Nebraska Women’s Bas ketball 2003-04 Game Notes – vs. Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004

Huskers Head to Baylor to Battle No. 16 Lady Bears 2003-04 Schedule/Results The No. 25 Nebraska women's basketball team (14-4, 4-3) continues its fi ve-game stretch against top-25 opponents by traveling to Waco, Texas, to take on No. 16 Baylor (16-4, 4-3) at the Ferrell Center on Saturday Overall: 14-4 Big 12: 4-3 at 7 p.m. The Huskers will be looking for their third victory over a top-16 team this season when they square Date Opponent Time/Result off with the Lady Bears. Nov. 9 Nebraska-Omaha (exh.) W, 94-47 Nebraska's game with Baylor can be heard live on the Pinnacle Sports Network on 1400 KLIN in Lincoln Nov. 13 Nebraska-Kearney (exh.) W, 99-80 and on the internet at Huskers.com with Nov. 21 Wofford W, 104-46 Matt Coatney handling play-by-play and Jeff Griesch adding color commentary. A Game 19 - Nebraska vs. Texas Nov. 23 Princeton W, 75-61 live video feed from the game can also Nov. 28-29 at Lady Tiger Thanksgiving Classic be seen on a subscription basis on Time: Saturday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m. (Memphis, Tenn.) HuskersNside. Location: Ferrell Center (10,284) Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 28 vs. Mississippi L, 66-69 Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network (1400 AM-KLIN, Lincoln) The Huskers, who this week earned Nov. 29 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 78-75 their first Associated Press Top 25 Play-by-Play, Matt Coatney; Color, Jeff Griesch Live Video: HuskersNside.com (subscription basis) Dec. 4 at Washington State W, 64-56 ranking since Nov. 15, 1999, are coming Dec. 6 Texas-Arlington W, 81-59 off their most lopsided loss of the season #25 Nebraska Cornhuskers (14-4, 4-3) Dec. 12 #13 Ohio State W, 60-55 with an 82-59 setback against No. 3 Texas No. Play er Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG Dec. 14 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 61-59 in Lincoln on Wednesday. Although NU 42 Alexa Johnson 6-1 Sr. F 11.0 6.9 had its 10-game home winning streak 53 Katie Morse 6-4 Sr. C 9.0 6.6 Dec. 21 Creighton W, 70-62 snapped against the Longhorns, the 20 Jina Johansen 5-7 Jr. G 4.2 2.6 Dec. 30 at Rice W, 59-56 22 Margaret Richards 5-9 Sr. G 11.7 7.3 Jan. 3 St. Bonaventure W, 69-62 Huskers did post one of the biggest 44 Keasha Cannon-Johnson 5-10 Sr. G 11.8 8.3 wins in school history with their 81-63 Off the Bench: #21 Kiera Hardy, 5-6, Fr., G, 8.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg Jan. 7 at #15 Oklahoma# L, 51-70 victory over then-No. 9 Kansas State Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986 - Second Season at NU) Jan. 10 Iowa State# W, 62-57 at the Devaney Center on Jan. 24. The Jan. 14 at Missouri# W, 74-69 Wildcats were the highest-ranked Jan. 17 Texas A&M# W, 65-48 team the Huskers have ever beaten at #16 Baylor Lady Bears (16-4, 4-3) No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG Jan. 21 at #3 Texas Tech# L, 55-68 the Devaney Center and matched the 33 Sophia Young 6-1 So. F 16.7 8.5 Jan. 24 #9 Kansas State# (FSN) W, 81-63 highest-ranked squad NU has ever 45 Steffanie Blackmon 6-2 Jr. F/C 14.3 6.8 Jan. 28 #3 Texas# L, 59-82 defeated. 50 Dionne Brown 6-2 Sr. F/C 11.5 1.7 Baylor is coming off an 85-65 loss 2 Chelsea Whitaker 5-9 Jr. G 9.7 5.7 Jan. 31 at #16 Baylor# 7 p.m. at Kansas State on Tuesday. The Lady 10 Jessika Stratton 5-10 Sr. G 9.5 2.8 Feb. 4 at #11 Colorado# 8 p.m. Bears trailed by just four points at the Off the Bench: #51 Emily Niemann, 6-1, Fr., F, 10.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg Feb. 7 Kansas# 7:05 p.m. Head Coach: Kim Mulkey-Robertson (Louisiana Tech, 1984 - Fourth Season) half, before the Wildcats ran away in the Feb. 11 Oklahoma State# 7:05 p.m. second half. Feb. 14 at #12 Kansas State# 2 p.m. A win over No. 16 Baylor would give Feb. 21 at Iowa State# (FSN) 1 p.m. the Huskers their most wins since posting an 18-13 record in 1999-2000, and their most Big 12 victories Feb. 25 Missouri# 7:05 p.m. since running to a 10-6 league mark that same season. Feb. 28 at Kansas# 2 p.m. A victory would also snap Baylor's three-game series winning streak against the Huskers. Nebraska has not defeated Baylor since an 82-61 win over the Lady Bears at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City on March 3 #11 Colorado# 7:05 p.m. March 7, 2000. Last season, Baylor raced to a 69-44 victory over the Huskers in Lincoln on Feb. 5, 2003. March 9-13 Big 12 Tournament (Dallas, Texas) April 4-6 NCAA Final (New Orleans, La.) Senior Guards Leading the Charge for the Huskers Home Games in Bold at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Nebraska senior guards Keasha Cannon-Johnson and Margaret Richards have been the Huskers' #–Big 12 Con fer ence game dynamic duo in the backcourt in 2003-04. Cannon-Johnson, a 5-10 guard from Kansas City, Kan., enters (FSN)–Fox Sports Net the Baylor game as the team's leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 11.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per contest, which ranks third in the Big 12. She has added 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game to rank second Nebraska on the team in both categories. Sports In for ma tion Cannon-Johnson is coming off an 18-point effort against No. 3 Texas, which was her sixth double-fi gure scoring performance in Big 12 games. She is averaging 13.4 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in league play. She owns four double-doubles on the season, including 16 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Mailing Address Kansas State. She added a 17-point effort at No. 3 Texas Tech on Jan. 21, 15 points against No. 15 Oklahoma, South Stadium #116, Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 12 points and 11 boards against Iowa State and 12 points and eight boards at Missouri. Women’s Basketball Contact: Jeff Griesch Richards, a 5-9 guard from Louisville, Ky., ranks second on the team in both scoring and rebounding E-Mail: [email protected] with 11.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. In Nebraska's 81-63 win over No. 9 Kansas State, Richards Phone: 402-472-2263 played one of the best games of her career with 21 points, eight rebounds, fi ve assists and a career-high fi ve steals. Along with her solid scoring and rebounding numbers, Richards ranks third on the team with FAX: 402-472-2005 2.9 assists per game and second on the team with 14 blocked shots.

HuskerHuskers.coms.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 1 Nebraska Quick Facts Husker Hot Link Institution ...... University of Ne bras ka For the most direct links to Nebraska women's basketball games on the internet, go to the following Location ...... Lincoln, Neb. address through Huskers.com Population...... 225,581 Live Video Broadcast (HuskersNside) - Available for Baylor game Founded ...... 1869 https://www.huskersnside.com/PromoPage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100 Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers Radio Broadcast - Available for Baylor game Colors ...... Scarlet and Cream http://www.huskers.com/liveEvents/audioWebcasts.dbml Home Arena ...... Bob Devaney Sports Center Live Stats - Available for Baylor game Capacity ...... 13,500 https://www.huskersnside.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&KEY= Conference ...... Big 12 Athletic Director...... Steve Pederson 2003-04 Overall Record...... 14-4 Scouting the #16 Baylor Lady Bears (16-4, 4-3) 2004 Big 12 Regular Season...... 4-4 No. 16 Baylor comes into its game with the Huskers on Saturday after suffering an 85-65 loss at No. Home Record...... 10-1 12 Kansas State on Tuesday in Manhattan. Although the Lady Bears lost to a Wildcat team that Nebraska Away Record ...... 3-2 had defeated by 18 points just three days earlier, comparative scores will probably mean nothing in this Neutral Record...... 1-1 contest. The Lady Bears dominated No. 3 Texas, 78-64, in Waco on Jan. 14, and the Longhorns just handed Head Coach ...... Connie Yori the Huskers their most lopsided loss of the season, 82-59, in Lincoln on Wednesday night. Alma Mater/Year...... Creighton/1986 Baylor, which enters the weekend Record at Nebraska... Second season (22-24) with a 16-4 overall record, is tied Career Record ...... 217-164 (14 seasons) with Nebraska for fifth place in the Inside the Numbers NCAA Div. I Record...... 192-139 (12 seasons) conference standings with a 4-3 record. Home Record...... 16-11 Nebraska Baylor The Lady Bears and Huskers are two of Big 12 Conference Record...... 5-18 Scoring Avg. 68.6 79.2 Big 12 Home Record ...... 2-9 only six teams in the league race with Opponent Scoring Avg. 62.1 58.0 Assistant Coaches...... Cindy Fisher, winning records, while Oklahoma and Scoring Margin +6.5 +21.2 ...... Angela Timmons, LaKale Malone Oklahoma State own 3-4 league marks Field Goal Pct. 41.6% 48.0% Director of Operations ...... Aubrey Eblin as we approach the half-way point of the Opponent FG Pct. 38.4% 34.5% 3FG Pct. 32.9% 39.8% Administrative Assistant...... Naciska Gilmore Big 12 season. The Lady Bears are led by super Opponent 3FG Pct. 31.5% 28.4% Basketball Offi ce Phone...... (402) 472-6462 Free Throw Pct. 73.7% 73.4% Basketball Offi ce Fax...... (402) 472-0849 sophomore Sophia Young, who ranks Rebound Margin +6.1 +6.9 Women’s Basketball SID...... Jeff Griesch fourth in the Big 12 in scoring with 16.7 Assists Per Game 15.7 19.6 SID Offi ce Phone ...... (402) 472-2263 points per game, while ranking second in Turnovers Per Game 17.3 17.1 Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 the league with 8.5 rebounds per contest. Blocks Per Game 4.1 4.9 Griesch’s Cell Phone ...... (402) 540-0279 An extraordinary athlete, the 6-1 forward Steals Per Game 7.0 12.3 Griesch’s Home Phone...... (402) 328-8992 also ranks third in the conference with Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] 2.5 steals per game, while ranking SID Offi ce Fax...... (402) 472-2005 second in the league with an amazing 62.6 fi eld goal percentage. She has shown a vulnerability at the free Best Time to Contact Yori...... Through SID throw line by hitting just 51.9 percent of her attempts (40-77). Starters Returning/Lost ...... 5/2 Steffanie Blackmon, a 6-2 junior forward/center, gives the Lady Bears a solid one-two punch inside. Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 5/7 Blackmon is averaging 14.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, while adding 37 steals. Returning Starters (5) (2002-03 Stats) ...... Freshman Emily Neimann, a 6-1 forward, has contributed 10.8 points and 2.8 rebounds, while hitting ...... Alexa Johnson, Sr., F, 14.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg a team-leading 43 three-pointers as a part-time starter. Senior Dionne Brown, a 6-2 forward/center has ...... Keasha Cannon-Johnson, added 7.5 points and 5.7 boards per game primarily off the bench to give Baylor one of the most athletic ...... Sr., G, 12.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg (2001-02 stats) ...... Katie Morse, Sr., F, 12.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg and deepest front lines in the Big 12. ...Margaret Richards, Sr., G, 11.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg Baylor leads the all-time series with NU, 5-3, including a 69-44 win last season in Lincoln...... Jina Johansen, Jr., G, 5.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg Starters Lost (2) ...... Amanda Cleveland, F/C, 8.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg Nebraska’s 2003-04 Roster in Depth ...... Shahidrah Roberts, G, 6.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg Players 2003-04 Statistics Others Lost (5)...... Greichaly Cepero, F, 5.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG ...... Laura Pilakowski, F, 5.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg 2 Heather Kephart 5-8 Fr. G 8-0 7.8 2.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 ...... Jessie Runty, G, 1.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg 5 LaToya Howell 5-4 Jr. G Transfer - Redshirting in 2003-04 ...... Kala Sledge, G, 0.5 ppg, 0.4 rpg 20 Jina Johansen 5-7 Jr. G 18-18 4.2 2.6 4.8 0.8 0.1 ...... Lacey Hanson, G, 0.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg 21 Kiera Hardy 5-6 Fr. G 15-0 8.2 2.4 1.7 1.9 0.1 Newcomers (6)...... Chelsea Aubry, 6-2, Fr., F 22 Margaret Richards 5-9 Sr. G 18-18 11.7 7.3 2.9 0.8 0.8 ...... Jessica Gerhart, 6-2, Fr., F 23 Andrea Lightfoot 5-8 Fr. G 18-0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 ...... Kiera Hardy, 5-6, Fr., G 33 Jessica Gerhart 6-2 Fr. F 18-0 3.9 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 ...... Heather Kephart, 5-8, Fr., G 42 Alexa Johnson 6-1 Sr. F 18-18 10.7 4.5 0.7 0.7 0.2 ...... Andrea Lightfoot, 5-8, Fr., G 44 Keasha Cannon-Johnson 5-10 Sr. G 18-18 11.8 8.3 3.3 1.6 0.4 ...... LaToya Howell, 5-4, Jr., G* ...... *redshirting in 2003-04 45 Chelsea Aubry 6-2 Fr. F 18-0 6.0 3.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 53 Katie Morse 6-4 Sr. C 18-18 9.2 6.6 0.7 0.7 2.3

