This Week in Husker Women s Basketball

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1 Schedule/Results (10-6, 2-3) Date Opponent Time/Result Oct. 31 Nebraska-Omaha (exhibition) W, Nov. 13 Nebraska-Kearney (exhibition) W, Nov. 19 South Dakota St. (Toys for Tots) L, Nov. 21 Creighton (Read to Succeed) W, Nov Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Miami, Fla.) Nov. 25 vs. #3 LSU L, Nov. 27 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, Dec. 3 at #10 Minnesota L, Dec. 7 Texas Southern W, Dec. 10 at Northwestern W, Dec. 17 at Michigan (FSNMW) W, Dec. 20 Texas State W, Dec. 29 Grambling State W, Dec. 31 Northern Arizona W, Jan. 4 at Colorado ^ (FSNRM) W, Jan. 7 Kansas (FSNMW) ^ (Dollar Days) W, Jan. 11 #24 Missouri ^ L, Jan. 14 at Iowa State ^ L, Jan. 18 Texas^ L, Jan. 21 at Texas Tech ^ (FSN) 5:06 p.m. Jan. 28 Colorado ^ 7:05 p.m. Feb. 1 Iowa State ^ (Mediacom) 7:05 p.m. Feb. 4 at Kansas State ^ (FSN) 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at #5 Baylor ^ (CSTV) 7 p.m. Feb. 11 Texas A&M ^ (FSN) (Alumni/Dollar Days) 1 p.m. Feb. 15 at Kansas ^ (Sunflower) 7 p.m. Feb. 18 Kansas State ^ 7:05 p.m. Feb. 21 Oklahoma State ^ 7:05 p.m. Feb. 26 at #16 Oklahoma ^ (ESPN2) 1 p.m. March 1 at #24 Missouri ^ 7 p.m. March 7-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Reunion Arena - Dallas, Texas) All times listed are Central. ^- Denotes Big 12 Conference game. All Nebraska games can be heard live on the Pinnacle Sports Network and Huskers.com. Home games in bold at the Devaney Center WOMEN S BASKETBALL SID Contact: Jeff Griesch Offi ce Phone: (402) Cell Phone: (402) Fax Number: (402) jgriesch@huskers.com This Week in Husker Women s Basketball Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-6, 2-3) at Texas Tech Lady Raiders (7-8, 2-2) United Spirit Arena (15,050) Saturday, Jan. 21 5:06 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Net (Channel 37, Lincoln) Kevin Eschenfelder (PBP), Debbie Antonelli (Color) Radio: Pinnacle Sports Network (98.1-KFGE Lincoln/Huskers.com) Series Record: Texas Tech leads, 10-2 Last Meeting: Texas Tech won, 68-58, Jan. 19, 2005 in Lincoln, Neb. Huskers Travel to Texas Tech to Clash with Lady Raiders The Nebraska women s basketball team (10-6, 2-3) will try to get back on the winning track when the Huskers travel to Lubbock, Texas, to collide with Texas Tech (7-8, 2-2) on Saturday, Jan. 21, at United Spirit Arena. Tip-off with the Lady Raiders is set for 5:06 p.m. The game will be televised live nationally by Fox Sports Net (Channel 37 in Lincoln) with Kevin Eschenfelder and Debbie Antonelli calling the action. The contest can be heard live on radio on the Pinnacle Sports Network on 98.1 FM-KFGE in Lincoln and world wide on Huskers.com with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call. Nebraska features one of the Big 12 Conference s most explosive players in junior Kiera Hardy. The 5-6 guard from Kansas City, Mo., erupted for 29 points, including six three-pointers, in the Huskers loss to Texas in Lincoln on Wednesday. The top returning scorer in the Big 12 this season, Hardy s six three-pointers against UT shot her into the top spot on Nebraska s all-time three-point list with 158 in her career. The first-team All-Big 12 selection passed current WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge on NU s career list, breaking DeForge s mark in 45 fewer games. Hardy has hit her 158 threes in 75 games, while it took DeForge 117 games to knock down 155. Hardy heads to Lubbock averaging 17.9 points, 3.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game to rank among Big 12 leaders in all three categories. She has hit 43 three-pointers and needs just fi ve more to establish a new junior single-season record at Nebraska. Nebraska also features one of the Big 12 s best freshmen in Kelsey Griffi n. The 6-2 forward from Eagle River, Alaska, ranks among Big 12 leaders in scoring and rebounding with 14.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game to produce one of the best seasons by a Husker freshman in history. The 2005 Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year, Griffin has produced a pair of double-doubles this season, including possibly the best performance by an NU freshman in school history with 31 points and 14 rebounds in a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Nov Nebraska Cornhuskers No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 2 Ashley Ford G 5-7 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast/Cloud County CC) Lone Lincoln native on NU roster; 7-11 FG, 4-8 3FG, 25 ast./10 TO 3 Sara Hieb G 5-3 Fr. Brandon, S.D. (Brandon Valley) Joined team Dec. 14; Played in four games; National Anthem Jan. 7 4 Jelena Spiric F 6-0 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (The V Belgrade/Colby CC) Big 12 Newcomer of the Year; Out for season with knee injury (Oct. 18) 5 LaToya Howell G 5-5 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Queen of Peace/Air Force) Starting point guard; Career-high 10 assists at Iowa State 12 TK LaFleur G 5-9 Fr. Houston, Texas (Warren Township, Ill.) Career-high 16 points vs. Texas State; 3rd on team with 10 3FG 14 Sarah White F 6-0 So. Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) Played in all 16 games; FG; hit 7 straight 3FG before ISU 15 Elena Diaz F 6-1 Sr. Medellin, Colombia (Comfenalco at Cartagena/Dodge City CC) Colombian National Team; 4.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.4 spg 21 Kiera Hardy G 5-6 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. (O Hara) All-Big 12; NU Career 3FG Leader (158); 22 Career 20-point efforts 22 Heather Kephart G 5-8 So. Canute, Okla. (Canute) Likely out for season with recurring injury 23 Kelsey Griffin F 6-2 Fr. Eagle River, Alaska (Chugiak) 31 pts., 14 reb. vs. TAMUCC; Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 9) 30 Ivana Drmanac F 6-2 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (The XI Belgrade/Colby CC) Missed first 7 games after knee surgery; Played in four games 33 Jessica Gerhart F 6-2 Jr. Fenton, Iowa (Sentral) 34 career starts; 9.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg; Nine double-figure efforts 45 Chelsea Aubry F 6-2 Jr. Kitchener, Ontario (Grand River Collegiate Institute) Canadian National Team; Captain; Double figures in 3 of last 5 games 52 Danielle Page F 6-2 So. Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer) Two-Time Big 12 ROW in 04-05; Leads team with 15 blocked shots 2Head Coach: Connie Yori, Fourth Year (Creighton, 1986), (16th season overall) (Fourth season at Nebraska) Assistant Coaches: LaKale Malone, Third Year (Indiana, 1999); Sunny Smallwood, First Year (Boise State, 1983); Tory Verdi, First Year (Keene State, 1996) Director of Operations: Angela Timmons, Fourth Year (Creighton, 2001); Administrative Assistant/Video Specialist: Steph Clark, Second Year (Creighton, 1993)

2 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 2 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com Saturday s Probable Starters Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-6, 2-3) No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 23 Kelsey Griffin 6-2 Fr. F Jessica Gerhart 6-2 Jr. F Chelsea Aubry 6-2 Jr. F LaToya Howell 5-7 Sr. G Kiera Hardy 5-6 Jr. G Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986) Fourth Season at NU (54-52); 16th Season Overall ( ) Texas Tech Lady Raiders (7-8, 2-2) No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 41 LaToya Davis 6-1 Sr. F/C Alesha Robertson 6-0 Jr. F Erin Myrick 6-3 So. C Erin Grant 5-8 Sr. G LaVonda Henderson 5-7 Fr. G Head Coach: Marsha Sharp (Wayland Baptist, 1974) 24th Season at Tech ( ); 24th Season Overall ( ) Inside the Numbers (NU vs. Tech) Nebraska Texas Tech Scoring Average Opponent Scoring Average Scoring Margin Field Goal Percentage 43.5% 41.7% Opponent FG Percentage 41.4% 40.0% 3FG Percentage 35.0% 29.4% Opponent 3FG Percentage 32.0% 26.1% Free Throw Percentage 74.4% 64.6% Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Turnovers Per Game Blocks Per Game Steals Per Game Nebraska vs. Texas Tech History Texas Tech leads the all-time series with Nebraska, Below is a listing of the all-time results from the series, which is continuous since Date Score Site Jan. 19, 2005 TT, Lincoln Jan. 21, 2004 TT, Lubbock Feb. 26, 2003 TT, Lincoln Feb. 23, 2002 TT, Lubbock Jan. 17, 2001 TT, Lincoln Feb. 16, 2000 TT, Lubbock March 4, 1999 TT, Kansas City Feb. 21, 1999 TT, Lincoln Feb. 25, 1998 TT, Lubbock Feb. 9, 1997 NU, Lincoln Dec. 29, 1985 TT, Lubbock Dec. 22, 1984 NU, Lincoln Scouting the Texas Tech Lady Raiders Texas Tech heads into the game trying to stay in the thick of the Big 12 Conference race while experiencing an up-and-down season through the first 15 games. The Lady Raiders own a 7-8 overall record and a 2-2 league mark after dropping a narrow decision at Big 12-leading Oklahoma on Wednesday in Norman, Okla. The Lady Raiders took the court against the Sooners without Marsha Sharp, who was taken to the hospital on Wednesday morning during Tech s shoot-around after experiencing flu-like symptons, nausea and shortness of breath. She was not on the sideline for the Lady Raiders loss to the Sooners, but is expected to return to action for Saturday s game after all tests at the hospital came back negative. Texas Tech s rough road trip to Oklahoma followed on the heels of the Lady Raiders biggest win of the season, a thriller over defending national champion Baylor in Lubbock on Jan. 15. Alesha Robertson knocked down a bankshot from 12 feet with 0.5 seconds left to propel Tech to the win and a 2-1 start to the league season. Tech s other Big 12 win was also a nail-biter, as the Lady Raiders posted a win over Texas A&M at United Spirit Arena on Jan. 7, after opening the league season with a loss at Kansas State. Although Texas Tech has been beaten eight times this season, matching its total from all of when the Lady Raiders finished 24-8 and advanced to the Sweet 16, all eight losses have been by single digits. Tech opened the season with an eight-point loss to No. 3 LSU, before suffering three straight three-point losses at Rice, at Ole Miss and at home to Stanford. Tech suffered a six-point loss in double-overtime at Penn State and a seven-point setback to a top-25 Virginia Tech squad in non-conference action. Much like Nebraska s loss of starting wing player and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Jelena Spiric to knee injury before the season began, Texas Tech s loss of returning starter Chesley Dabbs to knee injury has had a major impact on its season. Dabbs was one of the Big 12 s most improved players and top defenders a year ago. She averaged 12.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, while serving as a backcourt stopper for the Lady Raiders. In Texas Tech s win in Lincoln last season, Dabbs scored 21 points, while holding Kiera Hardy to 15 points on 6-of-17 shooting. Dabbs limited Hardy to just one three-point attempt. While the Lady Raiders obviously miss Dabbs, they return one of the Big 12 s best interior players in senior LaToya Davis, who is averaging 19.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. Texas Tech also possesses one of the league s top point guards, as senior Erin Grant is averaging 12.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. Robertson gives Texas Tech a versatile scoring option with 11.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, while leading the Lady Raiders with 18 three-pointers. Sophomore center Erin Myrick (8.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg) and freshman guard LaVonda Henderson (7.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg) round out Texas Tech s probable starting lineup. Brooke Baughman, Tawanna Flowers and Judith Smith have been Tech s most consistent contributors off the bench. Texas Tech is one of the league s worst shooting teams, hitting just 29.4 percent of its three-point attempts, while averaging just three three-pointers per game. Tech is shooting just 64.6 percent from the free throw line. Nebraska vs. Texas Tech All-Time Series Texas Tech leads the all-time series with Nebraska 10-2, including nine consecutive victories dating back to the Huskers last win on Feb. 9, Nebraska has never won in Lubbock. Nebraska won the first meeting in series history with an victory in Lincoln on Dec. 22, The two teams did not meet in Lincoln again until the first season of Big 12 competition, when the Huskers knocked off the Lady Raiders, 62-57, at the Devaney Center. Hardy Shatters Husker Three-Point Mark Against Horns Kiera Hardy connected on six three-pointers to break Nebraska s all-time three-point mark with 158 career threes while scoring a game-high 29 points, but it was not enough to stop Texas from escaping the Devaney Center with a win on Wednesday. Hardy passed current WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge, who hit 155 three-pointers in 117 career games, with her second three-pointer of the second half at the 16:54 mark before connecting on two more three-pointers the rest of the way to keep NU within striking distance of the Longhorns. Hardy established NU s record in just her 75th career game. On the night, Hardy hit 6-of-10 from behind the arc, while her 29 points marked her second-best scoring total of the season. Jan Monday Jan Tuesday Jan Wednesday Jan Thursday Jan Friday Jan Saturday Jan Sunday Practice Devaney Center 2-5 p.m. Nebraska Women s Basketball Show NET2-Ch. 17 Lincoln 7:30 p.m. Practice Mabel Lee Hall 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. GAME DAY vs. Texas Devaney Center 7:05 p.m. Live Video: HuskersNside Radio: 1400 KLIN-Lincoln/ Huskers.com Shoot-around 2:40 p.m. Practice Devaney Center 5:15 p.m.- 7:15 p.m. Coach Yori Radio Show Pinnacle Sports Network 1400 KLIN-Lincoln 7-8 p.m. Practice Devaney Center 2:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Team Travel Depart Lincoln 6 p.m. Arrive Lubbock 8 p.m. GAME DAY at Texas Tech United Spirit Arena 5 p.m. (FSN) Radio: 98.1 KFGE-Lincoln/ Huskers.com Shoot-around 11 a.m. No Practice

3 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 3 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com Despite Hardy s record-breaking night, the Huskers could not overcome UT s plus-17 rebounding margin (40-23) and 53.6 percent shooting from the field. Led by 22 points and 12 rebounds from Tiffany Jackson, the Longhorns turned a five-point halftime lead into a 17-point second-half advantage before the Huskers made a strong surge down the stretch. Aubry Cook added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns, who improved to 9-6 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12 with their third straight win. Nebraska slipped to 10-6 overall and 2-3 in the league with its third straight setback. Freshman Kelsey Griffin joined Hardy in double digits with 12 points, while LaToya Howell added six points and five assists. Down 7-2 early in the first half, Hardy sparked a 10-0 Husker run with back-to-back three-pointers to take the lead 12-7 with just over 14 minutes left in the game. The Huskers pushed the lead out to six with a basket from Hardy to make it less than seven minutes into the game, but the Longhorns responded with a 12-4 surge to regain the lead at with just over eight minutes left in the first half. In a half that featured five ties and five lead changes, the two teams were tied at 20, 22, 24 and 28, before Texas gained a measure of control late in the first half on Daria Mieloszynska s three-pointer with 50 seconds left to give UT a halftime lead. Hardy led the Huskers with 11 points, including a pair of three-pointers, in the first half while Griffin and Howell each scored six first-half points. Jessica Gerhart pitched in five points in the first half. The Longhorns started strong in the second half, scoring the first six points to take the first double-digit lead by either team in the game at with 18:31 left. After a Nebraska timeout, Hardy buried a long three-pointer to tie the Nebraska all-time three-point record with her 155th career three to cut UT s lead to with 17:45 left. Less than a minute later, Hardy connected on another big three to set the school career record and pull NU within seven with 16:54 left. NU then got another stop and Howell hit Griffin in transition for a layup to pull NU back within five points at UT answered with a 14-2 run to push the lead out to 17 points at 59-42, until Hardy broke NU s drought with a layup with nine minutes left. Behind 18 second-half points from Hardy, NU battled back to trim UT s lead to seven points with 3:50 remaining, but the Longhorns held on for the eight-point win. Huskers Taking Care of the Rock in Big 12 Action Nebraska has been phenomenal at protecting the basketball through the first five games of Big 12 Conference action this season. The Huskers have committed no more than 15 turnovers in any of their first five league games, including a season-low eight turnovers against Missouri on Jan. 11. The Huskers opened conference play by committing 10 turnovers at Colorado on Jan. 4, before committing just 10 more miscues against Kansas in Lincoln on Jan. 7. Through five league games, NU has committed just 57 turnovers, an average of just 11.4 turnovers per game. The Huskers are forcing 15.8 turnovers per contest for a plus-4.4 turnover margin in league action. The Huskers produced three of the top four turnover marks in school history in Coach Connie Yori s first three seasons at Nebraska. Last season, the Huskers averaged just 15.4 turnovers per game (493 total turnovers) for the third-fewest total turnovers in school history. Through 16 games in , the Huskers have been even better, averaging just 14.7 turnovers per game. Nebraska has turned the ball over just 235 times this season. With 11 regular-season games remaining and one more game guaranteed in the Big 12 Tournament, even if the Huskers averaged 20 turnovers per game, they would still finish the season with the second-lowest turnover total in school history with 475. Nebraska s Roster in Depth Players Statistics No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 2 Ashley Ford 5-7 Jr. G Sara Hieb 5-3 Fr. G Jelena Spiric 6-0 Sr. F Out for Season - Injury 5 LaToya Howell 5-5 Sr. G TK LaFleur 5-9 Fr. G Sarah White 6-0 So. F Elena Diaz 6-1 Sr. F Kiera Hardy 5-6 Jr. G Heather Kephart 5-8 So. G Out for Season - Injury 23 Kelsey Griffin 6-2 Fr. F Ivana Drmanac 6-2 Sr. F Jessica Gerhart 6-2 Jr. F Chelsea Aubry 6-2 Jr. F Danielle Page 6-2 So. F Husker Pronunciation Guide Chelsea Aubry O-bree Elena Diaz ELL-ay-nuh DEE-az Ivana Drmanac EE-vah-nah DER-mah-neck Jessica Gerhart GAIR-hart Kiera Hardy kee-air-uh Sara Hieb (HEEB) LaKale Malone Luh-KAIL Jelena Spiric YELL-en-uh SPEER-itch Husker Homes The 14 members of the Husker women's basketball team come to Nebraska from four countries, including eight states across America. Alaska (1) Kelsey Griffin Colorado (1) Danielle Page Illinois (1) LaToya Howell Kansas (1) Sarah White Nebraska (1) Ashley Ford Iowa (1) Jessica Gerhart Missouri (1) Kiera Hardy Oklahoma (1) Heather Kephart South Dakota (1) Sara Hieb Texas (1) TK LaFleur Canada (1) Chelsea Aubry (Ontario) Colombia (1) Elena Diaz (Medellin) Serbia & Ivana Drmanac (Belgrade) Montenegro (2) Jelena Spiric (Belgrade) Huskers By Class Senior (4) Juniors (4) Elena Diaz Ivana Drmanac LaToya Howell Jelena Spiric Chelsea Aubry Ashley Ford Jessica Gerhart Kiera Hardy Sophomores (3) Heather Kephart Danielle Page Sarah White Freshmen (3) Kelsey Griffin Sara Hieb TK LaFleur Huskers By Major Architecture Biochemistry Business Administration Early Childhood Development Elementary Education Finance General Studies International Business Latin American Studies Nutrition/Dietetics Nutrition/Fitness Health Promotion Psychology Sara Hieb Jelena Spiric Heather Kephart Kiera Hardy Sarah White Ivana Drmanac Kelsey Griffin TK LaFleur Chelsea Aubry Elena Diaz Ashley Ford Jessica Gerhart Danielle Page LaToya Howell

