CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Chad Frazier scored 32 points and UAB bounced back from a double-overtime defeat to No. 19 New Mexico with an 87-74 victory over Nebraska at the Charleston Classic on Friday.

Frazier reached the 30-point level for a second straight game, notching a career-high 34 in the 97-94 loss to the Lobos. UAB (4-1) will face either Georgia or Temple in Sunday’s fifth-place game.

Nebraska (3-2) will try and avoid an 0-3 run in the eight-team tournament against the Georgia-Temple loser.

If any team had a right to be winded and worn out, it was the Blazers who held leads in the final minute of regulation and overtime before losing their tournament opener. But UAB broke open a game tied at 50-all with a 25-17 run.

Fahro Alihodzic scored 16 points while Rod Rucker had 13 points and 10 rebounds for UAB.

Terran Petteway led Nebraska with 21 points.

Lincoln – All-American Jordan Hooper scored the first 12 points of the game in little more than three minutes to spark the No. 11 Nebraska women’s basketball team to a 78-55 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Nebraska improved to 4-0 on the season, while Arkansas-Pine Bluff slipped to 1-4. Hooper scored 17 points in her first eight minutes of the game to power the Huskers to as much as a 38-7 first-half lead.

The 6-2 senior forward from Alliance, Neb., finished with a game-high 23 points, finishing 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-6 from three-point range. Sophomore guard Sadie Murren added a career-high 12 points on 4-of-4 three-point shooting, while Emily Cady added 11 points and eight rebounds.

Junior forward Hailie Sample added eight points, eight rebounds, four assists and a steal, while sophomore point guard Rachel Theriot pitched in nine points, six assists and a career-high four steals.

As a team, the Huskers finished 29-of-60 (.483) from the field, including a season-best 11-of-27 (.407) from three-point range. NU outrebounded the Lady Lions, 42-28, but lost the turnover battle, 20-19.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff closed the night 24-of-56 (.429) from the field, including 2-of-6 from three-point range as Nebraska played man-to-man defense throughout the night. Jazmyne Victorian led UAPB with 13 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field, while Cassidy Wright added 12 points, including a pair of three-pointers. Carlisha Walker gave the Lady Lions three players in double figures with 10 points, five rebounds and three steals.

Nebraska raced to a 38-7 lead in the first 14 minutes. The hot-shooting Huskers went 15-of-20 from the field and 6-of-7 from three-point range in the first 12 minutes. Hooper led the Huskers by going 7-for-7 during the stretch, including 3-for-3 from long range. She scored all 17 of her first-half points in the first 10 minutes of the half.

Freshman guard Hannah Tvrdy added back-to-back threes, the first of her career, during the opening surge, while Theriot dished out five assists in the opening 10 minutes.

The Huskers hit just 2-of-9 shots the last six minutes of the half, including 0-for-5 from long range. The cold shooting carried over to the start of the second half, before Murren heated up by hitting all four of her three-pointers after halftime.

The Huskers continue their four four-game home stand on Sunday when they take on Southern University. Tip-off between the Big Red and the Jaguars is set for 2 p.m. with tickets available now at Huskers.com.

Official Basketball Box Score

Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs Nebraska

11/21/13 7:06 p.m. at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.)

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VISITORS: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-4

TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS

## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN

13 Campbell, Mollie…. f  2-3    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   1   4  1  2  0  0  18

15 Wormley, Makayla…. f  0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   7

24 Thompson, Marion…. f  0-3    0-0    0-0    1  4  5   4   0  0  2  0  0  28

04 Lasane, Christina… g  4-16   0-2    2-4    1  2  3   4  10  2  2  0  0  27

20 Wright, Cassidy….. g  5-11   2-3    0-0    0  1  1   0  12  0  4  0  1  32

03 Carr, Charisse……    1-2    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   3   2  1  2  0  1  17

05 Haggie, Amber…….    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  1  0  0  0   9

14 Ham, Destiny……..    1-5    0-0    2-2    0  2  2   4   4  2  4  0  4  28

23 Walker, Carlisha….    5-10   0-1    0-1    1  4  5   0  10  0  0  0  3  16

34 Johnson, Jasmine….    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1

35 Victorian, Jazmyne..    6-6    0-0    1-1    1  2  3   3  13  0  2  0  0  13

43 Campbell, Erin……    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4

TEAM…………….                         1  3  4             1

Totals…………..   24-56   2-6    5-8    5 23 28  19  55  7 19  0  9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-26 30.8%   2nd Half: 16-30 53.3%   Game: 42.9%  DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-4  25.0%   2nd Half:  1-2  50.0%   Game: 33.3%   REBS

