NEBRASKA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES IOWA (FEB. 25) 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 3 UNK (exhibition) [BTN Plus] W, 94-41 VS. 10/10 IOWA HAWKEYES Nov. 7 Drake [BTN Plus] L, 77-83 Monday, February 25, 2019, 7:30 p.m. (CT) Nov. 11 USC Upstate [BTN Plus] W, 87-64 Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000) - Lincoln, Nebraska Nov. 16 at Washington State [WSU] L, 84-87 2OT Live TV: BTN (Mike Monaco, Julianne Viani) Nov. 23-25 Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.) Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (7:15 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Nov. 23 at 24/22 Miami [ACC Network+] L, 68-82 13-14 Nov. 25 vs. Radford W, 77-39 Lincoln-B107.3 FM; Omaha-ESPN 590 AM 21-6 Nov. 29 at 5/4 Louisville (ACC/B1G) [ACC Network+] L, 68-85 8-8 BIG TEN Huskers.com, Huskers App, TuneIn 12-4 BIG TEN Dec. 2 at Creighton [Fox Sports Go] L, 65-74 Dec. 5 Kansas [BTN Plus] W, 58-52 Dec. 8 San Jose State [BTN Plus] W, 96-63 HUSKERS TO HONOR SIMON ON SENIOR NIGHT WITH IOWA Dec. 15 Denver [BTN Plus] W, 96-71 • The Nebraska women’s basketball team takes aim for a season series split with No. 10 Iowa Dec. 18 at Arkansas [SEC Network+] L, 80-84 before celebrating Senior Night on Monday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Dec. 28 Michigan^ [BTN] W, 70-56 • Tip off between Nebraska (13-14, 8-8 Big Ten) and the No. 10 Hawkeyes (21-6, 12-4 Big Ten) Dec. 31 at Ohio State^ [BTN] W, 78-69 is set for 7:30 p.m. (CT). Live radio coverage (beginning at 7:15 p.m.) can be heard in Lincoln on Jan. 3 at 19/20 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] L, 71-77 B107.3 FM, in Omaha on ESPN 590 AM, in Lexington on 880 AM KRVN and across the state on the Jan. 8 9/9 Maryland^ [BTN Plus] L, 63-81 Husker Sports Network. Free live audio can be found at Huskers.com, the Jan. 13 Rutgers^ [BTN] L, 56-62 Huskers App and on TuneIn. RANKED FOES Jan. 17 at Illinois^ [BTN Plus] W, 77-67 • Live television coverage will be provided by BTN with Mike Monaco Team Top Rank Jan. 20 23/25 Minnesota^ [ESPN2] W, 63-57 and Julianne Viani on the call. Louisville 2 Jan. 24 Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] L, 54-58 • Nebraska will honor senior Maddie Simon (Lincoln, Nebraska) in an Maryland (2) 4 Jan. 27 at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] L, 69-70 on-court ceremony immediately following Monday night’s game. The Iowa (2) 10 Jan. 31 at Purdue^ [BTN] W, 84-64 Lincoln Pius X graduate has played in 105 games in her Husker career, Minnesota 12 Feb. 3 Indiana^ [BTN Plus] L, 78-82 scoring nearly 700 points while grabbing more than 300 rebounds. Miami 14 Feb. 7 at Michigan^ [BTN] L, 61-67 • The Huskers are coming off back-to-back wins for just the second Rutgers 14 Feb. 10 Purdue^ [BTN Plus] (Play4Kay) W, 67-61 time in Big Ten play after working their way to a 71-64 win at Northwestern Michigan State 15 Feb. 14 at 7/8 Maryland^ [BTN] L, 63-89 (Feb. 21). The victory followed an 82-71 win over No. 24 Michigan State Drake 21 Feb. 17 24/22 Michigan State^ [BTN] (Red Cross) W, 82-71 (Feb. 17) in Nebraska’s last appearance at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Indiana 25 Feb. 21 at Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] W, 71-64 • Nebraska’s only other two-game conference winning streak this Feb. 25 10/10 Iowa^ [BTN] (Senior Night) 7:30 p.m. season came against Michigan and at Ohio State to open league play and March 2 at Penn State^ [BTN] 2 p.m. ended with a 77-71 loss at Iowa (Jan. 3). March 6-10 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) • Nebraska is one of four teams that enter the final week of Big Ten play with an 8-8 record and March 18 NCAA Selection Monday [ESPN2] TBA one of eight teams that could finish with a 10-8 mark. The Huskers own at least one win over every March 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA team (Michigan, Ohio State, Minnesota, Purdue [2], Northwestern and Michigan State) in the No. 4 March 29- NCAA Regionals TBA through No. 9 spots in the conference standings as of Feb. 22. April 1 Albany, Chicago, Greensboro, Portland • Nebraska is 1-4 against the top four teams in the Big Ten standings with two lossess to No. 8 April 5-7 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) TBA Maryland, one loss to No. 10 Iowa, a loss to previously ranked Rutgers and a loss at Michigan. All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle • Although Nebraska is below .500 on the season, the Huskers have fought hard down to the wire, Bank Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of with a school-record 12 games decided by two possessions or less. Unfortunately, the Huskers are Nebraska’s regular-season games can be heard live on the just 3-9 in games decided by six or fewer points, including 2-6 in Big Ten play. Iowa is 2-2 in its Big Ten Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln games decided by two possessions, including a six-point win over Nebraska (Jan. 3). The Hawkeyes and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on are coming off a 75-73 loss at Indiana (Feb. 21). Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and BTN Plus games HUSKERS.COM NEBRASKA ROSTER & STATISTICS No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TICKETS: 1-800-8-BIG-RED 3 Hannah Whitish** 5-9 Jr. G 27-26 10.4 3.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 27-0 9.7 3.0 2.6 0.9 0.1 5 Nicea Eliely** 6-1 Jr. G 27-27 8.2 4.0 2.1 1.7 0.6 11 Kristian Hudson (out) 5-5 Sr. G 6-1 2.4 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 27-0 7.0 5.3 0.7 0.3 0.9 14 Grace Mitchell** 6-2 Jr. F 23-0 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 24 Maddie Simon*** 6-2 Sr. F 27-16 7.0 3.1 1.0 0.6 0.2 31 Kate Cain* 6-5 So. C 27-27 7.3 5.9 1.1 0.5 2.7 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 27-3 9.9 2.7 1.3 0.7 0.1 33 Taylor Kissinger* 6-1 So. G/F 27-24 8.7 3.4 1.3 0.8 0.1 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 27-11 3.0 2.9 0.8 0.6 0.3
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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS SCOUTING THE IOWA HAWKEYES • In her 35th season as a collegiate head coach, including her 17th at Iowa, Lisa Bluder brings an (13-14, 8-8 BIG TEN) explosive and experienced Iowa team into Monday’s meeting with Nebraska. No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 3.0 2.9 • The No. 10 Hawkeyes are No. 2 in the Big Ten standings at 12-4 after losing 75-73 on a last-second 31 Kate Cain 6-5 So. C 7.3 5.9 shot at Indiana on Thursday night. Prior to the loss at Indiana, the Hawkeyes had put themselves in 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Jr. G 10.4 3.0 the driver’s seat for the No. 1 seed at the Big Ten Tournament with an impressive 86-73 win over 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Jr. G 8.2 4.0 No. 7 Maryland on Feb. 17. But a come-from-behind win on a last-second shot by Maryland against 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 9.9 2.7 Minnesota Thursday, put the Terps back on top in the conference race at 13-3 heading into the final Off the Bench week of Big Ten regular-season play. 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 9.7 3.0 33 Taylor Kissinger 6-1 So. G 8.7 3.4 • Iowa is led by All-American, National Player-of-the-Year candidate and probable Big Ten Player- 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 7.0 5.3 of-the-Year Megan Gustafson, who leads the nation in scoring at 27.4 points and ranks fourth with 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Sr. F 7.0 3.1 13.1 rebounds per contest. Both of those averages are on the rise since Nebraska’s first meeting with 14 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Jr. F 1.1 1.1 the Hawkeyes on Jan. 3. 11(out) Kristian Hudson 5-5 Sr. G 2.4 1.6 • Gustafson, a 6-3 senior forward, owns 2,542 career points and 1,332 career rebounds in her 126 Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998) career games. She is shooting a career-best 70.4 percent from the field and 78 percent at the free Third Season at Nebraska (41-47) 12th Season Overall (234-156) throw line. She is a 12-time Big Ten Player of the Week this season and has scored 30 or more points nine times this year, including a pair of 40-point performances. IOWA HAWKEYES (10/10) • Over the last six games, Gustafson is averaging 30.7 points and 14.5 rebounds. In the first meeting with Nebraska this season, she had 28 points and 17 boards. (21-6, 12-4 BIG TEN) • Last season, Gustafson averaged 27.5 points and 14.0 rebounds in a pair of losses to Nebraska. No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 21 Hannah Stewart 6-2 Sr. F 11.2 6.2 • Fellow senior forward Hannah Stewart is enjoying her best season, averaging 11.2 points and 10 Megan Gustafson 6-3 Sr. F 27.4 13.1 6.2 rebounds while shooting 56.5 percent from the field and 75 percent at the line in her first year as 3 Mackenzie Meyer 5-9 Jr. G 9.1 2.4 a starter. In the first meeting with Nebraska this season, Stewart scored 14 points. 11 Tania Davis 5-3 Sr. G 10.8 2.8 • Senior guard Tania Davis has had each of the last two seasons cut short by injuries but has started 22 Kathleen Doyle 5-9 Jr. G 13.2 3.1 all 27 games for the Hawkeyes this year. She is averaging 10.8 points and 4.7 assists through 27 games. Off the Bench The 5-3 Davis had 11 points and five rebounds in the first meeting with Nebraska this year. She is 5 Alexis Sevillian 5-5 So. G 5.6 1.7 43 Amanda Ollinger 6-1 Jr. F 2.9 3.0 shooting 38.5 percent (42-109) from three-point range and 86 percent (49-57) from the free throw line. 25 Monika Czinano 6-3 Fr. F/C 2.4 1.1 • Junior guards Kathleen Doyle and Mackenzie Meyer round out one of the Big Ten’s most 1 Tomi Taiwo 5-10 Fr. G 1.6 1.0 experienced starting fives. 24 Zion Sanders 5-8 So. G 1.5 0.9 • Doyle, who missed all of November with a broken left hand, has averaged 13.2 points, 3.1 23 Logan Cook 6-1 Fr. F 0.8 0.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.5 steals this season. She averaged 12.0 points and 4.5 assists in a pair of 31 Paula Valino Ramos 6-3 So. F/C 0.0 0.7 losses to Nebraska last year. In the first meeting with the Huskers this season, Doyle had 11 points, Head Coach: Lisa Bluder (Northern Iowa, 1983) 19th Season at Iowa (388-216) nine assists and four steals. 35th Season Overall (744-358) • Meyer has pitched in 9.1 points and 4.2 assists despite battling a recent injury. Meyer has knocked down 41 threes (.323) for the Hawkeyes and is a nearly automatic 97 percent (32-33) at the free throw line. Meyer did not play against Nebraska in Lincoln last season because of an arm injury. She scored HUSKER NUGGETS just two points in Iowa’s win in Iowa City earlier this season. • Senior Maddie Simon is coming off one of the • Sophomore guard Alexis Sevillian gives Iowa a sixth experienced player. In her first two seasons on best all-around games of her career with 15 points on 6-of-6 field goal shooting with a pair of the court, Sevillian has made 35 starts, filling in for all three of Iowa’s starting guards while they faced threes at Northwestern (Feb. 21). Simon also led injuries. Sevillian is averaging 5.6 points per game this season and had eight points, three rebounds Nebraska with five rebounds. and three assists in the first meeting with the Huskers this year. • The Husker bench has outscored opponent • Junior Amanda Ollinger has spelled Gustafson and Stewart inside throughout the season. Ollinger benches in 25 of 27 games this year with the only is averaging 2.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game in Big Ten play. Last year in Lincoln, exceptions coming in losses at Michigan (37-20, Ollinger had 12 points and eight rebounds off the bench. She has not scored in her last two games Feb. 7) and at No. 7 Maryland (22-19, Feb. 14). against Nebraska and played just four minutes in the first meeting at Iowa City this season. • Nebraska’s bench has outscored the opponent • Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring (80.6 ppg), field goal percentage (.519), free throw percentage bench by double digits 19 times this year. (.762) and assists (21.9 apg) while ranking 11th in the conference in scoring defense (68.6 ppg) and • In the first meeting between Nebraska and Iowa this season, the Husker bench outscored the ninth in field goal percentage defense (.405) and three-point field goal percentage defense (.319). Hawkeye bench, 37-11. • Overall, Nebraska’s bench has outscored NEBRASKA VS. IOWA SERIES HISTORY opposition benches 847-440 (31.4-16.3 ppg) for • Nebraska leads the all-time series with Iowa, 14-13, including a season sweep of the Hawkeyes a plus-15.1 margin. in two games last year, but Iowa worked its way to a 77-71 win over the Huskers in Iowa City to open • Nebraska’s bench outscored the opposition the season series this year on Jan. 3. 149-53 over the final four non-conference games, including a season-high 45 points at Arkansas. • Iowa led by 12 points with four minutes left this season in Iowa City before Nebraska rallied to cut NU’s bench posted a season-best scoring the lead to 73-71 in the final minute. Although Megan Gustafson led Iowa with 28 points, 17 rebounds differential (+37) in its last non-conference home and five blocks, it was Hannah Stewart who made the two biggest plays for the Hawkeyes with a pair game by outscoring Denver’s bench, 40-3. of offensive rebounds off missed free throws in the final 30 seconds. Stewart finished with 14 points. • Nebraska’s bench has scored 40 or more points • Leigha Brown led Nebraska with 20 points at Iowa, while Hannah Whitish added 14 for the Huskers. six times, including 45 at Arkansas, 42 points • The Huskers are 5-5 all-time against Iowa in Lincoln, dating back to a 67-66 win over the Hawkeyes against San Jose State, 41 points against Drake, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Dec. 22, 1979. 40 against Denver, 40 at Illinois (1/17) and most • Nebraska defeated then-No. 20 Iowa 74-65 in last season’s meeting at Pinnacle Bank Arena on recently 40 at Purdue (1/31). Jan. 16, 2018. The Huskers snapped Iowa’s five-game series winning streak despite 29 points and 18 • In Nebraska’s Big Ten-opening win over Michigan (Dec. 28), the Husker bench outscored rebounds from Hawkeye All-American Megan Gustafson. the Wolverine bench 28-10, including 14-0 in the • The Huskers completed the sweep with a 92-74 win on Jan. 28, 2018, after the Huskers built a fourth quarter. 36-point lead midway through the third quarter. Nebraska led 56-26 at the half, and the 56 points • In Big Ten play, NU’s bench has outscored were the most ever allowed by the Hawkeyes in a first half at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. opponent benches 490-282 (30.6-17.6, +13.0 • Prior to last year’s rout by Nebraska in Iowa City, each of the previous seven meetings between ppg), including 39-12 (+27) and 40-14 (+26) edges the Huskers and Hawkeyes had been decided by single digits, including a 75-72 Iowa win at Carver- against Purdue and a 34-9 margin (+25) in a win Hawkeye on Dec. 31, 2016. over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). • The Huskers are 4-6 all-time against the Hawkeyes in Iowa City with five of the last seven games • Nebraska’s bench has scored at least 15 points being decided by two possessions or less, including one overtime finish (Iowa 78, Nebraska 72, Jan. in each of its 16 Big Ten games, including at least 26, 2015). 35 points on five occasions. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 3
• Nebraska is 5-2 all-time against Iowa on neutral courts dating back to the first meeting in the INSIDE THE series, a 71-63 Husker win at the Jennies’ Classic in Warrensburg, Mo., on Jan. 13, 1978. • The Huskers dominated the series in their first years in the Big Ten. From 2011-12 through 2013- NEBRASKA ROSTER 14 (three seasons) the Huskers went 8-0 against the Hawkeyes, culminating with a 72-65 victory in the 2014 Big Ten Tournament Championship Game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Leigha Brown...... LEE-uh NEBRASKA STREAKS Nicea Eliely...... NY-see-uh E-ly-lee • Kate Cain owns Nebraska’s longest streak of consecutive starts (58). 2-POSSESSION GAMES Sam Haiby...... HY-bee • Nicea Eliely owns Nebraska’s second-longest streak of starts (53). Most Nebraska regular-season Taylor Kissinger...... KISS-in-jur • Eliely is the only Husker to score in all 27 games this season, and games decided by six or fewer Kayla Mershon...... MERR-shawn the only Husker to score in each of Nebraska’s 16 Big Ten Conference points (since 1987-88) Ashtyn Veerbeek...... Verr-BEEK contests. She has scored in 31 consecutive games overall. She did not 1. 2018-19 (3-9) 12 Hannah Whitish...... WHITE-ish score in a win over Penn State on Feb. 22, 2018, the only time in the 2. 2014-15 (7-4) 11 past two seasons (56 games) that she has been shut out. 1991-92 (5-6) 11 HUSKER HOMES • Junior Hannah Whitish scored in double figures seven straight 4. 1999-00 (5-5) 10 The 11 members of the 2018-19 Husker women's games for Nebraska from Jan. 17 (at Illinois) to Feb. 7 (at Michigan) 5. 1988-89 (4-5) 9 - basketball team came to Nebraska from nine the longest streak of the season for any Husker. states. • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three in 339 straight games dating back to a loss Alabama (1): Kristian Hudson at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 218 consecutive games. Colorado (1): Nicea Eliely Indiana (1): Leigha Brown NEBRASKA NUMBERS TO WATCH Iowa (1): Ashtyn Veerbeek • (3) Nicea Eliely needs three steals to reach 50 on the year. No Husker has recorded 50 steals in Kansas (1): Grace Mitchell a season since All-American Lindsey Moore (60) in 2012-13. Minnesota (2): Sam Haiby, Kayla Mershon • (3) Hannah Whitish is three steals away from 100 in her career. Nebraska (2): Taylor Kissinger, Maddie Simon • (4) Kate Cain is four blocks away from tying Catheryn Redmon (77, 2010-11) for the No. 3 single- New York (1): Kate Cain season block total in Husker history. Cain owns 73 blocks through 27 games this season. Wisconsin (1): Hannah Whitish • (5) Cain is five blocks away from tying Danielle Page (78, 2007-08) for the No. 2 season block total at Nebraska. Cain owns the single-season school record with 100 blocks last year. HUSKERS BY CLASS • (5) Senior Maddie Simon is five points away from 700 in her career. Seniors (2): Kristian Hudson, Maddie Simon • (6) Ashtyn Veerbeek needs six blocks to tie for the No. 5 total by a freshman in school history Juniors (3): Nicea Eliely, Grace Mitchell (31). She enters the Iowa game with 25 blocks on the season. Hannah Whitish • (15) Taylor Kissinger is 15 points away from 500 in her career. Sophomores (2): Kate Cain, Taylor Kissinger • (17) Nicea Eliely is 17 points away from 700 in her career. Freshmen (4): Leigha Brown, Sam Haiby Kayla Mershon, Ashtyn Veerbeek FRESHMEN CONTRIBUTING EARLY FOR HUSKERS • Nebraska has received production early and often from its 2018-19 freshman class. The four- HUSKERS BY MAJOR player class, which was ranked among the top 20 recruiting classes in the nation by ESPN last season, Applied Science (Master’s): Kristian Hudson features Leigha Brown (9.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.3 apg), Sam Haiby (9.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.6 apg), Ashtyn Business Administration: Nicea Eliely Veerbeek (7.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and Kayla Mershon (3.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg). Communication Studies: Maddie Simon • Leigha Brown, who earned Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors (Jan. 7) and a spot on the Big Management: Leigha Brown, Kate Cain Ten Honor Roll after her 30-point outburst against Purdue (Feb. 10), ranks second among the Huskers Ashtyn Veerbeek, Hannah Whitish with 9.9 points per game, including 10.8 points per Big Ten game. She added 20 points at No. 19 Marketing: Kayla Mershon Iowa (Jan. 3). It was her second straight game leading the Huskers, after scoring a then-career-high 19 Mathematics Education: Taylor Kissinger points at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She added 18 points and a career-high six rebounds against Rutgers Nutrition & Health Sciences: Grace Mitchell (Jan. 13). She also had 18 points in the win over San Jose State (Dec. 8), before adding 17 points and Undeclared: Sam Haiby a career-high five assists in the win over Denver (Dec. 15). • Brown, a 6-1 wing from Auburn, Indiana owns 10 double-figure scoring efforts and has led the Big Red in scoring six times this season, including four Big Ten games.
2018-19 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 3 Hannah Whitish** G 5-9 Jr. Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld) Preseason All-Big Ten; First career double-double (28 pts, 12 ast. at Purdue, 1/31) 4 Sam Haiby G 5-9 Fr. Moorhead, Minn. (Moorhead) B1G Freshman of the Week (Feb. 5); 9.7 ppg; 12 games in double figures 5 Nicea Eliely** G/F 6-1 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017); Season-high 18 pts at Maryland (2/14) 11 Kristian Hudson G 5-5 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville/FIU) 87 Starts, 1,076 Points, 383 Assists at FIU; Out for 2018-19 season (foot) 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek F 6-2 Fr. Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian) Career-high 19 points at Illinois (1/17); 14 pts, 9 reb at Purdue (1/31) 14 Grace Mitchell** F 6-2 Jr. Wellington, Kan. (Wellington) 2016 Kansas HS POY (USA Today), Career-high 10 pts vs. UMKC (11/14/17) 24 Maddie Simon*** F 6-2 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS POY;Team-high 105 games as a Husker 31 Kate Cain* C 6-5 So. Middletown, N.Y. (Pine Bush) Big Ten All-Freshman & All-Defensive; Nebraska Sophomore Block Record (73) 32 Leigha Brown F 6-1 Fr. Auburn, Ind. (DeKalb) B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7); Career-high 30 pts vs. Purdue (2/10) 33 Taylor Kissinger G/F 6-1 So. Minden, Neb. (Minden) School-record 6-for-6 3FG vs. USC Upstate; 44.1% 3FG (52-118) 44 Kayla Mershon F 6-3 Fr. Chanhassen, Minn. (Minnetonka) Averaged 7.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg in 2 games vs. Maryland; 11 straight B1G Starts Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998), 234-156 (12th season overall) 41-47 (Third season at Nebraska) Assistant Coach: Tom Goehle, Third Season (Augustana, S.D., 1993) Assistant Coach: Chuck Love, Third Season (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2008) Assistant Coach: Tandem Mays, Third Season (Tulsa, 2007) Director of Operations: Amanda Hart, Third Season (Dakota Wesleyan, 2014) Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, Fourth Season (Rutgers, 2008) Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Stuart Hart, Second Season (Saint Leo, 1998) Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ashley Rudolph, Third Season (Michigan State, 2010) 4 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
• Haiby, a 5-9 guard from Moorhead, Minn., ranks third overall among the Huskers with 9.7 points AMY WILLIAMS per game off the bench. Haiby, who was the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (Feb. 4), has led (NEBRASKA, 1998) Nebraska in scoring in seven games, including 17 points against Indiana (Feb. 3). She also had 13 (41-47, Third Season at Nebraska) points in a road win at Purdue (Jan. 13). Haiby added 16 in a win over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). She (234-156, 12th Season Overall) scored a season-high 20 points at Washington State (Nov. 16), while also leading the Huskers with 16 Big Ten Coach of the Year (2018) at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She put up a 17-point effort at Creighton (Dec. 2), 14 at Miami (Nov. 23) and Summit League Coach of the Year 13 against Drake (Nov. 7). (2015, 2016) WNIT Championship Team (2016) • Haiby owns 12 double-figure scoring efforts overall, including 12 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29), 12 more in a win over Michigan (Dec. 28), 11 at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) and 11 more at NAIA Northwestern (Feb. 21). Season School Won Lost Pct. • Haiby also ranks second among the Huskers in assists (2.6 apg). 2007-08 Rogers State 13 18 .419 • Ashtyn Veerbeek ranks third among the Husker freshmen in scoring with 7.0 points per game, 2008-09 Rogers State 18 14 .563 while leading the freshmen and ranking second on the team with 5.3 rebounds. Veerbeek erupted 2009-10 Rogers State 21 11 .656 for a career-high 19 points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds in the win at Illinois (Jan. 2010-11 Rogers State 23 10 .697 17). She produced her first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in 2011-12 Rogers State 22 12 .647 a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). Veerbeek just missed a double-double with 14 points and nine Total 5 seasons 97 65 .599 rebounds in a road win at Purdue (Jan. 31). She had 14 points in 14 minutes in a win over Denver NCAA Division I (Dec. 15) and added 14 points for the third straight game at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She owns six double- 2012-13 South Dakota 19 16 .543 digit scoring efforts on the year. She also ranks second among the Huskers with 25 blocks. 2013-14 South Dakota 19 14 .576 • Kayla Mershon has pitched in 3.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. She has made 11 2014-15 South Dakota 26 8 .765 consecutive starts. Mershon scored a career-high eight points against No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8) and 2015-16 South Dakota 32 6 .842 added seven points against the Terps (Feb. 14). She also had seven points against Rutgers (Jan. 13). 2016-17 Nebraska 7 22 .241 She had a career-high seven rebounds in a win over Kansas (Dec. 5) and matched that total against 2017-18 Nebraska 21 11 .656 Northwestern (Jan. 24). The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., owns 21 assists and has committed 2018-19 Nebraska 13 14 .462 just 10 turnovers through 27 games. Div. I Total 7th season 137 91 .601 • The freshmen have combined for 40.7 percent (798-of-1,963) of Nebraska’s points in just 36.3 Overall 12th season 234 156 .600 percent of the team’s total minutes (1,978-of-5,450) on the season. They also have accounted for just WILLIAMS IN POSTSEASON 29.8 percent (124-of-416) of Nebraska’s turnovers. Year (Tournament) Results • Nebraska’s four freshmen are combining to average 29.6 points and 14.0 rebounds per game. 2018 (NCAA) First Round 2016 (WNIT) Champion CAIN NAMED TO LISA LESLIE AWARD WATCH LIST 2015 (WNIT) Second Round • Nebraska’s Kate Cain claimed one of 20 spots on the 2014 (NCAA) First Round preseason watch list for the 2019 Lisa Leslie Award announced 2013 (WBI) Semifinals by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the 2012 (NAIA) Elite Eight Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Oct. 26. 2011 (NAIA) First Round • The Lisa Leslie Award is in its second season of NOTING COACH WILLIAMS recognizing the top centers in NCAA Division I women’s NCAA Tournament (Nebraska, 2018) college basketball. It is named after the three-time All- Summit League Regular-Season Champions American and 1994 National Player of the Year. The award (South Dakota, 2015, 2016) will be announced by ESPN at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Final NCAA Tournament (South Dakota, 2014) Four in Tampa. Summit League Tournament Champions (2014) • Cain, a 6-5 sophomore from Middletown, N.Y., made Four Summit League Championship Game Appearances an instant impact as a freshman for the Nebraska women’s Assistant Coach, Tulsa (2006-07) basketball team in 2017-18. She was one of five players across Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State (2002-05) the conference to capture first-team Big Ten All-Freshman Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (2001) honors, while being the only freshman or sophomore named Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney (1999-2000) to the five-player Big Ten All-Defensive Team. Four-Year Letterwinner Nebraska (1995-98) • Cain shattered the Nebraska single-season blocked shot record with 100 on the season, while leading the Big Ten in blocks per game. She ranked among the top 10 players nationally in blocked shots. Cain also smashed Nebraska’s (#31) Kate Cain, 6-5, So., Center single-game block record with 11 against Florida Atlantic on Dec. 17, 2017, when she became the first Husker in history to produce a triple-double in points (22), rebounds (14) and blocks (11). • Cain’s growth on the court helped the Huskers produce one of the nation’s top turnarounds, improving 14 games in the win column to capture a bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Cain finished the season by averaging 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game. • Cain is one of five Big Ten Conference centers who make up a combined one quarter of the preseason national watch list for the Lisa Leslie Award. Cain is the youngest Big Ten center on the list, joining Iowa senior Megan Gustafson, Michigan senior Hallie Thome, Illinois senior Alex Wittinger and Purdue junior Ae’Rianna Harris in representing the conference. • Cain is scheduled to go head-to-head against those Big Ten centers seven times during the 2018-19 conference season, including twice each against Gustafson, Thome and Harris, who will all play the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena this season. Cain faced another center on the list - Louisville’s Sam Fuehring in the ACC/B1G Challenge on Nov. 29. • Overall, Cain is one of just four sophomores on the Lisa Leslie Award watch list, joining North Carolina’s Janelle Bailey, Duke’s Jade Williams and IUPUI’s Macee Williams. • The inaugural winner of the Lisa Leslie Award was A’ja Wilson from South Carolina in 2018.
