WBB: Game #33 vs Texas A&M (NCAA)

No. 24 Nebraska battles a familiar foe in the second round of the NCAA

Tournament, when the Huskers take on No. 9 Texas A&M on Monday in College Station, Texas.

Tip-off between the No. 6 seed Huskers and No. 3 seed Aggies at Reed Arena is set for 8:30 p.m.

The Huskers, who have won 12 of their last 14 games, advanced to the second round for the third time in the last six years with a 73-59 victory over No. 11 seed Chattanooga. Jordan Hooper led the Huskers with 21 points and 12 rebounds in the victory. She notched her ninth double-double of the year, scoring 18 points and grabbing six rebounds in the second half. Lindsey Moore added 13 points and seven assists, as NU overcame a nine-point deficit midway through the second half.

Texas A&M registered its fourth straight win with a 71-45 run past Wichita State. The Aggies trailed the Shockers 20-19 late in the first half before taking a double-digit lead to the locker room at halftime and running to a comfortable win. Kristi Bellock led three Aggies in double figures with 18 points, while Courtney Williams and Kelsey Bone each contributed double figures.

The Huskers own a 14-9 edge in the all-time series with Texas A&M, including a 10-8 mark as Big 12 Conference foes. A&M won the last meeting, 84-49, in NU’s last Big 12 regular-season game. That Aggie team went on to win the 2011 NCAA title.

Probable Starters:

Nebraska Cornhuskers

3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - So. - F

23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - So. - F

35 - Jordan Hooper - 6-2 - Jr. - F

00 - Lindsey Moore - 5-9 - Sr. - G

24 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Fr. - G

Texas A&M Aggies

01 - Courtney Williams 6-1 - Fr - G

03 - Kelsey Bone - 6-4 - Jr - C

05 - Kristi Bellock - 6-1 - Sr. - F

32 - Adrienne Pratcher - 5-7 - Jr. - G

33 - Courtney Walker - 5-8 - Fr - G

What to Watch for the Huskers

• A win for Nebraska over Texas A&M would put the Huskers in the second NCAA Sweet Sixteen in school history (2010). A victory would also give the Huskers their first-ever NCAA Tournament win on their opponent’s home court.
  
• NU is 0-4 all-time in the Big Dance in true road games, including losses at USC in 1988 and 1993, at Old Dominion (1998) and at Maryland (2007). The Huskers are 0-3 in second-round NCAA Tournament road games (USC-2, ODU, Maryland).
  
• A win would advance Nebraska to the NCAA Norfolk (Va.) Regional. The Huskers have not played in Norfolk, Va., since losing to Old Dominion in the NCAA second round in 1998.
  
• A win would increase Nebraska’s season victory total to 25 - the second-highest mark in school history trailing only 32 wins in 2009-10. The Huskers have recorded the three-highest win totals in school history (32, 2009-10; 24, 2011-12; 24, 2012-13) in the last four seasons.
  
• Jordan Hooper enters the Texas A&M game needing eight boards to become the first junior in Nebraska history to reach 1,600 points and 800 career rebounds. Hooper enters the game with 1,658 points and 792 rebounds.
  
• Hooper, who had 12 rebounds in NU’s NCAA first-round win over Chattanooga, needs 12 rebounds to catch Anna DeForge (1995-98) at No. 5 on Nebraska’s career rebounding list with 804.
  
• Hooper, who hit four three-pointers in the win over Chattanooga, needs two three-pointers to become just the fifth player in Nebraska history to hit 80 threes in a season. She needs three threes to catch Kiera Hardy in fourth (81, 2005-06) and four triples to match Yvonne Turner in third (82, 2009-10) on the NU single-season list.
  
• Lindsey Moore needs 13 assists to tie Meggan Yedsena atop Nebraska’s career assist list. After recording seven assists in the first-round win over UTC, Moore enters the Texas A&M game with 683 career assists. Yedsena owns the school record with 696.
  
• Moore needs four assists to match her season total from 2010-11 (183) for fifth on NU’s single-season list.
  
• Freshman Rachel Theriot needs four assists to reach 100 for the season. She would join Moore in season since LaToya Howell (159) and Kiera Hardy (101) accomplished the feat in 2005-06. It would be the eighth time in Husker history that two or more players recorded 100 or more assists in the same season for NU, but just the second time in the past 15 years.
  
• Moore will move to No. 3 on Nebraska’s career games played list (131) against Texas A&M, trailing only Janet Smith (136, 1979-82) and Kaitlyn Burke (134, 2008-12).
  
• Moore needs one three-pointer against Texas A&M to reach 50 on the season, tying for 10th on the Husker single-season list.
  

Nebraska NCAA Tournament First-Round Notes

• Jordan Hooper’s 21 points marked Nebraska’s 11th individual 20-point scoring performance all-time in NCAA Tournament play.
  
• Hooper’s 12 rebounds tied for the sixth-best mark on the boards by a Husker in the NCAA Tournament.
  
• Hooper’s four threes against UTC tied for the second-most threes in an NCAA Tournament game by a Husker, matching the four hit by fellow Alliance, Neb., native Amy Stephens against USC in 1988. Yvonne Turner set the NU single-game NCAA Tournament record with five threes vs. Maryland in 2008.
  
• Lindsey Moore’s seven assists against Chattanooga tied for the second most all-time by a Husker in the NCAA Tournament, trailing only Moore’s 11 against UCLA in the NCAA
  second round in 2010.
  
• Moore scored 13 points against Chattanooga to increase her career NCAA Tournament scoring total to 54 points with four double-figure scoring efforts in five games. She
  needs one point to move to fifth, three points to climb to fourth and 10 points to catch Dominique Kelley in third on NU’s career NCAA Tournament scoring list at 64. Kelsey Griffin owns Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament scoring record with 101 points in six tournament games.
  
• Nebraska committed just six fouls in the NCAA first-round win over Chattanooga, tying for the second-fewest fouls in school history. It also marked the sixth time this season that NU had been whistled for single-digit fouls, including a school-record five against Ohio State on Feb. 14 and six at Michigan on Feb. 21. It marked the fourth time in the last nine games that Nebraska has been assesseed nine fouls or less.
  

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