16 points and seven rebounds in a win over Rebounds 7 UTRGV (11/12/16) Northwestern on Feb. 28. She added nine points, four 7 Northwestern (2/28/16) rebounds and two assists against Rutgers in the Big Assists 4 Indiana (2/24/16) Ten Tournament March 3. 4 North Florida (11/16/15) Simon was a significant contributor for the Steals 3 Virginia (11/26/16) Huskers through the first seven games, before Blocks 2 UConn (12/21/16) breaking her left arm in a non-basketball fall on Dec. FGA 9 Four Times, most recent 7. She returned to action at No. 8 Maryland Jan. 7, 9 Missouri (11/14/16) scoring nine points off the bench. Simon produced a strong 10-point, three-assist FGM 5 Northwestern (2/28/16) effort in NU’s run past NC State on Dec. 3.That FTA 5 California (12/4/16) followed 11 points against Southern Nov. 23. She FTM 4 Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) scored eight points in NU’s win over North Carolina 3-PT FGA 6 Northwestern (2/28/16) Central Nov. 21. Simon added seven points in seven 3-PT FGM 3 Northwestern (2/28/16) minutes on her birthday at Indiana on Feb. 7. She had FIVE FACTS ABOUT MADDIE five points, three rebounds, a career-high four assists Championships. She was the Class A runner-up in and her first steal against North Florida Nov. 16. She 1. Maddie was born and raised in Lincoln, Neb. both events as a junior in 2014. She also finished third tied her career high with four assists against Indiana 2. She always wanted to play for Nebraska. in the 100, while adding a runner-up finish in the 300 on Feb. 24. 3. Maddie’s favorite color is yellow. in 2013. She was also a member of Pius X’s All-Class gold medal-winning 4x400 relay in 2013. 4. She considers herself to be a terrible dancer BEFORE NEBRASKA and singer. A three-time letterwinner in golf, Simon qualified A two-time first-team All-Nebraska and Super- 5. Maddie’s favorite food/snack is Swedish Fish. for the state tournament in 2013. Simon was also an State selection, Simon capped her high school honor roll student all four years at Lincoln Pius X. basketball career as the Gatorade Player of the Year. HONORS & AWARDS She averaged 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 PERSONAL • Husker Award (2016) assists while leading Lincoln Pius X to the Class B state The daughter of Doug and Nicole (Ali) Simon, • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2016) championship as a senior for Coach Bill Rice. Maddie was born Feb. 7, 1997, in Lincoln, Neb. • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016) Simon’s senior season followed a junior season in Maddie has two older brothers, Bennett and Zach, • Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2015) which she averaged 19.8 points and seven rebounds who both graduated from the University of Nebraska. • Two-Time First-Team Super-State per game to help Pius X to a Class B runner-up finish. Maddie’s mother was a hurdler for Coach Gary (Lincoln Journal Star, 2014, 2015) Her top game came with 35 points and 13 rebounds Pepin’s 1983 and 1984 national championship track • Two-Time First-Team All-Nebraska against Omaha Gross. and field teams at Nebraska. Nicole also owns the (Omaha World-Herald, 2014, 2015) Simon was a second-team Class A all-stater as a distinction of being the first female track and field • Two-Time First-Team Nebraska Class B (2014, 2015) sophomore, averaging 16.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and CoSIDA Academic All-American at Nebraska. • Second-Team Nebraska Class A (2013) 2.2 assists in 2012-13. She hit 48 percent of her shots Maddie is a pre-health major and earned a spot • No. 149 Player in Nation (Blue Star, 2015) from the field and 74 percent of her free throws. on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the • No. 22 Guard in Nation (ESPN, 2015) Simon played her club basketball for the Nebraska spring of 2016. She was also a member of the 2016 Lasers and Coach Allen Simpson. She averaged 20 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. SOPHOMORE (2016-17) points, eight rebounds and three assists for the club. Maddie is the niece of University of Maryland After being challenged by injuries as a freshman, A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon was men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon. Maddie Simon is looking to emerge in the Nebraska not only a four-year letterwinner on the track, but Simon said she chose Nebraska over