Women’s Game Notes Game 4 - Southern Jaguars - Nov. 23 2015-16 Schedule/Results (3-0) Date Opponent Time/Result Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0) Nov. 1 Nebraska-Kearney (exhibition) W, 92-54 Nov. 8 Winona State (exhibition [BTN Plus] W, 96-66 vs. Southern Jaguars (2-1) Nov. 14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff [HuskersNside] W, 96-46 Monday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m. - Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.) Nov. 16 North Florida [BTN Plus] W, 91-46 Record Record Nov. 21 North Carolina Central [HuskersNside] W, 88-47 3-0 Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney, Jeff Griesch) 2-1 Nov. 23 Southern [HuskersNside] 7 p.m. 0-0 B107.3 FM, Lincoln; CD105.9 FM, Omaha 0-0 Nov. 28 at UConn [ESPN3] Noon Big Ten Free Live Audio: Huskers.com Live Video Stream: HuskersNside SWAC Dec. 3 NC State (Big Ten/ACC) [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. Dec. 6 Creighton [BTN Plus] 2 p.m. Dec. 8 Evansville [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. Huskers Close Stand Against Scrappy Southern Dec. 12 at California [Pac-12 Networks] 7 p.m. The Nebraska women’s basketball team wraps up its four-game, season-opening home stand on Dec. 19 Northern Arizona [BTN Plus] 4 p.m. Monday when the Huskers take on Southern at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Dec. 21 Arkansas State [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. Tip-off between the Huskers and the Jaguars is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Huskers.com or by Dec. 31 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m. calling 1-800-8-BIG-RED. They can also be purchased on the day of the game beginning 90 minutes prior Jan. 3 at Northwestern^ [BTN] 1:30 p.m. to tip-off at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Box Office. Jan. 7 at Maryland^ [BTN] 6 p.m. Live radio coverage on select stations will be provided by the Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 Jan. 10 Illinois^ [NET/BTN Plus] 2 p.m. FM in Lincoln and CD105.9 FM in Omaha, with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call. A live premium Jan. 13 at Penn State^ [BTN Plus] 6 p.m. video stream will be available on HuskersNside at Huskers.com. Jan. 16 Rutgers^ [BTN] 5:30 p.m. Reigning Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Jessica Shepard continued her impressive start to the Jan. 20 at Purdue^ [BTN Plus] 6 p.m. season with her third consecutive 20- game and third straight double-double with 20 points and Jan. 24 at Michigan^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m. Jan. 27 Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. 10 rebounds in Nebraska’s win over North Carolina Central on Saturday. The 6-4 forward from Fremont, Jan. 30 at Rutgers^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m. Neb., is averaging 23.7 points and 11.0 rebounds through three games. If she can score 29 points against Feb. 2 Penn State^ [BTN] 7 p.m. Southern, Shepard will become the first freshman in Husker history to reach 100 points in four games. In Feb. 7 at Indiana^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m. fact, (2010-11) and Debra Powell (1981-82) hold the NU record for freshmen getting to Feb. 11 at Minnesota^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. 100 points fastest, and it took them six games. Feb. 14 Michigan State^ (Pink Game) [BTN] 3 p.m. If Shepard can notch her fourth double-double, she would move into a tie with 1993 National Player- Feb. 18 at Ohio State^ [BTN] 5 p.m. of-the-Year Karen Jennings (1989-90) and Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80) for fifth on Nebraska’s freshman Feb. 20/21 Purdue^ [BTN or BTN Plus] TBA double-doubles list. Only Powell (9, 1981-82) has more than five double-doubles as an NU freshman. Feb. 24 Indiana^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. Feb. 28 Northwestern^ (Senior Day) [BTN or BTN Plus] TBA March 2-6 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) TBA 2015-16 Nebraska Roster & Statistics March 19-22 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds (Host sites) TBA No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG March 26-29 NCAA Regionals TBA 4 Kyndal Clark 5-7 Sr. G 3-3 4.3 3.7 2.7 1.7 0.0 April 3-5 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis) TBA 5 Natalie Romeo* 5-7 So. G 3-2 16.7 0.7 4.3 2.0 0.3 11 Esther Ramacieri** 5-7 Jr. G 3-0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle Bank 12 Emily Wood* 5-5 So. G 3-0 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of Nebraska’s 22 Allie Havers** 6-5 Jr. C 3-0 5.7 7.7 1.3 0.3 1.7 regular-season games can be heard live on the Husker Sports 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Fr. G 3-3 6.3 1.7 2.0 0.3 0.3 Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and ESPN 590 AM (or 31 Anya Kalenta* 6-3 Sr. F 3-0 7.3 5.3 1.7 0.0 1.0 CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten 32 Jessica Shepard 6-4 Fr. F 3-3 23.7 11.0 2.0 1.7 0.3 Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and 33 Rachel Theriot*** 6-0 Sr. G 3-3 9.0 4.3 5.3 1.3 0.0 BTN Plus games; [HuskersNside]-Live Video Streams 34 Jasmine Cincore* 5-8 So. G 3-0 6.0 3.0 2.0 1.3 0.3 Get Tickets Now 43 Rachel Blackburn 6-3 Fr. F 3-3 6.3 8.3 2.3 0.7 0.0 Huskers.com /800-8-BIG-RED 50 Darrien Washington 6-2 RFr. F 2-0 4.5 5.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 52 Alicia Ostrander 6-3 Sr. F Nebraska Volleyball University of Nebraska Communications • One Memorial Stadium, P.O. 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Monday’s Lineups Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 43 Rachel Blackburn 6-3 Fr. F 6.3 8.3 32 Jessica Shepard 6-4 Fr. F 23.7 11.0 4 Kyndal Clark 5-7 RSr. G 4.3 3.7 5 Natalie Romeo 5-7 So. G 16.7 0.7 33 Rachel Theriot 6-0 Sr. G 9.0 4.3 #4-Kyndal Clark #5-Natalie Romeo #33-Rachel Theriot #32-Jessica Shepard #43-Rachel Blackburn Off the Bench 5-7, Sr., G 5-7, So., G 6-0, Sr., G 6-3, Fr., F 31 Anya Kalenta 6-3 Sr. F 7.3 5.3 6-4, Fr., F 34 Jasmine Cincore 5-10 So. G 6.0 3.0 Webb City, Mo. Martinez, Calif. Middleburg Heights, Ohio Fremont, Neb. Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Fr. G 6.3 1.7 22 Allie Havers 6-5 Jr. C 5.7 7.7 50 Darrien Washington 6-2 RFr. F 4.5 5.0 Fast Five: Husker Quick Hitters 12 Emily Wood 5-5 So. G 2.7 0.7 11 Esther Ramacieri 5-8 Jr. G 0.7 0.0 #33, Rachel Theriot, 6-0, Sr., G, Middleburg Heights, Ohio (9.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 5.3 apg) 52 Alicia Ostrander 6-3 Sr. F DNP • Theriot is a national player-of-the-year, All-America, Lieberman Award, Senior CLASS Award, Academic Head Coach: (Creighton, 1986) All-America and WBCA Allstate Good Works Team candidate as a senior. 14th Season at Nebraska (264-153) • A two-time preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice (2014, 2015), Theriot was an honorable-mention 26th Season Overall (460-293) AP All-American as a sophomore in 2014, after leading the Big Red to their first Big Ten Tournament title Southern Jaguars as the MVP. She was a first-team All-Big Ten pick in 2014, and a Big Ten All-Freshman pick as a starter on (2-1, 0-0 SWAC) Nebraska’s 2013 NCAA Sweet 16 team. No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG • Theriot set the Nebraska single-season record with 234 assists as a sophomore in 2013-14. She needs 22 Briana Green 5-11 So. F 6.7 6.0 239 assists to match All-American Lindsey Moore’s school career record (699, 2010-13). 32 Miaya Crowder 6-0 Jr. P 8.7 5.7 • Theriot averaged 16.5 ppg as a junior, and is ranked No. 27 in career points at Nebraska with 1,050. 4 Skylar O’Bear 5-7 Fr. G 11.0 1.3 23 Kadesha Berry 5-7 Jr. G 2.0 2.7 She needs 19 points to catch Kate Galligan (1,069, 1993-96) at No. 26 on NU’s all-time list. 40 Cortnei Purnell 6-0 Jr. G 9.3 6.0 • Nebraska’s most experienced player, Theriot will be making her 86th start in a Husker uniform. Off the Bench 5 Jadea Brundidge 6-2 Sr. P 8.0 5.3 #4, Kyndal Clark, 5-7, Sr., G, Webb City, Mo. (4.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.7 spg) 11 Rishanti Cowart 5-10 Fr. G 2.7 1.0 • The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year as a junior, Clark was a two-time all-conference 33 Kenidi Robinson 5-11 Sr. P 2.3 1.7 player at Drake (2013, 2014). She was also an MVC All-Defensive choice as a sophomore in 2013, after 20 Danayea Charles 5-6 Fr. G 1.7 2.7 10 Ashley Williams 5-9 Sr. G 0.7 3.0 earning a spot on the Valley All-Freshman Team in 2012. 15 Deja Clay 6-2 Jr. P 0.7 0.0 • Clark was a member of the 2015 WBCA Allstate Good Works Team. 12 Courtney Parsons 5-7 Fr. G 0.3 1.7 • Clark suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first game of her senior season at Drake (vs. South 24 Sarai Blissett 6-1 Fr. P 0.0 0.7 Dakota, Nov. 14, 2014). She graduated from Drake in May of 2015, after majoring in information systems. 1 Tashi-ana Thompson 5-8 Jr. G 0.0 1.0 Head Coach: Sandy Pugh (Northwestern State, 1987) • Clark is expected to make her 102nd collegiate start on Monday. She produced double figures for 16th Season at Southern (258-185) the first time in her Husker career against North Florida last Monday with 10 points, four rebounds and 16th Season Overall (258-185) three assists. She owns 73 career double-figure scoring performances, including 24 20-point games and Husker Nuggets four career 30-point efforts with a career-high of 41. • Southern returns to Pinnacle Bank Arena for the • She scored 1,418 points and hit 222 three-pointers in her three seasons plus one game at Drake. second time in three seasons on Monday. The Jaguars She averaged 19.3 points per game and set the Missouri Valley Conference single-season record with 116 played the fourth regular-season women’s basketball threes in 2013-14. game in history at the arena on Nov. 24, 2013, falling to the Huskers 87-64. #5, Natalie Romeo, 5-7, So., G, Martinez, Calif. (16.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 4.3 apg, 2.0 spg) • Former Jaguar Kendra Coleman shares the Pinnacle • Romeo produced the best season-opening performance in school history with 30 points while going Bank Arena three-point record with former Husker 6-of-9 from three-point range in the win over Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. Romeo’s career high came Tear’a Laudermill. Coleman hit seven threes and scored 30 points against the Big Red. despite missing multiple practices during the week due to illness, which also kept her out of the starting five in the opener. • Nebraska set a season ticket sales record by reaching the 4,000 mark for the first time in school • Through three games this season, Romeo has set new career highs for points (30, UAPB), assists (6, history this week. The Huskers have sold 4,011 NCCU), and steals (3, NCCU). She needs just 21 more assists (34) and 11 more steals (17) to match her women’s basketball season tickets. season totals from a year ago. • Jessica Shepard needs 29 points to become the • Romeo started Nebraska’s final 10 games of 2014-15 in place of the injured Rachel Theriot. Over the first Husker freshman in history to reach 100 points final eight games, she led the Big Red with 15.4 points per game. She is expected to make her 15th career in just four games. No other Husker freshman has start on Monday against Southern. ever scored 100 in fewer than six games. • Romeo finished with 51 three-pointers in 2014-15 to produce the second-highest total by a freshman • Shepard’s next double-double will tie for fifth on in Nebraska history, trailing only school-record holder Jordan Hooper (67, 2010-11). Romeo achieved her the Husker freshman list with four. Only one Husker (Debra Powell, 1981-82) has ever produced more total despite going 3-for-9 in non-conference play while missing eight games with an injury (stress fracture, than five double-doubles as a freshman. foot, Nov. 28-Dec. 29, 2014). • Shepard produced 24 points and 13 rebounds in • Romeo led Nebraska by averaging 20.0 points in a pair of Big Ten Tournament games, including a the opener to become the first Husker freshman in season-high 26 points in a win over Illinois March 5. She tied a school record with seven threes against history to record a double-double in the first game the Illini to set Nebraska’s all-time conference tournament record. She also tied the Nebraska NCAA of her career. Tournament record with five three-pointers in a 72-69 loss to Syracuse on March 20, 2015. She finished • Natalie Romeo’s career-high 30-point effort against with 15 points against the Orange. Arkansas Pine Bluff marked the highest point total by a Husker in an opener in school history. #32, Jessica Shepard, 6-4, Fr., F, Fremont, Neb. (23.7 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.7 spg) • Shepard produced the best career-opening performance by a freshman in school history, powering her way to 24 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three steals in 23 minutes against Arkansas Pine HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 3

