GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Nebraska 100, Omaha 36
Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. - Isabelle Bourne scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds as No. 22 Nebraska opened the season with a 100-36 win over Omaha.
Allison Weidner added 19 points and nine rebounds, and South Dakota transfer Maddy Krull had 18 points with four 3-pointers for Nebraska. Alexis Markowski added 13 points and eight rebounds and Jaz Shelley had 10 assists. Annika Stewart scored 10 points as the Cornhuskers shot over 56%.
Elena Pilakouta had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Mavericks, who shot just 21%. Nineteen turnovers turned into 25 Nebraska points.
Nebraska scored the first 12 points of the game and led 44-17 at halftime before outscoring the Mavericks 33-9 in the third quarter.
The Cornhuskers returned all five starters from last season's NCAA Tournament team but Sam Halby has been out with a knee injury and there is no timeline for her return.
November 7, 2022
| Omaha | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Pilakouta | C | 25 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Keitges | G | 24 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Stanley | G | 21 | 0-9 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Cave | G | 20 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| K. Grant | G | 18 | 0-6 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Gardner | 20 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| P. Nikulochkina | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| A. Felici | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Mitchell | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Nikulochkina | 11 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| J. Townsend | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| B. Smith | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 11-52 (.212) |
11-19 (.579) |
3-17 (.176) |
9-29 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 36 | |
| Nebraska | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Markowski | F | 24 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| I. Bourne | F | 23 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Shelley | G | 27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| T. Brady | G | 18 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Weidner | G | 18 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| M. Krull | 22 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| K. Coley | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| C. Hake | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| K. Moriarty | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| A. Stewart | 15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Totals | 200 | 43-76 (.566) |
0-0 (-) |
14-34 (.412) |
13-49 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 100 | |
Officials: Xiomara Cruz-Johnson, Mark Berger, Gina Cross
Attendance: 6,233
