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They all wore them ugly pee yellow shirts that really accentuated their pot bellies from a distance too.

Young Huskers travel to East Lansing to take on MSU Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans Saturday, Jan. 7, 6 p.m. Breslin Center Video: BTN Plus Live Radio: Husker Sports Network Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KBBK 107.3 FM - Lincoln; KXPN 590 AM - Omaha; KBRB 1400 AM - Ainsworth; KWBE 1450 AM Beatrice; KHAS 1230 AM - Hastings; KRGI 1430 AM - Grand Island; KRVN 106.9 FM - Kearney; KRVN 880 AM - Lexington; KNCY 1600/105.5 AM/FM - Nebraska City; KHAQ 98.5 FM - North Platte; Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App/TuneIn App Live Stats: Gametracker Huskers to Battle Spartans in East Lansing The Nebraska women’s basketball team continues Big Ten road action on Saturday when the Huskers travel to Michigan State. Tip-off between the Huskers (4-11, 0-3 Big Ten) and the Spartans (11-4, 1-1 Big Ten) is set for 6 p.m. Nebraska and Michigan State are two of the most inexperienced teams in the Big Ten this season. The active Husker roster has combined for 140 career starts - the same number of total starts by MSU seniors Tori Jankoska (96) and Branndais Agee (44). Seven other Spartans have combined for 82 additional starts. Nebraska is led by 6-4 sophomore forward Jessica Shepard, who is averaging a double-double with 18.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. A first-team All-Big Ten performer as the conference’s freshman of the year in 2015-16, Shepard had 26 points and six rebounds in last season’s 73-66 win over then-No. 17 Michigan State. Shepard was the only Husker to manage double figures in Wednesday’s 93-49 loss to No. 3 Maryland in Lincoln. Jankoska, who joined Shepard on the preseason All-Big Ten team for 2016-17, leads Michigan State in scoring (21.2 ppg), rebounding (7.8 rpg) and steals (1.9 spg). She was the only Spartan to manage double figures in Wednesday’s 66-54 loss at Purdue, finishing with 16 points. She was held to three points in last season’s loss to the Huskers 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 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 Saturday’s game with Nebraska carrying an 11-4 overall record and a 1-1 Big Ten mark after falling 66-54 at Purdue , Wednesday. The Spartans opened Big Ten play with a 71-47 pounding of Illinois. The Spartans have been among the top teams receiving votes in the national polls throughout the season and are No. 26 in the USA Today Coaches poll this week. Coach Suzy Merchant’s Spartans have been led on the court this season by senior Tori Jankoska. She is averaging 21.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 35.1 minutes per game. Jankoska owns 1,784 career points, 618 rebounds, 402 assists and 162 steals. She is expected to make her 97th career start on Saturday. Jankoska is an accomplished and experienced player, the rest of Michigan State’s starting five is somewhat unproven. Taryn McCutcheon, a 5-5 freshman guard from East Lansing, has started every game this season alongside Jankoska and is averaging 6.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and a team-best 5.2 assists per game. McCutcheon has proven herself as a three-point shooter, hitting 23-of-59 on the year, but she is just 11-of-41 (.268) from inside the arc. She has produced a pair of double-figure scoring efforts on the year, but she was held scoreless in her Big Ten debut against Illinois and had just three points at Purdue. Michigan State is averaging 69 points while shooting 42.2 percent from the field, including 33.6 percent from three-point range. The Spartans are knocking down 6.5 threes per game. MSU ranks among the Big Ten’s best free throw shooting teams, hitting 73.4 percent of their attempts. The Spartans own a plus-8.1 rebounding margin but carry a minus-2.6 team turnover margin. MSU is averaging 17.3 turnovers per game. Nebraska leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 5-2, including a 73-66 win over the No. 17 Spartans at Pinnacle Bank Arena It is yet to be determined if Michigan St Head Coach Suzy Merchanrt will be able to coach her team or not. Merchant fainted on the sideline last week during their game against Illinois and did not coach the Purdue game. She has undergone tests to see if she can continue on the sidelines or if she should hold out for later. So far those results haven't gone public. Husker Nuggets • Jessica Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 18.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. • Jessica Shepard ranks second among the Huskers in three-point field goals made (18) • Nebraska freshman Nicea Eliely ranks second on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg), third in rebounding (4.3 rpg), second in assists (2.7 apg) and first in steals (1.7 spg), blocked shots (0.7 bpg) and field goal percentage (.495) through the first 15 games of her collegiate career. • Freshman Hannah Whitish is averaging 9.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals in three Big Ten games as a starter for the Huskers. • Overall, Nebraska owns just 140 career starts. In comparison, Michigan State carries one of the more inexperienced rosters in the Big Ten and the Spartans have combined for 202 career starts at MSU. • Nebraska’s strength of schedule ranked No. 6 nationally. • Michigan State (11-4) will be Nebraska’s 11th opponent that already owns double-digit wins this season, including five teams with 13 or more victories. GAME NOTES: BEAT THE SPARTANS! View full article

Any time you can beat Iowa it's a good day no matter the sport!!

