Huskers Clash with Cougars in Washington

#16 Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-0)
at Washington State Cougars (2-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10 p.m. (Central)
Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum (Pullman, Wash.)
Television: Pac-12 Networks (Greg Heister/Mary Murphy)
Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney/Jeff Griesch)
107.3 FM, Lincoln; 93.3 FM, Omaha
Free Live Audio: Huskers.com

No. 16 Huskers Hit the Road to Clash with Cougars in Pullman
The No. 16 Nebraska women’s basketball team makes its first road trip of the 2014-15 season, when the Huskers head to Pullman to battle Washington State on Wednesday night. Tip-off between the Huskers (2-0) and the Cougars (2-0) at Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum is set for 10 p.m. (central).

Greg Heister and Mary Murphy will be on the television call of the game for the Pac-12 Networks, while Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch will call the action on the Husker Sports Radio Network. The game can be heard live in Lincoln on B107.3 FM in Lincoln and 93.3 FM in Omaha. Free live audio is available on Huskers.com.

Both teams enter the mid-week clash after building early season momentum with impressive weekend wins. Nebraska rolled to a 100-65 win over Pepperdine in its season opener on Saturday, scoring 100 points for the first time since beating Washington State, 107-54, on Nov. 22, 2009. The Big Red closed a successful weekend with an 83-49 run past Alcorn State on Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Washington State’s opening weekend was at least as impressive. The Cougars ran to a 76-60 win over No. 22 Dayton on Friday in Pullman, before sprinting to an 84-34 win over neighboring Idaho State back at Beasley Coliseum on Sunday. The Cougars caught the nation’s attention with Friday’s win over the Flyers, earning votes in this week’s Associated Press Poll.

The Cougars didn’t need a top-25 win to have Nebraska’s full attention. Last season, WSU upended the Huskers, 76-72 in Lincoln on Nov. 30. Guards Tia Presley and Lia Galdeira combined for 31 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in the win. Last season, those two dynamic guards combined to average 37.5 points and 9.2 boards per game to lead Washington State to the WNIT. The duo helped WSU to a 17-17 overall record and a 9-9 Pac-12 finish. They have continued to grow under Coach June Daugherty, combining to average 46.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game on opening weekend.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - Sr. - F - 7.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 9.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg
1 - Tear’a Laudermill - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 13.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
13 - Brandi Jeffery - 5-7 - Sr. - G - 15.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Jr. - G - 17.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Off the Bench
31 - Anya Kalenta - 6-3 - Jr. - F - 12.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg
5 - Natalie Romeo - 5-7 - Fr. - G - 6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg
22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - So. - C - 6.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg
34 - Jasmine Cincore - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 4.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg
2 - Kaylee Page - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 1.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
11 - Esther Ramacieri - 5-8 - So. - G - 0.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
12 - Emily Wood - 5-5 - Fr. - G - 0.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
30 - Chandler Smith - 6-0 - Fr. - G - High School
50 - Darrien Washington - 6-2 - Fr. - F - High School
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (243-142); 25th Season Overall (438-282)

Washington State Cougars (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12)
34 - Mariah Cooks - 6-1 - Jr. - F - 6.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg
23 - Shalie Dheensaw - 6-4 - Sr. - C - 5.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg
3 - Lia Galdeira - 5-11 - Jr. - G - 22.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg
5 - Tia Presley - 5-10 - Sr. - G - 23.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg
11 - Dawnyelle Awa - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Off the Bench
12 - Taylor Edmondson - 5-11 - Jr. - G - 5.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg
22 - Pinelopi Pavlopoulou - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
0 - Ashley Bolston - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 3.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg
1 - Caila Hailey - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 2.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg
10 - Alexas Williamson - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg
15 - Ivana Kmetovska - 6-3 - So. - F - 2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
42 - Louise Brown - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 0.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg
24 - Bianca Blanaru - 6-5 - Fr. - C - 0.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Head Coach: June Daugherty (Ohio State, 1978)
8th Season at WSU (75-146); 26th Season Overall (389-360)

Huskers Begin Three-Game Pac-12 Swing with Cougars
Nebraska’s Wednesday night trek to Pullman, Wash., opens a three-game stretch of facing Pac-12 Conference foes. Following the game at Washington State, the Huskers return home to take on Utah at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 1 p.m. Last season, NU knocked off the Utes in Salt Lake City.

The three-game Pac-12 stretch concludes on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) when the Big Red battle the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Tip-off between the Huskers and Bruins is set for 3 p.m. with television coverage again provided by the Pac-12 Networks. Last season, the Huskers raced to a 77-49 win over UCLA in the first-ever regular-season basketball game (men’s or women’s) at Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bank Arena. NU ended its 2013-14 season at Pauley Pavilion, falling 80-76 to BYU in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

NU to Honor 1988 Big Eight Champs vs. Utah at Devaney
Nebraska will honor the members of its 1988 Big Eight regular-season championship women’s basketball team when the Huskers return to the Bob Devaney Sports Center to face Utah on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. The game will mark the Huskers’ first game at the Devaney Center since moving into their new homecourt at Pinnacle Bank Arena for the start of the 2013-14 season. Nebraska played every home game inside the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, winning nearly 75 percent (388-130) of its games.

The 1988 team established the early standard for success at Nebraska, running to a 22-7 record that included an 11-3 Big Eight mark under second-year coach Angela Beck. Ten of those former Huskers are expected to return to the Devaney Center Sunday.

Maurtice Ivy, the 1988 Big Eight Player of the Year and NU’s first 2,000-point scorer, headlines the group, along with Husker great Amy Stephens. A current Husker assistant, Stephens scored 1,976 points in her four-year career. CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Stephanie Bolli and Ann Halsne, who also starred in softball for the Huskers, are expected to return along with Kim Harris, Sabrina Brooks, Amy Kramer Bullock, Pam Fiene Dubas, Melissa Sanford and Deb Hoffman. Long-time NU assistant coach and administrator Theresa Becker is also expected to attend, while Coach Angela Beck will have a special video message.

In addition to on-court recognition and HuskerVision presentations, NU will honor the Big Eight champions by donning throwback 1987-88 replica uniforms - with some added length to the shorts.
Nebraska’s white 1987-88 uniforms featured a script “Nebraska” across the jersey, with the outline of the state of Nebraska on the outside of the shorts that included a script “Huskers” and a star on Lincoln inside the state. The 1988 Huskers went a perfect 16-0 at home in their whites.

