2020-21 Nebraska Roster & Statistics Huskers Start 2021 with Scarlet Knights Sunday
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NEBRASKA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES VS. RUTGERS, SUNDAY, JAN. 3, 2 P.M. 2020-21 SCHEDULE (4-3, 2-2 BIG TEN) NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Date Opponent Time/Result Dec. 4 Oral Roberts [B1G Network+] W, 90-61 VS. RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, 2 p.m. (CT) Dec. 6 Idaho State [B1G Network+] W, 64-51 Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, Nebraska Dec. 10 Illinois^ [B1G Network] W, 78-72 Live Video: B1G Network+ Dec. 14 at Creighton [NET] L, 62-78 Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (1:45 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Dec. 20 at 15/15 Indiana^ [B1G Network] L, 45-81 4-3 Lincoln (B107.3 FM); Omaha (ESPN 590 AM) 5-2 Dec. 23 at Purdue^ [B1G Network] L, 72-83 2-2 BIG TEN Huskers.com, Huskers App, TuneIn 1-2 BIG TEN Dec. 31 15/16 Northwestern^ [B1G Network] W, 65-63 Jan. 3 Rutgers^ [B1G Network+] 2 p.m. HUSKERS START 2021 WITH SCARLET KNIGHTS SUNDAY Jan. 7 at Michigan^ [B1G Network+] 5 p.m. • Fresh off a New Year’s Eve win over No. 15 Northwestern, the Nebraska women’s basketball team Jan. 10 at Michigan State^ [B1G Network+] 2 p.m. opens the 2021 calendar year with a Big Ten battle against traditional power Rutgers on Sunday. Tip- Jan. 16 Ohio State^ [B1G Network+] TBA off between the Huskers (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) and the Scarlet Knights (5-2, 1-2 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 2 p.m. Jan. 19 Minnesota^ [B1G Network+] TBA • A live video stream will be provided to subscribers of Big Ten Network plus, with the radio call Jan. 25 at Illinois^ [B1G Network+] TBA of Husker Sports Network broadcast team Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch. The game can be heard Jan. 28 Wisconsin^ [B1G Network+] TBA across the Husker Sports Network stations, the Huskers App and on Huskers.com. Feb. 4 at Penn State^ [B1G Network+] TBA • Sunday’s game will be the first of two meetings between Nebraska and Rutgers this season. The Huskers are scheduled to travel to the RAC in Piscataway to battle the Scarlet Knights on Feb. 7. Feb. 7 at Rutgers^ [B1G Network+] TBA • Nebraska improved to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten with a dramatic, 65-63 buzzer-beating Feb. 10 Iowa^ [B1G Network+] TBA victory over previously unbeaten and No. 15 Northwestern on Thursday in Lincoln. Sam Haiby’s put- Feb. 14 Maryland^ [B1G Network+] TBA back of her own missed layup as time expired lifted Nebraska to the upset of the defending Big Ten Feb. 17 at Northwestern^ [B1G Network+] TBA regular-season co-champion Wildcats. • Haiby’s last-second shot was ESPN Sport Center’s Top Play of New Year’s Eve. Feb. 21 Penn State^ [B1G Network+] TBA • Haiby, a 5-9 junior guard from Moorhead, Minn., finished with 19 points, eight rebounds and five Feb. 24 at Minnesota^ [B1G Network+] TBA assists against Northwestern. She enters the Rutgers game leading Nebraska in scoring (16.1 ppg), Feb. 27 Michigan State^ [B1G Network+] TBA rebounding (7.4 rpg) and assists (3.7 apg). Haiby earned a spot on the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll March 5/6 at Iowa^ [B1G Network+] TBA (Dec. 14) after scoring a career-high 33 points to go along with nine boards and four assists in a Big Ten-opening win over Illinois (Dec. 10). March 8-13 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) • Sophomore Isabelle Bourne added her first career double-double in the win over the Wildcats, All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle finishing with 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. A 6-2 forward/guard from Canberra, Australia, Bank Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of Bourne heads into the Rutgers game ranked second among the Huskers in scoring (14.6 ppg), Nebraska’s regular-season games can be heard live on the rebounding (7.3 rpg) and blocks (1.3 bpg). Through four Big Ten games, Bourne’s numbers are even better at 17.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest. Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln • Kate Cain, a 6-5 center from Middletown, N.Y., joins Haiby and Bourne as Nebraska’s tri-captains and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on in 2020-21. A three-time Lisa Leslie Award candidate, Cain notched four blocks against Northwestern Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten Network; [BTN+] - Live Video to become just the sixth player in Big Ten history with 300 career blocked shots. Cain is averaging 3.0 Streams of live BTN and BTN+ games blocks per game this season to go along with 8.0 points and 5.9 rebounds. • Ashley Scoggin has stepped into a major role in her first year as a Husker. The 22-year-old redshirt sophomore put up double figures for the second straight game with 11 points and three HUSKERS.COM assists in the win over No. 15 Northwestern. She owns season highs with 16 points against both Purdue and Idaho State and is averaging 7.7 points per game while hitting 11-of-24 threes (.458). 2020-21 NEBRASKA ROSTER & STATISTICS No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 0 Ashley Scoggin 5-7 RSo. G 7-7 7.7 2.3 1.7 1.1 0.0 2 Trinity Brady* 5-11 So. G 2-2 8.5 5.0 0.5 2.0 0.0 4 Sam Haiby** 5-9 Jr. G 7-7 16.1 7.4 3.7 1.4 0.1 5 MiCole Cayton 5-9 Gr./RJr. G 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 Whitney Brown 5-8 Fr. G 7-0 3.1 1.7 0.7 0.9 0.0 11 Ruby Porter 5-10 Fr. G 5-0 2.2 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.0 14 Bella Cravens 6-3 Jr. F 7-5 5.7 6.9 1.4 0.3 1.0 21 Annika Stewart 6-3 Fr. F 7-0 7.3 4.3 0.9 0.3 0.4 24 Nailah Dillard 5-9 So. G Out for Season (Hip Surgery) 31 Kate Cain*** 6-5 Gr./Sr. C 7-7 8.0 5.9 1.3 0.1 3.0 34 Isabelle Bourne* 6-2 So. F 7-7 14.6 7.3 2.0 0.9 1.3 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COMMUNICATIONS • ONE MEMORIAL STADIUM, P.O. BOX 880123, LINCOLN, NE, 68588-0123 JEFF GRIESCH • OFFICE (402): 472-7775 • CELL: 540-0279 • FAX: 472-2005 • E-MAIL: [email protected] • TWITTER: @JEFFGRIESCH FOLLOW: @HUSKERSWBB • #HUSKERS • FACEBOOK.COM/HUSKERSWBB • HUSKERS.COM 2 2020-21 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • Junior Bella Cravens also has been a major contributor as a starter in Big Ten play. The 6-3 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS forward from Laie, Hawaii, is averaging 6.8 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds in conference (4-3, 2-2 BIG TEN) games, including a career-high-tying 16 rebounds in the win over Illinois. She added 10 boards at No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG Purdue. 14 Bella Cravens 6-3 Jr. F 5.7 6.9 34 Isabelle Bourne 6-2 So. F 14.6 7.3 31 Kate Cain 6-5 Gr./Sr. C 8.0 5.9 0 Ashley Scoggin 5-7 RSo. G 7.7 2.3 SCOUTING THE RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Jr. G 16.1 7.4 • Hall of Fame Coach C. Vivian Stringer brings 1,046 career wins with her into Sunday afternoon’s Off the Bench game against Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Stringer, who is in her 50th season overall as a head 21 Annika Stewart 6-3 Fr. F 7.3 4.3 coach, leads her 26th Rutgers team with a 5-2 record this season and a 1-2 start to Big Ten play. 2 Trinity Brady 5-11 So. G 8.5 5.0 • The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 90-84 loss at Iowa on New Year’s Eve in a game that matched 10 Whitney Brown 5-8 Fr. G 3.1 1.7 two teams receiving the same number of votes (6, T33rd) in the most recent Associated Press Poll. 11 Ruby Porter 5-10 Fr. G 2.2 1.6 5 MiCole Cayton 5-9 Gr./RJr. G DNP • Rutgers always starts with defense, but the Scarlet Knights feature one of the nation’s elite scorers Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998) in redshirt senior Arella Guirantes. One of three Big Ten Preseason Co-Players of the Year and the Fifth Season at Nebraska (63-65) reigning Big Ten Player of the Week, Guirantes leads Rutgers in scoring (24.6 ppg), rebounding (7.4 14th Season Overall (256-174) rpg), assists (5.7 apg) and steals (3.0 spg) while hitting 43.6 percent (17-39) of her three-point attempts and 89.1 percent (49-55) of her free throws. She went off for 34 points in the loss at Iowa. Last season, RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS Guirantes earned first-team All-Big Ten honors after leading the league in scoring (20.6 ppg). (5-2, 1-2 BIG TEN) • The Scarlet Knights also feature another explosive scorer in true freshman Diamond Johnson. The No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 5-5 guard is averaging 17.6 points per game after getting 18 points off the bench at Iowa.