2015-16 Schedule/ReSultSDate Opponent Time/ResultNov. 1 Nebraska-Kearney (exhibition) W, 92-54Nov. 8 Winona State (exhibition [BTN Plus] W, 96-66Nov. 14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff [HuskersNside] W, 96-46Nov. 16 North Florida [BTN Plus] W, 91-46Nov. 21 North Carolina Central [HuskersNside] W, 88-47Nov. 23 Southern [HuskersNside] W, 89-38Nov. 28 at #1 UConn [ESPN3] L, 46-88Dec. 3 NC State (Big Ten/ACC) [BTN Plus] W, 88-67Dec. 6 Creighton [BTN Plus] W, 65-63Dec. 8 Evansville [BTN Plus] W, 85-40Dec. 12 at #22 California [Pac-12 Networks] L, 80-87 OTDec. 19 Northern Arizona [BTN Plus] W, 90-67Dec. 21 Arkansas State [BTN Plus] W, 79-71Dec. 31 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] L, 68-74Jan. 3 at #14 Northwestern^ [BTN] L, 62-85Jan. 7 at #8 Maryland^ [BTN] L, 50-89Jan. 10 Illinois^ [NET/BTN Plus] 2 p.m.Jan. 13 at Penn State^ [BTN Plus] 6 p.m.Jan. 16 Rutgers^ [BTN] 5:30 p.m.Jan. 20 at Purdue^ [BTN Plus] 6 p.m.Jan. 24 at Michigan^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m.Jan. 27 Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Jan. 30 at Rutgers^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m.Feb. 2 Penn State^ [BTN] 7 p.m.Feb. 7 at Indiana^ [BTN Plus] 1 p.m.Feb. 11 at Minnesota^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Feb. 14 Michigan State^ (Pink Game) [BTN] 3 p.m.Feb. 18 at Ohio State^ [BTN] 5 p.m.Feb. 20/21 Purdue^ [BTN or BTN Plus] TBAFeb. 24 Indiana^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Feb. 28 Northwestern^ (Senior Day) [BTN or BTN Plus] TBAMarch 2-6 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) TBAMarch 18-21 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds (Host sites) TBAMarch 25-28 NCAA Regionals TBAApril 3-5 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis) TBA

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nebraska CornhUskers (9-5, 0-3)vs. illinois fiGhtinG illini (7-7, 0-3)Sunday, Jan. 10, 2 p.m. - Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.)Radio: Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney, Jeff Griesch) B107.3 FM, Lincoln; ESPN 590 AM, Omaha; KRVN 880 AM, LexingtonTelevision: NET (Larry Punteney, Meghin Williams)Live Video: BTN Plus Free Live Audio: Huskers.com

2015-16 NeBRaSka RoSteR & StatiSticSNo. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG4 Kyndal Clark 5-7 Sr. G 14-14 5.3 3.1 2.1 1.6 0.15 Natalie Romeo* 5-7 So. G 14-13 14.6 2.2 3.9 1.5 0.211 Esther Ramacieri** 5-7 Jr. G 7-0 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.012 Emily Wood* 5-5 So. G 12-0 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.022 Allie Havers** 6-5 Jr. C 14-5 7.1 6.1 1.0 0.4 1.124 Maddie Simon 6-2 Fr. G 8-1 6.1 1.0 1.5 0.1 0.331 Anya Kalenta* 6-3 Sr. F 14-0 4.9 4.6 0.5 0.2 0.532 Jessica Shepard 6-4 Fr. F 14-14 18.6 8.4 1.9 1.1 0.833 Rachel Theriot*** 6-0 Sr. G 14-14 12.2 3.9 6.6 1.1 0.434 Jasmine Cincore* 5-8 So. G 14-0 3.7 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.243 Rachel Blackburn 6-3 Fr. F 11-9 5.7 6.5 1.7 0.5 0.550 Darrien Washington 6-2 RFr. F 4-0 3.0 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.052 Alicia Ostrander 6-3 Sr. F Nebraska Volleyball (Out for Season-Achilles)

huSkeRS Face FamiliaR FiGhtiNG illiNi SuNday The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns home to Pinnacle Bank Arena hungry for its first Big Ten Conference win when the Huskers take on the Fighting Illini of Illinois on Sunday. Tip-off between the Huskers (9-5, 0-3 Big Ten) and the Illini (7-7, 0-3 Big Ten) is set for 2 p.m. (central) with live statewide television coverage by NET. Larry Punteney and former Husker Meghin Williams will be on the call. The live Husker Sports Network radio call of Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch can be heard on B107.3 FM (Lincoln), ESPN 590 AM (Omaha), KRVN 880 AM (Lexington) and for free on Huskers.com. While the Huskers are hungry for a win after dropping their first three Big Ten games to ranked opponents, the Fighting Illini will be equally eager for victory. Illinois has opened conference play 0-3, beginning with a loss to Maryland, before suffering setbacks to Purdue and Minnesota. Nebraska is led by 6-4 freshman forward Jessica Shepard from Fremont, Neb., who is averaging team bests with 18.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. The Illini are led by 6-3 sophomore center Chatrice White from Shelby, Neb., who is averaging team bests with 18.1 points and 9.6 boards per contest. Nebraska welcomed the return of one its top players off the bench with Maddie Simon scoring nine points at Maryland. The 6-2 freshman out of Lincoln Pius X is averaging 6.1 points per game, despite missing six contests with a broken arm. One of the Illini’s top players off the bench has been 5-7 guard Brooke Kissinger from Minden, Neb., who is averaging 5.4 points per game. LaKale Malone, a former assistant under Coach Connie Yori at Nebraska (2003-04 to 2006-07), is the associate head coach for the Illini.

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fast five: hUsker QUiCk hitters#33, Rachel Theriot, 6-0, Sr., G, Middleburg Heights, Ohio (12.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 6.6 apg) • Rachel Theriot ranks 10th nationally with 6.6 assists per game. She is a Naismith Trophy, All-America, Lieberman Award, Senior CLASS Award, Academic All-America and WBCA Allstate Good Works Team candidate as a senior. • A two-time preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice (2014, 2015), Theriot was an honorable-mention AP All-American as a sophomore in 2014, after leading the Big Red to their first Big Ten Tournament title as the MVP. She was a first-team All-Big Ten pick in 2014, and a Big Ten All-Freshman pick as a starter on Nebraska’s 2013 NCAA Sweet 16 team. • Theriot set the Nebraska single-season record with 234 assists as a sophomore in 2013-14. Her 15 assists at California on Dec. 12 marked the second-best performance of her career and tied for the fourth-best single-game total in school history. She owns 537 in her career, moving her within 26 assists of Nicole Kubik (563, 1997-2000) at No. 4 on the Nebraska career chart. • Theriot is averaging 12.2 ppg as a senior, and ranks No. 18 in career points at Nebraska with 1,194. She needs 49 points to catch Brooke Schwartz (No. 17, 1,243, 1997-2000) on NU’s all-time scoring list. • Theriot produced her seventh career double-double and second of the season with 17 points and 15 assists at Cal on Dec. 12. She also had 20 points and 11 assists in NU’s win over NC State on Dec. 3. She owns 13 career 20-point efforts and nine career double-digit assist games. Her four career games with 12 or more assists are the most by a Husker in history.

#4, Kyndal Clark, 5-7, Sr., G, Webb City, Mo. (5.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.6 spg) • The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year as a junior, Kyndal Clark was a two-time all-conference player at Drake (2013, 2014). She was also an MVC All-Defensive choice as a sophomore in 2013, after earning a spot on the Valley All-Freshman Team in 2012. She was a member of the 2015 WBCA Allstate Good Works Team. • Clark suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first game of her senior season at Drake (vs. South Dakota, Nov. 14, 2014). She graduated from Drake in May of 2015, after majoring in information systems. • She produced a breakout performance with 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting from three-point range in the win over Evansville. Clark added a season-high four steals against the Purple Aces and matched that mark the next time out at California on Dec. 12. She put up three double-figure efforts in non-conference play, including a season-high 22 points in NU’s win over Arkansas State on Dec. 21. • She owns 75 career double-figure scoring performances, including 25 20-point games and four career 30-point efforts with a career high of 41. • She scored 1,418 points and hit 222 three-pointers in her three seasons plus one game at Drake. She averaged 19.3 points per game and set the Missouri Valley Conference single-season record with 116 threes in 2013-14.

#5, Natalie Romeo, 5-7, So., G, Martinez, Calif. (14.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.5 spg) • A high-energy guard who brings intensity and toughness to both ends of the court, Natalie Romeo is growing into one of the Big Ten’s most explosive players. Romeo opened the season with 30 points on 6-of-9 three-point shooting against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. She has added three other 20-point games this season, including 24 points and six more threes in her return home to the Bay Area in an overtime loss at No. 22 Cal on Dec. 12. She closed non-conference play with 20 points and eight assists in a win over Arkansas State. • Romeo ranks 18th nationally with 2.9 threes per game while leading the Huskers with 41 threes on 41.8 percent shooting from long range. Romeo is just the sixth sophomore in Nebraska history to hit 40 or more threes in a season, and moved into a tie for fifth (K.C. Cowgill, 41, 2001-02) among NU sophomores with her three at Maryland on Thursday. She has been Nebraska’s Big Ten Player-of-the-Week nominee four times in the first eight weeks of the season. • Romeo started Nebraska’s final 10 games of 2014-15 in place of the injured Rachel Theriot, beginning with a start against No. 5 Maryland at the XFINITY Center on Feb. 8, 2015. She managed eight points in that game. Over the final eight games of 2014-15, she led the Big Red with 15.4 points per game.

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#33-Rachel Theriot6-0, Sr., G

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

#5-Natalie Romeo5-7, So., G

Martinez, Calif.

#4-Kyndal Clark5-7, Sr., G

Webb City, Mo.

#22-Allie Havers6-5, Jr., C

Mattawan, Mich.