Nebraska’s 2018-19 Coaching Staff (from left): BIG RED RETURN YOUNG, HUNGRY HUSKERS IN 2018-19 Assistant Coach Chuck Love, Assistant Coach • Nebraska lost three key players (Jasmine Cincore, Janay Morton, Emily Wood) from 2017-18, but Tandem Mays, Head Coach Amy Williams, the 2018-19 version of the Huskers features several experienced weapons. Assistant Coach Tom Goehle. • Nebraska returns each of its top five scorers from 2017-18, led by second-team All-Big Ten point guard Hannah Whitish (12.6 ppg). Forward Maddie Simon (10.1 ppg), guard/forward Taylor Kissinger HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 5
(10.0 ppg), center Kate Cain (9.9 ppg) and guard/forward Nicea Eliely (8.2 CAREER MINUTES ppg) all return for the Huskers in 2018-19. Collegiate minutes by • Overall, the Huskers returned more than 70 percent of their scoring active players on roster NEBRASKA (70.4%) and rebounding (70.2%), and nearly 65 percent (64.7%) of their (Thru games Feb. 21) assists from the 2017-18 roster. Nebraska also returns 147 of its school- 1. Rutgers 18,186 2018-19 QUICK FACTS record 163 blocks from 2017-18. The previous school record was 147. 2. Illinois 17,541 Institution...... University of Nebraska. • Nebraska returns 160 of its school-record 250 three-pointers (64%) from 3. Ohio State 16,595 Location...... Lincoln, Neb. 2017-18, including 73 from Hannah Whitish and 50 from Taylor Kissinger. 4. Iowa 16,292 Population...... 280,364 It marks the first time in school history that Nebraska returns two players 5. Michigan 14,608 Enrollment...... 25,820 from the previous season who each hit 50 or more threes. 6. Penn State 14,149 Founded...... 1869 • Nebraska’s 2018-19 freshman class was ranked No. 20 in the nation 7. Northwestern 13,576 Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers Colors...... Scarlet and Cream by the ESPN, giving the Huskers back-to-back top 20 classes. 8. Indiana 12,995 Home Arena...... Pinnacle Bank Arena • Ashtyn Veerbeek, a 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High School 9. Wisconsin 12,898 Capacity...... 15,000 10. Michigan St. 12,775 in Hull, Iowa, was ranked as the No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, Conference...... Big Ten 11. Purdue 12,641 No. 66 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, which also ranked Athletic Director...... Bill Moos 12. Maryland 12,065 Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2018. As a senior, Veerbeek 2018-19 Overall Record...... 13-14 was named one of the 50 greatest girls players in Iowa history by the Des 13. Nebraska 12,022 Home Record...... 8-5 Moines Register. She led the state in rebounding (14.4 rpg) while ranking 14. Minnesota 11,641 Away Record...... 4-9 third in scoring (25.8 ppg) and eighth in blocks (86). She finished with Neutral Record...... 1-0 1,871 points, 1,041 rebounds, 227 blocks and 203 assists. Big Ten Record...... 8-8 • Leigha Brown, a 6-1 forward out of DeKalb High School in Indiana, averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 2017-18 Overall Record...... 21-11 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks in 2017-18. She finished her career with 1,798 points, Home Record...... 10-6 810 rebounds and 325 assists. She was ranked as the No. 21 forward nationally by ESPN. Away Record...... 9-2 • Sam Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the country by Prospects Nation, No. 125 by Neutral Record...... 2-3 Blue Star and as the No. 28 guard nationally by ESPN. The 5-9 guard at Class 4A Moorhead High Big Ten Record...... 11-5 School scored well over 2,000 points in her high school career while averaging 25.1 points, 7.1 Head Coach...... Amy Williams rebounds and 5.3 assists per game for the Spuds despite being limited by injury as a senior. Alma Mater/Year...... Nebraska/1998 Record at Nebraska...... 41-47 (Third season) • A North Tartan club teammate of Haiby’s, Kayla Mershon comes to Lincoln as one of the top Career Record...... 234-156 (12th season) players in Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., was ranked as the No. 132 overall NCAA Div. I Record.... 137-91 (Seventh season) player in the country by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. As a senior at Williams’ Nebraska Home Record...... 25-20 Minnetonka High School, Mershon averaged 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 Big Ten Conference Record...... 22-26 blocks per game. Big Ten Home Record...... 12-12 Big Ten Road Record...... 10-14 WHITISH HEATING UP IN BIG TEN PLAY Big Ten Tournament Record...... 1-2 • Preseason All-Big Ten guard Hannah Whitish is catching Assistant Coaches:...... Tom Goehle fire in conference action, including a season-high 28-point ...... Chuck Love ...... Tandem Mays performance at Purdue (Jan. 31). Whitish added a career-high Director of Operations...... Amanda Hart 12 assists to notch her first career double-double. She also tied Video Coordinator...... Katie Adams a career high with six threes in the win over the Boilermakers. Strength Coach...... Stuart Hart • Whitish’s 12 assists tied for the ninth-best total by a Husker Athletic Trainer...... Ashley Rudolph in school history. Only three players in Nebraska history [Rachel Basketball Office Phone...... (402) 472-6462 Theriot (4), Kathy Hawkins (3), Stacy Imming (1)] have had more Basketball Office Fax...... (402) 472-0849 than 12 assists in a game. Women’s Basketball Contact...... Jeff Griesch • Whitish’s career high of 29 points came last season in Communications Office Phone.....(402) 472-2263 back-to-back non-conference wins at Kansas and Drake. Griesch’s Direct Line...... (402) 472-7775 • Whitish owns a team-best 48 career double-figure scoring Griesch’s Cell Phone...... (402) 540-0279 efforts, including a team-high 17 in 2018-19 and 18 in 2017-18. Griesch’s E-mail...... [email protected] She owns five career 20-point performances, including three Communications Fax...... (402) 472-2005 in 2017-18. Best Way to Contact Williams.... Through Griesch • Whitish is averaging a team-best 11.8 points per Big Ten Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 game this season, and 10.4 points overall on the year, following Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 6/6 Newcomers...... 5 her 19-point effort in a win at Northwestern (Feb. 21). Returning Starters (4, 2017-18 Stats)...... • She has climbed to No. 3 on the Nebraska career three- Hannah Whitish, G (12.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.7 apg) point list with 189, moving ahead of current WNBA guard Maddie Simon, F (10.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg) Yvonne Turner (183, 2007-10). (#3) Hannah Whitish, 5-9, Jr., Guard Kate Cain, C (9.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.1 bpg) • Whitish leads the Huskers with 59 three-pointers on the Nicea Eliely, G (8.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.7 apg) season, which ranks as the fourth-best total by a junior in school history. Others Returning (2, 2017-18 Stats)...... • Whitish scored in double figures for seven straight games before being shut out by a focused Taylor Kissinger, G (10.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.4 apg) defensive effort from Purdue (Feb. 10). In the seven-game stretch, Whitish averaged 15 points per Grace Mitchell, F (2.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) game and shot 43.6 percent (24-55) from three-point range. She also averaged 5.3 assists over those Starters Lost (1, 2017-18 Stats)...... seven contests. Jasmine Cincore, G (6.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) • Whitish has climbed to No. 9 on the Nebraska career assist list with 354, and she is 38 away from Others Lost (2, 2017-18 Stats)...... catching fellow Wisconsin native and state player of the year Anna DeForge at No. 8 on that list (392, Janay Morton, G (6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) 1995-98). Emily Wood, G (3.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg) • Nebraska’s growth in the backcourt in 2017-18 started with Whitish, who earned second-team Bria Stallworth, G (3.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.7 apg) All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore in her first full season as a starter. The 5-9 guard from Barneveld, Rachel Blackburn, F (1.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg) Darrien Washington, F (1.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg) Wis., led the Huskers in scoring (12.6 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three-pointers (2.3 2018-19 Newcomers (5) pg), as the only Husker to start all 32 games in 2017-18...... Leigha Brown, 6-1, Fr., G • She scored in double figures a team-leading 18 times in 2017-18 for a balanced Big Red attack...... Sam Haiby, 5-9 Fr., G • Whitish helped power Nebraska to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals by scoring 17 points while ...... Kristian Hudson, 5-5, Sr., G pulling down a team-high seven rebounds in a win over Michigan in the quarterfinals (March 2)...... Kayla Mershon, 6-3, Fr., F • In her first NCAA Tournament appearance, Whitish scored 12 points and hit a pair of three-pointers ...... Ashtyn Veerbeek, 6-2, Fr., F against Arizona State (March 17) in Austin, Texas. 6 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
• Whitish tied a career high with eight rebounds while adding nine points and a game-high five HUSKER CAREER HIGHS assists in the win over Penn State (Feb. 22, 2018). SCORING Player (Game, Date) Points Leigha Brown (vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 30 SIMON STRIVING FOR LEADERSHIP AS A SENIOR Hannah Whitish (at Drake, 12/9/17; at Kansas, 12/6/17) 29 • Maddie Simon is trying to help lead a young Husker Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 25 Kate Cain (vs. Florida Atlantic, 12/19/17) 22 team in 2018-19. The only active senior on Nebraska’s roster, Sam Haiby (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 20 Simon is averaging 7.0 points and 3.1 rebounds after a strong Maddie Simon (at San Jose State, 12/17/17) 20 15-point, five-rebound performance off the bench in a win at Nicea Eliely (vs. California, 12/4/16) 19 Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Illinois, 1/17/19) 19 Northwestern (Feb. 21). She was 6-for-6 from the field with a Grace Mitchell (vs. UMKC, 11/14/17) 10 pair of threes in Evanston. Kayla Mershon (vs. Maryland, 1/9/19) 8 Kristian Hudson (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 7 • Simon, who has scored double figures nine times this season, matched her season high with 16 points on 7-of-10 REBOUNDING Player (Game, Date) Rebounds shooting in a road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She set her Kate Cain (vs. Penn State, 2/22/18) 20 season high with 16 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. San Jose State, 12/8/18) 14 • She scored 10 points off the bench in a win over No. 24 Maddie Simon (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 12 Taylor Kissinger (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 11 Michigan State (Feb. 17). Nicea Eliely (Three Times, vs. FAU, 12/19/17) 9 • She owns 28 career double-figure efforts, including 12 Hannah Whitish (vs. Penn St., 2/22/18; vs. Minn., 2/4/17) 8 Kayla Mershon (vs. N’Western, 1/24/19; vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 7 points and a season-high seven boards vs. Indiana (Feb. 3). Leigha Brown (vs. Rutgers, 1/13/19) 6 • Simon had 15 points and a season-high seven rebounds Sam Haiby (at Wisconsin, 1/27/19; vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 6 at Washington State (Nov. 16). She played a career-high 40 Grace Mitchell (vs. Upstate, 11/11/18; vs. Ark., 11/16/17) 6 Kristian Hudson (at Miami, 11/23/18; vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 3 minutes in the double-overtime game against the Cougars. ASSISTS • She put up 13 points in just 18 minutes in a win over Player (Game, Date) Assists Radford (Nov. 25) and had 10 points and four rebounds in Hannah Whitish (at Purdue, 1/31/19) 12 (#24) Maddie Simon, 6-2, Sr., Forward just 18 minutes in a win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). Sam Haiby (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 8 Nicea Eliely (Six Times, at Michigan, 2/7/19) 6 • Simon opened Big Ten play with 10 points in Nebraska’s Leigha Brown (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 5 comeback win over Michigan (Dec. 28). Maddie Simon (at Minnesota, 12/31/17) 5 • Simon moved from guard to power forward permanently for the start of the 2017-18 season. Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 4 Kate Cain (Four Times, vs. Rutgers, 1/13/19) 3 • The 6-2 Lincoln Pius X High School grad was a significant contributor in the NU backcourt her Kristian Hudson (vs. Upstate, 11/11/18; vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 3 first two years, including a starting role late in the regular season of 2015-16. Kayla Mershon (vs. Michigan, 12/28/18) 3 Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Maryland, 2/14/19) 3 • Through two seasons, she averaged 4.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game. She Grace Mitchell (vs. CCU, 11/24/17; at Mich. St., 1/7/17) 2 made five starts as a freshman, before coming off the bench in all 29 games in 2016-17. STEALS • With the loss of Nebraska’s starting frontcourt, and inexperience and injuries challenging the Player (Game, Date) Steals inside game, Simon ran into a more prominent role at power forward in 2017-18. Nicea Eliely (vs. Minnesota, 1/20/19) 6 • In 28 games with 27 starts at power forward, Simon was one of the most improved players in the Hannah Whitish (at Maryland, 2/25/18) 4 Sam Haiby (Three Times, at Illinois, 1/17/19) 3 Big Ten by averaging 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2017-18. The Huskers Taylor Kissinger (at Ohio St., 12/31/18; vs. Buffalo, 11/23/17) 3 went 20-8 with Simon on the court with their only losses to No. 11/13/17 Maryland (3), No. 12 Ohio Maddie Simon (at Minn., 12/31/17; vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3 Leigha Brown (Three Times, vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 2 State, No. 23 Michigan, Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament, at WNIT Champion Indiana, and Kate Cain (Six Times, at Northwestern, 2/21/19) 2 Washington State. Kristian Hudson (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 2 • Statistically, Simon was one of the Big Ten’s most improved players, increasing her scoring (+6.0 Kayla Mershon (Six Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 2 Grace Mitchell (Three Times, vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 2 ppg) and rebounding averages (+3.0 rpg) from 2016-17. She more than doubled her points (282-118), Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 2 rebounds (147-67) and assists (55-24) and nearly doubled her steals (23-12) from 2016-17. BLOCKED SHOTS • Simon produced double figures 14 times in 2017-18. She entered the season with five career Player (Game, Date) Blocks double-figure scoring efforts in 50 games. Kate Cain (vs. FAU, 12/19/17) - school record 11 Nicea Eliely (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 4 • She had the best game of her career with 18 points, eight rebounds, a career-high five assists Ashtyn Veerbeek (Three Times, vs. Northwestern, 1/24/19) 3 and a career-high-tying three steals in a win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). Simon scored 16 of her team-high Taylor Kissinger (Three Times, vs. Minnesota, 1/20/19) 2 18 points in the second half, including the go-ahead shot in the lane with 29.8 seconds left, before Kayla Mershon (at Arkansas, 12/18/18) 2 Maddie Simon (vs. Wisconsin, 2/11/18; vs. UConn, 12/21/16) 2 grabbing a defensive rebound, getting fouled and making two free throws with 12.9 seconds left to Hannah Whitish (vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2 help seal a 79-74 win in which Nebraska trailed by eight points late in the third quarter on the road. Leigha Brown (Three Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 1 • Simon erupted for a team-high 19 points including a season-best 3-for-4 three-point shooting Sam Haiby (vs. Maryland, 1/9/19; vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 1 Grace Mitchell (Seven Times, vs. Maryland, 1/8/19) 1 in a win over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16). She added 19 more points and a team-best eight rebounds to MINUTES PLAYED complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes at Iowa (Jan. 28). Player (Game, Date) Minutes • Simon scored a career-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting at San Jose State (Dec. 17, 2018). Her Hannah Whitish (vs. Michigan State, 2/26/17) 44 20 points at San Jose State came in just 24 minutes. Maddie Simon (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 40 Kate Cain (vs. Michigan, 1/13/18) 39 • Her effort at San Jose State followed 17 points, six boards, four assists and two steals in a win at Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 37 Drake (Dec. 9, 2017). She added 13 points against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017). Taylor Kissinger (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 36 • The Big Red opened 3-0 with Simon as a starting in 2017-18. She averaged 6.7 points and a Sam Haiby (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 32 Kayla Mershon (vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 30 team-high 9.3 rebounds through three games. She had 11 points and eight boards in a win over UMKC Leigha Brown (Three Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 25 (Nov. 14, 2017), before getting five points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Ohio State, 12/31/18) 23 Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17) 22 • She suffered an ankle sprain in pregame warmups prior to Nebraska’s game with Creighton (Nov. Kristian Hudson (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 21 19, 2017) and did not play against the Bluejays. Simon missed four straight games with the injury. THREE-POINTERS MADE • The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Simon was a two-time first-team Super-State Player (Game, Date) 3FG Made selection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. She was the No. 149 Taylor Kissinger (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 6 player in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard by ESPN in 2015. A tremendous Hannah Whitish (at Purdue, 1/31/19; at Illinois, 1/10/18) 6 Leigha Brown (vs. Mich. St., 2/17/19; vs. Purdue, 2/10/19) 4 all-around athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 4 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships. Sam Haiby (at Purdue, 1/31/19) 3 • Simon earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time in 2018. Maddie Simon (Three Times, vs. Iowa, 1/16/18) 3 • Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American as a member of Coach Gary Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. Radford, 11/25/18) 3 Kristian Hudson (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 2 Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984. She was also a four-time first-team All-American Kayla Mershon (Seven Times, at Maryland, 2/14/19) 1 on the track. Grace Mitchell (Five Times, vs. UAPB, 12/2/17) 1 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 7
BIG RED LOCKED DOWN ON DEFENSE IN 2017-18 • Nebraska showed drastic improvement on defense in 2017-18. In HUSKERS BY THE NUMBERS 2016-17, Nebraska ranked 14th in the Big Ten by allowing 76.3 points, DEFENSIVE STANCE NEB leads after 1st quarter 9-5 Season PPG Allowed including 80.4 points per game in league play. Prior to 2015-16, the Huskers NEB trails after 1st quarter 3-9 2017-18 (NCAA) 63.6 NEB tied after 1st quarter 1-0 had not allowed 65 points per game since 2004-05. 2016-17 76.3 NEB leads at the half 10-3 • In 2017-18, Nebraska allowed 63.6 points per game. 2015-16 (WNIT) 68.1 NEB trails at the half 3-11 • Over the last 14 games of 2017-18, the Huskers allowed just 61.7 2014-15 (NCAA) 60.9 NEB is tied at the half 0-0 points per game, despite playing 11 games against postseason teams, 2013-14 (NCAA) 63.4 NEB leads after 3rd quarter 9-2 including seven against NCAA Tournament teams. 2012-13 (NCAA) 59.0 NEB trails after 3rd quarter 4-12 • Nebraska led the Big Ten in field goal percentage defense (.371) and 2011-12 (NCAA) 61.8 NEB tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 three-point field goal percentage defense (.299). NU’s Big Ten field goal 2010-11 64.7 NEB in overtime 0-1 percentage defense was a school record, while the Huskers held opponents 2009-10 (NCAA) 58.3 NEB attempts more FG than opponent 6-7 to under 30 percent three-point shooting for the fourth time in history. 2008-09 (WNIT) 61.7 NEB attempts fewer FG than opponent 6-7 • In 2016-17, Nebraska allowed 82.8 points per game to go 0-13 2007-08 (NCAA) 63.2 NEB attempts same FG as opponent 1-0 away from home. In 2017-18, the Huskers allowed 66.3 points per game 2006-07 (NCAA) 62.6 while going 11-5 away from Pinnacle Bank Arena. Ten of NU’s 16 road 2005-06 (WNIT) 62.9 NEB makes more FG than opponent 9-3 games came against postseason qualifiers, including eight against NCAA 2004-05 (WNIT) 65.4 NEB makes fewer FG than opponent 1-9 Tournament teams. 2003-04 (WNIT) 63.9 NEB makes same FG as opponent 3-2 • Compared to 2016-17, Nebraska was 6.0 points per game better 2002-03 63.9 NEB has better FG Pct. than opponent 11-2 offensively (68.8-62.8 ppg) and 12.7 points per game better defensively 2001-02 68.9 NEB has worse FG Pct. than opponent 2-12 (63.6-76.3 ppg). 2000-01 68.8 • Nebraska allowed just 42 points at No. 25 Rutgers, the lowest total NEB shoots 50 percent or better FG 5-0 NEB shoots less than 50 percent FG 8-14 by an opponent in Coach Amy Williams’ two seasons at NU and the fewest points surrendered by the Huskers since holding Creighton to 38 on Dec. 14, 2013. It was also the fewest points allowed by the NEB shoots 40 percent or better FG 10-8 Huskers in a road game since holding Michigan to 39 points on Feb. 21, 2013, in Ann Arbor. NEB shoots less than 40 percent FG 3-6 • Nebraska held 11 foes to 55 points or less, including 42 at No. 25 Rutgers, 47 to Illinois (Feb. 1) NEB shoots more FT than opponent 9-6 and Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24), 48 to Wisconsin (Feb. 11), 49 at Kansas (Dec. 6), 51 to Purdue (Jan. NEB shoots fewer FT than opponent 4-7 24) and Penn State (Feb. 22), 52 to Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), 53 to SIUE (Nov. 11), 54 to No. 24 NEB shoots same FT as opponent 0-1 Michigan at the Big Ten Tournament and 55 at San Jose State (Dec. 17). • In 2016-17, the Huskers held just two foes to 55 or less. NEB makes more FT than opponent 8-6 • The Huskers held two opponents (Illinois, 2nd, 0-12, Feb. 1; at Kansas, 4th, 0-14, Dec. 6) without NEB makes fewer FT than opponent 3-8 a field goal in a quarter in 2017-18. They are the only two times Nebraska has held an opponent NEB makes same FT as opponent 2-0 without a field goal since the advent of the quarter system. NEB has more rebounds than opponent 6-6 • Nebraska held Illinois (Feb. 1) to just 10 points in the first half - the lowest total by an opponent NEB has fewer rebounds than opponent 7-8 in a first half in school history. Illinois managed just one point in the second quarter. NEB has same rebounds as opponent 0-0 • Nebraska held Kansas (Dec. 6) to just 13 points in the second half, the fewest points ever scored NEB has more O-rebounds than opponent 6-6 in a half by a Husker road opponent on their homecourt. NEB has fewer O-rebounds than opponent 7-6 • The Huskers limited a potent Michigan offense to just 14 second-half points (4 field goals), including NEB has same O-rebounds as opponent 0-2 five points in the third quarter, to take the No. 23 Wolverines to overtime (Jan. 13). • Since accomplishing it the first time in the first quarter (8 points) against Coastal Carolina (Nov. NEB has more assists than opponent 10-6 24), Nebraska held opponents to single digits in a quarter a total of 13 times, including seven times NEB has fewer assists than opponent 2-8 in Big Ten Conference games. The Huskers held Michigan (3rd, 4th), Rutgers (1st, 4th) and Illinois (1st, NEB has same assists as opponent 1-0 2nd) to single digits twice in the same game. NEB has more turnovers than opponent 3-7 • The Huskers held each of the Big Ten’s top five scoring offenses to double digits less (in regulation) NEB has fewer turnovers than opponent 9-3 than their regular-season averages, including Ohio State (85.0 ppg - 73, Lincoln, Dec. 28), Minnesota NEB has same turnovers as opponent 1-4 (84.9 ppg - 74, Minneapolis, Dec. 31), Maryland (79.6 ppg - 64, Lincoln, Feb. 4; 66, Indianapolis, March NEB has more steals than opponent 8-2 3), Iowa (78.7 ppg, 65, Lincoln, Jan. 13) and Michigan (74.9 ppg - 62, Lincoln, Jan. 13; 54, Indianapolis, NEB has fewer steals than opponent 5-11 March 2). NEB has same steals as opponent 0-1 • In a season sweep of Iowa, the Huskers held the high-scoring Hawkeyes to just 1-for-19 from NEB has more blocks than opponent 10-5 three-point range combined. In the first first meeting, Iowa went 0-for-7 with multiple air balls and NEB has fewer blocks than opponent 2-7 had two attempts blocked by Huskers. NEB has same blocks as opponent 1-2 NEB commits more fouls than opponent 7-7 CAIN KEY ON BLOCK, EARNS BIG TEN ALL-DEFENSIVE AWARD NEB commits fewer fouls than opponent 2-5 • Kate Cain is continuing her strong play in the post as a sophomore. Through 27 games, Cain is NEB commits same fouls as opponent 4-2 averaging 7.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and a team-best 2.7 blocks per game. Games are decided by 20 or more points 5-1 • She produced her best game of the year when she tied her season high with 16 points on 8-of-9 Games are decided by 10 or more points 8-4 shooting while adding a season-best 17 rebounds to go along with three blocks in a win over San Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 5-10 Jose State (Dec. 8). It was her seventh career double-double and second of the season. Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 0-5 • Cain notched her first double-double of the year with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Washington Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 0-2 State (Nov. 16). Overtime Games 0-1 • She owns seven double-digit scoring efforts, including a season-high 16 points in 19 minutes Playing on Monday 1-0 in a win over USC Upstate. Cain added 14 points and seven rebounds at Wisconsin (Jan. 27) and 12 Playing on Tuesday 0-2 points and six boards at Michigan (Feb. 7). She had 14 points and five rebounds in the win over Denver Playing on Wednesday 1-1 (Dec. 15). She also had 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Creighton (Dec. 2). Playing on Thursday 3-5 Playing on Friday 1-2 • Cain has four double-figure rebound games, including 10 boards at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). Playing on Saturday 2-0 • Cain owns 21 games with multiple rejections this season, including a season-high seven in the Playing on Sunday 5-4 win over No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). She has climbed to No. 4 on the Nebraska career blocks Playing in November 2-4 list with 173 and needs 27 more to become the fourth player in Husker history with 200 career blocks. Playing in December 5-2 • Cain’s 73 blocks through 27 games this season are the Nebraska sophomore record. The Playing in January 3-5 sophomore mark was previously held by Janet Smith with 69 in 1979-80 (40-game season). Playing in February 3-3 • Cain owns 22 double-figure scoring efforts, 10 double-figure rebounding games and one double- Playing in March 0-0 digit block game in the first 59 games of her career. She has made 58 straight starts. 8 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
• Cain is the only player in Nebraska history to record a points (22), rebounds (14) and blocked ASSOCIATED PRESS shots (11) triple-double, which she accomplished in a win over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017). Her TOP 25 points, blocks and assists (3) were all career highs against the Owls. • Cain’s performance was one of only two points-rebounds-blocks triple-doubles in the Big Ten (MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2019) (Alex Wittinger, Illinois vs. Penn State, Jan. 23) in 2017-18. 1-Baylor (23-1) [26]...... 698 (1) • Cain, who set the Nebraska record with 11 blocks against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017) smashed 2-Oregon (24-1) [2]...... 672 (3) Olympic bronze medalist Danielle Page’s previous school record of nine against Baylor (Feb. 3, 2007). 3-UConn (23-2)...... 638 (4) • Cain became just the sixth player in Big Ten Conference history to record 11 or more blocks and 4-Louisville (23-2)...... 610 (2) just the 10th Big Ten player to notch double-digit blocks in a single game. 5-Notre Dame (23-3)...... 596 (6) 6-Mississippi State (23-2)...... 555 (5) • Cain captured four Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26) 7-Stanford (21-4)...... 475 (10) during the 2017-18 non-conference. 8-Maryland (23-3)...... 458 (7) • Cain added a monstrous double-double with 14 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in a win 9-NC State (22-2)...... 455 (12) over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 rebounds tied for the sixth-highest individual total in school history 10-Iowa (21-5)...... 439 (14) and helped the Huskers to a plus-29 rebound margin against the Lady Lions. 11-Marquette (22-4)...... 437 (8) • Cain finished No. 8 nationally in blocks (100) and No. 7 in blocks per game (3.1 bpg) in 2017-18. 12-Oregon State (20-5)...... 413 (9) • Cain, who previously tied the Nebraska freshman record with six blocks against Clemson (Nov. 13-South Carolina (19-6)...... 398 (11) 30, 2017), owns 31 games with three or more blocks in her career, including 16 this season and 15 in 14-Miami (22-5)...... 350 (20) 2017-18. She has recorded five or more blocks seven times in her career - Clemson (6, Nov. 30, 2017), 15-Gonzaga (23-3)...... 275 (13) Kansas (5, Dec. 6, 2017), Florida Atlantic (11, Dec. 19, 2017), Northwestern (5, Jan. 7, 2018), Iowa (5, 16-Kentucky (21-5)...... 261 (17) Jan. 16, 2018), Maryland (Jan. 8, 2019) and most recently Michigan State (7, Feb. 17, 2019). 17-Arizona State (18-6)...... 247 (19) • Cain recorded a block in each of the first 31 games of her career before going without a block 18-Syracuse (19-6)...... 232 (16) in the NCAA Tournament first round loss to Arizona State (March 17). She had multiple blocks in 26 19-Texas (20-6)...... 225 (15) of 32 games as a freshman. 20-Iowa State (19-6)...... 155 (18) • Cain was the only player to capture spots on both the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and Big Ten 21-Texas A&M (19-6)...... 117 (22) All-Defensive Team in 2017-18. Both five-player teams were chosen by the league coaches. 22-Florida State (21-5)...... 106 (21) • She averaged 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and a Big Ten-best 3.1 blocks per game 23-South Dakota (23-3)...... 90 (25) in 2017-18. 24-Drake (19-5)...... 40 (RV) • Cain’s 100 total blocks were a school record, while her seven blocks in a win over Michigan in 25-Rice (22-3)...... 30 (RV) the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 2) and nine total blocks in two tournament games were Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics. NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: both Nebraska conference tournament records. 27-Rutgers (29); 29-Minnesota (11); • Cain’s 56.6 field goal percentage ranked as the second-best mark by a Nebraska freshman in 31-Michigan State (7) school history. • Her 223 total rebounds ranked fourth among freshmen in Husker history, and she was just the sixth Husker freshman ever to grab 200 rebounds. USA TODAY COACHES • She is the only Husker freshman ever to record 300 points, 200 rebounds and 100 blocks. TOP 25 (TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019) KISSINGER SHOOTING WELL AS SOPHOMORE 1-Baylor (23-1) [32]...... 800 (1) • Taylor Kissinger is playing well and showing a more 2-UConn (23-2)...... 750 (4) complete game in her second season at Nebraska, averaging 3-Oregon (24-2)...... 714 (3) 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists. She has hit a team- 4-Notre Dame (24-3)...... 697 (6) best 44.1 percent (52-118) of her three-pointers, including 4-Louisville (23-2)...... 697 (2) eight consecutive attempts that began with going 6-for-6 6-Mississippi State (23-2)...... 637 (5) against USC Upstate (Nov. 11) and ended after her first make 7-Stanford (21-4)...... 568 (10) at Miami (Nov. 23). 8-Oregon State (21-5)...... 561 (9) • Kissinger set a Nebraska basketball record by going 6-for- 9-Maryland (23-3)...... 526 (8) 6 from three-point range in the win over USC Upstate (Nov. 10-Iowa (21-5)...... 513 (13) 11). She led Nebraska with 22 points - the second 20-point 11-Marquette (22-4)...... 456 (7) performance of her career. 12-NC State (22-3)...... 448 (11) 13-South Carolina (19-6)...... 403 (14) • She notched the 22nd double-digit scoring game of her 14-Miami (22-5)...... 392 (20) career with 12 points in a win over No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 15-Arizona State (18-6)...... 337 (17) 17). She also had 12 points at Michigan (Feb. 7). Kissinger 16-Gonzaga (23-3)...... 318 (12) notched her Big Ten scoring best of 15 points at Wisconsin 17-Kentucky (21-5)...... 307 (18) (Jan. 27). 18-Syracuse (19-6)...... 272 (16) • Kissinger had a team-high 18 points on 4-of-10 three- 19-Texas (20-6)...... 225 (15) point shooting in the win over Denver (Dec. 15). It followed a 20-Florida State (21-5)...... 170 (19) 17-point effort on 5-of-11 three-point shooting in a win over 21-Iowa State (19-6)...... 138 (21) (#33) Taylor Kissinger, 6-1, So., Guard San Jose State (Dec. 8). She also scored 12 points at Arkansas 22-Texas A&M (19-6)...... 136 (23) (Dec. 18), before getting 11 points against Rutgers (Jan. 13). 23-South Dakota (23-3)...... 120 (25) • She scored all nine of her points in the fourth quarter on two threes and a traditional three-point 24-Drake (19-5)...... 58 (RV) play to help Nebraska rally from a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 63-57 win over No. 23 Minnesota 25-Missouri (19-8)...... 54 (RV) (Jan. 20). Kissinger also tied a career high with two blocks against the Gophers. Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics. • Kissinger hit at least one three in the first six contests of 2018-19 before getting shut out from NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: beyond the arc at Creighton (Dec. 2). 27-Rutgers (24); 29-Michigan State (11) • Kissinger bounced back with her second career double-double in the win over Kansas (Dec. 5), registering 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds while going 3-for-4 from three-point range against the Jayhawks. • The 6-1 guard from Minden, Neb., finished third on the 2017-18 team in scoring with 10.0 points per game, while adding 4.1 rebounds per contest. She also ranked second on the team with 50 three- pointers, which was the fourth-highest total by a freshman in Nebraska history. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 9
