184 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEBRASKA 1,000-POINT SCORERS AMY KIERA STEPHENS HARDY 1986-89 2004-07 5-6, Guard 35 5-6, Guard 21 Alliance, Neb. Kansas City, Mo. (Alliance) (O'Hara) 1,976 Points (5) 1,930 Points (6) One of the greatest three-point shooters in Nebraska history, Amy Perhaps the most explosive player and creative shot-maker in Nebraska history, Stephens connected on 129 of 323 long-range attempts (.399) in just two Kiera Hardy closed her career as one of the most prolific three-point shooters in seasons with the three-point shot at her disposal. Husker history. The 5-6 guard from Alliance, Neb., is tied for second on Nebraska's Hardy, who earned WBCA Region 5 All-America honors as a senior, ranks sixth single-season list with 85 made threes in 216 attempts as a senior in 1988- on Nebraska's all-time scoring list with 1,930 points. She also held NU's career three- 89, when she produced the third-highest scoring average (21.9 ppg) and point mark with 267 until Jordan 10th-highest point total (612) in school history. She claimed a spot on Hooper hit 295 from 2011 to Nebraska's All-Century Team 2014. Hardy and Hooper are the when it was announced in only Huskers in history with more February of 2000. than 200 career threes. Along with being a Hardy tied Amy Stephens for second on the school single- tremendous scorer with 1,976 season three-point with 85 as a career points, Stephens was sophomore in 2004-05. Hardy a gifted passer, ranking sixth added the junior single-season all-time with 444 assists. record with 81 in 2005-06. She was also a strong A three-time first-team All-Big defensive player, ranking 12 selection for the Huskers, Hardy third at Nebraska with 280 joins Hooper, Karen Jennings, career steals. She started 113 Maurtice Ivy and Kelsey Griffin games and posted the third- as the only three-time first-team best free throw percentage all-conference selections in NU (.837) in NU history. history. She also joined Chelsea Stephens erupted for the Aubry as the first two Huskers fourth-highest single-game to earn four straight postseason point total in school history tournament bids. with 40 points in an 85-76 Before Hardy's arrival on win over Oklahoma on Feb. campus, the Huskers had failed 8, 1989. She added 37 points to advance to postseason play for in an 82-79 loss at Kansas, three consecutive seasons. where she tied her own As a freshman, Hardy came off school record that she had the bench to average 9.1 points Amy Stephens was chosen to Nebraska's set on Dec. 30, 1988, against per game in 27 contests. She helped NU to the postseason after Iowa with seven three- A three-time first-team All-Big 12 pick, Kiera Hardy All-Century Team, joining Karen Jennings, the Huskers went 8-20 the year pointers. Stephens earned was one of the most explosive players in the Big 12 Maurtice Ivy, Nicole Kubik and Anna DeForge. before she arrived in Lincoln. As a Conference in her three years as a starter. WBCA/Kodak Region 5 All- sophomore, Hardy made a splash America honors in 1988-89 on the Big 12 and national scene to go along with first-team All-Big Eight Conference accolades. by averaging 19 points per game. She grabbed national headlines with her 37-point Playing alongside three-time first-team All-Big Eight performer eruption against eventual national champion Baylor, as the Huskers knocked off the Maurtice Ivy, Stephens helped Nebraska to the Big Eight title and its first then-No. 2 Lady Bears, 103-99 in triple overtime. NCAA Tournament in 1988. In a 100-82 loss at USC, Stephens hit four Hardy's effort against Baylor marked a career high and was one of four 30-point threes and scored 20 points, while adding three assists and two rebounds. performances in her career. She capped her sophomore season by tying the school Stephens began her coaching career as an undergraduate assistant single-game record with seven threes against Iowa in the Postseason WNIT. at Nebraska in 1990-91. She was an assistant at Iowa State in 1992-93 After leading NU to a third straight WNIT trip as a junior, Hardy guided the Huskers and 1993-94. She served as the head coach at Nebraska-Kearney from to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2000 as a senior. She produced the third- 1994-95 through 