#32-Jessica Shepard6-4, Fr., F

Fremont, Neb.

sUnday’s lineUPsNeBRaSka coRNhuSkeRS(9-5, 0-3 biG ten)No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG32 Jessica Shepard 6-4 Fr. F 18.6 8.422 Allie Havers 6-5 Jr. C 7.1 6.14 Kyndal Clark 5-7 RSr. G 5.3 3.15 Natalie Romeo 5-7 So. G 14.6 2.233 Rachel Theriot 6-0 Sr. G 12.2 3.9Off the Bench24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Fr. G 6.1 1.043 Rachel Blackburn 6-3 Fr. F 5.7 6.531 Anya Kalenta 6-3 Sr. F 4.9 4.634 Jasmine Cincore 5-10 So. G 3.7 1.950 Darrien Washington 6-2 RFr. F 3.0 3.012 Emily Wood 5-5 So. G 1.5 0.911 Esther Ramacieri 5-8 Jr. G 0.8 0.9Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)14th Season at Nebraska (271-158)26th Season Overall (466-298)

illiNoiS FiGhtiNG illiNi(7-7 overall, 0-3 biG ten)No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG35 Alex Wittinger 6-1 Fr. F 8.6 5.532 Chatrice White 6-3 So. C 18.1 9.60 Sarah Hartwell 5-10 RSr. G 7.6 4.415 Kyley Simmons 5-7 RSr. G 11.6 2.632 Kennedy Cattenhead 5-10 So. G 6.6 4.4Off the Bench21 Brooke Kissinger 5-7 So. G 5.4 0.823 Jaelyne Kirkpatrick 5-7 Fr. G 4.8 2.312 Ashley McConnell 5-9 Jr. G 1.2 0.913 Eriel Davis 5-6 Sr. G 0.7 0.75 Cierra Rice (OUT) 5-9 Fr. G 13.6 4.5Head Coach: Matt Bollant (Winona State, 1994)Fourth Season at Illinois (50-58) 14th Season Overall (332-113)

huSkeR NuGGetS• Nebraska leads the all-time series with Illinois, 9-3, including five consecutive wins. The Huskers took three games from the Illini last season, including a 59-57 win at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Jan. 29. In that game, Natalie Romeo hit a game-winning three-pointer from the corner to propel the Big Red to victory. In the conference tournament, Romeo tied a school record with seven threes to shoot Nebraska to an 89-71 win at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The Huskers added a 58-53 win at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Jan. 11.• Nebraska is 6-1 against Illinois as Big Ten foes with the Illini’s lone win coming at the Devaney Center (62-52) on Jan. 17, 2013.• Nebraska has not started conference play 0-3 since three straight losses to open Big 12 play in 2008-09. The only other time a Connie Yori-coached Nebraska team has opened league play 0-3 came in her first season with the Huskers in 2002-03.• Jessica Shepard earned her fifth Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award on Dec. 28. She swept the Big Ten Player and Freshman honors on Dec. 21, before being named the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Dec. 22) and one of the “Starting Five” by NCAA.com (Dec. 23).• Shepard’s 35-point effort against Northern Arizona set the Nebraska freshman record, surpassing the 34-point performance by Debra Powell against Notre Dame on Feb. 25, 1982. Shepard also attempted a school-record 20 free throws.• Shepard scored 28 points against Iowa in her Big Ten Conference debut, before adding her fifth double-double with 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Northwestern Jan. 3. She leads NU with 18.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, both on pace to be Nebraska freshman records (15.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg).

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hUsker PronUnCiation GUideJasmine Cincore ........................................SIN-coreAllie Havers .............................................. HAY-versAnya Kalenta ........................................... AWN-yuhAlicia Ostrander ................................ OH-strand-erEsther Ramacieri ........................RAH-muh-CherryRachel Theriot ........................................ TERRY-ohDarrien Washington ................................DERRY-in

huSkeR homeSThe 13 members of the 2015-16 Husker women's basketball team came to Nebraska from seven U.S. states and two foreign countries (Canada, Belarus).California (2): Natalie Romeo, Darrien WashingtonKansas (2): Rachel Blackburn, Emily WoodMichigan (1): Allie HaversMissouri (1): Kyndal ClarkNebraska (3): Alicia Ostrander, Jessica Shepard, Maddie SimonOhio (1): Rachel TheriotTennessee (1): Jasmine CincoreBelarus (1): Anya KalentaCanada [Quebec] (1): Esther Ramacieri

huSkeRS By claSSSeniors (4): Kyndal Clark, Anya Kalenta, Alicia Ostrander, Rachel TheriotJuniors (2): Allie Havers, Esther RamacieriSophomores (3): Jasmine Cincore, Natalie Romeo, Emily WoodRedshirt Freshman (1): Darrien WashingtonFreshmen (3): Rachel Blackburn, Jessica Shepard, Maddie Simon

huSkeRS By maJoRBroadcasting: Jasmine Cincore, Allie HaversBusiness Administration: Esther RamacieriChemistry: Anya KalentaChild, Youth & Family Studies: Rachel TheriotCriminology & Criminal Justice: Natalie RomeoManagement: Emily WoodPolitical Science: Alicia OstranderSurvey Research & Methodology (Graduate): Kyndal ClarkUndeclared: Rachel Blackburn, Jessica Shepard, Maddie Simon, Darrien Washington

• Romeo finished with 51 threes in 2014-15 to produce the second-highest total by a freshman in NU history, trailing only school-record holder Jordan Hooper (67, 2010-11). Romeo achieved her total despite going 3-for-9 in non-conference play while missing eight games with a foot injury, (Nov. 28-Dec. 29, 2014). She has hit six or more threes five times in 37 career games, including twice in 13 games this season. • Romeo led Nebraska by averaging 20.0 points in a pair of Big Ten Tournament games, including a season-high 26 points in a win over Illinois March 5. She tied a school record with seven threes against the Illini to set Nebraska’s all-time conference tournament record. She also tied the Nebraska NCAA Tournament record with five threes in a 72-69 loss to Syracuse on March 20, 2015.

#32, Jessica Shepard, 6-4, Fr., F, Fremont, Neb. (18.6 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.1 spg) • A five-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week and the first freshman in school history to be named to a national player-of-the-year watch list (Naismith), Jessica Shepard won her first Big Ten Player-of-the-Week award on Dec. 21. She added National Freshman-of-the-Week honors from the USBWA on Dec. 22, while adding a spot on the NCAA.com Starting Five. She won those honors after scoring a Nebraska freshman record 35 points against Northern Arizona on Dec. 19, when she also set a career high with four steals. Shepard owns six 20-point efforts, 12 double-figure scoring performances and five double-doubles. • Shepard is averaging 15.3 points and 10.0 rebounds in Big Ten play, including 28 points and eight rebounds (Dec. 31) against Iowa and 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at No. 14 Northwestern (Jan. 3). • Shepard reached the 100-point (5 games) and 200-point (11 games) scoring marks faster than any Husker freshman in history. Shepard, who made her Big Ten debut with 28 points against Iowa (Dec. 31), owns 260 points. Only six freshmen in school history have reached the 400-point mark. She leads NU in scoring (18.6 ppg) and rebounding (8.4 ppg), and both season numbers would be Nebraska freshman records (Debra Powell, 15.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1981-82). • The top recruit in Nebraska history, Shepard was the No. 1 post and No. 3 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN last season. A first-team Parade All-American as a senior despite missing nearly all of her final year (ACL tear, Dec. 29, 2014), Shepard was the 2013 and 2014 Nebraska High School Player of the Year. • Shepard averaged 12.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while helping the USA Basketball U18 Team to a 5-0 record and a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championship.

#22, Allie Havers, 6-5, Jr., C, Mattawan, Mich. (7.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 bpg) • One of the tallest Nebraska women’s basketball players in history, Allie Havers is turning up her production with 7.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and a team-leading 1.1 blocks through 14 games as a junior. Havers made the first five starts of her career in place of Rachel Blackburn against Northern Arizona (Dec. 19), Arkansas State (Dec. 21), Iowa (Dec. 31), at No. 14 Northwestern (Jan. 3) and at No. 8 Maryland. • Havers had a career-high 18 points at No. 22 Cal on Dec. 12, when she played a career-high 37 minutes off the bench. That followed on the heels of her first career double-double 14 points while adding career bests with 12 rebounds in a win over Evansville (Dec. 8). She added eight points against Creighton (Dec. 6), NC State (Dec. 3) and North Carolina Central (Nov. 21), when she pitched in 10 rebounds and a career-high three assists. • Her 16 blocked shots and 14 assists are both the top season totals of her career. She has achieved those totals in 299 minutes, compared to 472 minutes a year ago and 347 minutes as a freshman. • Havers, who averaged 4.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 14.8 minutes per game as NU’s top post off the bench in 2014-15, owns nine double-figure scoring games in her career, including five as a sophomore last season. Two of her double-figure efforts have come in the Big Ten Tournament, including a career-high 17 points in a semifinal win over No. 19 Michigan State on March 8, 2014. • 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.

