WBB: Game #24 @ Minnesota

[Row6Seat10]

   Nebraska Cornhuskers (16-7, 7-5)
 

@

 

   Minnesota Gophers (16-7, 8-4)

 

 

Thursday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. 

Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.)
 

Social Media:  @HuskersWBB Nebraska Women's Basketball Instagram

Radio: Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney, Jeff Griesch) (Pre-Game 6:45 p.m.)

Thursday's Stations

• KBBK 107.3 FM, Lincoln
• KXSP 59 AM, Omaha
• KHUB 1340 AM, Fremont
• KRGI 1450 AM, Grand Island
• KLIQ 94.5 FM, Hastings
• KRVN 880 AM, Lexington
• KNCY 1600 AM, 105.5 FM, Nebraska City
• KHAQ 98.5 FM, North Platte
• KNEB 94.1 FM, Scottsbluff
• KSID 1340 AM, Sidney

Free Live Audio: Huskers.com
Live Premium Video: BTN Plus

 

                     

 

                                 Huskers Set for Test with Banham, Gophers

The Nebraska women’s basketball team faces one of its toughest challenges of the season on Thursday, when the Huskers try to slow down Rachel Banham and Minnesota at The Barn in Minneapolis.

 

Tip-off between the Huskers (16-7, 7-5 Big Ten) and the Golden Gophers (16-7, 8-4) is set for 7 p.m.

 

Jessica Shepard, nine-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, leads the Huskers to Minnesota averaging 20.3 points and 9.0 rebounds. Winners of seven of their last nine games overall, the Huskers have lost their last two road games after struggling to a 59-47 lack luster loss at Indiana.

 

Minnesota heads into Thursday’s game battling Nebraska for position in the Big Ten standings. The Golden Gophers are led by Rachel Banham. She has returned from a season-ending knee injury last year to lead the Gophers and Big Ten while ranking third nationally with 25.8 points per game. Banham ranks fifth nationally with 77 threes (3.35 per game).

 

Banham, who led the Big Ten in scoring as a junior with 23.3 points per game, ranks No. 3 among the Big Ten’s all-time scorers with 2,773 points after her Big Ten-record 60-point performance in Minnesota’s 112-106 double-overtime win at Northwestern on Sunday.

Banham is 45 points behind Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender (2,818) on the Big Ten career list. Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante owns the Big Ten all-time scoring record with 2,919 points.

 

Carlie Wagner adds 19.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while senior Mikayla Bailey adds 8.3 points in an experienced starting backcourt. Shayne Mullaney has provided big production off the bench with 10.1 points.

 

Nebraska leads the all-time series with Minnesota, 11-7, including a 5-1 record in the past six meetings.

 

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Probable Starters:

 

Nebraska Cornhuskers 

32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - Fr. - F - 20.3 ppg, 9.0 rpg
22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Jr. - C - 7.6
4 - Kyndal Clark - 5-7 - RSr. - G - 5.1
5 - Natalie Romeo - 5-7 - So. - G - 15.7
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Sr. - G - 11.2

 

Minnesota Golden Gophers 
 

41 - Annalese Lamke - 6-3 - Fr. - C - 1.6 ppg
1 - Rachel Banham - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 25.8
15 - Allina Starr - 5-10 - So. - G - 4.0
24 - Mikayla Bailey - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 8.3
33 - Carlie Wagner - 5-10 - Jr. - G - 19.3

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• Jessica Shepard earned her conference-record ninth Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award on Feb. 8.

 

• Natalie Romeo needs seven three-pointers to tie the Nebraska single-season school record of 85.

 

• Natalie Romeo has hit a Big Ten-best 3.83 threes through 12 conference games, just ahead of Minnesota’s Rachel Banham (3.75) and Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell (3.5).

 

• Jessica Shepard needs 34 points to become the first freshman in Nebraska history to reach 500 points in a season.

 

• Jessica Shepard needs eight rebounds to catch Emily Cady in third on the Nebraska freshman rebound list.

 

• Jessica Shepard needs one more double-double to set the Nebraska freshman record.

 

• Rachel Theriot needs two assists to become the third Husker in history to distribute 600 in a career.

 

• Allie Havers needs seven blocked shots to crack the top five on Nebraska’s junior single-season list.

 

• Natalie Romeo is tied for eighth in Nebraska history with 129 career three-pointers. Natalie needs six threes to post the highest freshman/sophomore combined season total in Husker history. Nebraska career three-point leader Jordan Hooper hit 134 threes in her first two seasons. Natalie needs 16 to match Kate Galligan in seventh on the NU all-time list.

 

GAME NOTES:

 

              

             BEAT MINNESOTA!

 

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[Row6Seat10]

Going to be a tough one to win. Kyndal Clark will most likely draw the assignment of guarding Rachel Banham. She will have to have her best game as an defender this season. Rebound, defend the three point shot, limit the turnovers, and make the outside shots. Crucial game to win for a chance at the double bye in the B1G tourney.

[Noah121]

Wish I could go, but I teach at 8 the following morning. Despite me living only about 90 minutes away now...

[whoopdeedoo]

i noticed a pic of burns out on the floor during shoot around. appeared to be wearing normal shoot around attire! maybe some good news ahead! GBR!

[Row6Seat10]

Rachel Blackburn in uniform and could play, that is a really good sign!

[Red Don]

Gonna be a good one, High scoring, fast paced game, lead has changed about a half doz times already, 20-19, Big Red, 4:46 left in Q1.

[Bugeaters1]

NAT NAT came to play tonight.

[Red Don]

24-23  Doesn't matter who's ahead right now,  11 lead changes already.

[Row6Seat10]

Defense optional!

 

After the first

 

NU - 28

MU - 27

 

Shepard and Romeo each with 12.

Theriot with 9 dimes!

 

I got the PSU-MSU game on the tv and it's about to be a sad outcome for MSU.

[Red Don]

28-27 Huskers at the end of One.

 

Lady Huskers came to PLAY tonight!  

 

Dont' want to bag on the student announcers but they are really bad;  all the passion of a wet dish-rag!

 

Virtually unlistenable 

 

(wish I could find a way to syn the Huskers.com radio with the BTN+ video.  Matt & Jeff are so much better!

[Omahusker]

Furious pace! Zero defense by neither team.

[B1GN]

Penn St over Sparty 65-61

[Bugeaters1]

that works well in huskers favor.

[Fastbreaker]

Penn St over Sparty 65-61

I notice that not one of us expert pickers got that game right

[Row6Seat10]

Huskers went from sizzling hot to frigid cold.

 

Got to hit our shots!

[Omahusker]

that works well in huskers favor.

Hope you're right. Not so far this quarter

[huskerchode]

Lid on the basket in the second quarter. Only 1 point to their 13 so far.

[B1GN]

A bit of defense would be nice.

[Red Don]

Huskers went from 28 pts in Q1 to 3 pts in Q2

 

BTN Plus just froze up,  (huskers.com audio is better anyway!)

[Omahusker]

A bit of defense would be nice.

And rebounds

[Red Don]

51-33 Minnesota @ the Half! 

[huskerchode]

Out rebounded 31 to 20.

[Bugeaters1]

2-16 in the second qtr.

[Row6Seat10]

It's just mind boggling how Rachet T has been so inconsistent with her shot this year. To win on the road we got to have both her and Clark give us some offensive production in the points department.

[whoopdeedoo]

i thought allie, being 6'5", would really have a chance to do more around the basket. hard to tell, but, sure seemed like jess was getting bumped around on a number of shots underneath. i was really hoping jess and allie could get them in serious foul trouble.