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Nebraska 2009-10 Season Review

Nebraska Cornhuskers (32-2, 16-0 Big 12, Champions)

  • First NCAA Sweet 16 Appearance in School History
  • First NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seed in School History
  • First Big 12 Regular Season Championship in School History
  • First Unbeaten Regular Season by Big 12 Men's or Women's Team in History
  • Big 12 Record-Tying 30-Game Winning Streak
  • First Top 10 National Ranking in School History
  • Highest National Ranking in School History (No. 3 AP/Coaches)
  • School-Record Average Home Attendance (7,390/game) - Seventh Nationally
  • Big 12 Leading 11,383 Fans Per Game in Conference Home Games
  • School-Record Seventh Consecutive Postseason Tournament Berth

Individual Student-Athlete Honors & Awards

Individual Coaching Honors & Awards

  • National Coach of the Year - Connie Yori (WBCA, AP, USBWA, Naismith, Kay Yow)
  • Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year - Connie Yori

Huskers Celebrate Best Season in School History
Nebraska celebrated the best women's basketball season in school history at its annual awards banquet on Sunday, April 11. The Huskers capped their 32-2 season by joining more than 450 boosters, family, friends and athletic department personnel at the Lincoln Station to celebrate a Big 12 championship season.

The Huskers made history throughout 2009-10, advancing to the program's first NCAA Sweet 16 after earning the school's first NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed. The Huskers went on to achieve the first final top 25 national rankings in school history, as Nebraska closed 2009-10 with a No. 4 ranking in the Associated Press Poll and a No. 7 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25. NU also finished No. 4 in the final official NCAA RPI rankings.

Nebraska tied the Big 12 record with a 30-game winning streak that included the first unbeaten regular season (29-0) by a Big 12 men's or women's basketball program in history. NU also became just the second team in history to go through the Big 12 regular season with a perfect 16-0 record.

The Huskers, who opened the season unranked in the national polls and picked sixth by league coaches in the Big 12 preseason rankings, won the school's first Big 12 women's basketball title after an outstanding offseason.

The 2009-10 Huskers lived by the fruits of their hard work and their devotion to producing each and every day at practice. NU's outstanding team chemistry and unselfish attitudes allowed them to achieve great things.

Although Nebraska's run in the NCAA Tournament ended in the Kansas City Regional semifinal at the Sprint Center, Coach Connie Yori and Kelsey Griffin remained in the national spotlight at the NCAA Women's Final Four.

Yori was named the 2010 National Coach of the Year by the WBCA, the Associated Press, and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, while also winning the Naismith Award and the inaugural Kay Yow Award. Yori also captured Big 12 Coach-of-the-Year accolades.

Griffin claimed the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, becoming Nebraska's first winner of the award across all sports. She was also named a first-team All-American by the WBCA, AP, USBWA and the Wooden Award. She was a finalist for the Naismith and Wade trophies and the Wooden Award, while also being named a finalist for the Honda Sports Award. She was also a finalist for the V Foundation Comeback Award and the NCSA Giant Steps Courageous Student-Athlete Award.

Griffin's collegiate career culminated with her No. 3 overall selection by Minnesota in the 2010 WNBA Draft. She was quickly traded to the Connecticut Sun, and will begin her professional career after spending five days with the U.S. National Women's Select Team in Connecticut, April 14-18.

Senior Cory Montgomery was also chosen as the No. 1 pick in the third round of the WNBA Draft by the New York Liberty. Montgomery marked the fourth Husker WNBA Draft pick in school history, joining Griffin, Nicole Kubik and Kiera Hardy. It also marked the first time that two Huskers had been taken in the same draft.

At the year-end banquet, Griffin was named Nebraska's Most Outstanding Offensive Player and shared the team's Most Outstanding Defensive Player award with Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year Yvonne Turner. Nikki Bober and Kala Kuhlmann shared the Husker Award, while all 15 Huskers claimed the Teammate Award.

Yori Sweeps National Coaching Awards
Coach Connie Yori completed a clean sweep of every major national coach-of-the-year honor in 2009-10. Yori earned WBCA National Coach-of-the-Year honors after being named the WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year by her peers. She was later tabbed the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year, becoming the first Big 12 coach in history to win the award.

A few days later, Yori was named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year, before winning the inaugural Kay Yow Award. She won her fifth major national award the following day when she was named the Big 12's first Naismith National Coach of the Year.

After leading the Huskers to the first Big 12 regular-season title in school history, Yori was named the 2010 Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year by her league peers. Yori, who completed her eighth season at Nebraska, has led the Huskers to a school-record seven consecutive postseason tournament appearances. NU was also one of just 19 teams in the NCAA Tournament to post a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate.

The 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Yori completed her 20th season as a collegiate head coach in 2009-10.

Griffin, Montgomery Chosen in 2010 WNBA Draft
The Huskers continued to make history after the completion of the 2009-10 season, when senior forwards Kelsey Griffin and Cory Montgomery were chosen in the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Griffin, a first-team All-American and national player-of-the-year finalist, was invited to attend the draft at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, N.J., on April 8. She didn't have to wait long to hear her name announced on draft day, as the Minnesota Lynx chose Griffin with the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, making her the top Husker pick in WNBA Draft history. Nicole Kubik was NU's first first-round pick going No. 15 in the 2000 WNBA Draft.

Moments after being selected by the Lynx, Griffin was traded to the Connecticut Sun, as the Lynx received 2011 first- and second-round picks for Griffin, who joined UConn senior Tina Charles in going to the Sun in the top three picks. The Sun collected their third first-round pick by choosing 2010 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Danielle McCray from Kansas with the No. 7 selection.

Montgomery joined Griffin little more than an hour later as a WNBA Draft choice, when she was taken with the No. 25 pick overall by the New York Liberty with the first pick of the third round.

Montgomery, who joined Griffin on the 2010 first-team All-Big 12 squad, closed her Nebraska career with 1,378 points and 627 rebounds. She and Griffin are among a group of just eight players in Husker history with more than 1,300 points and 600 rebounds. Griffin closed her Husker career with 2,033 points and 1,019 boards.

All-American Griffin Makes History as a Husker
Kelsey Griffin led Nebraska's assault on history as a program-changing player for the Huskers in 2009-10. Griffin earned first-team All-America honors by every major organization as a senior, making her one of the most decorated Huskers in history.

Griffin joined 1993 Wade Trophy winner Karen Jennings as the only first-team WBCA All-Americans in school history, before Griffin became the first Nebraska player to be named one of five first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press. She also became the first Husker to earn All-America honors from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association before being named one of five Wooden All-Americans.

The 6-2 senior forward from Eagle River, Alaska, also made history as Nebraska's first-ever recipient of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, and as the top Husker pick in history in the WNBA Draft (No. 3 overall).

Griffin also left her mark on the NU record book, becoming just the second Husker with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds while ranking No. 2 all-time with 1,019 boards and No. 3 in scoring with 2,033 points. She also set the career records with 562 made free throws in a record 773 attempts. Her .558 field goal percentage ranked fourth in school history, while her 726 made field goals ranked fifth.

Griffin Claims Nebraska's First Lowe's Senior Class Award
Nebraska senior forward Kelsey Griffin captured the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for NCAA Division I women's basketball, and was presented the award on Saturday, April 3, at the NCAA Women's Final Four in San Antonio.

The 2010 All-American and three-time first-team All-Big 12 selection was also named the Big 12 Player of the Year as a senior. In addition to her success on the court, Griffin was a standout in the classroom and community.

In the classroom, Griffin was a three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 pick who carries nearly a 3.5 grade-point average as a biological sciences major. The No. 3 overall pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft, Griffin hopes to pursue a career in the medical profession following her playing days.

