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Guess there was some confusion. Jess broke Maurtice Ivy's record a year ago. http://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/basketball/girls/prep-girls-basketball-setting-shepard-s-records-straight/article_dbb22202-af9e-538d-8ac4-c3d68eb23bf6.html

Same as Jess Shepard and Maddie Simon - she will be a 2015 grad. We could wind up with 3 in state recruits.

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Was it Ibis?

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All 5 starters in double digits!

A stop without a foul - could be tricky with these refs!

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I wondered if Ibis had made her decision yet but it sounds like she hasn't. Her team played LNE the other night, and she held their center to just 1 point on a late free throw, no field goals, which might be the first time that has ever happened in the 4 years Toni Tupper has played HS ball. Tupper is about the only girl that matches up physically with Shepard (but she definitely doesn't run the floor like Shepard or have quite the same skill set). The fact that Ibis kept her from scoring is huge. I've seen Ibis play a few times and she is a very athletic 6'3" girl, great jumping ability. Would really like to see her in a Husker uniform.

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Were the clips from AAU games, or were they HS games? She goes to a very small school and the competition from the other schools in their league is seriously lacking. Would have been interesting to see how she did against class A competition in this state.

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I've also wondered if Connie has some sort of speed/agility testing for these players? I will often use HS track and field performance as an indicator of overall athleticism on the court. Not only should a player have good basketball skills, but they should also have decent jumping and sprinting ability. For me personally, when I see a player runs the 800 in HS, that is a red flag because it tells me they probably don't have decent enough sprinting and/or jumping ability to compete with those types in their HS track conference. Hooper was a very good track athlete. KK Houser was also a very good track athlete and is in the all-time top 10 Nebraska chart for the hurdles I believe. Maddie Simon is also a good hurdler and I know she used to long jump and sprint when she was younger. Chloe Akin-Otiko is another potential recruit that has outstanding track and field ability, in addition to being a skilled basketball player. So for potential recruits that don't go out for track and field, is there any speed/agility testing for them?

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Yeh, Hooper really had an off day. But the good news is that several others stepped up. Saw Theriot pass on 2 or 3 shots in the second half that I wish she had taken. Wish Sample would have more games like she had today. T knocked down a couple of 3 pointers clutch at that point. Missed free throws killed us. That and not doing a better job against the 3 in the first half.

It was good to see Sample making shots. We need that.

And maybe had we decided to play some defense the first 10 minutes and the final 10 minutes, we wouldn't have been in the position we were in.

I have thought in previous years that oftentimes KK played too crazy and was somewhat of a liability. But she has shown that she has finally matured. However, I would take 1 Lindsey Moore over 10 KKs any day.

And you can't forget about Theriot.

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