Huskers Show Grit in Earning NCAA Tournament Trip

Nebraska By The Numbers
• Alexis Markowski (1,902) finished No. 7 on Nebraska's all-time scoring list with 1,902 points. She is the only Husker in history to achieve the combined career milestones of 1,900 points and 1,200 rebounds.

• Markowski (1,220) ended her career as the second Husker to reach 1,200 rebounds. Janet Smith (1,280, 1979-82) owns the top spot on NU’s career rebound chart.

• Markowski (53) owns the top spot on Nebraska’s career double-doubles list, 13 more than first-team All-Americans Kelsey Griffin (40, 2006-10) and Jordan Hooper (40, 2011-14).

• Markowski (134) tied for fourth on Nebraska's career games played list with 134. She played in every Husker game during her four-year career.

• Markowski (120) tied for seventh in Nebraska history with 120 career starts.

• Markowski (104) produced her 104th game scoring in double figures with 12 points against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament first round (March 21). She scored double digits in 28 of 33 games in 2024-25, after getting double figures in 32 of 35 games in 2023-24. She scored 10 or more points 21 times as a freshman and 23 times as a sophomore.

• Markowski (93) finished 11th on Nebraska's career blocked shot list with 93.

• Kendall Coley (136) tied for second on the NU all-time list in games played. Sam Haiby owns the school record with 139.

• Kendall Moriarty (131) tied for ninth with Jordan Hooper on the Nebraska career games played list with 131. Moriarty played 109 consecutive games to close her career.

• Britt Prince (403/120) owns 403 points and 120 rebounds as a true freshman point guard for the Huskers. Nebraska's WNBA first-round draft picks Lindsey Moore and Nicole Kubik did not achieve either 300 points or 100 rebounds as true freshmen starting point guards at Nebraska.

• Prince (113) finished fourth on Nebraska's freshman assist list with 113. She is one of only six freshman point guards in Husker history to distribute 100 or more assists.

• Prince (51) recorded her 51st steal of the season against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament. She became the first Husker freshman since Nicole Kubik (1996-97) to record 50 steals.

• Callin Hake (102) dished out 102 assists on the season, joining Britt Prince as teammates distributing 100 or more assists. It was the first time since Jaz Shelley (16) and Sam Haiby (121) that a pair of Huskers dished out 100 assists.

Four Huskers Claim Academic All-District Awards
• Callin Hake, Logan Nissley, Jessica Petrie and Alberte Rimdal captured Academic All-District VII honors when the College Sports Communicators announced their annual academic teams on Tuesday, March 25.

• Hake, a junior from Victoria, Minn., started 30 of Nebraska's 33 games, averaging 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.3 steals to help the Huskers earn a trip to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The President of Nebraska's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Hake is a dual major in management and marketing and carries better than a 3.6 grade-point average.

• Nissley started 26 games for the Huskers as a sophomore. The 6-0 guard from Bismarck, N.D., averaged 7.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals in helping Nebraska to its second consecutive 20-win season. Off the court, Nissley carries nearly a 3.6 GPA as a child, youth and family studies major.

• Petrie, a 6-2 sophomore from Gold Coast, Australia, started 23 games for the Big Red in 2024-25. She averaged 6.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists to aid Nebraska's run to a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Petrie owns better than a 3.5 GPA as a communication studies major at Nebraska.

• Senior Alberte Rimdal rounded out the list of four Huskers to earn academic all-district accolades. The 5-9 guard from Koge, Sweden, was one of Nebraska's top contributors off the bench in her lone season in Lincoln after spending her first three collegiate seasons at Florida. Rimdal averaged 7.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting a sizzling 44.2 percent from three-point range in 2024-25. The child, youth and family studies major played all 33 games with six starts, while compiling better than a 3.6 GPA in her collegiate career.

• To be eligible for CSC Academic All-District honors, nominees must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA, complete one full calendar year at their current institution and be at least a sophomore both academically and athletically. Nominees must also be a starter or important reserve to the team and play in at least 90 percent of games in 2024-25.

Eight Huskers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors
• Eight members of the Nebraska women's basketball team earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition when the conference announced its annual awards on March 19.

• Alexis Markowski headlined the list of honorees. The senior management major and four-time All-Big Ten selection on the court, earned academic accolades for the third time.

