The No. 21 Nebraska women’s basketball team completes its Big Ten regular-season road schedule Saturday when the Huskers take on Indiana in Bloomington.
Tip-off between the Big Red (18-8, 8-7 Big Ten) and the Hoosiers (14-12, 4-11 Big Ten) at Assembly Hall is set for 11 a.m. (CT) with live national television coverage provided by the Big Ten Network with Eric Collins and Christy Winters Scott on the call.
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.
Nebraska will try to end the regular season with a winning road record, entering the game with a 6-6 mark away from Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers have dropped four straight on the road, but all four of those losses have come to teams currently in the top 35 in the official NCAA RPI.
The Huskers will take on Indiana on Senior Day for Hoosier Andrea Mize in Bloomington, but Indiana has fought its way to 14 wins behind freshmen and sophomores this season. In fact, Indiana’s freshmen and sophomores have combined for more than 99 percent of IU’s points on the year.
Nebraska will be hoping that the experience of its four senior starters can offset the loss of junior Rachel Theriot. The first-team All-Big Ten point guard underwent season-ending ankle surgery Thursday in Lincoln after missing her fifth straight game with an injury suffered in practice on Feb. 3. An honorable-mention AP All-American and the 2014 Big Ten Tournament MVP as a sophomore, Theriot was averaging 16.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists before the injury. She joins Minnesota’s Rachel Banham and Wisconsin’s Michala Johnson as returning first-team All-Big Ten players lost to injury for the season.
Nebraska’s California guards Tear’a Laudermill and Natalie Romeo have stepped up in Theriot’s absence. Laudermill, a second-team All-Big Ten pick a year ago, is averaging 18.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists the last five games, while Romeo has assumed a starting role and is averaging 12.0 points and 3.5 rebounds over the last five contests.
#21 Nebraska Cornhuskers (18-8, 8-7 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1- Sr. – F – 7.2 ppg, 6.9 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 11.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 14.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 7.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 7.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Off the Bench
33 – Rachel Theriot (OUT) – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 16.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 4.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg
30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 1.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.6 ppg, 0.2 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 (259-150); 25th Season Overall (454-290)
Indiana Hoosiers (14-12, 4-11 Big Ten)
33 – Amanda Cahill – 6-2 – Fr. – F – 10.6 ppg, 8.0 rpg
43 – Jenn Anderson – 6-3 – So. – C – 8.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg
3 – Tyra Buss – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 11.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg
5 – Larryn Brooks – 5-5 – So. – G – 11.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg
23 – Alexis Gassion – 5-10 – So. – G – 8.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg
Off the Bench
21 – Karlie McBride – 5-10 – So. – G – 8.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg
2 – Jess Walter – 5-11 – Fr. – G – 7.0 ppg, 1.2 rpg
10 – Taylor Agler – 5-9 – So. – G – 3.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg
40 – Lyndsay Leikem – 6-1 – So. – F – 2.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg
30 – Maura Muensterman – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 0.9 ppg, 0.9 rpg
13 – Andrea Mize – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 0.6 ppg, 0.6 ppg,
Head Coach: Teri Moren (Purdue, 1992)
First Season at IU (14-12); 12th Season Overall (213-142)