Bluff on Nov. 14. Nebraska’s previous season-opening bests by a freshman were 19 points (Debra Powell, 1981) and eight rebounds (Angie Miller, 1983; Terri Parriott, 1981). Shepard’s double-double was the Inside the Roster first in history by a Husker freshman in an opener. She added a career-high 27 points to go along with 10 rebounds in game two against North Florida Nov. 16 and 20 points and 10 boards against North Carolina Husker pronunciation guide Central Nov. 21. She is the first Husker freshman in history with three straight 20-point games and three Jasmine Cincore...... SIN-core consecutive double-doubles to open a career. Allie Havers...... HAY-vers • Shepard needs 29 points against Southern in her fourth game to reach the 100-point mark faster Anya Kalenta...... AWN-yuh than any Husker in history. No other Husker has achieved 100 points in fewer than six games. Shepard Alicia Ostrander...... OH-strand-er also needs just four assists to match the freshman total (10) of Jordan Hooper, who earned Big 12 All- Esther Ramacieri...... RAH-muh-Cherry Rachel Theriot...... TERRY-oh Freshman honors in 2010-11 before claiming first-team All-America accolades in 2013-14. Darrien Washington...... DERRY-in • The top recruit in Nebraska history, Shepard was the No. 1 ranked post and No. 3 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN last season. A first-team Parade All-American as a senior despite missing nearly all of Husker homes her final year (ACL tear, Dec. 29, 2014), Shepard was the 2013 and 2014 Nebraska High School Player of The 13 members of the 2015-16 Husker women's the Year. basketball team came to Nebraska from seven U.S. • Shepard averaged 12.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while helping the USA Basketball U18 Team to a 5-0 states and two foreign countries (Canada, Belarus). record and a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championship. California (2): Natalie Romeo, Darrien Washington • Shepard produced the best exhibition game by a Husker in history with 42 points and 12 rebounds in Kansas (2): Rachel Blackburn, Emily Wood Michigan (1): Allie Havers 25 minutes against NCAA Division II No. 16 Winona State on Nov. 8. Her production came against former Missouri (1): Kyndal Clark Iowa post Kayla Timmerman, a 6-3 center. Shepard hit 16-of-19 shots and all 10 of her free throws. Nebraska (3): Alicia Ostrander, Jessica Shepard, Maddie Simon #43, Rachel Blackburn, 6-3, Fr., F, Leavenworth, Kan. (6.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.3 apg) Ohio (1): Rachel Theriot • The No. 63 player in the nation by Blue Star and No. 69 by Prospects Nation, Blackburn was ranked Tennessee (1): Jasmine Cincore as the No. 17 post in the country by ESPN coming out of high school last year. Belarus (1): Anya Kalenta • A hard-working, team-first power forward that has tendencies in her game similar to Kelsey Griffin Canada [Quebec] (1): Esther Ramacieri and Emily Cady (both had more than 1,400 points and 1,000 rebounds in four-year careers as starters), Blackburn earned a start alongside fellow freshmen Jessica Shepard and Maddie Simon in the season- Huskers by Class Seniors (4): Kyndal Clark, Anya Kalenta, opening win over Arkansas Pine Bluff. Alicia Ostrander, Rachel Theriot • Blackburn has just missed double-doubles in the last two games with eight points, 10 rebounds and Juniors (2): Allie Havers, Esther Ramacieri three assists in a win over North Florida Nov. 16, before adding nine points, nine rebounds and three Sophomores (3): Jasmine Cincore, Natalie Romeo, assists against North Carolina Central Nov. 21. Blackburn is hitting a team-best 69.2 percent of her shots Emily Wood from the field. Redshirt Freshman (1): Darrien Washington Freshmen (3): Rachel Blackburn, Jessica Shepard, • Blackburn averaged 5.5 points and 8.0 rebounds while starting both of NU’s exhibition wins. She Maddie Simon averaged 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in 23.5 minutes per game in Nebraska’s four-game tour of Australia in August of 2015. She led the Huskers by shooting 65 percent from the field. Huskers by major • Blackburn led Leavenworth High School to back-to-back Kansas Class 5A state titles in 2014 and 2015. Broadcasting:Jasmine Cincore, Allie Havers She set the Leavenworth High School record with a career 67.5 percentage. Business Administration: Esther Ramacieri Chemistry: Anya Kalenta Child, Youth & Family Studies: Rachel Theriot Scouting The Southern Jaguars Criminology & Criminal Justice: Natalie Romeo Coach Sandy Pugh brings the Southern Jaguars to Pinnacle Bank Arena for the second time in the last Management: Emily Wood three seasons on Monday. The Jaguars, who opened this season with a 65-46 win over Spring Hill College Political Science:Alicia Ostrander on Nov. 13, before falling at Texas A&M, 88-47, on Nov. 15, improved to 2-1 with a 50-45 victory over Survey Research & Methodology (Graduate): South Alabama in Baton Rouge, La., on Friday night. Kyndal Clark Southern played the fourth regular-season women’s basketball game in history at Pinnacle Bank Arena Undeclared: Rachel Blackburn, Jessica Shepard, Maddie Simon, Darrien Washington on Nov. 24, 2013, dropping an 87-64 decision to a Big Red squad that went on to win the 2014 Big Ten Tournament title and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Nebraska led that game just 38-32 at the half, before All-American Jordan Hooper powered the Huskers to victory. Hooper finished with 23 points and eight rebounds, while Emily Cady added 18 points and 14 boards. Rachel Theriot pitched in 13 points and eight assists. 2015-16 Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 4 Kyndal Clark G 5-7 RSr. Webb City, Mo. (Webb City/Drake) 2014 MVC Player of the Year; MVC-record 116 3FG (2013-14); 10 pts vs. UNF 5 Natalie Romeo* G 5-7 So. Martinez, Calif. (Carondelet) Career-high 30 points vs. UAPB most ever scored by a Husker in a season opener 11 Esther Ramacieri** G 5-8 Jr. Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (Dawson) Fourth Canadian to play for Huskers under Coach Yori; 1st career FG vs. NCCU 12 Emily Wood* G 5-5 So. Salina, Kan. (Salina Central) 2015 Nebraska Teammate Award; Walk-on earned scholarship in 14-15; 2 3FG vs. UNF 22 Allie Havers** C 6-5 Jr. Mattawan, Mich. (Mattawan) Career-high 17 pts vs. #19 Michigan St. (3/8/14); 13 pts vs. Illinois (3/5/15) 24 Maddie Simon G 6-2 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS Player of the Year; 1 of 3 true freshmen to start in opener 31 Anya Kalenta* F 6-3 Sr. Minsk, Belarus (Vincennes/General Secondary #21) 2014 NJCAA 3rd Team All-American; Strong 2015 offseason; 10 pts, 8 reb vs. UNF 32 Jessica Shepard F 6-4 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) No. 1 post recruit in nation; Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 16) 33 Rachel Theriot** G 6-0 Jr. Middleburg Heights, Ohio (Midpark) 2014 AP HM All-American; 1st Team All-Big Ten; Big Ten Tournament MVP 34 Jasmine Cincore* G 5-10 Fr. Arlington, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian) 2-Time Tennessee Class 2A POY; Strong 2015 offseason; 7 pts, 4 steals vs. UNF 43 Rachel Blackburn F 6-3 Fr. Leavenworth, Kan. (Leavenworth) Outstanding offseason; Starts alongside freshman Shepard inside; 6.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg 50 Darrien Washington F 6-2 RFr. Oakland, Calif. (Skyline) Solid redshirt year in 2014-15; 4.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 7.0 mpg in 2015-16 * denotes letters earned Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986), 460-293 (26th season overall) 265-153 (14th season at Nebraska) - 2010 Big 12 & National Coach of the Year - 2013 & 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year Assistant Coaches: Britney Brown, First Season (Oklahoma, 2007); Ashley Ford, First Season (Nebraska, 2009); Amy Stephens, Second Season (Nebraska, 1989) Director of Operations: Dayna Finch, First Season (Creighton, 2004); Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, First Season (Rutgers, 2008) Graduate Assistant Manager: Meghin Williams, Second Season (Nebraska, 2014); Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Rusty Ruffcorn, 10th Season (Nebraska-Omaha, 2004) Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Julie Tuttle, Fifth Season (Creighton, 1991) 4 2015-16 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Southern’s Kendra Coleman led all scorers in that game with 30 points, including 7-of-12 three-point Connie Yori shooting. Coleman still shares the women’s basketball arena record with her seven threes, matching Tear’a (Creighton, 1986) Laudermill’s seven in a win over Penn State on Feb. 24, 2014. (265-153, 14th Season at NU) Coleman ended her career with SU last season by leading the Jaguars to a 19-12 overall record that (460-293, 26th Season Overall) included a 15-3 SWAC record and a second place conference finish. Kay Yow Award (2010) The only Jaguar starter remaining from the 2013-14 team is junior Cortnei Purnell, who played 17 Naismith Coach of the Year (2010) USBWA Coach of the Year (2010) minutes and grabbed five rebounds but was held scoreless by the Huskers two seasons ago. AP National Coach of the Year (2010) The 6-0 junior guard averaged 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season, and has increased WBCA National Coach of the Year (2010) her averages to 9.3 points and 6.0 rebounds through three games as a starter this year. Purnell scored 16 Big Ten Coach of the Year (2013, 2014) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2010) points and grabbed four rebounds in the loss to Texas A&M. Missouri Valley Coach of the Year (2002) Senior Britney Washington, who came off the bench to score nine points against the Big Red two NCAA Division III years ago, and fellow senior Jadea Brundidge were the only current Jaguars who saw action against NU Season School Won Lost Pct. in 2013-14. Washington has not played yet this season, but Brundidge has been SU’s top contributor off 1990-91 Loras College 10 15 .400 1991-92 Loras College 15 10 .600 the bench, averaging 8.0 points and 5.3 rebounds. Brundidge had seven points, seven rebounds and two Totals 2 seasons 25 25 .500 assists against the Aggies, and eight points, seven rebounds and three blocks against South Alabama. NCAA Division I Freshman Skylar O’Bear, a 5-7 guard from White Castle, La., leads Southern with 11.0 points per game. 1992-93 Creighton 20 8 .714 She also leads SU with six three-pointers, including a trio against South Alabama. She had 10 points and 1993-94 Creighton 24 7 .774 1994-95 Creighton 18 9 .667 hit two threes before fouling out in the loss to A&M. 1995-96 Creighton 15 13 .536 Junior post Miaya Crowder has added 8.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in her first season at Southern after 1996-97 Creighton 8 19 .296 transferring from Meridian Community College. The 6-0 Crowder had nine points, five rebounds, two 1997-98 Creighton 16 12 .571 1998-99 Creighton 16 14 .533 assists and two steals in just 17 minutes against A&M. 1999-00 Creighton 12 15 .444 Another junior college transfer, junior guard Kadesha Berry, has managed 2.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.0 2000-01 Creighton 17 11 .607 assists and 1.3 steals while starting all three games alongside fellow first-year players O’Bear and Crowder. 2001-02 Creighton 24 7 .774 2002-03 Nebraska 8 20 .286 Sophomore Briana Green, a 5-11 forward, rounds out the Southern starting five with 6.7 points, 6.0 2003-04 Nebraska 18 12 .600 rebounds and a team-best 2.3 steals per game. 2004-05 Nebraska 18 14 .563 2005-06 Nebraska 19 13 .594 Rishonti Cowart (2.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg), Danayea Charles (1.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg) and Kenidi Robinson (2.3 ppg, 2006-07 Nebraska 22 10 .688 1.7 rpg) add to a Southern roster that has seen 14 players compete in all three games this season. 