Shepard presser The coach

Not much good to come out of this game. Two steps forward the last couple of games, one gigantic step backwards in this one! It looked as though they came out with a defeatist attitude from the get go. We're going to struggle to win another game if they continue to play way they performed tonight. Just a horrible lack of hustle. I lost count on how many times we got beat down the court. Terrible effort on the boards. I can't remember one good boxout tonight. No communication on either end of the court. End of the first quarter we're in a 2-3 zone and Ramaceri's playing man to man. Player of the game was Grace Mitchell, although she only had 5 points and playing out of position she held her own on the defensive end. Going forward I just think you got to play Hannah and Nicea huge minutes from here on out as they seem to be our only guards that will drive the ball to the hoop.

This tweet allegedly had severe consequences for Minnesota head football coach Tracy Claeys, who was fired today.

Husker women to take on #3 Terrapins Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Maryland Terrapins Wednesday, Jan. 4, 7 p.m. Pinnacle Bank Arena Live Video: BTN Plus Live Radio: Husker Sports Network - Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KBBK 107.3 FM - Lincoln; KXSP 590 AM - Omaha; KBRB 1400 AM - Ainsworth; KWBE 1450 AM - Beatrice; KLIQ 94.5 FM - Hastings; KRGI 1430 AM - Grand Island; KGFW 1340 AM - Kearney; KRVN 106.9 FM - Kearney; KRVN 880 AM - Lexington; KNCY 1600/103.5 AM/FM - Nebraska City; KHAQ 98.5 FM - North Platte; KNEB 960/100.3 AM. FM - Scottsbluff: KSID 1340 AM Sidney; KHUB 1340 AM - Fremont; Inside PBA 87.7 FM Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App Live Stats: Huskers.com Huskers to Meet No. 3 Maryland Wednesday The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to Pinnacle Bank Arena to take on No. 3 Maryland on Wednesday night. Tip-off between the Huskers (4-10) and the Terrapins (13-1) is set for 7 p.m. Although the Huskers are 0-2 in Big Ten play, they have have lost their first two games by a combined seven points battling in one-possession games to the final seconds against and at Iowa. Through Monday’s games, Nebraska owned the nation’s No. 6 strength of schedule, and Maryland will be the Huskers’ fifth opponent this season that currently owns 13 or more wins. The Terps opened conference with an 83-72 win at Minnesota to improve to 13-1 overall with their lone loss coming in an 87-81 setback to No. 1 UConn. Big Ten Co-Player-of-the-Week Brionna Jones led Maryland with 27 points, 13 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and four steals at Minnesota. That performance followed a 19-point, 13-rebound effort in the loss to UConn. The 6-3 senior center comes to Lincoln averaging 18.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Jones will go head-to-head with Husker sophomore Jessica Shepard, who is averaging 18.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game for the Big Red. The 6-4 forward is averaging 22.5 points and 11.5 rebounds through two Big Ten games, including a season-high-tying 28 points at Iowa on Dec. 31. Nebraska is 0-5 all-time against Maryland in a series that dates back to the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. In two meetings in Lincoln, Nebraska has lost by an average of 23.5 points, including a 75-47 setback in the only previous meeting at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska Cornhuskers 32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - So. - F 22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Sr. - C 5 - Nicea Eliely - 6-1 - Fr. - G 3 - Hannah Whitish - 5-9 - Fr. - G 34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - Jr. - G Maryland Terrapins 42 - Brionna Jones - 6-3 - Sr. - C 3 - Kaila Charles - 6-1 - Fr. - G 5 - Destiny Slocum - 5-7 - Fr. - G 12 - Kristen Confroy - 5-9 - Jr. - G 32 - Shatori Walker-Kimbrough - 5-11 - Sr. - G Scouting Maryland Maryland comes to Lincoln after climbing to No. 3 in both The Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Top 25 this week. The Terrapins are 13-1 overall and 1-0 in Big Ten play for Coach Brenda Frese, who is in her 15th season at the helm of the program. She led the Terps to the NCAA title in 2006 and added Women’s Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015. Maryland also won Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships in its first two seasons in the conference in 2015 and 2016. Brionna Jones leads the Terrapins to Pinnacle Bank Arena averaging team bests of 18.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game Destiny Slocum, a 5-7 guard, is one of two newcomers in the Maryland starting five. She is averaging 11.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and a team-best 4.4 assists per game. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, is averaging 16.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Walker-Kimbrough, who is shooting 54.7 percent from the field, including 38.8 percent from three-point range, is also hitting 84.5 percent of her free throws. She owns 86 career starts for the Terrapins. Maryland’s high-powered offense is averaging 89.9 points per game, while shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 33.6 percent from three-point range. The Terrapins have knocked down 71.7 percent of their free throws. They have outrebounded their opponents by a whopping 16.4 rebounds per game and own a plus-6.0 team turnover margin. The have outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points per game by allowing just 58.9 points per contest. Husker Nuggets • Jessica Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 18.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. • Jessica Shepard owns seven 20-point scoring efforts through 14 games, including season highs of 28 points at Iowa and against San Jose State. She owns 23 career 20-plus scoring games in 43 career contests. • Nicea Eliely ranks second on the team in scoring (8.5 ppg), third in rebounding (4.5 rpg), second in assists (2.9 apg) and first in steals (1.7 spg), blocked shots (0.7 bpg), field goal percentage (.505) and three-point field goal percentage (.423) through the first 14 games of her collegiate career. • Hannah Whitish is averaging 13.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in two Big Ten games as a starter for the Huskers. • One of Coach Amy Williams’ primary objectives early in the season was to find a starting five from a relatively inexperienced group of Huskers. Only seven players on Nebraska’s active roster have ever started a game for the Huskers, with five of them starting 20 or fewer contests. • Jasmine Cincore owns the longest streak of consecutive starts among the Huskers with 19.Allie Havers has made 17 straight starts, while Nicea Eliely and Jessica Shepard have each started 14 straight games this season. Hannah Whitish has made back-to-back starts. • Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 110 consecutive games since the first game of her freshman season. The Huskers own a 69-41 record in those contests over the last four years. GAME NOTES: BEAT THE TERPS! View full article

