NEBRASKA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES MICHIGAN STATE (FEB. 17) 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 3 UNK (exhibition) [BTN Plus] W, 94-41 VS. 24/22 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS Nov. 7 Drake [BTN Plus] L, 77-83 Sunday, February 17, 2019, 3 p.m. (CT) Nov. 11 USC Upstate [BTN Plus] W, 87-64 Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000) - Lincoln, Nebraska Nov. 16 at Washington State [WSU] L, 84-87 2OT Live TV: BTN (Mike Monaco, Brenda VanLengen) Nov. 23-25 Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.) Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (2:45 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Nov. 23 at 24/22 Miami [ACC Network+] L, 68-82 11-14 Nov. 25 vs. Radford W, 77-39 Lincoln-B107.3 FM; Omaha-ESPN 590 AM 17-7 Nov. 29 at 5/4 Louisville (ACC/B1G) [ACC Network+] L, 68-85 6-8 BIG TEN Huskers.com, Huskers App, TuneIn 7-6 BIG TEN Dec. 2 at Creighton [Fox Sports Go] L, 65-74 Dec. 5 Kansas [BTN Plus] W, 58-52 Dec. 8 San Jose State [BTN Plus] W, 96-63 HUSKERS SHOOT FOR TOP 25 WIN AGAINST SPARTANS Dec. 15 Denver [BTN Plus] W, 96-71 • The Nebraska women’s basketball team takes aim at its second win over a top-25 opponent this Dec. 18 at Arkansas [SEC Network+] L, 80-84 season when the Huskers face No. 24 Michigan State Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Dec. 28 Michigan^ [BTN] W, 70-56 • Tip off between Nebraska (11-14, 6-8 Big Ten) and Michigan State (17-7, 7-6 Big Ten) is set for Dec. 31 at Ohio State^ [BTN] W, 78-69 3 p.m. (CT). Live radio coverage (beginning at 2:45 p.m.) can be heard in Lincoln on B107.3 FM, in Jan. 3 at 19/20 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] L, 71-77 Omaha on ESPN 590 AM, in Lexington on 880 AM KRVN and across the state on the Husker Sports Jan. 8 9/9 Maryland^ [BTN Plus] L, 63-81 Network. Free live audio can be found at Huskers.com, the Huskers App Jan. 13 Rutgers^ [BTN] L, 56-62 and on TuneIn. RANKED FOES Jan. 17 at Illinois^ [BTN Plus] W, 77-67 • Live national television coverage will be provided by BTN with Mike Team Top Rank Jan. 20 23/25 Minnesota^ [ESPN2] W, 63-57 Monaco and Brenda VanLengen on the call. Louisville 2 Jan. 24 Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] L, 54-58 • Sunday’s game with Michigan State will be Nebraska’s 10th meeting Maryland (2) 4 Jan. 27 at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] L, 69-70 this year with a team that has been ranked in the top 25 at some point Iowa 12 Jan. 31 at Purdue^ [BTN] W, 84-64 during the regular season. The Spartans, who were ranked as high as Minnesota 12 Feb. 3 Indiana^ [BTN Plus] L, 78-82 No. 15 in midseason, will give the Huskers their eighth game against a Rutgers 14 Feb. 7 at Michigan^ [BTN] L, 61-67 team ranked among the top 16 teams in the AP Poll at some point this Michigan State 15 Feb. 10 Purdue^ [BTN Plus] (Play4Kay) W, 67-61 year. NU’s lone win over a ranked foe this season came against No. 23 Miami 20 Feb. 14 at 7/8 Maryland^ [BTN] L, 63-89 Minnesota (63-57, Jan. 20). The Golden Gophers were ranked as high as Drake 21 Feb. 17 24/22 Michigan State^ [BTN] (Red Cross) 3 p.m. No. 12 in early January. Indiana 25 Feb. 21 at Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. • In addition to Sunday’s game with nationally ranked Michigan State, Feb. 25 Iowa^ [BTN] (Senior Night) 7:30 p.m. the Huskers will face current No. 14 Iowa in Lincoln on Feb. 25. In between, the Huskers will travel to March 2 at Penn State^ [BTN] 2 p.m. Northwestern for their second meeting with a Wildcat team that has been ranked as high as No. 26 March 6-10 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) nationally this season. The same week Northwestern was No. 26 in the AP Poll, Michigan was No. 26 March 18 NCAA Selection Monday [ESPN2] TBA by the Coaches and both teams received more votes than current No. 25 South Dakota. NU has split March 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA a pair of games with Michigan this season. March 29- NCAA Regionals TBA • By the end of the regular season, at least 15 of Nebraska’s 29 games will have come against April 1 Albany, Chicago, Greensboro, Portland teams ranked in the top-26 of the national polls at some point during the year. April 5-7 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) TBA • Although Nebraska is below .500 on the season, the Huskers have fought hard down to the All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle wire, with a school-record 12 games decided by two possessions or less. Unfortunately, the Huskers Bank Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of are just 3-9 in games decided by six or fewer points, including 2-6 in Big Ten play. On the flip side, Nebraska’s regular-season games can be heard live on the Michigan State has played just four two-possession game this season and is 2-2 in those games, with Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln wins over Oregon and at Michigan, and losses to NC State and at Indiana. and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and BTN Plus games NEBRASKA ROSTER & STATISTICS HUSKERS.COM No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 3 Hannah Whitish** 5-9 Jr. G 25-24 9.8 3.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 TICKETS: 1-800-8-BIG-RED 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 25-0 9.8 3.1 2.5 0.8 0.1 5 Nicea Eliely** 6-1 Jr. G 25-25 8.2 4.2 2.1 1.7 0.6 11 Kristian Hudson (out) 5-5 Sr. G 6-1 2.4 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 25-0 7.2 5.6 0.6 0.3 1.0 14 Grace Mitchell** 6-2 Jr. F 21-0 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 24 Maddie Simon*** 6-2 Sr. F 25-16 6.6 3.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 31 Kate Cain* 6-5 So. C 25-25 7.4 6.2 1.1 0.4 2.6 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 25-1 10.0 2.6 1.2 0.8 0.1 33 Taylor Kissinger* 6-1 So. G/F 25-24 8.8 3.5 1.3 0.8 0.2 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 25-9 3.0 2.9 0.8 0.7 0.4

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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS SCOUTING THE MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS • In her 12th season at Michigan State, Coach Suzy Merchant has her Spartans in the top 25. MSU (11-14, 6-8 BIG TEN) comes to Lincoln with a 17-7 overall record and a 7-6 Big Ten mark. Michigan State has lost two of its No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 3.0 2.9 last three games, including a 79-62 loss at Wisconsin Thursday. 31 Kate Cain 6-5 So. C 7.4 6.2 • The Spartans feature one of the Big Ten’s most experienced and balanced lineups. Senior Jenna 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Jr. G 9.8 3.0 Allen is contending for All-Big Ten honors by averaging team bests of 12.9 points and 6.8 rebounds 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Jr. G 8.2 4.2 to go along with 2.1 assists per game. The 6-4 center owns more than 1,000 career points and more 33 Taylor Kissinger 6-1 So. G 8.8 3.5 than 500 rebounds. She scored a season-high 27 points in MSU’s early season upset of current No. 3 Off the Bench Oregon - the only loss for the Ducks this season. 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 10.0 2.6 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 9.8 3.1 • Allen posted a double-double with 20 points and a career-high 17 rebounds going head-to-head 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 7.2 5.6 with Megan Gustafson in a Spartan win over Iowa (Dec. 30). Allen owns four double-doubles this year. 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Sr. F 6.6 3.0 • However, Allen’s production has slipped to 10.2 points and 5.8 rebounds in Big Ten play. In 14 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Jr. F 1.2 1.2 February, she is averaging just 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 17.9 percent (5-28) from 11(out) Kristian Hudson 5-5 Sr. G 2.4 1.6 the field. In the rematch against Gustafson and Iowa on Feb. 7, Allen mustered two points and three Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998) rebounds, while Gustafson poured in 41 points and grabbed 14 boards. Third Season at Nebraska (39-47) 12th Season Overall (232-156) • While Allen has been the focus inside for the Spartans, 6-4 sophomore Sidney Cooks has added 9.6 points and 4.6 rebounds. Frequent starter Victoria Gaines, a 6-1 junior, has pitched in 7.0 points 24/22 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS and 5.3 rebounds. The duo gives the Spartans versatility at the power forward spot. • Junior point guard Taryn McCutcheon has spent the most time on the court this season for the (17-7, 7-6 BIG TEN) Spartans, averaging 32.8 minutes per game. She is averaging 10.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and a team- No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 10 Sidney Cooks 6-4 So. F 9.6 4.6 best 4.5 assists per contest. The 5-5 McCutcheon also ranks among Big Ten leaders by hitting 41.5 33 Jenna Allen 6-4 Sr. C 12.9 6.8 percent (61-147) of her threes, while knocking down 82.9 percent (29-35) of her free throws. 0 Shay Colley 5-9 RJr. G 15.0 5.6 • Fellow junior Shay Colley has taken over the team scoring lead recently with a hot start to February. 4 Taryn McCutcheon 5-5 Jr. G 10.8 3.1 The 5-8 Colley is averaging 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists. She erupted for 32 points, six 24 Nia Clouden 5-8 Fr. G 11.6 3.6 rebounds and five steals in a win over Indiana (Feb. 11) and followed with 24 points and nine rebounds Off the Bench in the loss at Wisconsin (Feb. 14). In four February games, Colley is averaging 20.8 points and 6.8 15 Victoria Gaines 6-1 RJr. F 7.0 5.3 2 Mardrekia Cook 6-0 So. G 6.4 4.0 rebounds for the Spartans. 12 Nia Hollie 6-0 Jr. F 3.7 2.6 • Colley, a transfer from South Carolina/Pittsburgh prior to the 2016-17 season, helps MSU play 42 Kayla Belles 6-3 Fr. F 3.0 2.3 up-tempo basketball and pressure defense. Colley has missed six games this season because of injury, 5 Claire Hendrickson 5-11 RFr. G 2.3 0.3 but she is averaging 36 minutes over the last six games. 1 Tory Ozment 6-1 Fr. G 7.5 1.8 • Nia Clouden rounds out the Spartan backcourt as one of the Big Ten’s most productive freshmen. Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan, 1991) The 5-8 guard is averaging 11.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists. Clouden has started every game 13th Season at Michigan State (261-129) 24th Season Overall (462-249) alongside Allen and McCutcheon for the Spartans since coming to East Lansing as a two-time Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year. A dangerous penetrator, Clouden is also capable from three (.368, 14-38). • Michigan State gets more backcourt help off the bench from sophomore Mardrekia Cook (6.4 ppg, HUSKER NUGGETS 4.0 rpg), while junior forward Nia Hollie (3.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg) rounds out a reliable eight-player rotation. • The Husker bench has outscored opponent benches in 22 of 24 games this year with the only • For the season, Michigan State is averaging 77.9 points per game, but the Spartan offensive exceptions coming in losses at Michigan (37-20, production has dipped to 71.4 points per Big Ten game. MSU has hit 45.4 percent of its field goal Feb. 7) and at No. 7 Maryland (22-19, Feb. 14). attempts, including 36.9 percent from three-point range on the year. The Spartans have hit 69.6 percent • Nebraska’s bench has outscored the opponent of their free throws. bench by double digits 18 times this year. • Michigan State is allowing 67.2 points per game, while opponents are hitting 41.1 percent of their • In two meetings with Purdue, the Husker bench field goal attempts. In Big Ten play, the Spartans carry just a plus-2.0 point scoring margin (71.4-69.4), outscored the Boiler reserves 79-26. and they have been outscored (207-158) at the free throw line. • Overall, Nebraska’s bench has outscored • MSU owns a plus-1.3 rebound margin and a plus-0.1 turnover margin in Big Ten play. opposition benches 783-404 (31.3-16.2 ppg) for a plus-15.1 margin. • Nebraska’s bench outscored the opposition NEBRASKA VS. MICHIGAN STATE SERIES HISTORY 149-53 over the final four non-conference games, • Nebraska leads the all-time series with Michigan State 7-3 with all 10 meetings as Big Ten including a season-high 45 points at Arkansas. Conference foes, including a 79-69 win over the Spartans in East Lansing on Feb. 14, 2018. NU’s bench posted a season-best scoring • The Huskers are 4-0 against Michigan State in Lincoln, including a 76-74 overtime win over the differential (+37) in its last non-conference home Spartans on Feb. 26, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers are 2-3 against Michigan State all- game by outscoring Denver’s bench, 40-3. time in East Lansing. • Nebraska’s bench has scored 40 or more points six times, including 45 at Arkansas, 42 points • Four of Nebraska’s seven wins have been by 10 points or less, while NU’s most lopsided win in against San Jose State, 41 points against Drake, the series came with an 86-58 victory over the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on March 40 against Denver, 40 at Illinois (1/17) and most 8, 2014 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. recently 40 at Purdue (1/31). • Michigan State’s three series wins have all been by double digits in East Lansing, including a 73- • In Nebraska’s Big Ten-opening win over 53 victory in the first-ever meeting on Feb. 23, 2012. Two years later, the Spartans worked their way Michigan (Dec. 28), the Husker bench outscored to a 70-57 win on Jan. 9, 2014, before rolling to a 93-73 victory over the Huskers on Jan. 7, 2017. the Wolverine bench 28-10, including 14-0 in the fourth quarter. • In Big Ten play, NU’s bench has outscored NEBRASKA STREAKS opponent benches 426-246 (30.4-17.6, +12.8 • Sophomore Kate Cain owns the longest streak of consecutive starts by a Husker with 56. ppg), including 39-12 (+27) and 40-14 (+26) edges • Junior Nicea Eliely owns Nebraska’s second-longest streak of starts with 51. against Purdue and a 34-9 margin (+25) in a win • Junior Hannah Whitish scored in double figures seven straight games for Nebraska from Jan. 17 over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). (at Illinois) to Feb. 7 (at Michigan) - the longest streak of the season for any Husker. • Nebraska’s bench has scored at least 15 points in each of its 14 Big Ten games, including at least • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three in 337 straight games dating back to a loss 35 points on five occasions. at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 216 consecutive games. • Nebraska is the only school in the Big Ten with two freshmen leading the team in scoring, with Leigha Brown averaging 10.0 points and Sam NEBRASKA NUMBERS TO WATCH Haiby contributing 9.8 points per contest. • (1) Taylor Kissinger is one three-pointer away from 100 in her career. • Nebraska is also the only team in the Big Ten • (1) Hannah Whitish is one three away from moving up to No. 3 on Nebraska’s all-time three-point with two reserves leading the team in scoring. list (183, Yvonne Turner, 2007-10). • (5) Kate Cain is five blocks away from tying Nebraska’s sophomore single-season record for blocked shots (69). Cain owns 64 blocks through 25 games this season. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 3

• (6) Ashtyn Veerbeek needs six blocks to tie for the No. 5 total by a freshman in school history (31). She enters the Michigan State game with 25 blocks on the season. INSIDE THE • (8) Nicea Eliely needs eight steals to reach 50 on the season. She would become the first Husker to notch 50 steals in a season since All-American Lindsey Moore (60) in 2012-13. NEBRASKA ROSTER FRESHMEN CONTRIBUTING EARLY FOR HUSKERS HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Nebraska has received production early and often from its 2018- Leigha Brown...... LEE-uh 19 freshman class. The four-player class, which was ranked among the 2-POSSESSION GAMES Nicea Eliely...... NY-see-uh E-ly-lee top 20 recruiting classes in the nation by ESPN last season, features Most Nebraska regular-season Sam Haiby...... HY-bee Leigha Brown (10.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.2 apg), Sam Haiby (9.8 ppg, 3.1 games decided by six or fewer Taylor Kissinger...... KISS-in-jur points (since 1987-88) rpg, 2.5 apg), Ashtyn Veerbeek (7.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.0 bpg) and Kayla Kayla Mershon...... MERR-shawn 1. 2018-19 (3-9) 12 Mershon (3.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg). Ashtyn Veerbeek...... Verr-BEEK 2. 2014-15 (7-4) 11 • Leigha Brown, who earned Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Hannah Whitish...... WHITE-ish 1991-92 (5-6) 11 honors (Jan. 7) and a spot on the Big Ten Honor Roll after her 30-point 4. 1999-00 (5-5) 10 outburst against Purdue (Feb. 10), leads the Huskers with 10.0 points 5. 1988-89 (4-5) 9 HUSKER HOMES per game, including 11.0 points per Big Ten game. She added 20 The 11 members of the 2018-19 Husker women's points at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). It was her second straight game leading the Huskers, after scoring basketball team came to Nebraska from nine a then-career-high 19 points at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She added 18 points and a career-high six states. rebounds against Rutgers (Jan. 13). She also had 18 points in the win over San Jose State (Dec. 8), Alabama (1): Kristian Hudson before adding 17 points and a career-high five assists in the win over Denver (Dec. 15). Colorado (1): Nicea Eliely • Brown, a 6-1 wing from Auburn, Indiana owns nine double-figure scoring efforts and has led the Indiana (1): Leigha Brown Big Red in scoring six times this season, including four Big Ten games. Iowa (1): Ashtyn Veerbeek • Haiby, a 5-9 guard from Moorhead, Minn., ranks second overall among the Huskers with 9.8 Kansas (1): Grace Mitchell points per game off the bench. Haiby, who was the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (Feb. 4), has Minnesota (2): Sam Haiby, Kayla Mershon led Nebraska in scoring in seven games, including 17 points against Indiana (Feb. 3). She also had 13 Nebraska (2): Taylor Kissinger, Maddie Simon points in a road win at Purdue (Jan. 13). Haiby added 16 in a win over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). She New York (1): Kate Cain scored a season-high 20 points at Washington State (Nov. 16), while also leading the Huskers with 16 Wisconsin (1): Hannah Whitish at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She put up a 17-point effort at Creighton (Dec. 2), 14 at Miami (Nov. 23) and 13 against Drake (Nov. 7). HUSKERS BY CLASS • Haiby owns 11 double-figure scoring efforts overall, including 12 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. Seniors (2): Kristian Hudson, Maddie Simon 29), 12 more in a win over Michigan (Dec. 28) and 11 at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14). Juniors (3): Nicea Eliely, Grace Mitchell • Haiby also ranks second among the Huskers in assists (2.5 apg). Hannah Whitish • Ashtyn Veerbeek ranks third among the Husker freshmen in scoring with 7.2 points per game, Sophomores (2): Kate Cain, Taylor Kissinger while leading the freshmen and ranking second on the team with 5.6 rebounds. Veerbeek erupted Freshmen (4): Leigha Brown, Sam Haiby for a career-high 19 points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds in the win at Illinois (Jan. Kayla Mershon, Ashtyn Veerbeek 17). She produced her first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). Veerbeek just missed a double-double with 14 points and nine HUSKERS BY MAJOR rebounds in a road win at Purdue (Jan. 31). She had 14 points in 14 minutes in a win over Denver Applied Science (Master’s): Kristian Hudson (Dec. 15) and added 14 points for the third straight game at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She owns six double- Business Administration: Nicea Eliely digit scoring efforts on the year. She also ranks second among the Huskers with 25 blocks. Communication Studies: Maddie Simon • Kayla Mershon has pitched in 3.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. She has made nine Management: Leigha Brown, Kate Cain consecutive starts. Mershon scored a career-high eight points against No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8) and Ashtyn Veerbeek, Hannah Whitish added seven points against the Terps (Feb. 14). She also had seven points against Rutgers (Jan. 13). Marketing: Kayla Mershon She had a career-high seven rebounds in a win over Kansas (Dec. 5) and matched that total against Mathematics Education: Taylor Kissinger Northwestern (Jan. 24). The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., owns 20 assists and has committed Nutrition & Health Sciences: Grace Mitchell just 10 turnovers through 25 games. Undeclared: Sam Haiby • The freshmen have combined for 41.4 percent (750-of-1,810) of Nebraska’s points in just 36.5 percent of the team’s total minutes (1,841-of-5,050) on the season. They also have accounted for just 29.9 percent (114-of-381) of Nebraska’s turnovers. • Nebraska’s four freshmen are combining to average 30 points and 14.1 rebounds per game. 2018-19 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 3 Hannah Whitish** G 5-9 Jr. Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld) Preseason All-Big Ten; First career double-double (28 pts, 12 ast. at Purdue, 1/31) 4 Sam Haiby G 5-9 Fr. Moorhead, Minn. (Moorhead) B1G Freshman of the Week (Feb. 5); 9.8 ppg; 11 games in double figures 5 Nicea Eliely** G/F 6-1 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017); Season-high 18 pts at Maryland (2/14) 11 Kristian Hudson G 5-5 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville/FIU) 87 Starts, 1,076 Points, 383 Assists at FIU; Out for 2018-19 season (foot) 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek F 6-2 Fr. Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian) Career-high 19 points at Illinois (1/17); 14 pts, 9 reb at Purdue (1/31) 14 Grace Mitchell** F 6-2 Jr. Wellington, Kan. (Wellington) 2016 Kansas HS POY (USA Today), Career-high 10 pts vs. UMKC (11/14/17) 24 Maddie Simon*** F 6-2 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS POY;Team-high 103 games as a Husker 31 Kate Cain* C 6-5 So. Middletown, N.Y. (Pine Bush) Preseason Lisa Leslie Award Watch List; Big Ten All-Freshman & All-Defensive 32 Leigha Brown F 6-1 Fr. Auburn, Ind. (DeKalb) B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7); Career-high 30 pts vs. Purdue (2/10) 33 Taylor Kissinger G/F 6-1 So. Minden, Neb. (Minden) School-record 6-for-6 3FG vs. USC Upstate; 44.1% 3FG (49-111) 44 Kayla Mershon F 6-3 Fr. Chanhassen, Minn. (Minnetonka) Averaged 7.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg in 2 games vs. Maryland; Nine straight B1G Starts Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998), 232-156 (12th season overall) 39-47 (Third season at Nebraska) Assistant Coach: Tom Goehle, Third Season (Augustana, S.D., 1993) Assistant Coach: Chuck Love, Third Season (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2008) Assistant Coach: Tandem Mays, Third Season (Tulsa, 2007) Director of Operations: Amanda Hart, Third Season (Dakota Wesleyan, 2014) Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, Fourth Season (Rutgers, 2008) Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Stuart Hart, Second Season (Saint Leo, 1998) Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ashley Rudolph, Third Season (Michigan State, 2010) 4 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

CAIN NAMED TO LISA LESLIE AWARD WATCH LIST AMY WILLIAMS • Nebraska’s Kate Cain claimed one of 20 spots on the preseason watch list for the 2019 Lisa Leslie (NEBRASKA, 1998) Award announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball (39-47, Third Season at Nebraska) (232-156, 12th Season Overall) Coaches Association (WBCA) on Oct. 26. • The Lisa Leslie Award is in its second season of recognizing the top centers in NCAA Division I Big Ten Coach of the Year (2018) Summit League Coach of the Year women’s college basketball. It is named after the three-time All-American and 1994 National Player (2015, 2016) of the Year. The award will be announced by ESPN at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Final Four in Tampa. WNIT Championship Team (2016) • Cain, a 6-5 sophomore from Middletown, N.Y., made an instant impact as a freshman for the Nebraska women’s basketball team in 2017-18. She was one of five players across the conference to NAIA capture first-team Big Ten All-Freshman honors, while being the only freshman or sophomore named Season School Won Lost Pct. to the five-player Big Ten All-Defensive Team. 2007-08 Rogers State 13 18 .419 • Cain shattered the Nebraska single-season blocked shot record with 100 on the season, while 2008-09 Rogers State 18 14 .563 2009-10 Rogers State 21 11 .656 leading the Big Ten in blocks per game. She ranked among the top 10 players nationally in blocked 2010-11 Rogers State 23 10 .697 shots. Cain also smashed Nebraska’s single-game block record with 11 against Florida Atlantic on 2011-12 Rogers State 22 12 .647 Dec. 17, 2017, when she became the first Husker in history to produce a triple-double in points (22), Total 5 seasons 97 65 .599 rebounds (14) and blocks (11). • Cain’s growth on the court helped the Huskers produce NCAA Division I one of the nation’s top turnarounds, improving 14 games in the 2012-13 South Dakota 19 16 .543 win column to capture a bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. 2013-14 South Dakota 19 14 .576 2014-15 South Dakota 26 8 .765 Cain finished the season by averaging 9.9 points and team 2015-16 South Dakota 32 6 .842 bests of 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game. 2016-17 Nebraska 7 22 .241 • Cain is one of five Big Ten Conference centers who make 2017-18 Nebraska 21 11 .656 up a combined one quarter of the preseason national watch list 2018-19 Nebraska 11 14 .440 for the Lisa Leslie Award. Cain is the youngest Big Ten center Div. I Total 7th season 135 91 .597 on the list, joining Iowa senior Megan Gustafson, Michigan Overall 12th season 232 156 .598 senior Hallie Thome, Illinois senior Alex Wittinger and Purdue junior Ae’Rianna Harris in representing the conference. WILLIAMS IN POSTSEASON • Cain is scheduled to go head-to-head against those Year (Tournament) Results Big Ten centers seven times during the 2018-19 conference 2018 (NCAA) First Round season, including twice each against Gustafson, Thome and 2016 (WNIT) Champion Harris, who will all play the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena 2015 (WNIT) Second Round this season. Cain faced another center on the list - Louisville’s 2014 (NCAA) First Round Sam Fuehring in the ACC/B1G Challenge on Nov. 29. 2013 (WBI) Semifinals 2012 (NAIA) Elite Eight • Overall, Cain is one of just four sophomores on the 2011 (NAIA) First Round Lisa Leslie Award watch list, joining North Carolina’s Janelle (#31) Kate Cain, 6-5, So., Center Bailey, Duke’s Jade Williams and IUPUI’s Macee Williams. No NOTING COACH WILLIAMS freshmen start the season on the award watch list, but centers NCAA Tournament (Nebraska, 2018) can play their way onto the list at any point in the season. Summit League Regular-Season Champions • The inaugural winner of the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award was A’ja Wilson from South (South Dakota, 2015, 2016) Carolina in 2018. NCAA Tournament (South Dakota, 2014) • The selection committee for the Lisa Leslie Award is composed of media members, head coaches, Summit League Tournament Champions (2014) sports information directors and Hall of Famers. In mid-February, the watch list will be narrowed to a list Four Summit League Championship Game Appearances of 10 centers. In March, five finalists for the award will be announced. Fans will have the opportunity Assistant Coach, Tulsa (2006-07) to vote on their favorite finalist at www.hoophallawards.com. Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State (2002-05) • The Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award is part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (2001) Starting Five awards, which include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney (1999-2000) Four-Year Letterwinner Nebraska (1995-98) Shooting Guard Award, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award and the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award. The WBCA also presents the annual Wade Trophy, which honors the overall national player of the year. In 1993, Nebraska’s Karen Jennings won the Wade Trophy. BIG RED RETURN YOUNG, HUNGRY HUSKERS IN 2018-19 • Nebraska lost three key players (Jasmine Cincore, Janay Morton, Emily Wood) from 2017-18, but the 2018-19 version of the Huskers features several experienced weapons. • Nebraska returns each of its top five scorers from 2017-18, led by second-team All-Big Ten point guard Hannah Whitish (12.6 ppg). Forward Maddie Simon (10.1 ppg), guard/forward Taylor Kissinger (10.0 ppg), center Kate Cain (9.9 ppg) and guard/forward Nicea Eliely (8.2 ppg) all return for the Huskers in 2018-19. • Overall, the Huskers returned more than 70 percent of their scoring (70.4%) and rebounding (70.2%), and nearly 65 percent (64.7%) of their assists from the 2017-18 roster. Nebraska also returns 147 of its school-record 163 blocks from 2017-18. The previous school record was 147. • Nebraska returns 160 of its school-record 250 three-pointers (64%) from 2017-18, including 73 from Hannah Whitish and 50 from Taylor Kissinger. It marks the first time in school history that Nebraska returns two players from the previous season who each hit 50 or more threes. • Nebraska’s 2018-19 freshman class was ranked No. 20 in the nation by the ESPN, giving the Huskers back-to-back top 20 classes.

Nebraska’s 2018-19 Coaching Staff (from left): Assistant Coach Chuck Love, Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Head Coach Amy Williams, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 5

• Ashtyn Veerbeek, a 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High School CAREER MINUTES in Hull, Iowa, was ranked as the No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, Collegiate minutes by No. 66 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, which also ranked active players on roster NEBRASKA Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2018. As a senior, Veerbeek (Thru games Feb. 14) was named one of the 50 greatest girls players in Iowa history by the Des 1. Rutgers 17,786 2018-19 QUICK FACTS Moines Register. She led the state in rebounding (14.4 rpg) while ranking 2. Illinois 17,141 Institution...... University of Nebraska. third in scoring (25.8 ppg) and eighth in blocks (86). She finished with 3. Ohio State 16,195 Location...... Lincoln, Neb. 1,871 points, 1,041 rebounds, 227 blocks and 203 assists. 4. Iowa 15,892 Population...... 280,364 • Leigha Brown, a 6-1 forward out of DeKalb High School in Indiana, 5. Michigan 14,208 Enrollment...... 25,820 averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks 6. Penn State 13,749 Founded...... 1869 in 2017-18. She finished her career with 1,798 points, 810 rebounds and 7. Northwestern 13,176 Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers Colors...... Scarlet and Cream 325 assists. She was ranked as the No. 21 forward nationally by ESPN. 8. Indiana 12,595 Home Arena...... Pinnacle Bank Arena • Sam Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the country by 9. Wisconsin 12,498 Capacity...... 15,000 10. Michigan St. 12,375 Prospects Nation, No. 125 by Blue Star and as the No. 28 guard nationally Conference...... Big Ten 11. Purdue 12,241 by ESPN. The 5-9 guard at Class 4A Moorhead High School scored well Athletic Director...... Bill Moos 12. Maryland 11,665 over 2,000 points in her high school career while averaging 25.1 points, 2018-19 Overall Record...... 11-14 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game for the Spuds despite being limited 13. Nebraska 11,622 Home Record...... 7-5 by injury as a senior. 14. Minnesota 11,241 Away Record...... 3-9 • A North Tartan club teammate of Haiby’s, Kayla Mershon comes to Neutral Record...... 1-0 Lincoln as one of the top players in Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., was ranked Big Ten Record...... 6-8 as the No. 132 overall player in the country by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing nationally by 2017-18 Overall Record...... 21-11 ESPN. As a senior at Minnetonka High School, Mershon averaged 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 Home Record...... 10-6 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. Away Record...... 9-2 Neutral Record...... 2-3 Big Ten Record...... 11-5 WHITISH HEATING UP IN BIG TEN PLAY Head Coach...... Amy Williams • Preseason All-Big Ten guard Hannah Whitish is catching Alma Mater/Year...... Nebraska/1998 fire in conference action, including a season-high 28-point Record at Nebraska...... 39-47 (Third season) performance at Purdue (Jan. 31). Whitish added a career-high Career Record...... 232-156 (12th season) 12 assists to notch her first career double-double. She also tied NCAA Div. I Record.... 135-91 (Seventh season) a career high with six threes in the win over the Boilermakers. Williams’ Nebraska Home Record...... 24-20 • Whitish’s 12 assists tied for the ninth-best total by a Husker Big Ten Conference Record...... 20-26 in school history. Only three players in Nebraska history [Rachel Big Ten Home Record...... 11-12 Theriot (4), Kathy Hawkins (3), Stacy Imming (1)] have had more Big Ten Road Record...... 9-14 than 12 assists in a game. Big Ten Tournament Record...... 1-2 • Whitish’s career high of 29 points came last season in Assistant Coaches:...... Tom Goehle back-to-back non-conference wins at Kansas and Drake...... Chuck Love ...... Tandem Mays • Whitish owns a team-best 46 career double-figure scoring Director of Operations...... Amanda Hart efforts, including a team-high 15 in 2018-19 and 18 in 2017-18. Video Coordinator...... Katie Adams She owns five career 20-point performances, including three Strength Coach...... Stuart Hart in 2017-18. Athletic Trainer...... Ashley Rudolph • Whitish is averaging 11.0 points per Big Ten game this Basketball Office Phone...... (402) 472-6462 season, and 9.8 points overall on the year. Basketball Office Fax...... (402) 472-0849 • She has climbed to No. 4 on the Nebraska career three- Women’s Basketball Contact...... Jeff Griesch point list with 182, and needs one more to catch Yvonne Turner Communications Office Phone.....(402) 472-2263 (2007-10) in third on that chart with 183. Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 • Whitish leads the Huskers with 52 three-pointers on the (#3) Hannah Whitish, 5-9, Jr., Guard Griesch’s Cell Phone...... (402) 540-0279 season. Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] • Whitish scored in double figures for seven straight games before being shut out by a focused Communications Fax...... (402) 472-2005 defensive effort from Purdue (Feb. 10). In the seven-game stretch, Whitish averaged 15 points per Best Way to Contact Williams.... Through Griesch game and shot 43.6 percent (24-55) from three-point range. She also averaged 5.3 assists over those Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 seven contests. Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 6/6 Newcomers...... 5 • Whitish has climbed to No. 9 on the Nebraska career assist list with 344, and she is 48 away from Returning Starters (4, 2017-18 Stats)...... catching fellow Wisconsin native and state player of the year Anna DeForge at No. 8 on that list (392, Hannah Whitish, G (12.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.7 apg) 1995-98). Maddie Simon, F (10.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg) • Nebraska’s growth in the backcourt in 2017-18 started with Whitish, who earned second-team Kate Cain, C (9.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.1 bpg) All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore in her first full season as a starter. The 5-9 guard from Barneveld, Nicea Eliely, G (8.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.7 apg) Wis., led the Huskers in scoring (12.6 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three-pointers (2.3 Others Returning (2, 2017-18 Stats)...... pg), as the only Husker to start all 32 games in 2017-18. Taylor Kissinger, G (10.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.4 apg) • She scored in double figures a team-leading 18 times in 2017-18 for a balanced Big Red attack. Grace Mitchell, F (2.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) • Whitish helped power Nebraska to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals by scoring 17 points while Starters Lost (1, 2017-18 Stats)...... pulling down a team-high seven rebounds in a win over Michigan in the quarterfinals (March 2). Jasmine Cincore, G (6.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) • In her first NCAA Tournament appearance, Whitish scored 12 points and hit a pair of three-pointers Others Lost (2, 2017-18 Stats)...... against Arizona State (March 17) in Austin, Texas. Janay Morton, G (6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) • Whitish tied a career high with eight rebounds while adding nine points and a game-high five Emily Wood, G (3.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg) assists in the win over Penn State (Feb. 22, 2018). Bria Stallworth, G (3.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.7 apg) Rachel Blackburn, F (1.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg) Darrien Washington, F (1.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg) 2018-19 Newcomers (5) ...... Leigha Brown, 6-1, Fr., G ...... Sam Haiby, 5-9 Fr., G ...... Kristian Hudson, 5-5, Sr., G ...... Kayla Mershon, 6-3, Fr., F ...... Ashtyn Veerbeek, 6-2, Fr., F 6 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

