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NU - 75 MU - 72

Would be great to get a W over Iowa. Huskers imo, would have a good chance to be favored in this one if it was to be played in PBA. Iowa lost to Illinois last night. Another pleasant surprise last night was that the coaches decided to defend Ashley Deary by putting Queen Eliely on her and she met the challenge. Nicea forced Deary into four turnovers and blocked two of her shots when she attempted to drive the lane and better yet stole the ball twice from the league leading steals leader. By the way Deary wound up with 0 steals in this game. Both freshmen starters had pretty good looking stat lines. Really like how Hannah is picking it up on the offensive end, she's starting to use the picks she's getting to her advantage which is allowing her to get better open looks at the bucket and allows her to get in the lane for an assist or lay up. She wound up with 4 assists, plus made some really good passes last night into Shepard for easy buckets unfortunately Jess didn't hit every shot after the pass. Another thing we out-rebounded one of the better rebounding teams in the league 42-36! But rebounding is turning out to be one of our better assets. But we still remain dismal to say the least from the charity stripe.

First up to the podium is Nicea and Jasmine. Next up is Hannah.

This might be the best the Huskers have played since last year when they beat Northwestern but it still was a loss. Should have came away with the w tonight. Connect on some of those bricks we threw up from the free throw line and it might have been a different story. Keep Hannah Whitish in the starting line-up! The kid provided the spark the Huskers needed to get the good start from the onset! I think we got to find a way to get Havers more involved in the offense. What's the story on Esther? She was in a boot on the sidelines but not sure if it was just a sprain or something worse. Hate to say it but we are the worst conditioned team we've had as a team in the past 15 years. Our bigs hurt us tonight in the 4th quarter because they couldn't keep up with competition because they we're practically spent by the time the fourth quarter rolled around. One good thing to come out of tonight's loss is that we kept our turnovers under 20.

I actually think this game presents us with huge match-up problems especially on the defensive end. Coffey is a scoring and rebounding machine and Deary with her ability to penetrate the lane and grab defensive steals is just uncanny. I'd like to see someone with Nicea's ability to defend, go up against both of them but that's probably not going to happen. I think you got to go with Eliely up against Inman and put Shepard on Coffey and hope she has the stamina to slow her down somewhat. Havers most likely will have to guard the big kid Hamilton which leaves either Cincore or Ramacieri to slow down Deary. Can they do it? Sure hope so. Might also be a good time to switch to a 2-3 zone periodically throughout the game. One other thing that concerns me is Northwestern's ability to get out and run, the Huskers can't afford to get beat down the court on a consistent basis.

Huskers and Wildcats set to start B1G regular season Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Northwestern Wildcats Wednesday, Dec. 28, 7 p.m. Pinnacle Bank Arena Tickets: Huskers.com Live Video: BTN Plus Live Radio: Husker Sports Network Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KBBK 107.3 FM - Lincoln; KKCD 105.9 FM Omaha; KAMI 1580/101.1 AM/FM - Cozad; KRGY 97.3 FM - Grand Island; KICS 1550 AM - Hastings; KZMC 102.1 FM - McCook; KHAQ 98.5 FM - North Platte; KNEB 94.1 FM - Scottsbluff; Inside PBA 87.7 FM Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App Huskers preparing to take on the Wildcats Wednesday Nebraska opens Big Ten Wednesday against Northwestern, Dec. 28. Tip is set for 7 p.m. inside Pinnacle Bank Arena. This is the lone meeting between the Wildcats and Cornhuskers this season. Northwestern is receiving votes in the latest AP and Coaches Polls. The game will be streamed live online via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. This is the 14th all-time meeting between Northwestern and Nebraska. The Huskers lead the series, 8-5. Northwestern is 0-4 in Lincoln, Neb. The teams split the season series last year with the Wildcats picking up an 85-62 win at home and the Huskers winning 76-67 on their home floor. This is the only meeting in the 2016-17 regular season. Probable Starters: Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-8) 32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - So. - F 22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Sr. - C 5 - Nicea Eliely - 6-1 - Fr. - G 11 - Esther Ramacieri - 5-8 - Sr. 34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - Jr. - G Northwestern Wildcats (12-2) 10 - Nia Coffey - 6-1 Sr, - F 24 - Christen Inman - 5-10 - Sr. - G 3 - Ashley Deary - 5-4 - Sr. - G 12 - Lydia Rohde - 5-10 - Jr. - G 34 - Oceana Hamilton - 6-4 - Jr. - C Scouting Northwestern Northwestern Head Coach Joe McKeown brings his 11 - 2 Wildcats to Pinnacle Bank Arena to start off the B1G regular season. The Wildcats return four starters from last year’s roster, including tri-captains Nia Coffey who is averging 20.6 ppg and 12.2 rebounds, Ashley Deary scoring 11.5 points a game to go along with 6.5 asists and4.5 steals and Christen Inman is knocking down 13.3 ppg.. Northwestern ranks sixth in the country and first in the Big Ten in blocks per gamewith 6.7. The Wildcats have registered double-digit blocks twice and have had six or more on nine different occasions. Ashley Deary, who owns the top three NU single-season steals records, careerrecord and Big Ten single season record, is just three steals shy of breaking the Big Ten career record of 372. She is also the nation’s current active career steals leader with 370 and leads the category by 71. She ranks fourth in the country this season in steals per game with 4.54. Husker Nuggets • The Huskers have been outscored this season 848 -740 • Jessica Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 18 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. • Shepard owns six double-doubles this season, including a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds against San Jose State. • Nebraska freshman Nicea Eliely ranks second on the team in scoring (8.5 ppg), third in rebounding (4.8 rpg), second in assists (2.8 apg) and first in steals (1.6 spg), field goal percentage (.513) and three-point field goal percentage (.429) through the first 12 games of her collegiate career. • Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 108 consecutive games since the first game of her freshman season. • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 263 straight regular-season games. • Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 142 consecutive games. • Proud Husker fan Noah121 and prominent member on HHC is an alum of both Nebraska & Northwestern! GAME NOTES: BEAT THE WILDCATS! View full article

