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    WBB: Game #14 @ Maryland

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      Thursday, Jan. 7, 6 p.m.
      XFINITY Center (College Park, Md.)

       

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      Television: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Stephanie White)
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    Huskers Tangle with Top-10 Terps Thursday
    The Nebraska women’s basketball team continues its rugged opening to Big Ten Conference play when the Huskers travel to Maryland to take on the No. 8 Terrapins on Thursday. Tip-off between the Huskers and defending Big Ten champion Maryland is set for 6 p.m.

     

    Nebraska, which will be facing its fourth top-25 team in four road games this season, is coming off an 85-62 loss at No. 14 Northwestern last Sunday.

     

    Coach Brenda Frese leads Maryland into Thursday’s game with a 12-2 record. Both of Maryland’s losses have come to current top-five teams Uconn and Ohio State.

     

    The Terrapins return three starters from last year’s squad. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough leads Maryland with 18.1 points, 1.5 blocks and 2.4 steals per game. Brionna Jones has added 14.6 points and 9.0 rebounds per game on the block. Malina Howard a club teammate of Rachel Theriot returns to the starting five for the Terps, adding 4.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

     

    Brene Moseley ranks third on the team in scoring with 14.0 points dishing out 6.7 assists per contest. Kristen Confroy adds 7.8 points per game.

     

    Overall, Maryland has 11 players who were top 60 national recruits out of high school, including four McDonald’s All-Americans.

     

    Maryland has averaged 87.1 points per game, while surrendering just 54.9 points per contest. The Terps are shooting 50.4 percent from the floor, including 38.7 percent from three-point range. They have also hit a solid 74.1 percent of their free throws. Maryland has dominated the glass, outrebounding opponents 48.6-29.4 (+19.2), while nearly equaling the opposition in the turnover department (+0.1).

     

    Nebraska is 0-4 all-time against Maryland, including a pair of losses against the Terrapins last season.

     

    Probable Starters:
    Nebraska Cornhuskers

     

    43 Rachel Blackburn 6-3 Fr. F 6.1 ppg
    32 Jessica Shepard 6-4 Fr. F 19.5
    4 Kyndal Clark 5-7 RSr. G 5.5
    5 Natalie Romeo 5-7 So. G 15.5
    33 Rachel Theriot 6-0 Sr. G 12.7

     

    Maryland Terrapins

     

    5 Malina Howard 6-4 Sr. C 4.9 ppg
    42 Brionna Jones 6-3 Jr. C 14.6
    12 Kristen Confroy 5-9 So. G 7.8
    15 Chloe Pavlech 5-9 Sr. G 1.9
    32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 5-11 Jr. G 18.1

     

    Rachel Theriot ranks eighth nationally with 7.0 assists per game.

     

    Rachel Theriot owns 535 assists in her career, moving her within 28 assists of Nicole Kubik at No. 4 on the Nebraska career chart.

     

    Natalie Romeo ranks 11th nationally with 3.1 threes per game.

     

    Jessica Shepard is averaging 20.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in Big Ten play.

     

    Rachel Blackburn has returned to the starting line-up following a bout with illness and a strained knee.

     

    Allie Havers is turning up her production with 7.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and a team-leading 1.2 blocks through 13 games.

     

    Maddie Simon along with Darrian Washington would both love to see time on the court Thursday.

     

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    a year or two ago, i remember one of the wbb announcers making a comment about coach frese---it may have been stephanie white. anyway, she said she was just talking to coach frese one day and asked her what was the first thing she looked for in a recruit. might be paraphrasing here, but, coach frese stated, "scorers. they got to be able to score". she probably should have said something more along the lines of "athletic scorers". i've always thought of maryland being one of the more "athletic" teams---at least since frese has been there. not a great defensive team, but, still pretty darn good. 

     

    some winnable games ahead. will be interesting to see how the team responds. 

