Huskers Hunt 10th Straight Win Against Omaha
• NCAA NET No. 12 Nebraska hunts for just the fourth double-digit winning streak in school history when the Huskers play host to Omaha Tuesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
• Tip-off between the Big Red (9-0) and Mavericks (1-8) in Lincoln is set for 7 p.m. (CT) with tickets available at Huskers.com. Free live audio from the Huskers Radio Network will be available on Huskers.com, the Huskers App, 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 1490 AM/97.3 FM/97.7 HD3 in Omaha with Nate Rohr and Jeff Griesch on the call.
• A live video stream will be available to subscribers of B1G+.
• Nebraska improved to 9-0 with a record-setting 101-83 win at Penn State on Saturday afternoon. The Huskers set the school record with a 36-point fourth quarter on their way to 67 second-half points - tying the most in school history in any conference game.
• One of the nation's top offensive teams, the Huskers produced 80 points for the school-record ninth consecutive game with their third 100-point performance of the season. The 101 points against the Lady Lions also matched the school record for most points ever scored in a conference road contest.
• The Huskers are led by Nancy Lieberman Award candidate Britt Prince. The 5-11 sophomore point guard from Omaha ranks among the top scorers in the Big Ten Conference at 21.2 points while adding 4.1 assists. The Elkhorn North grad and two-time Nebraska High School Player of the Year has produced double figures in 13 consecutive games, including 20 points and six assists at Penn State. She owns a pair of 30-point efforts (ORU, Virginia) early this season. She is shooting 63.9 percent.
• Prince leads an emerging sophomore class for the Huskers that includes Amiah Hargrove. The 6-2 forward from Christopher, Ill., erupted for a career-high 26 points at Penn State. Hargrove poured in 19 in the second half alone on 8-of-9 shooting. She hit 10-of-14 shots and 4-of-5 threes in the best game of her young career. Hargrove scored 39 points in 35 game minutes last week for the Big Red. She is averaging 12.4 points and a team-leading 6.3 rebounds while hitting 61.5 percent of her shots.
• Sophomore Petra Bozan pitched in a career high of her own with 17 points in the win at Penn State. Bozan scored Nebraska's final two points of the third quarter and first nine points of the fourth quarter to help Hargrove and Prince fuel the Big Red's second-half scoring explosion. Bozan, a 6-3 forward from Split, Croatia, is averaging 9.0 points and 4.4 rebounds in her first season as a starter replacing four-time All-Big Ten post Alexis Markowski. Bozan also just missed a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in last Wednesday's home win over Bradley.
• Junior Jessica Petrie has been a model of consistency as a starter inside alongside Bozan. The 6-2 forward from Gold Coast, Australia, produced double figures for the eighth time in nine games with 10 points at Penn State. She produced her first double-double of the season and second of her career with 15 points and 10 rebounds in NU's last home win over Bradley. She is averaging 12.0- points and 5.3 rebounds on the season.
• Senior Callin Hake adds a dynamic playmaker at both ends. The 5-8 guard from Victoria, Minn., is one of the Big Ten's top defenders, leading the Huskers in steals (15) and charges drawn. She adds a team-best 5.0 assists to go with her 8.0 points per game, including a career-high eight assists at Penn State.
• Graduate guard Hailey Weaver rounds out NU's starting five as a leader alongside Hake on the defensive end. The Big Red's top ball-pressuring guard ("Pirate" or "Hound"), Weaver ranks second on the team in steals and shares the team lead with Petrie in blocked shots while adding 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds.
• Nebraska's rotation goes 10-12 deep, including significant contributions from Eliza Maupin (8.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg), Logan Nissley (7.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg), Claire Johnson (6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) and Kennadi Williams (2.9 ppg), along with Emily Fisher and Alanna Neale.
