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The No. 21/19 Nebraska women’s basketball team makes the short drive down I-80 on Friday to collide with Creighton at D.J. Sokol Arena on Friday afternoon.
Tip-off between the Huskers (5-0, 0-0 Big Ten) and the Bluejays (1-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) in Omaha is set for 4 p.m. (CT).
A live video stream of the game will be provided to subscribers of FloHoops, and Nebraska fans can listen across the Huskers Radio Network, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 590 AM in Omaha, the Huskers App and Huskers.com. Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch will be on the radio call with pregame beginning at 3:30 p.m. (CT).
The game will be a “Blue Out” for Creighton fans in the 2,950-seat Sokol Arena ahead of the Nebraska at Creighton men’s game, which will tip down the street at the 17,352-seat CHI Health Center Omaha.
Creighton, which is 1-2 on the young season, enters the game with seven days off from competition after an 86-68 loss at No. 10 Kansas State on Thursday, Nov. 14. Nebraska will be playing its third game during that span, including a 113-70 win over South Dakota in Sioux Falls and an 85-48 victory over North Alabama at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday night.
Callin Hake scored a career-high 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting and a career-best 6-for-6 effort at the free throw line to lead five Huskers in double figures in the win over North Alabama.
Jessica Petrie added a career-high 14 points to go with five rebounds and two blocks. Petrie was one of seven Huskers to grab five or more boards, as Nebraska dominated the glass, 48-32.
Britt Prince contributed 13 points and a career-high six assists against North Alabama. The two-time Nebraska High School Player of the Year at Elkhorn North is averaging 13.0 points and team bests of 4.8 assists and 2.3 steals.
Alberte Rimdal continued her strong play with 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals while hitting 3-of-4 three-pointers. The Florida transfer from Koge, Denmark has hit 58.3 percent (7-12) of her threes as one of eight Huskers shooting better than 40 percent from long range through five games this season.
Naismith, Wooden and Lisa Leslie Award candidate Alexis Markowski added 10 points and a team-high six rebounds against North Alabama. Markowski, the 2021 Nebraska High School Player of the Year at Lincoln Pius X, needs 11 rebounds to become the sixth Husker in history to reach 1,000 boards in her career.
Nebraska had five players score in double figures against North Alabama, marking the second straight game and third time in five games this season that five or more Huskers produced double digits. Amazingly, 11 Huskers have scored in double figures during those three games (Omaha, South Dakota, North Alabama) with only Markowski and Prince producing double digits in all three games. The only Husker who has not scored in double figures this season is freshman Amiah Hargrove.
Natalie Potts, the 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, suffered a knee injury midway through the second quarter against North Alabama and is out for the season. Through four games, Potts was Nebraska’s leading scorer (17.5 ppg) and rebounder (8.0 rpg) with per-40-minute production of 28.6 pp40 and 13.1 rp40. Potts was shooting 69.4 percent from the field, including 72.7 percent (8-11) from three-point range while knocking down 80 percent (12-15) of her free throws.
Through five games, Nebraska’s offensive efficiency has been excellent. The Huskers are averaging 89.6 points per game while shooting 54.3 percent from the field, including 46 percent (52-113) from three-point range. Indiana led the Big Ten in field goal percentage (.509) and three-point percentage (.398) a year ago.
The Huskers, who carry a plus-13.4 team rebound margin, have recorded assists on 110 of 159 made baskets (69.1 percent), including 33 of 41 (80.5 percent) field goals in South Dakota. NU has 110 assists and just 74 turnovers (1.49) in 2024-25.
Last season, Nebraska advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament while shooting 42 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from long range with a school-record 292 threes. The Big Red was the best rebounding team in the Big Ten with a plus-7.8 margin, and the Huskers assisted on 64.5 percent (580-of-899) of their made baskets. The Huskers had 580 assists and 498 turnovers (1.16), which was the fifth-best ratio in the league. Michigan State led the Big Ten at 1.58.