In the community, Griffin was a mentor at Belmont Elementary School for five years, and has served as a volunteer speaker multiple times for "School is Cool" week and the "School is Cool" celebration. She has also spoken several times during American Education Week, while helping the women's basketball team claim Nebraska's Life Skills Award of Excellence in 2006.

The Lowe's Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

In addition to Griffin, the other women's basketball finalists were: Jayne Appel, Stanford; Amy Beggin, New Mexico; Joy Cheek, Duke; Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee State; Tyra Grant, Penn State; Allison Hightower, LSU; Ashley Houts, Georgia; Ashley Sweat, Kansas State; and Bianca Thomas, Mississippi.

The 2009-10 season marked the ninth year of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, and past women's basketball recipients include: Sue Bird (Connecticut, 2002), LaToya Thomas (Mississippi State, 2003), Alana Beard (Duke, 2004), Kendra Wecker (Kansas State, 2005), Seimone Augustus (LSU, 2006), Alison Bales (Duke, 2007), Candice Wiggins (Stanford, 2008), Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 2009).

Huskers Make Mark in Final NCAA Statistical Rankings
Nebraska's history-making season also left a mark in the NCAA books at the end of 2009-10. NU's 32-2 record gave the Huskers the third-best winning percentage (.941) in the nation, while Nebraska's 19.1 points per game scoring margin ranked fourth nationally. The Huskers also ranked No. 8 nationally in field goal percentage (.461) and finished 10th in the country in scoring offense (77.4 ppg).

NU also finished among the top 50 teams nationally in seven other statistical categories, including turnovers per game (14.8, 25th), personal fouls per game (14.6, 29th), assist-to-turnover ratio (0.96, 30th), turnover margin (+3.76, 33rd), three-point field goal percentage defense (.288, 35th), rebound margin (+4.6, 44th) and three-point field goals made per game (6.6, 46th).

Nebraska's 30-game winning streak was the second-longest in the nation in 2009-10, and the Huskers will carry the nation's sixth-longest home court winning streak (20 games) into the 2010-11 campaign.

NU's average home attendance of 7,390 also ranked seventh nationally - the highest ranking ever by the Huskers. Nebraska also produced three of the top 20 individual crowds in the nation in 2009-10, including the largest home crowd in the country that did not involve either UConn or Tennessee (13,595 vs. Missouri, Feb. 27).

Husker Players Finish High in NCAA Stats
Led by an All-American campaign from Kelsey Griffin, several Huskers finished among the top players in the country in the final NCAA statistical rankings.

Griffin finished eighth nationally with her .596 field goal percentage, and ranked 10th in the country with 20 double-doubles on the year. She also ranked 12th in the nation in scoring by averaging 20.1 points per game. The 6-2 power forward added a No. 22 national ranking by averaging 10.4 rebounds per game.

Freshman point guard Lindsey Moore also made her mark by ranking 40th nationally with a 1.77 assist-to-turnover ratio. Moore's 4.5 assists per game ranked 71st.

Junior center Catheryn Redmon ranked just outside the national top 50 by averaging 1.9 blocked shots per game. Redmon ranked 51st nationally in blocks despite averaging fewer than 16 minutes per game off the bench.

Huskers Finish Fourth in Official NCAA RPI
The NCAA released its official RPI rankings on Wednesday, April 7, and Nebraska was near the top of the chart with a No. 4 final RPI ranking. Only Connecticut, Stanford and Tennessee ranked ahead of the Huskers.

Big 12 foes Oklahoma (6th), Texas A&M (7th) and Baylor (10th) joined Nebraska in the top 10, while Oklahoma State was 14th, Texas 16th and Iowa State was 21st giving the Big 12 seven teams in the RPI top 25. All seven teams earned top-six seeds in the 64-team NCAA Tournament field.

All 12 of the Big 12 teams were among the top 125, including No. 46 Kansas, No. 60 Texas Tech, No. 88 Kansas State, No. 108 Missouri and No. 123 Colorado.

Nebraska notched 20 wins over top-100 RPI teams, including 12 over top-50 RPI clubs and eight over top-25 RPI teams, including four top-25 wins away from the Devaney Center. Overall, 12 of NU's top-100 RPI wins came outside of Lincoln in 2009-10.

NU defeated No. 6 Oklahoma (road), No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 10 Baylor (road), No. 14 Oklahoma State, No. 16 Texas, No. 18 UCLA (neutral), No. 21 Iowa State (road, home), No. 26 LSU, No. 38 Vermont (road), No. 46 Kansas (road-home), No. 56 UALR (neutral), No. 58 Miami (road), No. 60 Texas Tech (road), No. 67 Creighton, No. 79 Saint Mary's (road), and No. 88 Kansas State (road-neutral-home). NU also produced two wins over RPI No. 108, a win over RPI No. 111 Northern Iowa and two more over RPI No. 121 Colorado.

Huskers in the NCAA Tournament
Nebraska earned its first-ever NCAA Sweet 16 bid by beating eighth-seeded UCLA on March 23 in Minneapolis. NU made its ninth all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and with two victories in 2010, improved its all-time record to 5-9 in the Big Dance.

Nebraska's 10 juniors and seniors made history by producing three NCAA Tournament wins in their Husker careers. No other Husker had ever won more than one NCAA Tournament game at Nebraska prior to this season.

The 1988 Big Eight regular-season champion Huskers earned NU's first-ever NCAA bid. NCAA appearances followed in 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, before Nebraska's recent string of appearances under Coach Yori in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Huskers Shatter Records with 30-Game Winning Streak
Nebraska had its school-record and Big 12-tying 30-game winning streak snapped with an 80-70 loss to NCAA Tournament No. 2 seed Texas A&M in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Saturday, March 13.

The loss ended an amazing run through the 2009-10 season for the Huskers, surpassing the previous school-record streak of nine straight wins set in 1996-97. Nebraska also stretched its Big 12 Conference regular-season winning streak to 18 games, which it will carry into 2010-11.

Prior to the 2009-10 season, NU's most wins in a season in school history came with 23 (four times, most recently 1997-98). Nebraska's 29-0 regular-season record also marked the first-ever unbeaten regular season by a league team since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996-97.

The Huskers' 16-0 Big 12 season more than tripled the previous best league start in school history, which came with the 1987-88 Huskers' 5-0 start on their way to the Big Eight regular-season title. The 2010 Big 12 regular-season champion Huskers also amassed their most conference wins in history.

Nebraska's streak is just the seventh of eight or more victories in school history. Three of Nebraska's eight-game winning streaks have come in Yori's eight seasons, including 2003-04 and 2005-06.

Huskers Add Women's Hoops to Big 12 Title Success
Nebraska secured its first-ever Big 12 title with a 16-point win at No. 11 Oklahoma on Feb. 24, and celebrated the championship by cutting down the nets in front of more than 13,000 Husker fans at the Devaney Center following a win over Missouri on Feb. 27. NU completed a perfect Big 12 season with an 82-72 win at Kansas State March 6.

Although it is the Huskers' first Big 12 women's basketball title, Nebraska is a regular in the Big 12 winner's circle. In fact, the crown was the school's 35th Big 12 women's title across all sports, and 55th overall. NU teams have also claimed 12 additional Big 12 tournament titles since the inception of the league in 1996-97.

The women's basketball program became the 13th NU sport to claim a Big 12 title, joining volleyball (10), men's indoor track (9), women's gymnastics (8), men's outdoor track (5), women's indoor track (5), soccer (3) baseball (3), softball (3), football (2), women's swimming and diving (2), women's outdoor track (2) and wrestling (1).

Only Texas, which has won 78 titles across 17 sports, has captured more Big 12 hardware than Nebraska.

