NEBRASKA
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
DateOpponent
Time/Result
Nov. 6
Southwest Baptist (exhibition)
W, 73-71
Nov. 12
UTRGV (WNIT) [HuskersNside]
W, 71-53
Nov. 14
#25 Missouri (WNIT) [BTN Plus]
L, 35-55
Nov. 17
Colorado State (WNIT) [BTN Plus]
W, 62-59
Nov. 22
Omaha [BTN Plus]
W, 66-58
Nov. 25-26 South Point Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Nov. 25
vs. Washington State
L, 65-79
Nov. 26
vs. Virginia
L, 51-73
Dec. 1
at Virginia Tech (ACC/B1G)
L, 67-76
Dec. 4
California [BTN]
L, 65-86
Dec. 6
Drake [BTN Plus]
L, 70-84
Dec. 9
San Jose State [BTN Plus]
W, 83-61
Dec. 18
at Creighton (NET)
L, 64-80
Dec. 21
#1 UConn [BTN]
L, 41-84
Dec. 28
Northwestern^ [BTN Plus]
L, 58-62
Dec. 31
at Iowa^ [BTN Plus]
L, 72-75
Jan. 4
#3 Maryland^ [BTN Plus]
L, 49-93
Jan. 7
at Michigan State^ [BTN Plus]
L, 73-93
Jan. 10
Rutgers^ [BTN Plus]
W, 62-58
Jan. 15
at Illinois^ [BTN Plus]
L, 59-79
Jan. 19
at Penn State^ [BTN Plus]
L, 69-86
Jan. 22
Michigan^ [BTN Plus]
L, 51-84
Jan. 26
at Purdue^ [BTN]
L, 45-88
Jan. 29
at #15 Ohio State^ [BTN]
L, 75-95
Feb. 4
Minnesota^ [BTN]
5 p.m.
Feb. 9
at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus]
7 p.m.
Feb. 16
#15 Ohio State^ [BTN Plus]
7 p.m.
Feb. 19
Indiana^ (Play4Kay) [BTN Plus]
2 p.m.
Feb. 23
at Michigan^ [BTN or BTN Plus]
TBA
Michigan State^ (Senior Day) [BTN/BTN Plus]TBA
Feb. 26
March 1-5 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis)
March 14 NCAA Tournament Selection
TBA
March 18-21 NCAA First & Second Rounds
TBA
March 24-27 NCAA Regionals
TBA
March 31- NCAA Women’s Final Four (Dallas)
TBA
April 2
All times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle Bank
Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of Nebraska’s
regular-season games can be heard live on the Husker Sports
Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and ESPN 590 AM (or
CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten
Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and
BTN Plus games; [HuskersNside]-Live Video Streams
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GAME 23 - VS. MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS
VS. MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
5-17 Overall
1-9 Big Ten
Saturday, Feb. 4, 5 p.m. (CT)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Live Television: BTN
Live Radio: Husker Sports Network
Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst)
Lincoln - B107.3 FM, Omaha - ESPN 590 AM
Free Live Audio: Huskers.com/Huskers App/TuneIn App
11-11 Overall
2-7 Big Ten
HUSKERS GLAD TO BE HOME TO FACE GOPHERS
• The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns home for just the second time in 24 days to take on
Minnesota on Saturday. Tip-off between the Huskers (5-17, 1-9 Big Ten) and the Golden Gophers (11-11,
2-7 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln is set for 5 p.m. (CT).
• Saturday’s game will be televised by BTN with Kevin Kugler and Mike Thibault on the call.
• A live radio broadcast will be produced by the Husker Sports Network. Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch
will call the action on B107.3 FM in Lincoln and ESPN 590 AM in Omaha. Free audio also can be found on
Huskers.com, the Huskers App and the TuneIn App.
• Approximately 20 women’s basketball alumni will be recognized during Saturday’s while participating
in an Alumni Weekend event.
• Nebraska has been challenged by the toughest schedule in school history. Nebraska’s strength of
schedule ranks No. 9 nationally. Minnesota’s No. 6 strength of schedule leads the Big Ten. Nebraska and
Minnesota are the only schools in the Big Ten with top-25 schedule strengths this season.
• The Huskers are led by 6-4 sophomore forward Jessica Shepard, who is averaging a double-double
with 18.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. She owns 21 career double-doubles, including 11 this
season, after tying her season high with 28 points and adding 13 rebounds at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29).
It was her fifth double-double in Big Ten play this season.
• Shepard is just the fourth Husker in history to produce double-digit double-doubles in two seasons
in her career, joining first-team All-Americans Jordan Hooper (2011-12, 2013-14) and Karen Jennings
(1990-91, 1992-93) and four-time All-Big Ten choice Emily Cady (2013-14, 2014-15).
23• Shepard enters the Minnesota game needing 18 points to become the 32nd player in Husker history
to reach 1,000 career points. She will become just the second sophomore to accomplish the feat, joining
All-American and current WNBA forward Jordan Hooper (1,078, 2010-11/2011-12).
23• Shepard could reach 1,000 points faster than any player in Husker history. Hooper achieved 1,000
in her 60th career game. Shepard will be playing her 54th career game on Saturday against Minnesota.
• Nebraska freshmen Nicea Eliely (7.5 ppg) and Hannah Whitish (7.4 ppg) could become the first pair
of Husker freshmen to both average more than 7.0 points per game since 1983-84.
NEBRASKA 2016-17 STATISTICS
No. Player
Ht.
Cl.
Pos.
2
Rylie Cascio Jensen
5-10
Fr.
G
3
Hannah Whitish
5-9
Fr.
G
5
Nicea Eliely
6-1
Fr.
G
11
Esther Ramacieri***
5-8
Sr.
G
12
Emily Wood**
5-5
Jr.
G
13
Janay Morton#
5-10
Sr.
G
14
Grace Mitchell
6-2
Fr.
F/G
15
Bria Stallworth#
5-6
So. G
22
Allie Havers***
6-5
Sr.
C
24
Maddie Simon*
6-2
So. G
32
Jessica Shepard*
6-4
So. F
34
Jasmine Cincore**
5-10
Jr.
G
43
Rachel Blackburn*&
6-3
So. F
50
Darrien Washington*
6-2
So. F
# redshirting in 2016-17 due to NCAA transfer rules
G-GS
PPG
RPG
APG SPG BPG
22-0
2.8
0.8
1.5
0.3 0.0
22-10
7.4
1.9
2.3
0.9 0.0
22-22
7.5
3.8
2.4
1.7 0.7
18-12
2.9
1.8
2.4
0.7 0.0
22-0
1.9
0.7
0.5
0.2 0.0
All-Mid-American Conference (3rd Team)
22-0
1.7
1.7
0.3
0.2 0.1
Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie Team
22-22
6.4
5.3
1.2
0.5 0.5
22-0
4.2
2.2
0.6
0.5 0.2
22-22
18.5
10.2
1.9
0.4 0.2
22-22
6.3
2.8
2.1
1.1 0.2
Started 10 Games as True Freshman in 2015-16
22-0
2.4
3.1
0.1
0.4 0.1
& redshirting in 2016-17 due to injury
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS
(5-17, 1-9 BIG TEN)
No. Player
Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG
32 Jessica Shepard
6-4 So. F
18.5
22 Allie Havers
6-5 Sr. C
6.4
3
Hannah Whitish
5-9 Fr. G 7.4
5
Nicea Eliely
6-1 Fr. G 7.5
34 Jasmine Cincore 5-10 Jr. G 6.3
Off the Bench
24 Maddie Simon
6-2 So. G 4.2
11 Esther Ramacieri 5-8 Sr. G 2.9
2
Rylie Cascio Jensen 5-10 Fr. G 2.8
50 Darrien Washington 6-2 So. F
2.4
12 Emily Wood
5-5 Jr. G 1.9
14 Grace Mitchell
6-2 Fr. F/G 1.7
Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)
First Season at Nebraska (5-17)
10th Season Overall (198-126)
SCOUTING MINNESOTA
2.2
1.8
0.8
3.1
0.7
1.7
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
(11-11, 2-7 BIG TEN)
No. Player
Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG
5
Taiye Bello
6-2 Fr. F
2.6
22 Joanna Hedstrom 6-1 Sr. G 5.5
21 Jasmine Brunson 5-7 Fr. G 2.5
23 Kenisha Bell
5-9 So. G 16.6
33 Carlie Wagner
5-10 Jr. G 20.0
Off the Bench
34 Gadiva Hubbard 5-9 Fr. G 13.4
10 Jessie Edwards
6-3 Jr. C
7.1
30 Whitney Tinjum
6-1 Sr. F
6.4
14 Bryanna Fernstrom 6-5 Jr. C
6.1
15 Allina Starr
5-10 Sr. G 2.0
32 Karley Barnes
6-3 Sr. C
1.7
25 Palma Kaposi
6-1 So. F
1.3
41 Annalese Lamke 6-3 So. C
0.5
Head Coach: Marlene Stollings (Ohio, 1998)
Third Season at Minnesota (54-33)
Sixth Season Overall (105-75)
• Coach Marlene Stollings brings her third Minnesota team to Lincoln trying to snap a three-game
losing streak. The Golden Gophers are 11-11 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten, just ahead of the Huskers in
the Big Ten standings.
• All seven of Minnesota’s Big Ten losses have been by double digits and the Golden Gophers are 0-4
in Big Ten road games. Minnesota owns Big Ten home victories over Wisconsin (88-60) and Illinois (78-50).
• Minnesota owns the best strength of schedule in the Big Ten, coming in at No. 6 nationally. The
Gophers play four of the final seven Big Ten games on the road, including trips to Penn State, Michigan
State and No. 3 Maryland after coming to Nebraska. The Golden Gophers will face Rutgers (Feb. 11),
Northwestern (Feb. 13, originally scheduled for Jan. 11) and Purdue (Feb. 23) at Williams Arena.
• The Golden Gophers have struggled to replace the Big Ten’s all-time leading scorer and All-America
guard Rachel Banham from last year’s squad that finished 20-12 overall, including 11-7 in the Big Ten, but
came up short of an NCAA Tournament bid.
• Minnesota was eliminated, 101-89 by eventual champion South Dakota (coached by Amy Williams)
in the second round of the 2016 Postseason WNIT at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on March 20.
• The Gophers have used 13 different starting combinations through 22 games and no combination
has started three consecutive games this season.
• Junior guard Carlie Wagner leads Minnesota with 20.0 points per game, while ranking third on the
team with 5.0 rebounds. Wagner, who owns 82 career starts, is playing 35 minutes per game.
• Sophomore transfer Kenisha Bell has added 16.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and team bests of 5.6 assists
and 2.1 steals per game. Bell, who was a starter at Marquette in 2014-15, also has committed a whopping
111 turnovers (5.3 pg). She is the only Big Ten player with 100 turnovers.
• Wagner and Bell have combined to attempt nearly half of Minnesota’s field goals (731 of 1468) on
the season, while shooting 38.8 percent (284-731) from the field, including 30.8 percent (68-221) from
three-point range. The duo has combined for 447 missed field goals and 173 turnovers to combine for
620 empty possessions for Minnesota this year. Heading into Thursday night’s games, no other Big Ten
duo had 500.
• Gadiva Hubbard, a 5-9 freshman guard, has added 13.4 points but has missed six games this season
with illness or injury. Hubbard suffered a broken nose in practice on Jan. 28, and did not play in Monday
night’s loss to Michigan State.
• Jessie Edwards, a 6-3 junior center from Australia, has contributed 7.1 points and a team-best 7.1
rebounds per game. Her 36 blocks and 61.8 field goal percentage both lead Minnesota.
• Bryanna Fernstrom, a 6-5 junior center who was a part-time starter for two seasons at Iowa State
before transferring for the start of the second semester in 2015-16, has managed 6.1 points and 7.1
rebounds for Minnesota in Big Ten play. She is shooting a dismal 34.5 percent from the field.
• Whitney Tinjum, a 6-1 senior forward who transferred from Bradley after starting her career at
Washington State, has added 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.
• Amid the barrage of transfers, 6-1 senior guard Joanna Hedstrom has still found a way to start 16
games for Minnesota. The Minnetonka High School graduate has been a four-year contributor for the
Gophers and is averaging 5.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
• Other starters for Minnesota this season have included 6-2 freshman forward Taiye Bello (2.6 ppg,
4.4 rpg, 5 starts), 5-7 freshman guard Jasmine Brunson (2.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 5 starts), 5-10 senior guard Allina
Starr (2.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2 starts) and 6-3 senior center Karley Barnes (1.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2 starts). Annalese
Lamke, a 6-3 sophomore center, regularly started in an effort to win the tip for Minnesota last year.
• As a team, Minnesota is shooting 40.6 percent from the field, including 32.2 percent from three-point
range. The Gophers own a plus-0.7 rebound margin, but a minus-1.5 turnover margin, while shooting 71.5
percent at the free throw line. Minnesota is averaging 75.3 points, but allowing 75.2 points per game.
• Minnesota’s Big Ten foes are averaging 78.1 points per game while shooting 42.6 percent from the
field, including 34.2 percent at the line. The Gophers own a minus-4.0 turnover margin in Big Ten play.
RPG
10.2
5.3
1.9
3.8
2.8
RPG
4.4
4.7
0.8
4.0
5.0
3.1
7.1
4.2
7.1
2.8
2.9
1.1
0.3
HUSKER NUGGETS
• Jessica Shepard is the second Husker in history to
record 10 or more double-doubles in back-to-back
seasons. She owns 11 double-doubles in 2016-17,
including 28 points and 13 rebounds at No. 15 Ohio
State (Jan. 29).
• Shepard leads the Huskers with averages of 18.5
points and 10.2 rebounds per game. She has 21
career double-doubles, which is tied for seventh in
Husker history.
• Shepard needs 18 points and nine rebounds
against Minnesota to reach 1,000 points and 500
boards. She is poised to become the 32nd Husker
in history to score 1,000 career points and just the
second to achieve the milestone as a sophomore,
joining All-American Jordan Hooper (1,078, 2010-11,
2011-12). Hooper reached the 1,000-point mark in
her 60th career game.
• Shepard owns 12 20-point scoring efforts in 22
games, including season highs of 28 points at No. 15
Ohio State (Jan. 29), at Iowa (Dec. 31) and San Jose
State (Dec. 9). She owns 28 career 20-plus scoring
games in 53 career contests.
• Shepard ranks second among the Huskers in
three-point field goals made (23), including a
game-clinching three with one minute left in the
win over Colorado State on Nov. 14, and a 60-foot
heave at the first-half buzzer in the win over UTRGV
on Nov. 12.
• Nebraska freshman Nicea Eliely leads the Huskers
in assists (53), steals (37), blocks (15) and field goal
percentage (.449), while ranking second in scoring
(7.5 ppg). Eliely has started all 22 games this season
as a true freshman.
• Freshman Hannah Whitish is averaging 9.5 points,
2.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 10 Big Ten
games as a starter. Whitish also leads the Huskers
with 34 three-pointers on the season to rank fourth
among freshmen in Husker history. She needs 12
more to catch Anna DeForge in third (46, 1994-95).
NEBRASKA VS. MINNESOTA SERIES HISTORY
• Nebraska leads the all-time series with Minnesota 11-8, including a 110-73 loss at Williams Arena in
Minneapolis on Feb. 11, 2016. Nebraska owns a 6-3 series edge as Big Ten foes.
• In the last meeting between the two schools in Lincoln, Nebraska rolled to a 74-50 victory over the
Golden Gophers on Feb. 24, 2015.
• Nebraska has won four straight meetings with Minnesota in Lincoln, including an 88-85 overtime
win on Jan. 16, 2014, in the first game between the schools at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers added
an 80-56 win (Feb. 3, 2013) and a 64-49 win (Jan. 22, 2012) in Lincoln as Big Ten foes.
• Nebraska is 9-2 all-time against Minnesota in Lincoln, but 1-6 against the Gophers in Minneapolis.
The Huskers defeated the Gophers 80-67 at the Big Ten Tournament on March 7, 2014.
• Although women’s basketball was not a full varsity sport at Nebraska until 1975-76, a women’s team
from Nebraska suffered its first defeat at Minnesota in 1904 after going unbeaten between 1897 and 1903.
Two weeks after the first meeting with Minnesota, Nebraska beat the same team in Lincoln.
• Minnesota’s Rachel Banham owns the Pinnacle Bank Arena opponent scoring record with 33 points
against the Huskers in an overtime loss to Nebraska on Jan. 16, 2014. NU’s Rachel Theriot answered with
33 points in the same game in a head-to-head performance between two All-America guards. Last season,
Banham had 32 points in Minnesota’s victory at Williams Arena.
• Minnesota’s Laura Coenen scored 42 points for the Gophers in a 90-79 win over the Huskers on Nov.
30, 1984. That effort is tied for the most points by any opponent in a game against the Huskers.
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HUSKERS ESTABLISHING SOLID STARTING FIVE
• 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 START ME UP
seven players on Nebraska’s active roster have ever started a game for the Player Career Starts
Shepard
51
Huskers, with five of them starting 30 or fewer contests.
Havers
43
• Although Jessica Shepard is just a sophomore, she owns a team-high 51 Cincore
28
career starts, including 29 in 31 games as a freshman.
Eliely
22
• A three-year contributor on the court, 6-5 senior Allie Havers adds 43 Ramacieri
16
career starts to Nebraska’s level of experience in 2016-17.
Whitish
10
• Only three other returning Huskers had ever started a game for Nebraska Simon
5
before this season, including Jasmine Cincore (28 career), Esther Ramacieri
(16) and Maddie Simon (5), while true freshmen Nicea Eliely (22) and Hannah Whitish (10) have made
their first career starts this season.
• Overall, Nebraska owns just 175 career starts. On paper, Minnesota is also one of the Big Ten’s most
inexperienced teams with 209 career starts at Minnesota spread across 12 players who have all started at
least four games. However, three current Gophers all own 29 or more career starts at other NCAA Division
I schools, led by Bryanna Fernstrom (37 at Iowa State), Whitney Tinjum (32 at Bradley) and Kenisha Bell
(29 at Marquette). Those three Gophers add 98 career Division I starts to give Minnesota 308 career
collegiate starts.
• Nebraska sent nine different starting lineups onto the floor in 2015-16.
• Three times (2003-04, 2006-07, 2011-12) in the last 14 seasons, Nebraska’s starting five has hit the
floor for every game together, and five more times the Huskers have only featured six different starters
in a season (2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14).
SHEPARD LEADS BIG RED ON B1G STAGE
• Sophomore Jessica Shepard owns 21 career double-doubles, including 11 this season. Her most
recent double-double came with a season-high 28 points and 13 rebounds at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29).
She had 20 points and 12 rebounds at Penn State (Jan. 19). She had 22 SHEPARD AMONG
points and 11 rebounds in a win over Rutgers (Jan. 10), which followed
TOP HUSKER SOPHS
15 points and 12 rebounds at Michigan State (Jan. 7). She also had 17
Best career totals at the end of
points and 15 rebounds against Northwestern (Dec. 28). She had 22 sophomore season at Nebraska
points and 11 rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 18). She had a season-high Player
Points
28 points and 14 rebounds in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 9). She 1. Jordan Hooper
1,078
added 23 points and a season-high 16 rebounds against Drake (Dec. 2. Kathy Hagerstrom
994
6). It followed a 25-point, 14-rebound performance in a loss at then- 3. Jessica Shepard
982
unbeaten Virginia Tech (Dec. 1). She had 24 points and 13 rebounds in 4. Debra Powell
955
Nebraska’s 62-59 win over Colorado State (Nov. 17). She opened the 5. Karen Jennings
948
904
season with 17 points and 15 rebounds in a win over UTRGV (Nov. 12). 6. Kelsey Griffin
898
• Through 22 games, Shepard is averaging team bests of 18.5 points 7. Amy Stephens
895
and 10.2 rebounds per game. She also ranks second on the team with 8. Maurtice Ivy
23 three-pointers, including a game-clinching three with one minute
left against Colorado State and a 60-footer at the first-half buzzer in the win over UTRGV.
• Shepard earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors when the conference announced its preseason awards
on Oct. 24. Shepard was one of two sophomores on the coaches preseason all-conference team, joining
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HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Rylie Cascio Jensen................................CASH-ee-O
Jasmine Cincore.........................................SIN-core
Nicea Eliely................................ NY-see-uh E-ly-lee
Allie Havers............................................... HAY-vers
Janay Morton............................................ juh-NAY
Esther Ramacieri.........................RAH-muh-Cherry
Bria Stallworth...........................................BREE-uh
Darrien Washington.................................DERRY-in
Hannah Whitish......................................WHITE-ish
HUSKER HOMES
The 14 members of the 2016-17 Husker women's
basketball team came to Nebraska from nine U.S.
states and one foreign country (Canada).
California (1): Darrien Washington
Coloardo (1): Nicea Eliely
Illinois (1): Bria Stallworth
Kansas (3): Rachel Blackburn, Grace Mitchell,
Emily Wood
Michigan (1): Allie Havers
Minnesota (1): Janay Morton
Nebraska (3): Rylie Cascio Jensen, Jessica Shepard,
Maddie Simon
Tennessee (1): Jasmine Cincore
Wisconsin (1): Hannah Whitish
Canada [Quebec] (1): Esther Ramacieri
HUSKERS BY CLASS
Seniors (3): Allie Havers, Janay Morton
Esther Ramacieri
Juniors (2): Jasmine Cincore, Emily Wood
Sophomores (5): Rachel Blackburn, Jessica Shepard,
Maddie Simon, Bria Stallworth,
Darrien Washington
Freshmen (4): Rylie Cascio Jensen, Nicea Eliely,
Grace Mitchell, Hannah Whitish
HUSKERS BY MAJOR
Advertising & Public Relations: Jasmine Cincore
Animal Science: Darrien Washington
Biological Systems Engineering: Nicea Eliely
Management: Emily Wood
Marketing: Esther Ramacieri, Jessica Shepard
Pre-Dentistry: Rylie Cascio Jensen
Pre-Health: Grace Mitchell, Maddie Simon
Psychology: Allie Havers, Janay Morton
Undeclared: Rachel Blackburn, Bria Stallworth,
Hannah Whitish
No. Name
Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting
2
Rylie Cascio Jensen
G 5-10 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont)
2016 Nebraska HS POY, Career-high 15 points at Penn State, 1/19/17
3
Hannah Whitish
G 5-9 Fr. Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld)
2016 Wisconsin HS POY; Averaging 9.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.4 spg as starter
5
Nicea Eliely
G 6-1 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart)
Leads Huskers in assists (53), steals (37), blocks (15); Career-high 19 pts vs. Drake
11
Esther Ramacieri***
G 5-8 Sr. Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (Dawson)
Fourth Canadian in Husker history; Career-high 9 pts and 3 3FG in win over Omaha
12
Emily Wood**
G 5-5 Jr. Salina, Kan. (Salina Central)
Walk-on earned scholarship in 14-15; Career-high 8 pts at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16
13
Janay Morton#
G 5-10 Sr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Osseo/E. Michigan) 2016 All-MAC Third Team; 2016 MAC All-Defensive
14
Grace Mitchell
F/G 6-2 Fr. Wellington, Kan. (Wellington)
2016 Kansas HS POY (USA Today HS Sports), Career-high 7 pts vs. Drake, 12/6/16
15
Bria Stallworth#
G 5-6 So. Chicago, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor)
2016 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team; A-10 Freshman Scoring, Assist Leader
22
Allie Havers***
C 6-5 Sr. Mattawan, Mich. (Mattawan)
9 pts, 11 reb vs. Omaha; 4 double-doubles in 15-16; 16 pts, 10 reb vs. RUT, 3/3/16
24
Maddie Simon*
G 6-2 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X)
2015 Nebraska HS POY; missed 6 gms with broken arm; 16 pts, 7 reb vs. NU, 2/28
32
Jessica Shepard*
F
6-4 So. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont)
Big Ten Freshman of the Year; 1st Team All-Big Ten; 982 pts, 491 rebs career
34
Jasmine Cincore**
G 5-10 Jr. Arlington, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian)
2-Time Tennessee 2A POY; 28 career starts; 17 pts at Michigan St. (1/7/17)
43
Rachel Blackburn*&
F
6-3 So. Leavenworth, Kan. (Leavenworth)
Redshirting in 2016-17 after knee surgery on Oct. 4. Started first 9 games of 2015-16
50
Darrien Washington*
F
6-2 So. Oakland, Calif. (Skyline)
20 points, 19 rebounds, 39 min. in 2015-16
* denotes letters earned # redshirting in 2016-17 due to NCAA transfer rules & redshirting in 2016-17 due to injury
Head Coach: A
my Williams (Nebraska, 1998), 198-126 (10th season overall) 5-17 (First season at Nebraska) - 2015 & 2016 Summit League Coach of the Year
Assistant Coaches: Tom Goehle, First Season (Augustana, S.D., 1993); Chuck Love, First Season (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2008); Tandem Mays, First Season (Tulsa, 2007)
Director of Operations: Amanda Hart, First Season (Dakota Wesleyan, 2014); Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, Second Season (Rutgers, 2008)
Graduate Assistant Manager: Shelby Romine, First Season (Bucknell, 2014); Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Rusty Ruffcorn, 11th Season (Nebraska-Omaha, 2004)
Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ashley Rudolph, First Season (Michigan State, 2010)
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
AMY WILLIAMS
(NEBRASKA, 1998)
(5-17, First Season at Nebraska)
(198-126, 10th Season Overall)
Summit League Coach of the Year
(2015, 2016)
WNIT Championship Team (2016)
NAIA
Season
School
2007-08
Rogers State
2008-09
Rogers State
2009-10
Rogers State
2010-11
Rogers State
2011-12
Rogers State
Totals
5 seasons
NCAA Division I
2012-13
South Dakota
2013-14
South Dakota
2014-15
South Dakota
2015-16
South Dakota
2016-17
Nebraska
Div. I Totals Fifth season
Overall
10th season
Won
13
18
21
23
22
97
Lost
18
14
11
10
12
65
Pct.
.419
.563
.656
.697
.647
.599
19
19
26
32
5
101
198
16
14
8
6
17
61
126
.543
.576
.765
.842
.227
.623
.611
WILLIAMS IN POSTSEASON
Year (Tournament)
2016 (WNIT)
2015 (WNIT)
2014 (NCAA)
2013 (WBI)
2012 (NAIA)
2011 (NAIA)
Results
Champion
Second Round
First Round
Semifinals
Elite Eight
First Round
NOTING COACH WILLIAMS
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Summit League Regular-Season Champions
(South Dakota, 2015, 2016)
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NCAA Tournament (South Dakota, 2014)
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Summit League Tournament Champions (2014)
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Four Summit League Championship Game Appearances
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Assistant Coach, Tulsa (2007)
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Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State (2002-05)
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Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (2001)
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Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney (1999-2000)
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Four-Year Letterwinner Nebraska (1995-98)
FIRST-YEAR HUSKER COACHES
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Amy Williams (2016-17) - 5-17, 1-9 Big Ten
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Connie Yori (2002-03) - 8-20, 1-15 Big 12
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Paul Sanderford (1997-98) - 19-9, 8-8 Big 12
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Angela Beck (1986-87) - 16-13, 8-6 Big Eight
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Kelly Hill (1983-84) - 16-12, 6-8 Big Eight
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Colleen Matsuhara (1980-81) - 18-13 (no conference)
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Lorrie Gallagher (1978-79) - 23-13 (no conference)
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Marcia Walker (1977-78) - 11-18 (no conference)
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George Nicodemus (1975-76) - 21-9 (no conference)
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Jan Callahan (1974-75) - 9-7 (no conference)
Penn State guard Teniya Page. Shepard was the lone sophomore
honored by the media on its 10-player preseason team.
• Shepard became the first freshman in Nebraska history to earn
first-team all-conference honors. She produced school freshman-record
averages of 18.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in 2015-16.
• Shepard became the first Husker in history to earn conference
freshman-of-the-year accolades. The 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb.,
joined Emily Cady (2012) and Rachel Theriot (2013) as Huskers who
earned spots on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in Nebraska’s first five
seasons in the conference.
• Shepard set a conference record by winning 10 Big Ten Freshmanof-the-Week awards.
SHEPARD AMONG
TOP HUSKER SOPHS
Best career totals at the end of
sophomore season at Nebraska
Player
Rebounds
1. Janet Smith
573
2. Kathy Hagerstrom
548
3. Jordan Hooper
511
4. Jessica Shepard
491
5. Emily Cady
483
6. Kelsey Griffin
457
7. Karen Jennings
432
NEBRASKA RANKS NEAR TOP IN ATTENDANCE
• Nebraska closed the 2015-16 season ranked No. 9 nationally in total attendance (102,682) and No.
12 in NCAA Division I in average home attendance (5,404). It marked the third consecutive season inside
Pinnacle Bank Arena that the Big Red have ranked among the top 12 nationally in both categories.
• In 64 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own a 48-16 record (.750 winning
percentage) while averaging 5,636 fans per game (360,675 total fans/64 games).
• Nebraska attracted a non-conference school-record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay in the building
with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013.
BIG RED BATTLING ONE OF NATION’S BEST SCHEDULES
• Nebraska is facing the toughest overall schedule in school history
in 2016-17. The Huskers will play 10 games against NCAA Tournament SCHEDULE STRENGTH
Strength of Schedule
teams and 11 more regular-season games against Postseason WNIT Team
UConn*
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teams in 2016-17.
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• Nebraska’s strength of schedule ranked No. 9 nationally through Tennessee
games Jan. 31. NU’s 22 opponents owned a combined record of 316-165 Washington State* 3
4
(.657 winning percentage), including current top-25 opponents No. 1 Notre Dame
Kentucky
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UConn (21-0), No. 3 Maryland (21-1) and No. 14 Ohio State (20-5).
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• Michigan (18-5), Northwestern (17-5), Colorado State (17-5), Drake Minnesota*
South Carolina 7
(16-4), Virginia Tech (16-5), Missouri (16-7), Creighton (15-6), California
Florida State
8
(15-7), Michigan State (15-7), Virginia (14-7), Penn State (14-8), Purdue
NEBRASKA
9
(14-8) and UTRGV (14-9) give Nebraska 16 opponents with 14 or more LSU
10
victories in 2016-17.
• Minnesota (RPI 57) comes to Lincoln as Nebraska’s 14th opponent * 2016-17 Husker opponent
this season currently ranked in the RPI Top 60. It will be Nebraska’s * Through Jan. 31 games
18th game against a current RPI Top 100 team. Four of NU’s final five
regular-season games will come against current RPI Top 60 foes.
• Only six Husker opponents have won fewer than 14 games, including Iowa (13-8, RPI 54), Omaha
(11-11, RPI 163), Washington State (9-12, RPI 60), Illinois (8-15, RPI 177), San Jose State (7-14, RPI 191)
and Rutgers (6-16, RPI 182). Minnesota comes to Lincoln with an 11-11 record (RPI 57).
• UTRGV (RPI 259) is the only one of Nebraska’s first 23 opponents outside the top 200 of the 349
NCAA Division I teams in the RPI.
• Nebraska’s non-conference Strength of Schedule was ranked No. 8 by the NCAA (Jan. 1). NU’s nonconference schedule strength trailed only Minnesota in the Big Ten. Nebraska, Minnesota and Rutgers
were the only three Big Ten teams to enter conference play with a top-25 strength of schedule. Six Big
Ten teams entered league play with strength of schedules below 100, including Purdue (204), Maryland
(203), Indiana (176), Northwestern (167), Ohio State (155) and Wisconsin (114).
• Nebraska’s appearance in the 2016 Preseason WNIT to open the year featured three games against
postseason foes, including NCAA Tournament teams Missouri and Colorado State.
• Virginia, Virginia Tech, Drake and Creighton all competed in the 2016 WNIT and the Huskers will play
three of those games on the road. Nebraska closes non-conference play at home against UConn, which
has won four consecutive NCAA titles.
• A total of 13 of Nebraska’s 16 Big Ten Conference games will come against postseason foes, including
seven games against NCAA qualifiers and six more against WNIT teams from a year ago.
• Nebraska’s 16-game regular-season home schedule will feature 13 games against postseason teams,
including all eight Big Ten Conference home games.
FRESHMEN ELIELY, WHITISH GIVE HUSKERS HOPE
Nebraska’s 2016-17 Coaching/Support Staff (back row, from
left): Athletic Trainer Ashley Rudolph, Graduate Assistant
Manager Shelby Romine, Video Coordinator Katie Adams,
Strength Coach Rusty Ruffcorn. Middle row (from left):
Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle,
Assistant Coach Chuck Love, Director of Operations Amanda
Hart. Front: Head Coach Amy Williams.
• 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 22 games and ranks second on the
team in scoring with 7.5 points per game. She also leads the Huskers in assists (53), steals (37) and blocked
shots (15) and field goal percentage (.449). She ranks second in minutes per game (26.0).
• Eliely has produced four double-figure scoring efforts, including 10 points and a career-high-tying
four steals against Michigan (Jan. 22). She had a career-high 19 points against California (Dec. 4).
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• Whitish, 2016 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year at Barneveld High School, ranks third on the
team in scoring (7.4 ppg), including 9.5 points per game in Big Ten play. She leads the Huskers with 34
threes, which ranks as the fourth-best total by a freshman in school history. Whitish also ranks second
overall in assists (51) and third in steals (20), despite ranking fifth in minutes per game (21.7).
• In Big Ten play, Whitish leads the Huskers in assists (34) and three-pointers (19), while ranking second
on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg), steals (14) and three-point percentage (.365). She has produced double
figures six times in Big Ten play and eight times overall this season. She had career highs of 16 points and
four three-pointers at Illinois (Jan. 15).
• Eliely and Whitish have a chance to become the first pair of Husker freshmen since 1983-84 to both
average better than 7.0 points per game. The last two Husker freshmen to each average better than 7.0
points per game were Angie Miller (14.6 ppg) and Stacy Imming (9.9 ppg) in 1983-84.
• Since 2010, Nebraska has had five freshmen earn spots on conference all-freshman teams, including
Lindsey Moore (Big 12, 2010), Jordan Hooper (Big 12, 2011), Emily Cady (Big Ten, 2012), Rachel Theriot
(Big Ten, 2013) and Jessica Shepard (Big Ten, 2016).
