184 2017-18 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEBRASKA 1,000-POINT SCORERS AMY KIERA STEPHENS HARDY 1986-89 2004-07 5-6, Guard 35 5-6, Guard 21 Alliance, Neb. Kansas City, Mo. (Alliance) (O'Hara) 1,976 Points (5) 1,930 Points (6) One of the greatest three-point shooters in Nebraska history, Amy Stephens Perhaps the most explosive player and creative shot-maker in Nebraska history, Kiera connected on 129 of 323 long-range attempts (.399) in just two seasons with Hardy closed her career as one of the most prolific three-point shooters in Husker history. the three-point shot at her disposal. Hardy, who earned WBCA Region 5 All-America honors as a senior, ranks sixth on The 5-6 guard from Alliance, Neb., is tied for second on Nebraska's single- Nebraska's all-time scoring list with 1,930 points. She also held NU's career three-point season list with 85 made threes in 216 attempts as a senior in 1988-89, when mark with 267 until Jordan Hooper hit 295 from 2011 to 2014. Hardy and Hooper are the she produced the third-highest scoring average (21.9 ppg) and 10th-highest point only Huskers in history with more total (612) in school history. She than 200 career threes. claimed a spot on Nebraska's Hardy tied Amy Stephens for All-Century Team when it was second on the school single-season announced in February of 2000. three-point with 85 as a sophomore in 2004-05. Hardy added the junior Along with being a single-season record with 81 in tremendous scorer with 1,976 2005-06. career points, Stephens was a A three-time first-team All-Big gifted passer, ranking sixth all- 12 selection for the Huskers, Hardy time with 444 assists. She was joins Hooper, Karen Jennings, also a strong defensive player, Maurtice Ivy and Kelsey Griffin ranking third at Nebraska as the only three-time first-team with 280 career steals. She all-conference selections in NU started 113 games and posted history. She also joined Chelsea the third-best free throw Aubry as the first two Huskers percentage (.837) in NU history. to earn four straight postseason Stephens erupted for the tournament bids. fourth-highest single-game Before Hardy's arrival on point total in school history campus, the Huskers had failed with 40 points in an 85-76 to advance to postseason play for win over Oklahoma on Feb. three consecutive seasons. 8, 1989. She added 37 points As a freshman, Hardy came off in an 82-79 loss at Kansas, the bench to average 9.1 points per where she tied her own school game in 27 contests. She helped NU Amy Stephens was chosen to Nebraska's record that she had set on Dec. to the postseason after the Huskers All-Century Team, joining Karen Jennings, 30, 1988, against Iowa with A three-time first-team All-Big 12 pick, Kiera Hardy went 8-20 the year before she arrived in Lincoln. As a sophomore, Maurtice Ivy, Nicole Kubik and Anna DeForge. seven three-pointers. Stephens was one of the most explosive players in the Big 12 earned WBCA/Kodak Region 5 Conference in her three years as a starter. Hardy made a splash on the Big 12 and national scene by averaging All-America honors in 1988-89 19 points per game. She grabbed national headlines with her 37-point eruption against to go along with first-team All-Big Eight Conference accolades. eventual national champion Baylor, as the Huskers knocked off the then-No. 2 Lady Bears, Playing alongside three-time first-team All-Big Eight performer Maurtice Ivy, 103-99 in triple overtime. Stephens helped Nebraska to the Big Eight title and its first NCAA Tournament Hardy's effort against Baylor marked a career high and was one of four 30-point in 1988. In a 100-82 loss at USC, Stephens hit four threes and scored 20 points, performances in her career. She capped her sophomore season by tying the school single- while adding three assists and two rebounds. game record with seven threes against Iowa in the Postseason WNIT. Stephens began her coaching career as an undergraduate assistant at After leading NU to a third straight WNIT trip as a junior, Hardy guided the Huskers to Nebraska in 1990-91. She was an assistant at Iowa State in 1992-93 and 1993-94. their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2000 as a senior. She produced the third-highest She served as the head coach