Huskers Rally to Sweep No. 24 Wildcats - University of Nebraska
Kate Cain produced a perfect shooting night on her way to tying her career high with 22 points, while Isabelle Bourne added 21 points and a career-high 17 rebounds
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- Box Score (View PDF)
- Game Highlights (5:12)
- Coatney/Greisch Game Broadcast (A particularly good interview following the game with Coach Amy Williams, Kate Cain & Issie Bourne. Issie spoke of their building a non-selfish culture and the importance of having confidence in themselves and each other. Kate said everyone needed to pick-up their rebounding with Bella being out of the game.. Kate Cain said regarding the win: "We were just getting sick Losing! ... We didn't want to Lose another Game!" (@2:32:20)
WBB Game #19, Wed 2/17 @ Northwestern, 6:00pm CT, BTN Plus (Game Thread)
Huskers (9-9; 7-8), vs Northwestern (11-4; 9-4)
Huskers Travel to No. 24 Northwestern - University of Nebraska
The Nebraska women's basketball team shoots for a season sweep of Northwestern when the Huskers travel to Evanston, Ill., on Wednesday. Tip-off between the Huskers
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Nebraska is trying to snap a four-game losing skid after a 95-73 loss to No. 9 Maryland in Lincoln Sunday. The Huskers dropped back-to-back home games to the nation's two highest scoring teams, Maryland and Iowa (Feb. 11), after back-to-back road losses at Penn State and Rutgers.
Scouting The No. 24 Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern enters Wednesday's game seeking to avenge a last-second 65-63 loss to the Huskers in Lincoln. Since then, the Wildcats have gone 7-3, highlighted by a 69-57 win over No. 11 Ohio State at Welsh-Ryan Arena (Feb. 1). The Cats also swept Iowa and notched a win over Michigan State. Northwestern's other Big Ten losses have come to top-20 Michigan and Indiana teams in Evanston and most recently the Cats suffered a 70-54 loss to Rutgers at Welsh-Ryan (Feb. 11).
As a team, Northwestern is averaging 71.9 points per game while holding opponents to 61.9 points per contest. They are being out-shot by the opposition in all three areas (FG, .428-.430; 3FG, .282-.333; FT, .641-.677) and out-rebounded 35.5-35.0 per game. Where the Wildcats win is in turnover margin, carrying the No. 2 margin in the nation at plus-9.1 while forcing 21.1 turnovers per game. As a team, Northwestern has 182 steals while committing just 180 turnovers.
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