FRESHMEN LEADING HUSKERS AT FREE THROW LINE
• Traditionally one of the Big Ten’s best free throw shooting teams, Nebraska has struggled this season
at the line. However, NU’s free throw numbers are on the way up thanks to solid shooting by the Husker
freshmen.
• Nebraska’s freshmen are 37-of-43 (.860) at the free throw line in Big Ten play, while the Huskers as
a team are shooting 65.9 percent.
• Rylie Cascio Jensen has hit 11 consecutive free throws, including 9-for-9 in Big Ten play and 7-for-7
at Penn State (Jan. 19).
• Nicea Eliely has hit 12 consecutive free throws, dating back to a miss against Maryland on Jan. 4. She
hit four free throws in the final 37 seconds in the win over Rutgers (Jan. 10).
• Hannah Whitish has hit four straight free throws including the final two to seal the win over Rutgers
(Jan. 10).
• Grace Mitchell also hit both of her free throws against Rutgers.
• As a team, Nebraska has hit 70.4 percent (76-108) of its free throws over the past six games. In the
first four Big Ten games, the Huskers hit just 58.5 percent (38-65) of their free throw attempts.
NEBRASKA STREAKS
• Nebraska senior Allie Havers has competed in 118 consecutive games since the first game of her
freshman season in 2013-14. The Huskers own a 70-48 record in those contests over the last four years.
• Junior Jasmine Cincore owns the longest streak of consecutive starts among the Huskers with 27.
Havers has made 25 straight starts, while freshman Nicea Eliely and sophomore Jessica Shepard have
each started 22 straight games this season. Hannah Whitish has made 10 straight starts.
• The Huskers have knocked down at least one three-pointer in 273 straight regular-season games
dating back to a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008.
• Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 152 consecutive games.
• Nebraska has had at least two players earn first- or second-team All-Big Ten honors in each of its first
five seasons in the Big Ten.
• Nebraska finished with a 9-9 Big Ten record to mark the fifth consecutive season the Huskers have
posted a .500 or better Big Ten record. Nebraska is the only Big Ten team with a .500 or better record in
each of the last five seasons. In fact, no other Big Ten team has had four straight .500 marks. The only
other team with three straight .500 or better Big Ten seasons is Minnesota, which went 11-7 in both 2015
and 2016 after going 8-8 in 2014.
PUMP UP THE PROGRAM
• Nebraska earned its fifth straight postseason tournament bid with a trip to the 2016 WNIT. The
Huskers were one of only 21 Division I teams to earn four consecutive NCAA Tournament bids from 2012
through 2015.
• The Huskers have produced seven 20-win seasons in the last 10 years. Nebraska owns 16 20-win
seasons in program history.
• Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to post a .500 or better conference mark in each of the last
five years. Minnesota is the only other Big Ten team to do it each of the last three seasons.
• The Huskers, who joined the Big Ten in 2011-12, have averaged 10.6 conference wins per season
since joining the conference. The Big Red have added eight Big Ten Tournament wins for 61 total victories
over Big Ten foes during the past five years (12.2 wins per season).
• Nebraska has ranked among the top 12 schools nationally in average home attendance in each of the
Huskers’ first three seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Big Red have ranked among the top 10 nationally
in total home attendance in each of the first three seasons at the arena, including 102,682 fans in 2015-16.
• Nebraska set a season ticket sales record with 4,032 season tickets sold as of Jan. 31, 2016. It marked
the first time in school history the Huskers sold 4,000 season tickets. Nebraska’s season ticket number for
2016-17 was 3,980 as of Dec. 21, 2016.
• Nebraska featured six first-team academic All-Big Ten selections in 2015-16, including returning
Huskers Jasmine Cincore, Allie Havers and Emily Wood.
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2016-17 QUICK FACTS
Institution........................... University of Nebraska.
Location.............................................. Lincoln, Neb.
Population.................................................. 268,738
Enrollment................................................... 25,897
Founded.......................................................... 1869
Nickname..............................Cornhuskers, Huskers
Colors......................................... Scarlet and Cream
Home Arena........................... Pinnacle Bank Arena
Capacity....................................................... 15,000
Conference...................................................Big Ten
Director of Athletics........................Shawn Eichorst
2016-17 Overall Record................................... 5-17
Home Record................................................. 5-7
Away Record.................................................. 0-8
Neutral Record............................................... 0-2
Big Ten Record................................................ 1-9
Head Coach....................................... Amy Williams
Alma Mater/Year.........................Nebraska/1998
Record at Nebraska................5-17 (First season)
Career Record................. 198-126 (10th season)
NCAA Div. I Record............ 101-61 (Fifth season)
Williams’ Nebraska Home Record...................... 5-7
Big Ten Conference Record............................ 1-9
Big Ten Home Record..................................... 1-3
Big Ten Road Record...................................... 0-6
Big Ten Tournament Record........................... 0-0
Assistant Coaches:............................... Tom Goehle
...................................................... Chuck Love
.................................................. Tandem Mays
Director of Operations.......................Amanda Hart
Video Coordinator.............................. Katie Adams
Graduate Assistant Manager.......... Shelby Romine
Strength Coach.................................Rusty Ruffcorn
Athletic Trainer.............................. Ashley Rudolph
Basketball Office Phone..................(402) 472-6462
Basketball Office Fax.......................(402) 472-0849
Women’s Basketball Contact................Jeff Griesch
Communications Office Phone.......(402) 472-2263
Griesch’s Direct Line.......................(402) 472-7775
Griesch’s Cell Phone........................(402) 540-0279
Griesch’s Home Phone....................(402) 328-8992
Griesch’s E-mail................... [email protected]
Communications Fax.......................(402) 472-2005
Best Way to Contact Williams......Through Griesch
Starters Returning/Lost.....................................2/3
Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................8/4
Newcomers........................................................... 6
Returning All-Big Ten Player (1).............................
Jessica Shepard (6-4, So., F)............ 1st Team, 2016
.........................2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Returning Starters (2, 2015-16 Stats)....................
Jessica Shepard, So., F (18.5, 9.3 rpg)
Allie Havers, Sr., C (8.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg)
Other Returning Letterwinners (6, 2015-16 Stats).
Maddie Simon, So., G (5.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg)
Jasmine Cincore, Jr., G (4.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg)
Rachel Blackburn, So., F (4.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg)
Darrien Washington, So., F (2.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg)
Emily Wood, Jr., G (1.4 ppg, 0.8 rpg)
Esther Ramacieri, Sr., G (0.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg)
Starters Lost (3, 2015-16 Stats).............................
Natalie Romeo, G (16.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.0 apg)
Rachel Theriot, G (10.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 7.3 apg)
Kyndal Clark, G (4.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.3 apg)
Others Lost (1, 2015-16 Stats)...............................
Anya Kalenta, F (4.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
2016-17 Newcomers (6)
...................... Rylie Cascio Jensen, 5-10, Fr., G
..................................... Nicea Eliely, 6-1, Fr., G
............................ Grace Mitchell, 6-2, Fr., G/F
............................. #Janay Morton, 5-10, Sr., G
............................ #Bria Stallworth, 5-6, So., G
............................. Hannah Whitish, 5-9, Fr., G
............ # redshirting as transfers in 2016-17
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
HUSKER CAREER HIGHS
SCORING
Player (Game, Date)
Points
Jessica Shepard (at Michigan, 1/24/16; vs. NAU, 12/19/15)35
Nicea Eliely (vs. California, 12/4/16) 19
Allie Havers (at California, 12/12/15) 18
Jasmine Cincore (at Michigan State, 1/7/17)
17
Maddie Simon (vs. Northwestern, 2/28/16)
16
Hannah Whitish (at Illinois, 1/15/17)
16
Rylie Cascio Jensen (at Penn State, 1/19/17)
15
Rachel Blackburn (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15)
14
Esther Ramacieri (vs. Omaha, 11/22/16)
9
Emily Wood (at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16) 8
Grace Mitchell (vs. Drake, 12/6/16)
7
Darrien Washington (vs. San Jose State, 12/9/16)
7
REBOUNDING
Player (Game, Date)
Rebounds
Jessica Shepard (at Michigan, 1/24/16) 20
Allie Havers (vs. Wisconsin, 1/27/16) 14
Rachel Blackburn (vs. NC State, 12/3/15)
11
Jasmine Cincore (at Iowa, 12/31/16)
11
Nicea Eliely (at Illinois, 1/15/17)
9
Maddie Simon (Three Times, at Ohio State, 1/29/17)
7
Esther Ramacieri (Four Times, vs. SJSU, 12/9/16)
6
Darrien Washington (Three Times, at Iowa, 12/31/16)
6
Hannah Whitish (at Ohio State, 1/29/17; vs. San Jose St., 12/9/16)5
Rylie Cascio Jensen (at Creighton, 12/18/16)4
Grace Mitchell (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. California, 12/4/16)
4
Emily Wood (Three Times, vs. Virginia, 11/26/16)
3
ASSISTS
Player (Game, Date)
Assists
Esther Ramacieri (at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16)
8
Jasmine Cincore (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. Rutgers, 3/3/16)
6
Nicea Eliely (at Illinois, 1/15/17; vs. Colo. St., 11/17/16) 6
Jessica Shepard (vs. Wisconsin, 1/27/16)
6
Hannah Whitish (at Ohio State, 1/29/17) 6
Rylie Cascio Jensen (at Creighton, 12/18/16)
5
Allie Havers (vs. Colo. St., 11/17/16; at Michigan, 1/24/16) 5
Emily Wood (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 5
Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15)
4
Rachel Blackburn (Three Times, vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 3
Grace Mitchell (at Michigan State, 1/7/17)
2
Darrien Washington (Three Times, vs. Maryland, 1/4/17) 1
STEALS
Player (Game, Date)
Steals
Jasmine Cincore (Three Times, vs. Rutgers, 1/10/17)
4
Nicea Eliely (vs. Michigan, 1/22/17; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16) 4
Jessica Shepard (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15)
4
Esther Ramacieri (at Creighton, 12/18/16; vs. CSU, 11/17/16)
3
Maddie Simon (vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3
Hannah Whitish (at Michigan State, 1/7/17)
3
Rachel Blackburn (vs. Mich. St., 2/14/16; vs. NC Central, 11/21/15)2
Rylie Cascio Jensen (Three Times, at Purdue, 1/26/17)2
Allie Havers (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15)2
Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17; vs. Drake, 12/6/16)
2
Darrien Washington (at Michigan State, 1/7/17)
2
Emily Wood (vs. SJSU, 12/9/16; vs. UTRGV, 11/12/16)
2
BLOCKED SHOTS
Player (Game, Date)
Blocks
Jasmine Cincore (vs. Drake, 12/6/16)
4
Rachel Blackburn (at Purdue, 1/20/16) 3
Allie Havers (Three Times, at Indiana, 2/7/16)
3
Jessica Shepard (vs. NC State, 12/3/15)
3
Nicea Eliely (Four Times, at Penn State, 1/19/17)2
Maddie Simon (vs. UConn, 12/21/16) 2
Emily Wood (vs. Indiana, 2/24/16)
2
Grace Mitchell (vs. Maryland, 1/4/17; vs. Missouri, 11/14/16) 1
Darrien Washington (Four Times, Michigan, 1/22/17)1
Hannah Whitish (vs. Wash. St., 11/25/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16)1
MINUTES PLAYED
Player (Game, Date)
Minutes
Jessica Shepard (vs. Iowa, 12/31/15) 39
Allie Havers (at Rutgers, 1/30/16) 39
Jasmine Cincore (vs. NU, 2/28/16; vs. Indiana, 2/24/16) 38
Esther Ramacieri (vs. Northern Iowa, 3/17/16)
35
Nicea Eliely (Three Times, at Illinois, 1/15/17)
32
Maddie Simon (vs. Northwestern, 2/28/16)
32
Hannah Whitish (at Ohio State, 1/29/17)
32
Rachel Blackburn (vs. NC State, 12/3/15)
30
Rylie Cascio Jensen (at Penn State, 1/19/17)
27
Emily Wood (vs. Indiana, 2/24/16)
25
Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17) 22
Darrien Washington (vs. UTRGV, 11/12/16)
20
THREE-POINTERS MADE
Player (Game, Date)
3FG Made
Hannah Whitish (at Illinois, 1/15/17) 4
Esther Ramacieri (vs. Omaha, 11/22/16)
3
Maddie Simon (at Ohio St., 1/29/17; vs. N’western, 2/28/16) 3
Jasmine Cincore (Four Times, vs. Rutgers, 1/10/17)
2
Rylie Cascio Jensen (Three Times, at Penn State, 1/19/17)
2
Nicea Eliely (vs. Cal, 12/4/16; vs. Omaha, 11/22/16)
2
Jessica Shepard (Six Times, at Illinois, 1/15/17)
2
Emily Wood (at Va. Tech, 12/1/16; vs. N. Fla., 11/16/15) 2
Allie Havers (Three Times, vs. UConn 12/21/16)
1
Grace Mitchell (Three Times, vs. Maryland, 1/4/17)
1
HUSKERS TO LEARN DAY-BY-DAY, MINUTE-BY-MINUTE
• First-year Nebraska Coach Amy Williams and her staff will try to guide
EXPERIENCE
an extremely inexperienced Husker team through the 2016-17 season.
• Senior center Allie Havers was the most experienced Husker with 96 BY THE MINUTE
career games and 1,583 career minutes entering the season. Havers was the 1. Northwestern14,195
only active Husker who entered the season with more than 1,000 collegiate 2. Indiana 10,671
9,802
minutes. In fact, she had played more minutes than senior guard Esther 3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
8,587
Ramacieri (282 minutes, 52 games), junior guard Jasmine Cincore (653
5. Iowa
8,260
minutes, 51 games), junior guard Emily Wood (158 minutes, 31 games),
6. Penn State
7,923
sophomore guard Maddie Simon (299 minutes, 21 games) and sophomore 7. Michigan State7,647
forward Darrien Washington (39 minutes, 10 games) combined (1,331 8. Purdue
7,403
minutes) entering the 2016-17 campaign.
9. Maryland
7,300
• Sophomore forward Jessica Shepard ranked second among active Huskers 10. Minnesota 4,901
in career minutes with 884 entering the year. In all, Nebraska returns just 11. Nebraska
3,798
3,798 minutes of active collegiate experience, which ranks 11th in the Big 12. Illinois
3,108
Ten. Only Illinois (3,108), Wisconsin (2,985) and Rutgers (2,253) have fewer 13. Wisconsin 2,985
14. Rutgers
2,253
minutes of returning experience to their respective teams than Nebraska.
• Nebraska’s returning players combined for just under 19 full 40-minute
games of experience entering the season.
• Northwestern has three seniors (Nia Coffey, Ashley Deary and Christen Inman) who each played
more than 3,000 career minutes for the Wildcats, combining for 9,620 minutes entering the year. As a
team, Northwestern returns 14,195 minutes on the court, which does not include 413 minutes for Oceana
Hamilton who played two seasons at Alabama before transferring to Northwestern and sitting out 201516.
• Indiana returns 10,671 minutes and that does not include 3,497 minutes from transfers Amber Deane
(2,697, Dayton) and Tia Elbert (800, Marquette) who are both eligible to play this year for the Hoosiers.
• Michigan senior guard Sierra Thompson played 3,517 career minutes entering 2016-17, while Iowa
senior Ally Disterhoft played 3,346. Northwestern’s Ashley Deary (3,319), Nia Coffey (3,231) and Christen
Inman (3,070) join Michigan State’s Tori Jankoska (3,209) as the six returning players in the Big Ten who
have played more than 3,000 career minutes entering the season.
SHEPARD SETS BIG RED RECORDS AS FRESHMAN
• Jessica Shepard set a Nebraska freshman record with 574 points, shattering Debra Powell’s previous
NU freshman mark of 461 (1981-82) by 113 points. Shepard’s 18.5 points per game smashed Powell’s
Husker freshman mark of 15.4 points per game.
• Shepard’s 8.6 rebounds per game broke Powell’s previous Nebraska freshman mark of 7.6 per game
(1981-82). With 266 total rebounds, Shepard finished 11 shy of Kathy Hagerstrom’s freshman mark of 277
(1979-80). Shepard amassed her rebounds in 31 games. Hagerstrom pulled down her 277 in 40 games.
• Shepard produced one of the best individual performances in Nebraska history with a freshman-record
35 points to go along with 20 rebounds in a win at Michigan on Jan. 24. It is the only 30-point/20-rebound
performance in Nebraska women’s basketball history.
• Shepard owns the Nebraska freshman record with 10 double-doubles. She had six double-doubles
in Big Ten play. She is just the eighth Husker in history to produce 10 double-doubles in a season.
• Shepard’s 228 made field goals were a Nebraska freshman record.
• Her 203 free throw attempts set the Nebraska freshman record in that category in 2015-16. • Shepard’s 20 free throw attempts against Northern Arizona (Dec. 19) were the most by any Husker
in a game in history, regardless of class.
• Shepard produced a record-setting regular-season debut with 24 points and 13 rebounds against
Arkansas Pine Bluff Nov. 14, 2015. She became the first freshman in history to notch a double-double in
an opener and her 24 points and 13 rebounds were the most by an NU freshman in a season opener.
SHEPARD SHOOTS FOR MORE AS SOPHOMORE
• Jessica Shepard is averaging 18.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. She has produced 11 doubledoubles, including five in Big Ten play after her 28-point, 13-rebound performance at No. 15 Ohio State
(Jan. 29). She had 20 points and 12 rebounds at Penn State (Jan. 19), after going for 22 points, 11 rebounds,
three assists and a season-high three steals in a win over Rutgers (Jan. 10). That followed 15 points and
12 rebounds at Michigan State (Jan. 7). She had 17 points and 15 rebounds in Nebraska’s Big Ten opener
against Northwestern (Dec. 28). She had 22 points and 11 rebounds against Creighton (Dec. 18). That
followed a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds against San Jose State (Dec. 9), 23 points and a seasonhigh 16 rebounds against Drake (Dec. 6), 25 points and 14 rebounds at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1), 24 points
and 13 rebounds in a win over Colorado State (Nov. 17), and 17 points and 15 boards in a win over UTRGV
(Nov. 12).
• Shepard owns 21 career double-doubles to tie for seventh on Nebraska’s career chart in that category.
• She heads into the Minnesota game with 982 points, 491 rebounds and 100 assists in her career.
• Shepard has 12 20-point efforts this season, including season highs of 28 points against San Jose
State (Dec. 9), at Iowa (Dec. 31) and at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29). She had 25 points at Illinois (Jan. 15),
at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1) and against Washington State (Nov. 25). She scored 24 points against Colorado
State (Nov. 17), before going for 23 points, including 22 in the second half, against Drake (Dec. 6). She had
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21 points and Purdue (Jan. 26) and 20 points at Penn State (Jan. 19). Shepard owns 28 career 20-point
games in her first 53 games as a Husker.
• Shepard ranks second among the Huskers with 23 three-pointers on the season, including a gameclinching three in the win over Colorado State and a buzzer-beating 60-footer to close the first half in the
win over UTRGV. She also hit a first-half buzzer-beater at Creighton. Shepard did not hit a three-pointer
as a freshman.
• Nebraska’s first Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Shepard became the first Husker in history to earn firstteam all-conference honors as a freshman in 2015-16. During the season, she set a conference record by
winning 10 Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards. She was also a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week
(Dec. 21, Jan. 25).
• Shepard was one of 28 players nationally named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the
Year Midseason Watch List by the USBWA on Jan. 24, 2017.
• One of only two freshmen on the Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 in 2015-16 (joining Cal’s Kristine
Anigwe), Shepard was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Dec. 22, 2015; Jan. 26, 2016). Shepard
was the espnW and College Sports Madness National Player of the Week (Jan. 25).
• Shepard finished 10th overall in the Big Ten in scoring (18.5 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (8.6 rpg),
including fourth on the offensive glass (3.1 rpg) and 10th on the defensive boards (5.5 rpg). She ranked
13th in conference field goal percentage (.510).
• The 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., finished with Nebraska freshman record averages of 18.5
points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Her 574 total points were a Nebraska freshman record, while her 266
rebounds ranked second among freshmen in Husker history.
• She amassed 16 games with 20 or more points as a freshman, including 11 in Big Ten play. She
produced the first of two 35-point performances against Northern Arizona Dec. 19, 2015. She added 35
points at Michigan, Jan. 24. She scored in double figures 25 times.
• Shepard averaged just 4.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 20 minutes per game over the final two games
of 2015-16 as she battled a stress reaction in her foot. She did not practice March 1-17.
• Shepard was not cleared for her first full practice until Oct. 27, 2015, after suffering an ACL tear as
a high school senior on Dec. 29, 2014. On Nov. 1, she had 29 points and 12 rebounds against NebraskaKearney in NU’s exhibition opener. She added 42 points and 12 rebounds in just 25 minutes in a second
exhibition against Winona State on Nov. 8.
• She was the top recruit in Nebraska history, as the No. 1 post and No. 3 overall recruit in the nation
by ESPN. A first-team Parade All-American as a high school senior despite missing nearly all of her final
year (ACL tear, Dec. 29, 2014), Shepard was the 2013 and 2014 Nebraska High School Player of the Year.
Shepard averaged 12.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while helping the USA Basketball U18 Team to a 5-0
record and a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championship.
HAVERS LOOKED TO FOR SENIOR LEADERSHIP
• One of the tallest Huskers in history, 6-5 center Allie Havers is being looked to for senior leadership
in 2016-17. She got her senior season off to a solid start with 10 points and seven rebounds in the WNIT
first-round victory over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She added a season-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from
the floor against Drake on Dec. 6 for her second double-figure scoring performance of the season.
• The senior from Mattawan, Mich., is the most experienced active Husker, competing in 118 career
games with 43 starts. In fact, senior Esther Ramacieri (70) and junior Jasmine Cincore (73) are the only
other Huskers who have played in more than 60 career games.
• Havers had a season-high 14 points against Drake (Dec. 6) and has produced double figures in points
four times this season, including 12 points at Iowa (Dec. 31), 10 against Michigan (Jan. 22) and 10 points
in the season-opening win over UTRGV (Nov. 12). She has added a pair of double-figure rebound games,
including a season-high 11 boards in a win over Omaha (Nov. 22), when she added nine points. She also
had 10 rebounds at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1).
• She tied her career high with five assists in Nebraska’s win over Colorado State on Nov. 17.
• Havers, who was a freshman on Nebraska’s 2014 Big Ten Championship team and helped the Huskers
to NCAA Tournament appearances in her first two seasons in Lincoln, will need to draw on her experience
to help an extremely young Husker squad with a group of first-year coaches this season.
• Last season, Havers stepped into the starting lineup and stepped up her production as a junior.
• Havers tied for 15th in the Big Ten with 6.6 rebounds per game, while her 1.0 blocked shots per game
tied for 14th in the conference.
• Her scoring numbers increased throughout the season, finishing at 8.3 points per game - her highest
average at any point during the season. Over the final five games, Havers averaged 13.0 points and 6.8
rebounds while hitting 70.7 percent of her shots from the field in 27.8 minutes per game. In the first five
games of 2015-16, Havers averaged just 4.6 points and 6.0 rebounds in 16.8 minutes per game, while
hitting just 36 percent of her shots from the floor.
• Havers scored in double figures 11 times as a junior, including each of the final five games of the
season. She has 20 career double-figure scoring efforts, including a career-high 18 points at California on
Dec. 12, 2015.
• She owns seven career double-figure rebound games, including a career-high 14 against Wisconsin
on Jan. 27, 2016, and 11 in a win over Omaha on Nov. 22, 2016. She had 10 boards at Virginia Tech (Dec.
1). Havers notched four double-doubles in 2015-16, including back-to-back games against Northwestern
(Feb. 28) and Rutgers (March 3).
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOP 25
(MONDAY, JAN. 30, 2017)
1-UConn (20-0) [33].............................. 825 (1)
2-Baylor (21-1)......................................... 789 (2)
3-Maryland (21-1)................................ 748 (3)
4-South Carolina (18-1)........................... 737 (5)
5-Mississippi State (21-1)........................ 689 (4)
6-Florida State (20-2)............................... 663 (6)
7-Notre Dame (20-3)............................... 591 (8)
8-Stanford (19-3)................................... 580 (10)
9-Louisville (20-4).................................... 543 (9)
10-Washington (20-3).............................. 522 (7)
11-Oregon State (20-2).......................... 520 (11)
12-Texas (16-4)...................................... 467 (12)
13-UCLA (17-4)...................................... 442 (13)
14-Ohio State (19-5)........................... 399 (15)
15-Duke (18-4)....................................... 384 (14)
16-Miami (16-5).................................... 320 (17)
17-DePaul (18-5)................................... 235 (21)
18-Oklahoma (16-6).............................. 199 (20)
19-N.C. State (16-6)............................... 177 (18)
20-South Florida (17-3)......................... 168 (23)
21-Green Bay (19-2).............................. 164 (24)
22-West Virginia (16-6).......................... 114 (22)
23-Arizona State (14-7)......................... 113 (23)
24-Syracuse (15-7)................................ 109 (NR)
25-Kentucky (15-6)................................. 74 (NR)
Note: Nebraska 2016-17 opponents in italics.
NU Opponents Receiving Votes:
27-Michigan (32); 29-Virginia Tech (21);
T30-Drake (6); T32-Northwestern (3);
T35-Creighton (2)
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TOP 25
(TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 2017)
1-UConn (20-0) [32].............................. 800 (1)
2-Baylor (21-1)......................................... 764 (2)
3-Maryland (21-1)................................ 735 (3)
4-Mississippi State (21-1)........................ 694 (5)
5-Florida State (20-2)............................... 655 (6)
6-South Carolina (18-2)........................... 637 (4)
7-Louisville (20-4).................................... 573 (8)
8-Notre Dame (20-3)............................... 563 (9)
9-Stanford (19-3)................................... 546 (10)
10-Washington (20-3).............................. 525 (7)
11-Oregon State (20-2).......................... 494 (11)
12-UCLA (17-4)...................................... 461 (12)
13-Texas (16-4)...................................... 418 (13)
14-Ohio State (19-5)........................... 391 (14)
15-Duke (18-4)....................................... 339 (15)
16-Miami (16-5).................................... 311 (17)
17-DePaul (18-5)................................... 268 (19)
18-Arizona State (14-7)......................... 163 (16)
19-N.C. State (16-6)............................... 161 (18)
20-South Florida (17-3)......................... 159 (23)
21-Syracuse (15-7)................................. 155 (24)
22-Oklahoma (16-6).............................. 150 (20)
23-West Virginia (16-6).......................... 119 (22)
24-Green Bay (19-2)............................ 102 (25)
25-Tennessee (14-7).............................72 (NR)
Note: Nebraska 2016-17 opponents in italics.
NU Opponents Receiving Votes:
26-Michigan (62); 27-Virginia Tech (40);
28-Northwestern (12); 32-California (3);
34-Creighton (2)
• Havers also stepped up her passing production in 2015-16, totaling 34 assists in 31 after managing
just 21 assists in the first 65 games of her career.
• Havers added her second academic All-Big Ten award for the Huskers in 2016.
HOMEGROWN HUSKERS AT HEART OF NEBRASKA
• Nebraska’s 11-player active roster features a trio of Huskers who combined forces to win the last four
Nebraska Gatorade High School Player-of-the-Year honors. Sophomore Jessica Shepard claimed state high
school honors in 2013 and 2014, before fellow Husker sophomore Maddie Simon earned state playerof-the-year accolades as a senior at Lincoln Pius X High School in 2015. Shepard’s high school teammate,
freshman Rylie Cascio Jensen, was named the state player of the year at Fremont High School in 2016.
• Shepard, a two-time state high school player of the year (2013, 2014), earned Big Ten Freshmanof-the-Year honors as a Husker in 2015-16. The graduate of Fremont High School started 29 games for
the Big Red as a freshman and averaged team highs and Husker freshman records of 18.5 points and 8.6
rebounds per game.
• Simon opened 2016-17 with six points and a career-high matching seven rebounds off the bench
in Nebraska’s win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She is averaging 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.5 minutes
per game off the bench this season. Simon had a season-high 11 points against California (Dec. 4), and
produced 10 points at Michigan State (Jan. 7). She added nine points with a career-high three threes while
adding a career-high-tying seven rebounds at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29).
• She started Nebraska’s final four regular-season games in 2015-16, before missing the Postseason
WNIT with a severe ankle sprain suffered in practice on March 14. The 6-2 guard out of Pius X High School
in Lincoln also started the season opener for the Huskers on Nov. 14. In five games as a starter, Simon
averaged 7.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 23.8 minutes per game. For the season, she averaged
5.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 14.2 minutes over 21 contests.
• In her last two games of 2015-16, Simon averaged 12.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.0 assist, while
hitting 9-of-16 shots from the floor, including 4-of-9 threes. She had career highs of 16 points and seven
rebounds in Nebraska’s win over Northwestern on Feb. 28. She also hit a career-high three three-pointers
against the Wildcats. Simon notched three double-figure scoring performances on the season.
• Over her last seven games of 2015-16, Simon hit 8-of-19 (.421) of her three-point attempts, finishing
at 12-for-35 (.343) on the season.
• Simon missed 10 games, primarily because of injuries, in 2015-16. She suffered a broken left (nonshooting) arm in a non-basketball accident on Dec. 7, 2015. She also suffered a strain in her right arm in
the same fall, and a severe ankle sprain in practice before the 2016 Postseason WNIT.
• The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Simon was a two-time first-team Super-State
selection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. She was the No. 149 player
in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard by ESPN in 2015. A tremendous all-around
athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Nebraska State
Track & Field Championships.
• Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American as a member of Coach Gary
Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984.
• Cascio Jensen produced a career-high 15-point performance in a career-high 27 minutes at Penn
State (Jan. 19). Her previous career best came with six points in wins Omaha (Nov. 22) and San Jose State
(Dec. 9). She is averaging 2.8 points and 1.5 assists off the bench through 22 games.
• Cascio Jensen averaged 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals to lead Fremont High
School to the Class A quarterfinals as a senior in 2015-16. The 5-10 guard hit 40.7 percent of her threepoint attempts and 78.2 percent of her free throws, including a Class A state record 34 straight free throws
as a senior.
• As a junior in 2014-15, Cascio Jensen averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists. She led
Fremont to the district final despite the loss of Shepard in December to an ACL tear. At the time of her
injury, Shepard was averaging 33.0 points and 14.3 rebounds per game.
CINCORE BUILDING ON STRONG FINISH TO 2015-16
• Jasmine Cincore emerged as a reliable and consistent contributor at both ends of the court throughout
her sophomore season. One of five Huskers to play in all 31 games in 2015-16, Cincore made six starts in
place of injured All-American Rachel Theriot, including five straight to close the campaign.
• Cincore has started each of Nebraska’s first 22 games this season and ranks fifth on the team in
scoring (6.3 ppg), third in assists (2.1 apg) and second in steals (1.1 spg) in 24.3 minutes per game.
• Cincore produced a career-high 17-point performance at Michigan State (Jan. 7). It was her first
double-figure scoring performance of the season.
• She added her second straight double-digit scoring effort with 12 points and a career-high-tying four
steals in Nebraska’s win over Rutgers (Jan. 10). She notched her fifth career double-figure scoring game
with 11 points and three assists at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29).
• She opened 2016-17 with nine points and four rebounds in a win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She added
nine points on 4-of-5 shooting with a three-pointer in the win over Colorado State on Nov. 17. She also
contributed nine points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals at Virginia Tech on Dec. 1.
• Cincore opened Big Ten play with eight points, four rebounds and two assists against Northwestern
(Dec. 28). She added a career-high 11 rebounds at Iowa (Dec. 31). Her previous career high was five.
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• She doubled her previous career total in blocks (4) by swatting a career-high four blocks against Drake
on Dec. 6. Her block total against the Bulldogs is the highest single-game mark of any active Husker.
• As a starter in 2015-16, Cincore averaged 7.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 35.5
minutes per game for the Huskers.
• The 5-10 guard from Arlington, Tenn., averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 18 minutes
per game in 2015-16.
• Cincore produced the first double-digit scoring effort of her career with 16 points in a career-high 38
minutes against Indiana on Feb. 24. She closed the 2015-16 season with 10 points and a career-high-tying
four rebounds to go along with three assists against Northern Iowa in the WNIT on March 17.
• A two-time Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year (2013, 2014), Cincore made her first career start
in her 39th career game in Nebraska’s 93-81 win at Michigan Jan. 24. She had eight points, three assists,
a block and a steal in 32 minutes against the Wolverines. She had nine points and a pair of threes at No.
5 Ohio State on Feb. 21, and nine points at No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 7.
• Cincore earned academic All-Big Ten honors for the first time in 2016.
FORMER WALK-ON WOOD CONTRIBUTING AT GUARD
• Emily Wood challenged for a starting role in the Husker backcourt and has provided important
contributions off the bench early in her junior season at Nebraska. The 5-5 guard from Salina, Kan.,
originally came to Lincoln as a walk-on, before earning a scholarship prior to her sophomore season in
2015-16.
• Wood has played in all 22 games for the Huskers and is averaging 1.9 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.5
assists in 9.1 minutes per game.
• Wood earned a start in Nebraska’s exhibition win over Southwest Baptist on Nov. 6. She came off the
bench to score three points while tying a career high with three rebounds in the Huskers’ regular-season
opening victory over UTRGV on Nov. 12.
• Wood scored a career-high eight points - all in the first half - in Nebraska’s loss at Virginia Tech on
Dec. 1. She put up the first five points of a 23-4 surge that allowed the Huskers to build a 16-point firsthalf lead against the Hokies.
• She scored seven points and matched her career high with two steals in Nebraska’s win over San
Jose State on Dec. 9.
• She came up with a crucial offensive rebound late in the game against Colorado State that led to
Ram post player Amanda Kantzy fouling out. Wood hit both free throws with 3:38 left to give NU a 55-52
lead over CSU in a game the Huskers won 62-59.
• As a sophomore, Wood competed in 21 of Nebraska’s 32 games, including 11 of 18 Big Ten contests.
She averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds.