     

    I've posted lots of times about our shooting percentages, and it has been one on my pet peeves for a couple of years.  We just don't shoot well consistently.  When we shoot in the 30% range, it's tough to compete. We were 26% in the first half yesterday...don't know where we ended up overall.  Too many forced shots inside, that had no chance.

     

    Lot's of other issues, but win a few coming up, and got to believe we'll start to get our act together. Has been a tough road for a while with the injuries, and freshman woes...tough competition....etc etc. Connie has her work cut out for her.....need some good vibes and a couple of wins.

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    The future is not bright for NU Women's BB. Maryland is bringing in a top rated class and we were clearly outclassed at every position tonight. Some observations: (1) Maryland's quickness overwhelmed our weak defense (2) Jess S. has a lot of work to do to compete with elite competition (3) That is not the Rachel Theriot of old playing (4) I liked Maddie Simon, showed some ability and her size is nice to have (5) Blackburn needs to get back in the starting lineup (6) Washington might have some potential.

    Connie may have to evaluate recruiting if we are to compete at a high level in the B1G...we have to get more athletic and more quickness.

    Tonight's game should make fans appreciate how tough Cady, Sample and company were the past few years.

    Connie's teams have nearly always been tough minded in the past. She's refused to put players in games until they proved they could defend. I realize we don't have many good defenders now, but she needs to keep the standards high. As for recruiting, we need to get more pure shooters.

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    They have one of the best shooters in the nation in the next class, and found her in part because she played for some mediocre team outside of Wichita. She's better than people appreciate. Again - it's a good recruiting class.  

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    a year or two ago, i remember one of the wbb announcers making a comment about coach frese---it may have been stephanie white. anyway, she said she was just talking to coach frese one day and asked her what was the first thing she looked for in a recruit. might be paraphrasing here, but, coach frese stated, "scorers. they got to be able to score". she probably should have said something more along the lines of "athletic scorers". i've always thought of maryland being one of the more "athletic" teams---at least since frese has been there. not a great defensive team, but, still pretty darn good.

    some winnable games ahead. will be interesting to see how the team responds.

    I've posted lots of times about our shooting percentages, and it has been one on my pet peeves for a couple of years. We just don't shoot well consistently. When we shoot in the 30% range, it's tough to compete. We were 26% in the first half yesterday...don't know where we ended up overall. Too many forced shots inside, that had no chance.

    Lot's of other issues, but win a few coming up, and got to believe we'll start to get our act together. Has been a tough road for a while with the injuries, and freshman woes...tough competition....etc etc. Connie has her work cut out for her.....need some good vibes and a couple of wins.

    I have felt like our offensive philosophy under Connie was to shot volumes of shots and even if your % wasn't great like 20-90 it was still better than 10-15. You understand what I 'm trying to say?

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    That may be great but our lack of offensive rebounds and high amount of turn overs against good opponents really limit our number of shots. Couple that with less then a stellar amount of free throw attempts and percentage made you better be playing great defense to be in the game.

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    a year or two ago, i remember one of the wbb announcers making a comment about coach frese---it may have been stephanie white. anyway, she said she was just talking to coach frese one day and asked her what was the first thing she looked for in a recruit. might be paraphrasing here, but, coach frese stated, "scorers. they got to be able to score". she probably should have said something more along the lines of "athletic scorers". i've always thought of maryland being one of the more "athletic" teams---at least since frese has been there. not a great defensive team, but, still pretty darn good. 

     

    some winnable games ahead. will be interesting to see how the team responds. 

     

    Coaches philosophy:

     

    Depends on their Bball concept...defense wins games...or out score your opponent.  The team with the most points wins. 

     

    I like the Frese (sp) concept. You can coach defense to a good shooter....but it's way more difficult to teach a good defender to score.  

     

    Good shooters are usually harder to find than good defenders. Top teams have good shooters. UConn, Notre Dame, Maryland, etc etc

     

    Not as simple as all that ...but which road do you want to take as a coach?

