WBB: Game #9 @ Creighton

[Row6Seat10]

#12 Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) at Creighton Bluejays (4-4)
 

Thursday, Dec. 11, 8:01 p.m.
D.J. Sokol Arena

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No. 12 Huskers Look to Rebound in Annual Battle with Bluejays

 

The No. 12 Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to road action Thursday when the Huskers head to Omaha for their annual clash with Creighton.

 

Tip-off between the Huskers and Bluejays in the 40th meeting between the two teams is set for 8 p.m. at D.J. Sokol Arena.

 

Nebraska and Creighton have played each other in women’s basketball every season since 1983-84 campaign, including two-game season series in 1985-86 and 1986-87. Nebraska owns a 28-11 lead in the all-time series. Since the series became continuous, Nebraska owns a 23-10 lead.

 

Nebraska will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season, a 53-51 setback to Alabama. Creighton heads into Thursday’s game with a 4-4 record after rallying from a 16-point halftime deficit to win 58-56 at Northern Iowa Monday. Nebraska will be the third top-15 foe on Creighton’s schedule so far this season, joining road losses at UConn and California.

 

Creighton enters the game averaging 66.5 points, despite shooting just 39 percent from the field. CU has had tremendous success from long range with 68 of its 189 field goals on the year coming from beyond the arc. Opponents are shooting 47.1 percent against the Jays, including 42.5 percent from three.

 

The Jays have held their own (-1.6 rpg) on the glass despite games against UConn, Cal, Utah, Wichita State, South Dakota State, Cincinnati and Seton Hall. CU outrebounded UNI, 42-36. Creighton has averaged just 12.4 turnovers per game.

 

Tear’a Laudermill led the Big Red with 25 points on a school-record-tying seven three-pointers in a losing effort against Alabama.

 

Probable Starters:

Nebraska Cornhuskers
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - Sr. - F - 6.9 ppg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 13.4
1 - Tear’a Laudermill - 5-9 - Sr. - G
13 - Brandi Jeffery - 5-7 - Sr. - G - 9.5
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Jr. - G - 17.9

 

Creighton Bluejays
11 - Bailey Norby - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 2.4 ppg
23 - Marissa Janning - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 16.4
45 - Alexis Akin-Otiko - 6-0 - So. - F - 10.8
3 - MC McGrory - 5-8 - So. - G - 8.3
14 - Sydney Lamberty - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 7.1

 

Nebraska Coach Connie Yori has been a part of all but eight of the previous 39 meetings between Nebraska and Creighton.

 

Rachel Theriot has produced double figures in seven on NU’s first eight games this season.

 

Emily Cady owns 1,161 points, 855 rebounds, 242 assists and 118 steals. She is just the third player in Nebraska history with 1,000 points, 800 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 career steals, joining Maurtice Ivy and Anna DeForge.

 

Nebraska remained No. 12 in The Associated Press Poll, while holding at No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 after four weeks of regular-season play.

 

GAME NOTES:

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[hhcmatt]

Do the Lady Jays always play at Sokol?

[Bugeaters1]

Yes they do

[Row6Seat10]

Roll call for Sokol!

 

This trains leaving with 4 Husker fans on it!

 

Need Hailie to clamp down on Jannings and Emily and Rachel to play the way there capable of and that westbound train heading back to Star City later will be a happy ride!

[Noah121]

I won't be there since I'm still in Chicago, but I'll be back in Lincoln for the High Point game

[Bugeaters1]

Cincore is now hurt and in a walking boot. so wood and Esther are the one of the bench. How big is it that Page has left, She probably would have gotten some time tonight

[huskerchode]

SERIOUSLY!?!?

[huskerchode]

I'm going to start a chant on Saturday of "No More Boot!"

[Bugeaters1]

SERIOUSLY!?!?

Yep and smith is shut down due to pain in her foot. But romeo is about ready to come back.

[Bugeaters1]

I'm going to start a chant on Saturday of "No More Boot!"

Only if Page had stuck it out.

[huskerchode]

Rachel came to play!

[Noah121]

Jim Flanery decided to pull a Joe McKeown or a John Cook and call an early timeout!  The Huskers are up 8-2.

[Noah121]

A "YOU BETCHA" leads to a second Creighton timeout!  The Huskers now lead 15-6 with 12:30-ish in the first half...

 

...and Creighton throws the ball away.  Go Big Red!

[Bugeaters1]

It would be nice to get this game stretch this out to 15 - 16 by half

[Noah121]

Theriot hits a long-range jumper and it's 24-11!

 

Brandi gets the rebound, and there's 5:30 left in the half.  Setting up the offense... only to throw into the Creighton players.

 

Creighton miss, Brandi rebound.  And Cady nails a triple!  27-11, 5 minutes in the half.

 

Roof-roof-roof!

[Bugeaters1]

Creighton is playing ole defense.

[huskerchode]

Need to stop with the silly turnovers.

[Noah121]

Halftime score: 33-17.  There's still a lot of game to go, but Nebraska is not Northern Iowa.

 

All right--it's time to do dishes!

[Bugeaters1]

Need to stop with the silly turnovers.

And they need to start calling the harms on Creighton as well. But they making lazy passes

[HB]

Unbelievable that we have FOUR PLAYERS IN A BOOT!  What the hell is going on down there? 

[huskerchode]

Hope to see Emily Wood in the second half.

[Bugeaters1]

Hope to see Emily Wood in the second half.

Matt and Jeff thought in pregame that see would see some time. But it's hard to say.

[Cazzie22]

Cincore is in a boot?????  Emily Wood might have to play tonight.  Need some folks to get healthy right away.  B1G season is not that far away.  I thought this team would be a deep team and it appears currently that we are in desperate shape with our lack of depth.  

[huskerchode]

Wow, terrible start to the second half.

[Bugeaters1]

Two bad charging calls on the Huskers. is this the crew that called last nights mens game.