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What a game to end up on!! Way to protect the home court these last two home games!! Michigan State just about won it at the end had that full court shot been 12 inches shorter. Once our big girls decided to play some solid defense from the middle of the third quarter on we turned into another team out there. Our defense fueled our offense and it helped secure this game. And one that was fun to watch! That had to be Allie's best defensive output of the year. That kid also grabbed some big and crucial rebounds down the stretch. Wouldn't have won without her today. It also turned out to be Maddie Simon's best game of her career so far. Jess Shepard with huge numbers again, just wish she'd do a better job on the foul line. I'm extremely ecstatic over how well our two freshmen starters played today!! Nicea E, although she didn't hit a bucket, she played her arse off the whole time she was on the court!! Her defense, hustle, fight and determination is a major reason we won today! Nicea held Jankoska to seven points the whole afternoon, Jankoska scored the rest of her point's when Nicea was on the bench taking a breather or after she fouled out. That darn technical Nicea was assessed with could have went on either team as there was pushing and shoving on both teams, Jankoska was the one who initiated it, Nicea just happened to be the one the ref saw. How about that other freshman? Hannah with some fantastic shots and rebounds just at the right time! I wished that they would have run more plays for her over the course of the season for getting her open for more shots. The way she can put the ball in the hole is just going to get better as she matures the next few years. Cu-do's to a fantastic atmosphere, without a doubt, the crowd turned out to be a sixth player for the Huskers down the stretch! Just an unbelievable way to end play in PBA this year.

The 2 seniors winning the lip sync contest last year.

