Huskers Battle Bears in NCAA First Round Friday – University of Nebraska

Nebraska continues NCAA Tournament play battling an outdated Big 12 Conference rival when the No. 11 seed Huskers face No. 6 seed Baylor in the NCAA First Round on Friday, March 20 in Durham, N.C.

The NCAA NET 28 Huskers (19-12, 7-11 Big Ten) will face off with the NCAA NET 32 Bears (24-8, 13-5 Big 12) in Friday’s second sport at Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke University campus. Tip-off is about for 1 p.m. (CT). The sport can be televised reside by ESPN with Jenn Hildreth and Kelly Gramlich on the decision.

The hosts from Duke tip Friday with Charleston at 11:30 a.m. (CT).

Free reside audio from the Huskers Radio Network can be obtainable 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 decision for his or her twenty fifth consecutive season.

First-team All-Big Ten level guard Britt Prince leads the Huskers into Friday’s sport after a 22-level, 5-help night time in Nebraska’s 75-56 NCAA First Four win over fellow No. 11 seed Richmond on Wednesday at Cameron Indoor. The 5-11 sophomore from Omaha, who was one of 10 midseason candidates for the Nancy Lieberman Award, is one of the nation’s best guards. The two-time Nebraska High School Player of the Year leads the Huskers in scoring (17.6 ppg), assists (4.5 apg) and steals (1.5 spg) on the season. Prince is capturing higher than 50 % (.541) from the sphere, 40 % (.459) from three-level vary and 90 % (.906) from the free throw line. Earlier this season, Prince hit a faculty-report 56 straight free throws, together with her first 54 in Big Ten play. Prince owns 11 20-level efforts this season, together with a pair of 30-level video games, and has produced double figures 28 occasions.

Fellow sophomore Amiah Hargrove ranks second among the many Huskers in scoring (12.9 ppg) whereas main Nebraska in rebounding (5.3 rpg). The 6-2 ahead from Christopher, Ill., has began Nebraska’s final 11 video games, together with an eight-level effort in the NCAA First Four win over Richmond.  She is averaging 14.1 factors per sport as a starter, together with a 23-level efficiency in opposition to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament (March 4). Hargrove opened Big Ten play with a profession-excessive 26 factors on 10-of-14 capturing (4-5 3FG) at Penn State (Dec. 6). Hargrove, who owns 22 double-determine scoring efforts this season together with 4 20-level video games, had 24 factors and 6 rebounds in her second begin in place of Jessica Petrie (sickness) at Ohio State (Feb. 1). Hargrove additionally had 21 factors on 9-of-11 capturing at No. 15 Michigan State (Jan. 15). She adopted together with her second double-double of the yr with 13 factors and 11 rebounds in her first begin of the season in a win over Northwestern (Jan. 28). Hargrove has hit 55 % of her discipline objectives, together with 40.4 % (23-57) of her threes. She missed the loss at No. 14 Iowa (Jan. 1) after struggling a gentle concussion late in the loss to No. 17 USC (Dec. 29).

Junior Jessica Petrie has continued to be one of probably the most constant Huskers. The 6-2 ahead from Gold Coast, Australia, had eight factors, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the NCAA First Four win over Richmond. She additionally produced a double-double with 10 factors and 10 rebounds in opposition to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament. She has put up double figures 19 occasions and has scored not less than seven factors in all 29 of her video games this season. Petrie is averaging 11.4 factors and 4.8 rebounds on the yr. She additionally owns single-season profession bests in blocks (31) and steals (30). In her first two seasons mixed as a Husker, she totaled simply 12 steals. Petrie missed the primary video games of her Nebraska profession with sickness in the win over Northwestern (Jan. 28) and a loss at No. 11 Ohio State (Feb. 1).

Petra Bozan has rejoined the beginning lineup the previous 5 video games and has made 18 begins on the season. The 6-3 sophomore ahead from Croatia additionally began Nebraska’s first 13 video games this season. She is averaging 6.8 factors and three.5 rebounds on the yr after getting eight factors on 4-of-5 capturing to go along with six rebounds in the NCAA First Four win over Richmond Wednesday.

Junior Logan Nissley, who has made 18 straight begins, has averaged 11.5 factors over her final 12 video games. The 6-0 guard from Bismarck, N.D., made two threes and completed with six factors in the NCAA First Four win over Richmond Wednesday. For the season, she leads Nebraska with 62 made threes whereas capturing 43.1 % from lengthy vary. She owns 176 profession threes and and moved previous All-America level guard Lindsey Moore (173, 2010-13) at No. 6 on NU’s profession checklist.