Iowa, Iowa backcourt as a sophomore. captured gold medals in the 100- and 300-meter State, Oklahoma State and Creighton, because she has grown up close to the Husker program. The 6-2 guard from Lincoln has opened her hurdles at the 2015 Nebraska State Track and Field second season by averaging 4.0 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.1 minutes per game. She scored a season-high 11 points to go along with four rebounds 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS and two steals against California Dec. 4. |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Simon had six points and tied her career high Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. with seven rebounds in the season-opening win over UTRGV 1-0 11/12 18 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0 7 7 7.0 3-0 1 3 0 0 6 6.0 UTRGV on Nov. 12. She followed with six more points #25 Missouri 2-0 11/14 11 2-9 .222 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1 2 3 5.0 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 and three boards against No. 25 Missouri on Nov. 14. Colorado State 3-0 11/17 11 1-5 .200 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 1 1 2 4.0 2-0 0 1 0 0 4 5.3 She scored eight points and snagged a career- Omaha 4-0 11/22 6 0-5 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 4.0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 high three steals against Virginia at the South Point vs. Washington State 5-0 11/25 13 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 0 0 0 3.2 0-0 1 4 0 0 7 4.6 Shootout on Nov. 26. She had six points, three vs. Virginia 6-0 11/26 18 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 0 2 2 3.0 3-0 0 4 0 3 8 5.2 rebounds, two assists and a block in just 11 minutes at Virginia Tech 7-0 12/1 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 4.4 against Drake on Dec. 6. California 8-0 12/4 19 3-6 .500 2-3 .667 3-5 .600 3 1 4 2.9 0-0 0 3 0 2 11 5.3 Drake 9-0 12/6 11 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.9 1-0 2 2 1 0 6 5.3 NEBRASKA CAREER San Jose State 10-0 12/9 4 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2.7 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 5.0 Simon averaged 5.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 at Creighton 11-0 12/18 13 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0 0 0 2.5 1-0 0 2 0 0 4 4.9 assist while playing in 21 games with five starts as a #1 UConn 12-0 12/21 20 1-6 .167 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 2.6 4-0 1 1 2 0 2 4.7 freshman in 2015-16. Northwestern* 13-0 12/28 11 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 Simon, who suffered a broken arm in a non- at Iowa* 14-0 12/31 12 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 2-0 2 1 0 0 0 4.0 basketball fall in early December, also missed Totals 14-0 169 19-62 .306 9-30 .300 9-18 .500 9 22 31 2.2 16-0 7 26 3 6 56 4.0 Nebraska’s Postseason WNIT game against Northern Iowa with an ankle sprain.

MADDIE SIMON career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2015-16 21-5 299 37-90 .411 12-35 .343 19-26 .731 6-23 29-1.4 17-0 22 26 4 1 105-5.0 2016-17 14-0 169 19-62 .306 9-30 .300 9-18 .500 9-22 31-2.2 16-0 7 26 3 6 56-4.0 Career 35-5 468 56-152 .368 21-65 .323 28-44 .636 15-45 60-1.7 33-0 29 52 7 7 161-4.6 28 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL JESSICA SHEPARD 6-4 Sophomore Forward Fremont, Nebraska (Fremont) 32

effort against Drake (Dec. 6). She had 25 points and 14 boards at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1), and 24 points and SHEPARD’S CAREER BESTS 13 rebounds in a win over Colorado State (Nov. 17). Category Total Game Shepard hit a pair of threes against the defending Points 35 Michigan (1/24/16) Mountain West champs, including a game-clinching Northern Arizona (12/19/15) three with a minute left. Rebounds 20 Michigan (1/24/16) Shepard scored 25 points against Washington Assists 6 Wisconsin (1/27/16) State to earn a spot on the all-tournament team at Steals 4 Northern Arizona (12/19/15) the South Point Shootout, Nov. 25-26. In the season- Blocks 3 NC State (12/3/15) opening win over UTRGV (Nov. 12), Shepard hit her FGA 22 Five Times, most recent first career three in the first quarter, before adding a 22 Iowa (12/31/16) 60-footer at the first-half buzzer. She finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds. FGM 13 Michigan (1/24/16) 13 North Florida (11/16/15) NEBRASKA CAREER FTA 20 Northern Arizona (12/19/15) Shepard earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as FTM 11 Northern Arizona (12/19/15) the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. She led the Huskers 3-PT FGA 4 Six Times, most recent with freshman school-record averages of 18.5 points 4 Iowa (12/31/16) and 8.6 rebounds per game, despite her numbers 3-PT FGM 2 Four Times, most recent suffering in the postseason while playing limited 2 Iowa (12/31/16) FIVE FACTS ABOUT JESSICA minutes with a stress reaction in her foot. 1. Jessica’s favorite color is red. She shattered the Nebraska freshman scoring 12.