• Markowski was joined by Kendall Coley, a graduate student from Minneapolis who claimed her fourth Academic All-Big Ten honor of her career.

• Kendall Moriarty added the third Academic All-Big Ten award of her career. The senior from Wheaton, Ill., is a dual major in advertising and public relations and sports media and communication.

• Redshirt junior Allison Weidner joined Markowski and Moriarty as a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. Weidner is a child, youth and family studies major from Humphrey, Neb.

• Junior Callin Hake, a management and marketing major from Victoria, Minn., captured Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time, while Husker sophomores Logan Nissley, Jessica Petrie and Natalie Potts also earned academic all-conference accolades for the first time in their careers.

Markowski Makes History at Conference Level
• Alexis Markowski became the first women's basketball player in Husker history to earn four first- or second-team all-conference honors in school history when the Big Ten announced its annual awards on March 4.

• The 6-3 center from Lincoln claimed first-team All-Big Ten honors from the conference media for the second straight year, while adding second-team accolades from the coaches for the third time. She was a second-team All-Big Ten pick by the media as a freshman (2022) and a sophomore (2023).

• The only other Huskers in history to earn four all-conference awards are Emily Cady (Big Ten HM, 2011-12; HM, 2012-13; 2nd, 2013-14; 2nd, 2014-15) and Meggan Yedsena (Big Eight HM, 1990-91; 2nd, 1991-92; 2nd, 1992-93; 2nd, 1993-94).

• Markowski also earned a spot on the 2024 Big Ten All-Tournament Team by averaging 16.5 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists over four games, including 23 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in the Big Ten Championship Game.

Markowski Is NU's 1,900-Point/1,200-Rebound Club
• Alexis Markowski closed with career totals of 1,902 points and 1,220 rebounds to become the first Husker in history to achieve the combined career milestones of 1,900 points and 1,200 rebounds.

• Jordan Hooper (2,357 points/1,110 rebounds, 2011-14) was a first-team All-American, the 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year and the first pick of the second round in the 2014 WNBA Draft.

• The only other players in Husker history with 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds are Karen Jennings (2,405 points/1,000 rebounds, 1990-93) and Kelsey Griffin (2,033 points/1,019 rebounds, 2006-10).

• Jennings won the 1993 Wade Trophy, was a first-team All-American and the 1993 Big Eight Player of the Year. Griffin won the 2010 Senior CLASS Award, was a first-round WNBA Draft pick, a first-team All-American and the 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year.

Prince Captures Big Ten All-Freshman Honors
• Britt Prince produced one of the best freshman seasons in Husker history in 2024-25. The 5-11 point guard from Omaha ranked second among the Huskers with 13.4 points, while adding 4.0 rebounds and team bests of 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals.

• Prince became the fourth Husker in the last four years to earn a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team when she was selected by both the coaches and the media to the five-player team on March 4. Prince also captured honorable-mention All-Big Ten accolades.

• She led the Huskers with game highs of 14 points and six assists in the NCAA Tournament first round against Louisville (March 21).

• Prince led Nebraska with 17.0 points and 5.3 assists per game at the Big Ten Tournament, capped by a career-high-tying 24 points to go with six assists against tournament champion and NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed UCLA (March 7).

• She led Nebraska with 17 points and five assists in a second-round Big Ten Tournament win over Illinois (March 6) when she reached 100 assists on the season. Prince opened the tournament with 10 points, five assists and two steals in a win over Rutgers (March 5). Prince became the first Husker freshman since Nicole Kubik (1996-97) to record 50 steals in a season.

• Prince was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 21) after going for 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists and a career-high six steals at Iowa (Jan. 16). She also hit a career-high five three-pointers while playing a career-high 41 minutes against the Hawkeyes.

• The national award followed her first Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honor (Jan. 20), which she shared with Ohio State freshman Jaloni Cambridge.

• Prince ranked fifth among Big Ten freshmen in scoring (13.4 ppg).

• Prince, a two-time Gatorade and MaxPreps Player of the Year, scored double figures 23 times, including a career-high 24 points on 8-of-15 shooting in a road win at Rutgers (Jan. 12). She added six rebounds and three assists. Prince scored 10 points in the decisive fourth quarter.