2015-16 nebraska CornhUskers (9-5, 0-3 biG ten)No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 4 Kyndal Clark G 5-7 RSr. Webb City, Mo. (Webb City/Drake) 2014 MVC Player of the Year; MVC-record 116 3FG (2013-14); 22 pts vs. Ark. St.5 Natalie Romeo* G 5-7 So. Martinez, Calif. (Carondelet) Career-high 30 points vs. UAPB most ever scored by a Husker in a season opener11 Esther Ramacieri** G 5-8 Jr. Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (Dawson) Fourth Canadian to play for Huskers under Coach Yori; 1st career FG vs. NCCU12 Emily Wood* G 5-5 So. Salina, Kan. (Salina Central) 2015 Nebraska Teammate Award; Walk-on earned scholarship in 14-15; 2 3FG vs. UNF22 Allie Havers** C 6-5 Jr. Mattawan, Mich. (Mattawan) Career-high 18 pts at #22 Cal (12/12/15); 14 pts, 12 reb. vs. Evansville (12/8/15)24 Maddie Simon G 6-2 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS POY; missed 6 gms with broken arm, returned with 9 pts at Maryland31 Anya Kalenta* F 6-3 Sr. Minsk, Belarus (Vincennes/General Secondary #21) 2014 NJCAA 3rd Team All-American; 4.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, Career-high 14 reb. vs. NAU32 Jessica Shepard F 6-4 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) No. 1 post recruit in nation; Naismith Trophy Candidate; 5-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week33 Rachel Theriot** G 6-0 Jr. Middleburg Heights, Ohio (Midpark) 2014 AP HM All-American; 1st Team All-Big Ten; Big Ten Tournament MVP34 Jasmine Cincore* G 5-10 Fr. Arlington, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian) 2-Time Tennessee Class 2A POY; More than twice the points (52) than last year (25)43 Rachel Blackburn F 6-3 Fr. Leavenworth, Kan. (Leavenworth) Strong offseason; started first 9 gms, limited by illness/injury last 5; 5.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg50 Darrien Washington F 6-2 RFr. Oakland, Calif. (Skyline) Solid redshirt year in 2014-15; 3.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 5.0 mpg in 2015-1652 Alicia Ostrander F 6-3 RSr. Gordon, Neb. (Gordon-Rushville) Torn Achilles in first practice Dec. 26; Helped Nebraska volleyball team to NCAA title* denotes letters earned Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986), 466-298 (26th season overall) 271-158 (14th season at Nebraska) - 2010 Big 12 & National Coach of the Year - 2013 & 2014 Big Ten Coach of the YearAssistant Coaches: Britney Brown, First Season (Oklahoma, 2007); Ashley Ford, First Season (Nebraska, 2009); Amy Stephens, Second Season (Nebraska, 1991)Director of Operations: Dayna Finch, First Season (Creighton, 2004); Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, First Season (Rutgers, 2008)Graduate Assistant Manager: Meghin Williams, Second Season (Nebraska, 2014); Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Rusty Ruffcorn, 10th Season (Nebraska-Omaha, 2004)Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Julie Tuttle, Fifth Season (Creighton, 1991)

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coNNie yoRi(CreiGhton, 1986)(271-158, 14th Season at NU)(466-298, 26th Season Overall)Kay Yow Award (2010) Naismith Coach of the Year (2010)USBWA Coach of the Year (2010)AP National Coach of the Year (2010)WBCA National Coach of the Year (2010)Big Ten Coach of the Year (2013, 2014)Big 12 Coach of the Year (2010)Missouri Valley Coach of the Year (2002)NCAA Division IIISeason School Won Lost Pct.1990-91 Loras College 10 15 .4001991-92 Loras College 15 10 .600Totals 2 seasons 25 25 .500NCAA Division I1992-93 Creighton 20 8 .7141993-94 Creighton 24 7 .7741994-95 Creighton 18 9 .6671995-96 Creighton 15 13 .5361996-97 Creighton 8 19 .2961997-98 Creighton 16 12 .5711998-99 Creighton 16 14 .5331999-00 Creighton 12 15 .4442000-01 Creighton 17 11 .6072001-02 Creighton 24 7 .7742002-03 Nebraska 8 20 .2862003-04 Nebraska 18 12 .6002004-05 Nebraska 18 14 .5632005-06 Nebraska 19 13 .5942006-07 Nebraska 22 10 .6882007-08 Nebraska 21 12 .6362008-09 Nebraska 15 16 .4842009-10 Nebraska 32 2 .9412010-11 Nebraska 13 18 .4192011-12 Nebraska 24 9 .7272012-13 Nebraska 25 9 .7352013-14 Nebraska 26 7 .7882014-15 Nebraska 21 11 .6562015-16 Nebraska 9 5 .643Div. I Totals 24th season 441 273 .618Overall 26th season 466 298 .610

yori in the PostseasonYear (Tournament) Results 2015 (NCAA) L, vs. Syracuse, 69-722014 (NCAA) L, vs. BYU, 76-80 W, vs. Fresno State, 74-552013 (NCAA) L, vs. Duke, 45-53 W, at Texas A&M, 74-63 W, Chattanooga, 73-592012 (NCAA) L, Kansas, 49-572010 (NCAA) L, Kentucky, 67-76 W, UCLA, 83-70 W, Northern Iowa, 83-442009 (WNIT) L, at New Mexico, 43-542008 (NCAA) L, at Maryland, 64-76 W, Xavier, 61-582007 (NCAA) L, Temple, 61-642006 (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, 63-77 W, at Wyoming, 72-67 W, Drake, 62-592005 (WNIT) L, Iowa, 67-71 W, Marquette, 66-572004 (WNIT) L, Oregon State, 67-75 W, Drake, 73-602002 (NCAA) L, Fla. International, 58-731999 (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, 60-711994 (NCAA) W, Bowling Green, 84-73 L, Texas Tech, 65-75

NotiNG coach yoRilWinningest Coach in Nebraska historylLed NU to 11 postseason bids (2004-2010, 2012-15)l14 all-time postseason tournament appearanceslNine NCAA Tournament appearanceslLed NU to Two NCAA Sweet Sixteens (2010, 2013)lLed Huskers to school-record 32 wins (2010)lLed Nebraska to seven 20-win seasons (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)lLed NU to an average of 21.2 wins past 12 seasonslCoached Huskers to 12 first-team all-conference awards over past 12 seasonslHuskers earned Nebraska Life Skills Team Awards (2004, 2006) for being most committed NU team to all areas of life skills and community involvement

ScoutiNG the FiGhtiNG illiNi oF illiNoiS Coach Matt Bollant brings the Fighting Illini of Illinois to Lincoln hungry for a win after falling to 0-3 in Big Ten play with a 106-75 loss to Minnesota at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday. The loss dropped Illinois to 7-7 overall, including Big Ten setbacks to No. 6 Maryland (Dec. 31) and at Purdue (Jan. 3) to open conference play. Three of the Illini’s top players have Nebraska ties, led by sophomore Chatrice White. The 6-3 center from Shelby, Neb., leads Illinois in scoring (18.1 ppg), rebounding (9.5 rpg) and blocked shots (2.3 bpg), ranking among league leaders in all three categories. She also ranks second among the Illini with 20 steals on the year. Kyley Simmons, a redshirt senior has joined White in the starting five for all 14 games. The 5-7 guard from Council Bluffs, Iowa, has added 11.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and team bests with 50 assists and 24 steals. Simmons, who played club basketball for the Cornhusker Shooting Stars, also leads Illinois with 39 three-pointers. Brooke Kissinger, a 5-7 sophomore guard out of Minden, Neb., has come off the bench to play in all 14 games for the Illini. She has managed 5.4 points per game while knocking down 38.8 percent (19-49) of her threes. She is one of only six players on the Illinois roster to play in every contest. Alex Wittinger, a 6-1 freshman from Delano, Minn., has contributed 8.6 points and 5.5 rebounds. She recently joined the starting five after an injury to Cierra Rice, another talented freshman. Rice, a 5-9 guard from Grosse Point, Mich., ranked second among the Illini with 13.6 points per game, while adding 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists, before suffering a knee injury against South Dakota on Dec. 22. Rice was a three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, twice sharing the award with Nebraska’s Jessica Shepard. Sarah Hartwell, a 5-10 redshirt senior guard from Tacoma, Wash., rounds out the Illinois starting five. She has managed 7.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists. Kennedy Cattenhead (6.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg) and Jaelyne Kirkpatrick (4.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg) also have been significant contributors for Illinois in the first half of the season. Cattenhead has made 12 starts, but the 5-10 sophomore has struggled to hit just 4-of-24 threes early in the season. The 5-7 freshman Kirkpatrick has been more consistent from long range (12-for-33). Ashley McConnell and Eriel Davis round out the 10 players available on the Illinois roster. As a team, Illinois is averaging 73.1 points, while allowing 69.2 points per game. The Illini are shooting 41.8 percent from the field, including 33.4 percent from three-point range. They also have hit 69.2 percent of their free throws. Illinois carries a minus-3.7 rebounding margin, but owns a plus-3.2 team turnover margin. In Big Ten play, the Illini have been outrebounded by 14.0 boards per game, but carry a plus-2.0 turnover margin. However, they have hit just 39.0 percent of their shots from the floor, 27.8 percent of their threes and 67.5 percent of their free throws early in Big Ten play. Nebraska leads the all-time series with Illinois, 9-3, including five consecutive wins. The Huskers took three games from the Illini last season, including a 59-57 win at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Jan. 29. In that game, Natalie Romeo hit a game-winning three-pointer from the corner to propel the Big Red to victory. In the conference tournament, Romeo tied a school record with seven three-pointers to shoot Nebraska to an 89-71 win at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The Huskers added a 58-53 win at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Jan. 11. Nebraska is 6-1 against Illinois as Big Ten foes with the Illini’s lone win coming at the Devaney Center (62-52) on Jan. 17, 2013.

hUskers PUttinG UP Points at PinnaCle Nebraska is averaging 83.9 points per game at Pinnacle Bank Arena this season, including three games with 90 or more points. The Huskers own six games with 88 or more points at home this season, the most since the Huskers did it six times in 2009-10. The first, last and only time Nebraska scored 88 or more at home seven times in a season came in 1982-83. Nebraska is shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range at home and carry a plus-8.8 rebounding margin (45.3-36.5) and a plus-6.4 turnover margin. Overall, the Big Red is averaging 76.9 points through 14 games this season, and has reached 80 points eight times. Last season, the Huskers scored 80 points just six times. Nebraska has not scored 80 points more than eight times in the regular season since 2009-10 (13).

BiG Red StRoNG iN aSSiSt-to-BaSket Nebraska has shared the ball well early in 2015-16, producing 281 assists on 413 made baskets (68.0 percent), recording an assist on nearly seven out of 10 made field goals through 14 games. No other Big Ten team has assisted on 65 percent of its made baskets this year, and only three other teams have reached 60 percent - Purdue (.649), Michigan State (.633) and Northwestern (.615). Iowa (.599) and Maryland (.596) are near 60 percent, while Rutgers (.567), Minnesota (.561), Michigan (.540), Illinois (.539), Wisconsin (.524) and Penn State (.512) all have recorded assists on more than half their field goals. Indiana (.493) and Ohio State (.448) round out the conference in that category, with Indiana ranking 11th in the league in scoring offense (70.3 ppg), while Ohio State ranks second (86.2 ppg).