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while helping 2. She is a huge collector of socks. record with 574 points, and finished second in school the team to a 5-0 record and a gold medal in the 3. Jessica’s favorite foods are burritos and egg history among freshman with 266 rebounds. She also summer of 2014. She hit 66.7 percent of her shots rolls. set an NU freshman record with 10 double-doubles. from the field in the tournament. 4. She likes to wakeboard. Shepard claimed a conference record 10 Big Shepard played just nine games as a senior at 5. Jessica enjoys watching Criminal Minds. Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards. She was the Fremont High School before suffering a torn ACL on conference player of the week on Dec. 21 and Jan. 25. Dec. 29, 2014. She averaged 33.0 points and 14.3 HONORS & AWARDS She added USBWA National Freshman-of-the-Week rebounds per game, including 132 points in four • Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 (1 of 30, 2016) honors on Dec. 22 and Jan. 26. games at the 2014 Nike Tournament of Champions. • First-Team All-Big Ten (2016) Shepard had one of the best efforts in school She had 36 points against Long Beach Poly. • Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2016) history with a freshman-record-tying 35 points and Despite missing most of her senior year, Shepard • Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2016) a career-high 20 rebounds at Michigan Jan. 24. It finished fourth in Nebraska high school history with • USBWA National Freshman of the Week was the first 30-point, 20-rebound game in Nebraska 2,227 career points, which was the Class A (largest) (Dec. 22, 2015; Jan. 26, 2016) history. She scored 20 or more points 16 times. record. She finished No. 15 in state history with 1,031 • NCAA.com Starting Five (Dec. 23, 2015; Jan. 27, 2016) She scored a Nebraska freshman record 35 points rebounds, just 16 shy of the Nebraska Class A record. • espnW National Player of the Week (Jan. 25) and set a school record with 20 free throw attempts Shepard averaged a Class A state record 30.4 • College Sports Madness National Player of the Week (Jan. 25) against Northern Arizona Dec. 19. She had 29 points points to go along with 15.6 rebounds in 2013-14. She • Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 21, 2015; Jan. 25, 2016) and 19 rebounds against Illinois Jan. 10, and 29 points had four 40-point games, including a career-high 46. • 10-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Big Ten record) and 10 boards at Penn State Jan. 13. She had 28 points (Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Dec. 7, Dec. 21, Dec. 28, 2015; and eight rebounds in her Big Ten debut against Iowa PERSONAL Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Jan. 25, Feb. 8, Feb. 15, 2016) Dec. 31. She had 26 points to help the Huskers knock The daughter of Mark and Kim Shepard, Jessica • First 30-Point, 20-Rebound Game in Nebraska History off No. 17 Michigan State Feb. 14. was born Sept. 11, 1996, in Fremont, Neb. She has (at Michigan, Jan. 24, 2016 - 35 points, 20 rebounds) She opened her Husker career with 24 points and one older brother, Clayton, and four sisters, Taylor, • Nebraska Freshman Record 35 Points 13 rebounds against UAPB to become the first Husker Samantha, Emma and Sarah. (vs. NAU, Dec. 19, 2015; at Michigan, Jan. 24, 2016) to produce 20 points and 10 rebounds in an opener. Jessica is a marketing major at Nebraska. She • Nebraska Freshman Double-Doubles Record (10, 2016) earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor • Nebraska Freshman Points Record (574, 2016) BEFORE NEBRASKA Roll in the fall of 2015. She was also a member of the • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2015) As a member of the USA Basketball U18 Team at 