Nebraska (17-8) vs. Illinois (20-5) Game Thread

[Bugeaters1]

 

[Tom Jones]

From the morning LJS in case someone won't otherwise see it .....https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/womens-basketball/more-aggressive-alberte-rimdal-helping-ease-scoring-burden-on-nebraskas-top-duo/article_fea147bc-a191-5e9b-83e5-196bd43cf05e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

 

First, no, I don't think I am smarter or more knowledgeable than the coaches.  But in the shadow of that light I will say that I have wondered since the first few games why she is not turned loose - for perimeter threes of course, but especially for drives to the hoops. For those, I think she is the best we have. She has the sudden first step and then the speed to beat her defender to the hoop and, when so, can force a 2nd defender to choose between helping and just watching the drive.  If 2nd defender chooses to help, that gets another husker open and if she chooses not to BR is likely to score.  Sam Haiby often worked that technique successfully.  So I hope we lean on her a little more. 

Edited February 16 by Tom Jones
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[Bugeaters1]

From the morning LJS in case somewhere won't otherwise see it .....https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/womens-basketball/more-aggressive-alberte-rimdal-helping-ease-scoring-burden-on-nebraskas-top-duo/article_fea147bc-a191-5e9b-83e5-196bd43cf05e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
 
First, no, I don't think I am smarter or more knowledgeable than the coaches.  But in the shadow of that light I will say that I have wondered since the first few games why she is not turned loose - for perimeter threes of course, but especially for drives to the hoops. For those, I think she is the best we have. She has the sudden first step and then the speed to beat her defender to the hoop and, when so, can force a 2nd defender to choose between helping and just watching the drive.  If 2nd defender chooses to help, that gets another husker open and if she chooses not to BR is likely to score.  Sam Haiby often worked that technique successfully.  So I hope we lean on her a little more. 

I have no idea who you are talking about. The article is behind a pay wall.

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[Tom Jones]

it is the pregame story from today's JournalStar.  The main point of the story is that in the last two games Rimdal's scoring has helped reduce the need for scoring from our main two scorers.  And that this largely has resulted in her being more offensively aggressive by driving to the basket. 

[Cazzie22]

16-13 first quarter.  Glad to see Rimdal getting minutes and she has made plays.  Alexis should have success against Bostic but will have a tough time defending her out on the court.

[Bugeaters1]

Officials:

Jesse Dickerson, Nykesha Thompson, Julie Krommenhoek

[NUtball]

C'mon Markowski.  Make those bunnies!

[Cazzie22]

Alexis has got to make those shots.

[Cazzie22]

Prince was hammered on a screen after Coley’s three and no call.  

[NUtball]

Thankfully, Illinois is missing a bunch of layups also.

[NUtball]

Just now, Cazzie22 said:

Prince was hammered on a screen after Coley’s three and no call.  

Yeah, that looked pretty bad.  Especially after the BS illegal screen called on Bozan with at most, a brush of uniforms.  B1G officiating strikes again.

[colhusker]

8 minutes ago, NUtball said:

C'mon Markowski.  Make those bunnies!

Missed a bunch of them.

[colhusker]

3 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Prince was hammered on a screen after Coley’s three and no call.  

Yeah that was a foul 

[NUtball]

2 minutes ago, colhusker said:

Missed a bunch of them.

The wide open one after the rebound fell in her lap was oof.  She just shot it too quick, expecting she was going to get hammered, which, to her benefit, is a fairly sound expectation.

[Bugeaters1]

NEB Specialty Stats

Bench Points	7
Points In Paint	12
Points off Turns	3
Opp Turnovers	3
2nd Chance Points	0
Off Rebounds	4
Fastbreak Points	3
Layups	5-15
Dunks	0-0
Times Tied	0
Times Taken Lead	5
Possessions	33
Scores	13
Pts Per Possession	.939
Scoring %	39.4
Turnover %	18.2
Time Leading	11:28
Time Trailing	7:36

[colhusker]

1 minute ago, NUtball said:

The wide open one after the rebound fell in her lap was oof.  She just shot it too quick, expecting she was going to get hammered, which, to her benefit, is a fairly sound expectation.

That is true

[Huskerpapa]

Looking pretty good right now.  Come out strong in the second half.

[Bugeaters1]

After watching the 1st half shit show of the mens game. These ref's are doing a decent job.

[Bugeaters1]

That was a BS foul call.

 

[Cazzie22]

Why can’t we make baskets at the rim?  It’s killing us.  We are actually feeding the post and cannot capitalize.

[caveman]

Someone else please shoot...

[Cazzie22]

Well, they are carving up our zone.

[Tom Jones]

we are getting it to AM in the lane ... yes .... but that's starting to be almost like  a turnover.  Once she bit the bottom of the rim

 

 

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Edited February 16 by Tom Jones

[NUtball]

Got to start playing some defense.

[Tom Jones]

i wish that announcers would make it a point to tell us WHO THE FOUL IS ON