WBB Game #13 vs Maryland, @PBA, Sun, 12/31/23, 1:30pm CST, BTN (Game Thread)

[Powder Creek]

The keys to success today seemed very straightforward: free throws & offensive boards.
23 to 10 & 20 to 8
They’ll win a lot of games doing that.

 

[Red Don]

Three Huskers Post Double-Doubles in Win Over Maryland

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Lincoln - Alexis Markowski, Jaz Shelley and Natalie Potts all produced double-doubles to power the Nebraska women's basketball to its first-ever home victory over Maryland in front of nearly 8,800 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on New Year's Eve.

With the win, Nebraska improved to 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference and 10-3 overall, while Maryland slipped to 9-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference. It was NU's second win in the last three meetings with the Terrapins.

• Markowski did the most consistent damage from start to finish, recording her eighth double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
• Potts added the second double-double of her young career with 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
• Potts and Markowski combined for 23 of Nebraska's 48 rebounds in the game, as the Huskers dominated the Big Ten's top team in total rebounds, 48-30, on the glass.
• Shelley contributed 13 points and a game-high 11 assists for her second double-double of the year and 12th of her career.
• Nebraska got a career-high-tying 16 points from Callin Hake off the bench; she added five big rebounds and several key defensive plays.
• Graduate guard Darian White pitched in eight points, including 5-of-6 free throw shooting in the final 1:30, to help the Huskers hold off the Terps.
• Graduate guard Maddie Krull contributed five points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block to help slow down Maryland's high-powered offense.

In a tight and well-played game from start-to-finish, the Huskers took control by outscoring the Terrapins 24-16 in the third quarter to push the margin to 63-54 after 30 minutes. Nebraska took its biggest lead at 66-56 on a Shelley three-pointer with 8:30 left, before securing the 87-81 win.

As a team, Maryland hit 50 percent (32-64) of its shots, including 7-of-23 threes (.304), while hitting 10-of-16 free throws (.625). Maryland committed 26 fouls, as Sellers, Jakia Brown-Turner and Bri McDaniel all fouled out in the fourth quarter while trying to extend the game after the Big Red built a 10-point fourth-quarter advantage. The Terps committed 17 of their 26 fouls in the final 20 minutes.

Nebraska hit just 39.1 percent (27-69) of its shots, but the Huskers outworked the Terps 20-8 on the offensive glass. The Big Red also hit 10-of-32 three-pointers (.313), marking the seventh time this season NU has hit double-digit threes in a game.