2001-02. She returned to NU on Coach Connie Yori's first highest scoring total by a Husker in the NCAA Tournament with 23 points in a loss to staff in 2002-03, before being named the head coach at Drake. She spent Temple. Hardy was a third-round pick of the Connecticut Sun in the 2007 WNBA Draft. nine seasons with the Bulldogs from 2003-04 through 2011-12. Stephens Hardy played professionally for Haukar in Iceland before playing for Strakonice was an assistant at Saint Louis in 2012-13 and Memphis in 2013-14. She in the Czech Republic in 2009-10. She also played for the Kansas City Queenz in the returned to the Nebraska staff as an assistant in 2014-15 and 2015-16. In WBCBL in 2010. She was an assistant coach at Texas-Pan American in 2012-13. She currently lives in Kansas City, Mo. 2018-19, she returned to Memphis as an associate head coach. AMY STEPHENS career statistics KIERA HARDY career statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA FT-FTA 3FG-Att. Reb.-Avg. TP-Avg. Year G-GS FG-FGA FT-FTA 3FG-Att. Reb.-Avg. TP-Avg. 1985-86 28-27 160-303 32-39 NA 114-4.1 352-12.6 2003-04 27-0 88-227 41-49 30-97 79-2.9 247-9.1 1986-87 29-29 245-447 56-70 NA 74-2.6 546-18.8 2004-05 32-31 226-560 72-89 85-238 117-3.7 609-19.0 1987-88 29-29 185-395 52-60 44-107 109-3.8 466-16.1 2005-06 32-32 201-509 77-98 81-224 99-3.1 560-17.5 1988-89 28-28 226-513 75-88 85-216 117-4.2 612-21.9 2006-07 32-32 177-424 89-108 71-193 97-3.0 514-16.1 Career 114-113 816-1,658 215-257 129-323 414-3.6 1,976-17.3 Career 123-95 692-1,720 279-344 267-752 392-3.2 1,930-15.7 INTRODUCTION . THIS IS NEBRASKA . ADMINISTRATION . COACHES . MEET THE HUSKERS . OPPONENTS . REVIEW . RECORDS . TRADITION HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 185 NEBRASKA 1,000-POINT SCORERS NICOLE ANNA KUBIK DEFORGE 1997-2000 1995-98 5-10, Guard 32 5-11, Guard 30 Cambridge, Neb. Niagara, Wis. (Cambridge) (Niagara) 1,867 Points (7) 1,859 Points (8) Nicole Kubik's success on the court was almost criminal. The 5-10 guard from Cambridge, One of the best all-around players in Nebraska history, Anna DeForge earned honorable- Neb., was a two-time first-team defensive All-American by the Women's Basketball News mention All-America accolades from The Associated Press in both 1996-97 and 1997-98, Service, and ranks 15th all-time in NCAA Division I with 418 career steals. As a junior, she while claiming first-team All-Big 12 Conference honors in both seasons. She also earned set the school record with a nation-leading 136 steals to earn Women's Basketball News a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament team as a junior in 1996-97. Service National Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors. Along with her accomplishments on the court, DeForge was a strong performer in Kubik added 108 steals as a senior the classroom, earning honorable-mention academic All-Big 12 honors in 1996-97 and and 104 steals as a sophomore, giving 1997-98. DeForge's success earned her one of five spots on Nebraska's All-Century Team her the top three single-season totals announced in February of 2000. in school history. DeForge ranks eighth in total points (1,859), seventh in total rebounds (804), eighth in Defense was just a small part of assists (392) and seventh in steals (222). DeForge's 15.9 points per game rank as the ninth- Kubik's game. She led the Huskers highest career average and her 6.9 rebounds per game rank 12th all time at Nebraska. in scoring as a junior and a senior DeForge scored a career- and ranks seventh in NU history with high 33 points in an 84-76 loss at 1,867 points. She ranks fourth in Colorado on Jan. 7, 1998, and set a career best with 15 rebounds in school history with 563 career assists. a 78-53 win over the Buffaloes in A dangerous penetrator, Kubik had Lincoln on Feb. 22, 1998. a knack for getting to the free throw The Niagara, Wis., native line. Her 440 made free throws rank produced 611 points and 260 No. 2 on the Husker charts, while her rebounds as a senior to rank 11th 586 free throw attempts rank third. Her on Nebraska's single-season scoring 119 career starts rank ninth. chart, while helping the Huskers to As a senior, Kubik was one of 10 their second NCAA Tournament finalists for the Nancy Lieberman-Cline victory in history.