• Her performance at Rutgers surpassed her 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting in Nebraska’s record-setting 113-70 win over South Dakota (Nov. 16). She added four assists and two steals in front of a sellout crowd at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

• She also pumped in a game-high 23 points in an important Husker road win at Purdue (Jan. 30).

• She added 20 points and six rebounds at Creighton (Nov. 22).

• Prince produced a 13-point effort in an upset of No. 17 Maryland in College Park (Feb. 13) that included a career-high eight assists.

• She matched her career best with eight assists while scoring nine points at Illinois (Feb. 16). Prince suffered a right lower leg injury in the closing minutes against the Illini when she was fouled on a three-point attempt in the corner. She earned three free throws but was unable to continue and Kendall Coley converted 2-of-3 in her place.

• Prince missed the next two games (Oregon, Washington, Feb. 19-23) before returning with 15 points and six assists in a road win at Northwestern (March 2).

• Prince had a game-high 19 points to go with five rebounds in a low-scoring win over Tarleton State (Dec. 11). She hit three threes against the Texans and went 6-for-6 at the line.

• Prince contributed 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting in a win over Kansas City (Nov. 26), before notching her fifth straight double-digit performance with a game-high 14 points in a win over Lindenwood (Dec. 3). She also had 13 points and a six assists against North Alabama (Nov. 19) during the five-game stretch. Prince added a career-high two blocks against the Lions.

• Prince had 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals in NU's win over No. 20 Michigan State (Jan. 8). It was her third straight double-digit effort, joining 13 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals in a win over Penn State (Jan. 5) and 10 points, a career-high-tying eight rebounds and four assists at No. 4 USC (Jan. 1).

• She became the first Husker freshman point guard to reach 100 points in her first eight games, when she put up seven points and seven boards in a win over Minnesota (Dec. 8). The only other Husker point guard to score 100 points in 10 or fewer games is Nicole Kubik (10 games, 1996-97).

• Prince, who won four consecutive Nebraska Class B state high school championships at PBA while playing for her mother, Ann Prince at Elkhorn North (2021-22-23-24), was the No. 16 recruit in the country according to Prospects Nation and No. 28 according to ESPN.

• An honorable-mention high school All-American last year by the Naismith award and MaxPreps, Prince produced one of the best senior seasons in Nebraska high school history in 2023-24. She averaged 27.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.9 steals. She led the state in both scoring and assists as a senior on her way to finishing with a Class B record 2,491 points, surpassing Husker All-American Jordan Hooper’s previous mark of 2,078.

• Prince also matched Hooper for No. 2 in state tournament history with 271 career points.

• In addition to being a four-time Super-State selection in basketball, Prince was a six-time gold medalist and two-time silver medalist at the Nebraska State Track & Field Championships.

• She was the 2024 Nebraska Girls Athlete of the Year across all sports.

• Prince missed Nebraska’s win over Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 9) with a lower leg injury, but returned for six points, four assists and three steals as a starter in a win over Southern (Nov. 12).

Husker Freshmen Feature Efficiency
• Britt Prince was the leader of a talented freshman trio for Nebraska. While Prince earned headlines by starting at point guard and putting up some of the best numbers in history by a Big Red rookie, fellow freshmen Amiah Hargrove and Petra Bozan were dynamic inside.

• Hargrove capped her freshman season with 10 points and nine rebounds in less than 17 minutes of action off the bench in Nebraska's first-round NCAA Tournament game with Louisville (March 21). It was her eighth double-figure scoring effort of the season.

• She opened the Big Ten Tournament by tying her career high with 13 points to go with four rebounds while tying a career high with two threes in 23 minutes off the bench in a win over Rutgers (March 5).

• She produced her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in a career-high 28 minutes in an overtime win at Iowa (Jan. 16). She hit 3-of-4 shots including 2-of-3 threes and both free throws against the Hawkeyes while adding a career-high two blocks.

• Hargrove added a double-figure scoring effort with 11 points at Indiana (Feb. 2).

• She erupted for a career-high 13 points in a win over Tarleton State (Dec. 11). She hit 5-of-6 shots, including a three-pointer, while adding three rebounds and a steal. She also led Nebraska with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting at No. 1 UCLA (Dec. 29). She had 10 points and eight rebounds in a Big Ten-opening win over previously unbeaten Minnesota (Dec. 8).

