Next Game: Penn State 2/21/2021 | 2:00 PM BTN+ Husker Sports Network Evanston, Ill. – Kate Cain produced a perfect shooting night on her way to tying her career high with 22 points, while Isabelle Bourne added 21 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to lead a furious […]
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Senior center Kate Cain currently sits at 998 points in her Husker career. It seems likely that she will join the 1000 point club in this game. She is such a defensive presence that it is sometimes hard to appreciate how much work she has put into her offensive skills. Her free throw shooting is noticeably improved and she has increased her range considerably since her freshman year.
The Husker women are in a tailspin after losing four straight games, two of them to the top offenses in the nation (#1 Maryland and #2 Iowa). Earlier this season, the Huskers had a remarkable run with wins over three ranked/receiving votes teams in four attempts (a two-point loss being the fourth). After that stretch, the Huskers were among teams receiving votes in both polls.
Clark finished with a career-high 39 points on 12-of-18 shooting overall and 6-of-10 threes while going 9-for-9 at the free throw line. She added 10 rebounds and seven assists while also committing seven turnovers.
Nebraska improved to 9-5 overall and 7-4 in the Big Ten with its most lopsided conference victory of the season. Wisconsin slipped to 3-11 overall and 0-11 in the league.
Haiby, a 5-9 junior guard from Moorhead, Minn., set the tone early for the Big Red by putting up 18 points in the first half before adding her final six in the fourth quarter to silence a late Badger rally after NU built a 26-point lead. Haiby hit 8-of-13 shots from the field for the game, including a pair of three-pointers, while going a perfect 6-for-6 at the free throw line. She also dished out a game-high five assists without committing a turnover.
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Sam Haiby scored 12 of her game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter to rally Nebraska from a fourth-quarter deficit to claim a hard-fought 57-53 women’s basketball win at Illinois on Monday night at the State Farm Center.
Haiby tied her career high with three three-pointers but it was her steal on an Illini inbounds pass with 10 seconds left and then her two free throws with 5.4 seconds left that secured Nebraska’s eighth win of the season to improve to 6-4 in the Big Ten. Nebraska (8-5) also completed a season sweep of Illinois, which slipped to 2-8 overall and 0-7 in the conference.