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NeBRaSka’S hiStoRy oF home SucceSS Nebraska is 9-1 at Pinnacle Bank Arena this season after going 12-3 (13-3 at home) last season. The Huskers are 37-6 all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss to Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. Nebraska’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single-season home victories. The Huskers played the first regular-season basketball game in the history of the arena against USA Today No. 25 UCLA (Nov. 8) and rolled to a 77-49 win over the Bruins. NU’s first win over an AP Top 25 team came with a 76-56 win over No. 24 Michigan State on Feb. 8. The Huskers added their first-ever win over an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24. NU won its first-ever Big Ten home game with a 66-65 thriller over Northwestern Jan. 2, before an 88-85 win over Minnesota on Jan. 16, 2014, marked the first overtime game in Pinnacle Bank Arena history. NU suffered its first loss at the arena to Washington State (76-72) on Nov. 30, 2013. The Huskers are 425-136 (.758) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 162-40 (.802) over the last 12-plus seasons, posting double-figure home victory totals in each of the last 11 years. Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one appearance at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Devaney Center, including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play.

hUskers more than fair in foUl dePartment Through 14 games in 2015-16, the Huskers are committing 14.3 fouls per game, which ranks 15th nationally. NU was whistled for just six fouls against Creighton Dec. 6. The Huskers ended last season ranked No. 5 in the final NCAA Division I statistics for fewest personal fouls per game. Nebraska committed just 13.2 fouls per game, including a school-record four fouls in the win over Bakersfield Dec. 13. Nebraska’s 422 total fouls on the season were the fewest in school history. In 2013-14, NU led the Big Ten and ranked second nationally by committing just 13.1 fouls per game. Nebraska continued a non-fouling trend from 2012-13. The Huskers were whistled for a school-record 12.8 fouls per game in 2012-13, including 11 fouls per game in Big Ten regular-season games. In Nebraska’s loss at No. 22 California on Dec. 12, the Huskers were whistled for 23 fouls, which marked the highest foul total by an NU team since registering 26 fouls in the season opener against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 12, 2011. That was the only other time in the last 200 games that the Huskers had been called for 23 or more fouls. Nebraska’s 11-foul differential at Cal was even more rare. In fact, it tied for the second-worst foul differential in Coach Connie Yori’s 14-year coaching career at Nebraska, a span of 429 games. The only game that was worse came with minus-12 (21-9) at Iowa State on Jan. 14, 2006 - 318 games earlier. Only four times in 429 games under Coach Yori has Nebraska experienced a negative double-digit foul differential. The Huskers have produced positive double-digit foul differentials in 12 of the past 79 games and 28 times in Yori’s 429 games at Nebraska, including plus-12 (27-15) against Northern Arizona Dec. 19 and plus-10 against Arkansas State on Dec. 21.

settinG the staGe for shePard Nebraska’s record book could be under assault this season from freshman Jessica Shepard. Here’s a few of the most vulnerable records: Freshman Game Records Points, Game: 35, Jessica Shepard vs. Northern Arizona, Dec. 19, 2015 (90-67) Rebounds, Game: 22, Angie Miller, UMKC, Dec. 7, 1983 Points, Season Opener: 24, Jessica Shepard, vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, Nov. 14, 2015 Rebounds, Season Opener: 13, Jessica Shepard, vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, Nov. 14, 2015 Double-Double, Season Opener: 24 points, 13 rebounds vs. UAPB, Nov. 14, 2015 (first in NU history) Free Throw Attempts: 20, Jessica Shepard, Northern Arizona, Dec. 19, 2015 (overall school record) Freshman Season Records Total Points: 461, Debra Powell (1981-82) Points Per Game: 15.4, Debra Powell (1981-82) Total Rebounds: 277, Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80) Rebounds Per Game: 7.6, Debra Powell (1981-82) Double-Doubles: 9, Debra Powell (1981-82) Fastest to 100 Points: 5 games; Jessica Shepard (2015-16) Fastest to 200 Points: 11 games; Jessica Shepard (2015-16) Field Goals Made: 201, Darcy Williamson (1975-76) Field Goal Percentage: .582 (78-134), Charlie Rogers (1996-97) Free Throws Made: 121, Kelsey Griffin (2005-06)

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Institution .......................... University of Nebraska Location ............................................. Lincoln, Neb.Population ................................................. 268,738Enrollment .................................................. 25,260Founded ......................................................... 1869Nickname .............................Cornhuskers, HuskersColors ........................................ Scarlet and CreamHome Arena .......................... Pinnacle Bank ArenaCapacity....................................................... 15,000Conference ..................................................Big TenDirector of Athletics .......................Shawn Eichorst2015-16 Overall Record .................................... 9-5 Home Record ................................................ 9-1 Away Record ................................................. 0-4 Neutral Record .............................................. 0-0 Big Ten Record ............................................... 0-3Head Coach .......................................... Connie Yori Alma Mater/Year ....................... Creighton/1986 Record at Nebraska ........ 271-158 (14th season) Career Record ................ 466-298 (25th season) NCAA Div. I Record ......... 441-273 (23rd season) Home Record .......................................... 168-51 Big Ten Conference Record ....................... 44-25 Big Ten Home Record ................................ 23-11 Big Ten Road Record.................................. 21-14 Big Ten Tournament Record .......................... 8-3 NCAA Tournament Record ....7-9 (6-7 Nebraska)Assistant Coaches: ...............................Britney Brown ........................................................Ashley Ford ....................................................Amy StephensDirector of Operations ........................Dayna FinchAdministrative Assistant .................... Katie AdamsGraduate Assistant Manager ...... Meghin WilliamsStrength Coach ................................Rusty RuffcornAthletic Trainer ..................................... Julie TuttleBasketball Office Phone .................(402) 472-6462Basketball Office Fax ......................(402) 472-0849Women’s Basketball Contact ...............Jeff GrieschCommunications Office Phone ......(402) 472-2263Griesch’s Direct Line ......................(402) 472-7775Griesch’s Cell Phone .......................(402) 540-0279Griesch’s Home Phone ...................(402) 328-8992Griesch’s E-mail .................. jgriesch@huskers.comCommunications Fax ......................(402) 472-2005Best Time to Contact Yori ............Through GrieschStarters Returning/Lost ....................................2/4Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..........................7/5Returning All-American (1) .................................. Rachel Theriot (HM, Associated Press, 2014)Returning All-Big Ten Player (1) ............................ Rachel Theriot (2nd Team, 2015; 1st Team, 2014; Big Ten Tourney MVP, 2014; All-Freshman, 2013)Returning Starters (2, 2014-15 Stats) ................... Rachel Theriot, Sr., G (16.5, 4.2 rpg, 5.2 apg) Natalie Romeo, So., G (9.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg)Starters Lost (4, 2014-15 Stats) ............................ Tear’a Laudermill, G (13.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg) HM All-Big Ten, 2015; 2nd Team All-Big Ten, 2014 Emily Cady, F (12.7 ppg, 10.2 rpg) 2nd Team All-Big Ten, 2014, 2015; HM All-Big Ten, 2012, 2013 Brandi Jeffery, G (7.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg) Hailie Sample, F (7.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg) Big Ten All-Defensive, 2014Other Returning Letterwinners (5, 2014-15 Stats) Allie Havers, Jr., C (4.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg) Anya Kalenta, Sr., F (3.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg) Jasmine Cincore, So., G (1.3 ppg, 0.2 rpg) Emily Wood, So., G (0.2 ppg, 0.5 rpg) Esther Ramacieri, Jr., G (0.1 ppg, 0.5 rpg)2015-16 Newcomers (6) ........................Rachel Blackburn, 6-3, Fr., F/C ................................ Kyndal Clark, 5-7, RSr., G ........................... Alicia Ostrander, 6-3, RSr., F .......................... Jessica Shepard, 6-4, Fr., F/C ...............................Maddie Simon, 6-2, Fr., G ............................Darrien Washington, RFr., F

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best of the fresh: biG red freshman Classes Nebraska’s four-player freshman class of Jessica Shepard, Rachel Blackburn, Maddie Simon and Darrien Washington could be poised to be the most productive in school history. The quartet combined for 38 points and 26 rebounds in NU’s season-opening win, producing the third-most productive performance by a freshman class in an opener in school history. The only two other classes (1981-82, 1999-2000) with more points, each had seven players in the class. The freshmen combined for more against North Florida, joining forces for 46 points and 28 rebounds in just 66 minutes against the Ospreys. Through 14 games, the 2015-16 freshmen have combined for 384 points, 208 rebounds, 57 assists, 18 blocks and 23 steals, despite three rookies missing a combined 19 games (Washington, 10; Simon, 6; Blackburn, 3). The group is averaging 27.4 points and 14.9 boards per game. Consider Nebraska’s 2011-12 freshman class of Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill and Hailie Sample led the Big Ten by a significant margin with 26.5 points and 17.7 rebounds per game in their first season, before becoming the most successful class in NU history with four NCAA Tournament bids. That group, which also included redshirt freshman Katie Simon, is the only freshman class at Nebraska under Coach Connie Yori to average 20 points and 15 rebounds per game. In fact, the only other freshman class to combine to average a double-double was the 2005-06 group featuring first-team All-American Kelsey Griffin, which managed 18.8 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. The 2003-04 class averaged 19.5 points and 9.0 rebounds, while featuring three-time first-team All-Big 12 shooting guard Kiera Hardy and future Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry. 2015 SeNioRS leave BiG ShoeS to Fill Nebraska’s seven returning letterwinners and six newcomers will look to overcome significant losses in all areas of production in 2015-16 following the departures of the Huskers’ four senior starters. The four seniors (Emily Cady, Brandi Jeffery, Tear’a Laudermill, Hailie Sample) accounted for 61.9 percent of Nebraska’s points (1,330 of 2,148) in 2014-15. They also pulled down 66.2 percent (869 of 1,313) of NU’s rebounds on the year, while accumulating 61.7 percent of the Big Red’s assists. The 2015 seniors amassed 72.2 percent (138 of 191) of Nebraska’s 2014-15 steals and 63.3 percent (57 of 90) of NU’s blocks, while playing 63.3 percent (4,068 of 6,425) of the Huskers’ minutes in 2014-15.