Husker Fans Came Out in Droves at Devaney
Nebraska has regularly ranked among the top 30 teams nationally in average home attendance over the past 15 years, but Husker fans flocked to the Bob Devaney Sports Center in record numbers in 2009-10.

Big Red faithful came along for the ride during Nebraska's record-setting season, averaging a school-record 7,390 fans per game - ranking seventh nationally. NU's Big 12 attendance was spectacular, averaging a Big 12-best 11,383 fans per game. Nebraska drew seven consecutive crowds of more than 10,000 to the Devaney Center to end the season, beginning with a then-school-record 13,303 fans for Nebraska's win over Kansas State on Jan. 23 - the 16th largest crowd in the nation in 2009-10 (including NCAA Tournament play).

Nebraska smashed that record against Missouri Feb. 27, posting the first sellout in school history with 13,595 fans. The NU-MU game featured the largest regular-season crowd in the nation in 2009-10 that did not involve Connecticut or Tennessee.

Over the last seven home games, the Huskers attracted an average of 11,989 fans per game to the Devaney Center. NU's previous single-season average home attendance record was 5,000 fans per game in 1998-99.

Season Ticket Holders for 2010-11 Increased 80% in March
NU's success at the turnstiles is even more amazing considering season ticket holders numbered just 1,424 entering the 2009-10 season. With Nebraska's success this season, 2010-11 season tickets went on sale earlier than ever, as the Athletic Department announced "March Madness" pricing for new season ticket buyers beginning on March 8 and continuing through March 31.

During the promotion, Nebraska sold more than 1,100 new season tickets for 2010-11, increasing the Huskers' season ticket base by nearly 80 percent.

Although the promotion has ended, new season tickets can still be purchased at Huskers.com or by calling 1-800-8-BIGRED.

Huskers Add ESPN Exposure in NCAA Tournament
Nebraska played its 14th televised game of the 2009-10 season when the Huskers took on Kentucky in the Kansas City Regional semifinal on Sunday, March 28. It was NU's third straight game televised by ESPN2.

The Huskers appeared on FSN five times nationally in 2009-10, while adding three FSN regionally televised games. Nebraska also had one game televised statewide in Nebraska by NET, while adding local TV shares at Texas Tech and Oklahoma.

NU also had 14 games streamed live on Huskers.com, either through its premium service - HuskersNside - or free on Huskers.com.

Yori Leads Nation's Most Improved Team
2010 National Coach-of-the-Year Connie Yori earned her first Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honor after leading Nebraska to the best regular season in league history.

Yori's 32-2 Huskers not only went 16-0 in the Big 12, they won 12 games by double digits and led 15 of their 16 league opponents by double digits at some point in the game. The Huskers were only outscored by regular-season league foes in three of 32 halves on the year.

Nebraska's dominance followed a 15-16 record in 2008-09, which puts NU in position to be the nation's most improved team in 2009-10. The Huskers were plus-17 in the win column and plus-14 in the loss column, giving them a plus-15.5 mark by official NCAA standards.

The most improved team from one season to the next in NCAA Division I history was Valparaiso, which produced a 17-game improvement from 2001 to 2002.

Nebraska's improvement is even more amazing by historical standards, considering the Huskers won 15 games and qualified for the postseason in 2009. NU's 15 wins would be the most ever by a nation's most improved team, while the Huskers could be the first-ever postseason team from the previous year, to be the nation's most improved team the next season.

Huskers Earn Seventh Straight Postseason Appearance
Nebraska claimed its seventh consecutive postseason tournament bid by earning a No. 1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. NU also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2008, advancing to the second round of the Big Dance in 2008 with a win over Xavier in College Park, Md. Before Coach Connie Yori's arrival at Nebraska for the 2002-03 season, Nebraska had never earned more than three consecutive postseason berths.

All time, Nebraska made its ninth trip to the NCAA Tournament (1988, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010). The Huskers are 5-9 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and had never advanced past the second round before 2009-10. The Huskers also earned trips to the Postseason WNIT in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 as part of their seven-season streak, joining WNIT bids in 1976 and 1992.

Nebraska Against the 2010 NCAA Tournament Field
Despite a 76-67 loss to No. 19 Kentucky in the Kansas City Regional semifinals, the Huskers finished with a 12-2 record against the 2010 NCAA Tournament field. Even more impressively, Nebraska went 10-2 against teams that advanced to the second round, and 4-1 against the Sweet 16. The Huskers also owned a pair of road wins over eventual NCAA Women's Final Four qualifiers Baylor (65-56) and Oklahoma (80-64).

Powerful Big 12 Produces Postseason Success in 2010
The Big 12 was rated as the No. 1 RPI league in the nation for the fourth straight season by CollegeRPI.com. When the field of 64 teams for the 2010 NCAA Tournament was announced, seven league teams (Nebraska, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas) earned top-six seeds in the tournament.

The Big 12 carried its success throughout the 2010 NCAA Tournament, as Nebraska, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Baylor all advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, while Texas A&M and Oklahoma State earned trips to the second round. Oklahoma and Baylor provided the Big 12 with half of the 2010 NCAA Women's Final Four. Overall, the Big 12 combined to go 14-7 in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

In 2009-10, every Big 12 Conference team ranked among the top 125 nationally in the NCAA RPI.

Big 12 Dominates 2010 WNBA Draft
Big 12 Conference players filled the WNBA Draft board from top to bottom on April 8, as 10 of the league's 2009-10 seniors went among the 36 picks in the world's premier professional draft.

Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin claimed the top pick among the elite players in the league, as the Husker senior was the No. 3 overall pick. Griffin, the 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year, was drafted by Minnesota before being traded to Connecticut. Moments later, she was joined by 2010 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Danielle McCray from Kansas, who was selected by the Connecticut Sun with the seventh overall pick.

McCray was immediately followed by Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley as the No. 8 pick of Los Angeles, while Iowa State's Alison Lacey gave the Big 12 four of the WNBA's top 10 picks with her selection at No. 10 by Seattle.

Oklahoma's Amanda Thompson went with the No. 19 pick to Tulsa, before Seattle added Texas A&M's Tanisha Smith with the No. 22 selection. Nebraska's Cory Montgomery was the eighth Big 12 player chosen, as she went with the No. 25 overall pick to the New York Liberty. Oklahoma's Abi Olajuwon (No. 28-Chicago Sky) and Nyeshia Stevenson (No. 36-Phoenix Mercury) rounded out the Big 12's impressive draft day.

Huskers Spend Nine Weeks in AP Top 10
Nebraska achieved its highest ranking in school history when the Huskers climbed to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, Feb. 8. NU maintained that ranking for five weeks, before slipping one spot to No. 4 heading into the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers have spent nine straight weeks in the top 10 and 14 straight in the top 25. NU's first-ever top-10 ranking in either poll came with a No. 9 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN poll on Jan. 12.

The Huskers finished the season with a No. 4 ranking in the final AP poll, which was announced before the start of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. NU closed the year with its 10th straight top-10 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN poll, coming in at No. 7 in the final coaches poll on April 7.

Griffin Joins Elite 2,000-Point, 1,000-Rebound Club
Kelsey Griffin cemented her place among the best players in Nebraska women's basketball history by becoming just the second player in Husker history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. Griffin scored her 2,000th point in NU's opening-round NCAA Tournament win over Northern Iowa on March 21, then added her 1,000th career rebound against UCLA on March 23.

Griffin, who ranks second in NU history with 40 career double-doubles, joined 1993 Wade Trophy winner Karen Jennings (2,405 points, 1,000 rebounds) in the 2,000-1,000 club. Griffin ranks third on Nebraska's career scoring list with 2,033 points and second in rebounding with 1,019.  