NU - 73 IU - 72 8

She was at the game last night wearing a Wolfpack volleyball sweatshirt. By the time I made it down to wear she and her folks were sitting they were gone. And nobody around there knew her name. Not much out there on her, Hull is a small town in the very northwest part of Iowa. Sounds as if South Dakota St. thought that they had her. I know at one time Iowa had been looking at her also. I'll put more on the big board when I find out more. Hope she's a fearless rebounder. Ashtyn Veerbeek, 6-2 F, Western Christian HS, Hull IA No ESPN or Prospect Nation Rating Class 2A Iowa Newspaper Association All-State 1st Team Iowa Girls Coaches Association All-State 2A 1st Team

Hannah W and Coach speaks to the press.

Auriemma impressed with Husker fans' support

Pretty good crowd of 7553. Great to see Husker alums Danielle Page, Vonnie Turner and Dominique Kelly in attendance tonight!

I think the most encouraging part of the game came in the 4th quarter when the Huskers played predominately freshmen. The horde of fans that decided to leave at the end of the third quarter missed the best part of the game. Granted it was against the second team of UConn but their bench could be rated in the top 25. The four frosh of Eliely, Whitish, Mitchell and Casio-Jensen did a pretty good job playing against the Huskies. My game ball goes to Hannah Whitish it looks like she's really starting to get comfortable on both ends of the court and she's got a great looking shot that she's getting to drop for her. I like the fact she's not afraid to drive the lane and dish it off to an open teammate. The kid needs to be put into the starting line-up soon. Lot of missed bunnies the first half. Had we got some of those to fall we might of scored another dozen points. Was hoping we'd score more than 46 as that's what we put up against them last year. We only shot 4 three throws the whole game. Really good to see Noah doing his thing back behind the bucket tonight!

Pregame press conference and Danielle Page.

Halftime festivities include the Beale Street Flippers!

