The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns from celebrating the Christmas holiday with family and friends to close non-conference play against Oral Roberts on Sunday afternoon at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Tip-off between the Huskers and the Golden Eagles is set for 2 p.m.
Nebraska is coming off a 87-53 thrashing of the South Dakota Coyotes where every player on the Husker roster got into the scoring column. Jordan Hooper lead the Huskers with 19 points followed by Tee Laudermill’s 15, Little Sadie Murren’s 11 and Emily Cady chipped in 10. Sadie also led the team in rebounds with 8.
The Huskers have somewhat hit a nice stride and have averaged just under 82 points a game the last three games while Oral Roberts has struggled offensively, averaging just 61 points per game through its first nine contests.
Nebraska will recognize former All-America point guard and current WNBA champion Lindsey Moore during the first half of Sunday’s game. Zeroes will be in Lincoln while on holiday break from her professional team in Italy.
Coach Misti Cussen brings her Golden Eagles to Nebraska with a 1-8 record. ORU, which won the Southland Conference and earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament, returned three starters from last year’s club but has dropped eight straight games against primarily major conference opponents including Northwestern, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Marquette.
Christian Key ranks 19th in the Southland Conference in scoring, with 12.0 points per game, while Sarah Shelton ranks 5th in the conference with 8.7 rebounds per game.
Nebraska leads the all-time series with Oral Roberts, 5-0. All five games have been played in Lincoln and all five have been decided by double digits.
Probable Starters:
Nebraska Cornhuskers
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - Jr. - F - 7.1 ppg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 13.3
35 - Jordan Hooper - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 19.8
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - So. - G - 11.5
1 - Tear’a Laudermill - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 8.2
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
4 - Dorottya Balla - 6-1 - Fr. - F - 9.9
23 - Bernadett Balla - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 4.3
42 - Sarah Shelton - 6-3 - Sr. - C - 6.6
11 - Jenni Bryan - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 7.1
12 - Christian Key - 5-10 - Sr. - G - 12.0
Jordan Hooper needs 27 points to catch Kiera Hardy at No. 5 on the Nebraska career scoring list. Hardy scored 1,930 points. Hooper enters the game with 1,903 points. JHoop now has 930 rebounds in her career.
Hooper ranks No. 8 nationally among all active NCAA Division I players with 1,903 points. She ranks No. 3 in the Big Ten in scoring this season and is tied for No. 45 nationally.
Emily Cady is nearly averaging a double-double with 13.3 points and 9.0 rebounds. She owns four double-doubles this season.
Rachel Theriot ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (.933) and No. 2 in assist-to-turnover ratio. She also ranks No. 4 overall in assists (5.6).
Over the last five games, Hallie Sample is averaging 9.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
Nebraska ranks No. 8 nationally with 50,764 fans at home this season. The Huskers rank 12th nationally with an average home attendance of 5,640 per game.
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