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 5723.jpg   No. 7 Seed Nebraska Cornhuskers (18-11, 9-9)
 

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0e469cd47770f0ae859dbf079be6c32527a065ed   No. 10 Seed Rutgers Scarlet Knights (17-13, 8-10)

 

Thursday, March 3, 5:30 p.m. 

Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis)

 

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Television: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Christy Winters-Scott, Shelley Till)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Pre-game 5:15 p.m.) (Matt Coatney, Jeff Griesch)

Thursday's Stations

  • KBBK 107.3 FM, Lincoln
  • KXSP 590 AM, Omaha
  • KBRB 1400 AM, Ainsworth
  • KHUB 1340 AM, Fremont
  • KRGI 1430 AM, Grand Island
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  • KRVN 880 AM, Lexington
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  • KNCY 1600 AM/105.5 FM, Nebraska City
  • KHAQ 98.5 FM, North Platte
  • KNEB 960 AM, Scottsbluff
  • KSID 1340 AM, Sidney

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                                              Big Red Opens Big Ten Tourney with Scarlet Knights
 

The Nebraska women’s basketball team opens the 2016 Big Ten Tournament by taking on Rutgers on Thursday in Indianapolis.

 

Tip-off between the seventh-seeded Huskers and the 10th-seeded Scarlet Knights is set for 5:30 p.m.

 

Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jessica Shepard stepped outside the starting lineup for the first time this season to make way for senior forward Anya Kalenta to get her first start on Senior Day.

 

Shepard managed 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench to cap a first-team All-Big Ten campaign with a Nebraska freshman record 565 points. Shepard leads the Huskers with 19.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game and is the first freshman in Husker history to earn first-team all-conference honors.

 

Second-team All-Big Ten guard Natalie Romeo enjoyed an historic performance by producing just the second triple-double in school history with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in her most extensive action this season at the point guard spot. Romeo, who has set a school record with 93 threes this season, enters the conference tournament averaging 15.6 points per game.

 

C. Vivian Stringer leads her 21st Rutgers team into the Big Ten Tournament in her 45th overall season as a head coach. She takes aim at her 450th win at Rutgers and her 970th career win overall. Stringer was not present for Nebraska’s win in Lincoln, as she tended to her ailing mother.

 

Rutgers leads the Big Ten in scoring defense at 59.1 points per game, but ranks last in scoring offense at 62.7 points per contest. The Scarlet Knights are plus-0.2 in rebounding margin and plus-0.1 in turnover margin, while shooting 44.6 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from three-point range. RU also is shooting just 67.8 percent from the free throw line.

 

Rutgers leads the all-time series with Nebraska 2-1. All three meetings have come as conference foes, but the teams have never met in the Big Ten Tournament.

 

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Probable Starters:

 

 

Nebraska Cornhuskers 

32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - Fr. - F - 19.5 ppg, 8.8 rpg
22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Jr. - C - 8.0
5 - Natalie Romeo - 5-7 - So. - G - 15.7
24 - Maddie Simon - 6-2 - Fr. - G - 4.8
34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - So. - G - 4.1

 

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 

2 - Kahleah Copper - 6-2 - Sr. - F/G - 17.3 ppg
1 - Rachel Hollivay - 6-4 - Sr. - C - 7.5
43 - Ariel Butts - 6-3 - Sr. - C - 2.6
3 - Tyler Scaife - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 17.6
4 - Briona Canty - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 5.8

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• Over the last four seasons, Nebraska has won more games than any team in the Big Ten Tournament. The Huskers are 8-3 in Big Ten Tournament play with losses to Purdue (2012, 2013) and Iowa (2015).
 

• Nebraska has won at least one game in each of its first four Big Ten Tournament appearances.
 

• The Huskers won the 2014 Big Ten Tournament title in Indianapolis by rolling to a 3-0 record with wins over Minnesota, Michigan State and Iowa. Nebraska was the No. 2 seed.
 

• Nebraska has advanced to the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game in both of its previous trips to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. In its first Big Ten Tournament, Nebraska rolled to double-digit wins over Northwestern, Iowa and Ohio State, before falling to Purdue in 2OT in the title game.

• Nebraska owns Big Ten Tournament wins over Iowa (2012, 2013, 2014), Northwestern (2012), Ohio State (2012), Minnesota (2014), Michigan State (2014) and Illinois (2015).

• Nebraska has advanced to postseason tournament play in 11 of the last 12 years (not 2011).
 

• The Huskers have made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
 

• Nebraska has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the last nine years, including NCAA Sweet Sixteens in 2010 and 2013.
 

• The Huskers are expected to accept a WNIT bid if chosen to be in the 64-team tournament. The announcement of the WNIT field will follow the announcement of the 2016 NCAA Tournament field on Monday, March 14. Round 1 will be played at home sites, March 16-18. The WNIT Championship Game is set for Saturday, April 2.

• Nebraska made its last appearance in the Postseason WNIT in 2009, a year before advancing to its first-ever NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

 

GAME NOTES:

 

 

 

                                                                 BEAT RUTGERS!

 

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Bugeaters1
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Does anyone else think that Stringer looks like Ozzy Osbourne?

colhusker
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Be nice to get a very athletic 3 for next year.

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The injury thing has me bewildered.  According to my recall the only players not suffering one this year were Anya and Woody.

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Keep it going! Be nice to have Jessica break loose the second half and get her average in points!

 

Need to tighten up the defense on some of those wide open shots and not give up those offensive rebounds.

 

We can win this!

 

This!

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Now that she is playing today I will let you all know that I saw Jessica at the men's game the other night with a boot on one of her feet- don't remember what foot it was. Not sure, but this could be the reason to her low scoring performances the past few games?

I really didn't want to say anything about the boot before the game tonite just in case people thought doomsday was here and jes wouldn't be playing.

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Now that she is playing today I will let you all know that I saw Jessica at the men's game the other night with a boot on one of her feet- don't remember what foot it was. Not sure, but this could be the reason to her low scoring performances the past few games?

I really didn't want to say anything about the boot before the game tonite just in case people thought doomsday was here and jes wouldn't be playing.

Well my wife just asked me if I had seen Jess rubbing her knee when on the bench Sunday.

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