Tickets for the Utah game at the Devaney Center were not included in NU’s season-ticket package, but are available for single-game purchase at a special price of just $7 for reserved seats at Huskers.com or by calling 800-8-BIG-RED. Tickets will also be available at the Devaney Center Sunday starting at 11 a.m.

The Devaney Center was renovated and reconfigured for volleyball prior to 2013-14, reducing capacity to 7,907. The game between the Huskers and Utes will be the first college basketball game at Devaney since the renovations, but Devaney did play host to 2014 boys and girls state high school tournaments.

Huskers Have History of Home-Opening Success
Nebraska owns a history of season-opening success on the Huskers’ homecourt. Nebraska improved to 39-2 all-time in home openers, including 2-0 at Pinnacle Bank Arena, with its 100-65 victory over Pepperdine on Nov. 15, 2014. The Huskers were 35-2 all-time in season openers at the Devaney Center.

From 1981-82 through 2004-05, Nebraska won 24 straight home openers before losing to South Dakota State on Nov. 19, 2005. NU’s only other home-opening loss came to Kansas (88-56) on Nov. 21, 1980.

Nebraska has been strong in its first six home games every season. In fact, NU is 207-34 over the past 41 years in its first six home contests (.859 winning percentage), including 35-6 in the second game of the season. The Huskers stretched their Game No. 2 winning streak to 15 games with an 83-49 win over Alcorn State on Nov. 16, 2014.

Game No. 3 has traditionally provided the toughest test among the first six home contests for the Huskers, but NU has won seven straight in Game No. 3 after a 78-55 run past Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Lincoln on Nov. 21, 2013. NU improved to 34-6 all-time in game No. 4 with an 87-64 win over Southern on Nov. 24, 2013. The Big Red improved to 35-5 all-time in home Game No. 5 with a 77-42 win over UMass-Lowell on Nov. 27, 2013. The Huskers had their 16-game winning streak in home game No. 6 snapped by Washington State, 76-72, on Nov. 30, 2013.

Scouting the Washington State Cougars
Coach June Daugherty brings her Washington State team into Wednesday night’s game on the rise. The Cougars, who went 17-17 overall and 9-9 in the Pac-12 to finish seventh in the conference standings last season, are receiving votes in this week’s Associated Press Poll after a pair of impressive weekend wins.

The Cougars, who earned a trip to the 2014 Postseason WNIT, knocked off No. 22 Dayton, 76-60, in Friday’s opener in Pullman. Junior guard Lia Galdeira led the Cougars with 21 points, despite going just 5-for-17 from the field and 2-of-8 from three-point range against the Flyers. She did hit 9-of-10 free throws, while notching eight rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Senior guard Tia Presley added 18 points and a team-high four steals, but went just 4-of-12 and 2-of-7 from beyond the arc. She hit 8-of-12 free throws.

Taylor Edmondson had nine points off the bench, while Pinelopi Pavlopoulou pitched in eight points and six rebounds in just 12 minutes to help the Cougars overcome 31.5 percent shooting from the field as a team.

In Sunday’s rout of Idaho State, Presley caught fire with a game-high 29 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including 6-of-10 threes. Galdeira added 24 points, seven rebounds and five steals, while going 10-of-13 from the field and 2-of-4 from beyond the arc.

While Washington State’s star guards have combined for 92 points in two games, the rest of the Cougar starting five has teamed to score just 29 points.

Presley, a 5-10 senior, is averaging 23.5 points, while the 5-11 Galdeira has added 22.5 points and team-bests of 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals through two games.

Mariah Cooks, a 6-1 junior forward, has pitched in 6.0 points and 3.5 rebounds, while 6-4 senior center Shalie Dheensaw has contributed 5.5 points and 7.0 rebounds.

Dawnyelle Awa, a 5-9 junior guard, rounds out the starting five averaging just 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. However, Awa was a major player in last year’s win over the Huskers. Awa scored 13 points, including a pair of three-pointers, while adding five assists to spread out the Huskers.

Edmondson, who is WSU’s top player off the bench, has pitched in 5.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals this season. The 5-11 junior guard pumped in 13 points with three threes against the Big Red last season. With Edmondson leading the way, WSU’s bench outscored the Nebraska reserves, 21-4.

As a team, WSU knocked down 12-of-25 threes while going 12-of-16 from the free throw line. The Huskers went just 4-of-18 from long range, but outrebounded WSU, 48-38, on the glass. Nebraska trailed by seven at halftime and by as many as 19 points in the second half before rallying to cut WSU’s lead to 66-65. Washington State’s win was the first ever by an opponent at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

All-American Jordan Hooper led the Huskers with 24 points and 14 rebounds, but she hit just 6-of-27 shots from the field, including just 2-of-8 threes. Emily Cady added a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Hailie Sample added 11 points. Rachel Theriot and Tear’a Laudermill each pitched in 10 as all five NU starters produced double figures.

Nebraska vs. Washington State History
Nebraska owns a 4-1 lead in the all-time series with Washington State, but the Cougars came away with a win last season. NU won the first meeting in the series with a 64-56 victory on Dec. 4, 2003, in Pullman, Wash. The Big Red added a 78-61 win at the Devaney Center in Lincoln on Nov. 22, 2004. Five years to the day later, NU rolled to a 107-54 win back at the Devaney Center. The Huskers escaped from Friel Court with an 87-79 win over Nov. 22, 2010, before the Cougars picked up a 76-72 win last season at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

Husker Hot Shots - Nebraska’s Starting Five
#23, Emily Cady, 6-2, Sr., F, Seward, Neb. (9.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 4.5 apg)
• One of the Big Ten’s most versatile forwards, Emily Cady earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2014. She joined Hailie Sample in sharing Nebraska’s Kathy Branchaud Most Improved Rebounder Award for the second straight season, while Cady also claimed the team’s Husker Award.

• Cady owns 23 career double-doubles, including 12 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high eight assists in NU’s season-opening win over Pepperdine, Nov. 15.

• In 2013-14, Cady tied Jordan Hooper for second in the Big Ten with 14 double-doubles, while ranking third in the league with 9.2 rebounds per game. Cady ranked 24th in scoring (12.7 ppg), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5-to-1), seventh in free throw percentage (.858), eighth in field goal percentage (.495) and 12th in assists (3.1 apg). In Big Ten games-only, Cady ranked third with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio trailing only Husker point guard Rachel Theriot (2.7) and Iowa point guard Samantha Logic (2.2). Cady ranked eighth in conference play in assists (4.1 apg). She had eight double-doubles in 16 conference games.