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 2 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 3 Huskers Off to One of Best Starts in History 2003-04 Nebraska Nebraska's 14-4 start to the season ranks as the fourth-best record against four losses in school history. The Huskers got off to their best start in school history with 20 victories against just four losses to open Roster Breakdown the 1987-88 season. That season, Nebraska won the only conference title in school history and advanced Returning Players (5) to the fi rst NCAA Tournament appearance in the history of the program. The Huskers opened the 1996-97 season on a 17-4 run, 2002-03 Statistics Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG before fi nishing 19-9. The 1992-93 squad added a 16-4 Nebraska's Best Starts Alexa Johnson 6-1 Sr. F 14.8 6.8 start to a season that ended with a 23-8 record and the K. Cannon-Johnson* 5-10 Sr. G 12.9 8.4 Start Season Final Record school's fi rst NCAA Tournament win. Katie Morse# 6-4 Sr. C 12.0 7.9 1. 20-4 1987-88 22-7 This season's NU team has matched the pace set by the Margaret Richards 5-9 Sr. G 11.4 6.0 2. 17-4 1996-97 19-9 1998-99 and 1991-92 teams that fi nished with 21 wins. Jina Johansen 5-7 Jr. G 5.7 3.1 3. 16-4 1992-93 23-8 With 14 wins already this season, Nebraska is plus-six *redshirted in 2002-03 (2001-02 stats shown) 4. 14-4 2003-04 -- in the win column over the entire 2002-03 season. The #missed the fi nal 21 games of the 2002-03 season after 14-4 1998-99 21-12 Huskers' 10 home victories are also four more than their suffering a torn ACL in game seven against Cincinnati on Dec. 15. 14-4 1991-92 21-11 season total from last year, while their four wins away from 7. 13-4 1995-96 19-10 home are two more than their total from a year ago. 8. 11-4 1982-83 14-14 Nebraska matched its best 11-game start in school Newcomers (6) 11-4 1975-76 21-9 history after closing non-conference play with a 10-1 Player Ht. Yr. Pos. 10. 10-4 1983-84 16-12 record, equalling 10-1 starts in 1998-99 and 1996-97. Chelsea Aubry 6-2 Fr. F 10-4 1978-79 23-13 The only year Nebraska produced a better non-league Jessica Gerhart 6-2 Fr. F mark came in 1996-97, when NU was 10-0. Kiera Hardy 5-6 Fr. G LaToya Howell% 5-4 Jr. G Heather Kephart 5-8 Fr. G Andrea Lightfoot 5-8 Fr. G Huskers Earn First Top 25 Ranking Since 1999 %redshirting in 2003-04 Nebraska entered the Associated Press Top 25 this week for the fi rst time since Nov. 15, 1999, as the Huskers cracked the poll at No. 25 on Jan. 26. The last time NU was ranked came in the second week of the 1999-2000 season. The Huskers were ranked 24th in the preseason poll and maintained the ranking Players Lost (7) in the fi rst regular-season ranking on Nov. 15, before beating Georgia Southern and falling to Wisconsin in 2002-03 Statistics overtime in the Time Warner Cable Classic. Player Ht. Pos. PPG RPG Greichaly Cepero 6-2 F 5.4 5.1 Amanda Cleveland 6-2 C 8.0 6.4 Richards, Hardy Capture Big 12 Weekly Honors Laura Pilakowski 6-2 F 5.2 5.4 Nebraska senior Margaret Richards captured the fi rst Big 12 Player-of-the-Week award of her career, Shahidrah Roberts 5-9 G 6.8 3.4 while freshman Kiera Hardy addedadded herher fi rrstst BBigig 1212 RRookie-of-the-Weekookie-of-the-Week aawardward ooff tthehe seseasonason whwhenen tthehe Jessie Runty 5-7 G 1.5 0.7 conference offi ce announced the weekly honor winners on Jan. 26. Lacey Hanson 5-10 G 0.5 0.7 Kala Sledge 5-6 G 0.5 0.4 Richards played one of the best games of her career with 21 points, eight rebounds, fi ve assists and a career-high fi ve steals in Nebraska's 81-63 win over No. 9 Kansas State. The 5-9 guard from Louisville, Ky., added 13 points in the Huskers' loss at No. 3 Texas Tech on Wednesday. Richards joins fellow senior guard Players By Class Keasha Cannon-Johnson as Huskers honored with the Big 12 Player-of-the-Week award this season. Seniors (4) Pos. Hometown Hardy, a 5-6 guard from Kansas City, Mo., scored 11 points in the win over No. 9 Kansas State, including K. Cannon-Johnson G Kansas City, Kan. nine points, one rebound and one steal in a decisive 2:13 span that pushed Nebraska's lead from nine points Alexa Johnson F Hacienda Heights, Calif. to 16 points in the second half. Katie Morse C Minden, Iowa Margaret Richards G Louisville, Ky. Juniors (2) Huskers Outperforming Opponents from Long Range LaToya Howell G Chicago, Ill. The Huskers are outshooting their opponents from three-point range this season, connecting on 83-of-252 Jina Johansen G Dannebrog, Neb. three-pointers (32.9 percent), while the opposition has managed to knock down 81-of-257 three-pointers (31.5 percent). While the margins are by no means decisive, they are somewhat historic. Sophomores (0) The last season that Nebraska outscored its opponents from three-point range was 1995-96, when the None Huskers hit 105-of-298 three-pointers (35.2 percent), while the opposition hit 103-of-373 three-pointers Freshmen (5) (27.6 percent). The Huskers have been outscored by their opponents from long range in each of the past Chelsea Aubry F Kitchener, Ontario seven seasons, including 35 more three-pointers by the opposition last season. Jessica Gerhart F Fenton, Iowa A pair of freshmen have given the Huskers a major lift from long range. Heather Kephart, a 5-8 guard Kiera Hardy G Kansas City, Mo. from Canute, Okla., has hit 17 three-pointers (17-46, 37 percent) even though she has missed NU's last Heather Kephart G Canute, Okla. 10 games with a foot injury. Kiera Hardy has matched Kephart's production from long range, hitting 17 Andrea Lightfoot G Omaha, Neb. three-pointers (17-49, 34.7 percent) for the Huskers, despite missing three games early in the season with illness. Both of the three-point totals by Kephart and Hardy rank fourth among all freshman seasons in Academic All-Big 12 Husk ers school history for the Huskers. Player Team,Year Junior guard Jina Johansen has added 13 three-pointers on the year, while connecting on 41.9 percent Jina Johansen First, 2003 (13-31) of her attempts, while senior guard Keasha Cannon-Johnson has hit 11-of-23 attempts from Alexa Johnson First, 2002; Second, 2003 three-point range (47.8 percent). Senior forward Alexa Johnson (8-18, 44.4 percent) and senior center Katie Morse First, 2002 Katie Morse (7-15, 46.7 percent) have given Nebraska added threats from long range. Overall, the Huskers have six players shooting 34 percent or better from beyond the arc. Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 2 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 3 Husker Career Highs Nebraska Shooters Laying it on the Line One of the strengths of this year's Nebraska squad has been its ability to score big at the free throw Scoring line. Through the fi rst 18 games, the Huskers rank second in the Big 12 with a 73.7 free throw percentage. Player (Game, Date) Points Alexa Johnson (vs. Cincinnati, 12/15/02) 27 Even more impressively, NU has outscored its opponents 255-176 at the stripe. If the season ended today, K. Cannon-Johnson (vs. Kansas State, 2/10/02) 27 Nebraska's percentage would rank as the third-best mark in school history, trailing only the 79.0 free throw Katie Morse (vs. Texas Southern, 12/9/02) 25 percentage by the 1981-82 team and the 74.5 percent accuracy produced by the 1988-89 squad. Margaret Richards (at Oklahoma State, 2/1/03) 25 Nebraska, which has attempted 95 more free throws than the opposition, has committed 33 fewer Kiera Hardy (at Missouri, 1/14/04) 17 Heather Kephart (vs. Wofford, 11/21/03) 16 fouls than its opponents, and only four Huskers (Margaret Richards vs. Wofford; Heather Kephart vs. Jina Johansen (Rice, 2002/Iowa State, 2004) 15 Mississippi; Alexa Johnson vs. Oklahoma; Keasha Cannon-Johnson vs. Texas A&M) have fouled out. Chelsea Aubry (vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/6/03) 12 Margaret Richards has led Nebraska at the line this season. The 5-9 guard from Louisville, Ky., is Jessica Gerhart (vs. Mississippi/Rice) 10 shooting 76.6 percent, while leading the Huskers in both free throws made (72) and attempted (94). Andrea Lightfoot (at Washington State, 12/4/03) 3 The Huskers are outscoring their opponents by an average of 14.2-9.8 (+4.4) per game at the free throw Rebounding line, compared to a 12.8-12.0 (+0.8) scoring edge at the line last season. Player (Game, Date) Rebounds Nebraska's excellent team free throw shooting percentage has defi nitely been a team effort. Six of the 10 K. Cannon-Johnson (vs. UL-Lafayette, 12/14/03) 17 Katie Morse (Wofford, 11/21/03) 15 Huskers on the roster are shooting 70 percent or better at the free throw line, including Kiera Hardy (81.8 Margaret Richards (Creighton, 12/21/03) 15 percent), Chelsea Aubry (77.4 percent),percent), Alexa Johnson (76.4 percent), Heather Kephart (75 percent), Alexa Johnson (vs. Grambling State, 11/22/02) 13 and Katie Morse (73.3 percent). Chelsea Aubry (vs. UT-Arlington/Texas) 9 Jessica Gerhart (vs. Wofford/Mississippi) 8 Jina Johansen (at Iowa State, 3/1/03) 8 Kiera Hardy (vs. Princeton, 11/23/03) 6 Huskers Winning Battle on the Boards Heather Kephart (vs. Princeton/Texas-Arlington) 4 Another key ingredient to Nebraska's success has been the Huskers' aggressiveness on the boards. NU Andrea Lightfoot (vs. Texas A&M, 1/17/04) 3 ranks third in the Big 12 by averaging 42.8 rebounds per game, while ranking sixth in the league with a Assists plus-6.1 team rebounding margin. The school record for team rebound margin is plus-8.6 boards per game, Player (Game, Date) Assists set in 1997-98. Keasha Cannon-Johnson (Four Times) 9 Nebraska outrebounded each of its fi rst 11 opponents, including a plus-34 rebound margin (60-26) in Jina Johansen (Three Times) 9 the season-opening win over Wofford. The Huskers owned a double-fi gure rebounding edge in seven of Margaret Richards (St. Bonaventure, 1/3/04) 6 Alexa Johnson (vs. Cal State Fullerton, 12/11/02) 4 their fi rst 11 non-conference games this season, but were outrebounded in three of their fi rst fi ve Big 12 Kiera Hardy (Three Times) 3 games, including Texas Tech's 38-28 edge. NU bounced back with a plus-10 advantage on the boards in its Chelsea Aubry (Wofford/St. Bonaventure) 2 win over No. 9 Kansas State on Saturday, before outrebounded by Texas, 40-33. Jessica Gerhart (vs. Mississippi/Rice) 2 The Huskers have been at their best on the offensive glass, where they are averaging 14.4 offensive boards Heather Kephart (vs. Princeton, 11/23/03) 2 Andrea Lightfoot (Three Times) 2 per game to rank fourth in the league. NU has pulled down 15 or more offensive rebounds in nine of its Katie Morse (Six Times) 2 fi rst 18 games. Steals Keasha Cannon-Johnson, who ranks fourth in the Big 12 in rebounding, has been Nebraska's catalyst Player (Game, Date) Steals on the boards. The 5-10 guard is averaging 8.3 rebounds per game. Margaret Richards has added 7.3 Jina Johansen (vs. Grambling State, 11/22/02) 7 rebounds per game to rank 10th in the league. At 5-9, Richards is the shortest player in the conference Kiera Hardy (at Missouri, 1/14/04) 6 ranked among the top 20 players in rebounding. She also leads the team with 49 offensive rebounds, an Keasha Cannon-Johnson (Two Times) 5 average of 2.7 offensive boards per game, which ranks eighth in the Big 12. Margaret Richards (vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04) 5 Alexa Johnson (Three Times) 3 Center Katie Morse has added 6.6 rebounds per game to rank 17th in the league in rebounding. Morse Katie Morse (vs. Wofford, 11/21/03) 3 ranks second on the club with 39 offensive boards, while Cannon-Johnson ranks third with 37. Heather Kephart (vs. Wofford, 11/21/03) 2 Nebraska joins Colorado and Missouri as the only teams in the Big 12 Conference that feature two players Andrea Lightfoot (vs. Wofford, 11/21/03) 2 who rank among the top 10 in the league in rebounding. The only other teams in the Big 12 with three Chelsea Aubry (Four Times) 1 Jessica Gerhart (Three Times) 1 players who rank among the top 20 individuals in the league in rebounding are Kansas State and Texas. Blocked Shots Player (Game, Date) Blocks Katie Morse (vs. Texas A&M, 1/17/04) 7 Poise Counts - Huskers Come Through in Clutch Keasha Cannon-Johnson (Four Times) 2 Nebraska may be providing Husker fans with the most exciting basketball games in the country this Jina Johansen (vs. Wofford, 11/21/03) 2 season. Ten of the Huskers' 18 games this season have been decided by eight points or less, and Nebraska Alexa Johnson (Cal State Fullerton, Kansas State) 2 has found a way to win nine times, with their only narrow loss coming to Mississippi (69-66) in the third Margaret Richards (Cincinnati, E. Kentucky) 2 Kiera Hardy (vs. Princeton, 11/23/03) 1 game of the season. Heather Kephart (vs. Princeton, 11/23/03) 1 Nebraska has certainly given Husker fans their money's worth at the Devaney Center. Five of NU's 10 Chelsea Aubry (Three Times) 1 home games have been decided in the fi nal minute, including an eight-point win over in-state rival Creighton, Jessica Gerhart (None) 0 a seven-point win over St. Bonaventure, a pair of fi ve-point victories over No. 13 Ohio State and Iowa State Andrea Lightfoot (None) 0 and a two-point nail-biter against Louisiana-Lafayette. Minutes Played The excitement has followed the Huskers on the road as well, beginning with the three-point loss to Player (Game, Date) Minutes Mississippi and a three-point victory over Eastern Kentucky at the Lady Tiger Kroger Thanksgiving Classic. Jina Johansen (10 Times) 40 Margaret Richards (vs. Cincinnati, 12/15/02) 40 Nebraska continued its string of thrillers with an eight-point win at Washington State, before escaping with Katie Morse (Creighton/Drake) 40 a three-point win at Rice. Most recently, the Huskers notched a fi ve-point win at Missouri. Alexa Johnson (New Orleans, San Diego) 40 The Huskers have found ways to win in almost every way imaginable. They have erased double-digit Keasha Cannon-Johnson (Three Times) 37 leads, blown double-fi gure leads, come back in the closing minutes, knocked down game-winning three- Kiera Hardy (at Missouri, 1/14/04) 31 Chelsea Aubry (vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/6/03) 27 pointers, shut out the opponent in the fi nal minutes and staved off countless opponent rallies by hitting Jessica Gerhart (vs. Mississippi, 11/28/03) 24 free throws in the closing seconds. They also played one stretch of more than 100 minutes in which neither Heather Kephart (at Washington State, 12/4/03) 22 team led by more than two possessions (six points) at any time in a game. Andrea Lightfoot (vs. Wofford, 11/21/03) 15

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 4 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 5 Nebraska’s Starters at a Glance Associated Press Top 25 Margaret Richards has been Nebraska's leader through 18 games, averaging 11th Regular-Season Poll (Jan. 26) 11.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, after producing one of the best games of her career with 21 points eight rebounds, fi ve assists and a career-high 1-Tennessee (44) (16-1)...... 1,172 fi ve steals in the Huskers' 81-63 win over No. 9 Kansas State. She added 13 points 2-Duke (1) (15-2)...... 1,096 earlier in the week at No. 3 Texas Tech and earned the fi rst Big 12 Player-of-the- 3-Texas (2) (17-2)...... 1,074 Week award of her career on Jan. 26. 4-Connecticut (14-2) ...... 1,026 Richards ranks 21st in the Big 12 in scoring and ranks 10th in the league 5-Penn State (15-3)...... 978 in rebounding. She is the shortest Big 12 player among the top 20 players in the 6-Purdue (16-2) ...... 950 7-Texas Tech (17-2) ...... 856 league in rebounding. She also ranks second on the team with 14 blocks. 22 8-Stanford (15-3) ...... 810 She produced the second double-double of the year with 11 points and a 9-Louisiana Tech (13-2)...... 783 Margaret Richards career-high 15 rebounds against Creighton. She has scored in double fi gures in 5-9, Senior, Guard 10-North Carolina (15-2)...... 761 Louisville, Ky. 11 of NU's 17 games, while adding three double-fi gure rebounding efforts. 11-Colorado (16-2) ...... 652 Richards produced a pair of strong performances in two games at the Lady 12-Kansas State (13-3) ...... 636 Tiger Kroger Thanksgiving Classic in Memphis, Tenn., where she averaged 21 points and 9.5 rebounds per 13-DePaul (18-1)...... 604 game to earn a spot on the all-tournament team. In NU's 78-75 win over Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 29, 14-Minnesota (15-3)...... 544 Richards scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed 10 boards for her fourth career double-double. She 15-Louisiana State (16-3) ...... 512 also tied a school record with 18 free throw attempts against EKU and set the NU record for the most free 16-Baylor (16-3)...... 449 throw attempts in back-to-back games by hitting 25-of-32 shots at the line against Mississippi and EKU. 17-Miami (16-1) ...... 397 She added a game-high 18 points in Nebraska's win over Texas-Arlington. 18-Michigan State (15-3)...... 394 Richards has moved into sole possession of seventh on the NU charts with her 74 career three-pointers 19-Georgia (14-5) ...... 352 and needs seven more to catch Brooke Schwartz in sixth place (81). She owns 836 career points, 454 20-Oklahoma (13-4) ...... 235 rebounds, 186 assists, 111 steals and 26 blocked shots. Richards is also playing her senior season with her 21-TCU (15-3)...... 226 degree in hand after earning a bachelor's degree in communication studies in August of 2003. 22-Auburn (15-4)...... 208 23-Virginia Tech (15-3)...... 122 Keasha Cannon-Johnson has stepped up her play in Big 12 games. She 24-Vanderbilt (15-3) ...... 60 25-Nebraska (14-3)...... 53 is coming off an 18-point effort against No. 3 Texas, which followed her fourth double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the win over No. 9 Kansas Note: Nebraska 2003-04 opponents in bold. State. She added 17 points at No. 3 Texas Tech on Jan. 21, and enters the Baylor game as NU's leading scorer and rebounder with 11.8 points and 8.3 boards per game. She is averaging 13.4 points per game in Big 12 play. Cannon-Johnson earned Big 12 Player-of-the-Week honors after producing USA Today/ESPN Top 25 44 13 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in NU's win over Louisiana-Lafayette 11th Regular-Season Poll (Jan. 27) on Dec. 14. She added six points, including the game-winning three-pointer, a Keasha Cannon-Johnson game-high 11 rebounds, and a career-high tying nine assists in the Huskers' win 1-Tennessee (39) (16-1)...... 999 5-10, Senior, Guard over No. 13 Ohio State on Dec. 12. She followed with a season-high 23 points, four 2-Duke (15-2) ...... 936 Kansas City, Kan. steals, eight rebounds and four assists in the win over Creighton. She scored 15 3-Connecticut (14-2) ...... 907 points at No. 15 Oklahoma, before producing her third double-double with 12 4-Texas (1) (17-2)...... 893 points and 11 boards in a win over Iowa State. She owns 10 double-doubles in 45 career games at NU. She 5-Purdue (16-2) ...... 811 ranks fourth in the Big 12 in rebounding and 20th in scoring. She also ranks 15th in the Big 12 and second 6-Penn State (15-3)...... 774 on the team with 3.3 assists per game and ranks second on the team with 1.6 steals per contest. 7-Texas Tech (17-2) ...... 769 The 2002 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Cannon-Johnson earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 accolades 8-Stanford (15-3) ...... 681 as a junior. She led NU in scoring (12.9 ppg), rebounding (8.4 rpg), assists (4.0 apg) and steals (2.1 spg) 9-Louisiana Tech (13-2)...... 637 after transferring from Penn Valley Community College. A two-time NJCAA Division II All-American, 10-Colorado (16-2) ...... 603 Cannon-Johnson was a three-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week and earned a spot on the Kansas City Star 11-North Carolina (15-3)...... 585 12-Kansas State (13-3) ...... 516 Big 12 All-Defense Team in 2002. She ranked 17th in the Big 12 in scoring, fourth in rebounding, 11th in 13-Minnesota (15-3)...... 499 assists and eighth in steals. She scored a career-high 27 points in a win over No. 11 Kansas State on Feb. 14-DePaul (18-1)...... 496 10, 2002, while adding a season-best 16 boards against KSU as one of six double-doubles in 2001-02. 15-Louisiana State (16-3) ...... 395 In just her second season on the court at Nebraska, Cannon-Johnson owns 561 career points, 377 16-Miami (16-1) ...... 382 rebounds, 167 assists, 84 steals and 24 blocked shots. 17-Georgia (14-5) ...... 353 18-Michigan State (15-3)...... 350 Alexa Johnson enters the Baylor contest averaging 10.7 points and 4.5 19-Baylor (16-3)...... 254 rebounds per game, after a 13-point, six-rebound effort against No. 3 Texas. 20-TCU (15-3)...... 236 NU's top returning scorer from a year ago, Johnson has produced double fi gures 21-Oklahoma (13-4) ...... 210 in 10 of the Huskers' 18 games. She played well in two games at the Lady Tiger 22-Virginia Tech (13-3)...... 203 Kroger Thanksgiving Classic, Nov. 28-29, scoring a season-high 20 points in 23-Boston College (13-4) ...... 118 just 21 minutes, while pulling down six rebounds in NU's opening-round loss 24-Houston (15-2) ...... 86 to Mississippi. She came back for 17 points, including 15 points in the fi rst half, 25-Auburn (15-4)...... 73 42 to go along with six rebounds in NU's win over Eastern Kentucky. In Big 12 statistics, Johnson ranks 27th in the league in scoring average. Last Others Receiving Votes Alexa Johnson season, she earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors by ranking among the 32-Nebraska (14-3)...... 10 6-1, Senior, Forward top players in the league in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.8 points and Note: Nebraska 2003-04 opponents in bold. Hacienda Heights, Calif. 6.8 rebounds per game. Johnson produced 24 double-fi gure scoring efforts as Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 4 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 5 a junior, including 18 games with 15 or more points and six games with 20 or more points. Husker Career 20-Point Games In NU’s win over then-No. 25 Cincinnati on Dec. 15, she scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed nine Alexa Johnson (7) rebounds. Johnson was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 16. She also earned second-team vs. Cincinnati, 12/15/02 27 points academic All-Big 12 accolades in 2003, after claiming fi rst-team honors in 2002. She represented Nebraska vs. Grambling State, 11/22/02 24 points on the Big 12 All-Star Team that played at the 2003 World University Games in Korea in August. at Oklahoma State, 2/1/03 23 points In her career, Johnson has totaled 844 points, 377 rebounds, 44 assists, 64 steals and 12 blocked shots. vs. Rice, 11/24/02 21 points vs. New Orleans, 12/22/02 21 points After missing Nebraska's fi nal 21 games with a knee injury in 2002-03,Katie at Kansas State, 2/12/03 21 points Morse has returned to provide a solid offensive and defensive presence inside for vs. Mississippi, 11/28/03 20 points the Huskers. Morse hit for a season-high 18 points at Missouri, where she added Keasha Cannon-Johnson (6) eight boards and three blocked shots, before producing 10 points, six boards vs. Kansas State, 2/10/02 27 points and a school-record seven blocks in the win over Texas A&M. She added nine at Colorado, 2/6/02 25 points points, fi ve rebounds and three blocks at Texas Tech and has pushed her season vs. Creighton, 12/21/03 23 points averages to 9.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. vs. Iowa State, 1/26/02 22 points Morse, who has helped the Huskers to a 28-9 career record as a starter, at New Orleanse, 12/2/01 21 points produced her second double-double of the season and fi fth of her career with 53 vs. Missouri, 1/15/02 20 points 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win over St. Bonaventure, before adding 13 Katie Morse Margaret Richards (4) points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks in the loss at No. 15 Oklahoma. She 6-4, Senior, Center at Oklahoma State, 2/1/03 25 points opened the season by scoring 16 points and grabbing a career-high 15 rebounds Minden, Iowa vs. Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 23 points in the win over Wofford. In NU's win over Eastern Kentucky, Morse scored six vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04 21 points at San Diego, 12/28/02 20 points points, grabbed nine rebounds and tied a school record with six blocks. She added a pair of double-fi gure scoring efforts with a 15-point, six-rebound performance in the win over Louisiana-Lafayette, and an 11- Katie Morse (1) point, six-board effort in the win over Creighton. vs. Texas Southern, 12/9/02 25 points Morse ranks second in the Big 12 with 2.3 blocks per game and leads the league with 3.3 blocks per contest in Big 12 games. She is tied for fi fth on NU's career list with 88 blocked shots. NU Career Three-Point Leaders Over the past two seasons, the Huskers are a combined 19-6 with Morse in the lineup, including a 5-2 Rk. Player (Years) 3FG Made record last season and a 14-4 start in 2003-04. Morse had a promising junior season come to an end with 1. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 155 a knee injury suffered in the second half of Nebraska’s 65-55 win over No. 25 Cincinnati on Dec. 15, 2002. 2. Kate Galligan (1993-96) 145 Morse, who started NU’s fi rst seven games, was averaging 12.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots 3. Nicole Kubik (1997-00) 129 per game before the injury. Against Texas Southern on Dec. 9, Morse erupted for a career-high 25 points to Amy Stephens (1986-89) 129 go along with 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. She followed that performance with 18 points, 10 boards 5. Amanda Went (1998-01) 96 and a career-best fi ve blocks against Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 11. She added her fi rst double-double of 6. Brooke Schwartz (1997-00) 81 the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds in NU’s season-opening win over Grambling State on Nov. 22. 7. Margaret Richards (2001-present) 74 8. Lis Brenden (1993-96) 70 In her career, Morse has totaled 359 points, 274 rebounds, 88 blocked shots, 36 assists and 28 steals. 9. Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) 67 10. Sabrina Brooks (1988-89) 66 Jina Johansen produced one of the best games of her career by tying a career high with 15 points, including a career-best four three-pointers, to go along with a season-high six rebounds, fi ve assists and two steals in Nebraska's 62-57 win NU Career Blocked Shot Leaders over Iowa State on Jan. 10. She added another strong effort with eight points, Rk. Player (Years) Blocks including a pair of three-pointers, six assists and four rebounds in NU's win over 1. Janet Smith (1979-82) 238 No. 9 Kansas State on Jan. 24. 2. Charlie Rogers (1997-00) 126 Johansen added a season-best six boards in the win at Rice and owns season 3. Maurtice Ivy (1985-88) 104 highs of eight assists against Texas-Arlington and Eastern Kentucky. She has 4. Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-83) 102 provided a steady play-making presence by averaging 4.2 points and a team- 20 5. Katie Morse (2001-present) 88 leading 4.8 assists per game, which ranks fourth in the Big 12. For the season, Jina Johansen Casey Leonhardt (2000-01) 88 5-7, Junior, Guard 7. Rissa Taylor (1990-93) 66 Johansen ranks third on the team with 13 three-pointers, while shooting 41.9 Dannebrog, Neb. 8. Pyra Aarden (1993-96) 63 percent (13-31) from long range. Karen Jennings (1990-93) 63 Johansen made just six three-pointers in the fi rst 12 games this season before 10. Amanda Cleveland (1998-03) 51 hitting four against Iowa State. She attempted a career-high 12 fi eld goals, including a career-high eight three-point attempts, against ISU. In Big 12 games, Johansen ranks 11th in the league in three-point fi eld goal percentage (7-16, 43.8 percent). NU Career Assist Leaders Last season, Johansen set a school record by playing 36.7 minutes per game, surpassing the previous Rk. Player (Years) Assists school mark of 35.6 minutes per contest established by Amy Stephens in 1988-89. Johansen’s 1,028 minutes 1. Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) 696 ranked as the fi fth-highest total in school history and one of seven 1,000-minute seasons in NU history. 2. Nicole Kubik (1997-00) 563 Johansen played 40 minutes 10 times, while playing nearly 92 percent of NU’s possible minutes. 3. Amy Stephens (1986-89) 444 Johansen tied for second in the Big 12 with 5.5 assists per game, while averaging 5.7 points and 3.1 4. Stacy Imming (1984-87) 402 5. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 392 rebounds in 2002-03. Her 153 assists also ranked as the second-best single-season total by a sophomore 6. Ami Beiriger (1979-83) 342 in school history, while ranking eighth overall on NU’s season assist chart. She scored a career-high 15 7. Kathy Hawkins (1975-77) 326 points and tied a career best with nine assists in the win over Rice. She set another career high with seven 8. Jina Johansen (2002-present) 318 steals against Grambling State. She grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Iowa State on March 1. Lis Brenden (1993-96) 305 During her career, Johansen has totaled 287 points, 164 rebounds, 318 assists, 60 steals and fi ve blocked 10. Cathy Owen (1982-85) 302 shots. She ranks eighth on Nebraska's career assist chart with 318. A standout in the classroom, Johansen was a fi rst-team academic All-Big 12 selection in 2003.