Griffin Rewrote Nebraska Free Throw Records
Kelsey Griffin completed her mastery of Nebraska's free throw record book by going 5-for-5 at the line in the final game of her career. Griffin finished 2009-10 with an NU season record 189 free throws made in a school-record 250 attempts. Against Missouri on Feb. 27, Griffin broke the school record for free throws made in a game with 17, while tying her own school record with 18 attempts.

Not surprisingly, the Alaskan shattered NU's career free throw records with 562 made and 773 attempted. Nicole Kubik held the previous career mark for makes (440) while Deb Powell owned the most attempts (644).

Yori, Griffin Headline Husker Big 12 Hardware Haul
Coach Connie Yori earned her first Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honor, while senior forward Kelsey Griffin became the first Cornhusker to garner Big 12 Player-of-the-Year accolades.

Yvonne Turner was voted the Big 12's Co-Defensive Player of the Year, along with Baylor freshman center Brittney Griner, who was also the league's freshman of the year. Texas A&M's Danielle Adams was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.

Griffin, a 6-2 power forward from Eagle River, Alaska, and Turner, a 5-8 guard from Omaha, Neb., were both first-team All-Big 12 selections and were both named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Griffin earned first-team All-Big 12 honors for the third time, placing her on a short list of three-time all-conference players at Nebraska that includes Karen Jennings, Maurtice Ivy and Kiera Hardy. Griffin also joined Jennings (1992, 1993 Big Eight) and Ivy (1988 Big Eight) as the only conference players of the year at NU.

Griffin averaged 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per contest while notching 20 double-doubles. She ranked second among the Huskers with 60 steals, trailing only Turner's 63 steals, while adding 26 blocked shots and a remarkable 29 charges drawn.

Turner earned her third straight spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team while claiming first-team all-league honors for the first time in her four-year career. She finished fifth at NU with 229 career steals, while also ranking second in school history with 183 career three-pointers. As a senior, she averaged 11.6 points per game, including 13.9 points per game in league action. She led the Big 12 in threes per game in league action.

Griffin and Turner were joined on the All-Big 12 first team by fellow senior Cory Montgomery. Nebraska's leading scorer and rebounder in 2008-09, Montgomery placed her name among the best in Nebraska history by averaging 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a senior. She joined Griffin as one of only eight players in school history with 1,300 points and 600 career rebounds. The 6-2 forward from Cannon Falls, Minn., ranked ninth in NU history with 80 made three-pointers and tied for third in three-point percentage (.385). Montgomery was an honorable-mention All-Big 12 pick as a junior when she led NU with 15.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

Nebraska junior Dominique Kelley added an honorable-mention All-Big 12 selection. The 5-7 guard from Lincoln averaged 12.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game as one of the Big Red's "Big Four" scorers. Kelley has started 98 consecutive games since being named the Nebraska High School Player of the Year in 2007 at Lincoln Northeast.

Point guard Lindsey Moore completed Nebraska's impressive list of accomplishments by earning one of five spots on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Moore averaged 6.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game while starting an NU freshman record 34 games. Moore quarterbacked Nebraska's offense to a perfect 16-0 Big 12 mark by averaging 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game in the league.

Griffin Sets School Record with 127 Starts
With 127 career starts, Kelsey Griffin owns Nebraska's career record. She passed Janet Smith, who started 122 games from 1979 to 1982. Smith, an Omaha Burke graduate, appeared in a school-record 136 games during her four-year career, scoring 1,284 points while establishing school records with 1,280 rebounds and 238 blocked shots.

Montgomery Finishes Second in NU History with 130 Games
While Kelsey Griffin set the school record for games started, she ranked second in games played among the 2009-10 Huskers. The leader in that category was Cory Montgomery, who played her 130th career game in NU's season finale. The 6-2 forward from Cannon Falls, Minn., moved into a tie for second in school history with Kathy Hagerstrom, trailing only Janet Smith, who owns the NU record with 136 games played from 1979 to 1982.

Montgomery Eighth Husker with 1,300 Points, 600 Boards
With 1,378 points and 627 career rebounds, first-team All-Big 12 forward Cory Montgomery was just the eighth Husker in history to score 1,300 points and pull down 600 rebounds in a career.

Montgomery joined Husker teammate Kelsey Griffin on that prestigious list by producing 13 points and nine rebounds in NU's regular-season finale at Kansas State. The 6-2 senior from Cannon Falls, Minn., produced her best effort of the year with a season-high 24 points in NU's Big 12 title-clinching win at No. 11 Oklahoma Feb. 24.

Montgomery moved to 12th on Nebraska's all-time scoring list and 13th on NU's career rebounding list. She finished with 68 double-figure scoring efforts, 10 double-figure rebounding efforts and 10 career double-doubles.

Montgomery played her best against NU's best competition. She established her season high with 18 points in NU's win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17, when she added six boards and three three-pointers. She had 18 points in Nebraska's win over No. 12 Texas A&M. She had a 17-point, seven-rebound effort in the win over Colorado on Feb. 20, which followed a 16-point performance in a win over No. 13 Iowa State Feb. 17. She added 16 points in NU's win over No. 19 Texas on Jan. 12, and also had 16 points, and a trio of three-pointers in the Huskers' run past No. 5 LSU on Dec. 20.

Montgomery produced double figures in 25 of NU's 34 games. An honorable-mention All-Big 12 pick as a junior, Montgomery earned a spot on the Saint Mary's Hilton Thanksgiving all-tournament team by averaging 15 points and five rebounds in a pair of Husker wins over UALR and Saint Mary's.

She notched her 10th career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Kansas State on March 12. She posted her first double-double of the season with game highs of 15 points and 10 rebounds in Nebraska's win over Idaho State on Nov. 19.

Turner Joins Griffin, Montgomery in NU Record Book
First-team All-Big 12 guard Yvonne Turner joined fellow seniors Kelsey Griffin and Cory Montgomery in Nebraska's 1,000-point club, reaching the mark in a win over No. 13 Iowa State on Feb. 17. Turner, a 5-8 guard from Omaha, Neb., finished No. 17 on Nebraska's all-time scoring list with 1,101 career points.

Scoring was just one of the ways that the 2006 Nebraska High School Player of the Year earned her way into the Husker record book. One of the best three-point shooters in school history, Turner ranked second in Husker history with 183 made three-pointers, trailing only former teammate Kiera Hardy's 267 (2004-07). Turner's 82 threes as a senior ranked third on NU's single-season list, trailing only school-record efforts of 85 by Amy Stephens (1988-89) and Kiera Hardy (2004-05).

Turner first made a name for herself at Nebraska with her defense. The 2010 Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and three-time Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection had 81 steals as a sophomore in 2007-08 to rank eighth in school history. Her 229 career steals ranked fifth on the NU all-time list.

With four assists against Kansas on March 3, Turner also reached 200 assists in her career to place herself in elite company among Nebraska's all-time best guards. Turner became just the sixth Husker to score 1,000 points, dish out 200 assists and record 200 steals, joining Anna DeForge, Nicole Kubik, Brooke Schwartz, Amy Stephens and Meggan Yedsena.

Kelley Produces As Junior, Leads Huskers in NCAA Tourney
Junior guard Dominique Kelley put up big numbers for Nebraska in 2009-10, finishing third on the team with 12.6 points per game, while adding 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

The 5-7 hometown favorite out of Lincoln Northeast High School earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 accolades with 25 double-figure scoring efforts, including a career-high 22 points in NU's second-round NCAA Tournament win over No. 22 UCLA on March 23, and 22 more against No. 19 Kentucky in the NCAA Sweet 16.

Kelley matched All-American Kelsey Griffin by averaging a team-best 18.3 points in three 2010 NCAA Tournament games. Kelley added 3.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steal in 2010 NCAA Tournament action.