2007-08 Nebraska 21 12 .636 2008-09 Nebraska 15 16 .484 2009-10 Nebraska 32 2 .941 Huskers Have History of Home-Opening Success 2010-11 Nebraska 13 18 .419 Nebraska owns a history of season-opening success on the Huskers’ 2011-12 Nebraska 24 9 .727 Big Red Success 2012-13 Nebraska 25 9 .735 homecourt. NU notched its 40th season-opening win with a 96-46 victory over 2013-14 Nebraska 26 7 .788 Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. NU is 3-0 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in season Home Games (1-6) 2014-15 Nebraska 21 11 .656 Game No. Record 2015-16 Nebraska 3 0 1.000 openers, including a 100-65 victory over Pepperdine on Nov. 15, 2014, and a Div. I Totals 24th season 435 268 .619 77-49 win over UCLA in the first regular-season basketball game in the history Game 1 40-2 Overall 26th season 460 293 .611 of the building on Nov. 8, 2013. Game 2 36-6 Nebraska’s last loss in a home opener came to South Dakota State on Nov. Game 3 34-8 Game 4 35-6 Yori in the Postseason 19, 2005. NU’s only other home-opening loss was to Kansas (88-56) on Nov. Year (Tournament) Results Game 5 36-5 21, 1980. 2015 (NCAA) L, vs. Syracuse, 69-72 Game 6 33-7 2014 (NCAA) L, vs. BYU, 76-80 Nebraska has been strong in its first six home games every season. In fact, W, vs. Fresno State, 74-55 NU is 214-34 in the past 42 years in its first six home contests (.863), including 2013 (NCAA) L, vs. Duke, 45-53 W, at Texas A&M, 74-63 36-6 in Game No. 2. The Huskers have won 16 straight in their second home games of the year. Nebraska W, Chattanooga, 73-59 is 34-8 in Game No. 3, 35-6 in Game No. 4, 36-5 in Game No. 5 and 33-7 in Game 6. The Huskers only 2012 (NCAA) L, Kansas, 49-57 played five total home games in their first season in 1974-75. 2010 (NCAA) L, Kentucky, 67-76 W, UCLA, 83-70 W, Northern Iowa, 83-44 2009 (WNIT) L, at New Mexico, 43-54 Setting the stage for Shepard 2008 (NCAA) L, at Maryland, 64-76 Nebraska’s record book could be under assault this season from freshman Jessica Shepard. Here’s a W, Xavier, 61-58 2007 (NCAA) L, Temple, 61-64 few of the most vulnerable records: 2006 (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, 63-77 Freshman Game Records W, at Wyoming, 72-67 Points, Game: 34, Debra Powell at Notre Dame, Feb. 25, 1982 (98-88, 2OT) W, Drake, 62-59 2005 (WNIT) L, Iowa, 67-71 Points, Game (Regulation): 31, Jordan Hooper, at Missouri, Feb. 2, 2011 W, Marquette, 66-57 Kelsey Griffin, vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Nov. 27, 2005 (Miami) 2004 (WNIT) L, Oregon State, 67-75 W, Drake, 73-60 Rebounds, Game: 22, Angie Miller, UMKC, Dec. 7, 1983 2002 (NCAA) L, Fla. International, 58-73 Points, Season Opener: 24, Jessica Shepard, vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, Nov. 14, 2015 1999 (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, 60-71 Rebounds, Season Opener: 13, Jessica Shepard, vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, Nov. 14, 2015 1994 (NCAA) W, Bowling Green, 84-73 L, Texas Tech, 65-75 Double-Double, Season Opener: 24 points, 13 rebounds vs. UAPB, Nov. 14, 2015 (first in NU history) Freshman Season Records Noting Coach Yori Total Points: 461, Debra Powell (1981-82) l Winningest Coach in Nebraska history Points Per Game: 15.4, Debra Powell (1981-82) l Led NU to 11 postseason bids (2004-2010, 2012-15) Total Rebounds: 277, Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80) l 14 all-time postseason tournament appearances l Nine NCAA Tournament appearances Rebounds Per Game: 7.6, Debra Powell (1981-82) l Led NU to Two NCAA Sweet Sixteens (2010, 2013) Double-Doubles: 9, Debra Powell (1981-82) l Led Huskers to school-record 32 wins (2010) Fastest to 100 Points: 6 games; Jordan Hooper (2010-11); Debra Powell (1981-82) l Led Nebraska to seven 20-win seasons (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Field Goals Made: 201, Darcy Williamson (1975-76) l Led NU to an average of 21.2 wins past 12 seasons Field Goal Percentage: .582 (78-134), Charlie Rogers (1996-97) l Coached Huskers to 12 first-team all-conference Free Throws Made: 121, Kelsey Griffin (2005-06) awards over past 12 seasons l Huskers earned Nebraska Life Skills Team Awards (2004, 2006) for being most committed NU team to all areas of life skills and community involvement HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 5

Second Track of Shepard Even Better than First After producing the best exhibition effort by a freshman in school history with 29 points and 12 rebounds in just 17 minutes against Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 1, Jessica Shepard wasted no time improving. Nebraska In her second appearance in a Husker uniform, the high school All-American exploded for 42 points and 2015-16 Quick Facts 12 boards in 25 minutes against Winona State on Nov. 8. She went 16-for-19 from the floor and 10-for-10 Institution...... University of Nebraska. at the line for the best performance by any Husker, regardless of class, in exhibition play. Location...... Lincoln, Neb. In two exhibition games, Shepard averaged 35.5 points and 12 rebounds in 21 minutes per game, while Population...... 268,738 shooting 71.1 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free throw line. Enrollment...... 25,260 Founded...... 1869 Only first-team All-Americans Kelsey Griffin (2010) and Jordan Hooper (2014) produced comparable Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers single-game exhibition totals in their careers. Griffin put up 35 points on 14-of-16 shooting from the field Colors...... Scarlet and Cream while adding 13 rebounds in 22 minutes of action in a win over UNK in 2006. Home Arena...... Pinnacle Bank Arena Hooper erupted for 32 points and nine rebounds in an exhibition win over UNK in 2012, but Hooper’s Capacity...... 15,000 production came in 32 minutes of work. Hooper scored at least 20 points in seven of her eight career Conference...... Big Ten Director of Athletics...... Shawn Eichorst exhibition games. Griffin’s 35-point effort against UNK marked the only time in her career that she scored 2015-16 Overall Record...... 3-0 20 points in an exhibition game for the Huskers. 2014-15 Overall Record...... 21-11 Since 2004-05, the only Huskers to score 24 or more points in an exhibition game were first-team all- Home Record...... 13-3 conference players (Kiera Hardy, 26 vs. UNK, 2004; 27 vs. UNO, 2005; Yvonne Turner, 28 vs. UNK, 2008; Away Record...... 7-6 Neutral Record...... 1-1 Rachel Theriot, 24 vs. UNK, 2015). Big Ten Record...... 10-8 Head Coach...... Connie Yori Alma Mater/Year...... Creighton/1986 Best of the Fresh: Big Red Freshman Classes Record at Nebraska...... 265-153 (14th season) Nebraska’s four-player freshman class of Jessica Shepard, Rachel Blackburn, Career Record...... 460-293 (25th season) Maddie Simon and Darrien Washington could be poised to be the most NU’s Best Frosh NCAA Div. I Record...... 435-268 (23rd season) productive in school history. The quartet combined for 38 points and 26 Under Yori Home Record...... 162-50 Big Ten Conference Record...... 44-22 rebounds in NU’s season-opening win, producing the third-most productive Season PPG, RPG Big Ten Home Record...... 23-10 performance by a freshman class in an opener in school history. The only 2015-16 39.3, 24.3 Big Ten Road Record...... 21-12 two other classes (1981-82, 1999-2000) with more points, each had seven 2011-12 26.5, 17.7 Big Ten Tournament Record...... 8-3 players in the class. 2003-04 19.5, 9.0 NCAA Tournament Record.....7-9 (6-7 Nebraska) The freshman combined for more against North Florida, joining forces for 2005-06 18.8, 11.0 Assistant Coaches:...... Britney Brown ...... Ashley Ford 46 points and 28 rebounds in just 66 minutes against the Ospreys. The rookies 2010-11 18.5, 8.5 2007-08 13.4, 5.8 ...... Amy Stephens combined for 37 points and 19 rebounds in just 55 combined minutes against Director of Operations...... Dayna Finch 2006-07 10.2, 4.8 North Carolina Central, as Washington sat out. Administrative Assistant...... Katie Adams Consider that Nebraska’s 2011-12 freshman class of Emily Cady, Brandi Graduate Assistant Manager...... Meghin Williams Strength Coach...... Rusty Ruffcorn Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill and Hailie Sample led the Big Ten by a significant margin with 26.5 points and Athletic Trainer...... Julie Tuttle 17.7 rebounds per game in their first seasons, before going on to be the most successful class in school Basketball Office Phone...... (402) 472-6462 history with four straight NCAA Tournament bids. Basketball Office Fax...... (402) 472-0849 That group, which also included redshirt freshman Katie Simon, is the only freshman class at Nebraska Women’s Basketball Contact...... Jeff Griesch under Coach Connie Yori to average 20 points and 15 rebounds per game. In fact, the only other freshman Communications Office Phone...... (402) 472-2263 Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 class to combine to average a double-double was the 2005-06 group featuring first-team All-American Griesch’s Cell Phone...... (402) 540-0279 Kelsey Griffin, which managed 18.8 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. The 2003-04 class averaged 19.5 Griesch’s Home Phone...... (402) 328-8992 points and 9.0 rebounds, while featuring three-time first-team All-Big 12 shooting guard Kiera Hardy and Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] future Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry. Communications Fax...... (402) 472-2005 Best Time to Contact Yori...... Through Griesch Starters Returning/Lost...... 2/4 2015 Seniors Leave Big Shoes to Fill Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 7/5 Nebraska’s seven returning letterwinners and six newcomers will look to overcome significant losses Returning All-American (1)...... Rachel Theriot (HM, Associated Press, 2014) in all areas of production in 2015-16 following the departures of the Huskers’ four senior starters. Returning All-Big Ten Player (1)...... The four seniors (Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill, Hailie Sample) accounted for 61.9 Rachel Theriot (2nd Team, 2015; 1st Team, 2014; percent of Nebraska’s points (1,330 of 2,148) in 2014-15. They also pulled down 66.2 percent (869 of Big Ten Tourney MVP, 2014; All-Freshman, 2013) 1,313) of NU’s rebounds on the year, while accumulating 61.7 percent of the Big Red’s assists. The 2015 Returning Starters (2, 2014-15 Stats)...... Rachel Theriot, Sr., G (16.5, 4.2 rpg, 5.2 apg) seniors amassed 72.2 percent (138 of 191) of Nebraska’s 2014-15 steals and 63.3 percent (57 of 90) of Natalie Romeo, So., G (9.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg) NU’s blocks, while playing 63.3 percent (4,068 of 6,425) of the Huskers’ minutes in 2014-15. Starters Lost (4, 2014-15 Stats)...... Tear’a Laudermill, G (13.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg) HM All-Big Ten, 2015; 2nd Team All-Big Ten, 2014 Pump up the program Emily Cady, F (12.7 ppg, 10.2 rpg) • Nebraska set a season ticket sales record with 4,011 season tickets sold as of Nov. 18, 2015. It marks 2nd Team All-Big Ten, 2014, 2015; the first time in school history the Huskers have sold 4,000 season tickets. HM All-Big Ten, 2012, 2013 • Nebraska earned its fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid and its seventh in the past nine seasons Brandi Jeffery, G (7.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg) Hailie Sample, F (7.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg) in 2015. NU is one of just 21 Division I teams to earn four consecutive NCAA Tournament bids. Big Ten All-Defensive, 2014 • The Huskers also have owned a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate every season they have Other Returning Letterwinners (5, 2014-15 Stats). been in the NCAA Tournament under Coach Connie Yori (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). Allie Havers, Jr., C (4.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg) • Nebraska Coach Connie Yori owns more wins (265) than any other women’s basketball coach in school Anya Kalenta, Sr., F (3.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg) history. She has averaged 20 victories per season in her first 13 seasons at the helm of the Huskers. Jasmine Cincore, So., G (1.3 ppg, 0.2 rpg) Emily Wood, So., G (0.2 ppg, 0.5 rpg) • The Huskers have produced seven 20-win seasons in the last nine years. Prior to Coach Connie Yori’s Esther Ramacieri, Jr., G (0.1 ppg, 0.5 rpg) arrival in Lincoln in 2002-03, Nebraska had nine 20-win seasons in the first 28 years of the program. 2015-16 Newcomers (6) • Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to record 10 or more league wins in each of the last four ...... Rachel Blackburn, 6-3, Fr., F/C years. The Huskers are the only team to post four straight winning Big Ten regular seasons (2012-15)...... Kyndal Clark, 5-7, RSr., G • The Huskers, who joined the Big Ten in 2011-12 for the start of the careers of its 2015 seniors, are ...... Alicia Ostrander, 6-3, RSr., F ...... Jessica Shepard, 6-4, Fr., F/C a Big Ten-best 44-22 in Big Ten regular-season play the last four years (tied with Iowa). The Big Red have ...... Maddie Simon, 6-2, Fr., G added a conference-best eight Big Ten Tournament wins for 52 total victories over Big Ten foes...... Darrien Washington, RFr., F