• Cady owns 1,072 points, 802 rebounds, 228 assists and 110 steals. She is just the third player in Nebraska history with 1,000 points, 800 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 career steals, joining Maurtice Ivy and Anna DeForge.

• Cady ranks 10th in NU history with 86 career blocks. She needs two more to catch Casey Leonhardt (88, 2000-01) in ninth on the Husker career chart. Only seven Huskers have 100 career blocks.

• No player in Husker history has 1,000 points, 900 rebounds, 200 assists, 100 steals and 100 blocks.

• Cady ranks fifth in school history with 23 career double-doubles. She needs 17 double-doubles to match the Husker record of 40 held by Jordan Hooper (2011-14) and Kelsey Griffin (2006-10).

• Cady’s 1,072 career points rank No. 24 in Husker history. She needs just two points to catch Tina McClain (1,074, 1994-97) in 23rd and 17 points to match Nafeesah Brown (1,089, 1992-94) in 22nd on the career scoring list. Cady is 24 points away from Ann Halsne (1,096, 1988-91) in 21st and is just 29 points away from joining NU’s top 20.

• Cady ranks seventh in Nebraska history with 802 rebounds and needs two boards to catch Anna DeForge in sixth (804). She needs 198 boards to become the fifth Husker in history with 1,000 rebounds, joining Janet Smith (1,280), Hooper (1,110), Griffin (1,019) and Karen Jennings (1,000).

• The best passing forward in the Big Ten, Cady’s 102 assists led all conference forwards in 2013-14. Her 1.5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio also led all players in the conference at the position. In Big Ten play, her 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio was better than every starting guard except first-team All-Big Ten point guards Rachel Theriot (Nebraska) and Samantha Logic (Iowa).

#33, Rachel Theriot, 6-0, Jr., G, Middleburg Heights, Ohio (17.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.0 apg)
• Rachel Theriot claimed preseason All-Big Ten honors in 2014-15 from both the conference coaches and media. Theriot was chosen the No. 13 player in the nation by ESPN in rankings announced on Nov. 5. She was named a fourth-team All-American (one of nation’s top 20 players) by College Sports Madness in preseason rankings.

• Theriot averaged 17.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in Nebraska’s season-opening wins over Pepperdine and Alcorn State. She hit 14-of-18 field goals (.778), including both of her threes and all four of her free throws. She also had an 8-to-3 assist-to-turnover ratio.

• Theriot earned honorable-mention All-America accolades from the Associated Press as a sophomore. She joined Jordan Hooper (2nd Team) on the AP All-America squad, marking the second straight season the Huskers had produced a pair of All-Americans (Hooper, Lindsey Moore, HM, 2013).

• Theriot earned first-team All-Big Ten honors after ranking second among the Huskers with 15.6 points per game in conference play. She also averaged a team-best 7.3 assists in Big Ten action, which ranked second in the league. Overall, Theriot finished her sophomore season with 14.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game.

• Theriot ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten and fifth nationally with 7.1 assists per game, including 7.3 assists per game in Big Ten play. She led the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7-to-1) and ranked 17th nationally.

• Theriot finished with a Nebraska single-season record 234 assists in 2013-14, smashing the previous mark of 195 set by Meggan Yedsena (1991-92) and matched by Lindsey Moore (2012-13).
• Theriot’s 343 career assists rank eighth in Husker history. She needs 49 assists to catch Anna DeForge in seventh (392) on the career chart and 101 assists to join Nebraska’s career top five.

• Theriot produced four points-assists double-doubles in 2013-14, including 10 points and 12 assists in the Big Red’s first-round NCAA Tournament win over Fresno State. Her 12 assists were the most by a Husker in history in an NCAA Tournament game. It was the fifth time in 2013-14 she dished out 11 or more assists in a game. No other Husker has distributed 11 or more assists more than four times in a career.

• Theriot led Nebraska to its first conference tournament title as the Big Ten Tournament MVP. She averaged 18.7 points and a tournament-record 10.0 assists per game, with 30 total assists and just seven turnovers. She hit 56.4 percent of her shots, including 5-of-10 threes, and went 7-for-8 at the line.

• Theriot’s 30 assists in the Big Ten Tournament were a Nebraska single-season conference tournament record. She produced arguably the best passing game in Big Ten history in Nebraska’s Big Ten quarterfinal win over Minnesota March 7, dishing out a tournament-record-shattering 18 assists against just one turnover. The previous tournament record was 12 set by Helen Darling of Penn State against Illinois in 2000. The most assists by a Big Ten player against a Big Ten opponent came with 16 from Maggie Acuna of Illinois against Wisconsin in 2006.

• Theriot’s 18 assists were the second-most in a game in Nebraska history, trailing only 19 assists by Kathy Hawkins on Feb. 17, 1976 against Kearney State (now Nebraska-Kearney). Theriot’s assists are the most ever by a Husker against an NCAA Division I opponent, and the most in the last 37 seasons, covering nearly 1,200 games. Theriot’s 18 assists were the most in an NCAA Division I game in 2013-14.

• Over the final 15 games of 2013-14, Theriot produced six double-digit assist games. In the first 1,203 games in Nebraska history, every other Husker had combined to produce just 41 double-digit assist games.

• Theriot shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent (25-50) from three-point range in Big Ten play as a sophomore. Her three-point shooting percentage led the Big Ten.

• Theriot finished with 25 double-figure scoring efforts in 2013-14. She now owns 32 in her career. She had a career-high 33 points in an overtime win over Minnesota (Jan. 16). She had 28 points at Utah (Nov. 15), when she added seven rebounds. She posted all six 20-point scoring games of her career in 2013-14.

• In Big Ten play, Theriot led the league with 39.5 minutes per game and her 1,204 minutes were the most played by a Husker in a season in school history, surpassing Lindsey Moore’s 1,170 in 34 games in 2012-13. Theriot went the distance 13 times in 33 games in 2013-14, including the full 45 minutes in both of NU’s overtime wins over Minnesota (Jan. 16) and Wisconsin (Feb. 5).

#1, Tear’a Laudermill, 5-9, Sr., G, Moreno Valley, Calif. (13.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)
• Tear’a Laudermill emerged as a rising star for the Huskers to earn second-team All-Big Ten honors as a junior. She finished the season with career-best averages of 11.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game, while her 62 three-pointers ranked as the 10th-best season total in NU history.