2016 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016) the FIBA Americas Championship, Shepard averaged • No. 1 High School Post Player in Nation (ESPN, 2014-15) • No. 3 High School Player in Nation (ESPN, 2014-15) 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS • USA Basketball U18 National Team (2014) |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| • Parade All-American (First Team, 2015) • Two-Time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2013, 2014) Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. UTRGV 1-1 11/12 23 6-15 .400 2-2 1.000 3-3 1.000 2 13 15 15.0 3-0 3 5 0 1 17 17.0 #25 Missouri 2-2 11/14 29 4-17 .235 1-4 .250 3-7 .429 5 4 9 12.0 4-0 1 4 1 1 12 14.5 SOPHOMORE (2016-17) Colorado State 3-3 11/17 32 9-22 .409 2-3 .667 4-11 .364 4 9 13 12.3 1-0 1 3 0 1 24 17.7 The 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Omaha 4-4 11/22 29 6-12 .500 2-4 .500 3-5 .600 5 4 9 11.5 5-1 1 3 0 0 17 17.5 the first Husker in history to earn first-team all- vs. Washington State 5-5 11/25 30 11-17 .647 1-2 .500 2-8 .250 3 6 9 11.0 2-0 0 4 0 0 25 19.0 conference honors as a freshman, Jessica Shepard vs. Virginia 6-6 11/26 26 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 0 4 4 9.8 0-0 3 0 0 0 12 17.8 was a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice in at Virginia Tech 7-7 12/1 29 12-17 .706 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 1 13 14 10.4 2-0 1 8 0 0 25 18.9 2016-17. Shepard is averaging 18.6 points and 10.6 California 8-8 12/4 26 3-14 .214 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 3 5 8 10.1 5-2 3 3 0 0 8 17.5 boards for the Huskers. She produced her 17th career Drake 9-9 12/6 32 8-18 .444 1-3 .333 6-10 .600 5 11 16 10.8 4-0 3 4 2 1 23 18.1 double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds to San Jose State 10-10 12/9 27 12-21 .571 0-3 .000 4-6 .667 5 9 14 11.1 0-0 1 4 0 0 28 19.1 open Big Ten play against Northwestern (Dec. 28). She at Creighton 11-11 12/18 30 7-21 .333 1-4 .250 7-10 .700 1 10 11 11.1 2-0 3 1 0 0 22 19.4 followed with a season-high-tying 28 points at Iowa #1 UConn 12-12 12/21 30 1-13 .077 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 3 4 10.5 1-0 1 5 0 0 3 18.0 (Dec. 31). Shepard had 22 points and 11 rebounds Northwestern* 13-13 12/28 33 8-20 .400 0-4 .000 1-4 .250 5 10 15 10.8 2-0 1 3 0 0 17 17.9 at Creighton (Dec. 18). It followed a season-high 28 at Iowa* 14-14 12/31 32 11-22 .500 2-4 .500 4-5 .800 2 6 8 10.6 2-0 2 2 1 0 28 18.6 points and 14 rebounds in a win over San Jose State Totals 14-14 408 102-242 .421 16-44 .364 41-77 .532 42 107 149 10.6 33-2 24 49 4 4 261 18.6 (Dec. 9), and a 23-point and season-high 16-rebound

JESSICA SHEPARD career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2015-16 31-29 884 228-447 .510 0-2 .000 118-203 .581 96-203 266-8.6 65-1 59 111 20 19 574-18.5 2016-17 14-14 408 102-242 .421 16-44 .364 41-77 .532 42-107 149-10.6 33-2 24 49 4 4 261-18.6 Career 45-43 1,292 330-689 .479 16-46 .348 159-280 .568 138-310 415-9.2 98-3 83 160 24 23 835-18.6 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 29 JASMINE CINCORE 5-10 Junior Guard Arlington, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian) 34

and three assists against Northern Iowa in the first round of the WNIT. Over the final 10 games, Cincore CINCORE’S CAREER BESTS averaged 6.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 Category Total Game steals in 29.7 minutes per game. Points 16 Indiana (2/24/16) Cincore made her first career start in Nebraska’s Rebounds 11 Iowa (12/31/16) win at Michigan Jan. 24. She had eight points, three Assists 6 San Jose State (12/9/16) assists, a block and a steal in 32 minutes. Cincore had 6 Rutgers (3/3/16) nine points and knocked down a pair of threes at Steals 4 Purdue (2/21/16) No. 5 Ohio State Feb. 18, before making her second 4 North Florida (11/16/15) career start in place of Theriot in a loss to Purdue Feb. Blocks 4 Drake (12/6/16) 21. She tied a career high with four steals. FGA 9 Iowa (12/31/16) Cincore contributed seven points, two rebounds, 9 Indiana (2/24/16) an assist and three steals at Minnesota Feb. 7. She FGM 6 Indiana (2/24/16) had five points and a career-high-tying four rebounds FTA 6 Southern (11/23/15) in a win over Penn State Feb. 2. Cincore had nine 6 Wisconsin (1/22/15) points at No. 8 Maryland Jan. 7. FTM 6 Southern (11/23/15) She scored eight points in a win over Southern on Nov. 23, when