Kelley, who has started 98 straight games in her first three seasons at Nebraska, is poised to join the Huskers' 1,000-point club early in her senior season, as she closed her junior year with 938 career points.

She notched her 2009-10 regular-season high with 19 points in NU's win at Missouri on Feb. 13. She hit 5-of-6 shots from the field and 9-of-10 free throws against the Tigers. Kelley also produced 18 points in the Big 12 Tournament semifinal loss to No. 11 Texas A&M on March 13, against Colorado (Jan. 30), No. 19 Texas (Jan. 12) and Saint Mary's (Nov. 28).

A consistent scorer and tough defender, Kelley has produced 49 double-figure scoring efforts in her NU career, including 42 over the past 65 games. She produced double digits 16 times as a sophomore, after managing double figures just seven times while starting all 33 games for the Huskers as a true freshman in 2007-08. Kelley also ranked second among the Huskers with 15 charges drawn in 2009-10.

Kelley had a big effort on the road for the Huskers with a game-high matching 17 points in NU's win at UNLV on Nov. 15. She scored 12 of her 17 points in the first half, including a pair of three-pointers. She added 16 points in a win over Kansas on March 3, when she pumped in 14 points in the first half. She played just 22 minutes.

Kelley produced 16 points in NU's run past Texas Tech on Jan. 27, and came up big in Nebraska's road win at Miami. She led five Huskers in double figures with 16 points, while knocking down a pair of three-pointers and 8-of-12 free throws. She also drew two charges and had a game-saving steal in the closing seconds to knock off the previously unbeaten Hurricanes.

She added 14 points, including 11 in the second half, to help Nebraska come back for a road win at Kansas on Feb. 10. She also contributed seven rebounds at KU. Kelley scored a game-high 14 points while matching her season high with seven rebounds in NU's run past Northern Illinois on Dec. 13. She had 10 points and five boards in the first half to help shoot the Huskers to a 34-17 halftime lead.

Kelley had 13 points, including 11 in the first half, in Nebraska's win over No. 5 LSU on Dec. 20. Going head-to-head with All-American Allison Hightower from LSU, Kelley held the Naismith Trophy candidate to 15 points on just 7-of-21 shooting. Kelley's points came on 4-of-7 shooting from the floor. She added 13 more points against No. 10 Oklahoma State, hitting 5-of-7 shots from the field, including 2-of-3 three-pointers, while playing just 17 minutes in a lopsided win over the Cowgirls. Kelley also scored 13 points against Colorado (Feb. 20), Creighton and Washington State.

She added another strong effort with 12 points and a season-best seven rebounds to help her celebrate her 21st birthday a day early with a win over Idaho State. Kelley put up 12 more points and tied her season-best with seven rebounds while also dishing out three assists while going head-to-head against Lincoln Northeast High School teammate Charity Iromuanya in a win over Albany on Dec. 30.

Freshman Moore Leads Huskers to First 30-Win Season
Freshman Lindsey Moore helped the Huskers to a 32-2 record as Nebraska's starting point guard. The 2009 Washington High School Player of the Year earned one of five spots on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team with her composed and steady play, while leading NU to the best season in school history.

Moore's production increased throughout the season and she was a catalyst in NU's NCAA Tournament run to its first NCAA Sweet 16. Moore averaged 9.7 points and 6.0 assists in three NCAA Tournament games, including 10 points and five rebounds in a win over Northern Iowa and nine points and a career-high 11 assists in a win over No. 22 UCLA. Over her final 11 games of 2009-10, she averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 assists per contest.

Moore produced the best performance of her career with 18 points and a career-best four three-pointers in Nebraska's win over No. 13 Iowa State on Feb. 17.

Her effort against the Cyclones surpassed her previous career high of 11 points, which came along with a career-best eight rebounds in NU's run past No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3.

She finished her freshman season with nine double-figure scoring efforts, including 10 points against No. 19 Kentucky on March 28. She had five double-figure efforts in Big 12 play, including 10 points at Kansas State March 6.

She added eight points, seven assists and a career-high four steals in NU's Big 12 semifinal loss to No. 11 Texas A&M on March 13.

Moore pumped in 14 points to go along with three assists and three steals in Nebraska's run past Kansas on March 3. She added 10 points, four rebounds, four assists and a steal in Nebraska's Big 12 title-clinching win at No. 11 Oklahoma on Feb. 24. Moore hit 4-of-7 shots from the field, including 2-of-4 three-pointers to help the Huskers to a 16-point win over the Sooners.

Moore had 11 points in a win over Creighton on Dec. 9, while producing her first career double-digit effort with 10 points in a win over Washington State on Nov. 22. She added nine points, seven assists and just one turnover in NU's run past No. 5 LSU on Dec. 20.

Moore also turned up her defensive intensity throughout Big 12 play, producing 24 steals in 16 league games, including back-to-back three-steal efforts in wins at Kansas and Missouri. Her late-game defensive heroics allowed NU to post come-from-behind wins in both games. She also notched four steals in NU's second win against Kansas.

Moore ranked sixth in Big 12 games with a 1.7-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, while tying for fourth with 4.6 assists per game. She moved into third on Nebraska's freshman single-season assist chart with 154, while becoming the first Husker since 2005-06 (LaToya Howell and Kiera Hardy) to notch 100 assists in a season.

Moore notched eight or more assists five times in 2009-10, including twice in Big 12 play. In Nebraska's first-ever road win at Texas Tech on Jan. 27, Moore scored five points, distributed eight assists and matched her career high with three steals. She had nine assists in a run past Kansas State on Jan. 23. Moore also dished out eight assists in NU's win at Miami on Dec. 5. She added three points, including Nebraska's final two free throws with less than three seconds left to seal the win. She also snagged a pair of steals.

In 2008-09, Kaitlyn Burke was the only Husker to produce eight assists in a game, which came at Long Beach State on Dec. 12, 2008. Over the three previous seasons, (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09), a Husker had produced eight or more assists on only three occasions, including nine from Yvonne Turner at Kansas State on Feb. 27, 2008, and eight from Kiera Hardy at Minnesota on Dec. 5, 2006.

Big Four Knew How to Score for Big Red
Nebraska's big four scorers of Kelsey Griffin, Cory Montgomery, Yvonne Turner and Dominique Kelley all put up impressive numbers to earn Big 12 Conference honors for their performances in 2009-10.

Each of NU's most experienced players averaged 11 or more points per game. Griffin led NU with 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, while Montgomery - NU's leading scorer and rebounder a year ago - averaged 12.7 points and 5.0 boards per contest. Turner added 11.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game - while pouring in 13.9 points and 3.6 boards per game in league action to earn first-team All-Big 12 honors. Kelley, the lone junior in the group, pitched in 12.6 points and 3.9 rebounds on her way to honorable-mention All-Big 12 accolades.

The last Nebraska team to have four players average in double figures in a season was the 1996 NCAA Tournament squad (Anna DeForge, Tina McClain, Pyra Aarden, Kate Galligan). Only one time between 1995-96 and 2008-09 (13 seasons) did Nebraska feature three players who averaged double figures - Coach Connie Yori's first NU team in 2002-03 (Alexa Johnson, Katie Morse, Margaret Richards). Morse, who averaged 12 points per game, only played the first seven games before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

Seniors Show Consistency for Huskers
Nebraska's senior class was not only the largest in school history, the six Husker seniors also teamed for more appearances than any senior class in NU history.

Despite several season-ending injuries during their respective careers, including two season-ending knee injuries for senior center Nikki Bober, and a foot injury that kept Kelsey Griffin out of the entire 2008-09 campaign, the six seniors combined for 683 career games at Nebraska.

