Nebraska (20-10) vs. Illinois (21-8) Game Thread

[Cazzie22]

Illinois has been allowed to be very physical.  We have to score here.

[Bugeaters1]

NISSLEY!!!!!

[Cazzie22]

Finally an inbounds play that worked. Nice pick set by Logan. Yes, Logan has come up with two huge offensive rebounds.

[Bugeaters1]

HOLY SHIT!!! 

[longtimefan]

I like Nissley. I just don't want her to dribble 

[Bugeaters1]

AGAIN HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

[Bugeaters1]

Take that sukas

[Cazzie22]

Why foul the shooter Britt. She fell asleep on the inbounds.

[Cazzie22]

Big win.  Should get us in the NCAA.

[Bugeaters1]

NEB Specialty Stats

Bench Points	22
Points In Paint	34
Points off Turns	11
Opp Turnovers	12
2nd Chance Points	10
Off Rebounds	9
Fastbreak Points	0
Layups	12-19
Dunks	0-0
Times Tied	1
Times Taken Lead	4
Possessions	67
Scores	33
Pts Per Possession	1.104
Scoring %	49.3
Turnover %	22.4
Time Leading	4:01
Time Trailing	34:09
Time Tied	1:47

[longtimefan]

I know I complain about coach Williams but damn it, she gets us to the big dance about every year.

[Bugeaters1]

12 of 19 on layupsand 50% from 3

[Cazzie22]

Jess Petrie came through.

[twister31]

5 minutes ago, longtimefan said:

I know I complain about coach Williams but damn it, she gets us to the big dance about every year.

I wouldn't exactly say that, this will be the fourth appearance in nine years. Less than 50%.

[Bugeaters1]

The plus minus will be a bit puzzleing

[Bugeaters1]

16 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Big win.  Should get us in the NCAA.

I think last night did that. This win will hopefully improve the seed.

[redsteve]

This was a game of team balance in play and in mental focus . May be what we haven't always been so great at.

Everyone was unselfish, and wide open in helping each other.

 

Maybe most of all they have learned to have confidence in themselves...and each other. That's my kind of basketball.

The commentators said after the game...the players listen to Alexis...they heard her say in a huddle..."you can do it...you can do it"

 

Edited Friday at 01:54 AM by redsteve

[HUD]

This gives us another quad one win!

[Bugeaters1]

9 minutes ago, redsteve said:

This was a game of team balance in play and in mental focus . May be what we haven't always been so great at.

Everyone was unselfish, and wide open in helping each other.

 

Maybe most of all they have learned to have confidence in themselves...and each other. That's my kind of basketball.

The commentators said after the game...the players listen to Alexis...they heard her say in a huddle..."you can do it...you can do it"

 

It also helps to have the bench depth that Nebraska has. It seems to pay playing the whole team most every game.

Edited Friday at 01:59 AM by Bugeaters1

[Bugeaters1]

Illinois did score a FG the last 4:35 of the game.

 

[AuroranHusker]

Gritty win by the Big Red. Loved it. Jess Petrie and Petra Bozan made up for a subpar game from Alexis, who was getting mauled most of the night. And, of course, the ringleader Britt Prince was clutch all game. Seven players scored at least 7 points for the Cornhuskers. That type of balance works well in a tourney environment. GBR

 

[Bugeaters1]

1 minute ago, AuroranHusker said:

Gritty win by the Big Red. Loved it. Jess Petrie and Petra Bozan made up for a subpar game from Alexis, who was getting mauled most of the night. And, of course, the ringleader Britt Prince was clutch all game. Seven players scored at least 7 points for the Cornhuskers. That type of balance works well in a tourney environment. GBR

 

Bench points were 22 to 7

 

[AuroranHusker]

1 minute ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Bench points were 22 to 7

 

 

That plays really, really well in the Big Ten tourney. And, having Bozan & Petrie both score 11 helped tremendously to offset Markowski's subpar night (9). Seven NU players scoring at least 7 pts. makes it a total team effort. Nissley rebounding the ball late on the offensive end was a huge factor in securing the win, too.

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

32 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

The plus minus will be a bit puzzleing

 

Callin Hake's +14 and Jess Petrie's +12 both seem to track with the 4th quarter minutes for them.

 

[Bugeaters1]

3 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Callin Hake's +14 and Jess Petrie's +12 both seem to track with the 4th quarter minutes for them.

 

True, but Nissley's value was better than a minus 2.