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• Nebraska has ranked No. 11 nationally in average home attendance in each of the Huskers’ first two Husker Career Highs seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena. NU has averaged more than 6,000 fans per game at the arena. Scoring • Every Husker on the roster has earned a spot on Nebraska’s Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in each Player (Game, Date) Points of the first two years of NU’s all-sports, community service recognition program. Rachel Theriot (vs. Minnesota, 1/16/14) 33 Natalie Romeo (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 30 Jessica Shepard (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 27 Allie Havers (vs. Michigan State, 3/8/14) 17 Whole New Ballgame: 2015-16 Rule Changes Anya Kalenta (vs. Pepperdine, 11/15/14) 14 NCAA Division I women’s college basketball will have a whole new look in 2015-16, with sweeping rule Kyndal Clark (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 10 Rachel Blackburn (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 9 changes that will create distinct differences from the men’s game, while more closely falling in line with Maddie Simon (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 8 both WNBA and international rules. Jasmine Cincore (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 7 New in 2015-16, NCAA Division I women’s basketball games: Darrien Washington (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 6 Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 6 • Games will feature four, 10-minute quarters, rather than two, 20-minute halves. Esther Ramacieri (vs. NC Central, 11/21/15; Fresno St., 3/22/14) 2 • A team will reach the bonus after five team fouls in each quarter. The fouls will reset each quarter. Rebounding • Once the team reaches the bonus (5 fouls, quarter), a common foul will result in two free throws Player (Game, Date) Rebounds (no more 1-and-1 in women’s basketball). Jessica Shepard (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 13 Rachel Blackburn (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 10 • Only one standard media timeout exists in each quarter, and will occur at the 5:00 mark or under in Allie Havers (vs. NC Central, 11/21/15; at Northwestern, 1/26/14) 10 each quarter, or whenever the first coach-called timeout of the quarter occurs. In the second half, Anya Kalenta (vs. UNF, 11/16/15; vs. Pepp., 11/15/14) 8 the first called timeout will become an extra media timeout. Rachel Theriot (at UCLA, 11/28/14) 8 Kyndal Clark (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 5 • When a timeout is charged to the offensive team in the final 59.9 seconds of the fourth quarter (and Natalie Romeo (at Maryland, 2/8/15) 5 any overtimes), the team has the option to advance the throw-in spot (as long as no attempt to Darrien Washington (vs. UNF, 11/16/15; vs. UAPB 11/14/15) 5 Jasmine Cincore (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 4 advance has occurred) to the 28-foot line in the front court on the scorer’s table side. Esther Ramacieri (vs. High Point, 12/20/14) 3 • The 10-second count in the backcourt shall reset on all stoppages of the game clock except when the Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 3 defense causes the ball to be out of bounds, the offense retains possession after a held ball, or there Emily Wood (vs. UNF, 11/16/14; vs. Bakersfield, 12/13/14) 2 is a technical foul assessed to the offensive team. Assists Player (Game, Date) Assists Rachel Theriot (vs. Minnesota, 3/7/14) 18 Natalie Romeo (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 6 Theriot Earns Preseason All-Big Ten Honor Anya Kalenta (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 4 Nebraska’s Rachel Theriot earned preseason All-Big Ten honors for the second straight year when the Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 4 conference announced its preseason awards on Oct. 14. Jasmine Cincore (Three Times, vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 3 Kyndal Clark (vs. UNF, 11/16/15; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 3 Theriot, a senior point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, was one of nine players to earn recognition Allie Havers (vs. NC Central, 11/21/15; vs. Mich. St., 3/8/14) 3 from both the coaches and media on their 10-player teams. Theriot, who was a first-team preseason All- Jessica Shepard (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 3 Big Ten choice in 2014-15, averaged 16.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists while starting Nebraska’s Rachel Blackburn (vs. NCCU, 11/21/15; vs. UNF, 11/16/15) 3 Esther Ramacieri (Three Times, vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 1 first 21 games a year ago. Theriot led the Huskers to a top-15 national ranking and a 17-4 record heading Maddie Simon (vs. NCCU, 11/21/15; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 1 into February, before suffering a season-ending ankle injury in practice on Feb. 3. Darrien Washington (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 1 Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 1 She was a second-team All-Big Ten choice a year ago despite missing the second half of the conference season. Steals Player (Game, Date) Steals Theriot, a preseason candidate for the Wade, Naismith and Wooden national player-of-the-year awards Rachel Theriot (vs. BYU, 3/24/14) 5 in 2014-15, was a first-team All-Big Ten selection as a sophomore for the Huskers in 2013-14. She led Jasmine Cincore (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 4 Nebraska to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after earning Big Ten Tournament MVP honors Natalie Romeo (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 3 Jessica Shepard (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 3 in 2014. She averaged 18.0 points and a Big Ten-record 10.0 assists while leading the Huskers to their Rachel Blackburn (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 2 first-ever conference tournament title in 2014. She was also an honorable-mention Associated Press All- Kyndal Clark (vs. NCCU, 11/21/15; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 2 Allie Havers (18 Times, vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 1 American after setting the Nebraska single-season record with 234 assists in 2013-14. Esther Ramacieri (vs. UNF, 11/16/15; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 1 Theriot is expected to be a national player-of-the-year candidate again in 2015-16, while also being a Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 1 candidate for CoSIDA Academic All-America and Senior CLASS Award accolades. Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 1 Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year Kelsey Mitchell from Ohio State led the voting, while her backcourt Blocked Shots mate Ameryst Alston also earned a spot. Defending Big Ten champion and preseason favorite Maryland Player (Game, Date) Blocks Allie Havers (vs. Michigan State, 3/8/14) 3 added a pair of honorees with Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough. Michigan State’s Aerial Anya Kalenta (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 2 Powers, Northwestern’s Nia Coffey, Kahleah Copper from Rutgers and Minnesota’s were Rachel Theriot (vs. Purdue, 1/5/13) 2 Jasmine Cincore (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 1 all chosen to both teams. Banham was the 2014-15 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, before suffering Natalie Romeo (vs. NCCU, 11/21/15; Illinois, 3/5/15) 1 a season-ending knee injury early in her senior season with the Gophers. Jessica Shepard (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 1 Iowa’s Ally Disterhoft added recognition from the conference coaches, while Tori Jankoska earned a Maddie Simon (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 1 spot on the media’s preseason team. Minutes Played Player (Game, Date) Minutes Rachel Theriot 45 (at Iowa, 1/26/15; at Wis., 2/5/14; vs. Minn., 1/16/14) Shepard Claims Preseason Big Ten Freshman Honor Natalie Romeo (vs. Iowa, 3/6/15) 40 Nebraska’s Jessica Shepard was named the Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year for women’s Allie Havers (vs. Utah, 11/23/14) 29 Anya Kalenta (vs. Alcorn State, 11/16/14) 26 basketball in 2015-16 by College Sports Madness. Jessica Shepard (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 24 Shepard, a 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., is the highest ranked recruit in Nebraska history and Rachel Blackburn (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 22 arguably the best high school player the state has ever produced, Shepard competed on the gold-medal Kyndal Clark (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 21 Jasmine Cincore (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 20 winning USA Basketball team at the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championships. She was the No. 3 overall Maddie Simon (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 18 recruit in the freshman class of 2015-16, according to ESPN. Esther Ramacieri (vs. High Point, 12/20/14) 13 Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 10 A two-time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2013, 2014) and four-time first-team Super-State Darrien Washington (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 8 (Lincoln Journal Star) and All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) selection, Shepard missed most of her Three-Pointers Made senior season after suffering an ACL tear on Dec. 29, 2014. Player (Game, Date) 3FG Made A Naismith Trophy Preseason National High School Player-of-the-Year candidate, Shepard earned first- Natalie Romeo (vs. Illinois, 3/5/15) 7 team Parade All-America honors in 2015. In nine games as a senior, Shepard averaged 33.0 points and Rachel Theriot (at Purdue, 3/2/14) 4 Anya Kalenta (vs. Alcorn State, 11/16/14) 2 14.3 rebounds. She scored 132 points in four games at the Nike Tournament of Champions, including 36 Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 2 against national power Long Beach Poly. Jasmine Cincore (vs. NCCU, 11/21/15; vs. UNF, 11/16/15) 1 Kyndal Clark (vs. NCCU, 11/21/15; vs. UNF, 11/16/15) 1 As a high school senior, she shot 71 percent from the field, including 41 percent from three-point Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 1 range. Despite missing most of her senior season, Shepard finished fourth in Nebraska high school history with 2,227 career points, which was the Class A (largest) all-time record. She also finished No. 15 in state HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 7 history with 1,031 rebounds, just 16 shy of the Nebraska Class A career record. As a junior in 2013-14, Shepard averaged a Class A state record 30.4 points per game to go along with Huskers By the Numbers 15.