HUSKER CAREER HIGHS SIMON STRIVING FOR LEADERSHIP AS A SENIOR SCORING • Maddie Simon is trying to help lead a young Husker team Player (Game, Date) Points in 2018-19. The only active senior on Nebraska’s roster, Simon Leigha Brown (vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 30 is averaging 6.6 points and 3.0 rebounds. Hannah Whitish (at Drake, 12/9/17; at Kansas, 12/6/17) 29 Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 25 • Simon, who has produced double figures seven times this Kate Cain (vs. Florida Atlantic, 12/19/17) 22 season, matched her season high with 16 points on 7-of-10 Sam Haiby (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 20 shooting in Nebraska’s road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She Maddie Simon (at San Jose State, 12/17/17) 20 Nicea Eliely (vs. California, 12/4/16) 19 set her season high with 16 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Illinois, 1/17/19) 19 29). Grace Mitchell (vs. UMKC, 11/14/17) 10 Kayla Mershon (vs. Maryland, 1/9/19) 8 • She owns 26 career double-figure scoring efforts, including Kristian Hudson (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 7 12 points and a season-high seven rebounds against Indiana REBOUNDING (Feb. 3). Player (Game, Date) Rebounds • Simon had 15 points and a season-high seven rebounds Kate Cain (vs. Penn State, 2/22/18) 20 at Washington State (Nov. 16). She played a career-high 40 Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. San Jose State, 12/8/18) 14 Maddie Simon (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 12 minutes in the double-overtime game against the Cougars. Taylor Kissinger (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 11 • She put up 13 points in just 18 minutes in a win over Nicea Eliely (Three Times, vs. FAU, 12/19/17) 9 Hannah Whitish (vs. Penn St., 2/22/18; vs. Minn., 2/4/17) 8 Radford (Nov. 25) and had 10 points and four rebounds in Kayla Mershon (vs. N’Western, 1/24/19; vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 7 just 18 minutes in a win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). Leigha Brown (vs. Rutgers, 1/13/19) 6 • Simon opened Big Ten play with 10 points in Nebraska’s Sam Haiby (at Wisconsin, 1/27/19; vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 6 comeback win over Michigan (Dec. 28). Grace Mitchell (vs. Upstate, 11/11/18; vs. Ark., 11/16/17) 6 (#24) Maddie Simon, 6-2, Sr., Forward Kristian Hudson (at Miami, 11/23/18; vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 3 • Simon moved from guard to power forward permanently ASSISTS for the start of the 2017-18 season. Player (Game, Date) Assists • The 6-2 Lincoln Pius X High School grad was a significant contributor in the NU backcourt her Hannah Whitish (at Purdue, 1/31/19) 12 Sam Haiby (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 8 first two years, including a starting role late in the regular season of 2015-16. Nicea Eliely (Six Times, at Michigan, 2/7/19) 6 • Through two seasons, she averaged 4.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game. She Leigha Brown (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 5 made five starts as a freshman, before coming off the bench in all 29 games in 2016-17. Maddie Simon (at Minnesota, 12/31/17) 5 Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 4 • With the loss of Nebraska’s starting frontcourt, and inexperience and injuries challenging the Kate Cain (Four Times, vs. Rutgers, 1/13/19) 3 inside game, Simon ran into a more prominent role at power forward in 2017-18. Kristian Hudson (vs. Upstate, 11/11/18; vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 3 Kayla Mershon (vs. Michigan, 12/28/18) 3 • In 28 games with 27 starts at power forward, Simon was one of the most improved players in the Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Maryland, 2/14/19) 3 Big Ten by averaging 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2017-18. The Huskers Grace Mitchell (vs. CCU, 11/24/17; at Mich. St., 1/7/17) 2 went 20-8 with Simon on the court with their only losses to No. 11/13/17 Maryland (3), No. 12 Ohio STEALS State, No. 23 Michigan, Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament, at WNIT Champion Indiana, and Player (Game, Date) Steals Washington State. Nicea Eliely (vs. Minnesota, 1/20/19) 6 Hannah Whitish (at Maryland, 2/25/18) 4 • Statistically, Simon was one of the Big Ten’s most improved players, increasing her scoring (+6.0 Sam Haiby (Three Times, at Illinois, 1/17/19) 3 ppg) and rebounding averages (+3.0 rpg) from 2016-17. She more than doubled her points (282-118), Taylor Kissinger (at Ohio St., 12/31/18; vs. Buffalo, 11/23/17) 3 Maddie Simon (at Minn., 12/31/17; vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3 rebounds (147-67) and assists (55-24) and nearly doubled her steals (23-12) from 2016-17. Leigha Brown (Three Times, vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 2 • Simon produced double figures 14 times in 2017-18. She entered the season with five career Kate Cain (Five Times, vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2 double-figure scoring efforts in 50 games. Kristian Hudson (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 2 Kayla Mershon (Six Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 2 • She had the best game of her career with 18 points, eight rebounds, a career-high five assists Grace Mitchell (Three Times, vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 2 and a career-high-tying three steals in a win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). Simon scored 16 of her team-high Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 2 18 points in the second half, including the go-ahead shot in the lane with 29.8 seconds left, before BLOCKED SHOTS grabbing a defensive rebound, getting fouled and making two free throws with 12.9 seconds left to Player (Game, Date) Blocks help seal a 79-74 win in which Nebraska trailed by eight points late in the third quarter on the road. Kate Cain (vs. FAU, 12/19/17) - school record 11 Nicea Eliely (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 4 • Simon erupted for a team-high 19 points including a season-best 3-for-4 three-point shooting Ashtyn Veerbeek (Three Times, vs. Northwestern, 1/24/19) 3 in a win over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16). She added 19 more points and a team-best eight rebounds to Taylor Kissinger (Three Times, vs. Minnesota, 1/20/19) 2 Kayla Mershon (at Arkansas, 12/18/18) 2 complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes at Iowa (Jan. 28). Maddie Simon (vs. Wisconsin, 2/11/18; vs. UConn, 12/21/16) 2 • Simon scored a career-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting at San Jose State (Dec. 17, 2018). Her Hannah Whitish (vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2 20 points at San Jose State came in just 24 minutes. Leigha Brown (Three Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 1 Sam Haiby (vs. Maryland, 1/9/19; vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 1 • Her effort at San Jose State followed 17 points, six boards, four assists and two steals in a win at Grace Mitchell (Seven Times, vs. Maryland, 1/8/19) 1 Drake (Dec. 9, 2017). She added 13 points against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017). MINUTES PLAYED • The Big Red opened 3-0 with Simon as a starting in 2017-18. She averaged 6.7 points and a Player (Game, Date) Minutes team-high 9.3 rebounds through three games. She had 11 points and eight boards in a win over UMKC Hannah Whitish (vs. Michigan State, 2/26/17) 44 Maddie Simon (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 40 (Nov. 14, 2017), before getting five points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). Kate Cain (vs. Michigan, 1/13/18) 39 • She suffered an ankle sprain in pregame warmups prior to Nebraska’s game with Creighton (Nov. Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 37 19, 2017) and did not play against the Bluejays. Simon missed four straight games with the injury. Taylor Kissinger (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 36 Sam Haiby (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 32 • The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Simon was a two-time first-team Super-State Kayla Mershon (vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 30 selection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. She was the No. 149 Leigha Brown (Three Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 25 player in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard by ESPN in 2015. A tremendous Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Ohio State, 12/31/18) 23 Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17) 22 all-around athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Kristian Hudson (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 21 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships. THREE-POINTERS MADE • Simon earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time in 2018. Player (Game, Date) 3FG Made • Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American as a member of Coach Gary Taylor Kissinger (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 6 Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984. She was also a four-time first-team All-American Hannah Whitish (at Purdue, 1/31/19; at Illinois, 1/10/18) 6 on the track. Leigha Brown (vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 4 Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 4 Sam Haiby (at Purdue, 1/31/19) 3 Maddie Simon (Three Times, vs. Iowa, 1/16/18) 3 Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. Radford, 11/25/18) 3 Kristian Hudson (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 2 Kayla Mershon (Seven Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 1 Grace Mitchell (Five Times, vs. UAPB, 12/2/17) 1 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 7

BIG RED LOCKED DOWN ON DEFENSE IN 2017-18 • Nebraska showed drastic improvement on defense in 2017-18. In HUSKERS BY THE NUMBERS 2016-17, Nebraska ranked 14th in the Big Ten by allowing 76.3 points, DEFENSIVE STANCE NEB leads after 1st quarter 7-5 Season PPG Allowed including 80.4 points per game in league play. Prior to 2015-16, the Huskers NEB trails after 1st quarter 3-9 2017-18 (NCAA) 63.6 NEB tied after 1st quarter 1-0 had not allowed 65 points per game since 2004-05. 2016-17 76.3 NEB leads at the half 8-3 • In 2017-18, Nebraska allowed 63.6 points per game. 2015-16 (WNIT) 68.1 NEB trails at the half 3-11 • Over the last 14 games of 2017-18, the Huskers allowed just 61.7 2014-15 (NCAA) 60.9 NEB is tied at the half 0-0 points per game, despite playing 11 games against postseason teams, 2013-14 (NCAA) 63.4 NEB leads after 3rd quarter 7-2 including seven against NCAA Tournament teams. 2012-13 (NCAA) 59.0 NEB trails after 3rd quarter 4-12 • Nebraska led the Big Ten in field goal percentage defense (.371) and 2011-12 (NCAA) 61.8 NEB tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 three-point field goal percentage defense (.299). NU’s Big Ten field goal 2010-11 64.7 NEB in overtime 0-1 percentage defense was a school record, while the Huskers held opponents 2009-10 (NCAA) 58.3 NEB attempts more FG than opponent 6-7 to under 30 percent three-point shooting for the fourth time in history. 2008-09 (WNIT) 61.7 NEB attempts fewer FG than opponent 4-7 • In 2016-17, Nebraska allowed 82.8 points per game to go 0-13 2007-08 (NCAA) 63.2 NEB attempts same FG as opponent 1-0 away from home. In 2017-18, the Huskers allowed 66.3 points per game 2006-07 (NCAA) 62.6 while going 11-5 away from Pinnacle Bank Arena. Ten of NU’s 16 road 2005-06 (WNIT) 62.9 NEB makes more FG than opponent 9-3 games came against postseason qualifiers, including eight against NCAA 2004-05 (WNIT) 65.4 NEB makes fewer FG than opponent 1-9 Tournament teams. 2003-04 (WNIT) 63.9 NEB makes same FG as opponent 1-2 • Compared to 2016-17, Nebraska was 6.0 points per game better 2002-03 63.9 NEB has better FG Pct. than opponent 9-2 offensively (68.8-62.8 ppg) and 12.7 points per game better defensively 2001-02 68.9 NEB has worse FG Pct. than opponent 2-12 (63.6-76.3 ppg). 2000-01 68.8 • Nebraska allowed just 42 points at No. 25 Rutgers, the lowest total NEB shoots 50 percent or better FG 3-0 NEB shoots less than 50 percent FG 8-14 by an opponent in Coach Amy Williams’ two seasons at NU and the fewest points surrendered by the Huskers since holding Creighton to 38 on Dec. 14, 2013. It was also the fewest points allowed by the NEB shoots 40 percent or better FG 8-8 Huskers in a road game since holding Michigan to 39 points on Feb. 21, 2013, in Ann Arbor. NEB shoots less than 40 percent FG 3-6 • Nebraska held 11 foes to 55 points or less, including 42 at No. 25 Rutgers, 47 to Illinois (Feb. 1) NEB shoots more FT than opponent 7-6 and Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24), 48 to Wisconsin (Feb. 11), 49 at Kansas (Dec. 6), 51 to Purdue (Jan. NEB shoots fewer FT than opponent 4-7 24) and Penn State (Feb. 22), 52 to Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), 53 to SIUE (Nov. 11), 54 to No. 24 NEB shoots same FT as opponent 0-1 Michigan at the Big Ten Tournament and 55 at San Jose State (Dec. 17). • In 2016-17, the Huskers held just two foes to 55 or less. NEB makes more FT than opponent 6-6 • The Huskers held two opponents (Illinois, 2nd, 0-12, Feb. 1; at Kansas, 4th, 0-14, Dec. 6) without NEB makes fewer FT than opponent 3-8 a field goal in a quarter in 2017-18. They are the only two times Nebraska has held an opponent NEB makes same FT as opponent 2-0 without a field goal since the advent of the quarter system. NEB has more rebounds than opponent 6-6 • Nebraska held Illinois (Feb. 1) to just 10 points in the first half - the lowest total by an opponent NEB has fewer rebounds than opponent 5-8 in a first half in school history. Illinois managed just one point in the second quarter. NEB has same rebounds as opponent 0-0 • Nebraska held Kansas (Dec. 6) to just 13 points in the second half, the fewest points ever scored NEB has more O-rebounds than opponent 6-6 in a half by a Husker road opponent on their homecourt. NEB has fewer O-rebounds than opponent 5-6 • The Huskers limited a potent Michigan offense to just 14 second-half points (4 field goals), including NEB has same O-rebounds as opponent 0-2 five points in the third quarter, to take the No. 23 Wolverines to overtime (Jan. 13). • Since accomplishing it the first time in the first quarter (8 points) against Coastal Carolina (Nov. NEB has more assists than opponent 9-6 24), Nebraska held opponents to single digits in a quarter a total of 13 times, including seven times NEB has fewer assists than opponent 2-8 in Big Ten Conference games. The Huskers held Michigan (3rd, 4th), Rutgers (1st, 4th) and Illinois (1st, NEB has same assists as opponent 0-0 2nd) to single digits twice in the same game. NEB has more turnovers than opponent 2-7 • The Huskers held each of the Big Ten’s top five scoring offenses to double digits less (in regulation) NEB has fewer turnovers than opponent 8-3 than their regular-season averages, including Ohio State (85.0 ppg - 73, Lincoln, Dec. 28), Minnesota NEB has same turnovers as opponent 1-4 (84.9 ppg - 74, Minneapolis, Dec. 31), Maryland (79.6 ppg - 64, Lincoln, Feb. 4; 66, Indianapolis, March NEB has more steals than opponent 8-2 3), Iowa (78.7 ppg, 65, Lincoln, Jan. 13) and Michigan (74.9 ppg - 62, Lincoln, Jan. 13; 54, Indianapolis, NEB has fewer steals than opponent 3-11 March 2). NEB has same steals as opponent 0-1 • In a season sweep of Iowa, the Huskers held the high-scoring Hawkeyes to just 1-for-19 from NEB has more blocks than opponent 8-5 three-point range combined. In the first first meeting, Iowa went 0-for-7 with multiple air balls and NEB has fewer blocks than opponent 2-7 had two attempts blocked by Huskers. NEB has same blocks as opponent 1-2 NEB commits more fouls than opponent 7-7 CAIN KEY ON BLOCK, EARNS BIG TEN ALL-DEFENSIVE AWARD NEB commits fewer fouls than opponent 2-5 • Kate Cain is continuing her strong play in the post as a sophomore. Through 25 games, Cain is NEB commits same fouls as opponent 2-2 averaging 7.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and a team-best 2.6 blocks per game. Games are decided by 20 or more points 5-1 • She produced her best game of the year when she tied her season high with 16 points on 8-of-9 Games are decided by 10 or more points 7-4 shooting while adding a season-best 17 rebounds to go along with three blocks in a win over San Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 4-10 Jose State (Dec. 8). It was her seventh career double-double and second of the season. Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 0-5 • Cain notched her first double-double of the year with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Washington Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 0-2 State (Nov. 16). Overtime Games 0-1 • She owns seven double-digit scoring efforts, including a season-high 16 points in 19 minutes Playing on Monday 1-0 in a win over USC Upstate. Cain added 14 points and seven rebounds at Wisconsin (Jan. 27) and 12 Playing on Tuesday 0-2 points and six boards at Michigan (Feb. 7). She had 14 points and five rebounds in the win over Denver Playing on Wednesday 1-1 (Dec. 15). She also had 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Creighton (Dec. 2). Playing on Thursday 2-5 Playing on Friday 1-2 • Cain has four double-figure rebound games, including 10 boards at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). Playing on Saturday 2-0 • Cain owns 19 games with multiple rejections. She has climbed to No. 4 on the Nebraska career Playing on Sunday 4-4 blocks list with 164 and needs 36 more to become just the fourth player in Husker history with 200 Playing in November 2-4 career blocks. Playing in December 5-2 • Cain’s 64 blocks through 25 games this season already rank third among sophomores in Nebraska Playing in January 3-5 history. She needs three more blocks to tie Catheryn Redmon (67, 2008-09) at No. 2 and five blocks Playing in February 1-3 to match the Husker sophomore record of 69 set by Janet Smith (1979-80) over a 40-game season. Playing in March 0-0 8 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Cain owns 22 double-figure scoring efforts, 10 double-figure rebounding games and one double- ASSOCIATED PRESS digit block game in the first 57 games of her career. She has made 56 straight starts. TOP 25 • Cain is the only player in Nebraska history to record a points (22), rebounds (14) and blocked shots (11) triple-double, which she accomplished in a win over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017). Her (MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019) points, blocks and assists (3) were all career highs against the Owls. 1-Baylor (21-1) [22]...... 694 (1) • Cain’s performance was one of only two points-rebounds-blocks triple-doubles in the Big Ten 2-Louisville (23-1) [3]...... 664 (2) (Alex Wittinger, Illinois vs. Penn State, Jan. 23) in 2017-18. 3-Oregon (23-1) [3]...... 653 (3) • Cain, who set the Nebraska record with 11 blocks against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017) smashed 4-UConn (21-2)...... 607 (5) 5-Mississippi State (22-1)...... 596 (6) Olympic bronze medalist Danielle Page’s previous school record of nine against Baylor (Feb. 3, 2007). 6-Notre Dame (22-3)...... 553 (4) • Cain became just the sixth player in Big Ten Conference history to record 11 or more blocks and 7-Maryland (22-2)...... 522 (10) just the 10th Big Ten player to notch double-digit blocks in a single game. 8-Marquette (21-3)...... 513 (8) • Cain captured four Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26) 9-Oregon State (20-4)...... 436 (7) during the 2017-18 non-conference. 10-Stanford (19-4)...... 423 (11) • Cain added a monstrous double-double with 14 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in a win 11-South Carolina (17-5)...... 403 (12) over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 rebounds tied for the sixth-highest individual total in school history 12-NC State (21-2)...... 400 (9) and helped the Huskers to a plus-29 rebound margin against the Lady Lions. 13-Gonzaga (22-2)...... 363 (13) • Cain finished No. 8 nationally in blocks (100) and No. 7 in blocks per game (3.1 bpg) in 2017-18. 14-Iowa (19-5)...... 329 (16) • Cain, who previously tied the Nebraska freshman record with six blocks against Clemson (Nov. 15-Texas (19-5)...... 294 (14) 30, 2017), owns 30 games with three or more blocks in her career, including 15 this season and 15 in 16-Syracuse (18-5)...... 277 (15) 2017-18. She has recorded five or more blocks six times in her career - Clemson (6, Nov. 30, 2017), 17-Kentucky (19-5)...... 206 (19) Kansas (5, Dec. 6, 2017), Florida Atlantic (11, Dec. 19, 2017), Northwestern (5, Jan. 7, 2018), Iowa (5, 18-Iowa State (18-5)...... 205 (22) Jan. 16, 2018) and most recently Maryland (Jan. 8, 2019). 19-Arizona State (16-6)...... 202 (20) • Cain recorded a block in each of the first 31 games of her career before going without a block 20-Miami (21-5)...... 186 (25) in the NCAA Tournament first round loss to Arizona State (March 17). She had multiple blocks in 26 21-Florida State (20-4)...... 146 (24) of 32 games as a freshman. 22-Texas A&M (18-5)...... 126 (18) • Cain was the only player to capture spots on both the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and Big Ten 23-Rutgers (17-6)...... 105 (20) All-Defensive Team in 2017-18. Both five-player teams were chosen by the league coaches. 24-Michigan State (16-6)...... 65 (23) • She averaged 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and a Big Ten-best 3.1 blocks per game 25-South Dakota (22-3)...... 42 (RV) in 2017-18. Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics. NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: • Cain’s 100 total blocks were a school record, while her seven blocks in a win over Michigan in T28-Drake (8); T32-Minnesota (2) the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 2) and nine total blocks in two tournament games were both Nebraska conference tournament records. • Cain’s 56.6 field goal percentage ranked as the second-best mark by a Nebraska freshman in USA TODAY COACHES school history. TOP 25 • Her 223 total rebounds ranked fourth among freshmen in Husker history, and she was just the (TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019) sixth Husker freshman ever to grab 200 rebounds. 1-Baylor (21-1) [27]...... 790 (1) • She is the only Husker freshman ever to record 300 points, 200 rebounds and 100 blocks. 2-Louisville (23-1) [2]...... 764 (2) 3-Oregon (23-1) [3]...... 740 (3) KISSINGER SHOOTING WELL AS SOPHOMORE 4-UConn (22-2)...... 701 (5) • Taylor Kissinger is playing well and showing a more 5-Mississippi State (22-1)...... 679 (6) complete game in her second season at Nebraska, averaging 6-Notre Dame (22-3)...... 630 (4) 8.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists. She has hit a Big 7-Marquette (21-3)...... 595 (7) Ten-best 44.1 percent (49-111) of her three-pointers, including 8-Maryland (22-2)...... 590 (8) eight consecutive attempts that began with going 6-for-6 9-Oregon State (20-4)...... 485 (10) against USC Upstate (Nov. 11) and ended after her first make 10-Stanford (19-4)...... 479 (11) at Miami (Nov. 23). 11-NC State (21-2)...... 465 (9) • Kissinger set a Nebraska basketball record by going 6-for- 12-Gonzaga (22-2)...... 449 (12) 6 from three-point range in the win over USC Upstate (Nov. 13-Iowa (19-5)...... 399 (16) 14-South Carolina (17-6)...... 353 (13) 11). She led Nebraska with 22 points - the second 20-point 15-Texas (19-5)...... 342 (15) performance of her career. 16-Syracuse (18-5)...... 314 (14) • She notched the 21st double-digit scoring game of her 17-Arizona State (16-6)...... 266 (18) career with 12 points at Michigan (Feb. 7). Kissinger notched 18-Kentucky (20-5)...... 263 (17) her Big Ten scoring best of 15 points at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). 19-Florida State (20-4)...... 235 (19) • Kissinger had a team-high 18 points on 4-of-10 three- 20-Miami (21-5)...... 225 (25) point shooting in the win over Denver (Dec. 15). It followed a 21-Iowa State (18-5)...... 205 (23) 17-point effort on 5-of-11 three-point shooting in a win over 22-Michigan State (17-6)...... 126 (23) San Jose State (Dec. 8). She also scored 12 points at Arkansas 23-Texas A&M (18-5)...... 88 (22) (Dec. 18), before getting 11 points against Rutgers (Jan. 13). 24-Rutgers (17-6)...... 62 (24) (#33) Taylor Kissinger, 6-1, So., Guard • She scored all nine of her points in the fourth quarter on 25-South Dakota (22-3)...... 59 (RV) two threes and a traditional three-point play to help Nebraska Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics. rally from a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 63-57 win over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). Kissinger NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: also tied a career high with two blocks against the Gophers. T29-Drake (9) • Kissinger hit at least one three in the first six contests of 2018-19 before getting shut out from beyond the arc at Creighton (Dec. 2). • Kissinger bounced back with her second career double-double in the win over Kansas (Dec. 5), registering 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds while going 3-for-4 from three-point range against the Jayhawks. • The 6-1 guard from Minden, Neb., finished third on the 2017-18 team in scoring with 10.0 points per game, while adding 4.1 rebounds per contest. She also ranked second on the team with 50 three- pointers, which was the fourth-highest total by a freshman in Nebraska history. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 9

• Kissinger played in 25 games with seven starts in 2017-18, while missing seven games due to injuries. She scored in double figures 12 times, while adding one double-digit rebound game with her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench at Indiana (Feb. 17). • In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Kissinger scored 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench, after missing all but six minutes over the three previous games with a sprained SC joint suffered in the first quarter of a loss in the regular-season finale at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). • Kissinger produced the best performance of her young career with a game-high 25 points to lead 2018-19 BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Overall (Big Ten) Nebraska to an 80-69 win over Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). Kissinger hit 9-of-15 shots from the floor, 1. #7 Maryland 23-2 (12-2) including 4-of-7 threes. She added eight rebounds and four assists against the Hogs. 2. #14 Iowa 20-5 (11-3) • Kissinger joined Hannah Whitish as the only two Huskers to start each of the first seven games in 3. #23 Rutgers 17-7 (9-4) 2017-18, Kissinger did not play in wins over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), at Kansas (Dec. 6), at Drake 4. Michigan 17-9 (8-6) Northwestern 15-10 (8-6) (Dec. 9), at San Jose State (Dec. 17) or over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) after suffering a minor knee injury 6. #24 Michigan State 17-7 (7-6) late in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30). She also missed a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). 7. Purdue 16-11 (7-7) • Kissinger pumped in 18 points and four threes in Nebraska’s win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). Ohio State 11-12 (7-7) • She averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games at the San Juan Shootout in Daytona Minnesota 18-7 (7-7) 10. Nebraska 11-14 (6-8) Beach, Fla., Nov. 23-24. She also established a career high with three steals vs. Buffalo (Nov. 23, 2017). Indiana 17-9 (6-8) • She hit a freshman season-high five threes in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24, 2017). 12. Penn State 10-14 (3-10) • Kissinger led Nebraska with 17 points to go along with six rebounds, three assists, a block and Wisconsin 12-13 (3-10) a steal before sustaining a knee injury late in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30, 2017). 14. Illinois 10-15 (2-12) • Nebraska’s leading scorer through the first seven games as a starter (14.0 ppg) in 2017-18, Kissinger averaged 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game off the bench in Big Ten BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nov. 12 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa play, including a personal conference-best 18 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting against No. 11 Nov. 19 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Maryland (Feb. 4). Nov. 26 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa • She had 14 points with four three-pointers to go along with three rebounds and two assists in a Dec. 3 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa road win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). Dec. 10 - Jenna Allen, Sr., Michigan State Dec. 17 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa • Kissinger came up big in Nebraska’s upset of No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), scoring 12 points while Dec. 24 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa grabbing a eight rebounds off the bench in the win over the Hawkeyes. Dec. 31 - Jenna Allen, Sr., Michigan State • Kissinger’s older twin sisters were both Division I guards, with Brooke in her third season at Jan. 7 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Creighton in 2018-19 after spending her first two seasons at Illinois. Jamie completed her eligibility Jan. 14 - Hallie Thome, Sr., Michigan at San Diego in 2017-18. Jan. 21 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Jan. 28 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Feb. 4 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa ELIELY SOLID IN THIRD SEASON AS HUSKER STARTER Feb. 11 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa • Nicea Eliely is in her third season as a regular starter for the Huskers in 2018-19. BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK • Eliely is one of eight Huskers averaging 6.5 or more Nov. 12 - Shakira Austin, Maryland points per game (8.2 ppg), while ranking third on the team in Nov. 19 - Shakira Austin, Maryland Nov. 26 - Imani Lewis, Northwestern rebounding (4.2 rpg) and assists (2.1 apg). She also leads NU Dec. 3 - Dorka Juhász, Ohio State and ranks among the top five players in the Big Ten in steals Dec. 10 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan (1.7 spg). Dec. 17 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan • Her 80 career starts at Nebraska are the most by any Shakira Austin, Maryland current Husker. She has started 51 consecutive games. Dec. 24 - Shakira Austin, Maryland • Eliely produced her eighth double-figure scoring effort Dec. 31 - Nia Clouden, Michigan State Jan. 7 - Leigha Brown, Nebraska of the year with a season-high 18 points at No. 7 Maryland Jan. 14 - Shakira Austin, Maryland (Feb. 14). She had 12 points at Purdue (Jan. 31) after getting Jan. 21 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan 12 at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). She had 14 points, including 10 in Jan. 28 - Taylor Mikesell, Maryland the fourth quarter, in Nebraska’s road win at Ohio State (Dec. Feb. 4 - Sam Haiby, Nebraska 31). It was NU’s second straight fourth-quarter comeback. Naz Hillmon, Michigan • It followed a 14-point performance in a comeback win Feb. 11 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan over Michigan (Dec. 28), when she scored all 14 in the fourth THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN period. She also had four steals against the Wolverines Monday, Feb. 11 while setting a career best with seven made free throws. She Michigan State 77, Indiana 61 [BTN] outscored Michigan 14-13 in the fourth quarter. • She scored 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in a win over (#5) Nicea Eliely, 6-1, Jr., Guard/Forward Thursday, Feb. 14 Denver (Dec. 15). She added 10-point efforts against Drake Minnesota 65, Purdue 45 Michigan 67, Indiana 58 (Nov. 7) and at No. 24 Miami (Nov. 23). Ohio State 59, Rutgers 39 • Eliely owns 28 career double-figure scoring efforts, including eight this season. Iowa 88, Illinois 66 • She had nine points and a season-high eight rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 2). Eliely matched her Maryland 89, Nebraska 63 season high with eight boards against Kansas (Dec. 5) while setting a career high with four blocks. Northwestern 78, Penn State 63 • She recorded at least one steal in each of Nebraska’s first eight games of 2018-19. Eliely owns 11 Wisconsin 79, Michigan State 62 games with multiple steals this season, including a career-high six in the win over No. 23 Minnesota Sunday, Feb. 17 (Jan. 20), when she had five in the fourth quarter to help the Huskers hold the Gophers without a field Maryland at Iowa, Noon [ESPN2] goal for the game’s final six minutes. She added five steals at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). Penn State at Minnesota, 1 p.m. [BTN] • The 6-1 wing from Colorado Springs, Colo., started all 29 games as a true freshman, averaging Wisconsin at Ohio State, 1 p.m. [BTN Plus] 7.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and a team-leading 1.6 steals per game. Michigan at Illinois, 2 p.m. [BTN Plus] • She missed three games and six starts with a foot/ankle injury to open the 2017-18 season. She Michigan State at Nebraska, 3 p.m. [BTN] started the season’s final 26 games and averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals Northwestern at Purdue, 5 p.m. [BTN] as a sophomore. She shot 46.9 percent from the field, including 38 percent (19-50) from three. Monday, Feb. 18 • Eliely had a 2017-18 season-high 17 points in a win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Rutgers at Indiana, 6 p.m. [BTN] • She had 10 points and a career-high-tying nine rebounds in a win over FAU (Dec. 19, 2017). Wednesday, Feb. 20 Illinois at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. [BTN Plus] 10 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

