Nebraska Women's Basketball
The No. 12 Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to road action Thursday when the Huskers head to Omaha for their annual clash with Creighton.
Tip-off between the Huskers and Bluejays in the 40th meeting between the two teams is set for 8 p.m. at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Nebraska and Creighton have played each other in women’s basketball every season since 1983-84 campaign, including two-game season series in 1985-86 and 1986-87. Nebraska owns a 28-11 lead in the all-time series. Since the series became continuous, Nebraska owns a 23-10 lead.
Nebraska will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season, a 53-51 setback to Alabama. Creighton heads into Thursday’s game with a 4-4 record after rallying from a 16-point halftime deficit to win 58-56 at Northern Iowa Monday. Nebraska will be the third top-15 foe on Creighton’s schedule so far this season, joining road losses at UConn and California.
Creighton enters the game averaging 66.5 points, despite shooting just 39 percent from the field. CU has had tremendous success from long range with 68 of its 189 field goals on the year coming from beyond the arc. Opponents are shooting 47.1 percent against the Jays, including 42.5 percent from three.
The Jays have held their own (-1.6 rpg) on the glass despite games against UConn, Cal, Utah, Wichita State, South Dakota State, Cincinnati and Seton Hall. CU outrebounded UNI, 42-36. Creighton has averaged just 12.4 turnovers per game.
Tear’a Laudermill led the Big Red with 25 points on a school-record-tying seven three-pointers in a losing effort against Alabama.
Probable Starters:
Nebraska Cornhuskers
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - Sr. - F - 6.9 ppg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 13.4
1 - Tear’a Laudermill - 5-9 - Sr. - G
13 - Brandi Jeffery - 5-7 - Sr. - G - 9.5
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Jr. - G - 17.9
Creighton Bluejays
11 - Bailey Norby - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 2.4 ppg
23 - Marissa Janning - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 16.4
45 - Alexis Akin-Otiko - 6-0 - So. - F - 10.8
3 - MC McGrory - 5-8 - So. - G - 8.3
14 - Sydney Lamberty - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 7.1
Nebraska Coach Connie Yori has been a part of all but eight of the previous 39 meetings between Nebraska and Creighton.
Rachel Theriot has produced double figures in seven on NU’s first eight games this season.
Emily Cady owns 1,161 points, 855 rebounds, 242 assists and 118 steals. She is just the third player in Nebraska history with 1,000 points, 800 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 career steals, joining Maurtice Ivy and Anna DeForge.
Nebraska remained No. 12 in The Associated Press Poll, while holding at No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 after four weeks of regular-season play.
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