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists in leading Fremont to a 22-4 record and a state tournament berth for Coach NU leads after 1st quarter 3-0 Tony Weinandt. Her performances included four 40-point games, including a career-high 46. NU trails after 1st quarter 0-0 NU tied after 1st quarter 0-0 NU leads at the half 3-0 Romeo ReturnS: Soph Shoots for Super Season NU trails at the half 0-0 Sophomore Natalie Romeo produced the best scoring effort by a Husker in a season opener in school NU is tied at the half 0-0 history with 30 points in 26 minutes off the bench in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. NU leads after 3rd quarter 3-0 NU trails after 3rd quarter 0-0 She hit 11-of-18 shots from the floor, including 6-of-9 threes, to produce her first career 30-point game NU tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 and the first 30-point performance in an opener in 42 seasons. Big production is nothing new to Romeo, even though she has only started 14 career games. Over NU attempts more FG than opponent 3-0 Nebraska’s final eight games of 2014-15, Romeo led the Huskers in scoring with 15.4 points per game. NU attempts fewer FG than opponent 0-0 NU attempts same number of FG as opponent 0-0 The 5-7 guard from Martinez, Calif., added 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 per game in a team-best 35.8 minutes per contest down the stretch in her freshman campaign. She also hit 39.7 percent (31-78) NU makes more FG than opponent 3-0 of her threes while averaging 3.9 threes per game. NU makes fewer FG than opponent 0-0 During the summer of 2015, Romeo averaged a team-best 19.8 points per game, while adding 4.3 NU makes same number of FG as opponent 0-0 rebounds and 3.5 assists during Nebraska’s four-game tour of Australia (Aug. 1-12). NU has better FG Pct. than opponent 3-0 In her first season as a Husker, Romeo averaged 9.0 points and 2.5 rebounds over 24 games. She missed NU has worse FG Pct. than opponent 0-0 eight games in mid-season with a stress reaction in her foot (Nov. 28-Dec. 29). NU shoots 50 percent or better from field 2-0 Romeo started Nebraska’s final 10 games in place of the injured Rachel Theriot. In 12 games as a NU shoots less than 50 percent from field 1-0 starter in 2014-15, Romeo averaged 13.7 points per game, while adding 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists. NU shoots 40 percent or better from field 3-0 She produced double figures in seven of her starts, including each of Nebraska’s final three games. NU shoots less than 40 percent from field 0-0 She erupted for a season-high 26 points with a school-record-tying seven three-pointers in a Big Ten Tournament win over Illinois March 5. She added 21-point efforts in wins over Wisconsin (Feb. 15) and NU shoots more FT than opponent 2-0 Minnesota (Feb. 24). She hit six threes against Penn State (Jan. 15) and Minnesota (Feb. 24). NU shoots fewer FT than opponent 1-0 Romeo tied a school record and smashed the Nebraska conference tournament record with seven NU shoots same number of FT as opponent 0-0 threes against the Fighting Illini. She hit seven of her first nine attempts in the first 24 minutes of the game NU makes more FT than opponent 2-0 against the Illini. The previous NU conference tournament record was four, which had been accomplished NU makes fewer FT than opponent 1-0 four times (Jordan Hooper, Lindsey Moore, Amanda Went, Amy Stephens). NU makes same number of FT as opponent 0-0 Romeo added four threes against Iowa at the Big Ten Tournament on March 6. Her 11 threes match NU has more total rebounds than opponent 3-0 Nebraska’s career Big Ten Tournament record. She is 11-for-22 in two career games. NU has fewer total rebounds than opponent 0-0 Romeo tied Nebraska’s single-game NCAA Tournament record with five threes against Syracuse on NU has same number of total rebounds as opp. 0-0 March 20. NU has more offensive rebounds than opponent 3-0 NU has fewer offensive rebounds than opponent 0-0 Clark Fires Way into Starting Five NU has same number of off. rbs. as opponent 0-0 Kyndal Clark has exceeded Nebraska’s expectations since arriving on campus in June. The transfer from NU has more assists than opponent 3-0 Drake who earned her bachelor’s degree from the Des Moines, Iowa, school before joining the Huskers NU has fewer assists than opponent 0-0 NU has same number of assists as opponent 0-0 for a fifth season of eligibility, came to Nebraska in the middle of a long rehab from surgery after suffering a microfracture of her kneecap in the first game of her senior season at Drake on Nov. 14, 2014. NU has more turnovers than opponent 0-0 Unable to run when she first arrived at the Hendricks Training Complex, Clark has excelled in August, NU has fewer turnovers than opponent 3-0 September and October, earning a spot in Nebraska’s starting five each time the Huskers have taken the NU has same number of turnovers as opponent 0-0 floor this season. She is averaging 4.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals. She produced her NU has more steals than opponent 3-0 first double-figure scoring night as a Husker with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists in a win over NU has fewer steals than opponent 0-0 North Florida on Nov. 16. It marked the 100th collegiate start of her career. NU has same number of steals as opponent 0-0 As a collegian, Clark owns 73 double-figure scoring efforts, including 24 20-point efforts at Drake. She NU has more blocked shots than opponent 2-0 scored 30 or more on four occasions for the Bulldogs, including a career-high 41 points against Northern NU has fewer blocked shots than opponent 1-0 Iowa on March 2, 2014. NU has same number of blocks as opponent 0-0 One of the best shooters in Nebraska history the day she set foot on campus, Clark knocked down NU commits more fouls than opponent 1-0 222 threes in 98 career starts at Drake, finishing with 1,418 points. She was the 2014 Missouri Valley NU commits fewer fouls than opponent 2-0 Conference Player of the Year, a two-time All-MVC selection, a member of the MVC All-Defensive Team NU commits same number of fouls as opponent 0-0 (2013), and she was honored on the 2012 MVC All-Freshman Team in her only season playing for current Games are decided by 20 or more points 3-0 Nebraska assistant coach Amy Stephens at Drake. Games are decided by 10 or more points 3-0 Since practice officially started in October, Clark has shown quick feet, excellent hands, and a high Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 0-0 basketball IQ. Coupled with her experience, her outstanding long-range shooting, and her team-first Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 0-0 approach at both ends of the court, Clark could join Rachel Theriot, Natalie Romeo, Maddie Simon, Jasmine Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 0-0 Cincore, Esther Ramacieri and Emily Wood in giving Nebraska a talented, versatile and deep backcourt. Overtime Games 0-0 Playing on Monday 1-0 Freshman Blackburn Earns Starts With Shepard Playing on Tuesday 0-0 Playing on Wednesday 0-0 The least heralded of Nebraska’s three freshmen in 2015-16, Kansas prep star Rachel Blackburn has Playing on Thursday 0-0 earned a starting role alongside fellow rookie post Jessica Shepard for the Big Red. Playing on Friday 0-0 Blackburn has just missed double-doubles in her past two games, beginning with an eight-point, Playing on Saturday 2-0 10- effort against North Florida on Nov. 16, when she also dished out three assists. She added Playing on Sunday 0-0 nine points, nine rebounds and three more assists in just 16 minutes against North Carolina Central on Playing in November 3-0 Saturday. She is averaging 6.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, while shooting a team-best Playing in December 0-0 69.2 percent from the field. Blackburn also earned starts in Nebraska’s exhibition wins over Nebraska- Playing in January 0-0 Kearney and Winona State. She performed well against UNK, producing 11 points and four rebounds in Playing in February 0-0 28 minutes, before adding 12 rebounds against Winona State. Playing in March 0-0 8 2015-16 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

She made the most of her opportunity inside this summer, averaging 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds Associated Press in just 23.5 minutes per game while shooting a team-best 65 percent from the field over four games in Top 25 Australia. (Monday, Nov. 16, 2015) Blackburn has continued to grow in practice the last three months, and provides Nebraska with a smart, 1-UConn (31) (0-0)...... 799 (1) tough, aggressive and team-first attitude on the court. 2-South Carolina (2-0)...... 760 (2) The 6-3 forward out of Leavenworth High School was ranked as the No. 63 player in the nation by Blue 3-Notre Dame (1-0)...... 716 (3) Star and No. 69 by ProspectsNation. ESPN ranked her as the No. 17 post in the country. 4-Tennessee (1-0)...... 713 (4) 5-Baylor (1-0)...... 676 (5) Blackburn averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds as a junior for the 2014 Class 5A state champions, while 6-Florida State (0-0)...... 583 (7) also leading the Sunflower League in the number of charges drawn. 7-Ohio State (0-1)...... 571 (6) Blackburn, who was a third-team Class 5A all-state selection as a senior, was an honorable-mention 8-Maryland (1-0)...... 562 (9) 9-Oregon State (1-0)...... 544 (10) Class 5A all-state pick by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association in both 2014 and 2015, helping 10-Mississippi State (1-0)...... 497 (11) Leavenworth to another state title in 2015. She also was one of five finalists for the 2015 DiRenna Award, 11-Texas (1-0)...... 481 (12) which honors the top player in the greater Kansas City area. 12-Texas A&M (2-0)...... 417 (13) 13-Kentucky (2-0)...... 373 (18) A talented athlete, Blackburn set the Leavenworth school record with a javelin throw of 125-7 as a 14-Duke (2-0)...... 366 (14) sophomore in 2013. She won the Sunflower League title and qualified for the state meet in the event. 15-Stanford (2-0)...... 348 (16) 16-Louisville (0-1)...... 344 (8) 17-Oklahoma (1-0)...... 265 (17) 18-Arizona State (0-1)...... 250 (15) Big Red Benefit from Summer Down Under 19-South Florida (2-0)...... 225 (20) Nebraska completed a 12-day Australian Tour (Aug. 1-12) that allowed the young Huskers to come 20-Northwestern (0-0)...... 211 (19) together as a team, experience a new culture and practice throughout the summer. 21-California (2-0)...... 168 (NR) 22-George Washington (1-0)...... 161 (21) The Big Red, who went 1-3 on the tour against a collection of Australian professional and semi- 23-Michigan State (1-0)...... 61 (24) professional teams, played without 2014 All-American Rachel Theriot, 2014 Missouri Valley Conference 24-Chattanooga (2-0)...... 57 (25) Player of the Year Kyndal Clark, and the No. 1 recruit in Nebraska history, Jessica Shepard, during the 25-Syracuse (1-0)...... 55 (23) Note: Nebraska 2015-16 opponents in italics. journey down under. All three made the trip but did not play while recovering from major injuries in NU Opponents Receiving Votes: 2014-15. 29-Rutgers (31); 30-Iowa (10) Despite missing three of its top offensive weapons, the Huskers still performed well overseas. Nebraska was led on the tour by sophomore Natalie Romeo. The 5-7 guard from Martinez, Calif., averaged 19.8 USA Today Coaches points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Top 25 Fellow sophomore guard Jasmine Cincore added a solid tour, averaging 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and (Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015) 2.3 assists per game, including a breakout 15-point, nine-rebound, four- effort in the win over Sydney 1-UConn (0-0) (32)...... 800 (1) on Aug. 10. 2-South Carolina (2-0)...... 758 (2) Freshman Rachel Blackburn provided big contributions for the Big Red as the team’s third-leading 3-Notre Dame (1-0)...... 738 (3) 4-Baylor (2-0)...... 674 (5) scorer and rebounder. The 6-3 forward from Leavenworth, Kan., averaged 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in 5-Tennessee (1-0)...... 670 (4) 23.5 minutes per game. 6-Maryland (1-0)...... 629 (6) 7-Oregon State (2-0)...... 577 (9) Allie Havers, a 6-5 junior center from Mattawan, Mich., added 7.0 points and a team-best 10.0 rebounds 8-Texas (1-0)...... 560 (11) per game, while 6-2 redshirt freshman forward Darrien Washington from Oakland, Calif., added 5.5 points 9-Duke (2-0)...... 478 (12) and a whopping 7.3 boards in just 17.3 minutes per contest. 10-Stanford (2-0)...... 471 (14) 11-Mississippi State (1-0)...... 425 (13) Maddie Simon, the 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year out of Lincoln Pius X, contributed 6.5 12-Texas A&M (2-0)...... 395 (16) points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist while playing nearly 30 minutes per game as the Huskers’ fifth-leading 13-Kentucky (2-0)...... 393 (17) scorer and rebounder on the trip. T14-Florida State (0-1)...... 370 (7) T14-Ohio State (0-2)...... 370 (10) Sophomore Emily Wood, a 5-5 former walk-on guard from Salina, Kan., added 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds 16-Louisville (0-1)...... 334 (8) and 2.0 assists while filling Theriot’s role in Nebraska’s starting backcourt. Senior Anya Kalenta, a 6-3 17-South Florida (2-0)...... 274 (19) forward from Minsk, Belarus, rounded out the Big Red contributors on the tour with 4.5 points and 3.5 18-Arizona State (0-1)...... 227 (15) 19-DePaul (2-0)...... 