Huskers Shoot for Top 25 Win Over Terps in Pink Game

Nebraska Cornhuskers (RV/RV)
vs. Maryland Terrapins (22/19)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, 1 p.m. (CT)
Lincoln, Nebraska (Pinnacle Bank Arena)
Tickets: Huskers.com / 1-800-8-BIG-RED
Special Event: Play4Kay (Pink Game)
Halftime Performance: UNL Drumline
Live Video: BTN
Elise Woodward, Christy Winters-Scott
Live Radio: Huskers Radio Network (12:30 p.m.)
Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst)
Lincoln (107.3 FM), Omaha (1490 AM/97.3 FM/97.7 HD3), Huskers.com, Huskers App
Live Stats: Huskers.com (statbroadcast - public)

Huskers Aim for Top 25 Win Over Terps in Pink Game
The Nebraska women's basketball team returns home in search of a win over another top-25 opponent, when the Huskers meet No. 22 Maryland on Saturday in Lincoln.

Tip-off between the NCAA NET 24 Huskers (16-7, 5-7 Big Ten) and the NET 15 Terrapins (18-6, 6-6 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 1 p.m. (CT) on Play4Kay Day. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of family and friends in their fights with cancer while also promoting cancer awareness and research.

Tickets are available now at Huskers.com/Tickets.

Free live audio from the Huskers Radio Network will be available on Huskers.com, the Huskers App, 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 1490 AM/97.3 FM/97.7 HD3 in Omaha with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call for their 25th consecutive season.

The game will be televised live by the Big Ten Network with Elise Woodward and Christy Winters-Scott on the call.

Nebraska will try to rebound from back-to-back road losses at top-12 AP teams earlier this week, including an 88-76 setback at No. 8 Michigan Wednesday. The Huskers are 12-2 at home this season with their only losses coming to No. 4 UCLA (Jan. 11) and No. 17 USC (Dec. 29).

Maryland also traveled to Lincoln from Michigan after beating No. 12 Michigan, 86-70 in East Lansing on Wednesday night. The win by the Terps snapped a four-game losing streak.

Six of Nebraska's seven losses this season have come to AP top-25 teams at game time, and all six are currently NET top-20 Big Ten teams (No. 2 UCLA, at No. 6 Michigan, at No. 10 Michigan State, at No. 14 Iowa, at No. 18 Ohio State and No. 20 USC). NU's seventh setback was a one-possession midweek road loss at Wisconsin (63-60, Jan. 21).

Britt Prince, who was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Midseason Top 10 on Monday, is arguably the nation's most efficient guard. The 5-11 point guard out of Elkhorn North High School in the Omaha metro area, is hitting 55.7 percent (156-280) of her field goals, 49.3 percent (33-67) of her three-point attempts and 93.2 percent (69-74) of her free throws. At the start of this week, Prince was the only starter regardless of position in the country to hit 50% FG-50% 3FG-90% FT.

Prince, who also leads the Huskers in assists (100) and steals (35), ranks third nationally and leads the Big Ten in free throw percentage (.932), including 100 percent (49-49) in league games with a school-record streak of 51 consecutive made free throws overall. Nebraska's leading scorer, Prince ranks ninth in the Big Ten in scoring (18.0 ppg) and 11th in assists (4.3 apg). She owns eight 20-point efforts, including a pair of 30-point games this season.

Fellow sophomore Amiah Hargrove is emerging as a star in the conference. A contender for Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year, Hargrove ranks second on the team in scoring (13.0 ppg) while leading the team in rebounding (6.0 rpg) after a 16-point, eight-rebound effort at No. 8 Michigan Wednesday. Hargrove pumped in 24 points and grabbed six rebounds in her second straight start in place of Jessica Petrie (illness) at Ohio State (Feb. 1). It followed Hargrove's second double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 rebounds in her first start of the season against Northwestern (Jan. 28). The 6-2 forward from Christopher, Ill., produced 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting at No. 15 Michigan State (Jan. 15). Hargrove is shooting 54.7 percent from the field, including 42.6 percent from three-point range and 81.1 percent from the free throw line. She has hit 56.3 percent (18-32) of her threes in league play. She opened Big Ten play with a career-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting (4-5 3FG) at Penn State (Dec. 6). She missed the loss at No. 14 Iowa (Jan. 1) after suffering a mild concussion late in the loss to No. 17 USC (Dec. 29).