He sounded and looked like Maryland's version of Tommy Lasorda.

Yeah, Maryland lost deal with it!

NU - 75 IU _ 69 4

#12 on the court #1 when proving why a kid with a great attitude and outlook is good for your team! The following article featuring Emily was published in Saturday's Salina Journal Wood flourishes at Nebraska

Ashley Joens never crossed my mind when we were talking to them. These Iowa fans were from somewhere close to where Verbeek plays high school and had seen her actually play. Hence, why I think their opinion of her is pretty high. Reminded me of a few years back when there was an Nebraska all-state player who sort of went under the radar when recruiting came along by the name of Jordan Hooper.

Forgot to mention it yesterday, but our seats were in front of a group that traveled over from somewhere around the Sioux City area and they informed us that in their opinion, when the Huskers received the verbal from Ashtyn Verbeek a few weeks ago they were disappointed that Iowa didn't get her. In their opinion the Huskers scored the best 2018 player to come out of Iowa.

I tell you Alexa Kastanek has got to be second guessing her decision of choosing to go to Iowa and keeping their bench warm. I think she might have got in today for a whole 30 seconds. K Doyal will be good but as we all know she would have been better if she had a red uniform.

Best showing of the year so far even if it was a loss. Turnovers hurt us today got to get that number down starting Tuesday. Game by game getting better. Think maybe that difficult non-conference schedule might have helped to get us to this point. Still sloppy on the defensive end but really glad to see the Huskers mix up the defenses and throw a 2-3 zone on them! And it proved to be successful as they struggled against it. Really like the never say die attitude that the Huskers played with! I think what hurt us most from winning this game is when Allie picked up her 4th foul and had to sit late in the game. Hannah's proving why she needs to be in the line-up on a regular basis! She had another great stat line today. Four kids in double figures scoring wise today! Be nice to have that every game from here on out. I think we surprised their coaches and fan base as well, as the feeling I got listening to their post game show was they expected to win by double digits. Got to see and catch up with one of my favorite Huskers from a long time ago in Kate Galligan!

Just wondering if anyone else is heading to Iowa City? We're in Des Moines now, but wouldn't mind finding out where other fans tickets are so we can sit with somewhere close together when we go to buy our seats. Went there three years ago and got put in with a bunch of Iowa fans, one was Disterhoft's oldman and he didn't particularly appreciate us sitting near him rooting against his kid. Thank God we had Hooper and Tee go off in that game but I digress. Hope this road trip goes better than the last did a few weeks ago down I-80. If I can I'll check this thread when we get close to the arena.

Not sure I've ever seen a more uninspired Nebraska team play in a bowl game than what we're seeing in the Music Bowl, the first half anyway. Hopefully someone lights a fire under their butts the second half! !