196 (22) rebounds in 15.6 minutes per contest off the bench. 20-George Washington (1-0)...... 182 (21) 21-California (2-0)...... 165 (NR) 22-Northwestern (1-0)...... 131 (24) Husker Health Continues to Improve 23-Iowa (2-0)...... 103 (23) The health of the Husker roster was on the upswing throughout the offseason, as long rehabilitations T24-Princeton (2-0)...... 82 (25) T24-Oklahoma (1-1)...... 82 (18) to Rachel Theriot (ankle surgery, Feb. 19), Kyndal Clark (knee surgery at Drake) and Jessica Shepard (ACL Note: Nebraska 2015-16 opponents in italics. tear, Dec. 29) allowed them to get back on the court. NU Opponents Receiving Votes: 26-Michigan State (63); 31-Nebraska (23); Theriot made steady progress and was 100 percent for the start of the regular season. Clark’s recovery T42-NC State (2); T46-Arkansas State (1) has been a pleasant surprise to Nebraska coaches. The 5-7 fifth-year senior out of Webb City, Mo., has shown impressive quickness and fitness, despite being kept from running for six months. Clark was at full Nebraska speed for the start of the regular season and started alongside Theriot in the backcourt. Week-by-Week Rankings Shepard’s recovery went a bit slower than hoped but the high school All-American from Fremont was Week AP USA Today cleared for 100 percent participation after practice on Monday, Oct. 26. Nov. 3/Oct. 28 NR RV (39th) Sophomore Jasmine Cincore, who was one of Nebraska’s top players this summer in Australia, after Nov. 16/17 NR RV (31st) battling foot injuries for much of her freshman season, was sidelined for several weeks in September and October by a stress reaction in her foot. Cincore returned to the court the week of Oct. 26, and competed in Nebraska’s second exhibition game against Winona State on Nov. 8. She has produced the two best games of her career with six points, four rebounds, three assists and a in 17 minutes against Arkansas Pine Bluff, before adding seven points, two rebounds, three assists and a career-high four steals in 20 minutes against North Florida on Nov. 16. Junior Esther Ramacieri also was sidelined for all of August and September with a knee injury before returning to action in late-October. Ramacieri returned in time to play nine minutes and record an assist in Nebraska’s regular-season opening win over Arkansas Pine Bluff. She added a steal in eight minutes against North Florida and her first career field goal against North Carolina Central. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 9

Big Red Add Cornhusker STate Flavor Nebraska welcomed the highest-ranked recruiting class in school history to Lincoln this summer, as Coach Connie Yori’s three-player class was ranked No. 8 nationally by ESPN. The class featured the highest profile recruit in Husker basketball history - two-time state Gatorade High School Player of the Year Jessica Shepard - and 2015 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year Maddie Simon. Shepard, who averaged 12.6 points and 3.8 rebounds to help the USA Basketball U18 National Team 2014-15 Final Big Ten Standings to a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championships, was ranked as the No. 3 overall player and Team Overall (Big Ten) the No. 1 post in the country by ESPN. The 2013 and 2014 Gatorade Nebraska Player of the Year, Shepard 1. Maryland 34-3 (18-0) was a three-time first-team All-Nebraska and Super-State selection. 2. Iowa 26-8 (14-4) In nine games as a senior, Shepard averaged 33.0 points and 14.3 rebounds. She scored 132 points in 3. Ohio State 24-11 (13-5) four games at the Nike Tournament of Champions in December, including 36 against national power Long 4. Northwestern 23-9 (12-6) Rutgers 23-10 (12-6) Beach Poly. The 6-4 forward hit 71 percent of her field goals and 41 percent of her threes in an injury- 6. Minnesota 23-10 (11-7) shortened season. Shepard tore her ACL on Dec. 29, 2014, while her Fremont team played at Lincoln 7. Nebraska 21-11 (10-8) North Star High School. 8. Michigan 20-15 (8-10) Shepard, who committed to Nebraska in 2011, averaged a Class A record 30.4 points per game as a 9. Michigan State 16-15 (7-11) junior in 2013-14, while adding 15.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game for Fremont. She averaged 24.6 10. Illinois 15-16 (6-12) points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.8 steals while leading Lincoln Southeast to the 2013 11. Wisconsin 9-20 (5-13) Class A state title, before moving with her family to Fremont in the summer of 2013. She averaged 17.8 12. Indiana 15-16 (4-14) 13. Penn State 6-24 (3-15) points and 9.1 rebounds for the Class A runner-up Knights in 2012. Purdue 11-20 (3-15) Lincoln native Maddie Simon captured Nebraska Gatorade High School Player of the Year honors in 2015. Simon led Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state title by averaging 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and Preseason All-Big Ten 2.7 assists per game as a senior. A two-time first-team Super-State selection, Simon finished as Pius X’s Coaches all-time leading scorer with 1,373 points. Ally Disterhoft, Jr., G, Iowa A 6-2 guard, Simon was ranked as the No. 22 player in the nation at her position by ESPN, while being Brionna Jones, Jr., C, Maryland Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Jr., G, Maryland ranked No. 149 overall by Blue Star Basketball. As a junior at Lincoln Pius X in 2013-14, Simon averaged , Jr., F, Michigan State 19.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists to lead Pius X to a Class B runner-up finish. Rachel Banham, Sr., G, Minnesota A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon added gold medals in the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles Rachel Theriot, Sr., G, Nebraska at the 2015 Nebraska State Track and Field Championships in Omaha. Nia Coffey, Jr., F, Northwestern Ameryst Alston, Sr., G, Ohio State Kelsey Mitchell, So., G, Ohio State (Player of Year) Huskers More than Fair in Foul Department Kahleah Copper, Sr., F/G, Rutgers The Huskers ended last season ranked No. 5 in the final NCAA Division I statistics for fewest personal Top Three Teams fouls per game. Nebraska committed just 13.2 fouls per game, including a school-record four fouls in the 1. Maryland win over Bakersfield Dec. 13. Nebraska’s 422 total fouls on the season were the fewest in school history. 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan State In 2013-14, NU led the Big Ten and ranked second nationally by committing just 13.1 fouls per game. Nebraska continued a non-fouling trend from 2012-13. The Huskers were whistled for a school-record Media 12.8 fouls per game in 2012-13, including 11 fouls per game in Big Ten regular-season games. Brionna Jones, Jr., C, Maryland Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Jr., G, Maryland Through three games in 2015-16, the Huskers have committed just 13.3 fouls per game, while opponents Tori Jankoska, Jr., G, Michigan State have been whistled for 16.7 fouls per contest. Aerial Powers, Jr., F, Michigan State Rachel Banham, Sr., G, Minnesota Season Ticket Sales Reach All-Time High Rachel Theriot, Sr., G, Nebraska Nia Coffey, Jr., F, Northwestern Nebraska women’s basketball season ticket sales reached an all-time high with 4,011 sold (Nov. 17), Ameryst Alston, Sr., G, Ohio State an increase of 109 tickets over last year’s previous record high of 3,902. Kelsey Mitchell, So., G, Ohio State (Player of Year) In Nebraska’s first season at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2013-14, the Huskers shattered their previous Kahleah Copper, Sr., F/G, Rutgers season ticket sales record with more than 3,700. The previous record came in 2010-11, when NU sold Top Three Teams approximately 2,700 season tickets. 1. Maryland 2. Ohio State Nebraska’s History of Home Success 3. Northwestern Nebraska went 13-3 at home in 2014-15, including 12-3 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers are 31-5 Nebraska Career Assists all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for the 2013-14 campaign, including 3-0 in Player (Years) Assists 2015-16. 1. Lindsey Moore (2010-13) 699 The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering its only Big Ten loss to Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2. Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) 696 2014. Nebraska’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single-season home victories. 3. Jina Johansen (2002-05) 567 The Huskers played the first regular-season basketball game in the history of the arena against USA 4. Nicole Kubik (1997-00) 563 5. Rachel Theriot (2013-present) 460 Today No. 25 UCLA (Nov. 8) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 25 6. Amy Stephens (1986-89) 444 team came with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8. The Huskers added their first-ever win 7. Stacy Imming (1984-87) 402 over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24. 8. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 392 NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game with a 66-65 thriller over Northwestern Jan. 2, before an 88- 9. Ami Beiriger (1979-83) 342 85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first overtime game in Pinnacle Bank Arena history. 10. Kathy Hawkins (1975-77) 326 NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013. The Huskers are 418-135 (.756) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 154-39 (.798) over the last NU Career Double Figure Games 12-plus seasons, posting double-figure home victory totals in each of the last 11 years, including 13-3 in Player (Years) Games 2014-15 and 16-2 in 2013-14. NU went a perfect 16-0 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2009-10. 1. Rachel Theriot (2013-present) 53 Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one appearance 2. Natalie Romeo (2015-present) 9 at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Devaney Center, 3. Allie Havers (2014-present) 7 4. Anya Kalenta (2015-present) 3 including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play. NU went 13-4 at home in 2012-13. 5. Jessica Shepard (2016-present) 3 6. Kyndal Clark (2016-present) 1 (73) 10 2015-16 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Nebraska NCAA Appearances Husker Sports Network Covers World 13 Appearances, 21 Games (8-13 Record) The Husker Sports Network is its 22nd season of producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Season (Sd.) Opponent Site Result Nebraska women’s basketball in 2015-16. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and 2015 (9) vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C. L, 69-72 color commentator Jeff Griesch team up for their 15th season together as the Huskers’ broadcast team. 2014 (4) vs. (12) BYU Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-80 The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a decade 2014 (4) vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-55 2013 (6) vs. (2) Duke Norfolk, Va. L, 45-53 to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com. 2013 (6) at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-63 In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Network 2013 (6) vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-59 flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong signals for 2012 (6) vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-57 Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also could be heard 2010 (1) vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-76 on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central 2010 (1) vs. (8) UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-70 2010 (1) vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-44 Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s basketball coverage 2008 (8) at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-76 across the state and the Midwest. 2008 (8) vs. (9) Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-58 Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM. 2007 (9) vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-64 2000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-93 1999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-98 Nebraska Ranks Near Top in Attendance 1998 (9) at (1) Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-75 Nebraska closed the 2014-15 season ranked No. 11 nationally in average home attendance with 5,857 1998 (9) vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-59 fans per game. The Huskers averaged 6,483 fans per Big Ten Conference game. 1996 (9) vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-66 The Huskers played 15 home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2014-15, averaging 6,026 fans per game 1993 (6) at (3) USC Los Angeles L, 60-78 in the new arena. In 33 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own an impressive 28-5 1993 (6) vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-58 record (.848 winning percentage) while averaging 6,100 fans per game (201,278 total fans/33 games). 