Lincoln ? Jessica Gerhart scored a career-high 20 points, leading Nebraska to an impressive 89-46 victory over Northern Colorado in front of a crowd of 2,241 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Friday evening.
Gerhart, whose previous career high was 17 points in the season opener against Western Illinois last Friday, connected on 10-of-12 shots from the floor, and added five rebounds to help the Huskers improve to 2-1 on the season.
"Jess can shoot it," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. "And we feel like she has a number of shots and a number of ways to get off shots that make her extremely difficult to defend. She is our best pure offensive player."
Nebraska, which shot 52 percent from the floor, placed four players in double figures, while 10 of 11 players who saw action broke into the scoring column. Junior college transfer Elena Diaz came off the bench to score 11 points, while Chelsea Aubry and LaToya Howell, who missed NU’s first two regular-
season contests with an ankle injury, each added 10 points.
"The key number for us tonight was 24 assists," Yori said. "We did a very nice job of sharing the ball. We were very unselfish, and those are the types of players we have on this team, and we think that is extremely positive for us."
The Huskers spotted Northern Colorado a quick 5-0 lead before clamping down, holding the Bears to one field goal over a 6:33 span, using runs of 11-0 and 9-0 that turned the five-point deficit into a 20-7 advantage.
Johansen, who dished out a game-high seven assists in 28 minutes, scored all five of her points in the spurt, while Gerhart added four more in the run, as Nebraska led by double digits the rest of the way and cruised to victory.
With her seven assists, Johansen tied current WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge (1995-98) for sixth on NU’s career assists list with 392.
Northern Colorado (0-1) got to within 26-13 before the Huskers put the game out of reach, as Aubry’s basket started a run of 11 unanswered Husker points over the next 2:22. NU took a commanding 37-13 lead with 6:45 remaining in the half on a pair of free throws by Kiera Hardy, who finished with nine points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals in 25 minutes of action.
Nebraska, which shot 57.6 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, held Northern Colorado to just 30.8 percent, including 4-of-17 from three-point range, and converted 16 UNC turnovers into 20 points in building a comfortable 49-21 halftime cushion.
The Huskers, who enjoyed a 43-26 advantage on the glass, were in control the entire second half, leading by as many as 46 points before settling for the 89-46 triumph.
The Bears, who went 16-11 in 2003-04, were led by Kendra Lambrecht and Heather Barbour, who scored 13 and 12 points respectively, combining for over half of the Bears’ total. No other UNC player totaled more than five points.
The Huskers return to action on Monday, Nov. 22, when they play host to Washington State at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 800-8-BIGRED or by logging on to Huskers.com.
Lincoln ? Jessica Gerhart scored a career-high 20 points, leading Nebraska to an impressive 89-46 victory over Northern Colorado in front of a crowd of 2,241 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Friday evening.
Gerhart, whose previous career high was 17 points in the season opener against Western Illinois last Friday, connected on 10-of-12 shots from the floor, and added five rebounds to help the Huskers improve to 2-1 on the season.
"Jess can shoot it," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. "And we feel like she has a number of shots and a number of ways to get off shots that make her extremely difficult to defend. She is our best pure offensive player."
Nebraska, which shot 52 percent from the floor, placed four players in double figures, while 10 of 11 players who saw action broke into the scoring column. Junior college transfer Elena Diaz came off the bench to score 11 points, while Chelsea Aubry and LaToya Howell, who missed NU’s first two regular-
season contests with an ankle injury, each added 10 points.
"The key number for us tonight was 24 assists," Yori said. "We did a very nice job of sharing the ball. We were very unselfish, and those are the types of players we have on this team, and we think that is extremely positive for us."
The Huskers spotted Northern Colorado a quick 5-0 lead before clamping down, holding the Bears to one field goal over a 6:33 span, using runs of 11-0 and 9-0 that turned the five-point deficit into a 20-7 advantage.
Johansen, who dished out a game-high seven assists in 28 minutes, scored all five of her points in the spurt, while Gerhart added four more in the run, as Nebraska led by double digits the rest of the way and cruised to victory.
With her seven assists, Johansen tied current WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge (1995-98) for sixth on NU’s career assists list with 392.
