Nebraska Women’s Bas ket ball 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.