Huskers venture east down I-80 to take on Iowa Nebraska Cornhuskers at Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday, Dec. 31, 2 p.m. Carver-Hawkeye Arena Live Video: BTN Plus Live Radio: Husker Sports Network Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KBBK 107.3 FM - Lincoln; KSXP 590 AM - Omaha; KHAS 1230 AM - Hastings; KFGI 1430 AM - Grand Island; KRVN 106.9 FM - Kearney; KRVN 880 AM - Lexington; KCNY 105.5/1600 AM/FM - Nebraska City; KHAQ 98.5 FM - North Platte; KNEB 94.1 FM - Scottsbluff; KSID 1340 AM - Sidney Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App/TuneIn App Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Huskers Close 2016 at Iowa on New Year’s Eve The Nebraska women’s basketball team makes its first Big Ten Conference road trip of the season on Saturday by taking on Iowa on New Year’s Eve at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tip-off between the Huskers (4-9) and the Hawkeyes (9-5) is set for 2 p.m. Nebraska heads to Iowa after suffering a narrow 62-58 loss to 12-2 Northwestern on Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Sophomore Jessica Shepard led the Huskers with 17 points and 15 rebounds, while freshman Hannah Whitish added a career-high 12 points while making her first career start. The only three players on Nebraska’s current roster who played in last year’s game with Iowa are Shepard, senior center Allie Havers and junior guard Jasmine Cincore. The Huskers lead the all-time series with Iowa 12-11, including eight straight wins to open NU’s participation in the Big Ten. That winning streak culminated with Nebraska’s 72-65 victory over the Hawkeyes in the 2014 Big Ten Tournament Championship Game in Indianapolis. PROBABLE STARTERS: Nebraska Cornhuskers 32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - So. - F 22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Sr. - C 5 - Nicea Eliely - 6-1 - Fr. - G 3 - Hannah Whitish - 5-8 - Sr. - G 34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - Jr. - G Iowa Hawkeyes 23 - Christina Buttenham - 5-11 - Jr. - F 10 - Megan Gustafson - 6-3 - So. - C 2 - Ally Disterhoft - 6-0 - Sr. - G/F 11 - Tania Davis - 5-4 - So. - G 22 - Kathleen Doyle - 5-9 - Fr. - G Scouting Iowa Iowa heads into Saturday’s game with a 9-5 overall record after dropping a 70-65 road decision at Illinois in its Big Ten opener last Wednesday. Megan Gustafson led the Hawkeyes with 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Ally Disterhoft added a double-double of her own with 11 points and 12 rebounds in a losing effort to the Illini. Kathleen Doyle who spurned the Huskers contributed 12 points and six assists, while Christina Buttenham pitched in 12 points and five rebounds but committed five turnovers before fouling out in 25 minutes of action. Tania Davis was shut out on 0-for-6 shooting in 35 minutes, although she managed five rebounds and five assists. Iowa’s Lisa Bluder will be the third in an amazing stretch of head coaches the Huskers are facing midway through the 2016-17 campaign. Bluder, who is in her 33rd season as a head coach and 17th season at Iowa, owns 688 career wins and will be the third consecutive coach Nebraska has faced with more than 600 victories and 30 years of head coaching experience. She followed Northwestern’s Joe McKeown, who owns 650 career victories in 31 seasons as a head coach. Nebraska’s six-game stretch against highly successful coaches began with the legendary Geno Auriemma, who owns 967 wins at UConn. Following the Iowa game, Nebraska’s next three opposing coaches have all notched at least 400 wins as head coaches, beginning with Maryland’s Brenda Frese (440 wins) and Michigan State’s Suzy Merchant (415) before facing Naismith Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer (974) and Rutgers Overall, the six coaches have amassed 4,134 wins in 182 seasons as head coaches. Husker Nuggets • Jessica Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 17.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. She produced her 17th career double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds in Nebraska’s Big Ten opener with Northwestern • Nicea Eliely, has started all 13 games and is averaging 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game • Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 109 consecutive games since the first game of her freshman season in 2013-14. • Jasmine Cincore owns the longest streak of consecutive starts among the Huskers with 18. Allie Havers has made 16 straight starts, while Nicea Eliely and Jessica Shepard have each started 13 straight games this season. • Hannah Whitish was Nebraska’s top contributor off the bench in non-conference play before making her first career start in Nebraska’s Big Ten opener with Northwestern. Whitish, scored a career-high 12 points and added four assists in a career-high 27 minutes against Northwestern. • Nebraska’s four-player freshman class of Rylie Cascio Jensen, Nicea Eliely, Grace Mitchell and Hannah Whitish have been looked to for immediate contributions on the Huskers’ 11-player active roster. GAME NOTES: BEAT THE BLUDER HELL OUT Iowa! View full article

Now why wound someone think Auburn might have a tendency to cheat?!!