• A star off the court, Wood was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and an academic All-Big Ten selection
in 2016. She also earned a prestigious Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award in 2016, and is
a two-time Tom Osborne Citizenship Team selection (2015, 2016).
• She carries better than a 3.9 GPA and is expected to graduate in May of 2017 after just three years
at Nebraska. She is a CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee.
• In May of 2016, Wood participated in Nebraska’s second annual Service Trip Abroad, joining 19 other
Husker student-athletes across all sports in an outreach journey to the Dominican Republic.
• Wood participated in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in 2015.
• Wood was a Kansas Class 5A all-state selection at Salina Central High School. She averaged 16.0
points per game while hitting a school-record 91 three-pointers as a senior. Her 223 career threes were
also a school record.
BLACKBURN TO REDSHIRT AFTER SURGERIES
• Sophomore Rachel Blackburn will redshirt during the 2016-17 season after undergoing season-ending
surgery on her knees on Oct. 4, 2016.
• The 6-3 forward from Leavenworth, Kan., averaged 6.3 points and 7.6 rebounds in nearly 24 minutes
per contest in Nebraska’s first nine games as a true freshman in 2015-16. She was limited greatly in both
practice and games in NU’s final 23 contests last season, missing seven games entirely, while averaging
just 13 minutes per contest in 16 games the rest of the way. She averaged just 2.4 points and 4.0 boards
in those games, while being limited by chronic knee pain.
• Blackburn underwent knee surgery soon after the 2015-16 season and was hoping to contribute in
2016-17. However, she continued to be limited during the summer and elected to try another procedure
to alleviate knee pain this fall.
HUSKERS SIGN TAYLOR KISSINGER FOR 2017-18
• The top-ranked high school recruit in the state of Nebraska, Taylor Kissinger signed her National
Letter of Intent to join the Huskers for the 2017-18 season.
• Kissinger, a 6-1 forward/guard from Minden, was ranked as the No. 26 player in the nation by Prospects
Nation and continued to climb in the rankings after a strong summer of 2016. She is ranked as the No.
40 player in the nation by ESPN and No. 58 by Blue Star Basketball. Kissinger is the only prep player from
the state of Nebraska ranked among the nation’s top 100 recruits in the 2017 signing class.
• Kissinger earned a spot on the 2017 Naismith Trophy High School Girls Preseason Player-of-the-Year
Watch List, announced on Nov. 16.
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2016-17 BIG TEN STANDINGS
Team
1. Maryland
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Northwestern
5. Indiana
Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Iowa
9. Penn State
10. Rutgers
11. Illinois
12. Minnesota
13. Nebraska
14. Wisconsin
Big Ten (Overall)
9-0 (21-1)
10-1 (20-5)
7-2 (18-5)
6-3 (17-5)
5-3 (15-6)
5-3 (14-8)
5-4 (15-7)
4-4 (13-8)
4-6 (14-8)
3-6 (6-16)
3-7 (8-15)
2-7 (11-11)
1-9 (5-17)
0-9 (5-17)
BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nov. 14 - Megan Gustafson, So., C/F, Iowa
Nov. 21 - Teniya Page, So., G, Penn State
Nov. 29 - Nia Coffey, Sr., F, Northwestern
Dec. 5 - Nia Coffey, Sr., F, Northwestern
- Teniya Page, So., G, Penn State
Dec. 12 - Brionna Jones, Sr., C, Maryland
Dec. 19 - Teniya Page, So., G, Penn State
Dec. 26 - Amanda Cahill, Sr., F, Indiana
Jan. 2 - Brionna Jones, Sr., C, Maryland
Hallie Thome, So., C, Michigan
Jan. 9 - Kelsey Mitchell, Jr., G, Ohio State
Jan. 16 - Brionna Jones, Sr., C, Maryland
Jan. 23 - Brionna Jones, Sr., C, Maryland
Kelsey Mitchell, Jr., G, Ohio State
Jan. 30 - Kysre Gondrezick, Fr., G, Michigan
BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Nov. 14 - Kysre Gondrezick, G, Michigan
Nov. 21 - Destiny Slocum, G, Maryland
Nov. 29 - Dominique Oden, G, Purdue
Dec. 5 - Gadiva Hubbard, G, Minnesota
Dec. 12 - Tory McCoy, F, Ohio State
Dec. 19 - Dominique Oden, G, Purdue
Dec. 26 - Kysre Gondrezick, G, Michigan
Jan. 2 - Victoria Gaines, F, Michigan State
Jan. 9 - Petra Holesinska, G, Illinois
Jan. 16 - Kysre Gondrezick, G, Michigan
Jan. 23 - Kaila Charles, G, Maryland
Jan. 30 - Kysre Gondrezick, G, Michigan
BIG TEN SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Feb. 1
Ohio State 87, Penn State 72 (Columbus)
Michigan 86, Illinois 70 (Champaign)
Northwestern 63, Wisconsin 43 (Evanston)
Thursday, Feb. 2
Indiana at Michigan St., 5 p.m. [BTN] (East Lansing)
Rutgers at Iowa, 7 p.m. (Iowa City)
Maryland at Purdue, 7 p.m. [BTN] (West Lafayette)
Saturday, Feb. 4
Ohio State at Wisconsin, 1 p.m. [BTN] (Madison)
Minnesota at Nebraska, 5 p.m. [BTN] (Lincoln)
Sunday, Feb. 5
Maryland at Indiana, 11 a.m. [ESPN2] (Bloomington)
Iowa at Michigan, 1 p.m. (Ann Arbor)
Purdue at Illinois, 2 p.m. (Champaign)
Penn State at Northwestern, 2 p.m. (Evanston)
Wednesday, Feb. 8
Michigan at Purdue, 5 p.m. (West Lafayette)
Minnesota at Penn State, 6 p.m. (University Park)
Indiana at Rutgers, 6 p.m. (Piscataway)
Thursday, Feb. 9
Michigan State at Iowa, 6 p.m. [BTN] (Iowa City)
Illinois at Maryland, 6 p.m. (College Park)
Nebraska at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. (Madison)
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NU ACTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Jessica Shepard (21)
at #15 Ohio State (1/29/17)
at Penn State (1/19/17)
Rutgers (1/10/17)
at Michigan State (1/7/17)
Northwestern (12/28/16)
Creighton (12/18/16)
San Jose State (12/9/16)
Drake (12/6/16)
at Virginia Tech (12/1/16)
Colorado State (11/17/16)
UTRGV (11/12/16)
Indiana (2/24/16)
at Indiana (2/7/16)
at Michigan (1/24/16)
Penn State (1/13/16)
at Illinois (1/10/16)
at #14 Northwestern (1/3/16)
vs. Arkansas State (12/21/15)
vs. North Carolina Central (11/21/15)
vs. North Florida (11/16/15)
vs. UAPB (11/14/15)
28 points, 13 rebounds
20 points, 12 rebounds
22 points, 11 rebounds
15 points, 12 rebounds
17 points, 15 rebounds
22 points, 11 rebounds
28 points, 14 rebounds
23 points, 16 rebounds
25 points, 14 rebounds
24 points, 13 rebounds
17 points, 15 rebounds
16 points, 11 rebounds
18 points, 13 rebounds
35 points, 20 rebounds
29 points, 10 rebounds
29 points, 19 rebounds
12 points, 14 rebounds
19 points, 13 rebounds
20 points, 10 rebounds
27 points, 10 rebounds
24 points, 13 rebounds
vs. Rutgers (3/3/16)
vs. Northwestern (2/28/16)
vs. Wisconsin (1/27/16)
vs. Evansville (12/8/15)
16 points, 10 rebounds
13 points, 10 rebounds
11 points, 14 rebounds
14 points, 12 rebounds
Allie Havers (4)
FRESHMAN DOUBLE-DOUBLES
18 Husker Freshmen, 65 total double-doubles
Player (Season)
Double-Doubles
1. Jessica Shepard (2015-16)
10
2. Debra Powell (1981-82)
9
3. Katie Robinette (2001-02)
5
Janet Smith (1978-79)
5
Jan Crouch (1975-76)
5
6. Karen Jennings (1989-90)
4
Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80)
4
8. Emily Cady (2011-12)
3
Jordan Hooper (2010-11)
3
Kelsey Griffin (2005-06)
3
Anna DeForge (1994-95)
3
Meggan Yedsena (1990-91)
3
Maurtice Ivy (1984-85)
3
NU SEASON DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Player (Season)
1. Kelsey Griffin (2009-10)
2. Nafeesah Brown (1993-94)
3. Emily Cady (2013-14)
Jordan Hooper (2013-14)
Jordan Hooper (2011-12)
6. Karen Jennings (1992-93)
Karen Jennings (1990-91)
-- Jessica Shepard (2016-17)
-- Jessica Shepard (2015-16)
Double-Doubles
20
16
14
14
14
13
13
10
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NU CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Player (Years)
Double-Doubles
1. Jordan Hooper (2011-14)
40
Kelsey Griffin (2006-10)
40
3. Karen Jennings (1990-93)
36
4. Emily Cady (2012-15)
33
5. Nafeesah Brown (1993-94)
24
6. Janet Smith (1979-82)
22
7. Jessica Shepard (2016-present)
21
Maurtice Ivy (1985-88)
21
Debra Powell (1982-85)
21
10. Anna DeForge (1995-98)
18
• She was one of five players on the 2016 USA Today High School Sports All-Nebraska team in 2015-16,
joining future Husker teammate and 2016 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year Rylie Cascio Jensen.
• Kissinger, who missed nearly half of her junior season at Minden High School with a broken wrist in
2015-16, averaged 28.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for the Whippets. She earned second-team
Super-State honors as a junior and is a two-time first-team Class C-1 all-stater (2015, 2016).
• In 2015, Kissinger became the first sophomore in history to be named the Kearney Hub Territory
Player of the Year after averaging 25.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game while hitting 62 three-pointers.
She was also a third-team All-Nebraska selection as a sophomore in 2015.
• Kissinger claimed second-team Class C-1 all-state honors as a freshman in 2014 after averaging 16.8
points and 5.7 rebounds per game. She also tied a Nebraska state tournament record by knocking down
seven three-pointers in an opening-round win over Lincoln Lutheran.
• Kissinger’s older twin sisters are both Division I guards, with Brooke entering her first season at
Creighton after spending her first two seasons at Illinois, and Jamie entering her third season at San Diego.
• Taylor Kissinger, who played her club basketball last season for the All-Iowa Attack after previously
playing for the Cornhusker Shooting Stars, also was invited to compete in the USA Basketball U16 National
Team Trials in Colorado Springs. She chose Nebraska over Oklahoma State and Creighton. She also received
offers from Arizona State, Louisville, Iowa, Iowa State and Illinois among others.
PAIR OF TRANSFERS PREPARING FOR 2017-18
• Nebraska added a pair of NCAA Division I transfers following the hiring of Coach Amy Williams in April
of 2016. Senior Janay Morton (Eastern Michigan) and sophomore Bria Stallworth (UMass) both elected
to leave their former schools after coaching changes at their schools.
• Morton, a 5-10 guard from Brooklyn Park, Minn., was a third-team All-Mid-American Conference
selection in 2015-16. She was also a member of the 2016 MAC All-Defensive Team, and she was chosen
to the MAC All-Freshman Team in 2014.
• In Morton’s three seasons at EMU, she amassed 1,341 points, 364 rebounds, 249 assists and 223
steals over 103 games with 94 starts. She averaged 13.5 points per game as a junior in 2015-16, while
knocking down 76 three-pointers. She also led the MAC with 96 steals.
• Stallworth, a 5-6 guard from Chicago, Ill., earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie
Team after leading all A-10 freshmen in scoring (13.1 ppg) and assists (3.8 apg). She also hit 35.1 percent
of her three-pointers.
• Stallworth was ranked as the No. 33 point guard in the nation ESPN as a senior at HomewoodFlossmoor High School in Illinois.
NEBRASKA’S HISTORY OF HOME SUCCESS
• Nebraska opened 2016-17 with a 71-53 win over UTRGV for its 11th consecutive season-opening
win at home. The Huskers went 15-4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2015-16 after going 12-3 (13-3 at home)
in 2014-15. The Huskers are 48-16 (.750) all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for
the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss to
Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. Nebraska’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for singleseason home victories.
• The Huskers played the first regular-season game in the history of the arena against USA Today No.
25 UCLA (Nov. 8, 2013) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 25 team
came with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8, 2014. The Huskers added their first-ever
win over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24, 2014
• NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game at Pinnacle Bank Arena with a 66-65 thriller over Northwestern
Jan. 2, 2014, before an 88-85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first overtime game.
• NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013.
• The Huskers are 437-146 (.750) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 173-50 (.776) over the last
14 seasons, posting double-figure home victory totals in each of the last 13 years.
• Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one appearance
at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Devaney Center,
including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play.
HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK COVERS WORLD
The Husker Sports Network is in its 23rd season producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Nebraska
women’s basketball in 2016-17. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and color
commentator Jeff Griesch are teaming up for their 16th season together as the Huskers’ broadcast team.
The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a decade
to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com.
In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Network
flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong signals for
Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also could be heard
on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central
Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s basketball coverage
across the state and the Midwest.
Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM.
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NEBRASKA POSTS 12TH STRAIGHT PERFECT GSR
In the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the Husker women’s basketball
program has been perfect for 12 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten
Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 12 straight years.
The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Nov. 15, 2016, and
Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 12th straight season (2004-05).
The Nebraska women’s basketball program joins the Husker women’s tennis and volleyball programs
as Husker teams that have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 12 years.
NEBRASKA OVERTIME FACTS
• Nebraska is 20-20 all-time in overtime games, including 11-9 at home, 6-8 in true road games and
3-3 on neutral courts in overtime. The Huskers were 0-1 in overtime in 2015-16, with an 87-80 loss at No.
22 California on Dec. 12.
• Nebraska is 1-0 in overtime games at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
• Nebraska is 4-1 in multi-overtime games, including 2-1 since 2005-06. The lone loss came to Purdue
in the Big Ten Championship Game, 74-70 in double-overtime in 2012.
• NU’s last overtime win came with a 71-70 victory at Wisconsin on Feb. 5, 2014. The Huskers also
defeated Minnesota 88-85 in overtime on Jan. 16, 2014. It marked the first overtime game in the history
of Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska’s first overtime game in the history of the Bob Devaney Sports Center
also came against Minnesota - a 68-67 win for the Huskers on Dec. 30, 1977.
• The Huskers have played 10 all-time overtime games against Big Ten opponents and own a 4-6 record.
NU is 3-3 against Big Ten opponents since joining the conference for the start of the 2011-12 season.
• Nebraska’s most frequent overtime opponent is Purdue. The Huskers and Boilermakers have played
three overtime games in nine all-time meetings. NU’s six total overtimes against Purdue are the most
against any team in school history.
• In 13 all-time games with Wisconsin, the Huskers have played three overtime contests, including
the 71-70 win over the Badgers on Feb. 5. It was NU’s first OT win against UW. The Huskers also battled
Missouri in three single-overtime games among the 71 all-time contests in that series.
• Nebraska has never played back-to-back overtime games at home. The Huskers have played back-toback overtime games only once in school history, an 83-81 loss to Texas A&M in College Station on Dec.
30, 1985, before returning to Lincoln for an 80-75 win over Eastern Kentucky at the Devaney Center on
Jan. 2, 1986.
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NU CAREER 20-POINT GAMES
Jessica Shepard (28)
at Michigan (1/24/16)
vs. Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
at Penn State (1/13/16)
vs. Illinois (1/10/16)
at #15 Ohio State (1/29/16)
at Iowa (12/31/16)
vs. San Jose State (12/9/16)
vs. Iowa (12/31/15)
vs. North Florida (11/16/15)
vs. #17 Michigan State (2/14/16)
at Illinois (1/15/17)
at Virginia Tech (12/1/16)
vs. Washington State (11/25/16)
vs. Colorado State (11/17/16)
vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15)
vs. Drake (12/6/16)
at Rutgers (1/30/16)
vs. Rutgers (1/10/17)
at Creighton (12/18/16)
at Minnesota (2/11/16)
at Purdue (1/20/16)
vs. Rutgers (1/16/16)
vs. Southern (11/23/15)
at Purdue (1/26/17)
at Penn State (1/19/17)
at #5 Ohio State (2/18/16)
vs. Penn State (2/2/16)
vs. North Carolina Central (11/21/15)
35
35
29
29
28
28
28
28
27
26
25
25
25
24
24
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
22
21
20
20
20
20
NU CAREER DOUBLE FIGURE GAMES
Player (Years)
1. Jessica Shepard (2016-present)
2. Allie Havers (2014-present)
3. Hannah Whitish (2017-present)
4. Jasmine Cincore (2015-present)
5. Nicea Eliely (2017-present)
Maddie Simon (2016-present)
7. Rachel Blackburn (2016-present)
Rylie Cascio Jensen (2017-present)
Games
44
21
8
5
4
4
1
1
NEBRASKA NCAA APPEARANCES
13 Appearances, 21 Games (8-13 Record)
Season (Sd.) Opponent
Site Result
2015 (9)
vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C.
L, 69-72
2014 (4)
vs. (12) BYU
Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-80
2014 (4)
vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-55
2013 (6)
vs. (2) Duke
Norfolk, Va.
L, 45-53
2013 (6)
at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-63
2013 (6)
vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-59
2012 (6)
vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-57
2010 (1)
vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City
L, 67-76
2010 (1)
vs. (8) UCLA
Minneapolis
W, 83-70
2010 (1)
vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis
W, 83-44
2008 (8)
at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-76
2008 (8)
vs. (9) Xavier
College Park, Md. W, 61-58
2007 (9)
vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C.
L, 61-64
2000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-93
1999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles
L, 92-98
1998 (9)
at (1) Old DominionNorfolk, Va.
L, 60-75
1998 (9)
vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va.
W, 76-59
1996 (9)
vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif.
L, 62-66
1993 (6)
at (3) USC
Los Angeles
L, 60-78
1993 (6)
vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-58
1988 (5)
at (4) USC
Los Angeles
L, 82-100
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
2016-17 GAME RESULTS
OVERALL RECORD: 5-17 BIG TEN: 1-9
HOME: 5-7
AWAY: 0-8
NEUTRAL: 0-2
Date
11/12
Opponent
UTRGV+
W/L Score
W 71-53
Home Away Neutral Total
1-0
0-0 0-0
1-0
Big Ten Att.
0-0
4,405
High Points
(17) Shepard
High Rebounds
(15) Shepard
11/14
#25 Missouri+
L
35-55
1-1
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
4,207
(12) Shepard
(9) Shepard
11/17
11/22
11/25
11/26
Colorado State+
Omaha
vs. Washington State$
vs. Virginia$
W
W
L
L
62-59
66-58
65-79
51-73
2-1
3-1
3-1
3-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-2
2-1
3-1
3-2
3-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
4,229
4,419
400
400
(24) Shepard
(17) Shepard
(25) Shepard
(12) Shepard
(13) Shepard
(11) Havers
(9) Shepard
(5) Cincore
12/1
12/4
12/6
12/9
12/18
12/21
at Virginia Tech%
California
Drake
San Jose State
at Creighton
#1 UConn
L
L
L
W
L
L
67-76
65-86
70-84
83-61
64-80
41-84
3-1
3-2
3-3
4-3
4-3
4-4
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
3-4
3-5
3-6
4-6
4-7
4-8
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2,292
5,573
4,200
4,205
1,160
7,553
(25) Shepard
(19) Eliely
(23) Shepard
(28) Shepard
(22) Shepard
(9) Whitish
12/28
12/31
1/4
1/7
1/10
Northwestern*
at Iowa*
#3 Maryland*
at Michigan State*
Rutgers*
L
L
L
L
W
58-62
72-75
49-93
73-93
62-58
4-5
4-5
4-6
4-6
5-6
0-2
0-3
0-3
0-4
0-4
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
4-9
4-10
4-11
4-12
5-12
0-1
0-2
0-3
0-4
1-4
4,669
6,750
4,299
6,155
4,193
(17) Shepard
(28) Shepard
(12) Shepard
(17) Cincore
(22) Shepard
(14) Shepard
(8) Shepard
(16) Shepard
(14) Shepard
(11) Shepard
(5) Eliely
(5) Havers
(15) Shepard
(11) Cincore
(5) Shepard
(12) Shepard
(11) Shepard
1/15
at Illinois*
L
59-79
5-6
0-5
0-2
5-13
1-5
2,675
(25) Shepard
1/19
1/22
at Penn State*
Michigan*
L
L
69-86
51-84
5-6
5-7
0-6
0-6
0-2
0-2
5-14
5-15
1-6
1-7
2,645
4,763
1/26
1/29
at Purdue*
at #15 Ohio State*
L
L
45-88
75-95
5-7
5-7
0-7
0-8
0-2
0-2
5-16
5-17
1-8
1-9
5,594
6,457
(20) Shepard
(10) Eliely
(10) Havers
(21) Shepard
(28) Shepard
AP Ranking at game time listed before team
+ denotes Preseason WNIT game
$ South Point Shootout game
% denotes ACC/Big Ten Challenge game
* denotes Big Ten Conference game
# denotes Big Ten Tournament game (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.)
(9) Eliely
(9) Shepard
(12) Shepard
(6) Shepard
(8) Shepard
(13) Shepard
Home Attendance (Avg.) -- 56,715 (4,726)
Road Attendance (Avg.) -- 33,728 (4,216)
Neutral Attendance (Avg.) -- 800 (400)
Total Attendance (Avg.) -- 88,568 (4,026)
High Assists
(4) Cincore
(4) Eliely
(2) Eliely
(2) Ramacieri
(6) Eliely
(5) Whitish
(4) Eliely
(3) Cascio Jensen
(3) Shepard
(8) Ramacieri
(6) Ramacieri
(6) Ramacieri
(6) Cincore
(5) Cascio Jensen
(4) Eliely
(5) Eliely
(4) Whitish
(3) Whitish
(4) Shepard
(3) Shepard
(3) Havers
(3) Whitish
(3) Cincore
(6) Eliely
(4) Whitish
(4) Whitish
(3) Cascio Jensen
(6) Whitish
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2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME LINESCORES
Game
Nebraska
UTRGV
Nebraska
#25 Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado State
Nebraska
Omaha
Nebraska
Washington State
Nebraska
Virginia
Nebraska
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
California
Nebraska
Drake
Nebraska
San Jose State
Nebraska
Creighton
Nebraska
#1 UConn
Nebraska
Northwestern
Nebraska
at Iowa
Nebraska
#3 Maryland
Nebraska
at Michigan State
Nebraska
Rutgers
Nebraska
at Illinois
Nebraska
at Penn State
Nebraska
Michigan
Nebraska
at Purdue
Nebraska
at #15 Ohio State
FG
25
22
10
18
22
21
20
22
26
32
19
30
27
29
24
36
27
31
35
22
22
26
16
32
23
24
29
29
20
37
24
34
19
21
19
32
21
29
20
31
17
35
28
34
FGA
62
68
63
50
64
55
56
63
54
68
54
63
51
74
63
66
64
64
65
71
59
62
56
70
60
59
70
65
63
72
61
73
51
48
65
57
52
63
49
54
48
67
63
73
PCT
.403
.324
.159
.360
.344
.382
.357
.349
.481
.471
.352
.476
.529
.392
.381
.545
.422
.484
.538
.310
.373
.419
.286
.457
.383
.407
.414
.446
.317
.514
.393
.466
.373
.438
.292
.561
.404
.460
.408
.574
.354
.522
.444
.466
3FGM
8
4
6
6
8
6
12
7
4
8
5
5
8
10
10
6
6
9
6
7
3
15
8
8
5
5
6
6
4
6
7
8
6
7
8
7
7
7
6
9
2
4
8
8
3FGA
22
22
31
25
16
23
31
26
14
20
21
21
17
29
19
19
20
24
17
30
16
38
26
17
20
19
20
21
19
16
26
27
19
16
29
17
16
20
17
20
15
16
23
26
PCT
.364
.182
.194
.240
.500
.261
.387
.269
.286
.400
.238
.238
.471
.345
.526
.316
.300
.375
.353
.233
.188
.395
.308
.471
.250
.263
.300
.286
.211
.375
.269
.296
.316
.438
.276
.412
.438
.350
.353
.450
.133
.250
.348
.308
FTM
13
5
9
13
10
11
14
7
9
7
8
8
5
8
7
8
10
13
7
10
17
13
1
12
7
9
8
11
5
13
18
17
18
9
13
8
20
21
5
13
9
14
11
19
FTA
22
12
17
17
22
16
23
7
22
13
11
17
8
17
13
13
17
19
15
14
25
18
4
14
12
16
12
21
12
20
29
21
25
14
17
8
30
29
9
17
13
17
14
28
PCT
.591
.417
.529
.765
.455
.688
.609
1.000
.409
.538
.727
.471
.625
.471
.538
.615
.588
.684
.467
.714
.680
.722
.250
.857
.583
.563
.667
.524
.417
.650
.621
.810
.720
.643
.765
1.000
.667
.724
.556
.765
.692
.824
.786
.679
OR
12
10
16
10
16
10
11
9
8
16
10
17
7
17
18
11
10
11
18
14
13
8
14
19
15
11
17
11
12
20
10
18
12
10
17
5
11
13
5
6
3
10
7
14
DR
39
30
23
39
28
32
32
29
24
28
22
26
34
18
22
24
24
31
37
17
30
29
20
28
27
25
29
27
19
33
25
30
19
22
18
30
24
27
19
25
21
29
29
30
TOT
51
40
39
49
44
42
43
38
32
44
32
43
41
35
40
35
34
42
55
31
43
37
34
47
42
36
46
38
31
53
35
48
31
32
35
35
35
40
24
31
24
39
36
44
PF
18
22
18
18
11
22
15
16
17
22
17
17
22
9
17
16
22
21
20
20
15
21
18
12
13
12
17
11
18
17
18
22
16
18
11
16
27
24
18
18
20
12
23
16
A
19
8
6
10
15
5
15
12
14
18
12
16
17
15
18
16
20
25
20
12
15
24
15
22
15
13
13
19
10
24
17
23
15
9
13
18
15
16
13
18
12
24
18
23
TO
21
18
10
16
10
14
15
16
23
20
19
15
25
9
26
16
16
18
26
13
18
12
24
11
17
14
22
15
17
13
12
12
12
17
14
15
16
10
22
14
24
10
19
9
BS
0
9
5
4
0
3
4
0
2
5
1
3
1
1
2
10
8
3
2
3
2
4
3
2
3
4
2
3
2
6
3
2
0
3
3
3
2
7
1
4
0
3
1
7
ST
8
7
5
4
9
2
12
5
7
16
8
9
3
11
7
18
7
13
4
15
9
8
2
16
6
8
8
12
5
13
8
8
11
6
9
6
4
6
7
11
7
12
3
9
TP
71
53
35
55
62
59
66
58
65
79
51
73
67
76
65
86
70
84
83
61
64
80
41
84
58
62
72
75
49
93
73
93
62
58
59
79
69
86
51
84
45
88
75
95
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2016-17 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS
HUSKER TEAM SEASON HIGHS
Points................................ 83.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
First Quarter Points........... 24.......................vs. Washington State, 11/25/16
.......................................... 24.......................Colorado State, 11/17/16
Second Quarter Points...... 25.......................at Iowa, 12/31/16
First Half Points................. 39.......................at Virginia Tech, 12/1/16
Third Quarter Points.......... 26.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Fourth Quarter Points....... 29.......................at Ohio State, 1/29/17
Second Half Points............ 46.......................at Ohio State, 1/29/17
.......................................... 46.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Overtime Points................ 0.........................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Field Goals Made............... 35.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Field Goals Att................... 70.......................at Iowa, 12/31/16
Field Goal Pct.................... 53.8 (35-65).......San Jose State, 12/9/16
Three-Pt. FG Made............ 12.......................Omaha, 11/22/16
Three-Pt. FG Att................ 31.......................Omaha, 11/22/16
.......................................... 31.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Three-Pt. FG Pct................ 52.6 (10-19).......California, 12/4/16
Free Throws Made............ 20.......................at Penn State, 1/19/17
Free Throws Att................. 30.......................at Penn State, 1/19/17
Free Throw Pct.................. 78.6 (11-14).......at Ohio State, 1/29/17
Rebounds.......................... 55.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Offensive Rebounds.......... 18.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
.......................................... 18.......................California, 12/4/16
Defensive Rebounds.......... 39.......................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Rebound Margin............... +24 (55-31)........San Jose State, 12/9/16
Assists................................ 20.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
.......................................... 20.......................Drake, 12/6/16
Steals................................. 12.......................Omaha, 11/22/16
Blocked Shots ................... 8.........................Drake, 12/6/16
Turnovers.......................... 26.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
.......................................... 26.......................California, 12/4/16
Fouls.................................. 27.......................at Penn State, 1/19/17
OPPONENT TEAM SEASON LOWS
Points................................ 51.......................UTRGV, 11/12/16
First Quarter Points........... 10.......................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Second Quarter Points...... 9.........................Colorado State, 11/17/16
First Half Points................. 24.......................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Third Quarter Points.......... 9.........................Rutgers, 1/10/17
Fourth Quarter Points....... 6.........................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Second Half Points............ 25.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Field Goals Made............... 18.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Field Goals Att................... 48.......................Rutgers, 1/10/17
Field Goal Pct.................... 31.0 (22-71).......San Jose State, 12/9/16
Three-Pt. FG Made............ 4.........................Purdue, 1/26/17
.......................................... 4.........................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Three-Pt. FG Att................ 16.......................Purdue, 1/26/17
.......................................... 16.......................Rutgers, 1/10/17
.......................................... 16.......................Maryland, 1/4/17
Three-Pt. FG Pct................ 18.2 (4-22).........UTRGV, 11/12/16
Free Throws Made............ 5.........................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Free Throws Att................. 7.........................Omaha, 11/22/16
Free Throw Pct.................. 41.7 (5-12).........UTRGV, 11/12/16
Rebounds.......................... 31.......................Michigan, 1/22/17
.......................................... 31.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Offensive Rebounds.......... 5.........................Illinois, 1/15/17
Defensive Rebounds.......... 17.......................San Jose State, 12/9/16
Rebound Margin............... -24 (31-55).........San Jose State, 12/9/16
Assists................................ 5.........................Colorado State, 11/17/16
Steals................................. 2.........................Colorado State, 11/17/16
Blocked Shots.................... 0.........................Omaha, 11/22/16
Turnovers.......................... 9.........................Ohio State, 1/29/17
.......................................... 9.........................Virginia Tech, 12/1/16
Fouls.................................. 9.........................Virginia Tech, 12/1/16
HUSKER TEAM SEASON LOWS
Points................................ 35.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
First Quarter Points........... 7.........................UConn, 12/21/16
Second Quarter Points...... 6.........................at Purdue, 1/26/17
First Half Points................. 16.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Third Quarter Points.......... 8.........................UConn, 12/21/16
.......................................... 8.........................vs. Virginia, 11/26/16
Fourth Quarter Points....... 5.........................Missouri, 11/14/16
Second Half Points............ 19.......................UConn, 12/21/16
.......................................... 19.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Overtime Points................ 0.........................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Field Goals Made............... 10.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Field Goals Att................... 48.......................at Purdue, 1/26/17
Field Goal Pct.................... 15.9 (10-63).......Missouri, 11/14/16
Sophomore Jessica Shepard owns 21 career double-doubles to rank ninth in
Nebraska history. She has 11 double-doubles in 2016-17.
