WBB Game #30, (L, 75-71), Thu, 3/7, vs #11 seed Purdue, About 7:45pm CT, BTN

[Red Don]

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Husker Rally Falls Short in Final Minute

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Indianapolis - Nebraska battled back from a 14-point second-half deficit to cut Purdue's lead to one with just under two minutes left, but the Boilermakers held off the Huskers 75-71 in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Thursday night.

Nebraska trailed 50-36 midway through the third quarter and 60-47 at the end of three quarters, before shooting their way back into the game with five three-pointers in the final period. 

Sophomore Taylor Kissinger buried a pair of threes in the final period and five of Nebraska's 11 threes in the game. Her final three cut Purdue's lead to 69-65 with 2:42 left, before junior Hannah Whitish buried her third three of the game with 1:56 left to trim the margin to 69-68 - the closest it had been since the final minute of the first quarter.

But Purdue answered with back-to-back baskets from Dominique Oden and Ae'Rianna Harris to push the lead back to five at 73-68 with 47 seconds left to close out the win. Oden finished with a game-high 20 points, while adding six rebounds, four assists and three steals.

Harris added 13 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks to help Purdue dominate the boards. Harris, who had five offensive rebounds, joined teammate Tamara Farquhar, who finished with a game-high 15 rebounds, including seven on the offensive end, to pair for 29 of Purdue's 44 boards on the night. The Boilermakers finished with 19 offensive rebounds.

Kissinger led Nebraska with 15 points on 5-of-10 three-point shooting, while freshman Sam Haiby finished with 12 points, including NU's first seven of the fourth quarter to spark the Husker rally. Fellow freshman Leigha Brown managed 11 points and three assists, while sophomore center Kate Cain contributed 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Whitish finished with nine points and four assists.

For the game, Nebraska hit 38.5 percent (25-65) of its shots from the field, including 11-of-25 threes (.440). The Huskers also knocked down 10-of-14 free throws (.714). Nebraska also won the turnover battle, 10-8.

Purdue answered by hitting 44.6 percent (29-65) of its shots, including 7-of-17 threes (.412), and 10-of-15 free throws. Purdue won the battle of the boards 44-36.

The loss was Nebraska's 10th of the season by two possessions or less, and capped a season in which Nebraska played a school-record 14 two-possession games among its 30 contests.

 

Husker Ladies (14-15) (9-9) (#6 Seed, with a bye)

Next-Up: (Big Ten Tournament; Wed, 3/ 6, 2019 thru Sun, 3/10)
Thu, 3/7, vs #11 Purdue, About 7:45pm CT, BTN

Huskers Tip at Big Ten Tournament Thursday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GOOOOOO LADY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LET'S GO LADY HUSKERS !!!' GET 'ROWDY' AND BEAT ILLINOIS !!! Errr - PURDUE !!!

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GRIT; NO QUIT LADY HUSKERS!


The young Huskers are looking forward to the Big Ten Tournament this week in Indianapolis.

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o Game Notes: http://www.huskers.com/pdf9/5484363.pdf
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Edited March 9, 2019 by Red Don

[mwm89]

Let's keep fighting to extend this season, ladies.  GBR!! 

[Bugeaters1]

 

[redsteve]

Not so sure the third time is a charm.  We must be ready from the get go.  Play a complete game........please.   We have been showing flashes of it all season.

 

Don't think a bye necessarily gives us much advantage....except maybe Purdue plays it's starters quite a bit. ...but kids at this age can play consecutive games pretty easily.....maybe 3 or 4 in a row is a different story.

 

Must keep McLaughlin in check as much as possible and not let her go off for 30 (like we did against them...twice.) Their other guard and a forward usually does most the rest of their scoring. 

 

Need this win, and another for NIT ? It coming down to the wire.

Edited March 7, 2019 by redsteve

[whoopdeedoo]

good argument to be made by having played a game on the court. then, you can add it gives you the benefit of getting over the tournament "jitters". also----add the sporting world's comment about beating a team 3 times in a row. pretty nervous about this game. i don't think the huskers can allow to dig themselves a big hole and expect to bounce back. if they do fall behind, and i think they will experience their share, gonna have to keep it within striking distance. keep an eye on how the freshman handle their first big ten tournament---will be key.

Edited March 7, 2019 by whoopdeedoo

[Red Don]

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[Red Don]

New Good Start. Ladies lead 10-9 @ 1st TO. 4:34 left in the first. Mid-range jumpers are falling for the Huskers!

[Merlin]

Need to keep Purdue off the boards!

[Red Don]

Stats at the end of First Qtr. Two clutch treys give Purdue an 18-13 lead.

[huskerchode]

We are all discombobulated right now.  Purdue running all over us.

[twister31]

Freshmen are unfortunately playing like freshmen.  Hopefully they settle in quick.

[Merlin]

Playing way out of control. Throwing shots up, not actually shooting is a recipe for disaster. 

[12dozen]

Raining 3's for Purdue.  They will be hard to catch if they keep this up.

[Cazzie22]

2 things. 1. Better get some defensive rebounds and 2. You cannot stop McLaughlin with a zone.   

 

We are in danger of getting run run out of Indy.

[Red Don]

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Purdue on a 15-0 run of treys, Lead 24-13.

Edited March 8, 2019 by Red Don

[Bugeaters1]

Hero ball here we come

 

[KarlHessEatMy....]

Havent said this all year but Haiby is killing us right now 

[twister31]

I agree

[huskerchode]

3 minutes ago, KarlHessEatMy.... said:

Havent said this all year but Haiby is killing us right now 

Might not hurt for her to take a seat for a few minutes to settle down.

[Cazzie22]

Giving up 40 is not a good sign.  Not looking good with the same silly live ball turnovers plaguing us.  Purdue is so much quicker.  How did we beat them twice?

[Bugeaters1]

That was a very fugly half. lots of just throw it up and hope we get a foul. The young ones have to learn that this is tourny time and a lot of shit is let go.

[12dozen]

Only down 10 at half.  Better than it looked a little earlier.   Hoping we took their best punch and we come out swinging.

[Cazzie22]

10 minutes ago, KarlHessEatMy.... said:

Havent said this all year but Haiby is killing us right now 

Verbeek  isn’t giving us anything.

[Red Don]

Exciting Half. Ladies, down as much as 13 points, draw back within 10 at the half on a Leigha Brown Trey. Paucity of Fouls on Purdue as close as they are playing on the defense.

[Cazzie22]

Officiating has nothing to do with this result.