Nebraska All-Time Win Streaks
1. 2009-10 (1-30) 30
2. 2021-22 (1-12) 12
3. 2012-13 (19-28) 10
4. 2025-26 (1-9, active) 9
2013-14 (19-27) 9
2011-12 (8-16) 9
1997-97 (1-9) 9
No. 24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (NET 12) (9-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
4 - Petra Bozan - 6-3 - So. - F - 9.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg
12 - Jessica Petrie - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 12.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg
1 - Hailey Weaver - 6-0 - Gr. - G - 4.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg
14 - Callin Hake - 5-8 - Sr. - G - 8.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg
23 - Britt Prince - 5-11 - So. - G - 21.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Off the Bench
33 - Amiah Hargrove - 6-2 - So. - F - 12.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg
21 - Eliza Maupin - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 8.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg
5 - Claire Johnson - 5-9 - So. - G - 6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg
2 - Logan Nissley - 6-0 - Jr. - G - 7.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg
15 - Kennadi Williams - 5-4 - RFr. - G - 2.9 ppg, 0.8 rpg
34 - Emily Fisher - 6-0 - Jr. - G/F - 2.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg
00 - Alanna Neale - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 1.6 ppg, 0.4 rpg
22 - Natalie Potts - 6-2 - RSo. - F - 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
3 - Allison Weidner [Out] - 5-10 - Gr. - G - Redshirt
Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)
10th Season at Nebraska (167-123); 19th Season Overall (360-232)
Omaha Mavericks (1-8, 0-0 Summit League)
11 - Ali Stephens - 5-11 - Fr. - F - 5.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg
14 - Avril Smith - 6-0 - Fr. - F - 2.3 ppg, 9.9 rpg
2 - Leekaya Burke Perryman - 5-3 - Fr. - G - 4.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg
4 - Daria Shelby - 5-8 - So. - G - 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
5 - Sarai Estupinan - 5-5 - Gr. - G - 15.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Off the Bench
22 - Cora Olsen - 5-9 - Jr. - F - 17.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
24 - Regan Juenemann - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 7.8 ppg, 1.1 rpg
33 - Lillian Merow - 6-2 - Fr. - C - 4.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg
12 - Elsa Vedral - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 3.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg
7 - Esra Kurban - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 0.7 ppg, 0.2 rpg
23 - Erikka Gooden - 5-11 - Fr. - F - 0.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
Head Coach: Jamie Carey (Texas, 2004)
First Season at Omaha (1-8); First Season Overall (1-8)
Huskers Collect for U.S. Marines Toys 4 Tots
• The Nebraska women's basketball program will participate in the annual U.S. Marines Toys 4 Tots drive during its game with Omaha on Tuesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
• Fans are encouraged to donate new, unwrapped toys or cash, which will be collected by U.S. Marines positioned at both of the main entrances to Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Nebraska 1 of 3 Unbeaten Basketball Schools
• Nebraska is one of just three remaining NCAA Division I schools with undefeated men's and women's basketball programs.
• The Husker men's team coached by Fred Hoiberg (9-0) and the women's team coached by Amy Williams (9-0) join Iowa State and Vanderbilt as the only unbeaten basketball schools remaining in NCAA Division I.
• It is the first time the NU men's and women's basketball teams have started 9-0 the same season.
• The Husker men, who own the nation's longest active winning streak (13 games), play host to Wisconsin at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Big Red's Big Ten opener.
Huskers Hitting 80 at Historic Rate
• Nebraska has scored at least 80 points in each of its nine games to open 2025-26, including three 100-point scoring efforts.
• The only other time Nebraska produced 80 or more points in eight consecutive games came from the 1987-88 Big Eight Champion Huskers in an eight-game span from Jan. 6 at Maine (L, 82-89) through a 94-82 win at Oklahoma (Jan. 27). The 1987-88 Huskers went 7-1 during the stretch - previously the longest streak of scoring 80 or more points in school history.
Huskers Hang 100 on Lady Lions, Tie School Season Record
• Nebraska's 101-point effort at Penn State not only tied the school scoring record in a conference road game, it also tied a school season record with NU's third 100-point peformance in 2025-26.