11 - Time National Champ Huskies visit PBA Nebraska Cornhuskers vs UConn Huskies Wednesday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m. Pinnacle Bank Arena Television: BTN - Kevin Kugler (PBP), Brenda VanLengen (Color) Live Radio: Husker Sports Network - Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) KBBK 107.3 FM - Lincoln; KKCD 105.9 FM - Omaha; KBRB 1400 AM - Ainsworth; KWBE 1450 AM - Beatrice; KAMI 1580/100.1 AM/FM - Cozad; KRGI 1430 AM - Grand Island; KHAS 1230 AM - Hastings; KGFW 1340 AM - Kearney; KSWN 93.9 FM - McCook; KNCY 1600/105.5 AM/FM - Nebraska City; KHAQ 98.5 FM - North Platte; KNEB 94.1 FM - Scottsbluff; KSID 1340 AM - Sidney; Inside PBA 87.7 FM Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App Halftime Act: Beale Street Flippers Huskers Close Non-Conference Play with No. 1 UConn The Nebraska women’s basketball team closes its non-conference schedule by taking on unbeaten and No. 1 UConn Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Tip-off between the Huskers (4-7) and the Huskies (10-0) is set for 8 p.m. Nebraska is coming off an 80-64 loss at Creighton on Sunday. Sophomore Jessica Shepard led the Huskers with her third consecutive double-double and sixth of the season with 22 points and 11 rebounds. She is averaging team bests of 19.4 points and 11.1 rebounds and owns 16 career double-doubles for the Huskers. She also leads the Huskers with 13 three-pointers this season. Freshman Nicea Eliely has added 8.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a team-leading 1.7 steals per game for the Huskers. She also leads the Huskers in field goal percentage (.500) while starting all 11 games. The Huskers also will honor 2016 Olympian Danielle Page on Wednesday. Page, who was a four-year letterwinner at Nebraska from 2005 to 2008, became the first Husker basketball player in history to earn an Olympic medal by helping Serbia to bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Page averaged 10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in helping Serbia to its first-ever women’s basketball medal. Page ranks No. 3 in Husker history with 207 blocks, including a single-season record 78 as a senior in 2008. Page will be available for autographs in the main lobby at Pinnacle Bank Arena during pregame from 7 to 7:45 p.m. She will be honored on the court between the first and second quarters. Probable Sarters: Nebraska Cornhuskers 32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - So. - F 22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Sr. - C 5 - Nicea Eliely - 6-1 - Fr. - G 11 - Esther Ramacieri - 5-8 - Sr. - G 34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - Jr. - G UConn Huskies 15 - Gabby Williams - 5-11 - Jr. - F 24 - Napheesa Collier - 6-1 - So. - G/F 33 - Katie Lou Samuelson - 6-3 - So. - G/F 11 - Kia Nurse - 6-0 - Jr. - G 5 - Crystal Dangerfield - 5-5 - Fr. - G Scouting UConn Nebraska closes its 12-game non-conference schedule when the Huskers take on the unbeaten and No. 1 UConn Huskies at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday. Although the Huskies have never faced the Huskers in Lincoln, UConn has won a pair of games at Pinnacle Bank Arena. In 2014, UConn advanced to the NCAA Women’s Final Four by winning the NCAA Lincoln Regional with wins over BYU and Texas A&M. UConn Coach Geno Auriemma was so impressed with Pinnacle Bank Arena, the city of Lincoln and the hospitality shown by Husker fans, that he arranged for a home-and-home series with the Big Red. “The people are phenomenal. The building is spectacular,” Auriemma said. “This is really, really nice. There’s no doubt in my mind there will be another regional here, no question. Most places are fans of their team, not necessarily fans of the game. Here I think they take tremendous pride in their team, their school and the community, and they showed it.” The young Huskies have continued to fire on all cylinders early in 2016-17. Sophomores Katie Lou Sameulson (20.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg) and Napheesa Collier (20.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg) lead four Huskies averaging in double figures, including junior guard Kia Nurse (12.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg) and junior forward Gabby Williams (10.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg). Freshman Crystal Dangerfield, a 5-5 point guard, has started UConn’s past two games with senior point guard Saniya Chong (4.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg) sitting out after suffering a concussion. Dangerfield is averaging 7.0 points and 3.0 rebounds so far this season. UConn’s game with Nebraska will be its second in a three-game Big Ten swing. The Huskies defeated Ohio State, 82-63, on Monday night before traveling to Lincoln. UConn concludes its Big Ten stretch by battling No. 4 Maryland in College Park on Thursday. UConn leads the all-time series with Nebraska 2-0. Husker Nuggets • UConn will be the fourth Husker opponent this season to be a preseason pick to win its conference. • UConn is Nebraska’s third unbeaten opponent in the last six games, joining current top-25 teams from Virginia Tech and California. • Jessica Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 19.4 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. • Shepard owns six double-doubles this season, including a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds against San Jose State. • Nebraska freshman Nicea Eliely ranks second on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg), third in rebounding (4.0 rpg), second in assists (2.7 apg) and first in steals (1.6 spg), field goal percentage (.500) and three-point field goal percentage (.444) through the first 10 games of her collegiate career. • Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 107 consecutive games since the first game of her freshman season. • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 262 straight regular-season games. • Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 141 consecutive games. GAME NOTES: BEAT THE HUSKIES! View full article

NU - 72 SU - 59

Need I remind them they're 30-12 and still on the losing end in this rivalry. The following is some of the reasons of why I despise creighton. Have you ever seen a Husker team gloat on social media after beating them? #inferiorcomplex

The coach can be heard tonight on Huskers Sports Nightly along with Husker Olympic Bronze medal winner Danielle Page for an hour long show starting at 8:00 pm. Should be interesting to hear the coaches perspective on the way her team is performing.

One good note to come out of games played this afternoon Drake beat Iowa 81-76.

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