Callin Hake offers veteran management and an emotional heartbeat for the Big Red whereas becoming a member of Prince, Petrie and Nissley as returning starters from a yr in the past. Hake, a 5-8 senior guard from Victoria, Minn., is averaging 7.3 factors and three.7 assists after her 14-level efficiency on 4-of-5 three-level capturing in the Wednesday’s NCAA Tournament win over Richmond. She has added 42 steals and leads the Big Red with a faculty-report 33 prices drawn this season. Hake has scored double figures 9 occasions, together with a season-excessive 17 vs. Omaha.

NET 28 Nebraska Cornhuskers (19-12, 7-11 Big Ten)
4 – Petra Bozan – 6-3 – So. – F – 6.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg
33 – Amiah Hargrove – 6-2 – So. – F – 12.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg
2 – Logan Nissley – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 8.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg
14 – Callin Hake – 5-8 – Sr. – G – 7.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg
23 – Britt Prince – 5-11 – So. – G – 17.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Off the Bench
12 – Jessica Petrie – 6-2 – Jr. – F – 11.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg
21 – Eliza Maupin – 6-3 – Sr. – F – 7.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg
5 – Claire Johnson – 5-9 – So. – G – 3.6 ppg, 0.9 rpg
1 – Hailey Weaver – 6-0 – Gr. – G – 2.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg
15 – Kennadi Williams – 5-4 – RFr. – G – 2.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg
34 – Emily Fisher – 6-0 – Jr. – G/F – 1.7 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)
tenth Season at Nebraska (177-135); nineteenth Season Overall (370-244)

NET 32 Baylor Bears (24-8, 13-5 Big 12)
2 – Kiersten Johnson – 6-4 – Sr. – F – 5.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg
5 – Darianna Littlepage-Buggs – 6-1 – Sr. – G/F – 10.7 ppg, 10.1 rpg
0 – Taliah Scott – 5-9 – RSo. – G – 20.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg
22 – Bella Fontelroy – 6-0 – Sr. – G/F – 9.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg
4 – Jana Van Gytenbeek – 5-7 – Gr. – G – 7.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Off the Bench
7 – Yuting Deng – 6-2 – So. – G – 6.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg
21 – Marcayla Johnson – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 4.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg
8 – Kayla Nelms – 6-1 – So. – F – 4.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
12 – Kyla Abraham – 6-3 – RJr. – F – 3.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Head Coach: Nikki Collen (Marquette, 1998)
Fifth Season at Baylor (126-44); Fifth Season Overall (126-44)

Huskers In the NCAA Tournament
• Nebraska is making its 18th NCAA Tournament look and its twelfth since 2007 (final 19 tournaments) in 2025-26.

• The Huskers personal 10 all-time NCAA Tournament wins after their 75-56 First Four win over fellow No. 11 seed Richmond on Wednesday. The No. 6 seed Huskers defeated No. 11 seed Texas A&M in the primary spherical in Corvallis, Ore., in 2024.

• The Huskers superior to NCAA Sweet Sixteens in 2010 and 2013.

• Nebraska has superior to the NCAA Second Round on seven events.

• Nebraska earned a No. 1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament after going 29-0 in the common season. The Huskers have been the primary Big 12 Conference crew in historical past to undergo an unbeaten convention common season (16-0). NU defeated No. 16 Northern Iowa, earlier than knocking off No. 8 UCLA in Minneapolis in the NCAA Tournament.

• The Big Red earned a No. 4 seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament after profitable the Big Ten Tournament title. Nebraska defeated No. 13 Fresno State in Los Angeles, earlier than falling to No. 5 BYU at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus in the second spherical.

• The Huskers superior to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen as a No. 6 seed in 2013, defeating No. 3 seed Texas A&M in College Station after defeating No. 11 seed Chattanooga.

• Nebraska additionally earned a No. 6 seed in 2024 in Corvallis, defeating No. 11 Texas A&M earlier than falling to No. 3 Oregon State.

• The Huskers received their first and solely NCAA Tournament dwelling sport as a No. 6 seed by beating San Diego on the Devaney Center in 1993.

Nebraska’s Big Ten Journey

• The Huskers opened the season 12-0 earlier than struggling a 74-66 loss to No. 17 USC (Dec. 29). A street loss at No. 14 Iowa (86-76) adopted on New Year’s Day earlier than again-to-again dwelling wins over Purdue and Indiana (78-73, Jan. 8), moved the Big Red to three-2 in the convention.

• Nebraska’s season has included NET prime-50 wins at Washington (25), a house win over Illinois (30) and impartial web site wins over Virginia (36), Richmond (37) and North Dakota State (47).

• After a house loss to No. 4 UCLA, the Huskers suffered again-to-again one-possession street losses at No. 15 Michigan State and Wisconsin, earlier than rebounding with again-to-again dwelling wins over Illinois and Northwestern to shut January.