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    a year or two ago, i remember one of the wbb announcers making a comment about coach frese---it may have been stephanie white. anyway, she said she was just talking to coach frese one day and asked her what was the first thing she looked for in a recruit. might be paraphrasing here, but, coach frese stated, "scorers. they got to be able to score". she probably should have said something more along the lines of "athletic scorers". i've always thought of maryland being one of the more "athletic" teams---at least since frese has been there. not a great defensive team, but, still pretty darn good. 

     

    some winnable games ahead. will be interesting to see how the team responds. 

     

    Coaches philosophy:

     

    Depends on their Bball concept...defense wins games...or out score your opponent.  The team with the most points wins. 

     

    I like the Frese (sp) concept. You can coach defense to a good shooter....but it's way more difficult to teach a good defender to score.  

     

    Good shooters are usually harder to find than good defenders. Top teams have good shooters. UConn, Notre Dame, Maryland, etc etc

     

    Not as simple as all that ...but which road do you want to take as a coach?

     

     

    BINGO!

     

    the biggest thing that sets those teams apart from most, is, they have shooters up and down the bench. usually loaded with them. give me some scorers and i will teach them defense.

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    I just don't like our body language as a team right now. If we can hit shots that will make a big difference but I thought there was a lot of selfish play last night. No one wanted to make an extra pass and we didn't rebound anything.

    Is it time to shake up the lineup?

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    I just don't like our body language as a team right now. If we can hit shots that will make a big difference but I thought there was a lot of selfish play last night. No one wanted to make an extra pass and we didn't rebound anything.

    Is it time to shake up the lineup?

    I have also felt like there has been some selfish play. Several times in the past few games we have had someone open on the arc and instead of passing to them, we try to drive or toss up a somewhat wild shot. I've seen Maddie, Kyndal, Emily, and Natalie open. Jazz was open once or twice last night, too. Thought Jazz and Maddie played well. It was good to see. Just seemed like they were getting after it a bit better last night.

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    I was at that game Thursday night.  It was difficult to watch.  I thought Maddie played well.  

     

    If Nebraska's answer to its problems is great shooters...  43 isn't a part of your team.  Unfortunately, she's not a "great shooter." Maybe she will become one.  She is not a horrible shooter, but certainly not great.  

     

    Her knee is giving her problems.  It hurts, but she's gutting it out as much as she can.  Dad speaking here...  You won't find a tougher kid on that squad.  You'll find more skilled kids.  

     

    Which is more important... being able to play offense or defense???  It has parallels to the chicken or the egg argument.  It seems you need both.  Maryland's Malina Howard was 7-7 from the field.  At least twice she was wide open around the foul line and hit the shot.  I'm sitting there saying to myself... How is she that open?  How can the defense allow her to be that open?  Maryland looked like they were channeling Steph Curry.  

     

    Shooting is a function of skill.  Playing good defense takes heart, hustle, a willingness to mix it up.  It's hard to teach "heart." I'm betting Gino does it by telling his great shooters... I have 3 others who can shoot as well as you... You either play tough defense or you'll watch the game from a chair on the side.  Bill Self does that.  When you have UConn/KU Men's depth you have that option.  

     

    Whatever it is the Huskers need to figure it out quickly.  

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    I was at that game Thursday night.  It was difficult to watch.  I thought Maddie played well.  

     

    If Nebraska's answer to its problems is great shooters...  43 isn't a part of your team.  Unfortunately, she's not a "great shooter." Maybe she will become one.  She is not a horrible shooter, but certainly not great.  

     

    Her knee is giving her problems.  It hurts, but she's gutting it out as much as she can.  Dad speaking here...  You won't find a tougher kid on that squad.  You'll find more skilled kids.  

     

    Which is more important... being able to play offense or defense???  It has parallels to the chicken or the egg argument.  It seems you need both.  Maryland's Malina Howard was 7-7 from the field.  At least twice she was wide open around the foul line and hit the shot.  I'm sitting there saying to myself... How is she that open?  How can the defense allow her to be that open?  Maryland looked like they were channeling Steph Curry.  

