WBB: Game # 32 vs Syracuse (NCAA Tournament 1st Round)

[Row6Seat10]

No. 9 Seed Nebraska Cornhuskers (21-10) vs. No. 8 Seed Syracuse Orange (21-9)
 

Friday, March 20, 6:30 p.m.
Colonial Life Arena
 

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Huskers Clash with Syracuse in NCAA First Round Friday

 

The Nebraska women’s basketball team made history by earning its fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and will take on Syracuse Friday in the first round at Columbia, S.C.

 

Tip-off between the ninth-seeded Cornhuskers and eighth-seeded Orange at Colonial Life Arena is set for 6:30 p.m.

 

Nebraska seniors Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill and Hailie Sample made history by advancing to their fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament.The seniors are also the first class in Husker history to produce four straight 20-win campaigns.

 

Cady is set to tie a Nebraska record with her 132nd consecutive start. Emily also needs just five rebounds to catch Jordan Hooper at No. 2 on the Nebraska career rebounds list (1,110). Cady ranks sixth among active NCAA rebounders with 1,105 in her career. She has added 1,441 points and 303 assists, while ranking among the top five players in school history with 114 career blocks.

 

Sample has started 131 games alongside Cady, while Laudermill has made 61 straight starts. Jeffery has added 38 career starts to give the seniors more than 300 combined career starts.

 

Syracuse heads into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed after producing a 21-9 overall record that included an 11-5 mark in the ACC. The Orange tied Duke for fourth in the final conference standings, before being knocked out of the second round of the ACC Tournament by No. 13 seed Wake Forest.

 

Syracuse still has plenty of weapons in a starting five dominated by sophomores and juniors. Sophomore Alexis Peterson leads the Orange with 15.7 points per game. Brianna Butler has pitched in 13.3 points. Cornelia Fondren has averaged 7.5 points while ranking second on the team in rebounds (5.5). Briana Day, a 6-4 center, gives the Orange size inside while nearly averaging a double-double with 9.8 points and a team-best 10.6 rebounds per game.

 

Nebraska and Syracuse will be meeting for the first time in school history.

 

Probable Starters:

Nebraska Cornhuskers
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - Sr. - F - 7.5 ppg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 12.5
1 - Tear’a Laudermill - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 13.8
5 - Natalie Romeo - 5-7 - Fr. - G - 8.7
13 - Brandi Jeffery - 5-7 - Sr. - G - 7.9

 

Syracuse Orange
1 - Alexis Peterson - 5-7 - So. - G - 15.7 ppg
11 - Cornelia Fondren - 5-8 - Jr. - G - 7.4
13 - Brianna Butler - 5-11 - Jr. - G - 13.3
10 - Isabella Slim - 6-0 - So. - F - 1.9
50 - Briana Day - 6-4 - So. - C - 9.8

 

• Nebraska earned its fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid and its seventh in the past nine seasons.

• NU is 3-3 in NCAA Tournament play during the careers of seniors Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill and Hailie Sample.

• Nebraska is one of just 21 Division I teams to earn four consecutive NCAA Tournament bids.

• The Big Ten is 11-0 in first-round NCAA Tournament games over the last two seasons.

• The Huskers have produced seven 20-win seasons in the last nine years.

 

 

GAME NOTES:

 

 

                                        Beat Syracuse!

 

[Bugeaters1]

And they are off.

[Jurgey]

6:30 can't get here soon enough!  GOOO BIGGG REDDD!

[Noah121]

6:30 can't get here soon enough!  GOOO BIGGG REDDD!

Plus another 24 hours. The game is on Friday

[Row6Seat10]

Here is the coverage map for the Huskers and Syracuse. If you live in the gray shade you should be able to get the whole game instead of whip around coverage. Anything outside of that will get you either another game or whip around coverage.

 

 

6:30 p.m. CT (ESPN2/ESPN3)

[Noah121]

I'd rather listen to Matt and Jeff... but I have a previously scheduled activity, so I likely will not be able to listen to this game...

[Jurgey]

 

6:30 can't get here soon enough!  GOOO BIGGG REDDD!

Plus another 24 hours. The game is on Friday

 

See how wound up I was Noah!  Now I'm really pumped!!!!

[Bugeaters1]

I just ran across this on bing.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=women%27s+basketball+ncaa+tournament+2015&pc=MOZI&form=MOZTSB

[Row6Seat10]

I think the most important statistic in this game will be turnovers. If we can keep a low count say 12 and under we should be in pretty good shape. Secondly, hit 3 point shots which will make the Orange guard the three point arc and open up the middle for Emily and the drive to the bucket by Tee. Third point of emphasis defend the three point shot, Syracuse likes to put up a lot of them so get a hand in the face of the shooter. And rebound the basketball.

[Bugeaters1]

For those out of state ESPN 3 will have the game.

[Bugeaters1]

Minny is out

[Bugeaters1]

Will we see much of Smith tonight since she has had two weeks of practice?

[huskerchode]

Who is Britney Jefferies? LOL

[Bugeaters1]

WTF I'm switched to the Notre Dame game.

[huskerchode]

Stop the dumb turnovers

[Bugeaters1]

Can't buy a bucket.

[huskerchode]

We were shooting 50% and now we are down below 30%. We really look all discombobulated all of a sudden. I'm assuming that's because of some adjustment Syracuse has made. Allie needs to play tougher, she could really help us right now.

[Row6Seat10]

They switched from a zone to a man on defense and it looks like we didn't prepare for the man to man.

[huskerchode]

In spite of all this, only down by 3. Glad Chandler knocked down a three!

[huskerchode]

C'mon Allie.

[Row6Seat10]

Havers has got to catch and control that basketball!! She needs to pick it up now!

[huskerchode]

She is really sluggish tonight.

[huskerchode]

With both T and Em on the bench, we are tied at half. And that was a nice play by Allie at the end!

[Row6Seat10]

Got it tied up let's keep it going and finish this thing right!  We get Emily back now hope she can stay out of foul trouble. Got to rebound the ball better and keep a body on the outside shooter. They're getting too many open looks.

[Bugeaters1]

Got it tied up let's keep it going and finish this thing right!  We get Emily back now hope she can stay out of foul trouble. Got to rebound the ball better and keep a body on the outside shooter. They're getting too many open looks.

getting open looks from people that are shooting 25% on the season. so what do you do, do you leave them open and guard the scorers or guard the 25% shooters and leave the scorers?