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Last year, at about this point in the season (+/-) I lamented that we were soft. I remember a game where we were getting knocked about, and went into a shell. Not this year. We were knocked around, and then beat Maryland at their game. Once again ladies, well done.

i know Hake has had her share of criticism, but, geez.........i like her grit. her 3 pointers aren't bad either don't remember which game it was, but, i was impressed at least she would attempt to drive to the basket where the other guards were tentative. anyway, big kudos to Callin Hake!

https://huskers.com/news/2023/12/31/three-huskers-post-double-doubles-in-win-over-maryland Photo Gallery Final Stats (PDF) Lincoln - Alexis Markowski, Jaz Shelley and Natalie Potts all produced double-doubles to power the Nebraska women's basketball to its first-ever home victory over Maryland in front of nearly 8,800 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on New Year's Eve. With the win, Nebraska improved to 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference and 10-3 overall, while Maryland slipped to 9-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference. It was NU's second win in the last three meetings with the Terrapins. Markowski did the most consistent damage from start to finish, recording her eighth double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Potts added the second double-double of her young career with 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Potts and Markowski combined for 23 of Nebraska's 48 rebounds in the game, as the Huskers dominated the Big Ten's top team in total rebounds, 48-30, on the glass. Shelley contributed 13 points and a game-high 11 assists for her second double-double of the year and 12th of her career. Nebraska got a career-high-tying 16 points from Callin Hake off the bench; she added five big rebounds and several key defensive plays. Graduate guard Darian White pitched in eight points, including 5-of-6 free throw shooting in the final 1:30, to help the Huskers hold off the Terps. Graduate guard Maddie Krull contributed five points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block to help slow down Maryland's high-powered offense. In a tight and well-played game from start-to-finish, the Huskers took control by outscoring the Terrapins 24-16 in the third quarter to push the margin to 63-54 after 30 minutes. Nebraska took its biggest lead at 66-56 on a Shelley three-pointer with 8:30 left, before securing the 87-81 win. As a team, Maryland hit 50 percent (32-64) of its shots, including 7-of-23 threes (.304), while hitting 10-of-16 free throws (.625). Maryland committed 26 fouls, as Sellers, Jakia Brown-Turner and Bri McDaniel all fouled out in the fourth quarter while trying to extend the game after the Big Red built a 10-point fourth-quarter advantage. The Terps committed 17 of their 26 fouls in the final 20 minutes. Nebraska hit just 39.1 percent (27-69) of its shots, but the Huskers outworked the Terps 20-8 on the offensive glass. The Big Red also hit 10-of-32 three-pointers (.313), marking the seventh time this season NU has hit double-digit threes in a game.

No matter how good (great?) Maryland is in 2023, the fact that Nebraska has now won 2 of the past 3 is a nice trend. GBR

Just returned from my three hour drive home from today’s game. So glad I decided to attend. Might have been the most exciting game I have witnessed personally at PBA. Great win over a good, I think, Maryland club, Jaz was dishing assists and came to life scoring in the 4th Potts was great in the 2nd half, scoring, defending, scrapping and rebounding Hake was the best I have seen her play at both ends of the floor. Alexis was a rock all game Maddie brought toughness and desire White got us settled late and knocked down free throws late. Team free throw shooting was the difference. We were rattled at times by their pressure but always came back for more. Out-rebounding Maryland is huge. We need to bottle today’s effort and desire to use every game. We must prove we can play well on the road. Let’s do it in Madison and set up a big game with Indiana next Sunday

Just watched the game on my DVR. Let me say this again: Natalie Potts is a gem! What a recruiting score that was for Nebraska!

Hake’s best game as a Husker. Amy did rotate her and Maddie toward the end for offense and defense some. She has stepped up which is good to see. Great to see Amy stick with Potts. Potts is going to make teams think twice about sagging on Alexis with her second half. Did think the officials called a tight game and even then it was pretty rough out there. Hake is getting better at handling ball pressure. Great win against a tough team.

The McCoys were formed in 1962 in Union City Indiana. Enjoy the video, I know I do. What do you guys got?