• She averaged 13.0 points in just 17.0 minutes per game in Nebraska’s season-opening wins over Pepperdine and Alcorn State. She hit 10-of-19 field goals (.526) and 4-of-8 threes.

• Laudermill is Nebraska’s No. 1 active career three-point shooter with 103 makes, which ranks 10th on the Husker career list. She needs seven threes to catch Kaitlyn Burke (2008-12) in ninth with 110.

• Laudermill has produced double digits in 15 of her last 19 games, after managing double figures in just 11 of her first 77. She owns 26 career double-figure scoring games.

• Laudermill averaged 15.2 points per game over the last 17 contests of 2013-14, including the first five 20-point games of her career. She closed the season with 22 points against BYU, including 12 points in the final 2:30. She added 20 points in NU’s Big Ten semifinal win over No. 19 Michigan State and a career-high 27 points in the Big Red’s home win over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24.

• Laudermill tied a school record with seven threes in Nebraska’s 94-74 win over No. 8 Penn State Feb. 24, 2014. She hit her first six threes in the first half and closed the night 7-of-10 to lead Nebraska to one of the best three-point shooting nights (16-22, .727) in school history.

• Laudermill averaged 13.5 points in 2014 Big Ten play, while shooting a sizzling 44.3 percent from three-point range, which ranked fourth in Big Ten games-only. Her 2.4 three-pointers per game also tied for fifth in league action. She led the Big Red with 21 steals in conference action.

#3, Hailie Sample, 6-0, Sr., F, Flower Mound, Texas (7.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.5 bpg)
• Hailie Sample earned a spot on the 2014 Big Ten All-Defensive Team. She was Nebraska’s Defensive MVP in 2013-14 and joined Emily Cady as the Kathy Branchaud Most Improved Rebounder Award winner for the second straight season.

• Sample has started 102 consecutive games alongside Cady since the first games of their freshman season in 2011-12.

• Sample averaged 7.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in Nebraska’s season-opening wins over Pepperdine and Alcorn State. She also notched a career high with three blocked shots against Pepperdine.

• She produced her third career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the 2014 NCAA second-round game against BYU on March 24. It was her second career double-double in the NCAA Tournament and her second double-double in a three-game span, joining 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in Nebraska’s Big Ten Tournament Championship Game win over No. 23 Iowa on March 9, 2014.

• Sample averaged 7.5 points and a team-leading 10.0 rebounds in the 2014 Big Ten Tournament. Her 30 total rebounds and 16 offensive boards led the tournament.

• Sample’s 15 rebounds in the 2014 Big Ten Championship Game were a Nebraska Big Ten Tournament record and tied Nafeesah Brown (vs. Kansas, 1993, Big Eight) for the second-highest rebounding total ever by a Husker in a conference tournament game. Only Shelly Block (16 vs. Oklahoma State, 1987, Big Eight) pulled down more boards in a league tournament game than Sample.

• In the 2014 NCAA Tournament, Sample averaged 8.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game to push her season averages to 6.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. She ranked 15th overall in the Big Ten in rebounding (6.4 rpg), while ranking seventh in the Big Ten on the offensive glass (2.5 rpg).

• Sample owns 15 career double-digit scoring games, including nine in 2013-14. She also owns six career double-figure rebound games, including three in 2013-14.

• Sample ranks No. 25 on the Nebraska career rebound list with 509. She needs four rebounds to catch Brooke Schwartz (513, 2007-10) in 24th and nine to match Margaret Richards (2001-04) in 23rd with 518.

#13, Brandi Jeffery, 5-7, Sr., G, Vacherie, La. (15.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.5 spg)
• Brandi Jeffery produced a breakout opening weekend to her senior season, averaging 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 24.5 minutes per game as a starter in wins over Pepperdine and Alcorn State.

• Jeffery erupted for career highs with 19 points and eight rebounds in the season-opening victory over Pepperdine on Nov. 15. Her previous career scoring high came with 12 points against both Florida State and Mississippi Valley State in November of 2011.

• Jeffery’s regular-season start in 2014-15, mirrored her production in a pair of exhibition wins, when she averaged 11.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 4.0 steals in 24.5 minutes.

• Jeffery hit 10-of-15 shots from the field, including 4-of-7 threes in NU’s first two regular-season wins. In exhibition play, she hit 9-of-17 field goals, including 2-of-6 threes.

• She entered her senior season with career averages of 3.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game.

• Jeffery has played in 97 career games with 11 career starts for the Huskers. All 11 starts have come in non-conference play over the last three seasons.

• One of four seniors on the roster, including Emily Cady, Hailie Sample and Tear’a Laudermill, Jeffery has helped the Huskers to a 77-25 record and three NCAA Tournaments.

• Jeffery owns 100 career assists, including five this season. She is six rebounds away from 200 in her career. She is 24 points away from 400 in her career. She owns 51 career three-pointers.

Husker Seniors Begin Pursuit of Fourth Straight NCAA Bid
Nebraska’s four-player senior class of Emily Cady, Hailie Sample, Tear’a Laudermill and Brandi Jeffery form the heart of the Husker lineup in 2014-15, after helping the Big Red to the most successful three-year stretch in school history.

Cady and Sample have started all 102 games in their careers, helping the Huskers to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and 25 wins per season. NU’s .750 winning percentage over the past three years represents the most successful stretch in school history.

In 2014-15, the seniors will try to become the first class in school history to compete in four consecutive NCAA tournaments.

Big Red Begins Season at No. 16 in AP, Coaches Polls
The Huskers opened the 2014-15 season at No. 16 in both the Associated Press Preseason Poll and the USA Today Coaches Preseason Top 25. Nebraska closed the 2013-14 campaign at No. 13 in the AP rankings, which did not include NCAA Tournament results.

NU, which went 26-7 last season and 12-4 in the Big Ten before winning its first Big Ten Tournament title, ended the season at No. 17 in the final USA Today Coaches Top 25. Both Nebraska’s final AP and Coaches Top 25 rankings were the second-best year-end rankings in school history. The Huskers have finished the season in the AP Top 25 four times in the past five years.

The Huskers finished No. 19 in the official NCAA RPI, which was its third-best RPI finish in history - all in the last five seasons.

Before Nebraska Coach Connie Yori came to Nebraska for the 2002-03 season, the Huskers had never finished a season ranked in the top 25 in either of the major polls or the RPI.

