The Nebraska women’s basketball team opens Big Ten home action on New Year’s Eve when the Huskers take on Maryland in Lincoln.
Tip-off between the Big Red (9-3, 1-0) and the Terrapins (9-3, 1-0 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 1:30 p.m. (CT) with tickets available now at Huskers.com.
Nebraska fans can listen across the Huskers Radio Network, including locally on 95.3 FM KBBN, the Huskers App and Huskers.com, as Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch team up for their 23rd season. Pregame starts at 1 p.m. (CT).
The game will be televised live by the Big Ten Network with Sloane Martin and Brenda VanLengen calling the action. A live stream also will be available on the Fox Sports App.
NCAA NET No. 21 Nebraska had its five-game winning streak snapped before the holiday break with a 69-52 loss at NET No. 43 Kansas. Alexis Markowski notched her Big Ten-leading seventh double-double of the season with game highs of 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Huskers. The two-time Lisa Leslie Award candidate has scored in double figures in 12 straight games, crossing the 1,000-point career mark in a win over Southern (Dec. 17). She will be honored in a pregame presentation on Sunday. Markowski leads the Big Ten in rebounding (9.8) and ranks sixth in scoring (17.3 ppg).
Two-time Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award candidate Jaz Shelley has added 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and team bests of 4.7 assists and 1.6 steals this season. The 5-9 guard from Moe (pronounced MOE-ee), Australia, is the first Husker in history to record multiple career triple-doubles after getting 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a win over UNCW (Dec. 5). Shelley ranks fourth on Nebraska’s career three-point list with 185. She scored a game-high 29 points and hit 6-of-10 threes in a 90-67 victory at No. 21 Maryland last season (Dec. 4, 2022) – NU’s only win over the Terps in 17 meetings.
Three-time Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Natalie Potts is averaging 10.8 points and 5.6 rebounds. The two-time Missouri MaxPreps High School Player of the Year out of Incarnate Word Academy has hit 75.4 percent (46-61) of her two-point attempts.
Darian White, a four-year starter and three-time All-Big Sky performer at Montana State before transferring to Nebraska as a graduate student, gives Nebraska another potent weapon. The 5-6 guard is averaging 9.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists, which ranks 10th in the Big Ten.