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 6 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 7 Husker Newcomers Making Solid Contributions Yori Year by Year Although Nebraska returns fi ve seasoned veterans to its starting lineup for 2003-04, the Huskers have a distinctly new look this season. Other than the fi ve returning starters, no other active Husker had ever played NCAA Division III a regular-season game before Nebraska's season-opening win over Wofford on Nov. 21. Season School Won Lost Pct. 1990-91 Loras College 10 15 .400 One of Nebraska's top scoring freshmen, Heather Kephart, has not played in Nebraska's last 10 games. 1991-92 Loras College 15 10 .600 The Canute, Okla., native has missed more than a month since suffering a foot injury in practice on Dec. 20. Totals 2 seasons 25 25 .500 She has returned to practice, but is not expected to play against No. 16 Baylor. Despite missing the last 10 games, Kephart is still tied for the team lead with 17 made three-pointers to NCAA Division I 1992-93 Creighton 20 8 .714 rank in a tie for fourth on Nebraska's single-season three-point chart for freshmen. In her absence, fellow 1993-94 Creighton 24 7 .774 freshman Kiera Hardy hashas pickedpicked upup herher pacepace fromfrom longlong range.range. HardyHardy hashas alsoalso knockedknocked downdown 17 three-three- 1994-95 Creighton 18 9 .667 pointers, while shooting 34.7 percent from beyond the arc. Hardy is tied with Kephart for fourth on the 1995-96 Creighton 15 13 .536 freshman single-season three-point chart. 1996-97 Creighton 8 19 .296 1997-98 Creighton 16 12 .571 Kiera Hardy hashas beenbeen thethe Huskers'Huskers' mostmost excitingexciting freshman,freshman, averagingaveraging 8.2 1998-99 Creighton 16 14 .533 points, 2.4 rebounds and a team-leading 1.9 steals per game, which ranks ninth 1999-00 Creighton 12 15 .444 in the Big 12. She earned the fi rst Big 12 Rookie-of-the-Week award of her career 2000-01 Creighton 17 11 .607 2001-02 Creighton 24 7 .774 on Jan. 26, after scoring 11 points, grabbing three rebounds and snagging three 2002-03 Nebraska 8 20 .286 steals in NU's win over No. 9 Kansas State. 2003-04 Nebraska 14 4 .778 Hardy has helped the Huskers to a 12-3 record when she has been in the Div. I Totals 12 seasons 192 139 .580 lineup with NU's only losses coming at No. 3 Texas Tech, at No. 15 Oklahoma and Overall 14 seasons 217 164 .570 to No. 3 Texas. Hardy produced one of the best games of her young career when 21 she struck for career highs with 17 points and six steals in the win at Missouri. Yori in the NCAA Tour na ment With Nebraska clinging to a 69-66 lead with 1:35 left, Hardy snagged her sixth Year Final Round Kiera Hardy 1994 Second 5-6, Freshman, Guard steal of the game against MU and calmly knocked down a pair of free throws to give NU some breathing room. She came through again in the closing seconds, W, Bowling Green, 84-73 Kansas City, Mo. L, Texas Tech, 65-75 chasing down a defensive rebound with seven seconds left and NU leading 72-69. 2002 First She was fouled again and hit both free throws to seal the win over the Tigers. L, Fla. International, 58-73 Hardy has provided a consistent offensive threat by producing six double-fi gure scoring efforts and nine Two NCAA Tournaments (Overall Record: 1-2) games with nine or more points this season. She missed the Mississippi, Eastern Kentucky and Washington State games because of illness. Yori in the Postseason WNIT An explosive player who can change the momentum of a game, Hardy scored nine points,while adding a Year Final Round 1999 First steal and a rebound in a 2:13 span in the second half to push a nine-point NU lead to 16 points. She scored L, at Kansas State, 60-71 eight points, snagged three steals and dished out one assist during a fi ve-minute stretch in the fi rst half that One WNIT (Overall Record: 0-1) helped trim a 12-point Iowa State lead to just one point. Hardy also played a major role in NU's win at Rice, scoring nine straight points on three consecutive three-pointers in a 1:10 span to turn a tie game into a 46-37 Nebraska Coaching Staff lead midway through the second half. She fi nished with 11 points -- all in a 3:30 span of the second half. Hardy scored all nine of her points against St. Bonaventure in the second half, including a pair of three- Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986) pointers. She also knocked down 3-of-4 free throws in the fi nal 1:02 to seal the victory. She scored 12 points Career Record: 217-164, 14th season and pulled down a career-best six rebounds against Princeton and energized NU with 10 points and a trio Record at Nebraska: 22-24, Second season of three-pointers in the win over No. 13 Ohio State. Record at Creighton: 170-115 (10 seasons) Hardy has become a dangerous weapon from long range, connecting on 17-of-49 three-pointers on the Record at Loras College (Div. III): season for 34.7 percent accuracy from beyond the arc. Her 17 total three-pointers match fellow freshman 25-25 (2 sea sons) Assistant Coaches Heather Kephart in a tie for fourth on the Husker freshman single-season list. Cindy Fisher (Arizona State, 1988) Angela Timmons (Creighton, 2001) Heather Kephart provided a major contribution through eight games, but LaKale Malone (Indiana, 1999) has missed more than a month with a foot injury suffered in practice on Dec. 20. Director of Basketball Operations She has missed NU's last 10 games and is not expected to play against Baylor. She Aubrey Eblin (Old Dominion, 1999) is averaging 7.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game, while leading the Huskers with Administrative Assistant/Video Specialist 17 three-pointers. Kephart, who is shooting 37.0 percent (17-46) from long range, Naciska Gilmore (Nebraska, 2000) erupted for 16 points in just 18 minutes in the season-opening win over Wofford. Sports Information Contact: Jeff Griesch Athletic Trainer: Janna Cinnamon She hit 4-of-8 three-pointers against the Lady Terriers, to help the Huskers hit Strength and Conditioning Coach: Mike Arthur 7-of-17 long-range attempts. Her 16-point outburst against Wofford tied for the 2 fi fth-highest total by a freshman in a career-opening game in Husker history. Every other former Husker freshman who scored 16 or more points in a career-opening Heather Kephart Yori TV/Radio Shows performance went on to score 1,000 or more points in their careers. 5-8, Freshman, Guard Canute, Okla. Kephart added a sizzling 15-point outburst off the bench in the win over The Nebraska Women’s Basketball Show with Coach Washington State, including a career-high fi ve three-pointers with four straight Connie Yori and host Jeff Griesch, which began its season trifectas in the second half to turn a four-point NU defi cit into a fi ve-point Husker lead. With 17 three-pointers on Dec. 7, can be seen on NETV2 on Sunday's at 10:30 in her fi rst eight games, Kephart is tied with teammate Kiera Hardy for fourth on the Nebraska freshman p.m. Coach Yori’s radio show with host Gary Sharp tipped single-season list, and needs just seven more to climb into a tie for third. off on Dec. 11, and can be heard on the Pinnacle Sports Kephart, who hit at least one three-pointer in seven of the Huskers' fi rst eight games, produced double Network (1400 KLIN in Lincoln) Thursdays at 7 p.m. fi gures in scoring three times despite averaging just 15.4 minutes per contest.

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 6 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 7 Chelsea Aubry hashas bbeeneen a ssolidolid ccontributorontributor bbothoth ooffensivelyffensively aandnd ddefensivelyefensively Husker Double-Dou bles for the Huskers in her fi rst season. She enters the Baylor game averaging 6.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. She produced back-to-back double-fi gure Keasha Cannon-Johnson (10) efforts against Texas A&M and No. 3 Texas Tech. She scored 10 points and grabbed vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04 16 points, 10 rebounds vs. Iowa State, 1/10/04 12 points, 11 rebounds seven rebounds in the win over the Aggies, before adding 10 points and four vs. UL-Lafayette, 12/14/03 13 points, 17 rebounds boards against the Lady Raiders. She owns fi ve double-fi gure scoring efforts vs. Texas-Arlington 12/6/03 16 points, 12 rebounds this season, and is coming off a six-point, nine-rebound performance against at Kansas, 2/13/02 15 points, 15 rebounds No. 3 Texas. vs. Kansas State, 2/10/02 27 points, 16 rebounds The 6-2 forward from Kitchener, Ontario, fi nished the non-conference season 45 vs. Missouri, 2/2/02 12 points, 11 rebounds on a strong note, averaging 8.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game over the last vs. TAMUCC, 12/8/01 15 points, 15 rebounds Chelsea Aubry six games, including a near double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in 6-2, Freshman, Forward at New Orleans, 12/2/01 21 points, 10 rebounds a career-high 27 minutes in the win over Texas-Arlington. vs. Texas Southern, 11/29/01 16 points, 11 rebounds Kitchener, Ontario In the win over No. 13 Ohio State, Aubry added eight points and three Katie Morse (5) rebounds, including a crucial stretch where she scored six of Nebraska's eight points to close the fi rst half. vs. St. Bonaventure, 1/3/04 11 points, 10 rebounds She has scored eight or more points on eight occasions. vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 16 points, 15 rebounds Aubry, who opened the season with 11 points and fi ve rebounds in the win over Wofford, scored just eight vs. Cal State Fullerton, 12/11/02 18 points, 10 rebounds points and pulled down six rebounds combined over the next four games. Nebraska's fi rst-ever Canadian vs. Texas Southern, 12/9/02 25 points, 10 rebounds basketball player, Aubry has hit 77.4 percent (24-31) of her free throws this season. vs. Grambling State, 11/22/02 12 points, 10 rebounds Margaret Richards (5) Jessica Gerhart has provided Nebraska with an offensive spark inside off vs. Creighton, 12/21/03 11 points, 15 rebounds the bench in her fi rst season. In NU's win over Iowa State, Gerhart scored eight vs. E. Kentucky, 11/29/03 23 points, 10 rebounds points in just nine minutes on 4-of-5 shooting from the fi eld to help the Huskers at San Diego, 12/28/02 20 points, 11 rebounds gain control of the game in the second half. vs. New Orleans, 12/22/02 16 points, 10 rebounds She had a similar effort in the Huskers' come-from-behind victory at Rice. vs. Grambling State, 11/22/02 12 points, 11 rebounds Gerhart tied her career high with 10 points, all in the fi rst half, to help the Huskers Alexa Johnson (4) trim a nine-point defi cit to just one point at the half against the Owls. Gerhart vs. Grambling State, 11/22/02 24 points, 13 rebounds scored eight straight points for NU to spark the offense, fi nishing the game by vs. Texas Southern, 12/9/02 15 points, 11 rebounds hitting 5-of-6 shots from the fi eld. Gerhart nearly notched a double-double in 33 vs. Cal State Fullerton, 12/11/02 15 points, 10 rebounds her debut by scoring nine points and grabbing eight rebounds in the Huskers' at San Diego, 12/28/02 15 points, 11 rebounds Jessica Gerhart win over Wofford. She got even closer with a career-high 10 points and nine 6-2, Freshman, Forward boards against Mississippi. Fenton, Iowa Top Openers by NU Freshmen The 6-2 forward from Fenton, Iowa, added six second-half points on 3-of-5 Rk. Player (Game) Points shooting in the win over St. Bonaventure. Gerhart enters the Baylor game averaging 3.9 points and 2.4 1. Anna DeForge (Gonzaga, 11/24/95) 22 rebounds in just 9.4 minutes per game. Gerhart's 60.0 fi eld goal percentage leads the Huskers and would 2. Deb Powell (Pacifi c Christian, 11/20/87) 19 rank third in the Big 12, but Gerhart has not met the minimum requirement of 3.0 made fi eld goals per 3. Karen Jennings (St. Louis, 11/24/89) 18 game. Gerhart is averaging 1.7 fi eld goals per contest. She is on pace to break the Husker freshman single- Angie Miller (South Florida, 11/25/83) 18 season record for fi eld goal percentage set by Charlie Rogers at 58.2 percent (78-134) in 1996-97. 5. Heather Kephart (Wofford, 11/21/03) 16 Over the last nine games, Gerhart is shooting a sizzling 71.4 percent (15-21) from the fi eld. She has hit Stacy Imming (South Florida, 11/25/83) 16 50 percent of her fi eld goals or better in 12 of 18 games this season.