• Nebraska opened February with six consecutive losses – all to NET prime-25 groups, together with 4 on the street. The Huskers bounced again with a street win at Washington (Feb. 22) earlier than closing the season with a house win over Rutgers (Feb. 28) to complete 7-11 in the convention.

• Ten of Nebraska’s 12 losses this season have come to present NET prime-25 Big Ten groups, together with NET 2 UCLA, at NET 6 Michigan, at NET 9 Minnesota, twice to NET 10 Iowa, NET 14 Maryland, at NET 15 Ohio State, NET 17 Michigan State, NET 22 USC and at NET 24 Oregon. NU’s different setbacks have been a one-possession midweek losses at Wisconsin (63-60, Jan. 21) and to NET 54 Indiana in Indianapolis (72-69, March 4).

• Despite a number of double-digit last scores, the Huskers have been in practically each sport in the closing minutes. In 9 of Nebraska’s 12 losses, the Big Red have been inside two possessions of their opponents in the ultimate six minutes.

• Last season, Nebraska earned a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament with a ten-8 Big Ten mark and a No. 40 NET rating. Nebraska’s No. 25 NET rating this season is best than six Big Ten groups that earned NCAA berths a yr in the past. Four of these six Big Ten groups received NCAA Tournament video games, together with NET 28 Maryland, which superior to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. Illinois (32), Indiana (35) and Oregon (41) additionally earned wins whereas Nebraska (40) and Washington (43) each suffered losses by 5 factors or much less.

Scouting the Baylor Bears
• Coach Nikki Collen leads her fifth Baylor crew to its fifth NCAA Tournament, because the Bears earned a No. 6 seed after ending the common season with a 24-8 general report that included a 13-5 Big 12 mark.

• Taliah Scott, a two-time switch redshirt sophomore, is one of the nation’s most explosive scorers. The 5-9 guard who went to Waco from Auburn after taking part in her true freshman season at Arkansas, is averaging 20.0 factors per sport. A excessive-quantity shooter, Scott leads Baylor with 80 three-tips about 34 % capturing from lengthy vary. She additionally has earned 210 journeys to the road and made 90 % of her free throws.

• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs is the one different Bear averaging in double figures, placing up 10.7 factors and 10.1 rebounds per sport. The 6-1 senior is the one Big 12 participant to common a double-double on the season. She is hitting 52.7 % of her discipline objectives, however simply 60.6 % of her free throws.

• Fellow senior Bella Fontelroy has added 9.1 factors and 5.7 rebounds to rank third on the crew in scoring and second rebounding. She additionally ranks second on the crew in three-level makes an attempt (154) however is hitting simply 26.6 % of her pictures from lengthy vary. Fontelroy leads the Bears with 48 steals on the season, whereas including 40 blocks.

• Graduate level guard Jana Van Gytenbeek (7.4 ppg) and senior Kiersten Johnson (5.0 ppg) spherical out Baylor’s possible beginning 5. Van Gytenbeek, a sixth-yr graduate switch, leads the Bears with 6.1 assists per sport and ranks second on the squad with 46 made threes on 36.2 % capturing. Johnson leads BU with 58 blocks and can also be a succesful three-level shooter (.424) however has hit simply 13 threes.

• The Bears have performed with a daily 9-participant rotation for a lot of the season, with sophomore Yuting Deng contributing 6.8 factors and 1.9 rebounds per sport, whereas freshman Marcayla Johnson has pitched in 4.4 factors per contest. Sophomore Kayla Nelms (4.0 ppg) and redshirt junior Kyla Abraham (3.9 ppg) present common ocntributions off the bench.

• Baylor is averaging 71.4 factors whereas permitting 60 factors per sport. The Bears are capturing 42.4 % from the sphere, together with 32.3 % from past the arc. BU can also be hitting 74.6 % of its free throws. Baylor owns a plus-4.6 rebound margin and a plus-1.0 turnover margin. The Bears are the Big 12’s greatest shot-blocking crew with six blocks per sport.

Nebraska vs. Baylor Series History
• Baylor leads the all-time sequence with Nebraska 10-6, however the former Big 12 Conference foes haven’t confronted one another for the reason that Huskers left the league after the 2010-11 season.

• The Bears received the final assembly between the 2 colleges, 80-57, on the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln on Feb. 9, 2011. No. 1 Baylor was led that season by sophomore heart Brittney Griner. The following season, the Bears received their second of three nationwide championships underneath former head coach Kim Mulkey.

• The win marked the eighth consecutive season that Baylor was ranked in the Associated Press prime 16 at sport time in opposition to the Huskers.