1988 (5) at (4) USC Los Angeles L, 82-100 The Huskers also played one home game at Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2014-15, drawing 3,321 fans Nu Top 25 Wins Under Yori (33) for a game against Utah on Nov. 23. The Utah game was not included in Nebraska’s 2014-15 season ticket Opponent Final Location package for logistical reasons. #9 Duke (Dec. 3, 2014) 60-54 Pinnacle Bank Arena In 18 home games in 2013-14, the Huskers attracted 110,892 fans including 10 of the top-16 largest #23 Iowa (March 9, 2014) 72-65 Indianapolis, Ind. home non-conference crowds in school history. Nebraska’s total home attendance of 110,892 ranked No. #19 Michigan St. (March 8, 2014) 86-58 Indianapolis, Ind. 8 nationally, while NU’s average home attendance of 6,161 ranked 11th in 2013-14. #8 Penn State (Feb. 24, 2014) 94-74 Pinnacle Bank Arena #24 Michigan St. (Feb. 8, 2014) 76-56 Pinnacle Bank Arena Nebraska attracted a non-conference school-record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay in the building with #9 Texas A&M (March 25, 2013) 74-53 College Station, Texas a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. The Huskers have averaged more than 5,000 fans per non-conference #25 Michigan St. (Jan. 24, 2013) 59-54 Devaney Center game each of the first two seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Before moving to the new arena, NU had #24 Florida State (Dec. 8, 2012) 78-77 Devaney Center never averaged more than 4,049 fans per game in non-conference home play. #14 Ohio State (March 3, 2012) 77-62 Indianapolis, Ind. #8 Ohio State (Feb. 26, 2012) 71-57 Devaney Center #15 Purdue (Feb. 2, 2012) 93-89 3OT West Lafayette, Ind. #16 Penn State (Dec. 30, 2011) 71-63 University Park, Pa. Nebraska Posts 11th Straight Perfect GSR #23 USC (Nov. 18, 2011) 68-50 Devaney Center Nebraska Coach Connie Yori would be the first to say that nobody’s perfect. However, in the eyes of the #22 UCLA (March 23, 2010) 83-70 Minneapolis NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), that’s exactly what her Husker program has been for 11 #11 Oklahoma (Feb. 24, 2010) 80-64 Norman, Okla. consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools to accomplish #13 Iowa State (Feb. 17, 2010) 60-50 Devaney Center the perfect score for 11 straight years. #12 Texas A&M (Feb. 6, 2010) 71-60 Devaney Center #10 Oklahoma St. (Feb. 3, 2010) 88-67 Devaney Center The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Wednesday, Nov. #9 Baylor (Jan. 17, 2010) 65-56 Waco, Texas 3, 2015, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 11th straight season, dating #19 Texas (Jan. 12, 2010) 91-79 Devaney Center back to 2004-05. #5 LSU (Dec. 20, 2009) 77-63 Devaney Center #20 Kansas St. (Feb. 25, 2009) 52-47 Devaney Center Yori, who is in her 14th season at Nebraska in 2015-16, joined Coach Robin Krapfl’s women’s golf #24 Arizona St. (Dec. 28, 2008) 62-58 Devaney Center program, Coach Scott Jacobson’s women’s tennis program and Coach John Cook’s volleyball program as #21 Texas A&M (Jan. 23, 2008) 73-60 Devaney Center Nebraska teams who have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 11 years. #15 Texas (Jan. 9, 2008) 56-45 Devaney Center Nebraska was one of six Big Ten women’s basketball programs to post 100 percent rates in 2014-15, #13 Baylor (Feb. 3, 2007) 76-67 Devaney Center #25 Kansas State (Jan. 17, 2007) 70-63 Devaney Center joining Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue and Wisconsin. All 14 Big Ten women’s programs posted GSR #18 New Mexico (Nov. 13, 2006) 66-59 Tempe, Ariz. rates above 80 percent last season. The Big Ten’s six teams with 100 percent GSR scores led the Big Five #14 Iowa State (Feb. 12, 2005) 88-59 Devaney Center conferences, ahead of five each for the Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC, while the SEC managed four. #2 Baylor (Jan. 12, 2005) 103-99 3OT Devaney Center #9 Kansas State (Jan. 24, 2004) 81-63 Devaney Center #13 Ohio State (Dec. 12, 2003) 60-55 Devaney Center Theriot’s Triumphs #25 Cincinnati (Dec. 15, 2002) 65-55 Devaney Center • Nebraska’s Offensive MVP for the second straight season, Rachel Theriot led the Huskers to a 17-4 record as a starter in 2014-15. Over the last two seasons and the 2015-16 opener, Nebraska is 46-11 with NU Top Winning Percentages Theriot in the starting lineup. The Huskers went 4-7 without Theriot to close 2014-15. Season Record (Pct.) Conference (Pct.) 1. 2009-10 32-2 (.941) 16-0 (1.000) • Theriot’s 460 career assists rank fifth in Husker history. She needs 103 assists to catch Husker great 2. 2013-14 26-7 (.788) 12-4 (.750) Nicole Kubik (563, 1997-2000) at No. 4 on the NU career chart. 3. 1987-88 22-7 (.759) 11-3 (.786) • She hit 92.6 percent (63-68) of her free throws on the year, which ranked as the second-best single- 4. 1992-93 23-8 (.742) 10-4 (.714) 5. 2012-13 25-9 (.735) 12-4 (.750) season average in Nebraska history. 6. 2011-12 24-9 (.727) 10-6 (.625) • Theriot owns five career points-assists double-doubles, with the last coming with 18 points and 10 7. 1975-76 21-9 (.700) none 8. 1997-98 23-10 (.697) 11-5 (.688) assists at Minnesota in the Big Ten opener on Dec. 29, 2014. 9. 2006-07 22-10 (.688) 10-6 (.625) • Theriot has dished out 11 or more assists in a game five times in her career. No other Husker has 10. 1996-97 19-9 (.679) 8-8 (.500) done it more than four times. She owns seven career double-digit assist games. 11. 2014-15 21-11 (.656) 10-8 (.556) 1991-92 21-11 (.656) 9-5 (.643) • Theriot owns two career 30-point games (33, vs. Minnesota, Jan. 16, 2004; 31 vs. High Point, Dec. *bold indicates team coached by Connie Yori 20, 2014). She owns 11 career 20-point games and 53 career double-figure scoring efforts. • She led Nebraska to its first conference tournament title as the Big Ten Tournament MVP. She averaged 18.7 points and a tournament-record 10.0 assists per game, with 30 total assists and just seven turnovers. Theriot hit 56.4 percent of her shots, including 5-of-10 threes, and went 7-for-8 at the line. • Theriot’s 30 assists in the 2014 Big Ten Tournament were a Nebraska single-season conference tournament record. She produced arguably the best passing game in Big Ten history in Nebraska’s Big Ten quarterfinal win over Minnesota March 7, dishing out a tournament-record-shattering 18 assists against just one . 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Illinois in 2000. The most assists by a Big Ten player against a Big Ten foe came with Maggie Acuna’s 16 NU Career 20-Point Games for Illinois against Wisconsin in 2006. Rachel Theriot (11) • Theriot’s 18 assists were the second-most in a game in Nebraska history, trailing only 19 assists by vs. Minnesota (1/15/14) 33 Kathy Hawkins on Feb. 17, 1976 against Kearney State (now Nebraska-Kearney). Theriot’s assists are the vs. High Point (12/20/14) 31 most ever by a Husker against an NCAA Division I opponent, and the most in the last 38 seasons, covering at Utah (11/15/13) 28 at Illinois (1/11/15) 27 1,250 games. Theriot’s 18 assists were the most in an NCAA Division I game in 2013-14. at Ohio State (2/20/14) 26 vs. Northern Colorado (11/30/14) 25 at UCLA (11/28/14) 24 TRiple Threats: Three Things to Talk About vs. #23 Iowa (3/9/14) 24 #11, Esther Ramacieri, 5-8, Jr., G, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (0.7 ppg, 0.0 rpg) at #19 Purdue (3/2/14) 24 • Esther Ramacieri hit her first field goal in 37 career games in the closing minute of Nebraska’s win vs. Indiana (2/16/14) 23 vs. Utah (11/23/14) 20 over North Carolina Central on Saturday. She tied her career high with one assist in Nebraska’s season- opening win over Arkansas Pine Bluff. Ramacieri appeared in 17 games in each of her first two seasons, Natalie Romeo (4) vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) 30 with one career start (vs. Penn State, Jan. 15, 2015). She owns seven points, 17 rebounds, three assists vs. Illinois (3/5/15) 26 and two steals in 133 minutes in her career. vs. Minnesota (2/24/15) 21 • Ramacieri missed much of the summer and preseason with a knee injury, but was cleared to play for vs. Wisconsin (2/15/15) 21 the start of the 2015-16 regular season. Jessica Shepard (3) • Ramacieri is the fourth Canadian to play for the Huskers under Coach Yori, including Chelsea Aubry vs. North Florida (11/16/15) 27 (2004-07), Kaitlyn Burke (2008-12) and Harleen Sidhu (2009-12). vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15) 24 vs. North Carolina Central (11/21/15) 20 #12, Emily Wood, 5-5, So., G, Salina, Kan. (2.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg) Kyndal Clark (0 for Nebraska - 24 for Drake) • Emily Wood enjoyed a career night with six points on the first two three-pointers of her career while vs. Northern Iowa (3/2/14) - career high 41 adding two rebounds, an assist and a steal in Nebraska’s win over North Florida on Nov. 16. She opened vs. Indiana State (3/15/14) - most recent 20 her sophomore season with two points in a win over Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. Wood played in 10 NU Active Double-Doubles games as a freshman after walking on to the Nebraska program. She claimed Nebraska’s Teammate Award Rachel Theriot (5) for her commitment to the Husker program in 2014-15. at Minnesota (11/29/14) 18 points, 10 assists • Wood had two points and five rebounds in 29 minutes as a freshman. During the summer of 2015, vs. Fresno State (3/22/14) 10 points, 12 assists Wood started for the Huskers on their four-game Australian Tour, averaging 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and vs. Minnesota (3/7/14) 14 points, 18 assists at Wisconsin (2/5/14) 11 points, 11 assists 2.0 assists in 26 minutes per game. vs. Michigan (1/29/14) 10 points, 11 assists • Wood was a first-team Kansas Class 5A all-state selection as a senior at Salina Central High School in Jessica Shepard (3) 2014. Wood averaged 16.0 points per game as a senior, while hitting a school-record 91 threes. She hit vs. North Carolina Central (11/21/15) 20 points, 10 rebounds 42.1 percent of her threes and 86.2 percent of her free throws as a senior. vs. North Florida (11/16/15) 27 points, 10 rebounds vs. UAPB (11/14/15) 24 points, 13 rebounds #22, Allie Havers, 6-5, Jr., C, Mattawan, Mich. (5.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.7 bpg) • One of the tallest Nebraska women’s basketball players in history, Allie Havers is averaging 5.7 points, Kyndal Clark (0 for Nebraska - 3 for Drake) vs. Wichita St. (3/16/14) 25 points, 10 rebounds 7.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists and a team-leading 1.7 blocks through three games as a junior. She averaged 4.9 vs. Southern Illinois (3/7/13) 20 points, 10 assists points and 3.0 rebounds while playing 14.8 minutes per game as NU’s top post off the bench in 2014-15. vs. State (12/2/12) 11 points, 11 rebounds • Havers tied her career high with 10 rebounds in her second career double-digit rebound game against North Carolina Central on Saturday. She also matched a career best with three assists against the Freshman Double-Doubles Lady Eagles. Havers owns seven double-figure scoring games in her career, including five as a sophomore 18 Husker Freshmen, 59 total double-doubles Player (Season) Double-Doubles in 2014-15. Two double-figure efforts have come in the Big Ten Tournament, including a career-high 17 1. Debra Powell (1981-82) 9 points in a semifinal win over No. 19 Michigan State on March 8, 2014. 2. Katie Robinette (2001-02) 5 • Havers was NU’s top post off the bench as a true freshman in 2013-14, averaging 3.2 points and 2.6 Janet Smith (1978-79) 5 Jan Crouch (1975-76) 5 rebounds while playing in all 33 games. She averaged just over 10 minutes per contest. 5. Karen Jennings (1989-90) 4 Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80) 4 #24, Maddie Simon, 6-2, Fr., G, Lincoln, Neb. (6.