NU CAREER 20-POINT GAMES MITCHELL HELPS SPARK HUSKERS Hannah Whitish (5) • Grace Mitchell continued in her role as a strong contributor off the bench during non-conference at Drake (12/9/17) 29 play as a junior. The 6-2 forward from Wellington, Kan., has averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in at Kansas (12/6/17) 29 21 games this season. She missed Nebraska’s first two Big Ten games against Michigan (Dec. 28) and at Purdue (1/31/19) 28 at Ohio State (Dec. 31) with a foot injury but returned off the bench at Iowa (Jan. 3). Michigan State (2/26/17) 24 • Mitchell scored six points and tied her career high with six rebounds in NU’s win over USC Upstate at Illinois (1/10/18) 20 (Nov. 11). She hit all three of her shots from the field against the Spartans. Leigha Brown (2) • Mitchell appeared in 29 games with two starts in 2017-18, after playing 29 games in 2016-17. vs. Purdue (2/10/19) 30 • She averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds as a sophomore in 2017-18, including a career-high at Iowa (1/3/19) 20 10 points to go along with three rebounds in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). Taylor Kissinger (2) • Mitchell added a nine-point, five-rebound performance in 16 minutes off the bench at San Jose Arkansas (11/16/17) 25 State (Dec. 17, 2017). USC Upstate (11/11/18) 22 • She had four first-half points to go along with a career-high six rebounds in 11 minutes off the Kate Cain (1) bench in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) - triple-double 22 • Mitchell made her first career start against Creighton (Nov. 19, 2017) in place of Maddie Simon Sam Haiby (1) who was injured in pregame warmups. Mitchell had seven points on 3-of-6 shooting and five rebounds in a season-high 20 minutes. at Washington State (11/16/18) 20 • She also started in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24, 2017). She had four points and three Maddie Simon (1) rebounds against the Chanticleers. at San Jose State (12/17/17) 20 • Mitchell earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the first time in 2018. NU CAREER DOUBLE FIGURE GAMES 2018-19 SCHEDULE PROVIDES CHALLENGES Player (Years) Games • Nebraska’s 29-game regular-season schedule will feature 18 games against 2018 postseason 1. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 46 tournament qualifiers (NCAA, WNIT), including 12 contests against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams. 2. Nicea Eliely (2017-present) 28 3. Maddie Simon (2016-present) 26 • Nine of Nebraska’s 14 road games will come against postseason qualifiers, including seven games 4. Kate Cain (2018-present) 22 against NCAA Tournament teams. 5. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 21 • Nine of Nebraska’s 15 home games will feature opponents who qualified for 2018 postseason 6. Sam Haiby (2019-present) 11 play, including five NCAA Tournament qualifiers. 7. Leigha Brown (2019-present) 9 • Nebraska is facing a tough road schedule in 2018-19, including a trip to 2018 NCAA Women’s 8. Ashtyn Veerbeek (2019-present) 6 Final Four qualifier Louisville for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Nov. 29). The game against the ACC 9. Grace Mitchell (2017-present) 1 Champion Cardinals was the fourth of a five-game road trip that started at Washington State (Nov. HUSKER DOUBLE-DOUBLES 16) - a team that has defeated Nebraska each of the last three seasons. Player (Years) Double-Doubles • The Huskers headed across the country to face 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifier Miami at its 1. Kate Cain (2018-present) 7 (1 triple-double) Thanksgiving tournament (Nov. 23), before closing the tournament with a 77-39 win over 2018 Big 2. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 2 South runner-up Radford, which advanced to the 2018 WNIT second round with a win at Penn State. 3. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 1 • After the game at Louisville (Nov. 29), the Huskers closed their five-game road trip with in-state Ashtyn Veerbeek (2019-present) 1 rival Creighton (Dec. 2). The Jays advanced to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament with NEBRASKA SEASON BLOCKS a win over Iowa at UCLA. Player (Years) Blocks • While Nebraska’s road schedule grabs headlines, the Huskers’ home schedule should provide 1. Kate Cain (2017-18) 100 plenty of challenges and opportunities, especially with a nine-game Big Ten home slate. 2. Danielle Page (2007-08) 78 • Nebraska’s 14-game regular-season home schedule features NCAA Tournament-caliber 3. Catheryn Redmon (2010-11) 77 competition from start to finish. The Huskers opened the season with Drake (Nov. 7), which has earned back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids and has been unbeaten in Missouri Valley Conference play the HUSKER FRESHMAN BLOCKS last two seasons. Player (Years) Blocks 1. Kate Cain (2017-18, 32 games) 100 • After opening the season with back-to-back home games against Drake (Nov. 7) and USC Upstate 2. Janet Smith (1978-79, 34 games) 54 (Nov. 11), the Huskers play five straight on the road before facing old Big Eight/Big 12 rival Kansas at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Dec. 5). HUSKER SOPHOMORE BLOCKS • The win over Kansas started a perfect three-game home stand that included wins over San Jose Player (Years) Blocks State (Dec. 8) and Denver (Dec. 15). 1. Janet Smith (1979-80, 40 games) 69 • Nebraska’s nine-game home Big Ten schedule began with a 70-56 win over 2018 NCAA Tournament 2. Catheryn Redmon (2008-09, 31 games) 67 qualifier Michigan (Dec. 28). The Huskers fell to No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8) before suffering a narrow loss 3. Kate Cain (2018-19, 25 games) 64 to Big Ten unbeaten Rutgers (Jan. 13). The Scarlet Knights matched Nebraska’s 14-game turnaround NEBRASKA CAREER BLOCKS in the win column last year and just missed the NCAA Tournament. Player (Years) Blocks • The Big Red defeated 2018 NCAA qualifier and then-No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20), before falling 1. Janet Smith (1979-82) 238 to Northwestern (Jan. 24). The Huskers returned home to face 2018 WNIT champion Indiana (Feb. 2. Catheryn Redmon (2008-11) 216 3), before completing a season series sweep of Purdue in the annual pink game (Feb. 10). Nebraska 3. Danielle Page (2005-08) 207 faces Michigan State (Feb. 17). Both Purdue and Michigan State advanced to the 2018 WNIT. 4. Kate Cain (2018-present) 164 • Nebraska wraps up its regular-season home schedule by taking on 2018 NCAA Tournament MOST BLOCKS IN A GAME qualifier Iowa on Senior Night (Feb. 25). • In Big Ten road play, NU opened with a 78-69 win over defending conference champion and BY A HUSKER FRESHMAN NCAA Tournament qualifier Ohio State (Dec. 31), before losing at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). Player, Game Blocks • NU defeated Illinois (Jan. 17) before closing January at Wisconsin (Jan. 27) and with an 84-64 1. Kate Cain vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 (NU record) 11 win at Purdue (Jan. 31). 2. Kate Cain vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018 7 3. Kate Cain vs. Clemson, Nov. 30, 2017 6 • Nebraska completed its season series at Michigan (Feb. 7), before wrapping up season series at Janet Smith vs. Okla. St., Jan. 12, 1979 6 Maryland (Feb. 14) and Northwestern (Feb. 21). Jeanne Boller vs. Wichita St., Feb. 5, 1977 6 • The Huskers close the regular season at Penn State (March 2). The Lady Lions advanced to the 6. Kate Cain vs. Iowa, Jan. 16, 2017 5 2018 WNIT. Kate Cain at Northwestern, Jan. 7, 2017 5 Kate Cain at Kansas, Dec. 6, 2017 5 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 11

NEBRASKA’S HISTORY OF HOME SUCCESS • Nebraska had its streak of 12 consecutive season-opening wins snapped with an 83-77 loss to current top-25 team and two-time defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Drake on Nov. 7. However, the Huskers still have an outstanding history of success at home, including a 7-4 record at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2018-19. • The Huskers were 10-6 at home in 2017-18, winning five of their final six home games. NEBRASKA IN BIG TEN STATISTICS • The Huskers went 15-4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2015-16 after going 12-3 (13-3 at home) in TEAM (Thru Games Feb. 14, 2019) 2014-15. The Huskers are 66-29 (.695) all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for Scoring Offense - 4th (72.4 ppg) the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss Scoring Defense - 12th (69.8 ppg) to Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. NU’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single- Scoring Margin - 10th (+2.6 ppg) Free Throw Pct. - 6th (.710) season home victories. Field Goal Pct. - 6th (.424) • The Huskers played the first regular-season game arena history against USA Today No. 25 UCLA Field Goal Pct. Defense - 11th (.407) (Nov. 8, 2013) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 25 team came 3FG Pct. - 5th (.345) with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8, 2014. The Huskers added their first-ever win 3FG Pct. Defense - 13th (.335) over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24, 2014. Total Rebounds - 7th (38.8 rpg) Rebounds Allowed - 11th (37.8 rpg) • NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game at Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 66-65 thriller over Rebound Margin - 11th (+1.1 rpg) Northwestern Jan. 2, 2014, before an 88-85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first Blocked Shots - 3rd (5.2 bpg) overtime game. Assists - 4th (15.4 apg) • NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013. Steals - 7th (7.5 spg) • The Huskers are 456-159 (.741) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 192-63 (.753) over the Turnover Margin - 7th (+0.0 pg) Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 6th (1.0) last 16 seasons (including 2018-19), posting double-figure home victory totals 14 times. Offensive Rebounds - 10th (11.6 rpg) • Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one Defensive Rebounds - 4th (27.2 rpg) appearance at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Offensive Rebound Pct. - 10th (.311) Devaney Center, including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play. Defensive Rebound Pct. - 8th (.695) 3FG Made - 2nd (7.2 pg) NEBRASKA RANKS NEAR TOP IN ATTENDANCE INDIVIDUAL (Thru games Feb. 14, 2019) • Nebraska ranked No. 20 nationally with an average home attendance of 4,380 at Pinnacle Bank Rebounding - Kate Cain - 17th (6.2 rpg) Defensive Rebounds - Kate Cain - 11th (4.7 rpg) Arena in 2017-18. It marked the eighth consecutive year that the Huskers have ranked in the top 25 - Ashtyn Veerbeek - 15th (4.2 rpg) nationally in average home attendance. Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 2nd (2.6 bpg) • Nebraska has ranked among the top 20 nationally in average home attendance in each of its first - Ashtyn Veerbeek - 15th (1.0 bpg) five seasons inside Pinnacle Bank Arena. 3FG Pct. - Taylor Kissinger - 1st (.441) • In 96 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own a 67-29 record (.698 winning - Hannah Whitish - 5th (.354) 3FG Made - Hannah Whitish - 5th (2.1 pg) percentage) while averaging 5,169 fans per game (496,203 total fans/96 games). - Taylor Kissinger - 7th (2.0 pg) • Nebraska attracted a Pinnacle Bank Arena non-conference record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay FT Pct. - Leigha Brown - 11th (.759) in the arena with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. Assists - Hannah Whitish - 8th (4.4 apg) • Nebraska set its all-time single-game record with a sellout crowd of 13,595 fans against Missouri Assist-to-Turnover - Hannah Whitish - 13th (1.6) at the Devaney Center on Feb. 27, 2010. NU drew 10 straight crowds of more than 10,000 fans at the Steals - Nicea Eliely - 4th (1.7 spg) Devaney Center in 2009-10. • Nebraska produced its top attendance season in school history by ranking No. 7 nationally with a record 7,390 fans per game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2009-10. The Huskers went 16-0 at the Devaney Center on their way to a perfect 29-0 record, a Big 12 title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. NEBRASKA IN NCAA RANKINGS TEAM (Thru Games Feb. 10, 2019) HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK COVERS WORLD Win-Loss Pct. - 203rd (.458) The Husker Sports Network enters its 25th season producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Scoring Offense - 62nd (72.8 ppg) Nebraska women’s basketball in 2018-19. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney Scoring Defense - 268th (69.0 ppg) Scoring Margin - 131st (+3.8 ppg) and color commentator Jeff Griesch will team up for their 18th season together as the Husker broadcast FG Pct. - 77th (.425) team. FG Pct. Defense - 217th (.406) The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a FT Pct. - 106th (.715) decade to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com. Rebounds Per Game - 129th (38.71) In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Rebound Margin - 160th (+1.1 rpg) 3FG Per Game - 83rd (7.2 pg) Network flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong 3FG Pct. - 65th - (.342) signals for Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also 3FG Pct. Defense - 273rd (.333) could be heard on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal Assists Per Game - 60th (15.5 apg) statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 67th (1.02) basketball coverage across the state and the Midwest. Turnovers Per Game - 122nd (15.1 pg) Turnover Margin - 169th (0.50 pg) Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM. Fewest Turnovers - 174th (363) Steals Per Game - 194th (7.6 spg) NEBRASKA OVERTIME FACTS Blocked Shots - 14th (124) • Nebraska is 22-23 all-time in overtime games, including 12-11 at home, 7-9 in true road games Blocked Shots Per Game - 19th (5.2 bpg) Personal Fouls Per Game - 248th (18.6 pg) and 3-3 on neutral courts in overtime. Fewest Fouls - 297th (447) • The Huskers are 0-1 in overtime early in 2018-19, following an 87-84 double-overtime loss at Washington State (Nov. 16). It marked the second straight season that Nebraska had participated in INDIVIDUAL (Top 150 rankings, Feb. 10) Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 10th (60) a multi-overtime game (also at Drake, Dec. 9, 2017). Blocked Shots Per Game - Kate Cain - 16th (2.5 bpg) • The Huskers went 1-1 in overtime in 2017-18, including a 69-64 overtime loss to No. 23 Michigan 3FG Pct. - Taylor Kissinger - 24th (.436) at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Jan. 13). The Huskers won their first overtime game of 2017-18 with an 89-85 3FG Pct. - Hannah Whitish - 126th (.357) double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). 3FG Made - Hannah Whitish - 118th (51) • Nebraska was 1-1 in overtime in 2016-17, including a 76-74 win over Michigan State at Pinnacle 3FG Made - Taylor Kissinger - 145th (48) Bank Arena to close the regular season (Feb. 26, 2017). The Huskers lost 79-69 in OT to Minnesota 3FG Per Game - Hannah Whitish - 150th (2.13) Assists - Hannah Whitish - 88th (102) at the arena (Feb. 4, 2017). Assists Per Game - Hannah Whitish - 121st (4.3 apg) • The Huskers are 2-3 in overtime games under Coach Amy Williams. Assist-to-Turnover - Hannah Whitish - 136th (1.67) • Nebraska is 2-2 in overtime games at Pinnacle Bank Arena. 12 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Nebraska is 5-2 in multi-overtime games with its most recent loss coming in the 87-84 2OT setback NEBRASKA CAREER 3FG MADE at Washington State (Nov. 16) in Pullman. NU’s only other loss in a multi-overtime game came to Purdue Player (Years) 3FGM in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game, 74-70 in double-overtime. 1. Jordan Hooper (2011-14) 295 • The Huskers defeated Minnesota 88-85 in overtime on Jan. 16, 2014. It marked the first overtime 2. Kiera Hardy (2004-07) 267 game in the history of Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska’s first overtime game in the history of the Bob 3. Yvonne Turner (2007-10) 183 Devaney Sports Center also came against Minnesota - a 68-67 win for the Huskers on Dec. 30, 1977. 4. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 182 • The Huskers have played 13 all-time overtime games against Big Ten opponents and own a 5-8 5. Lindsey Moore (2010-13) 173 record. NU is 4-5 against Big Ten opponents in OT since joining the conference in 2011-12. • Nebraska’s most frequent overtime opponents are Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. NEBRASKA CAREER ASSISTS The Huskers and Purdue have played three overtime games in 10 all-time meetings. NU’s six total Player (Years) Assists overtimes against Purdue are the most against any team in school history. 1. Lindsey Moore (2010-13) 699 • The Huskers also have played three overtime games against Minnesota, including two of the 2. Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) 696 three overtime games in Pinnacle Bank Arena history. 3. Rachel Theriot (2013-16) 626 • In 14 all-time games with Wisconsin the Huskers have played three overtime contests. 4. Jina Johansen (2002-05) 567 • Nebraska has never played back-to-back overtime games at home. The Huskers have played 5. Nicole Kubik (1997-00) 563 back-to-back overtime games only once in school history, an 83-81 loss to Texas A&M in College 6. Amy Stephens (1986-89) 444 Station on Dec. 30, 1985, before returning to Lincoln for an 80-75 win over Eastern Kentucky at the 7. Stacy Imming (1984-87) 402 Devaney Center on Jan. 2, 1986. 8. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 392 9. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 344 10. Ami Beiriger (1979-83) 342 HUSKERS SIGN THREE IN EARLY PERIOD • Coach Amy Williams and the Nebraska women’s basketball program received National Letters of NEBRASKA TEAM SEASON BLOCKS Intent from three outstanding young players on the first day of the early signing period on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Season Blocked Shots 1. 2017-18 163 • Australian Isabelle Bourne brings an impressive international resume’ with her to Nebraska. 2. 1979-80 147 The 6-2 forward won a pair of gold medals in 2017 while representing Australia at the Oceania 3. 2007-08 138 Championship in Guam and at the FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup 3-on-3 tournament in Mongolia. 4. 2018-19 131 • “Isabelle Bourne will be a fantastic addition to our program,” Williams said. “She has been 5. 2009-10 126 training with high-level coaches and high-level players at the Australian Institute of Sport and has 6. 1998-99 121 become a skilled and versatile forward. She is crafty around the basket and effective as a weapon 7. 2010-11 118 on the perimeter. Her experiences competing internationally for Australia have prepared her to 8. 2001-02 116 transition seamlessly to Nebraska.” 9. 2000-01 109 • Trinity Brady, a 5-11 guard from Indianapolis, was one of the top players in Indiana at Lawrence 10. 1999-00 105 North High School in 2017-18, before transferring to national power Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., for her senior season. Brady is a big, powerful guard who has the NEBRASKA NCAA APPEARANCES potential to be a strong rebounder and potent scorer at the Big Ten level. As a junior at Lawrence 14 Appearances, 21 Games (8-14 Record) North, she earned a spot on the IBCA Subway Supreme 15 Underclass All-State Team after averaging Season (Sd.) Opponent Site Result 21.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. 2018 (10) vs. (7) Arizona St. Austin, Texas L, 62-73 • “We are thrilled that Trinity Brady will be joining the Nebraska women’s basketball family and 2015 (9) vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C. L, 69-72 living out her dream to play in the Big Ten Conference,” Williams said. “She spends a great deal of 2014 (4) vs. (12) BYU Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-80 time in the gym working on her game, and it shows in her skill level. She is dangerous with the ball 2014 (4) vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-55 in her hands and can score comfortably at all three levels. Her size and strength combined with her 2013 (6) vs. (2) Duke Norfolk, Va. L, 45-53 basketball IQ, make her a valuable addition for our program.” 2013 (6) at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-63 • While Bourne and Brady will provide Nebraska with size and strength, guard Makenzie Helms is 2013 (6) vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-59 expected to be a play-maker at the point. Helms averaged 17.5 points and 7.2 assists as a junior at 2012 (6) vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-57 2010 (1) vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-76 East Haven High School to earn a spot on the USA Today All-Connecticut team. She was ranked as 2010 (1) vs. (8) UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-70 the No. 27 point guard in the class of 2019 by ESPN. 2010 (1) vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-44 • “We are excited to add Makenzie to the Husker women’s basketball family,” Williams said. 2008 (8) at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-76 “She has incredible court vision and creates offense for her teammates with tempo and passing 2008 (8) vs. (9) Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-58 ability. Combining that with her confident scoring mentality and her ability to score at all three levels, 2007 (9) vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-64 Makenzie is a great fit for the versatility we like in our system. She is an intense competitor, and we 2000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-93 are eager to have her fighting for the Huskers.” 1999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-98 1998 (9) at (1) Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-75 NEBRASKA POSTS 14TH STRAIGHT PERFECT GSR 1998 (9) vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-59 In the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the Husker women’s basketball 1996 (9) vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-66 program has been perfect for 14 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big 1993 (6) at (3) USC Los Angeles L, 60-78 Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 14 straight seasons. 1993 (6) vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-58 1988 (5) at (4) USC Los Angeles L, 82-100 The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Nov. 14, 2018, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 14th straight season, dating back to the initial public tracking of the GSR since 2004-05. 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 14 years. Nebraska was one of just 28 teams in the 64-team field of the 2018 NCAA Tournament to also boast a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate. Overall, the Nebraska Athletic Department produced a record-high GSR for the sixth consecutive year, reaching 90 percent for the first time in school history. Nine Husker programs recorded perfect 100 percent GSR scores, including women’s basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer, rifle, men’s and women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 13 2018-19 OVERALL SEASON STATISTICS OVERALL RECORD: 11-14 HOME: 7-5 AWAY: 3-9 NEUTRAL: 1-0 Rebounds Player G-GS Min-Avg. FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot/Avg. PF-D A TO BK ST TP/Avg. 32-Leigha Brown 25-1 465-18.6 80-185 .432 26-78 .333 63-83 .759 19-45 64/2.6 44-1 29 24 3 19 249/10.2 4-Sam Haiby 25-0 533-21.3 87-201 .433 11-36 .306 61-87 .701 30-47 77/3.1 36-0 63 41 2 21 246/9.8 3-Hannah Whitish 25-24 740-29.6 80-226 .354 52-147 .354 33-46 .717 9-66 75/3.0 36-0 109 68 1 26 245/9.8 33-Taylor Kissinger 25-24 584-23.4 73-170 .429 49-111 .441 24-28 .857 33-55 88/3.5 51-0 33 33 4 20 219/8.8 5-Nicea Eliely 25-25 625-25.0 75-150 .500 16-46 .348 39-49 .796 31-73 104/4.2 57-0 52 55 15 42 205/8.2 31-Kate Cain 25-25 570-22.8 86-169 .509 0-0 .000 12-23 .522 38-117 155/6.2 67-3 28 34 64 11 184/7.4 13-Ashtyn Veerbeek 25-0 426-17.0 63-152 .414 8-32 .250 45-58 .776 34-105 139/5.6 75-3 15 39 25 8 179/7.2 24-Maddie Simon 25-16 444-17.8 61-153 .399 9-38 .237 34-49 .694 13-62 75/3.0 32-0 26 48 5 15 165/6.6 44-Kayla Mershon 25-9 417-16.7 25-69 .362 7-24 .292 19-32 .594 25-47 72/2.9 36-0 20 10 9 17 76/3.0 12-Kristian Hudson 7-1 101-14.4 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3-8 11/1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17/2.4 14-Grace Mitchell 21-0 145-6.9 10-24 .417 0-3 .000 5-14 .357 11-14 25/1.2 24-0 3 8 3 5 25/1.2 Team 45-41 86/3.4 11 Total 25 5050 646-1525 .424 180-522 .345 338-476 .710 291-680 971/38.8 464-7 386 381 131 187 1810/72.4 Opponents 25 5050 623-1532 .407 165-493 .335 333-469 .710 299-645 944/37.8 432-9 321 381 99 200 1744/69.8

Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 OT OT Total Deadball Rebounds Nebraska 421 398 437 540 8 6 1,810 76 Opponents 379 444 457 447 8 9 1,744 69

The 2018-19 Nebraska Women’s Basketball Team - Back row (from left): Strength Coach Stuart Hart, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle, Director of Operations Amanda Hart, Grace Mitchell, Kayla Mershon, Kate Cain, Maddie Simon, Ashtyn Veerbeek, Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator Katie Adams, Assistant Coach Chuck Love. Front row (from left): Head Coach Amy Williams, Leigha Brown, Kristian Hudson, Hannah Whitish, Sam Haiby, Taylor Kissinger, Nicea Eliely, Athletic Traincer Ashley Rudolph. 14 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 11-14 BIG TEN: 6-8 HOME: 7-5 AWAY: 3-9 NEUTRAL: 1-0

Date Opponent W/L Score Home Away Neutral Total Big Ten Att. High Points High Rebounds High Assists 11/7 Drake L 77-83 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 3,738 (13) Haiby (7) Cain (4) Whitish (7) Veerbeek 11/11 USC Upstate W 87-64 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3,638 (22) Kissinger (6) Eliely (6) Eliely (6) Mitchell 11/16 at Washington St. L 84-87 2OT 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 535 (20) Haiby (10) Cain (4) Whitish 11/23 at #24 Miami+ L 68-82 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 730 (14) Haiby (5) Eliely (3) Kissinger (5) Haiby 11/25 vs. Radford+ W 77-39 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-3 0-0 425 (13) Brown (9) Veerbeek (5) Whitish (13) Simon (13) Veerbeek 11/29 at #5 Louisville% L 68-85 1-1 0-3 1-0 2-4 0-0 7,334 (16) Simon (10) Cain (3) Eliely (3) Whitish 12/2 at Creighton L 65-74 1-1 0-4 1-0 2-5 0-0 1,533 (17) Haiby (8) Eliely (6) Whitish 12/5 Kansas W 58-52 2-1 0-4 1-0 3-5 0-0 3,688 (11) Kissinger (11) Kissinger (3) Haiby (11) Whitish (11) Veerbeek (3) Whitish 12/8 San Jose State W 96-63 3-1 0-4 1-0 4-5 0-0 3,601 (18) Brown (17) Cain (8) Whitish 12/15 Denver W 96-71 4-1 0-4 1-0 5-5 0-0 3,703 (18) Kissinger (6) Haiby (8) Haiby (6) Kissinger 12/18 at Arkansas L 80-84 4-1 0-5 1-0 5-6 0-0 1,335 (16) Haiby (6) Simon (3) Kissinger (3) Whitish 12/28 Michigan* W 70-56 5-1 0-5 1-0 6-6 1-0 4,450 (14) Eliely (6) Eliely (3) Eliely (6) Cain (3) Mershon (3) Whitish 12/31 at Ohio State* W 78-69 5-1 1-5 1-0 7-6 2-0 5,530 (19) Brown (6) Cain (5) Whitish (6) Eliely 1/3 at #19 Iowa* L 71-77 5-1 1-6 1-0 7-7 2-1 4,391 (20) Brown (9) Veerbeek (5) Eliely 1/8 #9 Maryland* L 63-81 5-2 1-6 1-0 7-8 2-2 3,796 (9) Eliely (10) Cain (4) Haiby (9) Whitish 1/13 Rutgers* L 56-62 5-3 1-6 1-0 7-9 2-3 4,222 (18) Brown (9) Cain (3) Cain 1/17 at Illinois* W 77-67 5-3 2-6 1-0 8-9 3-3 1,349 (19) Veerbeek (8) Veerbeek (7) Whitish 1/20 #23 Minnesota* W 63-57 6-3 2-6 1-0 9-9 4-3 4,072 (16) Haiby (6) Eliely (4) Eliely 1/24 Northwestern* L 54-58 6-4 2-6 1-0 9-10 4-4 3,660 (12) Whitish (7) Mershon (4) Whitish 1/27 at Wisconsin* L 69-70 6-4 2-7 1-0 9-11 4-5 6,074 (15) Kissinger (7) Cain (7) Whitish 1/31 at Purdue* W 84-64 6-4 3-7 1-0 10-11 5-5 5,901 (28) Whitish (9) Veerbeek (12) Whitish 2/3 Indiana* L 78-82 6-5 3-7 1-0 10-12 5-6 3,893 (17) Haiby (7) Simon (2) Cain (2) Haiby (2) Mershon (2) Whitish 2/7 at Michigan* L 61-67 6-5 3-8 1-0 10-13 5-7 2,572 (13) Whitish (8) Eliely (6) Eliely 2/10 Purdue* W 67-61 7-5 3-8 1-0 11-13 6-7 4,298 (30) Brown (5) Eliely (5) Whitish (5) Mershon (5) Whitish 2/14 at #7 Maryland* L 63-89 7-5 3-9 1-0 11-14 6-8 4,467 (18) Eliely (8) Cain (7) Whitish

AP Ranking at game time listed before team Home Attendance (Avg.) -- 46,759 (3,897) + Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.) Road Attendance (Avg.) -- 42,176 (3,515) % ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Neutral Attendance (Avg.) -- 425 (425) * Big Ten Conference game Total Attendance (Avg.) -- 89,360 (3,574) # Big Ten Tournament game (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.) HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 15 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME LINESCORES

Game FG FGA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT PF A TO BS ST TP Nebraska 27 66 .409 10 28 .357 13 17 .765 16 24 40 24 16 20 5 9 77 Drake 26 65 .400 11 28 .393 20 29 .690 19 25 44 19 18 17 3 10 83 Nebraska 34 64 .531 11 24 .458 8 10 .800 12 30 42 16 29 15 6 10 87 USC Upstate 23 60 .383 6 22 .273 12 13 .923 8 19 27 16 10 14 1 9 64 Nebraska 31 73 .425 7 17 .412 15 19 .789 13 31 44 23 14 15 6 7 84 at Washington State 31 68 .456 9 22 .409 16 24 .667 12 28 40 17 13 15 8 11 87 Nebraska 25 59 .424 9 25 .360 9 13 .692 9 26 35 15 16 19 2 6 68 at #24 Miami 31 71 .437 9 31 .290 11 15 .733 17 27 44 16 13 13 3 14 82 Nebraska 31 65 .477 5 14 .357 10 16 .625 13 33 46 15 17 9 3 7 77 vs. Radford 16 65 .246 1 16 .063 6 9 .667 17 24 41 10 2 13 5 0 39 Nebraska 22 52 .423 6 18 .333 18 24 .750 6 27 33 21 14 23 4 4 68 at #5 Louisville 33 64 .516 7 20 .350 12 20 .600 9 26 35 17 17 15 4 11 85 Nebraska 22 62 .355 2 22 .091 19 27 .704 13 26 39 24 9 13 3 3 65 at Creighton 24 54 .444 5 21 .238 21 24 .875 6 32 38 22 16 16 4 5 74 Nebraska 21 64 .328 6 17 .353 10 18 .556 24 40 64 14 11 22 10 9 58 Kansas 19 75 .253 8 37 .216 6 11 .545 19 24 43 19 12 11 5 15 52 Nebraska 41 80 .513 10 27 .370 4 11 .364 22 34 56 12 27 15 5 8 96 San Jose State 23 62 .371 11 26 .423 6 8 .750 6 22 28 12 15 15 4 6 63 Nebraska 34 67 .507 7 25 .280 21 27 .778 9 30 39 23 27 11 4 10 96 Denver 23 59 .390 10 24 .417 15 26 .577 8 27 35 20 11 16 2 5 71 Nebraska 28 61 .459 9 21 .429 15 23 .652 8 33 41 24 13 15 6 7 80 at Arkansas 27 67 .403 13 37 .351 17 23 .739 8 29 37 20 16 10 3 8 84 Nebraska 22 60 .367 9 24 .375 17 21 .810 8 30 38 22 14 15 5 7 70 Michigan 20 53 .377 2 10 .200 14 22 .636 7 32 39 21 6 23 4 5 56 Nebraska 25 59 .424 7 22 .318 21 28 .750 13 20 33 22 14 12 2 9 78 at Ohio State 20 54 .370 8 18 .444 21 25 .840 16 23 39 21 13 20 3 6 69 Nebraska 24 62 .387 9 21 .429 14 17 .824 11 25 36 23 14 17 4 8 71 at #19 Iowa 30 61 .492 4 12 .333 13 20 .650 11 30 41 14 21 17 7 7 77 Nebraska 23 61 .377 5 15 .333 12 17 .706 14 24 38 12 13 17 9 10 63 #9 Maryland 32 62 .516 10 17 .588 7 11 .636 10 27 37 16 15 17 5 10 81 Nebraska 16 45 .356 7 12 .583 17 28 .607 11 27 38 16 11 19 1 7 56 Rutgers 22 54 .407 9 16 .563 9 12 .750 7 21 28 20 12 14 4 10 62 Nebraska 25 53 .472 7 22 .318 20 28 .714 5 27 32 20 13 12 1 11 77 at Illinois 25 64 .391 7 24 .292 10 17 .588 15 25 40 24 8 17 1 3 67 Nebraska 22 50 .440 4 16 .250 15 18 .833 6 18 24 17 12 13 11 9 63 #23 Minnesota 20 54 .370 2 9 .222 15 23 .652 19 24 43 16 9 17 0 3 57 Nebraska 19 65 .292 8 28 .286 8 14 .571 13 28 41 15 13 8 9 8 54 Northwestern 23 64 .359 5 16 .313 7 12 .583 17 34 51 15 12 14 9 5 58 Nebraska 27 61 .443 7 23 .304 8 9 .889 13 20 33 18 15 18 2 10 69 at Wisconsin 27 56 .482 2 10 .200 14 20 .700 12 22 34 10 12 18 4 13 70 Nebraska 33 67 .493 11 27 .407 7 8 .875 15 26 41 15 21 10 5 7 84 at Purdue 23 56 .411 7 18 .389 11 14 .786 9 16 25 11 16 11 4 8 64 Nebraska 27 61 .443 4 22 .182 20 29 .690 10 26 36 20 11 13 5 3 78 Indiana 29 63 .460 6 18 .333 18 21 .857 9 28 37 24 15 12 1 5 82 Nebraska 25 60 .417 8 23 .348 3 6 .500 5 24 29 21 15 18 9 7 61 at Michigan 24 56 .429 2 10 .200 17 25 .680 11 30 41 12 12 21 3 13 67 Nebraska 20 52 .385 5 13 .385 22 28 .786 9 22 31 15 12 14 7 7 67 Purdue 22 55 .400 5 16 .313 12 14 .857 11 25 36 24 14 19 5 9 61 Nebraska 22 56 .393 7 16 .438 12 20 .600 13 29 42 17 15 18 7 4 63 at #7 Maryland 30 70 .429 6 15 .400 23 31 .742 16 25 41 17 13 8 7 9 89 16 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 BIG TEN-ONLY STATISTICS BIG TEN RECORD: 6-8 HOME: 3-4 AWAY: 3-4 NEUTRAL: 0-0 Rebounds Player G-GS Min-Avg. FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot/Avg. PF-D A TO BK ST TP/Avg. 32-Leigha Brown 14-1 273-19.5 49-113 .434 16-42 .381 40-54 .741 8-33 41/2.9 20-1 16 13 2 12 154/11.0 3-Hannah Whitish 14-14 443-31.6 50-139 .360 33-89 .371 21-28 .750 5-39 44/3.1 23-0 62 37 0 15 154/11.0 4-Sam Haiby 14-0 286-20.4 43-104 .413 6-14 .429 33-48 .688 14-25 39/2.8 20-0 31 25 1 11 125/8.9 5-Nicea Eliely 14-14 369-26.4 43-85 .506 8-24 .333 23-28 .821 20-33 53/3.8 30-0 25 33 9 28 117/8.4 33-Taylor Kissinger 14-13 310-22.1 37-91 .407 22-59 .373 10-14 .714 15-24 39-2.8 27-0 8 18 2 11 106/7.6 31-Kate Cain 14-14 320-22.9 36-84 .429 0-0 .000 11-18 .611 19-59 78/5.6 41-1 17 21 37 6 83/5.9 13-Ashtyn Veerbeek 14-0 238-17.0 28-74 .378 3-14 .214 23-29 .793 14-52 66/4.7 39-1 11 18 14 2 82/5.9 24-Maddie Simon 14-5 220-15.7 25-73 .342 4-23 .174 21-29 .724 6-22 28/2.0 17-0 10 20 3 8 75/5.4 44-Kayla Mershon 14-9 284-20.3 15-40 .375 6-18 .333 12-17 .706 17-30 47/3.4 25-0 13 8 6 12 48/3.4 14-Grace Mitchell 10-0 57-5.7 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 2-6 .333 2-7 9/0.9 11-0 0 2 2 2 10/1.0 Team 26-22 48/3.4 9 Total 14 2,800 330-812 .406 98-284 .345 196-271 .723 146-346 492/35.1 253-3 193 204 77 107 954/68.1 Opponents 14 2,800 347-822 .422 75-209 .359 191-267 .715 170-362 532/38.0 244-7 178 227 57 106 960/68.6

Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 Total Deadball Rebounds Nebraska 218 225 218 293 954 46 Opponents 219 240 251 250 960 37

Nicea Eliely scored all of her game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead Nebraska to a 70-56 win over Michigan in the Big Ten opener at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Dec. 28. Eliely, who outscored Michigan 14-13 in the quarter, went 3-for-3 from the field and 7-for-8 at the free throw line in the fourth period after going without a shot in the first three quarters. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 17 2018-19 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS HUSKER TEAM SEASON HIGHS HUSKER TEAM SEASON LOWS Points...... 96...... Denver, 12/15/18 Points...... 54...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 ...... 96...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 First Quarter Points...... 8...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 First Quarter Points...... 31...... Denver, 12/15/18 Second Quarter Points...... 7...... Drake, 11/7/18 Second Quarter Points...... 25...... at Wisconsin, 1/27/19 First Half Points...... 21...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 First Half Points...... 52...... Denver, 12/15/18 Third Quarter Points...... 10...... Michigan, 12/28/18 Third Quarter Points...... 28...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Fourth Quarter Points...... 12...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Fourth Quarter Points...... 34...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Second Half Points...... 26...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Second Half Points...... 62...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Second Overtime Points.....6...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Second Overtime Points.....6...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Field Goals Made...... 19...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Field Goals Made...... 41...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Field Goals Att...... 45...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Field Goals Att...... 80...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Field Goal Pct...... 29.2...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Field Goal Pct...... 53.1...... USC Upstate, 11/11/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 2...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 11...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 12...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 ...... 11...... USC Upstate, 11/11/18 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 9.1...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 29...... Drake, 11/7/18 Free Throws Made...... 3...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 58.3...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Free Throws Att...... 6...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Free Throws Made...... 22...... Purdue, 2/10/19 Free Throw Pct...... 36.4...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Free Throws Att...... 29...... Indiana, 2/3/19 Rebounds...... 24...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Free Throw Pct...... 88.9...... at Wisconsin, 1/27/19 Offensive Rebounds...... 5...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Rebounds...... 64...... Kansas, 12/5/18 ...... 5...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 Offensive Rebounds...... 24...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Defensive Rebounds...... 18...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Defensive Rebounds...... 40...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Rebound Margin...... -19...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Rebound Margin...... +28...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Assists...... 9...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Assists...... 29...... USC Upstate, 11/11/18 Steals...... 3...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Steals...... 11...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 Blocked Shots ...... 1...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 Blocked Shots ...... 11...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 ...... 1...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Turnovers...... 23...... at Louisville, 11/29/18 Turnovers...... 8...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Fouls...... 24...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Fouls...... 12...... Maryland, 1/8/19 ...... 24...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 ...... 12...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 ...... 24...... Drake, 11/7/18 OPPONENT TEAM SEASON HIGHS OPPONENT TEAM SEASON LOWS Points...... 89...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 Points...... 39...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 First Quarter Points...... 26...... Maryland, 1/8/19 First Quarter Points...... 6...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 Second Quarter Points...... 30...... Drake, 11/7/18 Second Quarter Points...... 8...... Purdue, 2/10/19 First Half Points...... 45...... Drake, 11/7/18 ...... 8...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Third Quarter Points...... 28...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 First Half Points...... 21...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Fourth Quarter Points...... 27...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 ...... 21...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Second Half Points...... 53...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Third Quarter Points...... 12...... Michigan, 12/28/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Fourth Quarter Points...... 4...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Second Overtime Points.....9...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Second Half Points...... 18...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Field Goals Made...... 33...... at Louisville, 11/29/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Field Goals Att...... 75...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Second Overtime Points.....9...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Field Goal Pct...... 51.6...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Field Goals Made...... 16...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 ...... 51.6...... at Louisville, 11/29/18 Field Goals Att...... 53...... Michigan, 12/28/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 13...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Field Goal Pct...... 24.6...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 37...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 1...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 ...... 37...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 9...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 58.8...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 6.3...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Free Throws Made...... 23...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 Free Throws Made...... 6...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Free Throws Att...... 31...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 ...... 6...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Free Throw Pct...... 92.3...... USC Upstate, 11/11/18 ...... 6...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Rebounds...... 51...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Free Throws Att...... 8...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Offensive Rebounds...... 19...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Free Throw Pct...... 54.5...... Kansas, 12/5/18 ...... 19...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Rebounds...... 25...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 ...... 19...... Drake, 11/7/18 Offensive Rebounds...... 6...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Defensive Rebounds...... 34...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 ...... 6...... Creighton, 12/2/18 Rebound Margin...... +19...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Defensive Rebounds...... 16...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 Assists...... 21...... at Iowa, 1/3/19 Rebound Margin...... -28...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Steals...... 14...... at Miami, 11/23/18 Assists...... 2...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Blocked Shots...... 9...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Steals...... 0...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Turnovers...... 23...... Michigan, 12/28/18 Blocked Shots...... 0...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Fouls...... 24...... Purdue, 2/10/19 Turnovers...... 8...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 ...... 24...... Indiana, 2/3/19 Fouls...... 10...... at Wisconsin, 1/27/19 ...... 24...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 ...... 10...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 18 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #1 GAME #2 GAME #3 DRAKE 83 NEBRASKA 87 WASHINGTON STATE 87 NEBRASKA 77 USC UPSTATE 64 NEBRASKA 84 2OT LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 7, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 11, 2018 PULLMAN, WASH., NOV. 16, 2018

Drake Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Upstate Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Jonas* 16 4-9 0-0 6 3 0 2 8 Popplewell* 29 2-6 4-5 7 1 1 3 8 Simon* 40 6-12 2-2 7 2 1 2 15 Monahan* 21 0-3 1-2 0 1 2 0 1 Kirkwood* 18 2-5 2-2 3 2 0 0 6 Cain* 30 5-9 0-0 10 5 0 1 10 Hittner* 23 6-13 5-5 2 4 0 3 19 Lewis* 39 10-21 6-6 1 2 6 3 26 Whitish* 38 3-10 2-2 5 1 4 1 11 Dean* 23 2-7 7-10 10 1 4 0 13 Wensler* 21 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 Eliely* 20 2-5 3-3 3 3 2 1 8 Bachrodt* 31 5-13 1-3 5 2 3 2 15 Swain* 27 4-9 0-0 1 3 0 1 11 Kissinger* 36 2-5 2-2 5 3 2 1 7 Rose 16 0-3 1-2 3 0 3 0 1 Parkhurst 6 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Haiby 32 8-15 3-3 3 2 3 0 20 Fuller 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Kuzmina 9 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 Hudson 12 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 Miller 21 4-6 0-0 2 2 4 3 11 Herring 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Veerbeek 21 4-8 1-3 6 3 0 0 9 Burich 17 2-3 0-0 3 2 0 0 4 Panufnik 24 4-9 0-0 4 5 0 1 10 Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhine 24 3-8 5-7 10 3 2 0 11 Gibbons 26 1-5 0-0 6 1 0 0 3 Brown 10 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 0 2 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 2 Mershon 4 0-3 2-4 2 0 0 0 2 Totals 200 26-65 20-29 44 19 18 10 83 Totals 200 23-60 12-13 27 16 10 9 64 Team Rebounds 2 Totals 250 31-73 15-19 44 23 14 7 84 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 14 2-6 0-0 4 2 0 1 4 Simon* 18 3-5 4-4 4 0 3 2 10 WSU Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 24 2-6 0-0 7 2 0 0 4 Cain* 19 8-11 0-0 3 3 2 1 16 Levy* 21 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 Whitish* 24 4-10 0-0 1 2 4 1 10 Eliely* 23 3-8 0-0 6 3 6 1 8 Hristova* 45 12-21 6-8 6 2 2 3 31 Eliely* 20 2-4 4-4 3 4 1 2 10 Hudson* 21 2-5 0-0 3 1 3 0 6 Kostourkova* 46 4-11 5-6 19 3 3 1 13 Kissinger* 24 2-8 2-2 6 1 3 1 8 Kissinger* 23 8-9 0-0 4 1 3 1 22 Cha. Molina* 48 10-18 1-2 2 2 2 3 26 Veerbeek 16 4-8 0-0 7 5 0 1 8 Whitish 15 0-3 0-0 2 0 4 0 0 Swedlund* 43 4-9 1-2 2 3 2 4 12 Mitchell 6 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 0 1 Haiby 19 1-4 2-2 2 1 5 1 4 Motuga 27 0-2 2-4 3 1 0 0 2 Haiby 20 4-7 4-4 3 1 2 0 13 Veerbeek 18 3-6 0-0 3 3 1 2 6 Che. Molina 19 0-5 1-2 2 3 2 0 1 Hudson 17 3-8 1-3 1 1 3 2 7 Mitchell 14 3-3 0-2 6 2 1 1 6 Subasic 1 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Brown 15 2-5 0-0 1 4 2 1 6 Brown 19 2-7 2-2 4 2 1 1 7 Team Rebounds 5 Mershon 20 2-4 1-2 4 0 1 0 6 Mershon 11 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 250 31-68 16-24 40 17 13 11 87 Team Rebounds 0 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 27-66 13-17 40 24 16 9 77 Totals 200 34-64 8-10 42 16 29 10 87 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT Final Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 18 11 20 21 8 6 84 Drake 15 30 15 23 83 USC Upstate 12 21 15 16 64 Washington St. 19 20 21 10 8 9 87 Nebraska 29 7 21 20 77 Nebraska 26 17 24 20 87 3FG: Nebraska 7-17 (Whitish 3-6, Kissinger 3FG: Drake 11-28 (Bachrodt 4-9, Miller 3-3, Dean 3FG: Upstate 6-22 (Swain 3-6, Panufnik 2-3, 1-1, Haiby 1-2, Eliely 1-3, Simon 1-3, Brown 2-5, Hittner 2-5, Rhine 0-1, Jonas 0-2, Rose 0-3); Gibbons 1-3, Parkhurst 0-1, Wensler 0-1, Popplewell 0-1, Mershon 0-1); WSU 9-22 (Cha. Molina 5-8, Nebraska 10-28 (Eliely 2-3, Brown 2-5, Kissinger 0-2, Kirkwood 0-3, Lewis 0-3); Nebraska 11-24 Swedlund 3-5, Hristova 1-5, Motuga 0-1, Che. 2-5, Whitish 2-8, Haiby 1-2, Mershon 1-2, Hudson (Kissinger 6-6, Eliely 2-4, Hudson 2-4, Brown 1-4, Molina 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 41.2; WSU 40.9. 0-1, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1). 3FG%: Drake 39.3; Mershon 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Whitish 0-3). 3FG%: FG%: Nebraska 42.5; WSU 45.6. FT%: Nebraska Nebraska 35.7. FG%: Drake 40.0; Nebraska 40.9. Upstate 27.3; Nebraska 45.8. FG%: Upstate 38.3; 78.9; WSU 66.7. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Simon 2); WSU FT%: Drake 69.0; Nebraska 76.5. Steals: Drake 10 Nebraska 53.1. FT%: Upstate 92.3; Nebraska 80.0. 11 (Swedlund 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 6 (Cain (Hittner, Miller 3); Nebraska 9 (Eliely, Hudson 2). Steals: Upstate 9 (Lewis, Popplewell 3); Nebraska 4); WSU 8 (Kostourkova 5). Turnovers: Nebraska 15; Blocked Shots: Drake 3 (Jonas 2); Nebraska 5 (Cain 10 (Simon, Veerbeek 2). Blocked Shots: Upstate WSU 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials:Murray, 3). Turnovers: Drake 17; Nebraska 20. Technical 1 (Popplewell 1); Nebraska 6 (Cain 3). Turnovers: Wood, Merritt. Attendance: 535. Fouls: None. Officials:Bonner, Pethtel, Gulbeyan. Upstate 14; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 3,738. Officials: Daley, Lukanich, Knight. Attendance: Game Highlights: Sam Haiby scored all 20 of her 3,638. points after halftime to help Nebraska rally from a Game Highlights: In a back-and-forth battle 13-point third-quarter deficit, but it was not enough between 2018 NCAA Tournament teams, Drake Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger set a school to prevent Washington State from claiming an 87-84 made the plays in the closing minutes to escape record by going a perfect 6-for-6 from three-point double-overtime win at Beasley Coliseum. Nebraska from Lincoln with an 83-77 win over Nebraska. range on her way to a team-high 22 points in an jumped to a 12-6 lead before the Cougars rallied In a game that featured big runs by both teams, 87-64 win over USC Upstate at Pinnacle Bank Arena. to take a 19-18 lead at the end of the first quarter. the Huskers used a 14-0 run to open the game to In a rare Sunday morning tip-off, Kissinger came WSU built the lead to 39-29 at the half, then took build a 16-point first-quarter lead. The two-time out on fire, draining three threes in the first quarter their biggest lead at 60-47 late in the third. Haiby defending Missouri Valley Conference champion to shoot the Huskers to a 14-point lead at the end scored five points during a 10-0 Husker run midway Bulldogs answered with a 16-0 second-quarter run of the first period. She added her fourth three in through the fourth quarter. Haiby’s two free throws to build a 45-36 halftime lead. Drake extended the second quarter, before burying two more in tied the score at 68. Taylor Kissinger added two its lead to 49-36 to open the second half before third quarter to become just the second Husker in more free throws with 56 seconds left in regulation Nebraska answered. The Big Red cut the lead to history to shoot 100 percent from beyond the arc to send the game to overtime tied at 70, after the 60-57 at the end of three quarters and regained on at least five attempts. The previous Nebraska Huskers held WSU without a field goal for the final a 67-65 lead with five minutes left in the game, mark came on Jessica Periago’s 5-for-5 performance 5:41 in the period. Haiby scored six quick points before Drake prevailed. Freshman guard Sam Haiby at Indiana in December of 2010. Kissinger, who in the first overtime to give Nebraska a 78-74 led the Huskers with 13 points off the bench in her went 8-for-9 overall from the field, was joined by lead, but WSU tied the score at 78 on a layup by debut, while Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish each fellow sophomore Kate Cain in double figures. Maria Kostourkova with two seconds left to send contributed 10 points. Reigning Missouri Valley Cain finished with 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting, it to another OT. Nebraska regained the lead early Conference Player-of-the-Year Becca Hittner led including a putback on Kissinger’s only miss of the in the final period with back-to-back threes by all scorers with 19 points, while Sammie Bachrodt day. Maddie Simon added 10 points, while Nicea Maddie Simon and Hannah Whitish, but Borislava added 15 points. Maddy Dean and Sara Rhine Eliely played an outstanding all-around game with Hristova made the shots down the stretch for the pitched in double-doubles for Drake, which out- eight points and team highs of six rebounds and Cougars. Hristova finished with a game-high 31, rebounded the Huskers, 44-40. six assists. while Chanelle Molina added 26 for the Cougars. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 19 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #4 GAME #5 GAME #6 #24 MIAMI 82 NEBRASKA 77 #5 LOUISVILLE 85 NEBRASKA 68 RADFORD 39 NEBRASKA 68 CORAL GABLES, FLA., NOV. 23, 2018 CORAL GABLES, FLA., NOV. 25, 2018 LOUISVILLE, KY., NOV. 29, 2018

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 14 1-2 0-0 3 2 2 0 2 Simon* 18 5-9 2-2 3 1 2 1 13 Simon* 27 6-11 2-2 4 1 2 0 16 Cain* 27 4-9 0-0 3 0 1 1 8 Cain* 18 4-8 0-0 7 1 2 0 8 Cain* 28 2-3 1-2 10 3 2 1 5 Whitish* 23 4-7 1-2 1 2 1 1 13 Whitish* 27 3-7 0-0 6 0 5 1 6 Whitish* 32 4-8 5-6 3 4 3 2 15 Eliely* 22 3-3 3-5 5 1 2 2 10 Eliely* 17 3-4 0-0 2 4 2 2 6 Eliely* 24 3-7 2-2 6 2 3 1 8 Kissinger* 23 2-5 0-0 3 3 3 0 6 Kissinger* 21 2-5 0-0 3 1 1 0 5 Kissinger* 19 1-4 2-2 1 4 2 0 5 Haiby 22 6-12 2-2 5 0 2 2 14 Haiby 19 2-6 2-4 1 1 2 1 6 Haiby 24 4-8 3-4 1 1 1 0 12 Hudson 18 1-5 1-2 3 0 1 0 3 Hudson 17 0-4 1-2 2 1 0 0 1 Hudson 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Veerbeek 13 2-6 0-0 2 3 1 0 4 Veerbeek 20 4-6 2-4 9 3 0 1 13 Veerbeek 12 1-4 0-0 5 3 1 0 2 Mitchell 7 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Mitchell 14 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 Mitchell 9 0-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 1 Brown 16 2-6 2-2 1 3 0 0 8 Brown 20 5-9 3-3 1 1 2 0 13 Brown 14 1-5 2-4 2 1 0 0 4 Mershon 15 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 Mershon 9 2-4 0-1 2 0 1 1 4 Mershon 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 9 Team Rebounds 8 Team Rebounds 1 Totals 200 25-59 9-13 35 15 16 6 68 Totals 200 31-65 10-16 46 15 17 7 77 Totals 200 22-52 18-24 33 21 14 4 68

Miami Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Radford Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Louisville Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Hof* 26 3-7 0-1 9 3 1 3 6 Walker* 35 4-18 2-2 7 2 0 0 10 Fuehring* 29 7-11 0-0 10 1 2 0 14 Mompremier* 29 8-11 4-7 13 2 0 1 20 Rivers* 33 2-7 4-6 8 1 0 0 8 Dunham* 28 5-6 1-2 4 4 0 2 11 Cornelius* 33 7-15 5-5 7 3 7 6 23 Ngwafang* 20 0-5 0-0 5 2 0 0 0 Carter* 29 5-10 0-2 1 0 3 2 12 Gray* 19 2-7 0-0 0 3 0 3 4 Johnson* 35 6-17 0-0 2 0 2 0 13 Jones* 21 1-2 4-5 3 3 1 4 6 Marshall* 30 6-14 0-0 1 0 1 1 16 Falconer* 19 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Durr* 31 8-17 5-7 1 2 8 0 25 Banks 22 3-7 0-0 2 0 4 0 6 Lindenfeld 15 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Evans 24 3-8 0-0 3 3 2 2 6 Mortensen 15 0-5 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 McClean 18 0-5 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Robins 3 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 Mason 19 2-5 0-0 5 0 0 0 5 Wilson 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Robinson 8 1-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Huston 5 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 Morningstar 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Duvall 2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Ripley 2 0-0 2-2 0 3 0 0 2 Corbin 11 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Shook 23 3-6 1-2 9 2 0 1 8 Team Rebounds 3 Nunley 9 2-5 0-1 3 0 0 0 4 Laemmle 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 31-71 11-15 44 16 13 14 82 Team Rebounds 10 Team Rebounds 0 Totals 200 16-65 6-9 41 10 2 0 39 Totals 200 33-64 12-20 35 17 17 11 85 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 15 10 24 19 68 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final #24 Miami 22 22 18 20 82 Nebraska 22 12 19 24 77 Nebraska 14 17 19 18 68 Radford 13 8 14 4 39 #5 Louisville 21 19 22 23 85 3FG: Nebraska 9-25 (Whitish 4-6, Kissinger 2-4, Brown 2-5, Eliely 1-1, Hudson 0-1, Mershon 0-1, 3FG: Nebraska 5-14 (Veerbeek 3-3, Kissinger 1-2, 3FG: Nebraska 6-18 (Simon 2-4, Whitish 2-4, Mitchell 0-1, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-2, Haiby 0-3); Simon 1-2, Hudson 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Whitish 0-2, Haiby 1-3, Kissinger 1-3, Brown 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Miami 9-31 (Cornelius 4-9, Marshall 4-10, Mason Brown 0-3); Radford 1-16 (Johnson 1-5, Corbin 0-1, Veerbeek 0-2); Louisville 7-20 (Durr 4-9, Carter 1-3, Banks 0-2, Gray 0-3, Mortensen 0-4). 3FG%: Lindenfeld 0-1, McClean 0-1, Falconer 0-2, Walker 2-5, Shook 1-1, Duvall 0-1, Evans 0-1, Robins 0-1, Nebraska 36.0; Miami 29.0. FG%: Nebraska 42.4; 0-6). 3FG%: Nebraska 35.7; Radford 6.3. FG%: Fuehring 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 33.3; Louisville Miami 43.7. FT%: Nebraska 69.2; Miami 73.3. Nebraska 47.7; Radford 24.6. FT%: Nebraska 62.5; 35.0. FG%: Nebraska 42.3; Louisville 51.6. FT%: Steals: Nebraska 6 (Eliely, Haiby 2); Miami 14 Radford 66.7. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Eliely 2); Radford Nebraska 75.0; Louisville 60.0. Steals: Nebraska (Cornelius 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Cain, 0. Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Cain 2); Radford 4 (Whitish 2); Louisville 11 (Jones 4). Blocked Eliely 1); Miami 3 (Mompremier 2). Turnovers: 5 (Rivers 4). Turnovers: Nebraska 9; Radford 13. Shots: Nebraska 4 (Cain 3); Louisville 4 (Carter 2). Nebraska 19; Miami 13. Technical Fouls: None. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Outlaw, Jones, Turnovers: Nebraska 23; Louisville 15. Technical Officials:Forsberg, Danaher, Outlaw. Attendance: Lewis. Attendance: 425. Fouls: Louisville (Durr, Walz). Officials: Kantner, 730. Brewton, Resch. Attendance: 7,334. Game Highlights: Ashtyn Veerbeek and Leigha Game Highlights: Sam Haiby led three Huskers in Brown each established career highs with 13 Game Highlights: Maddie Simon scored a season- double figures by scoring 14 points, but Nebraska points, while Maddie Simon added 13 of her own high 16 points, while Hannah Whitish added 15, could not slow down No. 24 Miami on its home as Nebraska rolled to a 77-39 win over Radford but No. 5 Louisville pulled away in the second half court at the Watsco Center. Haiby hit 6-of-12 shots at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. The Huskers for an 85-68 win over the Huskers in the ACC/Big to lead Nebraska in scoring for the third time in jumped to an early 12-2 lead before closing the first Ten Challenge at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. four games, while Hannah Whitish added all 13 of quarter with a 22-13 edge. Nebraska pushed the Husker freshman Sam Haiby pitched in 12 points her points after halftime. Nicea Eliely pitched in 10 lead to 34-21 at the half, before Radford trimmed off the bench against a Cardinal team that returned points on 3-of-3 shooting, but Nebraska coud not the margin to nine points midway through the third four starters from its 2018 NCAA Final Four squad. overcome a 19-point halftime deficit against the quarter. Brown and Veerbeek then responded with Nicea Eliely continued her solid play with eight Canes in the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. Laura eight straight points, including back-to-back threes points, six rebounds and three assists. All-American Cornelius led Miami with 23 points, seven rebounds, from Veerbeek in a one-minute span in the closing and reigning ACC Player-of-the-Year Asia Durr led seven assists and a career-high six steals, while minutes of the quarter to help NU take an 18-point the Cardinals with 25 points and eight assists, while Beatrice Mompremier added a double-double edge to the final quarter. The Huskers closed out Sam Fuehring contributed a double-double with 14 with 20 points and a game-high 13 boards for the their best overall performance of the young season points and 10 rebounds. The Huskers started strong, Hurricanes. Kelsey Marshall pitched in 16 points with a 24-4 pounding of the Highlanders in the final taking an 11-10 lead with 4:30 left in the first quarter, with four threes. Miami jumped to an 11-3 lead and period. Veerbeek, who earned a spot on the all- but the defending ACC champion Cardinals closed maintained a 22-15 edge at the end of one quarter. tournament team with 13 points and nine rebounds the period on an 11-3 surge to take a 21-14 lead to The Hurricanes pushed the margin to 44-25 after against the preseason picks to win the Big South the second quarter. Louisville pushed the lead to Cornelius closed the half with 10 straight points. Conference, went 3-for-3 from three-point range in 40-31 at the half, and Nebraska kept the game in Miami extended its edge to 22 early in the third, the game. Kate Cain contributed eight points and single digits until the closing moments of the third before Nebraska pulled within 10 points twice early seven rebounds, while Hannah Whitish added six quarter. The Cardinals extended the margin to 62- in the fourth quarter. points, six boards and five assists. 50 at the end of three quarters. 20 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #7 GAME #8 GAME #9 CREIGHTON 74 NEBRASKA 58 NEBRASKA 96 NEBRASKA 65 KANSAS 52 SAN JOSE STATE 63 OMAHA, NEB., DEC. 2, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 5, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 8, 2018

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Kansas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP San Jose St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 22 3-7 1-4 4 4 0 0 7 Richardson* 23 3-7 2-2 8 4 0 3 8 Lewis* 26 6-12 0-0 9 3 3 2 15 Cain* 20 6-8 0-0 4 2 1 0 12 Helgren* 31 0-4 1-2 10 2 1 0 1 Potter* 30 3-12 0-0 4 2 1 1 7 Whitish* 28 1-10 0-0 1 2 6 1 3 Lyons* 33 4-13 1-3 1 3 5 2 9 Hafoka* 24 1-9 0-0 2 1 4 0 2 Eliely* 30 3-7 3-4 8 4 2 1 9 Washington* 29 2-16 1-2 4 1 3 4 6 Marquez* 32 2-6 0-0 3 2 2 1 5 Kissinger* 20 0-3 2-2 3 4 0 0 2 Kopatich* 35 5-13 0-0 9 1 2 4 14 Anderson* 26 3-6 2-2 1 0 0 0 9 Haiby 26 4-11 8-11 5 2 0 0 17 Osorio 20 1-6 1-2 0 3 1 1 3 Leon 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Hudson 9 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 De Carvalho 16 4-14 0-0 3 2 0 1 11 Kohlhaas 8 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 Veerbeek 19 2-5 2-2 6 2 0 0 6 Thomas 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Benally 14 5-9 0-0 0 0 1 0 14 Mitchell 4 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Wilson 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Harris 20 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 2 Brown 20 2-6 3-4 4 1 0 1 7 Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark 19 1-5 4-6 0 1 2 2 6 Mershon 2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Franklin 7 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 7 Team Rebounds 1 Boric 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 23-62 6-8 28 12 15 6 63 Totals 200 22-62 19-27 39 24 9 3 65 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 19-75 6-11 43 19 12 15 52 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Creighton Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 18 3-10 0-1 6 0 3 0 6 Rembao* 31 7-10 2-2 3 4 6 3 18 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 23 8-9 0-0 17 0 2 1 16 Carda* 36 2-9 4-4 2 3 2 0 8 Simon* 20 2-8 1-2 3 1 0 0 5 Whitish* 26 3-7 0-0 3 1 8 1 9 Griglione* 7 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Cain* 18 2-8 0-0 6 2 0 0 4 Eliely* 27 3-8 0-1 2 2 5 0 6 Kissinger* 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Whitish* 26 3-9 3-6 2 1 3 1 11 Kissinger* 26 6-13 0-0 2 1 3 2 17 Faber* 38 7-13 4-5 10 3 2 1 18 Eliely* 28 2-8 0-0 8 0 1 2 5 Haiby 19 2-3 0-0 3 1 4 1 4 Saunders 22 2-5 4-4 5 1 1 0 8 Kissinger* 29 4-7 0-0 11 0 2 1 11 Veerbeek 17 5-13 4-5 14 2 1 0 14 Elger 27 4-6 5-7 7 4 2 0 16 Haiby 21 4-8 0-2 5 2 3 1 8 Mitchell 9 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Turner 12 1-2 2-2 4 2 1 0 4 Veerbeek 19 2-8 3-4 11 3 0 1 7 Brown 23 8-11 0-2 3 1 1 1 18 Dworak 8 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Mitchell 3 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 Mershon 12 2-4 0-2 2 2 0 2 4 Brotzki 9 0-4 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 Brown 16 1-6 2-2 2 4 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 2 Mershon 20 1-2 0-0 7 1 1 0 2 Totals 200 41-80 4-11 56 12 27 8 96 Totals 200 24-54 21-24 38 22 16 5 74 Team Rebounds 8 Totals 200 21-64 10-18 64 14 11 9 58 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final San Jose State 8 18 23 14 63 Nebraska 8 20 12 25 65 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 14 20 28 34 96 Creighton 10 17 21 26 74 Kansas 11 10 13 18 52 Nebraska 11 17 13 17 58 3FG: San Jose State 11-26 (Benally 4-7, Lewis 3-4, 3FG: Nebraska 2-22 (Haiby 1-4, Whitish 1-8, Eliely Kohlhaas 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Potter 1-3, Marquez 0-2, Simon 0-2, Kissinger 0-2, Veerbeek 0-2, Brown 3FG: Kansas 8-37 (Kopatich 4-9, De Carvalho 3-10, 1-4, Clark 0-1, Hafoka 0-4); Nebraska 10-27 0-2); Creighton 5-21 (Elger 3-5, Rembao 2-3, Washington 1-9, Wilson 0-1, Osorio 0-2, Lyons (Kissinger 5-11, Whitish 3-7, Brown 2-5, Haiby 0-1, Dworak 0-1, Griglione 0-1, Saunders 0-1, Turner 0-3, Richardson 0-3); Nebraska 6-17 (Kissinger 3-4, Veerbeek 0-1, Eliely 0-2). 3FG%: San Jose State 0-1, Carda 0-3, Faber 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 9.1; Whitish 2-6, Eliely 1-3, Haiby 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, 42.3; Nebraska 37.0. FG%: San Jose State 37.1; Creighton 23.8. FG%: Nebraska 35.5; Creighton Brown 0-2). 3FG%: Kansas 21.6; Nebraska 35.3. Nebraska 51.3. FT%: San Jose State 75.0; Nebraska 44.4. FT%: Nebraska 70.4; Creighton 87.5. Steals: FG%: Kansas 25.3; Nebraska 32.8. FT%: Kansas 36.4. Steals: San Jose State 6 (Clark, Lewis 2); Nebraska 3 (Brown, Eliely, Whitish 1); Creighton 54.5; Nebraska 55.6. Steals: Kansas 15 (Kopatich, Nebraska 8 (Kissinger, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: 5 (Rembao 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Eliely, Washington 4); Nebraska 9 (Eliely, Mitchell 2). San Jose State 4 (Lewis, Potter, Anderson, Benally Kissinger, Veerbeek 1); Creighton 4 (Faber 3). Blocked Shots: Kansas 5 (Richardson 3); Nebraska 1); Nebraska 5 (Cain 3). Turnovers: San Jose State Turnovers: Nebraska 13; Creighton 16. Technical 10 (Eliely 4). Turnovers: Kansas 10; Nebraska 15; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Fouls: None. Officials: Danaher, Feck, Sauceda. 22. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Bruce Morris, Bird, Brooks. Attendance: 3,601. Attendance: 1,533. McConnell, Cruse. Attendance: 3,688. Game Highlights: Kate Cain and Ashtyn Veerbeek Game Highlights: Sam Haiby scored 15 of her Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger produced her both produced big double-doubles to lead four team-high 17 points in the second half, but it was second career double-double with 11 points and Huskers scoring in double figures, as Nebraska not enough to stop home-standing Creighton from a career-high 11 rebounds to help Nebraska post rolled to a 96-63 win over San Jose State at Pinnacle working its way to a 74-65 win over the Huskers at one of the top-five team rebounding totals in Bank Arena. Cain pulled down 17 rebounds to go D.J. Sokol Arena. Kate Cain added 12 points on school history in a 58-52 win over Kansas. Hannah along with 16 points, while Veerbeek grabbed 14 6-of-8 shooting to help the Huskers inside, but Whitish added 11 points for the Big Red, while boards to go along with her 14 points to fuel one Nebraska was an ice cold 2-for-22 from three-point Ashtyn Veerbeek scored seven points and chipped of the top-10 rebound margins (+28) for the Big range in the game. Creighton wasn’t much better in 11 boards and three blocked shots. As a team, Red. Leigha Brown led the Huskers with 18 points from outside, going just 5-for-21, but the extra trio Nebraska grabbed 64 total rebounds to post a on 8-of-11 shooting, including a pair of three- of made threes was the difference. CU was sparked plus-21 rebound margin over KU. Nebraska’s work pointers. Taylor Kissinger contributed 17 points, by Olivia Elger, who scored all 16 of her points in on the glass, which included 24 offensive boards, including 5-of-11 shooting from long range, as the second half including 3-of-5 three-pointers. She helped offset 22 turnovers and a minus-12 margin in Nebraska hit 51.3 percent (41-80) of its shots for the added seven rebounds. Audrey Faber led Creighton miscues. Kansas took a 19-13 lead midway through game, including a scaulding hot 27-of-41 (.659) in with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, the second quarter, but the Huskers closed the half the second half. Cain led NU’s efficient effort with while Tatum Rembao pitched in 18 points and six on a 15-2 surge to take a 28-21 lead to the locker 8-of-9 shooting, while Hannah Whitish (9 points, 8 assists. Rembao also hit a pair of threes for the Jays, room. The Big Red’s lead grew to 14 points at 38- assists), Nicea Eliely (6 points, 5 assists) and Sam who built a 60-47 lead with just under six minutes 24 midway through the third with a 10-3 surge to Haiby (4 points, 4 assists) all distributed the ball left in the game. However, the Huskers stormed open the half. But Kansas rallied to cut NU’s lead to well for a Husker team that wracked up 27 assists back to cut the lead to 62-57 just over two minutes three points twice early in the fourth quarter before on the afternoon. Cydni Lewis led the Spartans with later and it remained a possession game down the the Huskers held on down the stretch. Nicea Eliely 15 points and nine rebounds, while Analyss Benally stretch. Creighton went 21-for-24 from the free tied her season high with eight rebounds and set pitched in 14 points. Lewis and Benally combined throw line for the game to seal the win. a career best with four blocks to help the Huskers. to go 7-for-11 from three-point range. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 21 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #10 GAME #11 GAME #12 NEBRASKA 96 ARKANSAS 84 NEBRASKA 70 DENVER 71 NEBRASKA 80 MICHIGAN 56 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 15, 2018 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., DEC. 18, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 28, 2018