• Kissinger played in 25 games with seven starts in 2017-18, while missing seven games due to injuries. She scored in double figures 12 times, while adding one double-digit rebound game with her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench at Indiana (Feb. 17). • In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Kissinger scored 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench, after missing all but six minutes over the three previous games with a sprained SC joint suffered in the first quarter of a loss in the regular-season finale at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). • Kissinger produced the best performance of her young career with a game-high 25 points to lead 2018-19 BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Overall (Big Ten) Nebraska to an 80-69 win over Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). Kissinger hit 9-of-15 shots from the floor, 1. #8 Maryland 24-3 (13-3) including 4-of-7 threes. She added eight rebounds and four assists against the Hogs. 2. #10 Iowa 21-6 (12-4) • Kissinger joined Hannah Whitish as the only two Huskers to start each of the first seven games in 3. Rutgers 18-8 (10-5) 2017-18, Kissinger did not play in wins over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), at Kansas (Dec. 6), at Drake 4. Michigan 19-9 (10-6) 5. Ohio State 13-12 (9-7) (Dec. 9), at San Jose State (Dec. 17) or over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) after suffering a minor knee injury 6. Nebraska 13-14 (8-8) late in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30). She also missed a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). Northwestern 15-12 (8-8) • Kissinger pumped in 18 points and four threes in Nebraska’s win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). Purdue 17-12 (8-8) • She averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games at the San Juan Shootout in Daytona Minnesota 19-8 (8-8) 10. Michigan State 17-9 (7-8) Beach, Fla., Nov. 23-24. She also established a career high with three steals vs. Buffalo (Nov. 23, 2017). 11. Indiana 18-10 (7-9) • She hit a freshman season-high five threes in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24, 2017). 12. Penn State 11-15 (4-11) • Kissinger led Nebraska with 17 points to go along with six rebounds, three assists, a block and Wisconsin 13-14 (4-11) a steal before sustaining a knee injury late in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30, 2017). 14. Illinois 10-17 (2-14) • Nebraska’s leading scorer through the first seven games as a starter (14.0 ppg) in 2017-18, Kissinger averaged 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game off the bench in Big Ten BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nov. 12 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa play, including a personal conference-best 18 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting against No. 11 Nov. 19 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Maryland (Feb. 4). Nov. 26 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa • She had 14 points with four three-pointers to go along with three rebounds and two assists in a Dec. 3 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa road win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). Dec. 10 - Jenna Allen, Sr., Michigan State Dec. 17 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa • Kissinger came up big in Nebraska’s upset of No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), scoring 12 points while Dec. 24 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa grabbing a eight rebounds off the bench in the win over the Hawkeyes. Dec. 31 - Jenna Allen, Sr., Michigan State • Kissinger’s older twin sisters were both Division I guards, with Brooke in her third season at Jan. 7 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Creighton in 2018-19 after spending her first two seasons at Illinois. Jamie completed her eligibility Jan. 14 - Hallie Thome, Sr., Michigan at San Diego in 2017-18. Jan. 21 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Jan. 28 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa Feb. 4 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa ELIELY SOLID IN THIRD SEASON AS HUSKER STARTER Feb. 11 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa • Nicea Eliely is in her third season as a regular starter for Feb. 18 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa the Huskers in 2018-19. • Eliely is one of eight Huskers averaging 7.0 or more BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK points per game (8.2 ppg), while ranking third on the team in Nov. 12 - Shakira Austin, Maryland Nov. 19 - Shakira Austin, Maryland rebounding (4.0 rpg) and assists (2.1 apg). She also leads NU Nov. 26 - Imani Lewis, Northwestern and ranks among the top five players in the Big Ten in steals Dec. 3 - Dorka Juhász, Ohio State (1.7 spg). Dec. 10 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan • Her 82 career starts at Nebraska are the most by any Dec. 17 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan current Husker. She has started 53 consecutive games. Shakira Austin, Maryland • Eliely produced her ninth double-figure scoring effort Dec. 24 - Shakira Austin, Maryland Dec. 31 - Nia Clouden, Michigan State of the year with 10 points and four steals in the win over No. Jan. 7 - Leigha Brown, Nebraska 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). Six of her double-figure scoring Jan. 14 - Shakira Austin, Maryland games have come in Big Ten play. Jan. 21 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan • Her performance against the Spartans followed a season- Jan. 28 - Taylor Mikesell, Maryland high 18 points at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14). She had 12 points Feb. 4 - Sam Haiby, Nebraska at Purdue (Jan. 31) after getting 12 at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). She Naz Hillmon, Michigan Feb. 11 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan had 14 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, in Nebraska’s Feb. 18 - Dorka Juhász, Ohio State road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). It was NU’s second straight fourth-quarter comeback. THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN • It followed a 14-point performance in a comeback win Thursday, Feb. 21 over Michigan (Dec. 28), when she scored all 14 in the fourth (#5) Nicea Eliely, 6-1, Jr., Guard/Forward Ohio State 77, Michigan State 70 period. She also had four steals against the Wolverines while Maryland 71, Minnesota 69 Michigan 86, Rutgers 76 setting a career best with seven made free throws. She outscored Michigan 14-13 in the fourth quarter. Penn State 72, Purdue 61 • She scored 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). She added 10-point Indiana 75, Iowa 73 efforts against Drake (Nov. 7) and at No. 24 Miami (Nov. 23). Nebraska 71, Northwestern, 64 • Eliely owns 29 career double-figure scoring efforts, including nine this season. • She had nine points and a season-high eight rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 2). Eliely matched her Sunday, Feb. 24 season high with eight boards against Kansas (Dec. 5) while setting a career high with four blocks. Michigan at Michigan State, 1 p.m. [ESPN2] Penn State at Illinois, 3 p.m. [BTN] • She recorded at least one steal in each of Nebraska’s first eight games of 2018-19. Eliely owns 12 games with multiple steals this season, including a career-high six in the win over No. 23 Minnesota Monday, Feb. 25 (Jan. 20), when she had five in the fourth quarter to help the Huskers hold the Gophers without a field Maryland at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. [BTN] goal for the game’s final six minutes. She added five steals at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). Wisconsin at Rutgers, 6 p.m. [BTN Plus] • The 6-1 wing from Colorado Springs, Colo., started all 29 games as a true freshman, averaging Iowa at Nebraska, 7:30 p.m. [BTN] 7.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and a team-leading 1.6 steals per game. Tuesday, Feb. 26 • She missed three games and six starts with a foot/ankle injury to open the 2017-18 season. She Indiana at Northwestern, 7 p.m. [BTN Plus] started the season’s final 26 games and averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals as a sophomore. She shot 46.9 percent from the field, including 38 percent (19-50) from three. Wednesday, Feb. 27 • Eliely had a 2017-18 season-high 17 points in a win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Penn State at Michigan State, 6 p.m. [BTN Plus] • She had 10 points and a career-high-tying nine rebounds in a win over FAU (Dec. 19, 2017). 10 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NU CAREER 20-POINT GAMES MITCHELL HELPS SPARK HUSKERS Hannah Whitish (5) • Grace Mitchell continued in her role as a strong contributor off the bench during non-conference at Drake (12/9/17) 29 play as a junior. The 6-2 forward from Wellington, Kan., has averaged 1.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in at Kansas (12/6/17) 29 23 games this season. She missed Nebraska’s first two Big Ten games against Michigan (Dec. 28) and at Purdue (1/31/19) 28 at Ohio State (Dec. 31) with a foot injury but returned off the bench at Iowa (Jan. 3). Michigan State (2/26/17) 24 • Mitchell scored six points and tied her career high with six rebounds in NU’s win over USC Upstate at Illinois (1/10/18) 20 (Nov. 11). She hit all three of her shots from the field against the Spartans. Leigha Brown (2) • Mitchell appeared in 29 games with two starts in 2017-18, after playing 29 games in 2016-17. vs. Purdue (2/10/19) 30 • She averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds as a sophomore in 2017-18, including a career-high at Iowa (1/3/19) 20 10 points to go along with three rebounds in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). Taylor Kissinger (2) • Mitchell added a nine-point, five-rebound performance in 16 minutes off the bench at San Jose Arkansas (11/16/17) 25 State (Dec. 17, 2017). USC Upstate (11/11/18) 22 • She had four first-half points to go along with a career-high six rebounds in 11 minutes off the Kate Cain (1) bench in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) - triple-double 22 • Mitchell made her first career start against Creighton (Nov. 19, 2017) in place of Maddie Simon Sam Haiby (1) who was injured in pregame warmups. Mitchell had seven points on 3-of-6 shooting and five rebounds in a season-high 20 minutes. at Washington State (11/16/18) 20 • She also started in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24, 2017). She had four points and three Maddie Simon (1) rebounds against the Chanticleers. at San Jose State (12/17/17) 20 • Mitchell earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the first time in 2018. NU CAREER DOUBLE FIGURE GAMES 2018-19 SCHEDULE PROVIDES CHALLENGES Player (Years) Games • Nebraska’s 29-game regular-season schedule will feature 18 games against 2018 postseason 1. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 48 tournament qualifiers (NCAA, WNIT), including 12 contests against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams. 2. Nicea Eliely (2017-present) 29 3. Maddie Simon (2016-present) 28 • Nine of Nebraska’s 14 road games will come against postseason qualifiers, including seven games 4. Kate Cain (2018-present) 22 against NCAA Tournament teams. 5. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 22 • Nine of Nebraska’s 15 home games will feature opponents who qualified for 2018 postseason 6. Sam Haiby (2019-present) 12 play, including five NCAA Tournament qualifiers. 7. Leigha Brown (2019-present) 10 • Nebraska is facing a tough road schedule in 2018-19, including a trip to 2018 NCAA Women’s 8. Ashtyn Veerbeek (2019-present) 6 Final Four qualifier Louisville for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Nov. 29). The game against the ACC 9. Grace Mitchell (2017-present) 1 Champion Cardinals was the fourth of a five-game road trip that started at Washington State (Nov. HUSKER DOUBLE-DOUBLES 16) - a team that has defeated Nebraska each of the last three seasons. Player (Years) Double-Doubles • The Huskers headed across the country to face 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifier Miami at its 1. Kate Cain (2018-present) 7 (1 triple-double) Thanksgiving tournament (Nov. 23), before closing the tournament with a 77-39 win over 2018 Big 2. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 2 South runner-up Radford, which advanced to the 2018 WNIT second round with a win at Penn State. 3. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 1 • After the game at Louisville (Nov. 29), the Huskers closed their five-game road trip with in-state Ashtyn Veerbeek (2019-present) 1 rival Creighton (Dec. 2). The Jays advanced to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament with NEBRASKA SEASON BLOCKS a win over Iowa at UCLA. Player (Years) Blocks • While Nebraska’s road schedule grabs headlines, the Huskers’ home schedule should provide 1. Kate Cain (2017-18) 100 plenty of challenges and opportunities, especially with a nine-game Big Ten home slate. 2. Danielle Page (2007-08) 78 • Nebraska’s 14-game regular-season home schedule features NCAA Tournament-caliber 3. Catheryn Redmon (2010-11) 77 competition from start to finish. The Huskers opened the season with Drake (Nov. 7), which has earned back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids and has been unbeaten in Missouri Valley Conference play the HUSKER FRESHMAN BLOCKS last two seasons. Player (Years) Blocks 1. Kate Cain (2017-18, 32 games) 100 • After opening the season with back-to-back home games against Drake (Nov. 7) and USC Upstate 2. Janet Smith (1978-79, 34 games) 54 (Nov. 11), the Huskers play five straight on the road before facing old Big Eight/Big 12 rival Kansas at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Dec. 5). HUSKER SOPHOMORE BLOCKS • The win over Kansas started a perfect three-game home stand that included wins over San Jose Player (Years) Blocks State (Dec. 8) and Denver (Dec. 15). 1. Kate Cain (2018-19, 27 games) 73 • Nebraska’s nine-game home Big Ten schedule began with a 70-56 win over 2018 NCAA Tournament 2. Janet Smith (1979-80, 40 games) 69 qualifier Michigan (Dec. 28). The Huskers fell to No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8) before suffering a narrow loss 3. Catheryn Redmon (2008-09, 31 games) 67 to Big Ten unbeaten Rutgers (Jan. 13). The Scarlet Knights matched Nebraska’s 14-game turnaround NEBRASKA CAREER BLOCKS in the win column last year and just missed the NCAA Tournament. Player (Years) Blocks • The Big Red defeated 2018 NCAA qualifier and then-No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20), before falling 1. Janet Smith (1979-82) 238 to Northwestern (Jan. 24). The Huskers returned home to face 2018 WNIT champion Indiana (Feb. 2. Catheryn Redmon (2008-11) 216 3), before completing a season series sweep of Purdue in the annual pink game (Feb. 10). Nebraska 3. Danielle Page (2005-08) 207 added a win over No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). Both Purdue and Michigan State advanced to the 4. Kate Cain (2018-present) 173 2018 WNIT. MOST BLOCKS IN A GAME • Nebraska wraps up its regular-season home schedule by taking on 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifier Iowa on Senior Night (Feb. 25). BY A HUSKER FRESHMAN • In Big Ten road play, NU opened with a 78-69 win over defending conference champion and Player, Game Blocks NCAA Tournament qualifier Ohio State (Dec. 31), before losing at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). 1. Kate Cain vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 (NU record) 11 • NU defeated Illinois (Jan. 17) before closing January at Wisconsin (Jan. 27) and with an 84-64 2. Kate Cain vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018 7 3. Kate Cain vs. Clemson, Nov. 30, 2017 6 win at Purdue (Jan. 31). Janet Smith vs. Okla. St., Jan. 12, 1979 6 • Nebraska completed its season series at Michigan (Feb. 7), before wrapping up season series at Jeanne Boller vs. Wichita St., Feb. 5, 1977 6 Maryland (Feb. 14) and Northwestern (Feb. 21). 6. Kate Cain vs. Iowa, Jan. 16, 2017 5 • The Huskers close the regular season at Penn State (March 2). The Lady Lions advanced to the Kate Cain at Northwestern, Jan. 7, 2017 5 2018 WNIT. Kate Cain at Kansas, Dec. 6, 2017 5 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 11
NEBRASKA’S HISTORY OF HOME SUCCESS • Nebraska had its streak of 12 consecutive season-opening wins snapped with an 83-77 loss to current top-25 team and two-time defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Drake on Nov. 7. However, the Huskers still have an outstanding history of success at home, including an 8-5 record at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2018-19. • The Huskers were 10-6 at home in 2017-18, winning five of their final six home games. NEBRASKA IN BIG TEN STATISTICS • The Huskers went 15-4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2015-16 after going 12-3 (13-3 at home) in TEAM (Thru Games Feb. 21, 2019) 2014-15. The Huskers are 68-29 (.701) all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for Scoring Offense - 4th (72.7 ppg) the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss Scoring Defense - 12th (69.6 ppg) to Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. NU’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single- Scoring Margin - 9th (+3.1 ppg) Free Throw Pct. - 6th (.717) season home victories. Field Goal Pct. - 6th (.428) • The Huskers played the first regular-season game arena history against USA Today No. 25 UCLA Field Goal Pct. Defense - 10th (.406) (Nov. 8, 2013) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 25 team came 3FG Pct. - 3rd (.358) with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8, 2014. The Huskers added their first-ever win 3FG Pct. Defense - 11th (.330) over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24, 2014. Total Rebounds - 8th (38.2 rpg) Rebounds Allowed - 12th (37.6 rpg) • NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game at Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 66-65 thriller over Rebound Margin - 11th (+0.6 rpg) Northwestern Jan. 2, 2014, before an 88-85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first Blocked Shots - 2nd (5.3 bpg) overtime game. Assists - 4th (15.7 apg) • NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013. Steals - 6th (7.5 spg) • The Huskers are 457-159 (.742) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 193-63 (.754) over the Turnover Margin - 8th (+0.0 pg) Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 6th (1.0) last 16 seasons (including 2018-19), posting double-figure home victory totals 14 times. Offensive Rebounds - 10th (11.2 rpg) • Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one Defensive Rebounds - 6th (27.0 rpg) appearance at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Offensive Rebound Pct. - 10th (.307) Devaney Center, including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play. Defensive Rebound Pct. - 10th (.688) 3FG Made - 1st (7.5 pg) NEBRASKA RANKS NEAR TOP IN ATTENDANCE INDIVIDUAL (Thru games Feb. 21, 2019) • Nebraska ranked No. 20 nationally with an average home attendance of 4,380 at Pinnacle Bank Defensive Rebounds - Kate Cain - 13th (4.6 rpg) - Ashtyn Veerbeek - 16th (4.0 rpg) Arena in 2017-18. It marked the eighth consecutive year that the Huskers have ranked in the top 25 Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 2nd (2.7 bpg) nationally in average home attendance. - Ashtyn Veerbeek - 17th (0.9 bpg) • Nebraska has ranked among the top 20 nationally in average home attendance in each of its first 3FG Pct. - Hannah Whitish - 4th (.371) five seasons inside Pinnacle Bank Arena. 3FG Made - Hannah Whitish - 5th (2.2 pg) • In 97 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own a 68-29 record (.701 winning - Taylor Kissinger - 7th (1.9 pg) Assists - Hannah Whitish - 7th (4.4 apg) percentage) while averaging 5,173 fans per game (501,791 total fans/97 games). Steals - Nicea Eliely - 4th (1.7 spg) • Nebraska attracted a Pinnacle Bank Arena non-conference record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay in the arena with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. • Nebraska set its all-time single-game record with a sellout crowd of 13,595 fans against Missouri at the Devaney Center on Feb. 27, 2010. NU drew 10 straight crowds of more than 10,000 fans at the Devaney Center in 2009-10. • Nebraska produced its top attendance season in school history by ranking No. 7 nationally with NEBRASKA IN NCAA RANKINGS a record 7,390 fans per game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2009-10. The Huskers went 16-0 TEAM (Thru Games Feb. 21, 2019) at the Devaney Center on their way to a perfect 29-0 record, a Big 12 title and a No. 1 seed in the Win-Loss Pct. - 193rd (.481) NCAA Tournament. Scoring Offense - 60th (72.7 ppg) Scoring Defense - 277th (69.6 ppg) Scoring Margin - 138th (+3.1 ppg) HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK COVERS WORLD FG Pct. - 69th (.428) The Husker Sports Network enters its 25th season producing and marketing the live broadcasts of FG Pct. Defense - 211th (.406) Nebraska women’s basketball in 2018-19. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney FT Pct. - 100th (.717) FT Made - 32nd (367) and color commentator Jeff Griesch will team up for their 18th season together as the Husker broadcast Rebounds Per Game - 140th (38.2) team. Rebound Margin - 173rd (+0.6 rpg) The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a 3FG Per Game - 61st (7.5 pg) decade to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com. 3FG Pct. - 36th - (.358) In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports 3FG Pct. Defense - 262nd (.329) Assists Per Game - 50th (15.7 apg) Network flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 70th (1.02) signals for Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also Turnovers Per Game - 140th (15.4 pg) could be heard on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal Turnover Margin - 189th (0.0 pg) statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s Fewest Turnovers - 210th (417) basketball coverage across the state and the Midwest. Steals Per Game - 202nd (7.5 spg) Blocked Shots - 14th (141) Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM. Blocked Shots Per Game - 17th (5.2 bpg) Personal Fouls Per Game - 245th (18.5 pg) NEBRASKA OVERTIME FACTS Fewest Fouls - 304th (499) • Nebraska is 22-23 all-time in overtime games, including 12-11 at home, 7-9 in true road games INDIVIDUAL (Top 150 rankings, Feb. 21) and 3-3 on neutral courts in overtime. Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 5th (73) • The Huskers are 0-1 in overtime early in 2018-19, following an 87-84 double-overtime loss at Blocked Shots Per Game - Kate Cain - 9th (2.7 bpg) Washington State (Nov. 16). It marked the second straight season that Nebraska had participated in 3FG Pct. - Hannah Whitish - 101st (.371) 3FG Made - Hannah Whitish - 91st (59) a multi-overtime game (also at Drake, Dec. 9, 2017). Assists - Hannah Whitish - 57th (119) • The Huskers went 1-1 in overtime in 2017-18, including a 69-64 overtime loss to No. 23 Michigan Assists Per Game - Hannah Whitish - 104th (4.4 apg) at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Jan. 13). The Huskers won their first overtime game of 2017-18 with an 89-85 double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). • Nebraska was 1-1 in overtime in 2016-17, including a 76-74 win over Michigan State at Pinnacle Bank Arena to close the regular season (Feb. 26, 2017). The Huskers lost 79-69 in OT to Minnesota at the arena (Feb. 4, 2017). • The Huskers are 2-3 in overtime games under Coach Amy Williams. • Nebraska is 2-2 in overtime games at Pinnacle Bank Arena. 12 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
• Nebraska is 5-2 in multi-overtime games with its most recent loss coming in the 87-84 2OT setback NEBRASKA CAREER 3FG MADE at Washington State (Nov. 16) in Pullman. NU’s only other loss in a multi-overtime game came to Purdue Player (Years) 3FGM in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game, 74-70 in double-overtime. 1. Jordan Hooper (2011-14) 295 • The Huskers defeated Minnesota 88-85 in overtime on Jan. 16, 2014. It marked the first overtime 2. Kiera Hardy (2004-07) 267 game in the history of Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska’s first overtime game in the history of the Bob 3. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 189 Devaney Sports Center also came against Minnesota - a 68-67 win for the Huskers on Dec. 30, 1977. 4. Yvonne Turner (2007-10) 183 • The Huskers have played 13 all-time overtime games against Big Ten opponents and own a 5-8 5. Lindsey Moore (2010-13) 173 record. NU is 4-5 against Big Ten opponents in OT since joining the conference in 2011-12. • Nebraska’s most frequent overtime opponents are Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. NEBRASKA CAREER ASSISTS The Huskers and Purdue have played three overtime games in 10 all-time meetings. NU’s six total Player (Years) Assists overtimes against Purdue are the most against any team in school history. 1. Lindsey Moore (2010-13) 699 • The Huskers also have played three overtime games against Minnesota, including two of the 2. Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) 696 three overtime games in Pinnacle Bank Arena history. 3. Rachel Theriot (2013-16) 626 • In 14 all-time games with Wisconsin the Huskers have played three overtime contests. 4. Jina Johansen (2002-05) 567 • Nebraska has never played back-to-back overtime games at home. The Huskers have played 5. Nicole Kubik (1997-00) 563 back-to-back overtime games only once in school history, an 83-81 loss to Texas A&M in College 6. Amy Stephens (1986-89) 444 Station on Dec. 30, 1985, before returning to Lincoln for an 80-75 win over Eastern Kentucky at the 7. Stacy Imming (1984-87) 402 Devaney Center on Jan. 2, 1986. 8. Anna DeForge (1995-98) 392 9. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 354 10. Ami Beiriger (1979-83) 342 HUSKERS SIGN THREE IN EARLY PERIOD • Coach Amy Williams and the Nebraska women’s basketball program received National Letters of NEBRASKA TEAM SEASON BLOCKS Intent from three outstanding young players on the first day of the early signing period on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Season Blocked Shots 1. 2017-18 163 • Australian Isabelle Bourne brings an impressive international resume’ with her to Nebraska. 2. 1979-80 147 The 6-2 forward won a pair of gold medals in 2017 while representing Australia at the Oceania 3. 2018-19 142 Championship in Guam and at the FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup 3-on-3 tournament in Mongolia. 4. 2007-08 138 • “Isabelle Bourne will be a fantastic addition to our program,” Williams said. “She has been 5. 2009-10 126 training with high-level coaches and high-level players at the Australian Institute of Sport and has 6. 1998-99 121 become a skilled and versatile forward. She is crafty around the basket and effective as a weapon 7. 2010-11 118 on the perimeter. Her experiences competing internationally for Australia have prepared her to 8. 2001-02 116 transition seamlessly to Nebraska.” 9. 2000-01 109 • Trinity Brady, a 5-11 guard from Indianapolis, was one of the top players in Indiana at Lawrence 10. 1999-00 105 North High School in 2017-18, before transferring to national power Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., for her senior season. Brady is a big, powerful guard who has the NEBRASKA SEASON 3FG MADE potential to be a strong rebounder and potent scorer at the Big Ten level. As a junior at Lawrence Season 3FGM North, she earned a spot on the IBCA Subway Supreme 15 Underclass All-State Team after averaging 1. 2017-18 250 21.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. 2. 2013-14 231 • “We are thrilled that Trinity Brady will be joining the Nebraska women’s basketball family and 3. 2011-12 230 living out her dream to play in the Big Ten Conference,” Williams said. “She spends a great deal of 4. 2009-10 225 time in the gym working on her game, and it shows in her skill level. She is dangerous with the ball 5. 2010-11 218 in her hands and can score comfortably at all three levels. Her size and strength combined with her 6. 2012-13 214 basketball IQ, make her a valuable addition for our program.” 7. 2018-19 202 • While Bourne and Brady will provide Nebraska with size and strength, guard Makenzie Helms is 8. 2016-17 197 expected to be a play-maker at the point. Helms averaged 17.5 points and 7.2 assists as a junior at 9. 2015-16 178 East Haven High School to earn a spot on the USA Today All-Connecticut team. She was ranked as 10. 2014-15 173 2006-07 173 the No. 27 point guard in the class of 2019 by ESPN. • “We are excited to add Makenzie to the Husker women’s basketball family,” Williams said. “She has incredible court vision and creates offense for her teammates with tempo and passing NEBRASKA NCAA APPEARANCES ability. Combining that with her confident scoring mentality and her ability to score at all three levels, 14 Appearances, 21 Games (8-14 Record) Makenzie is a great fit for the versatility we like in our system. She is an intense competitor, and we Season (Sd.) Opponent Site Result are eager to have her fighting for the Huskers.” 2018 (10) vs. (7) Arizona St. Austin, Texas L, 62-73 2015 (9) vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C. L, 69-72 2014 (4) vs. (12) BYU Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-80 NEBRASKA POSTS 14TH STRAIGHT PERFECT GSR 2014 (4) vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-55 In the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the Husker women’s basketball 2013 (6) vs. (2) Duke Norfolk, Va. L, 45-53 program has been perfect for 14 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big 2013 (6) at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-63 Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 14 straight seasons. 2013 (6) vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-59 The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Nov. 14, 2018, 2012 (6) vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-57 and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 14th straight season, dating back 2010 (1) vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-76 to the initial public tracking of the GSR since 2004-05. 2010 (1) vs. (8) UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-70 The Nebraska women’s basketball program joins the Husker women’s tennis and volleyball programs 2010 (1) vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-44 as Husker teams that have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 14 years. 2008 (8) at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-76 Nebraska was one of just 28 teams in the 64-team field of the 2018 NCAA Tournament to also 2008 (8) vs. (9) Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-58 boast a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate. 2007 (9) vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-64 2000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-93 Overall, the Nebraska Athletic Department produced a record-high GSR for the sixth consecutive 1999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-98 year, reaching 90 percent for the first time in school history. Nine Husker programs recorded perfect 1998 (9) at (1) Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-75 100 percent GSR scores, including women’s basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer, rifle, men’s and 1998 (9) vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-59 women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis. 1996 (9) vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-66 1993 (6) at (3) USC Los Angeles L, 60-78 1993 (6) vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-58 1988 (5) at (4) USC Los Angeles L, 82-100 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 13 2018-19 OVERALL SEASON STATISTICS OVERALL RECORD: 13-14 HOME: 8-5 AWAY: 4-9 NEUTRAL: 1-0 Rebounds Player G-GS Min-Avg. FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot/Avg. PF-D A TO BK ST TP/Avg. 3-Hannah Whitish 27-26 803-29.7 94-250 .376 59-159 .371 33-46 .717 9-72 81/3.0 39-0 119 77 1 28 280/10.4 32-Leigha Brown 27-3 504-18.7 86-200 .430 31-84 .369 65-85 .765 23-50 73/2.7 44-1 34 28 3 20 268/9.9 4-Sam Haiby 27-0 569-21.1 92-211 .436 12-41 .293 65-95 .684 31-51 82/3.0 41-0 71 44 2 24 261/9.7 33-Taylor Kissinger 27-24 627-23.2 76-180 .422 52-118 .441 30-34 .882 33-58 91/3.4 56-0 34 35 4 22 234/8.7 5-Nicea Eliely 27-27 684-25.3 81-164 .494 17-50 .340 42-53 .792 32-76 108/4.0 64-0 58 62 16 47 221/8.2 31-Kate Cain 27-27 619-22.9 91-178 .511 0-0 .000 16-27 .593 39-120 159/5.9 75-3 30 36 73 13 198/7.3 24-Maddie Simon 27-16 489-18.1 70-165 .424 13-44 .295 37-53 .698 14-69 83/3.1 33-0 28 52 6 15 190/7.0 13-Ashtyn Veerbeek 27-0 453-16.8 66-157 .420 9-33 .273 47-60 .783 35-109 144/5.3 79-3 18 42 25 8 188/7.0 44-Kayla Mershon 27-11 452-16.7 25-72 .347 7-25 .280 24-38 .632 25-53 78/2.9 37-0 21 10 9 17 81/3.0 12-Kristian Hudson 7-1 101-14.4 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3-8 11/1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17/2.4 14-Grace Mitchell 23-0 149-6.5 10-24 .417 0-3 .000 5-14 .357 11-15 26/1.1 25-0 3 8 3 5 25/1.1 Team 48-47 95/3.5 12 Total 27 5450 697-1627 .428 202-564 .358 367-512 .717 303-728 1031/38.2 499-7 424 416 142 202 1963/72.7 Opponents 27 5450 674-1661 .406 176-535 .329 355-497 .714 330-684 1014/37.6 467-11 347 414 105 220 1879/69.6
Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 OT OT Total Deadball Rebounds Nebraska 468 433 477 571 8 6 1,963 83 Opponents 412 463 490 497 8 9 1,879 74
The 2018-19 Nebraska Women’s Basketball Team - Back row (from left): Strength Coach Stuart Hart, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle, Director of Operations Amanda Hart, Grace Mitchell, Kayla Mershon, Kate Cain, Maddie Simon, Ashtyn Veerbeek, Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator Katie Adams, Assistant Coach Chuck Love. Front row (from left): Head Coach Amy Williams, Leigha Brown, Kristian Hudson, Hannah Whitish, Sam Haiby, Taylor Kissinger, Nicea Eliely, Athletic Traincer Ashley Rudolph. 14 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 13-14 BIG TEN: 8-8 HOME: 8-5 AWAY: 4-9 NEUTRAL: 1-0
Date Opponent W/L Score Home Away Neutral Total Big Ten Att. High Points High Rebounds High Assists 11/7 Drake L 77-83 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 3,738 (13) Haiby (7) Cain (4) Whitish (7) Veerbeek 11/11 USC Upstate W 87-64 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3,638 (22) Kissinger (6) Eliely (6) Eliely (6) Mitchell 11/16 at Washington St. L 84-87 2OT 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 535 (20) Haiby (10) Cain (4) Whitish 11/23 at #24 Miami+ L 68-82 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 730 (14) Haiby (5) Eliely (3) Kissinger (5) Haiby 11/25 vs. Radford+ W 77-39 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-3 0-0 425 (13) Brown (9) Veerbeek (5) Whitish (13) Simon (13) Veerbeek 11/29 at #5 Louisville% L 68-85 1-1 0-3 1-0 2-4 0-0 7,334 (16) Simon (10) Cain (3) Eliely (3) Whitish 12/2 at Creighton L 65-74 1-1 0-4 1-0 2-5 0-0 1,533 (17) Haiby (8) Eliely (6) Whitish 12/5 Kansas W 58-52 2-1 0-4 1-0 3-5 0-0 3,688 (11) Kissinger (11) Kissinger (3) Haiby (11) Whitish (11) Veerbeek (3) Whitish 12/8 San Jose State W 96-63 3-1 0-4 1-0 4-5 0-0 3,601 (18) Brown (17) Cain (8) Whitish 12/15 Denver W 96-71 4-1 0-4 1-0 5-5 0-0 3,703 (18) Kissinger (6) Haiby (8) Haiby (6) Kissinger 12/18 at Arkansas L 80-84 4-1 0-5 1-0 5-6 0-0 1,335 (16) Haiby (6) Simon (3) Kissinger (3) Whitish 12/28 Michigan* W 70-56 5-1 0-5 1-0 6-6 1-0 4,450 (14) Eliely (6) Eliely (3) Eliely (6) Cain (3) Mershon (3) Whitish 12/31 at Ohio State* W 78-69 5-1 1-5 1-0 7-6 2-0 5,530 (19) Brown (6) Cain (5) Whitish (6) Eliely 1/3 at #19 Iowa* L 71-77 5-1 1-6 1-0 7-7 2-1 4,391 (20) Brown (9) Veerbeek (5) Eliely 1/8 #9 Maryland* L 63-81 5-2 1-6 1-0 7-8 2-2 3,796 (9) Eliely (10) Cain (4) Haiby (9) Whitish 1/13 Rutgers* L 56-62 5-3 1-6 1-0 7-9 2-3 4,222 (18) Brown (9) Cain (3) Cain 1/17 at Illinois* W 77-67 5-3 2-6 1-0 8-9 3-3 1,349 (19) Veerbeek (8) Veerbeek (7) Whitish 1/20 #23 Minnesota* W 63-57 6-3 2-6 1-0 9-9 4-3 4,072 (16) Haiby (6) Eliely (4) Eliely 1/24 Northwestern* L 54-58 6-4 2-6 1-0 9-10 4-4 3,660 (12) Whitish (7) Mershon (4) Whitish 1/27 at Wisconsin* L 69-70 6-4 2-7 1-0 9-11 4-5 6,074 (15) Kissinger (7) Cain (7) Whitish 1/31 at Purdue* W 84-64 6-4 3-7 1-0 10-11 5-5 5,901 (28) Whitish (9) Veerbeek (12) Whitish 2/3 Indiana* L 78-82 6-5 3-7 1-0 10-12 5-6 3,893 (17) Haiby (7) Simon (2) Cain (2) Haiby (2) Mershon (2) Whitish 2/7 at Michigan* L 61-67 6-5 3-8 1-0 10-13 5-7 2,572 (13) Whitish (8) Eliely (6) Eliely 2/10 Purdue* W 67-61 7-5 3-8 1-0 11-13 6-7 4,298 (30) Brown (5) Eliely (5) Whitish (5) Mershon (5) Whitish 2/14 at #7 Maryland* L 63-89 7-5 3-9 1-0 11-14 6-8 4,467 (18) Eliely (8) Cain (7) Whitish 2/17 #24 Michigan State* W 82-71 8-5 3-9 1-0 12-14 7-8 5,588 (16) Whitish (5) Brown (5) Whitish (5) Haiby 2/21 at Northwestern* W 71-64 8-5 4-9 1-0 13-14 8-8 446 (19) Whitish (5) Simon (5) Whitish