• The last time Nebraska put up three 100-point games in a season came in 2021-22, when the Huskers crossed the century mark in three of NU's first five games against Maine (108, Nov. 9), Prairie View A&M (102, Nov. 11) and North Carolina Central (113, Nov. 20). The only other time the Huskers have produced three 100-point games in the same season came in 1982-83.
• Nebraska has never scored 100 points in four games in the same season.
Efficient Big Red Spread Wealth, Share Rock
• As a team, NU ranks ninth nationally in scoring offense (90.7 ppg), while ranking second in field goal percentage (.539), 12th in scoring margin (30.1 ppg) and 21st in three-point percentage (.378).
• NU ranks sixth nationally in assists per game (21.1 apg) and 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.62). Three Huskers rank in the top 75 nationally in assist-to-turnover - Callin Hake (33rd, 2.65), Logan Nissley (53rd, 2.33) and Britt Prince (75th, 2.06) - but do not lead the team in the category. Redshirt freshman Kennadi Williams leads the Huskers with 22 assists to 5 turnovers (4.40) but does not make the national minimum of 3.0 assists per game.
• Nebraska's early season depth has been remarkable, especially considering the Huskers have been playing without injured Katrina McClain Award candidate Natalie Potts and Allison Weidner, a graduate guard redshirting in 2025-26 with an injury. In 1,800 game minutes, Nebraska's five starters have combined for approximately 1,030 minutes, while the reserves have played approximately 770.
• Nebraska ranks fourth nationally in bench scoring (35.8 ppg), including 45 points in the Big Ten-opening road win at Penn State.
• As a team, Nebraska leads the Big Ten and ranks second nationally by shooting 53.9 percent from the field through nine games. Only two Husker teams have ever hit 50 percent or better from the field - 1991-92 (.503) and 1987-88 (.500).
Scouting the Omaha Mavericks
• Omaha comes to Lincoln in Coach Jamie Carey's first season leading the Mavs. The former Texas and Stanford point guard has seen her team struggle to a 1-8 start, including a 71-60 home loss to Northern Colorado on Saturday.
• The Mavericks, who finished 14-17 overall and 5-11 in the Summit League last season, lost last year's leading scorers Grace Cave (16.2 ppg) and Ja Harvey (15.0 ppg) to graduation.
• Cora Olsen is back as the Mavs' top returning scorer (9.4 ppg) from a year ago. The 5-9 junior forward out of Millard South is averaging a team-best 17.3 points but has missed the last three games. Olsen had 23 point and seven rebounds in 39 minutes in an 82-73 loss to Cal State Bakersfield at Baxter Arena in Omaha (Nov. 20). It was her third 20-point scoring effort of the season. Olsen had three points and four rebounds against Nebraska last season.
• Sophomore Daria Shelby has stepped into the starting five in place of Olsen, but is averaging just 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds early in the year.
• Graduate guard Saria Estupinan led the Mavs with 23 points and five assists in the loss to the Bears. The 5-5 transfer from Old Dominion is averaging 15.6 points and a team-best 3.4 assists per game, while also leading Omaha with 19 three-pointers (.339). Estupinan, who is also shooting nearly 90 percent (35-39) at the free throw line, also owns 41 turnovers (4.6 pg). The fifth-year collegian who is competing at her fifth school, appeared in 15 games with two starts at ODU last year. She was a walk-on who redshirted at UTSA in 2023-24. She started her career at St. Mary's (Texas) before transferring to Tallahassee CC.
• Freshmen Ali Stephens (5.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg), Leekaya Burke Perryman (4.7 ppg) and Avril Smith (2.3 ppg) have started every game early in their Mav careers. Smith, a 6-0 forward from Millard North is Omaha's top rebounder, averaging 9.9 boards per game. Stephens is coming off a 14-points, seven-rebound effort against Northern Colorado.
• A fourth freshman, Regan Juenemann comes off the bench as Omaha's third-leading scorer at 7.8 points per game. She is shooting a team-best 43.3 percent (13-30) from three-point range. She had nine points Saturday against Northern Colorado.