Denver Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Michigan Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nelson* 39 5-7 7-12 5 3 0 1 19 Simon* 16 1-3 1-2 6 1 1 0 4 Brown* 28 4-7 2-4 4 2 1 0 12 Smith* 23 4-13 2-2 7 5 2 1 10 Cain* 17 2-5 0-0 5 5 1 0 4 Thome* 25 5-14 4-5 7 4 0 0 14 Loven* 17 0-2 2-2 1 2 2 0 2 Whitish* 28 4-10 1-2 6 0 3 0 11 Dilk* 35 3-8 1-2 4 4 3 2 7 Gritt* 30 1-7 2-4 8 4 3 2 4 Eliely* 23 2-3 0-1 3 1 0 0 4 Munger* 38 2-5 0-0 3 4 0 2 4 Romanowski* 39 12-18 1-2 3 1 2 1 33 Kissinger* 29 4-7 2-2 5 3 3 1 12 Church* 34 3-11 3-5 9 2 0 1 9 White 22 0-2 0-0 4 3 1 0 0 Haiby 24 6-13 3-5 4 3 2 3 16 Hillmon 20 2-3 0-0 5 2 1 0 4 Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Veerbeek 19 5-10 2-3 5 5 0 1 14 Robbins 7 1-2 3-4 2 2 0 0 5 Simental 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Johnson 13 0-3 1-2 1 1 1 0 1 Malonga 11 1-7 0-2 1 0 1 0 2 Brown 16 3-7 2-2 2 1 1 0 9 Team Rebounds 4 Jeffcoat 9 0-2 1-2 2 2 0 0 1 Mershon 23 1-3 4-6 4 3 2 2 6 Totals 200 20-53 14-22 39 21 6 5 56 Team Rebounds 4 Team Rebounds 1 Totals 200 23-59 15-26 35 20 11 5 71 Totals 200 28-61 15-23 41 24 13 7 80 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 20 4-8 1-2 2 2 0 0 10 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Arkansas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 24 2-5 1-2 6 3 2 1 5 Simon* 17 4-7 0-1 3 1 2 1 8 Williams* 24 3-4 4-7 9 4 1 3 10 Whitish* 31 1-10 2-2 1 2 3 0 5 Cain* 26 7-9 0-3 5 3 0 0 14 Tolefree* 25 3-11 4-4 6 3 2 0 13 Eliely* 25 3-3 7-8 6 2 3 4 14 Whitish* 30 1-6 0-0 1 0 6 2 2 Monk* 31 7-13 0-0 1 4 4 1 16 Kissinger* 21 3-6 0-0 2 4 0 1 8 Eliely* 22 6-8 1-1 5 3 3 2 14 Mason* 33 4-8 1-2 0 3 4 0 11 Haiby 24 4-10 2-2 4 2 2 0 12 Kissinger* 24 5-13 4-4 6 3 3 2 18 Dungee* 36 7-21 5-6 5 1 1 0 23 Veerbeek 16 1-4 0-0 3 3 0 0 3 Haiby 21 3-10 1-2 6 2 8 1 7 Gaulden 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 Brown 19 3-9 4-4 5 2 1 0 11 Veerbeek 14 3-4 8-8 5 4 0 0 14 Northcross-Baker 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Mershon 20 1-5 0-1 3 2 3 1 2 Mitchell 10 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Spangler 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 6 Brown 23 4-7 7-8 2 3 5 2 17 Stout 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 22-60 17-21 38 22 14 7 70 Mershon 13 1-2 0-0 3 3 0 0 2 Zimmerman 19 1-4 0-0 7 2 0 1 3 Team Rebounds 1 Thomas 16 1-3 3-4 5 3 1 2 5 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 34-67 21-27 39 23 27 10 96 Team Rebounds 4 Michigan 13 18 12 13 56 Totals 200 27-67 17-23 37 20 16 8 84 Nebraska 10 17 10 33 70 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Denver 19 18 18 16 71 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 3FG: Michigan 2-10 (Brown 2-4, Munger 0-1, Nebraska 31 21 19 25 96 Nebraska 15 21 20 24 80 Johnson 0-2, Church 0-3); Nebraska 9-24 (Haiby Arkansas 10 21 26 27 84 2-3, Kissinger 2-5, Eliely 1-1, Veerbeek 1-2, Brown 3FG: Denver 10-24 (Romanowski 8-8, Nelson 2-4, 1-3, Simon 1-3, Whitish 1-6, Mershon 0-1). 3FG%: Malonga 0-1, Simental 0-1, Loven 0-2, White 0-2, 3FG: Nebraska 9-21 (Kissinger 2-4, Veerbeek 2-5, Michigan 20.0; Nebraska 37.5. FG%: Michigan Gritt 0-3, Smith 0-3); Nebraska 7-25 (Kissinger Whitish 2-5, Simon 1-1, Haiby 1-2, Brown 1-3, 37.7; Nebraska 36.7. FT%: Michigan 63.6; Nebraska 4-10, Brown 2-5, Eliely 1-3, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek Eliely 0-1); Arkansas 13-37 (Dungee 4-11, Tolefree 81.0. Steals: Michigan 5 (Dilk, Munger 2); Nebraska 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Whitish 0-3). 3FG%: Denver 41.7; 3-11, Mason 2-4, Monk 2-5, Northcross-Baker 1-3, 7 (Eliely 4). Blocked Shots: Michigan 4 (Church, Nebraska 28.0. FG%: Denver 39.0; Nebraska 50.7. Zimmerman 1-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Arkansas Hillmon 2); Nebraska 5 (Cain 4). Turnovers: FT%: Denver 57.7; Nebraska 77.8. Steals: Denver 35.1. FG%: Nebraska 45.9; Arkansas 40.3. FT%: Michigan 23; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. 5 (Gritt 2); Nebraska 10 (Brown, Eliely, Kissinger, Nebraska 65.2; Arkansas 73.9. Steals: Nebraska 7 Officials: Grinter, Zentz, Bonner. Attendance: Whitish 2). Blocked Shots: Denver 2 (Nelson (Haiby 3); Arkansas 8 (Williams 3). Blocked Shots: 4,450. 2); Nebraska 4 (Cain 2). Turnovers: Denver 16; Nebraska 6 (Cain 3); Arkansas 3 (Williams, Tolefree, Nebraska 11. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Zimmerman 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 15; Arkansas Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely scored all of her Gulbeyan, Kroemmenhoek, Clayton. Attendance: 10. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Brewton, game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to power 3,703. Kroemmenhoek, Spurlock. Attendance: 1,335. Nebraska to a 70-56 come-from-behind win over Michigan to open Big Ten play at Pinnacle Bank Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger led five Huskers Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 77-68 Arena. Eliely hit all three of her field goal attempts, in double figures with 18 points to help Nebraska deficit with 4:27 left to take an 80-79 lead with including a three to open the quarter, and went run to a 96-71 win over Denver at Pinnacle Bank 1:04 remaining, but Arkansas made the plays in 7-for-8 at the free throw line to turn a 43-37 Husker Arena. Kissinger hit 4-of-10 threes while also sharing the final minute to earn an 84-80 win at Bud Walton deficit at the end of three quarters into a 14-point team-high rebound honors with six. She added Arena. The Huskers jumped out to a 15-2 lead and win. Eliely, who did not shoot in the first three three assists and two steals to help the Huskers maintained a 36-31 halftime edge, thanks in part quarters, outscored the entire Michigan team 14- earn their fourth straight home win. Leigha Brown to Leigha Brown’s 40-foot runner at the buzzer. 13 in the final period. She added a team-high six added 17 points, five assists and two steals, while Brown, who finished with nine points, was one of rebounds and a career-high-tying four steals in the Ashtyn Veerbeek posted 14 points and five boards. four Husker freshmen who combined for 45 points game. Freshman Sam Haiby pumped in 10 points in Veerbeck went a career-best 8-for-8 at the free off the bench. Sam Haiby, who led the Huskers with the fourth, including a pair of huge threes in the final throw line, while going 3-for-4 from the floor. Kate 16 points, had seven in the first half and made huge minutes to help the Huskers pull away. Haiby added Cain and Nicea Eliely each pitched in 14 points plays down the stretch to give the Huskers the 80- four rebounds and two assists while finishing with and five rebounds. Maddie Simon added eight 79 lead after the first of two free throws with 1:04 12 points on the game. Leigha Brown contributed points, while Sam Haiby scored seven points and remaining. However, a scoreboard malfunction after 11 points and a career-high five rebounds, while contributed career highs with eight assists and six the first made free throw caused a more than three- Maddie Simon gave the Huskers four players in rebounds. Nebraska opened a double-digit lead minute delay before the second free throw. Haiby double figures with 10 points. Nebraska hit 9-of-15 in the first quarter with a school-record 31 points. missed the second, and the Razorbacks scored the field goal attempts, including 3-of-4 threes, while NU extended the lead to 15 at the half (52-37) game’s final five points. Chelsea Dungee, who hit knocking down 12-of-14 free throws in the final and continued to expand the margin in the third the go-ahead shot for Arkansas, scored 20 of her period. The Huskers outscored Michigan 33-13 in and fourth quarters. Nebraska’s balanced scoring game-high 23 points in the second half to lead five the fourth, including 10-0 in points off turnovers and helped offset a career-high 33 points from Samantha Razorback starters in double figures. Kiara Williams 9-0 on second-chance points. The Huskers trailed by Romanowski that included an unconscious 8-for-8 added game-sealing free throws for the Razorbacks. as many as 10 points in the second quarter before shooting from three-point range. She finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. rallying to victory. 22 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #13 GAME #14 GAME #15 NEBRASKA 78 #19 IOWA 77 #9 MARYLAND 81 OHIO STATE 69 NEBRASKA 71 NEBRASKA 63 COLUMBUS, OHIO, DEC. 31, 2018 IOWA CITY, IOWA, JAN. 3, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 8, 2019

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Maryland Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 20 7-10 2-3 2 1 1 0 16 Simon* 19 1-4 1-2 6 1 2 0 4 Austin* 22 3-10 1-3 10 2 1 2 7 Cain* 16 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 Cain* 18 1-6 1-1 5 5 1 1 3 Jones* 21 5-7 3-3 5 4 1 0 13 Whitish* 34 3-11 2-2 2 1 5 3 11 Whitish* 33 6-12 0-0 2 0 1 2 14 Charles* 31 8-14 3-5 4 3 1 2 19 Eliely* 22 5-9 2-3 6 3 1 1 14 Eliely* 25 1-2 2-2 0 4 5 1 5 Mikesell* 36 6-12 0-0 5 0 3 1 16 Kissinger* 20 1-4 0-0 1 3 1 3 2 Kissinger* 24 3-10 0-0 2 1 0 0 8 Watson* 38 4-7 0-0 3 1 3 3 12 Haiby 26 3-8 2-4 3 2 2 1 8 Haiby 20 3-9 3-4 2 2 3 2 9 Lewis 33 4-6 0-0 3 1 6 1 9 Veerbeek 23 2-4 2-2 6 3 1 0 6 Veerbeek 18 2-5 2-2 9 3 1 0 6 Myers 1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Brown 18 4-9 9-12 4 2 3 1 19 Mitchell 2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Vujacic 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Mershon 21 0-3 2-2 4 3 0 0 2 Brown 18 6-10 5-6 0 5 1 2 20 Fraser 15 1-4 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 Team Rebounds 3 Mershon 23 1-3 0-0 3 1 0 0 2 Owens 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-59 21-28 33 22 14 9 78 Team Rebounds 6 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 24-62 14-17 36 23 14 8 71 Totals 200 32-62 7-11 37 16 15 10 81 Ohio State Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Juhasz* 26 4-10 4-4 7 3 1 2 14 Iowa Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Waterman* 34 3-11 8-11 7 5 4 1 14 Stewart* 36 6-11 2-2 4 2 1 1 14 Simon* 18 3-8 0-0 1 2 0 2 6 Grande* 39 2-9 2-2 5 3 3 2 7 Gustafson* 38 11-20 6-10 17 2 2 1 28 Cain* 24 2-7 1-2 10 2 2 0 5 Crooms* 9 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 Meyer* 32 1-6 0-0 2 3 5 0 2 Whitish* 31 3-13 1-3 2 0 2 0 9 Santoro* 33 2-9 2-2 2 3 0 0 7 Davis* 36 4-9 1-2 5 2 1 1 11 Eliely* 27 4-5 1-2 2 0 3 1 9 Miller 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3 Doyle* 35 5-9 1-2 2 3 9 4 11 Kissinger* 21 2-8 0-0 6 3 0 2 6 Queenland 22 2-5 2-2 3 1 2 0 8 Taiwo 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 Haiby 20 3-9 2-2 3 0 4 3 8 Patty 17 4-5 1-2 7 4 0 0 9 Sevillian 13 2-4 3-4 3 2 3 0 8 Veerbeek 15 1-2 4-4 3 3 2 0 6 Caretti 16 1-3 2-2 2 0 2 1 4 Czinano 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 5 Ollinger 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 21 2-5 0-0 5 1 0 1 4 Totals 200 20-54 21-25 39 20 13 6 69 Team Rebounds 7 Mershon 18 2-3 3-4 4 0 0 1 8 Totals 200 30-61 13-20 41 14 21 7 77 Team Rebounds 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 23-61 12-17 38 12 13 10 63 Nebraska 11 27 13 27 78 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Ohio State 15 21 17 16 69 Nebraska 20 14 15 22 71 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final #19 Iowa 22 15 22 18 77 #9 Maryland 26 17 18 20 81 3FG: Nebraska 7-22 (Whitish 3-8, Eliely 2-2, Brown Nebraska 23 14 12 14 63 2-5, Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Kissinger 0-2, 3FG: Nebraska 9-21 (Brown 3-4, Whitish 2-4, Simon 0-3); Ohio State 8-18 (Juhasz 2-3, Queenland Kissinger 2-6, Eliely 1-2, Simon 1-2, Haiby 0-1, 3FG: Maryland 10-17 (Mikesell 4-7, Watson 4-7, 2-3, Crooms 1-1, Miller 1-1, Grande 1-3, Santoro Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1); Iowa 4-12 (Davis 2-4, Vujacic 1-1, Lewis 1-2); Nebraska 5-15 (Kissinger 1-4, Caretti 0-1, Waterman 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska Taiwo 1-1, Sevillian 1-2, Doyle 0-1, Meyer 0-4). 2-4, Whitish 2-8, Mershon 1-1, Brown 0-1, Simon 31.8; Ohio State 44.4. FG%: Nebraska 42.4; Ohio 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Iowa 33.3. FG%: Nebraska 0-1). 3FG%: Maryland 58.8; Nebraska 33.3. FG%: State 37.0. FT%: Nebraska 75.0; Ohio State 84.0. 38.7; Iowa 49.2. FT%: Nebraska 82.4; Iowa 65.0. Maryland 51.6; Nebraska 37.7. FT%: Maryland 63.6; Steals: Nebraska 9 (Kissinger, Whitish 3); Ohio State Steals: Nebraska 8 (Brown, Haiby, Whitish 2); Iowa Nebraska 70.6. Steals: Maryland 10 (Watson 3); 6 (Grande, Juhasz 2). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 7 (Doyle 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 4 (Cain 3); Nebraska 10 (Haiby 3). Blocked Shots: Maryland (Cain, Veerbeek 1); Ohio State 3 (Caretti, Grande, Iowa 7 (Gustafson 5). Turnovers: Nebraska 17; Iowa 5 (Watson 2); Nebraska 9 (Cain 6). Turnovers: Waterman 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 12; Ohio State 17. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: McConnell, Maryland 17; Nebraska 17. Technical Fouls: None. 20. Technical Fouls: Ohio State-McGuff. Officials: Daley, Barb Smith. Attendance: 4,391. Officials:Kantner, Zentz, Cross. Attendance: 3,796. Cross, Bryan Enterline, Pethtel. Attendance: 5,530. Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored a career- Game Highlights: Kayla Mershon scored a career- Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored 19 points high 20 points, but Nebraska’s furious fourth-quarter high eight points and added four rebounds off the and Nicea Eliely provided fourth-quarter heroics rally came up short in a 77-71 loss at No. 19 Iowa. bench, but hot-shooting Maryland surged to an again, as Nebraska rallied for a 78-69 win at Ohio The Huskers trailed by 10 points at the end of three 81-63 win over the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena. State on New Year’s Eve. Brown scored all 19 of her quarters and by 12 points at 69-57 with less than The No. 9 Terrapins hit 51.6 percent of their shots points in the first 30 minutes to help the Huskers four minutes left, before storming back to cut the from the field including a blistering 58.8 percent (10- stay within striking distance of the Buckeyes. Eliely Iowa lead to 73-71 in the final minute. Brown scored 17) from three-point range to give Coach Brenda helped Nebraska complete the comeback with 10 six points in the Husker rally, while Hannah Whitish Frese her 500th career victory. Kaila Charles led huge points in the fourth quarter to finish with 14 for added five of her 14 points in the game during the the Terps with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting, while the second straight game. Eliely hit two threes and surge. Iowa All-American Megan Gustafson scored Taylor Mikesell added 16 points while knocking finished a traditional three-point play in the quarter. 28 points and added 17 rebounds and five blocks down four threes. Blair Watson added four threes Hannah Whitish, who struggled with her shooting to lead the Hawkeyes. Gustafson scored Iowa’s of her own to finish with 12 points. While Maryland stroke through the first three quarters, added eight final 10 points in the third quarter to help push the was firing on all cylinders, the Huskers struggled to big points in the fourth to finish with 11 on the day. Hawkeye lead to 10 points at 59-49 at the end of hit just 37.7 percent of their shots, including 33.3 Maddie Simon added a strong offensive effort with the period. Hannah Stewart added 14 points inside percent (5-15) of their threes. Nebraska was held a season-high-tying 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Hawkeyes and grabbed two key offensive to a season-low 26 points in the second half and from the field. Trailing by as many as seven points rebounds off missed Iowa free throws in the final no Husker reached double figures on the night. in each of the first three quarters, the Huskers hit 30 seconds that sealed the Huskers’ fate. Freshman Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish led the Big Red 9-of-15 shots from the floor, including 4-of-5 threes Sam Haiby helped Nebraska off the bench with nine with nine points apiece, while Kate Cain contributed in the fourth quarter, to outscore the Buckeyes 27-16 points, three assists and two steals, while fellow five points and game highs of 10 rebounds and six down the stretch. In the first three quarters, NU was freshman and Iowa native Ashtyn Veerbeek pitched blocked shots. The Huskers never led but trailed just just 16-of-44 from the floor including just 3-of-17 in six points and a team-high nine rebounds. Taylor 45-43 midway through the third quarter. However, from long range. Two of those threes were buzzer Kissinger also contributed eight points on a pair of Maryland closed the quarter on a 16-6 surge to take beaters by Whitish and Brown to end the first and three-pointers for the Huskers, while Nicea Eliely a 61-49 lead to the fourth. Nebraska could get no second quarters, as Nebraska led 38-36 at the half. managed five points and a team-high five assists. closer than seven points the rest of the way. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 23 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #16 GAME #17 GAME #18 RUTGERS 62 NEBRASKA 77 NEBRASKA 63 NEBRASKA 56 ILLINOIS 67 #23 MINNESOTA 57 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 13, 2019 CHAMPAIGN, ILL., JAN. 17, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 20, 2019

Rutgers Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Minnesota Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Carey* 20 2-3 4-4 2 4 1 2 8 Mershon* 25 1-2 2-2 1 4 1 1 5 Bello* 32 3-10 1-2 13 3 0 0 7 Harris* 19 1-7 2-2 3 3 0 0 4 Cain* 17 4-5 0-0 7 2 1 1 8 Lamke* 36 3-7 4-4 7 2 1 1 10 Wilson* 37 4-8 1-1 1 1 1 0 12 Whitish* 32 3-9 4-6 3 1 7 2 12 Pitts* 37 4-6 1-2 3 5 3 1 10 Cryor* 37 5-8 0-0 4 2 4 3 13 Eliely* 25 1-3 0-0 4 3 0 1 2 Brunson* 28 2-8 1-2 3 1 0 1 5 Guirantes* 17 3-6 0-0 2 2 1 0 8 Kissinger* 22 3-6 1-2 3 2 1 1 10 Bell* 36 4-15 8-11 6 3 5 0 16 Broughton 8 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 Haiby 21 1-5 5-5 2 2 2 3 7 Staples 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Peleg Pelc 4 0-2 1-2 0 0 1 0 1 Veerbeek 22 6-9 6-9 8 3 0 0 19 Kaposi 8 2-3 0-2 4 1 0 0 4 Calhoun 10 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 Mitchell 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Garrido Perez 22 2-5 0-0 3 1 0 0 5 Gilles 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Simon 16 2-3 0-0 1 2 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 2 Jenkins 28 4-7 0-0 12 3 2 3 8 Brown 20 4-11 2-4 1 1 1 1 10 Totals 200 20-54 15-23 43 16 9 3 57 Mack 14 3-9 0-1 1 3 1 2 7 Team Rebounds 2 Wallace 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-53 20-28 32 20 13 11 77 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Team Rebounds 2 Mershon* 23 1-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 Totals 200 22-54 9-12 28 20 12 10 62 Illinois Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 23 2-5 0-0 0 2 0 1 4 Wittinger* 39 6-14 2-4 13 2 2 0 14 Whitish* 26 3-8 4-4 2 2 2 0 12 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Andrews* 19 2-6 0-0 6 4 0 0 5 Eliely* 32 1-5 0-0 6 2 4 6 2 Simon* 9 0-3 3-4 0 2 0 0 3 Ephraim* 16 1-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 Kissinger* 26 3-6 1-1 4 2 0 2 9 Cain* 26 1-4 1-1 9 3 3 0 3 Beasley* 30 2-4 1-2 1 5 1 0 5 Haiby 19 6-10 4-6 3 1 3 0 16 Whitish* 32 1-6 1-1 7 0 2 1 3 Joens* 22 1-8 0-0 2 2 0 1 2 Veerbeek 17 2-4 2-2 5 3 0 0 6 Eliely* 23 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 3 2 Robins 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Kissinger* 17 4-6 0-2 2 1 0 0 11 Scott 29 6-14 7-9 2 3 0 1 23 Simon 17 0-2 3-4 1 4 2 0 3 Haiby 24 2-6 1-4 2 1 1 0 5 Blazek 4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Brown 16 4-8 1-1 1 0 0 1 9 Veerbeek 13 0-6 4-6 3 2 1 1 4 Rice 23 5-10 0-2 2 4 2 1 11 Team Rebounds 6 Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Shewan 18 2-4 0-0 5 3 2 0 5 Totals 200 16-45 17-28 38 16 11 7 56 Brown 25 5-8 5-8 6 1 2 1 18 Team Rebounds 5 Mershon 24 2-2 2-2 3 4 2 1 7 Totals 200 25-64 10-17 40 24 8 3 67 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Team Rebounds 6 #23 Minnesota 11 15 19 11 57 Totals 200 16-45 17-28 38 16 11 7 56 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 14 12 12 25 63 Nebraska 25 11 21 20 77 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Illinois 17 12 15 23 67 3FG: Minnesota 2-9 (Garrido Perez 1-2, Pitts 1-3, Rutgers 21 15 14 12 62 Kaposi 0-1, Brunson 0-3); Nebraska 4-16 (Kissinger Nebraska 13 15 14 14 56 3FG: Nebraska 7-22 (Kissinger 3-5, Whitish 2-6, 2-4, Whitish 2-6, Eliely 0-1, Haiby 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Mershon 1-2, Veerbeek 1-3, Eliely 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Simon 0-1, Brown 0-2). 3FG%: Minnesota 22.2; 3FG: Rutgers 9-16 (Wilson 3-4, Cryor 3-5, Guirantes Brown 0-3); Illinois 7-24 (Scott 4-11, Andrews 1-2, Nebraska 25.0. FG%: Minnesota 37.0; Nebraska 2-3, Mack 1-3, Calhoun 0-1); Nebraska 7-12 (Brown Rice 1-2, Shewan 1-3, Ephraim 0-1, Wittinger 0-2, 44.0. FT%: Minnesota 65.2; Nebraska 83.3. Steals: 3-3, Kissinger 3-5, Mershon 1-1, Haiby 0-1, Simon Joens 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 31.8; Illinois 29.2. Minnesota 3 (Bronson, Lamke, Pitts 1); Nebraska 9 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1). 3FG%: Rutgers 56.3; Nebraska FG%: Nebraska 47.2; Illinois 39.1. FT%: Nebraska (Eliely 6). Blocked Shots: Minnesota 0; Nebraska 58.3. FG%: Rutgers 40.7; Nebraska 35.6. FT%: 71.4; Illinois 58.8. Steals: Nebraska 11 (Haiby 3); 11 (Cain 4). Turnovers: Minnesota 17; Nebraska Rutgers 75.0; Nebraska 60.7. Steals: Rutgers 10 Illinois 3 (Joens, Rice, Scott 1). Blocked Shots: 13. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Cross, Bryan (Cryor, Jenkins 3); Nebraska 7 (Eliely 3). Blocked Nebraska 1 (Veerbeek 1); Illinois 1 (Wittinger 1). Enterline, Marsh. Attendance: 4,072. Shots: Rutgers 4 (Jenkins 3); Nebraska 1 (Veerbeek Turnovers: Nebraska 12; Illinois 17. Technical Fouls: 1). Turnovers: Rutgers 14; Nebraska 19. Technical None. Officials:Inouye, Bird, Green. Attendance: Game Highlights: Hannah Whitish, Taylor Kissinger Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Grinter, Hall. 1,349. and Sam Haiby combined for all 25 of Nebraska’s Attendance: 4,222. points in a decisive fourth quarter, as the Huskers Game Highlights: Ashtyn Veerbeek erupted for rallied for a 63-57 win over No. 23 Minnesota at Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored a game- a career-high 19 points while adding a team-high PInnacle Bank Arena. Haiby scored six of her game- high 18 points and Taylor Kissinger scored eight eight rebounds to power Nebraska to a 77-67 high 16 points in the final period, including the of her 11 points early in the fourth quarter to fuel road win at the State Farm Center in Champaign. game’s final four points to seal the victory. Whitish a furious Nebraska rally, but Rutgers escaped from Veerbeek hit 6-of-9 shots from the field, including played an even bigger role, scoring 10 of her 12 Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 62-56 win. The Scarlet a clutch three-pointer with 1:39 left to help the points in the quarter, including back-to-back three- Knights used scalding hot three-point shooting in Huskers hold off a late fourth-quarter rally by the pointers midway through the period, as Nebraska the first quarter to build a 21-13 lead, then extended Illini. Nebraska jumped to an 8-0 lead to start the rallied from a nine-point deficit with eight minutes the margin to 33-20 midway through the second game and extended the margin to 14 points at 19-5, left. Whitish’s two free throws with 2:28 left gave quarter before taking a 36-28 lead to the half. before Arieal Scott sparked Illinois. Scott finished Nebraska the lead for good at 59-57. Kissinger Rutgers, which improved to 5-0 in the Big Ten and with a game-high 23 points, but the Illini were added two threes and a traditional three-point jumped to No. 20 in the AP Poll after beating the never able to pull within a possession. Nebraska play to account for all nine of her points in the Big Red, hit 7-of-11 first-half three-point attempts. got balanced scoring with 12 points and seven game during the final period. Trailing 53-45, the The Scarlet Knights maintained a 50-42 lead at the assists from Hannah Whitish and 10 points apiece Huskers held Minnesota without a field goal for the end of three quarters before Kissinger scored eight from Taylor Kissinger and Leigha Brown to offset game’s final six minutes. NU closed the game on an quick points in the first 3:30 of the fourth quarter to the big night from Scott and a double-double from 18-4 surge, including a 12-0 run over the final four help the Huskers tie the score at 52. Unfortunately, Illinois star Alex Wittinger, who put up 14 points minutes. Nicea Eliely played the largest defensive Nebraska did not hit another field goal until Brown’s and 13 rebounds. Nebraska’s defense provided role with five fourth-quarter steals among her career- three-pointer with five seconds left. Nebraska the difference by recording a season-high 11 steals high six in the game. She also led Nebraska with out-worked Rutgers on the boards, 38-28, and hit and turning 17 Illini turnovers into 15 points. Illinois six rebounds in the game. Ashtyn Veerbeek helped 7-of-12 three-pointers in the game, including 3-for-3 out-rebounded the Huskers 40-32, including 15 the Huskers with six points, five rebounds and a shooting from long range by Brown. Rutgers forced offensive rebounds compared to a season-low five career-high three blocks, as the Huskers teamed up 19 Nebraska turnovers and outscored the Huskers for the Big Red. However, Illinois only outscored for nine blocks. Leigha Brown added nine points, 20-14 in points off turnovers in the game. NU 13-9 in second-chance points. as NU’s bench outscored the Gopher bench, 34-9. 24 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #19 GAME #20 GAME #21 NORTHWESTERN 58 WISCONSIN 70 NEBRASKA 84 NEBRASKA 54 NEBRASKA 69 PURDUE 64 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 24, 2019 MADISON, WIS., JAN. 27, 2019 WEST LAFAYETTE, IND., JAN. 31, 2019

