The No. 22 Nebraska women’s basketball team takes aim at a season series sweep of Wisconsin on Sunday, when the Huskers take on the Badgers at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Tip-off between the Big Red (17-7, 7-6 Big Ten) and the Badgers (8-15, 4-9 Big Ten) is set for 2 p.m. (CT), with single-game tickets available in advance at Huskers.com. Tickets are also available the day of the game at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Box Office, beginning at Noon.
Sunday’s game will be Nebraska’s annual “Pink Game” supporting cancer awareness. All fans are encouraged to wear pink for a “Pink Out”.
Live radio coverage will be provided by the Husker Sports Network, with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch calling the action on stations across the network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln, 93.3 FM in Omaha and 880 AM in Lexington. Live premium video will be provided by BTN Plus.
Nebraska will try to snap its three-game losing streak after falling to No. 14 Iowa, 69-61, Thursday. All five of NU’s most recent Big Ten setbacks have come at the hands of top-25 foes.
The Huskers have dropped three straight close games to top-25 foes without first-team All-Big Ten point guard Rachel Theriot. The 6-0 junior from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, who was a Wade, Naismith, Wooden and Lieberman Award candidate after earning honorable-mention All-America honors last season, suffered an ankle injury in practice on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Senior Tear’a Laudermill has been Nebraska’s top scorer in each of the last seven games, dating back to her 24-point performance in an 89-72 win at Wisconsin on Jan. 22. The 5-9 guard from Moreno Valley, Calif., is averaging 18.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.7 steals during the stretch, including 18 points, five rebounds and three steals Thursday against Iowa. In Big Ten play, Laudermill is leading the Huskers with 14.8 points and 2.2 steals per game.
Senior forward Emily Cady is averaging a double-double with 10.8 points and 11.5 rebounds in Big Ten action. Against Iowa, Cady had nine points and a career-high 19 rebounds – the most rebounds in a game by a Husker since the turn of the century.
#22 Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-7, 7-6 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 7.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 12.1 ppg, 10.4 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 13.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 7.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 16.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg
or 30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr.- G – 2.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg
or 5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 5.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg
or 22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 4.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.8 ppg, 0.3 rpg
12 – Emily Wood – 5-5 – Fr. – G – 0.3 ppg, 0.6 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.5 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – Redshirting
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (258-149); 25th Season Overall (453-289)
Wisconsin Badgers (8-15, 4-9 Big Ten)
35 – Jacki Gulczynski – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 8.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
43 – Cassie Rochel – 6-4 – RSr. – F – 6.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg
1 – Dakota Whyte – 5-8 – Jr. – G – 10.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg
4 – Nicole Bauman – 5-10 – Jr. – G – 14.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg
22 – Tessa Cichy – 5-10 – Jr. – G – 8.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Off the Bench
3 – AnnMarie Brown – 6-0 – Sr. – G/F – 2.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg
23 – Cayla McMorris – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 5.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg
24 – Malayna Johnson – 6-4 – So. – F – 4.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg
30 – Carly Truesdale – 5-9 – So. – G – 0.2 ppg, 0.2 rpg
25 – (Out) Michala Johnson – 6-3 – RSr. – F – 12.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg
Head Coach: Bobbie Kelsey (Stanford, 1996)
4th Season at UW (39-73); 4th Season Overall (39-73)