     

    Shooting is a function of skill.  Playing good defense takes heart, hustle, a willingness to mix it up.  It's hard to teach "heart." I'm betting Gino does it by telling his great shooters... I have 3 others who can shoot as well as you... You either play tough defense or you'll watch the game from a chair on the side.  Bill Self does that.  When you have UConn/KU Men's depth you have that option.  

     

    Whatever it is the Huskers need to figure it out quickly.  

    Defense in my book.

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    RB43 makes the baskets she is supposed to make. I don't think I've seen her miss a bunny yet (maybe she has, but I can't think of one off the top of my head). She doesn't hesitate to shoot. I remember Sample would sometimes aggravate me by not taking a wide open shot in the lane, or completely missing a bunny, but her defense was stellar. I think RB43 is solid on offense and doesn't need to be a 15 point per game player. Her defense may not be as good as Sample, not yet anyway, but as she continues to develop her defense will be even stronger. Her motor is unmatched on the court right now.

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    I still think it would help if Jess would take a few 10 foot shots. She's perfectly capable of knocking down some 3s as well. Due to the conditioning she missed out on this year, I suspect she will take a big leap between freshman and sophomore years for the Huskers.

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    RB43 makes the baskets she is supposed to make. I don't think I've seen her miss a bunny yet (maybe she has, but I can't think of one off the top of my head). She doesn't hesitate to shoot. I remember Sample would sometimes aggravate me by not taking a wide open shot in the lane, or completely missing a bunny, but her defense was stellar. I think RB43 is solid on offense and doesn't need to be a 15 point per game player. Her defense may not be as good as Sample, not yet anyway, but as she continues to develop her defense will be even stronger. Her motor is unmatched on the court right now.

    RB43 and Sample have similar numbers pts per game avg wise. And agree about Sample not taking the open shot.

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    RB43 makes the baskets she is supposed to make. I don't think I've seen her miss a bunny yet (maybe she has, but I can't think of one off the top of my head). She doesn't hesitate to shoot. I remember Sample would sometimes aggravate me by not taking a wide open shot in the lane, or completely missing a bunny, but her defense was stellar. I think RB43 is solid on offense and doesn't need to be a 15 point per game player. Her defense may not be as good as Sample, not yet anyway, but as she continues to develop her defense will be even stronger. Her motor is unmatched on the court right now.

     

    RB43 shoots for good percentage, but as mentioned doesn't shoot a lot. But she doesn't draw quite the attention, and get hammered like Jess, does when Jess shoots. RB43 should shoot more...she will as time goes on.

     

    Yea, Sample used to make me a little nuts when she wouldn't shoot wide open shoots.

     

    Like everyone here, I fully expect all the freshman to be substantially improved next year....largely because most are playing a lot this year. Obviously sitting the bench doesn't make you much better later.

     

    According to NU stats RB43 is shooting 55% which is good, Jess is at 53%, Anya about 51%. We don't have anyone in the 60+ range.

     

    Many of these are shooting long shots, not just around the boards.

     

    Blackburn, Rachel... 29 52   .558 

    Shepard, Jessica.... 102 191 .534

    Kalenta, Anya....... 30 59   .508 

    Washington, Darrien. 5 10    .500 

    Havers, Allie....... 46 96   .479

    Theriot, Rachel..... 67 149  .450 

    Romeo, Natalie...... 73 168  .435 

    Simon, Maddie....... 17 42   .405 

    Wood, Emily......... 5 13 .   385 

    Clark, Kyndal....... 24 76   .316 

    Cincore, Jasmine.... 13 50   .260 

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    There is no way we want Rachel off this team whether she can shoot or not. She is by far my favorite player on the team. She does all the little things for us that we need. We are just hitting a rough spot right now. They are very hard to watch right now but I think it's because we don't have enough depth.

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