she went a career-best 6-for-6 at 3-PT FGA 5 Missouri (11/14/16) the free throw line. She opened the season with 3-PT FGM 2 Five Times, most recent six points, four rebounds, three assists and a block 2 California (12/4/16) FIVE FACTS ABOUT JASMINE against Arkansas Pine Bluff. She had seven points and 1. Jasmine was born in New Orleans. a career-high four steals against North Florida. She BEFORE NEBRASKA 2. Going to the movies is one of her hobbies. hit 27 straight free throws from Dec. 8 to Feb. 14. As a senior, Cincore led Briarcrest Christian to a 3. Her favorite food is shrimp. Cincore played in 20 games as a freshman for 28-1 record under Coach Lee Smith and a berth in the 4. Jasmine has always wanted a dachshund. the Huskers in 2014-15, despite missing more than a Class 2-AA state tournament, averaging 15.2 points, 5. Her favorite color is purple. month with an ankle injury. Cincore finished with 25 8.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 3.1 steals per game. She points, four rebounds, 10 assists and seven steals in was named Miss Basketball in Tennessee Class 2-AA 97 total minutes on the season. in both 2013 and 2014. HONORS & AWARDS She appeared in seven of Nebraska’s first eight • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll games, before being sidelined by an ankle injury PERSONAL (Fall 2014, 2015; Spring 2015) following Nebraska’s game at Alabama Dec. 7, when The daughter of Wesley and Monique Cincore, • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016) she dished out a season-high three assists. Jasmine was born April 26, 1996, in New Orleans, • Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year (2013, 2014) Cincore missed more than a month before La. Jasmine has a younger brother, Jalen. Jasmine is • First-Team All-Tennessee (USA Today, 2014) returning to action against Penn State Jan. 15. She majoring in advertising and public relations and has earned three spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete • Tennessee Class 2-AA All-State (2013, 2014) played in 13 of Nebraska’s final 17 games. She scored a season-high six points in just four minutes in a Honor Roll. She is a two-time member of the Tom • Tennessee Class 2-AA West Region Player of the Year win at Wisconsin Jan. 22. Cincore added five points Osborne Citizenship Team. (2013, 2014) against Alcorn State Nov. 16, after opening the season She chose Nebraska over Michigan, Marquette, with four points against Pepperdine Nov. 15. Memphis, Tennessee Tech, Kansas State, Auburn and JUNIOR (2016-17) Georgia State. Jasmine Cincore has solidified her place in Nebraska’s starting lineup early in her junior season by averaging 5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS through Nebraska’s first 14 games. The 5-10 guard |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| from Arlington, Tenn., opened the season with nine Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. points, two rebounds and four assists in the win over UTRGV 1-1 11/12 21 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.0 0-0 4 1 0 0 9 9.0 UTRGV on Nov. 12. She added nine points on 4-of-5 #25 Missouri 2-2 11/14 22 0-7 .000 0-5 .000 2-4 .500 1 0 1 1.5 4-0 1 1 0 1 2 5.5 shooting including a three-pointer in the Huskers’ win Colorado State 3-3 11/17 30 4-5 .800 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0-0 1 1 0 1 9 6.7 over defending Mountain West Conference champion Omaha 4-4 11/22 24 1-7 .143 1-4 .250 3-4 .750 1 2 3 1.5 0-0 3 0 0 1 6 6.5 Colorado State on Nov. 17. vs. Washington State 5-5 11/25 24 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0 4 4 2.0 2-0 2 2 0 2 5 6.2 She pitched in nine points, four rebounds, four vs. Virginia 6-6 11/26 21 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 2.5 2-0 1 3 0 0 6 6.2 assists and two steals at Virginia Tech, Dec. 1. Cincore at Virginia Tech 7-7 12/1 26 3-8 .375 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 3 1 4 2.7 4-0 4 2 0 2 9 6.6 added seven points, two assists, a steal and a career- California 8-8 12/4 23 2-8 .250 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 2 1 3 2.8 3-0 3 3 0 2 7 6.6 Drake 9-9 12/6 22 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 2.4 2-0 2 1 4 1 7 6.7 high four blocks against Drake on Dec. 6. It matched San Jose State 10-10 12/9 25 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 2.6 4-0 6 4 0 1 4 6.4 her total from the other 63 games of her career. at