Michigan St is in PBA for Senior Day NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS VS. MICHIGAN ST SPARTANS Sunday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m. Pinnacle Bank Arena Tickets: Huskers.com Special Event: Senior Day (Postgame Ceremony) Live Video Stream: BTN Plus Live Radio: Husker Sports Network Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KRNU 90.7 FM - UNL; KBBK 107.3 FM - Lincoln; KXPN 590 AM - Omaha; KLIQ 94.5 FM - Hastings; KRGY 93.3 FM - Grand Island; KAMI 1580/100.1 AM/FM - Cozad; KSWN 93.9 FM - McCook; KNCY 1600/105.5 AM/FM - Nebraska City; KHAQ 98.5 FM - North Platte; KNEB 960/100.3 AM/FM - Scottsbluff; Inside PBA 87.7 FM Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App/TuneIn App Live Stats GameWatcher HUSKERS CELEBRATE SENIOR DAY SUNDAY WITH SPARTANS The Nebraska women’s basketball team wraps up regular-season play by taking on Michigan State on Senior Day in Lincoln on Sunday. Tip-off between the Huskers (6-21, 2-13 Big Ten) and the Spartans (19-9, 9-6 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 1 p.m. The Huskers will honor seniors Allie Havers (Mattawan, Mich.) and Esther Ramacieri (Repentigny, Quebec, Canada) in postgame ceremonies. The Huskers also will recognize manager Dylan Burcham. Nebraska is coming off an 88-60 loss at No. 25 Michigan. In their last home game, the Huskers got their second Big Ten win of the season, a 67-64 victory over Indiana. Michigan State is going for a season sweep with Nebraska, seeking first-ever win in Lincoln. Michigan State concludes the regular season with its second game of the season with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Spartans have won three-straight games and improve to 19-9 overall and 9-6 in Big Ten action. MSU defeated Nebraska 93-73. Senior guard Tori Jankoska became the first Spartan and the 21st B1G women's basketball player to join the 2,000-point scoring club. She now has 2,090 career points. This season, Jankoska has scored 624 points becoming just the second Spartan to score 600 points in a season. Nebraska leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 5-3. PROBABLE STARTERS: NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS 32 Jessica Shepard 6-4 So. F 22 Allie Havers 6-5 Sr. C 3 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Fr. G 5 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Fr. G 34 Jasmine Cincore 5-10 Jr. G MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 15 Victoria Gaines 6-1 RFr. F 32 Taya Reimer 6-4 Sr. F 1 Tori Jankoska 5-8 Sr. G 4 Taryn McCutcheon 5-5 Fr. G 10 Branndais Agee 5-11 RSr. G SCOUTING MICHIGAN STATE Michigan State enters Sunday’s game with Nebraska carrying a 19-9 overall record and a 9-6 Big Ten mark after Wednesday’s win over Penn State. Coach Suzy Merchant’s Spartans have been led on the court this season by senior Tori Jankoska. The 5-8 guard is averaging 22.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 35.9 minutes per game. All of those numbers are up slightly in Big Ten play, where she is averaging 22.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 36.9 minutes per game. Jankoska had 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in Michigan State’s 93-73 win over Nebraska in East Lansing on Jan. 7. She hit 5-of-13 threes against the Huskers. Jankoska recently became the 21st Big Ten women’s basketball player in history to reach 2,000 points. She comes to Lincoln with 2,090 points, including 624 this season. Her 22.3 points per game is the highest single-season scoring average in Michigan State history. Michigan State is averaging 73.3 points while shooting 44.1 percent from the field, including 35.6 percent from three-point range on the season, but the Spartans’ numbers are all on the rise in Big Ten play. MSU is averaging 76.2 points in league play while shooting 45.3 percent from the floor and 35.8 percent from beyond the arc. The Spartans have hit 73.7 percent of their free throws on the season. They own a plus-6.2 rebound margin on the year, but a minus-2.0 turnover margin. In the first meeting with Nebraska, MSU outrebounded the Huskers, 48-35, and both teams committed just 12 turnovers. HUSKER NUGGETS: • Jessica Shepard notched her 13th double-double of the season and 23rd of her career with 12 points, 11 rebounds and five assists at Michigan Thursday. She has seven double-doubles in Big Ten play this season. • Shepard leads the Huskers in scoring and rebounds with 18.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. She has scored 1,064 in her first two seasons at Nebraska and needs 14 points to match All-American Jordan Hooper for the most points scored by the end of a sophomore season in school history. • Nebraska is facing the toughest overall schedule in school history in 2016-17. The Huskers will play 10 games against NCAA Tournament teams and 11 more regular-season games against Postseason WNIT teams in 2016-17. • Nebraska’s strength of schedule has ranked among the top 20 teams in the nation throughout the season, coming in at No. 14 through games Feb. 23. Each of Nebraska’s final four regular-season games will come against current top-50 RPI teams, including No. 24 Ohio State, No. 45 Indiana, No. 40 Michigan and No. 39 Michigan State. • Nebraska’s game Sunday against Michigan State will be the Huskers’ 21st game this season against a top 100 RPI opponent and its 14th against a Top 50-RPI foe. • Nebraska freshmen Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish have helped solidify the Huskers’ starting five, while providing hope for the future for a young Husker roster. • Eliely, a 6-1 guard from Colorado Springs, Colo., has started all 27 games and ranks third on the team in scoring with 7.7 points per game. She also leads the Huskers in steals (42), blocked shots (18) and field. • Whitish, the 2016 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year at Barneveld High School, ranks second on the team in scoring (8.1 ppg), including 10.2 points per game in Big Ten play. Whitish leads the Huskers with 48 threes, which ranks as the third-best total by a freshman in school history. Whitish also leads the Huskers in assists (71) and ranks third in steals (26). • In Big Ten play, Whitish leads the Huskers in assists (54) and three-pointers (33), while ranking second on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg), steals (20) and three-point percentage (.398). She has produced double figures nine times in Big Ten play and 11 times overall this season. She had career highs of 18 points and four three-pointers while adding six rebounds, four assists and two steals in Nebraska’s win over Indiana. GAME NOTES: BEAT THE SPARTANS! View full article

NU - 72 IU - 65

Highlights from last night's debacle .

Husker recruit Ashtyn Verbeek has led her team to the Iowa State tourney.. http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/basketball/western-christian-back-to-state/article_fedbaefe-e5c6-5f5e-85d8-9a858f276051.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

If your in Lincoln there's two big district finals still scheduled for tonight in Class B. At Lincoln North Star, Platteview plays Gretna at 7 pm should be a good game Both are in the top ten In Class B, Gretna is #2 and Platteview is #10. Platteview lost to Gretna earlier in the season. Plattteview would have had all state guard Payton Brotzki had she not tore up her knee a few weeks ago. At Lincoln High, Norrris takes on Seward also tonight at 7. Both of these two are also ranked in the top ten in Class B, Norris is #4 Seward is #7. These two teams were to play in December but the game got cancelled. Both should be good games.