4 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 4 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com Nebraska Women s Basketball Quick Facts Institution...University of Nebraska Location...Lincoln, Neb. Population ,594 Founded Nickname... Cornhuskers, Huskers Colors...Scarlet and Cream Home Arena...Bob Devaney Sports Center Capacity... 13,595 Conference...Big 12 Athletic Director... Steve Pederson Overall Record Home Record Away Record Neutral Record Overall Record Home Record Away Record Neutral Record Head Coach...Connie Yori Alma Mater/Year...Creighton/1986 Record at Nebraska... Fourth season (54-52) Career Record (16th season) NCAA Div. I Record (14th season) Home Record Big 12 Conference Record Big 12 Home Record Assistant Coaches... LaKale Malone...Sunny Smallwood, Tory Verdi Director of Operations... Angela Timmons Administrative Assistant...Steph Clark Graduate Assistant Manager... Dayna Finch Weltmer Strength Coach...Travis Reust Trainer...Susie Lessner Basketball Office Phone... (402) Basketball Office Fax... (402) Women s Basketball Contact...Jeff Griesch Media Relations Office Phone... (402) Griesch s Direct Line... (402) Griesch s Cell Phone... (402) Griesch s Home Phone... (402) Griesch s ... jgriesch@huskers.com Media Relations Fax... (402) Best Time to Contact Yori...Through Griesch Starters Returning/Lost...4/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...9/3 Nebraska Women s Basketball Radio and Television Shows The Nebraska Women s Basketball Show with Coach Connie Yori and host Jeff Griesch, will be carried on NET-2 from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Monday s starting Dec. 5. Coach Yori s radio show with host Matt Coatney tipped off on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. on the Pinnacle Sports Network. The show will air each Thursday at 7 p.m. throughout the season. NU has committed more than 17 turnovers in only two games this season (LSU, Grambling State). The Huskers committed a season-high 24 turnovers against Grambling State, but NU s high turnover total in the win over the Lady Tigers followed on the heels of 11 turnovers against Texas State on Dec. 20. NU turned the ball over just 13 times against South Dakota State and Michigan, while adding just 14 turnovers against Creighton, Texas Southern and Texas, before adding 15 turnovers against Northern Arizona. NU also committed 15 turnovers at Iowa State. In , the Huskers committed just 488 turnovers (16.3 per game), which ranked as the second-lowest total in school history, trailing only the 369 turnovers in 32 games in (11.5 per game). The Huskers achieved their fourth-lowest turnover total with 497 total turnovers (17.8 per game) in Coach Connie Yori s first season at Nebraska in Hardy Quickly Climbing Nebraska Career Scoring List Kiera Hardy, the top returning scorer this season in the Big 12, became the 22nd player in Nebraska history to score 1,000 career points with her 15-point effort in the Huskers win over Texas State on Dec. 20. In just four weeks, Hardy has climbed from 23rd to 13th on NU s scoring list with 1,142 points. She needs just 41 points to catch Jan Crouch in 12th place and 143 points to break into NU s all-time top 10. Hardy is coming off an impressive 29-point effort against Texas. She hit 6-of-10 three-pointers against the Longhorns and became Nebraska s career three-point leader. It was the fifth time in her career that she hit six or more three-pointers in a game. Hardy opened Big 12 play with 26 points against Kansas on Jan. 7, one of four times this season she has scored 26 or more points. She scored a season-high 32 points against Northern Arizona on Dec. 31, after striking for 26 points against No. 3 LSU on Nov. 25. She has scored 20 or more points seven times this season and 22 times in her career. Hardy, who reached the 1,000-point mark in just her 68th career game, had scored in double figures in 12 consecutive games, including six games with 20 or more points, before managing just six points at Iowa State on Jan. 14. She opened the season with back-to-back eight-point efforts, before scoring 26 against No. 3 LSU. She added 22 points with six assists on Dec. 3 at No. 10 Minnesota, before scoring 20 points with six three-pointers and six more assists in Nebraska s win over Texas Southern on Dec. 7. In addition to her dynamic scoring abilities, Hardy has increased her impact for the Huskers in on both the offensive and defensive ends. Through 16 games, Hardy is averaging 3.5 assists to rank among the top 15 players in the Big 12. During a four-game stretch from Nov. 27 to Dec. 10, Hardy was even better at distributing the basketball, averaging 6.3 assists per contest. Hardy set or tied her career high in assists in three straight games against Minnesota, Texas Southern and Northwestern, including eight assists in a 30-point win over the Wildcats. With 54 assists, Hardy is quickly approaching her assist total (67) from , in half the games. On the season, Hardy also ranks among the top 10 players in the Big 12 with her 1.70-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio (56 assists-33 turnovers). Last season, Hardy s assist-to-turnover ratio was 1-to-1.34 (67 assists-90 turnovers). Defensively, Hardy has been stellar. She leads the Huskers and ranks third in the Big 12 with 2.4 steals per game. Her 38 steals are just 13 steals shy of her 51 steals in 32 games a year ago. At her current pace, Hardy could threaten one of the top five steal seasons in school history and possibly move into the Huskers career top 10 by the end of the year. Hardy Takes Over Nebraska Career Three-Point Record First-team All-Big 12 guard Kiera Hardy will continue to rewrite the Nebraska record book for the rest of her career as the top three-point shooter in school history. Hardy smashed Nebraska s three-point record with six three-pointers against Texas on Jan. 18. She finished the night with 158 threes in 75 games, shooting past current WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge s previous mark of 155 three-pointers in 117 career games. Not only did Hardy shatter the mark in 42 fewer games played than DeForge, she hit her first 155 three-pointers in 18 fewer attempts. Hardy is the only player on Nebraska s top-10 three-point list who has played fewer than 100 career games. Hardy matched her season-high with six three-pointers against Texas, after hitting six three-pointers against Texas Southern on Dec. 7, when she moved ahead of Husker all-time greats Amy Stephens and Nicole Kubik on NU s three-point chart. She tied the school single-game record with seven threes against Iowa in the WNIT last season. Hardy ranks among Big 12 leaders with 43 three-pointers this season, an average of 2.7 three-pointers per game. After tying the school single-season record with 85 three-pointers last season and smashing the school s sophomore record, Hardy needs just five more three-pointers to produce the best three-point shooting season by an NU junior. Sabrina Brooks ( ) holds the Husker junior record with 47 three-pointers. Hardy ranked second in the Big 12 Conference with 3.06 made three-pointers per game in league contests last season. She hit six three-pointers in the win over No. 2 Baylor on Jan. 12, and matched that total with six threepointers in the win over Oklahoma State on Feb. 1. She established her career high with a school-record tying seven three-pointers in NU s season finale against Iowa in the 2005 Postseason WNIT at the Devaney Center. She also vaulted into a tie for the single-season school record with 85 threes on the season, previously set by Amy Stephens in The previous NU three-point record by a sophomore was Galligan s 50 three-pointers in

5 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 5 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com Griffin Off to Record-Breaking Start for Huskers Kelsey Griffin is off to a record-breaking start to her Nebraska career. The 6-2 freshman forward from Eagle River, Alaska, has scored in double figures in 12 of her first 16 games to become the fastest player in NU history to score 100 points. Griffin went over the century mark on the Huskers first basket of the game at Northwestern, and added 20 more points on the day. The 2005 Gatorade Alaska High School Player of the Year has continued her strong scoring pace by crossing the 200-point plateau in her 14th game against Missouri. She produced the second double-double of her career with 16 points and 12 rebounds against the Tigers. She scored 12 points against Texas, after managing eight points and five rebounds in just 15 minutes at Iowa State on Jan. 14, despite suffering through a severe case of the stomach flu throughout the day. Griffin enters the Texas Tech game averaging 14.2 points and a team-leading 7.1 rebounds per game to challenge school freshman records of 15.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game produced by Debra Powell in Griffin produced possibly the best performance by a freshman in school history with 31 points and 14 rebounds for her first career double-double in a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. She became the first freshman in history to score 30 or more points in a regulation game and she tied the school record with 18 free throw attempts. Griffin ranks among the top 15 players in the Big 12 in scoring, rebounding, offensive rebounds and field goal percentage. Although it is early in her young career, Griffin has already etched her name in the Nebraska record books in several categories and is threatening to do even more damage as the Big 12 Conference season heats up. Griffin became just the 17th Husker (56 performances) in history to score 30 or more points in a game with her 31-point effort against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Nov. 27. Among Big 12 Conference freshmen, Griffin trails only Oklahoma s Courtney Paris, a strong contender for national freshman of the year, in scoring and rebounding. Huskers Displaying Defensive Dominance Nebraska s defense has shown the ability to shut down opponents at a record pace. The Huskers put a stranglehold on Northwestern, giving up just 50 points on Dec. 10. A week later, Nebraska was even better on defense, allowing just 49 points to a solid Michigan squad. Against Texas State on Dec. 20, the Huskers may have played their best defense of the season, giving up 47 points to a team that entered the game averaging 80 points per contest. The Huskers lowered their best defensive total of the season to 40 points in the win over Grambling State on Dec. 29. The win over Grambling State marked the first time in school history that the Huskers held four straight opponents to 50 or fewer points. The Huskers have held five of their first 16 opponents, including Creighton, Northwestern, Michigan, Texas State and Grambling State to 50 or fewer points this season. Last year, Nebraska held five opponents to 50 or less in 32 games, which marked the first time since that an NU team had held five foes to 50 or less during a season. The squad held six opponents to 50 or fewer points, which was the most since holding eight opponents to 50 or fewer points in a 36-game season in NU has twice held nine foes to 50 or less in a season ( and ). In Coach Connie Yori s four seasons in Lincoln, the Huskers have held opponents to 50 or fewer points 17 times in 106 games. In Nebraska s six previous seasons (beginning in ), which included three trips to the NCAA Tournament, the Huskers held only 19 opponents to 50 or less in a span of 185 games. Griffin Earns First Big 12 Rookie Honor Jan. 9 Nebraska freshman Kelsey Griffin claimed the first Big 12 Conference weekly award of her career, earning Big 12 Rookie-of-the-Week honors from the league office in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 9. The 6-2 forward from Eagle River, Alaska, averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game in the first two Big 12 contests of her career last week. The 2005 Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year helped the Huskers snap a 21-game losing streak against Colorado in Boulder with 12 points and nine rebounds in an win over the Buffs on Jan. 4. She added 16 points and seven rebounds to help the Huskers defeat previously unbeaten Kansas, 73-61, in front of a season-high crowd of 7,114 at the Devaney Center on Jan. 7. On the week, Griffin hit nearly 65 percent of her shots from the field and 75 percent of her free throw attempts to help Nebraska open Big 12 play with a 2-0 record for the second straight year. Griffin got her second week of Big 12 competition off to an even better start individually, posting her second career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds against Missouri. Griffin pulled down nine offensive boards against the Tigers. Rebounding, Turnover Margins Creating Victories for NU Nebraska has been solid this season in the key areas of rebounding and turnover margin. Through 16 games, Nebraska owns a team rebounding margin of plus-2.5 per game, while posting an impressive turnover margin of plus-5.2. NU s success in those two categories has helped the Huskers attempt an average of 6.2 more shots per game than their opponents, while also getting to the free throw line an average of 1.8 more times per game. NU Three-Point Leaders (Career) Player (Career) -- Games Played 3FG Made 1. Kiera Hardy (2004-present) Anna DeForge ( ) Kate Galligan ( ) Nicole Kubik ( ) Amy Stephens ( ) NU Three-Point Leaders (Season) Player (Season) 3FG Made 1. Kiera Hardy ( ) 85 Amy Stephens ( ) Kate Galligan ( ) Anna DeForge ( ) 50 Kate Galligan ( ) 50 NU Three-Point Leaders (Game) Player (Game) 3FG Made 1. Kiera Hardy (Iowa, 3/21/05) 7 K.C. Cowgill (Colgate, 11/23/02) 7 Amy Stephens (Kansas, 2/4/89) 7 Amy Stephens (Iowa, 12/30/88) 7 5. Kiera Hardy (Texas, 1/18/06) 6 Kiera Hardy (Texas Southern, 12/7/05) 6 Kiera Hardy (Oklahoma State, 2/1/05) 6 Kiera Hardy (Baylor, 1/12/05) 6 Nicole Kubik (Texas Tech, 2/25/98) 6 Kate Galligan (Kansas, 2/11/96) 6 Amy Stephens (Kansas State, 2/11/89) 6 Amy Stephens (Oklahoma State, 2/24/88) 6 NU s Career Multiple 30-Point Scorers Player (Seasons) Games 1. Karen Jennings ( ) Amy Stephens ( ) 9 3. Maurtice Ivy ( ) 8 4. Nicole Kubik ( ) 5 5. Debra Powell ( ) 4 6. Diane DelVigna ( ) 4 7. Kiera Hardy (2004-present) 3 8. Angie Miller ( ) 2 Husker Career 20-Point Games Kiera Hardy (22 Career - 7 in ) Points vs. Texas (1/18/06) 29 vs. Kansas (1/7/06) 26 vs. Northern Arizona (12/31/05) 32 at Michigan (12/17/05) 21 vs. Texas Southern (12/7/05) 20 at #10 Minnesota (12/3/05) 22 vs. #3 LSU (11/25/05) 26 vs. Iowa (3/21/05) -WNIT 26 at Marquette (3/17/05) - WNIT 21 at Colorado (3/2/05) 21 vs. #17 Kansas State (2/23/05) 21 vs. #14 Iowa State (2/12/05) 27 at Oklahoma State (2/1/05) 28 at #23 Kansas State (1/15/05) 29 vs. #2 Baylor (1/12/05) 37 at Missouri (1/8/05) 23 vs. Colorado (1/5/05) 22 at Creighton (12/18/04) 29 at #10 Ohio State (12/11/04) 22 vs. Tennessee-Martin (12/7/04) 20 vs. Hampton (11/27/04) 31 vs. Western Illinois (11/12/04) 29 vs. Oregon State (3/22/04) - WNIT 20 vs. Missouri (2/25/04) 21 Kelsey Griffin (2 Career - 2 in ) Points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/27/05) 31 at Northwestern (12/10/05) 22 Chelsea Aubry (1 Career) Points at Texas A&M (2/16/05) 20 Jessica Gerhart (1 Career) Points vs. Northern Colorado (11/19/04) 20