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 2.0 apg) 7. Jessica Shepard (2015-16) 3 • Maddie Simon started alongside fellow freshmen Jessica Shepard and Rachel Blackburn in Nebraska’s Emily Cady (2011-12) 3 season opener. Simon produced six points, two rebounds, an assist and a block in her debut. She added five Jordan Hooper (2010-11) 3 points, three rebounds, a career-high four assists and the first steal of her career against North Florida on Kelsey Griffin (2005-06) 3 Anna DeForge (1994-95) 3 Nov. 16, before scoring a career-high eight points against North Carolina Central Nov. 21. Simon averaged Meggan Yedsena (1990-91) 3 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist during Nebraska’s four-game summer tour of Australia in August Maurtice Ivy (1984-85) 3 of 2015. NU Season Double-Doubles • The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Maddie Simon was a two-time first-team Super- Player (Season) Double-Doubles State selection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. Simon was the No. 1. Kelsey Griffin (2009-10) 20 149 player in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard nationally by ESPN in 2015. 2. Nafeesah Brown (1993-94) 16 • A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships 3. Emily Cady (2013-14) 14 Jordan Hooper (2013-14) 14 at the 2015 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships. Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was the first female Jordan Hooper (2011-12) 14 CoSIDA Academic All-American in the history of Nebraska athletics, competing for Coach Gary Pepin’s 6. Karen Jennings (1992-93) 13 national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984. Karen Jennings (1990-91) 13 -- Jessica Shepard (2015-16) 3 #31, Anya Kalenta, 6-3, Sr., F, Minsk, Belarus (7.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 bpg) NU Career Double-Doubles • Anya Kalenta produced the third double-figure scoring effort of her Nebraska career with 10 points Player (Years) Double-Doubles and eight rebounds in just 13 minutes off the bench in NU’s win over North Florida Nov. 16. She followed 1. Jordan Hooper (2011-14) 40 with seven points, six rebounds and career highs with four assists and three blocks against North Carolina Kelsey Griffin (2006-10) 40 Central on Saturday. She appeared in 12 games in her first season at Nebraska in 2014-15, competing in 3. Karen Jennings (1990-93) 36 4. Emily Cady (2012-15) 33 five of NU’s first six games before missing NU’s next nine games with a stress fracture in her foot. She also 5. Nafeesah Brown (1993-94) 24 suffered a broken nose in preseason practice (Oct. 29, 2014), and battled anemia throughout the year. 6. Janet Smith (1979-82) 22 • Kalenta averaged 12.0 points and 7.5 rebounds on opening weekend of 2014, establishing career 7. Maurtice Ivy (1985-88) 21 Debra Powell (1982-85) 21 highs with 14 points and eight rebounds against Pepperdine on Nov. 15. She went 2-for-2 from three-point 9. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 18 range against Alcorn State on Nov. 16. 10. Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-83) 13 • Kalenta earned third-team NJCAA All-America honors in 2013-14 at Vincennes University in Indiana. Carol Garey (1979-80) 13 12 2015-16 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

She transferred to Vincennes after spending her freshman season at Broward College in Florida in 2012- 2015-16 Nebraska Recruits 13. She ranked in the NJCAA’s top 25 in scoring (20.8 ppg, 13th), rebounding (10.7 rpg, 22nd) and blocked (Signed Letters Nov. 11) shots (2.1 bpg, 20th) in her only season with the Trailblazers at Vincennes in 2013-14. Mi’Cole Cayton 5-9, Guard, Stockton, Calif. (St. Mary’s) #34, Jasmine Cincore, 5-10, So., G, Arlington, Tenn. (6.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.3 spg) • No. 80 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) • A two-time Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year (2013, 2014), Jasmine Cincore battled ankle and • No. 20 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) foot injuries to play in 20 games for the Huskers as a true freshman. She totaled 25 points, 13 rebounds • Cal-Hi Sports Player of the Year Finalist (1 of 6, 2015) and 10 assists in 97 minutes on the season. • Cal-Hi Sports Elite All-State (1 of 10, 2015) • Cincore has opened her sophomore season strong, setting or tying her career bests in every category. • Cal-Hi Sports All-State Division I (1 of 15, 2015) She had career highs with seven points and four steals while matching a career-best with three assists • Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass Junior (1 of 15, 2015) • Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass Sophomore (1 of 20, 2014) in a career-high 20 minutes against North Florida on Nov. 16. She tipped off the year with six points and • Northern California Preps Player of the Year (2015) three assists while adding career bests in rebounds (4) and blocks (1) against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. • Chose Nebraska over Arizona State, Iowa State, 14. She added five points and three rebounds against North Carolina Central on Saturday. She needs just Utah and Colorado seven points, four rebounds and four assists to match her season totals from a year ago. • During Nebraska’s 2015 summer tour of Australia, Cincore was NU’s second-leading scorer with 10.0 5-9, Guard, LaGrange Park, Ill. (Benet Academy) points per game, while adding 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists in four games against Australian pro teams. • No. 22 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015) #50, Darrien Washington, 6-2, RFr., F, Oakland, Calif. (4.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg) • No. 69 Player in the Nation (All Star Girls Report, 2015) • Darrien Washington produced six points, five rebounds and an assist in eight minutes off the bench • No. 89 Player in the Nation (ProspectsNation, 2015) in her career debut against Arkansas Pine Bluff after enjoying a strong redshirt season in 2014-15. She • No. 27 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) • Illinois Class 4A State Tournament MVP (2015) added three points, five rebounds and her first career steal in six productive minutes against North Florida • Illinois Class 3A/4A All-State (IBCA, 2015) on Nov. 16. She did not play against North Carolina Central (coach’s decision). • All-Illinois (First Team, Chicago Sun-Times, 2015) • Washington played on the Cal Stars Elite with current Husker sophomore guard Natalie Romeo. • All-Illinois (First Team, News Gazette, 2015) • A first-team All-Oakland performer at Skyline High School, Washington averaged 16.5 points, 11.5 • Chose Nebraska over Indiana, Northwestern, rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game as a senior. She scored 1,181 career points and came up just short of Michigan State, Rutgers, Wisconsin, Illinois, 1,000 career rebounds in high school. Princeton, Marquette, DePaul, Wake Forest, Dayton and Creighton Nicea Eliely Huskers Sign Third Straight Top 15 Class 6-1, Guard, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) A solid group of five 2016 high school seniors including a pair of top 100 national recruits gave • No. 143 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015) the Nebraska women’s basketball team its third consecutive top-15 recruiting class, Coach Connie Yori • No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) announced on Nov. 11. • Colorado Class 5A (Third Team, 2015) Yori and the Huskers will welcome Mi’Cole Cayton (5-9, G, Stockton, Calif./St. Mary’s), Kathleen • Chose Nebraska over Colorado, Wichita State, Doyle (5-9, G, LaGrange, Ill./Benet Academy), Nicea Eliely (6-1, G/F, Colorado Springs, Colo./Rampart), Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Denver Grace Mitchell (6-2, G/F, Wellington, Kan./Wellington) and Hannah Whitish (5-9, G, Barneveld, Wis./ Grace Mitchell Barneveld) in a class that was ranked No. 14 nationally by Blue Star. 6-2, Guard/Forward, Wellington, Kan. (Wellington) Cayton and Doyle provide the headlines for the group, with Doyle being ranked as the No. 22 overall • No. 51 Wing in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) player in the nation by Blue Star, No. 69 by All Star Girls Report and No. 89 by Prospects Nation, while • Kansas Class 6A All-State (Second Team, KBCA, 2015) Cayton was ranked as the No. 80 overall player by ESPN. Cayton led her St. Mary’s team to a California • Kansas Class 6A All-State (Second Team, Wichita Eagle, 2015) Open Division state championship and a No. 2 final national ranking by USA Today in 2015, while Doyle • Chose Nebraska over 12 Division I scholarship led Benet Academy to its first-ever Illinois state title and a final No. 23 national ranking by USA Today. offers Eliely added a ranking as the No. 25 guard in the country by ESPN, while Mitchell was ranked as the Hannah Whitish No. 51 wing nationally by ESPN. Whitish is a leading contender for Wisconsin Player-of-the-Year honors 5-9, Guard, Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld) in 2016 and could reach the 2,000-point career scoring mark while trying to lead her high school team to • All-Wisconsin (First Team, WBCA, 2015) its third consecutive state title. • Area Player of the Year (Wisconsin State Journal, 2015) Nebraska’s fourth top-25 recruiting class in the last six seasons might resemble most closely its • All-Six Rivers Conference (2013, 2014, 2015) first top-25 class in school history, which was the four-player class of Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a • Chose Nebraska over Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Laudermill and Hailie Sample that graduated as the most successful senior class in school history after Arkansas, Florida Gulf Coast leading the Big Red to four consecutive NCAA tournaments and four straight 20-win seasons. Nebraska’s Best Freshmen “We have a lot of reasons to be excited about this year’s class,” Yori said. “Obviously, we needed to Freshman (Season) PPG - RPG address some needs in the backcourt with the upcoming graduations of Rachel Theriot and Kyndal Clark, 1. Jessica Shepard (2015-16) 23.7 - 11.0 and we also felt like we need to add depth at the wing positions, which we really haven’t had in the last 2. Debra Powell (1981-82) 15.4 - 7.6 five years or maybe in my entire 14-year career at Nebraska. These young players have the potential to 3. Angie Miller (1983-84) 14.6 - 7.1 4. Jordan Hooper (2010-11) 14.6 - 6.6 grow into elite guards in our program. 5. Maurtice Ivy (1984-85) 14.0 - 5.5 “All the top programs in the country know about Mi’Cole Cayton and Kathleen Doyle. They played 6. Karen Jennings (1989-90) 13.4 - 6.6 for two of the nation’s best teams last year and they led their teams to state titles. Maybe not as many NcAA’S bEST fRESHMEN people know about Hannah Whitish, but she is a great shooter, a smart player and a great leader who Points Per Game has led her team to back-to-back state championships in Wisconsin. We are really excited about seeing Freshman, School (Season) PPG all three of them alongside Natalie Romeo in our backcourt the next couple years.” 1. Tina Hutchinson, San Diego St. (1983-84) 29.9 In addition to the three point/shooting guards, the Huskers will add Eliely and Mitchell to the wings, 2. Valerie Whiteside, App. St. (1984-85) 27.1 joining 2015-16 freshman Maddie Simon and 2015-16 sophomore Jasmine Cincore. 3. , Delaware (2009-10) 26.7 “Nicea Eliely and Grace Mitchell both have a lot of potential, and we feel like both of them have 4. Patricia Hoskins, MVSU (1985-86) 25.0 5. Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State (2014-15) 24.9 some really good basketball in front of them,” Yori said. “Nicea has a chance to be a lock-down defender. She has great length and athleticism and she comes from a basketball family. Grace is relatively new to Rebounds Per Game basketball, especially in terms of summer club basketball, but she can flat out shoot it. She has great size Freshman, School (Season) RPG and deep shooting range to extend defenses around our inside game.” 1. Valerie Whiteside, App. St. (1984-85) 15.5 2. Angela Jenkins, Georgia St. (1984-85) 15.1 This year’s crop of Husker recruits will be added to this season’s freshman class, which was ranked as 3. Courtney Paris, Oklahoma (2005-06) 15.0 the No. 8 recruiting class in the country by ESPN in the fall of 2014, and NU’s current sophomore class, 4. Patricia Hoskins, MVSU (1985-86) 14.5 which was ranked No. 9 in the nation by ESPN in the fall of 2013. 5. Natalie Butler, Georgetown (2013-14) 13.3 “We are looking forward to watching all five of these young women have great senior seasons and hopefully win more state championships,” Yori said. “We’re also looking forward to helping them grow on and off the court when they get to Nebraska.”