Husker Season Ticket Sales Reach Another All-Time High
Nebraska’s second season inside the spectacular Pinnacle Bank Arena promises to be packed with action from start to finish, and Husker women’s basketball fans are showing that they want to see it all in person this season.

Heading into the regular season, Nebraska had sold a school-record 3,909 season tickets for the 2014-15 campaign.

In their first season at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2013-14, Nebraska shattered its previous season ticket sales record with more than 3,700. The previous record came in 2010-11, when NU sold approximately 2,700 season tickets.

Last season, Nebraska ranked No. 11 nationally with an average home attendance of 6,161 fans per game. The Huskers ranked No. 8 nationally in total attendance with 110,892 fans flocking to the arena to watch the Big Red roll to a 16-2 home record.

Theriot Claims Preseason All-Big Ten Honors
Nebraska junior Rachel Theriot captured preseason first-team All-Big Ten team announced at Big Ten Conference Women’s Basketball Media Day on Thursday, Oct. 16.

Theriot, a 6-0 point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, joined senior point guards Rachel Banham (Minnesota) and Samantha Logic (Iowa) on the five-player honor squads of both the conference coaches and media. Michigan State sophomore Aerial Powers and Northwestern sophomore Nia Coffey rounded out the coaches top five. Sophomores Amanda Zahui from Minnesota and Lexie Brown from Maryland, along with junior Ameryst Alston from Ohio State claimed spots on the media’s six-player team.

As a team, Nebraska was picked No. 3 in the conference by the media, trailing Maryland and Michigan State. Iowa earned the No. 3 spot ahead of the Huskers in the coaches ranking of the top three teams.

Big Red, Big Picture
• Nebraska’s No. 13 final national ranking in 2014 the Associated Press Poll was the second-highest final ranking in school history, trailing only NU’s No. 4 AP finish in 2010. The AP produces its final ranking at the end of the regular season and does not do another poll during or after the NCAA Tournament.

• Nebraska was ranked No. 19 in the final regular-season NCAA RPI heading into the NCAA Tournament.

• Nebraska’s 2014-15 recruiting class is ranked No. 8 nationally by ESPN - the best class in school history. The 2013-14 recruiting class was ranked No. 9 nationally by ESPN. They are the two best classes in school history.

• Nebraska’s No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament marked the second-best seed the Huskers ever earned in the Big Dance, trailing only NU’s No. 1 seed in 2010.

• Nebraska retired 2010 All-American Kelsey Griffin’s jersey at the Michigan game (Jan. 29). The 2010 Senior CLASS Award winner and Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year had her number raised at Pinnacle Bank Arena, but not permanently retired. Current Husker Emily Cady shares Griffin’s No. 23. Griffin, a five-year WNBA veteran, made a return trip to Lincoln from her club team in Australia.

• NU has earned NCAA Tournament trips six of the past eight seasons (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014).

• The Huskers have advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 twice in the last five seasons (2010, 2013).

• Coach Connie Yori is the winningest coach in Husker history (243 victories) and has won conference coach-of-the-year honors in the Big Ten (2013, 2014), Big 12 (2012) and Missouri Valley (2002). She was the national coach-of-the-year in 2010.

Nebraska Posts Perfect GSR for 10th Straight Season
Nebraska Coach Connie Yori would be the first to say that nobody’s perfect. However, in the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), that’s exactly what her Husker program has been for 10 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 10 straight years.

The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 10th straight season, dating back to to 2004-05.

Yori, who is entering her 13th season at Nebraska, joined Coach Robin Krapfl’s women’s golf program, Coach Scott Jacobson’s women’s tennis program and Coach John Cook’s volleyball program as Nebraska teams who have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 10 years.

Nebraska was one of five Big Ten women’s basketball programs to post 100 percent rates in 2013-14, joining Penn State, Purdue, Michigan and Illinois. All 14 Big Ten women’s programs posted GSR rates above 80 percent last season.

Huskers Seek Seventh NCAA Bid in Last Nine Years
Nebraska made its 12th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament and its sixth in the last eight seasons in 2014. The 2014 Huskers also became the first Nebraska team in history to advance to the NCAA second round in back-to-back seasons, after a 2014 first-round win over Fresno State.

Over the past six years, the Huskers have produced six NCAA Tournament wins under Coach Connie Yori, after the program notched just two NCAA wins in the first 25 years of the NCAA Tournament.

Nebraska’s No. 4 seed was its second-highest in school history, trailing only the No. 1 seed the Huskers earned on their way to their first NCAA Sweet 16 in 2010. NU earned its second NCAA Sweet 16 spot as a No. 6 seed in 2013, following wins over No. 11 seed Chattanooga and third-seeded Texas A&M in College Station in 2013.

The Huskers notched their first NCAA Tournament win under Coach Yori with a 61-58 victory over Xavier at College Park, Md., in 2008.

Yori Claims Back-to-Back Big Ten Coaching Honors
Nebraska’s Connie Yori was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in voting by conference coaches for the second straight season in 2014. Yori captured her third conference coach-of-the-year award in the last five seasons and her second in the Big Ten. Yori led the 2013-14 Huskers to their second straight unbeaten February, while finishing 12-4 in the Big Ten for the second consecutive year. The Huskers then ran to the Big Ten Tournament title for the first conference tournament title in school history. Nebraska went 1-1 in the 2014 NCAA Tournament to finish with a 26-7 overall mark.

The 2014 Huskers opened Big Ten play with a 3-3 mark that included a two-point loss to Purdue and a four-point road loss at Northwestern, before rallying for nine straight wins. The Huskers played their final regular-season game for a share of the Big Ten title for the second straight year, after competing for the Big Ten Tournament title in Indianpolis in 2012.

Yori captured Big 12 Coach-of-the-Year honors in 2010 on her way to WBCA, AP, USBWA, Naismith and Kay Yow National Coach-of-the-Year awards. She led the Huskers to the 2010 NCAA Sweet 16 after capturing the Big 12 regular-season title with a perfect 16-0 record. The 2009-10 Huskers, which featured first-team All-American Kelsey Griffin and first-team All-Big 12 picks Cory Montgomery and Yvonne Turner, finished with a 32-2 overall record.

Before becoming Nebraska’s head coach in 2002-03, Yori claimed Missouri Valley Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors in her final season at Creighton in 2002. In Yori’s first 12 seasons as NU’s coach, her Huskers have earned a total of 37 all-conference awards (12 first team, 4 second team, 11 honorable mention, 5 freshmen, 5 defensive). Jordan Hooper earned Nebraska’s first Big Ten Player-of-the-Year award in 2014, becoming Yori’s second conference player of the year in the last five seasons at Nebraska. Kelsey Griffin claimed Big 12 Player-of-the-Year honors in 2010.