Three-Pt. FG Made............ 2.........................at Purdue, 1/26/17
Three-Pt. FG Att................ 14.......................vs. Washington State, 11/25/16
Three-Pt. FG Pct................ 13.3 (2-15).........at Purdue, 1/26/17
Free Throws Made............ 1.........................UConn, 12/21/16
Free Throws Att................. 4.........................UConn, 12/21/16
Free Throw Pct.................. 25.0 (1-4)...........UConn, 12/21/16
Rebounds.......................... 24.......................at Purdue, 1/26/17
.......................................... 24.......................Michigan, 1/22/17
Offensive Rebounds.......... 3.........................at Purdue, 1/26/17
Defensive Rebounds.......... 18.......................at Illinois, 1/15/17
Rebound Margin............... -22 (31-53).........Maryland, 1/4/17
Assists................................ 10.......................Maryland, 1/4/17
.......................................... 10.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Steals................................. 2.........................UConn, 12/21/16
Blocked Shots ................... 0.........................at Purdue, 1/26/17
.......................................... 0.........................Rutgers, 1/10/17
.......................................... 0.........................Colorado State, 11/17/16
.......................................... 0.........................UTRGV, 11/12/16
Turnovers.......................... 10.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Fouls.................................. 11.......................at Illinois, 1/15/17
.......................................... 11.......................Colorado State, 11/17/16
OPPONENT TEAM SEASON HIGHS
Points................................ 95.......................Ohio State, 1/29/17
First Quarter Points........... 27.......................Washington State, 11/25/16
Second Quarter Points...... 30.......................Creighton, 12/18/16
First Half Points................. 53.......................Washington State, 11/25/16
Third Quarter Points.......... 29.......................Ohio State, 1/29/17
.......................................... 29.......................Drake, 12/6/16
Fourth Quarter Points....... 29.......................Maryland, 1/4/17
Second Half Points............ 55.......................Ohio State, 1/29/17
Field Goals Made............... 37.......................Maryland, 1/4/17
Field Goals Att................... 74.......................Virginia Tech, 12/1/16
Field Goal Pct.................... 57.4 (31-54).......Michigan, 1/22/17
Three-Pt. FG Made............ 15.......................Creighton, 12/18/16
Three-Pt. FG Att................ 38.......................Creighton, 12/18/16
Three-Pt. FG Pct................ 47.1 (8-17).........UConn, 12/21/16
Free Throws Made............ 21.......................Penn State, 1/19/17
Free Throws Att................. 29.......................Penn State, 1/19/17
Free Throw Pct.................. 100.0 (8-8).........Illinois, 1/15/17
.......................................... 100.0 (7-7).........Omaha, 11/22/16
Rebounds.......................... 53.......................Maryland, 1/4/17
Offensive Rebounds.......... 20.......................Maryland, 1/4/17
Defensive Rebounds.......... 39.......................Missouri, 11/14/16
Rebound Margin............... +22 (53-31)........Maryland, 1/4/17
Assists................................ 25.......................Drake, 12/6/16
Steals................................. 18.......................California, 12/4/16
Blocked Shots.................... 10.......................California, 12/4/16
Turnovers.......................... 20.......................Washington State, 11/25/16
Fouls.................................. 24.......................Penn State, 1/19/17
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2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES
GAME #1
NEBRASKA 71
UTRGV 53
LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 12, 2016
UTRGV
Min FG
Kjartansdottir*32 0-6
Murphy* 6
0-0
Peters*
30 2-5
Turk*
25 1-7
Goff*
30 7-23
Villarreal 5
2-4
Hyman
6
0-0
Graham
4
0-0
Havili
11 0-3
Savoy
18 3-10
Johnson 16 2-4
Van Tilburg 17 5-6
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 22-68
FT RB PF
1-2 11 3
0-0 2 5
0-0 2 3
0-0 1 3
3-4 5 1
0-0 1 0
0-0 0 0
0-0 0-0 0
0-0 0 0
0-2 6 4
0-0 5 1
1-4 5 2
2
5-12 40 22
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 23 6-15
Havers*
27 3-9
Eliely*
23 2-5
Ramacieri* 16 2-4
Cincore* 21 4-8
Cascio Jensen 10
0-4
Whitish
17 3-4
Wood
14 1-3
Mitchell
11 1-3
Simon
18 2-5
Washington 20 1-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 25-62
FT
3-3
3-5
5-8
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-4
0-2
UTRGV
Nebraska
1st
10
15
A ST TP
1 0 1
0 1 0
2 3 4
1 0 2
1 1 19
0 0 5
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 6
1 0 5
1 0 11
8
RB PF A
15 3 3
7 1 0
2 0 4
0 2 2
2 0 4
1 0 1
0 0 2
3 2 2
2 3 0
7 3 1
5 4 0
7
13-22 51 18 19
2nd 3rd 4th
14 12 17
18 25 13
7 53
ST
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
TP
17
10
9
6
9
0
7
3
2
6
2
8 71
Final
53
71
3FG: UTRGV 4-22 (Goff 2-6, Johnson 1-1, Villarreal 1-2,
Savoy 0-1, Peters 0-2, Turk 0-5, Kjartansdottir 0-5);
Nebraska 8-22 (Shepard 2-2, Ramacieri 2-4, Whitish
1-2, Havers 1-3, Wood 1-3, Eliely 0-1, Simon 0-1). 3FG%:
UTRGV 18.2; Nebraska 36.4. FG%: UTRGV 32.4; Nebraska
40.3. FT%: UTRGV 41.7; Nebraska 59.1. Steals: UTRGV 7
(Peters 3); Nebraska 8 (Eliely, Wood 2). Blocked Shots:
UTRGV 9 (Kjartansdottir, Van Tilburg 3); Nebraska 0.
Turnovers: UTRGV 18; Nebraska 21. Technical Fouls:
None. Officials: Brooks, Knight, Schroeder. Attendance:
4,405.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard posted her 11th
career double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds
to power Nebraska to a 71-53 victory over the
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the opening
round of the Preseason WNIT at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Shepard, a preseason All-Big Ten choice, also knocked
down the first two three-pointers of her career
including a 60-foot one-handed runner at the halftime
buzzer. Senior Allie Havers added 10 points and seven
rebounds in a strong team effort. Freshman Nicea
Eliely and junior Jasmine Cincore each contributed
nine points and team highs with four assists. Eliely,
who earned a start in the first game of her collegiate
career, also drew the primary defensive assignment on
WAC Player-of-the-Year Shawnte’ Goff. Fellow Husker
freshman Hannah Whitish pitched in seven points, two
assists and a steal in 17 solid minutes for the Huskers.
GAME #2
#25 MISSOURI 55
NEBRASKA 35
LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 14, 2016
Missouri Min FG
Porter*
32 4-10
S. Cunningham* 33
5-9
L. Cunningham* 37
0-2
Smith*
10 0-4
Michaelis* 34 6-14
Doty
30 1-4
Roundtree 1
0-0
Chavis
11 1-3
Schuchts 12 1-4
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 18-50
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 29 4-17
Havers*
32 0-8
Eliely*
25 2-5
Ramacieri* 21 1-5
Cincore* 22 0-7
Cascio Jensen 12 0-1
Whitish
12 0-4
Wood
17 1-4
Mitchell
7
0-1
Simon
11 2-9
Washington 12 0-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 10-63
#25 Missouri
Nebraska
1st
16
9
FT
2-2
7-9
0-0
0-0
2-4
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
RB PF A
10 1 1
10 3 2
11 1 2
2 1 0
1 3 1
6 3 4
0 0 0
2 1 0
3 5 0
4
13-17 49 18 10
FT
3-7
0-0
3-4
1-2
2-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
ST
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
TP
10
18
0
0
18
5
0
2
2
4 55
RB PF
9 4
6 3
8 1
2 1
1 4
1 1
1 1
0 0
1 0
3 0
4 3
3
9-17 39 18
A ST TP
1 1 12
0 1 0
2 0 8
2 1 4
1 1 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 3
0 0 0
0 1 6
0 0 0
2nd 3rd 4th
14 16 9
7 14 5
Final
55
35
6
5 35
3FG: Missouri 6-25 (Michaelis 4-11, S. Cunningham 1-3,
Doty 1-3, Porter 0-2, L. Cunningham 0-2, Smith 0-2, Chavis
0-2); Nebraska 6-31 (Simon 2-5, Eliely 1-2, Shepard 1-4,
Wood 1-4, Ramacieri 1-5, Mitchell 0-1, Havers 0-2, Whitish
0-3, Cincore 0-5). 3FG%: Missouri 24.0; Nebraska 19.4.
FG%: Missouri 36.0; Nebraska 15.9. FT%: Missouri 76.5;
Nebraska 52.9. Steals: Missouri 4 (Porter 2); Nebraska 5
(Shepard, Havers, Ramacieri, Cincore, Simon 1). Blocked
Shots: Missouri 4 (Schuchts 2); Nebraska 5 (Havers 2).
Turnovers: Missouri 16; Nebraska 10. Technical Fouls:
Nebraska-Jasmine Cincore. Officials: Garland, B. Morris,
Lukanich. Attendance: 4,207.
Game Highlights: Nebraska struggled through one of
the worst shooting nights in school history in a 55-35
loss to No. 25 Missouri in the second round of the
Preseason WNIT. The Huskers, who were held to a tie
for the second-lowest scoring total in school history,
hit just 10-of-63 shots (.159) from the field, including
6-of-31 threes (.194). Nebraska also went just 9-for17 (.529) at the free throw line. The Huskers led 9-7
midway through the first quarter before Missouri
scored the final nine points of the period to take a
16-9 lead. The Huskers were just 3-for-22 in the first,
including 0-for-11 from two-point range. NU’s struggles
continued in the second, as Missouri capped a 16-0 run
by holding the Huskers scoreless for more than seven
minutes. Jessica Shepard scored two of her 12 points
on a free throw line jumper to end NU’s 0-for-16 slump
from inside the arc. MU then answered with a 7-0 surge
to take a 30-11 lead. The Huskers got no closer than
11 points the rest of the way.
GAME #3
NEBRASKA 62
COLORADO STATE 59
LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 17, 2016
Colo. St. Min FG
Mirkovic* 25 2-6
Gustavsson* 31 6-11
Tryggedsson* 23 1-4
Tvrdy*
38 6-9
Nystrom* 26 4-11
Austgulen 20 1-3
Edwards
6
0-0
Kaiser
7
0-1
Hamm
4
0-3
Kantzy
20 1-7
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 21-55
RB PF
1 3
11 5
3 1
9 2
7 5
1 0
0 1
1 0
1 2
4 5
4
11-16 42 22
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 32 9-22
Havers*
31 1-8
Eliely*
32 2-7
Ramacieri* 15 0-1
Cincore* 30 4-5
Cascio Jensen 4
0-1
Whitish
26 3-9
Wood
4
0-0
Mitchell
3
1-2
Simon
11 1-5
Washington 12 1-4
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 22-64
FT RB PF A
4-11 13 1 1
0-0 8 3 5
1-2 6 2 6
1-2 2 1 0
0-0 0 0 1
0-0 0 0 0
1-2 1 0 2
2-2 1 0 0
0-1 2 1 0
1-2 2 2 0
0-0 4 1 0
3
10-22 44 11 15
Colorado State
Nebraska
1st
17
24
FT
0-0
1-3
0-0
3-3
5-6
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-0
2-2
2nd 3rd 4th
9 24 9
9 16 13
A ST TP
1 0 6
0 0 13
0 1 2
0 0 17
1 0 13
1 1 3
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 5
5
2 59
ST
1
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
TP
24
2
6
1
9
0
10
2
2
4
2
9 62
Final
59
62
3FG: Colorado State 6-23 (Tvrdy 2-3, Mirkovic 2-5,
Austgulen 1-3, Kantzy 1-6, Gustavsson 0-1, Nystrom 0-1,
Hamm 0-2, Tryggedsson 0-2); Nebraska 8-16 (Whitish 3-4,
Shepard 2-3, Cincore 1-1, Eliely 1-1, Simon 1-3, Ramacieri
0-1, Cascio Jensen 0-1, Havers 0-2). 3FG%: Colorado State
26.1; Nebraska 50.0. FG%: Colorado State 38.2; Nebraska
34.4. FT%: Colorado State 68.8; Nebraska 45.5. Steals:
Colorado State 2 (Tryggedsson, Austgulen 1); Nebraska
9 (Eliely, Ramacieri 3). Blocked Shots: Colorado State
3 (Gustavsson, Tryggedsson, Nystrom 1); Nebraska 0.
Turnovers: Colorado State 14; Nebraska 10. Technical
Fouls: None. Officials: Rump, Brendenmuhl, McHugh.
Attendance: 4,229.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard and Hannah Whitish
each hit huge threes in the final minutes to shoot
Nebraska to a 62-59 win over defending Mountain
West Conference champion Colorado State in the
Preseason WNIT. Shepard’s second three of the game
came with a minute left and gave the Huskers a 6157 lead. It capped a 24-point, 13-rebound effort for
Shepard, who moved into a tie for 12th on NU’s career
double-double list with 12. Whitish hit her third three
of the night with one second on the shot clock from the
deep left wing to give Nebraska a 58-55 lead with 1:48
left. Whitish finished with her first career double-figure
scoring effort. Fellow freshman Nicea Eliely played
an outstanding all-around game with six points, six
rebounds, six assists and three steals. She also helped
slow down and foul out defending Mountain West
Conference Player of the Year Ellen Nystrom.
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES
GAME #4
NEBRASKA 66
OMAHA 58
LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 22, 2016
Omaha
Min FG
Shaw*
37 6-16
Mi. Dapprich* 32 8-18
Vaccher* 21 2-5
Vidal*
28 1-2
Davenport* 30 1-8
Preston
24 1-4
Lujan
4
1-1
Brecht
4
0-2
Bridgeman 7
2-4
Mo. Dapprich 13 0-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 22-63
FT
6-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 29 6-12
Havers*
30 3-5
Eliely*
29 3-10
Ramacieri* 25 3-4
Cincore* 24 1-7
Cascio Jensen 14 2-4
Whitish
25 2-7
Wood
4
0-0
Mitchell
7
0-1
Simon
6
0-5
Washington 7
0-1
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 20-56
FT
3-5
3-4
1-4
0-0
3-4
0-0
4-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Omaha
Nebraska
1st
21
9
RB PF A
2 3 4
2 3 1
5 2 0
4 2 2
3 3 3
2 0 2
4 0 0
1 1 0
3 0 0
8 2 0
4
38 16 12
ST
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
RB PF A
9 5 1
11 2 1
6 4 2
3 1 3
3 0 3
1 0 0
1 0 5
1 0 0
2 1 0
4 0 0
0 2 0
2
14-23 43 15 15
ST
0
1
4
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
7-7
2nd 3rd 4th
10 10 17
19 17 21
TP
19
18
4
3
3
3
3
0
5
0
5 58
TP
17
9
9
9
6
6
10
0
0
0
0
12 66
Final
58
66
3FG: Omaha 7-26 (Mi. Dapprich 2-6, Lujan 1-1, Vidal 1-1,
Shaw 1-4, Preston 1-4, Davenport 1-7, Brecht 0-1, Mo.
Dapprich 0-2); Nebraska 12-31 (Ramacieri 3-4, Shepard
2-4, Cascio Jensen 2-4, Whitish 2-5, Eliely 2-6, Cincore 1-4,
Mitchell 0-1, Havers 0-1, Simon 0-2). 3FG%: Omaha 26.9;
Nebraska 38.7. FG%: Omaha 34.9; Nebraska 35.7. FT%:
Omaha 100.0; Nebraska 60.9. Steals: Omaha 5 (Vaccher
2); Nebraska 12 (Eliely 4). Blocked Shots: Omaha 0;
Nebraska 4 (Havers 2). Turnovers: Omaha 16; Nebraska
15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Hall, Bonner, Knight.
Attendance: 4,419.
Game Highlights: Nebraska hit 12 three-pointers in the
final three quarters to rally from a 21-9 first-quarter
deficit on its way to a 66-58 win over Omaha at Pinnacle
Bank Arena. Jessica Shepard led the Huskers with 17
points, including a pair of second-half threes. Shepard
overcame early foul trouble to help the Huskers to
their third victory. Freshman Hannah Whitish added
double figures for the second straight game with 10
points, including two threes of her own, while adding a
game-high five assists. Senior Esther Ramacieri scored
a career-high nine points with a career-best three
three-pointers, while fellow senior Allie Havers added
nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Freshman
Nicea Eliely pitched in another strong all-around game
with nine points, six rebounds, two assists and four
steals. Freshman Rylie Cascio Jensen also scored the
first points of her career with a pair of threes to help
the Huskers.
GAME #5
WASHINGTON STATE 79
NEBRASKA 65
LAS VEGAS, NEV., NOV. 25, 2016
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 30 11-17
Havers*
28 1-4
Eliely*
18 3-5
Ramacieri* 13 0-2
Cincore* 24 2-7
Cascio Jensen 23 0-1
Whitish
22 3-8
Wood
9
1-3
Mitchell
8
1-1
Simon
13 3-4
Washington12 1-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 26-54
RB PF A
9 2 0
4 4 0
1 3 4
2 0 3
4 2 2
1 3 3
2 1 1
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 1
6 1 0
3
9-22 32 17 14
ST
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Wash. St. Min FG
Brown*
27 5-14
Kmetovska* 11 4-5
Hirstova* 22 4-10
Hailey*
21 4-7
Molina* 18 3-5
McKenzie 14 0-2
Washington 13 1-3
Muzet
3
0-0
Kostourkova 13 2-4
McClure 16 2-5
Pavlopoulou 22 4-8
Swedlund 20 3-5
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 32-68
FT
2-2
0-0
0-0
1-3
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
2-2
1-2
0-2
0-0
ST
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
4
0
2
0
Nebraska
Washington St.
1st
24
27
FT
2-8
0-0
0-2
0-0
0-1
3-4
1-1
0-0
2-2
0-2
1-2
RB PF A
7 3 2
4 4 1
0 3 1
7 3 1
1 1 6
2 1 1
2 1 0
1 0 1
4 1 0
7 3 0
3 0 5
2 2 0
4
7-13 44 22 18
2nd 3rd 4th
10 18 13
26 18 8
TP
25
2
6
0
5
3
8
2
4
7
3
7 65
TP
16
8
9
9
6
0
3
0
6
5
10
7
16 79
Final
65
79
3FG: Nebraska 4-14 (Simon 1-1, Shepard 1-2, Cincore
1-3, Whitish 1-4, Ramacieri 0-1, Cascio Jensen 0-1, Wood
0-2); Washington State 8-20 (Brown 4-5, Pavlopoulou
2-4, Hristova 1-3, Swedlund 1-3, Molina 0-1, McKenzie
0-1, Washington 0-1, Hailey 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 28.6;
Washington State 40.0. FG%: Nebraska 48.1; Washington
State 47.1. FT%: Nebraska 40.9; Washington State 53.8.
Steals: Nebraska 7 (Cincore, Cascio Jensen 2); Washington
State 16 (Kostourkova 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2
(Eliely, Havers 1); Washington State 5 (Brown, Kostourkova
2). Turnovers: Nebraska 23; Washington State 20.
Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Smith, Munch, Small.
Attendance: 400.
Game Highlights: Washington State erupted for 53
first-half points and never looked back in a 79-65 win
over Nebraska in the first game of the South Point
Shootout in Las Vegas. WSU built its lead to 68-38
midway through the third quarter, before Nebraska
rallied in a big way. The Huskers closed the quarter
on an 11-3 surge, then opened the fourth with a
10-2 burst to cut WSU’s lead to 73-62 with 7:23 left.
Both teams struggled to score down the stretch and
the Cougars held on for the victory. Jessica Shepard
led Nebraska with game highs of 25 points and nine
rebounds. Hannah Whitish added eight points off the
bench, while Maddie Simon pitched in seven. Louise
Brown led WSU with 14 of her 16 points in the first half.
GAME #6
VIRGINIA 73
NEBRASKA 51
LAS VEGAS, NEV., NOV. 26, 2016
Virginia Min FG
Toussaint* 20 1-4
Mason*
27 1-6
Willoughby* 17 6-9
Moses*
22 8-12
Huland El* 27 5-12
Allen
11 0-0
Brown
25 3-7
Jablonowski 23 4-5
Aiyeotan 21 2-5
Jones
0
0-0
Payne
7
0-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 30-63
RB PF A
3 4 2
1 2 5
2 3 2
5 4 0
5 1 0
1 0 0
9 0 6
3 0 1
6 2 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
8
8-17 43 17 16
ST
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
Nebraska Min FG
Eliely*
15 2-3
Ramacieri* 17 1-3
Havers*
24 2-4
Shepard* 26 4-13
Cincore* 21 3-8
Cascio Jensen 19 1-3
Whitish
20 1-5
Wood
14 1-4
Mitchell
7
1-2
Simon
18 2-6
Washington19 1-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 19-54
FT
0-0
1-1
1-2
3-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
3-4
0-0
ST
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
Virginia
Nebraska
1st
23
16
FT
0-0
0-3
0-0
3-4
2-4
0-0
3-5
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
RB PF A
1 1 1
1 3 1
3 1 1
4 0 3
5 2 1
2 0 3
2 3 1
3 2 1
1 0 0
2 3 0
5 2 0
3
8-11 32 17 12
2nd 3rd 4th
17 23 10
10 8 17
TP
2
2
12
19
14
0
11
9
4
0
0
9 73
TP
4
3
5
12
6
3
3
3
2
8
2
8 51
Final
73
51
3FG: Virginia 5-21 (Brown 2-4, Huland El 2-9, Jablonowski
1-2, Toussaint 0-2, Mason 0-2, Willoughby 0-2); Nebraska
5-21 (Shepard 1-3, Simon 1-3, Cascio Jensen 1-3, Whitish
1-4, Wood 1-4, Ramacieri 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Cincore 0-2).
3FG%: Virginia 23.8; Nebraska 23.8. FG%: Virginia 47.6;
Nebraska 35.2. FT%: Virginia 47.1; Nebraska 72.7. Steals:
Virginia 9 (Aiyeotan, Jablonowski 2); Nebraska 8 (Simon 3).
Blocked Shots: Virginia 3 (Aiyeotan 2); Nebraska 1 (Havers
1). Turnovers: Virginia 15; Nebraska 19. Technical Fouls:
None. Officials: Small, Smith, Hurst. Attendance: 400.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard scored 12 points
while adding four rebounds and three assists, but
Nebraska could not overcome a hot-shooting Virginia
team in a 73-51 loss at the South Point Shootout.
Shepard was named to the all-tournament team
despite going just 4-for-13 from the field against the
Cavaliers, who improved to 5-1 with the win. No other
Husker scored in double figures, as Maddie Simon
managed eight points and a game-high three steals
off the bench. Jasmine Cincore added six points and
five rebounds for the Huskers. Lauren Moses led four
Cavaliers in double figures with 19 points on 8-of-12
shooting. Aliyah Huland El added 14 points and five
boards, while Jocelyn Willoughby contributed 12 points
on 6-of-9 shooting. J’Kyra Brown pitched in 11 points
and a game-high nine rebounds off the bench, as the
Cavaliers outrebounded the Huskers, 43-32, while also
winning the turnover battle, 19-15.
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GAME #7
VIRGINIA TECH 76
NEBRASKA 67
BLACKSBURG, VA., DEC. 1, 2016
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 29 12-17
Havers*
25 1-2
Eliely*
25 3-5
Ramacieri* 26 2-4
Cincore* 26 3-8
Cascio Jensen 10 0-0
Whitish
13 2-6
Wood
19 3-5
Mitchell
10 0-0
Simon
2
0-1
Washington15 1-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 27-51
FT
0-2
2-2
2-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Va. Tech Min FG
Cook*
33 6-15
Magarity* 38 9-13
Panousis* 31 6-14
Hicks*
39 3-13
Hill*
31 2-9
DaRosa
3
0-0
Brooks
17 1-4
Kinder
8
2-6
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 29-74
FT
2-4
3-6
1-3
0-1
1-2
0-0
0-0
1-1
Nebraska
Virginia Tech
1st
18
14
RB PF A
14 2 1
10 2 2
3 3 0
0 4 8
4 4 4
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 3 1
0 1 1
1 0 0
5 3 0
2
41 22 17
ST
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
RB PF A
13 2 2
8 3 0
1 0 4
5 0 6
1 3 1
0 0 0
1 1 1
3 0 1
3
8-17 35 9 15
ST
0
3
1
6
1
0
0
0
5-8
2nd 3rd 4th
21 17 11
15 26 21
TP
25
4
9
5
9
0
5
8
0
0
2
3 67
TP
14
25
17
6
6
0
3
5
11 76
Final
67
76
3FG: Nebraska 8-17 (Wood 2-3, Cincore 2-4, Eliely 1-1,
Shepard 1-1, Ramacieri 1-2, Whitish 1-5, Simon 0-1);
Virginia Tech 10-29 (Magarity 4-5, Panousis 4-10, Brooks
1-4, Hill 1-6, Cook 0-2, Hicks 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 47.1;
Virginia Tech 34.5. FG%: Nebraska 52.9; Virginia Tech 39.2.
FT%: Nebraska 62.5; Virginia Tech 47.1. Steals: Nebraska
3 (Cincore 2); Virginia Tech 11 (Hicks 6). Blocked Shots:
Nebraska 1 (Eliely 1); Virginia Tech 1 (Hicks 1). Turnovers:
Virginia Tech 9; Nebraska 25. Technical Fouls: None.
Officials: Sidlasky, Suffren, Spurlock. Attendance: 2,292.
Game Highlights: Nebraska led by 16 points midway
through the second quarter, but unbeaten Virginia
Tech rallied to take a fourth-quarter lead on its way to
a 76-67 victory at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
Nebraska’s first true road game of the season came as
part of the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The
Huskers trailed 10-6 midway through the first quarter
before erupting on a 23-4 outburst with all the points
coming from Nicea Eliely, Emily Wood and Jessica
Shepard in an eight-minute span. Wood started the
surge with five straight points on her way to a careerhigh eight points - all coming in the stretch. Eliely
tied her career high with nine points in the stretch,
including seven straight early in the second quarter.
Shepard, who finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds
for her 13th career double-double, added six points
during the surge. The Huskers turned a 10-6 deficit
into a 29-14 advantage and built a 16-point lead on
three occasions before taking a 39-29 edge to the
half. Virginia Tech cut the margin to 56-55 at the end
of three quarters.
GAME #8
CALIFORNIA 86
NEBRASKA 65
LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 4, 2016
California Min FG
Cowling* 27 1-6
Davidson* 20 2-5
Range*
22 4-12
Anigwe* 26 10-13
Thomas* 27 4-6
Yue
5
1-1
Mosley
10 0-2
Cayton
26 5-8
West
17 5-8
Brown
20 4-5
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 36-66
RB PF A
3 1 5
6 2 2
5 1 1
4 3 0
2 0 2
0 0 0
1 1 0
1 1 5
5 3 0
5 4 1
3
8-13 35 16 16
18 86
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 26 3-14
Havers*
30 4-11
Eliely*
31 8-13
Ramacieri* 30 1-4
Cincore* 23 2-8
Cascio Jensen 8
1-1
Whitish
12 1-4
Wood
1
0-0
Mitchell
11 0-0
Simon
19 3-6
Washington 9
1-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 24-63
FT
1-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-2
3-5
0-0
ST
3
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
California
Nebraska
1st
25
19
FT
0-0
0-0
0-0
5-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-0
3-6
RB PF A
8 5 3
1 2 1
2 3 2
6 1 6
3 3 3
0 0 2
1 0 1
1 1 0
4 1 0
4 0 0
2 1 0
8
7-13 40 17 18
2nd 3rd 4th
22 22 17
9 21 16
ST
7
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
1
4
GAME #9
DRAKE 84
NEBRASKA 70
LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 6, 2016
TP
2
4
8
25
11
2
0
11
10
13
TP
8
9
19
2
7
3
3
0
1
11
2
7 65
Final
86
65
3FG: California 6-19 (Thomas 3-4, Brown 2-2, Cayton
1-2, Davidson 0-1, Anigwe 0-1, Cowling 0-3, Range 0-6);
Nebraska 10-19 (Cincore 2-3, Eliely 2-3, Simon 2-3, Cascio
Jensen 1-1, Havers 1-2, Shepard 1-3, Whitish 1-4). 3FG%:
California 31.6; Nebraska 52.6. FG%: California 54.5;
Nebraska 38.1. FT%: California 61.5; Nebraska 53.8.
Steals: California 18 (Cowling 7); Nebraska 7 (Cincore,
Eliely, Simon 2). Blocked Shots: California 10 (Anigwe 4);
Nebraska 2 (Havers 2). Turnovers: California 16; Nebraska
26. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Inouye, Bonner,
Krommenhoek. Attendance: 5,573.
Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely more than doubled
her previous career high by pumping in a team-high
19 points, but it wasn’t enough to prevent unbeaten
California from running to an 86-65 win over the
Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Bears shot a
sizzling 54.5 percent (36-66) from the field, while
winning the turnover battle 26-16. Kristine Anigwe, the
2016 USBWA National Freshman of the Year, scored 25
points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field and a 5-for-5
effort at the free throw line. Anigwe led five Bears in
double figures, including 13 points on a 4-of-5 shooting
effort by freshman Jaelyn Brown. Asha Thomas and
Mi’Cole Cayton each added 11 points, while CJ West
pitched in 10 points. Maddie Simon, who scored 11
points off the bench, was the only Husker other than
Eliely to reach double digits. Jessica Shepard managed
eight points, eight rebounds and three assists before
fouling out.
Drake
Min FG
Wendell* 27 8-23
Jonas*
24 4-7
Hittner* 18 3-5
Bachrodt* 28 3-6
Ingle*
30 5-8
Rose
12 4-6
Greiner
7
0-1
Miller
21 1-2
Rush
6
0-0
Mertz
4
0-0
Rhine
23 3-6
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 31-64
RB PF A ST TP
6 3 4 5 18
5 1 2 0 9
4 2 2 0 8
3 5 3 2 8
3 3 13 3 13
3 1 0 1 10
1 0 0 0 0
3 2 0 1 7
1 0 0 0 4
1 2 0 1 0
5 2 1 0 7
7
13-19 42 21 25 13 84
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 32 8-18
Havers*
27 6-9
Eliely*
32 3-6
Ramacieri* 21 0-2
Cincore* 22 2-6
Cascio Jensen 14 1-4
Whitish
16 2-4
Wood
6
0-1
Mitchell
16 3-9
Simon
11 2-4
Washington 3
0-1
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 27-64
FT RB PF A
6-10 16 4 3
2-5 1 3 1
0-0 4 2 2
0-0 3 2 6
2-2 0 2 2
0-0 0 1 1
0-0 0 1 3
0-0 0 1 0
0-0 1 3 0
0-0 3 1 2
0-0 2 2 0
4
10-17 34 22 20
Drake
Nebraska
1st
13
9
FT
2-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
4-4
4-4
0-2
1-2
2nd 3rd 4th
19 29 23
24 17 20
ST
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
TP
23
14
6
0
7
3
4
0
7
6
0
7 70
Final
84
70
3FG: Drake 9-24 (Hittner 2-3, Bachrodt 2-3, Rose 2-4,
Jonas 1-2, Miller 1-2, Ingle 1-3, Greiner 0-1, Wendell
0-6); Nebraska 6-20 (Simon 2-2, Mitchell 1-1, Shepard
1-3, Cincore 1-3, Cascio Jensen 1-4, Wood 0-1, Eliely 0-2,
Ramacieri 0-2, Whitish 0-2). 3FG%: Drake 37.5; Nebraska
30.0. FG%: Drake 48.4; Nebraska 42.2. FT%: Drake 68.4;
Nebraska 58.8. Steals: Drake 13 (Wendell 5); Nebraska 7
(Mitchell 2). Blocked Shots: Drake 3 (Bachrodt, Hittner,
Rhine 1); Nebraska 8 (Cincore 4). Turnovers: Drake 18;
Nebraska 16. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Napier,
Zentz, Cross. Attendance: 4,200.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard produced her fourth
double-double of the season with a game-high 23
points and a season-high 16 rebounds, but it wasn’t
enough to prevent Drake from running to an 84-70
win. The preseason pick to win the Missouri Valley
Conference, Drake trailed 33-32 at halftime before
scoring an opponent season-high 52 points in the
second half. The Huskers rallied from a 23-16 secondquarter deficit primarily without Shepard on the floor.
Grace Mitchell sparked a 15-5 Husker spurt to turn the
23-16 deficit into a 31-28 lead late in the half. Shepard
was held without a first-half field goal and managed
just one point to go along with 10 rebounds. In the
second half, Shepard hit 8-of-14 shots and connected
on eight of NU’s total second-half field goals, but the
Huskers were outscored 52-37, as Drake hit 16-of-22
two-point field goal attempts in the half.
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GAME #10
NEBRASKA 83
SAN JOSE STATE 61
LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 9, 2016
SJSU
Min FG
Baird*
25 2-6
Smith*
31 4-10
Ladd*
31 2-7
West*
24 3-7
Ramos*
32 8-24
Kohlhaas 13 1-3
Hafoka
9
2-4
Benally
7
0-3
Gennett
13 0-5
Harris
7
0-1
Turney
8
0-1
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 22-71
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 27 12-21
Havers*
22 4-9
Eliely*
27 6-9
Ramacieri* 21 2-5
Cincore* 25 2-7
Cascio Jensen 19 2-4
Whitish
8
1-2
Wood
15 2-2
Mitchell
17 0-1
Simon
4
1-2
Washington15 3-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 35-65
San Jose State
Nebraska
1st
16
16
FT
2-2
0-2
0-0
0-2
6-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
RB PF A
1 3 1
9 4 1
11 2 3
2 4 0
3 1 6
2 3 1
2 0 0
0 2 0
1 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0
10-14 31 20 12
FT
4-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-0
2-3
0-0
0-0
1-4
RB PF A
14 0 1
4 3 2
7 3 4
6 4 3
4 4 6
2 1 3
5 1 0
1 0 1
4 0 0
1 0 0
6 4 0
1
7-15 55 20 20
2nd 3rd 4th
18 21 6
21 26 20
ST
0
7
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
GAME #11
CREIGHTON 80
NEBRASKA 64
OMAHA, NEB., DEC. 21, 2016
TP
7
8
4
9
24
3
4
0
0
0
2
15 61
ST
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
TP
28
8
13
5
4
6
3
7
0
2
7
4 83
Final
61
83
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 30 7-21
Havers*
20 2-3
Eliely*
24 2-4
Ramacieri* 21 2-4
Cincore* 19 1-5
Cascio Jensen 20 0-4
Whitish
13 2-7
Wood
15 1-1
Mitchell
11 1-2
Simon
13 2-4
Washington14 2-4
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 22-59
Creighton Min FG
McGrory* 22 1-5
Lamberty* 32 3-7
Janning* 31 7-13
Faber*
26 5-11
Rollerson* 19 3-5
Rischard
4
0-0
Agnew
24 1-6
Norby
10 1-4
Works
21 4-8
Brown
11 1-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 26-62
Nebraska
Creighton
1st
15
14
FT RB PF A
7-10 11 2 3
2-2 6 2 0
2-4 7 3 2
0-0 0 2 1
2-2 3 3 1
2-2 4 1 5
0-0 1 0 0
0-0 1 0 2
0-0 3 0 0
0-1 0 1 0
2-4 4 0 1
3
17-25 43 15 15
FT
1-2
3-3
1-2
3-4
2-4
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
1-1
RB PF A
6 2 2
2 1 7
4 1 9
4 3 1
8 3 2
0 0 0
3 3 1
3 4 0
3 3 2
1 1 0
3
13-18 37 21 24
2nd 3rd 4th
13 14 22
30 24 12
ST
0
0
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
GAME #12
#1 UCONN 84
NEBRASKA 41
LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 21, 2016
TP
22
6
6
4
4
2
5
3
2
4
6
9 64
ST
0
2
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
TP
3
10
22
16
8
0
4
3
11
3
8 80
Final
64
80
UConn
Min FG
Collier*
26 5-12
Samuelson* 29 8-14
Dangerfield* 8
1-3
Nurse*
33 7-12
Williams* 21 5-9
Bent
17 1-3
Chong
28 3-6
Lawlor
3
0-1
Irwin
12 0-1
Butler
23 2-9
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 32-70
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 30 1-13
Havers*
24 3-12
Eliely*
25 3-4
Ramacieri* 21 1-3
Cincore* 14 0-5
Cascio Jensen 18 0-2
Whitish
19 3-6
Wood
3
0-0
Mitchell
16 2-2
Simon
20 1-6
Washington10 2-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 16-56
UConn
Nebraska
1st
22
7
FT
4-4
4-4
0-0
3-4
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
RB PF A
15 3 1
2 1 3
1 3 1
1 0 4
9 1 1
4 0 3
5 0 4
0 1 0
2 1 2
6 2 3
2
12-14 47 12 22
FT
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
1-4
RB PF A
4 1 1
5 2 1
5 3 4
1 2 3
3 1 0
0 2 3
2 2 2
0 0 0
3 1 0
4 4 1
4 0 0
3
34 18 15
2nd 3rd 4th
26 21 15
15 8 11
ST
2
2
1
1
3
2
3
0
2
0
TP
14
23
3
20
10
2
8
0
0
4
16 84
ST
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
TP
3
7
7
3
1
0
9
0
5
2
4
2 41
Final
84
41
3FG: San Jose State 7-30 (West 3-6, Ramos 2-10, Baird
1-3, Kohlhaas 1-3, Ladd 0-2, Benally 0-3, Gennett 0-3);
Nebraska 6-17 (Cascio Jensen 2-3, Wood 1-1, Whitish
1-2, Eliely 1-2, Ramacieri 1-3, Havers 0-1, Cincore 0-2,
Shepard 0-3). 3FG%: San Jose State 23.3; Nebraska 35.3.