• The 2011 win by Baylor avenged a 65-56 Nebraska victory in Waco on Jan. 17, 2010. The unbeaten and then-No. 11 Huskers went on to win the Big 12 common-season title and earn a No. 1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament earlier than advancing to their first NCAA Sweet Sixteen after handing Griner the one dwelling loss of her profession on the Ferrell Center. The Bears have been ranked No. 9 at sport time.

• No. 22 Nebraska knocked off No. 13 Baylor, 76-67, in Lincoln on Feb. 3, 2007, in a sport that former Husker Coach Connie Yori moved future All-American Kelsey Griffin from energy ahead to small ahead. The transfer left Baylor befuddled, and sparked a then-college-report 9 blocked pictures from future Olympic medalist Danielle Page. Nebraska went on to earn its first NCAA Tournament look underneath Yori. The 2007 Huskers superior to the NCAA Tournament in Raleigh, shedding a slim determination to Temple and Head Coach Dawn Staley.

• Nebraska pulled off the most important upset in college historical past with a 103-99 triple-time beyond regulation victory over then-No. 2 and eventual nationwide champion Baylor on Jan. 12, 2005. Three-time All-Big 12 guard Kiera Hardy scored a profession-excessive 37 factors to beat a 29-level efficiency by All-American Sophia Young and 26 factors from Steffanie Blackmon. Nebraska was lacking starter and future Canadian Olympic Team captain Chelsea Aubry that night time in opposition to the Bears.

• The 2005 Husker win snapped a 4-sport Baylor profitable streak in the sequence with all 4 Husker losses by double digits.

• Nebraska received the primary sport in sequence historical past with a 91-73 victory over the Bears on Feb. 19, 1997 in Lincoln. The Bears received again-to-again video games, together with a 76-71 upset of the No. 21 Huskers on Jan. 21, 1998. Both the 1997 and 1998 video games included present Nebraska Head Coach Amy Williams on the Big Red roster.

• The 2000 season featured the one time that Nebraska performed Baylor twice, together with an 82-71 win in Waco on Feb. 19, 2000. Two weeks later the Huskers beat the Bears 82-61 on the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City in Baylor Coach Sonja Hogg’s last sport main the Bears.

Prince Captures All-Big Ten Honors

• Nebraska’s Britt Prince earned first-crew All-Big Ten honors from the media and second-crew accolades from the coaches when the convention introduced its annual awards March 3.

• Through 31 video games as a sophomore, the 5-11 level guard from Omaha is averaging a crew-greatest 17.6 factors per sport whereas hitting 54.1 % (205-379) of her pictures from the sphere, together with 39-of-85 threes (.459).

• Prince, who superior to the checklist of 10 gamers on the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Midseason Top 10 (Feb. 2), was additionally a member of the Lieberman Award Preseason Top 20.

• She owns two 30-level performances, 11 20-level efforts and 28 double-determine scoring video games this season. She is coming of a 22-level, 5-help effort in an NCAA First Four win over Richmond (March 18). It adopted a 20-level, eight-help effort in opposition to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament (March 4), which got here after her first profession double-double with 14 factors and a profession-excessive 11 rebounds whereas matching her profession highs with eight assists and two blocks in a win over Rutgers (Feb. 28).

• Prince was the MVP of the Emerald Coast Classic Beach Bracket (Nov. 24-25) after main the Huskers to a match title with 30 factors on 12-of-17 capturing in a 91-82 win over NET 36 Virginia. She averaged 24.0 factors and 6.5 assists in the match, together with 18 factors and a season-excessive seven assists in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne.

• She established her profession excessive with 30 factors on 13-of-18 capturing in a win over ORU (Nov. 19).

• Prince produced a 28-level, six-rebound, six-help effort in a win over Northwestern (Jan. 28). She hit 10-of-15 pictures from the sphere, together with 2-of-3 threes and all six of her free throws.

• She put up 27 factors at No. 14 Iowa (Jan. 1), when she added 5 rebounds and 4 steals.

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

• She accounted for 22 factors, six rebounds, six assists and three steals whereas committing only one turnover in Nebraska’s win at Washington (Feb. 22). Her efficiency included a sport-profitable three-pointer with seven seconds left to shoot the Huskers to a 66-65 victory. It was her fifth 20-level effort in Big Ten Conference play.

• Prince opened Big Ten play with 20 factors in a win at Penn State (Dec. 6), earlier than including 20 factors in a win over Illinois (Jan. 24). She had 20 factors and 7 assists in a win over Indiana (Jan. 8).