6 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 6 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com Head Coach Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986) (54-52, 4th Season at NU) ( , 16th Season Overall) NCAA Division III Season School Won Lost Pct Loras College Loras College Totals 2 seasons NCAA Division I Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Creighton Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Div. I Totals 14th season Overall 16th season Yori in the Postseason Year (Tournament) Results 2005 (WNIT) L, Iowa, W, Marquette, (WNIT) L, Oregon State, W, Drake, (NCAA) L, Fla. International, (WNIT) L, at Kansas State, (NCAA) W, Bowling Green, L, Texas Tech, Husker Women s Basketball on the Radio Fans can listen to all of Nebraska women s basketball games on the Pinnacle Sports Network in Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch will team up for their fifth full season on the call of the game, with Coatney providing the play-byplay. The pregame show hits the air 20 minutes before each game Pinnacle Sports Network City Affiliate Signal Ainsworth KBRB 1400 AM Alliance KCOW 1400 AM Beatrice KWBE 1450 AM Broken Bow KCNI 1280 AM Chadron KCSR 610 AM Falls City KTNC/KLZA 1230 AM/101.3 FM Fremont KHUB/KFMT 1340 AM/105.5 FM Grand Island KRGI 1430 AM Holdrege KUVR 1380 AM Kearney KGFW 1340 AM Kimball KIMB 1260 AM Lexington KRVN 880 AM Lincoln KLIN/KFGE 1400 AM/98.1 FM McCook KSWN 93.9 FM Norfolk KNEN 94.7 FM North Platte KODY 1240 AM Ogallala KOGA 930 AM Omaha KFAB 1110 AM Scottsbluff KNEB 960 AM Sidney KSID 1340 AM Valentine KVSH 940 AM West Point KTIC/KWPN 840 AM/107.9 York KAWL 1370 AM Nebraska has enjoyed five double-figure rebounding advantages this season, including a season-high plus-22 rebound margin at Northwestern. The Huskers grabbed 19 more rebounds than Texas State, 13 more than No. 10 Minnesota, 11 more than Creighton and 10 more than Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Only two teams have produced double-digit advantages on the glass against the Huskers, as Texas posted 17 more rebounds (40-23) than the Huskers, and South Dakota State grabbed 10 more boards than NU in the season opener. In the turnover column, Nebraska has enjoyed at least a plus-five turnover margin in 12 of 16 games this season, and only two opponents - No. 3 LSU and Iowa State- forced negative turnover results by NU. In the other two games, No. 10 Minnesota and Northwestern matched the Huskers turnover total. The Huskers put up season highs with plus-10 turnover margins against Michigan and Texas State, while adding plus-nine turnover results against Creighton and Texas Southern. Nebraska produced plus-eight turnover marks against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Missouri, while enjoying a plus-seven turnover advantage in three straight games against Grambling State, Northern Arizona and Colorado. The Huskers added plus-five turnover results against South Dakota State, Kansas and Texas. Huskers Creating Success from Three-Point Range Nebraska has been hitting three-pointers at a near-school-record rate so far in The Huskers have hit 35.0 percent of their three-pointers through 16 games, which would rank as the fifth-best shooting percentage in school history, trailing only a 41.3 percent success rate from three-point range in , 39.6 percent accuracy in and 35.2 percent shooting in both and Nebraska has averaged 5.13 made three-pointers per game, just ahead of the 5.03 three-pointers the Huskers hit last season when they set the school record with 161 made three-pointers in 32 games. Aubry Providing Solid Leadership, Production in Big 12 Junior captain Chelsea Aubry continues to give the Huskers strong production, despite playing somewhat out of position as Nebraska s three-player this year. Aubry made the move from power forward to the wing after the season-ending knee injury to Jelena Spiric in fall practice. Aubry s scoring average has dipped from her sophomore season, but her rebounding, assist and steals totals are on the rise, and her sacrifice has helped inspire her Husker coaches and teammates. Through 16 games, Aubry is averaging 7.1 points per game, down from her 9.2 points per contest in , while contributing 5.6 rebounds per game. Her production and comfort level on the wing have continued to improve throughout the season, and she has produced double figures three times in five league games, after managing double figures just twice in 11 non-conference contests. Aubry opened Big 12 play by scoring 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field at Colorado on Jan. 4. She added nine points and five boards in the Huskers win over Kansas on Jan. 7, before contributing 11 points and five rebounds against No. 24 Missouri on Jan. 11. She added 10 points, including tying a career best with a trio of three-pointers at Iowa State on Jan. 14. Aubry has already dished out 16 assists this year, matching her total in 29 games a year ago, while snagging 13 steals through 16 games to surpass the 10 steals she produced in 30 games as a freshman and nearly match the 17 steals in 29 games as a sophomore in Aubry provided one of the best efforts of her career with 18 points and eight rebounds in Nebraska s victory over Creighton on Nov. 21. The 6-2 forward from Kitchener, Ontario, hit 7-of-12 shots from the field, including a pair of three-pointers, while adding a pair of assists and a steal to help the Huskers blow past the Bluejays. Aubry s seven made field goals against CU tied her career high, while her point total was just two shy of her career-best 20 points at Texas A&M last season. She added a strong performance with 13 points and five rebounds while matching her career high with three assists in just 18 minutes of action against Texas Southern on Dec. 7. She added 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field at Colorado on Jan. 4. She has produced double figures in points 22 times in her career. She also set a career best with four assists against Northwestern on Dec. 10. Over the summer, Aubry helped the Canadian National Team qualify for the 2006 World Championships in Brazil. The appearance at the 2006 World Championships will be the first for the Canadians since Aubry has spent the past two seasons on the Canadian Senior National Team. She was also a member of the Canadian World University Games Team in 2003 as a member of the Canadian Under-20 National Team. Huskers Continue to Rank among Big 12 Leaders at Line Nebraska has continued its recent tradition of ranking among the top Big 12 teams at the free throw line. Through 16 games, the Huskers have hit 74.4 percent of their free throws, while getting to the line an average of 18.6 times per game. Nebraska s percentage leads the Big 12, just ahead of Colorado s 73.5 percent accuracy. The Huskers success rate would rank as the fourth-best percentage in school history. The past two seasons, the Huskers have hit 74.9 percent ( ) and 74.0 percent ( ) from the line. The school record is 79.0 percent set in The Husker lineup features seven players shooting better than 70 percent at the line, including Jessica Gerhart (84.6 percent), Danielle Page (84.4 percent), LaToya Howell (81.5 percent), Chelsea Aubry (79.2 percent), TK LaFleur

7 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 7 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com (78.3 percent), Kiera Hardy (74.5 percent) and Sarah White (70.8 percent). Kelsey Griffin is also nearing the 70 percent mark at 69.3 percent after hitting all eight of her free throw attempts against Texas. Gerhart Back on Track Early in Nebraska forward Jessica Gerhart has provided a solid scoring option for the Huskers through her first 16 games this season. The 6-2 junior from Fenton, Iowa, is averaging 9.1 points and 3.9 boards per game. Gerhart was extremely consistent through NU s first 13 games, producing double figures in eight of those 13 games, while scoring no fewer than six points in any contest before going scoreless against No. 24 Missouri on Wednesday. She bounced back with her ninth double-figure effort of the season with 12 points and five rebounds at Iowa State on Jan. 14. Gerhart struck for season highs of 14 points and eight rebounds in NU s win over Creighton on Nov. 21, connecting on 7-of-9 shots from the field with her only two misses coming from beyond the three-point arc. Gerhart opened the regular season with eight points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field, which all came in the second half. She added 12 points in NU s win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Nov. 27, which featured 10 points in the first half, including a buzzer-beating jumper to end the half. She scored 12 more points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field in the Huskers rout of Texas Southern on Dec. 7, before adding another dozen at Northwestern on Dec. 10. She scored 12 again and added five rebounds in the Huskers win at Michigan on Dec. 17. Against Texas State, Gerhart missed her first seven shots from the field before erupting for 11 straight points to turn a 12-point NU lead into a 23-point cushion in a span of just three minutes. She finished with 13 points by hitting six of her final seven shots from the field, including a three-pointer at the end of the first half. She added 10 points in the Huskers win over Kansas on Jan. 7. Gerhart has also shown improvement on the defensive end. In the past six games, Gerhart has grabbed eight steals to push her season total to 11, surpassing her total from all of She needs just five more steals to match her career total of 16 in 60 games in and combined. Last year, Gerhart started NU s first 18 games. Through 14 contests a year ago she ranked second on the team with 13.2 points, while leading the club with 7.0 rebounds per game. She also hit nearly 50 percent of her shots from the field through the first 14 games. She battled illness and finished the season by hitting 44.8 percent of her shots from the field on the year. She finished the year averaging 7.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Page Provided Productive Minutes in NU Win Streak Danielle Page got off to a slow start to the season while coping with a breathing condition that limited her playing time early in her sophomore season. However, after averaging just 1.8 points and 1.8 rebounds through the season s first five games, the 6-2 forward helped fuel Nebraska s eight-game winning streak from Dec. 7 through Jan. 7. During NU s winning streak, Page averaged 6.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.3 blocked shots and 1.1 steal per game. She had 10 points, two rebounds, one block and one steal to help the Huskers win in her home state of Colorado for the first time in Page s lifetime (20 years). Her success at CU came despite taking an elbow from CU s Jackie McFarland to the nose midway through the second half. Page produced 12 points, five rebounds, two blocks and a career-high tying three steals against Grambling State on Dec. 29. Page had six points and a season-high 10 boards in a season-high 23 minutes against Texas State. She scored a season-high 14 points and pulled down six rebounds in just 16 minutes at Northwestern on Dec. 10, after scoring seven points and grabbing six boards in 18 minutes against Texas Southern on Dec. 7. Page enters the Texas Tech game averaging to 4.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, while leading the Huskers with 15 total blocked shots. During NU s winning streak, Page produced 10 of her 15 blocks and nine of her 12 steals on the season. She also found her way repeatedly to the free throw line, where she hit 22-of-26 free throws, after hitting just 3-of-4 free throws in the first five games. Page had hit 16 straight free throws before two misses at Colorado. She ranks among Big 12 leaders with her 84.4 percent (27-32) accuracy on the year. LaFleur Making Solid Contributions as Freshman Although fellow freshman Kelsey Griffin has grabbed headlines with her eye-popping career-opening performances, TK LaFleur is also showing her talents early in her Husker career. The 5-9 guard from Houston, Texas, is averaging 5.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.6 steals per game. She produced a career-high 16 points in the win over Texas State on Dec. 20, scoring 13 points, including a pair of three-pointers, in the second half to spark her third double-figure scoring performance of the season. She erupted for a 15-point, two-assist, three-steal effort against Texas Southern on Dec. 7, just four days after scoring 10 points at No. 10 Minnesota. LaFleur has come off the bench in each of Nebraska s first 16 games, but ranks fifth on the team in scoring. Against Minnesota, LaFleur hit a pair of three-pointers and added threes in wins over Texas Southern, Northwestern and Michigan. She hit two more three-pointers against Texas State and another against Grambling State to push her season total to 10, which ranks third on the team behind Kiera Hardy s 43 and Chelsea Aubry s 11. Associated Press Top 25 11th Poll (Jan. 16, 2006) 1-Tennessee (17-0) (35)... 1,138 2-Duke (16-0) (9)... 1,108 3-LSU (14-0) (2)... 1,064 4-North Carolina (16-0)... 1,014 5-Connecticut (15-2) Maryland (14-2) Ohio State (13-2) Baylor (12-2) Rutgers (16-1) DePaul (16-1) Purdue (12-2) Michigan State (13-5) Georgia (12-4) Stanford (11-4) Arizona State (11-4) Minnesota (11-4) Oklahoma (13-4) Virginia Tech (14-1) Vanderbilt (13-4) New Mexico (13-4) Temple (12-4) Boston College (12-5) BYU (13-1) Notre Dame (10-5) George Washington (11-4) Other Big 12 schools receiving votes 28-Missouri (13-3) Texas A&M (14-3) Texas (8-6) Kansas State (12-3) Texas Tech (7-7)... 2 Note: Nebraska opponents in bold. USA Today/ESPN Top 25 10th Regular-Season Poll (Jan. 17, 2006) 1-Tennessee (17-0) (28) Duke (17-0) (2) North Carolina (16-0) LSU (14-1) Connecticut (16-2) Maryland (15-2) Ohio State (13-2) Baylor (12-2) Rutgers (12-2) DePaul (16-1) Purdue (13-2) Minnesota (11-4) Arizona State (14-3) Michigan State (13-5) Stanford (11-4) Georgia (12-4) Oklahoma (13-4) New Mexico (13-4) Vanderbilt (13-4) Temple (12-4) Boston College (12-5) Notre Dame (10-5) BYU (13-1) Virginia Tech (14-2) George Washington (11-4) Other Big 12 schools receiving votes 29-Missouri (13-3) Texas A&M (14-3) Kansas (12-3) Texas (8-6)... 1 Note: Nebraska opponents in bold.

