<?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Lincoln ? The Nebraska women’s basketball team held Southeastern Louisiana to one of the lowest scoring outputs in school history, as the Huskers rolled to an 82-35 win over the Lady Lions in front of 1,834 fans at the DevaneyCenter on Wednesday night.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
The 35 points allowed by Nebraska tied for the eighth-fewest points surrendered in school history. The school record for fewest points scored came with 25 points scored by Nebraska Wesleyan on Jan. 22, 1975.
The Huskers improved to 5-2 on the season, while Southeastern Louisiana fell to 2-1 with the loss.
Nebraska never trailed in the game and carried a 21-point lead at 35-14 into the locker room at halftime. Kiera Hardy capped NU’s first-half effort by knocking down a long three-pointer from the left wing as time expired. Hardy, who scored 10 first-half points and added three assists, produced her fourth consecutive half with double-figure point totals. The 5-6 sophomore from Kansas City, Mo., finished with a team-high 14 points, while adding a career-high five assists.
The 14 points allowed by Nebraska in the first half were the second-fewest in school history by an opponent. The Huskers have allowed 12 points on three occasions, the last time coming against the Missouri Tigers on Jan. 22, 1997.
Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said the Huskers’ zone defense caused the Lady Lions some problems.
“I thought our zone defense was pretty good,” Yori said. “We are continued to improve on our zone defense, which is encouraging.”
Sophomore forward Chelsea Aubry just missed her first career double-double by scoring 11 points and pulling down a career-high nine rebounds, while senior guard Jina Johansen added a season-high 10 points to go along with a game-high six assists and four rebounds.
Sophomore forward Jessica Gerhart pitched in seven points and a career-high 11 rebounds for the Huskers, who enjoyed a plus-32 rebound margin (55-23) on the night. Ten of the 11 Huskers who saw action in the game scored at least five points.
“One of our goals was to get some a lot of people some minutes in the game, and we accomplished that,” Yori said. “I thought everybody contributed and gave us some good minutes.”
The Huskers shot 53.2 percent (33-62) from the field, including 41.2 percent (7-17) from three-point range. Southeastern Louisiana hit just 25.5 percent (14-55) of its shots from the field, including just 12.5 percent (2-16) of its three-point attempts.
The Huskers continue their brief two-game homestand on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 7:05 p.m., when they take on Tennessee-Martin at the DevaneyCenter.