• Prince, a two-time Gatorade and MaxPreps Nebraska High School Player of the Year at Elkhorn North, earned Big Ten All-Freshman honors whereas main the Huskers to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

• In the NCAA Tournament, Prince led the Big Red with 14 factors and 6 assists in opposition to Louisville. She averaged 17.0 factors and 5.3 assists over three Big Ten Tournament video games, together with a season-excessive-tying 24 factors in opposition to tourney champion and NCAA No. 1 seed UCLA.

• Prince was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 21, 2025) after going for 22 factors, seven rebounds, 5 assists and a profession-excessive six steals in a win at Iowa (Jan. 16, 2025), when she hit a profession-excessive 5 three-pointers.

• Prince averaged 13.4 factors, 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals as a real freshman.

Nebraska Excels in NCAA Stat Rankings
• Through 31 video games, Nebraska ranks among the many prime 25 groups in 8 NCAA classes.
• Assists Per Game – 18.4 ranks eighth nationally and third in the Big Ten.
• FT% – .788 ranks ninth nationally and third in the Big Ten.
• FG% – .479 ranks eleventh nationally and 4th in the Big Ten.
• Average Home Attendance – 5,701 ranks fifteenth nationally and sixth in the Big Ten.
• Assist-to-Turnover – 1.33 ranks seventeenth nationally and sixth in the Big Ten.
• Scoring – 79.2 ppg ranks nineteenth nationally and sixth in the Big Ten.
• Bench Scoring – 25.6 ppg ranks twenty first nationally and 1st in the Big Ten.
• 3FG% – .355 ranks twenty fourth nationally and sixth in the Big Ten.

Big Red Triple Threats
• Nebraska is hitting 35.5 % of its pictures from three-level vary and averaging 7.8 made threes per sport with shooters up and down the lineup.

• Five Huskers are capturing 34.4 % or higher from lengthy vary: Britt Prince (.459), Logan Nissley (.431), Amiah Hargrove (.404), Hailey Weaver (.414) and Callin Hake (.344).

• In Big Ten play, the Huskers knocked down 35.5 % of their threes whereas averaging 7.7 makes per sport.

Huskers Make Opponents Pay at Free Throw Line
• Nebraska is difficult the college report for greatest crew free throw share in Husker historical past. Through 31 video games, the Huskers are capturing 78.8 % (394-500) from the road. In 2013-14, the Big Ten Tournament champion Huskers hit a faculty-report 79.6 % (507-635) of their free throws.

• The prime six Huskers in minutes performed are all capturing 75 % or higher on the line, together with Britt Prince (.906), Callin Hake (.875), Logan Nissley (.857), Amiah Hargrove (.812), Eliza Maupin (.782) and Jessica Petrie (.763).

• Britt Prince has been Nebraska’s chief on the line. The sophomore level guard ranks second in the Big Ten by hitting 90.6 % (96-106) of her free throw makes an attempt. She set a faculty report (males’s or ladies’s basketball) by hitting 56 consecutive makes, which was snapped on her first free throw try in opposition to Iowa. She made 66-of-71 (.934) in Big Ten play.

• Cathy Owen owns the Nebraska season free throw share report (.950, 57-60) with a minimal of 50 made free throws required. Former Husker level guard Rachel Theriot, an Ohio native and lengthy-time European skilled, hit 92.6 % (63-68) of her free throws in 2014-15. Prince, Theriot and Owen at present personal 5 of the highest-six season free throw capturing percentages in Nebraska historical past, together with Prince’s 87.2 % (68-78) as a freshman final season.

Husker Forwards Producing Career Years
• Sophomore Amiah Hargrove is proving herself as one of the Big Ten’s most improved gamers in 2025-26. Hargrove’s 387 whole factors are 231 greater than the 156 she scored for the Huskers over 33 video games as freshman. The 6-2 ahead additionally has greater than tripled her whole steals this season (19) in comparison with final season (6). She put up 24 factors at No. 11 Ohio State (Feb. 1), and closed the season with 23 factors on 10-of-14 capturing in opposition to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament. She notched her second double-double of the yr with 13 factors and a profession-excessive-tying 11 rebounds in her first begin of the season in opposition to Northwestern (Jan. 28). She averaged 13.7 factors in Big Ten play.

• Junior Jessica Petrie has totaled 330 factors by 29 video games, surpassing her earlier season-greatest whole of 210 factors (2024-25) in related minutes. Petrie’s 31 blocked pictures and 30 steals are additionally profession bests, exceeding her earlier profession whole of 12 steals by her first two seasons mixed as a Husker. She had 20 blocks a yr in the past.

• Senior Eliza Maupin has scored 190 factors for the Huskers by her 25 video games this season, surpassing her earlier profession-greatest season whole of 146 factors as a freshman at Kansas State (2022-23). Maupin’s seven three-pointers this season have far exceeded the one triple she hit in her first three seasons at Okay-State. Her 70 made discipline objectives and 43 free throws made are additionally probably the most in a season throughout her profession, whereas her 18 blocks even have exceeded her earlier profession season excessive.

