2008-09 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SID Contact: Jeff Griesch • Office Phone: (402) 472-7775 • Cell Phone: (402) 540-0279 • Fax Number: (402) 472-2005 • E-Mail: [email protected] 2008-09 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (12-13, 3-9) Date Opponent Time/Result THIS WEEK IN NEBRASKA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Oct. 31 Chadron State (exhibition) W, 102-30 Nov. 5 vs. Nebraska-Kearney (exhibition)** W, 80-69 GAME 26 Nov. 14 Weber State (Huskers.com) W, 96-47 Nov. 17 at Creighton (HuskersNside) W, 72-67 Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-13, 3-9) Nov. 22 Southern Utah (HuskersNside) W, 65-57 vs. #20 Kansas State Wildcats (21-4, 8-4) Nov. 24 at Denver (HuskersNside) W, 76-55 Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595) • Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 28-29 at New Mexico Tournament (Albuquerque, N.M.) Wednesday, Feb. 25 • 7:05 p.m. Nov. 28 vs. Butler (HuskersNside) W, 67-54 Nov. 29 at New Mexico L, 51-62 Radio: Husker Sports Network (98.1 KFGE Lincoln; 93.3 KTWI Omaha) Dec. 2 Oral Roberts (HuskersNside) W, 70-51 Live Internet Video: HuskersNside (Premium Subscribers) Dec. 6 #18 Ohio State (HuskersNside) L, 65-69 Live Internet Audio: Huskers.com (Free) Dec. 9 Cal State Bakersfield (HuskersNside) W, 70-57 Dec. 12 Long Beach State (Huskers.com) W, 76-44 Dec. 20 at UTEP (Miners All-Access) L, 53-63 HUSKERS TAKE AIM AT 10TH HOME WIN AGAINST NO. 20 K-STATE Dec. 28 #24 Arizona State (FSN) W, 62-58 The Nebraska women’s basketball team (12-13, 3-9) shoots for its third straight Big 12 home victory when the Jan. 1 at LSU (HuskersNside) L, 50-64 Huskers clash with No. 20 Kansas State on Wednesday in Lincoln. Jan. 10 #4 Oklahoma (HuskersNside)^ L, 56-77 Tip-off with the Wildcats at the Bob Devaney Sports Center is set for 7:05 p.m. with a live radio broadcast on Jan. 14 at #16 Texas (Fox Sports Southwest)^ L, 60-74 the Husker Sports Network, with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch calling the action. Free live audio will be available Jan. 17 at Missouri (Fox Sports Midwest)^ L, 66-67 Jan. 21 Kansas (Huskers.com)^ W, 67-58 on Huskers.com, along with live premium video for HuskersNside premium subscribers. Jan. 24 Iowa State (FSN)^ L, 48-62 The Huskers will be looking to even the season series with Kansas State, after the Wildcats worked their way Jan. 27 at #14 Kansas State (Fox Sports Midwest)^ L, 40-51 to a 51-40 win in Manhattan on Jan. 27. The Huskers led 23-21 at the half before an early second-half run put Jan. 31 at Colorado (FSN)^ L, 73-75 the Wildcats in control. NU will be hoping to improve to 2-1 on the year in Big 12 North Division rematches, while Feb. 4 #8 Baylor (HuskersNside)^ L, 71-76 snapping a three-game losing streak to the Wildcats. Last year, KSU produced a season sweep of the Huskers with Feb. 8 at #10 Texas A&M (Huskers.com)^ L, 43-86 a pair of last-second wins, including a 77-75 victory in Lincoln on Jan. 30, 2008. Feb. 14 Texas Tech (FSN)^ W, 62-56 Feb. 18 at #20 Iowa State (Fox Sports Midwest)^ L, 38-61 Nebraska heads into the game after producing one of its best efforts of the year in a 65-52 victory over Missouri Feb. 21 Missouri (HuskersNside)^ W, 65-52 on Saturday. The Huskers shot a Big 12 season-best 45.7 percent from the field, including 6-of-14 from three-point Feb. 25 #20 Kansas State (HuskersNside)^ 7:05 p.m. range. NU also outrebounded a Big 12 foe for the first time this year, while outscoring the Tigers by a season-best Feb. 28 at Kansas (Fox Sports Midwest)^ 7 p.m. 14 points at the free throw line. The Huskers also matched their season bests with nine turnovers and nine fouls. March 3 Colorado (Huskers.com/Senior Night)^ 7:05 p.m. Cory Montgomery led four Huskers in double figures with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Dominique Kelley March 7 at Oklahoma State^ 6 p.m. (16 points), Yvonne Turner (13 points) and Tay Hester (12 points, eight rebounds, five assists) added big nights. March 12-15 at Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA Kansas State comes to Lincoln hoping to secure one of the top four spots in the final Big 12 Conference standings (Cox Convention Center - Oklahoma City, Okla.) despite being dealt a blow with a late-season illness to All-Big 12 point guard Shalee Lehning. The senior from All times listed are Central. ^- Denotes Big 12 Conference game. Sublette, Kan., has been battling mononucleosis for three weeks and has missed each of the Wildcats’ last three ** Exhibition game played at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island. All Nebraska games can be heard live on the Husker Sports Network, games. Although Lehning has been absent, K-State has still posted a 2-1 record, including home wins over Oklahoma including 98.1 FM KFGE in Lincoln and 93.3 FM KTWI in Omaha, and State (79-71) and Colorado (72-60). However, the Wildcats suffered a 52-43 road loss at Missouri last Wednesday for free on Huskers.com. Home games in bold at the Devaney Center. to slip to 2-4 on the season in Big 12 road games. 