Lady Huskers (1-1)
Next Game - Pre-season WNIT - Consolation Round
Thu, 11/17, vs Colo St, @ PBA, 7:00 pm CST, BTN Plus (pay)
Lady Huskers defeat Colo State, 62-59.
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LET'S GO LADY HUSKERS BEAT THE RAMS
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Jessica Shepard and the Huskers host defending Mountain West Conference champion Colorado State Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Links: Game Page, Audio/Visual & Live Game Stats
o Huskers Game Page: http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211301214
o Live Video Stream: BTN Plus (pay) http://www.btn2go.com/packages?type=0
o Audio Link: http://www.huskers.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_OEM_ID=100
(Matt Coatney & Jeff Griesch on the call)
o Live Game Stats: http://www.huskers.com//liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_OEM_ID=100
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Nebraska advanced to the second round of the Preseason WNIT with a 71-53 victory over the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. After Losing to the #25 ranked Missouri Tigers, 55-35, the Huskers will play the Colorado State Rams in the consolation round.
While the Huskers struggled offensively against Missouri, they have played solid defense themselves in each of their first two games. Nebraska is allowing just 54 points per game and opponents are shooting just 33.9 percent from the field, including just 21.3 percent from three-point range.
Scouting Colorado State
Colorado State comes to Lincoln after suffering a 101-68 loss to No. 17 Washington on Monday night.
The Rams bring a heavy European flavor with them to Nebraska, including one player from Latvia, one from Denmark, one from Norway and five from Sweden. The only American starter in the CSU lineup is Sewerd, Nebraska native Hannah Tvrdy, a 5-10 guard, averaging 5.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists
Probable Lineups
Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-1, 0-0 Big Ten)
32 - Jessica Shepard - 6-4 - So. - F - 14.5 ppg, 12.0 rpg
22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Sr. - C - 5.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg
5 - Nicea Eliely - 6-1 - Fr. - G - 8.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg
11 - Esther Ramacieri - 5-8 - Sr. - G - 5.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-10 - Jr. - G - 5.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Off the Bench
24 - Maddie Simon - 6-2 - So. - G - 6.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
3 - Hannah Whitish - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 3.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg
12 - Emily Wood - 5-5 - Jr. - G - 3.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg
50 - Darrien Washington - 6-2 - So. - F - 1.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg
14 - Grace Mitchell - 6-2 - Fr. - F/G - 1.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg
2 - Rylie Cascio Jensen - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 0.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)
First Season at Nebraska (1-1); 10th Season Overall (194-110)
Colorado State Rams (1-1, 0-0 Mountain West)
15 - Veronika Mirkovic - 6-1 - Jr. - F - 3.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg
22 - Elin Gustavsson - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 12.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg
5 - Sofie Tryggedsson - 6-0 - So. - G - 11.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg
10 - Hannah Tvrdy - 5-10 - Jr. - G - 5.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
13 - Ellen Nystrom - 6-1 - Sr. - G - 21.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Off the Bench
4 - Jordyn Edwards - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 4.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg
12 - Callie Kaiser - 5-10 - So. - G/F - 3.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
2 - Stine Austgulen - 5-11 - Jr. - G - 3.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
24 - Amanda Kantzy - 6-3 - So. - F - 2.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg
33 - Anna Dreimane - 6-5 - Fr. - C - 1.0 ppg, 0.5 rpg
34 - Myanne Hamm - 5-11 - So. - G/F - 1.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
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