Talented Young Huskers Challenged to Fill Hooper’s Spot
When Nebraska took the floor in the regular season opener against Pepperdine on Nov. 15, it marked the first time since 2010 that Jordan Hooper was not in the starting lineup for the Big Red.
Hooper, a three-time first-team All-Big Ten forward and a 2014 first-team WBCA All-American, started 131 consecutive games for the Huskers from 2010-11 through 2013-14.

Hooper finished her Husker career ranked No. 2 in career points (2,357) and rebounds (1,110) while setting the school record with 295 career three-pointers. Hooper averaged 18.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and and 2.3 threes per game in her career. As a senior in 2013-14, Hooper averaged 20.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.4 threes per contest.

NU Nuggets: Huskers At a Glance
#31, Anya Kalenta, 6-3, Jr., F, Minsk, Belarus (12.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg)
• Anya Kalenta got her NCAA Division I basketball career off to an impressive start by averaging 12.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in a pair of wins on opening weekend. She established career highs with 14 points and eight rebounds against Pepperdine on Nov. 15. The 6-3 forward went 2-for-2 from three-point range against Alcorn State on Nov. 16.

• Kalenta suffered a broken nose in preseason practice on Oct. 29 and underwent surgery Oct. 30. She was hit by an unintentional elbow in practice by freshman Darrien Washington. Kalenta wore a protective mask in both exhibition games and the opening day win over Pepperdine, but played without the mask in Sunday’s win over Alcorn State.

• She earned third-team NJCAA All-America honors in 2013-14 at Vincennes University in Indiana. She transferred to Vincennes after spending her freshman season at Broward College in Florida in 2012-13.

• Kalenta ranked in the NJCAA’s top 25 in scoring (20.8 ppg, 13th), rebounding (10.7 rpg, 22nd) and blocked shots (2.1 bpg, 20th) in her only season with the Trailblazers at Vincennes in 2013-14.

• She hit 51.1 percent of field goals, including 41 percent of her three-pointers last season. The 6-3 Kalenta hit 32 threes on the season.

• Kalenta was a member of the Belarus U-20 National Team at the 2013 European Championships.

#22, Allie Havers, 6-5, So., C, Paw Paw, Mich. (6.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg)
• One of the tallest Nebraska women’s basketball players in history, Allie Havers is one of the most improved Huskers on the 2014-15 team. She averaged 6.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks on opening weekend, despite going just 3-of-15 from the field.

• Havers was NU’s top post off the bench as a true freshman in 2013-14, averaging 3.2 points and 2.6 rebounds while playing in all 33 games. She averaged just over 10 minutes per contest.

• She played a huge role in Nebraska’s 2014 Big Ten Tournament title. In a Big Ten semifinal win over No. 19 Michigan State on March 8, Havers entered the game early in the first half after All-American Jordan Hooper was whistled for her second foul. Havers took the floor with NU trailing 16-13. She ignited a massive surge, dishing out three assists in her first three minutes to spark a 26-3 eruption that gave the Big Red a 39-19 lead with seven minutes left in the half. She later scored six straight points to send Nebraska to the locker room with a 50-27 lead. Havers finished with career highs of 17 points, three assists and three blocks to go along with one steal in just 19 minutes.

#5, Natalie Romeo, 5-7, Fr., G, Martinez, Calif. (6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.0 spg)
• Natalie Romeo saw extensive playing time off the bench on Nebraska’s opening weekend. She averaged 6.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal in 20.0 minutes per game. Romeo’s production came despite hitting just 4-of-19 shots from the field and 1-of-6 threes. An excellent shooter, Romeo went 4-for-4 at the free throw line.

• Romeo earned first-team All-California Elite honors from Cal-Hi Sports in 2014.

• She was a two-time first-team All-California Division II pick at Carondelet High School.

• Romeo was rated as the No. 55 Player in the Nation by ESPN (No. 12 Point Guard) and the No. 27 Player in the Nation (No. 6 Point Guard) by Full Court Press.

• She averaged 19.8 points, 7.8 assists and 5.6 steals as a senior at Carondelet High School. Romeo finished her four-year high school career with 2,151 points, 552 rebounds, 735 assists and 613 steals.

• Romeo finished No. 2 on Carondelet’s all-time scoring list behind Stanford All-American and current WNBA player Jayne Appel.

#34, Jasmine Cincore, 5-8, Fr., G, Arlington, Tenn. (4.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.5 apg)
• Jasmine Cincore played well off the bench in the opening weekend, averaging 4.5 points in 8.5 minutes per game in wins over Pepperdine and Alcorn State. She hit 3-of-6 shots from the floor and 3-of-5 free throws.

• Cincore was a two-time Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.

• She earned first-team all-class, All-Tennessee honors from USA Today in 2014.

• Cincore averaged 15.1 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 3.1 steals as a senior at Briarcrest Christian.

#2, Kaylee Page, 6-2, Fr., F, Alma, Kan. (1.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg)
• Kaylee Page scored her first career points with a pair of free throws in NU’s win over Alcorn State on Nov. 16. She added a rebound and an assist against the Lady Braves.

• Page was the 2014 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year and the two-time Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year (2013, 2014) while playing for her father, Jim, at Wamego High School.

• She was ranked as the No. 42 Player in the Nation by ESPN (2014)

• Page was rated as the No. 18 Shooting Guard in the Nation by ESPN (2014)

• She averaged 18.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 3.2 assists over her four-year career. She hit 35.3 percent of her threes, connecting on 181 threes in her 93-game career. Page finished with 1,755 points, 771 rebounds, 293 assists, 167 steals and 355 blocks.

#11, Esther Ramacieri, 5-8, So., G, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (0.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg)
• Esther Ramacieri saw action in both games on Nebraska’s opening weekend, grabbing two rebounds in NU’s win over Alcorn State.

• Ramacieri competed in 17 games for the Huskers as a true freshman, including five regular-season Big Ten contests. She was not only a reserve in the backcourt, but saw time at power forward in both practice and games.

• Ramacieri is the fourth Canadian to play for the Huskers in women’s basketball under Coach Yori, including Chelsea Aubry (2004-07), Kaitlyn Burke (2008-12) and Harleen Sidhu (2009-12). Aubry was a captain on the 2012 Candadian Olympic Team.