Creighton 11-11 12/18 19 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 1 3 2.6 3-0 1 2 0 3 4 6.2 Cincore opened Big Ten play with eight points, #1 UConn 12-12 12/21 14 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 2.7 1-0 0 3 0 0 1 5.8 four rebounds, two assists and a steal against Northwestern* 13-13 12/28 29 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0 4 4 2.8 3-0 2 2 0 1 8 5.9 Northwestern on Dec. 28. She contributed a career- at Iowa* 14-14 12/31 30 1-9 .111 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 3 8 11 3.4 1-0 2 3 1 2 3 5.7 high 11 rebounds at Iowa on Dec. 31. Totals 14-14 330 28-95 .295 9-37 .243 15-25 .600 15 32 47 3.4 29-0 32 28 5 17 80 5.7 NEBRASKA CAREER Cincore emerged throughout the season and started in place of injured senior Rachel Theriot the final five games and six times overall in 2015-16. Cincore averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 17.9 minutes per game on the year. She had a career-high 16 points against Indiana Feb. 24. She capped her season with 10 points, four rebounds JASMINE CINCORE career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2014-15 20-0 97 8-30 .267 0-11 .000 9-17 .529 1-3 4-0.2 13-0 10 4 0 7 25-1.3 2015-16 31-6 556 39-111 .351 11-28 .393 45-55 .818 17-38 55-1.8 47-0 44 40 4 26 134-4.3 2016-17 14-14 330 28-95 .295 9-37 .243 15-25 .600 15-32 47-3.4 29-0 32 28 5 17 80-5.7 Career 65-20 983 75-236 .318 20-76 .263 69-97 .711 33-73 106-1.6 89-0 86 72 9 50 239-3.7 30 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DARRIEN WASHINGTON 6-2 Sophomore Forward Oakland, California (Skyline) 50

Northern Arizona on Dec. 19. Washington did not play in NU’s next three games, before making her Big WASHINGTON’S CAREER BESTS Ten debut with three points and two rebounds in five Category Total Game minutes at No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 7. Points 7 San Jose State (12/9/15) She battled a nagging knee injury for several Rebounds 6 Three Times, most recent games, but returned at near full strength in the win Iowa (12/31/16) over Penn State Feb. 2. She scored five points while Assists 1 Creighton (12/18/16) adding a rebound and a block in six minutes in the 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) win over the Lady Lions Steals 1 Five Times, most recent For the season, Washington scored 20 points and 1 Iowa (12/31/16) grabbed 19 rebounds in just 39 total minutes. Blocks 1 Three Times, most recent Washington redshirted in her first season at 1 Northwestern (12/28/16) Nebraska in 2014-15. Off the court, she earned a spot on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2015. FGA 5 Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) FGM 3 Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) FTA 4 Three Times, most recent BEFORE NEBRASKA 4 Creighton (12/18/16) Washington wrapped up her career at Oakland FTM 2 Creighton (12/18/16) Skyline High School with an outstanding senior 3-PT FGA 0 None season, earning first-team All-Oakland honors after 3-PT FGM 0 None FIVE FACTS ABOUT DARRIEN averaging 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game for 21-9 Skyline in 2013-14. Washington’s 1. Darrien likes to sing. Oakland section. abilities were featured in a 77-40 victory over San 2. Her best friend is Rachel Blackburn. As a sophomore, Washington earned second- Leandro KIPP King, when she erupted for 32 points 3. Darrien dislikes strawberries, bananas and hot team All-OAL honors from the ContraCosta Times in and pulled down 23 rebounds while blocking six dogs. 2011-12. She averaged 9.9 points, 10.6 rebounds and shots. 4. Her favorite animal in the world is the lion. 3.3 blocks per contest for a Skyline team that went Washington finished her high school career with 5. She really likes French fries. 21-6. Washington also played on the Cal Stars Elite 1,181 points over 101 career games to average 11.7 team that finished as the national runner-up in the points per game. She also averaged 9.8 rebounds summer of 2013. HONORS & AWARDS per contest, coming up just short of 1,000 career • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016) rebounds despite playing sparingly as a freshman. • First-Team All-Oakland (2013, 2014) Washington was a first-team All-Oakland PERSONAL • Second-Team All-OAL (ContraCosta Times, 2012) selection in the Bay Area League in 2012-13. She Darrien is the daughter of BJ Washington. averaged 16.