8 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 8 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com Nebraska Individual Career Highs Scoring Player (Game, Date) Points Kiera Hardy (vs. Baylor, 1/12/05) 37 Kelsey Griffin (vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 11/27/05) 31 Chelsea Aubry (at Texas A&M, 2/16/05) 20 Jessica Gerhart (vs. Northern Colorado, 11/19/04) 20 TK LaFleur (vs. Texas State, 12/20/05) 16 Elena Diaz (vs. Kansas State, 3/9/05) 15 Danielle Page (vs. Oklahoma, 2/6/05) 15 LaToya Howell (at Minnesota, 12/3/05) 12 Sarah White (vs. Texas State, 12/20/05) 9 Ivana Drmanac (vs. Northern Colorado, 11/19/04) 8 Ashley Ford (vs. Creighton, 11/21/05) 5 Rebounding Player (Game, Date) Rebounds Kelsey Griffin (vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 11/27/05) 14 Chelsea Aubry (vs. GSU., 12/29/05; vs. OU, 2/6/05) 11 Jessica Gerhart (at MU, 1/8/05; vs. SELU, 12/1/04) 11 Danielle Page (vs. Kansas, 1/29/05) 11 Kiera Hardy (vs. Kansas, 2/7/04) 9 Elena Diaz (vs. KSU, 2/23/05; at A&M, 2/16/05) 9 LaToya Howell (at Iowa State, 1/22/05) 7 TK LaFleur (vs. Creighton, 11/21/05) 5 Ivana Drmanac (vs. Northern Colorado, 11/19/04) 4 Ashley Ford (vs. Creighton, 11/21/05) 4 Sarah White (at Northwestern, 12/10/05) 4 Assists Player (Game, Date) Assists LaToya Howell (at Iowa State, 1/14/06) 10 Kiera Hardy (at Northwestern, 12/10/05) 8 Elena Diaz (vs. Iowa State, 2/12/05) 6 Chelsea Aubry (at Northwestern, 12/10/05) 4 Ashley Ford (vs. Texas State, 12/20/05) 4 TK LaFleur (vs. Grambling State, 12/29/05) 4 Danielle Page (at Oklahoma State, 2/1/05) 4 Kelsey Griffin (at Michigan, 12/17/05) 3 Ivana Drmanac (Three Times, Memphis, 12/30/04) 2 Jessica Gerhart (Three Times, at Michigan, 12/17/05) 2 Sarah White (vs. GSU, 12/29/05; vs. Texas St., 12/20/05) 2 Steals Player (Game, Date) Steals Kiera Hardy (at Missouri, 1/14/04) 6 LaToya Howell (vs. Missouri, 2/26/05; at Colorado 3/2/05) 5 Chelsea Aubry (vs. Grambling State, 12/29/05) 4 Elena Diaz (at Kansas, 2/20/05) 4 Kelsey Griffin (at Michigan, 12/17/05) 3 TK LaFleur (vs. Texas Southern, 12/7/05) 3 Danielle Page (Three Times, Grambling St., 12/29/95) 3 Sarah White (vs. Creighton, 11/21/05) 3 Ashley Ford (vs. Missouri, 1/11/06) 2 Jessica Gerhart (Six Times, Colorado, 12/31/05) 2 Ivana Drmanac (Three Times, Grambling St., 12/29/05) 1 Blocked Shots Player (Game, Date) Blocks Danielle Page (vs. Iowa State, 2/12/05) 5 Jessica Gerhart (vs. Baylor, 1/12/05) 3 Chelsea Aubry (Three Times, at Colorado, 3/2/05) 2 Elena Diaz (Two Times, Kansas, 1/7/06) 2 Kelsey Griffin (Three Times, vs. Texas State, 12/20/05) 2 Ivana Drmanac (at ISU, 1/22/05; vs. Memphis, 12/30/04) 1 Kiera Hardy (at Creighton, 12/18/04; vs. Princeton, 11/23/03) 1 LaToya Howell (vs. Texas, 1/18/06) 1 TK LaFleur (vs. Texas State, 12/20/05) 1 Sarah White (Three Times, vs. Texas State, 12/20/05) 1 Minutes Played Player (Game, Date) Minutes Kiera Hardy (vs. Baylor, 1/12/05) 52 Danielle Page (vs. Baylor, 1/12/05) 39 Jessica Gerhart (vs. Baylor, 1/12/05) 37 Chelsea Aubry (vs. MU, 2/26/05; at Minnesota 12/3/05) 35 LaToya Howell (at Minnesota, 12/3/05) 34 Kelsey Griffin (at Minnesota, 12/3/05) 32 Elena Diaz (vs. Kansas State, 3/9/05) 31 TK LaFleur (vs. Texas Southern, 12/7/05) 24 Ashley Ford (vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 11/27/05) 21 Sarah White (vs. Grambling State, 12/29/05) 17 Ivana Drmanac (vs. Northern Colorado, 11/19/04) 14 Sara Hieb (vs. Grambling State, 12/29/05) 4 Ranked as the No. 5 two-guard in the nation by the All-Star Girls Report in , LaFleur s family moved from the Houston area to Grayslake, Ill., for her final two years of high school. She played at Warren Township High School and earned third-team Class AA all-state honors. As a sophomore at Langham Creek High School in Houston, she averaged 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.6 steals and 4.1 assists per game in She was an adidas Top 10 All-Star in both 2003 and 2004 and earned Street & Smith s Honorable-Mention High School All-America honors. Griffin Erupts for 31 Points, 14 Rebounds vs. Islanders After producing one of the top career-opening performances by a freshman in school history against South Dakota State, Kelsey Griffin produced perhaps the best game by a freshman in school history with 31 points and 14 rebounds in NU s victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Sunday at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. The 6-2 forward from Eagle River, Alaska hit 9-of-18 shots from the field and 13-of-18 free throws to lead the Huskers with 31 points in 31 minutes. She pulled down six offensive rebounds among her career-best 14 boards, which marked the highest total by a Husker since Margaret Richards grabbed 15 rebounds on Dec. 21, Griffin became the first Husker freshman in history to score 30 or more points in regulation, while becoming just the second Husker frosh to hit for 30 points, trailing only Deb Powell s 34-point outburst on Feb. 25, 1982 in an overtime contest with Notre Dame. Powell got her 34 points while playing 44 minutes against the Fighting Irish. She added 12 rebounds in a stellar all-around performance by one of the best players in NU history. Griffin s 18 free throw attempts against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi set the NU freshman mark and tied the overall school record in that category, previously held by Margaret Richards (Eastern Kentucky, Nov. 29, 2003) and Nicole Kubik (Kansas, Jan. 16, 1999). Griffin, the 2005 Gatorade Alaska High School Player of the Year, tipped off her Nebraska career by scoring a game-high 18 points and adding a team-high seven rebounds to go along with two steals in Nebraska s opener against South Dakota State on Nov. 19. Her 18-point effort tied for the third-best scoring total by a freshman in a career-opener, trailing only WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge s school-record 22 points against Gonzaga on Nov. 24, 1995, and Deb Powell s 19 points against Pacific Christian on Nov. 20, 1981, among NU freshmen in career-opening games. All-American Karen Jennings also scored 18 points in her career debut against St. Louis on Nov. 24, 1989, while Angie Miller added 18 points in her first career game against South Florida on Nov. 25, All four of the other Huskers who have scored 18 or more points in the first games of their careers went on to score 1,500 or more points at Nebraska. Hardy, Griffin Claim All-Tournament Honors in Miami Kiera Hardy and Kelsey Griffin earned all-tournament honors at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic Nov Hardy led all players with a tournament record 45 points to average 22.5 points, 3.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game for the tournament. Hardy scored 26 points and grabbed five steals in an opening-round loss to No. 3 LSU, before adding 19 points and five assists in a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Hardy s all-tournament honors marked the second straight season that she earned a spot on an all-tournament team at Thanksgiving, joining her accolades at the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, last season. Griffin opened the tournament with a seven-point, five-rebound performance while going head-to-head with LSU s 6-6 center Sylvia Fowles in the opener, before bouncing back with one of the best performances by a freshman in school history with 31 points and 14 rebounds in the win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. For the tournament, Griffin averaged 19.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Huskers Add Freshman to Roster During Finals Week Nebraska freshman Sara Hieb experienced a whirlwind Finals Week in her first semester in Lincoln. The Brandon, S.D., native was added to NU s roster on Dec. 15, after going through her first practice of the season on Dec. 14. She received her No. 3 jersey on Dec. 16 and joined the Huskers for their trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., later that day. Hieb, a 5-3 guard out of Brandon Valley High School, had three practices and spent the weekend studying Nebraska s offense before suiting up for the first time against Michigan in Crisler Arena. Not only did the walk-on suit up for the game, she played more than one minute in the Huskers win over the Wolverines. Three days later, she added three more minutes of playing time in NU s rout of Texas State on Dec. 20, before playing four minutes in the Huskers win over Grambling State on Dec. 29. She added one minute at Colorado on Jan. 4. Although she did not see game action in the Huskers win over Kansas on Jan. 7, she impressed the crowd of more than 7,000 Husker fans with a striking rendition of the National Anthem before the game. Hieb, an architecture major at Nebraska, led Brandon Valley to state tournament appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004 as an All-ESD Conference player. She earned a spot on the South Dakota Class AA All-State Tournament Team in 2004, after setting the tournament record with 11 three-pointers. Drmanac Returns to Court in Win Over Wolverines Nebraska senior forward Ivana Drmanac made her first appearance of the season in Nebraska s victory over Michigan in Ann Arbor on Dec. 17. Drmanac, who missed the first seven games of the season after undergoing knee surgery, went through a full

9 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 9 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com schedule of practices Dec before seeing her first playing time of the year in the game s final minute at Michigan. Unfortunately for Drmanac, her usual jersey No. 30 did not make the trip to Michigan with her, so she made her first appearance of the year wearing No. 10. The native of Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro made her first appearance in her No. 30 at home against Texas State on Dec. 20. She played six minutes and scored her first two points while adding an assist against the Bobcats. She played three more minutes in the win over Grambling State, adding a rebound and a steal. She also saw action at Colorado in NU s Big 12 opener on Jan. 4. Hardy Earns Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 Honors Nebraska junior guard Kiera Hardy captured one of five spots on the Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 squad voted on by the league coaches and announced by the Big 12 Conference office in Dallas on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Hardy, a 5-6 guard from Kansas City, Mo., joins Baylor s Sophia Young, Texas Tiffany Jackson, Texas Tech s Erin Grant and Oklahoma s Leah Rush on the five-player preseason honor squad. Hardy, Grant, Jackson and Young, who was voted the Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year, all earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in , while Rush claimed a spot on the second-team a year ago. Hardy is the top returning scorer in the Big 12 Conference this season after averaging 19.0 points per game as a sophomore in , including a league-leading 20.9 points per contest in conference games. She set Nebraska s sophomore single-season scoring record with 609 points, while also tying the school record with 85 made threepointers on the season. Huskers Face Loaded Schedule Nebraska will have a pair of chances to knock off 2005 NCAA Women s Final Four teams when the Huskers battle LSU and defending national champion Baylor this season. Overall the Huskers play 13 games against 2005 postseason qualifiers, including 10 contests against NCAA Tournament teams. Five opponents are ranked among the top 25 in the current AP poll, including No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Baylor, No. 15 Minnesota, No. 19 Texas and No. 20 Oklahoma. Minnesota was the fourth consecutive 2005 postseason qualifier the Huskers have faced this season and the second 2005 NCAA Sweet 16 qualifier. Nebraska is 2-2 against 2005 postseason qualifiers so far in This is our toughest non-conference schedule since I have been at Nebraska, Head Coach Connie Yori said. In making our schedule, we have always considered the quality and position of our program. We think this is the best team that we have been able to put on the floor in our time at Nebraska, so we are going to play our best schedule. After opening against a tough South Dakota State squad on Nov. 19, Nebraska got its first taste of postseason-caliber competition when the Huskers blew Husker Non-Conference Foes in Opponent (Result-Home-Away-Neutral) Record #3 LSU (Loss-Neutral) 14-1 #17 Minnesota (Loss-Away) 11-4 Texas State (Win-Home) 10-4 Northern Arizona (Home) 12-5 South Dakota State (Loss-Home) 9-7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Win-Neutral) 9-7 Creighton (Win-Home) 6-8 Michigan (Win-Away) 6-11 Grambling State (Win-Home) 5-8 Northwestern (Win-Away) 4-13 Texas Southern (Win-Home) 3-11 Records through games Jan. 18, 2005 past Creighton at the Devaney Center on Nov. 21. The Bluejays posted 19 wins a year ago and earned a bid to the WNIT. NU hit the road for the first time at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic where the Huskers lost to No. 3 LSU, 74-55, on Nov. 25. The Lady Tigers produced a 33-3 record while running the table to win the 2005 SEC title. The Tigers lost to Baylor in the Final Four to end their season. The Huskers posted their second win of the year over a 2005 postseason qualifier with a victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. The Islanders produced a 23-7 mark a year ago and advanced to the second round of the WNIT. Nebraska remained on the road to start December when the Huskers fell to Big Ten power and No. 10 Minnesota in Minneapolis on Dec. 3. The Golden Gophers finished 26-8 last season and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 where they lost to Baylor. Minnesota earned a trip to the Final Four in After returning home for a run past Texas Southern, the Huskers continued their road trip through Big Ten cities with an rout of Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., on Dec. 10, and a win over Michigan in Ann Arbor on Dec. 17. The Huskers added a win over a Texas State team that came to Lincoln with a 7-1 record. The Huskers added a pounding of Grambling State on Dec. 29, the preseason pick to finish second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. NU closed non-conference play with a win over Northern Arizona on Dec. 31. The Huskers opened a rugged Big 12 schedule on the road at Colorado on Jan. 4, the site of their final conference regular-season game of the season. After beating the Buffaloes, 80-62, at CU for the first time since 1985, Nebraska returned to the Devaney Center and knocked off previously unbeaten Kansas, Tied with No. 24 Missouri atop the conference standings at 2-0, the Huskers played host to the 12-2 Tigers on Jan. 11. NU carried an eight-game winning streak into the contest, while MU brought an 11-game winning streak to Lincoln, including a win over defending national champion Baylor to snap the Lady Bears 30-game winning streak. Preseason Coaches Poll Rank, Team (1st Votes) Total 1. Baylor (6) Texas (2) Texas Tech (4) Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas Texas A&M Kansas State Iowa State Missouri Oklahoma State Colorado 14 Preseason All-Big 12 Team Player, School Ht. Class Pos. Sophia Young, Baylor 6-1 Sr. Forward Kiera Hardy, Nebraska 5-6 Jr. Guard Leah Rush, Oklahoma 6-1 Jr. Forward Tiffany Jackson, Texas 6-3 Jr. Forward Erin Grant, Texas Tech 5-8 Sr. Guard Preseason Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 Player, School Ht. Class Pos. Abiola Wabara, Baylor 6-0 Jr. Forward Lyndsey Medders, Iowa State 5-9 Jr. Guard Crystal Kemp, Kansas 6-2 Sr. Forward Claire Coggins, Kansas State 5-11 Jr. Guard/Forward Courtney Paris, Oklahoma 6-4 Fr. Center Nina Norman, Texas 5-6 Sr. Guard Morenike Atunrase, Texas A&M 5-10 So. Guard/Forward Chesley Dabbs, Texas Tech 6-0 Sr. Guard LaToya Davis, Texas Tech 6-1 Sr. Forward/Center Alesha Robertson, Texas Tech 6-0 Jr. Forward Preseason Player of the Year Player, School Ht. Class Pos. Sophia Young, Baylor 6-1 Sr. Forward Preseason Newcomer of the Year Player, School Ht. Class Pos. Shaquina Mosley, Kansas 5-6 Jr. Guard Preseason Freshman of the Year Player, School Ht. Class Pos. Courtney Paris, Oklahoma 6-4 Fr. Center

10 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 10 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com NU leads at the half 8-2 NU trails at the half 2-4 NU is tied at the half 0-0 NU attempts more FG than opponent 9-4 NU attempts fewer FG than opponent 1-1 NU attempts same number of FG as opponent 0-1 NU makes more FG than opponent 9-0 NU makes fewer FG than opponent 0-6 NU makes same number of FG as opponent 1-0 NU has better FG Pct. than opponent 9-0 NU has worse FG Pct. than opponent 1-6 NU shoots 50 percent or better from field 4-0 NU shoots less than 50 percent from field 6-6 NU shoots 40 percent or better from field 9-0 NU shoots less than 40 percent from field 1-6 NU shoots more FT than opponent 7-2 NU shoots fewer FT than opponent 2-4 NU shoots same number of FT as opponent 1-0 NU makes more FT than opponent 8-1 NU makes fewer FT than opponent 2-4 NU makes same number of FT as opponent 0-1 NU has more total rebounds than opponent 8-2 NU has fewer total rebounds than opponent 2-4 NU has same number of total rebounds as opp. 0-0 NU has more offensive rebounds than opponent 5-3 NU has fewer offensive rebounds than opponent 5-2 NU has same number of off. rbs. as opponent 0-1 NU has more assists than opponent 7-0 NU has fewer assists than opponent 3-6 NU has same number of assists as opponent 0-0 NU has more turnovers than opponent 0-2 NU has fewer turnovers than opponent 9-3 NU has same number of turnovers as opponent 1-1 NU has more steals than opponent 8-2 NU has fewer steals than opponent 1-3 NU has same number of steals as opponent 1-1 NU has more blocked shots than opponent 4-0 NU has fewer blocked shots than opponent 5-5 NU has same number of blocks as opponent 1-1 NU commits more fouls than opponent 1-3 NU commits fewer fouls than opponent 9-3 NU commits same number of fouls as opponent 0-0 Games are decided by 10 or more points 10-3 Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 0-3 Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 0-0 Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 0-0 Overtime 0-0 Playing on Monday 1-0 Playing on Tuesday 1-0 Playing on Wednesday 2-2 Playing on Thursday 1-0 Playing on Friday 0-1 Playing on Saturday 4-3 Playing on Sunday 1-0 Playing in November 2-2 Playing in December 6-1 Playing in January 2-3 Playing in February 0-0 Playing in March 0-0 The Tigers snapped NU s streak with a win. The Huskers opened an eight-game stretch in which they face seven 2005 postseason qualifiers. The showdowns started on Jan. 14 in Ames, when the Huskers suffered a setback at 2005 NCAA qualifier Iowa State. NU then suffered a setback to Texas, another NCAA squad, on Jan. 18 in Lincoln. NU travels to NCAA qualifier Texas Tech on Jan. 21, before returning home to take on Colorado before battling the Cyclones on Feb. 1. The Huskers face NCAA qualifiers Kansas State (Feb. 4) and Baylor (Feb. 8), before playing host to Texas A&M (Feb. 11), which advanced to the third round of the 2005 WNIT. The Huskers travel to Kansas on Feb. 15, before closing their home schedule against Kansas State (Feb. 18) and Oklahoma State on Senior Night (Feb. 21). NU ends the regular season on the road with trips to Oklahoma (Feb. 26) and Missouri (March 1), before heading to Reunion Arena in Dallas for the Big 12 Championship (March 7-11). Spiric Out for Season with Injury in Fall Practice Nebraska forward Jelena Spiric was lost for the season with a knee injury suffered during the first official week of fall practice. Spiric, a 6-1 senior from Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, underwent surgery and will likely apply for a medical hardship. Spiric captured Big 12 Newcomer-of-the-Year honors in her first season at Nebraska in , despite playing most of the season at less than 100 percent after suffering a similar injury to her other leg in the final game of her junior college career. Spiric averaged 8.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game with 23 starts as a junior, including 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in Big 12 competition. In a pair of Postseason WNIT games, Spiric averaged 15.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per contest. Kephart Likely Out for Season with Recurring Injury Sophomore guard Heather Kephart is likely out for the season with a recurring injury, Nebraska Coach Connie Yori announced in early November. Kephart, a 5-8 shooting guard from Canute, Okla., appeared in only one game for NU in , and was granted a medical hardship to regain her sophomore season of eligibility this year. However, Kephart has continued to struggle with injuries and was limited to only partial participation through the opening weeks of practice. One of the top scorers in the history of Oklahoma high school basketball (2,747 career points), Kephart appeared in just 11 games as a freshman before being sidelined with an injury. Huskers Fifth in Preseason Big 12 Poll The Nebraska women s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, released by the league office in Dallas on Thursday, Oct. 13. The Huskers, who return four starters from last year s club that advanced to the postseason for the second straight year, were picked higher than any other team from the Big 12 North Division. Schools from the Big 12 South Division occupied the top four spots in the poll, with defending national champion Baylor (113) claiming the No. 1 position with six first-place votes from opposing coaches in the league. Texas (110) earned the No. 2 spot with two first-place votes, while Texas Tech (108) took the No. 3 spot with four first-place votes. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team in the 1-12 predicted order of finish. After the predicted log jam in the top three spots, Oklahoma, which tied Nebraska in sixth place in the final Big 12 standings, received the fourth-highest vote total with 91 points. Nebraska was picked to finish fifth with 70 points, while fellow Big 12 North foe Kansas was close behind with 66 points. The four schools ahead of the Huskers in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll have all received top 25 rankings from several publications. Texas A&M (7th, 59 points), Kansas State (8th, 56 points), Iowa State (9th, 45 points), Missouri (10th, 37 points), Oklahoma State (11th, 23 points), and Colorado (12th, 14 points) rounded out the poll. Yori Establishing Firm Foundation at Nebraska Now in her fourth season at Nebraska, Coach Connie Yori has the Husker program moving in the right direction. After the Huskers suffered through four consecutive losing seasons, Yori helped Nebraska turn the corner in by producing one of the nation s top turnarounds. The Huskers 10-game improvement tied for the ninth-best swing in NCAA Division I women s basketball in More impressively, NU s record came against a powerful schedule that included 19 games against teams that advanced to postseason play. The Huskers raced to a 10-1 non-conference record that included victories over No. 13 Ohio State and eventual WNIT champion Creighton, before notching one of the biggest wins in school history with an victory over No. 9 Kansas State in league play. The Huskers finished with a 7-9 record in the Big 12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. NU was a two-point loss to Missouri or three-point loss to No. 13 Colorado away from earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since The Huskers made their first postseason appearance since 2000 and played host to a postseason tournament game for the first time since Nebraska notched just the second home postseason victory in school history with a first-round WNIT win over Drake, before hosting just the third postseason game in school history in the second round against Oregon State. Nebraska continued the momentum last year by replacing four senior starters from team and finishing with an overall mark and its second straight postseason bid. The Huskers 8-8 Big 12 mark was their best