AP Ranking at game time listed before team Home Attendance (Avg.) -- 52,347 (4,027) + Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.) Road Attendance (Avg.) -- 42,622 (3,279) % ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Neutral Attendance (Avg.) -- 425 (425) * Big Ten Conference game Total Attendance (Avg.) -- 95,394 (3,533) # Big Ten Tournament game (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.) HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 15 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME LINESCORES
Game FG FGA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT PF A TO BS ST TP Nebraska 27 66 .409 10 28 .357 13 17 .765 16 24 40 24 16 20 5 9 77 Drake 26 65 .400 11 28 .393 20 29 .690 19 25 44 19 18 17 3 10 83 Nebraska 34 64 .531 11 24 .458 8 10 .800 12 30 42 16 29 15 6 10 87 USC Upstate 23 60 .383 6 22 .273 12 13 .923 8 19 27 16 10 14 1 9 64 Nebraska 31 73 .425 7 17 .412 15 19 .789 13 31 44 23 14 15 6 7 84 at Washington State 31 68 .456 9 22 .409 16 24 .667 12 28 40 17 13 15 8 11 87 Nebraska 25 59 .424 9 25 .360 9 13 .692 9 26 35 15 16 19 2 6 68 at #24 Miami 31 71 .437 9 31 .290 11 15 .733 17 27 44 16 13 13 3 14 82 Nebraska 31 65 .477 5 14 .357 10 16 .625 13 33 46 15 17 9 3 7 77 vs. Radford 16 65 .246 1 16 .063 6 9 .667 17 24 41 10 2 13 5 0 39 Nebraska 22 52 .423 6 18 .333 18 24 .750 6 27 33 21 14 23 4 4 68 at #5 Louisville 33 64 .516 7 20 .350 12 20 .600 9 26 35 17 17 15 4 11 85 Nebraska 22 62 .355 2 22 .091 19 27 .704 13 26 39 24 9 13 3 3 65 at Creighton 24 54 .444 5 21 .238 21 24 .875 6 32 38 22 16 16 4 5 74 Nebraska 21 64 .328 6 17 .353 10 18 .556 24 40 64 14 11 22 10 9 58 Kansas 19 75 .253 8 37 .216 6 11 .545 19 24 43 19 12 11 5 15 52 Nebraska 41 80 .513 10 27 .370 4 11 .364 22 34 56 12 27 15 5 8 96 San Jose State 23 62 .371 11 26 .423 6 8 .750 6 22 28 12 15 15 4 6 63 Nebraska 34 67 .507 7 25 .280 21 27 .778 9 30 39 23 27 11 4 10 96 Denver 23 59 .390 10 24 .417 15 26 .577 8 27 35 20 11 16 2 5 71 Nebraska 28 61 .459 9 21 .429 15 23 .652 8 33 41 24 13 15 6 7 80 at Arkansas 27 67 .403 13 37 .351 17 23 .739 8 29 37 20 16 10 3 8 84 Nebraska 22 60 .367 9 24 .375 17 21 .810 8 30 38 22 14 15 5 7 70 Michigan 20 53 .377 2 10 .200 14 22 .636 7 32 39 21 6 23 4 5 56 Nebraska 25 59 .424 7 22 .318 21 28 .750 13 20 33 22 14 12 2 9 78 at Ohio State 20 54 .370 8 18 .444 21 25 .840 16 23 39 21 13 20 3 6 69 Nebraska 24 62 .387 9 21 .429 14 17 .824 11 25 36 23 14 17 4 8 71 at #19 Iowa 30 61 .492 4 12 .333 13 20 .650 11 30 41 14 21 17 7 7 77 Nebraska 23 61 .377 5 15 .333 12 17 .706 14 24 38 12 13 17 9 10 63 #9 Maryland 32 62 .516 10 17 .588 7 11 .636 10 27 37 16 15 17 5 10 81 Nebraska 16 45 .356 7 12 .583 17 28 .607 11 27 38 16 11 19 1 7 56 Rutgers 22 54 .407 9 16 .563 9 12 .750 7 21 28 20 12 14 4 10 62 Nebraska 25 53 .472 7 22 .318 20 28 .714 5 27 32 20 13 12 1 11 77 at Illinois 25 64 .391 7 24 .292 10 17 .588 15 25 40 24 8 17 1 3 67 Nebraska 22 50 .440 4 16 .250 15 18 .833 6 18 24 17 12 13 11 9 63 #23 Minnesota 20 54 .370 2 9 .222 15 23 .652 19 24 43 16 9 17 0 3 57 Nebraska 19 65 .292 8 28 .286 8 14 .571 13 28 41 15 13 8 9 8 54 Northwestern 23 64 .359 5 16 .313 7 12 .583 17 34 51 15 12 14 9 5 58 Nebraska 27 61 .443 7 23 .304 8 9 .889 13 20 33 18 15 18 2 10 69 at Wisconsin 27 56 .482 2 10 .200 14 20 .700 12 22 34 10 12 18 4 13 70 Nebraska 33 67 .493 11 27 .407 7 8 .875 15 26 41 15 21 10 5 7 84 at Purdue 23 56 .411 7 18 .389 11 14 .786 9 16 25 11 16 11 4 8 64 Nebraska 27 61 .443 4 22 .182 20 29 .690 10 26 36 20 11 13 5 3 78 Indiana 29 63 .460 6 18 .333 18 21 .857 9 28 37 24 15 12 1 5 82 Nebraska 25 60 .417 8 23 .348 3 6 .500 5 24 29 21 15 18 9 7 61 at Michigan 24 56 .429 2 10 .200 17 25 .680 11 30 41 12 12 21 3 13 67 Nebraska 20 52 .385 5 13 .385 22 28 .786 9 22 31 15 12 14 7 7 67 Purdue 22 55 .400 5 16 .313 12 14 .857 11 25 36 24 14 19 5 9 61 Nebraska 22 56 .393 7 16 .438 12 20 .600 13 29 42 17 15 18 7 4 63 at #7 Maryland 30 70 .429 6 15 .400 23 31 .742 16 25 41 17 13 8 7 9 89 Nebraska 27 54 .500 12 24 .500 16 18 .889 7 23 30 18 20 22 8 8 82 #24 Michigan State 27 65 .415 6 25 .240 11 11 1.000 15 21 36 18 8 23 4 10 71 Nebraska 24 48 .500 10 18 .556 13 18 .722 5 25 30 17 18 13 3 7 71 at Northwestern 24 64 .375 5 17 .294 11 17 .647 16 18 34 17 18 10 2 10 64 16 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 BIG TEN-ONLY STATISTICS BIG TEN RECORD: 8-8 HOME: 4-4 AWAY: 4-4 NEUTRAL: 0-0 Rebounds Player G-GS Min-Avg. FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot/Avg. PF-D A TO BK ST TP/Avg. 3-Hannah Whitish 16-16 506-31.6 64-163 .393 40-101 .396 21-28 .750 5-45 50/3.1 26-0 72 46 0 17 189/11.8 32-Leigha Brown 16-3 312-19.5 55-128 .430 21-48 .438 42-56 .750 12-38 50/3.1 20-1 21 17 3 13 173/10.8 4-Sam Haiby 16-0 322-20.1 48-114 .421 7-19 .368 37-56 .661 15-29 44/2.8 25-0 39 28 1 14 140/8.8 5-Nicea Eliely 16-16 428-26.8 49-99 .495 9-28 .321 26-32 .813 21-36 57/3.6 37-0 31 40 10 33 133/8.3 33-Taylor Kissinger 16-13 353-22.1 40-101 .396 25-66 .379 16-20 .800 15-27 40-2.6 32-0 9 20 2 13 121/7.6 24-Maddie Simon 16-5 265-16.6 34-85 .400 8-29 .276 24-33 .727 7-29 36/2.3 18-0 12 24 4 8 100/6.3 31-Kate Cain 16-16 369-23.1 41-93 .441 0-0 .000 15-22 .682 20-62 82/5.1 49-1 19 23 46 8 97/6.1 13-Ashtyn Veerbeek 16-0 265-16.6 31-79 .392 4-15 .267 25-31 .806 15-56 71/4.4 43-1 14 21 14 2 91/5.7 44-Kayla Mershon 16-11 319-19.9 15-43 .349 6-19 .316 17-23 .739 17-36 53/3.3 26-0 14 8 6 12 53/3.3 14-Grace Mitchell 12-0 61-5.1 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 2-6 .333 2-8 10/0.8 12-0 0 2 2 2 10/0.8 Team 29-28 57/3.6 10 Total 16 3,200 381-914 .417 120-326 .368 225-307 .733 158-394 552/34.5 288-3 231 239 88 122 1107/69.2 Opponents 16 3,200 398-951 .419 86-251 .343 213-295 .722 201-401 602/37.6 279-9 204 260 63 126 1095/68.4
Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 Total Deadball Rebounds Nebraska 265 260 258 324 1,107 53 Opponents 252 259 284 300 1,095 42
Nicea Eliely scored all of her game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead Nebraska to a 70-56 win over Michigan in the Big Ten opener at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Dec. 28. Eliely, who outscored Michigan 14-13 in the quarter, went 3-for-3 from the field and 7-for-8 at the free throw line in the fourth period after going without a shot in the first three quarters. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 17 2018-19 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS HUSKER TEAM SEASON HIGHS HUSKER TEAM SEASON LOWS Points...... 96...... Denver, 12/15/18 Points...... 54...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 ...... 96...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 First Quarter Points...... 8...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 First Quarter Points...... 31...... Denver, 12/15/18 Second Quarter Points...... 7...... Drake, 11/7/18 Second Quarter Points...... 25...... at Wisconsin, 1/27/19 First Half Points...... 21...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 First Half Points...... 52...... Denver, 12/15/18 Third Quarter Points...... 10...... Michigan, 12/28/18 Third Quarter Points...... 28...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Fourth Quarter Points...... 11...... at Northwestern, 2/21/19 Fourth Quarter Points...... 34...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Second Half Points...... 26...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Second Half Points...... 62...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Second Overtime Points.....6...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Second Overtime Points.....6...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Field Goals Made...... 19...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Field Goals Made...... 41...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Field Goals Att...... 45...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Field Goals Att...... 80...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Field Goal Pct...... 29.2...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Field Goal Pct...... 53.1...... USC Upstate, 11/11/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 2...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 12...... Michigan State, 2/17/19 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 12...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 29...... Drake, 11/7/18 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 9.1...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 58.3...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Free Throws Made...... 3...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Free Throws Made...... 22...... Purdue, 2/10/19 Free Throws Att...... 6...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Free Throws Att...... 29...... Indiana, 2/3/19 Free Throw Pct...... 36.4...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Free Throw Pct...... 88.9...... Michigan State, 2/17/19 Rebounds...... 24...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 ...... 88.9...... at Wisconsin, 1/27/19 Offensive Rebounds...... 5...... at Northwestern, 2/21/19 Rebounds...... 64...... Kansas, 12/5/18 ...... 5...... at Michigan, 2/7/19 Offensive Rebounds...... 24...... Kansas, 12/5/18 ...... 5...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 Defensive Rebounds...... 40...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Defensive Rebounds...... 18...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Rebound Margin...... +28...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Rebound Margin...... -19...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Assists...... 29...... USC Upstate, 11/11/18 Assists...... 9...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Steals...... 11...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 Steals...... 3...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Blocked Shots ...... 11...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Blocked Shots ...... 1...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 Turnovers...... 23...... at Louisville, 11/29/18 ...... 1...... Rutgers, 1/13/19 Fouls...... 24...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Turnovers...... 8...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 ...... 24...... at Creighton, 12/2/18 Fouls...... 12...... Maryland, 1/8/19 ...... 24...... Drake, 11/7/18 ...... 12...... San Jose State, 12/8/18
OPPONENT TEAM SEASON LOWS OPPONENT TEAM SEASON HIGHS Points...... 39...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Points...... 89...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 First Quarter Points...... 6...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 First Quarter Points...... 26...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Second Quarter Points...... 8...... Michigan State, 2/17/19 Second Quarter Points...... 30...... Drake, 11/7/18 ...... 8...... Purdue, 2/10/19 First Half Points...... 45...... Drake, 11/7/18 ...... 8...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Third Quarter Points...... 28...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 First Half Points...... 21...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Fourth Quarter Points...... 30...... Michigan State, 2/17/19 ...... 21...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Second Half Points...... 53...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Third Quarter Points...... 12...... Michigan, 12/28/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Fourth Quarter Points...... 4...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Second Overtime Points.....9...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Second Half Points...... 18...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Field Goals Made...... 33...... at Louisville, 11/29/18 First Overtime Points...... 8...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Field Goals Att...... 75...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Second Overtime Points.....9...... at Washington State, 11/16/18 Field Goal Pct...... 51.6...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Field Goals Made...... 16...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 ...... 51.6...... at Louisville, 11/29/18 Field Goals Att...... 53...... Michigan, 12/28/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 13...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Field Goal Pct...... 24.6...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 37...... at Arkansas, 12/18/18 Three-Pt. FG Made...... 1...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 ...... 37...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Three-Pt. FG Att...... 9...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 58.8...... Maryland, 1/8/19 Three-Pt. FG Pct...... 6.3...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Free Throws Made...... 23...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 Free Throws Made...... 6...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Free Throws Att...... 31...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 ...... 6...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Free Throw Pct...... 100.0...... Michigan State, 2/17/19 ...... 6...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Rebounds...... 51...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Free Throws Att...... 8...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Offensive Rebounds...... 19...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Free Throw Pct...... 54.5...... Kansas, 12/5/18 ...... 19...... Kansas, 12/5/18 Rebounds...... 25...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 ...... 19...... Drake, 11/7/18 Offensive Rebounds...... 6...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Defensive Rebounds...... 34...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 ...... 6...... Creighton, 12/2/18 Rebound Margin...... +19...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 Defensive Rebounds...... 16...... at Purdue, 1/31/19 Assists...... 21...... at Iowa, 1/3/19 Rebound Margin...... -28...... San Jose State, 12/8/18 Steals...... 14...... at Miami, 11/23/18 Assists...... 2...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Blocked Shots...... 9...... Northwestern, 1/24/19 Steals...... 0...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 Turnovers...... 23...... Michigan State, 2/17/19 Blocked Shots...... 0...... Minnesota, 1/20/19 ...... 23...... Michigan, 12/28/18 Turnovers...... 8...... at Maryland, 2/14/19 Fouls...... 24...... Purdue, 2/10/19 Fouls...... 10...... at Wisconsin, 1/27/19 ...... 24...... Indiana, 2/3/19 ...... 10...... vs. Radford, 11/25/18 ...... 24...... at Illinois, 1/17/19 18 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #1 GAME #2 GAME #3 DRAKE 83 NEBRASKA 87 WASHINGTON STATE 87 NEBRASKA 77 USC UPSTATE 64 NEBRASKA 84 2OT LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 7, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 11, 2018 PULLMAN, WASH., NOV. 16, 2018
Drake Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Upstate Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Jonas* 16 4-9 0-0 6 3 0 2 8 Popplewell* 29 2-6 4-5 7 1 1 3 8 Simon* 40 6-12 2-2 7 2 1 2 15 Monahan* 21 0-3 1-2 0 1 2 0 1 Kirkwood* 18 2-5 2-2 3 2 0 0 6 Cain* 30 5-9 0-0 10 5 0 1 10 Hittner* 23 6-13 5-5 2 4 0 3 19 Lewis* 39 10-21 6-6 1 2 6 3 26 Whitish* 38 3-10 2-2 5 1 4 1 11 Dean* 23 2-7 7-10 10 1 4 0 13 Wensler* 21 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 Eliely* 20 2-5 3-3 3 3 2 1 8 Bachrodt* 31 5-13 1-3 5 2 3 2 15 Swain* 27 4-9 0-0 1 3 0 1 11 Kissinger* 36 2-5 2-2 5 3 2 1 7 Rose 16 0-3 1-2 3 0 3 0 1 Parkhurst 6 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Haiby 32 8-15 3-3 3 2 3 0 20 Fuller 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Kuzmina 9 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 Hudson 12 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 Miller 21 4-6 0-0 2 2 4 3 11 Herring 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Veerbeek 21 4-8 1-3 6 3 0 0 9 Burich 17 2-3 0-0 3 2 0 0 4 Panufnik 24 4-9 0-0 4 5 0 1 10 Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhine 24 3-8 5-7 10 3 2 0 11 Gibbons 26 1-5 0-0 6 1 0 0 3 Brown 10 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 0 2 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 2 Mershon 4 0-3 2-4 2 0 0 0 2 Totals 200 26-65 20-29 44 19 18 10 83 Totals 200 23-60 12-13 27 16 10 9 64 Team Rebounds 2 Totals 250 31-73 15-19 44 23 14 7 84 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 14 2-6 0-0 4 2 0 1 4 Simon* 18 3-5 4-4 4 0 3 2 10 WSU Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 24 2-6 0-0 7 2 0 0 4 Cain* 19 8-11 0-0 3 3 2 1 16 Levy* 21 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 Whitish* 24 4-10 0-0 1 2 4 1 10 Eliely* 23 3-8 0-0 6 3 6 1 8 Hristova* 45 12-21 6-8 6 2 2 3 31 Eliely* 20 2-4 4-4 3 4 1 2 10 Hudson* 21 2-5 0-0 3 1 3 0 6 Kostourkova* 46 4-11 5-6 19 3 3 1 13 Kissinger* 24 2-8 2-2 6 1 3 1 8 Kissinger* 23 8-9 0-0 4 1 3 1 22 Cha. Molina* 48 10-18 1-2 2 2 2 3 26 Veerbeek 16 4-8 0-0 7 5 0 1 8 Whitish 15 0-3 0-0 2 0 4 0 0 Swedlund* 43 4-9 1-2 2 3 2 4 12 Mitchell 6 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 0 1 Haiby 19 1-4 2-2 2 1 5 1 4 Motuga 27 0-2 2-4 3 1 0 0 2 Haiby 20 4-7 4-4 3 1 2 0 13 Veerbeek 18 3-6 0-0 3 3 1 2 6 Che. Molina 19 0-5 1-2 2 3 2 0 1 Hudson 17 3-8 1-3 1 1 3 2 7 Mitchell 14 3-3 0-2 6 2 1 1 6 Subasic 1 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Brown 15 2-5 0-0 1 4 2 1 6 Brown 19 2-7 2-2 4 2 1 1 7 Team Rebounds 5 Mershon 20 2-4 1-2 4 0 1 0 6 Mershon 11 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 250 31-68 16-24 40 17 13 11 87 Team Rebounds 0 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 27-66 13-17 40 24 16 9 77 Totals 200 34-64 8-10 42 16 29 10 87 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT Final Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 18 11 20 21 8 6 84 Drake 15 30 15 23 83 USC Upstate 12 21 15 16 64 Washington St. 19 20 21 10 8 9 87 Nebraska 29 7 21 20 77 Nebraska 26 17 24 20 87 3FG: Nebraska 7-17 (Whitish 3-6, Kissinger 3FG: Drake 11-28 (Bachrodt 4-9, Miller 3-3, Dean 3FG: Upstate 6-22 (Swain 3-6, Panufnik 2-3, 1-1, Haiby 1-2, Eliely 1-3, Simon 1-3, Brown 2-5, Hittner 2-5, Rhine 0-1, Jonas 0-2, Rose 0-3); Gibbons 1-3, Parkhurst 0-1, Wensler 0-1, Popplewell 0-1, Mershon 0-1); WSU 9-22 (Cha. Molina 5-8, Nebraska 10-28 (Eliely 2-3, Brown 2-5, Kissinger 0-2, Kirkwood 0-3, Lewis 0-3); Nebraska 11-24 Swedlund 3-5, Hristova 1-5, Motuga 0-1, Che. 2-5, Whitish 2-8, Haiby 1-2, Mershon 1-2, Hudson (Kissinger 6-6, Eliely 2-4, Hudson 2-4, Brown 1-4, Molina 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 41.2; WSU 40.9. 0-1, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1). 3FG%: Drake 39.3; Mershon 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Whitish 0-3). 3FG%: FG%: Nebraska 42.5; WSU 45.6. FT%: Nebraska Nebraska 35.7. FG%: Drake 40.0; Nebraska 40.9. Upstate 27.3; Nebraska 45.8. FG%: Upstate 38.3; 78.9; WSU 66.7. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Simon 2); WSU FT%: Drake 69.0; Nebraska 76.5. Steals: Drake 10 Nebraska 53.1. FT%: Upstate 92.3; Nebraska 80.0. 11 (Swedlund 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 6 (Cain (Hittner, Miller 3); Nebraska 9 (Eliely, Hudson 2). Steals: Upstate 9 (Lewis, Popplewell 3); Nebraska 4); WSU 8 (Kostourkova 5). Turnovers: Nebraska 15; Blocked Shots: Drake 3 (Jonas 2); Nebraska 5 (Cain 10 (Simon, Veerbeek 2). Blocked Shots: Upstate WSU 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials:Murray, 3). Turnovers: Drake 17; Nebraska 20. Technical 1 (Popplewell 1); Nebraska 6 (Cain 3). Turnovers: Wood, Merritt. Attendance: 535. Fouls: None. Officials:Bonner, Pethtel, Gulbeyan. Upstate 14; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 3,738. Officials: Daley, Lukanich, Knight. Attendance: Game Highlights: Sam Haiby scored all 20 of her 3,638. points after halftime to help Nebraska rally from a Game Highlights: In a back-and-forth battle 13-point third-quarter deficit, but it was not enough between 2018 NCAA Tournament teams, Drake Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger set a school to prevent Washington State from claiming an 87-84 made the plays in the closing minutes to escape record by going a perfect 6-for-6 from three-point double-overtime win at Beasley Coliseum. Nebraska from Lincoln with an 83-77 win over Nebraska. range on her way to a team-high 22 points in an jumped to a 12-6 lead before the Cougars rallied In a game that featured big runs by both teams, 87-64 win over USC Upstate at Pinnacle Bank Arena. to take a 19-18 lead at the end of the first quarter. the Huskers used a 14-0 run to open the game to In a rare Sunday morning tip-off, Kissinger came WSU built the lead to 39-29 at the half, then took build a 16-point first-quarter lead. The two-time out on fire, draining three threes in the first quarter their biggest lead at 60-47 late in the third. Haiby defending Missouri Valley Conference champion to shoot the Huskers to a 14-point lead at the end scored five points during a 10-0 Husker run midway Bulldogs answered with a 16-0 second-quarter run of the first period. She added her fourth three in through the fourth quarter. Haiby’s two free throws to build a 45-36 halftime lead. Drake extended the second quarter, before burying two more in tied the score at 68. Taylor Kissinger added two its lead to 49-36 to open the second half before third quarter to become just the second Husker in more free throws with 56 seconds left in regulation Nebraska answered. The Big Red cut the lead to history to shoot 100 percent from beyond the arc to send the game to overtime tied at 70, after the 60-57 at the end of three quarters and regained on at least five attempts. The previous Nebraska Huskers held WSU without a field goal for the final a 67-65 lead with five minutes left in the game, mark came on Jessica Periago’s 5-for-5 performance 5:41 in the period. Haiby scored six quick points before Drake prevailed. Freshman guard Sam Haiby at Indiana in December of 2010. Kissinger, who in the first overtime to give Nebraska a 78-74 led the Huskers with 13 points off the bench in her went 8-for-9 overall from the field, was joined by lead, but WSU tied the score at 78 on a layup by debut, while Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish each fellow sophomore Kate Cain in double figures. Maria Kostourkova with two seconds left to send contributed 10 points. Reigning Missouri Valley Cain finished with 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting, it to another OT. Nebraska regained the lead early Conference Player-of-the-Year Becca Hittner led including a putback on Kissinger’s only miss of the in the final period with back-to-back threes by all scorers with 19 points, while Sammie Bachrodt day. Maddie Simon added 10 points, while Nicea Maddie Simon and Hannah Whitish, but Borislava added 15 points. Maddy Dean and Sara Rhine Eliely played an outstanding all-around game with Hristova made the shots down the stretch for the pitched in double-doubles for Drake, which out- eight points and team highs of six rebounds and Cougars. Hristova finished with a game-high 31, rebounded the Huskers, 44-40. six assists. while Chanelle Molina added 26 for the Cougars. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 19 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #4 GAME #5 GAME #6 #24 MIAMI 82 NEBRASKA 77 #5 LOUISVILLE 85 NEBRASKA 68 RADFORD 39 NEBRASKA 68 CORAL GABLES, FLA., NOV. 23, 2018 CORAL GABLES, FLA., NOV. 25, 2018 LOUISVILLE, KY., NOV. 29, 2018
Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 14 1-2 0-0 3 2 2 0 2 Simon* 18 5-9 2-2 3 1 2 1 13 Simon* 27 6-11 2-2 4 1 2 0 16 Cain* 27 4-9 0-0 3 0 1 1 8 Cain* 18 4-8 0-0 7 1 2 0 8 Cain* 28 2-3 1-2 10 3 2 1 5 Whitish* 23 4-7 1-2 1 2 1 1 13 Whitish* 27 3-7 0-0 6 0 5 1 6 Whitish* 32 4-8 5-6 3 4 3 2 15 Eliely* 22 3-3 3-5 5 1 2 2 10 Eliely* 17 3-4 0-0 2 4 2 2 6 Eliely* 24 3-7 2-2 6 2 3 1 8 Kissinger* 23 2-5 0-0 3 3 3 0 6 Kissinger* 21 2-5 0-0 3 1 1 0 5 Kissinger* 19 1-4 2-2 1 4 2 0 5 Haiby 22 6-12 2-2 5 0 2 2 14 Haiby 19 2-6 2-4 1 1 2 1 6 Haiby 24 4-8 3-4 1 1 1 0 12 Hudson 18 1-5 1-2 3 0 1 0 3 Hudson 17 0-4 1-2 2 1 0 0 1 Hudson 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Veerbeek 13 2-6 0-0 2 3 1 0 4 Veerbeek 20 4-6 2-4 9 3 0 1 13 Veerbeek 12 1-4 0-0 5 3 1 0 2 Mitchell 7 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Mitchell 14 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 Mitchell 9 0-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 1 Brown 16 2-6 2-2 1 3 0 0 8 Brown 20 5-9 3-3 1 1 2 0 13 Brown 14 1-5 2-4 2 1 0 0 4 Mershon 15 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 Mershon 9 2-4 0-1 2 0 1 1 4 Mershon 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 9 Team Rebounds 8 Team Rebounds 1 Totals 200 25-59 9-13 35 15 16 6 68 Totals 200 31-65 10-16 46 15 17 7 77 Totals 200 22-52 18-24 33 21 14 4 68
Miami Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Radford Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Louisville Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Hof* 26 3-7 0-1 9 3 1 3 6 Walker* 35 4-18 2-2 7 2 0 0 10 Fuehring* 29 7-11 0-0 10 1 2 0 14 Mompremier* 29 8-11 4-7 13 2 0 1 20 Rivers* 33 2-7 4-6 8 1 0 0 8 Dunham* 28 5-6 1-2 4 4 0 2 11 Cornelius* 33 7-15 5-5 7 3 7 6 23 Ngwafang* 20 0-5 0-0 5 2 0 0 0 Carter* 29 5-10 0-2 1 0 3 2 12 Gray* 19 2-7 0-0 0 3 0 3 4 Johnson* 35 6-17 0-0 2 0 2 0 13 Jones* 21 1-2 4-5 3 3 1 4 6 Marshall* 30 6-14 0-0 1 0 1 1 16 Falconer* 19 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Durr* 31 8-17 5-7 1 2 8 0 25 Banks 22 3-7 0-0 2 0 4 0 6 Lindenfeld 15 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Evans 24 3-8 0-0 3 3 2 2 6 Mortensen 15 0-5 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 McClean 18 0-5 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Robins 3 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 Mason 19 2-5 0-0 5 0 0 0 5 Wilson 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Robinson 8 1-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Huston 5 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 Morningstar 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Duvall 2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Ripley 2 0-0 2-2 0 3 0 0 2 Corbin 11 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Shook 23 3-6 1-2 9 2 0 1 8 Team Rebounds 3 Nunley 9 2-5 0-1 3 0 0 0 4 Laemmle 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 31-71 11-15 44 16 13 14 82 Team Rebounds 10 Team Rebounds 0 Totals 200 16-65 6-9 41 10 2 0 39 Totals 200 33-64 12-20 35 17 17 11 85 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 15 10 24 19 68 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final #24 Miami 22 22 18 20 82 Nebraska 22 12 19 24 77 Nebraska 14 17 19 18 68 Radford 13 8 14 4 39 #5 Louisville 21 19 22 23 85 3FG: Nebraska 9-25 (Whitish 4-6, Kissinger 2-4, Brown 2-5, Eliely 1-1, Hudson 0-1, Mershon 0-1, 3FG: Nebraska 5-14 (Veerbeek 3-3, Kissinger 1-2, 3FG: Nebraska 6-18 (Simon 2-4, Whitish 2-4, Mitchell 0-1, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-2, Haiby 0-3); Simon 1-2, Hudson 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Whitish 0-2, Haiby 1-3, Kissinger 1-3, Brown 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Miami 9-31 (Cornelius 4-9, Marshall 4-10, Mason Brown 0-3); Radford 1-16 (Johnson 1-5, Corbin 0-1, Veerbeek 0-2); Louisville 7-20 (Durr 4-9, Carter 1-3, Banks 0-2, Gray 0-3, Mortensen 0-4). 3FG%: Lindenfeld 0-1, McClean 0-1, Falconer 0-2, Walker 2-5, Shook 1-1, Duvall 0-1, Evans 0-1, Robins 0-1, Nebraska 36.0; Miami 29.0. FG%: Nebraska 42.4; 0-6). 3FG%: Nebraska 35.7; Radford 6.3. FG%: Fuehring 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 33.3; Louisville Miami 43.7. FT%: Nebraska 69.2; Miami 73.3. Nebraska 47.7; Radford 24.6. FT%: Nebraska 62.5; 35.0. FG%: Nebraska 42.3; Louisville 51.6. FT%: Steals: Nebraska 6 (Eliely, Haiby 2); Miami 14 Radford 66.7. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Eliely 2); Radford Nebraska 75.0; Louisville 60.0. Steals: Nebraska (Cornelius 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Cain, 0. Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Cain 2); Radford 4 (Whitish 2); Louisville 11 (Jones 4). Blocked Eliely 1); Miami 3 (Mompremier 2). Turnovers: 5 (Rivers 4). Turnovers: Nebraska 9; Radford 13. Shots: Nebraska 4 (Cain 3); Louisville 4 (Carter 2). Nebraska 19; Miami 13. Technical Fouls: None. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Outlaw, Jones, Turnovers: Nebraska 23; Louisville 15. Technical Officials:Forsberg, Danaher, Outlaw. Attendance: Lewis. Attendance: 425. Fouls: Louisville (Durr, Walz). Officials: Kantner, 730. Brewton, Resch. Attendance: 7,334. Game Highlights: Ashtyn Veerbeek and Leigha Game Highlights: Sam Haiby led three Huskers in Brown each established career highs with 13 Game Highlights: Maddie Simon scored a season- double figures by scoring 14 points, but Nebraska points, while Maddie Simon added 13 of her own high 16 points, while Hannah Whitish added 15, could not slow down No. 24 Miami on its home as Nebraska rolled to a 77-39 win over Radford but No. 5 Louisville pulled away in the second half court at the Watsco Center. Haiby hit 6-of-12 shots at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. The Huskers for an 85-68 win over the Huskers in the ACC/Big to lead Nebraska in scoring for the third time in jumped to an early 12-2 lead before closing the first Ten Challenge at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. four games, while Hannah Whitish added all 13 of quarter with a 22-13 edge. Nebraska pushed the Husker freshman Sam Haiby pitched in 12 points her points after halftime. Nicea Eliely pitched in 10 lead to 34-21 at the half, before Radford trimmed off the bench against a Cardinal team that returned points on 3-of-3 shooting, but Nebraska coud not the margin to nine points midway through the third four starters from its 2018 NCAA Final Four squad. overcome a 19-point halftime deficit against the quarter. Brown and Veerbeek then responded with Nicea Eliely continued her solid play with eight Canes in the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. Laura eight straight points, including back-to-back threes points, six rebounds and three assists. All-American Cornelius led Miami with 23 points, seven rebounds, from Veerbeek in a one-minute span in the closing and reigning ACC Player-of-the-Year Asia Durr led seven assists and a career-high six steals, while minutes of the quarter to help NU take an 18-point the Cardinals with 25 points and eight assists, while Beatrice Mompremier added a double-double edge to the final quarter. The Huskers closed out Sam Fuehring contributed a double-double with 14 with 20 points and a game-high 13 boards for the their best overall performance of the young season points and 10 rebounds. The Huskers started strong, Hurricanes. Kelsey Marshall pitched in 16 points with a 24-4 pounding of the Highlanders in the final taking an 11-10 lead with 4:30 left in the first quarter, with four threes. Miami jumped to an 11-3 lead and period. Veerbeek, who earned a spot on the all- but the defending ACC champion Cardinals closed maintained a 22-15 edge at the end of one quarter. tournament team with 13 points and nine rebounds the period on an 11-3 surge to take a 21-14 lead to The Hurricanes pushed the margin to 44-25 after against the preseason picks to win the Big South the second quarter. Louisville pushed the lead to Cornelius closed the half with 10 straight points. Conference, went 3-for-3 from three-point range in 40-31 at the half, and Nebraska kept the game in Miami extended its edge to 22 early in the third, the game. Kate Cain contributed eight points and single digits until the closing moments of the third before Nebraska pulled within 10 points twice early seven rebounds, while Hannah Whitish added six quarter. The Cardinals extended the margin to 62- in the fourth quarter. points, six boards and five assists. 50 at the end of three quarters. 20 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #7 GAME #8 GAME #9 CREIGHTON 74 NEBRASKA 58 NEBRASKA 96 NEBRASKA 65 KANSAS 52 SAN JOSE STATE 63 OMAHA, NEB., DEC. 2, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 5, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 8, 2018
Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Kansas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP San Jose St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 22 3-7 1-4 4 4 0 0 7 Richardson* 23 3-7 2-2 8 4 0 3 8 Lewis* 26 6-12 0-0 9 3 3 2 15 Cain* 20 6-8 0-0 4 2 1 0 12 Helgren* 31 0-4 1-2 10 2 1 0 1 Potter* 30 3-12 0-0 4 2 1 1 7 Whitish* 28 1-10 0-0 1 2 6 1 3 Lyons* 33 4-13 1-3 1 3 5 2 9 Hafoka* 24 1-9 0-0 2 1 4 0 2 Eliely* 30 3-7 3-4 8 4 2 1 9 Washington* 29 2-16 1-2 4 1 3 4 6 Marquez* 32 2-6 0-0 3 2 2 1 5 Kissinger* 20 0-3 2-2 3 4 0 0 2 Kopatich* 35 5-13 0-0 9 1 2 4 14 Anderson* 26 3-6 2-2 1 0 0 0 9 Haiby 26 4-11 8-11 5 2 0 0 17 Osorio 20 1-6 1-2 0 3 1 1 3 Leon 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Hudson 9 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 De Carvalho 16 4-14 0-0 3 2 0 1 11 Kohlhaas 8 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 Veerbeek 19 2-5 2-2 6 2 0 0 6 Thomas 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Benally 14 5-9 0-0 0 0 1 0 14 Mitchell 4 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Wilson 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Harris 20 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 2 Brown 20 2-6 3-4 4 1 0 1 7 Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark 19 1-5 4-6 0 1 2 2 6 Mershon 2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Franklin 7 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 7 Team Rebounds 1 Boric 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 23-62 6-8 28 12 15 6 63 Totals 200 22-62 19-27 39 24 9 3 65 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 19-75 6-11 43 19 12 15 52 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Creighton Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 18 3-10 0-1 6 0 3 0 6 Rembao* 31 7-10 2-2 3 4 6 3 18 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 23 8-9 0-0 17 0 2 1 16 Carda* 36 2-9 4-4 2 3 2 0 8 Simon* 20 2-8 1-2 3 1 0 0 5 Whitish* 26 3-7 0-0 3 1 8 1 9 Griglione* 7 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Cain* 18 2-8 0-0 6 2 0 0 4 Eliely* 27 3-8 0-1 2 2 5 0 6 Kissinger* 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Whitish* 26 3-9 3-6 2 1 3 1 11 Kissinger* 26 6-13 0-0 2 1 3 2 17 Faber* 38 7-13 4-5 10 3 2 1 18 Eliely* 28 2-8 0-0 8 0 1 2 5 Haiby 19 2-3 0-0 3 1 4 1 4 Saunders 22 2-5 4-4 5 1 1 0 8 Kissinger* 29 4-7 0-0 11 0 2 1 11 Veerbeek 17 5-13 4-5 14 2 1 0 14 Elger 27 4-6 5-7 7 4 2 0 16 Haiby 21 4-8 0-2 5 2 3 1 8 Mitchell 9 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Turner 12 1-2 2-2 4 2 1 0 4 Veerbeek 19 2-8 3-4 11 3 0 1 7 Brown 23 8-11 0-2 3 1 1 1 18 Dworak 8 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Mitchell 3 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 Mershon 12 2-4 0-2 2 2 0 2 4 Brotzki 9 0-4 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 Brown 16 1-6 2-2 2 4 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 2 Mershon 20 1-2 0-0 7 1 1 0 2 Totals 200 41-80 4-11 56 12 27 8 96 Totals 200 24-54 21-24 38 22 16 5 74 Team Rebounds 8 Totals 200 21-64 10-18 64 14 11 9 58 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final San Jose State 8 18 23 14 63 Nebraska 8 20 12 25 65 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 14 20 28 34 96 Creighton 10 17 21 26 74 Kansas 11 10 13 18 52 Nebraska 11 17 13 17 58 3FG: San Jose State 11-26 (Benally 4-7, Lewis 3-4, 3FG: Nebraska 2-22 (Haiby 1-4, Whitish 1-8, Eliely Kohlhaas 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Potter 1-3, Marquez 0-2, Simon 0-2, Kissinger 0-2, Veerbeek 0-2, Brown 3FG: Kansas 8-37 (Kopatich 4-9, De Carvalho 3-10, 1-4, Clark 0-1, Hafoka 0-4); Nebraska 10-27 0-2); Creighton 5-21 (Elger 3-5, Rembao 2-3, Washington 1-9, Wilson 0-1, Osorio 0-2, Lyons (Kissinger 5-11, Whitish 3-7, Brown 2-5, Haiby 0-1, Dworak 0-1, Griglione 0-1, Saunders 0-1, Turner 0-3, Richardson 0-3); Nebraska 6-17 (Kissinger 3-4, Veerbeek 0-1, Eliely 0-2). 3FG%: San Jose State 0-1, Carda 0-3, Faber 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 9.1; Whitish 2-6, Eliely 1-3, Haiby 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, 42.3; Nebraska 37.0. FG%: San Jose State 37.1; Creighton 23.8. FG%: Nebraska 35.5; Creighton Brown 0-2). 3FG%: Kansas 21.6; Nebraska 35.3. Nebraska 51.3. FT%: San Jose State 75.0; Nebraska 44.4. FT%: Nebraska 70.4; Creighton 87.5. Steals: FG%: Kansas 25.3; Nebraska 32.8. FT%: Kansas 36.4. Steals: San Jose State 6 (Clark, Lewis 2); Nebraska 3 (Brown, Eliely, Whitish 1); Creighton 54.5; Nebraska 55.6. Steals: Kansas 15 (Kopatich, Nebraska 8 (Kissinger, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: 5 (Rembao 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Eliely, Washington 4); Nebraska 9 (Eliely, Mitchell 2). San Jose State 4 (Lewis, Potter, Anderson, Benally Kissinger, Veerbeek 1); Creighton 4 (Faber 3). Blocked Shots: Kansas 5 (Richardson 3); Nebraska 1); Nebraska 5 (Cain 3). Turnovers: San Jose State Turnovers: Nebraska 13; Creighton 16. Technical 10 (Eliely 4). Turnovers: Kansas 10; Nebraska 15; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Fouls: None. Officials: Danaher, Feck, Sauceda. 22. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Bruce Morris, Bird, Brooks. Attendance: 3,601. Attendance: 1,533. McConnell, Cruse. Attendance: 3,688. Game Highlights: Kate Cain and Ashtyn Veerbeek Game Highlights: Sam Haiby scored 15 of her Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger produced her both produced big double-doubles to lead four team-high 17 points in the second half, but it was second career double-double with 11 points and Huskers scoring in double figures, as Nebraska not enough to stop home-standing Creighton from a career-high 11 rebounds to help Nebraska post rolled to a 96-63 win over San Jose State at Pinnacle working its way to a 74-65 win over the Huskers at one of the top-five team rebounding totals in Bank Arena. Cain pulled down 17 rebounds to go D.J. Sokol Arena. Kate Cain added 12 points on school history in a 58-52 win over Kansas. Hannah along with 16 points, while Veerbeek grabbed 14 6-of-8 shooting to help the Huskers inside, but Whitish added 11 points for the Big Red, while boards to go along with her 14 points to fuel one Nebraska was an ice cold 2-for-22 from three-point Ashtyn Veerbeek scored seven points and chipped of the top-10 rebound margins (+28) for the Big range in the game. Creighton wasn’t much better in 11 boards and three blocked shots. As a team, Red. Leigha Brown led the Huskers with 18 points from outside, going just 5-for-21, but the extra trio Nebraska grabbed 64 total rebounds to post a on 8-of-11 shooting, including a pair of three- of made threes was the difference. CU was sparked plus-21 rebound margin over KU. Nebraska’s work pointers. Taylor Kissinger contributed 17 points, by Olivia Elger, who scored all 16 of her points in on the glass, which included 24 offensive boards, including 5-of-11 shooting from long range, as the second half including 3-of-5 three-pointers. She helped offset 22 turnovers and a minus-12 margin in Nebraska hit 51.3 percent (41-80) of its shots for the added seven rebounds. Audrey Faber led Creighton miscues. Kansas took a 19-13 lead midway through game, including a scaulding hot 27-of-41 (.659) in with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, the second quarter, but the Huskers closed the half the second half. Cain led NU’s efficient effort with while Tatum Rembao pitched in 18 points and six on a 15-2 surge to take a 28-21 lead to the locker 8-of-9 shooting, while Hannah Whitish (9 points, 8 assists. Rembao also hit a pair of threes for the Jays, room. The Big Red’s lead grew to 14 points at 38- assists), Nicea Eliely (6 points, 5 assists) and Sam who built a 60-47 lead with just under six minutes 24 midway through the third with a 10-3 surge to Haiby (4 points, 4 assists) all distributed the ball left in the game. However, the Huskers stormed open the half. But Kansas rallied to cut NU’s lead to well for a Husker team that wracked up 27 assists back to cut the lead to 62-57 just over two minutes three points twice early in the fourth quarter before on the afternoon. Cydni Lewis led the Spartans with later and it remained a possession game down the the Huskers held on down the stretch. Nicea Eliely 15 points and nine rebounds, while Analyss Benally stretch. Creighton went 21-for-24 from the free tied her season high with eight rebounds and set pitched in 14 points. Lewis and Benally combined throw line for the game to seal the win. a career best with four blocks to help the Huskers. to go 7-for-11 from three-point range. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 21 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #10 GAME #11 GAME #12 NEBRASKA 96 ARKANSAS 84 NEBRASKA 70 DENVER 71 NEBRASKA 80 MICHIGAN 56 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 15, 2018 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., DEC. 18, 2018 LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 28, 2018
Denver Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Michigan Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nelson* 39 5-7 7-12 5 3 0 1 19 Simon* 16 1-3 1-2 6 1 1 0 4 Brown* 28 4-7 2-4 4 2 1 0 12 Smith* 23 4-13 2-2 7 5 2 1 10 Cain* 17 2-5 0-0 5 5 1 0 4 Thome* 25 5-14 4-5 7 4 0 0 14 Loven* 17 0-2 2-2 1 2 2 0 2 Whitish* 28 4-10 1-2 6 0 3 0 11 Dilk* 35 3-8 1-2 4 4 3 2 7 Gritt* 30 1-7 2-4 8 4 3 2 4 Eliely* 23 2-3 0-1 3 1 0 0 4 Munger* 38 2-5 0-0 3 4 0 2 4 Romanowski* 39 12-18 1-2 3 1 2 1 33 Kissinger* 29 4-7 2-2 5 3 3 1 12 Church* 34 3-11 3-5 9 2 0 1 9 White 22 0-2 0-0 4 3 1 0 0 Haiby 24 6-13 3-5 4 3 2 3 16 Hillmon 20 2-3 0-0 5 2 1 0 4 Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Veerbeek 19 5-10 2-3 5 5 0 1 14 Robbins 7 1-2 3-4 2 2 0 0 5 Simental 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Johnson 13 0-3 1-2 1 1 1 0 1 Malonga 11 1-7 0-2 1 0 1 0 2 Brown 16 3-7 2-2 2 1 1 0 9 Team Rebounds 4 Jeffcoat 9 0-2 1-2 2 2 0 0 1 Mershon 23 1-3 4-6 4 3 2 2 6 Totals 200 20-53 14-22 39 21 6 5 56 Team Rebounds 4 Team Rebounds 1 Totals 200 23-59 15-26 35 20 11 5 71 Totals 200 28-61 15-23 41 24 13 7 80 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 20 4-8 1-2 2 2 0 0 10 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Arkansas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 24 2-5 1-2 6 3 2 1 5 Simon* 17 4-7 0-1 3 1 2 1 8 Williams* 24 3-4 4-7 9 4 1 3 10 Whitish* 31 1-10 2-2 1 2 3 0 5 Cain* 26 7-9 0-3 5 3 0 0 14 Tolefree* 25 3-11 4-4 6 3 2 0 13 Eliely* 25 3-3 7-8 6 2 3 4 14 Whitish* 30 1-6 0-0 1 0 6 2 2 Monk* 31 7-13 0-0 1 4 4 1 16 Kissinger* 21 3-6 0-0 2 4 0 1 8 Eliely* 22 6-8 1-1 5 3 3 2 14 Mason* 33 4-8 1-2 0 3 4 0 11 Haiby 24 4-10 2-2 4 2 2 0 12 Kissinger* 24 5-13 4-4 6 3 3 2 18 Dungee* 36 7-21 5-6 5 1 1 0 23 Veerbeek 16 1-4 0-0 3 3 0 0 3 Haiby 21 3-10 1-2 6 2 8 1 7 Gaulden 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 Brown 19 3-9 4-4 5 2 1 0 11 Veerbeek 14 3-4 8-8 5 4 0 0 14 Northcross-Baker 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Mershon 20 1-5 0-1 3 2 3 1 2 Mitchell 10 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Spangler 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 6 Brown 23 4-7 7-8 2 3 5 2 17 Stout 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 22-60 17-21 38 22 14 7 70 Mershon 13 1-2 0-0 3 3 0 0 2 Zimmerman 19 1-4 0-0 7 2 0 1 3 Team Rebounds 1 Thomas 16 1-3 3-4 5 3 1 2 5 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 34-67 21-27 39 23 27 10 96 Team Rebounds 4 Michigan 13 18 12 13 56 Totals 200 27-67 17-23 37 20 16 8 84 Nebraska 10 17 10 33 70 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Denver 19 18 18 16 71 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 3FG: Michigan 2-10 (Brown 2-4, Munger 0-1, Nebraska 31 21 19 25 96 Nebraska 15 21 20 24 80 Johnson 0-2, Church 0-3); Nebraska 9-24 (Haiby Arkansas 10 21 26 27 84 2-3, Kissinger 2-5, Eliely 1-1, Veerbeek 1-2, Brown 3FG: Denver 10-24 (Romanowski 8-8, Nelson 2-4, 1-3, Simon 1-3, Whitish 1-6, Mershon 0-1). 3FG%: Malonga 0-1, Simental 0-1, Loven 0-2, White 0-2, 3FG: Nebraska 9-21 (Kissinger 2-4, Veerbeek 2-5, Michigan 20.0; Nebraska 37.5. FG%: Michigan Gritt 0-3, Smith 0-3); Nebraska 7-25 (Kissinger Whitish 2-5, Simon 1-1, Haiby 1-2, Brown 1-3, 37.7; Nebraska 36.7. FT%: Michigan 63.6; Nebraska 4-10, Brown 2-5, Eliely 1-3, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek Eliely 0-1); Arkansas 13-37 (Dungee 4-11, Tolefree 81.0. Steals: Michigan 5 (Dilk, Munger 2); Nebraska 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Whitish 0-3). 3FG%: Denver 41.7; 3-11, Mason 2-4, Monk 2-5, Northcross-Baker 1-3, 7 (Eliely 4). Blocked Shots: Michigan 4 (Church, Nebraska 28.0. FG%: Denver 39.0; Nebraska 50.7. Zimmerman 1-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Arkansas Hillmon 2); Nebraska 5 (Cain 4). Turnovers: FT%: Denver 57.7; Nebraska 77.8. Steals: Denver 35.1. FG%: Nebraska 45.9; Arkansas 40.3. FT%: Michigan 23; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. 5 (Gritt 2); Nebraska 10 (Brown, Eliely, Kissinger, Nebraska 65.2; Arkansas 73.9. Steals: Nebraska 7 Officials: Grinter, Zentz, Bonner. Attendance: Whitish 2). Blocked Shots: Denver 2 (Nelson (Haiby 3); Arkansas 8 (Williams 3). Blocked Shots: 4,450. 2); Nebraska 4 (Cain 2). Turnovers: Denver 16; Nebraska 6 (Cain 3); Arkansas 3 (Williams, Tolefree, Nebraska 11. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Zimmerman 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 15; Arkansas Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely scored all of her Gulbeyan, Kroemmenhoek, Clayton. Attendance: 10. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Brewton, game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to power 3,703. Kroemmenhoek, Spurlock. Attendance: 1,335. Nebraska to a 70-56 come-from-behind win over Michigan to open Big Ten play at Pinnacle Bank Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger led five Huskers Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 77-68 Arena. Eliely hit all three of her field goal attempts, in double figures with 18 points to help Nebraska deficit with 4:27 left to take an 80-79 lead with including a three to open the quarter, and went run to a 96-71 win over Denver at Pinnacle Bank 1:04 remaining, but Arkansas made the plays in 7-for-8 at the free throw line to turn a 43-37 Husker Arena. Kissinger hit 4-of-10 threes while also sharing the final minute to earn an 84-80 win at Bud Walton deficit at the end of three quarters into a 14-point team-high rebound honors with six. She added Arena. The Huskers jumped out to a 15-2 lead and win. Eliely, who did not shoot in the first three three assists and two steals to help the Huskers maintained a 36-31 halftime edge, thanks in part quarters, outscored the entire Michigan team 14- earn their fourth straight home win. Leigha Brown to Leigha Brown’s 40-foot runner at the buzzer. 13 in the final period. She added a team-high six added 17 points, five assists and two steals, while Brown, who finished with nine points, was one of rebounds and a career-high-tying four steals in the Ashtyn Veerbeek posted 14 points and five boards. four Husker freshmen who combined for 45 points game. Freshman Sam Haiby pumped in 10 points in Veerbeck went a career-best 8-for-8 at the free off the bench. Sam Haiby, who led the Huskers with the fourth, including a pair of huge threes in the final throw line, while going 3-for-4 from the floor. Kate 16 points, had seven in the first half and made huge minutes to help the Huskers pull away. Haiby added Cain and Nicea Eliely each pitched in 14 points plays down the stretch to give the Huskers the 80- four rebounds and two assists while finishing with and five rebounds. Maddie Simon added eight 79 lead after the first of two free throws with 1:04 12 points on the game. Leigha Brown contributed points, while Sam Haiby scored seven points and remaining. However, a scoreboard malfunction after 11 points and a career-high five rebounds, while contributed career highs with eight assists and six the first made free throw caused a more than three- Maddie Simon gave the Huskers four players in rebounds. Nebraska opened a double-digit lead minute delay before the second free throw. Haiby double figures with 10 points. Nebraska hit 9-of-15 in the first quarter with a school-record 31 points. missed the second, and the Razorbacks scored the field goal attempts, including 3-of-4 threes, while NU extended the lead to 15 at the half (52-37) game’s final five points. Chelsea Dungee, who hit knocking down 12-of-14 free throws in the final and continued to expand the margin in the third the go-ahead shot for Arkansas, scored 20 of her period. The Huskers outscored Michigan 33-13 in and fourth quarters. Nebraska’s balanced scoring game-high 23 points in the second half to lead five the fourth, including 10-0 in points off turnovers and helped offset a career-high 33 points from Samantha Razorback starters in double figures. Kiara Williams 9-0 on second-chance points. The Huskers trailed by Romanowski that included an unconscious 8-for-8 added game-sealing free throws for the Razorbacks. as many as 10 points in the second quarter before shooting from three-point range. She finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. rallying to victory. 22 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #13 GAME #14 GAME #15 NEBRASKA 78 #19 IOWA 77 #9 MARYLAND 81 OHIO STATE 69 NEBRASKA 71 NEBRASKA 63 COLUMBUS, OHIO, DEC. 31, 2018 IOWA CITY, IOWA, JAN. 3, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 8, 2019
Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Maryland Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Simon* 20 7-10 2-3 2 1 1 0 16 Simon* 19 1-4 1-2 6 1 2 0 4 Austin* 22 3-10 1-3 10 2 1 2 7 Cain* 16 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 Cain* 18 1-6 1-1 5 5 1 1 3 Jones* 21 5-7 3-3 5 4 1 0 13 Whitish* 34 3-11 2-2 2 1 5 3 11 Whitish* 33 6-12 0-0 2 0 1 2 14 Charles* 31 8-14 3-5 4 3 1 2 19 Eliely* 22 5-9 2-3 6 3 1 1 14 Eliely* 25 1-2 2-2 0 4 5 1 5 Mikesell* 36 6-12 0-0 5 0 3 1 16 Kissinger* 20 1-4 0-0 1 3 1 3 2 Kissinger* 24 3-10 0-0 2 1 0 0 8 Watson* 38 4-7 0-0 3 1 3 3 12 Haiby 26 3-8 2-4 3 2 2 1 8 Haiby 20 3-9 3-4 2 2 3 2 9 Lewis 33 4-6 0-0 3 1 6 1 9 Veerbeek 23 2-4 2-2 6 3 1 0 6 Veerbeek 18 2-5 2-2 9 3 1 0 6 Myers 1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Brown 18 4-9 9-12 4 2 3 1 19 Mitchell 2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Vujacic 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Mershon 21 0-3 2-2 4 3 0 0 2 Brown 18 6-10 5-6 0 5 1 2 20 Fraser 15 1-4 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 Team Rebounds 3 Mershon 23 1-3 0-0 3 1 0 0 2 Owens 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-59 21-28 33 22 14 9 78 Team Rebounds 6 Team Rebounds 4 Totals 200 24-62 14-17 36 23 14 8 71 Totals 200 32-62 7-11 37 16 15 10 81 Ohio State Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Juhasz* 26 4-10 4-4 7 3 1 2 14 Iowa Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Waterman* 34 3-11 8-11 7 5 4 1 14 Stewart* 36 6-11 2-2 4 2 1 1 14 Simon* 18 3-8 0-0 1 2 0 2 6 Grande* 39 2-9 2-2 5 3 3 2 7 Gustafson* 38 11-20 6-10 17 2 2 1 28 Cain* 24 2-7 1-2 10 2 2 0 5 Crooms* 9 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 Meyer* 32 1-6 0-0 2 3 5 0 2 Whitish* 31 3-13 1-3 2 0 2 0 9 Santoro* 33 2-9 2-2 2 3 0 0 7 Davis* 36 4-9 1-2 5 2 1 1 11 Eliely* 27 4-5 1-2 2 0 3 1 9 Miller 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3 Doyle* 35 5-9 1-2 2 3 9 4 11 Kissinger* 21 2-8 0-0 6 3 0 2 6 Queenland 22 2-5 2-2 3 1 2 0 8 Taiwo 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 Haiby 20 3-9 2-2 3 0 4 3 8 Patty 17 4-5 1-2 7 4 0 0 9 Sevillian 13 2-4 3-4 3 2 3 0 8 Veerbeek 15 1-2 4-4 3 3 2 0 6 Caretti 16 1-3 2-2 2 0 2 1 4 Czinano 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Team Rebounds 5 Ollinger 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 21 2-5 0-0 5 1 0 1 4 Totals 200 20-54 21-25 39 20 13 6 69 Team Rebounds 7 Mershon 18 2-3 3-4 4 0 0 1 8 Totals 200 30-61 13-20 41 14 21 7 77 Team Rebounds 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 23-61 12-17 38 12 13 10 63 Nebraska 11 27 13 27 78 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Ohio State 15 21 17 16 69 Nebraska 20 14 15 22 71 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final #19 Iowa 22 15 22 18 77 #9 Maryland 26 17 18 20 81 3FG: Nebraska 7-22 (Whitish 3-8, Eliely 2-2, Brown Nebraska 23 14 12 14 63 2-5, Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Kissinger 0-2, 3FG: Nebraska 9-21 (Brown 3-4, Whitish 2-4, Simon 0-3); Ohio State 8-18 (Juhasz 2-3, Queenland Kissinger 2-6, Eliely 1-2, Simon 1-2, Haiby 0-1, 3FG: Maryland 10-17 (Mikesell 4-7, Watson 4-7, 2-3, Crooms 1-1, Miller 1-1, Grande 1-3, Santoro Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1); Iowa 4-12 (Davis 2-4, Vujacic 1-1, Lewis 1-2); Nebraska 5-15 (Kissinger 1-4, Caretti 0-1, Waterman 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska Taiwo 1-1, Sevillian 1-2, Doyle 0-1, Meyer 0-4). 2-4, Whitish 2-8, Mershon 1-1, Brown 0-1, Simon 31.8; Ohio State 44.4. FG%: Nebraska 42.4; Ohio 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Iowa 33.3. FG%: Nebraska 0-1). 3FG%: Maryland 58.8; Nebraska 33.3. FG%: State 37.0. FT%: Nebraska 75.0; Ohio State 84.0. 38.7; Iowa 49.2. FT%: Nebraska 82.4; Iowa 65.0. Maryland 51.6; Nebraska 37.7. FT%: Maryland 63.6; Steals: Nebraska 9 (Kissinger, Whitish 3); Ohio State Steals: Nebraska 8 (Brown, Haiby, Whitish 2); Iowa Nebraska 70.6. Steals: Maryland 10 (Watson 3); 6 (Grande, Juhasz 2). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 7 (Doyle 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 4 (Cain 3); Nebraska 10 (Haiby 3). Blocked Shots: Maryland (Cain, Veerbeek 1); Ohio State 3 (Caretti, Grande, Iowa 7 (Gustafson 5). Turnovers: Nebraska 17; Iowa 5 (Watson 2); Nebraska 9 (Cain 6). Turnovers: Waterman 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 12; Ohio State 17. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: McConnell, Maryland 17; Nebraska 17. Technical Fouls: None. 20. Technical Fouls: Ohio State-McGuff. Officials: Daley, Barb Smith. Attendance: 4,391. Officials:Kantner, Zentz, Cross. Attendance: 3,796. Cross, Bryan Enterline, Pethtel. Attendance: 5,530. Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored 20 points, Game Highlights: Kayla Mershon scored a career- Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored 19 points but Nebraska’s furious fourth-quarter rally came up high eight points and added four rebounds off the and Nicea Eliely provided fourth-quarter heroics short in a 77-71 loss at No. 19 Iowa. The Huskers bench, but hot-shooting Maryland surged to an again, as Nebraska rallied for a 78-69 win at Ohio trailed by 10 points at the end of three quarters and 81-63 win over the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena. State on New Year’s Eve. Brown scored all 19 of her by 12 points at 69-57 with less than four minutes The No. 9 Terrapins hit 51.6 percent of their shots points in the first 30 minutes to help the Huskers left, before storming back to cut the Iowa lead to from the field including a blistering 58.8 percent (10- stay within striking distance of the Buckeyes. Eliely 73-71 in the final minute. Brown scored six points 17) from three-point range to give Coach Brenda helped Nebraska complete the comeback with 10 in the Husker rally, while Hannah Whitish added Frese her 500th career victory. Kaila Charles led huge points in the fourth quarter to finish with 14 for five of her 14 points in the game during the surge. the Terps with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting, while the second straight game. Eliely hit two threes and Iowa All-American Megan Gustafson scored 28 Taylor Mikesell added 16 points while knocking finished a traditional three-point play in the quarter. points and added 17 rebounds and five blocks to down four threes. Blair Watson added four threes Hannah Whitish, who struggled with her shooting lead the Hawkeyes. Gustafson scored Iowa’s final of her own to finish with 12 points. While Maryland stroke through the first three quarters, added eight 10 points in the third quarter to help push the was firing on all cylinders, the Huskers struggled to big points in the fourth to finish with 11 on the day. Hawkeye lead to 10 points at 59-49 at the end of hit just 37.7 percent of their shots, including 33.3 Maddie Simon added a strong offensive effort with the period. Hannah Stewart added 14 points inside percent (5-15) of their threes. Nebraska was held a season-high-tying 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Hawkeyes and grabbed two key offensive to a season-low 26 points in the second half and from the field. Trailing by as many as seven points rebounds off missed Iowa free throws in the final no Husker reached double figures on the night. in each of the first three quarters, the Huskers hit 30 seconds that sealed the Huskers’ fate. Freshman Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish led the Big Red 9-of-15 shots from the floor, including 4-of-5 threes Sam Haiby helped Nebraska off the bench with nine with nine points apiece, while Kate Cain contributed in the fourth quarter, to outscore the Buckeyes 27-16 points, three assists and two steals, while fellow five points and game highs of 10 rebounds and six down the stretch. In the first three quarters, NU was freshman and Iowa native Ashtyn Veerbeek pitched blocked shots. The Huskers never led but trailed just just 16-of-44 from the floor including just 3-of-17 in six points and a team-high nine rebounds. Taylor 45-43 midway through the third quarter. However, from long range. Two of those threes were buzzer Kissinger also contributed eight points on a pair of Maryland closed the quarter on a 16-6 surge to take beaters by Whitish and Brown to end the first and three-pointers for the Huskers, while Nicea Eliely a 61-49 lead to the fourth. Nebraska could get no second quarters, as Nebraska led 38-36 at the half. managed five points and a team-high five assists. closer than seven points the rest of the way. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 23 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #16 GAME #17 GAME #18 RUTGERS 62 NEBRASKA 77 NEBRASKA 63 NEBRASKA 56 ILLINOIS 67 #23 MINNESOTA 57 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 13, 2019 CHAMPAIGN, ILL., JAN. 17, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 20, 2019
Rutgers Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Minnesota Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Carey* 20 2-3 4-4 2 4 1 2 8 Mershon* 25 1-2 2-2 1 4 1 1 5 Bello* 32 3-10 1-2 13 3 0 0 7 Harris* 19 1-7 2-2 3 3 0 0 4 Cain* 17 4-5 0-0 7 2 1 1 8 Lamke* 36 3-7 4-4 7 2 1 1 10 Wilson* 37 4-8 1-1 1 1 1 0 12 Whitish* 32 3-9 4-6 3 1 7 2 12 Pitts* 37 4-6 1-2 3 5 3 1 10 Cryor* 37 5-8 0-0 4 2 4 3 13 Eliely* 25 1-3 0-0 4 3 0 1 2 Brunson* 28 2-8 1-2 3 1 0 1 5 Guirantes* 17 3-6 0-0 2 2 1 0 8 Kissinger* 22 3-6 1-2 3 2 1 1 10 Bell* 36 4-15 8-11 6 3 5 0 16 Broughton 8 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 Haiby 21 1-5 5-5 2 2 2 3 7 Staples 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Peleg Pelc 4 0-2 1-2 0 0 1 0 1 Veerbeek 22 6-9 6-9 8 3 0 0 19 Kaposi 8 2-3 0-2 4 1 0 0 4 Calhoun 10 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 Mitchell 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Garrido Perez 22 2-5 0-0 3 1 0 0 5 Gilles 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Simon 16 2-3 0-0 1 2 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 2 Jenkins 28 4-7 0-0 12 3 2 3 8 Brown 20 4-11 2-4 1 1 1 1 10 Totals 200 20-54 15-23 43 16 9 3 57 Mack 14 3-9 0-1 1 3 1 2 7 Team Rebounds 2 Wallace 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-53 20-28 32 20 13 11 77 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Team Rebounds 2 Mershon* 23 1-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 Totals 200 22-54 9-12 28 20 12 10 62 Illinois Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 23 2-5 0-0 0 2 0 1 4 Wittinger* 39 6-14 2-4 13 2 2 0 14 Whitish* 26 3-8 4-4 2 2 2 0 12 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Andrews* 19 2-6 0-0 6 4 0 0 5 Eliely* 32 1-5 0-0 6 2 4 6 2 Simon* 9 0-3 3-4 0 2 0 0 3 Ephraim* 16 1-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 Kissinger* 26 3-6 1-1 4 2 0 2 9 Cain* 26 1-4 1-1 9 3 3 0 3 Beasley* 30 2-4 1-2 1 5 1 0 5 Haiby 19 6-10 4-6 3 1 3 0 16 Whitish* 32 1-6 1-1 7 0 2 1 3 Joens* 22 1-8 0-0 2 2 0 1 2 Veerbeek 17 2-4 2-2 5 3 0 0 6 Eliely* 23 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 3 2 Robins 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Kissinger* 17 4-6 0-2 2 1 0 0 11 Scott 29 6-14 7-9 2 3 0 1 23 Simon 17 0-2 3-4 1 4 2 0 3 Haiby 24 2-6 1-4 2 1 1 0 5 Blazek 4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Brown 16 4-8 1-1 1 0 0 1 9 Veerbeek 13 0-6 4-6 3 2 1 1 4 Rice 23 5-10 0-2 2 4 2 1 11 Team Rebounds 6 Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Shewan 18 2-4 0-0 5 3 2 0 5 Totals 200 16-45 17-28 38 16 11 7 56 Brown 25 5-8 5-8 6 1 2 1 18 Team Rebounds 5 Mershon 24 2-2 2-2 3 4 2 1 7 Totals 200 25-64 10-17 40 24 8 3 67 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Team Rebounds 6 #23 Minnesota 11 15 19 11 57 Totals 200 16-45 17-28 38 16 11 7 56 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 14 12 12 25 63 Nebraska 25 11 21 20 77 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Illinois 17 12 15 23 67 3FG: Minnesota 2-9 (Garrido Perez 1-2, Pitts 1-3, Rutgers 21 15 14 12 62 Kaposi 0-1, Brunson 0-3); Nebraska 4-16 (Kissinger Nebraska 13 15 14 14 56 3FG: Nebraska 7-22 (Kissinger 3-5, Whitish 2-6, 2-4, Whitish 2-6, Eliely 0-1, Haiby 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Mershon 1-2, Veerbeek 1-3, Eliely 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Simon 0-1, Brown 0-2). 3FG%: Minnesota 22.2; 3FG: Rutgers 9-16 (Wilson 3-4, Cryor 3-5, Guirantes Brown 0-3); Illinois 7-24 (Scott 4-11, Andrews 1-2, Nebraska 25.0. FG%: Minnesota 37.0; Nebraska 2-3, Mack 1-3, Calhoun 0-1); Nebraska 7-12 (Brown Rice 1-2, Shewan 1-3, Ephraim 0-1, Wittinger 0-2, 44.0. FT%: Minnesota 65.2; Nebraska 83.3. Steals: 3-3, Kissinger 3-5, Mershon 1-1, Haiby 0-1, Simon Joens 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 31.8; Illinois 29.2. Minnesota 3 (Bronson, Lamke, Pitts 1); Nebraska 9 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1). 3FG%: Rutgers 56.3; Nebraska FG%: Nebraska 47.2; Illinois 39.1. FT%: Nebraska (Eliely 6). Blocked Shots: Minnesota 0; Nebraska 58.3. FG%: Rutgers 40.7; Nebraska 35.6. FT%: 71.4; Illinois 58.8. Steals: Nebraska 11 (Haiby 3); 11 (Cain 4). Turnovers: Minnesota 17; Nebraska Rutgers 75.0; Nebraska 60.7. Steals: Rutgers 10 Illinois 3 (Joens, Rice, Scott 1). Blocked Shots: 13. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Cross, Bryan (Cryor, Jenkins 3); Nebraska 7 (Eliely 3). Blocked Nebraska 1 (Veerbeek 1); Illinois 1 (Wittinger 1). Enterline, Marsh. Attendance: 4,072. Shots: Rutgers 4 (Jenkins 3); Nebraska 1 (Veerbeek Turnovers: Nebraska 12; Illinois 17. Technical Fouls: 1). Turnovers: Rutgers 14; Nebraska 19. Technical None. Officials:Inouye, Bird, Green. Attendance: Game Highlights: Hannah Whitish, Taylor Kissinger Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Grinter, Hall. 1,349. and Sam Haiby combined for all 25 of Nebraska’s Attendance: 4,222. points in a decisive fourth quarter, as the Huskers Game Highlights: Ashtyn Veerbeek erupted for rallied for a 63-57 win over No. 23 Minnesota at Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored a game- a career-high 19 points while adding a team-high PInnacle Bank Arena. Haiby scored six of her game- high 18 points and Taylor Kissinger scored eight eight rebounds to power Nebraska to a 77-67 high 16 points in the final period, including the of her 11 points early in the fourth quarter to fuel road win at the State Farm Center in Champaign. game’s final four points to seal the victory. Whitish a furious Nebraska rally, but Rutgers escaped from Veerbeek hit 6-of-9 shots from the field, including played an even bigger role, scoring 10 of her 12 Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 62-56 win. The Scarlet a clutch three-pointer with 1:39 left to help the points in the quarter, including back-to-back three- Knights used scalding hot three-point shooting in Huskers hold off a late fourth-quarter rally by the pointers midway through the period, as Nebraska the first quarter to build a 21-13 lead, then extended Illini. Nebraska jumped to an 8-0 lead to start the rallied from a nine-point deficit with eight minutes the margin to 33-20 midway through the second game and extended the margin to 14 points at 19-5, left. Whitish’s two free throws with 2:28 left gave quarter before taking a 36-28 lead to the half. before Arieal Scott sparked Illinois. Scott finished Nebraska the lead for good at 59-57. Kissinger Rutgers, which improved to 5-0 in the Big Ten and with a game-high 23 points, but the Illini were added two threes and a traditional three-point jumped to No. 20 in the AP Poll after beating the never able to pull within a possession. Nebraska play to account for all nine of her points in the Big Red, hit 7-of-11 first-half three-point attempts. got balanced scoring with 12 points and seven game during the final period. Trailing 53-45, the The Scarlet Knights maintained a 50-42 lead at the assists from Hannah Whitish and 10 points apiece Huskers held Minnesota without a field goal for the end of three quarters before Kissinger scored eight from Taylor Kissinger and Leigha Brown to offset game’s final six minutes. NU closed the game on an quick points in the first 3:30 of the fourth quarter to the big night from Scott and a double-double from 18-4 surge, including a 12-0 run over the final four help the Huskers tie the score at 52. Unfortunately, Illinois star Alex Wittinger, who put up 14 points minutes. Nicea Eliely played the largest defensive Nebraska did not hit another field goal until Brown’s and 13 rebounds. Nebraska’s defense provided role with five fourth-quarter steals among her career- three-pointer with five seconds left. Nebraska the difference by recording a season-high 11 steals high six in the game. She also led Nebraska with out-worked Rutgers on the boards, 38-28, and hit and turning 17 Illini turnovers into 15 points. Illinois six rebounds in the game. Ashtyn Veerbeek helped 7-of-12 three-pointers in the game, including 3-for-3 out-rebounded the Huskers 40-32, including 15 the Huskers with six points, five rebounds and a shooting from long range by Brown. Rutgers forced offensive rebounds compared to a season-low five career-high three blocks, as the Huskers teamed up 19 Nebraska turnovers and outscored the Huskers for the Big Red. However, Illinois only outscored for nine blocks. Leigha Brown added nine points, 20-14 in points off turnovers in the game. NU 13-9 in second-chance points. as NU’s bench outscored the Gopher bench, 34-9. 24 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #19 GAME #20 GAME #21 NORTHWESTERN 58 WISCONSIN 70 NEBRASKA 84 NEBRASKA 54 NEBRASKA 69 PURDUE 64 LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 24, 2019 MADISON, WIS., JAN. 27, 2019 WEST LAFAYETTE, IND., JAN. 31, 2019