PUmP UP the ProGram • Nebraska set a season ticket sales record with 4,011 season tickets sold as of Nov. 18, 2015. It marks the first time in school history the Huskers have sold 4,000 season tickets. • Nebraska earned its fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid and its seventh in the past nine seasons in 2015. NU is one of just 21 Division I teams to earn four consecutive NCAA Tournament bids. • The Huskers also have owned a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate every season they have been in the NCAA Tournament under Coach Connie Yori (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). • Nebraska Coach Connie Yori owns more wins (271) than any other women’s basketball coach in school history. She has averaged 20 victories per season in her first 13 seasons at the helm of the Huskers. • The Huskers have produced seven 20-win seasons in the last nine years. Prior to Coach Connie Yori’s arrival in Lincoln in 2002-03, Nebraska had nine 20-win seasons in the first 28 years of the program. • Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to record 10 or more league wins in each of the last four years. The Huskers are the only team to post four straight winning Big Ten regular seasons (2012-15). • The Huskers, who joined the Big Ten in 2011-12 for the start of the careers of its 2015 seniors, are a 44-25 in Big Ten regular-season play the last five years. The Big Red have added a conference-best eight Big Ten Tournament wins for 52 total victories over Big Ten foes. • Nebraska has ranked No. 11 nationally in average home attendance in each of the Huskers’ first two seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena. NU has averaged more than 6,000 fans per game at the arena. • Every Husker on the roster has earned a spot on Nebraska’s Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in each of the first two years of NU’s all-sports, community service recognition program.

theriot named to naismith troPhy list aGain Rachel Theriot is a Naismith Trophy candidate in 2016, and is a contender for the 2016 Allstate Good Works Team. She is also expected to be a candidate for CoSIDA Academic All-America and Senior CLASS Award accolades. Theriot earned preseason All-Big Ten honors for the second straight year when the conference announced its preseason awards on Oct. 14. Theriot, a senior point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, was one of nine players to earn recognition from both the coaches and media on their 10-player teams. Theriot, who was a first-team preseason All-Big Ten choice in 2014-15, averaged 16.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists while starting Nebraska’s first 21 games a year ago. Theriot led the Huskers to a top-15 national ranking and a 17-4 record heading into February, before suffering a season-ending ankle injury in practice on Feb. 3. She was a second-team All-Big Ten choice a year ago despite missing the second half of the conference season. Theriot, a preseason candidate for the Wade, Naismith and Wooden national player-of-the-year awards in 2014-15, was a first-team All-Big Ten selection as a sophomore for the Huskers in 2013-14. She led Nebraska to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after earning Big Ten Tournament MVP honors

huSkeR caReeR hiGhSScoRiNGPlayer (Game, Date) PointsJessica Shepard (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 35Rachel Theriot (vs. Minnesota, 1/16/14) 33Natalie Romeo (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 30Kyndal Clark (vs. Arkansas State, 12/21/15) 22Allie Havers (at California, 12/12/15) 18Rachel Blackburn (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 14Anya Kalenta (vs. Pepperdine, 11/15/14) 14Maddie Simon (vs. Southern, 11/23/15) 11Jasmine Cincore (at Maryland, 1/7/16) 9Darrien Washington (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 6Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 6Esther Ramacieri (Four Times, at Northwestern, 1/3/16) 2

ReBouNdiNGPlayer (Game, Date) ReboundsAnya Kalenta (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 14Jessica Shepard (at Northwestern, 1/3/16) 14Allie Havers (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 12Rachel Blackburn (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 11Kyndal Clark (at California, 12/12/15) 9Rachel Theriot (at UCLA, 11/28/14) 8Natalie Romeo (Three Times, vs. Arkansas State, 12/21/15) 5Darrien Washington (vs. UNF, 11/16/15; vs. UAPB 11/14/15) 5Jasmine Cincore (vs. NC State, 12/3/15; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 4Esther Ramacieri (vs. High Point, 12/20/14) 3Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 3Emily Wood (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 3

aSSiStSPlayer (Game, Date) AssistsRachel Theriot (vs. Minnesota, 3/7/14) 18Natalie Romeo (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 10Emily Wood (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 5Jessica Shepard (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 4Kyndal Clark (at California, 12/12/15; vs. Southern, 11/23/15) 4Anya Kalenta (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 4Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 4Jasmine Cincore (Four Times, vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 3Allie Havers (Three Times, at Northwestern, 1/3/16) 3Rachel Blackburn (Three Times, vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 3Esther Ramacieri (FourTimes, at Maryland, 1/7/16) 1Darrien Washington (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 1

StealSPlayer (Game, Date) StealsRachel Theriot (vs. BYU, 3/24/14) 5Jasmine Cincore (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 4Kyndal Clark (at California, 12/12/15; vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 4Natalie Romeo (Three Times, vs. Iowa, 12/31/15) 4Jessica Shepard (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 4Rachel Blackburn (vs. North Carolina Central, 11/21/15) 2Allie Havers (vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 2Anya Kalenta (Three Times, vs. Iowa, 12/31/15) 1Esther Ramacieri (Three Times, vs. Southern, 11/23/15) 1Maddie Simon (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 1Emily Wood (vs. Southern, 11/23/15; vs. UNF, 11/16/15) 1

Blocked ShotSPlayer (Game, Date) BlocksAllie Havers (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15; Michigan St., 3/8/14) 3Anya Kalenta (vs. NAU, 12/19/15; vs. NC Central, 11/21/15) 3Jessica Shepard (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 3Rachel Theriot (at Northwestern, 1/3/16; vs. Purdue, 1/5/13) 2Rachel Blackburn (at Cal, 12/12/15; vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 1Jasmine Cincore (Three Times, vs. Northern Arizona, 12/19/15) 1Kyndal Clark (at Northwestern, 1/3/16) 1Natalie Romeo (Three Times, vs. Southern, 11/23/15) 1Maddie Simon (vs. Southern, 11/23/15; vs. UAPB, 11/14/15) 1

minUtes PlayedPlayer (Game, Date) MinutesRachel Theriot 45(Four Times, most recent at California, 12/12/15) Natalie Romeo (at California, 12/12/15) 42Kyndal Clark (at California, 12/12/15) 41Jessica Shepard (vs. Iowa, 12/31/15) 39Allie Havers (at California, 12/12/15) 37Rachel Blackburn (vs. NC State, 12/3/15) 30Anya Kalenta (vs. NAU, 12/19/15; vs. Alcorn St., 11/16/14) 26Jasmine Cincore (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 23 Maddie Simon (at Maryland, 1/7/16; vs. Southern, 11/23/15) 23Emily Wood (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 23Esther Ramacieri (vs. High Point, 12/20/14) 13Darrien Washington (vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff, 11/14/15) 8

three-Pointers madePlayer (Game, Date) 3FG MadeNatalie Romeo (vs. Illinois, 3/5/15) 7Kyndal Clark (vs. Evansville, 12/8/15) 5Rachel Theriot (at Purdue, 3/2/14) 4Anya Kalenta (vs. Alcorn State, 11/16/14) 2Emily Wood (vs. North Florida, 11/16/15) 2Jasmine Cincore (Three Times, at Maryland, 1/7/16) 1Maddie Simon (Four Times, at Maryland, 1/7/16) 1

Nu’S BeSt FRoShuNdeR yoRiSeason PPG, RPG2015-16 27.4, 14.92011-12 26.5, 17.72003-04 19.5, 9.02005-06 18.8, 11.02010-11 18.5, 8.52007-08 13.4, 5.8 2006-07 10.2, 4.8

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in 2014. She averaged 18.0 points and a Big Ten-record 10.0 assists while leading the Huskers to their first-ever conference tournament title in 2014. She was also an honorable-mention Associated Press All-American after setting the Nebraska single-season record with 234 assists in 2013-14. Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year Kelsey Mitchell from Ohio State led the voting, while her backcourt mate Ameryst Alston also earned a spot. Defending Big Ten champion and preseason favorite Maryland added a pair of honorees with Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough. Michigan State’s Aerial Powers, Northwestern’s Nia Coffey, Kahleah Copper from Rutgers and Minnesota’s Rachel Banham were all chosen to both teams. Banham was the 2014-15 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, before suffering a season-ending knee injury early in her senior season with the Gophers. Iowa’s Ally Disterhoft added recognition from the conference coaches, while Tori Jankoska earned a spot on the media’s preseason team.

shePard only freshman on naismith watCh list Nebraska’s Jessica Shepard was the only freshman among 50 players named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List on Dec. 9. She is averaging team bests with 18.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. She had a Nebraska freshman record 35 points to go along with eight rebounds and a career-high four steals in the Huskers win over Northern Arizona on Dec. 19 to earn USBWA National Freshman-of-the-Week honors. She swept Big Ten Player and Freshman-of-the-Week awards for her performance, before being named the NCAA.com “Starting Five” as one of the National Players of the Week on Dec. 23. Prior to 2015-16, Shepard was named the Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year by College Sports Madness. Since earning that award, she has claimed five of the first seven Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors from the conference. A Naismith Trophy Preseason National High School Player-of-the-Year candidate in 2014-15, Shepard earned first-team Parade All-America honors in 2015. In nine games as a high school senior, Shepard averaged 33.0 points and 14.3 rebounds. She scored 132 points in four games at the Nike Tournament of Champions, including 36 against national power Long Beach Poly. Shepard, a 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., is the highest ranked recruit in Nebraska history and arguably the best high school player the state has ever produced, Shepard competed on the gold-medal winning USA Basketball team at the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championships. She was the No. 3 overall recruit in the freshman class of 2015-16, according to ESPN. A two-time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2013, 2014) and four-time first-team Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star) and All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) selection, Shepard missed most of her senior season after suffering an ACL tear on Dec. 29, 2014. As a high school senior, she shot 71 percent from the field, including 41 percent from three-point range. Despite missing most of her senior season, Shepard finished fourth in Nebraska high school history with 2,227 career points, which was the Class A (largest) all-time record. She also finished No. 15 in state history with 1,031 rebounds, just 16 shy of the Nebraska Class A career record. As a junior in 2013-14, Shepard averaged a Class A state record 30.4 points per game to go along with 15.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists in leading Fremont to a 22-4 record and a state tournament berth for Coach Tony Weinandt. Her performances included four 40-point games, including a career-high 46.

