The 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.

Lincoln – The Nebraska women’s basketball team will play Creighton on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 11 a.m. at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers announced on Monday, Nov. 25.

The game between Nebraska (5-0) and Creighton (3-2) had previously been listed as “TBA” on published schedules, while the Huskers awaited the match time for the NCAA Lincoln Regional final volleyball match the same day at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. That match will be televised by the ESPN family of networks at 8 p.m.

The tip time also took into consideration the Nebraska men’s basketball 3 p.m. tip time that day against Arkansas State at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The men’s game is being televised by the Big Ten Network.

Last season, Nebraska and Creighton both advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, with the Huskers moving on to the NCAA Sweet 16. The game is not scheduled to be televised. Tickets are available at Huskers.com or by calling 1-800-8-BIG-RED.

Nebraska Notes

– The Huskers are ranked in the top 10 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls after climbing one spot to No. 10 in the AP Poll on Monday.

– Jordan Hooper was named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Top 50 today by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. It is the third season that Hooper has appeared on the Naismith national player-of-the-year list. Hooper is averaging 18.8 points and 10.0 rebounds per game so far this season.

Lincoln – Jordan Hooper poured in 23 points and Emily Cady added a double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds to fuel No. 11 Nebraska to an 87-64 women’s basketball victory over Southern Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Nebraska improved to 5-0 overall and 4-0 on its new home court in front of a crowd of 5,454, while the preseason SWAC favorite Jaguars slipped to 2-3 overall.

Sophomore point guard Rachel Theriot added a strong effort with 13 points and eight assists, while junior guard Tear’a Laudermill contributed 12 points and four rebounds in her second straight start to help the Huskers.

Hooper’s 23 points pushed her into ninth place on Nebraska’s all-time scoring list ahead of Kathy Hagerstrom (1,778 points, 1980-83). The 6-2 senior All-American from Alliance, Neb., closed the day with 1,779 points.

Cady, who notched her 10th career double-double and second of the season, finished 5-of-6 from the field and 8-of-11 at the free throw line, while Theriot went 4-of-6 and 4-of-4 at the line. Laudermill added a 4-for-7 effort from the floor and a 4-for-4 day at the stripe.

Nebraska shot a season-best 54.2 percent (26-48) from the field and connected on 29-of-44 free throws to overcome the hot shooting of Southern guard Kendra Coleman. The 5-7 junior erupted for 30 points, including 7-of-12 shooting from three-point range. Coleman, who entered the game just 3-of-25 from long range through the first four games of the season, knocked 3-of-4 threes in the first three minutes.

“We knew Southern was an explosive team and a really well-coached team coming into the game,” Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. “No. 23 got hot for them, but we found ways to score and got good contributions from a lot of players.”

Nebraska took a 38-32 lead to the locker room at halftime despite 15 first-half points from Coleman. She shot SU to a 16-10 lead, before Nebraska rallied.

Hooper scored five straight points to cap a 7-0 NU run to give the Big Red a 36-29 with 3:12 left in the half. Hooper led the Huskers with 11 points and five boards in the opening half, while Cady added six points and six boards. Theriot contributed six points and five assists in the opening period, as NU shot 56 percent (14-26) from the field, but just 2-for-7 from three-point range. The Huskers also hit just 8-of-16 free throws in the first half. NU was outrebounded 21-19 by the Jaguars, and matched SU with six first-half turnovers.

Southern hit just 36.4 percent (12-33) of its first-half shots, but knocked down 4-of-12 three-pointers. SU was also 4-of-7 at the line.

The second half belonged to the Huskers, as NU outscored the Jaguars, 49-32 and posted a plus-10 rebound margin on the glass. Nebraska’s lead grew as large as 25 points late in the game, before settling for the 23-point win.

The Jaguars finished the game 36.9 percent (24-65) from the field and 8-of-21 from long range. Nebraska outscored SU, 29-8, at the free throw line and won the turnover battle, 13-12.