Cory Montgomery led the way with 130 appearances, while Griffin started all 127 games of her NU career. Yvonne Turner added 126 games, while Nicole Neals and Kala Kuhlmann each played 122 career games. Bober rounded out the senior six pack with 56 games.

Prior to the 2009-10 season, only 10 players in the 35-year history of Nebraska women's basketball had played in 120 or more games in a Husker uniform. The group also achieved unprecedented success on the court, averaging 22.5 wins over the past four years while leading NU to four straight postseason appearances, a trio of NCAA Tournament victories and the school's first Big 12 regular-season title.

NU Shows North Division Dominance over Last Five Years
During the past five seasons, Nebraska leads the North Division with a 36-14 regular-season record against the other five Big 12 North foes. Iowa State is 32-18, while Kansas State is 30-20 in that span.

The Huskers completed season sweeps of Iowa State, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State to finish 10-0 in 2009-10 against the North. NU completed its fifth sweep at Kansas State on March 6 (82-72), after beating the Wildcats (71-56) in Lincoln on Jan. 23. Iowa State was 7-3 against the North this year, while Kansas State and Kansas were 5-5. Colorado was 3-7 and Missouri 0-10.

Huskers First North Team to Go 6-0 vs. South Since 2000
Nebraska capped a 6-0 sweep of the Big 12 South with an 80-64 victory over No. 11 Oklahoma to clinch the 2010 Big 12 regular-season title on Feb. 24. The Huskers own eight straight regular-season wins against the South.

The win over the Sooners followed a 71-60 victory over No. 12 Texas A&M Feb. 6 and an 88-67 run past No. 10 Oklahoma State in Lincoln Feb. 3. Nebraska produced its largest victory margin in history against a Big 12 opponent with an 89-47 win at Texas Tech Jan. 27, after posting a 65-56 win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17. The Lady Bears were the only South foe to play the Huskers within single digits in 2009-10. NU opened home Big 12 action with a 91-79 win over No. 19 Texas on Jan. 12.

In its six regular-season meetings with Big 12 South foes, Nebraska averaged 80.7 points per game, while surrendering 62.2 points per contest, for an average winning margin of 18.5 points per game.

Nebraska is the first North team in a decade to sweep the South. Iowa State was the last team to accomplish the feat in 1999-2000, while Kansas (1998-99) is the only other North school to notch a sweep. A North school has won five or more games against the South only eight previous times, most recently Kansas State's back-to-back 5-1 marks in 2002-03 and 2003-04.

Huskers Get It Done on Court, In Classroom, In Community
Nebraska has not only enjoyed a record-setting run on the court in 2009-10, the Huskers achieved at high levels in the classroom.

Nebraska led the Big 12 with six first-team academic all-conference selections in 2009-10. Five Husker seniors claimed first-team honors, led by Kelsey Griffin. It was the third first-team award of Griffin's career. She was joined as a three-time first-team selection by senior Kala Kuhlmann, while Cory Montgomery added her third academic award, including her second first-team honor. Nicole Neals and Nikki Bober also claimed first-team honors, along with junior center Jessica Periago. The 6-4 center from France earned her second first-team award.

During the 2009 fall semester, the women's basketball team posted a cumulative 3.138 GPA. In addition to the high grade-point averages, Montgomery (business administration) and Neals (management) earned their bachelor's degrees from Nebraska in just 3 1/2 years. The two graduate students received their diplomas at the Devaney Center during commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 19. The next day, Montgomery and Neals helped the Huskers roll to a 77-63 win over No. 5 LSU at the Devaney Center.

Nebraska owns a perfect 100 percent score in the Graduate Success Rate published by the NCAA, and every senior that Connie Yori has coached over the past 20 seasons has gone on to earn her degree.

The Huskers have also earned two Nebraska Life Skills Team Awards during Coach Connie Yori's eight seasons in Lincoln, including the inaugural award in 2003-04. Griffin was a leader in Nebraska's community service efforts throughout her career and captured the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Nebraska Owns Success Against Top 25 Foes
Nebraska has made a habit of knocking off top-25 opponents during Connie Yori's eight seasons at the helm. In fact, the Huskers' win over No. 22 UCLA marked their 20th win over an AP Top 25 foe during Yori's tenure, including their eighth in 2009-10. NU's 21-point win over No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3 was the Huskers' fifth against a top-10 opponent. Before Yori's arrival, Nebraska had beaten just one top-10 opponent in school history.

Nebraska's three top-10 wins in 2009-10 matched NU's all-time total in 35 seasons of women's basketball.

NU's win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17, marked the Huskers' first victory against a top-25 team in a true road game under Yori. It was also the Huskers' first-ever true road win over a top-10 opponent.

The Huskers posted six wins over AP Top 15 teams (No. 5 LSU, No. 9 Baylor, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 11 Oklahoma, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 13 Iowa State) in 2009-10, including three wins over top-10 foes.

The Huskers added a road win over final AP No. 16 Iowa State on Jan. 9, in Ames, while also claiming road wins over previously ranked clubs at Vermont (AP No. 24, Jan. 18), Miami (AP No. 25, Jan. 11), Kansas (as high as No. 18, first nine weeks AP). The Jayhawks, Catamounts and Hurricanes were unranked when they played the Huskers.

The highest-ranked team Nebraska has ever defeated was the 2004-05 Baylor team that went on to win the national title. NU outlasted No. 2 BU, 103-99 in triple overtime on Jan. 12, 2005. The Huskers' 21-point win over No. 10 OSU on Feb. 3, 2010, marked NU's largest victory margin ever over a top-10 team. Nebraska's 29-point win over No. 14 Iowa State in 2005 was NU's largest victory margin in history over a top-25 foe. Nebraska's 56-45 win over No. 15 Texas at the Devaney Center in 2008 also marked the lowest point total ever allowed by the Huskers against a ranked opponent. Before Yori's arrival at Nebraska in 2002-03, the Huskers had not defeated a top-10 team since a 73-67 win over No. 9 Iowa on Dec. 8, 1996, and had never beaten a top-five opponent.

Griffin Goes Off on Game-By-Game Basis
National Player-of-the-Year candidate Kelsey Griffin produced one of the best senior seasons in Husker history with 20 double-doubles, including 12 in Big 12 play in 2009-10.

The 6-2 forward from Eagle River, Alaska, averaged 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds to lead the Huskers and rank among the best players in the Big 12. She added a career-high 60 steals, 26 blocks and a remarkable 29 charges drawn. She also ranked among the top players nationally with her 59.6 field goal percentage. In Big 12 play, she averaged 21.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

In Nebraska's regular-season finale at Kansas State March 6, Griffin exploded for a career-high 36 points on 15-of-19 shooting from the field. She added seven rebounds against the Wildcats. It was her fourth 30-point effort of the year and fifth in her career.

In Nebraska's win over Creighton on Dec. 9, Griffin tied her career high with 31 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. She hit 12-of-16 shots from the field against the Jays and added two assists, two steals and a block.

Eleven days later, Griffin notched her second 30-point game of the season with 30 points and 14 rebounds in NU's win over No. 5 LSU on Dec. 20.

Griffin produced her third 30-point effort of the season with 30 points and 13 rebounds in NU's Big 12 title-clinching win at No. 11 Oklahoma on Feb. 24.

She scored 20 or more points 17 times, including 11 games with 25 or more.

She earned MVP honors at the Saint Mary's Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Tournament by averaging 27.5 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals in two games. She opened with 27 points and a career-high-tying 14 rebounds, while adding three steals against UALR (Nov. 27). She produced 28 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high matching four steals in a win over Saint Mary's (Nov. 28).

Griffin added 28 points on 11-of-15 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds, two assists, two blocks, two charges drawn and a steal in NU's win at Missouri Feb. 13. She accounted for 14 defensive stops against MU. She added 25 points, 12 rebounds, a career-high six assists, two blocks and two steals against Colorado Feb. 20.