Freshman 3FG Records Omaha Marian graduate Andrea Lightfoot has continued to improve in NU Freshman 3FG Records all phases of the game in her fi rst season with the Huskers. The 5-8 guard is Three-Point Field Goals Made averaging 0.7 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists while playing 6.2 minutes per Player Season Made contest. 1. Anna DeForge 1994-95 46 Lightfoot connected on her fourth career fi eld goal while setting her career 2. Nicole Kubik 1996-97 29 high with three rebounds in the win over Texas A&M. An excellent ball-handler 3. Shannon Howell 2000-01 24 and decision-maker, she owns a 1.5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio with 12 assists 4. Heather Kephart 2003-04 17 and just eight turnovers on the season. Kiera Hardy 2003-04 17 Lightfoot has played in all 18 games for the Huskers this season and is 5-for-8 23 K.C. Cowgill 2000-01 16 from the free throw line. She hit her fi rst career three-pointer to set a career best Andrea Lightfoot Three-Point Field Goal Percentage with three points in NU's win over Washington State. She played a career-high 5-8, Freshman, Guard Player Season Pct. (3FG-3FGA) 15 minutes in the Huskers' season-opening victory over Wofford. Omaha, Neb. 1. Heather Kephart 2003-04 .370 (17-46) 2. Katie Robinette 2001-02 .353 (12-34) 3. Kiera Hardy 2003-04 .347 (17-49) No. 3 Longhorns Top No. 25 Huskers, 82-59 4. Shannon Howell 2000-01 .340 (24-78) Nebraska's slow starts in both halves proved to be costly, as the No. 25 Huskers fell to third-ranked Texas 5. Anna DeForge 1994-95 .333 (46-138) 82-59, in front of a crowd of 3,542 at the Devaney Center on Wednesday. The Huskers, who were making their fi rst appearance in the national polls since Nov. 15, 1999, allowed runs of 16-4 and 15-3 in the opening minutes of each half, as the Longhorns (18-2, 6-1 Big 12) moved into sole possession of the conference lead with the win. Tiffany Jackson led Texas by scoring 22 points and grabbing 11 rebounds to pace four Longhorns in double figures, as Texas snapped the Huskers' 10-game home winning streak. Stacy Stephens and Heather Schreiber added 17 points apiece, while Kala Bowers rounded out the

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 8 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 9 quartet with 16 points, as the Longhorns shot an opponent season-high 45.9 percent and made an opponent season-high 21 free throws on 84 percent shooting from the line. The Huskers made just 6-of- 2003-04 Big 12 Preseason Picks 11 free throws, while shooting 23.1 percent from three-point range (3-13). Texas outrebounded Nebraska 40-33, including a plus-13 margin in the second half. Coaches Poll Keasha Cannon-Johnson led Nebraska with 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting to lead three Huskers in Rank, Team (1st Votes) Total 1. Texas (10) 120 double fi gures.Alexa Johnson added 13 points and six rebounds, while Margaret Richards chipped in 12 2. Kansas State (2) 111 points and fi ve boards. NU also got a strong effort off the bench from freshmanChelsea Aubry, who fi nished 3. Texas Tech 99 with six points and a team-high nine rebounds in 26 minutes. 4. Oklahoma 87 The Huskers got off to a slow start in the fi rst half, missing eight of their fi rst nine shots from the fl oor, as Texas 5. Colorado 81 quickly jumped to a 12-point lead just eight minutes into the contest. 6. Baylor 72 Trailing 29-17, Johnson led a Husker comeback, scoring fi ve of her nine fi rst-half points in a 9-1 run, 7. Missouri 55 as Nebraska closed to within 30-26 on an Aubry putback with 2:18 remaining in the half. The Huskers 8. Iowa State 53 were within 32-28, but Tiffany Jackson’s three-point play with eight seconds remaining in the half 9. Kansas 40 10. Oklahoma State 35 gave the Longhorns a seven point lead at the break. 11. Nebraska 20 In the second half, the duo of Jackson and Schreiber did most of the damage in a 15-3 run to open the 12. Texas A&M 19 second half. Jackson and Schreiber combined for 12 of UT’s 15 points, as Schreiber scored eight consecutive points, including a pair of three-pointers, helping UT to a 19-point lead with 15:51 remaining. Preseason All-Big 12 Team The Huskers closed to within 15 points on two occasions, the last at 70-55 on a Cannon-Johnson Player, School Ht. Class Pos. jumper with 5:22 remaining, but could not get any closer, as Texas scored the next nine points to end any Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State 6-4 Sr. Cen ter Husker comeback hopes. Kendra Wecker, Kansas State 5-11Jr. Forward Stacy Stephens, Texas 6-1 Sr. Forward Heather Schreiber, Texas 6-2 Jr. Forward Nebraska's Notable Numbers Jia Perkins, Texas Tech 5-8 Sr. Guard 4The Huskers rank second in the Big 12 with their 73.7 free throw percentage, after shooting 68.8 percent from the free throw line last season. NU's percentage ranks third on the Husker single-season Preseason Player of the Year Player, School Ht. Class Pos. charts, trailing only their 79.0 percent accuracy in 1981-82 and 74.5 percent in 1988-89. Nebraska has Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State 6-4 Sr. Center outscored the opposition, 255-176, at the line through 18 games this season (14.2-9.8). 4Nebraska's 42.8 rebounds per game rank third in the Big 12 Conference, while the Huskers' +6.1 Preseason Newcomer of the Year rebounding margin ranks sixth in the league. NU outrebounded each of its fi rst 11 opponents and 13 of Player, School Ht. Class Pos. its 18 opponents on the season, including a plus-10 rebound margin in the win over No. 9 Kansas State. Elizangela Gomes, Okla. St. 6-4 Jr. Center 4NU ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 15.7 assists per game, and seventh in the Big 12 with 4.6 three- Preseason Freshman of the Year pointers made per game. Last season, the Huskers averaged just 12.5 assists and 3.4 three-pointers. Player, School Ht. Class Pos. 4Nebraska's 10 made three-pointers in the 60-55 win over No. 13 Ohio State tied the school record, set Tiffany Jackson, Texas 6-3 Fr. Forward three other times, most recently on Feb. 4, 2001, against Iowa State. The Huskers' 27 three-point attempts against the Buckeyes rank as the third-most attempts in school history. 4Katie Morse set a Nebraska school record with seven blocked shots in the Huskers' 65-48 win over Big 12 Standings (as of Jan. 29) Texas A&M on Jan. 17. Morse had six blocks against Eastern Kentucky earlier this season. Team (AP Rank) Conference Overall 4Margaret Richards tied a Nebraska record with 18 free throw attempts in the Huskers' win over 1. Texas (3) 6-1 18-2 Eastern Kentucky. Richards, who hit 14-of-18 attempts from the line against the Colonels, connected on Colorado (11) 5-1 16-2 11-of-14 attempts the previous night against Mississippi. Richards' 32 free throw attempts in consecutive Kansas State (12) 5-1 14-3 games are the most in school history. 4. Texas Tech (7) 4-2 18-2 5. Nebraska (25) 4-3 14-4 Baylor (16) 4-3 16-4 Husker Freshmen Making at Impact in Big 12 7. Oklahoma (20) 3-4 13-5 Nebraska's freshman class has certainly made a positive impact on the Huskers' turnaround this season. 8. Oklahoma State 3-4 8-10 Four of NU's youngsters rank among the top-16 freshmen in the Big 12 Conference in scoring, led by Kiera 9. Iowa State 2-4 9-8 Missouri 2-4 11-6 Hardy. The 5-6 guard from Kansas City, Mo., ranks seventh among conference freshmen with 8.2 points per 11. Kansas 1-5 8-9 game. Heather Kephart, a 5-8 guard from Canute, Okla., ranks right behind Hardy in eighth place among 12. Texas A&M 0-7 7-11 league freshmen with 7.8 points per game. Unfortunately for the Huskers, Kephart has missed Nebraska's past 10 games with a foot injury. Chelsea Aubry, a 6-2 forward from Kitchener, Ontario, continues to climb the league's scoring ladder among freshmen. Aubry is averaging 6.0 points per game to rank 12th in the league, while fellow forward NU's Best Home Seasons Jessica Gerhart comes in at 16th with 3.9 points per game. Aubry also ranks seventh among conference Year Overall Conference freshmen with 3.6 rebounds per game, while Hardy and Gerhart are tied for 16th with 2.4 boards per 1. 1997-98 16-0 8-0 contest. 2. 1987-88 13-0 7-0 Hardy ranks second among Big 12 freshmen in steals with 1.9 per game, trailing only Texas' Tiffany 3. 1995-96 12-1 6-1 Jackson, and fourth in assists with 1.7 per game. Kephart ranks ninth in three-point percentage (17-46, 1992-93 12-1 6-1 37.0 percent). Hardy also ranks 11th among league freshmen with her 34.7 three-point fi eld goal percentage 1986-87 12-1 6-1 (17-49). 6. 1998-99 12-2 6-2 Gerhart is proving that she is one of the most accurate shooters among the Big 12 newcomers, ranking -- 2003-04 10-1 3-1 fourth in the league by hitting 60.0 percent (30-50) of her fi eld goal attempts. Gerhart is the only Big 12 7. 1988-89 10-2 5-2 8. 1978-79 14-4 NA freshman with more than 15 fi eld goal attempts who is shooting better than 55 percent from the fi eld. She 9. 1983-84 10-3 4-3 is also on pace to establish a Nebraska single-season freshman record for fi eld goal percentage. 1979-80 10-3 NA

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 8 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 9 NU Top Season Rebound Margins Huskers Face Solid Regular-Season Schedule The Huskers will face a challenging 2003-04 schedule that features 12 games against nine teams that Rk. Season (Record) Margin qualifi ed for postseason play in 2003. Nebraska will play eight games against six teams that advanced to 1. 1997-98 (23-10) +8.6 the 2003 NCAA Tournament, and will add four games against three squads that made it to the fi nal eight -- 2003-04 (14-3) +6.1 in the Women's National Invitation Tournament last season. 2. 1994-95 (13-14) +5.9 Nebraska's home schedule at the Devaney Center features four NCAA Tournament teams, including No. 3. 1990-91 (17-11) +5.6 4. 1993-94 (17-13) +5.0 13 Ohio State, which NU defeated, 60-55, on Dec. 12, Kansas State (Jan. 24), Texas (Jan. 28) and Colorado 5. 1995-96 (19-10) +4.1 (March 3), while adding a pair of WNIT qualifi ers in Creighton (Dec. 21) and Missouri (Feb. 25). 6. 1987-88 (22-7) +3.2 The Buckeyes, who advanced to the second round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament after earning a spot 1980-81 (18-13) +3.2 in the Big Ten title game, highlighted the Huskers' non-conference schedule. Ohio State fi nished with a 8. 1991-92 (21-11) +3.1 22-10 overall record and 10-6 mark for a fourth-place fi nish in Coach Jim Foster's fi rst season at OSU. 9. 1996-97 (19-9) +2.4 Along with Nebraska's 60-55 win over No. 13 Ohio State, the Huskers' home non-conference schedule 10. 1999-00 (18-13) +1.6 also featured a 70-62 win over traditional in-state rival Creighton at the Devaney Center. The Bluejays fi nished with a 24-9 overall record and advanced to the WNIT semifi nals in 2003. NU Top Free Throw Pct. Seasons The Huskers opened regular-season play with wins over Wofford (104-46) on Nov. 21, and Princeton (75-61) on Nov. 23. Nebraska defeated Texas-Arlington (81-59) on Dec. 6, and Louisiana-Lafayette (61-59) Rk. Season (Record) FT Pct. on Dec. 14, before closing non-league play with a 69-62 win over St. Bonaventure (Jan. 3). 1. 1981-82 (14-17) 79.0 Nebraska faced tough road tests in non-league play at the Memphis Lady Tiger Kroger Thanksgiving 2. 1988-89 (14-14) 74.5 -- 2003-04 (14-4) 73.7 Classic (Nov. 28-29), where the Huskers lost to Mississippi and defeated Eastern Kentucky. NU also won at 3. 1984-85 (10-18) 72.4 Washington State (Dec. 4) before closing its non-conference road slate with a 59-56 win at Rice (Dec. 30). 4. 1985-86 (11-17) 72.1 The Big 12 Conference could feature the toughest fi eld from top to bottom in the eight-year history 5. 2001-02 (14-16) 71.0 of the league. NU opened league play with a 70-51 loss at No. 15 Oklahoma on Jan. 7. The Sooners, who 6. 1995-96 (19-10) 70.9 qualifi ed for the 2003 NCAA Tournament after advancing to the NCAA title game in 2002, were the fi rst of 7. 1986-87 (16-13) 70.8 seven conference opponents who qualifi ed for the 2003 NCAA Tournament. 8. 1999-00 (18-13) 70.1 The Huskers opened home conference competition with a 62-57 victory over Iowa State on Jan. 10 to 9. 1991-92 (21-11) 69.8 snap a 10-game losing streak to the Cyclones, before traveling to 2003 WNIT quarterfi nalist Missouri and 10. 1987-88 (22-7) 69.5 knocking off the Tigers 74-69 in Columbia (Jan. 14). NU returned home to notch a 65-48 win over Texas A&M (Jan. 17), before falling 68-55 at No. 3 Texas Tech (Jan. 21) to begin a treacherous fi ve-game stretch. Nebraska's 100-Point Games The Huskers returned to the Devaney Center to post one of the biggest wins in school history with a decisive 81-63 win over then-No. 9 Kansas State (Jan. 24), before falling to 2003 NCAA Final Four participant and Rk. Opponent Points 1. vs. Howard, 12/11/92 123 No. 3 Texas, 82-59 (Jan. 28). NU travels to WNIT runner-up, No. 16 Baylor (Jan. 31) and NCAA Sweet 16 2. vs. InterAmerican, 12/21/93 122 qualifi er, No. 11 Colorado (Feb. 4). 3. vs. Michigan, 11/28/80 118 Nebraska returns to the Devaney Center to take on Kansas (Feb. 7) and Oklahoma State (Feb. 11), before 4. vs. Georgia Southern, 11/19/99 113 taking the road again for a pair of tests at Kansas State (Feb. 14) and Iowa State (Feb. 21). After playing host 5. vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 1/22/75 112 to Missouri (Feb. 25) and traveling to Kansas (Feb. 28), the Huskers conclude the regular season at home 6. vs. Oral Roberts, 12/5/89 110 with Senior Night against Colorado (March 3). The Huskers travel to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference vs. Pacifi c Christian, 11/20/81 110 Tournament at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, March 9-13, and the NCAA Tournament begins March 20, 8. vs. Brigham Young, 12/5/87 109 concluding with the NCAA Women's Final Four at New Orleans Arena, April 4-6. 9. vs. Troy State, 12/8/98 108 vs. Iowa State, 1/15/83 108 11. vs. Nicholls State, 12/10/95 107 at Idaho, 12/4/93 107 Huskers Leading Life Skills Team Competition Along with showing gains on the court during the 2003-04 season, members of the Nebraska women's 13. vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 104 vs. Brigham Young, 12/14/85 104 basketball team are also focused on improving themselves in the classroom and in the community. 15. vs. Creighton, 1/3/90 103 During the 2003-04 academic year, the Nebraska Athletic Department has initiated a new Life Skills Award vs. Arizona, 11/23/84 103 of Excellence Team Competition, which is designed to promote student-athlete involvement in campus- vs. Kansas State (OT), 1/18/83 103 wide programming, community service and leadership opportunities, while enhancing student-athletes' 18. vs. Oklahoma, 3/2/85 102 preparation for life after sports. at Pepperdine, 1/11/84 102 The Husker women's basketball team has embraced the new program and made winning the inaugural vs. Northwest Missouri State, 2/17/82 102 title one of its goals. As of Dec. 19, the women's basketball team was solidly in fi rst place with 1,982 points 21. at Oklahoma, 2/14/98 101 to lead the second-place Nebraska women's gymnastics team by 457 points. The women's track and fi eld at Oklahoma State, 2/19/83 101 23. vs. Oral Roberts, 11/27/87 100 team was in third with 1,360 points, while the volleyball team was in fourth with 1,261 points and the football team was in fi fth with 1,236 points. All 21 of Nebraska's teams are participating in the program, which assigns points to individual and team efforts in a variety of Life Skills categories, including team enhancement, outreach, athletes supporting athletes, personal enhancement, leadership and team GPA. Other points can be earned by going above and beyond the traditional categories and communicating with the Student-Athlete Advisory Board and Husker Outreach Council. Yori Working to Establish Foundation at Nebraska Second-year Nebraska coach Connie Yori spent her fi rst season at Nebraska trying to lay the cornerstones of a successful basketball program. The Huskers have opened the season with a 14-4 overall record and a