Northwestern Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Hopkins* 35 2-9 0-0 6 4 2 0 4 Mershon* 24 0-4 1-2 3 2 0 2 1 Mershon* 10 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 0 2 Kunaiyi-Akpanah* 35 4-12 2-5 19 3 3 0 10 Cain* 31 7-12 0-0 7 1 1 1 14 Cain* 18 1-8 0-0 6 1 0 0 2 Pulliam* 36 9-17 2-3 8 1 0 1 21 Whitish* 34 4-12 0-0 1 2 7 0 12 Whitish* 32 8-12 6-6 5 3 12 3 28 Burton* 34 0-7 2-2 7 2 4 0 2 Eliely* 28 6-9 0-0 5 2 0 5 12 Eliely* 30 5-8 0-0 4 2 2 1 12 Hamilton* 24 4-8 1-2 2 2 1 2 12 Kissinger* 22 5-7 2-2 2 3 1 1 15 Kissinger* 21 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Wood 18 3-5 0-0 2 3 1 2 7 Haiby 17 0-5 0-0 6 1 4 0 0 Haiby 17 5-7 0-0 2 2 3 1 13 Wolf 8 1-5 0-0 2 0 0 0 2 Veerbeek 8 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 0 0 Veerbeek 22 7-12 0-0 9 1 0 0 14 Galernik 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Simon 17 1-5 4-4 3 1 1 0 6 Mitchell 13 1-2 0-0 4 4 0 1 2 Jamison 2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Brown 19 4-7 1-1 3 1 1 1 9 Simon 17 2-9 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 Team Rebounds 3 Team Rebounds 2 Brown 20 3-5 1-2 3 0 2 0 7 Totals 200 23-64 7-12 51 15 12 5 58 Totals 200 27-61 8-9 33 18 15 10 69 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 33-67 7-8 41 15 21 7 84 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Wisconsin Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mershon* 22 2-4 0-0 7 2 1 2 5 Karlis* 29 2-3 3-4 1 3 2 4 8 Purdue Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 20 1-4 1-2 4 3 1 0 3 Howard* 33 7-13 4-6 7 3 2 0 18 Harris* 33 7-15 1-2 8 2 2 1 15 Whitish* 30 4-11 0-0 4 3 4 1 12 Lewis* 32 7-13 3-4 7 1 0 1 17 McLaughlin* 39 4-13 2-2 3 1 5 0 13 Eliely* 27 3-9 1-2 1 2 1 2 7 Van Leeuwen* 30 1-7 2-2 4 2 1 3 5 Oden* 33 6-12 4-4 6 4 3 2 18 Kissinger* 28 2-8 1-1 5 0 2 0 6 Beverley* 36 4-8 2-4 4 0 5 4 10 Traylor* 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Haiby 16 1-7 2-3 3 0 2 1 4 Gilreath 6 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Farquhar* 37 1-6 2-2 4 1 3 3 4 Veerbeek 21 4-9 0-0 5 3 1 0 9 Laszewski 15 4-6 0-0 4 0 0 1 8 Whilby 17 3-4 1-2 2 0 1 2 9 Mitchell 7 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 1 1 Hale 5 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Hardin 23 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 1 Simon 10 0-2 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 Luehring 14 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 Stallings 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 19 2-11 1-2 2 2 1 1 6 Team Rebounds 4 Gony 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 5 Totals 200 27-56 14-20 34 10 12 13 70 Diagne 5 2-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 4 Totals 200 19-65 8-14 41 15 13 8 54 Team Rebounds 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Totals 200 23-56 11-14 25 11 16 8 64 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 14 25 12 18 69 Northwestern 9 16 12 21 58 Wisconsin 8 19 22 21 70 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 11 10 13 20 54 Nebraska 18 18 26 22 84 3FG: Nebraska 7-23 (Whitish 4-10, Kissinger Purdue 6 22 15 21 64 3FG: Northwestern 5-16 (Hamilton 3-5, Wood 3-5, Eliely 0-1, Haiby 0-1, Brown 0-2, Mershon 1-1, Pulliam 1-3, Jamison 0-1, Burton 0-3, Hopkins 0-2, Simon 0-2); Wisconsin 2-10 (Karlis 1-2, Van 3FG: Nebraska 11-27 (Whitish 6-10, Haiby 3-4, 0-3); Nebraska 8-28 (Whitish 4-10, Mershon 1-1, Leeuwen 1-4, Beverley 0-1, Luehring 0-1, Gilreath Eliely 2-4, Brown 0-2, Kissinger 0-2, Veerbeek 0-2, Veerbeek 1-2, Brown 1-4, Kissinger 1-6, Eliely 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 30.4; Wisconsin 20.0. FG%: Simon 0-3); Purdue 7-18 (McLaughlin 3-8, Whilby 0-5). 3FG%: Northwestern 31.3; Nebraska 28.6. Nebraska 44.3; Wisconsin 48.2. FT%: Nebraska 2-3, Oden 2-5, Farquhar 0-1, Hardin 0-1). 3FG%: FG%: Northwestern 35.9; Nebraska 29.2. FT%: 88.9; Wisconsin 70.0. Steals: Nebraska 10 (Eliely Nebraska 40.7; Purdue 38.9. FG%: Nebraska 49.3; Northwestern 58.3; Nebraska 57.1. Steals: 5); Wisconsin 13 (Beverley, Karlis 4). Blocked Shots: Purdue 41.1. FT%: Nebraska 87.5; Purdue 78.6. Northwestern 5 (Hamilton, Wood 2); Nebraska 8 Nebraska 2 (Cain, Mershon 1); Wisconsin 4 (Howard Steals: Nebraska 7 (Whitish 3); Purdue 8 (Farquhar (Eliely, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: Northwestern 3). Turnovers: Nebraska 18; Wisconsin 18. Technical 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 5 (Cain 2); Purdue 9 (Kunaiyi-Akpanah 4); Nebraska 8 (Cain 4). Fouls: None. Officials:B. Morris, Hallead, Tieman. 4 (Harris 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 10; Purdue 11. Turnovers: Northwestern 14; Nebraska 8. Technical Attendance: 6,074. Technical Fouls: Purdue-Team-2 (Bench). Officials: Fouls: None. Officials: Roberts, Napier, J. Cross. Hall, Bird, Enlund. Attendance: 5,901. Attendance: 3,660. Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely’s driving layup with 0.7 seconds left gave Nebraska a 69-67 lead, but Game Highlights: Hannah Whitish erupted for a Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 10-point Kelly Karlis answered with a three-pointer in the season-high 28 points and a career-high 12 assists third-quarter deficit to take a 54-53 lead with 37 corner in front of Wisconsin’s bench as time expired for her first career double-doubler to lead Nebraska seconds left, but Northwestern made the plays at to give the Badgers a 70-69 win at the Kohl Center. to an 84-64 win at Mackey Arena. Whitish hit 8-of- both ends in the final 30 seconds to escape from The final shot gave Wisconsin its only lead of the 12 shots, including a season-high six threes, while Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 58-54 win over the game, as the Huskers built a 14-point lead on going 6-for-6 at the line. She added five rebounds Huskers. Hannah Whitish, who led the Huskers with three occasions. Nebraska led 39-27 at halftime, and three steals while committing just one turnover. 12 points on four three-pointers, hit a pair of threes but the Badgers used a big third quarter to cut Ashtyn Veerbeek added a big game off the bench in the fourth quarter, including the game-tying shot NU’s margin to 51-49 at the end of three periods. with 14 points while adding nine rebounds. Sam with 1:03 left. With under 40 seconds left, Nicea Behind explosive starts to the fourth quarter from Haiby pitched in 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting Eliely got a knock away, dove on the floor for a Kate Cain and Taylor Kissinger, who combined for while knocking down 3-of-4 threes, including a loose ball and was fouled. She hit the second of 10 quick points in the quarter, and a three-pointer running half-court heave at the buzzer to cap a big two free throws to give Nebraska its only lead of from Hannah Whitish, the Huskers rebuilt a 63-53 third quarter for the Big Red. Nicea Eliely added a the second half. That lead lasted just 12 seconds, lead with 6:55 left. Wisconsin tied the score for strong game with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting with as Northwestern’s Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah drove the first time in the game at 67 on a pair of Niya a pair of threes. Nebraska jumped to an 18-6 lead for a layup to give the Wildcats the lead for good. Beverley free throws with 1:01 left, before Eliely by holding Purdue to an opponent season-low six Akpanah finished with 10 points and a game-high finished high at the rim to give the Huskers their final first-quarter points. Nebraska extended the lead 19 rebounds for the Wildcats. Nebraska was unable lead. Eliely finished with 12 points, five rebounds to 27-9 early in the second quarter before Purdue to score down the stretch, and Veronica Burton and five steals. Kissinger led the Huskers with 15 rallied to cut the margin to 31-28 in the final minute hit a pair of free throws for Northwestern with six points on 3-of-5 three-point shooting, while Whitish of the half. But the Huskers got five straight points seconds left. Jordan Hamilton then got a steal of contributed 12 points on four threes to go along to end the half and take a 36-28 lead to the locker an inbounds pass, was fouled and hit the second of with seven assists. Cain pitched in 14 points and room. NU closed the third quarter on a 14-2 surge two free throws to seal the win with three seconds seven rebounds. Marsha Howard (18) and Imani to take a 62-43 lead to the final period, and Purdue left. Hamilton finished with 12 points, while Lindsey Lewis (17) combined for 35 points and 14 rebounds never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. Pulliam led all scorers with 21. for the Badgers. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 25 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #22 GAME #23 GAME #24 INDIANA 82 MICHIGAN 67 NEBRASKA 67 NEBRASKA 78 NEBRASKA 61 PURDUE 61 LINCOLN, NEB., FEB. 3, 2019 ANN ARBOR, MICH., FEB. 7, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., FEB. 10, 2019
Indiana Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Purdue Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Royster* 28 7-8 5-6 14 4 1 0 19 Mershon* 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Harris* 25 4-9 5-6 6 4 0 3 13 Wise* 35 1-6 1-1 4 3 2 3 4 Cain* 29 6-8 0-0 6 4 1 1 12 McLaughlin* 39 5-13 2-3 1 4 4 1 13 Yeaney* 31 0-8 1-2 2 3 6 1 1 Whitish* 33 5-11 0-0 3 3 3 2 13 Oden* 34 4-13 2-2 6 5 4 2 10 Penn* 30 7-15 5-5 5 5 0 1 20 Eliely* 28 2-7 0-0 8 0 6 1 4 Traylor* 23 2-8 0-0 2 3 0 0 6 Patberg* 39 8-12 4-5 2 2 6 0 22 Kissinger* 26 4-9 1-2 2 3 0 0 12 Farquhar* 36 2-4 3-3 14 3 3 2 7 Warthen 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Haiby 22 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 8 Whilby 20 3-6 0-0 1 2 2 1 8 Gulbe 16 3-4 0-0 3 5 0 0 7 Veerbeek 20 1-4 0-0 2 4 1 1 2 Hardin 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 Berger 20 3-10 2-2 5 2 0 0 9 Mitchell 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gony 13 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Team Rebounds 2 Simon 14 1-7 1-2 1 1 1 2 4 Diagne 6 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 4 Totals 200 29-63 18-21 37 24 15 5 82 Brown 12 2-6 1-2 3 3 1 0 6 Team Rebounds 4 Team Rebounds 3 Totals 200 22-55 12-14 36 24 14 9 61 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Totals 200 25-60 3-6 29 21 15 7 61 Mershon* 12 1-3 0-0 3 1 2 0 2 Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Cain* 27 4-9 1-2 6 4 2 0 9 Michigan Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mershon* 30 1-2 0-0 5 2 2 2 3 Whitish* 33 6-12 1-4 3 2 2 0 16 Brown* 25 3-9 0-0 3 1 2 0 6 Cain* 23 4-8 0-0 2 4 1 0 8 Eliely* 20 2-5 3-3 3 4 0 0 7 Thome* 31 2-6 4-6 2 2 2 0 8 Whitish* 30 0-4 0-0 5 2 5 1 0 Kissinger* 29 4-11 0-0 3 3 2 1 8 Dilk* 6 2-3 0-0 1 0 2 0 4 Eliely* 28 3-7 3-4 5 4 0 2 9 Haiby 22 5-8 7-8 3 2 1 0 17 Munger* 35 2-8 0-0 2 1 0 4 6 Kissinger* 18 2-5 4-4 4 1 0 0 8 Veerbeek 12 1-3 3-4 5 2 0 0 5 Church* 29 2-8 2-4 5 4 3 1 6 Haiby 19 1-5 5-8 2 0 1 0 7 Mitchell 7 1-1 0-2 1 1 0 0 2 Hillmon 26 6-9 6-7 11 2 0 1 18 Veerbeek 17 0-6 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 Simon 22 3-7 5-6 7 0 1 2 12 Robbins 17 2-6 1-2 3 0 0 0 5 Simon 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 2 Brown 16 0-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 Johnson 29 5-7 3-4 2 2 3 6 14 Brown 25 8-14 10-12 4 1 0 2 30 Team Rebounds 0 Rauch 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Team Rebounds 2 Totals 200 27-61 20-29 36 20 11 3 78 Team Rebounds 12 Totals 200 20-52 22-28 31 15 12 7 67 Totals 200 24-56 17-25 41 12 12 13 67 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Indiana 12 24 24 22 82 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Purdue 20 8 20 13 61 Nebraska 17 15 23 23 78 Nebraska 13 19 17 12 61 Nebraska 14 9 19 25 67 Michigan 17 18 13 19 67 3FG: Indiana 6-18 (Patberg 2-3, Gulbe 1-2, Berger 3FG: Purdue 5-16 (Traylor 2-3, Whilby 2-5, 1-3, Wise 1-3, Penn 1-5); Nebraska 4-22 (Whitish 3FG: Nebraska 8-23 (Kissinger 3-7, Whitish 3-7, McLaughlin 1-5, Oden 0-3); Nebraska 5-13 (Brown 3-6, Simon 1-4, Brown 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Mershon Brown 1-3, Simon 1-3, Eliely 0-1, Mershon 0-1, 4-6, Mershon 1-1, Kissinger 0-2, Whitish 0-4). 0-2, Eliely 0-3, Kissinger 0-5). 3FG%: Indiana 33.3; Veerbeek 0-1); Michigan 2-10 (Johnson 1-2, Munger 3FG%: Purdue 31.3; Nebraska 38.5. FG%: Purdue Nebraska 18.2. FG%: Indiana 46.0; Nebraska 1-3, Church 0-1, Brown 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 34.8; 40.0; Nebraska 38.5. FT%: Purdue 85.7; Nebraska 44.3. FT%: Indiana 85.7; Nebraska 69.0. Steals: Michigan 20.0. FG%: Nebraska 41.7; Michigan 78.6. Steals: Purdue 9 (Harris 3); Nebraska 7 (Brown, Indiana 5 (Wise 3); Nebraska 3 (Simon 2). Blocked 42.9. FT%: Nebraska 50.0; Michigan 68.0. Steals: Eliely, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: Purdue 5 (Harris Shots: Indiana 1 (Yeaney 1); Nebraska 5 (Cain 2). Nebraska 7 (Simon, Whitish 2); Michigan 13 4); Nebraska 7 (Cain, Eliely 3). Turnovers: Purdue Turnovers: Indiana 12; Nebraska 13. Technical (Johnson 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 9 (Cain, Eliely 19; Nebraska 14. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Fouls: None. Officials:Dickerson, Garland, Brooks. 3); Michigan 3 (Thome 2). Turnovers: Nebraska Zentz, Cross, Roberts. Attendance: 4,298. Attendance: 3,893. 18; Michigan 21. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Inouye, Hall, Pethtel. Attendance: 2,572. Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored 22 of her career-high 30 points in the second half to help Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 12-point Game Highlights: Nebraska led 51-49 with four Nebraska rally from a 10-point third-quarter deficit deficit late in the third quarter to tie the game on minutes left, but Michigan made enough plays to a 67-61 win over Purdue on Play4Kay Day at two occasions midway through the fourth, but down the stretch to escape with a 67-61 win over Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers trailed 33-23 Indiana made enough plays down the stretch to the Huskers at Crisler Arena. Nebraska went to early in the third quarter before Brown caught escape from Pinnacle Bank Arena with an 82-78 the final period with a 49-48 lead, and got a layup fire to spark the Nebraska offense. After getting win over the Huskers. Sam Haiby led the Huskers from Kate Cain two minutes into the quarter to eight points off the bench in the first half, Brown with 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting while knocking take a 51-48 advantage. In the first 6:26 of the final pumped in nine points in the third quarter before down 7-of-8 free throws. Hannah Whitish pitched period, Michigan managed just one free throw from pouring in 13 points in the decisive fourth period. in 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-6 Hallie Thome, but the Huskers went scoreless for Brown matched Purdue’s team total in the fourth threes, while Maddie Simon scored all 12 of her 6:24 between made baskets by Cain. From 3:34 quarter. She scored NU’s first seven points in points in the second half to help spark Nebraska’s to 1:57 left in the fourth, Michigan erupted on a the period then hit a huge three-pointer to push rally. Simon’s three-pointer tied the game at 65 9-0 run that included its only two field goals of the the Husker lead to 62-58 with one minute left. with 5:42 left, capping a 21-9 spurt over a span of quarter, a steal and layup by Akienreh Johnson She added a huge defensive rebound with 45.8 7:30 when Simon scored 10 points. The Huskers immediately followed by a steal and layup by seconds and immediately drew the fifth foul on tied the score again at 68, before Indiana surged Naz Hillmon that included a foul and a made free Purdue star Dominique Oden. Brown sank both to a 76-70 lead on a Jaelynn Penn three with just throw to put the Wolverines up 58-51 with 1:57 free throws following the foul to push NU’s lead over two minutes left. Penn finished with 20 points. left. Hillmon finished with game highs of 18 points to six points. She added a free throw 22 seconds Nebraska rallied again to trim the margin to 79-78 and 11 rebounds despite committing six turnovers. later to cap Nebraska’s first 30-point performance with 27 seconds left, but Ali Patberg, who finished Johnson added 14 points and six steals, as those in more than two seasons. Nicea Eliely added a big with a game-high 22 points, sank free throws down two Wolverines combined for 32 points off the defensive effort with three blocks, two steals and the stretch to seal the win. Kym Royster added a bench. Kayla Robbins added five points off the five defensive rebounds to go along with her nine double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds for bench, as Michigan reserves became the first group points. Kate Cain pitched in eight points, including Indiana. Penn, Patberg and Royster combined to hit to outscore Nebraska’s bench (37-20) on the season. back-to-back baskets to give Nebraska the lead for 22-of-35 shots for IU, while the rest of the Hoosiers Hannah Whitish led Nebraska with 13 points, while good in the fourth quarter. She added three blocks. went a combined 7-for-28. Taylor Kissinger and Kate Cain each contributed 12. Taylor Kissinger also contributed eight points, while Sam Haiby pitched in seven points off the bench. 26 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME #25 GAME #26 GAME #27 #7 MARYLAND 89 NEBRASKA 82 NEBRASKA 71 NEBRASKA 63 #24 MICHIGAN STATE 71 NORTHWESTERN 64 COLLEGE PARK, MD., FEB. 14, 2019 LINCOLN, NEB., FEB. 17, 2019 EVANSTON, ILL., FEB. 21, 2019
Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mich. St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Mershon* 20 2-4 2-4 5 1 0 2 7 Cooks* 8 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 0 4 Mershon* 19 0-1 4-4 4 1 0 0 4 Cain* 24 1-2 5-8 8 3 2 0 7 Allen* 31 5-13 2-2 9 5 0 1 13 Cain* 23 2-5 2-2 2 4 1 2 6 Whitish* 32 3-8 0-0 4 2 7 0 7 Colley* 37 7-19 2-2 4 3 3 1 17 Whitish* 35 7-14 0-0 2 2 5 1 19 Eliely* 29 6-10 4-4 3 1 0 0 18 McCutcheon* 34 3-10 0-0 4 1 2 3 8 Eliely* 28 3-6 0-0 3 3 4 1 6 Brown* 25 2-8 0-0 2 0 2 1 5 Clouden* 23 2-6 1-1 2 0 0 3 5 Brown* 20 1-3 2-2 4 0 2 1 5 Haiby 19 5-8 0-2 4 3 1 0 11 Ozment 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Haiby 17 3-6 4-8 2 1 3 2 11 Veerbeek 14 1-6 0-0 5 4 3 0 2 Cook 17 3-3 2-2 2 2 1 1 9 Veerbeek 15 1-2 0-0 4 2 2 0 2 Mitchell 11 1-3 1-2 1 3 0 0 3 Hollie 9 0-0 2-2 2 3 0 1 2 Mitchell 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Simon 11 0-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Gaines 30 6-8 0-0 7 2 1 0 13 Simon 21 6-6 1-2 5 0 0 0 15 Kissinger 15 1-3 0-0 3 0 0 0 3 Belles 7 0-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Kissinger 20 1-5 0-0 2 3 1 0 3 Team Rebounds 6 Team Rebounds 4 Team Rebounds 2 Totals 200 22-56 12-20 42 17 15 4 63 Totals 200 27-65 11-11 36 18 8 10 82 Totals 200 24-48 13-18 30 17 18 7 71
Maryland Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Northwestern Min FG FT RB PF A ST TP Austin* 21 2-8 6-8 7 2 0 0 10 Brown* 19 5-12 0-0 5 0 3 0 14 Kunaiyi-Akpanah* 24 8-13 3-6 13 4 3 2 19 Jones* 21 2-9 6-6 6 2 0 0 10 Mershon* 16 0-2 1-2 2 0 1 0 1 Scheid* 38 3-9 0-0 5 2 2 2 8 Charles* 34 9-19 4-6 6 3 1 4 22 Cain* 26 3-4 2-2 2 4 1 0 8 Wood* 31 1-4 1-2 3 4 1 2 3 Mikesell* 35 3-8 0-0 3 1 3 0 8 Whitish* 28 7-10 0-0 4 1 5 1 16 Pulliam* 36 5-21 3-3 1 1 2 0 14 Watson* 31 5-8 3-4 4 1 2 2 17 Eliely* 31 3-8 3-4 1 4 2 4 10 Burton* 40 3-8 1-2 0 5 9 3 8 Lewis 23 2-4 2-2 1 5 5 0 6 Haiby 19 2-4 0-0 3 4 5 1 4 Sancataldo 0+ 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Myers 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Veerbeek 12 2-3 2-2 1 2 1 0 7 Hopkins 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Vujacic 5 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Mitchell 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Wolf 15 3-5 1-2 5 1 0 0 7 Fraser 23 6-12 2-5 8 1 2 2 14 Simon 24 3-6 2-2 3 1 2 0 10 Galernik 14 1-3 2-2 0 0 1 1 5 Owens 3 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Kissinger 23 2-5 6-6 1 2 0 2 12 Team Rebounds 6 Team Rebounds 5 Team Rebounds 7 Totals 200 24-64 11-17 34 17 18 10 64 Totals 200 30-70 23-31 41 17 13 9 89 Totals 200 27-54 16-18 30 18 20 8 71 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Nebraska 20 20 20 11 71 Nebraska 15 19 11 18 63 #24 Michigan St. 18 8 15 30 71 Northwestern 15 11 18 20 64 #7 Maryland 22 19 28 20 89 Nebraska 27 15 20 20 82 3FG: Nebraska 10-18 (Whitish 5-8, Simon 2-2, Brown 3FG: Nebraska 7-16 (Eliely 2-3, Haiby 1-1, Kissinger 3FG: Michigan State 6-25 (McCutcheon 2-8, Cook 1-1, Haiby 1-3, Kissinger 1-4); Northwestern 5-17 1-1, Brown 1-3, Mershon 1-3, Whitish 1-4, Mitchell 1-1, Gaines 1-3, Allen 1-5, Colley 1-7, Clouden 0-1); (Scheid 2-5, Galernik 1-2, Pulliam 1-4, Burton 1-5, 0-1); Maryland 6-15 (Watson 4-7, Mikesell 2-5, Jones Nebraska 12-24 (Brown 4-5, Kissinger 2-3, Simon Wood 0-1). 3FG%: Nebraska 55.6; Northwestern 0-1, Lewis 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 43.8; Maryland 2-4, Whitish 2-4, Veerbeek 1-1, Eliely 1-4, Mershon 29.4. FG%: Nebraska 50.0; Northwestern 37.5. 40.0. FG%: Nebraska 39.3; Maryland 42.9. FT%: 0-1). 3FG%: Michigan State 24.0; Nebraska 50.0. FT%: Nebraska 72.2; Northwestern 64.7. Steals: Nebraska 60.0; Maryland 74.2. Steals: Nebraska FG%: Michigan State 41.5; Nebraska 50.0. FT%: Nebraska 7 (Cain, Haiby 2); Northwestern 10 4 (Mershon 2); Maryland 9 (Charles 4). Blocked Michigan State 100.0; Nebraska 88.9. Steals: (Burton 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Cain Shots: Nebraska 7 (Cain 4); Maryland 7 (Fraser 3). Michigan State 10 (Clouden, McCutcheon 3); 2); Northwestern 2 (Kunaiyi-Akpanah, Wolf 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 19; Maryland 8. Technical Nebraska 8 (Eliely 4). Blocked Shots: Michigan Turnovers: Nebraska 13; Northwestern 10. Fouls: Nebraska-Whitish, Williams. Officials: State 4 (Allen 2); Nebraska 8 (Cain 7). Turnovers: Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Zentz, Steratore, Napier, Hall, Green. Attendance: 4,478. Michigan State 23; Nebraska 22. Technical Fouls: Barb Smith. Attendance: 446. None. Officials: Enterline, Bonner, Enlund. Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely scored a season-high Attendance: 5,588. Game Highlights: Hannah Whitish poured in 19 18 points, but Maryland used a 16-0 run over the points while Maddie Simon added 15 points off final 3:06 of the third quarter to sprint to an 89-63 Game Highlights: Hannah Whitish led five Huskers the bench in a perfect shooting night from the field win over the Huskers at the Xfinity Center. The No. in double figures with 16 points, as Nebraska hit to help Nebraska hold off Northwestern 71-64 at 7 Terrapins got a 9-0 run in the first 2:05 to open a season-high 12 three-pointers on its way to an Welsh-Ryan Arena. Whitish buried 5-of-8 three- the game and maintained a 22-15 lead at the end 82-71 win over No. 24 Michigan State at Pinnacle pointers while Simon was 2-for-2 from long range to of the first quarter. The Huskers got a big second Bank Arena. Whitish, who hit a pair of threes, also help the Huskers continue their hot shooting from quarter from Eliely, who scored 10 points starting led Nebraska with five assists. Leigha Brown, who outside. For the game, the Huskers hit 10-of-18 with back-to-back threes to spark an 11-4 surge made her second straight start, led Nebraska with threes (.556) just days after going 12-for-24 from that cut the Terp lead to 29-26 midway through 4-of-5 three-point shooting on her way to 14 points beyond the arc in a win over Michigan State. The the second period. Maryland pushed the edge and a team-high five rebounds to go along with Huskers hit 50 percent of their shots from the field back to 41-34 at halftime, and Nebraska traded three assists. Taylor Kissinger pitched in 12 points, overall, including a 6-for-6 night from Simon. Sam blows with the Terps for the first seven minutes of including 2-of-3 threes, while knocking down six Haiby added 11 points, including five in the final the third quarter. However, Brianna Fraser scored straight free throws late in the fourth quarter to 1:15 to help the Huskers seal the win. Nebraska held and drew a foul to push the Maryland margin to 10. help seal the win. Nicea Eliely and Maddie Simon a 20-point lead early in the quarter and a 17-point Coach Amy Williams was assessed a technical and each contributed 10 points in a balanced effort for edge early in the fourth, before Northwestern cut Stephanie Jones made two free throws. Fraser then the Big Red. Kate Cain added eight points and a the lead to 63-60 with 4:49 left. But Nebraska held missed the and-one, but the Terps got the offensive season-high seven blocks to become Nebraska’s Northwestern without a field goal for well over six rebound and a Taylor Mikesell three-pointer. The sophomore season block record holder. The minutes late in the game and managed to push the seven-point possession gave the Terps and 15-point Huskers buried eight first-half threes to shoot to a margin back to 70-61 in the closing seconds. Pallas lead and opened a 20-0 run that pushed Maryland’s 42-26 halftime lead, before building their advantage Kunaiyi-Akpanah led Northwestern’s fourth-quarter lead to 73-45 one minute into the fourth quarter. to 22 points midway through the third quarter. surge and finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds, Kaila Charles led five Terps in double figures with Michigan State caught fire in the fourth period, but while Lindsey Pulliam managed 14 points but went 22 points. Sam Haiby added 11 points, while Kayla it was too little too late, as the Huskers sank free just 5-for-21 from the field. Veronica Burton added Mershon and Kate Cain were solid inside for NU. throws down the stretch. eight points, nine assists and three steals. HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 27 HANNAH WHITISH 3 5-9 Junior Guard Barneveld, Wisconsin (Barneveld)
Her 73 made threes marked the third-best WHITISH’S CAREER BESTS total by a sophomore in school history. Category Total Game Whitish dished out 150 assists, which tied for Points 29 Drake (12/9/17) the fifth-best total by a sophomore in NU history. 29 Kansas (12/6/17) She ranked among Big Ten leaders with 4.7 Rebounds 8 Penn State (2/22/18) assists per game, and she carried nearly a 2-to-1 assist to turnover ratio (150-77). 8 Minnesota (2/4/17) Whitish erupted for a career-high 29 points, Assists 12 Purdue (1/31/19) including 25 in the second half, to lead Nebraska Steals 4 Maryland (2/25/18) to a road win at Kansas (Dec. 6). She went 6-for- Blocks 2 Maryland (3/3/18) 6 from the field in the second half and knocked FGA 19 Drake (12/9/17) down eight straight free throws in the final 1:29 FGM 9 Michigan State (2/26/17) to seal the win. For the game she was a career- FTA 14 Kansas (12/6/17) best 11-for-14 at the free throw line. FTM 11 Kansas (12/6/17) She wrapped up the best week of her career 3-PT FGA 11 Three Times, most recent by scoring 29 points while adding six rebounds, 11 Illinois (1/10/18) six assists, two steals and a block to lead NU to 3-PT FGM 6 Purdue (1/31/19) an 89-84 double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). Illinois (1/10/18) Whitish hit eight straight free throws to seal the win. She earned the first Big Ten Player-of-the- HONORS & AWARDS She contributed 14 points and five assists Week award of her career (Dec. 11). in a road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31), before • Preseason All-Big Ten (1 of 12, 2018-19) Whitish produced a team-leading 18 double- managing 14 points at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. • All-Big Ten (Second Team, 2018) figure scoring efforts, including a team-high 20 25). Whitish closed the season with 12 points and • Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 11, 2017) points with a career-high six threes in a road a pair of threes against Arizona State (March 17) • Nebraska Offensive MVP (2018) win at Illinois (Jan. 10). It was her fourth career in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament • Nebraska Most Improved Player (2017) 20-point game and third of the season. in Austin, Texas. • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 20, 2017) She added 18 points and five assists in a win • No. 3 Nebraska Career 3FG (189) over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), before pitching in PERSONAL • No. 9 Nebraska Career Assists (354) 16 points and six assists to complete a season The daughter of Bob and Sherry Whitish, • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018) sweep of the Hawkeyes in Iowa City (Jan. 28). Hannah was born March 20, 1998, in Little Rock, • Wisconsin Miss Basketball (2016) She also had 18 points and six assists against Ark. She has a younger sister Jordyn, 15. Hannah Washington State (Dec. 22). is majoring in management at Nebraska. She JUNIOR (2018-19) Whitish scored 17 points and pulled down a earned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Hannah Whitish (pronounced WHITE-ish) team-high seven rebounds to lead Nebraska to a Team in 2017 and 2018. joins Nicea Eliely as returning third-year starters victory over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Whitish chose Nebraska over Wisconsin, for the Huskers in 2018-19. A preseason All-Big quarterfinals (March 2). She also pumped in 17 Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast. points on 5-of-7 three-point shooting in a road Ten choice, Whitish had one of the best games For more information on Hannah Whitish’s career, win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). She had 16 of her career with a season-high 28 points to go see pages 70-71 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s points and a game-high seven assists in a road along with a career-high 12 assists for her first basketball media guide. career double-double in a win at Purdue (Jan. win at Northwestern (Jan. 17). 31). Whitish tied her career best with six threes. Whitish has scored in double figures in 17 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS of NU’s 27 games, including 19 in a Husker win |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| at Northwestern (Feb. 21). She added 16 in a Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. win over No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17) and Drake 1-1 11/7 24 4-10 .400 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2-0 4 3 0 1 10 10.0 USC Upstate 2-1 11/11 15 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.5 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 against Indiana (Feb. 3). She had 15 points at at. Washington St. 3-2 11/16 38 3-10 .300 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 2.7 1-0 4 3 0 1 11 7.0 No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She scored 14 at No. at #24 Miami 4-3 11/23 23 4-7 .571 4-6 .667 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.3 2-0 1 4 0 1 13 8.5 19 Iowa (Jan. 3) and had 13 points at No. 24 vs. Radford 5-4 11/25 27 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 3.0 0-0 5 2 0 1 6 8.0 Miami (Nov. 23) and at Michigan (Feb. 7). Whitish at #5 Louisville 6-5 11/29 32 4-8 .500 2-4 .500 5-6 .833 0 3 3 3.0 4-0 3 4 0 2 15 9.2 at Creighton 7-6 12/2 28 1-10 .100 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 2-0 6 1 0 1 3 8.3 added 11 points in a win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). Kansas 8-7 12/5 26 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 3-6 .500 0 2 2 2.6 1-0 3 6 0 1 11 8.6 Whitish is averaging 10.4 points, 3.0 rebounds San Jose State 9-8 12/8 26 3-7 .429 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.7 1-0 8 3 0 1 9 8.7 and a team-best 4.4 assists. She has climbed to Denver 10-9 12/15 30 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 6 2 0 2 2 8.0 at Arkansas 11-10 12/18 28 4-10 .400 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 1 5 6 2.8 0-0 3 3 1 0 11 8.3 No. 3 on Nebraska’s career list with 189 made Michigan 12-11 12/28 31 1-10 .100 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.7 2-0 3 3 0 0 5 8.0 threes and No. 9 on the NU assist list with 354. at Ohio State 13-12 12/31 34 3-11 .273 3-8 .375 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2.6 1-0 5 1 0 3 11 8.2 at #19 Iowa 14-13 1/3 33 6-12 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 0-0 1 1 0 2 14 8.6 SOPHOMORE (2017-18) #9 Maryland 15-14 1/8 31 3-13 .231 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0 2 2 2.5 0-0 2 2 0 0 9 8.7 Rutgers 16-15 1/13 32 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 1 6 7 2.8 0-0 2 3 0 1 3 8.3 Whitish earned second-team All-Big Ten at Illinois 17-16 1/17 32 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 4-6 .667 0 3 3 2.8 1-0 7 0 0 2 12 8.5 honors and was named Nebraska’s offensive #23 Minnesota 18-17 1/20 26 3-8 .375 2-6 .333 4-4 1.000 0 2 2 2.8 2-0 2 4 0 0 12 8.7 MVP after leading the Huskers in scoring (12.6 Northwestern 19-18 1/24 30 4-11 .364 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0 4 4 2.8 3-0 4 3 0 1 12 8.9 at Wisconsin 20-19 1/27 34 4-12 .333 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.8 2-0 7 3 0 0 12 9.1 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three- at Purdue 21-20 1/31 32 8-12 .667 6-10 .600 6-6 1.000 1 4 5 2.9 3-0 12 1 0 3 28 10.0 point shooting (2.3 pg) in 2017-18. She was the Indiana 22-21 2/3 33 6-12 .500 3-6 .500 1-4 .250 1 2 3 2.9 2-0 2 1 0 0 16 10.2 only Husker to start all 32 games on the year. at Michigan 23-22 2/7 33 5-11 .455 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.9 3-0 3 4 0 2 13 10.3 Purdue 24-23 2/10 30 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 3.0 2-0 5 4 0 1 0 9.9 Whitish was a major catalyst in Nebraska’s at #7 Maryland 25-24 2/14 32 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 3 4 3.0 2-0 7 7 0 0 7 9.8 huge team turnaround from a 7-22 season #24 Michigan State 26-25 2/17 28 7-10 .700 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 4 4 3.0 1-0 5 4 0 1 16 10.0 in 2016-17 to a 21-11 campaign in 2017-18. at Northwestern 27-26 2/21 35 7-14 .500 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 2-0 5 5 0 1 19 10.4 Nebraska’s 14-game improvement tied for the Totals 27-26 803 94-250 .376 59-159 .371 33-46 .717 9 72 81 3.0 39-0 119 77 1 28 280 10.4 largest increase in victories in NCAA Division I women’s basketball in 2017-18. HANNAH WHITISH career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 29-17 728 88-215 .409 57-140 .407 27-37 .730 10-62 72-2.5 26-0 85 46 4 28 260-9.0 2017-18 32-32 993 133-333 .399 73-192 .380 64-82 .780 11-118 129-4.0 47-1 150 77 5 41 403-12.6 2018-19 27-26 803 94-250 .376 59-159 .371 33-46 .717 9-72 81-3.0 39-0 119 77 1 28 280-10.4 Career 88-75 2,524 315-798 .395 189-491 .385 124-165 .752 30-252 282-3.2 112-1 354 200 10 97 943-10.7 28 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SAM HAIBY 4 5-9 Freshman Guard Moorhead, Minnesota (Moorhead)