Yes the efficiency stats favor offensive production and don't cover a lot of defensive contributions of which there are many. Also it is better to look at the whole seasons average efficiency that has a lot bigger sampling size. I like to look at both the plus minus and efficiency. For example in the run in the 3rd qtr when we went from a one point lead to a nine point one, we had an interesting mix out there in Shelly, Hake, Nissely, Potts and Markowski. They played well together with having a plus 8 for that stretch.

Stewart, Nissley, and possibly Petrie could all contribute more, as the season progresses. I'll keep tuning in.

Is this the year both Nebrasketball teams can dance in March?

Both Nebraska basketball teams with double digit wins to enter 2024

Yes we are all fans that want the best for our team. Even though we only see a little of what goes on with the team in practice etc. I still enjoy the input that we have on this forum. Sometimes we are right on and many times way off. Hindsight is always 100%. Any way we are 2-0 with two great wins and I hope we can keep up our intensity. Next Sunday Indiana will be another great measuring stick. GBR beat Wisconsin.

You are correct. In the last years final game where we lost to Kansas, Kendall M. was a starter and played for 28 minutes scoring 10 points shooting 67%. She had 1 assist, 1 t/o, 1 rebound, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. I felt she would challenge Maddie K this year.

I think Stewart is still not completely back, hence her limited minutes. Also in the post game Amy said Corey was injured? I do know she came out with a support on one arm so maybe a elbow injury? It did seem like Potts had no problems playing all of the second half. She got into a good flow for the game. I think we will need to see more of that if we are to do well in conference play.

As always, I don't mean to imply that I think I know more than the coaching staff - but the substitution pattern that has confused me for a long time seemed to have given way to one that I think is far more effective. I liked the distribution of minutes yesterday with the exception that I would like to see more of #2 and #21. Both Potts and Hake had their best games yet as Huskers. Perhaps we should defer any more doubts about Hake's ability on defense. With few exceptions, she was solid all day and had a couple of defensive gems - like taking the charge from Summers. Potts - WOW! - she seems to know how to be around the ball and has the hops, quickness, and dexterity to get boards that at first look beyond her reach. Wisconsin is yet to be played but right now it looks like she has put herself in position for another freshman of the week award. Hake - tough, focused, and determined. She was effective at getting the ball up the court against pressure and future opponent coaches are going to have to take note of her ability to shoot the three. The lob passes into AM ..... they worked! She was much better at converting under the hoop possessions into points. I feel bad about bagging on players but still I will say that I don't see what the Kendalls are contributing other than giving the regulars a rest as the scheduled time outs are approaching. That's a mean thing to say. Overall, the Huskers best game of the season!

no idea how I made it to a year with a 4 in it, but I did. thanks to everyone for being a part of the ongoing miracle of my existence. :) would love for this to be the season we finally turn the historical corner. i have only one New Year's resolution: G B R!

Fellow Husker hoopsters, have a Happy New Year! And may we all be dancin' this March with Nebrasketball in the Big Dance. GBR

There's always next year...

Nice win today ladies! That was a physical battle.

Same to you, almost home from the women's game. Sent from my SM-S911U using Tapatalk

I second your comment on free throws. 11 of 12 down the stretch, and 23 of 26 for the game. Well done ladies.

Very well played. Nice win !! A few hitches here and there, but they played hard every minute . Really nice...deserved win ! Focus focus. focus ! What a difference it makes. One of our better games we've played for a while.

HUSKER LADIES WIN!!! !!! Out-Pointed (87-81) and Out-Rebounded (48-30) by the Husker Ladies!!!

Gary may have been our best player since he came back. He and Mast need more minutes than Allick. Big gap between those two and him. And personally, I’d like to see more Keisei.

A good friend of mine from college, Jim Kelly, grew up in DeKalb, Illinois. His uncle Dennis was the bass guitar player in the McCoys. Unfortunately, Jim passed away this past year. I digress... Far and away the #1 group from the state of Indiana came from Gary. On a road trip to the Penn State football game in 1980, a van load of us Husker fans had an interesting short time in Gary. A story for another time.

You are the big winner today.