Junior Jessica Petrie has provided consistency and leadership at both ends in her second season as a starter. The 6-2 forward from Gold Coast, Australia, ranks third on the team in scoring (11.6 ppg) and second in rebounding (4.9 rpg), but missed the first games of her Nebraska career with illness in the win over Northwestern (Jan. 28). She also missed Sunday's loss at No. 11 Ohio State, before returning in a somewhat limited role off the bench at No. 8 Michigan Wednesday. Petrie has produced double figures 14 times and scored at least seven points in all 21 of her games this season. She also leads Nebraska with a career-high 22 blocks and owns a career-high 19 steals this season after getting 12 total steals her first two years.

Junior Logan Nissley has made 10 straight starts. The 6-0 guard from Bismarck, N.D., has averaged 11.5 points on 51.7 percent (15-29) shooting over the last four games. She had a season-high 15 points in a win over Illinois (Jan. 24), before striking for 14 points while tying her season high with four threes in a win over Northwestern (Jan. 28). Nissley, who had 11 points at No. 11 Ohio State, also ranks high on the efficiency scale, hitting 47.3 percent (53-112) from the field, including 45.5 percent (40-88) from three-point range and 85.7 percent (18-21) of her free throws. Nissley is averaging 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. Nissley also recently joined Nebraska's career top 10 in three-pointers made (154).

Callin Hake provides veteran leadership and an emotional heartbeat for the Big Red while joining Prince, Petrie and Nissley as returning starters from a year ago. Hake, a 5-8 senior guard from Victoria, Minn., is averaging 8.0 points and 3.8 assists while hitting 38.5 percent (35-91) of her threes. Hake, who has added 31 steals, also leads the Big Red with 25 charges drawn through 23 games. She has scored double figures eight times, including a season-high 17 points in a win over Omaha.

Senior transfer Eliza Maupin rounds out Nebraska's projected starting five. The 6-3 forward from Webster Groves, Mo., is averaging 8.7 points and 4.7 rebounds over 20 games with 10 straight starts. She notched her second double-double of the season with 13 points and a career-high 13 rebounds at Wisconsin (Jan. 21). She posted her first Husker double-double with 12 points and 11 boards at Iowa (Jan. 1).

NET 24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (16-7, 5-7 Big Ten)
21 - Eliza Maupin - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 8.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg
33 - Amiah Hargrove - 6-2 - So. - F - 13.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg
2 - Logan Nissley - 6-0 - Jr. - G - 7.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg
14 - Callin Hake - 5-8 - Sr. - G - 8.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
23 - Britt Prince - 5-11 - So. - G - 18.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Off the Bench
12 - Jessica Petrie - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 11.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg
4 - Petra Bozan - 6-3 - So. - F - 7.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg
5 - Claire Johnson - 5-9 - So. - G - 3.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg
1 - Hailey Weaver - 6-0 - Gr. - G - 2.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg
15 - Kennadi Williams - 5-4 - RFr. - G - 2.6 ppg, 0.7 rpg
34 - Emily Fisher - 6-0 - Jr. - G/F - 2.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg
00 - Alanna Neale - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 1.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg
22 - Natalie Potts [Out] - 6-2 - RSo. - F - Redshirt
3 - Allison Weidner [Out] - 5-10 - Gr. - G - Redshirt
Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)
10th Season at Nebraska (174-130); 19th Season Overall (367-239)