Northern Colorado (0-1) got to within 26-13 before the Huskers put the game out of reach, as Aubry’s basket started a run of 11 unanswered Husker points over the next 2:22. NU took a commanding 37-13 lead with 6:45 remaining in the half on a pair of free throws by Kiera Hardy, who finished with nine points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals in 25 minutes of action.
Nebraska, which shot 57.6 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, held Northern Colorado to just 30.8 percent, including 4-of-17 from three-point range, and converted 16 UNC turnovers into 20 points in building a comfortable 49-21 halftime cushion.
The Huskers, who enjoyed a 43-26 advantage on the glass, were in control the entire second half, leading by as many as 46 points before settling for the 89-46 triumph.
The Bears, who went 16-11 in 2003-04, were led by Kendra Lambrecht and Heather Barbour, who scored 13 and 12 points respectively, combining for over half of the Bears’ total. No other UNC player totaled more than five points.
The Huskers return to action on Monday, Nov. 22, when they play host to Washington State at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 800-8-BIGRED or by logging on to Huskers.com.
UNC-W vs NU (11/19/04 at Bob Devaney Sports Center - Lincoln, NE)
Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score UNC-W vs NU 11/19/04 7:05 p.m. at Bob Devaney Sports Center - Lincoln, NE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: UNC-W (0-1) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 10 Lambrecht, Kendra... 5-13 3-8 0-0 2 0 2 0 13 2 1 0 2 21 14 Dillon, Bailey...... 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 19 22 Fosdick, Jena....... 1-7 1-6 0-0 0 2 2 3 3 4 3 0 0 23 24 Flavin, Kayla....... 1-3 0-1 0-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 25 Barbour, Heather.... 5-10 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 12 0 3 0 3 28 30 Drangmeister,Melanie 0-1 0-1 1-3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 32 McCarroll, Cindy.... 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 1 0 14 33 Hagen, Danielle..... 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 4 2 3 6 1 1 32 34 Buttars, Candace.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 42 Veal, Dani.......... 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 14 50 Gagne, Gail......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 51 Ford, Nicole........ 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 52 Lien, Breanna....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54 Van Orden, Kirsten.. 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 1 6 TEAM................ 1 3 4 Totals.............. 18-53 9-31 1-5 8 18 26 15 46 13 24 4 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 34.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-17 23.5% 2nd Half: 5-14 35.7% Game: 29.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 0-2 0.0% Game: 20.0% 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: NU (2-1) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 33 GERHART, Jessica.... f 10-12 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 1 20 1 1 0 1 23 45 AUBRY, Chelsea...... f 5-9 0-0 1-2 1 4 5 0 11 0 2 0 0 20 04 SPIRIC, Jelena...... g 0-2 0-2 0-0 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 19 20 JOHANSEN, Jina...... g 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 7 2 0 1 28 21 HARDY, Kiera........ g 3-10 1-6 2-2 2 3 5 0 9 4 3 0 3 25 05 HOWELL, LaToya...... 3-6 2-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 10 3 2 0 0 24 11 SAMARDZISKA, Bojana. 1-2 0-0 4-4 2 1 3 1 6 3 1 0 1 8 14 WHITE, Sarah........ 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 15 DIAZ, Elena......... 3-5 0-0 5-6 2 1 3 1 11 1 1 0 0 15 30 DRMANAC, Ivana...... 3-6 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 1 8 2 0 0 0 14 52 PAGE, Danielle...... 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 5 8 1 6 1 2 2 3 14 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 34-65 7-21 14-16 14 29 43 10 89 24 15 2 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 19-33 57.6% 2nd Half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 52.3% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 3-14 21.4% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-7 100 % 2nd Half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 87.5% 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Greg Small, Scott Yarbrough, Paula Ross Technical fouls: UNC-W-None. NU-None. Attendance: 2241 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total UNC-W......................... 21 25 - 46 NU............................ 49 40 - 89
Points in the paint-UNC-W 18,NU 40. Points off turnovers-UNC-W 9,NU 28. 2nd chance points-UNC-W 2,NU 12. Fast break points-UNC-W 2,NU 10. Bench points-UNC-W 46,NU 44. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Last FG-UNC-W 2nd-00:25, NU 2nd-01:04.