NEBRASKA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES MICHIGAN STATE (FEB. 17) 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 3 UNK (exhibition) [BTN Plus] W, 94-41 VS. 24/22 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS Nov. 7 Drake [BTN Plus] L, 77-83 Sunday, February 17, 2019, 3 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, Brenda VanLengen) Nov. 23-25 Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.) Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (2:45 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Nov. 23 at 24/22 Miami [ACC Network+] L, 68-82 11-14 Nov. 25 vs. Radford W, 77-39 Lincoln-B107.3 FM; Omaha-ESPN 590 AM 17-7 Nov. 29 at 5/4 Louisville (ACC/B1G) [ACC Network+] L, 68-85 6-8 BIG TEN Huskers.com, Huskers App, TuneIn 7-6 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 SHOOT FOR TOP 25 WIN AGAINST SPARTANS Dec. 15 Denver [BTN Plus] W, 96-71 • The Nebraska women’s basketball team takes aim at its second win over a top-25 opponent this Dec. 18 at Arkansas [SEC Network+] L, 80-84 season when the Huskers face No. 24 Michigan State Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Dec. 28 Michigan^ [BTN] W, 70-56 • Tip off between Nebraska (11-14, 6-8 Big Ten) and Michigan State (17-7, 7-6 Big Ten) is set for Dec. 31 at Ohio State^ [BTN] W, 78-69 3 p.m. (CT). Live radio coverage (beginning at 2:45 p.m.) can be heard in Lincoln on B107.3 FM, in Jan. 3 at 19/20 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] L, 71-77 Omaha on ESPN 590 AM, in Lexington on 880 AM KRVN and across the state on the Husker Sports Jan. 8 9/9 Maryland^ [BTN Plus] L, 63-81 Network. Free live audio can be found at Huskers.com, the Huskers App Jan. 13 Rutgers^ [BTN] L, 56-62 and on TuneIn. RANKED FOES Jan. 17 at Illinois^ [BTN Plus] W, 77-67 • Live national television coverage will be provided by BTN with Mike Team Top Rank Jan. 20 23/25 Minnesota^ [ESPN2] W, 63-57 Monaco and Brenda VanLengen on the call. Louisville 2 Jan. 24 Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] L, 54-58 • Sunday’s game with Michigan State will be Nebraska’s 10th meeting Maryland (2) 4 Jan. 27 at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] L, 69-70 this year with a team that has been ranked in the top 25 at some point Iowa 12 Jan. 31 at Purdue^ [BTN] W, 84-64 during the regular season. The Spartans, who were ranked as high as Minnesota 12 Feb. 3 Indiana^ [BTN Plus] L, 78-82 No. 15 in midseason, will give the Huskers their eighth game against a Rutgers 14 Feb. 7 at Michigan^ [BTN] L, 61-67 team ranked among the top 16 teams in the AP Poll at some point this Michigan State 15 Feb. 10 Purdue^ [BTN Plus] (Play4Kay) W, 67-61 year. NU’s lone win over a ranked foe this season came against No. 23 Miami 20 Feb. 14 at 7/8 Maryland^ [BTN] L, 63-89 Minnesota (63-57, Jan. 20). The Golden Gophers were ranked as high as Drake 21 Feb. 17 24/22 Michigan State^ [BTN] (Red Cross) 3 p.m. No. 12 in early January. Indiana 25 Feb. 21 at Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m. • In addition to Sunday’s game with nationally ranked Michigan State, Feb. 25 Iowa^ [BTN] (Senior Night) 7:30 p.m. the Huskers will face current No. 14 Iowa in Lincoln on Feb. 25. In between, the Huskers will travel to March 2 at Penn State^ [BTN] 2 p.m. Northwestern for their second meeting with a Wildcat team that has been ranked as high as No. 26 March 6-10 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) nationally this season. The same week Northwestern was No. 26 in the AP Poll, Michigan was No. 26 March 18 NCAA Selection Monday [ESPN2] TBA by the Coaches and both teams received more votes than current No. 25 South Dakota. NU has split March 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA a pair of games with Michigan this season. March 29- NCAA Regionals TBA • By the end of the regular season, at least 15 of Nebraska’s 29 games will have come against April 1 Albany, Chicago, Greensboro, Portland teams ranked in the top-26 of the national polls at some point during the year. April 5-7 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) TBA • Although Nebraska is below .500 on the season, the Huskers have fought hard down to the All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle wire, with a school-record 12 games decided by two possessions or less. Unfortunately, the Huskers Bank Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of are just 3-9 in games decided by six or fewer points, including 2-6 in Big Ten play. On the flip side, Nebraska’s regular-season games can be heard live on the Michigan State has played just four two-possession game this season and is 2-2 in those games, with Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln wins over Oregon and at Michigan, and losses to NC State and at Indiana. and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and BTN Plus games NEBRASKA ROSTER & STATISTICS HUSKERS.COM No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 3 Hannah Whitish** 5-9 Jr. G 25-24 9.8 3.0 4.4 1.0 0.0 TICKETS: 1-800-8-BIG-RED 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 25-0 9.8 3.1 2.5 0.8 0.1 5 Nicea Eliely** 6-1 Jr. G 25-25 8.2 4.2 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 25-0 7.2 5.6 0.6 0.3 1.0 14 Grace Mitchell** 6-2 Jr. F 21-0 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 24 Maddie Simon*** 6-2 Sr. F 25-16 6.6 3.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 31 Kate Cain* 6-5 So. C 25-25 7.4 6.2 1.1 0.4 2.6 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 25-1 10.0 2.6 1.2 0.8 0.1 33 Taylor Kissinger* 6-1 So. G/F 25-24 8.8 3.5 1.3 0.8 0.2 44 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 25-9 3.0 2.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COMMUNICATIONS • ONE MEMORIAL STADIUM, P.O. 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Senior Jenna 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Jr. G 9.8 3.0 Allen is contending for All-Big Ten honors by averaging team bests of 12.9 points and 6.8 rebounds 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Jr. G 8.2 4.2 to go along with 2.1 assists per game. The 6-4 center owns more than 1,000 career points and more 33 Taylor Kissinger 6-1 So. G 8.8 3.5 than 500 rebounds. She scored a season-high 27 points in MSU’s early season upset of current No. 3 Off the Bench Oregon - the only loss for the Ducks this season. 32 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 10.0 2.6 4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 9.8 3.1 • Allen posted a double-double with 20 points and a career-high 17 rebounds going head-to-head 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 7.2 5.6 with Megan Gustafson in a Spartan win over Iowa (Dec. 30). Allen owns four double-doubles this year. 24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Sr. F 6.6 3.0 • However, Allen’s production has slipped to 10.2 points and 5.8 rebounds in Big Ten play. In 14 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Jr. F 1.2 1.2 February, she is averaging just 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 17.9 percent (5-28) from 11(out) Kristian Hudson 5-5 Sr.