Northwestern Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Hopkins* 35 2-9 0-0 6 4 2 0 4 Mershon* 24 0-4 1-2 3 2 0 2 1 Mershon* 10 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 0 2 Kunaiyi-Akpanah* 35 4-12 2-5 19 3 3 0 10 Cain* 31 7-12 0-0 7 1 1 1 14 Cain* 18 1-8 0-0 6 1 0 0 2 Pulliam* 36 9-17 2-3 8 1 0 1 21 Whitish* 34 4-12 0-0 1 2 7 0 12 Whitish* 32 8-12 6-6 5 3 12 3 28 Burton* 34 0-7 2-2 7 2 4 0 2 Eliely* 28 6-9 0-0 5 2 0 5 12 Eliely* 30 5-8 0-0 4 2 2 1 12 Hamilton* 24 4-8 1-2 2 2 1 2 12 Kissinger* 22 5-7 2-2 2 3 1 1 15 Kissinger* 21 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Wood 18 3-5 0-0 2 3 1 2 7 Haiby 17 0-5 0-0 6 1 4 0 0 Haiby 17 5-7 0-0 2 2 3 1 13 Wolf 8 1-5 0-0 2 0 0 0 2 Veerbeek 8 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 0 0 Veerbeek 22 7-12 0-0 9 1 0 0 14 Galernik 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Simon 17 1-5 4-4 3 1 1 0 6 Mitchell 13 1-2 0-0 4 4 0 1 2 Jamison 2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Brown 19 4-7 1-1 3 1 1 1 9 Simon 17 2-9 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 2 Brown 20 3-5 1-2 3 0 2 0 7 Totals 200 23-64 7-12 51 15 12 5 58 Totals 200 27-61 8-9 33 18 15 10 69 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 33-67 7-8 41 15 21 7 84 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Wisconsin Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mershon* 22 2-4 0-0 7 2 1 2 5 Karlis* 29 2-3 3-4 1 3 2 4 8 Purdue Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 20 1-4 1-2 4 3 1 0 3 Howard* 33 7-13 4-6 7 3 2 0 18 Harris* 33 7-15 1-2 8 2 2 1 15 Whitish* 30 4-11 0-0 4 3 4 1 12 Lewis* 32 7-13 3-4 7 1 0 1 17 McLaughlin* 39 4-13 2-2 3 1 5 0 13 Eliely* 27 3-9 1-2 1 2 1 2 7 Van Leeuwen* 30 1-7 2-2 4 2 1 3 5 Oden* 33 6-12 4-4 6 4 3 2 18 Kissinger* 28 2-8 1-1 5 0 2 0 6 Beverley* 36 4-8 2-4 4 0 5 4 10 Traylor* 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Haiby 16 1-7 2-3 3 0 2 1 4 Gilreath 6 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Farquhar* 37 1-6 2-2 4 1 3 3 4 Veerbeek 21 4-9 0-0 5 3 1 0 9 Laszewski 15 4-6 0-0 4 0 0 1 8 Whilby 17 3-4 1-2 2 0 1 2 9 Mitchell 7 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 1 1 Hale 5 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Hardin 23 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 1 Simon 10 0-2 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 Luehring 14 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 Stallings 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 19 2-11 1-2 2 2 1 1 6 Team Rebounds 4 Gony 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 27-56 14-20 34 10 12 13 70 Diagne 5 2-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 4 Totals 200 19-65 8-14 41 15 13 8 54 Team Rebounds 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 23-56 11-14 25 11 16 8 64 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 14 25 12 18 69 Northwestern 9 16 12 21 58 Wisconsin 8 19 22 21 70 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 11 10 13 20 54 Nebraska 18 18 26 22 84 3FG: Nebraska 7-23 (Whitish 4-10, Kissinger Purdue 6 22 15 21 64 3FG: Northwestern 5-16 (Hamilton 3-5, Wood 3-5, Eliely 0-1, Haiby 0-1, Brown 0-2, Mershon 1-1, Pulliam 1-3, Jamison 0-1, Burton 0-3, Hopkins 0-2, Simon 0-2); Wisconsin 2-10 (Karlis 1-2, Van 3FG: Nebraska 11-27 (Whitish 6-10, Haiby 3-4, 0-3); Nebraska 8-28 (Whitish 4-10, Mershon 1-1, Leeuwen 1-4, Beverley 0-1, Luehring 0-1, Gilreath Eliely 2-4, Brown 0-2, Kissinger 0-2, Veerbeek 0-2, Veerbeek 1-2, Brown 1-4, Kissinger 1-6, Eliely 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 30.4; Wisconsin 20.0. FG%: Simon 0-3); Purdue 7-18 (McLaughlin 3-8, Whilby 0-5). 3FG%: Northwestern 31.3; Nebraska 28.6. Nebraska 44.3; Wisconsin 48.2. FT%: Nebraska 2-3, Oden 2-5, Farquhar 0-1, Hardin 0-1). 3FG%: FG%: Northwestern 35.9; Nebraska 29.2. FT%: 88.9; Wisconsin 70.0. Steals: Nebraska 10 (Eliely Nebraska 40.7; Purdue 38.9. FG%: Nebraska 49.3; Northwestern 58.3; Nebraska 57.1. Steals: 5); Wisconsin 13 (Beverley, Karlis 4). Blocked Shots: Purdue 41.1. FT%: Nebraska 87.5; Purdue 78.6. Northwestern 5 (Hamilton, Wood 2); Nebraska 8 Nebraska 2 (Cain, Mershon 1); Wisconsin 4 (Howard Steals: Nebraska 7 (Whitish 3); Purdue 8 (Farquhar (Eliely, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: Northwestern 3). Turnovers: Nebraska 18; Wisconsin 18. Technical 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 5 (Cain 2); Purdue 9 (Kunaiyi-Akpanah 4); Nebraska 8 (Cain 4). Fouls: None. Officials:B. Morris, Hallead, Tieman. 4 (Harris 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 10; Purdue 11. Turnovers: Northwestern 14; Nebraska 8. Technical Attendance: 6,074. Technical Fouls: Purdue-Team-2 (Bench). Officials: Fouls: None. Officials: Roberts, Napier, J. Cross. Hall, Bird, Enlund. Attendance: 5,901. Attendance: 3,660. Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely’s driving layup with 0.7 seconds left gave Nebraska a 69-67 lead, but Game Highlights: Hannah Whitish erupted for a Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 10-point Kelly Karlis answered with a three-pointer in the season-high 28 points and a career-high 12 assists third-quarter deficit to take a 54-53 lead with 37 corner in front of Wisconsin’s bench as time expired for her first career double-doubler to lead Nebraska seconds left, but Northwestern made the plays at to give the Badgers a 70-69 win at the Kohl Center. to an 84-64 win at Mackey Arena. Whitish hit 8-of- both ends in the final 30 seconds to escape from The final shot gave Wisconsin its only lead of the 12 shots, including a season-high six threes, while Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 58-54 win over the game, as the Huskers built a 14-point lead on going 6-for-6 at the line. She added five rebounds Huskers. Hannah Whitish, who led the Huskers with three occasions. Nebraska led 39-27 at halftime, and three steals while committing just one turnover. 12 points on four three-pointers, hit a pair of threes but the Badgers used a big third quarter to cut Ashtyn Veerbeek added a big game off the bench in the fourth quarter, including the game-tying shot NU’s margin to 51-49 at the end of three periods. with 14 points while adding nine rebounds. Sam with 1:03 left. With under 40 seconds left, Nicea Behind explosive starts to the fourth quarter from Haiby pitched in 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting Eliely got a knock away, dove on the floor for a Kate Cain and Taylor Kissinger, who combined for while knocking down 3-of-4 threes, including a loose ball and was fouled. She hit the second of 10 quick points in the quarter, and a three-pointer running half-court heave at the buzzer to cap a big two free throws to give Nebraska its only lead of from Hannah Whitish, the Huskers rebuilt a 63-53 third quarter for the Big Red. Nicea Eliely added a the second half. That lead lasted just 12 seconds, lead with 6:55 left. Wisconsin tied the score for strong game with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting with as Northwestern’s Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah drove the first time in the game at 67 on a pair of Niya a pair of threes. Nebraska jumped to an 18-6 lead for a layup to give the Wildcats the lead for good. Beverley free throws with 1:01 left, before Eliely by holding Purdue to an opponent season-low six Akpanah finished with 10 points and a game-high finished high at the rim to give the Huskers their final first-quarter points. Nebraska extended the lead 19 rebounds for the Wildcats. Nebraska was unable lead. Eliely finished with 12 points, five rebounds to 27-9 early in the second quarter before Purdue to score down the stretch, and Veronica Burton and five steals. Kissinger led the Huskers with 15 rallied to cut the margin to 31-28 in the final minute hit a pair of free throws for Northwestern with six points on 3-of-5 three-point shooting, while Whitish of the half. But the Huskers got five straight points seconds left. Jordan Hamilton then got a steal of contributed 12 points on four threes to go along to end the half and take a 36-28 lead to the locker an inbounds pass, was fouled and hit the second of with seven assists. Cain pitched in 14 points and room. NU closed the third quarter on a 14-2 surge two free throws to seal the win with three seconds seven rebounds. Marsha Howard (18) and Imani to take a 62-43 lead to the final period, and Purdue left. Hamilton finished with 12 points, while Lindsey Lewis (17) combined for 35 points and 14 rebounds never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. Pulliam led all scorers with 21. for the Badgers. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 25 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #22 GAME #23 GAME #24 INDIANA 82 MICHIGAN 67 NEBRASKA 67 NEBRASKA 78 NEBRASKA 61 PURDUE 61 LINCOLN, NEB., FEB. 3, 2019 ANN ARBOR, MICH., FEB. 7, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., FEB. 10, 2019

Indiana Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Purdue Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Royster* 28 7-8 5-6 14 4 1 0 19 Mershon* 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Harris* 25 4-9 5-6 6 4 0 3 13 Wise* 35 1-6 1-1 4 3 2 3 4 Cain* 29 6-8 0-0 6 4 1 1 12 McLaughlin* 39 5-13 2-3 1 4 4 1 13 Yeaney* 31 0-8 1-2 2 3 6 1 1 Whitish* 33 5-11 0-0 3 3 3 2 13 Oden* 34 4-13 2-2 6 5 4 2 10 Penn* 30 7-15 5-5 5 5 0 1 20 Eliely* 28 2-7 0-0 8 0 6 1 4 Traylor* 23 2-8 0-0 2 3 0 0 6 Patberg* 39 8-12 4-5 2 2 6 0 22 Kissinger* 26 4-9 1-2 2 3 0 0 12 Farquhar* 36 2-4 3-3 14 3 3 2 7 Warthen 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Haiby 22 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 8 Whilby 20 3-6 0-0 1 2 2 1 8 Gulbe 16 3-4 0-0 3 5 0 0 7 Veerbeek 20 1-4 0-0 2 4 1 1 2 Hardin 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 Berger 20 3-10 2-2 5 2 0 0 9 Mitchell 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gony 13 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 2 Simon 14 1-7 1-2 1 1 1 2 4 Diagne 6 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 4 Totals 200 29-63 18-21 37 24 15 5 82 Brown 12 2-6 1-2 3 3 1 0 6 Team Rebounds 4 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 22-55 12-14 36 24 14 9 61 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Totals 200 25-60 3-6 29 21 15 7 61 Mershon* 12 1-3 0-0 3 1 2 0 2 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 27 4-9 1-2 6 4 2 0 9 Michigan Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mershon* 30 1-2 0-0 5 2 2 2 3 Whitish* 33 6-12 1-4 3 2 2 0 16 Brown* 25 3-9 0-0 3 1 2 0 6 Cain* 23 4-8 0-0 2 4 1 0 8 Eliely* 20 2-5 3-3 3 4 0 0 7 Thome* 31 2-6 4-6 2 2 2 0 8 Whitish* 30 0-4 0-0 5 2 5 1 0 Kissinger* 29 4-11 0-0 3 3 2 1 8 Dilk* 6 2-3 0-0 1 0 2 0 4 Eliely* 28 3-7 3-4 5 4 0 2 9 Haiby 22 5-8 7-8 3 2 1 0 17 Munger* 35 2-8 0-0 2 1 0 4 6 Kissinger* 18 2-5 4-4 4 1 0 0 8 Veerbeek 12 1-3 3-4 5 2 0 0 5 Church* 29 2-8 2-4 5 4 3 1 6 Haiby 19 1-5 5-8 2 0 1 0 7 Mitchell 7 1-1 0-2 1 1 0 0 2 Hillmon 26 6-9 6-7 11 2 0 1 18 Veerbeek 17 0-6 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 Simon 22 3-7 5-6 7 0 1 2 12 Robbins 17 2-6 1-2 3 0 0 0 5 Simon 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 2 Brown 16 0-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 Johnson 29 5-7 3-4 2 2 3 6 14 Brown 25 8-14 10-12 4 1 0 2 30 Team Rebounds 0 Rauch 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Team Rebounds 2 Totals 200 27-61 20-29 36 20 11 3 78 Team Rebounds 12 Totals 200 20-52 22-28 31 15 12 7 67 Totals 200 24-56 17-25 41 12 12 13 67 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Indiana 12 24 24 22 82 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Purdue 20 8 20 13 61 Nebraska 17 15 23 23 78 Nebraska 13 19 17 12 61 Nebraska 14 9 19 25 67 Michigan 17 18 13 19 67 3FG: Indiana 6-18 (Patberg 2-3, Gulbe 1-2, Berger 3FG: Purdue 5-16 (Traylor 2-3, Whilby 2-5, 1-3, Wise 1-3, Penn 1-5); Nebraska 4-22 (Whitish 3FG: Nebraska 8-23 (Kissinger 3-7, Whitish 3-7, McLaughlin 1-5, Oden 0-3); Nebraska 5-13 (Brown 3-6, Simon 1-4, Brown 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Mershon Brown 1-3, Simon 1-3, Eliely 0-1, Mershon 0-1, 4-6, Mershon 1-1, Kissinger 0-2, Whitish 0-4). 0-2, Eliely 0-3, Kissinger 0-5). 3FG%: Indiana 33.3; Veerbeek 0-1); Michigan 2-10 (Johnson 1-2, Munger 3FG%: Purdue 31.3; Nebraska 38.5. FG%: Purdue Nebraska 18.2. FG%: Indiana 46.0; Nebraska 1-3, Church 0-1, Brown 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 34.8; 40.0; Nebraska 38.5. FT%: Purdue 85.7; Nebraska 44.3. FT%: Indiana 85.7; Nebraska 69.0. Steals: Michigan 20.0. FG%: Nebraska 41.7; Michigan 78.6. Steals: Purdue 9 (Harris 3); Nebraska 7 (Brown, Indiana 5 (Wise 3); Nebraska 3 (Simon 2). Blocked 42.9. FT%: Nebraska 50.0; Michigan 68.0. Steals: Eliely, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: Purdue 5 (Harris Shots: Indiana 1 (Yeaney 1); Nebraska 5 (Cain 2). Nebraska 7 (Simon, Whitish 2); Michigan 13 4); Nebraska 7 (Cain, Eliely 3). Turnovers: Purdue Turnovers: Indiana 12; Nebraska 13. Technical (Johnson 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 9 (Cain, Eliely 19; Nebraska 14. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Fouls: None. Officials:Dickerson, Garland, Brooks. 3); Michigan 3 (Thome 2). Turnovers: Nebraska Zentz, Cross, Roberts. Attendance: 4,298. Attendance: 3,893. 18; Michigan 21. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Inouye, Hall, Pethtel. Attendance: 2,572. Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored 22 of her career-high 30 points in the second half to help Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 12-point Game Highlights: Nebraska led 51-49 with four Nebraska rally from a 10-point third-quarter deficit deficit late in the third quarter to tie the game on minutes left, but Michigan made enough plays to a 67-61 win over Purdue on Play4Kay Day at two occasions midway through the fourth, but down the stretch to escape with a 67-61 win over Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers trailed 33-23 Indiana made enough plays down the stretch to the Huskers at Crisler Arena. Nebraska went to early in the third quarter before Brown caught escape from Pinnacle Bank Arena with an 82-78 the final period with a 49-48 lead, and got a layup fire to spark the Nebraska offense. After getting win over the Huskers. Sam Haiby led the Huskers from Kate Cain two minutes into the quarter to eight points off the bench in the first half, Brown with 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting while knocking take a 51-48 advantage. In the first 6:26 of the final pumped in nine points in the third quarter before down 7-of-8 free throws. Hannah Whitish pitched period, Michigan managed just one free throw from pouring in 13 points in the decisive fourth period. in 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-6 Hallie Thome, but the Huskers went scoreless for Brown matched Purdue’s team total in the fourth threes, while Maddie Simon scored all 12 of her 6:24 between made baskets by Cain. From 3:34 quarter. She scored NU’s first seven points in points in the second half to help spark Nebraska’s to 1:57 left in the fourth, Michigan erupted on a the period then hit a huge three-pointer to push rally. Simon’s three-pointer tied the game at 65 9-0 run that included its only two field goals of the the Husker lead to 62-58 with one minute left. with 5:42 left, capping a 21-9 spurt over a span of quarter, a steal and layup by Akienreh Johnson She added a huge defensive rebound with 45.8 7:30 when Simon scored 10 points. The Huskers immediately followed by a steal and layup by seconds and immediately drew the fifth foul on tied the score again at 68, before Indiana surged Naz Hillmon that included a foul and a made free Purdue star Dominique Oden. Brown sank both to a 76-70 lead on a Jaelynn Penn three with just throw to put the Wolverines up 58-51 with 1:57 free throws following the foul to push NU’s lead over two minutes left. Penn finished with 20 points. left. Hillmon finished with game highs of 18 points to six points. She added a free throw 22 seconds Nebraska rallied again to trim the margin to 79-78 and 11 rebounds despite committing six turnovers. later to cap Nebraska’s first 30-point performance with 27 seconds left, but Ali Patberg, who finished Johnson added 14 points and six steals, as those in more than two seasons. Nicea Eliely added a big with a game-high 22 points, sank free throws down two Wolverines combined for 32 points off the defensive effort with three blocks, two steals and the stretch to seal the win. Kym Royster added a bench. Kayla Robbins added five points off the five defensive rebounds to go along with her nine double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds for bench, as Michigan reserves became the first group points. Kate Cain pitched in eight points, including Indiana. Penn, Patberg and Royster combined to hit to outscore Nebraska’s bench (37-20) on the season. back-to-back baskets to give Nebraska the lead for 22-of-35 shots for IU, while the rest of the Hoosiers Hannah Whitish led Nebraska with 13 points, while good in the fourth quarter. She added three blocks. went a combined 7-for-28. Taylor Kissinger and Kate Cain each contributed 12. Taylor Kissinger also contributed eight points, while Sam Haiby pitched in seven points off the bench. 26 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #25 #7 MARYLAND 89 NEBRASKA 63 COLLEGE PARK, MD., FEB. 14, 2019

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mershon* 20 2-4 2-4 5 1 0 2 7 Cain* 24 1-2 5-8 8 3 2 0 7 Whitish* 32 3-8 0-0 4 2 7 0 7 Eliely* 29 6-10 4-4 3 1 0 0 18 Brown* 25 2-8 0-0 2 0 2 1 5 Haiby 19 5-8 0-2 4 3 1 0 11 Veerbeek 14 1-6 0-0 5 4 3 0 2 Mitchell 11 1-3 1-2 1 3 0 0 3 Simon 11 0-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Kissinger 15 1-3 0-0 3 0 0 0 3 Team Rebounds 6 Totals 200 22-56 12-20 42 17 15 4 63

Maryland Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Austin* 21 2-8 6-8 7 2 0 0 10 Jones* 21 2-9 6-6 6 2 0 0 10 Charles* 34 9-19 4-6 6 3 1 4 22 Mikesell* 35 3-8 0-0 3 1 3 0 8 Watson* 31 5-8 3-4 4 1 2 2 17 Lewis 23 2-4 2-2 1 5 5 0 6 Myers 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Vujacic 5 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Fraser 23 6-12 2-5 8 1 2 2 14 Owens 3 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 30-70 23-31 41 17 13 9 89

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 15 19 11 18 63 #7 Maryland 22 19 28 20 89

3FG: Nebraska 7-16 (Eliely 2-3, Haiby 1-1, Kissinger 1-1, Brown 1-3, Mershon 1-3, Whitish 1-4, Mitchell 0-1); Maryland 6-15 (Watson 4-7, Mikesell 2-5, Jones 0-1, Lewis 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 43.8; Maryland 40.0. FG%: Nebraska 39.3; Maryland 42.9. FT%: Nebraska 60.0; Maryland 74.2. Steals: Nebraska 4 (Mershon 2); Maryland 9 (Charles 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 7 (Cain 4); Maryland 7 (Fraser 3). Turnovers: Nebraska 19; Maryland 8. Technical Fouls: Nebraska-Whitish, Williams. Officials: Napier, Hall, Green. Attendance: 4,478.

Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely scored a season-high 18 points, but Maryland used a 16-0 run over the final 3:06 of the third quarter to sprint to an 89-63 win over the Huskers at the Xfinity Center. The No. 7 Terrapins got a 9-0 run in the first 2:05 to open the game and maintained a 22-15 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Huskers got a big second quarter from Eliely, who scored 10 points starting with back-to-back threes to spark an 11-4 surge that cut the Terp lead to 29-26 midway through the second period. Maryland pushed the edge back to 41-34 at halftime, and Nebraska traded blows with the Terps for the first seven minutes of the third quarter. However, Brianna Fraser scored and drew a foul to push the Maryland margin to 10. Coach Amy Williams was assessed a technical and Stephanie Jones made two free throws. Fraser then missed the and-one, but the Terps got the offensive rebound and a Taylor Mikesell three-pointer. The seven-point possession gave the Terps and 15-point lead and opened a 20-0 run that pushed Maryland’s lead to 73-45 one minute into the fourth quarter. Kaila Charles led five Terps in double figures with 22 points. Sam Haiby added 11 points, while Kayla Mershon and Kate Cain were solid inside for NU. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 27 HANNAH WHITISH 3 5-9 Junior Guard Barneveld, Wisconsin (Barneveld)

Her 73 made threes marked the third-best WHITISH’S CAREER BESTS total by a sophomore in school history. Category Total Game Whitish dished out 150 assists, which tied for Points 29 Drake (12/9/17) the fifth-best total by a sophomore in NU history. 29 Kansas (12/6/17) She ranked among Big Ten leaders with 4.7 Rebounds 8 Penn State (2/22/18) assists per game, and she carried nearly a 2-to-1 assist to turnover ratio (150-77). 8 Minnesota (2/4/17) Whitish erupted for a career-high 29 points, Assists 12 Purdue (1/31/19) including 25 in the second half, to lead Nebraska Steals 4 Maryland (2/25/18) to a road win at Kansas (Dec. 6). She went 6-for- Blocks 2 Maryland (3/3/18) 6 from the field in the second half and knocked FGA 19 Drake (12/9/17) down eight straight free throws in the final 1:29 FGM 9 Michigan State (2/26/17) to seal the win. For the game she was a career- FTA 14 Kansas (12/6/17) best 11-for-14 at the free throw line. FTM 11 Kansas (12/6/17) She wrapped up the best week of her career 3-PT FGA 11 Three Times, most recent by scoring 29 points while adding six rebounds, 11 Illinois (1/10/18) six assists, two steals and a block to lead NU to 3-PT FGM 6 Purdue (1/31/19) an 89-84 double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). Illinois (1/10/18) Whitish hit eight straight free throws to seal the win. She earned the first Big Ten Player-of-the- HONORS & AWARDS She contributed 14 points and five assists Week award of her career (Dec. 11). in a road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31), before • Preseason All-Big Ten (1 of 12, 2018-19) Whitish produced a team-leading 18 double- managing 14 points at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. • All-Big Ten (Second Team, 2018) figure scoring efforts, including a team-high 20 25). Whitish closed the season with 12 points and • Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 11, 2017) points with a career-high six threes in a road a pair of threes against Arizona State (March 17) • Nebraska Offensive MVP (2018) win at Illinois (Jan. 10). It was her fourth career in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament • Nebraska Most Improved Player (2017) 20-point game and third of the season. in Austin, Texas. • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 20, 2017) She added 18 points and five assists in a win • No. 4 Nebraska Career 3FG (182) over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), before pitching in PERSONAL • No. 9 Nebraska Career Assists (344) 16 points and six assists to complete a season The daughter of Bob and Sherry Whitish, • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018) sweep of the Hawkeyes in Iowa City (Jan. 28). Hannah was born March 20, 1998, in Little Rock, • Wisconsin Miss Basketball (2016) She also had 18 points and six assists against Ark. She has a younger sister Jordyn, 15. Hannah Washington State (Dec. 22). is majoring in management at Nebraska. She JUNIOR (2018-19) Whitish scored 17 points and pulled down a earned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Hannah Whitish (pronounced WHITE-ish) team-high seven rebounds to lead Nebraska to a Team in 2017 and 2018. joins Nicea Eliely as returning third-year starters victory over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Whitish chose Nebraska over Wisconsin, for the Huskers in 2018-19. A preseason All-Big quarterfinals (March 2). She also pumped in 17 Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast. Ten choice, Whitish had one of the best games points on 5-of-7 three-point shooting in a road For more information on Hannah Whitish’s career, of her career with a season-high 28 points to go win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). She had 16 see pages 70-71 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s along with a career-high 12 assists for her first points and a game-high seven assists in a road basketball media guide. career double-double in a win at Purdue (Jan. win at Northwestern (Jan. 17). 31). Whitish tied her career best with six threes at Purdue, while adding five rebounds and tying 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS a season best with three steals. |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Whitish has scored in double figures in 15 of 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 25 games. She scored 16 against Indiana Drake 1-1 11/7 24 4-10 .400 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2-0 4 3 0 1 10 10.0 USC Upstate 2-1 11/11 15 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.5 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 (Feb. 3) and had 15 points at No. 5 Louisville at. Washington St. 3-2 11/16 38 3-10 .300 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 2.7 1-0 4 3 0 1 11 7.0 (Nov. 29). She scored 14 at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3) at #24 Miami 4-3 11/23 23 4-7 .571 4-6 .667 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.3 2-0 1 4 0 1 13 8.5 and had 13 points at No. 24 Miami (Nov. 23) and vs. Radford 5-4 11/25 27 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 3.0 0-0 5 2 0 1 6 8.0 at Michigan (Feb. 7). Whitish added 11 points in at #5 Louisville 6-5 11/29 32 4-8 .500 2-4 .500 5-6 .833 0 3 3 3.0 4-0 3 4 0 2 15 9.2 at Creighton 7-6 12/2 28 1-10 .100 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 2-0 6 1 0 1 3 8.3 a Big Ten road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). Kansas 8-7 12/5 26 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 3-6 .500 0 2 2 2.6 1-0 3 6 0 1 11 8.6 Whitish is averaging 9.8 points, 3.0 rebounds San Jose State 9-8 12/8 26 3-7 .429 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.7 1-0 8 3 0 1 9 8.7 and a team-best 4.4 assists. She has climbed to Denver 10-9 12/15 30 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 6 2 0 2 2 8.0 at Arkansas 11-10 12/18 28 4-10 .400 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 1 5 6 2.8 0-0 3 3 1 0 11 8.3 No. 4 on Nebraska’s career list with 182 made Michigan 12-11 12/28 31 1-10 .100 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.7 2-0 3 3 0 0 5 8.0 threes and No. 9 on the NU assist list with 344. at Ohio State 13-12 12/31 34 3-11 .273 3-8 .375 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2.6 1-0 5 1 0 3 11 8.2 at #19 Iowa 14-13 1/3 33 6-12 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 0-0 1 1 0 2 14 8.6 SOPHOMORE (2017-18) #9 Maryland 15-14 1/8 31 3-13 .231 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0 2 2 2.5 0-0 2 2 0 0 9 8.7 Rutgers 16-15 1/13 32 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 1 6 7 2.8 0-0 2 3 0 1 3 8.3 Whitish earned second-team All-Big Ten at Illinois 17-16 1/17 32 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 4-6 .667 0 3 3 2.8 1-0 7 0 0 2 12 8.5 honors and was named Nebraska’s offensive #23 Minnesota 18-17 1/20 26 3-8 .375 2-6 .333 4-4 1.000 0 2 2 2.8 2-0 2 4 0 0 12 8.7 MVP after leading the Huskers in scoring (12.6 Northwestern 19-18 1/24 30 4-11 .364 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0 4 4 2.8 3-0 4 3 0 1 12 8.9 at Wisconsin 20-19 1/27 34 4-12 .333 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.8 2-0 7 3 0 0 12 9.1 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three- at Purdue 21-20 1/31 32 8-12 .667 6-10 .600 6-6 1.000 1 4 5 2.9 3-0 12 1 0 3 28 10.0 point shooting (2.3 pg) in 2017-18. She was the Indiana 22-21 2/3 33 6-12 .500 3-6 .500 1-4 .250 1 2 3 2.9 2-0 2 1 0 0 16 10.2 only Husker to start all 32 games on the year. at Michigan 23-22 2/7 33 5-11 .455 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.9 3-0 3 4 0 2 13 10.3 Purdue 24-23 2/10 30 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 3.0 2-0 5 4 0 1 0 9.9 Whitish was a major catalyst in Nebraska’s at #7 Maryland 25-24 2/14 32 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 3 4 3.0 2-0 7 7 0 0 7 9.8 huge team turnaround from a 7-22 season Totals 25-24 740 80-226 .354 52-147 .354 33-46 .717 9 66 75 3.0 36-0 109 68 1 26 245 9.8 in 2016-17 to a 21-11 campaign in 2017-18. Nebraska’s 14-game improvement tied for the largest increase in victories in NCAA Division I women’s basketball in 2017-18. 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 29-17 728 88-215 .409 57-140 .407 27-37 .730 10-62 72-2.5 26-0 85 46 4 28 260-9.0 2017-18 32-32 993 133-333 .399 73-192 .380 64-82 .780 11-118 129-4.0 47-1 150 77 5 41 403-12.6 2018-19 25-24 740 80-226 .354 52-147 .354 33-46 .717 9-66 75-3.0 36-0 109 68 1 26 245-9.8 Career 86-73 2,461 301-774 .389 182-479 .380 124-165 .752 30-246 276-3.2 109-1 344 191 10 95 908-10.6 28 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SAM HAIBY 4 5-9 Freshman Guard Moorhead, Minnesota (Moorhead)

