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Unbeaten Huskers Hope to Keep Rolling Against River Hawks

Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballThe Nebraska women’s basketball team continues its four-game home stand by playing host to UMass-Lowell on Wednesday evening at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Tip-off between the No. 10 Huskers (5-0) and the River Hawks (0-4) is set for 7 p.m. (CT), with tickets available now at Huskers.com. Fans can also order game tickets in advance by calling the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office during regular business hours, Monday-Friday, at 1-800-8-BIG-RED.

Free live interent audio will be provided by the Husker Sports Network on Huskers.com. Wednesday’s game will be an internet-only broadcast because of scheduling conflicts with the Nebraska volleyball match at Iowa and Sports Nightly. Husker women’s basketball flagships B107.3 FM in Lincoln and The Wolf 93.3 FM in Omaha will not carry the game. A live video stream will be provided to premium subscribers of BTN.com All-Access.

Nebraska improved to 5-0 on the young season with an 87-64 win over preseason Southwestern Athletic Conference favorite Southern on Sunday afternoon. All-American Jordan Hooper, who was named to the Naismith Trophy watch list for the third straight season on Monday, produced her third 20-point scoring performance of the young season with 23 points and eight rebounds. Hooper moved ahead of Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-83) into ninth on Nebraska’s all-time scoring list with 1,779 points. Hooper, who enters the week averaging a double-double with 18.8 points and 10.0 boards per game, needs 13 rebounds to match Hagerstrom at No. 4 on Nebraska’s career rebound list (874).

UMass-Lowell is in its first season as a transitional NCAA Division I program, making the leap from Division II. The River Hawks are a traditionally strong program that posted an 18-9 mark in Coach Sarah Behn’s second season in 2012-13. A former Northeast-10 Conference member, UML is in its first season in the America East Conference in 2013-14. The River Hawks play at Oklahoma State on Tuesday night.

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