WBB: Game #12 vs Iowa

[Row6Seat10]

 

Thursday, Dec. 31, 1 p.m.

Pinnacle Bank Arena
 

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Doors Open/Arena Ticket Sales: 11:30 a.m.
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney, Jeff Griesch)

Thursday's Stations

• KRNU 90.3 FM, UNL
• KBBK 107.3 FM, Lincoln
• KXSP 590 AM, Omaha
• KBRB 1400 AM, Ainsworth
• KWBE 1450 AM, Beatrice
• KAMI 1580 AM, Cozad
• KHUB 1340 AM, Fremont
• KHAS 1230 AM, Hastings
• KRGI 1430 AM, Grand Island
• KGFW 1340 AM, Kearney
• KSWN 93.9 FM, McCook
• KNCY 1600 AM-105.5 FM, Nebraska City
• KHAQ 98.5 FM, North Platte
• KNEB 94.1 FM, Scottsbluff
• KSID 1340 AM, Sidney
• Inside PBA 87.7 FM

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                                   Huskers Tip Big Ten with Hawkeyes New Year’s Eve
 

The Nebraska women’s basketball team opens its Big Ten Conference season by colliding with Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 31. Tip-off between the Huskers and Hawkeyes is set for 1 p.m.

 

The Huskers welcomed 10 days of rest from competition after working their way to a 79-71 win over a talented and experienced Arkansas State squad. The Big Red closed non-conference home action with a 9-0 mark.

 

Over Nebraska’s past four games, six Huskers are averaging double figures, led by 19.5 points per game from freshman forward Jessica Shepard. Natalie Romeo (14.5 ppg), Rachel Theriot (13.3 ppg), Kyndal Clark (12.5 ppg), Rachel Blackburn (11.0 ppg) and Allie Havers (10.0 ppg) all provided punch down the stretch in non-conference play for a Husker offense that averaged 81.5 points per game.

 

Coach Lisa Bluder brings her Iowa Hawkeyes to Lincoln to tip-off Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes have been ranked in the top 25 throughout non-conference play after advancing to the 2015 NCAA Sweet 16.

 

Three-year starter Ally Disterhoft leads the way with 17.3 points per contest. Alexa Kastanek ranks second on the team with 12.6 points per game while providing Iowa with its most dangerous long-range threat. Kastanek is shooting 40.8 percent from three-point range. The rest of the Hawkeyes have combined for 49 and are shooting just 28.3 percent..

 

Inside, the Hawkeyes feature sophomore Chase Coley. The 6-3 forward is averaging 10.2 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds. The lone senior starter in the Iowa lineup is 6-1 forward Kali Peschel, who has added 6.5 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds per game.

 

The Hawkeyes swept the Huskers in three games a year ago, snapping Nebraska’s eight-game winning streak against Iowa to open its membership in the Big Ten Conference.

 

Nebraska leads the all-time series with Iowa, 12-10. The Huskers are 8-3 against Iowa since joining the Big Ten.

 

Probable Starters:

 

Nebraska Cornhuskers 

 

43 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Jr. - F - 7.2 ppg
32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - Fr. - F - 19.5
4 - Kyndal Clark - 5-7 - RSr. - G - 6.3
5 - Natalie Romeo - 5-7 - So. - G - 15.4
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Sr. - G - 12.5

 

Iowa Hawkeyes

 

11 - Tania Davis - 5-4 - Fr - G - 6.4 ppg

1 - Alexa Kastanek -5-10 -Jr - G - 12.6

2 - Allie Disterhoft - 6-0 - Jr - G/F – 17.3

25 - Kali Peschel - 6-1 - Sr - F - 6.5

4 - Chase Coley - 6-3 - So - C - 6.5

 

• A five-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week and the first freshman in school history to be named to the Naismith national player-of-the-year watch list, Jessica Shepard has added National Freshman-of-the-Week honors from the USBWA. She won those honors after scoring a Nebraska freshman record 35 points against Northern Arizona, when she also set a career high with four steals. Shepard owns five 20-point efforts, 10 double-figure scoring performances and four double-doubles.

 

• Jessica Shepard reached the 100-point (5 games) and 200-point (11 games) scoring marks faster than any Husker freshman in history.

 

• Rachel Blackburn has missed Nebraska’s past two games with Northern Arizona and Arkansas State because of illness and is listed as questionable for the game against Iowa.

 

• Natalie Romeo a high-energy guard brings intensity and toughness to both ends of the court, is rapidly growing into one of the Big Ten’s most explosive players.

 

• Kyndal Clark is on the verge of a breakout scoring explosion following a season-high 22 points in NU’s win over Arkansas State.

 

• Nebraska is 9-0 at Pinnacle Bank Arena this season. The Huskers are 37-5 all-time at since the building opened.

 

• Allie Havers is turning up her production with 7.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and a team-leading 1.2 blocks through 11 games.

 

• Maddie Simon’s recovery is going well and she is hopeful to return to action very early in the Big Ten Conference season.

 

GAME NOTES:

 

 

                                                                           BEAT IOWA!

 

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[Noah121]

I'll be there--excited to see the game!