• The 6-1 forward from Christopher, Ill., added 10 points and seven rebounds in a win over Kansas City (Nov. 26). She made back-to-back starts against Chattanooga (Dec. 15) and No. 17 Georgia Tech (Dec. 21). Hargrove also played a major role in NU's win over No. 20 Michigan State (Jan. 8) with seven points and six rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench.

• In 2024-25, Hargrove produced per 40 minute averages of 13.6 points and 10.5 rebounds while hitting 48.6 percent of her shots from the field, including 50 percent of her threes (17-34).

• Bozan, a 6-5 center from Croatia, added six-double digit scoring efforts, including 11 points in Nebraska's second-round Big Ten Tournament win over Illinois (March 6). She tied her career high with 12 points - all in the fourth quarter - at Indiana (Feb. 2). It matched her 12 points in an opening-day win over Omaha (Nov. 4). She also had 11 against Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 9). She went a combined 9-for-11 from the field, including 4-for-4 from three-point range in those two games. Bozan added 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in a win over Lindenwood (Dec. 3), before getting her first double-digit effort in Big Ten play with 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting in a win over Wisconsin (Jan. 20). She also had nine points and five rebounds in her Big Ten debut against Minnesota (Dec. 8).She had seven points at UCLA (Dec. 29), as the Husker freshmen provided three of NU's top four scorers against the top-ranked Bruins. Bozan pitched in eight points and six rebounds in just 11 minutes to help the Huskers push past Penn State (Jan. 5). She added another big effort with eight points and four boards in 12 minutes off the bench in Nebraska's Big Ten road win at Rutgers (Jan. 12).

• She closed the regular season with nine points in a win over Northwestern (March 2), before opening the Big Ten Tournament with nine points in a win over Rutgers (March 5). She combined to go 8-for-9 from the field in those two wins, including 4-for-4 in the conference tournament.

• Bozan has produced per 40 minute averages of 19.3 points and 10.4 rebounds while hitting 51.8 percent of her shots from the field, including 37.5 percent (9-24) of her threes.

Big Red Spreads Scoring
• Nebraska put at least five players in double figures in seven of its 33 games in 2024-25, including six Huskers in double digits in a 91-71 victory at No. 17 Maryland (Feb. 13). The Huskers placed five in double figures in back-to-back Big Ten wins at Iowa (87-84 OT, Jan. 16) and over Wisconsin (91-60, Jan. 20). In five other games, NU put four players in double figures with the fifth-highest scorer adding nine points.

• Perhaps the most amazing part of the double-figure scoring performances for the Big Red was that all seven games featured a different group of scorers that have ultimately included all 12 players on the active roster at the start of the season.

• In a win at No. 17 Maryland (Feb. 13), six Huskers scored double figures, including Alexis Markowski-20, Alberte Rimdal-15, Britt Prince-13, Logan Nissley-11, Jessica Petrie-11 and Callin Hake-10.

• In the win over Wisconsin (Jan. 20), five Huskers put up double figures, including Kendall Moriarty-17, Jessica Petrie-15, Britt Prince-14, Alexis Markowski-12 and Petra Bozan-10.

• In the win at Iowa (Jan. 16), five Huskers put up double figures, including Britt Prince-22, Alexis Markowski-19, Logan Nissley-13, Jessica Petrie-13 and Amiah Hargrove-10.

• In the opener with Omaha (Nov. 4), six Huskers produced double-digit points, including Alexis Markowski-14, Natalie Potts-14, Petra Bozan-12, Logan Nissley-12, Allison Weidner-11 and Britt Prince-10.

• In a win over South Dakota in Sioux Falls (Nov. 16), five Huskers finished in double figures, including Britt Prince-23, Natalie Potts-22, Alexis Markowski-14, Kendall Moriarty-13 and Kendall Coley-12.

• In a victory over North Alabama (Nov. 19), five Huskers scored in double figures, including Callin Hake-17, Jessica Petrie-14, Britt Prince-13, Alberte Rimdal-13 and Alexis Markowski-10.

• Nebraska put five players in double figures in its second straight home game in a win over Kansas City (Nov. 22), including Callin Hake-16, Alberte Rimdal-15, Britt Prince-13, Alexis Markowski-10 and Amiah Hargrove-10.

• The only Huskers to score in double figures in each of the seven games with at least five players in double figures were Alexis Markowski and Britt Prince.