FG%: San Jose State 31.0; Nebraska 53.8. FT%: San Jose
State 71.4; Nebraska 46.7. Steals: San Jose State 15 (Smith
7); Nebraska 4 (Wood 2). Blocked Shots: San Jose State
3 (Baird 2); Nebraska 2 (Havers, Eliely 1). Turnovers:
San Jose State 13; Nebraska 26. Technical Fouls: None.
Officials: Kanter, Whitson, Bird. Attendance: 4,205.
3FG: Nebraska 3-16 (Wood 1-1, Whitish 1-3, Shepard
1-4, Ramacieri 0-1, Cincore 0-1, Eliely 0-2, Cascio Jensen
0-2, Simon 0-2); Creighton 15-38 (Janning 7-11, Works
3-7, Faber 3-8, Lamberty 1-2, Norby 1-4, McGrory 0-2,
Agnew 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 18.8; Creighton 39.5.
FG%: Nebraska 37.3; Creighton 41.9. FT%: Nebraska
68.0; Creighton 72.2. Steals: Nebraska 9 (Cincore, Eliely,
Ramacieri 3); Creighton 8 (Agnew, Janning, Lamberty 2).
Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Eliely 2); Creighton 4 (Norby,
Rollerson 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 18; Creighton 12.
Technical Fouls: Nebraska-Williams. Officials: Sidlasky,
Daley, Schroeder. Attendance: 1,160.
3FG: UConn 8-17 (Nurse 3-4, Samuelson 3-5, Dangerfield
1-1, Chong 1-2, Bent 0-1, Irwin 0-1, Lawlor 0-1, Collier
0-2); Nebraska 8-26 (Whitish 3-4, Eliely 1-1, Mitchell
1-1, Ramacieri 1-3, Havers 1-4, Shepard 1-4, Cascio
Jensen 0-2, Cincore 0-3, Simon 0-4). 3FG%: UConn 47.1;
Nebraska 30.8. FG%: UConn 45.7; Nebraska 28.6. FT%:
UConn 85.7; Nebraska 25.0. Steals: UConn 16 (Chong,
Williams 3); Nebraska 2 (Havers, Whitish 1). Blocked
Shots: UConn 2 (Samuelson, Williams 1); Nebraska 3
(Simon 2). Turnovers: UConn 11; Nebraska 24. Technical
Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, Barb Smith, B. Morris.
Attendance: 7,553.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard scored 23 of her
game-high 28 points after halftime as Nebraska
dominated in the paint in the second half on its way
to an 83-61 win over San Jose State at Pinnacle Bank
Arena. Shepard, who notched her fifth double-double
of the season with 28 points and 14 rebounds, helped
the Huskers outscore the Spartans 50-20 in the paint
for the game, including 34-14 in the second half.
Shepard hit 10-of-12 shots from the field in the second
half, as Nebraska hit 20-of-33 shots from the field (.606)
as a team in the half. For the game, the Big Red shot a
season-best 53.8 percent from the floor. Nicea Eliely
scored 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting for the game, while
adding seven rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal.
Ten Huskers hit at least one field goal in the game, and
all 11 Huskers grabbed at least one rebound, as the Big
Red dominated the glass, 55-31.
Game Highlights: Creighton tied a Nebraska opponent
record by knocking down 15 three-pointers on its way
to an 80-64 win over the Huskers at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Marissa Janning, the 2014 BIG EAST Player of the Year,
connected on 7-of-11 threes on her way to 22 points.
She added nine assists to lead the Jays, who outscored
the Huskers 54-27 in the second and third quarters
combined. Nebraska, which was led by 22 points
and a game-high 11 rebounds from Jessica Shepard,
outscored the Bluejays 15-14 in the first quarter. The
Huskers also scored the first basket of the second
quarter to take a 17-14 lead before the Jays outscored
the Huskers 30-8 before a buzzer-beating three by
Shepard at the half. CU built its lead to 26 at the end of
the third quarter before the Huskers outscored the Jays
22-12 in the final period. While CU scored 45 points
from beyond the arc, Nebraska went just 3-for-16.
Game Highlights: Freshman Hannah Whitish led
the Huskers with nine points on 3-of-4 three-point
shooting off the bench, but four-time defending
national champion UConn rolled to an 84-41 win over
the Huskers in front of a season-high crowd of 7,553 at
Pinnacle Bank Arena. Katie Lou Samuelson led the No.
1 Huskies with 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including
a trio of threes, as UConn notched its 86th consecutive
victory. Fellow sophomore Napheesa Collier added a
double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, while
Olympian Kia Nurse pitched in 20 points and four
assists for the Huskies. Nicea Eliely played another
strong all-around game for Nebraska with seven points
and team highs of five rebounds and four assists, while
fellow freshman Grace Mitchell added five points and
three boards. The Huskers honored their first Olympic
medalist, Danielle Page (Serbia, 2016) during the game.
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GAME #13
NORTHWESTERN 62
NEBRASKA 58
LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 28, 2016
Northwestern Min FG
Coffey*
28 7-15
Hamilton* 15 1-2
Deary*
40 4-10
Rohde*
24 1-4
Inman*
36 3-7
Douglas
24 4-11
Jamison
8
0-2
Scheid
25 4-8
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 24-59
RB PF A
9 3 3
2 3 0
4 1 6
0 1 0
7 2 2
4 1 1
1 0 1
4 1 0
5
9-16 36 12 13
ST
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
2
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 33 8-20
Havers*
29 3-6
Whitish* 27 3-10
Eliely*
32 3-6
Cincore* 29 3-5
Cascio Jensen 17 1-5
Wood
4
1-2
Mitchell
3
0-1
Simon
11 0-2
Washington 15 1-3
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 23-60
FT
1-4
0-0
4-4
0-0
2-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
ST
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Northwestern
Nebraska
1st
14
16
FT
4-6
0-0
3-6
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
RB PF A
15 2 1
7 2 1
1 1 4
7 2 5
4 3 2
1 2 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
4 1 0
3
7-12 42 13 15
2nd 3rd 4th
18 16 14
14 14 14
TP
22
2
11
2
8
8
0
9
8 62
TP
17
6
12
7
8
3
3
0
0
2
6 58
Final
62
58
3FG: Northwestern 5-19 (Coffey 4-7, Scheid 1-3, Deary
0-1, Inman 0-1, Rohde 0-2, Jamison 0-2, Douglas 0-3);
Nebraska 5-20 (Whitish 2-7, Eliely 1-1, Wood 1-2,
Cascio Jensen 1-3, Cincore 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Simon
0-1, Shepard 0-4). 3FG%: Northwestern 26.3; Nebraska
25.0. FG%: Northwestern 40.7; Nebraska 38.3. FT%:
Northwestern 56.3; Nebraska 58.3. Steals: Northwestern
8 (Douglas 3); Nebraska 6 (Eliely 2). Blocked Shots:
Northwestern 4 (Douglas 2); Nebraska 3 (Eliely 2).
Turnovers: Northwestern 14; Nebraska 17. Technical
Fouls: None. Officials: Blauch, Zentz, Hall. Attendance:
4,669.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard produced her
seventh double-double with 17 points and 15
rebounds, while Hannah Whitish scored 12 points
and had four assists in her first career start in a 62-58
loss to Northwestern. The Huskers led by as many as
seven points early in the first quarter but trailed by
as many as nine points midway through the fourth
quarter. However, the Huskers answered with a 6-0
surge late in the game to close within 58-55 late in
the final period. Nebraska’s defense held the much
more experienced Wildcats without a field goal for
the game’s final 6:46, but could not muster enough
offense to pull the upset. Senior forward Nia Coffey
led the Wildcats with 22 points, including a pair of big
three-point plays early in the fourth quarter to help
the Cats build their nine-point lead. Senior point guard
Ashley Deary added 11 points and six assists. Deary hit
a pair of free throws with 20 seconds left, while fellow
senior Christen Inman added two more free throws
second later to seal Northwestern’s win.
GAME #14
IOWA 75
NEBRASKA 72
IOWA CITY, IOWA, DEC. 31, 2016
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 32 11-22
Havers*
28 6-12
Whitish* 28 4-7
Eliely*
29 5-11
Cincore* 30 1-9
Cascio Jensen 13 0-2
Wood
9
0-1
Mitchell
3
1-1
Simon
12 0-3
Washington 16 1-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 29-70
RB PF A
8 2 2
7 4 0
4 1 4
4 4 2
11 1 2
1 0 1
0 1 0
0 1 0
0 2 2
6 1 0
5
8-12 46 17 13
ST
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
Iowa
Min FG
Buttenham* 20 1-3
Gustafson* 31 9-12
Disterhoft* 35 6-15
Davis*
37 5-11
Doyle*
30 3-10
Kastanek 1
0-0
Meyer
13 1-3
Coley
24 3-7
Stewart
9
1-4
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 29-65
FT
0-0
4-6
0-0
0-2
4-7
0-0
3-4
0-2
0-0
ST
0
2
0
4
3
0
1
0
2
Nebraska
Iowa
1st
11
17
FT
4-5
0-0
3-4
0-1
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
RB PF A
6 0 1
9 3 0
5 0 1
5 0 8
3 3 6
0 1 0
2 2 1
2 1 2
3 1 0
3
11-21 38 11 19
2nd 3rd 4th
25 18 18
22 22 14
TP
28
12
14
11
3
0
0
2
0
2
8 72
TP
2
22
16
11
10
0
6
6
2
12 75
Final
72
75
3FG: Nebraska 6-20 (Whitish 3-5, Shepard 2-4, Eliely
1-4, Wood 0-1, Cascio Jensen 0-2, Cincore 0-2, Simon
0-2); Iowa 6-21 (Disterhoft 4-7, Meyer 1-3, Davis 1-4,
Buttenham 0-1, Doyle 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 30.0; Iowa
28.6. FG%: Nebraska 41.4; Iowa 44.6. FT%: Nebraska
66.7; Iowa 52.4. Steals: Nebraska 8 (Eliely 3); Iowa 12
(Davis 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Cincore, Shepard
1); Iowa 3 (Gustafson 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 22; Iowa
15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Trammell, Dickerson,
Inouye. Attendance: 6,750.
Game Highlights: Nebraska closed the game on a 9-0
run after falling behind 75-63 with two minutes left, but
Hannah Whitish’s three to tie from the left wing with
two seconds left fell short, as Iowa held on for a 75-72
win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Whitish finished with
14 points, including a trio of three-pointers. She was
one of four Huskers to finish in double figures, led by
Jessica Shepard’s season-high-tying 28 points. Shepard
added a pair of threes, while grabbing eight rebounds.
Allie Havers contributed 12 points and seven rebounds,
while Nicea Eliely pitched in 11 points and a team-high
three steals. Nebraska led 45-41 after Whitish’s third
three of the game with 6:57 left in the third quarter.
Iowa answered with a 5-0 run before Whitish hit a pair
of free throws with 4:37 left in the quarter to give NU
its last lead at 48-47. Iowa responded with a 12-2 surge
to pushed its edge to 58-49 with 54 seconds left in the
third. Megan Gustafson led four Hawkeyes in double
figures with 22 points, while Ally Disterhoft added 16
points including four three-pointers with last-second
threes at the end of the second and third quarters.
GAME #15
#3 MARYLAND 93
NEBRASKA 49
LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 4, 2017
Maryland
B. Jones*
Charles*
Slocum*
Confroy*
Min FG
20 6-8
23 2-8
25 1-6
19 1-3
Walker-Kimbrough* 24 7-11
Small
21 2-5
Staiti
5
1-4
Gillespie 15 4-6
Myers
10 1-2
Watson
10 3-6
S. Jones
13 4-7
Fraser
15 5-6
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 37-72
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 26 4-17
Havers*
22 4-8
Whitish* 25 0-6
Eliely*
29 1-4
Cincore* 22 2-6
Cascio Jensen 11 2-5
Ramacieri 13 1-6
Wood
5
1-2
Mitchell
16 2-3
Simon
13 3-6
Washington 18 0-0
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 20-63
#3 Maryland
Nebraska
1st
26
9
FT
1-2
4-4
3-6
0-0
2-2
2-2
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
1-2
RB PF A
11 3 0
6 2 4
3 2 7
4 0 2
7 1 3
1 1 5
2 0 1
9 2 1
1 0 0
1 3 1
2 1 0
4 2 0
2
13-20 53 17 24
FT
2-4
0-0
1-2
1-2
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
RB PF A
5 3 2
4 3 0
0 0 3
2 4 1
1 3 0
2 0 2
1 0 1
2 0 0
2 0 0
4 2 0
4 3 1
4
5-12 31 18 10
2nd 3rd 4th
18 20 29
13 18 9
ST
5
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
TP
13
8
6
2
19
6
2
8
2
8
8
11
13 93
ST
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
TP
12
8
0
3
5
5
2
2
5
6
0
5 49
Final
93
49
3FG: Maryland 6-16 (Walker-Kimbrough 3-5, Watson
2-3, Slocum 1-6, Confroy 0-1, Gillespie 0-1); Nebraska
4-19 (Shepard 2-4, Mitchell 1-1, Cascio Jensen 1-3,
Cincore 0-1, Eliely 0-1, Whitish 0-1, Wood 0-1, Simon 0-2,
Ramacieri 0-5). 3FG%: Maryland 37.5; Nebraska 21.1.
FG%: Maryland 51.4; Nebraska 31.7. FT%: Maryland 65.0;
Nebraska 41.7. Steals: Maryland 13 (B. Jones 5); Nebraska
5 (Havers, Whitish, Eliely, Cascio Jensen, Mitchell 1).
Blocked Shots: Maryland 6 (B. Jones 4); Nebraska 2
(Haavers, Mitchell 1). Turnovers: Maryland 13; Nebraska
17. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Mattingly, Daley,
Pethtel. Attendance: 4,299.
Game Highlights: No. 3 Maryland used a 12-0 run to
surge to a 26-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and
never looked back in a 93-49 win over the Huskers at
Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska refused to surrender,
playing the Terrapins tight in the second and third
quarters, but Maryland opened the fourth with a
17-0 run to put the game away. Shepard led Nebraska
with 12 points and five rebounds, while Allie Havers
added eight points and four boards. Maddie Simon
contributed six points and four rebounds, while
Jasmine Cincore, Rylie Cascio Jensen and Grace
Mitchell each added five points. Shatori WalkerKimbrough led the Terps with 19 points, including 10
in the first quarter. Brionna Jones added 13 points and
11 boards, including 10 rebounds in the third quarter.
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2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES
GAME #16
MICHIGAN STATE 93
NEBRASKA 73
EAST LANSING, MICH., JAN. 7, 2017
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 32 4-14
Havers*
28 3-10
Whitish* 29 5-11
Eliely*
28 1-3
Cincore* 26 6-13
Cascio Jensen 7
1-1
Ramacieri 10 0-1
Wood
3
0-0
Mitchell
9
0-0
Simon
17 3-6
Washington 11 1-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 24-61
Mich. St. Min FG
Gaines*
22 2-4
Reimer* 22 4-9
Jankoska* 36 8-17
McCutcheon* 19 2-5
Agee*
28 4-12
Cook
12 3-6
Dambo
0
0-0
Hollie
5
0-1
Vesela
5
0-0
Gussert
27 4-7
Allen
18 5-8
Johnson
6
2-4
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 34-73
Nebraska
Michigan State
1st
12
24
FT RB PF A
7-14 12 4 4
1-2 5 5 1
2-2 2 0 2
2-2 4 0 3
4-5 5 2 2
0-0 0 0 0
0-0 1 1 1
0-0 0 0 1
0-0 1 3 2
2-4 2 3 1
0-0 1 0 0
2
18-29 35 18 17
FT
1-2
5-7
6-6
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
2-2
0-0
RB PF A
5 4 1
10 4 0
8 2 7
1 0 6
9 4 4
3 3 0
0 0 0
2 0 0
0 1 0
4 0 3
2 4 2
2 0 0
2
17-21 48 22 23
2nd 3rd 4th
17 23 21
22 22 25
ST
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
GAME #17
NEBRASKA 62
RUTGERS 58
LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 10, 2017
TP
15
7
14
5
17
3
0
0
0
10
2
Rutgers Min FG
Harris*
21 2-5
Wallace* 5
0-0
Parker*
35 3-5
Sanders* 35 5-9
Alfano*
5
1-1
Rollins
9
0-0
Jeune
33 6-13
Barber
33 3-10
Keeling
24 1-5
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 21-48
RB PF
5 4
1 0
2 2
5 4
0 0
4 1
5 2
1 2
4 3
5
9-14 32 18
8 73
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 32 8-18
Havers*
28 1-5
Whitish* 30 3-7
Eliely*
30 2-7
Cincore* 30 4-9
Cascio Jensen 3
0-0
Ramacieri 9
0-1
Wood
7
0-0
Mitchell
4
0-0
Simon
12 0-3
Washington 15 1-1
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 19-51
FT
5-7
1-2
2-4
4-4
2-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
2-2
0-0
ST
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
TP
6
13
27
5
9
6
0
0
0
11
12
4
8 93
Final
73
93
3FG: Nebraska 7-26 (Simon 2-4, Whitish 2-8, Cascio
Jensen 1-1, Eliely 1-2, Cincore 1-7, Havers 0-1, Ramacieri
0-1, Shepard 0-2); Michigan State 8-27 (Jankoska
5-13, Gaines 1-3, Gussert 1-3, McCutcheon 1-3, Allen
0-1, Agee 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 26.9; Michigan State
29.6. FG%: Nebraska 39.3; Michigan State 46.6. FT%:
Nebraska 62.1; Michigan State 81.0. Steals: Nebraska 8
(Whitish 3); Michigan State 8 (Allen 2). Blocked Shots:
Nebraska 3 (Eliely 2); Michigan State 2 (Reimer, Agee 1).
Turnovers: Nebraska 12; Michigan State 12. Technical
Fouls: Nebraska-Shepard. Officials: Zentz, Bonner, Vaszily.
Attendance: 6,155.
Game Highlights: Jasmine Cincore scored a careerhigh 17 points while Hannah Whitish matched her
career best with 14 points, but it wasn’t enough to
stop Michigan State from claiming a 93-73 win over
Nebraska at the Breslin Center. Jessica Shepard added
her eighth double-double of the year with 15 points
and 12 rebounds while leading the Huskers with four
assists. Maddie Simon added 10 points off the bench to
put four Huskers in double figures. Michigan State’s Tori
Jankoska led all scorers with 27 points, while adding
eight rebounds and seven assists. Taya Reimer pitched
in a double-double for the Spartans with 13 points
and 10 boards, while Jenna Allen (12 points) and Lexi
Gussert (11 points) both added double figures off the
bench for the Spartans.
Rutgers
Nebraska
1st
11
16
FT
0-0
0-0
5-6
4-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-4
0-0
A ST TP
0 1 4
0 1 0
3 1 12
3 2 17
0 0 2
0 0 0
0 1 15
3 0 6
0 0 2
9
RB PF A
11 1 3
8 3 3
1 1 3
1 0 0
2 5 3
0 0 0
0 3 2
0 0 1
2 0 0
1 1 0
2 2 0
3
18-25 31 16 15
2nd 3rd 4th
16 9 22
15 13 18
6 58
ST
3
0
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
TP
22
3
11
8
12
0
0
0
2
2
2
11 62
Final
58
62
3FG: Rutgers 7-16 (Sanders 3-4, Jeune 3-6, Parker 1-3,
Barber 0-3); Nebraska 6-19 (Whitish 3-6, Cincore 2-5,
Shepard 1-2, Ramacieri 0-1, Simon 0-2, Eliely 0-3).
3FG%: Rutgers 43.8; Nebraska 31.6. FG%: Rutgers 43.8;
Nebraska 37.3. FT%: Rutgers 64.3; Nebraska 72.0. Steals:
Rutgers 6 (Sanders 2); Nebraska 11 (Cincore 4). Blocked
Shots: Rutgers 3 (Harris, Jeune, Keeling 1); Nebraska 0.
Turnovers: Rutgers 17; Nebraska 12. Technical Fouls:
None. Officials: Napier, Garland, Lukanich. Attendance:
4,193.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard notched her ninth
double-double of the season with 22 points and
11 rebounds to lead Nebraska to a 62-58 win over
Rutgers. Jasmine Cincore added her second straight
double-figure scoring effort with 12 points, while tying
her career high with four steals. She also contributed
three assists. Hannah Whitish added 11 points for her
fourth double-figure performance in her five games as
a starter. She also dished out three assists. Shepard
pitched in three assists and three steals, which nearly
matched her season steals total (4) to that point. NU
led by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter,
before Rutgers closed the gap. Husker freshmen Grace
Mitchell, Whitish and Nicea Eliely combined to go 8-for10 at the free throw line to seal the win. Eliely finished
with eight points, including 4-for-4 at the line in the
final 37 seconds. Khadaizha Sanders led three Scarlet
Knights in double figures with 17 points. She and Shrita
Parker, who finished with 12 points, combined for all
22 Rutgers points in the final quarter.
GAME #18
ILLINOIS 79
NEBRASKA 59
CHAMPAIGN, ILL., JAN. 15, 2017
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 29 7-17
Havers*
21 2-7
Whitish* 29 5-11
Eliely*
32 2-10
Cincore* 22 1-9
Cascio Jensen 16 0-2
Ramacieri 10 1-2
Wood
7
0-1
Mitchell
22 0-2
Simon
5
1-4
Washington 7
0-0
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 19-65
Illinois
Min FG
Wittinger* 30 8-16
Beasley* 38 8-10
Holesinska* 29 7-11
Kirkpatrick* 32 2-2
Cattenhead* 17 3-9
McConnell 7
0-1
Overcash 2
0-0
Joens
16 1-1
McNicholas 1
0-0
Andrews 28 3-7
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 32-57
Nebraska
Illinois
1st
17
15
FT RB PF A
9-10 9 2 0
0-0 2 2 1
2-2 4 0 2
0-0 9 0 6
0-1 2 1 2
0-0 0 2 1
1-2 0 0 0
0-0 0 0 0
0-0 3 2 1
0-0 0 1 0
1-2 0 1 0
6
13-17 35 11 13
FT
1-1
0-0
3-3
0-0
1-1
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
1-1
8-8
ST
0
0
2
3
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
TP
25
4
16
4
2
0
4
0
0
3
1
9 59
RB PF A ST TP
8 2 1 3 17
7 1 10 3 17
6 3 3 0 19
3 5 3 0 5
3 1 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
0 2 0 0 5
0 0 0 0 0
4 2 1 0 9
3
35 16 18 6 79
2nd 3rd 4th
16 16 10
19 23 22
Final
59
79
3FG: Nebraska 8-29 (Whitish 4-9, Shepard 2-6, Ramacieri
1-2, Simon 1-3, Mitchell 0-1, Wood 0-1, Cascio Jensen
0-2, Cincore 0-2, Eliely 0-3); Illinois 7-17 (Holesinska
2-4, Andrews 2-5, Beasley 1-1, Kirkpatrick 1-1, Joens
1-1, McConnell 0-1, Cattenhead 0-2, Wittinger 0-2).
3FG%: Nebraska 27.6; Illinois 41.2. FG%: Nebraska 29.2;
Illinois 56.1. FT%: Nebraska 76.5; Illinois 100.0. Steals:
Nebraska 9 (Eliely 3); Illinois 6 (Beasley, Wittinger 3).
Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Eliely, Havers, Shepard 1);
Illinois 3 (Cattenhead, Kirkpatrick, Wittinger 1). Turnovers:
Nebraska 14; Illinois 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials:
Blauch, Grinter, Stewart. Attendance: 2,675.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard scored a game-high
25 points and added nine rebounds, while Hannah
Whitish scored a career-high 16 points on a careerhigh four threes, but Nebraska struggled down the
stretch in a 79-59 loss at the State Farm Center in
Champaign. Nebraska led 21-15 midway through
the second quarter and was tied with the Illini at 45
midway through the third quarter. But the Huskers shot
a dismal 3-for-16 in the fourth quarter, while the Illini
shot a scorching 19-for-27 (.704) in the second half.
Illinois was also perfect (8-8) at the free throw line in
the game, as the Illini snapped a six-game losing streak
in the series with NU. Illinois outscored the Huskers 3414 in the game’s final 14 minutes. While Shepard and
Whitish were solid, no other Husker scored more than
four points. Nicea Eliely did set a career high with nine
rebounds and matched a career best with six assists.
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GAME #19
PENN STATE 86
NEBRASKA 69
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., JAN. 19, 2017
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 30 7-17
Havers*
22 1-2
Whitish* 23 2-7
Eliely*
24 3-8
Cincore* 29 1-5
Cascio Jensen 27 3-4
Ramacieri 10 1-1
Wood
6
0-1
Mitchell
6
0-0
Simon
13 1-5
Washington 10 2-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 21-52
Penn St. Min FG
Thomas* 14 1-2
Carter*
19 3-9
Moore*
27 3-4
Page*
32 6-12
Travascio-Green* 24
3-6
Frazier
5
0-0
Spann
21 5-15
Mitchell
23 2-5
Knizner
1
0-0
Williams 11 0-2
Whitted
22 6-8
McMurtry 1
0-0
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 29-63
Nebraska
Penn State
1st
18
17
FT
5-6
0-0
0-0
2-2
5-7
7-7
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-5
0-3
RB PF A
12 5 1
8 2 2
3 2 4
1 4 1
2 1 3
1 1 2
1 3 0
0 3 0
0 4 0
3 1 2
0 1 0
4
20-30 35 27 15
FT
1-3
2-4
3-3
5-5
1-2
0-0
3-4
4-6
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
RB PF A
2 4 0
2 0 3
6 1 4
3 2 5
3 4 0
0 1 0
4 2 2
4 3 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
7 4 1
0 0 0
4
21-29 40 24 16
2nd 3rd 4th
18 16 17
24 22 23
ST
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
GAME #20
MICHIGAN 84
NEBRASKA 51
LINCOLN, NEB., JAN. 22, 2017
TP
20
2
6
9
7
15
2
0
0
4
4
Michigan Min FG
Dunston* 32 1-2
Thome*
23 4-6
Gondrezick* 31 6-8
Thompson* 33 1-9
Flaherty* 35 11-16
Robbins
8
1-3
Munger
20 6-9
Williams 13 1-1
Backman 5
0-0
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 31-54
4 69
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 28 2-8
Havers*
21 5-7
Whitish* 28 3-6
Eliely*
25 4-6
Cincore* 25 1-5
Cascio Jensen 14 1-4
Ramacieri 13 1-2
Wood
14 1-2
Mitchell
6
0-0
Simon
12 0-4
Washington 14 2-5
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 20-49
ST
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
TP
3
9
9
18
10
0
14
9
0
0
14
0
6 69
Final
69
86
3FG: Nebraska 7-16 (Cascio Jensen 2-3, Whitish 2-3,
Shepard 1-1, Simon 1-1, Eliely 1-4, Wood 0-1, Cincore
0-2); Penn State 7-20 (Travascio-Green 3-6, Carter 1-2,
Mitchell 1-2, Page 1-2, Spann 1-7, Whitted 0-1). 3FG%:
Nebraska 43.8; Penn State 35.0. FG%: Nebraska 40.4; Penn
State 46.0. FT%: Nebraska 66.7; Penn State 72.4. Steals:
Nebraska 4 (Eliely, Shepard, Washington, Whitish 1); Penn
State 6 (Mitchell 2). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Eliely 2);
Penn State 7 (Mitchell 4). Turnovers: Nebraska 16; Penn
State 10. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Gulbeyan,
McConnell, Cruse. Attendance: 2,645.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard produced her 10th
double-double of the season and 20th of her career
with game highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds, but
Penn State prevailed in an 86-69 decision at the Bryce
Jordan Center. Rylie Cascio Jensen added a career-high
15 points off the bench by hitting 3-of-4 shots from
the field, including 2-of-3 threes, while connecting
on all seven of her free throw attempts. Her second
three-pointer of the night tied the game at 50 with just
under four minutes left in the third quarter. But Penn
State closed the quarter on a 13-2 surge to take a 6352 lead heading to the fourth. Nebraska could get no
closer than 10 points the rest of the way. Nicea Eliely
added nine points, while Jasmine Cincore pitched in
seven in a choppy game that included a season-high
51 fouls combined for both teams.
Michigan
Nebraska
1st
21
18
FT
0-0
7-9
0-0
0-0
1-2
2-2
2-2
1-2
0-0
RB PF A
6 4 3
8 3 0
2 3 4
2 0 7
0 2 1
3 2 1
2 3 0
2 0 2
1 1 0
5
13-17 31 18 18
FT
0-0
0-2
0-0
1-1
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-4
5-9
RB PF A
6 4 1
2 2 3
3 0 4
1 1 1
1 3 0
1 2 0
3 2 2
0 1 0
2 0 0
1 1 2
3 2 0
1
24 18 13
2nd 3rd 4th
24 18 21
11 16 6
ST
3
0
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
TP
2
15
13
2
27
4
18
3
0
11 84
ST
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
TP
4
10
7
10
3
5
3
3
0
0
6
7 51
Final
84
51
3FG: Michigan 9-20 (Munger 4-6, Flaherty 4-7, Gondrezick
1-3, Thompson 0-4); Nebraska 6-17 (Cincore 1-1, Eliely
1-2, Ramacieri 1-2, Wood, 1-2, Cascio Jensen 1-3, Whitish
1-3, Havers 0-1, Shepard 0-1, Simon 0-2). 3FG%: Michigan
45.0; Nebraska 35.3. FG%: Michigan 57.4; Nebraska 40.8.
FT%: Michigan 76.5; Nebraska 55.6. Steals: Michigan 11
(Dunston, Gondrezick, Thompson 3); Nebraska 7 (Eliely
4). Blocked Shots: Michigan 4 (Thome 4); Nebraska 1
(Washington 1). Turnovers: Michigan 14; Nebraska 22.
Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Cross, Enlund, Knight.
Attendance: 4,763.
Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely and Allie Havers each
produced 10 points, but it was not enough to prevent
Michigan from rolling to an 84-51 win over the Huskers
at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Michigan victory snapped
Nebraska’s five-game winning streak in the series, and
was just the second by the Wolverines in 13 games with
the Huskers. Katelynn Flaherty led Michigan with a
game-high 27 points, while Nicole Munger erupted for
a career-high 18 points for the Wolverines. Munger’s
previous career best was 11 points, but she scored 10
points in the final 4:44 of the first half to push Michigan
to a 45-29 halftime lead. The Huskers trailed just 21-20
early in the second quarter. Michigan’s defense all but
silenced NU leading scorer Jessica Shepard, holding
her to just four points and six rebounds. A year earlier
(Jan. 24, 2016), Shepard exploded for 35 points and
20 rebounds in a 93-81 win over the Wolverines in
Ann Arbor.
GAME #21
PURDUE 88
NEBRASKA 45
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND., JAN. 26, 2017
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 33 8-15
Havers*
20 3-5
Whitish* 23 1-7
Eliely*
23 0-3
Cincore* 22 1-6
Cascio Jensen 23 2-2
Wood
12 1-2
Mitchell
19 1-3
Simon
17 0-3
Washington 8
0-2
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 17-48
RB PF A
8 4 2
5 4 1
3 0 2
1 2 0
1 3 1
0 1 3
0 2 1
3 2 1
0 2 1
0 0 0
3
9-13 24 20 12
ST
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
Purdue
Min FG
Perry*
31 5-9
McBryde* 24 3-6
Harris*
23 8-11
Morrissette* 30 8-17
Oden*
31 6-9
Abel
3
0-0
Gray
14 0-4
Kiesler
17 2-5
Cooper
27 3-6
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 35-67
FT
5-6
0-0
3-5
4-4
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
ST
2
0
1
6
1
0
0
1
1
Nebraska
Purdue
1st
11
24
FT
5-9
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
RB PF A
6 0 3
5 2 0
5 3 0
5 0 8
5 1 6
0 0 0
3 2 3
3 4 0
2 0 4
5
14-17 39 12 24
2nd 3rd 4th
6 15 13
18 21 25
TP
21
8
2
0
2
5
3
2
2
0
7 45
TP
15
6
19
21
16
0
0
4
7
12 88
Final
45
88
3FG: Nebraska 2-15 (Cascio Jensen 1-1, Wood 1-2,
Shepard 0-1, Cincore 0-1, Eliely 0-3, Simon 0-3, Whitish
0-4); Purdue 4-16 (Oden 2-5, Cooper 1-2, Morrissette 1-5,
Perry 0-1, Gray 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 13.3; Purdue 25.0.
FG%: Nebraska 35.4; Purdue 52.2. FT%: Nebraska 69.2;
Purdue 82.4. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Cascio Jensen 2); Purdue
12 (Morrissette 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 0; Purdue
3 (Harris, Keisler, McBryde 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 24;
Purdue 10. Technical Fouls: Nebraska-Havers. Officials:
Blauch, Napier, Roberts. Attendance: 5,594.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard scored 21 points
and grabbed eight rebounds, but Nebraska suffered
a lopsided 88-45 loss to Purdue at Mackey Arena.
The Huskers trailed 11-9 after a Rylie Cascio Jensen
three-pointer with five minutes left in the first quarter.