F Throw % 1st Half:  0-1   0.0%   2nd Half:  5-7  71.4%   Game: 62.5%    1

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HOME TEAM: Nebraska 4-0

TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS

## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN

03 Sample, Hailie…… f  4-8    0-0    0-1    5  3  8   1   8  4  2  0  1  23

23 Cady, Emily……… f  3-6    1-3    4-6    0  8  8   1  11  0  1  1  1  26

35 Hooper, Jordan…… f  9-13   3-6    2-2    1  5  6   0  23  1  1  1  1  21

01 Laudermill, Tear’a.. g  0-4    0-3    2-2    0  4  4   0   2  0  0  0  0  13

33 Theriot, Rachel….. g  4-5    1-1    0-0    0  2  2   1   9  6  3  0  4  15

10 Tvrdy, Hannah…….    2-6    2-5    0-0    3  0  3   1   6  3  2  0  0  24

11 Ramacieri, Esther…    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   4

13 Jeffery, Brandi…..    1-3    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   3   2  2  1  0  1  16

14 Simon, Katie……..    1-4    0-1    0-1    1  1  2   1   2  0  1  1  0  14

21 Murren, Sadie…….    4-4    4-4    0-2    2  1  3   2  12  0  5  0  0  25

22 Havers, Allie…….    1-6    0-2    1-2    1  4  5   3   3  1  3  1  0  19

TEAM…………….                            1  1             1

Totals…………..   29-60  11-27   9-16  13 29 42  14  78 17 20  4  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-29 58.6%   2nd Half: 12-31 38.7%   Game: 48.3%  DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  6-12 50.0%   2nd Half:  5-15 33.3%   Game: 40.7%   REBS

F Throw % 1st Half:  2-3  66.7%   2nd Half:  7-13 53.8%   Game: 56.3%    2

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Officials: Dee Kantner, Laura Morris, Katie Lukanich

Technical fouls: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-None. Nebraska-None.

Attendance: 4599

Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total

Arkansas-Pine Bluff………..   17   38  –   55

Nebraska………………….   42   36  –   78

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Derrick Gordon had 20 points to lead five Massachusetts players in double figures and the Minutemen held on in the final minute to open the Charleston Classic with a 96-90 victory overNebraska on Thursday.

Gordon scored 12 of his points in the second half as Massachusetts built a 13-point lead with just under 10 minutes to play. The Cornhuskers (3-1) rallied down the stretch, closing to 89-87 with 1:39 left on Tai Webster’s foul shots.

Nebraska was down 91-88 moments later, but Gordon stood firm on defense and drew a charging call on Deverell Biggs.

Texas Tech transfer Terran Pettaway led the Cornhuskers with a career-high 28 points.

The Minutemen started 4-0 for the third time in the past four seasons. They’ll take on either No. 19 New Mexico or UAB in Friday’s semifinals of the eight-team tournament.

Sampson Carter scored 16 points and Cady Lalanne 15 for Massachusetts.

Lincoln – Nebraska’s 2014 recruiting class made the biggest move in ESPN’s newest set of rankings released on Thursday, Nov. 21. The Huskers vaulted to No. 9, improving seven spots on the ESPN list.

Nebraska’s class jumped from No. 16 with the late addition of Washington prep product Chandler Smith over the weekend. It also includes ESPN Top-100 high school players Natalie Romeo from California and Kaylee Page from Kansas, along with Tennessee Class 2-AA Player-of-the-Year Jasmine Cincore and California prep standout Darrien Washington.

Nebraska’s group of freshmen for the 2014-15 season also grew by one player, with the addition of Kansas prep star Emily Wood. The 5-5 guard out of Salina Central High School will join the Huskers as a walk-on next season. Wood passed up several Division I scholarship offers, including a pair of Ivy League schools, to join the Huskers.

“Emily turned down scholarship offers from other schools in order to walk on at Nebraska,” Coach Connie Yori said. “That in itself shows her maturity and the value she will bring to our program. She sees the big picture and how Nebraska can be a great fit for her overall development.

“On the court, she will help us because she is a good passer and a great shooter. She is also a smart, tough player. Every morning before school, she’s in the gym working on her game. That is the type of kids you want in your program. She is competitive and will make our team better every day in practice.”

Wood earned honorable-mention Class 5A all-state honors as a junior for Coach Geoff Andrews at Salina Central High School. She added second-team All-AVCTL honors in 2012-13. She averaged 11.2 points and 2.3 assists per game, while hitting 35.6 percent of her three-pointers. She also knocked down 81.8 percent of her free throws. She enters her senior season with 132 career three-pointers.

As a sophomore, Wood averaged 12.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.9 steals per game while shooting 35 percent from three-point range. She earned second-team all-state honors from the Wichita Eagle and added third-team all-state accolades from the Topeka Capital-Journal.

As a freshman starter, Wood averaged 8.7 points and 2.3 assists per game. She earned second-team All-AVCTL honors, while also being named Salina Central Team MVP in a vote by her teammates.

Wood played club basketball for Coach Doug Finch for the MOKAN Eclipse, helping the team to a top-eight finish at 2013 Blue Star National in Augusta, Ga. In the summer of 2011, she was named to the all-tournament teams at Miss Basketball Kearney, the USJN Gateway Challenge and USJN Mountain Madness. As a seventh and eighth-grader, Wood was a club teammate of fellow Husker recruit Kaylee Page with the Eclipse-Sparq. Finch, who is the father of the Nebraska assistant coach Dayna Finch, is also the head boys coach at Salina Central.

Wood, who also competed in volleyball for Salina Central, is an outstanding student who carries better than a 4.1 GPA. She is the National Honor Society President as a senior and is the editor-in-chief of Salina Central’s school newspaper. She won a state championship for news page design in 2013.

Wood chose Nebraska Nebraska over Harvard, Dartmouth, West Point, Washburn and Western Illinois.

“I chose Nebraska because of the people,” Wood said. “I do not think there is a better coaching staff, better teammates, or a better university environment in the country than Nebraska.”