Hake Leads Big Ten as SAIC Chair; NU SAAC President
• Callin Hake has confirmed herself a frontrunner on and off the courtroom in her 4 seasons at Nebraska, and the senior from Victoria, Minn., was elected President of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for 2024-25 and can serve in that position once more in 2025-26.

• Hake, who was Nebraska’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner for ladies’s basketball in 2025 and 2026, was the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner throughout all NU ladies’s sports activities in 2024-25.

• In 2025-26, Hake has taken on further obligations throughout the convention because the chair of the Big Ten Student-Athlete Issues Commission (SAIC).

• Through 31 video games this season, Hake is averaging 7.3 factors, 2.5 rebounds and three.7 assists whereas rating second on the crew with 1.4 steals. She additionally leads the Big Red with a faculty-report 33 offensive fouls drawn. She additionally carryies a 2.3 help-to-turnover ratio, which ranks among the many greatest in the Big Ten.

• Hake tied profession highs with 17 factors and 5 three-pointers whereas dispensing six assists with no turnovers in a win over Omaha (Dec. 9). She has produced 9 double-determine scoring efforts this season – Richmond (14), Northwestern (13), Creighton (13), Northwestern State (13), Purdue (11), Virginia (11), UCLA (10) and Cal Baptist (10), whereas distributing a profession-excessive eight assists in a Big Ten-opening win over Penn State.

• Hake was just lately added to the watch checklist for the Celsius 3-Point Championship set for April 3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as half of the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships.

• Last season, Hake earned 30 begins and averaged 6.4 factors, 3.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals, whereas scoring in double figures 9 occasions.

• Hake produced her greatest efficiency with a profession-excessive 17 factors and a then-profession-greatest seven assists, whereas flattening again-to-again threes in OT in a 94-90 win over Oregon (Feb. 19).

• She established her profession excessive with 17 factors to go along with 5 rebounds, two assists and two steals in a win over North Alabama (Nov. 19).

• Hake was NU’s main scorer with 16 factors, six rebounds and 4 assists in Nebraska’s win over Penn State (Jan. 5, 2025).

• She had 16 factors on a profession-excessive 5 three-tips to go along with 4 rebounds, 4 assists and two steals in a win over Kansas City (Nov. 26, 2024).

• The 5-8 guard averaged 6.1 factors, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists whereas competing in all 35 video games with 5 begins to assist the Huskers advance to the Big Ten Championship Game and the second spherical of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

• Hake was additionally the Nebraska ladies’s basketball Lifter of the Year in 2023 and 2025.

• Hake is a two-time Academic All-Big Ten choice whereas double-majoring in administration and advertising and marketing at Nebraska. She can also be a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District VII selection (2024, 2025).

• She earned a prestigious Nebraska Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award in 2024. She is a 3-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

Petrie, Nissley Returning Starters for Big Red
• Juniors Jessica Petrie and Logan Nissley return to Nebraska’s lineup after serving as starters alongside fellow returners Callin Hake and Britt Prince in 2024-25.

• Petrie, a 6-2 ahead from Gold Coast, Australia, began 23 video games a yr in the past after the damage to Natalie Potts. Petrie averaged 6.4 factors and 4.4 rebounds to assist the Huskers to a second straight NCAA bid. Petrie, who appeared in all 68 video games for the Big Red in her first two seasons, averaged 8.7 factors and three.7 rebounds in the Big Ten Tournament whereas hitting 12-of-19 pictures (.632).

• Petrie produced a profession-excessive 20 factors to go along with 5 boards in a win over Samford (Nov. 8).

• She put up the second-greatest scoring whole of her profession with 18 factors to go along with a crew-excessive seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks in a Big Ten win over Indiana (Jan. 8).

• She owns 19 double-determine scoring efforts on the season, together with 15 factors in a win over Illinois (Jan. 24).

• She had 17 factors on a profession-excessive three three-pointers at No. 14 Iowa (Jan. 1).

• Petrie additionally scored 17 factors in a win over Cal Baptist (Dec. 21), which adopted a 14-level, seven-rebound effort in a win over Omaha (Dec. 9).

• She closed the common season with 16 factors and 6 rebounds in a win over Rutgers (Feb. 28), earlier than notching her second double-double of the season and third of her profession with 10 factors and a profession-excessive-tying 10 rebounds in opposition to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament (March 4).

• Petrie produced her first double-double of the season with 15 factors and a profession-excessive-tying 10 rebounds in a win over Bradley (Dec. 3).