Just a terrible defensive effort. Too slow reacting, you gotta move your feet girls and stop that dribble drive and get a hand in the shooters face. 21 turnovers. Gave up 33 points in 3-pointers. Shepard and Havers with 12 points, Whitish and Simon both had 11, Nicea with a goose egg.

Maybe some life? 9-0 run to end the half. Big three by Hannah to end the half! Keep it going!

38 - 13 now. 5:00 left until the half. Getting clobbered in every aspect of the game. Can't defend the three point shot. 7 turnovers ain't helping at all. Looks like the Huskers have gave up.

Highlights from our best game of the season so far!

I read that too and also was surprised by the statement. Not sure if it's factual not or if he just added that to make his point more clear. It wouldn't surprise me though if they did have powerhouse coaches interested in the position. What would irritate me though is if they did have other coaches banging on the door and they didn't give them the time of day to be interviewed. Connie Yori built the Nebraska job as a place coveted by many coaches in her time here. The 2009-2010 season proved you can win here. Basically you have here one of the best facilities in wbb, great recruiting resources, top notch fan support and a state of the art arena to play in. Lots of coaches envy that.

Huskers head east to face the Wolverines Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan Wolverines Thursday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Crisler Arena (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Live Video Stream: BTN Plus Live Radio: Husker Sports Network Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KBBK 107.3 FM -Lincoln; KKCD 105.9 FM - Omaha; KHAQ 98.5 - North Platte Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App Live Stats: Gametracker Huskers Travel to No. 25 Michigan Thursday The Nebraska women’s basketball team plays its final regular-season road game when the Huskers travel to Ann Arbor to take on No. 25 Michigan Thursday. Tip-off between the Huskers (6-20, 2-12 Big Ten) and the Wolverines (21-7, 10-4 Big Ten) at Crisler Arena is set for 6 p.m. Nebraska is coming off its second Big Ten win of the season, a 67-64 victory over Indiana at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday. The Hoosiers entered that game at No. 40 in the RPI following a 72-61 win over No. 20 Michigan at Assembly Hall in Bloomington last Thursday. The Wolverines have dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season after falling 86-68 to rival Michigan State in Ann Arbor Sunday. Hannah Whitish led four Huskers in double figures in the win over Indiana by scoring a career-high 18 points. She tied her career best by hitting four threes on 4-of-6 shooting. She hit 7-of-10 shots overall and added six rebounds, four assists and two steals on her way to Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors on Feb. 20. Whitish is averaging 10.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists in Big Ten play. Nicea Eliely added double figures for the third straight game with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting against the Hoosiers. Eliely set a career high with three threes against Indiana, while tying a career best with six assists. Eliely and Whitish are tied for second among the Huskers in scoring on the season with 8.0 points per game. The last time a pair of Husker freshmen both averaged 7.0 points per game on the season was 1983-84. The Huskers are led by 6-4 sophomore forward Jessica Shepard, who is averaging a double-double with 18.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. She owns 22 career double-doubles, including 12 this season. Nebraska has dominated the all-time series with Michigan, 11-2, but the Huskers had their five-game series winning streak snapped with Michigan’s 84-51 win in Lincoln PROBABLE STARTERS: Nebraska Cornhuskers 32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - So. - F 22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Sr. - C 3 - Hannah Whitish - 5-9 - Fr. - G 5 - Nicea Eliely - 6-1 - Fr. - G 34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - Jr. - G Michigan Wolverines 11 - Jillian Dunston - 5-11 - Jr. - F 30 - Hallie Thome - 6-5 - So. - F 1 - Kysre Gondrezick - 5-9 - Fr. - G 2 - Siera Thompson - 5-7 - Sr. - G 3 - Katelynn Flaherty - 5-7 - Jr. - G Scouting Michigan Coach Kim Barnes Arico brings her fifth Michigan team into Thursday’s game looking to rebound from its first two-game losing streak of the season. The No. 25 Wolverines dropped a 72-61 decision at Indiana, before falling 86-68 to rival Michigan State in Ann Arbor. Despite the losses, Michigan sits alone in third place in the Big Ten standings with a 10-4 mark, two full games ahead of the pack with two to play. The Wolverines are 21-7 overall and were No. 36 in the RPI as of Feb. 21. Michigan is one of the Big Ten’s most explosive offensive teams, averaging 78.1 points per game on the season. However, Michigan has been held to 75 or fewer points in each of the last five games. Heading into the week Michigan ranked fourth nationally in three-point field goal percentage (.394), ninth in field goal percentage (.473), 13th in scoring margin (+17.1 ppg), 16th in scoring offense (78.1 ppg), 19th in three-point field goals made (220) and 19th in assists per game (16.9 apg). Husker Nuggets • Jessica Shepard is the second Husker in history to record 10 or more double-doubles in back-to-back seasons. She owns 12 double-doubles in 2016-17. Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 18.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. • Nicea Eliely leads the Huskers in steals (42), blocks (16) and field goal percentage (.458), while tying for second among the Huskers in scoring (8.0 ppg). Eliely has started all 26 games this season as a true freshman. • Eliely will become the first freshman to lead the Huskers in steals since 2000-01, and just the third freshman to lead NU in steals since 1990-91. • Freshman Hannah Whitish is averaging 10.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals in 14 Big Ten games as a starter. Whitish also leads the Huskers with 45 three-pointers on the season to rank fourth among freshmen in Husker history. She needs one more to catch Anna DeForge in third. • Nebraska’s freshmen are 51-of-65 (.785) at the free throw line in Big Ten play, while the Huskers as a team are shooting 64.7 percent. • Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 122 consecutive games since the first game of her freshman season in 2013-14. The Huskers own a 71-51 record in those contests over the last four years. • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 277 straight regular-season games dating back to a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. • Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 156 consecutive games. GAME NOTES: BEAT THE WOLVERINES! View full article