NET 15/AP 22/Coaches 19 Maryland Terrapins (18-6, 6-6 Big Ten)
9 - Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu - 6-3 - RJr. - F - 8.0 ppg, 6.8 rpg
3 - Addi Mack - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 10.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg
6 - Saylor Poffenbarger - 6-2 - RSr. - G/F - 10.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg
7 - Oluchi Okananwa - 5-10 - Jr. - G - 17.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg
12 - Yarden Garzon - 6-3 - Sr. - G - 13.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Off the Bench
8 - Kyndal Walker - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 6.1 ppg, 2.3 rpg
40 - Breanna Williams - 6-2 - RFr. - F - 5.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg
11 - Marya Boiko - 6-4 - Fr. - F - 3.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg
5 - Ava McKennie - 6-2 - So. - G/F - 3.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg
0 - Rainey Welson - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 3.4 ppg, 0.8 rpg
10 - Mir McLean - 5-11 - Gr. - G/F - 3.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg
21 - Nicole Fritea - 6-2 - Fr. - G - 1.3 ppg, 1.2 rpg
2 - Kaylene Smikle [Out] - 6-0 - Sr. - G - 13.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg
1 - Lea Bartelme [Out] - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 6.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
24 - Bri McDaniel [Out] - 5-10 - RSr. - G - Redshirt    
Head Coach: Brenda Frese (Arizona, 1993)
24th Season at Maryland (625-175); 27th Season Overall (682-205)

Scouting the No. 22 Maryland Terrapins
• Coach Brenda Frese brings No. 22 Maryland to Lincoln after ending one of its roughest stretches in her 24 years leading the Terrapins by rolling to an 86-79 win at No. 12 Michigan State on Wednesday. Maryland ended a four-game losing streak that included three consecutive home losses.

• The Terps, who had lost five of six games dating back to a Jan. 11 home loss to nationally ranked Ohio State, will be playing their eighth consecutive game against a NET Top 35 team when they square off with the Huskers on Saturday in Lincoln.

• Maryland opened the season 14-0, including a win over No. 16 Kentucky (Nov. 26) and Big Ten wins at Minnesota (100-99 2OT, Dec. 7) and against Wisconsin (97-59, Dec. 29). The Terps climbed as high as No. 7 in the AP rankings to close 2025, before suffering a 73-70 New Year's Day loss at Illinois. Maryland rebounded with back-to-back wins over Indiana and Rutgers, before falling to No. 19 Ohio State, 89-76, in College Park (Jan. 11).

• The Terrapins moved to 4-2 in the Big Ten with the road win at USC, before a 30-point loss at No. 3 UCLA (Jan. 18). They followed with three consecutive home losses, including an 85-78 OT loss to No. 10 Iowa (Jan. 22) and an 83-80 2OT loss to No. 25 Washington (Jan. 28), before succumbing to NET 21 Oregon, 68-61 (Jan. 31).

• Oluchi Okananwa, a 5-10 junior transfer from Duke, leads the Terps with 17.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and a team-best 2.0 steals per game. She owns 10 20-point performances this season, including a career-high 34 points in the win over Indiana (Jan. 4). She had 23 points, four rebounds and five assists in Wednesday's win at Michigan State.

• Indiana transfer Yarden Garzon has added 13.0 points and 4.2 rebounds as the only other Terp to join Okananwa in the starting lineup for all 24 games. The 6-3 senior guard from Israel is shooting 39.8 percent (66-166) from three-point range and 95 percent (19-20) from the free throw line while adding 2.9 assists per game. She had 16 points and five boards at Michigan State.

• Saylor Poffenbarger, who is in her second season at Maryland after transferring from UConn and Arkansas, is averaging 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds. Poffenbarger had hit just 5-of-31 threes (.161) in the six-game stretch before going 3-for-7 on her way to 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists and four steals at Michigan State Wednesday. She hit 27-of-68 threes (.397) through the first 17 games.

• Isi Ozzy-Momodu, a 6-3 redshirt junior who was an NJCAA All-American at Gulf Coast State, has added 8.0 points and a team-best 6.8 rebounds. She is shooting 55.6 percent from the field but just 53.5 percent from the free throw line. She had just two points and two rebounds in five minutes at Michigan State.

• The Terps have been without guard Bri McDaniel all season and lost former Rutgers star Kaylen Smikle to injury after she played seven games with five starts and averaged 13.1 points per game. They also lost freshman Lea Bartelme to an ACL injury in the fourth game of the season. Bartelme averaged 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in her first three games as a starter before being injured in the first half against Towson (Nov. 13).

• Maryland is averaging 83.3 points while holding opponents to 61.7. The Terps own a plus-10.5 rebound margin and a plus-4.0 turnover margin. In Big Ten play, Maryland's edge has narrowed to +5.1 points, +3.5 rebounds and +1.0 turnover per game. The Terps are shooting just 42.4 percent from the field and 31.8 percent from three-point range in conference play.