romeo retUrns: soPh shoots for sUPer season Sophomore Natalie Romeo produced the best scoring effort by a Husker in a season opener in school history with 30 points in 26 minutes off the bench in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. She hit 11-of-18 shots from the floor, including 6-of-9 threes, to produce her first career 30-point game and the first 30-point performance in an opener in 42 seasons. Through 14 games, she ranks second among the Huskers in scoring (14.6 ppg) and assists (3.9 apg) while leading the team in three-pointers (41). She owns four 20-point games, including 24 in her return to the Bay Area against No. 22 Cal on Dec. 12. Romeo hit six threes against the Golden Bears, marking the fifth time in 38 career games that she has knocked down six or more threes. Only Kiera Hardy (6) owns more games with six threes in her Nebraska career than Romeo. Only eight Huskers in history have hit six or more threes in a game, including current NU assistant Amy Stephens (4) and 2014 first-team All-American Jordan Hooper (3) - Nebraska’s career three-point leader (295). Romeo has been Nebraska’s Big Ten Player-of-the-Week nominee four times in the first eight weeks of 2015-16, earning a spot on the Honor Roll on Nov. 16. Big production is nothing new to Romeo. Over Nebraska’s final eight games of 2014-15, Romeo led the Huskers in scoring with 15.4 points per game. The 5-7 guard from Martinez, Calif., added 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game in a team-best 35.8 minutes per contest down the stretch in her freshman campaign. She also hit 39.7 percent (31-78) of her threes while averaging 3.9 threes per game. During the summer of 2015, Romeo averaged a team-best 19.8 points per game, while adding 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists during Nebraska’s four-game tour of Australia (Aug. 1-12). In her first season as a Husker, Romeo averaged 9.0 points and 2.5 rebounds over 24 games. She missed eight games in mid-season with a stress reaction in her foot (Nov. 28-Dec. 29). Romeo started Nebraska’s final 10 games in place of the injured Rachel Theriot. In 12 games as a starter in 2014-15, Romeo averaged 13.7 points per game, while adding 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists. She produced double figures in seven of her starts, including each of Nebraska’s final three games. She erupted for a season-high 26 points with a school-record-tying seven three-pointers in a Big Ten Tournament win over Illinois March 5. She added 21-point efforts in wins over Wisconsin (Feb. 15) and Minnesota (Feb. 24). She hit six threes against Penn State (Jan. 15) and Minnesota (Feb. 24).

huSkeRS By the NumBeRSNU leads after 1st quarter 7-1NU trails after 1st quarter 2-4NU tied after 1st quarter 0-0NU leads at the half 7-0NU trails at the half 2-5NU is tied at the half 0-0NU leads after 3rd quarter 7-0NU trails after 3rd quarter 2-5NU tied after 3rd quarter 0-0NU in overtime 0-1

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Romeo tied a school record and smashed the Nebraska conference tournament record with seven threes against the Fighting Illini. She hit seven of her first nine attempts in the first 24 minutes of the game against the Illini. The previous NU conference tournament record was four, which had been accomplished four times (Jordan Hooper, Lindsey Moore, Amanda Went, Amy Stephens). Romeo added four threes against Iowa at the Big Ten Tournament on March 6. Her 11 threes match Nebraska’s career Big Ten Tournament record. She is 11-for-22 in two career games. Romeo tied Nebraska’s single-game NCAA Tournament record with five threes against Syracuse on March 20.

claRk eaRNS way iNto StaRtiNG Five Kyndal Clark transferred from Drake after earning her bachelor’s degree from the Des Moines, Iowa, school. She joined the Huskers for a fifth season of eligibility, coming to Nebraska in the middle of a long rehab from surgery after suffering a microfracture of her kneecap in the first game of her senior season at Drake on Nov. 14, 2014. Unable to run when she first arrived at the Hendricks Training Complex, Clark excelled in August, September and October, earning a spot in Nebraska’s starting five. Clark entered Big Ten play after scoring a season-high 22 points while knocking down four threes in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas State on Dec. 21. Clark added 17 points and a season-high five threes against Evansville on Dec. 8. A talented all-around player, the 5-7 Clark led the Huskers with nine rebounds and four steals at No. 22 Cal on Dec. 12. She leads the Huskers with 22 steals on the season. She produced her first double-figure scoring night as a Husker with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists in a win over North Florida on Nov. 16. It marked the 100th collegiate start of her career. As a collegian, Clark owns 75 double-figure scoring efforts (3 at Nebraska), including 25 20-point efforts (1 at Nebraska). She scored 30 or more on four occasions at Drake, including a career-high 41 points against Northern Iowa on March 2, 2014. Clark knocked down 222 threes in 98 career starts at Drake, finishing with 1,418 points. She was the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, a two-time All-MVC selection, a member of the MVC All-Defensive Team (2013), and she was honored on the 2012 MVC All-Freshman Team in her only season playing for current Nebraska assistant coach Amy Stephens at Drake.

freshman blaCkbUrn earns starts with shePard The least heralded of Nebraska’s three freshmen in 2015-16, Kansas prep star Rachel Blackburn earned a starting role alongside fellow rookie post Jessica Shepard through the first nine games for the Big Red. The 6-3 Blackburn averaged 6.3 points and 7.6 rebounds with three double-digit rebound games as a starter. Blackburn missed Nebraska’s final two non-conference games (illness) and the Huskers’ Big Ten opener with Iowa (illness/knee strain) before returning in a reserve role at No. 14 Northwestern and No. 8 Maryland. Blackburn produced a career-high 14 points against Evansville on Dec. 8, when she added six rebounds and three assists. She just missed double-doubles against North Florida (8 points, 10 rebounds) and North Carolina Central (9 points, 9 rebounds), while dishing out three assists in both games. She added a dominant defensive effort by taking four charges while grabbing nine defensive boards and a steal in NU’s win over NC State on Dec. 3. Blackburn made the most of her opportunity this summer, averaging 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in just 23.5 minutes per game while shooting a team-best 65 percent over four games in Australia. The 6-3 forward out of Leavenworth High School was ranked as the No. 63 player in the nation by Blue Star and No. 69 by ProspectsNation. ESPN ranked her as the No. 17 post in the country. Blackburn averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds as a junior for the 2014 Class 5A state champions, while also leading the Sunflower League in the number of charges drawn. A talented athlete, Blackburn set the Leavenworth school record with a javelin throw of 125-7 as a sophomore in 2013. She won the Sunflower League title and qualified for the state meet in the event.

BiG Red BeNeFit FRom SummeR dowN uNdeR Nebraska completed a 12-day Australian Tour (Aug. 1-12) that allowed the young Huskers to come together as a team, experience a new culture and practice throughout the summer. The Big Red, who went 1-3 on the tour against a collection of Australian professional and semi-professional teams, played without 2014 All-American Rachel Theriot, 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Kyndal Clark, and the No. 1 recruit in Nebraska history, Jessica Shepard, during the journey down under. All three made the trip but did not play while recovering from major injuries in 2014-15. Despite missing three of its top offensive weapons, the Huskers still performed well overseas. Nebraska was led on the tour by sophomore Natalie Romeo. The 5-7 guard from Martinez, Calif., averaged 19.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Fellow sophomore guard Jasmine Cincore added a solid tour, averaging 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, including a breakout 15-point, nine-rebound, four-assist effort in the win over Sydney on Aug. 10. Freshman Rachel Blackburn provided big contributions for the Big Red as the team’s third-leading scorer and rebounder. The 6-3 forward from Leavenworth, Kan., averaged 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in 23.5 minutes per game.

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(monday, Jan. 4, 2016)1-UConn (32) (11-0) ............................. 800 (1)2-South Carolina (13-0) .......................... 765 (2)3-Notre Dame (13-1) .............................. 735 (3)4-Texas (13-0) ......................................... 705 (5)5-Ohio State (10-3) .............................. 630 (9)6-Baylor (14-1) ........................................ 627 (4)7-Mississippi State (14-1) ....................... 616 (8)8-Maryland (12-2) ............................... 580 (6)9-Stanford (11-2) .................................. 521 (11)10-Kentucky (11-1) ................................. 502 (7)11-Oregon State (10-2) ......................... 495 (10)12-Tennessee (9-3) ............................... 460 (13)13-Texas A&M (11-3) ............................ 416 (16)14-Arizona State (10-3)......................... 356 (17)15-UCLA (10-3) ..................................... 243 (21)16-Northwestern (12-2) ..................... 235 (14)17-Oklahoma (10-3) ............................. 229 (18)18-Duke (11-4) ...................................... 215 (12)19-Florida State (10-4) .......................... 202 (15)20-Missouri (13-0) ................................ 198 (23)21-California (9-3) ............................. 183 (19) 22-South Florida (8-3) .......................... 168 (20)23-Michigan State (10-3) ................... 109 (24)24-DePaul (10-5)..................................... 94 (25)25-Seton Hall (13-1) .............................. 78 (NR)Note: Nebraska 2015-16 opponents in italics.NU Opponents Receiving Votes: 29-Iowa (20); T40-Rutgers (2); T40-Purdue (2)