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 10 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 11 4-3 Big 12 mark to improve Yori's career record to 217-164 in her 14th season as a collegiate coach. Yori's commitment to building Nebraska on the proper principles is paying off in her second season, as the Huskers Nebraska's Record When. . . have nearly doubled their overall win total from a season ago and quadrupled their Big 12 Conference victory NU leads at the half 10-0 total from the 2002-03 season. NU trails at the half 3-4 Although the Huskers struggled to an 8-20 overall record and a 1-15 Big 12 mark last season, the Huskers NU is tied at the half 1-0 accepted the principles of hard work and conditioning and showed major strides throughout the season. Despite carrying a roster of just fi ve or six scholarship players throughout last season, Nebraska returns NU attempts more FG than opponent 7-0 fi ve experienced starters for 2003-04. NU attempts fewer FG than opponent 7-4 The Huskers also features some depth this season, a luxury they lacked a year ago. Nebraska has added NU makes more FG than opponent 7-0 fi ve freshmen to its roster this season, and all fi ve have seen signifi cant playing time. NU makes fewer FG than opponent 6-4 Nebraska is also making strides in the classroom and the community. Along with Jina Johansen, Laura NU makes same number of FG as opponent 1-0 Pilakowski, Greichaly Cepero and Alexa Johnson earning academic All-Big 12 honors last season, Margaret NU has better FG Pct. than opponent 10-1 Richards earned her degree in August of 2003. The Huskers' cumulative team GPA is also on the rise, with NU has worse FG Pct. than opponent 4-3 seven of 10 players on the roster carrying cumulative grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. Seven Huskers earned GPAs of better than 3.0 during the fall semester, including all fi ve of the Husker freshmen. NU shoots 50 percent or better from fi eld 3-0 NU shoots less than 50 percent from fi eld 11-4 Off the court, the women's basketball team is leading the Athletic Department's Life Skills Award of Excellence Team Competition, which is designed to promote athletic excellence, academic support, personal NU shoots 40 percent or better from fi eld 9-1 development, career development and community service. Through Dec. 19, the women's basketball team NU shoots less than 40 percent from fi eld 5-3 had earned 1,982 points to lead the women's gymnastics team by 457 points. The Husker women's track NU shoots more FT than opponent 13-1 and fi eld program was in third with 1,360 points, while the volleyball team (1,261) and football team (1,236) NU shoots fewer FT than opponent 1-3 rounded out the top fi ve in the competition. The 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Yori led the Bluejays to a 24-7 overall mark and NU makes more FT than opponent 12-1 NU makes fewer FT than opponent 2-2 a 16-2 MVC record in 2002-03 to capture the league’s regular-season and tournament titles. Yori’s success NU makes same number of FT as opponent 0-1 at CU in 2002-03 capped a 170-115 career mark at Creighton. Her teams made two trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1994 and 2002. Before taking over the top job with the Bluejays, Yori led NCAA Division III NU has more total rebounds than opponent 12-1 Loras College to a 25-25 record in two seasons from 1990 to 1992. She also served as an assistant coach at NU has fewer total rebounds than opponent 1-3 Creighton from 1986 to 1989. NU has same number of total rebounds as opp. 1-0 Yori was one of the top players in Creighton history, and she still owns the school record for career NU has more offensive rebounds than opponent 8-1 scoring average at 20.3 points per game. She ranks as CU’s No. 3 all-time leading scorer with 2,010 points, NU has fewer offensive rebounds than opponent 4-3 and she had her No. 25 jersey retired. She was inducted into the Creighton Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. NU has same number of off. rbs. as opponent 2-0 A native of Ankeny, Iowa, the 40-year-old Yori is married to Kirk Helms. NU has more assists than opponent 11-1 NU has fewer assists than opponent 3-3 Nebraska’s History of Success at Home NU has more turnovers than opponent 5-4 Since the Bob Devaney Sports Center opened in 1976-77, the Huskers are 274-97 (.739) in games played NU has fewer turnovers than opponent 7-0 in the arena, including 97-61 (.614) in conference games. Nebraska is 10-1 at home in 2003-04, and has NU has same number of turnovers as opponent 2-0 nearly doubled its home victory total from 2002-03. The Huskers are 3-1 at home in Big 12 Conference NU has more steals than opponent 7-0 games this season. NU has fewer steals than opponent 6-4 Attendance is a big part of the Huskers’ success. Over the past fi ve seasons, Nebraska has averaged more NU has same number of steals as opponent 1-0 than 4,200 fans per game and ranked among the top 25 teams nationally in average home attendance each season. The Huskers were 6-10 at home in 2002-03 and averaged 2,625 fans per game in 16 contests. NU NU has more blocked shots than opponent 6-1 NU has fewer blocked shots than opponent 8-2 drew a season-high 6,077 fans in the loss to No. 4 Kansas State on Jan. 19. NU has same number of blocks as opponent 0-1 So far in 2003-04 attendance is on the rise and the Huskers are averaging 2,915 fans per game, including a season-high 5,809 fans at their Big 12 Conference opener against Iowa State on Jan. 10 and 5,088 fans who NU commits more fouls than opponent 4-3 witnessed the Huskers' 81-63 win over No. 9 Kansas State on Jan. 24. NU commits fewer fouls than opponent 9-1 In 2001-02, Nebraska averaged 3,473 fans per game over 14 home contests, including a season-high NU commits same number of fouls as opponent 1-0 6,066 fans at the Devaney Center for the Kansas State game on Feb. 10. The Huskers attracted an average of Games are decided by 10 or more points 5-3 4,204 fans per game in 2000-01. NU averaged 4,772 fans per game in 1999-2000 to rank 14th nationally, Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 9-1 trailing only the 5,000 fans per game (15th nationally) in 1998-99 for the best average attendance in school Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 6-1 history. In 1999-2000, Nebraska set a school record with a crowd of 13,226 in the fi nal home game against Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 3-1 Kansas State on Feb. 26. Playing on Monday 0-0 Playing on Tuesday 1-0 Playing on Wednesday 1-3 Playing on Thursday 1-0 Playing on Friday 2-1 Playing on Saturday 6-0 Playing on Sunday 3-0 Playing in November 3-1 Playing in December 6-0 Playing in January 5-3 Playing in February 0-0 Playing in March 0-0

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Date Opponent W/L Score Home Away Neutral Total Big 12 Att. High Points High Rebounds High Assists 11/21 Wofford W 104-46 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1,774 (16) Cannon-Johnson (15) Morse (6) Johansen (16) Kephart (16) Morse 11/23 Princeton W 75-61 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2,008 (15) Johnson (9) Cannon-Johnson (4) Johansen (4) Cannon-Johnson 11/28 vs. Mississippi% L 66-69 2-0 0-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 802 (20) Johnson (9) Cannon-Johnson (5) Cannon-Johnson (9) Richards 11/29 vs. Eastern Kentucky% W 78-75 2-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 0-0 153 (23) Richards (10) Richards (8) Johansen 12/4 at Washington State W 64-56 2-0 1-0 1-1 4-1 0-0 539 (15) Kephart (9) Morse (5) Richards 12/6 Texas-Arlington W 81-59 3-0 1-0 1-1 5-1 0-0 1,628 (18) Richards (12) Cannon-Johnson (8) Johansen 12/12 #13 Ohio State W 60-55 4-0 1-0 1-1 6-1 0-0 1,726 (14) Johnson (11) Cannon-Johnson (9) Cannon-Johnson 12/14 Louisiana-Lafayette W 61-59 5-0 1-0 1-1 7-1 0-0 1,658 (15) Morse (17) Cannon-Johnson (5) Johansen 12/21 Creighton W 70-62 6-0 1-0 1-1 8-1 0-0 3,037 (23) Cannon-Johnson (15) Richards (4) Cannon-Johnson (4) Richards 12/30 at Rice W 59-56 6-0 2-0 1-1 9-1 0-0 963 (13) Richards (8) Richards (5) Cannon-Johnson 1/3 St. Bonaventure W 69-62 7-0 2-0 1-1 10-1 0-0 2,391 (16) Johnson (10) Morse (6) Richards (10) Richards 1/7 at #15 Oklahoma* L 51-70 7-0 2-1 1-1 10-2 0-1 4,251 (15) Cannon-Johnson (9) Richards (4) Johansen 1/10 Iowa State* W 62-57 8-0 2-1 1-1 11-2 1-1 5,809 (15) Johansen (11) Cannon-Johnson (5) Johansen 1/14 at Missouri* W 74-69 8-0 3-1 1-1 12-2 2-1 1,324 (18) Morse (8) Richards (4) Johansen (8) Morse (4) Cannon-Johnson (8) Cannon-Johnson (8) Johnson 1/17 Texas A&M* W 65-48 9-0 3-1 1-1 13-2 3-1 3,409 (13) Richards (7) Cannon-Johnson (7) Johansen (7) Aubry 1/21 at #3 Texas Tech* L 55-68 9-0 3-2 1-1 13-3 3-2 12,302 (17) Cannon-Johnson (6) Morse (4) Johansen 1/24 #9 Kansas State* W 81-63 10-0 4-2 1-1 14-3 4-2 5,088 (21) Richards (10) Cannon-Johnson (6) Johansen 1/28 #3 Texas* L 59-82 10-1 4-2 1-1 14-4 4-3 3,542 (18) Cannon-Johnson (9) Aubry (7) Johansen

AP Ranking at game time listed before team Home Attendance (Avg.) -- 32,070 (2,915) % denotes Lady Tiger Kroger Thanksgiving Classic game Road Attendance (Avg.) -- 19,379 (3,876) * denotes Big 12 Conference game Neutral Attendance (Avg.) -- 955 (478) # denotes Big 12 Tournament game Total Attendance (Avg.) -- 52,404 (2,911)

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 12 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 13 Husker 2003-04 Team Super la tives Husker Team Season Highs Points ...... 104...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 First Half Points ...... 51...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Second Half Points...... 53...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Field Goals Made ...... 37...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Field Goals Att...... 71...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Field Goal Pct...... 53.8 (35-65)...... vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 10...... vs. Ohio State, 12/12/03 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 27...... vs. Ohio State, 12/12/03 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 62.5 (5-8)...... vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04 Free Throws Made ...... 26...... vs. Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Free Throws Att...... 41...... vs. Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Free Throw Pct...... 900 (9-10)...... vs. Princeton, 11/29/03 Rebounds...... 60...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Assists...... 23...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Steals...... 17...... vs. Wofford, 11/21/03 Blocked Shots ...... 9...... vs. Eastern Kentucky, 11/21/03 ...... 9...... vs. Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Turnovers...... 24...... vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/6/03 Fouls...... 22...... vs. Mississippi, 11/21/03 ...... 22...... vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/6/03 Opponent Team Season Lows Points ...... 46...... Wofford, 11/21/03 First Half Points ...... 23...... Ohio State, 12/12/03 Margaret Richards scored a season-high 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in ...... 23...... Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Nebraska's 78-75 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 29. Second Half Points...... 21...... Wofford, 11/21/03 Field Goals Made ...... 17...... Wofford, 11/21/03 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 5...... vs. Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Field Goals Att...... 56...... Ohio State, 12/12/03 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 21.1 (4-19)...... vs. St. Bonaventure, 1/3/04 ...... 56...... Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/14/03 Free Throws Made ...... 6...... vs. Ohio State, 12/12/03 ...... 56...... Iowa State, 1/10/04 ...... 6...... vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04 Field Goal Pct...... 28.8 (17-59)...... Wofford, 11/21/03 ...... 6...... vs. Texas, 1/28/04 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 2...... Ohio State, 12/12/03 Free Throws Att...... 10...... vs. Princeton, 11/23/03 ...... 2...... Missouri, 1/14/04 ...... 10...... vs. Ohio State, 12/12/03 ...... 2...... Texas Tech, 1/21/04 ...... 10...... vs. Kansas State, 1/24/04 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 9...... Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Free Throw Pct...... 54.5 (6-11)...... vs. Texas, 1/28/04 ...... 9...... Ohio State, 12/12/03 Rebounds...... 28...... at Texas Tech, 1/21/04 ...... 9...... Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Assists...... 6...... at Texas Tech, 1/21/04 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 13.3 (2-15)...... Missouri, 1/14/04 Steals...... 2...... vs. Texas, 1/28/04 Free Throws Made ...... 2...... Creighton, 12/21/03 Blocked Shots...... 0...... vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/14/03 Free Throws Att...... 5...... Creighton, 12/21/03 Turnovers...... 11...... vs. Creighton, 12/21/03 Free Throw Pct...... 400 (2-5)...... Creighton, 12/21/03 ...... 11...... vs. St. Bonaventure, 1/3/04 Rebounds...... 26...... Wofford, 11/21/03 Fouls...... 10...... vs. Princeton, 11/23/03 Assists...... 7...... Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Steals...... 5...... Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/14/03 Opponent Team Season Highs ...... 5...... Missouri, 1/14/04 Points ...... 75...... Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Blocked Shots...... 1...... Texas Tech, 1/21/04 First Half Points ...... 40...... Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Turnovers...... 9...... Mississippi, 11/28/03 Second Half Points...... 47...... Texas, 1/28/04 Fouls...... 11...... Princeton, 11/23/03 Field Goals Made ...... 30...... Missouri, 1/14/04 ...... 11...... Ohio State, 12/12/03 Field Goals Att...... 72...... Missouri, 1/14/04 ...... 11...... Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/14/03 Field Goal Pct...... 45.9 (28-61)...... Oklahoma, 1/7/04 ...... 11...... Kansas State, 1/24/04 ...... 45.9 (28-61)...... Texas, 1/28/04 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 10...... Creighton, 12/21/03 Husker Team Season Lows Three-Pt. FG Att...... 29...... Creighton, 12/21/03 Points ...... 51...... at Oklahoma, 1/7/04 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 63.6 (7-11)...... Princeton, 11/23/03 First Half Points ...... 24...... vs. Ohio State, 12/12/03 Free Throws Made ...... 21...... Texas, 1/28/04 ...... 24...... at Oklahoma, 1/7/04 Free Throws Att...... 32...... Mississippi, 11/28/03 ...... 24...... vs. Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Free Throw Pct...... 923 (12-13)...... Iowa State, 1/10/04 Second Half Points...... 24...... vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/14/03 ...... 923 (12-13)...... Texas Tech, 1/21/04 Field Goals Made ...... 19...... vs. Mississippi, 11/28/03 Rebounds...... 44...... Princeton, 11/23/03 ...... 19...... at Oklahoma, 1/7/04 Assists...... 22...... Ohio State, 12/12/03 Field Goals Att...... 51...... vs. Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Steals...... 16...... Oklahoma, 1/7/04 Field Goal Pct...... 33.3 (22-66)...... vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/14/03 Blocked Shots...... 11...... Rice, 12/30/03 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 2...... vs. Creighton, 12/21/03 Turnovers...... 27...... Wofford, 11/21/03 ...... 2...... vs. Texas A&M, 1/17/04 Fouls...... 32...... Eastern Kentucky, 11/29/03 Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 12 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 13 Husker Game-by-Game Linescores Game FG FGA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT PF A TO BS ST TP Nebraska 37 71 .521 7 17 .412 23 30 .767 21 39 60 22 23 23 3 17 104 Wofford 17 59 .288 5 13 .385 7 15 .467 8 18 26 27 9 27 7 9 46 Nebraska 31 77 .403 4 20 .250 9 10 .900 19 30 49 10 19 15 7 10 75 Princeton 24 68 .353 7 11 .636 6 8 .750 16 28 44 11 15 19 3 7 61 Nebraska 19 55 .345 4 16 .250 24 30 800 16 36 52 22 17 21 3 3 66 Mississippi 23 67 .343 5 16 .313 18 32 .563 15 23 38 23 9 9 4 10 69 Nebraska 24 51 .471 4 11 .364 26 41 .634 16 28 44 17 20 20 9 4 78 Eastern Kentucky 28 68 .412 3 9 .333 16 22 .727 15 19 34 32 18 14 2 7 75 Nebraska 21 57 .368 7 17 .412 15 17 .882 15 27 42 11 13 18 2 8 64 Washington State 22 64 .344 8 17 .471 4 8 .500 18 22 40 16 11 18 5 7 56 Nebraska 28 57 .491 4 14 .286 21 26 .808 14 31 45 22 21 24 5 7 81 Texas-Arlington 24 64 .375 4 11 .364 7 16 .438 15 20 35 26 9 21 4 10 59 Nebraska 22 61 .361 10 27 .370 6 10 .600 15 27 42 15 18 18 4 3 60 #13 Ohio State 24 56 .429 2 9 .222 5 8 .625 7 25 32 11 22 19 3 11 55 Nebraska 22 66 .333 5 16 .313 12 15 .800 17 24 41 13 16 13 0 6 61 Louisiana-Lafayette 24 56 .429 5 14 .357 6 10 .600 10 28 38 11 10 16 4 5 59 Nebraska 24 56 .429 2 11 .182 20 28 .714 14 29 43 12 13 11 2 5 70 Creighton 25 66 .379 10 29 .345 2 5 .400 14 23 37 22 15 12 7 8 62 Nebraska 23 57 .404 3 7 .429 10 13 .769 11 34 45 14 15 21 2 10 59 Rice 22 60 .367 3 11 .273 9 12 .750 7 26 33 14 12 15 11 10 56 Nebraska 24 68 .353 4 19 .211 17 20 .850 21 30 51 16 14 11 4 4 69 St. Bonaventure 24 65 .369 4 14 .286 10 17 .588 16 25 41 21 9 11 3 6 62 Nebraska 19 53 .358 4 11 .364 9 12 .750 9 24 33 15 11 23 3 8 51 #15 Oklahoma 28 61 .459 3 12 .459 11 14 .786 11 26 37 14 15 16 5 16 70 Nebraska 22 61 .361 7 21 .333 11 19 .579 18 21 39 14 16 14 2 10 62 Iowa State 21 56 .375 3 18 .167 12 13 .923 14 27 41 17 10 20 5 8 57 Nebraska 25 58 .431 5 12 .417 19 23 .826 12 29 41 19 13 14 4 9 74 Missouri 30 72 .417 2 15 .133 7 13 .538 19 22 41 17 20 12 5 5 69 Nebraska 27 54 .500 2 5 .400 9 16 .563 10 31 41 15 19 18 9 5 65 Texas A&M 19 57 .333 3 9 .333 7 12 .583 11 22 33 19 7 17 4 8 48 Nebraska 20 52 .385 3 7 .429 12 15 .800 8 20 28 17 6 15 5 3 55 #3 Texas Tech 27 61 .443 2 10 .200 12 13 .923 14 24 38 13 16 13 1 6 68 Nebraska 35 65 .538 5 8 .625 6 10 .600 12 30 42 15 17 16 4 12 81 #9 Kansas State 20 60 .333 7 23 .304 16 20 .800 12 20 32 11 10 17 7 9 63 Nebraska 25 59 .424 3 13 .231 6 11 .545 12 21 33 19 12 16 5 2 59 #3 Texas 28 61 .459 5 16 .313 21 25 .840 15 25 40 16 17 12 5 4 82

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 14 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 15 Game-by-Game Box Scores Game #1 Game #2 Game #3 Nebraska 104 Nebraska 75 Mississippi 69 Wofford 46 Princeton 61 Nebraska 66 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 21, 2003 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23, 2003 Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 28, 2003