I forgot to mention in this thread earlier, but I thought the Bathdogs performed one of the best renditions of our national anthem we've heard in quite a few years before the women's game against Indiana!!

NU - 67 MSU - 64

Husker women's basketball radio show on air at 7:00 o'clock tonight.

I think it basically came down to a fantastic recruiting job by Coach Williams.

Got to disagree with whoever told you that. She's played seven years now for the North Tartan Titans AAU team. Not everyone can send their kids there. To be on this team, it's an invite only and the only Nike club team in Minnesota. The exposure this team gets annually is phenomenal, they go all over the nation playing in big AAU tournaments attended by hundreds of college coaches. They also host a big Nike tournament in Minnesota every summer where something like 300 college coaches attend. Just this last year they went to Europe and played teams in France and the Netherlands. The Gophers usually get first pick as many of the team players have aspirations of playing for Minny. The Gophers like to load up on North Tartan kids last season 4 of the 5 starters had played for North Tartan including Rachel Banham and Shane Mullaney.

Darrien has a strained ligament in her knee and is day to day.

Her decision came down to between Nebraska & Iowa. Indiana was also recruiting her so she took her official visit here for the Indiana game since Iowa didn't play in Lincoln this season. She comes from a Minnesota powerhouse team, in Minnetonka High School, She was a high school teammate of Wisconsin's freshman starter, Courtney Fredrickson, who by the way torched us in Wisconsin a week or so ago with 15 points and ten rebounds. Only rated as a 3 star but has potential to develop as she grows into the NU system. Should get ample playing time as a freshman here though. Hence one of the reasons to choose the Huskers over Iowa. I think she's been a Nebraska lean since she was down last fall for the Minnesota football game and witnessed the atmosphere surrounding it. The atmosphere at the Indiana game last Sunday at PBA helped trigger her to tell the coaches. Her older sister plays volleyball for St. Louis University. Has a younger sister to I believe still in jr high.

A little late on the boxscore too as it wouldn't embed properly either.