In a road win at Vermont, Griffin scored 25 points and pulled down a then-career-high 16 rebounds on Jan. 4, just days after scoring 27 points and grabbing seven boards on what is thought to be the best shooting performance by a women's basketball player in the history of the Devaney Center. Griffin went 9-for-9 from the field, including a career-best two three-pointers, while adding 7-for-7 free throw shooting in a win over Albany.

She continued her amazing senior season with 26 points and 10 rebounds in Nebraska's win over No. 19 Texas on Jan. 12. Griffin added 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in NU's win over No. 12 Texas A&M on Feb. 6. She added three steals, a block and a pair of charges drawn against the Aggies. She added 24 points in NU's win at Colorado on Jan. 30, 22 points, 12 rebounds and five assists in a victory over Kansas State Jan. 23, and 20 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two charges drawn in just 25 minutes in NU's win at Texas Tech on Jan. 27.

In Nebraska's 88-67 win over No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3, Griffin had 19 points, six rebounds and four assists in just 19 minutes, as NU built a 36-point lead against the Cowgirls. In Nebraska's 67-60 win at Kansas, Griffin notched a double-double with 17 points, 13 rebounds and two steals in just 26 minutes. In a 65-56 victory at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17, she added a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while setting career bests with five assists and four charges drawn. She owns 20 double-figure rebound totals on the year, including a 19-point, 17-rebound effort against Missouri Feb. 27, which also included a career-high five blocked shots.

In her career, Griffin produced 20 or more points on 34 occasions, including 17 games with 25 or more points. She finished with 104 career double-figure scoring efforts and 42 double-figure rebounding performances.

Turner Shoots to No. 2 on NU Career Three List
Senior Yvonne Turner hit 82-of-225 three-point attempts (36.4 percent) to lead an impressive Husker three-point barrage in 2009-10. Turner ranked third in the Big 12 with 2.5 made three-pointers per game, while her 2.8 threes per game in Big 12 action tied Iowa State's Kelsey Bolte for the league lead.

Turner buried six threes in back-to-back wins over Baylor and Kansas State, before hitting four threes in NU's run past No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3 and a win over Colorado on Feb. 20. She owns 183 career threes to rank No. 2 in school history, trailing only former teammate Kiera Hardy (267, 2003-06).

Turner ranked second on NU's senior single-season three-point list with 82. Amy Stephens owns the senior class record with 85 in 1988-89.

Turner led the Huskers with 57 three-pointers in 2008-09. She hit 44-of-116 three-point attempts (37.9 percent) over the last 22 games. Her shooting success came despite an injured shoulder that plagued her throughout the season and required surgery after the season. Turner did not shoot for more than three months following the surgery.

Turner finished 2008-09 in a tie for second with KU's Danielle McCray with 2.1 made three-pointers per game, trailing only Iowa State senior Heather Ezell's 2.4 per contest. Turner closed her third year ranked second on the Husker junior single-season three-point made list, trailing only Hardy's 81 in 2005-06. As a junior, Turner averaged 11.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

Huskers Produce Massive Margins in 2009-10
Nebraska's average victory margin of 19.1 points per game was the best in school history and ranked among fourth nationally in 2009-10. The Huskers averaged 77.4 points per game, which ranked as the eighth-best scoring average in school history. In 2008-09, NU averaged just 62.2 points per game, including 59.7 in Big 12 play.

Not only did the Huskers win in 2009-10, they did it in impressive fashion, with 27 of their 32 victories by double digits, including 11 wins by 20 or more points and seven wins by 39 or more. NU's lone single-digit wins came with an 82-78 win at Missouri on Feb. 13, a 76-71 victory at Miami on Dec. 5, a 67-60 win at Kansas on Feb. 10, an eight-point win at Iowa State on Jan. 9, and a nine-point victory at No. 9 Baylor.

The Huskers led 31 of their 34 opponents by double digits in the second half, with only Kentucky (NCAA Sweet 16), Texas A&M (Big 12 Tournament), Missouri (Columbia) avoiding 10-point margins.

No regular-season Big 12 foe played the Huskers within a possession, and only one - Kansas State in the regular-season finale at Manhattan - led Nebraska at halftime. NU led 15 of its 16 Big 12 opponents by double digits in the second half, as only Missouri kept the Huskers within single digits for the full 40 minutes.

From half-to-half, Nebraska outscored Big 12 opponents in 28 of 32 halves in 2009-10. In the entire season, Nebraska lost only seven of 68 halves.

NU Offense Hits 80 Points with Frequency in 2009-10
With an offense that ranked among the best in school history, Nebraska hit 80-plus points 16 times in 34 games in 2009-10.

In 2008-09, Nebraska managed 80 points on only two occasions, in the first game (Weber State, 96-47) and last game (Oklahoma State, 82-74) of the regular season.

Three of NU's 16 80-plus games in 2009-10 crossed the 90-point mark, including a 107-54 win over Washington State (Nov. 22), a 94-50 win at Vermont (Jan. 4) and a 91-79 win over Texas (Jan. 12).

Huskers Dig Defense
NU surrendered just 58.3 points per game, which was the lowest opponent scoring average since 1975-76, when the Huskers allowed a school-record 56.0 points per contest over 30 games on their way to a 21-9 record. Twenty of NU's 30 games that season came against teams not currently in NCAA Division I.

Turner Finishes Fifth on NU Career Steals List
With 229 career steals, including 63 as a senior, Big 12 Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year Yvonne Turner finished No. 5 on Nebraska's all-time steals list.

Turner produced career highs of eight steals against Florida (Nov. 17, 2007) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Jan. 2, 2008). Those totals rank among the top-10 single-game marks in NU history. She is one of only three Huskers to notch eight or more steals twice in a career. She had season highs of four steals at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17, 2010, at Missouri on Feb. 13, and against No. 13 Iowa State on Feb. 17.

Turner solidified her spot as one of the Big 12's best defenders in 2009-10 by earning her third straight appearance on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. In 2010 Big 12 play, she averaged 2.4 steals per contest, including five games with four steals. Her 81 steals in 2007-08 ranked as the second-best total by a Husker sophomore in history, while ranking eighth overall on NU's single-season steals list. She registered 67 steals in 2008-09, while playing much of the year with an injured shoulder.

Huskers Shatter School Three-Point Record
Nebraska crushed the single-season school record for three-pointers made. The Huskers, who eclipsed the previous record of 173 made threes in 2006-07, passed the old mark in the 25th game of 2009-10. NU finished 2009-10 with 225 threes in 34 games.

Under Coach Connie Yori, Nebraska has produced each of the top seven seasons in three-point field goals made in school history. As a team, NU hit 6.6 threes per game in 2009-10 to rank 46th nationally, crushing the previous school mark of 5.5 threes per game in 2008-09.

Nebraska knocked down a school-record-tying 12 three-pointers in the road win at No. 9 Baylor on Jan. 17. NU's 34 attempts against the Lady Bears were also a school record. The Huskers hit 11-of-23 three-pointers against Washington State, which was just one shy of the school record set in the 2008-09 season opener against Weber State. NU added 11-of-31 threes in a run past No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3. The Huskers also connected on 10 threes in just 20 attempts in an NCAA first-round win over Northern Iowa, while adding 10 more threes against Idaho State. NU hit nine threes against Colorado (Feb. 20), Kansas State, Texas, Miami and UNLV. The Huskers buried eight threes against No. 22 UCLA, Vermont, Albany and South Dakota.

Nebraska Forces Fresh Look at Levels of Production
Basketball fans are accustomed to charting individual statistics by game, but the depth, experience and style of play of the 2009-10 Huskers caused some folks to take a fresh look at the numbers.