Wofford Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Princeton Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mister* 29 2-5 1-2 4 5 0 1 5 Lockwood* 35 9-16 0-1 8 1 1 2 20 Johnson* 21 6-12 6-8 6 4 0 1 20 Paul* 16 1-5 0-0 6 5 1 3 2 Brown* 15 3-10 1-1 2 2 1 1 7 Morse* 20 0-4 1-2 3 2 1 0 1 Harris* 28 3-15 1-3 0 5 1 3 7 Digovich* 36 3-12 4-4 6 2 1 1 12 Johansen* 38 0-3 0-0 4 2 4 1 0 Correll* 21 0-7 3-5 2 2 1 1 3 Slemp* 23 1-6 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 Richards* 36 4-10 11-14 9 2 4 0 19 Bradshaw* 27 4-12 2-3 5 3 0 0 11 O'Brien* 35 5-10 0-0 8 1 5 0 13 Cannon-Johnson* 24 2-8 0-1 9 4 5 1 4 Yee 22 3-3 0-0 1 1 2 1 8 Opila 9 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 Kephart 15 2-7 0-0 0 5 0 0 6 Bonner 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Umeda 5 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 Lightfoot 8 0-1 2-2 2 0 1 0 2 Ripberger 15 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 McCracken 14 2-7 1-2 3 3 3 1 5 Gerhart 24 3-7 4-4 8 2 2 0 10 Strong 8 2-4 0-2 0 0 1 0 6 Bolster 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Aubry 14 2-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 4 Metzker 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 10 Wuerding 27 2-4 0-0 7 4 2 0 4 Nestor 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 200 19-55 24-30 52 22 17 3 66 Team Rebounds 1 Hughes 17 0-3 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 17-59 7-15 26 27 9 9 46 Team Rebounds 6 Mississippi Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Totals 200 24-68 6-8 44 11 15 7 61 Inmon* 19 1-5 4-6 1 4 0 0 6 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Watts* 15 3-8 2-3 1 4 0 0 8 Johnson* 22 4-9 0-1 11 4 2 2 8 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Brown* 30 1-7 2-2 3 3 3 1 4 Morse* 24 4-6 8-11 15 2 1 3 16 Johnson* 19 7-12 1-2 4 3 0 1 15 Terry* 38 4-12 3-6 7 3 2 4 13 Johansen* 24 2-2 2-2 0 3 6 0 7 Morse* 28 3-10 2-2 6 2 1 0 9 Price* 32 6-12 6-10 16 2 2 2 18 Richards* 23 4-10 2-3 5 5 3 1 10 Johansen* 25 3-4 0-0 1 0 4 1 7 Gist 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Cannon-Johnson* 17 6-9 3-3 6 0 3 2 16 Richards* 29 4-11 4-4 7 1 3 2 12 Awkward 10 2-5 1-1 0 1 1 0 5 Kephart 18 5-10 2-2 3 1 1 2 16 Cannon-Johnson* 27 4-12 0-0 9 0 4 1 8 Cansdale 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Hardy 23 4-7 0-0 2 2 3 4 9 Kephart 17 2-7 0-0 4 1 2 1 6 Johnson 14 2-9 0-0 1 0 1 1 5 Lightfoot 15 0-3 2-2 1 1 2 2 2 Hardy 17 5-12 2-2 6 1 3 3 12 Watson 14 3-5 0-2 2 0 0 1 8 Gerhart 15 3-5 3-4 8 3 0 0 9 Lightfoot 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 2 Buchanan 20 1-3 0-2 3 4 0 1 2 Aubry 19 5-10 1-2 5 1 2 1 11 Gerhart 11 2-3 0-0 3 0 0 0 4 Terrell 5 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 4 Aubry 22 0-3 0-0 4 2 1 1 0 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 37-71 23-30 60 22 23 17 104 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 23-67 18-32 38 23 9 10 69 Totals 200 31-77 9-10 49 10 19 10 75 1st 2nd Final 1st 2nd Final Wofford 25 21 46 1st 2nd Final Nebraska 34 32 66 Nebraska 51 53 104 Princeton 26 35 61 Mississippi 29 40 69 Nebraska 42 33 75 3FG: Wofford 5-13 (Yee 2-2, Strong 2-4, Bradshaw 1-1, Harris 3FG: Nebraska 4-16 (Johnson 2-3, Kephart 2-6, Johansen 0-2, 0-6); Nebraska 7-17 (Kephart 4-8, Johansen 1-1, Cannon- 3FG: Princeton 7-11 (O'Brien 3-5, Digovich 2-2, Lockwood Morse 0-1, Richards 0-1, Cannon-Johnson 0-1, Lightfoot 0-1, Johnson 1-2, Hardy 1-3, Richards 0-1, Lightfoot 0-1). 3FG%: 2-3, Umeda 0-1); Nebraska 4-20 (Kephart 2-7, Morse 1-1, Aubry 0-1); Mississippi 5-16 (Watson 2-2, Terry 2-6, Johnson Wofford 38.5; Nebraska 41.2. FG%: Wofford 28.8; Nebraska Johansen 1-1, Richards 0-3, Hardy 0-3, Aubry 0-2, Cannon- 1-5, Brown 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 25.0; Mississippi 31.3. 52.1. FT%: Wofford 46.7; Nebraska 76.7. Steals: Wofford 9 Johnson 0-2, Lightfoot 0-1). 3FG%: Princeton 63.6; Nebraska FG%: Nebraska 34.5; Mississippi 34.3. FT%: Nebraska 80.0; (Paul 3, Harris 3); Nebraska 17 (Hardy 4). Blocked Shots: 25.0. FG%: Princeton 35.3; Nebraska 40.3. FT%: Princeton Mississippi 56.3. Steals: Nebraska 3 (Johnson, Johansen, Wofford 7 (Wuerding 5); Nebraska 3 (Johansen 2). Turnovers: 75.0; Nebraska 90.0. Steals: Princeton 7 (Lockwood 2); Cannon-Johnson 1); Mississippi 10 (Terry 4). Blocked Wofford 27; Nebraska 23. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Nebraska 10 (Hardy 3). Blocked Shots: Princeton 3 Shots: Nebraska 3 (Johnson, Morse, Richards 1); Mississippi Knepp, Caudle, Bonner. Attendance: 1,774. (Lockwood, Digovich, McCracken 1); Nebraska 7 (Morse 3). 4 (Buchanan 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 21; Mississippi 9. Turnovers: Princeton 19; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Maddock, Baker, Wilson. Game Highlights: Nebraska opened the season with a None. Officials: Small, Knight, Schlabach. Attendance: Attendance: 802. victory for the 23rd consecutive season by running to a 104- 2,008. 46 win over Wofford at the Devaney Center. Nebraska's 104 Game Highlights: The Huskers tasted defeat for the fi rst time points tied for the 13th-highest total in school history, and Game Highlights: Nebraska started the season with a in 2003-04, falling to Mississippi, 69-66, in the opening round marked the 23rd time an NU team had scored 100 or more 2-0 record for the eighth time in the last nine seasons, as of the Lady Tiger Kroger Thanksgiving Classic in Memphis, points. Nebraska's 58-point win tied for the seventh-largest the Huskers defeated the Princeton Tigers, 75-61, at the the Tenn. Alexa Johnson led the Huskers with a game-high 20 margin in school history, while the Huskers' 60 rebounds also Devaney Center. Alexa Johnson led the Huskers with 15 points, but her three-pointer from the corner at the buzzer tied for the seventh-highest total in the NU record books. points, while Margaret Richards pitched in 12 points and rattled in and out to preserve the victory for the Rebels, who NU guard Heather Kephart scored 16 points in her fi rst seven rebounds. Freshman Kiera Hardy added 12 points, improved to 3-1 with the win. Margaret Richards added 19 career game to tie for the fi fth-best opening-game scoring six rebounds, three steals and three assists. points, nine rebounds and four assists in a standout effort effort by a freshman in school history. Kephart connected The Huskers outscored the Tigers 22-6 over the fi nal 10 for the Huskers. on 4-of-8 three-pointers to shoot the Huskers to victory. minutes of the fi rst half, turning a 20-20 tie into a 42-26 Freshman forward Jessica Gerhart gave the Huskers a Katie Morse and Keasha Cannon-Johnson enjoyed halftime lead. Nebraska stretched its lead to 23 points on boost inside by scoring 10 points and pulling down eight triumphant returns to the court. Morse, who missed NU's Andrea Lightfoot's jumper with 8:45 remaining in the game rebounds. fi nal 21 games with a knee injury in 2002-03, notched her before Tigers rallied to cut the lead to 12 points at 73-61 with Armintie Price led Mississippi with 18 points and a game- fourth career double-double with 16 points and a career- 1:42 left in the contest. Keasha Cannon-Johnson, who scored high 16 rebounds, while Genice Terry added 13 points, seven high 15 rebounds. Cannon-Johnson added 16 points and six eight points and grabbed nine boards, hit the fi nal shot with rebounds a game-high four steals. Mississippi committed just boards in her fi rst game back after redshirting in 2002-03. 37 seconds left to seal the win. nine turnovers, while forcing 21 Husker miscues.

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 14 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 15 Game-by-Game Box Scores Game #4 Game #5 Game #6 Nebraska 78 Nebraska 64 Nebraska 81 Eastern Kentucky 75 Washington State 56 Texas-Arlington 59 Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2003 Pullman, Wash., Dec. 4, 2003 Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 6, 2003

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP UTA Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Johnson* 33 6-14 4-6 6 4 2 0 17 Johnson* 28 4-14 3-3 4 2 1 1 11 Lane* 16 1-6 0-0 4 2 0 2 2 Morse* 25 2-5 2-2 9 2 0 1 6 Morse* 25 1-4 3-4 9 1 0 1 5 Thompson* 15 4-7 0-0 1 4 0 0 9 Johansen* 34 0-2 0-2 2 1 8 0 0 Johansen* 23 0-3 4-4 3 1 2 1 4 Ogunoye* 29 3-16 3-4 6 3 2 3 9 Richards* 37 4-10 14-18 10 4 3 1 23 Richards* 35 5-12 3-4 6 1 2 2 9 Buchanan* 32 5-11 1-4 4 1 3 2 14 Cannon-Johnson* 26 6-10 1-5 9 2 5 2 13 Cannon-Johnson* 27 4-11 0-0 7 1 2 2 9 Lewis* 23 1-5 0-0 5 1 0 0 2 Kephart 17 4-6 1-2 1 1 0 0 11 Kephart 22 5-8 0-0 1 1 1 0 15 Yoakum 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Lightfoot 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Lightfoot 13 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 Graves 8 2-3 0-1 1 1 0 1 4 Gerhart 11 2-4 2-4 2 2 0 0 6 Gerhart 16 1-2 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 Johnson 20 4-6 3-5 3 2 2 2 11 Aubry 10 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 0 2 Aubry 11 0-1 2-2 0 3 1 0 2 Wallace 26 2-6 0-0 3 3 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 8 Rumph 15 1-2 0-2 3 3 0 1 2 Totals 200 24-51 26-41 44 17 20 4 78 Totals 200 21-57 15-17 42 11 13 8 64 Kilgore 2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Brown 12 1-2 0-0 1 4 1 0 2 E. Kentucky Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Wash. St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Team Rebounds 1 Eckerle* 13 4-6 2-3 0 5 0 0 10 Benz* 31 2-10 0-0 5 4 3 2 4 Totals 200 24-64 7-16 35 26 9 10 59 Cook* 33 4-9 0-1 8 4 7 1 8 Fields* 38 4-7 0-0 8 2 1 1 8 Garrett* 24 2-11 2-4 10 4 0 1 6 Perry* 37 5-19 1-2 3 2 3 2 14 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Shelton* 18 1-3 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 Egeland* 26 3-8 0-0 1 3 1 0 8 Johnson* 21 3-5 5-5 2 4 1 0 11 Kelly* 31 7-18 6-8 1 3 4 3 22 Dugan* 14 1-1 2-2 2 1 0 2 5 Morse* 24 4-5 2-5 6 3 2 0 10 Hala'api'api 15 5-8 4-4 4 5 1 0 14 Stratton 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Johansen* 30 1-3 0-1 2 2 8 1 2 Carr 20 2-6 0-0 2 5 0 1 4 Singer 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Richards* 29 4-9 8-8 5 2 3 0 18 McCluney 22 2-3 0-0 0 3 1 1 5 Joneby 12 1-3 0-2 1 1 1 0 2 Cannon-Johnson* 30 8-15 0-0 12 2 3 3 16 Huffman 9 0-1 2-2 1 0 3 0 2 Jones 12 3-5 1-2 1 3 0 0 9 Kephart 13 0-3 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 Bowers 10 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Ferguson 26 3-9 0-0 8 0 2 0 6 Hardy 9 4-7 0-0 1 4 3 0 10 Hurdle 5 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 2 Team Rebounds 11 Lightfoot 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 22-67 4-8 40 16 11 7 56 Gerhart 10 0-1 2-2 3 2 0 1 2 Totals 200 28-68 16-22 34 32 18 7 75 Aubry 27 4-8 4-5 9 1 0 1 12 1st 2nd Final Team Rebounds 1 1st 2nd Final Nebraska 28 36 64 Totals 200 28-57 21-26 45 22 21 7 81 Nebraska 42 36 78 Washington State 30 26 56 Eastern Kentucky 40 35 75 1st 2nd Final 3FG: Nebraska 7-17 (Kephart 5-7, Cannon-Johnson 1-3, Texas-Arlington 33 26 59 3FG: Nebraska 4-11 (Kephart 2-4, Johnson 1-4, Richards Lightfoot 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Johansen 0-2, Richards 0-2); Nebraska 45 36 81 1-3); Eastern Kentucky 3-9 (Kelly 2-4, McCluney 1-2, Carr Washington State 8-17 (Perry 3-8, Jones 2-2, Egeland 2-3, 0-2, Shelton 0-1). 3FG%: Nebraska 36.4; Eastern Kentucky Dugan 1-1, Benz 0-1, Ferguson 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 41.2; 3FG: Texas-Arlington 4-11 (Buchanan 3-6, Thompson 1-1, 33.3. FG%: Nebraska 47.1; Eastern Kentucky 41.2. FT%: Washington State 47.1. FG%: Nebraska 36.8; Washington Wallace 0-2, Lewis 0-1, Graves 0-1); Nebraska 4-14 (Hardy 2-2, Nebraska 63.4; Eastern Kentucky 72.7. Steals: Nebraska 4 State 34.4. FT%: Nebraska 88.2; Washington State 50.0. Richards 2-5, Kephart 0-3, Johansen 0-2, Morse 0-1). 3FG%: (Cannon-Johnson 2); Eastern Kentucky 7 (Kelly 3). Blocked Steals: Nebraska 8 (Cannon-Johnson, Richard 2); Washington Texas-Arlington 36.4; Nebraska 28.6. FG%: Texas-Arlington Shots: Nebraska 9 (Morse 6); Eastern Kentucky 2 (Cook, State 7 (Benz, Perry, Dugan 2). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 37.5; Nebraska 49.1. FT%: Texas-Arlington 43.8; Nebraska Hala'api'api 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 20; Eastern Kentucky 2 (Cannon-Johnson, Richards 1); Washington State 5 80.8. Steals: Texas-Arlington 10 (Ogunoye 3); Nebraska 7 14. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Baker, Fountain, Wilson. (Perry 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 18; Washington State 18. (Cannon-Johnson 3). Blocked Shots: Texas-Arlington Attendance: 153. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Barlow, Scofi eld, Davis. 4 (Lane, Ogunoye 2); Nebraska 5 (Cannon-Johnson 2). Attendance: 539. Turnovers: Texas-Arlington 21; Nebraska 24. Technical Game Highlights: Margaret Richards played one of the Fouls: None. Offi cials: Streit, Jump, Bradley. Attendance: best games of her career to lead Nebraska to a 78-75 win Game Highlights: Heather Kephart connected on fi ve three- 1,628. over Eastern Kentucky in the third-place game of the Lady pointers, including four in the second half, to lead Nebraska Tiger Kroger Thanksgiving Classic in Memphis, Tenn. back from a seven-point defi cit for a 64-56 victory at the Friel Game Highlights: Margaret Richards led six Huskers in Richards scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds Center in Pullman, Wash. Kephart, who hit four consecutive double figures with a game-high 18 points, and Keasha for her fourth career double-double to lead four Huskers three-pointers to turn a four-point NU defi cit into a fi ve-point Cannon-Johnson added her fi rst double-double of the year in double fi gures. Husker lead midway through the second half, fi nished with 15 with 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead Nebraska to an 81-59 Richards tied a school record with 18 free throw attempts, points by hitting 5-of-7 three-pointers on the night. triumph over Texas-Arlington. and set the school record for free throws in a two-game span Kephart's three-point barrage tied for the 10th-best Freshman Chelsea Aubry provided her best effort of by hitting 25-of-32 in the two-game tournament. Richards single-game effort in school history, while she moved into a the season with 12 points and nine rebounds, while fellow averaged 21.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game to earn a tie for fi fth place on NU's freshman single-season three-point freshman Kiera Hardy returned after missing three games spot on the all-tournament team. She helped force 32 team chart with 15 trifectas through just fi ve games. with illness to score 10 points and dish out three assists in fouls on the Colonels, as Nebraska hit 26-of-41 free throw Margaret Richards added another solid effort with 13 just nine minutes of action. attempts. points, six rebounds and a career-high tying fi ve assists Nebraska used a 10-0 run in the fi nal two minutes of the Alexa Johnson added 17 points and six rebounds, while despite battling illness. Alexa Johnson pitched in 11 points, fi rst half to take a 45-33 halftime lead, then stretched the lead Keasha Cannon-Johnson just missed a double-double by while Keasha Cannon-Johnson contributed nine points and to 18 points early in the second half. UTA managed a 13-0 scoring 13 points and grabbing nine boards along with seven rebounds to help the Huskers improve to 4-1 on the run to cut the lead to 53-48, before the Huskers responded distributing fi ve assists. season. by outscoring UTA, 28-11, over the fi nal 12 minutes. Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 16 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 17 Game-by-Game Box Scores Game #7 Game #8 Game #9 Nebraska 60 Nebraska 61 Nebraska 70 #13 Ohio State 55 Louisiana-Lafayette 59 Creighton 62 Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12, 2003 Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14, 2003 Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 21, 2003