[whoopdeedoo]

RB43 "questionable" for iowa??? hmmm, suppose it could be "flu" related in a way, but, find it hard to believe it is just from the flu. keeping fingers crossed she can give huskers at least some good minutes against iowa. it is starting to remind me a bit of what we now know about anya last season. coach yori had stated earlier this season that anya battled an undisclosed "illness" that may have affected her play last season. i hope we aren't seeing a repeat of that situation. guess we will have a pretty good idea a little more than 24 hours from now.

[redsteve]

RB43 "questionable" for iowa??? hmmm, suppose it could be "flu" related in a way, but, find it hard to believe it is just from the flu. keeping fingers crossed she can give huskers at least some good minutes against iowa. it is starting to remind me a bit of what we now know about anya last season. coach yori had stated earlier this season that anya battled an undisclosed "illness" that may have affected her play last season. i hope we aren't seeing a repeat of that situation. guess we will have a pretty good idea a little more than 24 hours from now.

 

an undisclosed "illness"....it was anemia

 

The condition of having a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells or quantity of hemoglobin. Anemia diminishes the capacity of the blood to carry oxygen. Patients with anemia may feel tired, fatigue easily, appear pale, develop palpitations, and become short of breath.

 

Not rare, but It takes months sometimes to recover from anemia. My sister had it, and was on meds quite a while..

[redsteve]

We need RB and Maddie back ASAP.  But may not happen for a "while". Even if one or the other get back, they'll be somewhat out of playing shape, and just the chemistry is affected.

 

Losing Ostrander....what possible back up we might have planned...not so much now. Can't lose anyone else. It looked like early we were going to be real deep....

 

Jess, Hallie, Anya, plus Washington have to carry the load. It's crunch time now. But they're a very good group of bigs..... we didn't have last year.

 

Really looking forward to the game.....

[whoopdeedoo]

 

RB43 "questionable" for iowa??? hmmm, suppose it could be "flu" related in a way, but, find it hard to believe it is just from the flu. keeping fingers crossed she can give huskers at least some good minutes against iowa. it is starting to remind me a bit of what we now know about anya last season. coach yori had stated earlier this season that anya battled an undisclosed "illness" that may have affected her play last season. i hope we aren't seeing a repeat of that situation. guess we will have a pretty good idea a little more than 24 hours from now.

 

an undisclosed "illness"....it was anemia

 

The condition of having a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells or quantity of hemoglobin. Anemia diminishes the capacity of the blood to carry oxygen. Patients with anemia may feel tired, fatigue easily, appear pale, develop palpitations, and become short of breath.

 

Not rare, but It takes months sometimes to recover from anemia. My sister had it, and was on meds quite a while..

 

apologies----my memory is fading in my old age. guess i don't remember coming across a disclosure of what exactly it was. i just remember reading/hearing earlier this fall she was battling an illness last season (from coach yori).

[Bugeaters1]

Here to starting off the the BIG 10+4 with a win.

[Row6Seat10]

Here's how Iowa has fared so far this season.

 

IOWA (10-2)
North Dakota (W 83-61)
Tennessee-Martin (W 62-56)
Western Illinois (W 96-81 OT)
at Northern Iowa (W 80-65)
----Lone Star Showcase (Austin, TX)-----
vs. Wright State (W 83-77)
vs. #24 George Washington (L 77-81 2OT)
vs. Houston (W 64-50)
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at Virginia (W 85-73)
Robert Morris (W 69-50)
at Iowa State (L 66-69)
Bradley (W 60-53)
Drake (W 89-76)

[Row6Seat10]

Limiting our turnovers will be key in this one. Iowa will pack the lane in an effort to slow Jessica so the Huskers need to make good entry passes to the inside and hit their outside shots.  With the way Jess has been hitting her free throws watch for #3 to foul her everytime she gets the ball. She practically mugged Emily Cady last year everytime Em got the ball.

[whoopdeedoo]

well, not sure iowa can afford to foul jess too much. unless they have everyone and anyone run at her. iowa isn't too deep at the post, are they? anyway, expecting a battle. the defense from nat, theriot, and clark will be telling, i believe. havers needs to be very active today! 

[Bugeaters1]

Maddie isn't in uniform but she is out shooting and looking good doing it

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[Bugeaters1]

Esther is not suited as well

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[Bugeaters1]

Limiting our turnovers will be key in this one. Iowa will pack the lane in an effort to slow Jessica so the Huskers need to make good entry passes to the inside and hit their outside shots. With the way Jess has been hitting her free throws watch for #3 to foul her everytime she gets the ball. She practically mugged Emily Cady last year everytime Em got the ball.

the I don't believe you called that foul on me. Till

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[huskerchode]

Looks like we have 9 suited up.

[Bugeaters1]

One of the refs is one those we had last game.

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[Bugeaters1]

Same stuff going on with jess underneath four arms on her and no fouls. Rachel missing short on open shots

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[huskerchode]

Didn't Iowa get jump ball twice in a row?

[huskerchode]

We can't rebound.

[whoopdeedoo]

wow. just not very good. defense     

[Bugeaters1]

Yep I couldn't hear what the ref was telling Yori.

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[huskerchode]

I really thought the ball should have been kicked out to Wood a couple times. If she could have knocked one down that may have made them think a bit more on D.

[Bugeaters1]

29 to 14 on rebounds

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[Silverbacked1]

got a score please

[huskerchode]

Shooting 30% at home won't cut it.

[Bugeaters1]

got a score please

42 28 the beaks