For example, no Husker averaged more than 28.0 minutes per game, but NU's individual numbers still rivaled all-conference levels of production.

Big 12 Player-of-the-Year and 2010 All-American Kelsey Griffin made the strongest case for considering production per minute, rather than per game. Griffin averaged 20.1 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game. Those numbers become significantly more impressive considering she played just 27.9 minutes per game.

Taken over 40 minutes, Griffin averaged 28.9 points, 14.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 steals. In addition to her 60 steals as a senior, Griffin added 26 blocked shots and drew a team-leading 29 charges. She also shot 59.6 percent from the field, which ranked among national leaders.

With 685 points and 354 rebounds in 948 minutes, Griffin averaged 0.72 points and 0.37 rebounds per minute. In 2007-08, Griffin led the Big 12 in point production in conference games only with 0.62 points per minute, while ranking second in rebounding with 0.30 rebounds per minute - trailing only 2007 National Player of the Year Courtney Paris on the glass.

The following is a brief listing of Nebraska players and their averages taken over 40 minutes:

Huskers Clean Up the Glass
Entering the 2009-10 season, Nebraska focused much of its attention on improving its performance on the glass. In 2008-09, playing without first-team All-Big 12 forward Kelsey Griffin for the entire year, and without center Nikki Bober for the entire Big 12 season because of injuries, the Huskers owned a negative-1.5 team rebounding margin. In Big 12 play, that number dipped even lower to negative-4.4.

Nebraska's focus paid dividends, as the Huskers finished with a plus-4.6 team rebounding margin, which ranks 44th nationally.

Nebraska outrebounded 24 of its 34 opponents, surpassing the total of 12 foes the Huskers outrebounded in 32 games in 2008-09. The Huskers outrebounded just five opponents after Christmas 2008, while the 2009-10 Huskers outrebounded 15 opponents after the holiday break. Only nine opponents outrebounded NU in 2009-10.

Nebraska's best rebounding season in school history came with a plus-8.6 margin in 1997-98, which is the only season that NU has posted a plus-6.0 margin or better. Griffin led the Huskers on the glass in 2009-10 by averaging 10.4 boards per game, including 21 double-digit rebound efforts.

Take Cover When the Big Cat Roars
Center Catheryn Redmon continued to fly up Nebraska's career blocked shot chart as a junior, climbing into third all-time with 139 blocks entering her senior season.

Danielle Page (207) and Janet Smith (238) are the only two Huskers in front of Redmon on the career block chart.

Redmon produced an NU junior season record with 63 rejections in 529 minutes in 2009-10. She blocked two or more shots in 19 of NU's 34 contests and averaged 1.9 blocks in just 15.6 minutes per game.

Redmon blocked three shots in NU's first-round NCAA Tournament win over Northern Iowa on March 21, after notching four rejections in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals against No. 11 Texas A&M.

In 2008-09, Redmon produced one of the best single-season block efforts in school history with 67 rejections as a sophomore. She ranked second on the sophomore single-season list, trailing only Janet Smith's 69 blocks in 1979-80. Redmon is just the third Husker to record 60 or more blocks in a season.

Redmon's 2008-09 single-season mark was even more amazing considering she blocked 64 of her 67 shots on the year in her 24 games as a starter, after blocking just three shots in limited action through NU's first seven games of the season. As a starter, Redmon averaged 2.7 blocks per game, including 2.8 in Big 12 Conference action.

Her 2009 conference blocks trailed only All-Americans Courtney Paris from Oklahoma (3.1 bpg) and Danielle Wilson from Baylor (3.0 bpg).

Redmon continued to increase her defensive dominance inside throughout the 2008-09 season, blocking 30 shots in NU's final nine games (3.3 bpg), including one of the top single-game block performances in NU history with a career-high seven rejections in the win over No. 20 Kansas State on Feb. 25.

Redmon's total tied for the second-best mark in school history, trailing only Page's nine blocks against Baylor on Feb. 3, 2007. Redmon added five blocks in a win over Colorado on March 3 and five more at New Mexico in the second round of the WNIT on March 25.

Huskers Start Fast, Finish Strong in 2009-10
Nebraska's high-powered offense averaged 38.5 points per game in the first half, including a school-record tying 59 first-half points against Washington State at the Devaney Center on Nov. 22. NU added 53 first-half points in a win over Albany on Dec. 30, 51 against No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 3, and 50 first-half points in the win over No. 19 Texas on Jan. 12. Nebraska was also stingy on defense in the first half, surrendering just 28.5 points per first half, as the Huskers headed to the locker room with an average lead of 10.0 points (38.5-28.5).

Nebraska allowed only 11 foes to score 30 or more points in the first half, while holding six opponents to 20 or fewer first-half points on the year. NU surrendered just 14 to South Dakota and just 17 to Northern Illinois, while Idaho State (19), Washington State (20) and Kansas (20, Feb. 10) also struggled against NU's pressure defense.

It didn't go much better for Nebraska opponents in the second half, as the Huskers averaged 38.9 points after halftime, while the opposition managed 29.9 points per second half.

In 16 home victories, NU averagd 42.9 points (686 total points) in the first half, while allowing just 26.9 points per first half (431 total points) for an average home halftime lead of 16 points.

Huskers a Fixture on FSN in 2009-10
Nebraska was a regular on the Fox Sports family of networks in Big 12 action in 2009-10. The Huskers played three nationally televised games on FSN during the first half of the 16-game Big 12 schedule. Nebraska made its national TV debut at Baylor on Sunday, Jan. 17, when the Huskers rolled to a 65-56 win over the No. 9 Lady Bears.

Six days later, Nebraska was back on FSN running to a 71-56 win over Kansas State in front of a school-record crowd of 13,303 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 11 a.m. The Huskers capped their FSN national regular-season appearances with a 71-60 win over No. 12 Texas A&M in front of 10,889 fans at the Devaney Center on Feb. 6. NU played five nationally televised games on FSN in 2010, including two in the Big 12 Tournament.

On Saturday, Jan. 30, Nebraska traveled to Boulder and ran to an 80-64 win over Colorado in a Fox Sports Rocky Mountain game. Nebraska's top-10 battle with Oklahoma State on Feb. 3 at 7:05 p.m. was televised on Fox Sports Midwest, as NU rolled to an 88-67 win over the Cowgirls. The Huskers played their final televised regular-season game on Fox Sports Midwest at Kansas on Feb. 10, coming back for a dramatic 67-60 victory.

Nebraska's History of Success at Home
Since the Bob Devaney Sports Center opened in 1976-77, the Huskers are 351-118 (.748) in games played in the arena, including 133-77 (.633) in conference games. Since 2003-04, NU is 87-22 (.799) at the Devaney Center.

NU has posted double-figure home victory totals in seven consecutive seasons, including a perfect 16-0 mark in 2009-10 to stretch the Husker home winning streak to 20 games. NU's longest home winning streak is 29 games.

Nebraska Establishes Kathy Branchaud Memorial Scholarship
Nebraska has established the Kathy Branchaud Memorial Women's Basketball Scholarship Fund to honor the life of the former player and Fastbreaker Booster Club board member, who passed away Feb. 11, 2010 at age 58, following a two-year battle with cancer.

The Kathy Branchaud Memorial Scholarship will be presented to sophomores, juniors or seniors on the Nebraska women's basketball team. Senior recipients must demonstrate a commitment to pursuing a post-graduate education at the University of Nebraska. Candidates must maintain a 3.2 or above cumulative grade-point average and a preference will be given to the player with most improved rebounding percentage from the previous season.

To contribute to the Kathy Branchaud Memorial Women's Basketball Scholarship Fund, please contact the Nebraska Athletic Development Office at (402) 472-2367.