Ohio State Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP UL-Lafayette Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Creighton Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Davenport* 32 5-15 0-1 6 1 1 0 10 Washington* 40 4-11 0-0 5 3 0 1 9 Janis* 32 6-19 0-0 11 5 2 0 13 Turner* 27 7-9 2-3 3 3 0 1 16 Tolston* 40 4-10 0-0 5 2 3 1 11 Spanheimer* 40 4-14 0-0 9 3 2 4 10 Hoskins* 30 1-6 2-2 3 0 6 2 4 Petrakova* 40 10-16 3-4 14 4 1 2 23 Neneman* 11 3-5 0-0 2 1 2 0 6 Wilburn* 40 4-7 0-0 5 4 9 5 8 Blanche* 32 3-7 0-0 3 0 3 1 6 Finch* 38 5-10 0-0 6 2 4 2 14 Matter* 37 6-10 0-0 3 1 2 0 14 Glenn* 40 2-8 2-4 4 1 2 0 7 Walker* 26 3-10 1-3 1 5 4 1 7 Allen 15 1-7 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 Edwards 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Woodard 29 2-4 0-0 2 2 0 0 6 Munoz 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 0 Mayon 6 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 0 3 Erickson 16 2-4 1-2 2 3 1 0 6 Blanton 13 0-1 1-2 4 0 2 0 1 Johnson 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Bush 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 6 Scott 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoffman 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 24-56 5-8 32 11 22 11 55 Team Rebounds 7 Hildebrand 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 200 24-56 6-10 38 11 10 5 59 Team Rebounds 4 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Totals 200 25-66 2-5 37 22 15 8 62 Johnson* 29 6-13 0-0 6 2 0 0 14 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Morse* 31 2-6 2-4 7 3 1 1 6 Johnson* 25 1-8 2-2 1 1 0 1 4 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Johansen* 22 2-4 0-0 1 0 4 0 6 Morse* 28 6-12 2-2 6 2 2 0 15 Johnson* 25 4-6 0-0 4 3 0 0 8 Richards* 34 1-7 0-0 7 3 2 0 3 Johansen* 25 1-4 0-0 3 2 5 1 3 Morse* 30 2-5 7-9 6 2 0 1 11 Cannon-Johnson* 31 1-7 3-4 11 2 9 0 6 Richards* 31 3-10 1-2 2 3 3 0 8 Johansen* 20 1-4 0-2 0 0 2 0 2 Kephart 10 2-8 0-0 2 1 0 0 5 Cannon-Johnson* 33 4-11 4-6 17 2 3 1 13 Richards* 39 3-9 5-6 15 1 4 0 11 Hardy 18 3-7 1-2 3 1 1 2 10 Kephart 11 1-6 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 Cannon-Johnson* 34 10-16 2-2 8 1 4 4 23 Lightfoot 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Hardy 17 2-5 1-1 5 1 1 2 5 Hardy 21 2-8 0-1 3 3 1 0 5 Gerhart 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Lightfoot 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 Lightfoot 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Aubry 17 4-8 0-0 3 2 1 0 8 Gerhart 12 2-4 0-0 3 1 0 0 4 Gerhart 4 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 1 Aubry 15 2-5 2-2 1 1 0 1 6 Aubry 22 1-6 6-8 4 2 0 0 8 Totals 200 22-61 6-10 42 15 18 3 60 Team Rebounds 2 Team Rebounds 1 Totals 200 22-66 12-15 41 13 16 6 61 Totals 200 24-56 20-28 43 12 13 5 70 1st 2nd Final #13 Ohio State 23 32 55 1st 2nd Final 1st 2nd Final Nebraska 24 36 60 Louisiana-Lafayette 30 29 59 Creighton 31 31 62 Nebraska 37 24 61 Nebraska 31 39 70 3FG: Ohio State 2-9 (Matter 2-4, Hoskins 0-2, Allen 0-2, Munoz 0-1); Nebraska 10-27 (Hardy 3-5, Johansen 2-3, 3FG: UL-Lafayette 5-14 (Tolston 3-7, Glenn 1-2, Washington 3FG: Creighton 10-29 (Finch 4-7, Woodard 2-3, Spanheimer Johnson 2-4, Cannon-Johnson 1-1, Richards 1-5, Kephart 1-2, Mayon 0-1, Petrakova 0-1); Nebraska 5-16 (Morse 1- 2-8, Erickson 1-2, Janis 1-6, Neneman 0-2); Nebraska 2-11 1-7, Aubry 0-2). 3FG%: Ohio State 22.2; Nebraska 37.0. 1, Cannon-Johnson 1-3, Kephart 1-4, Richards 1-4, Aubry (Cannon-Johnson 1-2, Hardy 1-3, Richards 0-4, Aubry 0-1, FG%: Ohio State 42.9; Nebraska 36.1. FT%: Ohio State 62.5; 0-1, Hardy 0-1, Lightfoot 0-1). 3FG%: UL-Lafayette 35.7; Johansen 0-1). 3FG%: Creighton 34.5; Nebraska 18.2. Nebraska 60.0. Steals: Ohio State 11 (Wilburn 5); Nebraska Nebraska 31.3. FG%: UL-Lafayette 42.9; Nebraska 33.3. FT%: FG%: Creighton 37.9; Nebraska 42.9. FT%: Creighton 40.0; 3 (Hardy 2). Blocked Shots: Ohio State 3 (Davenport 2); UL-Lafayette 60.0; Nebraska 80.0. Steals: UL-Lafayette 5 Nebraska 71.4. Steals: Creighton 8 (Spanheimer 4); Nebraska Nebraska 4 (Morse 3). Turnovers: Ohio State 19; Nebraska (Petrakova 2); Nebraska 6 (Hardy 2). Blocked Shots: 5 (Cannon-Johnson 4). Blocked Shots: Creighton 7 (Janis 18. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Morris, Inouye, UL-Lafayette 4 (Petrakova 4); Nebraska 0. Turnovers: UL- 4); Nebraska 2 (Morse, Johnson 1). Turnovers: Creighton Dickerson. Attendance: 1,726. Lafayette 16; Nebraska 13. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: 12; Nebraska 11. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials:Stevens, Roberts, Copeland, Johnson. Attendance: 1,658. Grinter, Williams. Attendance: 3,037. Game Highlights: Nebraska ran its record to 6-1 on the season and improved to a perfect 4-0 at the Devaney Center Game Highlights: Margaret Richards scored the game's fi nal Game Highlights: Nebraska matched its victory total from with a 60-55 victory over No. 13 Ohio State. Nebraska tied six points, including the game-winning three-pointer with 54 2002-03 by improving to 8-1 on the year with a 70-62 come- a school record by connecting on 10 three-pointers, as six seconds left to help the Huskers come back for a 61-59 win from-behind win over in-state rival Creighton in Lincoln. The Huskers hit from long range. Freshman Kiera Hardy knocked over Louisiana-Lafayette. Richards' heroics helped Nebraska Huskers, who notched their sixth straight win, improved to down 3-of-5 three-pointers to fi nish with 10 points, while stretch its winning streak to fi ve games and improve to 7-1. 6-0 at the Devaney Center to match their home win total for Alexa Johnson hit 2-of-4 three-pointers to fi nish with a team- Nebraska used an 18-1 run early in the fi rst half to build a the entire 2002-03 season. high 14 points. Jina Johansen added a pair of trifectas, while 26-11 lead, but the Ragin' Cajuns cut the lead to seven points Keasha Cannon-Johnson scored 23 points, grabbed eight Keasha Cannon-Johnson, Margaret Richards and Heather at halftime. The Huskers held off ULL for most of the second rebounds, dished out four assists and snagged four steals Kephart each hit single three-pointers. half until Bernette Tolston hit a jumper with 6:00 left to give to lead the Huskers. Margaret Richards added her second The Huskers outgunned the nation's top shooting team, the Ragin' Cajuns their fi rst lead since Tiffany Washington's double-double of the season with 11 points and a career-high as the Buckeyes entered the game averaging 80 points per game-opening three-pointer. Tolston gave ULL its biggest 15 rebounds. She actually tied her previous career high with game by shooting 55.7 percent from the fi eld, including 52.9 lead at 59-55 on a three-pointer with 3:20 left. 11 boards in the fi rst half alone. percent from three-point range. NU held OSU to a season-low The Huskers shut out the Ragin' Cajuns the rest of the way, Richards came up big in the clutch, scoring four of two three-pointers, well below the 9.5 made three-pointers and Richards scored the game's fi nal points to preserve the Nebraska's fi nal seven points in the last 38 seconds to help the Buckeyes averaged coming into the contest. victory. Keasha Cannon-Johnson added an outstanding all- NU outscore the Bluejays 13-1 during the fi nal 3:30. Nebraska Nebraska used a 6-0 run in the fi nal 2:32 of the game to around effort with 13 points and a career-high 17 rebounds. trailed by nine points early in the fi rst half and by seven points come back from a 55-54 defi cit. The Huskers also held Ohio Katie Morse led the Huskers with 15 points. at 50-43 with 13:37 left in the game, but NU held CU to just State scoreless for the fi nal 3:43 of the fi rst half to turn a 23-18 Anna Petrakova led ULL with a game-high 23 points two fi eld goals in the fi nal 8:26 for the win. Connie Yori defi cit into a 24-23 halftime lead. to go along with 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. recorded her fi rst career win over her former team.

Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 16 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 17 Game-by-Game Box Scores Game #10 Game #11 Game #12 Nebraska 59 Nebraska 69 #15 Oklahoma 70 Rice 56 St. Bonaventure 62 Nebraska 51 Houston, Texas, Dec. 30, 2003 Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3, 2004 Norman, Okla., Jan. 7, 2004

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP St. Bonaventure Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Johnson* 20 1-6 3-5 6 4 2 2 5 Vyborny* 31 8-11 0-0 7 1 0 0 16 Johnson* 21 2-12 2-2 0 5 2 1 6 Morse* 24 4-9 0-0 6 2 1 1 8 Latendresse* 11 1-4 0-0 2 3 1 0 2 Morse* 29 5-10 2-2 4 2 1 0 13 Johansen* 27 1-4 0-0 6 1 4 1 2 Crist* 31 3-6 2-4 7 2 2 1 8 Johansen* 31 1-2 0-0 4 1 4 4 2 Richards* 34 5-11 3-4 8 1 0 2 13 Collins* 36 7-17 4-4 2 2 1 2 20 Richards* 35 2-10 2-2 9 1 1 0 6 Cannon-Johnson* 34 3-7 0-0 6 3 5 2 6 Bodamer* 20 1-3 0-0 3 2 0 1 2 Cannon-Johnson* 32 6-10 1-2 5 1 0 2 15 Hardy 19 3-7 2-2 1 2 1 1 11 Humble 21 0-3 2-4 6 2 3 0 2 Hardy 17 2-4 0-0 2 1 2 1 5 Lightfoot 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Valenti 11 0-5 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Lightfoot 6 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 0 1 Gerhart 16 5-6 0-0 4 1 2 1 10 Merlo 17 2-6 0-0 3 4 1 1 6 Gerhart 9 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Aubry 20 1-5 2-2 3 0 0 0 4 Maurer 16 2-8 2-4 3 2 1 1 6 Aubry 20 1-4 1-2 2 3 1 0 3 Team Rebounds 5 Cable 6 0-2 0-1 3 2 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 23-57 10-13 45 14 15 10 59 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 19-53 9-12 33 15 11 8 51 Totals 200 24-65 10-17 41 21 9 6 62 Rice Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Oklahoma Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Woods* 22 2-6 1-2 7 3 0 1 5 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Hill* 24 4-10 2-3 5 3 2 0 10 Peck* 17 1-8 0-0 2 2 1 1 2 Johnson* 27 6-13 4-4 2 1 0 0 16 Preston* 33 5-8 0-0 4 3 1 3 10 Maynard* 35 5-8 0-0 3 0 3 1 12 Morse* 22 3-11 5-5 10 3 0 1 11 Villarroel* 24 7-11 4-4 5 2 2 4 19 Frazier* 19 2-6 1-1 0 1 1 2 5 Johansen* 23 2-4 2-2 4 1 2 1 7 Higgins* 13 1-3 0-0 4 0 2 1 2 Cunningham*29 5-12 2-4 5 1 2 2 12 Richards* 38 1-10 2-2 10 0 6 1 4 Jackson* 30 4-8 3-4 7 3 6 6 11 Singleton 14 0-2 0-0 4 2 2 2 0 Cannon-Johnson* 24 2-7 0-0 7 4 2 1 4 Andrews 22 2-4 0-0 4 2 2 0 6 Neaves 25 5-10 1-1 6 2 0 0 11 Hardy 26 2-8 3-4 4 3 2 0 9 Shoush 21 3-5 1-1 3 0 0 2 7 Beckler 8 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Lightfoot 9 1-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Moore 6 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Jeffries 15 0-3 2-2 0 1 2 1 2 Gerhart 12 3-5 0-1 4 2 0 0 6 Rush 16 1-7 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Inman 16 2-4 2-2 3 2 1 0 7 Aubry 19 4-7 1-2 5 1 2 0 10 Wadsworth 5 0-1 1-2 1 0 0 0 1 Team Rebounds 2 Team Rebounds 3 Sanchez 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 22-60 9-12 33 14 12 10 56 Totals 200 24-68 17-20 51 16 14 4 69 Brown 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 3 1st 2nd Final 1st 2nd Final Totals 200 28-61 11-14 37 14 15 16 70 Nebraska 27 32 59 St. Bonaventure 26 36 62 Rice 28 28 56 Nebraska 29 40 69 1st 2nd Final Nebraska 24 27 51 3FG: Nebraska 3-7 (Hardy 3-4, Richards 0-2, Lightfoot 0-1); 3FG: St. Bonaventure 4-14 (Merlo 2-3, Collins 2-8, Bodamer #15 Oklahoma 32 38 70 Rice 3-11 (Maynard 2-3, Inman 1-1, Frazier 0-2, Cunningham 0-1, Valenti 0-1, Mauer 0-1); Nebraska 4-19 (Hardy 2-7, Aubry 0-2, Woods 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Rice 27.3. FG%: 1-2, Johansen 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Lightfoot 0-2, Richards 0- 3FG: Nebraska 4-11 (Cannon-Johnson 2-2, Hardy 1-2, Morse Nebraska 40.4; Rice 36.7. FT%: Nebraska 76.9; Rice 75.0. 5). 3FG%: St. Bonaventure 28.6; Nebraska 21.1. FG%: St. 1-2, Richards 0-3, Johansen 0-1, Aubry 0-1); Oklahoma 3-12 Steals: Nebraska 10 (Johnson, Richards, Cannon-Johnson Bonaventure 36.9; Nebraska 35.3. FT%: St. Bonaventure (Andrews 2-3, Villarroel 1-1, Hill 0-2, Moore 0-2, Higgins 0-2, 2); Rice 10 (Frazier, Cunningham, Singleton 2). Blocked 58.8; Nebraska 85.0. Steals: St. Bonaventure 6 (Collins 2); Shoush 0-1, Rush 0-1). 3FG%: Nebraska 36.4; Oklahoma 25.0. Shots: Nebraska 2 (Aubry, Richards 1); Rice 11 (Woods 4). Nebraska 4 (Morse, Johansen, Richards, Cannon-Johnson 1). FG%: Nebraska 35.8; Oklahoma 45.9. FT%: Nebraska 75.0; Turnovers: Nebraska 21; Rice 15. Technical Fouls: None. Blocked Shots: St. Bonaventure 3 (Vyborny, Collins, Merlo Oklahoma 78.6. Steals: Nebraska 8 (Johansen 4); Oklahoma Offi cials: Williams, Ramsey, Brow. Attendance: 963. 1); Nebraska 4 (Morse 2). Turnovers: St. Bonaventure 11; 16 (Jackson 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Morse 2); Nebraska 11. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Hermann, Oklahoma 5 (Jackson 3). Turnovers: Nebraska 23; Oklahoma Game Highlights: Margaret Richards hit a pair of free Davis, Twardowski. Attendance: 2,391. 16. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Yarbrough, Williams, throws in a one-and-one situation with 8.6 seconds left in Porter. Attendance: 4,251. the game to seal the Huskers' win at Aubry Court in Houston. Game Highlights: Nebraska matched its best 11-game start Richards, who fi nished with game highs of 13 points and eight in school history by improving to 10-1 with a 69-62 win over Game Highlights: Keasha Cannon-Johnson scored a team- rebounds, helped the Huskers overcome a nine-point fi rst- St. Bonaventure at the Devaney Center. The Huskers, who high 15 points and Katie Morse added 13 points but it wasn't half defi cit to stretch their winning streak to seven games. stretched their winning streak to eight games, went down enough to prevent No. 15 Oklahoma from running to a 70-51 Nebraska's ninth win of the season also surpassed its season to the wire for the fi fth consecutive game, hitting 7-of-8 free win at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. The loss snapped total from 2002-03, when the Huskers fi nished 8-20. throws in the closing minutes to seal the victory. Nebraska's eight-game winning streak and dropped NU to Along with Richards' clutch performance, Nebraska got Alexa Johnson led the Huskers with 16 points, while Katie 10-2 on the season, while the Sooners improved to 11-1. a huge second half from freshman guard Kiera Hardy, who Morse added her second double-double of the season and fi fth The Huskers got off to a solid start in a game dominated scored all 11 of her points in a 3:30 span in the second half, of her career with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Chelsea Aubry by the defenses. NU opened with an 8-4 lead and carried an including three consecutive three-pointers to turn a tie game also enjoyed a strong game inside for the Huskers, scoring 10 11-10 edge with 12:47 remaining the fi rst half, but OU used into a 46-37 lead. NU led by as many as 11 points in the second points, while pulling down fi ve boards and dishing out two an 8-0 run to take control of the game. NU trailed 32-24 at the half, before Rice used a late 10-0 run in the fi nal fi ve minutes assists off the bench. half, despite committing a season-high 16 fi rst-half turnovers, to cut the lead to 57-56 with 47 seconds left. Kiera Hardy scored all nine of her points in the second and remained within striking for most of the second half. Nebraska also received a big first-half effort from half, including a pair of three-pointers. She also hit 3-of-4 NU trailed 53-43 with 7:35 left, but OU sealed the victory freshman forward Jessica Gerhart, who scored all 10 of her free throws in the fi nal 1:02 to help the Huskers. with an 11-3 surge to put the game out of reach. career-high points in the fi rst half. Gerhart scored eight For the game, Nebraska was 17-of-20 from the free throw Maria Villarroel led all scorers with 19 points for the consecutive points for NU to help cut the Owl lead to just line and outrebounded the Bonnies 51-41, to help overcome Sooners, while Dionnah Jackson added 11 points, seven one points at halftime. a dismal 11-for-40 shooting effort in the fi rst half. rebounds, six assists, six steals and three blocked shots. Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 18 Huskers.com Huskers.com 2003-04 Game Notes...Baylor, Jan. 31, 2004...Page 19 Game-by-Game Box Scores Game #13 Game #14 Game #15 Nebraska 62 Nebraska 74 Nebraska 65 Iowa State 57 Missouri 69 Texas A&M 48 Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 10, 2004 Columbia, Mo., Jan. 14, 2004 Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17, 2004

