WBB: Game #1 vs UCLA

The middle-school youth will be seated on the West side (100/Lower Level) for the Sportsmanship Pep Rally. They will relocate immediately following the event, so doors to Pinnacle Bank Arena will not open to the public until 11 a.m. (60 minutes prior to tip-off). For the rest of the season, doors to Pinnacle Bank Arena will open 90 minutes prior to tip-off, our traditional time for open doors at women’s basketball home games. You may experience some minor slow-downs in getting to your seats on Friday

Excited to see this. Have the DVR set at home. Will listen to Matt/Jeff from work. 

Go Huskers!

I'll be listening from work--sure implies that I won't get much effective work done!  Many things can discard my productivity on Fridays...

"18:38... write it down." Cady scores the first Husker points of the arena on two free throws as it's 2-2 early.

Sounds pretty tooth-and-nails early.  The Big Red leads 9-6 with 14:45 in the first.

Huskers are starting to open up a lead: 17-9 with 11:46 in the first.  My attention is very much divided.

Go Big Red!  Matt got very excited this segment, as it's 29-13 with under 8 in the first. 

Halftime score: 40-20 Huskers.  I may somewhat tune out the second half as I really need to try and get some work done...

I was busy the whole first half. Sounds like JHoop got warmed up.

Finally able to listen again...missed almost entire thing. DVR'd it though so my Friday night is now planned. In addition to catching the mens game of course.

GBR!

Just how good is it to have a big girl down under to be able to catch the ball and lay it in with a defender all over her!! And she's only a freshman. Michigans loss is the Huskers gain!

77-49 final. Hooper with a monster game! 27 points and 11 boards, Emily Cady with 12 points and Allie Havers with 14 points!

We looked good for the first game out of the box. Glad to see we're still mixing up defenses and switching to a zone through out the game!  I thought Brandi Jeffery played a fantastic game, coming up with loose rebounds and balls. She had 9 points. Emily could have had more points but got caught too far under the bucket to get the ball up and in more than once. Think I heard somewhere around 9700+ in attendance.

good to hear from you Noah!

Wow.  Just wow.

That would have been an impressive performance against just about any team.  But to deliver a blow like that against a ranked team?  Wow.  Just wow.  And way to go Allie Havers!  I listened to Coatney and didn't see it, but my girl Allie turned in a pretty outstanding performance with 14 points in the 2nd half.  That almost matches the 19 points J Hoop had in the first half.

When is LOI signing day?  You seeing this, girls?  You're signing with a team that just destroyed a ranked UCLA squad.

That would have been an impressive performance against just about any team.  But to deliver a blow like that against a ranked team?  Wow.  Just wow.  And way to go Allie Havers!  I listened to Coatney and didn't see it, but my girl Allie turned in a pretty outstanding performance with 14 points in the 2nd half.  That almost matches the 19 points J Hoop had in the first half.

 

When is LOI signing day?  You seeing this, girls?  You're signing with a team that just destroyed a ranked UCLA squad.

Team looked good today.  UCLA only had 6 girls suited up.  Anybody know why?  That definitely didn't help them.

 

That would have been an impressive performance against just about any team.  But to deliver a blow like that against a ranked team?  Wow.  Just wow.  And way to go Allie Havers!  I listened to Coatney and didn't see it, but my girl Allie turned in a pretty outstanding performance with 14 points in the 2nd half.  That almost matches the 19 points J Hoop had in the first half.

 

When is LOI signing day?  You seeing this, girls?  You're signing with a team that just destroyed a ranked UCLA squad.

Team looked good today.  UCLA only had 6 girls suited up.  Anybody know why?  That definitely didn't help them.

 

Injuries

That would have been an impressive performance against just about any team.  But to deliver a blow like that against a ranked team?  Wow.  Just wow.  And way to go Allie Havers!  I listened to Coatney and didn't see it, but my girl Allie turned in a pretty outstanding performance with 14 points in the 2nd half.  That almost matches the 19 points J Hoop had in the first half.

 

When is LOI signing day?  You seeing this, girls?  You're signing with a team that just destroyed a ranked UCLA squad.

UCLA only had 6 players available today and most of their height was hurt.

Last year our first sub for Hooper or Cady was Meghin Williams.  I don't mean to knock on Meghin because she played to the best of her ability, but having Allie Havers come in this year is a HUGE plus for the team.  I mean this is going to be big for us this year. Theriot looked pretty today also.  Hopefully Jefferies outside shooting will get better.  If it does, this team could be really special.

Great to have a strong showing against a good team, regardless of their injuries. That said, I think the better takeaway is that despite a poor showing from beyond the arc, the offense rolled. Last year, the ladies lived and died by the three for much of the season, (happily, a lot more living than dying) so it's nice to see that not be the case from day one here.

I didn't see the game, but from what the radio guys were saying, it sounds like T is continuing to be a great source of energy off the bench. That's another great sign, and I hope she continues to love being a leader despite not being a starter.

Last year our first sub for Hooper or Cady was Meghin Williams.  I don't mean to knock on Meghin because she played to the best of her ability, but having Allie Havers come in this year is a HUGE plus for the team.  I mean this is going to be big for us this year. Theriot looked pretty today also.  Hopefully Jefferies outside shooting will get better.  If it does, this team could be really special.

Theroit had a nasty pass to the post in the second half that was just amazing.

That pass by Theriot was as good as any zeros ever made and we all know how special zeros was.

I think that Theriot is a very good passer.  If she can develop in other ways (leadership, floor vocalization, etc) we should be ok at point.

Not sure how many noticed but just a few rows ahead of HB sat the future of Husker basketball. Jessica Shepard, Kaylee and Lanie (wishfull thinking) Page!

Theriot also had a nice bucket with time winding down on the shot clock, with about 4 seconds to go she faked a hard drive got the defender to defend the drive pulled up for a duce as the clock hit 00.

was Shepard dressed out in Huskers gear and have a head band on ? Well I don't know where HB sits so I didn't see that.

I really don't remember if Jess had a headband on or not.