Michigan (Dec. 28). She had seven points and HAIBY’S CAREER BESTS career highs of six rebounds, eight assists and a Category Total Game block in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). Points 20 Washington State (11/16/18) “Sam has a great feel for the game. Her Rebounds 6 Wisconsin (1/27/19) athleticism and explosiveness allow her to make 6 Denver (12/15/18) plays for herself and others,” Nebraska Coach Assists 8 Denver (12/15/18) Amy Williams said. “She has incredible potential Steals 3 Three Times, most recent on the defensive side of the basketball.” 3 Illinois (1/17/19) BEFORE NEBRASKA Blocks 1 Maryland (1/8/19) 1 Denver (12/15/18) Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the FGA 15 Washington State (11/16/18) country by Prospects Nation and the No. 125 FGM 8 Washington State (11/16/18) player in the nation by Blue Star. She was also FTA 11 Creighton (12/2/18) ranked as the No. 28 guard in the country by FTM 8 Creighton (12/2/18) ESPN. 3-PT FGA 4 Purdue (1/31/19) She overcame an early season knee injury as 4 Creighton (12/2/18) a senior to average 25.1 points, 7.1 rebounds 3-PT FGM 3 Purdue (1/31/19) and 5.3 assists per game, including a monstrous 46-point performance in a 54-49 win over HONORS & AWARDS White Bear Lake on Dec. 10, 2017. It followed a LII in the Twin Cities. She also became the first • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 4, 2019) 45-point effort in a win over Brainerd on Nov. 28. female in history to pitch a scoreless inning in a • No. 122 Player in the Nation Haiby finished her high school career with more Minnesota High School boys baseball game in (Prospects Nation, 2018) than 2,000 points. As a junior, she averaged 22.1 the spring of 2017. • No. 125 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018) points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals, PERSONAL • No. 28 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2018) including a huge 44-point performance against The daughter of Jay Haiby and Janet Haiby, • First-Team Minnesota Class 4A All-State (2017) Fargo Shanley on Jan. 17, 2017. A first-team Minnesota Class 4A selection for Coach Jed Samantha Rae Brianna Haiby was born Sept. 25, FRESHMAN (2018-19) Carlson at Moorhead, Haiby finished her junior 1999 in St. Louis, Mo. She has an older brother, An outstanding all-around athlete, Sam Haiby season with 1,856 career points. Andrew. She has not declared a major. (pronounced HY-bee) was ranked as one of the Haiby played her club basketball alongside Sam is a friend of current Nebraska soccer top 125 players in the nation by both Blue Star Husker teammate Kayla Mershon for North player Allison Ulness, who was also a Moorhead and Prospects Nation. She was also the No. 28 Tartan and Coach Gerard Coury. Haiby was a Spud. Haiby, who chose Nebraska over guard in the nation according to ESPN. part of five consecutive Minnesota State AAU Minnesota, Arizona, Creighton, North Dakota Despite those rankings, Nebraska coaches championships with North Tartan. State, South Dakota and South Dakota State, feel that Haiby flew relatively under the national In addition to playing basketball, Haiby was a said she chose Nebraska because of the overall recruiting radar. Haiby produced a big junior starting outfielder and pitcher on Moorhead High feel of the program. season by averaging 22.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, School’s baseball team in the spring of 2017. She “It felt like home,” Haiby said. “I formed a 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals in 2016-17. She capped was the first pitcher to ever throw a pitch in U.S. great relationship with the coaches, and the her high school career by averaging 25.1 points, Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, taking the mound support from Husker Nation is unbelievable.” 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists despite battling an for the Spuds against the Sartell Sabres at the For more information on Sam Haiby’s career, see early season knee injury as a senior. home of the Minnesota Vikings and Super Bowl pages 78-79 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s Haiby has opened her college career by basketball media guide. averaging 9.8 points, while adding 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Haiby, who has scored in double figures 11 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| times, produced a 16-point effort in a win over 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. No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). She scored six Drake 1-0 11/7 20 4-7 .571 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 13.0 USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 19 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.5 1-0 5 1 0 1 4 8.5 points in the fourth quarter including NU’s final at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 32 8-15 .533 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 2.7 2-0 3 1 0 0 20 12.3 four points of the game to seal the victory. She at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 22 6-12 .500 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 0 5 5 3.3 0-0 2 1 0 2 14 12.8 added 13 points with a career-high three threes vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 19 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 0 1 2.8 1-0 2 0 0 1 6 11.4 at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 24 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 1 0 1 2.5 1-0 1 5 0 0 12 11.5 in a win at Purdue (Jan. 31). at Creighton 7-0 12/2 26 4-11 .364 1-4 .250 8-11 .727 4 1 5 2.9 2-0 0 1 0 0 17 12.3 Haiby erupted for a career-high 20 points - Kansas 8-0 12/5 21 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 3 2 5 3.1 2-0 3 5 0 1 8 11.8 all after halftime - at Washington State (Nov. 16). San Jose State 9-0 12/8 19 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 1-0 4 0 0 1 4 10.9 Denver 10-0 12/15 21 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 4 6 3.4 2-0 8 0 1 1 7 10.5 She was also NU’s leading scorer with 17 points at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 24 6-13 .462 1-2 .500 3-5 .600 1 3 4 3.5 3-0 2 2 0 3 16 11.0 against Indiana (Feb. 3) and had 17 more at Michigan 12-0 12/28 24 4-10 .400 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 3.5 2-0 2 0 0 0 12 11.1 at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 26 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 2 3 3.5 2-0 2 2 0 1 8 10.8 Creighton (Dec. 2). at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 20 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 2 2 3.4 2-0 3 1 0 2 9 10.7 She led the Huskers again with 16 points to #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 20 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.3 0-0 4 4 1 3 8 10.5 go along with four rebounds, two assists and a Rutgers 16-0 1/13 24 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 0 2 2 3.3 1-0 1 2 0 0 5 10.2 at Illinois 17-0 1/17 21 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 5-5 1.000 1 1 2 3.2 2-0 2 0 0 3 7 10.0 career-high three steals at Arkansas (Dec. 18). #23 Minnesota 18-0 1/20 19 6-10 .600 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 0 3 3 3.2 1-0 3 2 0 0 16 10.3 Haiby scored 14 points at No. 24 Miami. She Northwestern 19-0 1/24 16 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 2 3 3.2 0-0 2 1 0 1 4 10.0 at Wisconsin 20-0 1/27 17 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 2 6 3.3 1-0 4 3 0 0 0 9.5 also led NU with 13 points in a season-opening at Purdue 21-0 1/31 17 5-7 .714 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.2 2-0 3 1 0 1 13 9.7 loss to Drake (Nov. 7), before scoring 12 points Indiana 22-0 2/3 22 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 7-8 .875 0 3 3 3.2 2-0 1 2 0 0 17 10.0 at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She contributed 11 at Michigan 23-0 2/7 22 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 2-0 2 3 0 0 8 9.9 Purdue 24-0 2/10 19 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 2 0 2 3.0 0-0 1 1 0 0 7 9.8 points at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14). at #7 Maryland 25-0 2/14 19 5-8 .625 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 2 2 4 3.1 3-0 1 3 0 0 11 9.8 Haiby opened Big Ten play with 12 points, Totals 25-0 533 87-201 .433 11-36 .306 61-87 .701 30 47 77 3.1 36-0 63 41 2 21 246 9.8 including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help Nebraska come from behind for a 70-56 win over SAM HAIBY 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. 2018-19 25-0 533 87-201 .433 11-36 .306 61-87 .701 30-47 77-3.1 36-0 63 41 2 21 246-9.8 Career 25-0 533 87-201 .433 11-36 .306 61-87 .701 30-47 77-3.1 36-0 63 41 2 21 246-9.8 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 29 NICEA ELIELY 5 6-1 Junior Guard/Forward Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rampart)

rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals. She also had ELIELY’S CAREER BESTS 20 blocked shots on the season. Category Total Game Eliely was extremely efficient in Big Ten play, Points 19 California (12/4/16) shooting 52 percent (52-100) from the field, Rebounds 9 Three Times, most recent including 42.3 percent (11-26) from three-point range to help Nebraska to an 11-5 Big Ten 9 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) record and a tie for third in the regular-season Assists 6 Six Times, most recent conference standings. Overall, she hit 46.9 6 Michigan (2/7/19) percent (90-192) of her shots from the floor, Steals 6 Minnesota (1/20/19) including 38 percent (19-50) of her threes. Blocks 4 Kansas (12/5/18) Eliely was a major contributor in powering FGA 13 California (12/4/16) Nebraska to a spot in the Big Ten Tournament FGM 8 California (12/4/16) semifinals by scoring 12 points to go along with FTA 8 Three Times, most recent six rebounds, an assist, a block and two steals in a 8 Michigan (12/28/18) quarterfinal victory over Michigan in Indianapolis FTM 7 Michigan (12/28/18) (March 2). It was her 12th double-figure scoring 3-PT FGA 8 Illinois (3/1/17) effort of the season. 3-PT FGM 4 Illinois (3/1/17) Eliely was a key part of Nebraska’s 14-game improvement in the win column from 2016- She managed three points, a rebound, a 17, while helping the Huskers to eight more steal and three blocked shots against Arizona HONORS & AWARDS conference wins than 2016-17. State (March 17) in the first round of the 2018 • Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017) She produced a season-high 17 points to NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll go along with three rebounds and two steals One of Nebraska’s best defenders, she (Fall 2017) in a road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Eliely played a key role in helping Nebraska lead the • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018) went 5-of-6 from the field, including 3-for-3 from Big Ten in both field goal percentage defense • No. 143 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015) three-point range against the Spartans. and three-point field goal percentage defense. • No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) Eliely scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in • Colorado Class 5A (Second Team, 2016) a road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). She added 13 PERSONAL points in a 24-point win over Purdue (Jan. 24), Queen Nicea Tyana Eliely was born July 12, JUNIOR (2018-19) while also producing 13-point games at San Jose 1998, in Colorado Springs. She is the daughter Nicea Eliely (pronounced ny-SEE-ah EE-ly- State (Dec. 17) and against Arkansas Pine Bluff of Actual Allah and Yee Fong. Her father, Actual lee) returns for her third season in the Nebraska (Dec. 2). Eliely played an outstanding game with Allah, played basketball collegiately at Colorado starting lineup. A long, wing player with excellent 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting to go along with State-Pueblo. Nicea is majoring in business defensive skills, the 6-1 junior has continued to six rebounds in a win over Illinois (Feb. 1). She administration at Nebraska. She earned spots on improve offensively during her time at Nebraska. closed the regular season with 11 points, five the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and She is averaging 8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, rebounds and three assists at No. 13 Maryland 2018. 2.1 assists and a team-high 1.7 steals while (Feb. 25). She had 10-point efforts against No. starting all 25 games in 2018-19. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13), at Northwestern (Jan. 7) For more information on Nicea Eliely’s career, see Eliely is coming off a season-high 18 points and against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19), when she pages 66-67 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) for her eighth just missed a double-double by adding a career- basketball media guide. double-figure scoring effort of the season. She high-tying nine rebounds. opened Big Ten play with back-to-back 14-point games in wins over Michigan (Dec. 28) and at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She fueled fourth-quarter 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS comebacks in both games combining for 24 |---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. points in the final periods against the Wolverines Drake 1-1 11/7 20 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 4-0 1 4 0 2 10 10.0 and Buckeyes. She added five of her career-high USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 23 3-8 .375 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 6 6 4.5 3-0 6 1 0 1 8 9.0 six steals in the fourth quarter in NU’s comeback at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 20 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 4.0 3-0 2 1 0 1 8 8.7 at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 22 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 .600 1 4 5 4.3 1-0 2 2 1 2 10 9.0 win over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20), helping the vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 17 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.8 4-0 2 0 0 2 6 8.4 Huskers hold the Gophers without a field goal at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 24 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 6 6 4.2 2-0 3 1 0 1 8 8.3 for the final six minutes. at Creighton 7-7 12/2 30 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 3 5 8 4.7 4-0 2 1 1 1 9 8.4 Eliely also had 14 points in a win over Denver Kansas 8-8 12/5 28 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 7 8 5.1 0-0 1 6 4 2 5 8.0 San Jose State 9-9 12/8 27 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0 2 2 4.8 2-0 5 3 0 0 6 7.8 (Dec. 15). She had 12 points, five rebounds and Denver 10-10 12/15 22 6-8 .750 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 4.8 3-0 3 3 0 2 14 8.4 five steals at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). She added at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 23 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1 2 3 4.6 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 8.0 12 points at Purdue (Jan. 31). Eliely scored 10 Michigan 12-12 12/28 25 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 7-8 .875 0 6 6 4.8 2-0 3 2 0 4 14 8.5 at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 22 5-9 .556 2-2 1.000 2-3 .667 3 3 6 4.8 3-0 1 0 0 1 14 8.9 against Drake (Nov. 7) and at No. 24 Miami (Nov. at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 25 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 4.5 4-0 5 4 0 1 5 8.6 23). She had nine points and a season-high eight #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 27 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 4.3 0-0 3 4 1 1 9 8.7 rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 2). She matched Rutgers 16-16 1/13 23 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 4.1 1-0 0 4 0 3 2 8.3 at Illinois 17-17 1/17 25 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.1 3-0 0 5 0 1 2 7.9 the eight rebounds in a win over Kansas (Dec. 5), #23 Minnesota 18-18 1/20 32 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 2 6 4.2 2-0 4 1 1 6 2 7.6 when she also set a career high with four blocks. Northwestern 19-19 1/24 27 3-9 .333 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 4.0 2-0 1 1 0 2 7 7.5 at Wisconsin 20-20 1/27 28 6-9 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 5 4.1 2-0 0 3 0 5 12 7.8 SOPHOMORE (2017-18) at Purdue 21-21 1/31 30 5-8 .625 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2 2 4 4.0 2-0 2 2 0 1 12 8.0 Indiana 22-22 2/3 20 2-5 .400 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000 2 1 3 4.0 4-0 0 3 1 0 7 7.9 Eliely started NU’s final 26 games after at Michigan 23-23 2/7 28 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 4 8 4.2 0-0 6 2 3 1 4 7.7 missing the first three contests of 2017-18 while Purdue 24-24 2/10 28 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 0 5 5 4.2 4-0 0 0 3 2 9 7.8 recovering from an ankle injury that kept her off at #7 Maryland 25-25 2/14 29 6-10 .600 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 4.2 1-0 0 2 0 0 18 8.2 the court and out of practice for the month of Totals 25-25 625 75-150 .500 16-46 .348 39-49 .796 31 73 104 4.2 57-0 52 55 15 42 205 8.2 October and the first part of November. In 29 games, Eliely averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 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 29-29 798 81-186 .435 24-66 .364 37-59 .627 48-59 107-3.7 70-3 74 70 21 46 223-7.7 2017-18 29-26 761 90-192 .469 19-50 .380 40-67 .597 42-73 115-4.0 53-1 49 63 20 36 239-8.2 2018-19 25-25 625 75-150 .500 16-46 .348 39-49 .796 31-73 104-4.2 57-0 52 55 15 42 205-8.2 Career 83-80 2,184 246-528 .466 59-162 .364 116-175 .663 121-205 326-3.9 180-4 175 188 56 124 667-8.0 30 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL KRISTIAN HUDSON 11 5-5 Senior Guard Birmingham, Alabama (Clay-Chalkville/FIU)

Her performance against Clemson included HUDSON’S CAREER BESTS a career-high-tying 10 rebounds and 10-for-10 Category Total Game free throw shooting. Hudson also notched a Points 35 UTEP (1/12/17) double-double with 11 points and a career-high- Rebounds 10 Clemson (12/21/17) matching 10 assists at Howard on Dec. 2, 2017. 10 UTSA (1/14/17) In her final season at FIU, Hudson shot a career-best .354 from the field, including .340 Assists 10 Three Times, most recent from three-point range. She also knocked down 10 Howard (12/2/17) a career-high .819 at the free throw line. Steals 8 Florida Atlantic (1/7/17) Blocks 2 UMass-Lowell (12/4/15) FGA 26 UTSA (2/14/18) SOPHOMORE (2016-17, FIU) FGM 11 UTEP (1/12/17) As a sophomore, Hudson contributed 12.1 FTA 13 UTEP (1/12/17) points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, while improving her field goal percentage to FTM 12 UTEP (1/12/17) .341 and her three-point field goal percentage 3-PT FGA 9 North Texas (2/8/18) to .303. She averaged 36.9 minutes per game, 9 North Dakota St. (12/20/17) including a remarkable 35-point, eight-rebound, 3-PT FGM 5 Bethune-Cookman (11/13/17) 10-assist effort while playing the full 55 minutes in an 88-87 triple-overtime win over UTEP on with 20 points and seven rebounds in a loss at HONORS & AWARDS Jan. 12, 2017. Miami on Dec. 22, 2015. Hudson notched her • Conference USA Player of the Week Her 35-point, 10-assist outburst against first of five career double-doubles with 12 points Conference USA-rival UTEP was the first of back- (Dec. 26, 2017) and 10 assists against Western Kentucky on Jan. to-back double-doubles for Hudson, joining an 7, 2016. • Conference USA Player of the Week 11-point, 10-rebound game that included six (Jan. 16, 2017) assists against UTSA on Jan. 14, 2017. Hudson finished with three 20-point scoring efforts PERSONAL SENIOR (2018-19) as a sophomore among her 19 double-digit Kristian is the daughter of Juanita Chamblin performances and Carlos Hudson Sr. She has an older brother, Kristian Hudson joined the Nebraska women’s Carlos Jr. She was a psychology major at Florida basketball team after earning her bachelor’s International and earned her bachelor’s degree degree from Florida International in just three FRESHMAN (2015-16, FIU) in just three academic years in the summer of years. The psychology major not only excelled in As a freshman, she started 29 straight games 2018. She is working toward her master’s degree the classroom, she also starred on the court for after coming off the bench for the first two in applied science at Nebraska. FIU for three seasons. games of her career. She averaged 9.9 points, A 5-5 point guard from Birmingham, Ala., 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 35.1 minutes per For more information on Kristian Hudson’s career, Hudson started her final 87 games at FIU and game. She shot just 30.5 percent from the field, see pages 62-63 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s amassed 1,076 points, 372 rebounds, 383 assists including just 23.6 percent from three-point basketball media guide. and 107 steals for the Panthers while playing range as a freshman. more than 1,000 minutes each season. She Hudson scored in double figures 16 times, averaged 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.3 including the first 20-point game of her career assists in 36.2 minutes per game over her 89- game career at FIU. Hudson averaged 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS and 1.1 assists through seven games, before |---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. undergoing season-ending foot surgery during Drake 1-0 11/7 17 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1 0 1 1.0 1-0 3 0 0 2 7 7.0 Finals Week (Dec. 10-14). USC Upstate 2-1 11/11 21 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.0 1-0 3 1 0 0 6 6.5 She had seven points and three assists in the at Washington St. 3-1 11/16 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 4.3 at #24 Miami 4-1 11/23 18 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 1.8 0-0 1 2 0 0 3 4.0 opener against Drake (Nov. 7), before starting in vs. Radford 5-1 11/25 17 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.8 1-0 0 1 0 0 1 3.4 place of an injured Hannah Whitish against USC at #5 Louisville 6-1 11/29 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 2.8 Upstate (Nov. 11). Hudson had six points, three at Creighton 7-1 12/2 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.6 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.4 rebounds and three assists against the Spartans. Totals 7-1 101 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3 8 11 1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17 2.4

JUNIOR (2017-18, FIU) Hudson averaged 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists as a junior for the Panthers in 2017-18. She was at her best during the final seven games of her junior season when she averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 37 minutes per game. As a junior, Hudson produced 21 double- figure scoring efforts in 29 games, including nine 20-plus scoring efforts. She recorded season highs with back-to-back 27-point performances while playing the full 40 minutes against North Dakota State (Dec. 20) and Clemson (Dec. 21).

KRISTIAN HUDSON 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 1,088 109-357 .305 26-110 .236 62-79 .785 19-90 109-3.5 85-4 124 141 4 29 306-9.9 2016-17 29-29 1,069 119-349 .341 23-76 .303 89-119 .748 14-119 133-4.6 63-1 124 133 5 48 350-12.1 2017-18 29-29 1,063 146-413 .354 51-150 .340 77-94 .819 12-118 130-4.5 64-0 135 116 2 30 420-14.5 2018-19 7-1 101 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3-8 11-1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17-2.4 Career 96-88 3,321 380-1145 .332 102-344 .297 231-299 .773 48-335 383-4.0 218-5 391 400 11 110 1093-11.4 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 31 ASHTYN VEERBEEK 13 6-2 Freshman Forward Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian)

free throw line. She added 14 points for the third VEERBEEK’S CAREER BESTS straight game at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Category Total Game Veerbeek notched the first double-figure Points 19 Illinois (1/17/19) scoring effort with 13 points and nine rebounds Rebounds 14 San Jose State (12/8/18) in a win over Radford at the Miami Thanksgiving Assists 3 Maryland (2/14/19) Classic (Nov. 25), when she hit the first three Steals 2 USC Upstate (11/11/18) three-pointers of her career. Blocks 3 Three Times, most recent Veerbeek had seven points, 11 rebounds 3 Northwestern (1/24/19) and a career-high three blocks in a win over FGA 13 San Jose State (12/8/18) Kansas (Dec. 5). Veerbeek had nine points, six FGM 7 Purdue (1/31/19) rebounds and two blocks at Washington State FTA 9 Illinois (1/17/19) (Nov. 16). She opened with eight points and a FTM 8 Denver (12/15/18) team-high seven rebounds against Drake (Nov. 3-PT FGA 5 Arkansas (12/18/18) 7). Veerbeek had six points and six rebounds 3-PT FGM 3 Radford (11/25/18) against Creighton (Dec. 2) and Ohio State (Dec. 31), before pitching in six points and nine boards at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). As a senior, she averaged 25.8 points and 14.4 “She is a strong, yet agile athlete who is an rebounds per game. extremely talented basketball and volleyball Veerbeek finished her career with 1,871 HONORS & AWARDS player,” Coach Amy Williams said. “She is a points, 1,041 rebounds, 227 blocks, 203 assists • Miami Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team fierce competitor who simply knows how to and 99 steals. After earning Class 2A all-state (Nov. 23-25, 2018) win.” honors as a senior, she was named one of the 50 • No. 55 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018) greatest Iowa high school girls players of all time • No. 66 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018) BEFORE NEBRASKA by the Des Moines Register. • No. 68 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2018) Veerbeek, who was a two-time first-team Iowa • No. 9 Forward in the Nation (ESPN, 2018) Class 2A all-stater in 2017 and 2018, comes PERSONAL • Iowa Class 2A Player of the Year (IBCA, 2017) to Nebraska from the same high school that The daughter of Ron and Tammi Veerbeek, • Captain of Iowa Class 2A produced Husker volleyball All-American and Ashtyn was born on Feb. 15, 2000. She has All-Tournament Team (2017) U.S. Olympian Nancy Metcalf Meendering. two younger brothers, Trey and Chase. She is Veerbeek put the finishing touches on an majoring in marketing at Nebraska. • First-Team Iowa Class 2A All-State outstanding high school career by being named Ashtyn’s mother, Tammi, is the head volleyball (Coaches, 2016, 2017, 2018) first-team all-state in both basketball and coach at Western Christian. A volleyball • Iowa Elite All-State Volleyball volleyball for the second straight year. On the powerhouse, Western Christian has advanced to (All Classes, 1 of 9, 2017) basketball court, Veerbeek broke the Western 17 consecutive state semifinal appearances and • First-Team Iowa Class 2A All-State Volleyball Christian single-season scoring record for the owns 16 all-time state volleyball titles. (2016, 2017) second straight year with 619 points, after She chose Nebraska over Iowa, South Dakota • Iowa Class 2A All-Tournament Volleyball Team scoring 592 points as a junior. State, South Dakota, Creighton, Drake, Arizona (2015, 2016, 2017) Her point total as a senior ranked third among State and Missouri. all players in the state of Iowa, while her 346 FRESHMAN (2018-19) For more information on Ashtyn Veerbeek’s career, rebounds led the state. She added 86 blocks to see pages 82-83 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s The first commitment to the Huskers in rank eighth across all classes in Iowa. their 2018 signing class, Ashtyn Veerbeek basketball media guide. (pronounced VER-beek) made her commitment to Nebraska in December of 2016. 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS The 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| School in Sioux Center, Iowa, was ranked as the 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. No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, No. 66 Drake 1-0 11/7 16 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 7.0 5-1 0 1 1 1 8 8.0 USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 18 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 5.0 3-0 1 2 2 2 6 7.0 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, which at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 21 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 2 4 6 5.3 3-0 0 2 2 0 9 7.7 also ranked Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 13 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.5 3-0 1 2 0 0 4 6.8 Class of 2018. vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 20 4-6 .667 3-3 1.000 2-4 .500 1 8 9 5.4 3-0 0 1 1 1 13 8.0 at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 12 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 5.3 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 7.0 Veerbeek is off to a solid start to her college at Creighton 7-0 12/2 19 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 6 6 5.4 2-0 0 2 1 0 6 6.9 career, averaging 7.2 points and 5.6 rebounds Kansas 8-0 12/5 19 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 3 8 11 6.1 3-0 0 0 3 1 7 6.9 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 17 5-13 .385 0-1 .000 4-5 .800 5 9 14 7.0 2-0 1 3 1 0 14 7.7 for the Big Red. She erupted for a career-high Denver 10-0 12/15 14 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000 2 3 5 6.8 4-0 0 1 0 0 14 8.3 19 points to help power Nebraska to a road win at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 19 5-10 .500 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 1 4 5 6.6 5-2 0 4 0 1 14 8.8 at Illinois (Jan. 17). She added eight rebounds Michigan 12-0 12/28 16 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 6.3 3-0 0 1 0 0 3 8.3 at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 23 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 5 6 6.3 3-0 1 0 1 0 6 8.2 and a block against the Illinois. Veerbeek added at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 18 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 6.5 3-0 1 3 0 0 6 8.0 her second double-digit scoring effort in Big #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 15 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 1 3 6.3 3-0 2 0 0 0 6 7.9 Rutgers 16-0 1/13 13 0-6 .000 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 2 1 3 6.1 2-0 1 0 1 1 4 7.6 Ten play with 14 points and nine rebounds in a at Illinois 17-0 1/17 22 6-9 .667 1-3 .333 6-9 .667 1 7 8 6.2 3-0 0 2 1 0 19 8.3 road win at Purdue (Jan. 31). She notched nine #23 Minnesota 18-0 1/20 17 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 6.1 3-0 0 1 3 0 6 8.2 points, five rebounds and three blocks against Northwestern 19-0 1/24 21 4-9 .444 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 5 5 6.1 3-0 1 0 3 0 9 8.2 at Wisconsin 20-0 1/27 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5.8 5-3 0 2 0 0 0 7.8 Northwestern (Jan. 24). at Purdue 21-0 1/31 22 7-12 .583 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3 6 9 6.0 1-0 0 1 1 0 14 8.1 She produced her first career double-double Indiana 22-0 2/3 12 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 2 3 5 5.9 2-0 0 3 1 0 5 8.0 with 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in at Michigan 23-0 2/7 20 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 5.7 4-0 1 3 1 1 2 7.7 Purdue 24-0 2/10 17 0-6 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 5.6 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 7.4 a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She had 14 at #7 Maryland 25-0 2/14 14 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 5.6 4-0 3 1 2 0 2 7.2 points in just 14 minutes in a win over Denver Totals 25-0 426 63-152 .414 8-32 .250 45-58 .776 34 105 139 5.6 75-3 15 39 25 8 179 7.2 (Dec. 15), when she went a perfect 8-for-8 at the

ASHTYN VEERBEEK 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. 2018-19 25-0 426 63-152 .414 8-32 .250 45-58 .776 34-105 139-5.6 75-3 15 39 25 8 179-7.2 Career 25-0 426 63-152 .414 8-32 .250 45-58 .776 34-105 139-5.6 75-3 15 39 25 8 179-7.2 32 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GRACE MITCHELL 14 6-2 Junior Forward Wellington, Kansas (Wellington)

14). She added nine points and five rebounds in MITCHELL’S CAREER BESTS 16 minutes off the bench in a win at San Jose Category Total Game State (Dec. 17). Points 10 UMKC (11/14/17) She had four points and a career-high six Rebounds 6 USC Upstate (11/11/17) rebounds to help the Huskers notch a win over 6 Arkansas (11/16/17) Arkansas (Nov. 16). She added the first start of Assists 2 Michigan State (1/7/17) her career in place of an injured Maddie Simon Steals 2 Three Times, most recent against Creighton (Nov. 19). Mitchell managed 2 Kansas (12/5/18) seven points and five rebounds in 20 minutes Blocks 1 Seven Times, most recent against the Jays. 1 Maryland (1/8/19) Mitchell made her second career start again FGA 10 San Jose State (12/17/17) in place of Simon in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24). FGM 4 UMKC (11/14/17) She continued to contribute in Big Ten play FTA 5 San Jose State (12/17/17) with four points in a win at Illinois (Jan. 10), four FTM 3 San Jose State (12/17/17) more against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13) and four 3-PT FGA 2 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) points in just five minutes in a win over Purdue 2 San Jose State (12/17/17) (Jan. 24). Mitchell’s four points against the 3-PT FGM 1 Five Times, most recent Boilermakers came on back-to-back baskets to 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff (12/2/17) close the first quarter to give Nebraska a 12-11 HONORS & AWARDS lead at the end of the period. • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018) Mitchell had four points and four rebounds in She was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and • Academic All-Big Ten (2018) a win over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2). earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2018. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll She closed her season by pulling down one She is also a four-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2016, 2017; Spring 2017, 2018) rebound in six minutes of action off the bench Honor Roll selection. She was a member of the • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018) against Arizona State (March 17) in the 2018 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and • No. 51 Wing in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. 2018. • Kansas Player of the Year She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian (USA Today HS Sports, 2016) PERSONAL Athletes. Grace chose Nebraska over 12 other • Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year (2016) The daughter of Jud Mitchell and Cathy Division I scholarship offers. • First-Team Kansas Class 4A All-State (KBCA, 2016) Mitchell, Grace was born April 2, 1998, in • Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League MVP (2016) Wichita, Kan. Grace has two older sisters, Sarah For more information on Grace Mitchell’s career, • First-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Jeanne (26), and Elizabeth (23). Grace is a see pages 68-69 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s (2015, 2016) nutrition and health sciences major. basketball media guide.

JUNIOR (2018-19) 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS A strong, hard-working post player who has |---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. given the Huskers solid depth inside throughout Drake 1-0 11/7 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3.0 2-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 her career, Grace Mitchell returns for her third USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 14 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 4 2 6 4.5 2-0 1 2 0 1 6 3.5 season at Nebraska. at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.3 The 6-2 junior forward from Wellington, Kan., at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 7 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 14 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2.2 2-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.8 has played in 79 games in her Husker career and at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 1.8 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 gives Nebraska an explosive, powerful athlete in at Creighton 7-0 12/2 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 the paint. Kansas 8-0 12/5 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 1.6 0-0 1 1 0 2 1 1.6 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.6 2-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.7 Mitchell had a strong effort off the bench Denver 10-0 12/15 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.6 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 against USC Upstate when she scored six at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 points and grabbed a career-high-matching six at #19 Iowa 12-0 1/3 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.4 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 1.3 #9 Maryland 13-0 1/8 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1-0 0 0 1 0 2 1.3 rebounds. She is averaging 1.2 points and 1.2 Rutgers 14-0 1/13 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 boards per contest this season. at Illinois 15-0 1/17 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 She missed Nebraska’s first two Big Ten #23 Minnesota 16-0 1/20 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 Northwestern 17-0 1/24 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 1.1 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 1.1 games against Michigan and at Ohio State with at Purdue 18-0 1/31 13 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 1.3 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1.1 a nagging foot injury, but returned off the bench Indiana 19-0 2/3 7 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 1.3 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.2 at No. 19 Iowa. at Michigan 20-0 2/7 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 “Grace remains one of our most explosive at #7 Maryland 21-0 2/14 11 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.2 3-0 0 0 0 0 3 1.2 athletes and has been showing a lot of Totals 21-0 145 10-24 .417 0-3 .000 5-14 .357 11 14 25 1.2 24-0 3 8 3 5 25 1.2 confidence this offseason,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. “She could be a valuable part in establishing ourselves as a better defensive and rebounding team.”

SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Mitchell was a regular contributor off the bench for the Huskers in 2017-18. The 6-2 forward appeared in 29 games with two starts while averaging 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds. Mitchell produced the best effort of her career with 10 points in a win over UMKC (Nov. 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 29-0 311 21-51 .412 4-10 .400 5-8 .625 22-28 50-1.7 33-0 7 23 2 7 51-1.8 2017-18 29-2 247 25-65 .385 1-10 .100 7-18 .389 28-22 50-1.7 25-1 7 18 2 7 58-2.0 2018-19 21-0 145 10-24 .417 0-3 .000 5-14 .357 11-14 25-1.2 24-0 3 8 3 5 25-1.2 Career 79-2 703 56-140 .400 5-23 .217 17-40 .425 61-64 125-1.6 82-1 17 49 7 19 134-1.7 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 33 MADDIE SIMON 24 6-2 Senior Forward Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Pius X)

Simon was an integral part of Nebraska’s team SIMON’S CAREER BESTS turnaround, helping the Huskers to a 14-game Category Total Game improvement in the win column including eight Points 20 San Jose State (12/17/17) more Big Ten wins than 2016-17. She played 28 Rebounds 12 Arkansas (11/16/17) games with 27 starts. The Huskers were 20-8 Assists 5 Minnesota (12/31/17) with Simon on the court, 1-3 without her. She produced 14 double-figure efforts on Steals 3 Minnesota (12/31/17) the year, including 19 points in a win over No. 3 Virginia (11/26/16) 20 Iowa (Jan. 16) and 19 more in another win Blocks 2 Wisconsin (2/11/18) at Iowa (Jan. 28). Simon scored a career-high 20 2 UConn (12/21/16) points at San Jose State (Dec. 17). FGA 15 Minnesota (12/31/17) Simon had a huge 18-point, eight-rebound 15 Drake (12/9/17) effort that included a career-high five assists and FGM 9 San Jose State (12/17/17) a career-high-tying three steals in a Big Ten road FTA 10 Iowa (1/28/18) win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). She scored 16 points FTM 9 Iowa (1/28/18) in the second half, including a go-ahead hook 3-PT FGA 6 Ohio State (1/29/17) shot and two free throws in the final 30 seconds 6 Northwestern (2/28/16) to power Nebraska’s comeback win. 3-PT FGM 3 Ohio State (1/29/17) She came up big with 16 points and six 3 Northwestern (2/28/16) rebounds in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). HONORS & AWARDS Simon produced 12 points, six rebounds, two • Nebraska Kathy Branchaud Most Improved assists and two steals in a win over Purdue (Jan. and Zach, who both graduated from Nebraska. Rebounder Award (2018) 24), 11 points in a win at Illinois (Jan. 10) and Maddie’s mother was a hurdler/sprinter for • Husker Award (2016) 10 points in a win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). She Coach Gary Pepin’s 1983 and 1984 national • Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018) opened Big Ten play with 14 points and six championship track and field teams. Nicole was • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll rebounds against No. 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). the first female track and field CoSIDA Academic (Fall 2016, 2017; Spring 2016, 2018) Simon suffered a severe ankle sprain late in All-American at Nebraska. She was also a four- • Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2017, 2018) pregame warm-ups prior to Nebraska’s loss to time All-American on the track. • Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2017) Creighton (Nov. 19). Simon was unable to play A two-time academic All-Big Ten selection, • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team at all against the Jays and missed four straight Maddie is a communication studies major who (2016, 2017, 2018) games with the injury, including losses to Buffalo has earned four spots on the Nebraska Scholar- • Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2015) (Nov. 23) and Clemson (Nov. 30). Athlete Honor Roll. She is a three-time member • Two-Time First-Team Super-State She returned against Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. She also (Lincoln Journal Star, 2014, 2015) 2) starting a stretch a five straight non-conference earned a prestigious Nebraska Sam Foltz Hero • Two-Time First-Team All-Nebraska wins, including 17 points, six rebounds, four 27 Leadership Award in 2017. (Omaha World-Herald, 2014, 2015) assists and two steals in a career-high 34 minutes Maddie is the niece of University of Maryland • No. 149 Player in Nation (Blue Star, 2015) at Drake. After 20 points at San Jose State, she men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon and added 13 points in a win over FAU (Dec. 19). Denver women’s basketball coach Jim Turgeon. SENIOR (2018-19) Simon chose Nebraska over Iowa, Iowa State, The only fourth-year Husker in 2018-19, senior PERSONAL Oklahoma State and Creighton. Maddie Simon has tried to take on a greater The daughter of Doug and Nicole (Ali) Simon, leadership role this season. For more information on Maddie Simon’s career, Maddie was born Feb. 7, 1997, in Lincoln, see pages 64-65 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s Simon has posted double figures in seven Neb. Maddie has two older brothers, Bennett games, including back-to-back contests to basketball media guide. open Big Ten play. She had a season-high-tying 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 16 points at Ohio State (Dec. 31). It followed a |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| 10-point effort in a win over Michigan (Dec. 28). 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. Simon added 12 points and a season-high seven Drake 1-1 11/7 14 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 2-0 0 3 0 1 4 4.0 boards against Indiana (Feb. 3). USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 18 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 0-0 3 3 0 2 10 7.0 at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 40 6-12 .500 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 7 7 5.0 2-0 1 3 0 2 15 9.7 She established her season high with 16 at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 14 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 4.5 2-0 2 2 0 0 2 7.8 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She produced vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 18 5-9 .556 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 4.2 1-0 2 3 0 1 13 8.8 a 15-point, seven-rebound effort at Washington at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 27 6-11 .545 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 4.2 1-0 2 1 1 0 16 10.0 at Creighton 7-7 12/2 22 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 1 3 4 4.1 4-0 0 4 0 0 7 9.6 State (Nov. 16). She added 13 points in a win Kansas 8-8 12/5 20 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 4.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 5 9.0 over Radford (Nov. 25). She had 10 points, four San Jose State 9-9 12/8 18 3-10 .300 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 3 6 4.2 0-0 3 3 1 0 6 8.7 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a win Denver 10-10 12/15 17 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 3 3 4.1 1-0 2 2 0 1 8 8.6 at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 16 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0 6 6 4.3 1-0 1 4 0 0 4 8.2 over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). Michigan 12-12 12/28 20 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 2 2 4.1 2-0 0 4 0 0 10 8.3 Simon is averaging 6.6 points, 3.0 rebounds at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 20 7-10 .700 0-3 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 1 4 0 0 16 8.9 and 1.0 assists. She had a string of 40 straight at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 19 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 4 6 4.1 1-0 2 3 0 0 4 8.6 starts snapped at Illinois (Jan. 17). #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 18 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.9 2-0 0 1 0 2 6 8.4 Rutgers 16-16 1/13 9 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 0 0 3.6 2-0 0 2 0 0 3 8.1 at Illinois 17-16 1/17 16 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.5 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 7.8 JUNIOR (2017-18) #23 Minnesota 18-16 1/20 17 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 1 1 3.3 4-0 2 0 0 0 0 7.6 After a move to power forward, Simon Northwestern 19-16 1/24 10 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 1 3 3.3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 7.2 at Wisconsin 20-16 1/27 17 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 0 3 3 3.3 1-0 1 0 0 0 6 7.2 averaged 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 at Purdue 21-16 1/31 17 2-9 .222 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 0-0 0 2 1 1 4 7.0 assists in 2017-18. Simon was one of the Big Indiana 22-16 2/3 22 3-7 .429 1-4 .250 5-6 .833 1 6 7 3.3 0-0 1 1 0 2 12 7.2 Ten’s most improved players, increasing her at Michigan 23-16 2/7 14 1-7 .143 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 1 1 3.2 1-0 1 0 1 2 4 7.1 scoring (+6.0 ppg) and rebounding (+3.0 rpg) by Purdue 24-16 2/10 10 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 1-0 2 1 0 0 2 6.9 at #7 Maryland 25-16 2/14 11 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 6.6 impressive margins over 2016-17. Totals 25-16 444 61-153 .399 9-38 .237 34-49 .694 13 62 75 3.0 32-0 26 48 5 15 162 6.6 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 29-0 367 40-123 .325 19-67 .284 19-37 .514 22-45 67-2.3 42-0 24 42 6 12 118-4.1 2017-18 28-27 708 104-268 .388 17-73 .233 57-73 .781 37-110 147-5.3 54-2 55 68 7 23 282-10.1 2018-19 25-16 444 61-153 .399 9-38 .237 34-49 .694 13-62 75-3.0 32-0 26 48 5 15 162-6.6 Career 103-48 1,816 242-634 .382 57-213 .268 129-185 .697 78-240 318-3.1 145-2 127 184 22 51 667-6.5 34 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL KATE CAIN 31 6-5 Sophomore Center Middletown, New York (Pine Bush)