2008-09 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 5 Kaitlyn Burke* G 5-7 So. North Vancouver, British Columbia (National Elite Development Academy) Season-high 13 points at Missouri; 17th start of 08-09 vs. Mizzou 11 Nicole Neals** G 5-6 Jr. Chandler, Ariz. (St. Mary’s) 19-48 3FG (39.6%); 1.8-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio 12 Layne Reeves G 5-11 Fr. Lubbock, Texas (Trinity Christian) Texas All-Stater in 2007; Out for Season-Knee Surgery (Jan. 23) 13 Kala Kuhlmann** G 5-8 Jr. Charter Oak, Iowa (Charter Oak-Ute) 2006 Iowa Athlete of the Year; Career-high 13 points vs. Weber State 15 Monique Whittaker* G 5-10 So. Onalaska, Texas (Livingston) Career-high 13 pts. vs. Weber State; 10 straight pts. at Creighton 21 Harleen Sidhu F 6-1 Fr. Surrey, British Columbia (Fleetwood) Career-high 7 rebounds vs. Butler; Career-high 24 min. vs. KU 22 Yvonne Turner** G 5-8 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Bellevue East) 2008 Big 12 All-Defensive Team; Season-high 21 points at Texas 23 Kelsey Griffin*** F 6-2 Sr. Eagle River, Alaska (Chugiak) Two-Time First-Team All-Big 12; Out for Season-Ankle surgery 24 Dominique Kelley* G 5-7 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast) 58 straight starts to open career; 16 points vs. Missouri (2/21) 32 Tay Hester* G 5-10 Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. (Perris/UTEP/Mt. San Antonio College) NU’s lone active senior; 12 points, 8 boards, 5 assists vs. MU 35 Jessica Periago* C 6-4 So. Toulon, France (National Sport School) French Junior National Team; 11 pts. at #16 UT; 7 pts. vs. #8 BU 40 Cory Montgomery** F 6-2 Jr. Cannon Falls, Minn. (Cannon Falls) Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 1); 14.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg 42 Nikki Bober** C 6-4 Jr. Murdock, Neb. (Elmwood-Murdock) Excellent big-bodied, post defender; Out for season ACL (Dec. 30) 44 Catheryn Redmon* C 6-3 So. Grand Prairie, Texas (Mansfield Timberview) No. 2 on NU sophomore block list (44); 3 double-doubles Head Coach: Connie Yori, Seventh Year (Creighton, 1986), 313-234 (19th season overall) 118-94 (Seventh season at Nebraska) Associate Head Coach: Sunny Smallwood, Fourth Year (Boise State, 1983); Assistant Coaches: Tory Verdi, Fourth Year (Keene State, 1996); Kellie Lewis-Jay, Second Year (Boise State, 1998) Director of Operations: Angela Timmons, Seventh Year (Creighton, 2001) Nebraska Women’s Basketball • Page 2 • vs. Kansas State • Feb. 25, 2009 • Huskers.com WEDNESDAY’s PROBABLE STARTERS SHORT-HANDED HUSKERS TAKING LUMPS AGAINST TOP TEAMS Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-13, 3-9) Although Nebraska has dropped 11 of its last 15 games, 13 of those contests have come against 2008 postseason No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 40 Cory Montgomery 6-2 Jr. F 14.0 7.5 teams, including 10 games against teams that advanced to last year’s NCAA Tournament. Seven of the losses have 44 Catheryn Redmon 6-3 So. C 5.9 5.3 come to current Associated Press Top 25 teams. 5 Kaitlyn Burke 5-7 So. G 4.4 1.3 The young Huskers had a third member of their 14-player roster undergo season-ending surgery five weeks ago. 22 Yvonne Turner 5-8 Jr. G 11.5 3.4 Layne Reeves, a freshman guard from Lubbock, Texas, had surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Friday, Jan. 23. 24 Dominique Kelley 5-7 So. G 10.0 3.3 Off the bench Reeves joins two-time first-team All-Big 12 forward Kelsey Griffin and junior center Nikki Bober on NU’s inactive 32 Tay Hester 5-10 Sr. G/F 6.3 4.2 list. 13 Kala Kuhlmann 5-8 Jr. G 3.0 1.7 The Huskers have played their last nine games without a senior starter in the lineup. Tay Hester, NU’s lone active 11 Nicole Neals 5-6 Jr. G 2.9 0.9 35 Jessica Periago 6-4 So. C 1.8 0.8 senior, has come off the bench over the last nine contests.