Michigan (Dec. 28). She had seven points and HAIBY’S CAREER BESTS career highs of six rebounds, eight assists and a Category Total Game block in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). Points 20 Washington State (11/16/18) “Sam has a great feel for the game. Her Rebounds 6 Wisconsin (1/27/19) athleticism and explosiveness allow her to make 6 Denver (12/15/18) plays for herself and others,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. “She has incredible potential Assists 8 Denver (12/15/18) on the defensive side of the basketball.” Steals 3 Three Times, most recent 3 Illinois (1/17/19) BEFORE NEBRASKA Blocks 1 Maryland (1/8/19) Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the 1 Denver (12/15/18) country by Prospects Nation and the No. 125 FGA 15 Washington State (11/16/18) player in the nation by Blue Star. She was also FGM 8 Washington State (11/16/18) ranked as the No. 28 guard in the country by FTA 11 Creighton (12/2/18) ESPN. FTM 8 Creighton (12/2/18) She overcame an early season knee injury as 3-PT FGA 4 Purdue (1/31/19) a senior to average 25.1 points, 7.1 rebounds 4 Creighton (12/2/18) and 5.3 assists per game, including a monstrous 3-PT FGM 3 Purdue (1/31/19) 46-point performance in a 54-49 win over White Bear Lake on Dec. 10, 2017. It followed a HONORS & AWARDS 45-point effort in a win over Brainerd on Nov. 28. Minnesota High School boys baseball game in • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 4, 2019) Haiby finished her high school career with more the spring of 2017. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018) than 2,000 points. As a junior, she averaged 22.1 PERSONAL • No. 122 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018) points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals, The daughter of Jay Haiby and Janet Haiby, • No. 125 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018) including a huge 44-point performance against Fargo Shanley on Jan. 17, 2017. A first-team Samantha Rae Brianna Haiby was born Sept. 25, • No. 28 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2018) Minnesota Class 4A selection for Coach Jed 1999 in St. Louis, Mo. She has an older brother, • First-Team Minnesota Class 4A All-State (2017) Carlson at Moorhead, Haiby finished her junior Andrew. She has not declared a major. season with 1,856 career points. Sam is a friend of current Nebraska soccer FRESHMAN (2018-19) player Allison Ulness, who was also a Moorhead An outstanding all-around athlete, Sam Haiby Haiby played her club basketball alongside Husker teammate Kayla Mershon for North Spud. Haiby, who chose Nebraska over (pronounced HY-bee) was ranked as one of the Minnesota, Arizona, Creighton, North Dakota top 125 players in the nation by both Blue Star Tartan and Coach Gerard Coury. Haiby was a part of five consecutive Minnesota State AAU State, South Dakota and South Dakota State, and Prospects Nation. She was also the No. 28 said she chose Nebraska because of the overall guard in the nation according to ESPN. championships with North Tartan. In addition to playing basketball, Haiby was a feel of the program. Despite those rankings, Nebraska coaches “It felt like home,” Haiby said. “I formed a feel that Haiby flew relatively under the national starting outfielder and pitcher on Moorhead High School’s baseball team in the spring of 2017. She great relationship with the coaches, and the recruiting radar. Haiby produced a big junior support from Husker Nation is unbelievable.” season by averaging 22.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, was the first pitcher to ever throw a pitch in U.S. 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals in 2016-17. She capped Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, taking the mound For more information on Sam Haiby’s career, see her high school career by averaging 25.1 points, for the Spuds against the Sartell Sabres at the pages 78-79 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists despite battling an home of the Minnesota Vikings and Super Bowl basketball media guide. early season knee injury as a senior. LII in the Twin Cities. She also became the first Haiby has opened her college career by female in history to pitch a scoreless inning in a averaging 9.7 points, while adding 3.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists. 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Haiby, who has scored in double figures 12 |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. times, produced a 16-point effort in a win over Drake 1-0 11/7 20 4-7 .571 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 13.0 No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20). She scored six USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 19 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.5 1-0 5 1 0 1 4 8.5 points in the fourth quarter including NU’s final at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 32 8-15 .533 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 2.7 2-0 3 1 0 0 20 12.3 at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 22 6-12 .500 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 0 5 5 3.3 0-0 2 1 0 2 14 12.8 four points of the game to seal the victory. She vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 19 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 0 1 2.8 1-0 2 0 0 1 6 11.4 added 13 points with a career-high three threes at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 24 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 1 0 1 2.5 1-0 1 5 0 0 12 11.5 in a win at Purdue (Jan. 31). at Creighton 7-0 12/2 26 4-11 .364 1-4 .250 8-11 .727 4 1 5 2.9 2-0 0 1 0 0 17 12.3 Haiby erupted for a career-high 20 points - Kansas 8-0 12/5 21 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 3 2 5 3.1 2-0 3 5 0 1 8 11.8 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 19 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 1-0 4 0 0 1 4 10.9 all after halftime - at Washington State (Nov. 16). Denver 10-0 12/15 21 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 4 6 3.4 2-0 8 0 1 1 7 10.5 She was also NU’s leading scorer with 17 points at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 24 6-13 .462 1-2 .500 3-5 .600 1 3 4 3.5 3-0 2 2 0 3 16 11.0 against Indiana (Feb. 3) and had 17 more at Michigan 12-0 12/28 24 4-10 .400 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 3.5 2-0 2 0 0 0 12 11.1 at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 26 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 2 3 3.5 2-0 2 2 0 1 8 10.8 Creighton (Dec. 2). at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 20 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 2 2 3.4 2-0 3 1 0 2 9 10.7 She led the Huskers again with 16 points to #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 20 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.3 0-0 4 4 1 3 8 10.5 go along with four rebounds, two assists and a Rutgers 16-0 1/13 24 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 0 2 2 3.3 1-0 1 2 0 0 5 10.2 at Illinois 17-0 1/17 21 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 5-5 1.000 1 1 2 3.2 2-0 2 0 0 3 7 10.0 career-high three steals at Arkansas (Dec. 18). #23 Minnesota 18-0 1/20 19 6-10 .600 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 0 3 3 3.2 1-0 3 2 0 0 16 10.3 Haiby scored 14 points at No. 24 Miami. She Northwestern 19-0 1/24 16 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 2 3 3.2 0-0 2 1 0 1 4 10.0 also led NU with 13 points in a season-opening at Wisconsin 20-0 1/27 17 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 2 6 3.3 1-0 4 3 0 0 0 9.5 at Purdue 21-0 1/31 17 5-7 .714 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.2 2-0 3 1 0 1 13 9.7 loss to Drake (Nov. 7), before scoring 12 points Indiana 22-0 2/3 22 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 7-8 .875 0 3 3 3.2 2-0 1 2 0 0 17 10.0 at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She contributed 11 at Michigan 23-0 2/7 22 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 2-0 2 3 0 0 8 9.9 points at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) and added 11 Purdue 24-0 2/10 19 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 2 0 2 3.0 0-0 1 1 0 0 7 9.8 more, including five in the final 1:15, to help seal at #7 Maryland 25-0 2/14 19 5-8 .625 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 2 2 4 3.1 3-0 1 3 0 0 11 9.8 #24 Michigan State 26-0 2/17 19 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.1 4-0 5 3 0 1 4 9.6 a road win at Northwestern (Feb. 21). at Northwestern 27-0 2/21 17 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 4-8 .500 1 1 2 3.0 1-0 3 0 0 2 11 9.7 Haiby opened Big Ten play with 12 points, Totals 27-0 569 92-211 .436 12-41 .293 65-95 .684 31 51 82 3.0 41-0 71 44 2 24 261 9.7 including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help Nebraska come from behind for a 70-56 win over SAM HAIBY career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2018-19 27-0 569 92-211 .436 12-41 .293 65-95 .684 31-51 82-3.0 41-0 71 44 2 24 261-9.7 Career 27-0 569 92-211 .436 12-41 .293 65-95 .684 31-51 82-3.0 41-0 71 44 2 24 261-9.7 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 29 NICEA ELIELY 5 6-1 Junior Guard/Forward Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rampart)
In 29 games, Eliely averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 ELIELY’S CAREER BESTS rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals. She also had Category Total Game 20 blocked shots on the season. Points 19 California (12/4/16) Eliely was extremely efficient in Big Ten play, Rebounds 9 Three Times, most recent shooting 52 percent (52-100) from the field, including 42.3 percent (11-26) from three-point 9 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) range to help Nebraska to an 11-5 Big Ten Assists 6 Six Times, most recent record and a tie for third in the regular-season 6 Michigan (2/7/19) conference standings. Overall, she hit 46.9 Steals 6 Minnesota (1/20/19) percent (90-192) of her shots from the floor, Blocks 4 Kansas (12/5/18) including 38 percent (19-50) of her threes. FGA 13 California (12/4/16) Eliely was a major contributor in powering FGM 8 California (12/4/16) Nebraska to a spot in the Big Ten Tournament FTA 8 Three Times, most recent semifinals by scoring 12 points to go along with 8 Michigan (12/28/18) six rebounds, an assist, a block and two steals in a FTM 7 Michigan (12/28/18) quarterfinal victory over Michigan in Indianapolis 3-PT FGA 8 Illinois (3/1/17) (March 2). It was her 12th double-figure scoring 3-PT FGM 4 Illinois (3/1/17) effort of the season. Eliely was a key part of Nebraska’s 14-game high-tying nine rebounds. improvement in the win column from 2016- She managed three points, a rebound, a HONORS & AWARDS 17, while helping the Huskers to eight more steal and three blocked shots against Arizona • Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017) conference wins than 2016-17. State (March 17) in the first round of the 2018 • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll She produced a season-high 17 points to NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. (Fall 2017) go along with three rebounds and two steals One of Nebraska’s best defenders, she • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018) in a road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Eliely played a key role in helping Nebraska lead the • No. 143 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015) went 5-of-6 from the field, including 3-for-3 from Big Ten in both field goal percentage defense • No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) three-point range against the Spartans. and three-point field goal percentage defense. • Colorado Class 5A (Second Team, 2016) Eliely scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in a road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). She added 13 PERSONAL JUNIOR (2018-19) points in a 24-point win over Purdue (Jan. 24), Queen Nicea Tyana Eliely was born July 12, Nicea Eliely (pronounced ny-SEE-ah EE-ly- while also producing 13-point games at San Jose 1998, in Colorado Springs. She is the daughter lee) returns for her third season in the Nebraska State (Dec. 17) and against Arkansas Pine Bluff of Actual Allah and Yee Fong. Her father, Actual starting lineup. A long, wing player with excellent (Dec. 2). Eliely played an outstanding game with Allah, played basketball collegiately at Colorado defensive skills, the 6-1 junior has continued to 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting to go along with State-Pueblo. Nicea is majoring in business improve offensively during her time at Nebraska. six rebounds in a win over Illinois (Feb. 1). She administration at Nebraska. She earned spots on She is averaging 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, closed the regular season with 11 points, five the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and 2.1 assists and a team-high 1.7 steals while rebounds and three assists at No. 13 Maryland 2018. starting all 27 games in 2018-19. (Feb. 25). She had 10-point efforts against No. Eliely had a season-high 18 points at No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13), at Northwestern (Jan. 7) For more information on Nicea Eliely’s career, see 7 Maryland (Feb. 14). She followed with her and against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19), when she pages 66-67 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s ninth double-figure effort of the season with just missed a double-double by adding a career- basketball media guide. 10 points and four steals in a win over No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). Eliely opened Big Ten play with back-to-back 14-point games in wins 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS over Michigan (Dec. 28) and at Ohio State (Dec. |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. 31). She fueled fourth-quarter comebacks in Drake 1-1 11/7 20 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 4-0 1 4 0 2 10 10.0 both games combining for 24 points in the final USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 23 3-8 .375 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 6 6 4.5 3-0 6 1 0 1 8 9.0 periods. She added five of her career-high six at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 20 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 4.0 3-0 2 1 0 1 8 8.7 at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 22 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 .600 1 4 5 4.3 1-0 2 2 1 2 10 9.0 steals in the fourth quarter in NU’s comeback vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 17 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.8 4-0 2 0 0 2 6 8.4 win over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20), helping the at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 24 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 6 6 4.2 2-0 3 1 0 1 8 8.3 Huskers hold the Gophers without a field goal at Creighton 7-7 12/2 30 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 3 5 8 4.7 4-0 2 1 1 1 9 8.4 for the final six minutes. Kansas 8-8 12/5 28 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 7 8 5.1 0-0 1 6 4 2 5 8.0 San Jose State 9-9 12/8 27 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0 2 2 4.8 2-0 5 3 0 0 6 7.8 Eliely also had 14 points in a win over Denver Denver 10-10 12/15 22 6-8 .750 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 4.8 3-0 3 3 0 2 14 8.4 (Dec. 15). She had 12 points, five rebounds and at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 23 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1 2 3 4.6 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 8.0 five steals at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). She added Michigan 12-12 12/28 25 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 7-8 .875 0 6 6 4.8 2-0 3 2 0 4 14 8.5 at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 22 5-9 .556 2-2 1.000 2-3 .667 3 3 6 4.8 3-0 1 0 0 1 14 8.9 12 points at Purdue (Jan. 31). Eliely scored 10 at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 25 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 4.5 4-0 5 4 0 1 5 8.6 against Drake (Nov. 7) and at No. 24 Miami (Nov. #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 27 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 4.3 0-0 3 4 1 1 9 8.7 23). She had nine points and a season-high eight Rutgers 16-16 1/13 23 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 4.1 1-0 0 4 0 3 2 8.3 at Illinois 17-17 1/17 25 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.1 3-0 0 5 0 1 2 7.9 rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 2). She matched #23 Minnesota 18-18 1/20 32 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 2 6 4.2 2-0 4 1 1 6 2 7.6 the eight rebounds in a win over Kansas (Dec. 5), Northwestern 19-19 1/24 27 3-9 .333 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 4.0 2-0 1 1 0 2 7 7.5 when she also set a career high with four blocks. at Wisconsin 20-20 1/27 28 6-9 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 5 4.1 2-0 0 3 0 5 12 7.8 at Purdue 21-21 1/31 30 5-8 .625 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2 2 4 4.0 2-0 2 2 0 1 12 8.0 Indiana 22-22 2/3 20 2-5 .400 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000 2 1 3 4.0 4-0 0 3 1 0 7 7.9 SOPHOMORE (2017-18) at Michigan 23-23 2/7 28 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4 4 8 4.2 0-0 6 2 3 1 4 7.7 Eliely started NU’s final 26 games after Purdue 24-24 2/10 28 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 0 5 5 4.2 4-0 0 0 3 2 9 7.8 missing the first three contests of 2017-18 while at #7 Maryland 25-25 2/14 29 6-10 .600 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 4.2 1-0 0 2 0 0 18 8.2 #24 Michigan State 26-26 2/17 31 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 3-4 .750 0 1 1 4.0 4-0 2 4 0 4 10 8.3 recovering from an ankle injury that kept her off at Northwestern 27-27 2/21 28 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.0 3-0 4 3 1 1 6 8.2 the court and out of practice for the month of Totals 27-27 684 81-164 .494 17-50 .340 42-53 .792 32 76 108 4.0 64-0 58 62 16 47 221 8.2 October and the first part of November. NICEA ELIELY career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 29-29 798 81-186 .435 24-66 .364 37-59 .627 48-59 107-3.7 70-3 74 70 21 46 223-7.7 2017-18 29-26 761 90-192 .469 19-50 .380 40-67 .597 42-73 115-4.0 53-1 49 63 20 36 239-8.2 2018-19 27-27 684 81-164 .494 17-50 .340 42-53 .792 32-76 108-4.0 64-0 58 62 16 47 221-8.2 Career 85-82 2,243 252-542 .465 60-166 .361 119-179 .665 122-208 330-3.9 187-4 181 195 57 129 683-8.0 30 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL KRISTIAN HUDSON 11 5-5 Senior Guard Birmingham, Alabama (Clay-Chalkville/FIU)
Her performance against Clemson included HUDSON’S CAREER BESTS a career-high-tying 10 rebounds and 10-for-10 Category Total Game free throw shooting. Hudson also notched a Points 35 UTEP (1/12/17) double-double with 11 points and a career-high- Rebounds 10 Clemson (12/21/17) matching 10 assists at Howard on Dec. 2, 2017. 10 UTSA (1/14/17) In her final season at FIU, Hudson shot a career-best .354 from the field, including .340 Assists 10 Three Times, most recent from three-point range. She also knocked down 10 Howard (12/2/17) a career-high .819 at the free throw line. Steals 8 Florida Atlantic (1/7/17) Blocks 2 UMass-Lowell (12/4/15) FGA 26 UTSA (2/14/18) SOPHOMORE (2016-17, FIU) FGM 11 UTEP (1/12/17) As a sophomore, Hudson contributed 12.1 FTA 13 UTEP (1/12/17) points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, while improving her field goal percentage to FTM 12 UTEP (1/12/17) .341 and her three-point field goal percentage 3-PT FGA 9 North Texas (2/8/18) to .303. She averaged 36.9 minutes per game, 9 North Dakota St. (12/20/17) including a remarkable 35-point, eight-rebound, 3-PT FGM 5 Bethune-Cookman (11/13/17) 10-assist effort while playing the full 55 minutes in an 88-87 triple-overtime win over UTEP on with 20 points and seven rebounds in a loss at HONORS & AWARDS Jan. 12, 2017. Miami on Dec. 22, 2015. Hudson notched her • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018) Her 35-point, 10-assist outburst against first of five career double-doubles with 12 points Conference USA-rival UTEP was the first of back- • Conference USA Player of the Week and 10 assists against Western Kentucky on Jan. to-back double-doubles for Hudson, joining an 7, 2016. (Dec. 26, 2017) 11-point, 10-rebound game that included six • Conference USA Player of the Week assists against UTSA on Jan. 14, 2017. Hudson (Jan. 16, 2017) finished with three 20-point scoring efforts PERSONAL SENIOR (2018-19) as a sophomore among her 19 double-digit Kristian is the daughter of Juanita Chamblin performances and Carlos Hudson Sr. She has an older brother, Kristian Hudson joined the Nebraska women’s Carlos Jr. She was a psychology major at Florida basketball team after earning her bachelor’s International and earned her bachelor’s degree degree from Florida International in just three FRESHMAN (2015-16, FIU) in just three academic years in the summer of years. The psychology major not only excelled in As a freshman, she started 29 straight games 2018. She is working toward her master’s degree the classroom, she also starred on the court for after coming off the bench for the first two in applied science at Nebraska. FIU for three seasons. games of her career. She averaged 9.9 points, A 5-5 point guard from Birmingham, Ala., 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 35.1 minutes per For more information on Kristian Hudson’s career, Hudson started her final 87 games at FIU and game. She shot just 30.5 percent from the field, see pages 62-63 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s amassed 1,076 points, 372 rebounds, 383 assists including just 23.6 percent from three-point basketball media guide. and 107 steals for the Panthers while playing range as a freshman. more than 1,000 minutes each season. She Hudson scored in double figures 16 times, averaged 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.3 including the first 20-point game of her career assists in 36.2 minutes per game over her 89- game career at FIU. Hudson averaged 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS and 1.1 assists through seven games, before |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. undergoing season-ending foot surgery during Drake 1-0 11/7 17 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1 0 1 1.0 1-0 3 0 0 2 7 7.0 Finals Week (Dec. 10-14). USC Upstate 2-1 11/11 21 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.0 1-0 3 1 0 0 6 6.5 She had seven points and three assists in the at Washington St. 3-1 11/16 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 4.3 at #24 Miami 4-1 11/23 18 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 1.8 0-0 1 2 0 0 3 4.0 opener against Drake (Nov. 7), before starting in vs. Radford 5-1 11/25 17 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.8 1-0 0 1 0 0 1 3.4 place of an injured Hannah Whitish against USC at #5 Louisville 6-1 11/29 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 2.8 Upstate (Nov. 11). Hudson had six points, three at Creighton 7-1 12/2 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.6 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.4 rebounds and three assists against the Spartans. Totals 7-1 101 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3 8 11 1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17 2.4
JUNIOR (2017-18, FIU) Hudson averaged 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists as a junior for the Panthers in 2017-18. She was at her best during the final seven games of her junior season when she averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 37 minutes per game. As a junior, Hudson produced 21 double- figure scoring efforts in 29 games, including nine 20-plus scoring efforts. She recorded season highs with back-to-back 27-point performances while playing the full 40 minutes against North Dakota State (Dec. 20) and Clemson (Dec. 21).
KRISTIAN HUDSON career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2015-16 31-29 1,088 109-357 .305 26-110 .236 62-79 .785 19-90 109-3.5 85-4 124 141 4 29 306-9.9 2016-17 29-29 1,069 119-349 .341 23-76 .303 89-119 .748 14-119 133-4.6 63-1 124 133 5 48 350-12.1 2017-18 29-29 1,063 146-413 .354 51-150 .340 77-94 .819 12-118 130-4.5 64-0 135 116 2 30 420-14.5 2018-19 7-1 101 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3-8 11-1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17-2.4 Career 96-88 3,321 380-1145 .332 102-344 .297 231-299 .773 48-335 383-4.0 218-5 391 400 11 110 1093-11.4 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 31 ASHTYN VEERBEEK 13 6-2 Freshman Forward Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian)
free throw line. She added 14 points for the third VEERBEEK’S CAREER BESTS straight game at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Category Total Game Veerbeek notched the first double-figure Points 19 Illinois (1/17/19) scoring effort with 13 points and nine rebounds Rebounds 14 San Jose State (12/8/18) in a win over Radford at the Miami Thanksgiving Assists 3 Maryland (2/14/19) Classic (Nov. 25), when she hit the first three Steals 2 USC Upstate (11/11/18) three-pointers of her career. Blocks 3 Three Times, most recent Veerbeek had seven points, 11 rebounds 3 Northwestern (1/24/19) and a career-high three blocks in a win over FGA 13 San Jose State (12/8/18) Kansas (Dec. 5). Veerbeek had nine points, six FGM 7 Purdue (1/31/19) rebounds and two blocks at Washington State FTA 9 Illinois (1/17/19) (Nov. 16). She opened with eight points and a FTM 8 Denver (12/15/18) team-high seven rebounds against Drake (Nov. 3-PT FGA 5 Arkansas (12/18/18) 7). Veerbeek had six points and six rebounds 3-PT FGM 3 Radford (11/25/18) against Creighton (Dec. 2) and Ohio State (Dec. 31), before pitching in six points and nine boards at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). As a senior, she averaged 25.8 points and 14.4 “She is a strong, yet agile athlete who is an rebounds per game. extremely talented basketball and volleyball Veerbeek finished her career with 1,871 HONORS & AWARDS player,” Coach Amy Williams said. “She is a points, 1,041 rebounds, 227 blocks, 203 assists • Miami Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team fierce competitor who simply knows how to and 99 steals. After earning Class 2A all-state (Nov. 23-25, 2018) win.” honors as a senior, she was named one of the 50 • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018) greatest Iowa high school girls players of all time • No. 55 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018) BEFORE NEBRASKA by the Des Moines Register. • No. 66 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018) Veerbeek, who was a two-time first-team Iowa • No. 68 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2018) Class 2A all-stater in 2017 and 2018, comes PERSONAL • No. 9 Forward in the Nation (ESPN, 2018) to Nebraska from the same high school that The daughter of Ron and Tammi Veerbeek, • Iowa Class 2A Player of the Year (IBCA, 2017) produced Husker volleyball All-American and Ashtyn was born on Feb. 15, 2000. She has • Captain of Iowa Class 2A U.S. Olympian Nancy Metcalf Meendering. two younger brothers, Trey and Chase. She is Veerbeek put the finishing touches on an majoring in marketing at Nebraska. All-Tournament Team (2017) outstanding high school career by being named Ashtyn’s mother, Tammi, is the head volleyball • First-Team Iowa Class 2A All-State first-team all-state in both basketball and coach at Western Christian. A volleyball (Coaches, 2016, 2017, 2018) volleyball for the second straight year. On the powerhouse, Western Christian has advanced to • Iowa Elite All-State Volleyball (All Class, 2017) basketball court, Veerbeek broke the Western 17 consecutive state semifinal appearances and • First-Team Iowa Class 2A All-State Volleyball Christian single-season scoring record for the owns 16 all-time state volleyball titles. (2016, 2017) second straight year with 619 points, after She chose Nebraska over Iowa, South Dakota • Iowa Class 2A All-Tournament Volleyball Team scoring 592 points as a junior. State, South Dakota, Creighton, Drake, Arizona (2015, 2016, 2017) Her point total as a senior ranked third among State and Missouri. all players in the state of Iowa, while her 346 FRESHMAN (2018-19) For more information on Ashtyn Veerbeek’s career, rebounds led the state. She added 86 blocks to see pages 82-83 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s The first commitment to the Huskers in rank eighth across all classes in Iowa. their 2018 signing class, Ashtyn Veerbeek basketball media guide. (pronounced VER-beek) made her commitment to Nebraska in December of 2016. 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS The 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| School in Sioux Center, Iowa, was ranked as the Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, No. 66 Drake 1-0 11/7 16 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 7.0 5-1 0 1 1 1 8 8.0 USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 18 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 5.0 3-0 1 2 2 2 6 7.0 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, which at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 21 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 2 4 6 5.3 3-0 0 2 2 0 9 7.7 also ranked Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 13 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.5 3-0 1 2 0 0 4 6.8 vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 20 4-6 .667 3-3 1.000 2-4 .500 1 8 9 5.4 3-0 0 1 1 1 13 8.0 Class of 2018. at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 12 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 5.3 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 7.0 Veerbeek is off to a solid start to her college at Creighton 7-0 12/2 19 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 6 6 5.4 2-0 0 2 1 0 6 6.9 career, averaging 7.0 points and 5.3 rebounds Kansas 8-0 12/5 19 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 3 8 11 6.1 3-0 0 0 3 1 7 6.9 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 17 5-13 .385 0-1 .000 4-5 .800 5 9 14 7.0 2-0 1 3 1 0 14 7.7 for the Big Red. She erupted for a career-high Denver 10-0 12/15 14 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000 2 3 5 6.8 4-0 0 1 0 0 14 8.3 19 points to help power Nebraska to a road win at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 19 5-10 .500 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 1 4 5 6.6 5-2 0 4 0 1 14 8.8 Michigan 12-0 12/28 16 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 6.3 3-0 0 1 0 0 3 8.3 at Illinois (Jan. 17). She added eight rebounds at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 23 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 5 6 6.3 3-0 1 0 1 0 6 8.2 and a block against the Illinois. Veerbeek added at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 18 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 6.5 3-0 1 3 0 0 6 8.0 her second double-digit scoring effort in Big #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 15 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 1 3 6.3 3-0 2 0 0 0 6 7.9 Rutgers 16-0 1/13 13 0-6 .000 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 2 1 3 6.1 2-0 1 0 1 1 4 7.6 Ten play with 14 points and nine rebounds in a at Illinois 17-0 1/17 22 6-9 .667 1-3 .333 6-9 .667 1 7 8 6.2 3-0 0 2 1 0 19 8.3 road win at Purdue (Jan. 31). She notched nine #23 Minnesota 18-0 1/20 17 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 6.1 3-0 0 1 3 0 6 8.2 points, five rebounds and three blocks against Northwestern 19-0 1/24 21 4-9 .444 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 5 5 6.1 3-0 1 0 3 0 9 8.2 at Wisconsin 20-0 1/27 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5.8 5-3 0 2 0 0 0 7.8 Northwestern (Jan. 24). at Purdue 21-0 1/31 22 7-12 .583 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3 6 9 6.0 1-0 0 1 1 0 14 8.1 She produced her first career double-double Indiana 22-0 2/3 12 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 2 3 5 5.9 2-0 0 3 1 0 5 8.0 at Michigan 23-0 2/7 20 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 5.7 4-0 1 3 1 1 2 7.7 with 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in Purdue 24-0 2/10 17 0-6 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 5.6 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 7.4 a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She had 14 at #7 Maryland 25-0 2/14 14 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 5 5 5.6 4-0 3 1 2 0 2 7.2 points in just 14 minutes in a win over Denver #24 Michigan State 26-0 2/17 12 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 1 0 1 5.4 2-0 1 1 0 0 7 7.2 at Northwestern 27-0 2/21 15 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 5.3 2-0 2 2 0 0 2 7.0 (Dec. 15), when she went a perfect 8-for-8 at the Totals 27-0 453 66-157 .420 9-33 .273 47-60 .783 35 109 144 5.3 79-3 18 42 25 8 188 7.0
ASHTYN VEERBEEK career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2018-19 27-0 453 66-157 .420 9-33 .273 47-60 .783 35-109 144-5.3 79-3 18 42 25 8 188-7.0 Career 27-0 453 66-157 .420 9-33 .273 47-60 .783 35-109 144-5.3 79-3 18 42 25 8 188-7.0 32 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GRACE MITCHELL 14 6-2 Junior Forward Wellington, Kansas (Wellington)
14). She added nine points and five rebounds in MITCHELL’S CAREER BESTS 16 minutes off the bench in a win at San Jose Category Total Game State (Dec. 17). Points 10 UMKC (11/14/17) She had four points and a career-high six Rebounds 6 USC Upstate (11/11/17) rebounds to help the Huskers notch a win over 6 Arkansas (11/16/17) Arkansas (Nov. 16). She added the first start of Assists 2 Michigan State (1/7/17) her career in place of an injured Maddie Simon Steals 2 Three Times, most recent against Creighton (Nov. 19). Mitchell managed 2 Kansas (12/5/18) seven points and five rebounds in 20 minutes Blocks 1 Seven Times, most recent against the Jays. 1 Maryland (1/8/19) Mitchell made her second career start again FGA 10 San Jose State (12/17/17) in place of Simon in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24). FGM 4 UMKC (11/14/17) She continued to contribute in Big Ten play FTA 5 San Jose State (12/17/17) with four points in a win at Illinois (Jan. 10), four FTM 3 San Jose State (12/17/17) more against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13) and four 3-PT FGA 2 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) points in just five minutes in a win over Purdue 2 San Jose State (12/17/17) (Jan. 24). Mitchell’s four points against the 3-PT FGM 1 Five Times, most recent Boilermakers came on back-to-back baskets to 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff (12/2/17) close the first quarter to give Nebraska a 12-11 HONORS & AWARDS lead at the end of the period. • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018) Mitchell had four points and four rebounds in She was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and • Academic All-Big Ten (2018) a win over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2). earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2018. • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll She closed her season by pulling down one She is also a four-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018; Spring 2017, 2018) rebound in six minutes of action off the bench Honor Roll selection. She was a member of the • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018) against Arizona State (March 17) in the 2018 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and • No. 51 Wing in the Nation (ESPN, 2015) NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. 2018. • Kansas Player of the Year She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian (USA Today HS Sports, 2016) PERSONAL Athletes. Grace chose Nebraska over 12 other • Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year (2016) The daughter of Jud Mitchell and Cathy Division I scholarship offers. • First-Team Kansas Class 4A All-State (KBCA, 2016) Mitchell, Grace was born April 2, 1998, in • Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League MVP (2016) Wichita, Kan. Grace has two older sisters, Sarah For more information on Grace Mitchell’s career, • First-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Jeanne (26), and Elizabeth (23). Grace is a see pages 68-69 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s (2015, 2016) nutrition and health sciences major. basketball media guide.
JUNIOR (2018-19) 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS A strong, hard-working post player who has |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. given the Huskers solid depth inside throughout Drake 1-0 11/7 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3.0 2-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 her career, Grace Mitchell returns for her third USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 14 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 4 2 6 4.5 2-0 1 2 0 1 6 3.5 season at Nebraska. at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.3 The 6-2 junior forward from Wellington, Kan., at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 7 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 14 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2.2 2-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.8 has played in 81 games in her Husker career and at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 1.8 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 gives Nebraska an explosive, powerful athlete in at Creighton 7-0 12/2 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7 the paint. Kansas 8-0 12/5 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 1.6 0-0 1 1 0 2 1 1.6 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.6 2-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.7 Mitchell had a strong effort off the bench Denver 10-0 12/15 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.6 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 against USC Upstate when she scored six at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 points and grabbed a career-high-matching six at #19 Iowa 12-0 1/3 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.4 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 1.3 #9 Maryland 13-0 1/8 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1-0 0 0 1 0 2 1.3 rebounds. She is averaging 1.1 points and 1.1 Rutgers 14-0 1/13 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 boards per contest this season. at Illinois 15-0 1/17 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 She missed Nebraska’s first two Big Ten #23 Minnesota 16-0 1/20 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 Northwestern 17-0 1/24 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 1.1 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 1.1 games against Michigan and at Ohio State with at Purdue 18-0 1/31 13 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 1.3 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1.1 a nagging foot injury, but returned off the bench Indiana 19-0 2/3 7 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 1.3 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.2 at No. 19 Iowa. at Michigan 20-0 2/7 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 “Grace remains one of our most explosive at #7 Maryland 21-0 2/14 11 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.2 3-0 0 0 0 0 3 1.2 #24 Michigan State 22-0 2/17 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 athletes and has been showing a lot of at Northwestern 23-0 2/21 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 confidence this offseason,” Nebraska Coach Totals 23-0 149 10-24 .417 0-3 .000 5-14 .357 11 15 26 1.1 25-0 3 8 3 5 25 1.1 Amy Williams said. “She could be a valuable part in establishing ourselves as a better defensive and rebounding team.”
SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Mitchell was a regular contributor off the bench for the Huskers in 2017-18. The 6-2 forward appeared in 29 games with two starts while averaging 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds. Mitchell produced the best effort of her career with 10 points in a win over UMKC (Nov. GRACE MITCHELL career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2016-17 29-0 311 21-51 .412 4-10 .400 5-8 .625 22-28 50-1.7 33-0 7 23 2 7 51-1.8 2017-18 29-2 247 25-65 .385 1-10 .100 7-18 .389 28-22 50-1.7 25-1 7 18 2 7 58-2.0 2018-19 23-0 149 10-24 .417 0-3 .000 5-14 .357 11-15 26-1.1 25-0 3 8 3 5 25-1.1 Career 81-2 707 56-140 .400 5-23 .217 17-40 .425 61-65 126-1.6 83-1 17 49 7 19 134-1.7 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 33 MADDIE SIMON 24 6-2 Senior Forward Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Pius X)
Simon was an integral part of Nebraska’s team SIMON’S CAREER BESTS turnaround, helping the Huskers to a 14-game Category Total Game improvement in the win column including eight Points 20 San Jose State (12/17/17) more Big Ten wins than 2016-17. She played 28 Rebounds 12 Arkansas (11/16/17) games with 27 starts. The Huskers were 20-8 Assists 5 Minnesota (12/31/17) with Simon on the court, 1-3 without her. She produced 14 double-figure efforts on Steals 3 Minnesota (12/31/17) the year, including 19 points in a win over No. 3 Virginia (11/26/16) 20 Iowa (Jan. 16) and 19 more in another win Blocks 2 Wisconsin (2/11/18) at Iowa (Jan. 28). Simon scored a career-high 20 2 UConn (12/21/16) points at San Jose State (Dec. 17). FGA 15 Minnesota (12/31/17) Simon had a huge 18-point, eight-rebound 15 Drake (12/9/17) effort that included a career-high five assists and FGM 9 San Jose State (12/17/17) a career-high-tying three steals in a Big Ten road FTA 10 Iowa (1/28/18) win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). She scored 16 points FTM 9 Iowa (1/28/18) in the second half, including a go-ahead hook 3-PT FGA 6 Ohio State (1/29/17) shot and two free throws in the final 30 seconds 6 Northwestern (2/28/16) to power Nebraska’s comeback win. 3-PT FGM 3 Ohio State (1/29/17) She came up big with 16 points and six 3 Northwestern (2/28/16) rebounds in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). HONORS & AWARDS Simon produced 12 points, six rebounds, two • Nebraska Kathy Branchaud Most Improved assists and two steals in a win over Purdue (Jan. Neb. Maddie has two older brothers, Bennett Rebounder Award (2018) 24), 11 points in a win at Illinois (Jan. 10) and and Zach, who both graduated from Nebraska. • Husker Award (2016) 10 points in a win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). She Maddie’s mother was a hurdler/sprinter for • Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018) opened Big Ten play with 14 points and six Coach Gary Pepin’s 1983 and 1984 national • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll rebounds against No. 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). championship track and field teams. Nicole was (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018; Spring 2016, 2018) Simon suffered a severe ankle sprain late in the first female track and field CoSIDA Academic • Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2017, 2018) pregame warm-ups prior to Nebraska’s loss to All-American at Nebraska. She was also a four- • Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2017) Creighton (Nov. 19). Simon was unable to play time All-American on the track. • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team at all against the Jays and missed four straight A two-time academic All-Big Ten selection, (2016, 2017, 2018) games with the injury, including losses to Buffalo Maddie is a communication studies major who • Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2015) (Nov. 23) and Clemson (Nov. 30). has earned four spots on the Nebraska Scholar- • Two-Time First-Team Super-State She returned against Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. Athlete Honor Roll. She is a three-time member (Lincoln Journal Star, 2014, 2015) 2) starting a stretch a five straight non-conference of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. She also • Two-Time First-Team All-Nebraska wins, including 17 points, six rebounds, four earned a prestigious Nebraska Sam Foltz Hero (Omaha World-Herald, 2014, 2015) assists and two steals in a career-high 34 minutes 27 Leadership Award in 2017. • No. 149 Player in Nation (Blue Star, 2015) at Drake. After 20 points at San Jose State, she Maddie is the niece of University of Maryland added 13 points in a win over FAU (Dec. 19). men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon and SENIOR (2018-19) Denver women’s basketball coach Jim Turgeon. The only fourth-year Husker in 2018-19, PERSONAL senior Maddie Simon has been big off the bench For more information on Maddie Simon’s career, The daughter of Doug and Nicole (Ali) Simon, see pages 64-65 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s for Nebraska the past two games. She is coming Maddie was born Feb. 7, 1997, in Lincoln, off a 15-point, five-rebound effort in a win at basketball media guide. Northwestern (Feb. 21), after getting 10 points in a win over No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| She has posted double figures in nine games, Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. including back-to-back contests to open Big Ten Drake 1-1 11/7 14 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 2-0 0 3 0 1 4 4.0 play. She had a season-high-tying 16 points at USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 18 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 0-0 3 3 0 2 10 7.0 at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 40 6-12 .500 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 7 7 5.0 2-0 1 3 0 2 15 9.7 Ohio State (Dec. 31). It followed a 10-point effort at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 14 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 4.5 2-0 2 2 0 0 2 7.8 in a win over Michigan (Dec. 28). Simon had 12 vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 18 5-9 .556 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 4.2 1-0 2 3 0 1 13 8.8 points and a season-high seven boards against at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 27 6-11 .545 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 4.2 1-0 2 1 1 0 16 10.0 at Creighton 7-7 12/2 22 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 1 3 4 4.1 4-0 0 4 0 0 7 9.6 Indiana (Feb. 3). She set a season high with 16 Kansas 8-8 12/5 20 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 4.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 5 9.0 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She produced San Jose State 9-9 12/8 18 3-10 .300 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 3 6 4.2 0-0 3 3 1 0 6 8.7 a 15-point, seven-rebound effort at Washington Denver 10-10 12/15 17 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 3 3 4.1 1-0 2 2 0 1 8 8.6 State (Nov. 16). She added 13 points in a win at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 16 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0 6 6 4.3 1-0 1 4 0 0 4 8.2 Michigan 12-12 12/28 20 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 2 2 4.1 2-0 0 4 0 0 10 8.3 over Radford (Nov. 25). She had 10 points in a at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 20 7-10 .700 0-3 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 1 4 0 0 16 8.9 win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 19 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 4 6 4.1 1-0 2 3 0 0 4 8.6 Simon is averaging 7.0 points, 3.1 rebounds #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 18 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.9 2-0 0 1 0 2 6 8.4 Rutgers 16-16 1/13 9 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 0 0 3.6 2-0 0 2 0 0 3 8.1 and 1.0 assist. at Illinois 17-16 1/17 16 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.5 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 7.8 #23 Minnesota 18-16 1/20 17 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 1 1 3.3 4-0 2 0 0 0 0 7.6 JUNIOR (2017-18) Northwestern 19-16 1/24 10 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 1 3 3.3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 7.2 at Wisconsin 20-16 1/27 17 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 0 3 3 3.3 1-0 1 0 0 0 6 7.2 After a move to power forward, Simon at Purdue 21-16 1/31 17 2-9 .222 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 0-0 0 2 1 1 4 7.0 averaged 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 Indiana 22-16 2/3 22 3-7 .429 1-4 .250 5-6 .833 1 6 7 3.3 0-0 1 1 0 2 12 7.2 assists in 2017-18. Simon was one of the Big at Michigan 23-16 2/7 14 1-7 .143 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 1 1 3.2 1-0 1 0 1 2 4 7.1 Ten’s most improved players, increasing her Purdue 24-16 2/10 10 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 1-0 2 1 0 0 2 6.9 at #7 Maryland 25-16 2/14 11 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 6.6 scoring (+6.0 ppg) and rebounding (+3.0 rpg) by #24 Michigan State 26-16 2/17 24 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 1-0 2 3 1 0 10 6.7 impressive margins over 2016-17. at Northwestern 27-16 2/21 21 6-6 1.000 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 0 5 5 3.1 0-0 0 1 0 0 15 7.0 Totals 27-16 489 70-165 .424 13-44 .295 37-53 .698 14 69 83 3.1 33-0 28 52 6 15 190 7.0 MADDIE SIMON career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2015-16 21-5 299 37-90 .411 12-35 .343 19-26 .731 6-23 29-1.4 17-0 22 26 4 1 105-5.0 2016-17 29-0 367 40-123 .325 19-67 .284 19-37 .514 22-45 67-2.3 42-0 24 42 6 12 118-4.1 2017-18 28-27 708 104-268 .388 17-73 .233 57-73 .781 37-110 147-5.3 54-2 55 68 7 23 282-10.1 2018-19 27-16 489 70-165 .424 13-44 .295 37-53 .698 14-69 83-3.1 33-0 28 52 6 15 190-7.0 Career 105-48 1,861 251-646 .389 61-219 .279 132-189 .698 79-247 326-3.1 146-2 129 188 23 51 695-6.6 34 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL KATE CAIN 31 6-5 Sophomore Center Middletown, New York (Pine Bush)
FRESHMAN (2017-18) CAIN’S CAREER BESTS Cain made an instant impact by averaging Category Total Game 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and Points 22 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) 3.1 blocks in 2017-18. She led the Big Ten and Rebounds 20 Penn State (2/22/18) ranked among the top eight players nationally Assists 3 Five Times, most recent with a school-record 100 blocks on the season 3 Rutgers (1/13/19) to help the Huskers lead the Big Ten in both field Steals 2 Three Times, most recent goal percentage defense and three-point field 2 Wisconsin (2/11/18) goal percentage defense. Cain started NU’s last 31 games while playing Blocks 11 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) in all 32 contests in 2017-18. She earned her FGA 16 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) spots on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team and the FGM 10 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) Big Ten All-Freshman Team. She was the only FTA 8 Maryland (2/14/19) freshman or sophomore to make the five-player FTM 5 Maryland (2/14/19) conference all-defensive unit. 3-PT FGA 0 None The four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week 3-PT FGM 0 None produced a school-record performance against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) with 22 points, 14 PERSONAL rebounds and a school-record 11 blocks for the The daughter of Tim and Alison Cain, first points-rebounds-blocks triple-double in Katherine (Kate) was born May 18, 1999. She has HONORS & AWARDS Nebraska history. • Lisa Leslie Award Candidate (1 of 20, 2018-19) a strong family background in basketball. Cain, who blocked at least one shot in each of Kate’s father graduated as the all-time leading • Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2018) her first 31 games, produced six games with five • Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2018) scorer (1,872 points) in Manhattan College or more blocks, including the top three single- history. He was a two-time honorable-mention • Four-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week game totals by a freshman in Husker history. (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26, 2017) All-American by The Sporting News, averaging Cain produced her fifth double-double with 14 17.3 points during his career for the Jaspers. • Nebraska Season Block Record (100, 2018) points and 20 rebounds to go along with three • No. 4 at Nebraska in Career Blocks (173) Kate’s mother, Alison (Martinsky) Cain, was blocks in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 a 1,000-point scorer as a collegian at Fairfield, • Nebraska Sophomore Block Record (73, 2019) rebounds tied for the sixth-best total in Husker • Nebraska Single-Game Block Record finishing with 1,071 points. She also ranked 10th history. She helped Nebraska post a plus-29 in Fairfield history with 734 career rebounds, (11 vs. Florida Atlantic, Dec. 19, 2017) team rebound margin against Penn State - the • First Points-Rebounds-Blocks Triple-Double while ranking second in Stags history with 268 biggest margin against a conference opponent blocks. Alison played professionally in Ireland. in School History - vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 in Husker history. (22 points, 14 rebounds, 11 blocks) Kate’s older brother, John, is a 6-10 starting Cain had a double-double with 19 points, 14 left-handed pitcher for the Lafayette baseball • Nebraska Conference Tournament Record rebounds and four blocks in a win at Drake (Dec. Blocks in Game (7, vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018) team. She also has a younger brother, Chris. 9). She notched a double-double with 16 points, Kate is a management major and earned spots • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll 11 rebounds and three blocks against Arkansas (Fall 2017, 2018; Spring 2018) on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in Pine Bluff (Dec. 2). She recorded her first double- both the fall and spring semesters of 2017-18. • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018) double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four • No. 82 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2016) She was also a member of the Tom Osborne blocks in a win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). Citizenship Team in 2018. • No. 10 Post in the Nation (ESPN, 2016) Cain finished with 15 double-figure scoring efforts, six double-digit rebound games and one For more information on Kate Cain’s career, see SOPHOMORE (2018-19) double-figure block contest on the year. pages 72-73 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s Kate Cain anchored Nebraska’s team basketball media guide. turnaround as a freshman. The 6-5 center shattered the school record with 100 blocked 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS shots, while leading the Big Red with 7.0 |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. rebounds per game. She also pitched in 9.9 Drake 1-1 11/7 24 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 7.0 2-0 0 4 3 0 4 4.0 points per contest to earn spots on the Big Ten USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 19 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 5.0 3-0 2 2 3 1 16 10.0 All-Defensive and Big Ten All-Freshman teams. at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 30 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 9 10 6.7 5-1 0 0 4 1 10 10.0 Cain is averaging 7.3 points and team bests at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 27 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 5.8 0-0 1 2 1 1 8 9.5 vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 18 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 6.0 1-0 2 1 2 0 8 9.2 with 5.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in 2018-19. at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 28 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 8 10 6.7 3-0 2 1 3 1 5 8.5 She put up her best effort of the season with 16 at Creighton 7-7 12/2 20 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 6.3 2-0 1 1 0 0 12 9.0 points and a season-high 17 rebounds in a win Kansas 8-8 12/5 18 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 6.3 2-0 0 1 3 0 4 8.4 San Jose State 9-9 12/8 23 8-9 .889 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 5 12 17 7.4 0-0 2 1 3 1 16 9.2 over San Jose State. She hit 8-of-9 shots from Denver 10-10 12/15 26 7-9 .778 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 0 5 5 7.2 3-0 0 0 2 0 14 9.7 the field in her second double-double of the at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 17 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 7.0 5-2 1 0 3 0 4 9.2 season. She followed with 14 points on 7-of-9 Michigan 12-12 12/28 24 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 6.9 3-0 2 2 4 1 5 8.8 at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 16 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 6.5 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 8.2 shooting in a win over Denver (Dec. 15) at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 18 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 6.4 5-3 1 2 3 1 3 7.8 She set her season high with 16 points in a #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 24 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 8 10 6.7 2-0 2 1 6 0 5 7.6 win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11) and notched her Rutgers 16-16 1/13 26 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 7 9 6.8 3-0 3 4 0 0 3 7.3 at Illinois 17-17 1/17 17 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 6.8 2-0 1 1 0 1 8 7.4 first double-double of the year with 10 points, #23 Minnesota 18-18 1/20 23 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 6.4 2-0 0 1 4 1 4 7.2 10 rebounds and four blocks at Washington Northwestern 19-19 1/24 20 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 3 4 6.3 3-0 1 0 4 0 3 6.9 State (Nov. 16). Cain had 14 points and seven at Wisconsin 20-20 1/27 31 7-12 .583 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 4 7 6.4 1-0 1 3 1 1 14 7.3 rebounds at Wisconsin (Jan. 27). She had 12 at Purdue 21-21 1/31 18 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 6.3 1-0 0 2 2 0 2 7.0 Indiana 22-22 2/3 27 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 6.3 4-0 2 1 2 0 9 7.1 points at Michigan (Feb. 7) and Creighton (Dec. at Michigan 23-23 2/7 29 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 6 6 6.3 4-0 1 2 3 1 12 7.3 2). Cain had 10 rebounds at Louisville (Nov. 29). Purdue 24-24 2/10 23 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 6.1 4-0 1 0 3 0 8 7.4 She ranks No. 4 on the Nebraska career block at #7 Maryland 25-25 2/14 24 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 2 6 8 6.2 3-0 2 1 4 0 7 7.4 #24 Michigan State 26-26 2/17 26 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 6.0 4-0 1 1 7 0 8 7.4 list with 173, including a season-high seven at Northwestern 27-27 2/21 23 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 5.9 4-0 1 1 2 2 6 7.3 against No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). Totals 27-27 619 91-178 .511 0-0 .000 16-27 .593 39 120 159 5.9 75-3 30 36 73 13 198 7.3 KATE CAIN career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2017-18 32-31 831 146-258 .566 0-0 .000 24-56 .429 58-165 223-7.0 95-3 33 40 100 19 316-9.9 2018-19 27-27 619 91-178 .511 0-0 .000 16-27 .593 39-120 159-5.9 75-3 30 36 73 13 198-7.3 Career 59-58 1,550 237-436 .544 0-0 .000 40-83 .482 97-285 382-6.5 170-6 63 76 173 32 514-8.7 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 35 LEIGHA BROWN 32 6-1 Freshman Forward Auburn, Indiana (DeKalb)
points and career highs of five assists and two BROWN’S CAREER BESTS steals in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). She scored Category Total Game 13 points in a win over Radford (Nov. 25). Points 30 Purdue (2/10/19) “We are so excited for all that Leigha will Rebounds 6 Rutgers (1/13/19) bring to our program. She is a versatile guard Assists 5 Denver (12/15/18) with good size and has the ability to score at Steals 2 Three Times, most recent all three levels,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams 2 Purdue (2/10/19) said. “She understands how to work and fits the Blocks 1 Three Times, most recent culture we are establishing at Nebraska. Each 1 Maryland (2/14/19) time Leigha steps on the court, she plays like she FGA 14 Purdue (2/10/19) has something to prove, and we will welcome FGM 8 Purdue (2/10/19) that sense of urgency into our program.” 8 San Jose State (12/8/18) BEFORE NEBRASKA FTA 12 Purdue (2/10/19) 12 Ohio State (12/31/18) Brown averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, FTM 10 Purdue (2/10/19) 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game 3-PT FGA 6 Purdue (2/10/19) as a senior at DeKalb High School in 2017-18. It 3-PT FGM 4 Michigan State (2/17/19) followed her junior season when she averaged 4 Purdue (2/10/19) 22.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 HONORS & AWARDS blocks for Coach Brett Eltzroth in 2016-17 on • Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 11, 2019) her way to IBCA Supreme 15 Underclass All- Year and a first-team All-American. • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7, 2019) State honors. She earned second-team Class Brown played her club basketball for Always • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018) 4A all-state honors after averaging 17.9 points, 100 coached by Julius Smith. 8.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a • No. 21 Forward in the Nation (ESPN, 2017) PERSONAL • IBCA Supreme 15 Underclass All-State (2017) sophomore in 2015-16. She was honorable- The daughter of Jenese Brown and Nate • Indiana Class 4A All-State (2nd Team, 2016) mention all-state as a freshman in 2014-15. Brown closed her high school career with Brown, Leigha was born July 14, 2000 in Auburn, • Indiana Class 4A All-State (HM, 2015) Ind. She has a younger sister, Jayla. Leigha is • IBCA State Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2017) 1,798 points, 810 rebounds, 325 assists and 161 steals and 86 blocked shots. In the first majoring in management at Nebraska. FRESHMAN (2018-19) game of her senior season, Brown notched a She chose Nebraska over Xavier, Belmont, triple-double with 34 points, 20 rebounds and Western Michigan, Wright State, Indiana State, One of the top players in Indiana, Leigha Youngstown State, American and IUPUI. Brown (pronounced LEE-uh) averaged 28.0 10 assists. Her second game as a senior, she erupted for a career-high 53 points to go along “I believe it is a perfect fit for me,” Brown said. points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a senior “The coaching staff, fans and the opportunities at DeKalb High School in 2017-18, and was with 24 rebounds in a win over Lakeland. Her 53-point performance ranked second in that the school provides were exactly what I was ranked as the No. 21 forward in the nation by looking for in a school.” ESPN in the class of 2018. DeKalb history, just four points shy of the school Brown is off to a solid start to her college record held by MaChelle Joseph, who is Georgia For more information on Leigha Brown’s career, career by averaging 9.9 points, 2.7 rebounds Tech’s current head coach, Purdue’s all-time see pages 76-77 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s and 1.3 assists through 27 games with three leading scorer, the 1992 Big Ten Player of the basketball media guide. straight starts. She made her first career starts in place of an ill Taylor Kissinger at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) and No. 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS She erupted for a career-high 30 points, |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| including 22 in the second half, in NU’s win over Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. Drake 1-0 11/7 15 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 4-0 2 4 0 1 6 6.0 Purdue (Feb. 10). She set career highs with four USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 19 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2.5 2-0 1 1 0 1 7 6.5 threes and 10 free throws made against the at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 10 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2.0 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 5.0 at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 16 2-6 .333 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.8 3-0 0 0 0 0 8 5.8 Boilers while tying a career high with two steals. vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 20 5-9 .556 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000 1 0 1 1.6 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 7.2 She tied a career best by hitting four more threes at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 14 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0 2 2 1.7 1-0 0 2 0 0 4 6.7 in a win over No. 24 Michigan State on her way at Creighton 7-0 12/2 20 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 1 3 4 2.0 1-0 0 0 0 1 7 6.7 Kansas 8-0 12/5 16 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 4-0 0 0 0 1 4 6.4 to 14 points, five rebounds and three assists. San Jose State 9-0 12/8 23 8-11 .727 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 3 0 3 2.1 1-0 1 1 0 1 18 7.7 Brown added 20 points while matching a Denver 10-0 12/15 23 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 7-8 .875 2 0 2 2.1 3-0 5 2 0 2 17 8.6 at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 16 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2.1 1-0 1 1 0 0 9 8.5 career best with two steals at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. Michigan 12-0 12/28 19 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000 2 3 5 2.3 2-0 1 0 0 0 11 8.8 3). It followed a then-career-high 19 points to at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 18 4-9 .444 2-5 .400 9-12 .750 0 4 4 2.5 2-0 3 2 0 1 19 9.6 go along with four rebounds, three assists and at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 18 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 5-6 .833 0 0 0 2.3 5-1 1 0 0 2 20 10.4 #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 21 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 2.5 1-0 0 3 0 1 4 9.9 a steal in a Big Ten road win at Ohio State (Dec. Rutgers 16-0 1/13 25 5-8 .625 3-3 1.000 5-8 .625 1 5 6 2.7 1-0 2 1 0 1 18 10.4 31). Brown opened Big Ten play with 11 points at Illinois 17-0 1/17 20 4-11 .364 0-3 .000 2-4 .500 0 1 1 2.6 1-0 1 1 0 1 10 10.4 and five rebounds in a win over Michigan (Dec. #23 Minnesota 18-0 1/20 16 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 10.3 Northwestern 19-0 1/24 19 2-11 .182 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 1 1 2 2.5 2-0 1 1 0 1 6 10.1 28), and added 10 points in a road win at Illinois at Wisconsin 20-0 1/27 19 4-7 .571 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000 1 2 3 2.5 1-0 1 1 0 1 9 10.1 (Jan. 17). at Purdue 21-0 1/31 20 3-5 .600 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 2.5 0-0 2 0 1 0 7 9.9 Indiana 22-0 2/3 16 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.5 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 9.5 In Big Ten play, she is averaging 10.8 points at Michigan 23-0 2/7 12 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 3 3 2.5 3-0 1 2 0 0 6 9.3 per game. She owns nine double-figure scoring Purdue 24-0 2/10 25 8-14 .571 4-6 .667 10-12 .833 1 3 4 2.6 1-0 0 1 0 2 30 10.2 efforts this season, including seven in the Big at #7 Maryland 25-1 2/14 25 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 0-0 2 0 1 1 5 10.0 #24 Michigan State 26-2 2/17 19 5-12 .417 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 3 2 5 2.7 0-0 3 3 0 0 14 10.1 Ten. at Northwestern 27-3 2/21 20 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2.7 0-0 2 1 0 1 5 9.9 Brown had 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in a Totals 27-3 504 86-200 .430 31-84 .369 65-85 .765 23 50 71 2.7 44-1 34 28 3 22 268 9.9 win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She added 17
LEIGHA BROWN career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2018-19 27-0 504 86-200 .430 31-84 .369 65-85 .765 23-50 73-2.7 44-1 34 28 3 22 268-9.9 Career 27-0 504 86-200 .430 31-84 .369 65-85 .765 23-50 73-2.7 44-1 34 28 3 22 268-9.9 36 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TAYLOR KISSINGER 33 6-1 Sophomore Forward/Guard Minden, Nebraska (Minden)
through NU’s first seven contests before suffering KISSINGER’S CAREER BESTS a knee injury late in a one-point loss to Clemson Category Total Game (Nov. 30). She then missed six consecutive Points 25 Arkansas (11/16/17) games to close non-conference play, including a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). Rebounds 11 Kansas (12/5/18) Kissinger helped the Huskers jump to a 3-0 Assists 4 Arkansas (11/16/17) start by averaging 16.0 points and 4.7 rebounds Steals 3 Ohio State (12/31/18) through three games, including career highs 3 Buffalo (11/23/17) with 25 points and eight rebounds in a win over Blocks 2 Three Times, most recent Arkansas (Nov. 16). She added 18 points in a win 2 Minnesota (1/20/19) over UMKC (Nov. 14), before producing double FGA 15 Arkansas (11/16/17) figures in three straight games capped by17 FGM 9 Arkansas (11/16/17) points and six boards against Clemson (Nov. 30). FTA 6 Michigan State (2/17/19) Kissinger, who missed nearly three weeks of 6 Iowa (1/16/18) practice, returned to the court after just two FTM 6 Michigan State (2/17/19) practices to open Big Ten play against No. 3-PT FGA 14 Buffalo (11/23/17) 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). She managed eight 3-PT FGM 6 USC Upstate (11/11/18) points in 15 minutes against the Buckeyes, and gradually saw her playing time increase. on 5-of-12 shooting with a pair of threes against However, she played just eight minutes while Arizona State (March 17) in the first round of the HONORS & AWARDS battling the flu in Nebraska’s overtime loss to NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. She also • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 16). grabbed four rebounds against the Sun Devils. (Fall 2017, 2018; Spring 2018) For the season, Kissinger averaged 10.0 • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018) points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 25 games PERSONAL • No. 26 Player in the Nation with seven starts. She produced 12 double- The daughter of Brian and Amy Kissinger, (Prospects Nation, 2016) figure scoring efforts in 25 contests, including six Taylor was born March 10, 1999. Her parents • No. 38 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2016) in Big Ten play. She put up double digits in four were both collegiate student-athletes, with Brian • No. 44 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2016) straight games beginning with 18 points against playing basketball and Amy playing volleyball at • All-Nebraska (First Team, USA Today, 2016) No. 11 Maryland (Feb. 4), before back-to-back NCAA Division II Nebraska-Kearney. Kissinger’s • Nebraska Super-State 11-point games in wins over Wisconsin (Feb. 11) older twin sisters have both been Division I (Second Team, Lincoln Journal Star, 2016) and at Michigan State (Feb. 14). She also scored guards, with Brooke entering her third year at (Third Team, Lincoln Journal Star, 2015) 10 points at Indiana (Feb. 17). Creighton after spending her first two seasons • All-Nebraska Kissinger hit 50 threes to rank among the top at Illinois, and Jamie completing her eligibility (Third Team, Omaha World-Herald, 2016) five freshman totals in Nebraska history. Her 36.2 at San Diego in 2017-18. Taylor’s brother Derek • Nebraska Class C-1 (First Team, 2015, 2016, 2017) three-point shooting percentage ranked her played college basketball at Hastings College. among the top 10 in the Big Ten. A mathematics education major, Taylor earned SOPHOMORE (2018-19) Kissinger suffered an upper body sprain early spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor One of Nebraska’s most dangerous offensive in the first quarter in a loss at No. 13 Maryland Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2017- threats, Taylor Kissinger averaged double figures (Feb. 25) to close the regular season. The injury 18. She was a member of the Tom Osborne despite missing six games and being limited for kept her out of Nebraska’s win over Michigan in Citizenship Team in 2018. the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 2). much of her freshman season by injuries. The 6-1 For more information on Taylor Kissinger’s career, guard/forward from Minden, Neb., was a major She returned in a limited role against the Terps in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (March 3). see pages 74-75 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s contributor to Nebraska’s nation-leading 14- basketball media guide. game improvement in the win column and a run She closed the season by scoring 15 points to the NCAA Tournament in 2017-18. In her second season, Kissinger is averaging 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists while |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. starting NU’s first 24 games. She did not start Drake 1-1 11/7 24 2-8 .250 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 5 1 6 6.0 1-0 3 0 0 1 8 8.0 at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) or No. 24 Michigan USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 23 8-9 .889 6-6 1.000 0-0 1.000 1 3 4 5.0 1-0 3 2 1 1 22 15.0 State while recovering from illness. at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 36 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 3 2 5 5.0 3-0 2 1 0 1 7 12.3 Kissinger had a record-setting effort against at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 23 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.5 3-0 3 2 0 0 6 10.8 vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 21 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.2 1-0 1 0 0 0 5 9.6 USC Upstate (Nov. 11) when she went a perfect at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 19 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 3.7 4-0 2 3 0 0 5 8.8 6-for-6 from three-point range on her way to a at Creighton 7-7 12/2 20 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 3.6 4-0 0 2 1 0 2 7.9 season-high 22 points. She had 18 points in a win Kansas 8-8 12/5 29 4-7 .571 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 4 7 11 4.5 0-0 2 2 0 1 11 8.3 San Jose State 9-9 12/8 26 6-13 .462 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.2 1-0 3 0 0 2 17 9.2 over Denver (Dec. 15), after getting 17 in a win Denver 10-10 12/15 24 5-13 .385 4-10 .400 4-4 1.000 1 5 6 4.4 3-0 3 1 0 2 18 10.1 over San Jose State (Dec. 8). Kissinger opened at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 29 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 4.5 3-0 3 1 0 1 12 10.3 the stand with her second career double-double Michigan 12-12 12/28 21 3-6 .500 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0 2 2 4.3 4-0 0 0 0 1 8 10.1 at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 20 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 4.0 3-0 1 2 0 3 2 9.5 with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 24 3-10 .300 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 0 1 0 0 8 9.4 a win over KU (Dec. 5). She added double figures #9 Maryland 15-15 1/8 21 2-8 .250 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 5 1 6 4.0 3-0 0 1 0 2 6 9.1 with 12 points at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Kissinger Rutgers 16-16 1/13 17 4-6 .667 3-5 .600 0-2 .000 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 0 3 0 0 11 9.3 at Illinois 17-17 1/17 22 3-6 .500 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3.8 2-0 1 0 0 1 10 9.3 owns 10 double-figure efforts on the year, #23 Minnesota 18-18 1/20 26 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 3.8 2-0 0 2 2 1 9 9.3 including 15 points at Wisconsin (Jan. 27), 12 at Northwestern 19-19 1/24 28 2-8 .250 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000 1 4 5 3.9 0-0 2 0 0 0 6 9.1 Michigan (Feb. 7) and 12 more in a win over No. at Wisconsin 20-20 1/27 22 5-7 .714 3-5 .600 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 3.8 3-0 1 2 0 1 15 9.4 24 Michigan State (Feb. 17). at Purdue 21-21 1/31 21 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.6 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 Indiana 22-22 2/3 29 4-11 .364 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 3 0 3 3.6 3-0 2 2 0 1 8 8.9 at Michigan 23-23 2/7 26 4-9 .444 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 0 2 2 3.5 3-0 0 2 0 0 12 9.0 FRESHMAN (2017-18) Purdue 24-24 2/10 18 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 0 4 4 3.5 1-0 0 2 0 0 8 9.0 Kissinger made an instant impact on the at #7 Maryland 25-24 2/14 15 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.5 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 8.8 #24 Michigan State 26-24 2/17 23 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 6-6 1.000 0 1 1 3.4 2-0 0 2 0 2 12 8.9 Nebraska roster as a freshman in 2017-18, at Northwestern 27-24 2/21 20 1-5 .200 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.4 3-0 1 0 0 0 3 8.7 averaging a team-best 14.0 points per game Totals 27-24 627 76-180 .422 52-118 .441 30-34 .882 33 58 91 3.4 56-0 34 35 4 22 234 8.7 TAYLOR KISSINGER career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2017-18 25-7 532 84-206 .408 50-138 .362 33-46 .717 37-66 103-4.1 36-0 36 41 13 11 251-10.0 2018-19 27-24 627 76-180 .422 52-118 .441 30-34 .882 33-58 91-3.4 56-0 34 35 4 22 234-8.7 Career 52-31 1,159 160-386 .415 102-256 .398 63-80 .778 70-124 194-3.7 92-0 70 76 17 33 485-9.3 HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 37 KAYLA MERSHON 44 6-3 Freshman Forward Chanhassen, Minnesota (Minnetonka)
28). Mershon added a career-high four offensive MERSHON’S CAREER BESTS boards to go along with two points in a road win Category Total Game at Ohio State (Dec. 31). Points 8 Maryland (1/8/19) “Kayla Mershon has great length and a strong Rebounds 7 Northwestern (1/24/19) all-around skill-set, and we are excited about her 7 Kansas (12/5/18) versatility,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. Assists 3 Michigan (12/28/18) “Kayla has shown some unique natural gifts, but Steals 2 Six Times, most recent she is also a tremendous worker and has a great 2 Maryland (2/14/19) attitude.” Blocks 2 Arkansas (12/18/18) BEFORE NEBRASKA FGA 5 Michigan (12/28/18) FGM 2 Six Times, most recent A six-time high school basketball letterwinner, 2 Maryland (2/14/19) Mershon was a four-time first-team All-Lake FTA 6 Arkansas (12/18/18) Conference selection for Coach Leah Dasovich. FTM 4 Northwestern (2/21/19) Mershon averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds 4 Arkansas (12/18/18) per game as a junior in 2016-17. She helped 3-PT FGA 3 Maryland (2/14/19) Minnetonka to its first-ever girls basketball state 3-PT FGM 1 Seven Times, most recent title in 2016. 1 Maryland (2/14/19) HONORS & AWARDS She capped her high school career by averaging 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018) PERSONAL • No. 132 Player in the Nation assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks as a senior at The daughter of Rick and Leslie Mershon, (Prospects Nation, 2018) Minnetonka. Kayla was born May 30, 1999, in Royal Oak, • No. 14 Wing in the Nation (ESPN) She was ranked as the No. 132 overall player Mich. She has two sisters, Lauren and Ally. Kayla • USA Basketball Team Tryout (2016) in the country by Prospects Nation and was rated as the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. is majoring in marketing at Nebraska. Kayla chose Nebraska over Indiana, Iowa, FRESHMAN (2018-19) Mershon also has played club basketball at the highest level for Coach Gerard Coury Arkansas, Oregon, DePaul, Utah, Minnesota, Kayla Mershon (pronounced MER-shawn) and the North Tartan program, which won the Princeton, Wake Forest, Colorado, Creighton, came to Lincoln as one of the top players in Saint Louis, Drake and South Dakota State. the state of Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from Minnesota State AAU title seven years in a row. “I chose Nebraska because I felt most at Chanhassen, Minn., was Nebraska’s second She was named to the all-tournament team at ‘home’ when I visited,” Mershon said. “The commit in the class, making her plans known to the Georgia Super Showcase. attend Nebraska in February of 2017. Mershon She was also invited to Nike All-American coaches and players are amazing, the campus was ranked as the No. 132 overall player in the National Elite Camp in 2014, and advanced to itself is beautiful, and I love the Haymarket area nation by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing the second round of tryouts for USA Basketball right next to it. Not to mention the fan support is nationally by ESPN. in 2016. She also has competed internationally insane, and I can’t wait to be a Husker.” Mershon has made 11 straight Big Ten starts. with North Tartan in Europe against national For more information on Kayla Mershon’s career, She is averaging 3.0 points and 2.9 rebounds teams from France and the Netherlands. see pages 80-81 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s while supplying outstanding defense. She basketball media guide. produced a seven-point, five-rebound effort at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14) when she also tied a 2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS career high with two steals. |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--| Mershon put up a career-high eight points to Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. Drake 1-0 11/7 20 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.0 0-0 1 1 1 0 6 6.0 go along with four rebounds and a steal against USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 11 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 4.0 No. 9 Maryland (Jan. 8), before adding seven at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 4 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 1 1 2 2.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 points, three boards, two assists and a steal at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 15 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1-0 2 1 0 0 0 2.5 vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 9 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 1.8 0-0 1 0 0 1 4 2.8 against Rutgers (Jan. 13). She made her first at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 career start in a win at Illinois (Jan. 17) when she at Creighton 7-0 12/2 2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 managed five points, including NU’s final points Kansas 8-0 12/5 20 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 2.0 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 2.0 San Jose State 9-0 12/8 12 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 1 2 2.0 2-0 0 0 0 2 4 2.2 at the free throw line to seal the win. Denver 10-0 12/15 13 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.1 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.2 Mershon added five points while tying career at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 23 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 2 2 4 2.3 3-0 2 0 2 2 6 2.5 Michigan 12-0 12/28 20 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1 2 3 2.3 2-0 3 2 1 1 2 2.5 highs with seven rebounds and two steals against at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 21 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 4 0 4 2.5 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 Northwestern (Jan. 24). at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 23 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 2.4 She opened her career with six points and #9 Maryland 15-0 1/8 18 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 3-4 .750 1 3 4 2.6 0-0 0 0 0 1 8 2.8 Rutgers 16-0 1/13 24 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 2.6 4-0 2 0 0 1 7 3.1 four rebounds against Drake (Nov. 7). She closed at Illinois 17-1 1/17 25 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.5 4-0 1 2 0 1 5 3.2 non-conference play with six points, four boards, #23 Minnesota 18-2 1/20 23 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.5 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 3.1 Northwestern 19-3 1/24 22 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 2.7 2-0 1 0 1 2 5 3.2 two assists and career highs with two blocks and at Wisconsin 20-4 1/27 24 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 1 3 2.8 2-0 0 1 1 2 1 3.1 two steals in 23 minutes at Arkansas (Dec. 18). at Purdue 21-5 1/31 10 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.8 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 3.0 Mershon had four points, two boards and her Indiana 22-6 2/3 12 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.8 1-0 2 0 1 0 2 3.0 at Michigan 23-7 2/7 12 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 2.9 first career steal in a win over Radford (Nov. 25). Purdue 24-8 2/10 30 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 2.8 2-0 2 2 1 2 3 2.9 She set a career best with seven rebounds to at #7 Maryland 25-9 2/14 20 2-4 .500 1-3 .333 2-4 .500 2 3 5 2.9 1-0 0 0 0 2 7 3.0 go along with two points and an assist in a win #24 Michigan State 26-10 2/17 16 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 2.8 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0 at Northwestern 27-11 2/21 19 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 0 4 4 2.9 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 3.0 over Kansas (Dec. 5). Totals 27-11 452 25-72 .347 7-25 .280 24-38 .632 25 53 78 2.9 37-0 21 10 9 17 81 3.0 She opened Big Ten play with two points, three rebounds, a career-high three assists, a block and a steal in a win over Michigan (Dec. KAYLA MERSHON career statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2018-19 27-11 452 25-72 .347 7-25 .280 24-38 .632 25-53 78-2.9 37-0 21 10 9 17 81-3.0 Career 27-11 452 25-72 .347 7-25 .280 24-38 .632 25-53 78-2.9 37-0 21 10 9 17 81-3.0 NEBRASKA RADIO & TV ROSTER
3 4 5 11 13 Hannah Whitish Sam Haiby Nicea Eliely Kristian Hudson Ashtyn Veerbeek 5-9, Junior, Guard 5-9, Freshman, Guard 6-1, Junior, Guard 5-5, Senior, Guard 6-2, Freshman, Forward Barneveld, Wisconsin Moorhead, Minnesota Colorado Springs, Colorado Birmingham, Alabama Sioux Center, Iowa
14 24 31 32 33 Grace Mitchell Maddie Simon Kate Cain Leigha Brown Taylor Kissinger 6-2, Junior, Forward 6-2, Senior, Forward 6-5, Sophomore, Center 6-1, Freshman, Forward 6-1, Sophomore, Guard/Forward Wellington, Kansas Lincoln, Nebraska Middletown, New York Auburn, Indiana Minden, Nebraska
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