Nebraska vs. Maryland Series History
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Nebraska 16-4, but the Huskers have won four of the last five meetings, including a 91-71 win over the No. 17 Terps in the last meeting in College Park (Feb. 13, 2025). Britt Prince (13), Jessica Petrie (11), Logan Nissley (11) and Callin Hake (10) all started and scored double figures in last year's NU win, while Alexis Markowski added a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Alberte Rimdal put six Huskers in double digits with 15 points off the bench. Saylor Poffenbarger (8) is the only Terp returning to the lineup from last year. Current Husker Emily Fisher added eight points for the Terps off the bench last year. Ava McKennie and Mir McLean are the only other active Terps who played in last year's game.

• In the last meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska notched an 87-81 win over Maryland (Dec. 31, 2023) for the Huskers' first victory over the Terps in Lincoln.

• Later in the 2023-24 season, Nebraska battled to a 78-68 victory over the Terps in the Big Ten semifinals in Minneapolis (March 9, 2024).

• Maryland leads the all-time series in Lincoln, 7-1, and carries a 7-2 edge over the Huskers in College Park. The Terps also own a 2-1 advantage on neutral courts, but Nebraska has won the most recent meeting on all three courts.

• Saturday's game will mark the 19th time in 21 meetings that Maryland has been ranked in the AP Top 25 at game time.

• Nebraska’s first meeting with Maryland came in the 2008 NCAA Tournament second round in College Park - a 76-64 Maryland win.

Prince Advances to Lieberman Midseason Top 10
• Nebraska's Britt Prince advanced to the list of 10 women's college basketball players on the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Midseason Top 10 on Monday, Feb. 2. The Lieberman Award was the first of the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Oct. 27.

• Fan voting for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award will open at http://www.hoophallawards.com on Friday, Feb. 6.

• Prince, a 5-11 sophomore from Omaha, Neb., returns for her second season at Nebraska after averaging 13.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals as a true freshman.

• Through 23 games this season, she is averaging a team-best 18.0 points per game while hitting 55.7 percent (156-280) of her shots from the field, including 33-of-67 threes (.493).

• Through 22 games, Prince was the only Division I starter in the country hitting 50 percent of her field goals (.562), 50 percent of her threes (.500) and 90 percent of her free throws (.930), before dipping below the 50 percent 3FG line by going 1-for-3 at No. 8 Michigan (Feb. 4).

• She owns two 30-point performances, eight 20-point efforts and 20 double-figure scoring games this season.

• Prince was the MVP of the Emerald Coast Classic Beach Bracket (Nov. 24-25) after leading the Huskers to a tournament title with 30 points on 12-of-17 shooting in a 91-82 win over Virginia. She averaged 24.0 points and 6.5 assists in the tournament, including 18 points and a season-high seven assists in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne.

• She established her career high with 30 points on 13-of-18 shooting in a win over Oral Roberts (Nov. 19).

• Prince produced a 28-point, six-rebound, six-assist effort in a win over Northwestern (Jan. 28). She hit 10-of-15 shots from the field, including 2-of-3 threes and all six of her free throws.

• She produced a 27-point performance at No. 14 Iowa (Jan. 1), when she also recorded five rebounds and four steals, before getting a game-high 17 points to go with a team-high four rebounds in the win over Purdue (Jan. 4).

• She had 23 points, two assists and two steals in a win over Samford (Nov. 8).

• Prince opened Big Ten play with 20 points in a win at Penn State (Dec. 6) and produced her fourth 20-point effort in conference play this season with 20 points and four assists in a win over Illinois (Jan. 24). She added 20 points and seven assists in a win over Indiana (Jan. 8).

• She tipped 2025-26 with 19 points, five rebounds, an assist and a steal in a win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3).

• Prince led all players with 18 points and seven assists against No. 17 USC (Dec. 29). She also had  18 points and a season-high seven rebounds in a win over Creighton (Nov. 12).

• Prince had 17 points, four rebounds and five assists in a 92-53 win over Bradley (Dec. 3).