Tipoff: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Williams Arena, Minneapolis
Television: Big Ten Network (PBP Kevin Kugler, analyst Debbie Antonelli)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch)
Live Stats and Internet Radio: huskers.com
Tonight, the Husker women (19-4, 8-3) face Minnesota (12-14, 4-8) in Minneapolis. Nebraska holds a 6-5 edge in meetings between the teams, but they've never defeated the Gophers at Williams Arena.
Minnesota will be trying to snap a three-game losing streak. They're tough at home, beating top-ten Ohio State 76-65, and losing to a ranked Penn State team by just three. Minnesota gets balanced scoring from Rachel Banham (15.9 ppg), Kiara Buford (13.6), and 6-4 Jr.
Katie Loberg (10.0). The team is one of the conference's better three-point shooting teams, hitting 44% at home, and they convert 79% of their free throws.
Nebraska is coming off an ugly loss to Michigan Thursday night, shooting a season-low 25.8% from the field. Connie Yori's young team showed a lot of pluck, though, coming back from 27-down to lose by 11. When the Huskers and Gophers met in January, NU won 64-49.
With a win tonight, Nebraska will get it's 13th 20-win season in school history, and the fourth 20-win season in the last 6 years. In the
conference standings, NU is tied for third, and Minnesota is tied for eighth.
Now, on to the game...and to hell with the imagined CN gamethread jinx. It does not exist!
3 Hailie Sample 6-1-Fr - 3.0 ppg
23 Emily Cady 6-2 Fr - 9.9
35 Jordan Hooper 6-2 So - 19.7
00 Lindsay Moore 5-9 Jr - 16.7
5 Kaitlyn Burke 5-7 Sr - 5.0
5 Kiona Kellogg 6-1 So - 5.5 ppg
25 Katie Loberg 6-4 Jr - 10.0
1 Rachel Banham 5-9 Fr - 15.9
11 Leah Cotton 5-8 Jr - 6.5
30 Kiara Buford 5-11 Sr - 13.6
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well
what the hell….. did this thing just publish at 6:36 ? it was set for 6;15 pm
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012
Is the jinx
rearing it’s ugly head early?
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Burke opens
the scoring for NU. Cady already with a foul…2-1 Huskers.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
and there's a foul on Moore
have scouts tonight, have to leave in a bit, so post some scores/times periodically and I’ll follow on my phone.
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012
Got it.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Brandy Jeffry
hits a three…7-3 Huskers. Jeffrey is one of the many freshman on this team.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Wow.
Great action from NU…score, immediate steal, and another bucket by Jeffrey. 11-3
redvalley - February 13, 2012
wow
looks like they’re not starting slow tonight, are they!
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012
Unlike against
michigan, they getting point inside the paint.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
getting a little sloppy
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012
Ah, youth.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Jeffrey
playing hard off the bench, but just had back-to-back turnovers.
Sample scores 13-8 us.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Boo!
Charge called on Laudermill.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
11:42
Huskers only up by three, 13-10.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Alliance native
Jordan Hooper with two from the stripe…15-12.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Connie
looking pretty in pink tonight.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Rachel Banham
with four straight…Gophers up 16-15.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Where'd
that 11-3 lead go?!!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Moore
finally breaks the drought…17-16 NU,
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Cady hits!
19-16.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
certainly
Tightened up since I ledt
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
left
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Moore
having a tough night…only 1-5 from the floor.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
the Barn
Is a tough place to play – the raided floor messes some players up
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
I read
where Connie loves it. I think we played some regional tourney games there. Yori said we shot well. Not so much tonight.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
4:39 left
19-18 Huskers.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Buford with an easy
path to the basket…Then Sample answers…21-20 Huskers.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
WooHoo!
Banham called for a charge. That freshman point guard has been a thorn tonight.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Hooper
tries a three…no go…cold shooting tonight.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Moore with the three!
24-20 Huskers.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Gophers hit two
from the line. 24-22.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Buford with two.
tied at 24…ick.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Banham
with a three…Goofers up 27-24. 17 sec’s left in the half.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
And that's
the score at half.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
not a lot
Of other users showing up that’s ok
Keep it going
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Some half-time stats:
FG % about equal…Huskers only 2-10 from the arc, Gophers 2-3…rebounds about equal…Huskers have the edge in assists, 8-2.
Minnie killing us with their transition game.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Three straight buckets by Minn....now up 33-24.
Ugly, ugly start.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Dagger...
