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NU women draw Georgia Tech
The Nebraska women’s basketball team will travel to Georgia Tech in NU’s first appearance in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge this fall. The Huskers, who are officially joining the Big Ten this summer, will face the Yellow Jackets Nov. 30. The programs have met once — the Yellow Jackets beat NU 73-68 in the 1992 WNIT. Georgia Tech made their fifth straight appearance in the NCAA tournament last season, earning a No. 5 seed.
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Two future Huskers net All-America honors
Two future Huskers were named to Parade Magazine’s All-America girls basketball team, though one of them isn’t planning to play hoops when she arrives on campus. Shelby Winkelmann, who’s signed with Nebraska to play volleyball, and Brandi Jeffery, a 5-foot-7 guard, were among the 40 players recognized by the magazine, which can be found in The Sunday World-Herald. UConn, Tennessee, Rutgers and Duke were the only women’s programs with at least two signed recruits on the...
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NU's Moore earns invite to women's team trials
Nebraska point guard Lindsey Moore has earned one of 35 invitations to compete at the women's World University Games team trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. Moore, a 5-foot-9 junior-to-be from Covington, Wash., will compete May 22 to 25 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center for a spot on the U.S. World University Games team that will compete in Shenzhen, China, Aug. 14 to 21. “The last time I went to Colorado Springs, I didn't really know what to expect, and I can remember being really...
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NU women plan trip to Europe
The Nebraska women’s basketball team will travel to Europe for a summer tour in August, coach Connie Yori said Wednesday. The Huskers will go to Sweden, Norway and Denmark from Aug. 5 to 15. They expect to play four games against top European competition, said Yori, whose team finished 13-18 last season.
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Ex-Husker Griffin leads team to title series
Former Nebraska All-American Kelsey Griffin is putting the finishing touches on her first season of professional basketball. The 2010 Big 12 player of the year has led her MiZo Pecs team to a 23-1 record and a spot in the Hungarian A League championship series. The Hungarian A League is a premier league in EuroBasketball, featuring many WNBA players. The 6-foot-2 forward scored game-high 24 points while adding seven rebounds in a 78-68 victory to put MiZo Pecs up 2-0 in the best-of-five...
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McCann-Smith to transfer from NU
Freshman Kellie McCann-Smith will transfer from the Nebraska women's basketball team. The 5-foot-9 guard from Asotin, Wash., played in Nebraska's first 22 games before missing the final nine games with a back injury.
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Hooper, Huskers seek rebound in first Big Ten year
By listening to Nebraska’s Jordan Hooper voluntarily rattle off her list of deficiencies after the Huskers’ disappointing season, you wouldn’t know she was picked as one of the Big 12’s five best newcomers. She had the third-highest scoring average among freshmen in the conference and she ended the year as the league’s best freshman rebounder. She set Nebraska’s single-season freshman record with 67 3-pointers, and her 454 points were second-most all-time by...
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Leick leaving Nebraska program
Nebraska coach Connie Yori said sophomore Katya Leick is leaving the women's basketball program
Leick, a 6-foot-1 forward from Grey Cloud Township, Minn., averaged 5.1 points and 4.5 rebounds last season. Leick made nine starts for Nebraska in 2010-11. Yori didn't say why Leick left the team. But Yori said she'll help Leick continue her career at another school if Leick decides to keep playing.
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Huskers fall to Cyclones in Big 12 tourney
Nebraska did its best Tuesday to turn the Big 12 women's basketball tournament bracket upside down on it way out the door to the Big Ten. The Huskers, seeded last, led fifth-seeded Iowa State midway through the second half at Municipal Auditorium. But the Cyclones rallied to pull out a 69-61 win, ending the season for NU (13-18). Nebraska, down as many as 12 points in the first half, tied the game 38-38 at halftime on Jordan Hooper's buzzer-beating 3 — the seventh make from behind the...
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Moore seeks strong finish for Nebraska
For a player who’s not used to losing, Nebraska’s Lindsey Moore is handling disappointment pretty well this season. Moore’s team at Kentwood (Wash.) High School dropped 13 games during her career. And last year, she joined the Huskers’ starting lineup as a freshman just in time to help contribute to the program’s best season ever — when NU went 32-2 and advanced to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16.
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Missed shots help Aggies pull away from Nebraska
Nebraska kept it close for a half Saturday night, but as soon as No. 5 Texas A&M; turned up its intensity, the Huskers couldn’t come up with a response. NU (13-17, 3-13 Big 12) actually pulled within 35-33 on Jordan Hooper’s basket during the opening minute of the second half. But it all unraveled from there. The Aggies (25-4, 13-3 Big 12) used a 24-2 run to put the game away, ultimately cruising to a convincing 84-49 win in Nebraska’s final Big 12 regular-season game. They...
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