#12, Emily Wood, 5-5, Fr., G, Salina, Kan. (0.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg)
• Emily Wood walked on to the Nebraska program after being recruited by Harvard, Dartmouth, Washburn and Western Illinois. She grabbed one rebound against both Pepperdine and Alcorn State.

• She was a first-team Kansas Class 5A all-state selection as a senior at Salina Central High School in 2014. Wood averaged 16.0 points per game as a senior, while hitting a school-record 91 threes. She hit 42.1 percent of her threes and 86.2 percent of her free throws as a senior.

• Wood played on the MOKAN Eclipse club team coached by Doug Finch, who is the father of Nebraska assistant coach Dayna Finch. Doug Finch is also the head boys coach at Salina Central.

#30, Chandler Smith, 6-0, Fr., G, Brewster, Wash. (Brewster)
• Chandler Smith was impressive in preseason practice but has been sidelined for nearly a month by a stress fracture in her leg. She hopes to return early in the regular season.

• Smith was the two-time Washington Class 1A Player of the Year (2013, 2014)

• She earned a spot on the Washington all-class, all-state team in 2014.

• Smith was rated as the No. 62 Player in the Nation (No. 18 Wing) by ESPN (2014)

#50, Darrien Washington, 6-2, Fr., F, Oakland, Calif. (Skyline)
• Darrien Washington saw playing time in Nebraska’s exhibition games but could be a candidate for a redshirt in 2014-15. Washington did not play in NU’s regular-season opening weekend.

• Washington was a two-time first-team All-Oakland selection (2013, 2014)

• She averaged 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.1 blocks for Oakland Skyline High School as a senior.

• Washington produced 1,181 points and nearly 1,000 rebounds in her high school career despite playing limited minutes as a freshman.

• Washington was a club teammate of Natalie Romeo on the Cal Stars Elite.

Hooper Continues String of Nebraska WNBA Success
Jordan Hooper became the third Husker in the last five years taken in the top 13 picks of the WNBA Draft, when she was chosen by the Tulsa Shock with the first pick of the second round of the 2014 WNBA Draft on April 14. She was the fourth Husker selected among the top 25 picks in the draft in the same span. Lindsey Moore (2013, Minnesota Lynx) was NU’s most recent first-round pick. Kelsey Griffin (2010, Minnesota Lynx) was the No. 3 overall pick in 2010 and has spent five seasons with the Connecticut Sun.

Nebraska Coach Connie Yori also has helped guide Cory Montgomery, Yvonne Turner, Danielle Page, and Kiera Hardy to stints in the WNBA since 2007. Hardy and Montgomery were third-round WNBA Draft choices, while Page and Turner signed free agent contracts.

Hooper closed one of the greatest careers in Nebraska history as a first-team WBCA All-American in 2014. She joined NU retired jersey honorees Karen Jennings (1993) and Kelsey Griffin (2010) as the only Huskers in history to earn first-team All-America honors.

A three-time first-team All-Big Ten choice, Hooper was the 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year. Hooper, who was a two-time Big Ten All-Tournament selection and helped the Huskers to their first-ever Big Ten Tournament title in 2014, finished her career as the school record holder with 295 three-pointers which tied for third in Big Ten history. She also tied the NU record with 40 career double-doubles while ranking second in school history in both points (2,357) and rebounds (1,110). Hooper is the only Husker and one of only two Big Ten players in history to achieve those combined career milestones.

Huskers Rank Among National Attendance Leaders
In 18 home games, the Huskers attracted 110,892 fans including 10 of the top-16 largest home non-conference crowds in school history in 2013-14.

Nebraska’s total home attendance of 110,892 ranked No. 8 nationally, while NU’s average home attendance of 6,161 ranked 11th in 2013-14.

NU drew 5,000 or more fans for 14 of its first 18 home games, including four consecutive crowds of more than 7,000 to close its first regular season at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

The Big Red drew seven crowds of 5,000 or more in 10 home non-conference games, after drawing just five home non-conference crowds of 5,000 or more in 37 seasons at the Devaney Center.

Nebraska attracted almost 15,000 fans to Pinnacle Bank Arena in its season-opening weekend, including a non-conference school-record crowd of 9,750 for a season-opening win over UCLA on Nov. 8. The Huskers added a crowd of 4,924 for a Veterans Day win over Alabama on Nov. 11.
The 14,674 fans over two games nearly matched the 15,221 fans who attended Nebraska’s eight home non-conference games in Coach Connie Yori’s first season in 2002-03.

Nebraska’s average home attendance of 5,658 marked the best single-season non-conference average in school history, crushing the 4,049 fans per game the Huskers averaged during home non-conference action in 2012-13. With just one more home non-conference game than a year ago, the Big Red attracted 20,139 more fans than last season (36,436), which was also a school non-conference record.

Growing interest in Nebraska women’s basketball is not new. In fact, 13 of the 21 largest non-conference home crowds in school history have come over the last 21 non-conference home games for the Big Red.

Huskers Produced Second-Best Win Total for Third Straight Season
Nebraska notched the second-highest win total in school history for the third consecutive year, finishing at 26-7 (.788) to produce the second-best overall winning percentage in school history.
The Huskers have averaged 25 wins over the past three years, including 24 victories in 2012 and 25 wins in 2013.

Before NU’s 24 wins in 2011-12, only one Husker team had produced more than 23 wins in a season - Nebraska’s 2009-10 Big 12 championship team that finished 32-2 (.941 winning percentage), including the school’s first trip to the NCAA Sweet 16.

The 2012-13 Huskers took a step forward by notching 25 wins, including a pair of NCAA Tournament victories to reach NU’s second NCAA Sweet 16.

The 2013-14 Huskers kept NU moving up after winning the school’s first conference tournament title at the 2014 Big Ten Tournament.

Nebraska’s seven losses in 2013-14 were also tied for the second-fewest in school history, trailing only the two losses by the 2009-10 squad. The 1988 Big Eight champion Huskers finished 22-7. The only other NU team to lose seven or fewer games was Nebraska’s first-ever varsity team in 1974-75, which went 9-7 against primarily lower division (NCAA Division II, III, NAIA) opponents.

Nebraska, which has produced six 20-win seasons in the past eight years, had managed only five 20-win seasons in the previous 26 years before Coach Connie Yori led the Huskers to 22 wins in 2006-07. NU owns 15 20-win seasons and three 25-win campaigns in 39 seasons as a varsity sport.