11 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 11 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com finish since 2000, and included the biggest victory in school history, a triple overtime win over eventual national champion and then-no. 2 Baylor on Jan. 12, The Huskers also won their first Big 12 Tournament game since the 2000 campaign and continued their climb in the classroom as well. NU posted a team GPA of better than 3.0 during the spring 2005 semester, as 10 Huskers earned spots on the Big 12 Commissioner s Academic Honor. Nebraska has also enjoyed a rejuvenation at the turnstiles, with attendance surging nearly 60 percent over the past two seasons. The Huskers ranked 25th nationally in average home attendance in , averaging 4,022 fans per game. The increase represented a nearly 30 percent increase over the season, and included a pair of crowds of more than 12,400 at the Devaney Center with a season-high 13,023 against Kansas State. Nebraska averaged nearly 5,800 fans per game during Big 12 action at the Devaney Center. The 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Yori led Creighton to a 24-7 overall mark and a 16-2 MVC record in to capture the league s regular-season and tournament titles. Yori s success at CU in capped a career mark at Creighton. Her teams made two trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1994 and Before taking over the top job with the Bluejays, Yori led NCAA Division III Loras College to a record in two seasons from 1990 to She also served as an assistant coach at Creighton from 1986 to Yori was one of the top players in Creighton history, and she still owns the school record for career scoring average at 20.3 points per game. She ranks as CU s No. 3 all-time leading scorer with 2,010 points, and she had her No. 25 jersey retired. She was inducted into the Creighton Athletic Hall of Fame in A native of Ankeny, Iowa, the 42-year-old Yori is married to Kirk Helms, and the couple had their first child, Lukas, in early July of Six Recruits Set to Join Huskers for Season Nebraska women's basketball coach Connie Yori announced the signing of six impressive recruits to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period for the season. The Huskers, who are entering their fourth season under Yori, will be joined next season by Nikki Bober (Murdock, Neb.), Ana Fakatou (Long Beach, Calif.), Kala Kuhlmann (Charter Oak, Iowa), Cory Montgomery (Cannon Falls, Minn.), Nicole Neals (Chandler, Ariz.) and Yvonne Turner (Bellevue, Neb.). Yori said the large incoming class promises to give the Huskers their deepest and most talented team during her tenure for the campaign. The group also makes it possible to give NU its first full roster since Yori's arrival at Nebraska in , when the Huskers had only a handful of active scholarship players. "We are very excited about this incoming class, not only because of the depth it might create for us next year, but also because there are some very talented players in this group," Yori said. "Hopefully next year we will feel like we have overcome the numbers situation that we have had in our first four years in the program. This class takes us another step closer to being able to play the exciting style of up-tempo basketball we want to be able to play." For complete biographies on Nebraska s incoming recruiting class, visit Huskers.com. Click on Basketball under the Women s Sports menu. Then click Roster and click on season. Fastbreakers Booster Club The Nebraska Women s Basketball Booster Club, the Fastbreakers, and Lil Breakers Booster Club provide dynamic support to the Huskers. Membership benefits include regular news flashes during the season, a free Nebraska Yearbook, game information, invitations to monthly pre-game meals with the coaches, access to preferred parking, an invitation to the postseason awards banquet and much, much more. For more information on the Fastbreakers and Lil Breakers Booster Club, please visit the Nebraska women s basketball home page on Huskers.com, Fastbreaker President Susan Ferris at scf333@aol.com or call the Nebraska women s basketball office at (402) The Fastbreakers will host several pregame Backboard Banquets during the season. The banquets begin at 5:30 p.m. and are held on the upper concourse of the Devaney Center. This year s banquets will include guest speakers and several giveaways, along with great food from Premier Catering. The cost of each meal is $10 per person and the proceeds go to the Husker women s basketball program. For reservations to attend any of the Backboard Banquets please call Rose Sousek at the basketball office at (402) Fastbreakers Pregame Backboard Banquet Schedule Date Opponent Banquet Start Time Wednesday, Feb. 1 Iowa State 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 Oklahoma State 5:30 p.m. Nebraska s Career Scoring Leaders Player (Years) Points 1. Karen Jennings ( ) 2, Maurtice Ivy ( ) 2, Amy Stephens ( ) 1, Nicole Kubik ( ) 1, Anna DeForge ( ) 1, Debra Powell ( ) 1, Kathy Hagerstrom ( ) 1, Angie Miller ( ) 1, Diane DelVigna ( ) 1, Janet Smith ( ) 1, Brooke Schwartz ( ) 1, Jan Crouch ( ) 1, Kiera Hardy (2004-present) 1, Meggan Yedsena ( ) 1, Ann Halsne ( ) 1, Nafeesah Brown ( ) 1, Tina McClain ( ) 1, Kate Galligan ( ) 1, Cathy Owen ( ) 1, Stacy Imming ( ) 1, Alexa Johnson ( ) 1, Charlie Rogers ( ) 1, Points - 36 Straight Wins Under Coach Connie Yori: 16-0 (4 seasons) : : : : 0-0 vs. Big 12: 6-0 (1-0 in ) Opponent (Date) Site Result at Colorado (1/4/06) A W, vs. Texas State (12/20/05) H W, at Northwestern (12/10/05) A W, vs. Texas Southern (12/7/05) H W, vs. Creighton (11/21/05) H W, vs. Iowa State (2/12/05) H W, vs. Baylor (1/12/05) H W, OT at Missouri (1/8/05) A W, vs. Colorado (1/5/05) H W, vs. Memphis (12/30/04) H W, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (12/20/04) H W, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (12/1/04) H W, vs. Northern Colorado (11/19/04) H W, vs. Kansas State (1/24/04) H W, vs. Texas-Arlington (12/6/03) H W, vs. Wofford (11/21/03) H W, at Cal State Fullerton (12/29/01) A W, vs. Weber State (12/6/01) H W, at New Orleans (12/2/01) A W, vs. Texas Southern (11/29/01) H W, vs. Northern Iowa (11/24/01) N W, vs. Colgate (11/23/01) N W, vs. Southern Illinois (11/16/01) H W, vs. East Carolina (12/30/00) H W, vs. UPR-Mayaguez (12/19/00) N W, vs. St. Peter s (12/10/00) H W, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (11/25/00) H W, vs. Oakland (11/17/00) H W, vs. Kansas (3/8/00) N W, vs. Baylor (3/7/00) N W, at Missouri (3/2/00) A W, at Baylor (2/19/00) A W, vs. Missouri (1/18/00) H W, at Kansas (1/11/00) A W, at Wyoming (12/19/99) A W, vs. Washington (12/6/99) H W, vs. Wisconsin (11/21/99) H L, OT

12 Nebraska Women s Basketball Game Notes Page 12 at Texas Tech Jan. 21, 2006 Huskers.com NU Junior Three-Point Leaders Player (Season) 3FG Made 1. Sabrina Brooks ( ) Amy Stephens ( ) Kiera Hardy ( ) Kate Galligan ( ) Nicole Kubik ( ) 35 NU Sophomore Three-Point Leaders Player (Season) 3FG Made 1. Kiera Hardy ( ) Kate Galligan ( ) K.C. Cowgill ( ) Amanda Went ( ) 33 Nicole Kubik ( ) 33 Multiple 30-Point Scorers (Season) Player (Season - class) Games 1. Karen Jennings ( junior) 8 2. Maurtice Ivy ( junior) 5 3. Amy Stephens ( senior) 5 4. Maurtice Ivy ( sophomore) 3 5. Nicole Kubik ( junior) 3 6. Kiera Hardy ( sophomore) 2 Karen Jennings ( senior) 2 Karen Jennings ( sophomore) 2 Amy Stephens ( junior) 2 Amy Stephens ( sophomore) 2 Diane DelVigna ( senior) 2 Diane DelVigna ( junior) 2 Nebraska Top 10 Single-Game Scorers Player (Game) Points 1. Karen Jennings (Kansas State, 1/21/92) Maurtice Ivy (Illinois, 12/30/86) Crystal Coleman (Oklahoma State, 2/19/83) Amy Stephens (Oklahoma, 2/8/89) Karen Jennings (Oklahoma, 2/15/92) Kate Galligan (Kansas, 2/11/96) Kiera Hardy (Baylor, 1/12/05) 37 Amy Stephens (Kansas, 2/4/89) Nicole Kubik (Kansas, 1/16/99) 36 Pyra Aarden (Bowling Green, 12/10/94) 36 Karen Jennings (Illinois, 12/14/91) 36 Amy Stephens (Missouri, 2/18/89) 36 NU Sophomore Scoring Leaders Player (Season - Games Played) Total Points 1. Kiera Hardy ( games) Karen Jennings ( games) Amy Stephens ( games) Kathy Hagerstrom ( games) Maurtice Ivy ( games) 532 NU s Top Sophomore Scorers (Season) Player (Season) Points Per Game 1. Karen Jennings ( ) Maurtice Ivy ( ) Kiera Hardy ( ) Amy Stephens ( ) Debra Powell ( ) 17.6 Kathy Hagerstrom ( ) 17.6 NU s Top Sophomore Scorers (Game) Player (Game) Points 1. Crystal Coleman (Oklahoma State, 2/19/83) Kiera Hardy (Baylor, 1/12/05) Nicole Kubik (Missouri, 2/4/98) 34 Debra Powell (Pepperdine, 1/11/83) 34 Debra Powell (Morningside, 12/11/82) Amy Stephens (Drake, 12/22/87) Kiera Hardy (Hampton, 11/27/04) 31 Karen Jennings (Kansas State, 2/16/91) 31 Karen Jennings (Iowa State, 1/12/91) 31 Amy Stephens (Kansas State, 2/14/87) 31 Maurtice Ivy (Colorado, 3/4/86) 31 Maurtice Ivy (Grandview, 12/9/85) 31 Debra Powell (Kearney State, 12/8/82) Fastbreakers Membership Levels Level Benefits Tip-In ($50) (Yearbook, Game Information, Access to Preferred Parking, Social Activities) 3-Pointer ($100) (Same as Tip-In, plus a Nebraska Women s Basketball Media Guide) Slam Dunk ($25) (Same as 3-Pointer, plus Complimentary Preferred Parking, Eligible for Coach of the Game, free Lil Breaker membership) All-Star ($500) (Same as Slam Dunk, plus an Appreciation Plaque) MVP ($1,000+) (Same as All-Star, plus free admission for Two at all Backboard Banquets) Nebraska s History of Success at Home Since the Bob Devaney Sports Center opened in , the Huskers are (.734) in games played in the arena, including (.607) in conference games. Nebraska is 6-3 at home this season. The Huskers rolled to a 12-4 home record in , after running to a 13-4 home mark in Nebraska is 2-2 all-time in home postseason play, with an win over San Diego on March 17, 1993, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Devaney Center. The Huskers added a win over Drake in the first round of the WNIT on March 18, 2004, before losing in the next round to Oregon State on March 22, Nebraska closed its season with a loss to Iowa on March 25, 2005 in the second round of the WNIT. Attendance is a big part of the Huskers success. The Huskers drew their largest crowd outside of the month of February in school history with 7,114 fans at the Devaney Center on Jan. 7, 2006, for the Huskers win over Kansas. Nebraska s average home attendance increased by almost 60 percent since the season. Last year, Nebraska ranked 25th nationally by drawing 4,022 fans per game to the Devaney Center. In , the Huskers attracted two of the four largest crowds in school history in back-to-back games on Feb. 12 and Feb. 23. NU drew its fourth-largest crowd in school history with a season-high 12,429 fans in attendance for an win over No. 14 Iowa State on Feb. 12. It was NU s largest crowd in the past five seasons, dating back to a school-record crowd of 13,226 against Kansas State on Feb. 26, The Huskers surpassed the mark in their next home game when 13,023 fans filled the Devaney Center to watch NU clash with Kansas State on Feb. 23. It was the first time in school history that Nebraska had back-to-back crowds of more than 12,000. Nebraska ranked 14th nationally in average home attendance in with 4,772 fans per game, after ranking 15th nationally with a school-record average of 5,000 fans per game in NU added an average home crowd of 4,204 in Nebraska s Top 10 Single-Game Attendance Figures No. Attendance Opponent Date Result 1. 13,226 Kansas State Feb. 26, 2000 W, ,135 #15 Iowa State Feb. 7, 1999 W, ,023 #17 Kansas State Feb. 23, 2005 L, ,429 #14 Iowa State Feb. 12, 2005 W, ,181 #22 Iowa State Feb. 28, 1998 W, ,465 Colorado Feb. 22, 1998 W, ,221 #11 Texas Tech Feb. 21, 1999 L, ,637 #13 Texas Tech Feb. 9, 1997 W, ,901 #23 Kansas Feb. 13, 2000 W, ,114 Kansas Jan. 7, 2006 W, 73-61

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14 Nebraska Women s Basketball Roster #45 - Chelsea Aubry 6-2, Junior, Forward Kitchener, Ontario (Grand River) #15 - Elena Diaz 6-1, Senior, Forward Medellin, Colombia (Dodge City CC) #30 - Ivana Drmanac 6-2, Senior, Forward Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Colby CC) #2 - Ashley Ford 5-7, Junior, Guard Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast/Cloud County CC) #33 - Jessica Gerhart 6-2, Junior, Forward Fenton, Iowa (Sentral) #23 - Kelsey Griffin 6-2, Freshman, Forward Eagle River, Alaska (Chugiak) #21 - Kiera Hardy 5-6, Junior, Guard Kansas City, Mo. (O'Hara) #3 - Sara Hieb 5-3, Freshman, Guard Brandon, S.D. (Brandon Valley) #5 - LaToya Howell 5-5, Senior, Guard Chicago, Ill. (Queen of Peace) #22 - Heather Kephart 5-8, Sophomore, Guard Canute, Okla. (Canute) #12 - TK LaFleur 5-9, Freshman, Guard Houston, Texas (Warren Township, Ill.) #52 - Danielle Page 6-2, Sophomore, Forward Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer) #4 - Jelena Spiric 6-0, Senior, Forward Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Colby CC) #14 - Sarah White 6-0, Sophomore, Forward Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) Steph Clark Administrative Assistant/ Video Specialist (Creighton, 1993) Angela Timmons Director of Operations Fourth Season (Creighton, 2000) Tory Verdi - Assistant Coach First Season (Keene State, 1996) LaKale Malone - Assistant Coach Third Season (Indiana, 1999) Sunny Smallwood - Assistant Coach First Season (Boise State, 1983) Connie Yori - Head Coach Fourth Season (Creighton, 1986)