In the final five minutes of the quarter, the Huskers
committed seven turnovers to help Purdue close the
period with a 24-11 lead. Nebraska was never able
to cut it to single digits again. Purdue got 21 points
from guard Ashley Morrissette, who added game
highs of eight assists and six steals, while pitching
in five rebounds. Ae’Rianna Harris contributed 19
points on 8-of-11 shooting, while Dominique Oden
pitched in 16 points, six assists and five rebounds.
Bridget Perry managed 15 points, a team-high six
rebounds, three assists and two steals for Purdue. The
Boilermakers forced 24 turnovers by the Huskers, while
committing just 10 turnovers of their own. Purdue also
outrebounded NU 39-24, allowing just three offensive
rebounds by the Huskers. Purdue outscored NU 27-2 in
points off turnovers and 17-1 in second-chance points.
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GAME #22
#15 OHIO STATE 95
NEBRASKA 75
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JAN. 29, 2017
Nebraska Min FG
Shepard* 33 11-21
Havers*
19 2-5
Whitish* 32 5-9
Eliely*
15 1-2
Cincore* 29 4-9
Cascio Jensen 12 0-0
Wood
13 0-2
Mitchell
17 1-2
Simon
18 3-7
Washington12 1-6
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 28-63
Ohio St. Min FG
Mavunga* 15 5-10
Cooper* 20 3-8
K. Mitchell* 32 6-17
Calhoun* 24 2-7
Lewis*
21 2-6
McCoy
24 4-7
C. Mitchell 2
1-2
Harper
17 5-7
Doss
21 2-4
Hart
16 2-3
Waterman 6
1-1
Caretti
2
1-1
Team Rebounds
Totals
200 34-73
Nebraska
#15 Ohio State
1st
10
19
FT
5-8
0-0
0-0
2-2
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
RB PF A
13 2 4
3 3 1
5 1 6
1 5 1
1 5 3
0 1 0
1 1 1
1 2 1
7 3 1
1 0 0
3
11-14 36 23 18
FT
3-3
0-0
7-8
0-0
4-6
1-5
0-0
0-0
2-2
2-4
0-0
0-0
RB PF A
6 2 1
9 2 2
6 1 7
3 1 1
1 2 2
6 4 0
0 0 1
1 3 0
3 1 6
4 0 3
0 0 0
1 0 0
4
19-28 44 16 23
2nd 3rd 4th
19 17 29
21 29 26
ST
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
TP
28
4
12
5
11
0
0
2
9
4
3 75
ST
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
TP
13
7
22
5
8
9
3
12
6
6
2
2
9 95
Final
75
95
3FG: Nebraska 8-23 (Simon 3-6, Whitish 2-5, Eliely 1-1,
Cincore 1-3, Shepard 1-5, Havers 0-1, Wood 0-2); Ohio
State 8-26 (K. Mitchell 3-12, Harper 2-2, C. Mitchell 1-2,
Cooper 1-4, Calhoun 1-5, Doss 0-1). 3FG%: Nebraska 34.8;
Ohio State 30.8. FG%: Nebraska 44.4; Ohio State 46.6.
FT%: Nebraska 78.6; Ohio State 67.9. Steals: Nebraska
3 (Whitish 2); Ohio State 9 (Cooper, K. Mitchell, Doss
2). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 1 (Havers 1); Ohio State
7 (McCoy 4). Turnovers: Nebraska 19; Ohio State 9.
Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Barb Smith, Steratore,
B. Morris. Attendance: 6,155.
Game Highlights: Jessica Shepard produced game
highs with 28 points and 13 rebounds while adding
four assists, but Nebraska dropped a 95-75 decision
to No. 15 Ohio State at Value City Arena in Columbus.
Shepard put together one of her best performances
of the season to lead three Huskers in double figures.
Hannah Whitish added a strong game with 12 points,
a career-high six assists, a career-high-matching five
rebounds and two steals. Jasmine Cincore contributed
11 points and three assists, while Maddie Simon just
missed double figures with a trio of fourth-quarter
three-pointers. Simon also tied a career high with
seven rebounds. Simon and Whitish played key roles
in helping the Huskers outscore the Buckeyes 29-26 in
the final quarter. All-American Kelsey Mitchell led Ohio
State with 22 points, six rebounds and seven assists,
while Stephanie Mavunga added 13 points.
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RYLIE CASCIO JENSEN
5-10 Freshman Guard Fremont, Nebraska (Fremont)
She scored three points and dished out three
assists in each of Nebraska’s games at the South Point
Shootout in Las Vegas, Nov. 25-26. She added three
points on her only shot attempt, while adding two
assists against California on Dec. 4.
As a senior at Fremont High School, Cascio
Jensen averaged 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists
and 2.6 steals per game.
CASCIO JENSEN’S CAREER BESTS
Category Total Game
Points
15 Penn State (1/19/17)
Rebounds
4 Creighton (12/18/16)
Assists
5 Creighton (12/18/16)
Steals
2 Three Times, most recently
2 Purdue (1/26/17)
Blocks
0 None
FGA
5 Maryland (1/4/17)
5 Northwestern (12/26/16)
FGM
3 Penn State (1/19/17)
FTA
7 Penn State (1/19/17)
FTM
7 Penn State (1/19/17)
3-PT FGA
4 Drake (12/6/16)
4 Omaha (11/22/16)
3-PT FGM
2 Three Times, most recent
2 Penn State (1/19/17)
BEFORE NEBRASKA
FIVE FACTS ABOUT RYLIE
1. Rylie’s grandpa Cascio named a race horse after
her called Point Guard Rylie.
2. Rylie loves turtles. When she was 5 years old,
she snuck a baby turtle home from Florida in
her pocket.
3. Her favorite color is lime green.
4. She was deathly afraid of mascots when she
was little.
5. Rylie played soccer and volleyball in high school.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2016)
• First-Team All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald 2016)
• First-Team Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star, 2016)
• Second-Team All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald, 2015)
• Second-Team Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star, 2015)
• First-Team Nebraska Class A (2016)
• Second-Team Nebraska Class A (2015)
• Honorable-Mention Nebraska Class A (2014)
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Cascio Jensen earned Gatorade Nebraska High
School Player-of-the-Year honors as a senior in 201516 after averaging 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6
assists and 2.6 steals per game for Fremont High
School. She led the Tigers to the state tournament as
a senior, as Fremont finished with a 21-7 record.
Cascio Jensen transferred to Fremont prior to
her sophomore season to begin playing with 2013
and 2014 Gatorade Nebraska High School Player of
the Year and current Husker Jessica Shepard. Cascio
Jensen, who was a club teammate of Shepard’s
beginning in fourth grade, spent her freshman season
at Bellevue East, while Shepard played for Lincoln
Southeast as a freshman and sophomore.
Cascio Jensen and Shepard led an instant
turnaround in the Tiger program, as Fremont earned
a state tournament berth and finished with a 22-4
record in 2013-14. Fremont went 8-16 in 2012-13,
before the arrival of Cascio Jensen and Shepard.
As a sophomore, Cascio Jensen earned
honorable-mention Class A all-state accolades, before
adding second-team All-Nebraska and second-team
Class A honors as a junior in 2014-15.
Cascio Jensen became the focal point of the
Fremont attack as a junior in 2014-15, after Shepard
was sidelined by an ACL tear in December of 2014.
Although Shepard was averaging 33.0 points and
14.3 rebounds prior to injury, Cascio Jensen stepped
up to lead the Tigers to a 16-7 record, finishing just
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Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-0 11/12 10 0-4
.000 0-3
#25 Missouri
2-011/1412 0-1 .000 0-0
Colorado State 3-011/174 0-1 .000 0-1
Omaha
4-011/2214 2-4 .500 2-4
vs. Washington State
5-011/2523 0-1 .000 0-1
vs. Virginia
6-011/2619 1-3 .333 1-3
at Virginia Tech 7-012/1 10 0-0 .000 0-0
California
8-012/4 8 1-1 1.0001-1
Drake
9-0 12/6 14 1-4
.250 1-4
San Jose State 10-012/9 19 2-4 .500 2-3
at Creighton
11-012/1820 0-4 .000 0-2
#1 UConn
12-0 12/21 18 0-2
.000 0-2
Northwestern* 13-012/2817 1-5 .200 1-3
at Iowa*
14-012/3113 0-2 .000 0-2
#3 Maryland* 15-01/4 11 2-5 .400 1-3
at Michigan State*16-01/7 7 1-1 1.0001-1
Rutgers*
17-01/10 3 0-0 .000 0-0
at Illinois*
18-01/15 16 0-2 .000 0-2
at Penn State* 19-01/19 27 3-4 .750 2-3
Michigan*
20-01/22 14 1-4 .250 1-3
at Purdue*
21-01/26 23 2-2 1.0001-1
at #15 Ohio State* 22-0 1/29 12 0-0
.000 0-0
Totals
22-0
314 17-54 .315 14-42
RYLIE CASCIO JENSEN career statistics
Year
2016-17
Career
G-GS
21-0
21-0
Min
302
302
FG-FGA Pct.
17-54 .315
17-54 .315
one game short of a second straight Class A state
tournament bid. Cascio Jensen closed the season by
averaging 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Scott and Robyn Cascio Jensen,
Rylie Cascio Jensen was born March 2, 1998. She plans
to be a pre-med major at Nebraska with the ultimate
goal of being an orthodontist. She was the Fremont
Optimist Club Student of the Year in 2015-16, and she
was also named Fremont’s Business Student of the
Year. She maintained nearly a 3.9 GPA in high school
and was a member of the National Honor Society and
the Spanish National Honor Society.
Cascio Jensen came to Nebraska after originally
signing with South Dakota. She also was recruited
heavily by Wyoming, Wake Forest and Drake among
others.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Nebraska Gatorade High School Player-of-theYear Rylie Cascio Jensen (pronounced CASH-ee-O)
was a late addition to the Husker program after the
April hiring of Coach Amy Williams.
Cascio Jensen, a 5-10 guard out of Fremont High
School, has appeared in all 22 games for the Huskers,
averaging 2.8 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per
game.
She produced the best game of her young career
with 15 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field with
a pair of threes and a career-best 7-for-7 performance
at the free throw line against Penn State.
Cascio Jensen added a three-pointer and a pair of
free throws against Michigan (Jan. 22). She has hit 11
consecutive free throws and leads the Huskers with
her .824 free throw percentage.
Her previous career scoring high came with six
points, two rebounds and three assists in the win
over San Jose State on Dec. 9. She followed it up with
two points and career highs of five assists and four
rebounds in the loss at Creighton on Dec. 18.
Cascio Jensen also had six points in a win over
Omaha on Nov. 22, when she hit a pair of second-half
threes. She also grabbed the first two steals of her
career against the Mavs.
She had five points, two rebounds, two assists
and a steal against No. 3 Maryland on Jan. 4.
3P-3PA Pct.
14-42 .333
14-42 .333
FT-FTA Pct.
14-17 .824
14-17 .824
Pct. FT-FTA
.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.5000-0
.0003-4
.3330-0
.0000-0
1.000
0-0
.250 0-0
.6670-2
.0002-2
.000 0-0
.3330-0
.0000-0
.3330-0
1.000
0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.6677-7
.3332-2
1.000
0-0
.000 0-0
.333 14-17
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 0 1 1 1.0 0-0
.000011 1.01-0
.000000 0.70-0
.000011 0.80-0
.750011 0.83-0
.000022 1.00-0
.000000 0.90-0
.000000 0.80-0
.000 0 0 0 0.7 1-0
.000022 0.81-0
1.000
044 1.11-0
.000 0 0 0 1.0 2-0
.000101 1.02-0
.000011 1.00-0
.000022 1.10-0
.000000 1.00-0
.000000 0.90-0
.000000 0.92-0
1.000
011 0.91-0
1.000
011 0.92-0
.000000 0.91-0
.000 0 0 0 0.8 1-0
.824 1 17 18 0.8 18-0
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
1-17
18-0.9
1-17
18-0.9
23
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PF-D
17-0
17-0
A
32
32
TO
27
27
Blk
0
0
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
1 3 0 0 0 0.0
01 0 00 0.0
00 0 00 0.0
00 0 26 1.5
32 0 23 1.8
32 0 03 2.0
01 0 00 1.7
21 0 03 1.9
1 0 0 0 3 2.0
31 0 06 2.4
50 0 02 2.4
3 0 0 0 0 2.2
21 0 03 2.2
12 0 00 2.1
21 0 15 2.3
00 0 03 2.3
00 0 00 2.2
10 0 00 2.1
22 0 0152.7
04 0 05 2.9
31 0 25 3.0
0 5 0 0 0 2.8
32 27 0 7 62 2.8
ST
7
7
Pts-Avg.
62-2.8
62-2.8
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
HANNAH WHITISH
3
5-9 Freshman Guard Barneveld, Wisconsin (Barneveld)
in 30 minutes in a win over Rutgers (Jan. 10).
Whitish played key roles in NU’s first three
wins this season. She opened with seven points in a
victory over UTRGV (Nov. 12), before producing her
first career double-digit scoring effort with 10 points
in a win over defening Mountain West Conference
Champion Colorado State in the Preseason WNIT
(Nov. 17). She added 10 more points and a careerhigh five assists in a win over Omaha (Nov. 22).
She led Nebraska nine points on 3-of-4 threepoint shooting, while adding two rebounds and two
assists against No. 1 UConn on Dec. 21. She also eight
points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal against
Washington State in the South Point Shootout in Las
Vegas, Nov. 25.
She managed three points and a career-high five
rebounds in NU’s win over San Jose State on Dec. 9.
WHITISH’S CAREER BESTS
Category Total Game
Points
16 Illinois (1/15/17)
Rebounds
5 Ohio State (1/29/17)
5 San Jose State (12/9/16)
Assists
6 Ohio State (1/29/17)
Steals
3 Michigan State (1/7/17)
Blocks
1 Omaha (11/22/16)
FGA
11 Illinois (1/15/17)
11 Michigan State (1/7/17)
FGM
5 Illinois (1/15/17)
5 Michigan State (1/7/17)
FTA
6 Omaha (11/22/16)
FTM
4 Northwestern (12/28/16)
4 Omaha (11/22/16)
3-PT FGA
9 Illinois (1/15/17)
3-PT FGM
4 Illinois (1/15/17)
BEFORE NEBRASKA
FIVE FACTS ABOUT HANNAH
1. Hannah was born in Arkansas.
2. Her favorite animals are turtles.
3. Hannah came from a town of about 1,200
people, and there were just 29 people in her
high school senior class.
4. She loves to travel.
5. Hannah wore braces on her teeth for four years.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Wisconsin Miss Basketball (2016)
• Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year (2016)
• First-Team All-Wisconsin (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Two-Time Area Player of the Year
(Wisconsin State Journal, 2015, 2016)
• Two-Time Six Rivers Conference Player of the Year
(2015, 2016)
• Four-Time First-Team All-Six Rivers Conference
(2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Hannah Whitish (pronounced WHITE-ish) was a
unanimous first-team Wisconsin Basketball Coaches
Association (WBCA) all-state choice as a junior and
senior at Barneveld High School. The Wisconsin
Player of the Year, Whitish was a four-time firstteam Division 5 All-State pick and the 2015 and 2016
Wisconsin State Journal Player of the Year.
The 5-9 freshman guard is averaging 9.5 points,
2.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game as
a starter in Big Ten play. She has produced double
figures in six of her 10 starts and seven times overall
on the season. Her 34 threes rank fourth among
freshmen in Husker history, just 12 behind former
Wisconsin High School Player of the Year and twotime WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge (46, 3rd, 1994-95).
In Big Ten play, Whitish leads the Huskers in
threes (19) and assists (34), while ranking second in
scoring (9.5 ppg) and steals (14).
Whitish had a career-high 16 points at Illinois
(Jan. 15), when she also hit a career-high four threes.
She added four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Whitish had 14 points at Michigan State (Jan. 7)
when she also set a career high with three steals. She
also had 14 points at Iowa (Dec. 31), after scoring 12
points in her first career start against Northwestern
(Dec. 28). She also had 12 points to go along with
a career-high six assists and a career-high-tying five
rebounds at No. 15 Ohio State. She added 11 points
Whitish was a unanimous first-team WBCA
all-state selection for the second straight year at
Barneveld High School. As a senior, she averaged 24.2
points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.5 steals while
leading Barneveld to its fourth consecutive state
championship game. Barneveld fell to Assumption
in the title game, but finished with a 28-1 record to
cap a 110-4 career record for Whitish. Barneveld
won state titles in 2014 and 2015 and was the state
runner-up to Assumption in 2013.
Whitish hit 59 percent of her field goals including
48 percent of her threes for the Golden Eagles as a
senior to finish among the top 10 in Wisconsin state
history in career scoring with well over 2,000 points.
As a junior, Whitish averaged 21.0 points, 3.9
rebounds, 5.1 assists and 4.6 steals to lead the
Eagles to their second straight WIAA Division 5 state
title. She hit 46 percent of her three-pointers while
knocking down nearly 80 percent of her free throws
as a junior for Coach Jim Myers.
As a sophomore, Whitish pumped in 17.1 points
per game while powering Barneveld to the state title.
She added 15.0 points per game as a freshman.
A four-time WBCA Division 5 All-State honoree,
Min
477
477
FG-FGA Pct.
54-147 .367
54-147 .367
PERSONAL
The daughter of Bob and Sherry Whitish, Hannah
was born March 20, 1998, in Little Rock, Ark. She has
a younger sister Jordyn, 13. Hannah has not declared
a major at Nebraska.
Whitish chose Nebraska over Wisconsin, Indiana,
Illinois, Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-0 11/12 17 3-4
.750 1-2
#25 Missouri
2-011/1412 0-4 .000 0-3
Colorado State 3-011/1726 3-9 .333 3-4
Omaha
4-011/2225 2-7 .286 2-5
vs .Washington State
5-011/2522 3-8 .375 1-4
vs. Virginia
6-011/2620 1-5 .200 1-4
at Virginia Tech 7-012/1 13 2-6 .333 1-5
California
8-012/4 12 1-4 .250 1-4
Drake
9-0 12/6 16 2-4
.500 0-2
San Jose State 10-012/9 8 1-2 .500 1-2
at Creighton
11-012/1813 2-7 .286 1-3
#1 UConn
12-0 12/21 19 3-6
.500 3-4
Northwestern* 13-112/2827 3-10 .300 2-7
at Iowa*
14-212/3128 4-7 .571 3-5
#3 Maryland* 15-31/4 25 0-6 .000 0-1
at Michigan State*16-41/7 29 5-11 .455 2-8
Rutgers*
17-51/10 30 3-7 .429 3-6
at Illinois*
18-61/15 29 5-11 .455 4-9
at Penn State* 19-71/19 23 2-7 .286 2-4
Michigan*
20-81/22 28 3-6 .500 1-3
at Purdue*
21-91/26 23 1-7 .143 0-4
at #15 Ohio State* 22-10 1/29 32 5-9
.556 2-5
Totals
22-10
477 54-147 .367 34-94
HANNAH WHITISH career statistics
Year
G-GS
2016-17 22-10
Career 22-10
Whitish is also a four-time first-team All-Six Rivers
Conference selection. She was the 2015 and 2016 Six
Rivers Conference Player of the Year.
Whitish played her club basketball for Wisconsin
Academy, earning a spot on the All-Star Team at
the U.S. Junior Nationals Midwest Qualifier in the
summer of 2015.
Whitish is the first Husker women’s basketball
player from Wisconsin since 1994 WBCA Player of the
Year Anna DeForge from Niagara. A four-year starter
at Nebraska, DeForge was an All-American in 1998.
She was also a two-time WNBA All-Star.
An outstanding all-around athlete, Whitish
competed in track and field as a freshman and played
softball as a sophomore in high school.
3P-3PA Pct.
34-94 .362
34-94 .362
FT-FTA Pct.
20-27 .741
20-27 .741
Pct. FT-FTA
.500 0-0
.0000-0
.7501-2
.4004-6
.2501-1
.2500-0
.2000-0
.2500-0
.000 0-0
.5000-0
.3330-0
.750 0-0
.2864-4
.6003-4
.0001-2
.2502-2
.5002-4
.4442-2
.5000-0
.3330-0
.0000-0
.400 0-0
.362 20-27
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0
.000011 0.51-0
.500011 0.70-0
.667011 0.80-0
1.000
022 1.01-0
.000022 1.23-0
.000000 1.00-0
.000011 1.00-0
.000 0 0 0 0.9 1-0
.000055 1.31-0
.000011 1.30-0
.000 1 1 2 1.3 2-0
1.000
101 1.31-0
.750224 1.51-0
.500000 1.40-0
1.000
022 1.40-0
.500011 1.41-0
1.000
224 1.60-0
.000033 1.62-0
.000033 1.70-0
.000033 1,80-0
.000 0 5 5 1.9 1-0
.741 6 36 42 1.9 15-0
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
6-31
42-1.9
6-31
42-1.9
PF-D
15-0
15-0
A
51
51
TO
28
28
Blk
1
1
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
2 0 0 1 7 7.0
01 0 00 0.0
20 0 0105.7
50 1 2106.8
11 0 18 7.0
10 0 03 6.3
02 0 05 6.1
12 0 03 5.8
3 2 0 1 4 5.6
03 0 03 5.3
01 0 05 5.3
2 0 0 1 9 5.6
41 0 1126.1
43 0 2146.6
31 0 11 6.3
20 0 3146.8
32 0 1117.0
22 0 2167.5
42 0 16 7.4
42 0 07 7.4
21 0 12 7.1
6 2 0 2 12 7.4
51 28 1 20 162 7.4
ST
20
20
Pts-Avg.
162-7.4
162-7.4
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NICEA ELIELY
5
6-1 Freshman Guard Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rampart)
and layup gave Nebraska the lead for good. She had
nine points in a loss at unbeaten Virginia Tech on Dec.
1. She produced Nebraska’s best performance in the
loss to No. 25 Missouri on Nov. 14, with eight points
and eight rebounds.
In the Big Red’s win over defending Mountain
West Conference champion Colorado State on Nov.
17, Eliely had six points, six rebounds and team highs
of six assists and three steals while helping to slow
down reigning Mountain West Player of the Year Ellen
Nystrom. Eliely held Nystrom nine points under her
scoring average entering the game and frustrated
Nystrom to the point of fouling out before Nebraska
prevailed with a 62-59 win.
Against No. 1 UConn, Eliely had seven points on
3-of-4 shooting while adding team highs with five
rebounds and four assists. She also pitched in a block.
In her Big Ten debut, Eliely had seven points, seven
rebounds and team highs with five assists, two blocks
and two steals.
FIVE FACTS ABOUT NICEA
1. According to Nicea, she is half black and
half Chinese.
2. She loves scary movies.
3. Nicea is truly a gamer (video games).
4. She considers herself a dog person (100%).
5. Nicea sleeps only with soft blankets.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
HONORS & AWARDS
• No. 143 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015)
• No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015)
• Second-Team Colorado Class 5A (2016)
• Third-Team Colorado Class 5A (2015)
• First-Team Colorado Class 5A/4A All-Area (2016)
• Second-Team Colorado Class 5A/4A All-Area (2014, 2015)
• First-Team All-Colorado Springs Metro League
(2014, 2015, 2016)
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
The No. 25 guard in the class of 2016 according
to ESPN, Nicea Eliely (pronounced ny-SEE-ah EE-lylee) earned second-team Colorado Class 5A all-state
honors as a senior at Rampart High School in 2016.
Ranked as the No. 143 player nationally by Blue Star.
Eliely has continued to emerge as a player with
loads of potential who creates problems with her
length, versatility and athleticism on the perimeter.
She has shown her all-around game by starting
each of NU’s first 22 games and averaging 7.5 points,
3.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
She leads the Huskers in assists (53), steals (37)
and blocks (15) and field goal percentage (.449),
while ranking second in scoring.
Eliely produced a career-high 19-point effort
against California on Dec. 4, when she hit 8-of-13
shots from the field including 2-of-3 three-pointers.
She added 13 points, seven rebounds, four
assists, a steal and a block in a win over San Jose State
(Dec. 9). Eliely had 11 points at Iowa (Dec. 31), before
adding her fourth double-figure scoring effort of the
season with 10 points and a career-high-tying four
steals against Michigan (Jan. 22).
In the first game of her career, Eliely scored nine
points and led the Huskers with four assists and two
steals while helping to slow down reigning Western
Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year Shawnte’ Goff
in Nebraska’s win over UTRGV on Nov. 12.
Eliely added nine points and a career-high four
steals in the win over Omaha. Her third-quarter steal
Eliely was ranked as the No. 143 overall player in
the nation by Blue Star and the No. 25 guard by ESPN.
As a senior, Eliely averaged 21.4 points, 7.6
rebounds, 2.3 assists, 3.4 steals and 2.0 blocks per
game. She ranked eighth in the state of Colorado
across all classes in scoring in 2016. She also ranked
11th in the state in free throws made (115) while
shooting 84.6 percent from the line. She helped
Eliely, who averaged 16.4 points, 4.3 rebounds,
2.5 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.2 blocks for Rampart as
a junior in 2015, closed her career with 1,366 points,
455 rebounds, 188 assists, 247 steals and 118 blocks
for Coach Ashley Miller. A third-team Colorado Class
5A all-state selection at Rampart as a junior, Eliely
earned first-team All-Colorado Springs Metro League
honors in 2015. She was also a second-team Gazette
Class 5A/4A all-area selection as a junior.
As a sophomore for the Lady Rams, Eliely
contributed 12.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists,
2.5 steals and 1.2 blocked shots to help Rampart
advance to the Elite Eight of the CHSAA Class 5A state
tournament and finish with a 20-6 record. She earned
Min
573
573
FG-FGA Pct.
61-136 .449
61-136 .449
Category Total Game
Points
19 California (12/4/16)
Rebounds
9 Illinois (1/15/17)
Assists
6 Illinois (1/15/17)
6 Colorado State (11/17/16)
Steals
4 Michigan (1/22/17)
4 Omaha (11/22/16)
Blocks
2 Four Times, most recent
2 Penn State (1/19/17)
FGA
13 California (12/4/16)
FGM
8 California (12/4/16)
FTA
8 UTRGV (11/12/16)
FTM
5 UTRGV (11/12/16)
3-PT FGA
6 Omaha (11/22/16)
3-PT FGM
2 California (12/4/16)
2 Omaha (11/22/16)
first-team All-Colorado Springs Metro League honors,
while adding a second-team selection to the Gazette
Class 5A/4A all-area team as a sophomore.
She was also a varsity contributor as a freshman
in 2013, averaging 4.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2
steals per game.
Eliely played for the Boulder Rockies club team
that won the U.S. Junior National Nike Tournament
in 2015 and the Blue Star Nationals title in 2014 for
Coach Johnnie Bratton. Eliely was also a member
of the all-star teams at both the USJN Battle of the
Border and the USJN Windy City Classic.
PERSONAL
Queen Nicea Tyana Eliely was born July 12, 1998,
in Colorado Springs. She is the daughter of Actual
Allah and Yee Fong. Her father, Actual Allah, played
basketball collegiately at Colorado State-Pueblo.
Eliely chose Nebraska over Colorado, Wichita
State, Colorado State, Northern Colorado and
Denver. Off the court, she was a first-team academic
all-state selection and a member of the National
Honor Society as a junior in 2015. She is majoring in
biological systems engineering at Nebraska.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-1 11/12 23 2-5
.400 0-1
#25 Missouri
2-211/1425 2-5 .400 1-2
Colorado State 3-311/1732 2-7 .286 1-1
Omaha
4-411/2229 3-10 .300 2-6
vs. Washington State
5-511/2518 3-5 .600 0-0
vs. Virginia
6-611/2615 2-3 .667 0-0
at Virginia Tech 7-712/1 25 3-5 .600 1-1
California
8-812/4 31 8-13 .615 2-3
Drake
9-9 12/6 32 3-6
.500 0-2
San Jose State 10-10
12/9 27 6-9 .667 1-2
at Creighton
11-11
12/1824 2-4 .500 0-2
#1 UConn
12-12 12/21 25 3-4
.750 1-1
Northwestern* 13-13
12/2832 3-6 .500 1-1
at Iowa*
14-14
12/3129 5-11 .455 1-4
#3 Maryland* 15-15
1/4 29 1-4 .250 0-1
at Michigan State*16-16
1/7 28 1-3 .333 1-2
Rutgers*
17-17
1/10 30 2-7 .286 0-3
at Illinois*
18-18
1/15 32 2-10 .200 0-3
at Penn State* 19-19
1/19 24 3-8 .375 1-4
Michigan*
20-20
1/22 25 4-6 .667 1-2
at Purdue*
21-21
1/26 23 0-3 .000 0-3
at #15 Ohio State* 22-22 1/29 15 1-2
.500 1-1
Totals
22-22
573 61-136 .449 15-45
NICEA ELIELY career statistics
Year
G-GS
2016-17 22-22
Career 22-22
ELIELY’S CAREER BESTS
3P-3PA Pct.
15-45 .333
15-45 .333
FT-FTA Pct.
27-42 .643
27-42 .643
Pct. FT-FTA
.000 5-8
.5003-4
1.000
1-2
.3331-4
.0000-2
.0000-0
1.000
2-2
.6671-2
.000 0-0
.5000-0
.0002-4
1.000 0-0
1.000
0-0
.2500-1
.0001-2
.5002-2
.0004-4
.0000-0
.2502-2
.5001-1
.0000-0
1.000 2-2
.333 27-42
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.625 1 1 2 2.0 0-0
.750538 5.01-0
.500336 5.32-0
.250156 5.54-0
.000101 4.63-0
.000101 4.01-0
1.000
033 3.93-0
.500112 3.63-0
.000 1 3 4 3.7 2-0
.000347 4.03-0
.500437 4.33-0
.000 4 1 5 4.4 3-0
.000437 4.52-0
.000224 4.54-0
.500112 4.34-0
1.000
134 4.30-0
1.000
011 4.10-0
.000459 4.40-0
1.000
101 4.24-0
1.000
101 4.11-0
.000011 3.92-0
1.000 0 1 1 3.8 5-1
.643 39 44 83 3.8 50-1
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
39-44
83-3.8
39-44
83-3.8
PF-D
50-1
50-1
A
53
53
TO
61
61
Blk
15
15
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
4 3 0 2 9 9.0
20 1 08 8.5
61 0 36 7.7
23 0 49 8.0
45 1 16 7.6
13 0 14 7.0
04 1 19 7.3
23 0 2198.8
2 3 1 1 6 8.4
42 1 1138.9
23 2 36 8.6
4 4 1 0 7 8.5
53 2 27 8.4
25 0 3118.6
12 0 13 8.2
33 2 25 8.0
01 0 28 8.0
63 1 34 7.8
13 2 19 7.8
12 0 4108.0
03 0 00 7.6
1 2 0 0 5 7.5
53 61 15 37 164 7.5
ST
37
37
Pts-Avg.
164-7.5
164-7.5
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
ESTHER RAMACIERI
11
5-8 Senior Guard Repentigny, Quebec (Leclerc/Dawson)
FIVE FACTS ABOUT ESTHER
1.
2.
3.
4.
Esther is half Italian and half Haitian.
She speaks French.
Esther says “eh” like there is no tomorrow.
Esther likes to use her hair as a pillow because
it is so fluffy.
5. She loves pugs.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall, 2015; Spring 2014)
• Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2015)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Four-Time Felix Leclerc High School Athlete of
the Year (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• Led Dawson College to Silver at CCAA
National Championships (2013)
• Led Dawson College to Silver at Quebec
Provincial Championships (2012)
SENIOR (2016-17)
Esther Ramacieri (pronounced RAH-muh-Cherry)
is a leader for a young Husker backcourt. The senior
started each of Nebraska’s first 12 games of 201617 before missing the first two Big Ten games with a
foot injury. She has missed the past two games with
a foot injury as well. She is averaging 2.9 points, 1.8
rebounds and 2.4 assists.
Ramacieri has at least doubled her own previous
career totals in points (53-22), assists (44-18) and
steals (13-6) this season. Her 11 threes are more than
triple her career total (3) in her first three seasons.
She produced a career-high nine points in a win
over Omaha (Nov. 22), when she hit a career high
three threes. Ramacieri added five points and a
career-high eight assists at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1). She
opened the season by hitting 2-of-4 threes to finish
with six points in a win over UTRGV (Nov. 12).
She struggled through injuries as a junior. She
was limited in the summer of 2015 by a knee injury,
then missed time with a concussion in December,
before missing time with an Achilles injury at the start
of Big Ten play in 2015-16. She also missed five Big
Ten games with illness in January and February.
NEBRASKA CAREER
Ramacieri appeared in 18 games with three starts
in 2015-16. She contributed 17 points, 29 rebounds,
16 assists and six steals, smashing her previous career
totals in all categories. She also hit 3-of-6 threepointers as a junior. Ramacieri scored a season-high
five points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds
in a win over Northwestern on Feb. 28, 2016. She
matched her career best with six more boards in the
WNIT loss to Northern Iowa on March 17. She also
played a career-high 35 minutes in a start against UNI.
Ramacieri started back-to-back Big Ten wins over Penn
State (Jan. 13) and Rutgers (Jan. 16).
As a sophomore Ramacieri played in 17 games in
2014-15, including seven Big Ten contests and both of
NU’s conference tournament games. She made her
first career start against Penn State Jan. 15. She played
a season-high 13 minutes and grabbed a season-best
three rebounds vs. High Point Dec. 20. She added two
rebounds against Alcorn State Nov. 16.
Ramacieri played in 17 games as a freshman in
2013-14, averaging 0.2 points and 0.5 rebounds.
She played a season-high eight minutes in NU’s
non-conference finale against Oral Roberts Dec. 29,
when she had two boards. She scored her first career
point and grabbed two rebounds in a win over South
Dakota Dec. 21. She added a point in a win over No. 8
Penn State Feb. 24, while grabbing a pair of rebounds.
Ramacieri played in Nebraska’s 2014 Big Ten
Tournament quarterfinal win over Minnesota and the
Huskers’ semifinal victory over No. 19 Michigan State.
She pulled down a rebound and dished out the first
assist of her career against the Spartans.