Sophomore guard Sadie Murren continued her hot shooting for the Huskers by going 2-of-3 from long range and finishing with eight points. Hannah Tvrdy added five points off the bench for the Big Red.

The Huskers continue their four-game home stand on Wednesday night, when they take on UMass-Lowell. Tip-off between Nebraska and the Riverhawks is set for 7 p.m., with tickets available now at Huskers.com. A free live Internet audio broadcast of the game will be available from the Husker Sports Network on Huskers.com. No over-the-air broadcast of the game will be available in Lincoln or Omaha because of conflicts with Nebraska volleyball and Sports Nightly.

Official Basketball Box Score

Southern vs Nebraska

11/24/13 2:06 p.m. at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.)

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VISITORS: Southern 2-3

TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS

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

15 Jefferson, Jasmine.. f  3-4    0-0    1-1    2  3  5   5   7  0  2  0  0  26

10 King, Jasmine……. g  1-5    0-0    0-0    0  3  3   2   2  1  0  0  0  17

23 Coleman, Kendra….. g  9-16   7-12   5-7    0  2  2   1  30  1  2  0  0  31

24 Sanders, Adrian….. g  6-13   0-2    0-0    3  2  5   3  12  2  2  0  1  26

30 Purnell, Cortnei…. g  0-3    0-0    0-0    2  3  5   2   0  1  1  1  0  17

01 Fuller, Yasmin……    2-8    0-3    0-2    0  3  3   3   4  0  0  0  0  12

04 Litmon, Shaquandria.    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   3

05 Brundidge, Jadea….    0-0    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   4   0  0  2  0  0   8

11 Scott, Quitesha…..    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   4   0  1  2  0  0  17

12 Nelson, Yasmine…..    0-4    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   4   0  0  0  0  1  16

20 Parrish, Keonia…..    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  1  0  0   5

21 Washington, Britney.    3-10   1-4    2-2    1  1  2   1   9  0  1  1  1  15

32 Willix, Zeneka……    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   0   0  0  0  0  0   7

TEAM…………….                         2  2  4

Totals…………..   24-65   8-21   8-12  11 23 34  31  64  6 13  2  3 200

 

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-33 36.4%   2nd Half: 12-32 37.5%   Game: 36.9%  DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-12 33.3%   2nd Half:  4-9  44.4%   Game: 38.1%   REBS

F Throw % 1st Half:  4-7  57.1%   2nd Half:  4-5  80.0%   Game: 66.7%    1

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HOME TEAM: Nebraska 5-0

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  1-3    0-0    2-8    2  4  6   2   4  2  2  1  1  34

23 Cady, Emily……… f  5-6    0-1    8-11   4 10 14   3  18  2  3  1  1  33

35 Hooper, Jordan…… f  7-18   3-9    6-11   1  7  8   1  23  0  2  0  2  32

01 Laudermill, Tear’a.. g  4-7    0-1    4-4    1  3  4   3  12  1  1  0  1  21

33 Theriot, Rachel….. g  4-6    1-3    4-4    0  3  3   3  13  8  1  0  1  31

10 Tvrdy, Hannah…….    1-2    0-0    3-4    0  1  1   2   5  0  0  0  1  16

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

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

21 Murren, Sadie…….    2-3    2-3    2-2    0  1  1   1   8  0  1  0  0  17

22 Havers, Allie…….    1-2    0-1    0-0    1  2  3   1   2  1  1  0  0  11

TEAM…………….                            2  2             1

Totals…………..   26-48   6-18  29-44   9 33 42  16  87 14 12  2  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-25 56.0%   2nd Half: 12-23 52.2%   Game: 54.2%  DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%   2nd Half:  4-11 36.4%   Game: 33.3%   REBS

F Throw % 1st Half:  8-16 50.0%   2nd Half: 21-28 75.0%   Game: 65.9%    5

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Officials: Felicia Grinter, Jeff Cross, Missy Brooks

Technical fouls: Southern-None. Nebraska-None.

Attendance: 5454

Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total

Southern………………….   32   32  –   64

Nebraska………………….   38   49  –   87