Buford hits a three…12 straight points for Minn. following the break…and now another bucket…38-24. Oh, God, it’s the CN gamethread jinx…and they score again. Can’t type fast enough…40-24 Gophers. Oh, my.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Great drive,
bucket and foul by Burke…but misses the front end…40-26.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
hey
I thought u said there was no jinx!
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
I was naive.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Hey,
Emily Cady blocked the dastardly Buford!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
possibly
The first use of that word on a Cn ge thread ever
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
I try
to raise the intelligence level here.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
God bless Hooper...
a three! 40-31, Gopher lead back to nine.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Moore with a trey
42-34 Minn. And Hoppinn.er with onother…lead cut to five now. 42-37.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Ha! can no longer type.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Moore
with a sweet pull-up! 42-39.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Hubby just walked by
and asked if I was getting a lot of comments tonight. I said yes, but didn’t tell him 95% were mine! : )
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Ack.
steal and a bucket by Minn. 46-41 them….then Jeffrey hits a three. Huskers withing two, 46-44.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Moore ties it!!!!!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Huskers on a 22-6 run.
Then Minn hits a three and Hooper answers. 49-49.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Hi everyone, new commenter (well, on here anyways)
And as soon as I flip the TV back to the game Huskers tie it :) haha just decided I’m tired of being called a traitor in my house so thought I’d come here and talk to other Huskers fans if that’s alright with you guys :)
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
Welcome!
It’s kind of lonely here toight….but a good game going on.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
thanks!
And I’ve been trying to follow along on here and BTN2go (while doing homework which was kind of hard), finally worked up the nerve to comment once I actually got the TV change to the game so I actually know what is exactly going on. Sounds like I’ve missed a pretty great game so far
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
cool
Welcome!
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
52-51 Minn. 7:34 left.
And Minnie misses two FT’s, but gets the put-back….then a steal and score by Banham.
56-51 Goofs.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Hooper three!
58-54 them.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Hooper Hot!
58-56 Minn.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Nice drive!
Tied again, how about we take the lead and keep it now?
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
Jeffrey with a steal,
and the senior Burke scores….Tie game at 58…3:04 left.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Nothing falling for
either team now. Still 58-all.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
1:01 left
Kellogg scores. 60-58 Gophers.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
15 sec's left
Minn. to the line. Hits both. Gophers up four…crap!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Crap...
Looks like I’m probably going to have to give my dad $5… darn
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
Aw,
Dad’s should never take money from their kid!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
haha he says its justified because I'm rooting against my home state.
He doesn’t even like sports (much less women’s sports) so I don’t get why he cares, but we always bet when other colleges I like more than the Gophers are playing them. I usually win…
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
Are you a Husker fan?
Or just anti-Gopher?
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Husker, I've wanted to go there for almost 3 years,
but if I’m watching a Gophers game it’s rare that I am rooting for them. Nebraska and Baylor are my 2 favorite colleges
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
Britney Griner fan?
(not sure on the spelling)
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Yeah, ever since my coach
told all of our post players to watch her even her freshman year. And I’ve grown to love their softball team too
twinsgirl197 - February 13, 2012
Hooper miises
the three…6.6 left…Minn hit’s both FT’s. 64-58. The fat lady is singing.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
And that's it.
Gophers win. NU drps to fourth in the B1G.
No more women’s gamethreads. Stinking, lousy, crummy, rotten jinx is what it is!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
I think we need to burn down CN.
There’s a lot of bad juju around here. I blame Michigan.
Salt Creek and Stadium - February 13, 2012
I was the first to recommend it
last thursday, then I saw that you seconded the notion. Are two votes enough to light the match?!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
I would think almost four months of bad luck would be enough to warrant a flamethrower.
Salt Creek and Stadium - February 13, 2012
Oooohhhh,
I love the flamethrower idea. Dramatic!
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Then we need to do it
before Jon decides to put up a baseball thread. Erstad needs every edge he can get in his first year. No bad juju for him.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
oh u
Don’t have long to get it done then
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Perhaps we should
call in a priest to do an exorcism.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
Or let the men's team
continue to be the sacrificial lamb. When they win again, we’ll know we’re safe.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
uh
that could be next year.
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012
what if they
Lose the next one?
Jon Johnston - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app
What I'm more afraid of is this:
We play Northwestern next, and they’re near the cellar, so we should beat them at home, and we sorely need that win.
I refuse to ruin their chances. NO MORE gamethreads until I’m sure the jinx is gone.
redvalley - February 13, 2012
*No gamethreads for non-men's basketball
Salt Creek and Stadium - February 13, 2012
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