at Nebraska-Kearney from 1994-95 through 2001- scoring total by a Husker in the NCAA Tournament with 23 points in a loss to Temple. Hardy 02. She returned to NU on Coach Connie Yori's first staff in 2002-03, before being was a third-round pick of the Connecticut Sun in the 2007 WNBA Draft. named the head coach at Drake. She spent nine seasons with the Bulldogs from Hardy played professionally for Haukar in Iceland before playing for Strakonice in the 2003-04 through 2011-12. Stephens was an assistant at Saint Louis in 2012-13 Czech Republic in 2009-10. She also played for the Kansas City Queenz in the WBCBL in and Memphis in 2013-14. She returned to the Nebraska staff as an assistant in 2010. She was an assistant coach at Texas-Pan American in 2012-13. She currently lives 2014-15 and 2015-16. in Kansas City, Mo. AMY STEPHENS career statistics KIERA HARDY career statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA FT-FTA 3FG-Att. Reb.-Avg. TP-Avg. Year G-GS FG-FGA FT-FTA 3FG-Att. Reb.-Avg. TP-Avg. 1985-86 28-27 160-303 32-39 NA 114-4.1 352-12.6 2003-04 27-0 88-227 41-49 30-97 79-2.9 247-9.1 1986-87 29-29 245-447 56-70 NA 74-2.6 546-18.8 2004-05 32-31 226-560 72-89 85-238 117-3.7 609-19.0 1987-88 29-29 185-395 52-60 44-107 109-3.8 466-16.1 2005-06 32-32 201-509 77-98 81-224 99-3.1 560-17.5 1988-89 28-28 226-513 75-88 85-216 117-4.2 612-21.9 2006-07 32-32 177-424 89-108 71-193 97-3.0 514-16.1 Career 114-113 816-1,658 215-257 129-323 414-3.6 1,976-17.3 Career 123-95 692-1,720 279-344 267-752 392-3.2 1,930-15.7 INTRODUCTION . THIS IS NEBRASKA . ADMINISTRATION . COACHES . MEET THE HUSKERS . OPPONENTS . REVIEW . RECORDS . TRADITION HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 185 NEBRASKA 1,000-POINT SCORERS NICOLE ANNA KUBIK DEFORGE 1997-2000 1995-98 5-10, Guard 32 5-11, Guard 30 Cambridge, Neb. Niagara, Wis. (Cambridge) (Niagara) 1,867 Points (7) 1,859 Points (8) Nicole Kubik's success on the court was almost criminal. The 5-10 guard from One of the best all-around players in Nebraska history, Anna DeForge earned honorable- Cambridge, Neb., was a two-time first-team defensive All-American by the Women's mention All-America accolades from The Associated Press in both 1996-97 and 1997-98, while Basketball News Service, and ranks 15th all-time in NCAA Division I with 418 career steals. claiming first-team All-Big 12 Conference honors in both seasons. She also earned a spot on As a junior, she set the school record with a nation-leading 136 steals to earn Women's the Big 12 All-Tournament team as a junior in 1996-97. Basketball News Service National Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors. Along with her accomplishments on the court, DeForge was a strong performer in the Kubik added 108 steals as a senior classroom, earning honorable-mention academic All-Big 12 honors in 1996-97 and 1997-98. and 104 steals as a sophomore, giving DeForge's success earned her one of five spots on Nebraska's All-Century Team announced her the top three single-season totals in February of 2000. in school history. DeForge ranks eighth in total points (1,859), seventh in total rebounds (804), eighth in assists Defense was just a small part of (392) and seventh in steals (222). DeForge's 15.9 points per game rank as the ninth-highest Kubik's game. She led the Huskers career average and her 6.9 rebounds per game rank 12th all time at Nebraska. in scoring as a junior and a senior DeForge scored a career-high 33 and ranks seventh in NU history with points in an 84-76 loss at Colorado 1,867 points. She ranks fourth in on Jan. 7, 1998, and set a career school history with 563 career assists. best with 15 rebounds in a 78-53 A dangerous penetrator, Kubik had a win over the Buffaloes in Lincoln on knack for getting to the free throw line. Feb. 22, 1998. Her 440 made free throws rank No. 2 The Niagara, Wis., native on the Husker charts, while her 586 produced 611 points and 260 free throw attempts rank third. Her rebounds as a senior to rank 11th 119 career starts rank ninth. on Nebraska's single-season scoring As a senior, Kubik was one of 10 chart, while helping the Huskers finalists for the Nancy Lieberman-Cline to their second NCAA Tournament Award honoring the nation's top point victory in history.