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(tUesday, Jan. 5, 2016)1-UConn (11-0) (32) ............................. 800 (1)2-South Carolina (13-0) .......................... 768 (2)3-Notre Dame (13-1) .............................. 732 (3)4-Texas (13-0) ......................................... 703 (6)5-Ohio State (10-3) .............................. 625 (9)6-Mississippi State (14-1) ....................... 621 (8)7-Baylor (14-1) ........................................ 620 (4)8-Maryland (12-2) ............................... 602 (5)9-Kentucky (11-1) ................................... 516 (7)10-Texas A&M (11-3) .......................... 500 (T13)11-Tennessee (10-3) ............................. 426 (16)12-Oregon State (10-3) ......................... 417 (10)13-Stanford (11-3) ................................ 363 (11)14-Arizona State (11-3)......................... 359 (21)15-Florida State (10-4) ........................ 288 (T13)16-Duke (11-4) ...................................... 281 (12)17-Northwestern (12-2) ..................... 235 (15)18-South Florida (8-3) .......................... 233 (17)19-Oklahoma (10-3) ............................. 205 (19)20-Seton Hall (13-1) ............................. 201 (23)21-UCLA (11-3) .................................... 181 (NR)22-Michigan State (10-3) ................... 127 (22)23-Iowa (12-2) ................................... 116 (25)24-DePaul (10-5)................................... 110 (24)25-Syracuse (11-3) ................................. 92 (NR)Note: Nebraska 2015-16 opponents in italics.NU Opponents Receiving Votes: 26-California (74)

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Allie Havers, a 6-5 junior center from Mattawan, Mich., added 7.0 points and a team-best 10.0 rebounds per game, while 6-2 redshirt freshman forward Darrien Washington from Oakland, Calif., added 5.5 points and a whopping 7.3 boards in just 17.3 minutes per contest. Maddie Simon, the 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year out of Lincoln Pius X, contributed 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist while playing nearly 30 minutes per game as the Huskers’ fifth-leading scorer and rebounder on the trip. Sophomore Emily Wood, a 5-5 former walk-on guard from Salina, Kan., added 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists while filling Theriot’s role in Nebraska’s starting backcourt. Senior Anya Kalenta, a 6-3 forward from Minsk, Belarus, rounded out the Big Red contributors on the tour with 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in 15.6 minutes per contest off the bench.

BiG Red add coRNhuSkeR State FlavoR Nebraska welcomed the highest-ranked recruiting class in school history to Lincoln this summer, as Coach Connie Yori’s three-player class was ranked No. 8 nationally by ESPN. The class featured the highest profile recruit in Husker basketball history - two-time state Gatorade High School Player of the Year Jessica Shepard - and 2015 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year Maddie Simon. Shepard, who averaged 12.6 points and 3.8 rebounds to help the USA Basketball U18 National Team to a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Championships, was ranked as the No. 3 overall player and the No. 1 post in the country by ESPN. The 2013 and 2014 Gatorade Nebraska Player of the Year, Shepard was a three-time first-team All-Nebraska and Super-State selection. In nine games as a senior, Shepard averaged 33.0 points and 14.3 rebounds. She scored 132 points in four games at the Nike Tournament of Champions in December, including 36 against national power Long Beach Poly. The 6-4 forward hit 71 percent of her field goals and 41 percent of her threes in an injury-shortened season. Shepard tore her ACL on Dec. 29, 2014, while her Fremont team played at Lincoln North Star High School. Shepard, who committed to Nebraska in 2011, averaged a Class A record 30.4 points per game as a junior in 2013-14, while adding 15.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game for Fremont. She averaged 24.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.8 steals while leading Lincoln Southeast to the 2013 Class A state title, before moving with her family to Fremont in the summer of 2013. She averaged 17.8 points and 9.1 rebounds for the Class A runner-up Knights in 2012. Lincoln native Maddie Simon captured Nebraska Gatorade High School Player of the Year honors in 2015. Simon led Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state title by averaging 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game as a senior. A two-time first-team Super-State selection, Simon finished as Pius X’s all-time leading scorer with 1,373 points. A 6-2 guard, Simon was ranked as the No. 22 player in the nation at her position by ESPN, while being ranked No. 149 overall by Blue Star Basketball. As a junior at Lincoln Pius X in 2013-14, Simon averaged 19.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists to lead Pius X to a Class B runner-up finish. A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon added gold medals in the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles at the 2015 Nebraska State Track and Field Championships in Omaha.

SeaSoN ticket SaleS Reach all-time hiGh Nebraska women’s basketball season ticket sales reached an all-time high with 4,011 sold (Nov. 17), an increase of 109 tickets over last year’s previous record high of 3,902. In Nebraska’s first season at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2013-14, the Huskers shattered their 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.

hUsker sPorts network Covers world The Husker Sports Network is its 22nd season of producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Nebraska women’s basketball in 2015-16. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and color commentator Jeff Griesch team up for their 15th 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 ESPN 590 AM-KXSP (Omaha) provide strong signals for Husker women’s basketball. When a network conflict occurs in Omaha, the Huskers also could be heard on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s basketball coverage across the state and the Midwest. Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM.

nebraska ranks near toP in attendanCe Nebraska closed the 2014-15 season ranked No. 11 nationally in average home attendance with 5,857 fans per game. The Huskers averaged 6,483 fans per Big Ten Conference game. The Huskers played 15 home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2014-15, averaging 6,026 fans per game in the new arena. In 43 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own an impressive 37-6 record (.860 winning percentage) while averaging 5,892 fans per game (253,354 total fans/43 games).

2015-16 BiG teN StaNdiNGSTeam Overall (Big Ten)1. Ohio State 11-3 (3-0) Purdue 12-2 (3-0)3. Maryland 13-2 (2-1) Iowa 12-3 (2-1) Michigan State 11-3 (2-1) Rutgers 11-4 (2-1) Minnesota 10-4 (2-1)8. Northwestern 12-3 (1-2) Michigan 9-5 (1-2) Indiana 9-6 (1-2) Penn State 6-8 (1-2) Wisconsin 5-8 (1-2) 13. Nebraska 9-5 (0-3) Illinois 7-7 (0-3)

Preseason all-biG tencoacheSAlly Disterhoft, Jr., G, IowaBrionna Jones, Jr., C, MarylandShatori Walker-Kimbrough, Jr., G, MarylandAerial Powers, Jr., F, Michigan StateRachel Banham, Sr., G, MinnesotaRachel Theriot, Sr., G, NebraskaNia Coffey, Jr., F, NorthwesternAmeryst Alston, Sr., G, Ohio StateKelsey Mitchell, So., G, Ohio State (Player of Year)Kahleah Copper, Sr., F/G, Rutgers

toP three teams1. Maryland2. Ohio State3. Michigan State

mediaBrionna Jones, Jr., C, MarylandShatori Walker-Kimbrough, Jr., G, MarylandTori Jankoska, Jr., G, Michigan StateAerial Powers, Jr., F, Michigan StateRachel Banham, Sr., G, MinnesotaRachel Theriot, Sr., G, NebraskaNia Coffey, Jr., F, NorthwesternAmeryst Alston, Sr., G, Ohio StateKelsey Mitchell, So., G, Ohio State (Player of Year)Kahleah Copper, Sr., F/G, Rutgers

toP three teams1. Maryland2. Ohio State3. Northwestern

biG ten Player of the weekNov. 16 - Mikayla Bailey, Minnesota Honor Roll - Natalie Romeo, NebraskaNov. 23 - Ashley Deary, NorthwesternNov. 30 - Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio StateDec. 7 - Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland Honor Roll - Rachel Theriot, NebraskaDec. 14 - Rachel Banham, MinnesotaDec. 21 - Jessica Shepard, NebraskaDec. 28 - Tori Jankoska, Michigan StateJan. 4 - Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State

BiG teN FReShmaN oF the weekNov. 16 - Jessica Shepard, NebraskaNov. 23 - Jessica Shepard, Nebraska/Cierra Rice, IllinoisNov. 30 - Hallie Thome, MichiganDec. 7 - Jessica Shepard, Nebraska/Cierra Rice, IllinoisDec. 14 - Alex Wittinger, IllinoisDec. 21 - Jessica Shepard, NebraskaDec. 28 - Jessica Shepard, NebraskaJan. 4 - Teniya Page, Penn State

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The Huskers also played one home game at Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2014-15, drawing 3,321 fans for a game against Utah on Nov. 23. The Utah game was not included in Nebraska’s 2014-15 season ticket package for logistical reasons. In 18 home games in 2013-14, the Huskers attracted 110,892 fans including 10 of the top-16 largest home non-conference crowds in school history. 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. Nebraska attracted a non-conference school-record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay in the building with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. The Huskers have averaged more than 5,000 fans per non-conference game each of the first two seasons at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Before moving to the new arena, NU had never averaged more than 4,049 fans per game in non-conference home play.

nebraska Posts 11th straiGht PerfeCt Gsr 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 11 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 11 straight years. The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2015, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 11th straight season, dating back to 2004-05. Yori, who is in her 14th season at Nebraska in 2015-16, 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 11 years. Nebraska was one of six Big Ten women’s basketball programs to post 100 percent rates in 2014-15, joining Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue and Wisconsin. All 14 Big Ten women’s programs posted GSR rates above 80 percent last season. The Big Ten’s six teams with 100 percent GSR scores led the Big Five conferences, ahead of five each for the Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC, while the SEC managed four.

theriot’s triUmPhs • Nebraska’s Offensive MVP for the second straight season, Rachel Theriot led the Huskers to a 17-4 record as a starter in 2014-15. • Theriot’s 537 career assists rank fifth in Husker history. She needs 26 assists to catch Husker great Nicole Kubik (563, 1997-2000) at No. 4 on the NU career chart. • She hit 92.6 percent (63-68) of her free throws on the year, which ranked as the second-best single-season average in Nebraska history. • Theriot owns seven career points-assists double-doubles, including 17 points and 15 assists at No. 22 California on Dec. 12. She had 20 points and 11 assists in Nebraska’s win over NC State on Dec. 3. She had one double-double as a junior with 18 points and 10 assists at Minnesota on Dec. 29, 2014. • Theriot has dished out 11 or more assists in a game seven times in her career. No other Husker has done it more than four times. She owns nine career double-digit assist games. • Theriot owns two career 30-point games (33, vs. Minnesota, Jan. 16, 2004; 31 vs. High Point, Dec. 20, 2014). She owns 13 career 20-point games and 61 career double-figure scoring efforts. • She 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. Theriot 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 2014 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 foe came with Maggie Acuna’s 16 for 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 38 seasons, covering 1,250 games. Theriot’s 18 assists were the most in an NCAA Division I game in 2013-14.