• She missed the primary sport of her Husker profession (sickness) in the win over Northwestern (Jan. 28), snapping a streak of 88 straight video games performed and 41 consecutive begins. Petrie didn’t journey to Nebraska’s loss at No. 11 Ohio State (Feb. 1) as a result of of the sickness, however returned in restricted obligation off the bench for seven factors and three rebounds in a loss at No. 8 Michigan (Feb. 4).

• Petrie introduced 11 large factors off the bench in a win at Washington (Feb. 22).

• Petrie put up 14 factors on a profession-excessive 4 threes to go along with a profession-excessive three steals at Minnesota (Feb. 12).

• Nissley, a 6-0 guard from Bismarck, N.D., averaged 7.0 factors, 2.7 rebounds and a couple of.6 assists whereas making 26 begins over 32 video games as a sophomore. One of the Big Ten’s most harmful three-level threats, Nissley drained 55 threes on 36.2 % capturing on the yr.

• She erupted for her greatest sport of the 2025-26 season with a profession-excessive 22 factors on a profession-excessive six three-pointers in opposition to No. 22 Maryland (Feb. 7). Nissley hit 6-of-12 threes in opposition to the Terps and has moved as much as No. 6 on Nebraska’s profession three-level checklist with 176.

• The effort surpassed her earlier season-excessive 15 factors on 5-of-7 capturing (2-of-4 3FG) whereas including three assists in a win over Illinois (Jan. 24). She additionally hit for 15 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists regardless of battling sickness at Oregon (Feb. 19).

• She owns 13 double-determine scoring efforts this season, together with seven in the previous 12 video games, capped by her 12-level effort in opposition to Indiana on the Big Ten Tournament (March 4).

• Nissley had 14 factors on 4-of-7 capturing, together with 4-of-6 three-pointers, in a win over Northwestern (Jan. 28). She additionally tied a season excessive with 5 rebounds in opposition to the Wildcats.

• She posted her third straight double-determine effort with 11 factors at No. 11 Ohio State (Feb. 1).

• Nissley added 14 factors on 4-of-6 three-level capturing, whereas pitching in a crew-excessive 5 rebounds to go along with 4 assists in a Big Ten street win at Penn State (Dec. 6).

• She contributed 12 factors and 4 assists at Minnesota (Feb. 12).

• She added 11 factors in a Big Ten win over Indiana (Jan. 8), earlier than placing up 11 extra factors in opposition to No. 4 UCLA (Jan. 11). She additionally had 11 factors on 3-of-4 three-level capturing in simply quarter-hour in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne in the primary sport of the Emerald Coast Classic in Florida (Nov. 24).

• Nissley adopted with 10 factors, 5 rebounds, a profession-excessive seven assists with no turnovers, and two steals in a win over Bradley (Dec. 3).

• She additionally scored 10 factors in opposition to No. 17 USC (Dec. 29), earlier than incomes her first begin of the season at No. 14 Iowa (Jan. 1).

• Nissley, who missed Nebraska’s closed scrimmage in opposition to Missouri and an exhibition win over Mount Marty (Oct. 24) with a decrease leg damage, got here off the bench to supply eight factors, three rebounds and two assists in 19 minutes in the season-opening win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3).

• She missed NU’s wins over Samford (Nov. 8) and Creighton (Nov. 12) earlier than returning to the courtroom for 3 factors, two rebounds and an help in a win over North Dakota State (Nov. 16). Nissley added seven factors, two rebounds and three assists in 13 minutes in a win over ORU (Nov. 19).

• In 2023-24, Nissley helped the Huskers to the NCAA Tournament and the Big Ten Championship Game by making 10 begins down the stretch. The Big Ten All-Freshman choice averaged 7.0 factors whereas hitting 39.9 % (59-148) of her three-level makes an attempt over 35 video games.

Sophomores Making Major Impact
• Britt Prince was the chief of a proficient freshman trio for Nebraska in 2024-25. While Prince earned headlines by beginning at level guard and placing up some of the most effective numbers in historical past by a Big Red rookie, fellow freshmen Amiah Hargrove and Petra Bozan have been dynamic inside.

• Claire Johnson, an All-SoCon choice as a freshman at Samford, was added to a proficient group of 4 Husker sophomores in 2025-26.

• Through 31 video games, NU’s 4 sophomores have mixed for 1,250 of Nebraska’s 2,455 factors (50.9 %) whereas hitting 53.4 % (485-909) of their pictures from the sphere.

• In Nebraska’s NCAA First Four win over Richmond, Prince led the Big Red with 22 factors on 10-of-14 capturing, whereas Hargrove and Bozan every contributed eight factors. Johnson got here off the bench with six factors on a pair of three-pointers because the sophomores mixed for 44 factors in a 75-56 win.