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 4.9 blocks Darrien was born April 11, 1996. She has a younger SOPHOMORE (2016-17) for Oakland Skyline as a junior in 2012-13. One of her sister. Darrien is an animal science major at Nebraska. Darrien Washington is seeing increased playing top performances came on Nov. 28, 2012, against She earned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship time inside for the Huskers as a third-year sophomore. Washington-San Francisco, when she had 27 points, Team in 2015 and 2016. She chose Nebraska over She is averaging 2.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 12.8 17 rebounds and six blocked shots in a 50-47 win. She Utah, Oregon, Oregon State and UC Santa Barbara. minutes per game. helped Skyline to a 17-10 record as a junior and was She scored a career-high seven points and an all-state candidate out of the CIF San Francisco/ matched a career high with six rebounds in Nebraska’s win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. She followed with six points, four rebounds and her second career assist 2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS at Creighton on Dec. 18. She pitched in four points |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| and four rebounds in 10 minutes against No. 1 UConn Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. on Dec. 21. She matched her career high for the third UTRGV 1-0 11/12 20 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 5 5 5.0 4-0 0 3 0 1 2 2.0 time this season with six rebounds at Iowa on Dec. #25 Missouri 2-0 11/14 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 4.5 3-0 0 2 0 0 0 1.0 31. Colorado State 3-0 11/17 12 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 4.3 1-0 0 1 0 1 2 1.3 Washington had three points and set her career Omaha 4-0 11/22 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.3 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1.0 high with six rebounds against Washington State at vs. Washington State 5-0 11/25 12 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 3.8 1-0 0 2 0 0 3 1.4 the South Point Shootout on Nov. 26. She opened vs. Virginia 6-0 11/26 19 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 4.0 2-0 0 3 0 1 2 1.5 the season with two points and tied her then-career at Virginia Tech 7-0 12/1 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 4.1 3-0 0 2 0 0 2 1.6 high with five rebounds in a career-high 20 minutes California 8-0 12/4 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.9 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.6 in NU’s win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She added two Drake 9-0 12/6 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.7 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 points and four boards in 12 minutes of work in NU’s San Jose State 10-0 12/9 15 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 1 5 6 3.9 4-0 0 3 0 0 7 2.0 win over Colorado State on Nov. 17. at Creighton 11-0 12/18 14 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 3 4 3.9 0-0 1 2 0 0 6 2.4 #1 UConn 12-0 12/21 10 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 3 4 3.9 0-0 0 2 0 0 4 2.5 Northwestern* 13-0 12/28 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 3.9 1-0 0 1 1 1 2 2.5 NEBRASKA CAREER at Iowa* 14-0 12/31 16 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 4.1 1-0 0 4 0 1 2 2.4 Washington competed for time in a deep Totals 14-0 179 15-35 .429 0-0 .000 4-14 .286 14 43 57 4.1 25-0 1 27 2 5 34 2.4 and talented Nebraska post rotation as a redshirt freshman in 2015-16. She enjoyed an impressive debut with six points, five rebounds and an assist in just eight minutes in NU’s victory over Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. She added three points, five rebounds and her first career steal in the win over North Florida on Nov. 16. She missed Nebraska’s next seven games before returning for one minute of first half action against DARRIEN WASHINGTON career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2014-15 Did Not Play - Redshirt 2015-16 10-0 39 8-15 .533 0-0 .000 4-13 .308 10-9 19-1.9 7-0 1 5 1 1 20-2.0 2016-17 14-0 179 15-35 .429 0-0 .000 4-14 .286 14-43 57-4.1 25-0 1 27 2 5 34-2.4 Career 24-0 218 23-50 .460 0-0 .000 8-27 .296 24-52 76-3.2 32-0 2 32 3 6 54-2.3 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 31 NEBRASKA RADIO & TV ROSTER

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