15 CHELSEA AUBRY 6-2, Junior, Forward, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (Grand River Collegiate Institute) 45 Honors and Awards 4Canadian Senior National Team (2004, 2005) 4Canadian World University Games Team (2003) 4Canadian Under-20 National Team (2003) 4NCAA Leadership Conference Participant (2005) 4Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2005) 4Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall, 2003, 2004) (Spring, 2005) Junior ( ) Junior captain Chelsea Aubry (pronounced O-bree) has given the Huskers strong production despite playing somewhat out of position as NU s three-player this year. The 6-2 forward from Kitchener, Ontario, made the move from power forward to the wing after the seasonending knee injury to Jelena Spiric in fall practice. Aubry s scoring average has dipped from her sophomore season, but her rebounding, assist and steals totals are on the rise, and her sacrifi ce has helped inspire her Husker coaches and teammates. Through 16 games, Aubry is averaging 7.1 points per game, down from her 9.2 points per contest in , while contributing 5.6 rebounds per game. Her production and comfort level on the wing has continued to improve throughout the season, and she has produced double fi gures in three of Nebraska s fi rst fi ve Big 12 games. She managed double fi gures just twice in 11 non-conference games. She opened Big 12 play with 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting at Colorado on Jan. 4, before adding nine points in a win over Kansas on Jan. 7. She added 11 points and fi ve rebounds against Missouri on Jan. 11, before scoring 10 points and tying a career high with a trio of three-pointers at Iowa State. She scored a season-high 18 points in NU s win over Creighton on Nov. 21, and added 13 points to start NU s winning streak against Texas Southern on Dec. 7. Nebraska Career ( , ) As a sophomore, Aubry led the Huskers with 5.1 rebounds per game and ranked second on the team in scoring with 9.2 points per game. She started 26 games, while appearing in 29 contests. Aubry scored in double figures 11 times as sophomore, including a career-high 20 points in a perfect shooting night at Texas A&M. She grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds against Oklahoma, while adding a career-high three assists at Iowa State. Nebraska's first-ever Canadian women's basketball player, Aubry finished her true freshman season averaging 5.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while playing in all 30 contests. High School As a power forward for Grand River Collegiate Institute, Aubry also played volleyball and rugby for the Renegades. She averaged 15 points and 15 rebounds per game for Coach Kathy Brooks as a senior. Aubry was the school s junior and senior athlete of the year. She was also a member of the provincial champion Waterloo Wildhawks club team coached by Dave Hollinger. Personal The daughter of Rick and Shelley Aubry, Chelsea has an older sister, Shauna, 24, and a younger brother, Alex, 19. Chelsea was born on June 27, 1984, in Oshawa, Ontario. Aubry is majoring in international business at Nebraska. She carries a GPA and earned secondteam academic All-Big 12 honors in Aubry's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. * 11/ Creighton * 11/ vs. LSU * 11/ vs. TAMUCC * 11/ at Minnesota * 12/ Texas Southern * 12/ at Northwestern * 12/ at Michigan * 12/ Texas State * 12/ Grabling State * 12/ Northern Arizona * 12/ at Colorado * 1/ Kansas * 1/ Missouri * 1/ at Iowa State * 1/ Texas * 1/ Totals Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 5.6 Points/game: 7.1 Assists/game: 1.0 FG Pct: 44.7 Turnovers/game: 2.2 3FG Pct: 31.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.5 FT Pct: 79.2 Steals/game: 0.8 Blocks/game: 0.3 Aubry's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 20 Texas A&M (2/16/05) Rebounds 11 Grambling State (12/29/05) Oklahoma (2/6/05) Assists 4 Northwestern (12/10/05) Steals 4 Grambling State (12/29/05) Blocks 2 Three Times, most recently Colorado (3/2/05) FGA 15 Colorado (3/2/05) FGM 7 Creighton (11/21/05) Texas A&M (2/16/05) FTA 8 Creighton (12/21/03) FTM 6 Creighton (12/21/03) 3-PT FGA 6 Iowa State (1/14/06) 3-PT FGM 3 Iowa State (1/14/06) Marquette (3/17/05) Aubry's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career ,

16 ELENA DIAZ 6-1, Senior, Forward, Medellin, Colombia (Comfenalco at Cartagena/Dodge City CC) 15 Honors and Awards 4Nebraska s Best Defensive Player Award (2005) 4Colombian Senior National Team (2005) 4Colombian Under-21 National Team (2001, 2002) 4Colombian Junior National Team (1999) 4First-Team NJCAA Region VI All-Tournament Team (2004) 4First-Team All-Jayhawk West Conference (2004) 4Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2005) Senior ( ) Elena (pronounced Ell-ay-nuh) Diaz was slowed by a knee injury during fall practice, which limited her practice time and production early in the season. She averaged just 3.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game through NU s first five games, but was a major factor off in the bench in the Huskers eight-game winning streak from Dec. 7 through Jan. 7. During that stretch, Diaz averaged 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds, while snagging 10 steals and blocking fi ve shots, nearly doubling her production in almost an identical amount of playing time. Diaz scored a season-high 12 points against Texas State on Dec. 20, after scoring nine points against Texas Southern on Dec. 7, which opened NU s eight-game streak. She scored six points and grabbed a seasonhigh eight rebounds at Northwestern. She produced an eight-point effort at Iowa State on Jan. 14. Junior ( ) Diaz came into her own in the second half of the Big 12 season and finished the season averaging 6.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while starting 23 of 32 games for the Huskers. She started 15 of NU s 16 regular-season Big 12 contests, coming off the bench only in the second game of the league season at Missouri. She started NU s fi nal 18 games to close the year, including two games in the Big 12 Tournament and both of Nebraska s games in the Postseason WNIT. Diaz scored in double fi gures six times in , including a career-high 15 points in a career-high 31 minutes against Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament. She pulled down a career-high nine rebounds on three occasions, and distributed a career-best six assists against Iowa State on Feb. 12. Dodge City CC ( , ) Diaz capped an excellent junior college career at Dodge City CC by leading the Lady Conquistadors to a school-record 26 wins and a trip to the NJCAA Region VI Tournament title game. For the season, Diaz averaged 14.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, while shooting 48.6 percent from the fi eld and 78 percent from the free throw line. Diaz earned second-team All-Jayhawk West Conference honors and helped Dodge City to a thenschool record 22 victories as a freshman. She led all players in the Region VI Tournament with 11.3 rebounds per game. She averaged a double-double during the three tournament games by ranking fifth in the tournament with 17.3 points per contest. High School Diaz led Comfenalco at Cartagena to the Colombian national championship in She also earned tournament MVP honors for her performance. Along with her high school success, Diaz led her Antioquia club team to Colombian national titles in 2000, 2001 and She was named the team's MVP all three seasons. Personal The daughter of Jose Diaz and Karen Lopez, Elena Diaz Lopez was born April 18, 1983 in San Juan, Colombia. Elena has one sister, Olga Diaz, 34, and two brothers, Jose Diaz, 32, and Jhon Jairo Diaz, 28. Elena is majoring in Latin American studies. Diaz earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll following the spring semester of Diaz's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. 11/ Creighton 11/ vs. LSU 11/ vs. TAMUCC 11/ at Minnesota 12/ Texas Southern 12/ at Northwestern 12/ at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grabling State 12/ Northern Arizona 12/ at Colorado 1/ Kansas 1/ Missouri 1/ at Iowa State 1/ Texas 1/ Totals Diaz's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 15 Kansas State (3/9/05) Rebounds 9 Three Times, most recently Kansas State (3/9/05) Assists 6 Iowa State (2/12/05) Steals 4 Kansas (2/20/05) Blocks 2 Kansas (1/7/06) 2 Michigan (12/17/05) FGA 13 Kansas State (3/9/05) FGM 7 Kansas State (3/9/05) FTA 8 Baylor (1/12/05) FTM 5 Baylor (1/12/05) Northern Colorado (11/19/04) 3-PT FGA 0 None 3-PT FGM 0 None Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 3.1 Points/game: 4.6 Assists/game: 0.2 FG Pct: 48.5 Turnovers/game: 1.4 3FG Pct: 0.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.1 FT Pct: 66.7 Steals/game: 1.4 Blocks/game: 0.4 Diaz's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

17 30 Honors Senior ( ) Ivana Drmanac (pronounced EE-vah-nah-DER-mahneck) missed Nebraska s first seven games this season after recovering from knee surgery before returning to the court at Michigan on Dec. 17. In the win over the Wolverines, Drmanac wore No. 10 because her uniform did not find its way to Ann Arbor. She has worn No. 30 in her other three appearances. Drmanac has played four games, scoring her fi rst points of the year in a win over Texas State on Dec. 20. Nebraska Career ( ) Drmanac added depth for the Huskers throughout her fi rst season at Nebraska, appearing in 19 games off the bench. She averaged 0.8 points and 0.6 rebounds per game, while knocking down four three-pointers. She also dished out eight assists on the year. She established career highs with eight points and four rebounds against Northern Colorado on Nov. 19. She hit a pair of three-pointers against the Bears. IVANA DRMANAC 6-2, Senior, Forward, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (The XI Belgrade/Colby CC) and Awards 4Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2005) 4Ranks 23rd on Colby CC's All-Time Scoring List (573 Points) Colby CC ( , ) Drmanac ranks No. 23 on Colby CC's all-time scoring list with 573 points. As a sophomore in , she averaged 9.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game for the Lady Trojans. She shot 50 percent from two-point range, while hitting 32.4 percent (36-111) of her three-point attempts. She also connected on 72.2 percent of her free throws. The Lady Trojans finished with a 29-4 overall record and advanced to the NJCAA Region VI semifinals in 2004 under Coach Tom Stephens. Colby CC finished with a 14-2 record to tie for first in the Jayhawk West Conference. It was the highest fi nish by the Lady Trojans in school history. As a freshman, Drmanac averaged 9.0 points and 4.6 rebounds per game to help Colby to an overall record and a 9-7 league mark, which was the best finish in school history before Before Drmanac arrived at Colby CC, the Lady Trojans fi nished with an 8-23 overall record and a 2-14 league mark. High School Drmanac attended The XI Belgrade High School and played club basketball for Radivoj Korac and Partizan. She competed with Samardziska and Spiric on the Partizan club squad that won Yugoslavian national titles in 1999 and Personal The daughter of Milorad Drmanac and Slavica Markovic, Ivana was born March 7, 1983, in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. Ivana has one sister, Bojana, 29. Ivana is majoring in fi nance and earned a spot on the 2005 Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll. Drmanac's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grabling State 12/ at Colorado 1/ Totals Games played: 4 Rebounds/game: 0.3 Points/game: 0.5 Assists/game: 0.3 FG Pct: 25.0 Turnovers/game: 0.0 3FG Pct: 00.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 99.9 FT Pct: 0.0 Steals/game: 0.3 Drmanac's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 8 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) Rebounds 4 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) Assists 2 Three Times, most recently Memphis (12/30/04) Steals 1 Three Times, most recently Grambling State (12/29/05) Blocks 1 Iowa State (1/22/05) Memphis (12/30/04) FGA 6 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) FGM 3 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) FTA 0 None FTM 0 None 3-PT FGA 4 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) 3-PT FGM 2 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) Drmanac's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

18 2 Honors ASHLEY FORD Junior ( ) Former Lincoln Northeast High School standout Ashley Ford returned to her hometown Huskers after spending two successful seasons at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kan. The 5-7 junior guard is the only Nebraska native on the Huskers' roster and has solidifi ed NU s backcourt as a reserve point guard. Ford owns a strong 2.5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio with 25 assists and just 10 turnovers on the season. She has committed just fi ve turnovers in the past nine games, going without a turnover in six of those contests. She is averaging 1.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, while shooting 63.6 percent from the fi eld, including 50.0 percent from three-point range. Cloud County CC ( , ) Ford averaged 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.3 steals per game as a sophomore at Cloud County (Kan.) Community College in She led the T- Birds in scoring, assists and steals, while ranking third on the club in rebounding. She earned second-team all-conference honors and was an NJCAA Region VI honorable-mention selection. 5-7, Junior, Guard, Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast/Cloud County CC) and Awards 4NJCAA Region VI Honorable-Mention (2004, 2005) 4Second-Team All-Jayhawk West Conference (2004, 2005) She shot 34.8 percent from three-point range and hit 49-of-141 shots from beyond the arc. She started all 63 games of her junior college career for Coach Brett Erkenbrack. Ford was also one of only two players in Cloud County history to score more than 725 points, grab more than 250 rebounds, dish out more than 250 assists and record more than 150 steals. Ford led Cloud County to an impressive 25-7 record as a freshman in by averaging 9.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. She earned secondteam All-Jayhwak West honors and was an honorablemention NJCAA Region VI pick. High School Ford was a third-team Super-State selection as a senior guard at Lincoln Northeast in She enjoyed a strong senior season despite recovering from a torn ACL the summer before her senior year. In her fi nal year, Ford averaged 15.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game. As a junior for Coach John Clark and the Rockets, Ford averaged 12.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game. 4Third-Team Nebraska Super-State (2003) 4Second-Team Nebraska Class A All-State (2002, 2003) Ford earned second-team Class A all-state honors as a junior and senior, and was a three-time all-city selection. Along with her accomplishments on the court, Ford was also a third-team Super-State goalkeeper for the Rocket soccer program. She earned three letters in soccer along with three more letters in softball. Ford was also a two-time member of the Lincoln Northeast Honor Roll. In addition to her high school experience, Ford played for the Cornhusker Shooting Stars and Coach Dan Lesoing. Personal The daughter of Lynn Ford, Ashley was born Sept. 3, 1985 in Fort Rucker, Ala. She has one brother, Austin, 21. Ashley is majoring in health, nutrition and fitness promotion, and produced a grade-point average while taking summer classes at Nebraska. Ford chose Nebraska over New Mexico State, Temple, Kentucky, Denver and Akron. Ford's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. 11/ Creighton 11/ vs. LSU 11/ vs. TAMUCC 11/ at Minnesota 12/ Texas Southern 12/ at Northwestern 12/ at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grabling State 12/ Northern Arizona 12/ at Colorado 1/ Kansas 1/ Missouri 1/ at Iowa State 1/ Texas 1/ Totals Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 1.3 Points/game: 1.3 Assists/game: 1.6 FG Pct: 63.6 Turnovers/game: 0.6 3FG Pct: 50.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 2.5 FT Pct: 42.9 Steals/game: 0.6 Ford's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 5 Creighton (11/21/05) Rebounds 4 Creighton (11/21/05) Assists 4 Texas State (12/20/05) Steals 2 Missouri (1/11/06) Blocks 0 None FGA 2 Texas (1/18/06) Creighton (12/21/05) FGM 2 Creighton (12/21/05) FTA 2 Three Times, most recently Texas State (12/20/05) FTM 2 Texas State (12/20/05) 3-PT FGA 2 Texas (1/18/06) 3-PT FGM 1 Four Times, most recently Iowa State (1/14/06) Ford's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

19 33 Honors Junior ( ) Jessica Gerhart (pronounced GAIR-hart) has provided a solid scoring option for the Huskers through the first 16 games of The 6-2 forward from Fenton, Iowa, is averaging 9.1 points and 3.9 boards per game. She has produced double fi gures in nine games this season. Gerhart had season highs with 14 points and eight rebounds in NU s win over Creighton Nov. 21. She added a solid 12-point, fi ve-rebound effort at Iowa State on Jan. 14. She has shown improvement on defense. In Nebraska s last six games, Gerhart has posted eight steals and with 11 steals on the year, has already surpassed her total from Nebraska Career ( , ) Gerhart scored in double figures 11 times as a sophomore, including a career-high 20 points in Nebraska s win over Northern Colorado on Nov. 19. Gerhart followed that performance by scoring 19 points JESSICA GERHART 6-2, Junior, Forward, Fenton, Iowa (Sentral) and Awards 4First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2005) 4Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall, 2003, 2004; Sprint 2005) 4Street & Smith's Midwest Honorable-Mention All-American in a win over Washington State on Nov. 22. She grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Missouri and against Southeastern Louisiana. She also hit a career-high three three-pointers at Notre Dame. Gerhart played in all 30 games and averaged 3.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in She ranked as NU's top shooter from the fi eld by hitting 56.3 percent of her attempts. Gerhart managed season highs with 10 points and nine rebounds against Mississippi and tied her career scoring high with 10 points at Rice. High School Gerhart earned fi rst-team all-state honors as a senior at Sentral Community High School by averaging 23 points, 14 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.2 blocked shots per game. She closed her career as Sentral's career scoring leader. She helped Sentral and Coach Merle Tigges to the regional fi nals. A four-year starter, Gerhart helped Sentral to an four-year record. 4adidas Top 10 All-American Camp 4Three-Time All-State Selection (Iowa Girls Coaches Association and Des Moines Register) As a junior, Gerhart averaged 23 points and 11.2 rebounds, while hitting 64 percent of her field goals and 72 percent of her free throws. Sentral finished 25-1 and lost only to state champion Rock Valley. A talented all-around athlete, Gerhart also earned four letters in volleyball, three letters in softball, two letters in track and fi eld and four letters in golf. Personal The daughter of Wayne and Debra Gerhart, Jessica has one younger sister, Kelsey, 11, and two brothers, Travis, 24, and Shane, 16. Jessica was born on May 18, 1985, in Emmetsburg, Iowa. A nutrition and dietetics major, Gerhart carries owns a grade-point average and is a three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. Gerhart's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. * 11/ Creighton * 11/ vs. LSU * 11/ vs. TAMUCC * 11/ at Minnesota * 12/ Texas Southern * 12/ at Northwestern * 12/ at Michigan * 12/ Texas State * 12/ Grabling State * 12/ Northern Arizona * 12/ at Colorado * 1/ Kansas * 1/ Missouri * 1/ at Iowa State * 1/ Texas * 1/ Totals Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 3.9 Points/game: 9.1 Assists/game: 0.4 FG Pct: 42.7 Turnovers/game: 1.2 3FG Pct:.077 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.4 FT Pct: 84.6 Steals/game: 0.7 Blocks/game: 0.3 Gerhart's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 20 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) Rebounds 11 Missouri (1/8/04) SE Louisiana (12/1/04) Assists 2 Three Times, most recently Michigan (12/17/05) Steals 2 Six Times, most recently Colorado (1/4/06) Blocks 3 Baylor (1/12/05) FGA 16 Memphis (12/30/04) Western Illinois (11/12/04) FGM 10 Northern Colorado (11/19/04) FTA 4 Six Times Last, Missouri (2/26/05) FTM 4 Three Times Last, Missouri (2/26/05) 3-PT FGA 5 Louisiana-Lafayette (12/20/04) Notre Dame (11/14/04) 3-PT FGM 3 Notre Dame (11/14/04) Gerhart's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career ,