triPle threats: three thinGs to talk aboUt#11, Esther Ramacieri, 5-8, Jr., G, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada (0.8 ppg, 0.9 rpg) • Esther Ramacieri had two points and two rebounds in two minutes against Northern Arizona on Dec. 19, in her return after missing four games with a concussion. She hit her first field goal (37th career game) in the closing minute of Nebraska’s win over North Carolina Central on Nov. 21. She added her first Big Ten field goal with a layup against No. 14 Northwestern on Jan. 3. She added an assist and two rebounds in 10 minutes at No. 8 Maryland Jan. 7. Ramacieri appeared in 17 games in each of her first two seasons, with one career start (vs. Penn State, Jan. 15, 2015). • Ramacieri missed much of the summer and preseason with a knee injury, but was cleared to play for the start of the 2015-16 regular season. She missed Nebraska’s wins over NC State, Creighton and Evansville with a concussion suffered outside of competition/practice. She did not play at No. 22 California but was available. She missed the Big Ten opener against Iowa (Dec. 31) with an Achilles strain, before returning at No. 14 Northwestern on Jan. 3.

nebraska nCaa aPPearanCes13 Appearances, 21 Games (8-13 Record)Season (Sd.) Opponent Site Result2015 (9) vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C. L, 69-722014 (4) vs. (12) BYU Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-802014 (4) vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-552013 (6) vs. (2) Duke Norfolk, Va. L, 45-532013 (6) at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-632013 (6) vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-592012 (6) vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-572010 (1) vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-762010 (1) vs. (8) UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-702010 (1) vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-442008 (8) at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-762008 (8) vs. (9) Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-582007 (9) vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-642000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-931999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-981998 (9) at (1) Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-751998 (9) vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-591996 (9) vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-661993 (6) at (3) USC Los Angeles L, 60-781993 (6) vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-581988 (5) at (4) USC Los Angeles L, 82-100

nU toP 25 wins Under yori (33)Opponent Final Location#9 Duke (Dec. 3, 2014) 60-54 Pinnacle Bank Arena#23 Iowa (March 9, 2014) 72-65 Indianapolis, Ind.#19 Michigan St. (March 8, 2014) 86-58 Indianapolis, Ind.#8 Penn State (Feb. 24, 2014) 94-74 Pinnacle Bank Arena#24 Michigan St. (Feb. 8, 2014) 76-56 Pinnacle Bank Arena#9 Texas A&M (March 25, 2013) 74-53 College Station, Texas#25 Michigan St. (Jan. 24, 2013) 59-54 Devaney Center#24 Florida State (Dec. 8, 2012) 78-77 Devaney Center#14 Ohio State (March 3, 2012) 77-62 Indianapolis, Ind.#8 Ohio State (Feb. 26, 2012) 71-57 Devaney Center#15 Purdue (Feb. 2, 2012) 93-89 3OT West Lafayette, Ind.#16 Penn State (Dec. 30, 2011) 71-63 University Park, Pa.#23 USC (Nov. 18, 2011) 68-50 Devaney Center#22 UCLA (March 23, 2010) 83-70 Minneapolis#11 Oklahoma (Feb. 24, 2010) 80-64 Norman, Okla.#13 Iowa State (Feb. 17, 2010) 60-50 Devaney Center#12 Texas A&M (Feb. 6, 2010) 71-60 Devaney Center#10 Oklahoma St. (Feb. 3, 2010) 88-67 Devaney Center#9 Baylor (Jan. 17, 2010) 65-56 Waco, Texas#19 Texas (Jan. 12, 2010) 91-79 Devaney Center#5 LSU (Dec. 20, 2009) 77-63 Devaney Center#20 Kansas St. (Feb. 25, 2009) 52-47 Devaney Center#24 Arizona St. (Dec. 28, 2008) 62-58 Devaney Center#21 Texas A&M (Jan. 23, 2008) 73-60 Devaney Center#15 Texas (Jan. 9, 2008) 56-45 Devaney Center#13 Baylor (Feb. 3, 2007) 76-67 Devaney Center#25 Kansas State (Jan. 17, 2007) 70-63 Devaney Center#18 New Mexico (Nov. 13, 2006) 66-59 Tempe, Ariz.#14 Iowa State (Feb. 12, 2005) 88-59 Devaney Center#2 Baylor (Jan. 12, 2005) 103-99 3OT Devaney Center#9 Kansas State (Jan. 24, 2004) 81-63 Devaney Center#13 Ohio State (Dec. 12, 2003) 60-55 Devaney Center#25 Cincinnati (Dec. 15, 2002) 65-55 Devaney Center

nU toP winninG PerCentaGesSeason Record (Pct.) Conference (Pct.)1. 2009-10 32-2 (.941) 16-0 (1.000)2. 2013-14 26-7 (.788) 12-4 (.750)3. 1987-88 22-7 (.759) 11-3 (.786)4. 1992-93 23-8 (.742) 10-4 (.714)5. 2012-13 25-9 (.735) 12-4 (.750)6. 2011-12 24-9 (.727) 10-6 (.625)7. 1975-76 21-9 (.700) none8. 1997-98 23-10 (.697) 11-5 (.688)9. 2006-07 22-10 (.688) 10-6 (.625)10. 1996-97 19-9 (.679) 8-8 (.500)11. 2014-15 21-11 (.656) 10-8 (.556) 1991-92 21-11 (.656) 9-5 (.643)*bold indicates team coached by Connie Yori

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• Ramacieri is the fourth Canadian to play for the Huskers under Coach Yori, including Chelsea Aubry (2004-07), Kaitlyn Burke (2008-12) and Harleen Sidhu (2009-12).

#12, Emily Wood, 5-5, So., G, Salina, Kan. (1.5 ppg, 0.9 rpg) • Emily Wood is making solid, consistent and reliable contributions as a sophomore, producing 18 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and two steals in 76 minutes off the bench. She enjoyed a career night with six points on the first two three-pointers of her career while adding two rebounds, an assist and a steal in Nebraska’s win over North Florida on Nov. 16. She added a three while notching career highs of five assists, three rebounds and 23 minutes played against Evansville on Dec. 8. • Wood played in 10 games as a freshman after walking on to the Nebraska program. She claimed Nebraska’s Teammate Award for her commitment to the Husker program in 2014-15. Wood had two points and five rebounds in 29 minutes as a freshman. In the summer of 2015, Wood started for NU on its four-game Australian Tour, averaging 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 26 minutes per game. • Wood 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.

#24, Maddie Simon, 6-2, Fr., G, Lincoln, Neb. (6.1 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.5 apg) • Maddie Simon was growing her game quickly as a key contributor in the Husker lineup before suffering a broken arm in a fall outside of basketball activities on Dec. 7. Her recovery went well and she returned to action at No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 7. After missing six games, Simon scored nine points off the bench as one of Nebraska’s leading scorers against the Terps. Simon produced two double-figure efforts before the injury, including 11 points and three assists in a win over Southern (Nov. 23) and 10 points and three assists against NC State (Dec. 3). • Simon averaged 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assist during Nebraska’s four-game summer tour of Australia in August of 2015. The 2015 Nebraska High School Player of the Year, Maddie Simon was a two-time first-team Super-State selection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. She was the No. 149 player in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard by ESPN in 2015. • A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships. Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was the first female CoSIDA Academic All-American in the history of Nebraska athletics, competing for Coach Gary Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984.

#31, Anya Kalenta, 6-3, Sr., F, Minsk, Belarus (4.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg) • Anya Kalenta produced a strong seven-point, 14-rebound effort in a win over Northern Arizona Dec. 19. She also had career bests with three blocks and 26 minutes. She produced the fourth double-figure scoring effort of her Nebraska career and second of the season with 11 points and six rebounds in a season-high 21 minutes off the bench in NU’s win over NC State (Dec. 3). She had 10 points and eight rebounds in just 13 minutes in a win over North Florida (Nov. 16). She had eight points, eight rebounds, two assists and her first career steal against Evansville (Dec. 8). She notched career highs with four assists and three blocks against North Carolina Central (Nov. 23) when she also had seven points and six boards. • Kalenta owns more points (68/38), rebounds (65/17), assists (7/1), blocks (7/3) and steals (3/0) than she had last season. She appeared in 12 games at Nebraska in 2014-15, competing in five of NU’s first six games before missing NU’s next nine games with a stress fracture in her foot. She also suffered a broken nose in preseason practice (Oct. 29, 2014), and battled anemia throughout the year. She established career highs with 14 points and eight rebounds in a season-opening win over Pepperdine Nov. 15, 2014. • Kalenta 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. She 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.

#34, Jasmine Cincore, 5-10, So., G, Arlington, Tenn. (3.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.1 apg) • A two-time Tennessee Class 2-AA Player of the Year (2013, 2014), Jasmine Cincore battled ankle and foot injuries to play in 20 games for the Huskers as a true freshman. She totaled 25 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in 97 minutes on the season. • Cincore has opened her sophomore season strong, producing 52 points, 26 rebounds and 15 assists in 187 minutes. She has set or tied career bests in every category, including a career-high nine points at No. 8 Maryland on Jan. 7. She had a career-high four steals while matching a career-best with three assists against North Florida on Nov. 16. She tipped off the year with six points and three assists while adding career bests in rebounds (4) and blocks (1) against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. • During Nebraska’s 2015 summer tour of Australia, Cincore was NU’s second-leading scorer with 10.0 points per game, while adding 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists in four games