WISCONSIN GAME DAY THREAD

[12dozen]

Nebraska Cornhuskers (20-7, 9-7 Big Ten)
vs. Wisconsin Badgers (7-19, 4-12 Big Ten)
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, 6:30 p.m. (CT)
Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin
Live Video: B1G+
Live Radio: Huskers Radio Network (6 p.m.)
Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst)
Lincoln (107.3 FM & 1400 AM KLIN), Omaha (ESPN 590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Huskers Close Big Ten Road Action at Wisconsin
The Nebraska women's basketball team will shoot for a series sweep of Wisconsin while closing Big Ten regular-season road action in Madison on Wednesday night.

Tip-off between the Huskers (20-7, 9-7 Big Ten) and the Badgers (7-19, 4-12 Big Ten) is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT) p.m. at the Kohl Center. Live video will be provided to subscribers of B1G+, while Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch describe the action on the Huskers Radio Network (B107.3 FM & 1400 AM KLIN Lincoln; ESPN 590 AM, Omaha), the Huskers App and Huskers.com.

[HUD]

Could be a closer game than some think.  Since Sydney Hilliard quit the team after we thrashed them in Jan. they have been playing better on the road and at home.  Beat Iillinois and Purdue at home.  This is an opportunity to show that we can be a better road team than we have shown so far in conference.

[redsteve]

1 hour ago, HUD said:

Could be a closer game than some think.  Since Sydney Hilliard quit the team after we thrashed them in Jan. they have been playing better on the road and at home.  Beat Iillinois and Purdue at home.  This is an opportunity to show that we can be a better road team than we have shown so far in conference.

 

Agree, definitely need to be tougher at the road games. 

 

Wisky's not real strong offensively. ...or defensively. But we're playing on their court. That makes a lot of difference for everyone in the league.

 

Play like we did the last game, and we can take care of business.  May have been our best shooting game of the year.

 

Win this game (and Northwestern too) and it may put us in a decent place in B1G tourney bracket. As well as the NCAA's bracket.

 

Like someone else said.....hope Mich beats Iowa tomorrow (I think it is)   Might be which team does the best flops.  :)

Looked the last game stat for Iowa and they shot about 95% on free throws, on roughly 20 shots....They win games that way. 

 

 

[HUD]

1 hour ago, redsteve said:

Like someone else said.....hope Mich beats Iowa tomorrow (I think it is)   Might be which team does the best flops.  :)

Looked the last game stat for Iowa and they shot about 95% on free throws, on roughly 20 shots....They win games that way. 

 

Mich. plays at home tomorrow night against Mich St. on BTN.  They play at Iowa next Sunday on ESPN 2 about the same time we play Northwestern.  I wonder when Leigha Brown will be back.  They said this past weekend she had been practicing some.

[Red Don]

 

Annika Stewart will reportedly not be available for tonight's game.

 

Referees: Angelica Suffred, Tiara Cruse. Gina Cross

Attendance: 2,425 (at Kohl Center Wisconsin)

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Red Don

[Red Don]

Markowski with a bucket and Plus 1 with 0.3 sec left to take the lead at the end of the First Quarter.

Close, hard fought game, 12 lead changes.

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Red Don

[Red Don]

Crowd seem pretty sparse at Wisconsin.
 

[Cazzie22]

Cayton provided a nice offensive spark. 

[Red Don]

Huskers with a 10-0 run to end the 2nd Qtr. Lead 40-31 at the Half!!!

 

18 Lead Changes  Some good defensive stops by the Husker Ladies, and turnovers by Wisc (shot-clock)

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Red Don

[whoopdeedoo]

would have been sweet to get a few more points out of those possessions last couple minutes, but, least it did get extended. first few minutes of second half could be big--for either team. GBR!

[Cazzie22]

6 hours ago, redsteve said:

 

Agree, definitely need to be tougher at the road games. 

 

Wisky's not real strong offensively. ...or defensively. But we're playing on their court. That makes a lot of difference for everyone in the league.

 

Play like we did the last game, and we can take care of business.  May have been our best shooting game of the year.

 

Win this game (and Northwestern too) and it may put us in a decent place in B1G tourney bracket. As well as the NCAA's bracket.

 

Like someone else said.....hope Mich beats Iowa tomorrow (I think it is)   Might be which team does the best flops.  :)

Looked the last game stat for Iowa and they shot about 95% on free throws, on roughly 20 shots....They win games that way. 

 

 

I think we are locked into 6 th place if we keep winning. 

[Red Don]

22 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Cayton provided a nice offensive spark. 

5 pts (trey and a basket) in 4 minutes, Plus her usual tenacious Defense!!! 

[12dozen]

Small run by Wisconsin. Timely timeout by Coach.  Penn State lesson learned?  

[Red Don]

Buzzer-beater Trey by Issie Bourne to end the third Qtr (and end a Wisconsin Run)

 

Huskers lead:  56-47

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Red Don

[Cazzie22]

It’s going to be a battle to the end. Big three by Izzie at the end of third quarter. 

[Red Don]

We seem to miss a lot of lay-ups and close in shots in traffic. 

[Red Don]

Final Stats:

A tough, hard-fought game, but the Husker Ladies won out!!!

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Red Don

[MontanaHusker]

 I’d like to see Cayton get a few more minutes. She provides a good and much needed spark off the bench. 

[redsteve]

11 hours ago, Red Don said:

We seem to miss a lot of lay-ups and close in shots in traffic. 

 

Most of it is we're getting double teamed and pounded down low in the key, and the refs aren't calling the fouls...so Wisky just keeps on doing it.  

 

Am I imagining it or did we seem a step slow at times tonight ?   

 

The zone defense against us again.....and again. Give Wisy credit...they had a good game plan against us.

 

Otherwise, another win that  places us in a more certain B1G bracket position.

Next game with Northwestern will probably be a much more competitive game...but we're at home thank goodness.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by redsteve

[caveman]

Road win 101

A. Win battle of the boards. Check

B. Hold team 10pts. below season average.  56ppg. Well maybe not

C. Win the game at the foul line.  Aka attack the paint.  Perhaps not.

 

I have no idea why we refuse to defend on the road, or why we think we can just spot up and shoot.

 

I guess a win is a win no matter how terrible we manage the fundementals.

[Red Don]

 

[Red Don]

 

 

[Cazzie22]

Number 21 didn’t come easy.  I hope the home crowd and some necessary good play by the Huskers will garner a victory against Northwestern.  Great job Huskers! 

[HUD]

14 hours ago, 12dozen said:

Small run by Wisconsin. Timely timeout by Coach.  Penn State lesson learned?  

Wow.  That properly called time out did really seem to settle us down and make a big difference.

[Tom Jones]

Oh, I hope it was a lesson learned.  Use of TOs is the one thing about Coach Amy that I don't understand. I was shouting at the TV that it was time to stop the action and reset.