The No. 19 Nebraska women’s basketball team makes its first-ever trip to Piscataway, N.J., to take on No. 21 Rutgers in a Big Ten Conference top-25 showdown on Thursday night.

Tip-off between the Big Red (17-4, 7-3 Big Ten) and the Scarlet Knights (16-5, 7-3 Big Ten) is set for 6 p.m. (CT), with live national television coverage by the Big Ten Network. Ed Cohen and Vera Jones will be on the call for BTN. 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.

The Huskers, who have won seven of their last eight games, take a 17-game February winning streak with them to New Jersey. Nebraska has not lost a game in the month of February since a 73-53 loss at Michigan State on Feb. 23, 2012. Three of Nebraska’s 17 wins in their February streak have come to top-25 foes, including a pair of top-10 wins over No. 8 Ohio State in 2012 and No. 8 Penn State in 2014. The Huskers have not beaten a top-25 team on the road during the 17-game February winning streak.

Nebraska rebounded from an overtime loss at No. 20 Iowa on Jan. 26, to sweep a pair of home wins against Illinois (Jan. 29) and Michigan (Feb. 1).

Senior Tear’a Laudermill led the Big Red in scoring in all three games. The 5-9 guard from Moreno Valley, Calif., has produced double figures in six straight games, including 24 points in a road win at Wisconsin on Jan. 22. Laudermill, who was a second-team All-Big Ten pick last year, has pushed her season averages to 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

The Huskers continue to be led in scoring by junior point guard Rachel Theriot. The All-America candidate is averaging 16.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game. A first-team All-Big Ten pick a year ago, Theriot has produced double figures in 19 of 21 games this season.

Senior Emily Cady, a second-team All-Big Ten pick, adds a potent inside presence. The 6-2 forward from Seward, Neb., averages 12.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists. In Sunday’s win over Michigan, she became the fifth Husker and 17th player in Big Ten history to record 1,000 career rebounds.

#19 Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-4, 7-3 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 7.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 12.7 ppg, 10.1 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 13.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 7.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 16.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Off the Bench
5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 6.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg
22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 4.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.9 ppg, 0.3 rpg
30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 1.7 ppg, 1.0 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 (258-146); 25th Season Overall (453-286)

#21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (16-5, 7-3 Big Ten)
2 – Kahleah Copper – 6-1 – Jr. – F/G – 15.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg
20 – Christa Evans – 6-3 – Sr. – F/C – 0.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg
3 – Tyler Scaife – 5-9 – So. – G – 16.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg
15 – Syessence Davis – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 4.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg
44 – Betnijah Laney – 6-0 – Sr. – G/F – 15.8 ppg, 11.7 rpg
Off the Bench
4 – Briyona Canty – 5-9 – Jr. – G – 7.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg
1 – Rachel Hollivay – 6-4 – Jr. – C – 7.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg
13 – Cynthia Hernandez – 5-7 – Jr. – G – 4.8 ppg, 0.8 rpg
10 – Shrita Parker – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 2.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg
43 – Ariel Butts – 6-3 – Jr. – F/C – 1.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg
5 – Natalie Parsons – 5-9 – Jr. – G – 0.4 ppg, 0.0 rpg
33 – Alexis Alfano – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg
Head Coach: C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock, 1971)
20th Season at Rutgers (425-211); 44th Season Overall (945-346)

The Nebraska men’s basketball team looks to snap a two-game losing streak, as the Huskers return home to take on Northwestern Tuesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

A limited number of 300 Level tickets are available for $10 each by visiting Huskers.com, calling 800-8-BIGRED or at the Pinnacle Bank Arena box office Tuesday evening beginning at 5 p.m.

Tipoff is set for 6:31 p.m. and the contest will be televised nationally on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Jim Jackson on the call. Tuesday’s game is also available online and on mobile devices on BTN2Go.

The game will be broadcast across the state of Nebraska on the 37-station IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, 1110 KFAB in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington with Kent Pavelka calling the action and Matt Davison adding color commentary. The game can be heard for free on Huskers.com and is available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as well as on TuneIn Radio and on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

The Huskers (12-9, 4-5 Big Ten) ran into tough sledding in their last outing, falling at Minnesota, 60-42, Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis. Nebraska shot just 37 percent from the field against the Gophers, and were doomed by 20 turnovers, which was twice the Huskers’ average in Big Ten play entering the contest. NU had 15 of the turnovers in the first half, as the Huskers dug themselves a seven-point deficit.  Despite the turnovers, the Huskers were within seven and had a chance to cut into the lead in the final four minutes, but Minnesota closed out the win by scoring the final 11 points.

Junior forward Shavon Shields led Nebraska with 11 points in Saturday’s loss and is now nine points away from reaching 1,000 career points. The 6-foot-7 junior is enjoying his best season as a Husker, ranking sixth in the Big Ten with 16.3 points per game and has topped NU in scoring in each of the past two contests. Shields also received good newsSaturday night, as his father, Will, was announced as one of the 2015 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Northwestern (10-11, 1-7 Big Ten) is looking to snap a seven-game losing streak, as the Wildcats fell to Purdue, 68-60, on Saturday. Northwestern has had its fair share of close games in conference action, as six of its eight Big Ten games have been decided by five points or less or in overtime.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Tear’a Laudermill scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half when No. 15 Nebraska took control for a 75-60 win over Michigan on Sunday.

Hailie Sample and Rachel Theriot added 14 points apiece for the Cornhuskers (17-4, 7-3 Big Ten), who shot 36 percent in the first half and trailed 31-25. Theriot had 12 points in the second half when Nebraska shot 59 percent and made all nine of its free throws after no attempts in the first half. Emily Cady had nine rebounds to surpass 1,000 for her career.

Shannon Smith led Michigan (13-8, 5-5), which shot 52 percent in the first half but 35.4 in the second, with 22 points.

Theriot and Cady had three-point plays before Theriot’s jumper tied the game at 33. Later, the Wolverines led 51-45 on Siera Thompson’s 3 before the Cornhuskers reeled off 11 straight, capped by another three-point play by Theriot.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mo Walker led Minnesota with 19 points and eight rebounds and Andre Hollins added 12 points, helping the Gophers avenge a recent loss to Nebraska with a 60-42 victory over the sputtering Huskers on Saturday.

Hollins had six assists and five rebounds, too, and the Gophers (14-9, 3-7) bounced back from their latest of six Big Ten losses by five points or fewer. One of those was a 52-49 decision at Nebraska 11 days ago, when Walker had a woeful four points, three turnovers and four fouls.

Shavon Shields had 11 points for the Huskers (12-9, 4-5), who were outscored in the paint 30-18. Terran Petteway scored 10 points, but this was the second straight lackluster performance by the high-caliber duo. After combining to shoot 5 for 23 from the floor in a 58-44 loss at Michigan on Tuesday, they were 8 for 23 this time including a 2-for-11 from 3-point range.