As I remember, without going back to look at player stats, Kendall Moriarity was contributing more in the second half of last season, and it seemed that Kendall Coley had yet to turn the corner. Now this season it seems that Moriarity has been in a slump and Coley is beginning to contribute more.

I find the +/- confusing too, and not quite sure how to interpret its significance. My thought is that its the difference in points scored (by both teams) while a particular player is on the floor. For example, as you mention, Briggs scored 25 pts, but despite that, Huskers outscored MD by 4 pts (team totals). I dont think it is necessarily a measure of Briggs performance, but I think more it means that MDs Line-Up at the time Briggs was on the floor underpreformed the Line-Up Nebraska had on the floor at the same time (keeping in mind line-ups of both teams could have changed while she was on the floor).

Taking a look at the individual efficiencies for this game is interesting. Natalie P. 25 Her best game so far. It shows she came from a great program with an outstanding High School coach. Alexis M. 20 Nice improvement in conditioning helping to play more minutes. Tough and consistent. Jaz S. 17 Nailed some incredible passes. Callin H. 16 Improves almost every game. Maddie K. 10 Her best game. Darian W. 6 Her lowest game but her ability to help break the press was great with only one turnover. As for the rest of the bench they totaled 28 minutes for the five players with efficiencies ranging from 2 to a -1.

The injury would explain her absence. Thanks for pointing that out. Looks like she has been out since late November. Not sure what you are saying with regards to +/-. What is your point? Of course, the +/- stats are all about team scoring. That was the point of my comment. It is what I find interesting. Even though Briggs had 25 points, Nebraska outscored Maryland by 4 points while she was on the court. It works the other way too. Darrian White was outscored by 4 other Huskers, yet she led the +/- stats with +10. There is much more to the game than individual scoring and the +/- stats seem to support that.

I find the +/- stats interesting. I noticed Maryland had a few players that had plus minutes for the game. Briggs, by far the most productive offensive player for the Terps yesterday, finished with minus minutes. It was mentioned several times during the broadcast, she hadn't been getting playing time lately. I wonder if her defensive play had anything to do with that? On the Nebraska side, the stats seem to support the praise White is receiving. We played well with her on the court yesterday. And like usual, Jaz, Natalie, and Alexis are solid as rock. That sure was a fun game to watch.

That thread hasn’t been started… yet. Let’s hope we can continue to avoid it.

Let’s hope the effort and desire continue in 2024. If so we might be rewarded.

We don’t have much to complain about officials in this game. We didn’t back down from Maryland.

Good game good win. Maryland was very aggressive and in their faces and earned their fouls (also they fouled at the end when they were behind). The reffing was pretty good (missed a couple hops that should have been travels but altogether not bad).

Appears that Williams finally figured out that Y-ball substitutions are not productive. Three players over 30 minutes including Shelley(31 out some with foul trouble), Potts(32) and Markowski (33)while 3 players were over 20 minutes including Kroll (28),White (24), and Hake (23). Nice win!

Just a picture of the (Lucky ) Hawaiian Husker Shirt I wore for the game (and Husker-red sweater). (My other Husker Shirt is a 'Football' Shirt I thought better to forego) I think I'll be wearing this combo a lot for the remaining games!

Great win for the Cornhuskers.

Quality win against a formidable conf. opponent! Need to protect home court, of course- esp. if you want to make a run at a top 4 conf. finish. Great that we hit our free throws down the stretch to hold UM off. Vote Potts for another B1G FPOTW!! GBR!!

MY HEART!! MY HEART!! HUSKER LADIES BY 9 pts @ 4:06 left!

Husker Ladies showing some GRIT!!! Lead 32-28 @ 3:55 left in the Half!

Game Tied 20-20 at the end of One Quarter of Play. First Quarter Stats:

I liked the fact that we were diving for loose balls while up by 50. Nice to see.

Would we have won by 50-60 had we kept the starters in though? It begs the question… should we have? Especially with how the NET works.

I know there are many people on this board who have no clue who the Smothers Brothers were. They were trend setters back in the late 1960's. RIP, Tommy!

I just don't want to play a game at Oregon cause that floor makes me dizzy.