She saw her first NCAA Tournament action in
Nebraska’s win over Fresno State in Los Angeles on
March 22. She went 2-for-2 at the free throw line.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Ramacieri helped Dawson College to a
second-place finish at the 2013 CCAA National
Championships. In 2011-12, Dawson won the Quebec
Provincial Championship and claimed a silver medal
at the CCAA National Championships. Ramacieri
averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game,
while helping Dawson to an 18-2 record.
Ramacieri was Felix Leclerc High School’s athlete
of the year four times and the MVP of her Dawson
Community Blues club team in both 2009 and 2010.
Min
43
69
170
312
594
FG-FGA
0-5
0-4
6-12
19-54
25-75
Pct.
.000
.000
.500
.352
.333
Category Total Game
Points
9 Omaha (11/22/16)
Rebounds
6 Four Times, most recent
6 San Jose State (12/9/16)
Assists
8 Virginia Tech (12/1/16)
Steals
3 Creighton (12/18/16)
3 Colorado State (11/17/16)
Blocks
0 None
FGA
6 Maryland (1/4/17)
FGM
3 Omaha (11/22/16)
FTA
2 Nine Times, most recent
Colorado State (11/17/16)
FTM
2 Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
2 Fresno State (3/22/14)
3-PT FGA
5 Maryland (1/4/17)
5 Missouri (11/14/16)
3-PT FGM
3 Omaha (11/22/16)
In 2010-11, Ramacieri started all 26 games for the
Blues and averaged 16.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3
assists and 2.2 steals per game.
Ramacieri played on bronze medal-winning teams
for Quebec at the 2011 Canadian U-17 Championships
and the 2008 Canadian U-15 Championships.
Ramacieri is the fourth Canadian to compete for
the Huskers in women’s basketball, following 2012
Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry (2004-07), Kaitlyn
Burke (2008-12) and Harleen Sidhu (2009-12).
PERSONAL
The daughter of Giuseppe Ramacieri and MarieHerta Celestin Ramacieri, Esther was born March 4,
1994, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Esther is the
youngest of four children, with sisters Cynthia (37)
and Julia (34) along with one brother, Pascal (31).
Esther is majoring in marketing and earned spots
on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the
spring of 2014 and the fall of 2015. Ramacieri is also
a standout in the community, claiming a prestigious
Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award
in 2015. She is a three-time member of the Tom
Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016).
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-1 11/12 16 2-4
.500 2-4
#25 Missouri
2-211/1421 1-5 .200 1-5
Colorado State 3-311/1715 0-1 .000 0-1
Omaha
4-411/2225 3-4 .750 3-4
vs. Washington State
5-511/2513 0-2 .000 0-1
vs. Virginia
6-611/2617 1-3 .333 0-1
at Virginia Tech 7-712/1 26 2-4 .500 1-2
California
8-812/4 30 1-4 .250 0-0
Drake
9-9 12/6 21 0-2
.000 0-2
San Jose State 10-10
12/9 21 2-5 .400 1-3
at Creighton
11-11
12/1821 2-4 .500 0-1
#1 UConn
12-12 12/21 21 1-3
.333 1-3
#3 Maryland* 13-12
1/4 13 1-6 .167 0-5
at Michigan State*14-12
1/7 10 0-1 .000 0-1
Rutgers*
15-12
1/10 9 0-1 .000 0-1
at Illinois*
16-12
1/15 10 1-2 .500 1-2
at Penn State* 17-12
1/19 10 1-1 1.0000-0
Michigan*
18-12
1/22 13 1-2 .500 1-2
Totals
18-12
312 19-54 .352 11-38
ESTHER RAMACIERI career statistics
Year
G-GS
2013-14 17-0
2014-15 17-1
2015-16 18-3
2016-17 18-12
Career 70-16
RAMACIERI’S CAREER BESTS
3P-3PA
0-3
0-2
3-6
11-38
14-49
Pct.
.000
.000
.500
.289
.286
FT-FTA
4-6
1-2
2-6
4-7
11-21
Pct.
.667
.500
.333
.571
.524
Pct. FT-FTA
.500 0-0
.2001-2
.0001-2
.7500-0
.0000-0
.0001-1
.5000-0
.0000-0
.000 0-0
.3330-0
.0000-0
.333 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.5001-2
.0000-0
.5000-0
.289 4-7
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 0 0 0 0.0 2-0
.500022 1.01-0
.500022 1.31-0
.000033 1.81-0
.000112 1.80-0
1.000
101 1.73-0
.000000 1.44-0
.000246 2.01-0
.000 0 3 3 2.1 2-0
.000246 2.54-0
.000000 2.32-0
.000 0 1 1 2.2 2-0
.000101 2.10-0
.000011 2.01-0
.000000 1.93-0
.500000 1.80-0
.000011 1.73-0
.000033 1.82-0
.571 7 25 32 1.8 32-0
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
2-6
8-0.5
2-7
9-0.5
2-27
29-1.6
7-25
32-1.8
13-65
78-1.1
PF-D
5-0
4-0
12-0
32-0
53-0
A
1
1
16
44
62
TO
2
4
11
28
45
Blk
0
0
0
0
0
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
2 1 0 0 6 6.0
20 0 14 5.0
01 0 31 3.7
32 0 29 5.0
31 0 00 4.0
12 0 23 3.8
82 0 05 4.0
66 0 12 3.8
6 2 0 0 0 3.3
31 0 05 3.5
12 0 34 3.5
3 4 0 0 3 3.5
10 0 02 3.4
10 0 00 3.1
21 0 00 2.9
01 0 14 3.0
02 0 02 2.9
20 0 03 2.9
44 28 0 13 53 2.9
ST
0
0
6
13
19
Pts-Avg.
4-0.2
1-0.1
17-0.9
53-2.9
75-1.1
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EMILY WOOD
12
5-5 Junior Guard Salina, Kansas (Salina Central)
seven points on 2-of-2 shooting to go along with a
career-high-tying two steals in a win over San Jose
State on Dec. 9.
She got two steals to set a career high in the
season-opening win over UTRGV on Nov. 12, while
also matching her career best with three boards
against
the Vaqueros.
WOOD’S CAREER BESTS
Category Total Game
Points
8 Virginia Tech (12/1/16)
Rebounds
3 Three Times, most recent
3 Virginia (11/26/16)
Assists
5 Evansville (12/8/15)
Steals
2 San Jose State (12/9/16)
2 UTRGV (11/12/16)
Blocks
2 Indiana (2/24/16)
FGA
5 Virginia Tech (12/1/16)
FGM
3 Virginia Tech (12/1/15)
FTA
3 San Jose State (12/9/16)
FTM
2 Four Times, most recent
2 San Jose State (12/9/16)
3-PT FGA
4 Virginia (11/26/16)
4 Missouri (11/14/16)
3-PT FGM
2 Virginia Tech (12/1/16)
2 North Florida (11/16/15)
NEBRASKA CAREER
FIVE FACTS ABOUT EMILY
1. Emily has several notebooks full of quotes that
she has collected since fifth grade.
2. A few of Emily’s favorite books she’s read
recently are Fearless by Eric Blehm, The Insanity
of God by Nik Ripken, and The Heart and the
Fist by Eric Greitens.
3. Emily’s favorite adventures in Australia included
Scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef and
eating kangaroo.
4. As part of the No Filter group, Emily spent a
week in one of the poorest communities in the
Dominican Republic building a basketball court,
painting a mural, and building relationships
with the locals. She considers it one of the most
life-changing weeks she’s ever had.
5. In her free time, she loves being active and
playing other sports with family and friends.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Nebraska Teammate Award (2016)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2016)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2014, 2015; Spring 2015, 2016)
• Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2016)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016)
• Nebraska Athletic Department Service Trip Abroad
to Dominican Republic (2016)
• NCAA Career in Sports Forum (2015)
• First-Team Kansas Class 5A (Sports in Kansas, 2014)
• Kansas Class 5A All-Tournament Team (2014)
• Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star (2014)
• Second-Team Kansas Class 5A (Wichita Eagle, 2012, 2014)
JUNIOR (2016-17)
Emily Wood brings energy, enthusiasm,
toughness and intelligence to the court each day.
Originally a walk-on, Wood earned a scholarship and
emerged as a leader on and off the court.
Wood has been solid as a junior, contributing
1.9 points and 0.7 rebounds per game. She has hit
10 threes and is shooting 80 percent (4-5) at the free
throw line. She also has dished out 11 assists and
already owns a career season-best five steals.
Wood produced a career-high eight points at
Virginia Tech on Dec. 1. She scored all eight during
a 23-4 first-half surge that helped the Huskers build
a 16-point second-quarter lead. She added two
rebounds and a assist against the Hokies. She added
Wood averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds
while producing a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover (12-4) as
a sophomore. She had the best performance of her
career with six points on the first two three-pointers
of her career in a win over North Florida on Nov. 16.
She added the first assist and steal of her career to go
along with two rebounds.
She had a strong effort with three points and
career highs of three rebounds and five assists with
no turnovers in a win over Evansville on Dec. 8, 2015.
Wood closed her sophomore season with three
points, two rebounds and an assist in 11 minutes
against Northern Iowa in the WNIT March 17, 2016.
She also had three points, two rebounds, three
assists and the first two blocked shots of her career in
a career-high 25 minutes against Indiana Feb. 24.
Wood played in 10 games as a true freshman
for the Huskers. She appeared in five of Nebraska’s
non-conference games, three Big Ten regular-season
contests and both of NU’s games in the Big Ten
Tournament. She saw her most meaningful action in
NU’s win over Bakersfield Dec. 13, when she scored
her only points of the season on a reverse layup to
end an eight-minute, first-half scoreless drought.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Wood scored 1,103 career points while knocking
down a school-record 223 three-pointers at Salina
Central High School. Her 401 points as a senior in
2013-14 were also a school record. She averaged 16.0
points and hit a school season record 91 threes. She
hit 42.1 percent of her threes and 86.2 percent of her
free throws as a senior. Wood was a first-team Class
5A all-state pick by Sports in Kansas magazine, while
EMILY WOOD career statistics
Year
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
Career
G-GS
10-0
21-0
22-0
53-0
Min
29
127
201
357
FG-FGA
1-6
9-20
14-36
24-62
Pct.
.167
.450
.389
.387
KansasPreps chose her as the Class 5A Senior of the
Year. She was also a first-team Ark Valley-Chisholm
Trail League (AVCTL) Division I pick, leading the team
to a school-record 23-2 mark and a Kansas Class 5A
state runner-up finish.
PERSONAL
Emily is the daughter of Brian and Julie Wood.
She was born in Salina, Kan., Oct. 17, 1995, and has
two younger sisters, Lindsey and Lauren. Emily is a
management major and was a Big Ten Distinguished
Scholar while earning academic All-Big Ten accolades
in 2016. She is a four-time member of the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. A two-time member of
the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team, she claimed a
Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award
in 2016. She was one of 20 student-athletes across
all sports to take part in the Nebraska Athletic
Department’s Service Trip Abroad to the Dominican
Republic in May of 2016.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-0 11/12 14 1-3
.333 1-3
#25 Missouri
2-011/1417 1-4 .250 1-4
Colorado State 3-011/174 0-0 .000 0-0
Omaha
4-011/224 0-0 .000 0-0
vs. Washington State
5-011/259 1-3 .333 0-2
vs. Virginia
6-011/2614 1-4 .250 1-4
at Virginia Tech 7-012/1 19 3-5 .600 2-3
California
8-012/4 1 0-0 .000 0-0
Drake
9-0 12/6 6
0-1
.000 0-1
San Jose State 10-012/9 15 2-2 1.0001-1
at Creighton
11-012/1815 1-1 1.0001-1
#1 UConn
12-0 12/21 3
0-0
.000 0-0
Northwestern* 13-012/284 1-2 .500 1-2
at Iowa*
14-012/319 0-1 .000 0-1
#3 Maryland* 15-01/4 5 1-2 .500 0-1
at Michigan State*16-01/7 3 0-0 .000 0-0
Rutgers*
17-01/10 7 0-0 .000 0-0
at Illinois*
18-01/15 7 0-1 .000 0-1
at Penn State* 19-01/19 6 0-1 .000 0-1
Michigan*
20-01/22 14 1-2 .500 1-2
at Purdue*
21-01/26 12 1-2 .500 1-2
at #15 Ohio State* 22-0 1/29 13 0-2
.000 0-2
Totals
22-0
201 14-36 .389 10-31
3P-3PA
0-5
8-18
10-31
18-54
Pct.
.000
.444
.323
.333
FT-FTA
0-1
4-4
4-5
8-10
Pct.
.000
1.000
.800
.800
Pct. FT-FTA
.333 0-0
.2500-0
.0002-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.2500-0
.6670-0
.0000-0
.000 0-0
1.000
2-3
1.000
0-0
.000 0-0
.5000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.5000-0
.5000-0
.000 0-0
.323 4-5
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
0-5
5-0.5
3-13
16-0.8
6-10
16-0.7
9-28
37-0.7
27
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PF-D
1-0
14-0
16-0
31-0
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 1 2 3 3.0 2-0
.000000 1.50-0
1.000
101 1.30-0
.000101 1.30-0
.000000 1.00-0
.000213 1.32-0
.000022 1.43-0
.000011 1.41-0
.000 0 0 0 1.2 1-0
.667011 1.20-0
.000011 1.20-0
.000 0 0 0 1.1 0-0
.000000 1.00-0
.000000 0.91-0
.000022 1.00-0
.000000 0.90-0
.000000 0.90-0
.000000 0.80-0
.000000 0.83-0
.000000 0.81-0
.000000 0.72-0
.000 1 0 1 0.7 1-0
.800 6 10 16 0.7 16-0
A
0
12
11
23
TO
0
4
7
11
Blk
0
2
0
2
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
2 0 0 2 3 3.0
00 0 03 3.0
00 0 02 2.7
00 0 00 2.0
00 0 02 2.0
10 0 03 2.2
11 0 08 3.0
01 0 00 2.6
0 0 0 0 0 2.3
11 0 27 2.8
20 0 03 2.8
0 1 0 0 0 2.6
00 0 03 2.6
00 0 00 2.4
00 0 02 2.4
10 0 00 2.3
10 0 00 2.1
01 0 00 2.0
01 0 00 1.9
01 0 13 2.0
10 0 03 2.0
1 0 0 0 0 1.9
11 7 0 5 42 1.9
ST
0
3
5
8
Pts-Avg.
2-0.2
30-1.4
42-1.9
74-1.4
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
GRACE MITCHELL
6-2 Freshman Forward/Guard Wellington, Kansas (Wellington)
Point Shootout on Nov. 25. She notched a career-high
four rebounds against California on Dec. 4.
Mitchell managed two points and two rebounds
in each of Nebraska’s wins over Colorado State (Nov.
17) and UTRGV (Nov. 12). She added the first blocked
shot of her career in the NU’s loss to No. 25 Missouri
on Nov. 14.
MITCHELL’S CAREER BESTS
Category Total Game
Points
7 Drake (12/6/16)
Rebounds
4 San Jose State (12/9/16)
4 California (12/1/16)
Assists
2 Michigan State (1/7/17)
Steals
2 Illinois (1/15/17)
2 Drake (12/6/16)
Blocks
1 Maryland (1/4/17)
1 Missouri (11/14/16)
FGA
9 Drake (12/6/16)
FGM
3 Drake (12/6/16)
FTA
2 California (12/4/16)
2 Washington State (11/25/16)
FTM
2 Washington State (11/25/16)
3-PT FGA
1 Eight Times, most recent
1 Illinois (1/15/17)
3-PT FGM
1 Three Times, most recent
1 Maryland (1/4/17)
BEFORE NEBRASKA
FIVE FACTS ABOUT GRACE
1. Grace loves dogs and has a toy Golden Retriever.
2. She likes to watch movies in her free time.
3. She can never have too many shoes.
4. Grace’s stress reliever is shooting in the gym
by herself.
5. She knows how to do card tricks.
HONORS & AWARDS
• No. 51 Wing in the Nation (ESPN, 2015)
• Kansas Player of the Year (USA Today HS Sports, 2016)
• Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year (2016)
• First-Team Kansas Class 4A All-State (KBCA, 2016)
• Second-Team Kansas Class 6A All-State (2015)
• Honorable-Mention Kansas Class 6A All-State (2014)
• Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League MVP (2016)
• First-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League
(2015, 2016)
• Second-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm
Trail League (2014)
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
The No. 51 ranked wing player in the nation
according to ESPN, Grace Mitchell brings a long-range
shooting threat and a big frame to the Huskers in
2016-17. The 6-2 forward/guard from Wellington,
Kan., was the Kansas Player of the Year by USA Today
High School Sports and the Kansas Class 4A Player of
the Year in 2016. She earned first-team KBCA Class 4A
all-state honors as a senior at Wellington High School
in 2016.
Mitchell has focused on the forward spot as a
freshman, averaging 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds in
10.4 minutes per game in support of starters Jessica
Shepard and Allie Havers.
She produced a career-high seven-point effort
against Drake on Dec. 6, when she hit her first career
three-pointer and added her first career steals. She
scored five points to spark a 15-5 surge for the Big
Red against the Bulldogs to help send the Huskers to
halftime with a 33-32 lead.
Mitchell added five points on a perfect shooting
night, including a three-pointer against No. 1 UConn
on Dec. 21. She added three rebounds against the
Huskies. She contributed five points, including a
three-pointer, against No. 3 Maryland, She added two
rebounds, a block and a steal.
She scored four points with a perfect shooting
performance against Washington State at the South
Mitchell was the No. 51 wing in the nation as a
high school senior, according to ESPN. As a senior at
Wellington High School, Mitchell set a school singleseason scoring record with 533 points on her way
to Kansas Class 4A Player-of-the-Year honors. She
averaged 21.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in
her only season at Wellington. She helped the Lady
Crusaders to a 24-1 record and a third-place finish at
the Class 4A state tournament. As a senior, she hit 48
percent of her three-pointers.
A first-team All-Kansas selection, she was the
MVP of the Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League in 2016.
A three-time AVCTL Division I pick, earning first-team
honors as a junior and senior and a second-team
award as a sophomore, Mitchell was a second-team
Kansas Class 6A all-state selection at Derby High
School in 2015 by both the KBCA and the Wichita
Eagle. She was a KBCA honorable-mention all-state
choice as a sophomore in 2014.
She led the AVCTL in scoring with 17.6 points
and 6.3 rebounds per game as a junior at Derby High
School in 2014-15. She played for Coach Gayla Soyez
at Next Level Hoops Academy in Wichita.
As a junior, Mitchell was a second-team KBCA
Class 6A all-state selection at Derby High School. An
GRACE MITCHELL career statistics
Year
2016-17
Career
G-GS
22-0
22-0
Min
229
229
FG-FGA Pct.
15-36 .417
15-36 .417
emerging talent, Mitchell did not not compete in
summer club until 2014-15.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Jud Mitchell and Cathy Mitchell,
Grace was born April 2, 1998, in Wichita, Kan. Grace
has two older sisters, Sarah Jeanne (24), and Elizabeth
(21). Grace is majoring in pre-health at Nebraska. She
is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Grace chose Nebraska over 12 other Division I
scholarship offers.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-0 11/12 11 1-3
.333 0-0
#25 Missouri
2-011/147 0-1 .000 0-1
Colorado State 3-011/173 1-2 .500 0-0
Omaha
4-011/227 0-1 .000 0-1
vs. Washington State
5-011/258 1-1 1.0000-0
vs. Virginia
6-011/267 1-2 .500 0-1
at Virginia Tech 7-012/1 10 0-0 .000 0-0
California
8-012/4 11 0-0 .000 0-0
Drake
9-0 12/6 16 3-9
.333 1-1
San Jose State 10-012/9 17 0-1 .000 0-0
at Creighton
11-012/1811 1-2 .500 0-0
#1 UConn
12-0 12/21 16 2-2
1.000 1-1
Northwestern* 13-012/283 0-1 .000 0-1
at Iowa*
14-012/313 1-1 1.0000-0
#3 Maryland* 15-01/4 16 2-3 .667 1-1
at Michigan State*16-01/7 9 0-0 .000 0-0
Rutgers*
17-01/10 4 0-0 .000 0-0
at Illinois*
18-01/15 22 0-2 .000 0-1
at Penn State* 19-01/19 6 0-0 .000 0-0
Michigan*
20-01/22 6 0-0 .000 0-0
at Purdue*
21-01/26 19 1-3 .333 0-0
at #15 Ohio State* 22-0 1/29 17 1-2
.500 0-0
Totals
22-0
229 15-36 .417 3-8
3P-3PA Pct.
3-8 .375
3-8 .375
FT-FTA Pct.
5-7 .714
5-7 .714
Pct. FT-FTA
.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-1
.0000-0
.0002-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0001-2
1.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
1.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
1.000
0-0
.0000-0
.0002-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.000 0-0
.375 5-7
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 1 1 2 2.0 3-0
.000011 1.50-0
.000202 1.71-0
.000022 1.81-0
1.000
000 1.41-0
.000101 1.30-0
.000000 1.11-0
.500134 1.51-0
.000 0 1 1 1.4 3-0
.000224 1.70-0
.000123 1.80-0
.000 1 2 3 1.9 1-0
.000000 1.80-0
.000000 1.61-0
.000202 1.70-0
.000101 1.63-0
1.000
202 1.60-0
.000033 1.72-0
.000000 1.64-0
.000022 1.70-0
.000123 1.72-0
.000 0 1 1 1.7 2-0
.714 15 22 37 1.7 26-0
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
15-22
37-1.7
15-22
37-1.7
14
PF-D
26-0
26-0
A
6
6
TO
20
20
Blk
2
2
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
0 0 0 0 2 2.0
00 1 00 1.0
01 0 02 1.3
00 0 00 1.0
01 0 04 1.6
02 0 02 1.7
10 0 00 1.4
00 0 01 1.4
0 0 0 2 7 2.0
05 0 00 1.8
00 0 02 1.8
0 1 0 0 5 2.1
01 0 00 1.9
00 0 02 1.9
02 1 15 2.1
21 0 00 2.0
00 0 02 2.0
12 0 20 1.9
00 0 00 1.8
00 0 00 1.7
13 0 02 1.7
1 1 0 0 2 1.7
6 20 2 5 38 1.7
ST
5
5
Pts-Avg.
38-1.7
38-1.7
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ALLIE HAVERS
22
6-5 Senior Center Mattawan, Michigan (Mattawan)
FIVE FACTS ABOUT ALLIE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Allie is deathly afraid of spiders.
She likes elderly people.
Pizza rolls are her favorite snack.
The refrigerator is her best friend.
She likes to play beach volleyball in her free time.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016)
• Nebraska Kathy Branchaud Most Improved
Rebounder Award (2016)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2013, 2014; Spring 2014, 2015)
• Finalist for Michigan Miss Basketball (2013)
• First-Team Michigan Class A All-State (2012, 2013)
• Under Armour All-American (Volleyball, HM, 2012)
• First-Team Michigan Class A All-State (Volleyball, 2012)
• First-Team Michigan Class A All-State (Softball, 2012, 2013)
SENIOR (2016-17)
Allie Havers (pronounced HAY-vers) is a leader
inside for the Huskers as a senior in 2016-17. She
is averaging 6.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 25.4
minutes per game. She produced her fourth doublefigure scoring effort of the year with 10 points against
Michigan (Jan. 22). She had 12 points at Iowa (Dec.
31) and a season-high 14 points against Drake (Dec.
6), and opened the season with 10 points in a win
over UTRGV (Nov. 12).
Havers owns a pair of double-figure rebound
games with a season-high 11 in a win over Omaha
(Nov. 22) and 10 at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1).
Havers had a season-high 14 points against Drake
for her second double-figure scoring effort of the
season. She added nine points and a season-high 11
rebounds in a win over Omaha. She tied a career high
with five assists in a win over Colorado State Nov. 17.
NEBRASKA CAREER
Havers moved into a starting role for the Huskers
midway through her junior season. She started 21 of
Nebraska’s final 22 games after playing as NU’s first
post off the bench for the first 74 games of her career.
She averaged 8.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and
1.0 block in 24.6 minutes per game.
Havers finished with four double-doubles on
the year, including 13 points and 10 rebounds in the
regular-season finale victory over Northwestern on
Feb. 28. She added 16 points and 10 boards in a loss
to Rutgers in the Big Ten Touranment on March 3. She
also had 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench
against Indiana on Feb. 24.
She closed her junior year with 10 points, seven
rebounds and two assists against Northern Iowa in
the WNIT March 17. She produced double figures 11
times, including each of the last five games, when she
averaged 13.0 points and 6.8 boards.
She had 15 points, eight rebounds and a careerhigh five assists at Michigan Jan. 24, before adding
a double-double with 11 points and a career-high
14 rebounds against Wisconsin Jan. 27. She had 10
points, eight rebounds and four assists at Penn State
Jan. 13. She added eight points, four rebounds a
block, a steal and a key deflection on the game’s final
play to help secure a 62-61 win at Purdue Jan. 20.
Havers had her first double-double with 14 points
and 12 rebounds against Evansville Dec. 8. She added
a career-high 18 points at No. 22 California Dec. 12.
As a sophomore in 2014-15, Havers averaged 4.9
points and 3.0 rebounds while playing all 32 games.
She scored in double figures five times, including a
season-high 13 points in NU’s second-round win over
Illinois at the 2015 Big Ten Tournament on March 5.
As a freshman in 2013-14, Havers averaged 3.2
points and 2.6 rebounds while playing in all 33 games
for the Big Ten champion Huskers. She had her best
game in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal win over
No. 19 Michigan State on March 8. With All-American
Jordan Hooper in foul trouble, the third-seeded
Huskers held a 16-13 lead over the Big Ten regularseason co-champion Spartans. Havers helped ignite a
first-half surge to a 50-27 halftime lead. She finished
with a season-high 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting and a
5-for-5 effort at the line. She had a season-best three
assists and a career-high three blocks in 19 minutes.
Havers opened her career with 14 points and
three rebounds in a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013.
ALLIE HAVERS career statistics
Year
G-GS Min
2013-14 33-0 347
2014-15 32-0 472
2015-16 31-21 764
2016-17 22-22 558
Career 118-43 2,141
FG-FGA
40-90
64-154
112-223
60-151
276-618
Pct.
.444
.416
.502
.397
.447
HAVERS’ CAREER BESTS
Category Total Game
Points
18 California (12/12/15)
Rebounds
14 Wisconsin (1/27/16)
Assists
5 Colorado State (11/17/16)
5 Michigan (1/24/16)
Steals
2 Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
Blocks
3 Three Times, most recent
3 Indiana (2/7/16)
FGA
16 Minnesota (2/24/15)
FGM
9 California (12/12/15)
FTA
7 Three Times, most recent
Wisconsin (1/27/16)
FTM
6 UCLA (11/8/13)
3-PT FGA
4 UConn (12/21/16)
3-PT FGM
1 Three Times, most recent
1 UConn (12/21/16)
BEFORE NEBRASKA
Havers was two-time first-team Michigan Class A
center at Mattawan High School. She averaged 19.3
points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.3 blocks, 2.3 steals and 1.5
assists as a senior. She was rated the No. 76 player in
the nation by Blue Star. Havers was a first-team Class
A Michigan all-stater in volleyball as a senior in 2012,
when she was also an honorable-mention Under
Armour All-American. She was a first-team all-state
shortstop/pitcher as a junior and senior in softball,
leading Mattawan to the 2013 state title.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Mike and Jullie Havers, Allie was
born Nov. 16, 1994. She has two sisters, Caralee and
Reilly, and a brother, Ty. Allie is majoring in psychology
and earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2015 and
2016. Havers is a four-time member of the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, and a three-time Tom
Osborne Citizenship Team selection.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-1 11/12 27 3-9
.333 1-3
#25 Missouri
2-211/1432 0-8 .000 0-2
Colorado State 3-311/1731 1-8 .125 0-2
Omaha
4-411/2230 3-5 .600 0-1
vs. Washington State
5-511/2528 1-4 .250 0-0
vs. Virginia
6-611/2624 2-4 .500 0-0
at Virginia Tech 7-712/1 25 1-2 .500 0-0
California
8-812/4 30 4-11 .364 1-2
Drake
9-9 12/6 27 6-9
.667 0-0
San Jose State 10-10
12/9 22 4-9 .444 0-1
at Creighton
11-11
12/1820 2-3 .667 0-0
#1 UConn
12-12 12/21 24 3-12
.250 1-4
Northwestern* 13-13
12/2829 3-6 .500 0-0
at Iowa*
14-14
12/3128 6-12 .500 0-0
#3 Maryland* 15-15
1/4 22 4-8 .500 0-0
at Michigan State*16-16
1/7 28 3-10 .300 0-1
Rutgers*
17-17
1/10 28 1-5 .200 0-0
at Illinois*
18-18
1/15 21 2-7 .286 0-0
at Penn State* 19-19
1/19 22 1-2 .500 0-0
Michigan*
20-20
1/22 21 5-7 .714 0-1
at Purdue*
21-21
1/26 20 3-5 .600 0-0
at #15 Ohio State* 22-22 1/29 19 2-5
.400 0-1
Totals
22-22
558 60-151 .397 3-18
3P-3PA
0-3
0-3
0-0
3-18
3-24
Pct.
FT-FTA
.000
26-34
.000
28-38
.000
33-46
.167
17-28
.125 104-146
Pct.
.765
.737
.717
.607
.712
Pct. FT-FTA
.333 3-5
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0003-4
.0000-0
.0001-2
.0002-2
.5000-0
.000 2-5
.0000-0
.0002-2
.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0001-2
.0001-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-2
.0002-2
.000 0-0
.167 17-28
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.600 4 3 7 7.0 1-0
.000246 6.53-0
.000268 7.03-0
.75029118.02-0
.000134 7.24-0
.500123 6.51-0
1.000
28107.02-0
.000011 6.32-0
.400 1 0 1 5.7 3-0
.000134 5.53-0
1.000
246 5.52-0
.000 2 3 5 5.5 2-0
.000257 5.62-0
.000527 5.74-0
.000224 5.63-0
.500235 5.65-1
.500358 5.73-0
.000022 5.52-0
.000358 5.62-0
.000022 5.52-0
1.000
055 5.44-0
.000 1 2 3 5.3 3-0
.607 38 79 117 5.3 58-1
Off-Def
17-68
31-66
29-176
38-79
115-389
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Tot-Avg. PF-D
85-2.6 45-0
97-3.0 51-0
205-6.6 79-2
117-5.3 58-1
504-4.3 235-3
A
11
10
34
27
82
TO
34
34
52
39
159
Blk
9
12
32
12
65
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
0 1 0 1 10 10.0
01 2 10 5.0
51 0 02 4.0
13 2 19 5.3
01 1 12 4.6
10 1 15 4.7
21 0 04 4.6
11 2 09 5.1
1 2 0 1 14 6.1
21 1 08 6.3
04 0 06 6.3
1 3 0 1 7 6.3
13 0 16 6.3
01 0 0126.7
01 1 18 6.8
12 0 07 6.8
31 0 03 6.6
12 1 04 6.4
21 0 02 6.2
34 0 0106.4
14 0 18 6.5
1 1 1 0 4 6.4
27 39 12 10 140 6.4
ST
8
9
11
10
38
Pts-Avg.
106-3.2
156-4.9
257-8.3
140-6.4
659-5.6
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MADDIE SIMON
24
6-2 Sophomore Guard Lincoln, Nebraska (Pius X)
with 16 points and seven rebounds in a win over
Northwestern on Feb. 28. She added nine points, four
rebounds and two assists against Rutgers in the Big
Ten Tournament March 3.
Simon was a significant contributor for the
Huskers through the first seven games, before
breaking her left arm in a non-basketball fall on Dec.
7. She returned to action at No. 8 Maryland Jan. 7,
scoring nine points off the bench.
Simon produced a strong 10-point, three-assist
effort in NU’s run past NC State on Dec. 3. That
followed 11 points against Southern Nov. 23. She
scored eight points in NU’s win over North Carolina
Central Nov. 21. Simon added seven points in seven
minutes on her birthday at Indiana on Feb. 7. She had
five points, three rebounds, a career-high four assists
and her first steal against North Florida Nov. 16. She
added four assists against Indiana on Feb. 24.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Maddie was born and raised in Lincoln, Neb.
She always wanted to play for Nebraska.
Maddie’s favorite color is yellow.
She considers herself to be a terrible dancer
and singer.
5. Maddie’s favorite food/snack is Swedish Fish.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Husker Award (2016)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2016)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016)
• Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2015)
• Two-Time First-Team Super-State
(Lincoln Journal Star, 2014, 2015)
• Two-Time First-Team All-Nebraska
(Omaha World-Herald, 2014, 2015)
• No. 149 Player in Nation (Blue Star, 2015)
• No. 22 Guard in Nation (ESPN, 2015)
SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
After being challenged by injuries as a freshman,
6-2 sophomore Maddie Simon is providing consistent
contributions with 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per
game. She scored a season-high 11 points to go along
with four rebounds and two steals against California
Dec. 4. She added her second double-figure scoring
effort of the season with 10 points at Michigan State
Jan. 7. Simon had nine points and tied career highs
with three three-pointers and seven rebounds at
No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29). She had six points and
tied her career high with seven boards in a win over
UTRGV (Nov. 12).
She scored eight points and snagged a careerhigh three steals against Virginia (Nov. 26). She had
six points, three rebounds, two assists and a block
against Drake (Dec. 6). She added six points and four
rebounds against No. 3 Maryland (Jan. 4).
Simon averaged 5.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0
assist while playing in 21 games with five starts as a
freshman in 2015-16. Simon, who suffered a broken
arm in a non-basketball fall in December, also missed
Nebraska’s Postseason WNIT game against Northern
Iowa with an ankle sprain.
Simon earned starts in four straight games late
in the season in place of injured senior Kyndal Clark.
She averaged 7.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and and 2.0
assists in those four starts. Simon had a career game
A two-time first-team All-Nebraska and SuperState pick, Simon capped her high school career as
the Gatorade Player of the Year. She averaged 18.1
points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists to lead Lincoln
Pius X and Coach Bill Rice to the Class B state title.
As a junior, Simon averaged 19.8 points and 7.0
rebounds to help Pius X to a Class B runner-up finish.