20 23 Honors Freshman ( ) The Gatorade High School Player of the Year in the state of Alaska, Kelsey Griffin has produced one of the best starts by a freshman in Nebraska hitory. The 6-2 forward from Chugiak High School in Eagle River, Alaska, reached the 100-point scoring mark faster than any other freshman in school history, reaching the century mark in the opening minute of her seventh career game at Northwestern on Dec. 10. Last week s Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 9), Griffi n ranks second on the team with 14.2 points per game, while leading NU with 7.1 rebounds per game. She produced the second double-double of her career with 16 points and 12 rebounds, including nine offensive boards, against Missouri on Jan. 11. She added eight points and five rebounds despite playing just 15 minutes because of a bad case of stomach fl u at Iowa State on Jan. 14. She bounced back with 12 points against Texas Wednesday. Griffin is having the second-most productive year of any Big 12 freshman this year, trailing only Oklahoma s Courtney Paris. Griffi n also ranks among the top 15 overall players in the Big 12 in scoring, rebounding, KELSEY GRIFFIN 6-2, Freshman, Forward, Eagle River, Alaska (Chugiak) and Awards 4Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 9, 2005) 4Miami Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team (2005) 4Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year (2005) fi eld goal percentage and offensive rebounds. She produced arguably the best game ever by an NU freshman with her 31 points and 14 rebounds in the Huskers win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. She became the fi rst Husker freshman to score 30 points in regulation, trailing only Deb Powell s 34-point, 12- rebound effort in overtime against Notre Dame in Griffi n also tied the school record with 18 free throw attempts against the Islanders. Griffi n earned a spot on the Miami Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team with her performance against TAMUCC and LSU. High School Griffi n was the top player in the state of Alaska as a senior in , claiming Gatorade State Playerof-the-Year honors. She earned fi rst-team Class 4A all-state honors as a senior and was a three-time All- Cook Inlet Conference selection for Coach Tracy Adams at Chugiak High School. Griffi n was the most dominant all-around player in the state, averaging 19.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 4.3 steals and 2.1 blocked shots per game. 4First-Team Alaska Class 4A All-State (2005) 4First NU Women's Basketball Player from State of Alaska 4Three-Time All-Cook Inlet Conference (2003, 2004, 2005) Griffi n's hard work at both ends of the court helped the Mustangs earn a third-place fi nish at the Class 4A state tournament her senior season. Griffin missed nearly all of her junior season with a knee injury, but returned at the end of the season to lead Chugiak back to the state tournament. They eventually lost to Juneau and fi nished fourth. As a sophomore, Griffi n helped Chugiak to the Class 4A state title. In the championship game win over Wasilla, Griffi n had 10 points and 13 rebounds. In addition to her success on the basketball court, Griffi n also competed in volleyball for the Mustangs. She was also a standout in the classroom as an honor roll member throughout high school. Personal The daughter of Jim Griffi n and Jan Griffin, Kelsey was born July 2, She has one brother, Geoff Ferguson, 25, and a sister, Jayme Griffin, 15. Kelsey has not declared a major, but posted a GPA while taking summer classes. She chose Nebraska over Michigan State and Arizona State. Griffin's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. * 11/ Creighton * 11/ vs. LSU * 11/ vs. TAMUCC * 11/ at Minnesota * 12/ Texas Southern * 12/ at Northwestern * 12/ at Michigan * 12/ Texas State * 12/ Grabling State * 12/ Northern Arizona * 12/ at Colorado * 1/ Kansas * 1/ Missouri * 1/ at Iowa State * 1/ Texas * 1/ Totals Griffi n's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 31 Texas A&M-CC (11/27/05) Rebounds 14 Texas A&M-CC (11/27/05) Assists 3 Michigan (12/17/05) Steals 3 Michigan (12/17/05) Blocks 2 Three Times, most recently Texas State (12/20/05) FGA 18 Texas A&M-CC (11/27/05) FGM 9 Texas A&M-CC (11/27/05) Creighton (11/21/05) FTA 18 Texas A&M-CC (11/27/05) FTM 13 Texas A&M-CC (11/27/05) 3-PT FGA 1 Texas State (12/20/05) 3-PT FGM 0 None Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 7.1 Points/game: 14.2 Assists/game: 1.1 FG Pct: 55.7 Turnovers/game: 1.3 3FG Pct: 00.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 FT Pct: 69.3 Steals/game: 1.1 Blocks/game: 0.8 Griffin's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

21 21 Honors KIERA HARDY 5-6, Junior, Guard, Kansas City, Mo. (O'Hara) and Awards 4First-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, 2005) 4Nebraska Career Three-Point Leader (158 3FG/75 games) 4No. 13 on Nebraska Career Scoring List (1,142 Points) 4Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 28, 2005; Jan. 17, 2005) 4USA Basketball Women's National Team Trials Participant (2005) 4Miami Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team ( ) 4Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team (2004) 4Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 26, 2004) 4Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall, 2003) Junior ( ) The top returning scorer in the Big 12 this season, fi rst-team All-Big 12 guard Kiera Hardy (pronounced kee-air-uh) has expanded her game as a junior. One of the most explosive players in the country, Hardy ranks among the top 15 players in the Big 12 in scoring (17.9 ppg), assists (3.5 apg), steals (2.4 spg), three-pointers made (43) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7-to-1). She is coming off a 29-point effort against Texas where she hit 6-of-10 three-pointers on her way to becoming Nebraska s career three-point leader. Hardy has 158 threes through 75 career games, smashing WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge s previous school mark of 155 threes in 117 games. Hardy has hit six or more three-pointers fi ve times in her career. With her second-highest point total of the season against UT, Hardy moved into 13th on NU s career scoring list with 1,142 points. She needs 41 points to catch Jan Crouch in 12th on NU s all-time scoring list and is on track to move into the top 10 by season s end. She scored a season-high 32 points in NU s win over Northern Arizona Dec. 31. Hardy struck for 26 against No. 3 LSU on Nov. 25, and hit for 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the fi eld against Kansas on Jan. 7. She has scored 20 or more points seven times this season and 22 times in her career. Hardy s 43 threes this year already rank third on the school s junior list, and she needs just five more to break Sabrina Brooks junior season mark of 47 in Nebraska Career ( , ) Hardy set the Nebraska sophomore scoring record with 609 points in She also tied school records with seven three-pointers against Iowa to push her season total to 85 on the year. Hardy scored in double fi gures in 28 of 32 games, including 15 games with 20 or more points and two 30-plus scoring efforts, including a career-high 37 in a win over Big 12 champion Baylor. Hardy earned Big 12 Player-of-the-Week honors on Jan. 17. In non-conference play, she earned a spot on the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team after scoring 31 points in a win over Hampton. Hardy made the greatest impact of NU's freshmen in by averaging 9.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and a team-leading 1.7 steals per game. She also tied for the team lead with 30 three-pointers, which ranked second on NU's freshman season list. Hardy had a season-high 21 points against Missouri, Feb. 25, High School Hardy led O Hara High School to a Class 4A state quarterfi nal appearance as a senior. She scored 27 points in O'Hara's overtime win over Center in the Class 4 District 14 championship game. A three-time all-state selection and a four-time fi rst-team all-conference pick, Hardy scored nearly 2,000 points for Coach Mary Haggerty in her career. Personal The daughter of Karen Hardy, Kiera has an older brother, Cameron, 23, and two sisters, La'Cletia, 22, and Kristen, 18. Kiera was born on June 22, 1985, in Kansas City, Mo. She majors in early childhood development. Hardy's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. * 11/ Creighton * 11/ vs. LSU * 11/ vs. TAMUCC * 11/ at Minnesota * 12/ Texas Southern * 12/ at Northwestern * 12/ at Michigan * 12/ Texas State * 12/ Grabling State * 12/ Northern Arizona * 12/ at Colorado * 1/ Kansas * 1/ Missouri * 1/ at Iowa State * 1/ Texas * 1/ Totals Hardy's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 37 Baylor (1/12/05) Rebounds 9 Kansas (2/7/04) Assists 8 Northwestern (12/10/05) Steals 6 Missouri (1/14/04) Blocks 1 Creighton (12/18/04) Princeton (11/23/03) FGA 27 Missouri (2/26/05) FGM 13 Northern Arizona (12/31/05) FTA 13 Baylor (1/12/05) FTM 11 Baylor (1/12/05) 3-PT FGA 19 Missouri (2/26/05) 3-PT FGM 7 Iowa (3/21/05) Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 2.9 Points/game: 17.9 Assists/game: 3.5 FG Pct: 40.6 Turnovers/game: 2.1 3FG Pct: 37.1 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.7 FT Pct: 74.5 Steals/game: 2.4 Hardy's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg , Career , , ,

22 3 Honors SARA HIEB Freshman ( ) Sara Hieb (pronounced HEEB) is the newest Husker, joining the Nebraska women s basketball team in mid-december. Hieb, a 5-3 guard from Brandon, S.D., attended the University of Nebraska during the fall semester but was not a member of the basketball team until Finals Week. Hieb was offi cially added to NU s roster on Dec. 15, after going through her fi rst practice on Dec. 14. She was issued a No. 3 jersey on Dec. 16, and played in her fi rst career game in the Huskers win at Michigan on Dec. 17. She has since seen playing time against Texas State, Grambling State and at Colorado. She also sang a stellar rendition of the National Anthem prior to the Huskers win over Kansas in Lincoln on Jan. 7. Injuries in Nebraska s backcourt to seniors Jelena Spiric and Ivana Drmanac and sophomore Heather Kephart created a need for more depth. Hieb attended Nebraska Women s Basketball Camps as a high school player at Brandon Valley, and Coach Connie Yori offered 5-3, Freshman, Guard, Brandon, S.D. (Brandon Valley) and Awards 4South Dakota Class AA All-State Tournament Team (2004) 4Two-Time All-ESD Conference (2004, 2005) 4Brandon Valley School Record 121 Career Three-Pointers Hieb an opportunity to help the Huskers during the second semester. Hieb is a smart player with a good understanding of the game. She is also a consistent three-point shooter who set the South Dakota State Tournament record with 11 three-pointers as a junior in 2004, which has since been broken. She also set the Brandon Valley school record with 121 three-pointers in her career. High School Hieb was a three-time All-East South Dakota Conference selection at Brandon Valley High School, earning first-team all-conference honors as a junior and senior after claiming honorable-mention accolades as a sophomore guard in She averaged 11 points and four assists per game as a senior, while setting the Brandon Valley record with 12 career three-pointers, including a season-season record of 51 for Coach Mark Stadem. Hieb also set the South Dakota State Tournament record with 11 three-pointers in 2004, which was later Hieb's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grabling State 12/ at Colorado 1/ Totals Games played: 4 Rebounds/game: 0.0 Points/game: 0.0 Assists/game: 0.0 FG Pct: 0.0 Turnovers/game: 0.0 3FG Pct: 0.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.0 FT Pct: 0.0 Steals/game: 0.0 broken by current Texas State starter Jenna Hoffman. Hieb went head-to-head with Hoffman in the second game of her Husker career on Dec. 20, Hieb s performance in the state tournament earned her a spot on the all-tournament team as a junior. She also helped Brandon Valley advance to the state tournament in 2002 and A strong all-around athlete, Hieb earned three letters in track and fi eld and one letter in cross country in addition to her four letters in basketball. Hieb was also an outstanding performer in the classroom, posting a 3.97 GPA during her career to rank eighth among the 200 members of her graduating class. She was also a member of the National Honor Society. Personal The daughter of Mike and Val Hieb, Sara was born March 24, 1987, in Sioux Falls, S.D. She has one sister, Laura, 13. Sara is majoring in architecture at Nebraska. She attended Nebraska Women s Basketball Summer Camps during her high school career. Hieb's Career Sta tis tics Category Total Game Points 0 None Rebounds 0 None Assists 0 None Steals 0 None Blocks 0 None FGA 0 None FGM 0 None FTA 0 None FTM 0 None 3-PT FGA 0 None 3-PT FGM 0 None Hieb's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

23 LATOYA HOWELL 5-5, Senior, Guard, Chicago, Ill. (Queen of Peace/Air Force) 5 Honors and Awards 4Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Conference ( ) 4Two-Time Mountain West Conference Player of the Week (Dec. 2, 2002; Dec. 30, 2002) 4Air Force Single-Season Assist Record (119, ) 4Air Force Single-Season Steals Record (90, ) 4Air Force Single-Game Assist Record (15 vs. UNLV, Jan. 30, 2003) 4Air Force Single-Game Steals Record (8 vs. UNLV, Feb. 23, 2002) Senior ( ) Senior guard LaToya Howell has played solid basketball as Nebraska s starting point guard in Howell has started NU s fi rst 16 games and leads the Huskers with 4.4 assists per contest. She scored a Nebraska career-high 12 points at No. 10 Minnesota, and had a career-best 10-assist performance at Iowa State on Jan. 14. Howell is shooting a solid 81.5 percent from the free throw line and 33.3 percent from three-point range. She is averaging 4.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 steal per game. Howell opened the Big 12 season with a nine-point effort at Colorado on Jan. 4. She tied her career high with six assists against Kansas on Jan. 7, one of fi ve times this season she has dished out six or more assists in a game. She added seven points against Missouri on Jan. 11. Nebraska Career ( , ) After redshirting in , Howell made her Nebraska debut as a junior in She appeared in 30 games and averaged 3.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and a team-leading 2.1 steals per game. Her 63 steals on the year marked the highest individual total by a Husker since Nicole Kubik's 108 in Howell scored a career-high 10 points against Northern Colorado and grabbed a career-best seven rebounds at Iowa State on Jan. 22. She set her careerhigh with six assists against Southeastern Louisiana. She fi ve steals on two occasions. Air Force ( , ) Howell averaged 17.4 points, 7.0 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game in She tied the Air Force single-game record with 38 points against Minnesota. She also set an Air Force single-season record with 119 assists. Howell had an Air Force record with 15 assists in a win over UNLV on Jan. 30. She led all Mountain West freshmen in scoring with 10.0 points per game. She added 3.9 assists and 3.2 steals per contest. Her 49 steals in Mountain West Conference games established a league record. Howell set a school single-season record with 90 steals, including a single-game record eight steals against UNLV. She added 109 assists. Howell erupted for a season-high 30 points against San Diego State to help her earn honorable-mention All- Mountain West Conference honors. She was also the MVP of the Air Force Academy Prep School in , leading the team to a school-record 19 wins while setting 48 team or individual records. High School Howell attended Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Ill. A four-year letterwinner for Coach Lori Esser, Howell scored more than 1,000 career points. Howell was a three-year all-area and all-conference selection and earned honorable-mention all-state honors after the season. Personal The daughter of James and Sandra Howell, LaToya has two younger sisters, LaTia, 19, and LaTanya, 17. LaToya was born on Nov. 7, 1982, in Chicago, Ill. Howell is majoring in psychology at Nebraska. Howell's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. * 11/ Creighton * 11/ vs. LSU * 11/ vs. TAMUCC * 11/ at Minnesota * 12/ Texas Southern * 12/ at Northwestern * 12/ at Michigan * 12/ Texas State * 12/ Grabling State * 12/ Northern Arizona * 12/ at Colorado * 1/ Kansas * 1/ Missouri * 1/ at Iowa State * 1/ Texas * 1/ Totals Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 2.9 Points/game: 4.3 Assists/game: 4.4 FG Pct: 30.8 Turnovers/game: 2.8 3FG Pct: 33.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.6 FT Pct: 81.5 Steals/game: 1.0 Blocks/game: 0.1 Howell's Career Sta tis tics Category Total Game Points 12 Minnesota (12/3/05) Rebounds 7 Iowa State (1/22/05) Assists 10 Iowa State (1/14/06) Steals 5 Colorado (3/2/05) Missouri (2/26/05) Blocks 0 None FGA 11 Texas (1/18/06) FGM 4 Baylor (1/12/05) FTA 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/27/05) Oklahoma State (2/1/05) FTM 6 Oklahoma State (2/1/05) 3-PT FGA 3 Five Times, most recently Texas (1/18/06) 3-PT FGM 2 Three Times, most recently Texas State (12/20/05) Howell's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career ,

