Balanced Big Red Blows By Bulldogs

Lincoln – Real fresher Alexis Markowski led 5 Huskers in dual numbers by tape-recording her 2nd straight double-double with 15 factors as well as 10 rebounds to power unbeaten Nebraska to an 89-68 ladies’s basketball gain Drake on Sunday mid-day at Peak Financial Institution Field.

With the success, Nebraska enhanced to 11-0 with its 7th success by 20 or even more indicate begin the period. The Huskers additionally broke Drake’s six-game winning touch, as the Bulldogs slid to 7-3 on the period.

Markowski, that was the 2021 Nebraska Senior High School Gamer of the Year at Lincoln Pius X, obtained her 15 factors on 6-of-8 capturing from the area as well as an excellent 3-for-3 initiative at the charity line. The 6-3 forward/center additionally took down 5 rebounds at each end of the court in simply over 16 mins of activity. She joined in a take in the ideal well-rounded initiative of her young job.

Ashley Scoggin led Nebraska with a game-high 16 factors, consisting of 4 three-pointers, while Sam Haiby joined in 15 factors of her very own to choose 4 3 rebounds, a team-high 4 helps as well as one take. Haiby tore down a triad of three-pointers on the day.

Real fresher Allison Weidner from Humphrey, Neb., played an impressive video game of her very own with 10 factors, 5 rebounds, 3 helps as well as 2 takes in simply over 18 mins of job, while second-year onward Annika Stewart (Minneapolis, Minn.) completed the 5 Huskers in dual numbers with 10 factors, 5 rebounds as well as an aid in 12 mins off the bench. The 6-3 Stewart additionally hid a set of 3s, as Nebraska attached on 12-of-29 three-pointers (.414) on the day versus the Bulldogs.

Drake, which went into the video game amongst the leading racking up groups in the country, balancing greater than 80 factors per video game, leapt bent on a fast 6-0 lead with back-to-back three-pointers from Megan Meyer as well as Maggie Bair, prior to Haiby resolved in as well as located early responses for the Huskers. Meyer led the Bulldogs with a game-high 16 factors while Bair included 14 factors for Drake on the day.

Haiby racked up 8 factors in a vital 11-0 Husker run midway via the initial quarter that permitted Nebraska to take a 28-22 bring about the 2nd duration. Yet Drake began quickly once more, racking up 7 straight indicate open up the duration to restore a quick 29-28 lead, prior to Haiby attached on her 3rd three-pointer of the initial fifty percent to place NU support 31-29. Meyer connected ball game for Drake with a set of totally free tosses with 6:53 left in the fifty percent, prior to Markowski took control of with 7 straight factors for the Big Red to reconstruct a 38-33 lead.

Nebraska took a 45-39 bring about the storage locker area at halftime. The Bulldogs maintained NU within striking range at 50-44 up until the young Nebraskans Weidner as well as Markowski incorporated on a 7-0 go to press the Husker bring about 57-44 with 5:14 left in the 3rd duration.

The Big Red took a 64-54 introduce the 4th, as well as Drake briefly cut the margin to 6 factors prior to the Huskers shut the door completely on the Bulldogs. Scoggin obtained a set of totally free tosses prior to Markowski racked up in the paint off an aid from Jaz Shelley to place NU back up 10. Shelley, that completed with 7 factors, after that hidden a 3 to place NU up 71-60. Scoggin proceeded the Big Red rise by hiding back-to-back three-pointers, prior to Isabelle Bourne as well as Annika Stewart racked up on back-to-back baskets in to the paint to top a crucial 17-2 Nebraska eruption in simply over 4 mins to place the Huskers ahead 81-60 with 3:48 left. NU outscored Drake 25-14 in the 4th, while tearing down 5-of-10 3s in the last duration.

In a solid well-rounded video game, Nebraska struck 44.9 percent (31-69) of its shots from the area as well as 15-of-19 totally free tosses (.789 ). NU additionally won the recoiling fight versus the Bulldogs, 36-34. One of the most substantial benefit for Nebraska began the protective end, where the Huskers required 27 turn overs by Drake as well as transformed those errors right into 44 factors. The Husker bench additionally outscored Drake’s deep as well as effective gets, 42-15 on the day.

Drake still struck 49.1 percent (27-55) of its shots, consisting of 6-of-14 three-pointers, yet the Bulldogs went into the competition balancing virtually 10 made 3s per video game.

Nebraska goes back to Peak Financial Institution Field to play Wyoming on Wednesday, Dec. 22, to shut non-conference play as well as its three-game residence stand. Secret information in between the Huskers as well as the 2021 Hill West Meeting Champ Cowgirls is established for twelve noon with tickets for sale currently at Huskers.com.