Her top game came with 35 points and 13 rebounds
against Omaha Gross. She was a second-team Class A
all-stater as a sophomore, averaging 16.3 points, 4.8
rebounds and 2.2 assists in 2012-13.
Simon played her club basketball for the Nebraska
Lasers and Coach Allen Simpson. She averaged 20
points, eight rebounds and three assists for the club.
A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon was a
four-year track letterwinner who gold medals in the
100- and 300-meter hurdles at the 2015 Nebraska
State Track and Field Championships. She was the
Class A runner-up in both events as a junior in 2014.
She also finished third in the 100, while adding a
runner-up finish in the 300 in 2013. She was also a
member of Pius X’s All-Class gold medal-winning
G-GS
21-5
22-0
43-5
Min
299
276
575
FG-FGA
37-90
30-100
67-190
Pct.
.411
.300
.353
4x400 relay in 2013 and qualified for the state golf
tournament in 2013.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Doug and Nicole (Ali) Simon,
Maddie was born Feb. 7, 1997, in Lincoln, Neb.
Maddie has two older brothers, Bennett and Zach,
who both graduated from the University of Nebraska.
Maddie’s mother was a hurdler for Coach Gary
Pepin’s 1983 and 1984 national championship track
and field teams at Nebraska. Nicole also owns the
distinction of being the first female track and field
CoSIDA Academic All-American at Nebraska.
Maddie is a pre-health major and earned a spot
on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the
spring of 2016. She was also a member of the 2016
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
Maddie is the niece of University of Maryland
men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-0 11/12 18 2-5
.400 0-1
#25 Missouri
2-011/1411 2-9 .222 2-5
Colorado State 3-011/1711 1-5 .200 1-3
Omaha
4-011/226 0-5 .000 0-2
vs. Washington State
5-011/2513 3-4 .750 1-1
vs. Virginia
6-011/2618 2-6 .333 1-3
at Virginia Tech 7-012/1 2 0-1 .000 0-1
California
8-012/4 19 3-6 .500 2-3
Drake
9-0 12/6 11 2-4
.500 2-2
San Jose State 10-012/9 4 1-2 .500 0-0
at Creighton
11-012/1813 2-4 .500 0-2
#1 UConn
12-0 12/21 20 1-6
.167 0-4
Northwestern* 13-012/2811 0-2 .000 0-1
at Iowa*
14-012/3112 0-3 .000 0-2
#3 Maryland* 15-01/4 13 3-6 .500 0-2
at Michigan State*16-01/7 17 3-6 .500 2-4
Rutgers*
17-01/10 12 0-3 .000 0-2
at Illinois*
18-01/15 5 1-4 .250 1-3
at Penn State* 19-01/19 13 1-5 .200 1-1
Michigan*
20-01/22 12 0-4 .000 0-2
at Purdue*
21-01/26 17 0-3 .000 0-3
at #15 Ohio State* 22-0 1/29 18 3-7
.429 3-6
Totals
22-0
276 30-100 .300 16-53
MADDIE SIMON career statistics
Year
2015-16
2016-17
Career
Category Total Game
Points
16 Northwestern (2/28/16)
Rebounds
7 Three Times, most recent
7 Ohio State (1/29/17)
Assists
4 Indiana (2/24/16)
4 North Florida (11/16/15)
Steals
3 Virginia (11/26/16)
Blocks
2 UConn (12/21/16)
FGA
9 Four Times, most recent
9 Missouri (11/14/16)
FGM
5 Northwestern (2/28/16)
FTA
5 Penn State (1/19/17)
5 California (12/4/16)
FTM
4 Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15)
3-PT FGA
6 Ohio State (1/29/17)
6 Northwestern (2/28/16)
3-PT FGM
3 Ohio State (1/29/17)
3 Northwestern (2/28/16)
BEFORE NEBRASKA
FIVE FACTS ABOUT MADDIE
NEBRASKA CAREER
SIMON’S CAREER BESTS
3P-3PA Pct.
12-35 .343
16-53 .302
28-88 .318
FT-FTA Pct.
19-26 .731
16-31 .516
35-57 .614
Pct. FT-FTA
.000 2-4
.4000-0
.3331-2
.0000-0
1.000
0-2
.3333-4
.0000-0
.6673-5
1.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-1
.000 0-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.5002-4
.0002-2
.3330-0
1.000
1-5
.0000-0
.0002-2
.500 0-0
.302 16-31
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
6-23
29-1.4
17-32
49-2.2
23-55
78-1.8
PF-D
17-0
30-0
47-0
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.500 0 7 7 7.0 3-0
.000123 5.00-0
.500112 4.02-0
.000134 4.00-0
.000000 3.20-0
.750022 3.03-0
.000011 2.70-0
.600314 2.90-0
.000 0 3 3 2.9 1-0
.000101 2.70-0
.000000 2.51-0
.000 2 2 4 2.6 4-0
.000000 2.40-0
.000000 2.22-0
.000044 2.32-0
.500202 2.33-0
1.000
011 2.21-0
.000000 2.11-0
.200213 2.21-0
.000101 2.11-0
1.000
000 2.02-0
.000 3 4 7 2.2 3-0
.516 17 32 49 2.2 30-0
A
22
14
36
TO
26
39
65
Blk
4
4
8
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
1 3 0 0 6 6.0
00 0 16 6.0
01 0 04 5.3
02 0 00 4.0
14 0 07 4.6
04 0 38 5.2
02 0 00 4.4
03 0 2115.3
2 2 1 0 6 5.3
01 0 02 5.0
02 0 04 4.9
1 1 2 0 2 4.7
00 0 00 4.3
21 0 00 4.0
03 0 06 4.1
11 1 1104.5
01 0 12 4.4
00 0 03 4.3
22 0 04 4.3
21 0 10 4.1
13 0 12 4.0
1 2 0 0 9 4.2
14 39 4 10 92 4.2
ST
1
10
11
Pts-Avg.
105-5.0
92-4.2
197-4.6
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JESSICA SHEPARD
6-4 Sophomore Forward Fremont, Nebraska (Fremont)
Shepard had 22 points and 11 rebounds at
Creighton (Dec. 18). It followed 28 points and 14
rebounds in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 9), and
a 23-point and season-high 16-rebound effort against
Drake (Dec. 6). She had 25 points and 14 boards at
Virginia Tech (Dec. 1), and 24 points and 13 rebounds
in a win over Colorado State (Nov. 17). She had 17
points and 15 boards in a win over UTRGV (Nov. 12).
FIVE FACTS ABOUT JESSICA
1. Jessica’s favorite color is red.
2. She is a huge collector of socks.
3. Jessica’s favorite foods are burritos and egg
rolls.
4. She likes to wakeboard.
5. Jessica enjoys watching Criminal Minds.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 (1 of 30, 2016)
• First-Team All-Big Ten (2016)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2016)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2016)
• USBWA National Freshman of the Week
(Dec. 22, 2015; Jan. 26, 2016)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 21, 2015; Jan. 25, 2016)
• 10-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Big Ten record)
(Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Dec. 7, Dec. 21, Dec. 28, 2015;
Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Jan. 25, Feb. 8, Feb. 15, 2016)
• First 30-Point, 20-Rebound Game in Nebraska History
(at Michigan, Jan. 24, 2016 - 35 points, 20 rebounds)
• Nebraska Freshman Record 35 Points
(vs. NAU, Dec. 19, 2015; at Michigan, Jan. 24, 2016)
• Nebraska Freshman Double-Doubles Record (10, 2016)
• Nebraska Freshman Points Record (574, 2016)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2015)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016)
• No. 1 High School Post Player in Nation (ESPN, 2014-15)
• No. 3 High School Player in Nation (ESPN, 2014-15)
• USA Basketball U18 National Team (2014)
• Parade All-American (First Team, 2015)
• Two-Time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2013, 2014)
SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
The 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and
the first Husker in history to earn first-team allconference honors as a freshman, Jessica Shepard
was a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice in 201617. Shepard is averaging 18.5 points and 10.2 boards
for the Huskers. She produced her 21st career doubledouble with 28 points, 13 rebounds and four assists
at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29). It was her 11th doubledouble this season, including her fifth in Big Ten play.
She had 20 points and 12 rebounds at Penn State
(Jan. 19), after going for 22 points and 11 rebounds
in a win over Rutgers (Jan. 10). She had 15 points and
12 rebounds at Michigan State (Jan. 7). She opened
Big Ten play with 17 points and 15 rebounds against
Northwestern (Dec. 28). She followed with a seasonhigh-tying 28 points at Iowa (Dec. 31) and added 25
points and nine boards at Illinois (Jan. 15).
BEFORE NEBRASKA
As a member of the USA Basketball U18 Team
Category
Points
Total Game
35 Michigan (1/24/16)
Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
Rebounds
20 Michigan (1/24/16)
Assists
6 Wisconsin (1/27/16)
Steals
4 Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
Blocks
3 NC State (12/3/15)
FGA
22 Five Times, most recent
22 Iowa (12/31/16)
FGM
13 Michigan (1/24/16)
13 North Florida (11/16/15)
FTA
20
Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
FTM
11
Northern Arizona (12/19/15)
3-PT FGA
6 Illinois (1/15/17)
3-PT FGM
2 Six Times, most recent
2 Illinois (1/15/17)
FG-FGA
228-447
153-369
381-816
Pct.
.510
.415
.467
at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championship, Shepard
averaged 12.6 points and 3.8 rebounds while helping
the team to a 5-0 record and a gold medal.
Shepard played just nine games as a senior at
Fremont High School before suffering a torn ACL on
Dec. 29, 2014. She averaged 33.0 points and 14.3
rebounds, including 132 points in four games at the
2014 Nike Tournament of Champions.
Shepard finished fourth in Nebraska high school
history with 2,227 career points, which was the Class
A (largest) record. She added 1,031 rebounds. She
averaged a Class A state record 30.4 points to go
along with 15.6 rebounds in 2013-14. She had four
40-point games, including a career-high 46.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Mark and Kim Shepard, Jessica
was born Sept. 11, 1996, in Fremont, Neb. She has
one older brother, Clayton, and four sisters, Taylor,
Samantha, Emma and Sarah. Jessica is a marketing
major and earned a spot on the Nebraska ScholarAthlete Honor Roll (Fall 2015). She was a member of
the 2016 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-1 11/12 23 6-15
.400 2-2
#25 Missouri
2-211/1429 4-17 .235 1-4
Colorado State 3-311/1732 9-22 .409 2-3
Omaha
4-411/2229 6-12 .500 2-4
vs. Washington State
5-511/2530 11-17 .647 1-2
vs. Virginia
6-611/2626 4-13 .308 1-3
at Virginia Tech
7-7 12/1 29 12-17 .706 1-1
California
8-812/4 26 3-14 .214 1-3
Drake
9-9 12/6 32 8-18
.444 1-3
San Jose State 10-10
12/9 27 12-21 .571 0-3
at Creighton
11-1112/18 30 7-21 .333 1-4
#1 UConn
12-12 12/21 30 1-13
.077 1-4
Northwestern* 13-1312/28 33 8-20 .400 0-4
at Iowa*
14-14
12/3132 11-22 .500 2-4
#3 Maryland* 15-15
1/4 26 4-17 .235 2-4
at Michigan State* 16-16 1/7
31 4-14
.286 0-2
Rutgers*
17-17
1/10 32 8-18 .444 1-2
at Illinois*
18-18
1/15 29 7-17 .412 2-6
at Penn State*
19-19 1/19 30 7-17
.412 1-1
Michigan*
20-20
1/22 28 2-8 .250 0-1
at Purdue*
21-21
1/26 33 8-15 .533 0-1
at #15 Ohio State* 22-22 1/29 33 11-21 .524 1-5
Totals
22-22
651 153-369 .415 23-66
JESSICA SHEPARD career statistics
Year
G-GS Min
2015-16 31-29 884
2016-17 22-22 651
Career 53-51 1,545
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SHEPARD’S CAREER BESTS
NEBRASKA CAREER
Shepard earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as
the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. She led the Huskers
with freshman school-record averages of 18.5 points
and 8.6 rebounds per game, despite her numbers
suffering in the postseason while playing limited
minutes with a stress reaction in her foot.
She set the Nebraska freshman record with 574
points, and finished second in NU history among
freshman with 266 rebounds. She also set a school
freshman record with 10 double-doubles.
Shepard claimed a conference record 10 Big
Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards. She was the
conference player of the week on Dec. 21 and Jan. 25.
She added USBWA National Freshman-of-the-Week
honors on Dec. 22 and Jan. 26.
Shepard had a freshman-record-tying 35 points
and a career-high 20 rebounds at Michigan Jan. 24. It
was the first 30-point, 20-rebound game in Nebraska
history. She scored 20 or more points 16 times.
She scored a Nebraska freshman record 35 points
and set a school record with 20 free throw attempts
against Northern Arizona Dec. 19. She had 29 points
and 19 rebounds against Illinois Jan. 10, and 29 points
and 10 boards at Penn State Jan. 13. She had 28 points
and eight rebounds in her Big Ten debut against Iowa
Dec. 31. She had 26 points to help the Huskers knock
off No. 17 Michigan State Feb. 14.
She opened her Husker career with 24 points and
13 rebounds against UAPB to become the first Husker
to produce 20 points and 10 rebounds in an opener.
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3P-3PA Pct.
FT-FTA Pct.
0-2 .000 118-203 .581
23-66 .348 79-135 .585
23-68 .338 197-338 .583
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
1.000 3-3
1.000 2 13 15 15.0 3-0
.2503-7 .429549 12.0
4-0
.6674-11 .364491312.3
1-0
.5003-5 .600549 11.5
5-1
.5002-8 .250369 11.0
2-0
.3333-4 .750044 9.80-0
1.000 0-2
.000 1 13 14 10.4 2-0
.3331-2 .500358 10.1
5-2
.333 6-10 .600 5 11 16 10.8 4-0
.0004-6 .667591411.1
0-0
.2507-10 .7001 101111.1
2-0
.250 0-0
.000 1 3 4 10.5 1-0
.0001-4 .2505 101510.8
2-0
.5004-5 .800268 10.6
2-0
.5002-4 .500235 10.3
3-0
.000 7-14 .500 0 12 12 10.4 4-0
.5005-7 .714381110.4
1-0
.3339-10 .900459 10.3
2-0
1.000 5-6
.833 2 10 12 10.4 5-3
.0000-0 .000156 10.2
4-0
.0005-9 .556088 10.1
4-0
.200 5-8
.625 0 13 13 10.2 2-0
.348 79-135 .585 54 171 225 10.2 58-3
Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D
A
96-203 266-8.6 65-1 59
54-171 225-10.2 58-3 41
150-374 491-9.3 123-4 100
TO
111
77
188
Blk
20
5
25
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
3 5 0 1 17 17.0
14 1 11214.5
13 0 12417.7
13 0 01717.5
04 0 02519.0
30 0 01217.8
1 8 0 0 25 18.9
33 0 0817.5
3 4 2 1 23 18.1
14 0 02819.1
3 1 0 02219.4
1 5 0 0 3 18.0
1 3 0 01717.9
22 1 02818.6
24 0 01218.2
4 3 0 0 15 18.0
32 0 32218.2
02 1 02518.6
1 3 0 1 20 18.7
13 0 0418.0
28 0 12118.1
4 3 0 0 28 18.5
41 77 5 9 408 18.5
ST Pts-Avg.
19 574-18.5
9 408-18.5
28 982-18.5
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
JASMINE CINCORE
34
5-10 Junior Guard Arlington, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian)
FIVE FACTS ABOUT JASMINE
1. Jasmine was born in New Orleans.
2. Going to the movies is one of her hobbies.
3. Her favorite food is shrimp.
4. Jasmine has always wanted a dachshund.
5. Her favorite color is purple.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2014, 2015; Spring 2015)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016)
• Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year (2013, 2014)
• First-Team All-Tennessee (USA Today, 2014)
• Tennessee Class 2-AA All-State (2013, 2014)
• Tennessee Class 2-AA West Region Player of the Year
(2013, 2014)
JUNIOR (2016-17)
Jasmine Cincore has solidified her place in
Nebraska’s starting lineup as a junior by averaging
6.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists. The 5-10
guard from Arlington, Tenn., produced a career-high
17-point performance at Michigan State (Jan. 7). She
added five rebounds and two assists at MSU.
She added a second straight double-figure scoring
effort with 12 points and a career-high-tying four
steals in a win over Rutgers (Jan. 10). Cincore notched
her third double-figure scoring game of the season
with 11 points at No. 15 Ohio State (Jan. 29).
She opened the season with nine points, two
rebounds and four assists in a win over UTRGV
(Nov. 12). She added nine points on 4-of-5 shooting
including a three-pointer in a win over Colorado State
(Nov. 17). She pitched in nine points, four rebounds,
four assists and two steals at Virginia Tech (Dec. 1).
Cincore added seven points, two assists, a steal and a
career-high four blocks against Drake (Dec. 6).
Cincore opened Big Ten play with eight points,
four rebounds and two assists against Northwestern
(Dec. 28). She contributed a career-high 11 rebounds
at Iowa (Dec. 31).
NEBRASKA CAREER
Cincore emerged throughout the season and
started in place of injured senior Rachel Theriot the
final five games and six times overall in 2015-16.
Cincore averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and
1.4 assists in 17.9 minutes per game on the year. She
had a career-high 16 points against Indiana Feb. 24.
She capped her season with 10 points, four rebounds
and three assists against Northern Iowa in the first
round of the WNIT. Over the final 10 games, Cincore
averaged 6.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2
steals in 29.7 minutes per game.
Cincore made her first career start in Nebraska’s
win at Michigan Jan. 24. She had eight points, three
assists, a block and a steal in 32 minutes. Cincore had
nine points and knocked down a pair of threes at
No. 5 Ohio State Feb. 18, before making her second
career start in place of Theriot in a loss to Purdue Feb.
21. She tied a career high with four steals.
Cincore contributed seven points, two rebounds,
an assist and three steals at Minnesota Feb. 7. She
had five points and a career-high-tying four rebounds
in a win over Penn State Feb. 2. Cincore had nine
points at No. 8 Maryland Jan. 7.
She scored eight points in a win over Southern
on Nov. 23, when she went a career-best 6-for-6 at
the free throw line. She opened the season with
six points, four rebounds, three assists and a block
against Arkansas Pine Bluff. She had seven points and
a career-high four steals against North Florida. She
hit 27 straight free throws from Dec. 8 to Feb. 14.
Cincore played in 20 games as a freshman for
the Huskers in 2014-15, despite missing more than a
month with an ankle injury. Cincore finished with 25
points, four rebounds, 10 assists and seven steals in
97 total minutes on the season.
She appeared in seven of Nebraska’s first eight
games, before being sidelined by an ankle injury
following Nebraska’s game at Alabama Dec. 7, when
she dished out a season-high three assists.
Cincore missed more than a month before
returning to action against Penn State Jan. 15. She
played in 13 of Nebraska’s final 17 games. She scored
a season-high six points in just four minutes in a
win at Wisconsin Jan. 22. Cincore added five points
FG-FGA
8-30
39-111
48-157
95-298
Pct.
.267
.351
.306
.319
Category Total Game
Points
17 Michigan State (1/7/17)
Rebounds
11 Iowa (12/31/16)
Assists
6 San Jose State (12/9/16)
6 Rutgers (3/3/16)
Steals
4 Three Times, most recent
4 Rutgers (1/10/17)
Blocks
4 Drake (12/6/16)
FGA
13 Michigan State (1/7/17)
FGM
6 Michigan State (1/7/17)
6 Indiana (2/24/16)
FTA
7 Penn State (1/19/17)
FTM
6 Southern (11/23/15)
3-PT FGA
7 Michigan State (1/7/17)
3-PT FGM
2 Six Times, most recent
2 Rutgers (1/10/17)
against Alcorn State Nov. 16, after opening the season
with four points against Pepperdine Nov. 15.
BEFORE NEBRASKA
As a senior, Cincore led Briarcrest Christian to a
28-1 record under Coach Lee Smith and a berth in the
Class 2-AA state tournament, averaging 15.2 points,
8.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 3.1 steals per game. She
was named Miss Basketball in Tennessee Class 2-AA
in both 2013 and 2014.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Wesley and Monique Cincore,
Jasmine was born April 26, 1996, in New Orleans,
La. Jasmine has a younger brother, Jalen. Jasmine is
majoring in advertising and public relations and has
earned three spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete
Honor Roll. She is a two-time member of the Tom
Osborne Citizenship Team. She chose Nebraska over
Michigan, Marquette, Memphis, Tennessee Tech,
Kansas State, Auburn and Georgia State.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-1 11/12 21 4-8
.500 1-3
#25 Missouri
2-211/1422 0-7 .000 0-5
Colorado State 3-311/1730 4-5 .800 1-1
Omaha
4-411/2224 1-7 .143 1-4
vs. Washington State
5-511/2524 2-7 .286 1-3
vs. Virginia
6-611/2621 3-8 .375 0-2
at Virginia Tech 7-712/1 26 3-8 .375 2-4
California
8-812/4 23 2-8 .250 2-3
Drake
9-9 12/6 22 2-6
.333 1-3
San Jose State 10-10
12/9 25 2-7 .286 0-2
at Creighton
11-11
12/1819 1-5 .200 0-1
#1 UConn
12-12 12/21 14 0-5
.000 0-3
Northwestern* 13-13
12/2829 3-5 .600 0-1
at Iowa*
14-14
12/3130 1-9 .111 0-2
#3 Maryland* 15-15
1/4 22 2-6 .333 0-1
at Michigan State*16-16
1/7 26 6-13 .462 1-7
Rutgers*
17-17
1/10 30 4-9 .444 2-5
at Illinois*
18-18
1/15 22 1-9 .111 0-2
at Penn State* 19-19
1/19 29 1-5 .200 0-2
Michigan*
20-20
1/22 25 1-5 .200 1-1
at Purdue*
21-21
1/26 22 1-6 .167 0-1
at #15 Ohio State* 22-22 1/29 29 4-9
.444 1-3
Totals
22-22
535 48-157 .306 14-59
JASMINE CINCORE career statistics
Year
G-GS Min
2014-15 20-0
97
2015-16 31-6 556
2016-17 22-22 535
Career 73-28 1,188
CINCORE’S CAREER BESTS
3P-3PA
0-11
11-28
14-59
25-98
Pct.
.000
.393
.237
.255
FT-FTA
9-17
45-55
29-46
83-118
Pct.
.529
.818
.630
.703
Pct. FT-FTA
.333 0-0
.0002-4
1.000
0-0
.2503-4
.3330-1
.0000-0
.5001-2
.6671-2
.333 2-2
.0000-0
.0002-2
.000 1-2
.0002-4
.0001-2
.0001-2
.1434-5
.4002-4
.0000-1
.0005-7
1.000
0-0
.0000-0
.333 2-2
.237 29-46
|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 0 2 2 2.0 0-0
.500101 1.54-0
.000000 1.00-0
.750123 1.50-0
.000044 2.02-0
.000055 2.52-0
.500314 2.74-0
.500213 2.83-0
1.000 0 0 0 2.4 2-0
.000224 2.64-0
1.000
213 2.63-0
.500 1 2 3 2.7 1-0
.500044 2.83-0
.50038113.41-0
.500011 3.23-0
.700325 3.31-0
.500112 3.25-1
.000202 3.21-0
.714112 3.11-0
.000011 3.03-0
.000101 2.93-0
1.000 0 1 1 2.8 5-2
.630 23 39 62 2.8 51-2
Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D
A
1-3
4-0.2 13-0 10
17-38
55-1.8 47-0 44
23-39
62-2.8 51-2 46
41-80 121-1.7 111-2 100
TO
4
40
38
82
Blk
0
4
5
9
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
4 1 0 0 9 9.0
11 0 12 5.5
11 0 19 6.7
30 0 16 6.5
22 0 25 6.2
13 0 06 6.2
42 0 29 6.6
33 0 27 6.6
2 1 4 1 7 6.7
64 0 14 6.4
12 0 34 6.2
0 3 0 0 1 5.8
22 0 18 5.9
23 1 23 5.7
01 0 05 5.7
22 0 0176.4
32 0 4126.7
20 0 12 6.4
30 0 07 6.5
03 0 13 6.3
11 0 12 6.1
3 1 0 1 11 6.3
46 38 5 25 139 6.3
ST
7
26
25
58
Pts-Avg.
25-1.3
134-4.3
139-6.3
298-4.1
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DARRIEN WASHINGTON
50
6-2 Sophomore Forward Oakland, California (Skyline)
Northern Arizona on Dec. 19. Washington did not
play in NU’s next three games, before making her Big
Ten debut with three points and two rebounds in five
minutes at No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 7.
She battled a nagging knee injury for several
games, but returned at near full strength in the win
over Penn State Feb. 2. She scored five points while
adding a rebound and a block in six minutes in the
win over the Lady Lions. For the season, Washington
scored 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in just
39 total minutes. Washington redshirted in her first
season at Nebraska in 2014-15. She earned a spot on
the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2015.
WASHINGTON’S CAREER BESTS
Category Total Game
Points
7 San Jose State (12/9/15)
Rebounds
6 Three Times, most recent
Iowa (12/31/16)
Assists
1 Three Times, most recent
1 Maryland (1/4/17)
Steals
2 Michigan State (1/7/17)
Blocks
1 Four Times, most recent
1 Michigan (1/22/17)
FGA
6 Ohio State (1/29/17)
FGM
3
Arkansas Pine Bluff (11/14/15)
FTA
4 Four Times, most recent
4 Michigan (1/22/17)
FTM
2 Three Times, most recent
2 Ohio State (1/29/17)
3-PT FGA
0 None
3-PT FGM
0 None
BEFORE NEBRASKA
FIVE FACTS ABOUT DARRIEN
1. Darrien likes to sing.
2. Her best friend is Rachel Blackburn.
3. Darrien dislikes strawberries, bananas and hot
dogs.
4. Her favorite animal in the world is the lion.
5. She really likes French fries.
HONORS & AWARDS
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016)
• First-Team All-Oakland (2013, 2014)
• Second-Team All-OAL (ContraCosta Times, 2012)
SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
Darrien Washington is seeing increased playing
time inside for the Huskers as a third-year sophomore.
She is averaging 2.4 points and 3.1 rebounds in 12.5
minutes per game.
She scored a career-high seven points and
matched a career high with six rebounds in Nebraska’s
win over San Jose State on Dec. 9. She followed with
six points, four rebounds and her second career assist
at Creighton on Dec. 18. She pitched in four points
and four rebounds in 10 minutes against No. 1 UConn
on Dec. 21. She matched her career high for the third
time this season with six rebounds at Iowa on Dec.
31.
Washington had three points and set her career
high with six rebounds against Washington State at
the South Point Shootout on Nov. 26. She opened
the season with two points and tied her then-career
high with five rebounds in a career-high 20 minutes
in NU’s win over UTRGV on Nov. 12. She added two
points and four boards in 12 minutes of work in NU’s
win over Colorado State on Nov. 17.
NEBRASKA CAREER
Washington competed for time in a deep
and talented Nebraska post rotation as a redshirt
freshman in 2015-16. She enjoyed an impressive
debut with six points, five rebounds and an assist
in just eight minutes in NU’s victory over Arkansas
Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. She added three points, five
rebounds and her first career steal in the win over
North Florida on Nov. 16.
She missed Nebraska’s next seven games before
returning for one minute of first half action against
Washington wrapped up her career at Oakland
Skyline High School with an outstanding senior
season, earning first-team All-Oakland honors after
averaging 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.1 blocks
per game for 21-9 Skyline in 2013-14. Washington’s
abilities were featured in a 77-40 victory over San
Leandro KIPP King, when she erupted for 32 points
and pulled down 23 rebounds with blocks.
Washington finished her high school career with
1,181 points over 101 career games to average 11.7
points per game. She also averaged 9.8 rebounds
per contest, coming up just short of 1,000 career
rebounds despite playing sparingly as a freshman.
Washington was a first-team All-Oakland
selection in the Bay Area League in 2012-13. She
averaged 16.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 4.9 blocks
for Oakland Skyline as a junior in 2012-13. One of her
top performances came on Nov. 28, 2012, against
Washington-San Francisco, when she had 27 points,
17 rebounds and six blocked shots in a 50-47 win. She
helped Skyline to a 17-10 record as a junior and was
an all-state candidate out of the CIF San Francisco/
Oakland section.
DARRIEN WASHINGTON career statistics
Year
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
Career
G-GS
Min FG-FGA Pct.
Did Not Play - Redshirt
10-0
39
8-15 .533
22-0 274
22-53 .415
32-0 313
30-68 .441
As a sophomore, Washington earned secondteam All-OAL honors from the ContraCosta Times in
2011-12. She averaged 9.9 points, 10.6 rebounds and
3.3 blocks per contest for a Skyline team that went
21-6. Washington also played on the Cal Stars Elite
team that finished as the national runner-up in the
summer of 2013.
PERSONAL
Darrien is the daughter of BJ Washington.
Darrien was born April 11, 1996. She has a younger
sister. Darrien is an animal science major at Nebraska.
She earned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship
Team in 2015 and 2016. She chose Nebraska over
Utah, Oregon, Oregon State and UC Santa Barbara.
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|---Total---|
|---3-Pts.---|
Opponent
G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA
UTRGV
1-0 11/12 20 1-2
.500 0-0
#25 Missouri
2-011/1412 0-2 .000 0-0
Colorado State 3-011/1712 1-4 .250 0-0
Omaha
4-011/227 0-1 .000 0-0
vs. Washington State
5-011/2512 1-2 .500 0-0
vs. Virginia
6-011/2619 1-3 .333 0-0
at Virginia Tech 7-012/1 15 1-3 .333 0-0
California
8-012/4 9 1-2 .500 0-0
Drake
9-0 12/6 3
0-1
.000 0-0
San Jose State 10-012/9 15 3-3 1.0000-0
at Creighton
11-012/1814 2-4 .500 0-0
#1 UConn
12-0 12/21 10 2-3
.667 0-0
Northwestern* 13-012/2815 1-3 .333 0-0
at Iowa*
14-012/3116 1-2 .500 0-0
#3 Maryland* 15-01/4 18 0-0 .000 0-0
at Michigan State*16-01/7 11 1-2 .500 0-0
Rutgers*
17-01/10 15 1-1 1.0000-0
at Illinois*
18-01/15 7 0-0 .000 0-0
at Penn State* 19-01/19 10 2-2 1.0000-0
Michigan*
20-01/22 14 2-5 .400 0-0
at Purdue*
21-01/26 8 0-2 .000 0-0
at #15 Ohio State* 22-0 1/29 12 1-6
.167 0-0
Totals
22-0
274 22-53 .415 0-0
3P-3PA
Pct.
0-0 .000
0-0 .000
0-0 .000
FT-FTA
Pct.
4-13 .308
9-27 .333
13-40 .325
Pct. FT-FTA
.000 0-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0001-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-0
.000 0-0
.0001-4
.0002-4
.000 0-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0000-2
.0000-0
.0000-0
.0001-2
.0000-3
.0002-4
.0000-0
.000 2-2
.000 9-27
Off-Def Reb.-Avg.
10-9
18-50
28-59
19-1.9
68-3.1
87-2.7
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|--Rebounds--|
Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO
.000 0 5 5 5.0 4-0
.000134 4.53-0
.000224 4.31-0
.000000 3.32-0
.500156 3.81-0
.000235 4.02-0
.000145 4.13-0
.000022 3.91-0
.000 1 1 2 3.7 2-0
.250156 3.94-0
.500134 3.90-0
.000 1 3 4 3.9 0-0
.000224 3.91-0
.000156 4.11-0
.000134 4.13-0
.000011 3.90-0
.000112 3.82-0
.500000 3.61-0
.000000 3.41-0
.500123 3.42-0
.000000 3.20-0
1.000 1 0 1 3.1 0-0
.333 18 50 68 3.1 34-0
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.
0 3 0 1 2 2.0
02 0 00 1.0
01 0 12 1.3
01 1 00 1.0
02 0 03 1.4
03 0 12 1.5
02 0 02 1.6
01 0 02 1.6
0 0 0 0 0 1.4
03 0 07 2.0
12 0 06 2.4
0 2 0 0 4 2.5
01 1 12 2.5
04 0 12 2.4
12 0 00 2.3
00 0 22 2.3
02 0 02 2.2
01 0 01 2.2
00 0 14 2.3
01 1 06 2.5
00 0 00 2.3
0 1 0 0 4 2.4
2 34 3 8 53 2.4
PF-D
A
TO
Blk
ST
Pts-Avg.
7-0
34-0
41-0
1
2
3
5
34
39
1
3
4
1
8
9
20-2.0
53-2.4
73-2.3
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2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NEBRASKA RADIO & TV ROSTER
2
Rylie Cascio Jensen
5-10, Freshman, Guard
Fremont, Nebraska
13
3
Hannah Whitish
5-9, Freshman, Guard
Barneveld, Wisconsin
5
Nicea Eliely
6-1, Freshman, Guard
Colorado Springs, Colorado
11
Esther Ramacieri
5-8, Senior, Guard
Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
12
24
Janay Morton
5-10, Senior, Guard
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
14
Grace Mitchell
6-2, Freshman, Forward/Guard
Wellington, Kansas
15
22
32
34
43
50
Jessica Shepard
6-4, Sophomore, Forward
Fremont, Nebraska
Amanda Hart
Director of Operations
First Season
Jasmine Cincore
5-10, Junior, Guard
Arlington, Tennessee
Tom Goehle
Assistant Coach
First Season
Bria Stallworth
5-6, Sophomore, Guard
Chicago, Illinois
Rachel Blackburn
6-3, Sophomore, Forward
Leavenworth, Kansas
Chuck Love
Assistant Coach
First Season
Allie Havers
6-5, Senior, Center
Mattawan, Michigan
Emily Wood
5-5, Junior, Guard
Salina, Kansas
Maddie Simon
6-2, Sophomore, Guard
Lincoln, Nebraska
6-2, Sophomore, Forward
Oakland, California
Katie Adams
Video Coordinator
Second Season
Tandem Mays
Assistant Coach
First Season
Amy Williams
Head Coach
First Season
Darrien Washington