24 22 Honors HEATHER Sophomore ( ) Heather Kephart has worked through injuries in her first two seasons at Nebraska and was granted a medical hardship last season to give her three more seasons of eligibility for the Huskers. Entering her third season at Nebraska, Kephart was healthy and ready to show the shooting and scoring ability that made her the most prolific scorer in Oklahoma high school history during her prep career. However, Kephart has experienced recurring pain in her foot and is likely out for the season. She has not practice with the Huskers for several weeks and has not appeared in a regular season game since playing in NU s second game of the season at Notre Dame. Nebraska Career ( , ) Kephart battled foot and hip injuries as a sophomore. She made her only appearance at Notre Dame in the Preseason WNIT. She played 10 minutes, hitting one three-pointer, pulling down two rebounds and dishing out one assist. KEPHART 5-8, Sophomore, Guard, Canute, Okla. (Canute) and Awards 4Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall, 2003; Spring, 2004, 2005) 4Ranks No. 2 on Oklahoma High School Girls All-Time Scoring List (2,747 Points) Kephart provided a potent threat from three-point range for the Huskers through the fi rst eight games of her freshman season. She connected on 17-of-46 (37.0 percent) three-point attempts to lead the Huskers in both categories through eight games. She opened the season with 16 points in a win over Wofford, which tied for the fi fth-highest total by a freshman in a career-opening game in school history. Her performance against the Lady Terriers included a 4-of-8 effort from long range. In NU's come-from-behind win at Washington State, she hit a career-high five threepointers on seven attempts. Despite playing in only 11 games, Kephart still ranked fi fth on the Nebraska freshman single-season list with 17 three-pointers. High School A four-year starter at Class B Canute High School, Kephart amassed a then-oklahoma high school record 2,747 points in 117 career games, averaging 23.5 points 4AAU All-American (2002) 4Oklahoma High School Girls Tournament Single-Game Scoring Record (41 points) per game. She averaged 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists per game in , despite playing much of her senior season with an injured shoulder that required off-season surgery. As a junior, Kephart averaged 30.1 points, eight rebounds and fi ve assists per game for Coach Mike Maddox. She connected on 78 three-pointers, while hitting 42 percent of her long-range attempts. A 2002 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American, Kephart was a standout in the classroom, earning valedictorian honors while being named to the National Honor Society. Personal The daughter of Dean and Cecilia Kephart, Heather has two older sisters, Jenny, 25, and Amber, 22. Heather was born on Jan. 15, 1985, in Clinton, Okla. Kephart is majoring in business administration at Nebraska and is a three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. Kephart's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. Out for Season - Injury Kephart's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 16 Wofford (11/21/03) Rebounds 4 Princeton (11/23/03) Texas-Arlington (12/6/03) Assists 2 Princeton (11/23/03) Steals 2 Wofford (11/21/03) Blocks 1 Princeton (11/23/03) FGA 10 Wofford (11/21/03) FGM 5 Wofford (11/21/03) Washington State (12/4/03) FTA 2 Wofford (11/21/03) E. Kentucky (11/29/03) FTM 2 Wofford (11/21/03) 3-PT FGA 8 Wofford (11/21/03) 3-PT FGM 5 Washington State (12/4/03) Kephart's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

25 TK LAFLEUR 5-9, Freshman, Guard, Houston, Texas (Warren Township, Grayslake, Ill.) 12 Honors and Awards 4Street & Smith's Honorable-Mention High School All-American 4No. 5 on All-Star Girls Report Top 100 Two-Guard List ( ) 4No. 43 on All-Star Girls Report Top 100 ( ) 4adidas Top 10 Summer Camp (2003, 2004) 4adidas Top 10 Summer Camp All-Star (2003, 2004) 4Invited to USA Youth Developmental Festival (North) 4No. 6 Player in Texas Class of 2005 by Texas Roundball (2003) Freshma ( ) TK (TreKessa) LaFleur has enjoyed a solid start to her collegiate career in Nebraska s backcourt. The 5-9 freshman guard from Houston, Texas, is averaging 5.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. She has played in all 16 games and is averaging more than 14 minutes per contest off the bench. LaFleur ranks third among the Huskers with 10 made three-pointers and is shooting 32.3 percent from long range. She has also shown a solid shooting touch at the free throw line, connecting on 78.3 percent of her attempts. LaFleur has scored in double figures on three occasions, including a career-best 16-point effort in 18 minutes against Texas State. Against the Bobcats, she hit 5-of-7 shots from the field, including 2-of-3 shots from three-point range. She also grabbed four rebounds against her home state school. She scored 15 points against another home state school, Texas Southern, hitting a career-high seven field goals. She added a career-high three steals against the Lady Tigers on Dec. 7. LaFleur produced the fi rst double-fi gure scoring effort of her career with 10 points and a pair of threepointers at No. 10 Minnesota on Dec. 3. High School As a senior at Warren Township High School in Grayslake, Ill., LaFleur earned third-team Class AA all-state honors. As a junior she averaged 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.3 steals per game for Coach John Stanczykiewicz and the Blue Devils. She was also a fi rst-team all-area selection by the Arlington Heights Daily Herald. As a sophomore at Langham Creek High School in Houston, Texas, LaFleur poured in 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.6 steals and 4.1 assists per game in Personal The daughter of Cedrick and Tammie LaFleur, TK was born April 15, 1987, in Lake Charles, La. She has one brother, Patrick, 13. TK has not declared a major at Nebraska. LaFleur chose Nebraska over Baylor, Georgia Tech, South Florida and Tulsa. She also visited Vanderbilt, Kansas State and Duke. LaFleur's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. 11/ Creighton 11/ vs. LSU 11/ vs. TAMUCC 11/ at Minnesota 12/ Texas Southern 12/ at Northwestern 12/ at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grabling State 12/ Northern Arizona 12/ at Colorado 1/ Kansas 1/ Missouri 1/ at Iowa State 1/ Texas 1/ Totals LaFleur's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 16 Texas State (12/20/05) Rebounds 5 Creighton (11/21/05) Assists 4 Grambling State (12/29/05) Steals 3 Texas Southern (12/7/05) Blocks 1 Texas State (12/20/05) FGA 13 Texas Southern (12/7/05) FGM 7 Texas Southern (12/7/05) FTA 6 Texas State (12/20/05) FTM 4 Texas State (12/20/05) 4 Creighton (11/21/05) 3-PT FGA 5 Minnesota (12/3/05) 3-PT FGM 2 Three Times, most recently Texas State (12/20/05) Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 1.9 Points/game: 5.0 Assists/game: 1.1 FG Pct: 32.9 Turnovers/game: 1.3 3FG Pct: 32.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 FT Pct: 78.3 Steals/game: 0.6 Blocks/game: 0.1 LaFleur's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

26 52 Honors DANIELLE PAGE 6-2, Sophomore, Forward, Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer) and Awards 4Two-Time Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 31, Feb. 14) 4No. 4 on Nebraska s Freshman Block List (31, ) 4Big 12 Commissioner s Honor Roll (Fall 2004; Spring 2005) 4The Show - Colorado All-Star Game - MVP (2004) 4First-Team Class 4A All-State (2004, Rocky Mountain News) 4Colorado Springs Gazette Big School Player of the Year (2004) 4First-Team All-Metro League (2003, 2004) Sophomore ( ) After a solid freshman campaign, Danielle Page suffered a setback before the start of her sophomore season when she was diagnosed with an ailment that affects her breathing. Page was limited in practice early in the season and her production suffered, averaging just 1.8 points and 1.8 rebounds through the first fi ve games. However, Page has continued to improve her ability to cope with her illness throughout the season and was a major contributor in NU s eight-game winning streak from Dec. 7 to Jan. 7. She averaged 6.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game during the stretch. Page enters the Texas Tech game averaging 4.4 rebounds and 3.2 rebounds per game along with a team-leading 15 blocked shots. Freshman ( ) Page enjoyed a strong first season, averaging 6.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, while leading the Huskers with 31 blocks, which ranked as the fourthhighest total by a freshman in school history. She was a two-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week and averaged 8.0 points and 4.1 boards per game in league action. She produced all six of her double-fi gure scoring efforts on the year in conference play. Page notched her first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds against Kansas on Jan. 29. She added a career-high 15 points in the Huskers win over Oklahoma on Feb. 5. She also posted a career-best fi ve blocks in a win over Iowa State on Feb. 12. High School Page was the fi rst player in Nebraska's six-player recruiting class to commit to the Huskers in She was a fi rst-team Class 4A selection by the Rocky Mountain News and the Colorado Springs Gazette's Athlete of the Year for girls basketball in A two-time All-Metro League selection, Page helped Lewis-Palmer High School to an 18-6 record and a share of the 4A Metro championship as a senior. She averaged 22.0 points, 12.7 rebounds, 4.5 blocks, 4.3 steals and 2.8 assists per game for Coach Doug Cox. She shot 53 percent from the fi eld and 70 percent from the free throw line. After her senior season, Page was chosen to play in The Show, featuring the top 25 seniors in the state of Colorado, at the Pepsi Center in Denver on April 10. Page earned MVP honors in the game by scoring 17 points to the lead the White team to victory. As a junior, Page averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game for Lewis-Palmer while earning firstteam All-Metro League honors, second-team all-area accolades and honorable-mention all-state recognition. She was also an honorable-mention all-state pick as a sophomore. She earned academic all-state honors in the classroom as a senior. Personal The daughter of Fred and Lynn Page, Danielle was born Nov. 14, 1986, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She has one brother, Britain, 10. Danielle carries a GPA as a nutrition, fi tness and health promotion major. Page's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. 11/ Creighton 11/ vs. LSU 11/ vs. TAMUCC 11/ at Minnesota 12/ Texas Southern 12/ at Northwestern 12/ at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grambling State 12/ Northern Arizona 12/ at Colorado 1/ Kansas 1/ Missouri 1/ at Iowa State 1/ Texas 1/ Totals Page's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 15 Oklahoma (2/6/05) Rebounds 11 Kansas (1/29/05) Assists 4 Oklahoma State (2/1/05) Steals 3 Grambling State (12/29/05) Northern Colorado (11/19/04) Blocks 5 Iowa State (2/12/05) FGA 14 Iowa State (1/22/05) FGM 6 Kansas (1/29/05) FTA 9 Oklahoma (2/6/05) FTM 7 Oklahoma (2/6/05) 3-PT FGA 1 NC State (11/26/04) 3-PT FGM 0 None Games played: 16 Assists/game: 0.3 Points/game: 4.4 Turnovers/game: 0.9 FG Pct: 37.9 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.4 FT Pct: 84.4 Steals/game: 0.8 Rebounds/game: 3.2 Blocks/game: 0.9 Page's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

27 4 JELENA Senior ( ) Jelena Spiric (pronounced YEll-uh-nuh SPEER-itch) earned Big 12 Newcomer-of-the-Year honors as a junior for the Huskers in and was poised for even bigger things as a senior. However, a knee injury in practice on Oct. 18 is expected to sideline Spiric for the entire campaign. Spiric will likely apply for a medical hardship, and if granted will have one year of eligibility remaining at Nebraska. Spiric made an instant impact at Nebraska despite being slowed for most of the non-conference season while recovering from major knee surgery in March She started 14 of NU's 16 Big 12 games and ranked second on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game and third on the team in rebounding with 4.6 boards per game in conference play. She was a two-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week. SPIRIC 6-0, Senior, Forward, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (The Belgrade V/Colby CC) Honors and Awards 4Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2005) 4Two-Time Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 10, Jan. 17) 4Big 12 Commissioner s Honor Roll (Fall 2004; Spring 2005) Spiric was even better in the postseason, averaging 15.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in the Huskers' two Postseason WNIT contests. She scored a career-high 19 points in NU's win over eventual national champion Baylor, while adding a career-best nine boards against the Lady Bears. Colby CC ( ) In her only season at Colby CC, Spiric led the Lady Trojans to their best season in school history. Spiric led Colby to a school-record 29 wins and a No. 8 national ranking for Coach Tom Stephens. Spiric averaged 15.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals per contest. She earned fi rstteam NJCAA All-America honor. Her 517 points as a sophomore were the eighth-highest single-season point total in school history. 4First-Team NJCAA All-American (2004) 4First-Team NJCAA All-Region VI (2004) 4First-Team NJCAA Region VI All-Tournament Team (2004) 4Serbia & Montenegro National Team (2004) (UMass-Lowell) Spiric attended the University of Massachusetts- Lowell and started 30 games as a true freshman for the NCAA Division II power River Hawks. In her only season, she averaged 8.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game. High School Spiric attended The V Belgrade High School and played club basketball for Red Star, Radivoj Korac, Partizan, Vojvodina and the Serbia & Montenegro National Team program. She played on the Partizan club team with Samardziska and Drmanac. Personal The daughter of Slobodan and Branislava Spiric, Jelena was born on Aug. 11, 1983, in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. She has one brother, Nikola, 26. Jelena carries a GPA as a biochemistry major. Spiric's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. Out for Season - Injury Spiric's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 19 Baylor (1/12/05) Rebounds 9 Baylor (1/12/05) Assists 6 Memphis (12/30/04) Steals 5 Kansas State (2/23/05) Blocks 1 Three Times, most recently Iowa (3/21/05) FGA 12 Iowa (3/21/05) Kansas State (1/15/05) FGM 5 Six Times, most recently Iowa (3/21/05) FTA 16 Baylor (1/12/05) FTM 15 Baylor (1/12/05) 3-PT FGA 6 Iowa (3/21/05) 3-PT FGM 2 Four Times, most recently Iowa (3/21/05) Spiric's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career

28 SARAH WHITE 6-0, Sophomore, Forward, Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) 14 Honors and Awards 4Big 12 Commissioner s Honor Roll (Fall 2004; Spring 2005) 4First-Team Kansas All-Class All-State (2004) 4First-Team Kansas Class 6A All-State (2004) 4Second-Team Kansas Class 6A All-State (2003) 4Centennial Conference Most Valuable Player (2003, 2004) 4First-Team All-Centennial Conference (2003, 2004) 4First-Team Kansas Class 6A All-State (Soccer, 2003) Sophomore ( ) After spending a season making the transition from high school post to Division I perimeter player, Sarah White is making a greater contribution to the Huskers. The 6-0 forward from Topeka, Kan., is averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in just under nine minutes per contest while playing in all 16 games. She is shooting 60.9 percent from the fi eld and 70 percent (7-10) from three-point range. She hit seven straight three-point attempts and seven consecutive shots overall before missing her second attempt at Iowa State on Jan. 14. In addition to nearly quadrupling her three-point total from with seven, White has matched or surpassed points, assists and steals totals from last season, while improving her shooting percentages. White enjoyed a career night in the Huskers win over Texas State, scoring a career-high nine points, including a career-best two three-pointers. She also set a careerbest with two assists, and added just the third blocked shot of her career against the Bobcats. She added eight points, including a big first-half three-pointer to spark NU s fi rst win at Colorado in 20 years. She added fi ve quick points, including another three-pointers in the win over Kansas on Jan. 7. White set her fi rst career high of the season with three steals in NU s win over Creighton on Nov. 21. Freshman ( ) White played in 21 games and averaged 2.2 points and 1.1 rebounds per game for the Huskers as a true freshman. Although she played in just two of Nebraska's fi rst eight Big 12 games, her playing times increased signifi cantly late in the year. White played in each of NU's fi nal seven Big 12 games and both Big 12 Tournament games, while also playing in both Postseason WNIT contests. High School White captured first-team Kansas all-class all-state honors at Washburn Rural High School as a senior in She added first-team Class 6A accolades after leading Washburn Rural to a state runner-up finish as a senior. She added first-team All-Centennial Conference accolades, as the two-time league MVP. As a junior in , White averaged 18.6 points and 8.5 rebounds per game to earn second-team Class 6A all-state honors. She was also a unanimous choice for fi rst-team All-Centennial Conference honors. White earned four letters in basketball and three in soccer. She also claimed fi rst-team Class 6A all-state honors in soccer as a junior in Along with her high school experience, White played for the Kansas Belles basketball club where she was coached by former Husker forward Kate Benson. White also played for the Kansas City Hawks club team. A solid performer in the classroom, White was a member of the National Honor Society and FCA. Personal The daughter of Randal and Charlet White, Sarah was born Sept. 28, 1985, in Ponca City, Okla. She has one brother, Austin, 22. Sarah owns a GPA as an elementary education major at Nebraska. She is a twotime member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. White's Game-by-Game Statistics ---Total Pts Rebounds-- Opponent GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg. South Dakota St. 11/ Creighton 11/ vs. LSU 11/ vs. TAMUCC 11/ at Minnesota 12/ Texas Southern 12/ at Northwestern 12/ at Michigan 12/ Texas State 12/ Grambling State 12/ Northern Arizona 12/ at Colorado 1/ Kansas 1/ Missouri 1/ at Iowa State 1/ Texas 1/ Totals Games played: 16 Rebounds/game: 1.3 Points/game: 3.3 Assists/game: 0.3 FG Pct: 60.9 Turnovers/game: 0.6 3FG Pct: 70.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.4 FT Pct: 70.8 Steals/game: 0.3 Blocks/game: 0.1 White's Career Highs Category Total Game Points 9 Texas State (12/20/05) Rebounds 4 Northwestern (12/10/05) Assists 2 Texas State (12/20/05) Grambling State (12/29/05) Steals 3 Creighton (11/21/05) Blocks 1 Three Times, most recently Grambling State (12/29/05) FGA 4 Four Times, most recently Texas (2/9/05) FGM 3 SE Louisiana (12/1/04) FTA 5 Memphis (12/30/04) FTM 4 Memphis (12/30/04) 3-PT FGA 3 Three Times, most recently Grambling State (12/29/05) 3-PT FGM 2 Texas State (12/20/05) White's Career Sta tis tics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg Career