FRESHMAN (2017-18) CAIN’S CAREER BESTS Cain made an instant impact by averaging Category Total Game 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and Points 22 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) 3.1 blocks in 2017-18. She led the Big Ten and Rebounds 20 Penn State (2/22/18) ranked among the top eight players nationally Assists 3 Five Times, most recent with a school-record 100 blocks on the season 3 Rutgers (1/13/19) to help the Huskers lead the Big Ten in both field Steals 2 Three Times, most recent goal percentage defense and three-point field 2 Wisconsin (2/11/18) goal percentage defense. Cain started NU’s last 31 games while playing Blocks 11 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) in all 32 contests in 2017-18. She earned her FGA 16 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) spots on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team and the FGM 10 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) Big Ten All-Freshman Team. She was the only FTA 8 Maryland (2/14/19) freshman or sophomore to make the five-player FTM 5 Maryland (2/14/19) conference all-defensive unit. 3-PT FGA 0 None The four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week 3-PT FGM 0 None produced a school-record performance against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) with 22 points, 14 PERSONAL rebounds and a school-record 11 blocks for the The daughter of Tim and Alison Cain, first points-rebounds-blocks triple-double in Katherine (Kate) was born May 18, 1999. She has HONORS & AWARDS Nebraska history. • Lisa Leslie Award Candidate (1 of 20, 2018-19) a strong family background in basketball. Cain, who blocked at least one shot in each of Kate’s father graduated as the all-time leading • Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2018) her first 31 games, produced six games with five • Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2018) scorer (1,872 points) in Manhattan College or more blocks, including the top three single- history. He was a two-time honorable-mention • Four-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week game totals by a freshman in Husker history. (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26, 2017) All-American by The Sporting News, averaging Cain produced her fifth double-double with 14 17.3 points during his career for the Jaspers. • Nebraska Season Block Record (100, 2018) points and 20 rebounds to go along with three • Nebraska Single-Game Block Record Kate’s mother, Alison (Martinsky) Cain, was blocks in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 a 1,000-point scorer as a collegian at Fairfield, (11 vs. Florida Atlantic, Dec. 19, 2017) rebounds tied for the sixth-best total in Husker • First Points-Rebounds-Blocks Triple-Double finishing with 1,071 points. She also ranked 10th history. She helped Nebraska post a plus-29 in Fairfield history with 734 career rebounds, in School History - vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 team rebound margin against Penn State - the (22 points, 14 rebounds, 11 blocks) while ranking second in Stags history with 268 biggest margin against a conference opponent blocks. Alison played professionally in Ireland. • Nebraska Conference Tournament Record in Husker history. Blocks in Game (7, vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018) Kate’s older brother, John, is a 6-10 starting Cain had a double-double with 19 points, 14 left-handed pitcher for the Lafayette baseball • No. 4 at Nebraska in Career Blocks (164) rebounds and four blocks in a win at Drake (Dec. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll team. She also has a younger brother, Chris. 9). She notched a double-double with 16 points, Kate is a management major and earned spots (Fall 2017; Spring 2018) 11 rebounds and three blocks against Arkansas • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018) on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in Pine Bluff (Dec. 2). She recorded her first double- both the fall and spring semesters of 2017-18. • First-Team All-New York (USA Today, 2017) double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four • No. 82 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2016) She was also a member of the Tom Osborne blocks in a win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). Citizenship Team in 2018. • No. 10 Post in the Nation (ESPN, 2016) Cain finished with 15 double-figure scoring efforts, six double-digit rebound games and one For more information on Kate Cain’s career, see SOPHOMORE (2018-19) double-figure block contest on the year. pages 72-73 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s Kate Cain anchored Nebraska’s team basketball media guide. turnaround as a freshman. The 6-5 center shattered the school record with 100 blocked shots, while leading the Big Red with 7.0 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS rebounds per game. She also pitched in 9.9 |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| points per contest to earn spots on the Big Ten 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. Drake 1-1 11/7 24 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 7.0 2-0 0 4 3 0 4 4.0 All-Defensive and Big Ten All-Freshman teams. USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 19 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 5.0 3-0 2 2 3 1 16 10.0 Cain is averaging 7.4 points and team bests at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 30 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 9 10 6.7 5-1 0 0 4 1 10 10.0 with 6.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 2018-19. at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 27 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 5.8 0-0 1 2 1 1 8 9.5 vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 18 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 6.0 1-0 2 1 2 0 8 9.2 She put up her best effort of the season with 16 at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 28 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 8 10 6.7 3-0 2 1 3 1 5 8.5 points and a season-high 17 rebounds in a win at Creighton 7-7 12/2 20 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 6.3 2-0 1 1 0 0 12 9.0 over San Jose State. She hit 8-of-9 shots from Kansas 8-8 12/5 18 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 6.3 2-0 0 1 3 0 4 8.4 the field in her second double-double of the San Jose State 9-9 12/8 23 8-9 .889 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 5 12 17 7.4 0-0 2 1 3 1 16 9.2 Denver 10-10 12/15 26 7-9 .778 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 0 5 5 7.2 3-0 0 0 2 0 14 9.7 season. She followed with 14 points on 7-of-9 at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 17 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 7.0 5-2 1 0 3 0 4 9.2 shooting in a win over Denver (Dec. 15) Michigan 12-12 12/28 24 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 6.9 3-0 2 2 4 1 5 8.8 She set her season high with 16 points in a at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 16 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 6.5 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 8.2 at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 18 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 6.4 5-3 1 2 3 1 3 7.8 win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11) and notched her #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 24 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 8 10 6.7 2-0 2 1 6 0 5 7.6 first double-double of the year with 10 points, Rutgers 16-16 1/13 26 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 7 9 6.8 3-0 3 4 0 0 3 7.3 10 rebounds and four blocks at Washington at Illinois 17-17 1/17 17 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 6.8 2-0 1 1 0 1 8 7.4 #23 Minnesota 18-18 1/20 23 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 6.4 2-0 0 1 4 1 4 7.2 State (Nov. 16). Cain had 14 points and seven Northwestern 19-19 1/24 20 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 6.3 3-0 1 0 4 0 3 6.9 rebounds at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). She had 12 at Wisconsin 20-20 1/27 31 7-12 .583 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 4 7 6.4 1-0 1 3 1 1 14 7.3 points at Michigan (Feb. 7) and Creighton (Dec. at Purdue 21-21 1/31 18 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 6.3 1-0 0 2 2 0 2 7.0 Indiana 22-22 2/3 27 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 6.3 4-0 2 1 2 0 9 7.1 2). Cain had 10 rebounds at Louisville (Nov. 29). at Michigan 23-23 2/7 29 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 6 6 6.3 4-0 1 2 3 1 12 7.3 She ranks No. 4 on the Nebraska career block Purdue 24-24 2/10 23 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 6.1 4-0 1 0 3 0 8 7.4 list with 164, including a season-high six against at #7 Maryland 25-25 2/14 24 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 2 6 8 6.2 3-0 2 1 4 0 7 7.4 No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8). Totals 25-25 570 86-169 .509 0-0 .000 12-23 .522 38 117 155 6.2 67-3 28 34 64 11 184 7.4 KATE CAIN 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. 2017-18 32-31 831 146-258 .566 0-0 .000 24-56 .429 58-165 223-7.0 95-3 33 40 100 19 316-9.9 2018-19 25-25 570 86-169 .509 0-0 .000 12-23 .522 38-117 155-6.2 67-3 28 34 64 11 184-7.4 Career 57-56 1,501 232-427 .543 0-0 .000 36-79 .456 96-282 378-6.6 162-6 61 74 164 30 500-8.8 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 35 LEIGHA BROWN 32 6-1 Freshman Forward Auburn, Indiana (DeKalb)

bring to our program. She is a versatile guard BROWN’S CAREER BESTS with good size and has the ability to score at Category Total Game all three levels,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams Points 30 Purdue (2/10/19) said. “She understands how to work and fits the Rebounds 6 Rutgers (1/13/19) culture we are establishing at Nebraska. Each Assists 5 Denver (12/15/18) time Leigha steps on the court, she plays like she Steals 2 Three Times, most recent has something to prove, and we will welcome 2 Purdue (2/10/19) that sense of urgency into our program.” Blocks 1 Three Times, most recent 1 Maryland (2/14/19) BEFORE NEBRASKA FGA 14 Purdue (2/10/19) FGM 8 Purdue (2/10/19) Brown averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 8 San Jose State (12/8/18) 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game FTA 12 Purdue (2/10/19) as a senior at DeKalb High School in 2017-18. It 12 Ohio State (12/31/18) followed her junior season when she averaged FTM 10 Purdue (2/10/19) 22.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 3-PT FGA 6 Purdue (2/10/19) blocks for Coach Brett Eltzroth in 2016-17 on 3-PT FGM 4 Purdue (2/10/19) her way to IBCA Supreme 15 Underclass All- HONORS & AWARDS State honors. She earned second-team Class Brown played her club basketball for Always • Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 11, 2019) 4A all-state honors after averaging 17.9 points, 100 coached by Julius Smith. • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7, 2019) 8.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a • No. 21 Forward in the Nation (ESPN, 2017) sophomore in 2015-16. She was honorable- PERSONAL mention all-state as a freshman in 2014-15. • IBCA Supreme 15 Underclass All-State (2017) The daughter of Jenese Brown and Nate Brown closed her high school career with • Indiana Class 4A All-State (2nd Team, 2016) Brown, Leigha was born July 14, 2000 in Auburn, 1,798 points, 810 rebounds, 325 assists and • Indiana Class 4A All-State (HM, 2015) Ind. She has a younger sister, Jayla. Leigha is 161 steals and 86 blocked shots. In the first • IBCA State Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2017) majoring in management at Nebraska. game of her senior season, Brown notched a She chose Nebraska over Xavier, Belmont, triple-double with 34 points, 20 rebounds and Western Michigan, Wright State, Indiana State, FRESHMAN (2018-19) 10 assists. Her second game as a senior, she Youngstown State, American and IUPUI. One of the top players in Indiana, Leigha erupted for a career-high 53 points to go along “I believe it is a perfect fit for me,” Brown said. Brown (pronounced LEE-uh) averaged 28.0 with 24 rebounds in a win over Lakeland. “The coaching staff, fans and the opportunities points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a senior Her 53-point performance ranked second in that the school provides were exactly what I was at DeKalb High School in 2017-18, and was DeKalb history, just four points shy of the school looking for in a school.” ranked as the No. 21 forward in the nation by record held by MaChelle Joseph, who is Georgia ESPN in the class of 2018. Tech’s current head coach, Purdue’s all-time Brown is off to a solid start to her college For more information on Leigha Brown’s career, leading scorer, the 1992 Big Ten Player of the see pages 76-77 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s career by averaging 10.0 points, 2.6 rebounds Year and a first-team All-American. basketball media guide. and 1.2 assists through 25 games. She made her first career start in place of an ill Taylor Kissinger at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14). 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS She erupted for a career-high 30 points, |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| including 22 in the second half, in NU’s win over 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. Drake 1-0 11/7 15 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 4-0 2 4 0 1 6 6.0 Purdue (Feb. 10). She set career highs with four USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 19 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2.5 2-0 1 1 0 1 7 6.5 threes and 10 free throws made against the at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 10 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2.0 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 5.0 at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 16 2-6 .333 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.8 3-0 0 0 0 0 8 5.8 Boilers while tying a career high with two steals. vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 20 5-9 .556 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000 1 0 1 1.6 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 7.2 Brown added 20 points while matching a at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 14 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0 2 2 1.7 1-0 0 2 0 0 4 6.7 at Creighton 7-0 12/2 20 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 1 3 4 2.0 1-0 0 0 0 1 7 6.7 career best with two steals at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. Kansas 8-0 12/5 16 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 4-0 0 0 0 1 4 6.4 3). It followed a then-career-high 19 points to San Jose State 9-0 12/8 23 8-11 .727 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 3 0 3 2.1 1-0 1 1 0 1 18 7.7 Denver 10-0 12/15 23 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 7-8 .875 2 0 2 2.1 3-0 5 2 0 2 17 8.6 go along with four rebounds, three assists and at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 16 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2.1 1-0 1 1 0 0 9 8.5 a steal in a Big Ten road win at Ohio State (Dec. Michigan 12-0 12/28 19 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000 2 3 5 2.3 2-0 1 0 0 0 11 8.8 at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 18 4-9 .444 2-5 .400 9-12 .750 0 4 4 2.5 2-0 3 2 0 1 19 9.6 31). Brown opened Big Ten play with 11 points at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 18 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 5-6 .833 0 0 0 2.3 5-1 1 0 0 2 20 10.4 and five rebounds in a win over Michigan (Dec. #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 21 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 2.5 1-0 0 3 0 1 4 9.9 28), and added 10 points in a road win at Illinois Rutgers 16-0 1/13 25 5-8 .625 3-3 1.000 5-8 .625 1 5 6 2.7 1-0 2 1 0 1 18 10.4 at Illinois 17-0 1/17 20 4-11 .364 0-3 .000 2-4 .500 0 1 1 2.6 1-0 1 1 0 1 10 10.4 (Jan. 17). #23 Minnesota 18-0 1/20 16 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 10.3 In Big Ten play, she is averaging a team-best Northwestern 19-0 1/24 19 2-11 .182 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 1 1 2 2.5 2-0 1 1 0 1 6 10.1 at Wisconsin 20-0 1/27 19 4-7 .571 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 2.5 1-0 1 1 0 1 9 10.1 11.0 points per game. She owns eight double- at Purdue 21-0 1/31 20 3-5 .600 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 2.5 0-0 2 0 1 0 7 9.9 figure scoring efforts this season, including six in Indiana 22-0 2/3 16 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.5 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 9.5 at Michigan 23-0 2/7 12 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 3 3 2.5 3-0 1 2 0 0 6 9.3 Big Ten action. Purdue 24-0 2/10 25 8-14 .571 4-6 .667 10-12 .833 1 3 4 2.6 1-0 0 1 0 2 30 10.2 Brown had 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in a at #7 Maryland 25-1 2/14 25 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 0-0 2 0 1 1 5 10.0 win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She added 17 Totals 25-1 465 80-185 .432 26-78 .333 63-83 .759 19 45 64 2.6 44-1 29 24 3 21 249 10.0 points and career highs of five assists and two steals in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). She scored 13 points in a win over Radford (Nov. 25). “We are so excited for all that Leigha will LEIGHA BROWN 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. 2018-19 25-0 465 80-185 .432 26-78 .333 63-83 .759 19-45 64-2.6 44-1 29 24 3 21 249-10.0 Career 25-0 465 80-185 .432 26-78 .333 63-83 .759 19-45 64-2.6 44-1 29 24 3 21 249-10.0 36 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TAYLOR KISSINGER 33 6-1 Sophomore Forward/Guard Minden, Nebraska (Minden)

through NU’s first seven contests before suffering KISSINGER’S CAREER BESTS a knee injury late in a one-point loss to Clemson Category Total Game (Nov. 30). She then missed six consecutive Points 25 Arkansas (11/16/17) games to close non-conference play, including a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). Rebounds 11 Kansas (12/5/18) Kissinger helped the Huskers jump to a 3-0 Assists 4 Arkansas (11/16/17) start by averaging 16.0 points and 4.7 rebounds Steals 3 Ohio State (12/31/18) through three games, including career highs 3 Buffalo (11/23/17) with 25 points and eight rebounds in a win over Blocks 2 Three Times, most recent Arkansas (Nov. 16). She added 18 points in a win 2 Minnesota (1/20/19) over UMKC (Nov. 14), before producing double FGA 15 Arkansas (11/16/17) figures in three straight games capped by17 FGM 9 Arkansas (11/16/17) points and six boards against Clemson (Nov. 30). FTA 6 Iowa (1/16/18) Kissinger, who missed nearly three weeks of FTM 5 Indiana (2/17/18) practice, returned to the court after just two 3-PT FGA 14 Buffalo (11/23/17) practices to open Big Ten play against No. 3-PT FGM 6 USC Upstate (11/11/18) 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). She managed eight points in 15 minutes against the Buckeyes, on 5-of-12 shooting with a pair of threes against and gradually saw her playing time increase. Arizona State (March 17) in the first round of the However, she played just eight minutes while NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. She also HONORS & AWARDS battling the flu in Nebraska’s overtime loss to grabbed four rebounds against the Sun Devils. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 16). (Fall 2017; Spring 2018) For the season, Kissinger averaged 10.0 PERSONAL • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018) points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 25 games The daughter of Brian and Amy Kissinger, • No. 26 Player in the Nation with seven starts. She produced 12 double- Taylor was born March 10, 1999. Her parents (Prospects Nation, 2016) figure scoring efforts in 25 contests, including six were both collegiate student-athletes, with Brian • No. 38 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2016) in Big Ten play. She put up double digits in four playing basketball and Amy playing volleyball at • No. 44 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2016) straight games beginning with 18 points against NCAA Division II Nebraska-Kearney. Kissinger’s • All-Nebraska (First Team, USA Today, 2016) No. 11 Maryland (Feb. 4), before back-to-back older twin sisters have both been Division I • Nebraska Super-State 11-point games in wins over Wisconsin (Feb. 11) guards, with Brooke entering her third year at (Second Team, Lincoln Journal Star, 2016) and at Michigan State (Feb. 14). She also scored Creighton after spending her first two seasons (Third Team, Lincoln Journal Star, 2015) 10 points at Indiana (Feb. 17). at Illinois, and Jamie completing her eligibility • All-Nebraska Kissinger hit 50 threes to rank among the top at San Diego in 2017-18. Taylor’s brother Derek (Third Team, Omaha World-Herald, 2016) five freshman totals in Nebraska history. Her 36.2 played college basketball at NAIA Hastings • Nebraska Class C-1 (First Team, 2015, 2016, 2017) three-point shooting percentage ranked her College. among the top 10 in the Big Ten. A mathematics education major, Taylor earned SOPHOMORE (2018-19) Kissinger suffered an upper body sprain early spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor One of Nebraska’s most dangerous offensive in the first quarter in a loss at No. 13 Maryland Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2017- threats, Taylor Kissinger averaged double (Feb. 25) to close the regular season. The injury 18. She was a member of the Tom Osborne figures despite missing six games and being kept her out of Nebraska’s win over Michigan in Citizenship Team in 2018. limited for much of her freshman season by the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 2). injuries. Despite the first-year challenges, the She returned in a limited role against the Terps in For more information on Taylor Kissinger’s career, 6-1 guard/forward from Minden, Neb., was a the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (March 3). see pages 74-75 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s major contributor to Nebraska’s nation-leading She closed the season by scoring 15 points basketball media guide. 14-game improvement in the win column and a run to the NCAA Tournament in 2017-18. In her second season, Kissinger is averaging 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| 8.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists while 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. starting NU’s first 24 games. She did not start at Drake 1-1 11/7 24 2-8 .250 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 5 1 6 6.0 1-0 3 0 0 1 8 8.0 No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) while recovering from USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 23 8-9 .889 6-6 1.000 0-0 1.000 1 3 4 5.0 1-0 3 2 1 1 22 15.0 at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 36 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 3 2 5 5.0 3-0 2 1 0 1 7 12.3 illness. She did play 15 minutes vs. the Terps. at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 23 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.5 3-0 3 2 0 0 6 10.8 Kissinger had a record-setting effort against vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 21 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.2 1-0 1 0 0 0 5 9.6 USC Upstate (Nov. 11) when she went a perfect at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 19 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 3.7 4-0 2 3 0 0 5 8.8 6-for-6 from three-point range on her way to a at Creighton 7-7 12/2 20 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 3.6 4-0 0 2 1 0 2 7.9 Kansas 8-8 12/5 29 4-7 .571 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 4 7 11 4.5 0-0 2 2 0 1 11 8.3 season-high 22 points. She had 18 points in a win San Jose State 9-9 12/8 26 6-13 .462 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.2 1-0 3 0 0 2 17 9.2 over Denver (Dec. 15), after getting 17 in a win Denver 10-10 12/15 24 5-13 .385 4-10 .400 4-4 1.000 1 5 6 4.4 3-0 3 1 0 2 18 10.1 over San Jose State (Dec. 8). Kissinger opened at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 29 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 4.5 3-0 3 1 0 1 12 10.3 Michigan 12-12 12/28 21 3-6 .500 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0 2 2 4.3 4-0 0 0 0 1 8 10.1 the stand with her second career double-double at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 20 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 4.0 3-0 1 2 0 3 2 9.5 with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 24 3-10 .300 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 0 1 0 0 8 9.4 a win over KU (Dec. 5). She added double figures #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 21 2-8 .250 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 5 1 6 4.0 3-0 0 1 0 2 6 9.1 Rutgers 16-16 1/13 17 4-6 .667 3-5 .600 0-2 .000 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 0 3 0 0 11 9.3 with 12 points at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Kissinger at Illinois 17-17 1/17 22 3-6 .500 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3.8 2-0 1 0 0 1 10 9.3 owns nine double-figure efforts on the year, #23 Minnesota 18-18 1/20 26 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 3.8 2-0 0 2 2 1 9 9.3 including 15 points at Wisconsin (Jan. 27) and 12 Northwestern 19-19 1/24 28 2-8 .250 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000 1 4 5 3.9 0-0 2 0 0 0 6 9.1 at Wisconsin 20-20 1/27 22 5-7 .714 3-5 .600 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3.8 3-0 1 2 0 1 15 9.4 points at Michigan (Feb. 7). at Purdue 21-21 1/31 21 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.6 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 Indiana 22-22 2/3 29 4-11 .364 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 3 0 3 3.6 3-0 2 2 0 1 8 8.9 FRESHMAN (2017-18) at Michigan 23-23 2/7 26 4-9 .444 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 0 2 2 3.5 3-0 0 2 0 0 12 9.0 Kissinger made an instant impact on the Purdue 24-24 2/10 18 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 0 4 4 3.5 1-0 0 2 0 0 8 9.0 at #7 Maryland 25-24 2/14 15 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.5 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 8.8 Nebraska roster as a freshman in 2017-18, Totals 25-24 584 73-170 .429 49-111 .441 24-28 .857 33 55 88 3.5 51-0 33 33 4 20 219 8.8 averaging a team-best 14.0 points per game TAYLOR KISSINGER 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. 2017-18 25-7 532 84-206 .408 50-138 .362 33-46 .717 37-66 103-4.1 36-0 36 41 13 11 251-10.0 2018-19 25-24 584 73-170 .429 49-111 .441 24-28 .857 33-55 88-3.5 51-0 33 33 4 20 219-8.8 Career 50-31 1,116 157-376 .418 99-249 .398 57-74 .770 70-121 191-3.8 87-0 69 74 17 31 470-9.4 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 37 KAYLA MERSHON 44 6-3 Freshman Forward Chanhassen, Minnesota (Minnetonka)

28). Mershon added a career-high four offensive MERSHON’S CAREER BESTS boards to go along with two points in a road win Category Total Game at Ohio State (Dec. 31). Points 8 Maryland (1/8/19) “Kayla Mershon has great length and a strong Rebounds 7 Northwestern (1/24/19) all-around skill-set, and we are excited about her 7 Kansas (12/5/18) versatility,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. Assists 3 Michigan (12/28/18) “Kayla has shown some unique natural gifts, but Steals 2 Six Times, most recent she is also a tremendous worker and has a great 2 Maryland (2/14/19) attitude.” Blocks 2 Arkansas (12/18/18) BEFORE NEBRASKA FGA 5 Michigan (12/28/18) FGM 2 Six Times, most recent A six-time high school basketball letterwinner, 2 Maryland (2/14/19) Mershon was a four-time first-team All-Lake FTA 6 Arkansas (12/18/18) Conference selection for Coach Leah Dasovich. FTM 4 Arkansas (12/18/18) Mershon averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds 3-PT FGA 3 Maryland (2/14/19) per game as a junior in 2016-17. She helped 3-PT FGM 1 Seven Times, most recent Minnetonka to its first-ever girls basketball state 1 Maryland (2/14/19) title in 2016. HONORS & AWARDS She capped her high school career by averaging 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 PERSONAL • No. 132 Player in the Nation The daughter of Rick and Leslie Mershon, (Prospects Nation, 2018) assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks as a senior at Minnetonka. Kayla was born May 30, 1999, in Royal Oak, • No. 14 Wing in the Nation (ESPN) Mich. She has two sisters, Lauren and Ally. Kayla • USA Basketball Team Tryout (2016) She was ranked as the No. 132 overall player in the country by Prospects Nation and was rated is majoring in marketing at Nebraska. as the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. Kayla chose Nebraska over Indiana, Iowa, FRESHMAN (2018-19) Arkansas, Oregon, DePaul, Utah, Minnesota, Kayla Mershon (pronounced MER-shawn) Mershon also has played club basketball at the highest level for Coach Gerard Coury Princeton, Wake Forest, Colorado, Creighton, came to Lincoln as one of the top players in Saint Louis, Drake and South Dakota State. the state of Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from and the North Tartan program, which won the “I chose Nebraska because I felt most at Chanhassen, Minn., was Nebraska’s second Minnesota State AAU title seven years in a row. ‘home’ when I visited,” Mershon said. “The commit in the class, making her plans known to She was named to the all-tournament team at attend Nebraska in February of 2017. Mershon the Georgia Super Showcase. coaches and players are amazing, the campus was ranked as the No. 132 overall player in the She was also invited to Nike All-American itself is beautiful, and I love the Haymarket area nation by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing National Elite Camp in 2014, and advanced to right next to it. Not to mention the fan support is nationally by ESPN. the second round of tryouts for USA Basketball insane, and I can’t wait to be a Husker.” Mershon has made nine straight Big Ten starts. in 2016. She also has competed internationally For more information on Kayla Mershon’s career, She is averaging 3.0 points and 2.9 rebounds with North Tartan in Europe against national see pages 80-81 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s while supplying outstanding defense. She is teams from France and the Netherlands. basketball media guide. coming off a seven-point, five-rebound effort at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) when she also tied a career high with two steals. 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Mershon put up a career-high eight points to |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| go along with four rebounds and a steal against 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. No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8), before adding seven Drake 1-0 11/7 20 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.0 0-0 1 1 1 0 6 6.0 USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 11 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 4.0 points, three boards, two assists and a steal at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 4 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 1 1 2 2.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 against Rutgers (Jan. 13). She made her first at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 15 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1-0 2 1 0 0 0 2.5 vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 9 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 1.8 0-0 1 0 0 1 4 2.8 career start in a win at Illinois (Jan. 17) when she at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 managed five points, including NU’s final points at Creighton 7-0 12/2 2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 at the free throw line to seal the win. Kansas 8-0 12/5 20 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 2.0 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 2.0 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 12 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 1 2 2.0 2-0 0 0 0 2 4 2.2 Mershon added five points while tying career Denver 10-0 12/15 13 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.1 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.2 highs with seven rebounds and two steals against at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 23 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 2 2 4 2.3 3-0 2 0 2 2 6 2.5 Northwestern (Jan. 24). Michigan 12-0 12/28 20 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1 2 3 2.3 2-0 3 2 1 1 2 2.5 at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 21 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 4 0 4 2.5 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 She opened her career with six points and at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 23 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 2.4 four rebounds against Drake (Nov. 7). She closed #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 18 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 3-4 .750 1 3 4 2.6 0-0 0 0 0 1 8 2.8 Rutgers 16-0 1/13 24 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 2.6 4-0 2 0 0 1 7 3.1 non-conference play with six points, four boards, at Illinois 17-1 1/17 25 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.5 4-0 1 2 0 1 5 3.2 two assists and career highs with two blocks and #23 Minnesota 18-2 1/20 23 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.5 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 3.1 two steals in 23 minutes at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Northwestern 19-3 1/24 22 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 2.7 2-0 1 0 1 2 5 3.2 at Wisconsin 20-4 1/27 24 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 1 3 2.8 2-0 0 1 1 2 1 3.1 Mershon had four points, two boards and her at Purdue 21-5 1/31 10 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.8 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 3.0 first career steal in a win over Radford (Nov. 25). Indiana 22-6 2/3 12 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.8 1-0 2 0 1 0 2 3.0 at Michigan 23-7 2/7 12 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 2.9 She set a career best with seven rebounds to Purdue 24-8 2/10 30 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 2.8 2-0 2 2 1 2 3 2.9 go along with two points and an assist in a win at #7 Maryland 25-9 2/14 20 2-4 .500 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 2 3 5 2.9 1-0 0 0 0 2 7 3.0 over Kansas (Dec. 5). Totals 25-9 417 25-69 .362 7-24 .292 19-32 .594 25 47 72 2.9 36-0 20 10 9 17 76 3.0 She opened Big Ten play with two points, three rebounds, a career-high three assists, a block and a steal in a win over Michigan (Dec.

KAYLA MERSHON 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. 2018-19 25-9 417 25-69 .362 7-24 .292 19-32 .594 25-47 72-2.9 36-0 20 10 9 17 76-3.0 Career 25-9 417 25-69 .362 7-24 .292 19-32 .594 25-47 72-2.9 36-0 20 10 9 17 76-3.0 NEBRASKA RADIO & TV ROSTER

3 4 5 11 13 Hannah Whitish Sam Haiby Nicea Eliely Kristian Hudson Ashtyn Veerbeek 5-9, Junior, Guard 5-9, Freshman, Guard 6-1, Junior, Guard 5-5, Senior, Guard 6-2, Freshman, Forward Barneveld, Wisconsin Moorhead, Minnesota Colorado Springs, Colorado Birmingham, Alabama Sioux Center, Iowa

14 24 31 32 33 Grace Mitchell Maddie Simon Kate Cain Leigha Brown Taylor Kissinger 6-2, Junior, Forward 6-2, Senior, Forward 6-5, Sophomore, Center 6-1, Freshman, Forward 6-1, Sophomore, Guard/Forward Wellington, Kansas Lincoln, Nebraska Middletown, New York Auburn, Indiana Minden, Nebraska

44 Kayla Mershon Ashley Rudolph Stuart Hart Katie Adams Amanda Hart 6-3, Freshman, Forward Athletic Trainer Strength & Conditioning Coach Video Coordinator Director of Operations Chanhassen, Minnesota Third Season Second Season Fourth Season Third Season

Tom Goehle Chuck Love Tandem Mays Amy Williams Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Head Coach Third Season Third Season Third Season Third Season