Iowa State Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Texas A&M Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Kriener* 35 5-8 6-6 5 3 1 1 16 Johnson* 27 4-10 2-4 8 2 0 0 11 Derrick* 27 6-9 0-1 4 2 0 1 12 Wilkins* 33 3-5 4-4 12 5 0 1 10 Morse* 30 6-11 4-5 8 4 1 1 18 Classen* 16 1-4 0-0 1 4 0 0 2 Junod* 27 0-7 0-0 0 2 3 1 0 Johansen* 31 1-3 0-0 1 1 4 0 2 Williams* 40 5-17 2-4 6 0 5 2 12 Fox* 30 2-7 0-0 12 2 1 0 5 Richards* 23 1-3 4-4 8 4 2 0 6 Roy* 27 3-9 0-0 4 3 0 2 6 O'Neil* 39 8-20 2-3 4 3 4 3 18 Cannon-Johnson* 34 4-11 3-4 8 3 4 2 12 Romero* 14 1-5 0-0 3 1 0 0 3 Medders 14 1-3 0-0 3 0 1 0 3 Hardy 31 6-16 4-4 2 3 1 6 17 Castile 12 0-3 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 Robinette 9 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Lightfoot 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Garrison 22 2-5 3-3 2 0 1 1 9 Paustian 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerhart 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Blankstein 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Ronhovde 11 2-4 0-0 1 2 0 1 5 Aubry 20 3-4 2-2 3 1 1 0 8 Ganter 4 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 3 Wilks 9 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 200 21-56 12-13 41 17 10 8 57 Totals 200 25-58 19-23 41 19 13 9 74 Scales 19 0-2 1-2 2 5 0 1 1 Chinweze 8 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Missouri Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Team Rebounds 6 Johnson* 25 1-10 2-2 3 2 1 2 4 Unrau* 40 6-14 3-4 10 1 5 0 15 Totals 200 19-57 7-12 33 19 7 8 48 Morse* 30 3-8 0-0 6 1 1 1 6 James* 33 10-23 0-1 10 4 3 1 20 Johansen* 35 5-12 1-3 6 2 5 2 15 Savant* 34 4-12 1-2 5 2 4 1 9 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Richards* 24 1-5 4-6 8 3 3 1 6 Fisher* 21 1-5 1-1 3 3 3 0 3 Johnson* 20 4-6 1-2 4 3 1 0 9 Cannon-Johnson* 30 4-10 3-5 11 2 2 0 12 Lozier* 40 4-12 2-2 2 3 5 3 12 Morse* 28 4-9 1-3 6 3 1 0 10 Hardy 26 3-8 1-2 0 2 2 4 9 Hardiek 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Johansen* 32 3-5 0-0 1 0 7 1 7 Lightfoot 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 Roney 15 3-3 0-1 1 2 0 0 6 Richards* 33 5-8 3-5 6 1 4 0 13 Gerhart 9 4-5 0-1 1 2 0 0 8 Mack 9 2-3 0-0 2 0 0 0 4 Cannon-Johnson* 23 2-5 0-0 7 5 3 2 4 Aubry 15 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Riddle 7 0-0 0-2 3 2 0 0 0 Hardy 23 1-9 4-4 3 2 2 2 6 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 5 Lightfoot 10 1-3 0-2 3 0 0 0 2 Totals 200 22-61 11-19 39 14 16 10 62 Totals 200 30-72 7-13 41 17 20 5 69 Gerhart 10 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 Aubry 21 5-7 0-0 7 1 1 0 10 1st 2nd Final 1st 2nd Final Team Rebounds 4 Iowa State 35 22 57 Nebraska 35 39 74 Totals 200 27-54 9-16 41 15 19 5 65 Nebraska 34 28 62 Missouri 28 41 69 1st 2nd Final 3FG: Iowa State 3-18 (Medders 1-2, Ronhovde 1-3, Fox 1-6, 3FG: Nebraska 5-12 (Morse 2-4, Johnson 1-1, Cannon- Texas A&M 23 25 48 Kriener 0-1, O'Neil 0-1, Robinette 0-1, Junod 0-4); Nebraska Johnson 1-1, Hardy 1-5, Johansen 0-1); Missouri 7-13 Nebraska 24 41 65 7-21 (Johansen 4-8, Hardy 2-5, Cannon-Johnson 1-2, Morse (Lozier 2-8, Savant 0-5, Unrau 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 41.7; 0-1, Johnson 0-2). 3FG%: Iowa State 16.7; Nebraska 33.3. Missouri 13.3. FG%: Nebraska 43.1; Missouri 41.7. FT%: 3FG: Texas A&M 3-9 (Garrison 2-4, Romero 1-2, Roy 0-1, FG%: Iowa State 37.5; Nebraska 36.1. FT%: Iowa State 92.3; Nebraska 82.6; Missouri 53.8. Steals: Nebraska 9 (Hardy 6); Castile 0-2); Nebraska 2-5 (Morse 1-1, Johansen 1-1, Hardy Nebraska 57.9. Steals: Iowa State 8 (O'Neil 3); Nebraska 10 Missouri 5 (Lozier 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 4 (Morse 0-1, Richards 0-2). 3FG%: Texas A&M 33.3; Nebraska (Hardy 4). Blocked Shots: Iowa State 5 (Wilkins 4); Nebraska 3); Missouri 5 (Unrau 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 14; Missouri 40.0. FG%: Texas A&M 33.3; Nebraska 50.0. FT%: Texas 2 (Morse, Cannon-Johnson 1). Turnovers: Iowa State 20; 12. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Weeks, Morris, Day. A&M 58.3; Nebraska 56.3. Steals: Texas A&M 8 (Williams, Nebraska 14. Technical Fouls: Nebraska Bench. Offi cials: Attendance: 1,324. Roy 2); Nebraska 5 (Cannon-Johnson, Hardy 2). Blocked Roberts, Bredemeier, Alvarez. Attendance: 5,809. Shots: Texas A&M 4 (Derrick, Classen, Castile, Garrison 1); Game Highlights: Katie Morse scored a season-high 18 Nebraska 9 (Morse 7). Turnovers: Texas A&M 17; Nebraska Game Highlights: Jina Johansen tied a career high with points and Kiera Hardy added career highs with 17 points 18. Technical Fouls: Texas A&M-Bench. Offi cials: Alvarez, 15 points, including a career-high four three-pointers, to and six steals to lead Nebraska to a 74-69 win over Missouri Davis, Dickerson. Attendance: 3,409. lead Nebraska to 62-57 win over Iowa State in front of a in Columbia. With the win, the Huskers improved to 12-2 season-high 5,809 fans at the Devaney Center. Johansen, overall and 2-1 in the Big 12, while snapping a six-game losing Game Highlights: The Huskers improved to 3-1 in Big who connected on 4-of-8 three-pointers, helped the Huskers streak to the Tigers. 12 Conference action for the fi rst time since the league's snap a 10-game losing streak to the Cyclones, while improving Nebraska also improved to 9-1 on the season in games inaugural season in 1996-97, with a 65-48 win over Texas to a perfect 8-0 at the Devaney Center on the year. It was decided by eight points or less. Although the fi nal margin A&M. Nebraska, which improved to 13-2 overall, shot 50 also Nebraska's fi rst home Big 12 Conference victory since was close, the Huskers threatened to blow the Tigers out of percent from the fi eld for just the second time this season, defeating Kansas State 67-52 on Feb. 10, 2002. the game early in the second half. including a sizzling 66.7 percent (18-27) in the second half. Keasha Cannon-Johnson added her third double-double Morse scored 13 of her team-high 18 points in the fi rst half Margaret Richards led three Huskers in double fi gures of the year with 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Kiera Hardy to send Nebraska to locker room with a 35-28 lead at halftime. with 13 points, while Chelsea Aubry added 10 points and helped the Huskers fi ght back from a 12-point fi rst-half defi cit The Huskers opened the second half with a 10-2 surge to take seven rebounds off the bench. with nine points, four steals and two assists. During a crucial a 15-point lead, before building the lead to 18 points with 10: Katie Morse pitched in 10 points, six rebounds and a fi rst-half NU surge, Hardy scored eight points, notched three 47 left. But Missouri stormed back, trimming the lead to just school-record seven blocked shots to snap a 27-year-old NU steals and dished out one assist to help bring Nebraska back one point at 67-66 with 1:53 left in the game. mark. from a 20-9 defi cit with an 11-0 run to cut the lead to just The Huskers refused to relinquish the lead and hit 7-of-8 With Nebraska leading 31-27 with 16:41 to play, Morse's one point at 21-20. free throws in the fi nal two minutes to seal the victory. layup ignited a 14-0 run over the next fi ve minutes, capped After a technical foul on the NU bench helped ISU tie the Keasha Cannon-Johnson added 12 points and eight by Jina Johansen's three-pointer with 11:37 left to give NU a score at 51 with 5:28 left in the game, the Huskers answered rebounds, while Alexa Johnson contributed 11 points and 45-27 lead. The Huskers increased their lead to as many as 23 with a 6-0 run, holding the Cyclones scoreless the next 4:30. eight boards in a winning effort for the Huskers. points, before cruising to their ninth straight home victory.

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Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Kansas State Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Texas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Johnson* 25 2-5 2-2 3 3 0 1 8 Mahoney* 37 2-5 4-7 5 1 1 2 9 Bowers* 34 7-15 3-4 7 2 2 1 19 Morse* 27 3-10 1-2 6 2 0 0 7 Wecker* 37 8-19 3-4 7 3 3 1 21 Schreiber* 30 5-8 4-4 1 3 1 0 17 Johansen* 34 0-3 0-0 1 0 4 0 0 Ohlde* 34 5-16 4-4 4 3 1 2 14 Stephens* 32 8-12 1-2 9 2 0 0 17 Richards* 34 5-11 3-3 4 1 0 0 13 Koehn* 39 2-9 5-5 4 0 4 2 10 Norman* 30 1-5 2-2 1 3 4 1 4 Cannon-Johnson* 35 6-12 5-6 4 4 1 1 17 Domenico* 7 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Jackson* 37 6-12 10-11 11 3 5 1 22 Hardy 17 0-2 0-0 1 4 1 1 0 Coggins 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Cobbins 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Lightfoot 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 McIntyre 18 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 Carey 18 0-5 1-2 3 3 4 0 1 Gerhart 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Murdoch 11 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Reed 8 1-4 0-0 3 0 0 0 2 Aubry 27 4-9 1-2 4 3 0 0 10 Madden 6 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Williams 11 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 Team Rebounds 5 Dutmer 10 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 3 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 20-52 12-15 28 17 6 3 55 Team Rebounds 7 Totals 200 28-61 21-25 40 16 17 4 82 Totals 200 20-60 16-20 32 11 10 9 63 Texas Tech Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Dabbs* 19 0-3 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Johnson* 26 4-11 5-7 6 4 0 0 13 Jackson* 35 4-6 4-4 8 1 1 4 12 Johnson* 31 6-13 0-0 5 4 0 1 12 Morse* 27 2-7 0-0 1 4 0 2 4 Ayers-Curry* 12 1-3 0-0 1 0 2 0 2 Morse* 24 3-5 2-2 5 4 0 0 9 Johansen* 37 1-1 0-0 4 1 7 0 2 Grant* 31 3-9 3-3 3 2 9 0 9 Johansen* 35 3-5 0-0 4 2 6 0 8 Richards* 36 5-10 1-3 5 1 2 0 12 Ritchie* 32 1-8 0-0 5 1 2 0 2 Richards* 35 9-16 2-6 8 1 5 5 21 Cannon-Johnson* 28 8-14 0-1 4 4 0 0 18 Baughman 11 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 0 2 Cannon-Johnson* 31 7-10 2-2 10 1 4 2 16 Hardy 15 2-9 0-0 0 4 2 0 4 Greenwalt 21 8-11 0-0 8 5 0 0 16 Hardy 17 5-9 0-0 3 2 1 3 11 Lightfoot 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Davis 14 3-4 0-0 3 1 0 0 6 Lightfoot 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerhart 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Robertson 25 6-14 5-6 1 1 0 2 19 Gerhart 3 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Aubry 25 3-6 0-0 9 1 1 0 6 Team Rebounds 5 Aubry 23 1-4 0-0 3 1 1 1 23 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 27-61 12-13 38 13 16 6 68 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 25-59 6-11 33 19 12 2 59 Totals 200 35-65 6-10 42 15 17 12 81 1st 2nd Final 1st 2nd Final Nebraska 26 29 55 1st 2nd Final #3 Texas 35 47 82 #3 Texas Tech 30 38 68 #9 Kansas State 31 32 63 #25 Nebraska 28 31 59 Nebraska 34 47 81 3FG: Nebraska 3-7 (Johnson 2-2, Aubry 1-2, Morse 0-1, 3FG: Texas 5-16 (Schreiber 3-5, Bowers 2-6, Norman 0-1, Johansen 0-2); Texas Tech 2-10 (Robertson 2-5, Ritchie 0-3, 3FG: Kansas State 7-23 (McIntyre 2-6, Wecker 2-6, Dutmer Carey 0-4); Nebraska 3-13 (Cannon-Johnson 2-3, Richards Grant 0-1, Baughman 0-1). 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Texas Tech 1-2, Mahoney 1-3, Koehn 1-6); Nebraska 5-8 (Johansen 2-3, 1-4, Hardy 0-6). 3FG%: Texas 31.3; Nebraska 23.1. FG%: 20.0. FG%: Nebraska 38.5; Texas Tech 44.3. FT%: Nebraska Richards 1-1, Morse 1-1, Hardy 1-2, Aubry 0-1). 3FG%: Texas 45.9; Nebraska 42.4. FT%: Texas 84.0; Nebraska 54.5. 80.0; Texas Tech 92.3. Steals: Nebraska 3 (Johnson, Cannon- Kansas State 30.4; Nebraska 62.5. FG%: Kansas State Steals: Texas 4 (Bowers, Norman, Jackson, Williams 1); Johnson, Hardy 1); Texas Tech 6 (Jackson 4). Blocked Shots: 33.3; Nebraska 53.8. FT%: Kansas State 80.0; Nebraska Nebraska 2 (Morse 2). Blocked Shots: Texas 5 (Stephens, Nebraska 5 (Morse 3); Texas Tech 1 (Greenwalt 1). Turnovers: 60.0. Steals: Kansas State 9 (Mahoney, Ohlde, Koehn 2); Jackson 2); Nebraska 5 (Morse 4). Turnovers: Texas 12; Nebraska 15; Texas Tech 13. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Nebraska 12 (Richards 5). Blocked Shots: Kansas State 7 Nebraska 16. Technical Fouls: Nebraska-Bench. Offi cials: Caudle, Contreras, Herke. Attendance: 12,302. (Wecker 3); Nebraska 4 (Morse 3). Turnovers: Kansas State Weeks, Maddock, Dickerson. Attendance: 3,542. 17; Nebraska 16. Technical Fouls: None. Offi cials: Small, Game Highlights: No. 3 Texas Tech used an 18-4 run over a Jones, Stromgren. Attendance: 5,088. Game Highlights: The Huskers played their fi rst game as seven-minute span from the end of the fi rst half through the an AP Top 25 team since November of 1999, but had their start of the second half to battle its way to a 68-55 win over Game Highlights: Nebraska notched a win over the highest- entry into the national rankings spoiled by No. 3 Texas in an Nebraska. NU slipped to 13-3 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12, ranked opponent in school history by racing to an 81-63 win 82-59 loss at the Devaney Center. The Longhorn victory also while Texas Tech improved to 17-1 and 3-1. over No. 9 Kansas State at the Devaney Center. The win over snapped Nebraska's 10-game home winning streak. The Huskers were in control for much of the fi rst half, the No. 9 Wildcats matched the Huskers' 73-67 win over No. Keasha Cannon-Johnson led the Huskers with 18 points, using a 16-2 surge over a four-and-a-half minute span to take 9 Iowa on Dec. 8, 1996, for the highest-ranked team ever while Alexa Johnson pitched in 13 points. Margaret Richards a 20-13 lead, before Texas Tech responded. Nebraska led 26-24 defeated by the Huskers. KSU was also the highest-ranked contributed 12 points, and Chelsea Aubry boosted the Huskers with just over two minutes left in the fi rst half, before the Lady team NU has ever beaten in the Devaney Center, surpassing with six points and nine rebounds off the bench. Raiders closed the half on a 6-0 run. a 78-68 win over then-No. 10 Texas on Dec. 5, 1982. The Longhorns used big runs to open both halves to Texas Tech carried the momentum through the start of the Margaret Richards led the Huskers with one of the best take control of the game early. UT opened the game with second half, outscoring NU 12-4 to take a 12-point lead. The efforts of her career with 21 points, eight rebounds, fi ve assists a 16-4 burst in the fi rst half, before going on a 15-3 surge to Lady Raiders pushed the lead to 15 points after 10 straight and a career-high fi ve steals. Keasha Cannon-Johnson added open the second half. Nebraska trimmed the Texas lead to points from reserve center Cisti Greenwalt, before taking their her fourth double-double of the season and 10th of her career just four points in the fi rst half, but could not overcome UT's largest lead of the game at 60-43 with 4:20 left. with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Alexa Johnson added 12 high-powered offense in the second half. Nebraska made one last push by scoring six straight points, while Kiera Hardy sparked the Huskers with 11 points Freshman forward/center Tiffany Jackson led the points on a three-point play by Margaret Richards and a off the bench, including nine points in a decisive 2:13 span Longhorns with 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Kala three-pointer by Chelsea Aubry to cut the lead back to 11 with in the second half. Bowers added 19 points. National player-of-the-year 3:22 left, but Texas Tech closed the door down the stretch. The Huskers shot a season-high 53.8 percent from the candidates Stacy Stephens and Heather Schreiber each Keasha Cannon-Johnson led the Huskers with 17 points, fi eld, including a season-best 62.5 percent from three-point added 17 points. while Richards added 13 points and Aubry 10 points. range. NU also outrebounded KSU, 42-32. Nebraska Women’s Basketball...Page 20 Huskers.com