• In NU’s Big Ten-opening win at Penn State, Hargrove erupted for a profession-excessive 26 factors on 10-of-14 capturing with a profession-greatest 4-of-5 threes, whereas Prince added 20 factors (6-12) and Bozan contributed a profession-excessive 17 on 8-of-12 capturing to mix for 63 factors. The sophomore trio teamed for 44 of NU’s report-setting 67 factors in the second half alone.

• The sophomores mixed for 53 of Nebraska’s 93 factors in the common-season last in opposition to Rutgers. Hargrove led the best way with 18 factors, whereas Prince added her first profession double-double with 14 factors, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Bozan contributed 12 factors and 6 rebounds, whereas Johnson pitched in 9 factors off the bench.

• In the Emerald Coast Classic Beach Bracket (Nov. 24-25), Prince was named the match MVP whereas Hargrove joined her on the all-match crew. In the title sport win over Virginia, Prince completed with 30 factors and 6 assists, whereas Hargrove added 17 factors and a sport-excessive eight rebounds, because the 4 sophomores mixed for 50 of NU’s 91 factors whereas hitting 19-of-30 pictures.

• In the win over Northwestern (Jan. 28), Prince scored a sport-excessive 28, whereas Hargrove added a double-double with 13 factors and 10 rebounds. Bozan and Johnson every contributed six factors because the sophomores accounted for 53 of NU’s 89 factors.

• In Nebraska’s win at Washington (Feb. 22), the sophomores mixed for 43 of NU’s 66 factors, together with Prince (22), Hargrove (14), Bozan (5) and Johnson (2).

• In the setback at Oregon (Feb. 19), Prince (18), Hargrove (11) and Bozan (11) mixed for 40 of NU’s 76 factors whereas hitting 18-of-29 pictures (.621).

• In the loss at No. 8 Michigan (Feb. 4), Prince and Hargrove led the Huskers with 16 factors apiece whereas Bozan was the one different Husker in double figures with 12 factors. The sophomores mixed for 45 of Nebraska’s 76 factors.

• In the victory over Bradley, the sophomores mixed for 44 factors on 19-of-26 capturing (.731) whereas including 20 rebounds, as Prince (17), Hargrove (13) and Bozan (12) all completed in double figures.

• The trio was again in double figures once more in the win over Illinois State (Dec. 14), as Bozan (14), Prince (13) and Hargrove (11) reached double digits whereas Johnson added seven factors.

• In the win over Oral Roberts (Nov. 19), the quartet mixed for 48 factors and 23 rebounds in a 103-58 win, fueled by a profession-excessive 30 factors from Prince and a profession-excessive 10 boards from Bozan.

• In an 82-70 win over North Dakota State (Nov. 16), the sophomores mixed for 48 factors and 12 rebounds, whereas going 20-of-27 (.741) from the sphere, together with 3-of-7 from three-level vary (.429).

• NU’s 84-50 win over Creighton (Nov. 12), included Prince’s 18 factors, adopted by 11 from Johnson, 9 from Bozan and 6 from Hargrove, as the category mixed for 44 factors and 17 rebounds.

• The sophomores produced large numbers in a win over Samford (Nov. 8), together with 23 factors from Prince, a profession-excessive 13 factors and 6 rebounds from Bozan, and the second profession double-double with 12 factors and 11 rebounds for Hargrove.

• In the common-season opening victory over Northwestern State (Nov. 3), the sophomore quartet mixed for 55 factors, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, led by 21 factors from Johnson, 19 from Prince and 11 from Bozan.

• Bozan, a 6-3 ahead from Split, Croatia, replaces 4-time All-Big Ten heart Alexis Markowski inside for the Huskers in 2025-26. She averaged 5.3 factors and a couple of.8 rebounds whereas taking part in in all 33 video games off the bench for the Big Red final season. Bozan produced six double-digit scoring efforts, together with 11 factors in Nebraska’s second-spherical Big Ten Tournament win over Illinois (March 6, 2025). She tied her season excessive with 12 factors – all in the fourth quarter – at Indiana (Feb. 2, 2025). It matched her 12 factors in a gap-day win over Omaha (Nov. 4). She additionally had 11 in opposition to Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 9, 2024). She had her first double-digit effort in Big Ten play with 10 factors on 4-of-4 capturing in a win over Wisconsin (Jan. 20, 2025).

• She closed the 2024-25 common season with 9 factors in a win over Northwestern (March 2, 2025), earlier than opening the Big Ten Tournament with 9 factors in a win over Rutgers (March 5, 2025). She mixed to go 8-for-9 from the sphere in these two wins, together with 4-for-4 in the match.