Nebraska owns four 20-win seasons in the last five years, which has included the four top victory totals in school history, including an NU-record 32 wins in 2009-10. Prior to Yori’s arrival in 2002-03, NU’s record for single-season wins was 23 (1978-79, 1979-80, 1992-93, 1997-98).

Double Trouble: Cady Climbing Husker Career Chart
Emily Cady ranks fifth in Nebraska history with 23 career double-doubles. The 6-2 forward from Seward, Neb., tied teammate Jordan Hooper for second in the Big Ten with 14 double-doubles in 2013-14. They became the first Husker teammates to both produce double-figure double-doubles in the same season.

As a senior, Cady will try to join Hooper, Kelsey Griffin and Karen Jennings as the only players in Husker history with two double-digit double-double campaigns. Cady is one of just six Huskers in history with 10 or more double-doubles in a season, including Griffin (10, 2006-07; 20, 2009-10), Jennings (13, 1990-91; 13, 1991-92), Nafeesah Brown (16, 1993-94), Maurtice Ivy (10, 1985-86) and Carol Garey (10, 1978-79). Nebraska players have produced 10 double-digit double-double seasons.

Cady, Sample Own 102 Consecutive Starts Together
Nebraska seniors Emily Cady and Hailie Sample have joined each other in the Huskers’ starting five for 102 consecutive games, dating back to their first games of their freshman season at NU in 2011-12.

Junior point guard Rachel Theriot has joined them in the starting five for each of the last 63 games, while senior Tear’a Laudermill has made 32 straight starts.
Departed All-America Jordan Hooper graduated from the Husker program and headed to the WNBA after making 131 consecutive starts, while NU used the same starting five in the final 30 games last season.

Consistent starting lineups are nothing new for the Huskers under Coach Connie Yori. In fact, over the past 10 seasons (including 2014-15) Nebraska has used only 23 different starting lineups over 294 games.

The 2011-12, 2006-07 and 2003-04 Huskers all used the same starting lineup for every game.

Huskers Set for Record TV Exposure in 2014-15
Nebraska is expected to set a record with 16 nationally televised regular-season games in 2014-15. The Huskers will fill the BTN airwaves with nine guaranteed regular-season appearances on the network and the possibility of two more wildcard selections.

Nebraska has never had more than 11 regular-season games televised in a year, and the record for nationally televised games in a season is 15 (including conference and NCAA tournaments).

In addition to the prospect of 11 BTN games, the Huskers will face Maryland on CBS at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m., in the conference’s premier slot for women’s basketball all season long. It will be Nebraska’s second appearance on CBS in the last three years. The Huskers will battle the Terrapins on ESPN2 on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. in College Park.

Nebraska will make its first two national TV appearances of the year on the Pac-12 Network, when the Huskers face Washington State in Pullman on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 10 p.m. (CT), before battling UCLA on Friday, Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. (CT) in Los Angeles.

The Huskers will play their third televised road non-conference game against Creighton at D.J. Sokol Arena on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8:05 p.m. It will be Nebraska’s first-ever appearance on Fox Sports 1.

The Huskers open their BTN national TV schedule against No. 7 Duke in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m.

NU tips its first 18-game Big Ten Conference season on BTN at Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 29, at 8 p.m. The Big Red are back on BTN to battle Michigan State in East Lansing on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m.

The Huskers return home for a pair of huge games against traditional Big Ten powers Penn State (Jan. 15, 6 p.m.) and Purdue (Jan. 19, 6 p.m.) that will be televised by BTN. One week later, Nebraska is back on BTN for a Monday night clash at Iowa on Jan. 26. Tip time on BTN is set for 8 p.m.

The Huskers return to BTN for their first-ever road trip to Rutgers on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m., before returning home for a BTN rematch with Iowa on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. NU’s final scheduled appearance on BTN comes against Minnesota on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m., but the Huskers could add BTN wildcard games at Indiana (Feb. 21) and Ohio State (March 1).

14-Team Big Ten Tournament Offers New Format in 2015
The 2015 Big Ten Tournament at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., March 4-8, will offer two more teams and one more round of competition than the last three seasons.

A new opening-day on Wednesday, March 4 with features games between the 11 through 14 seeds to cut the tournament field down to 12 teams for the final three days of action.

The new format means that the top four seeds in the conference will get two days worth of byes in the Big Ten Tournament, but those four teams will still need to string together three straight wins to earn a championship.

First-round games at the tournament will be streamed live on BTN Plus, while second-, third-round and semifinal games will be on BTN. The championship game will air on ESPN on Sunday, March 8 at 6 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Changes First & Second Round Sites
The NCAA Tournament Selection Show will be back on ESPN on Monday, March 16, before the ESPN family of networks presents every game of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, March 20-April 7.

New this year to the NCAA Tournament, first- and second-round games will be awarded to the top-16 seeds bidding for home sites. A shift from the predetermined home sites in the first two rounds in recent years. NCAA Regionals will be held in Oklahoma City, Okla., Greensboro, N.C., Albany, N.Y., and Sacramento, Calif., before the Tampa Bay Times Forum hosts the 2015 NCAA Women’s Final Four, April 5-7.

BTN Plus, Huskers.com Offer Additional Video Coverage
In addition to the games set for TV, all of Nebraska’s non-televised regular-season Big Ten games will be available to fans on BTN Plus or Huskers.com.

The network’s new designation for both BTN.com and BTN2Go games, which were previously designated as the BTDN (Big Ten Digital Network), BTN Plus will provide video streams through all devices (laptop/tablet/smartphone) of Nebraska’s non-televised home games during the non-conference season.

Every Nebraska women’s basketball game over the last three seasons has been available to Husker fans either on TV or video stream, a stretch of 100 consecutive games. To subscribe to BTN Plus, visit BTN.com.

For an up-to-date listing of Nebraska’s schedule with game times and television and current video stream information, visit Huskers.com. All times listed on Huskers.com are central and subject to change.

Husker Sports Network, Huskers.com Carries NU World-Wide
The Husker Sports Network enters its 21st season of producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Nebraska women’s basketball in 2014-15. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and color commentator Jeff Griesch head into their 14th season together as the Huskers’ broadcast team.

The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a decade to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com.
In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Network flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and The Wolf 93.3 FM-KFFF (Omaha) provide strong FM signals for Husker women’s basketball and volleyball. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations have joined the Husker Sports Network’s women’s basketball coverage across the state.