• Freshmen Lillian Merow (4.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg) - the tallest active Mav at 6-2 - had eight points and three rebounds Saturday against Northern Colorado. Elsa Vedral (3.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg) gives the Mavs six significant first-year freshman contributors. Vedral, who was an all-stater at Omaha Marian, is the daughter of former Nebraska football player Mike Vedral. Her brother Noah was the starting quarterback at Rutgers, while her brother Ezra plays football at Kansas. Her sister Anna is a pole vaulter at Kansas and her brother Eli was a cross country and track athlete at Creighton.
• As a team, Omaha is shooting just 34.2 percent from the field, including 30.7 percent from three-point range. The Mavs have hit 67.3 percent of their free throws. Omaha has been outscored 78.0-56.9 through nine games and carries a minus-6.9 rebound margin and a minus-7.2 turnover margin.
Nebraska vs. Omaha Series History
• Nebraska leads the all-time series with Omaha, 18-9, including four consecutive wins. In the most recent meeting, the Huskers rolled to an 88-48 victory over the Mavs in the 2024-25 season opener at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Nov. 4, 2024. Alexis Markowski and Natalie Potts each scored 14 points to lead six Huskers in double figures. Allison Weidner added 11 points and Britt Prince pitched in 10 in her collegiate debut. Logan Nissley and Petra Bozan each contributed 12 points off the bench for the Big Red in front of 8,106 fans at Nebraska's Annual Life Skills Sportsmanship Pep Rally game.
• The Huskers also rolled to a 100-36 win over the Mavs at Pinnacle Bank Arena in the 2022-23 season opener, as part of the Sportsmanship Pep Rally (Nov. 7, 2022).
• Nebraska was ranked in the top 25 nationally for each of the two previous meetings, including No. 22 in 2022 and No. 23 in 2024.
• In the first meeting between the schools as Division I teams, Nebraska worked its way to a 66-58 win over the Mavs in Coach Amy Williams' fourth game as NU's head coach on Nov. 22, 2016 at PBA.
• In 2010-11, the Huskers defeated the Division II Mavs, 80-44 at the Devaney Center, as freshman Jordan Hooper scored 25 points on 12-of-14 shooting from the field. The 2010 meeting (Nov. 26) was the first between the schools since UNO defeated the Huskers, 76-74, in Omaha on Dec. 20, 1986.
• Nebraska owns six straight series wins in Lincoln, dating back to a 66-62 loss on Jan. 30, 1980.
• Overall, Nebraska is 11-3 against Omaha in Lincoln, dating back to the first-ever meeting between the schools on Dec. 4, 1974 - a 47-41 win by the Mavericks.
Prince Named to Nancy Lieberman Watch List
• Nebraska's Britt Prince was named to the list of 20 women's college basketball players on the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Preseason Watch List on Oct. 27. The Lieberman Award was the first of the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Fan voting for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award is open at http://www.hoophallawards.
• Prince, a 5-11 sophomore from Omaha, Neb., returns for her second season at Nebraska after averaging 13.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals as a true freshman.
• Through nine games this season, she is averaging a team-best 21.2 points per game while hitting 63.9 percent (76-119) of her shots from the field, including 14-of-26 threes (.538).
• Prince was the MVP of the Emerald Coast Classic Beach Bracket (Nov. 24-25) after leading the Huskers to a tournament title with 30 points on 12-of-17 shooting in a 91-82 win over Virginia. She averaged 24.0 points and 6.5 assists in the tournament, including 18 points and a season-high seven assists in a win over Purdue Fort Wayne.
• Prince established her career high with 30 points on 13-of-18 shooting in a win over Oral Roberts (Nov. 19).
• She added 20 points in a Big Ten win at Penn State (Dec. 6).
• She opened 2025-26 with 19 points, five rebounds, an assist and a steal in a win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3).
• Prince followed with 23 points, two assists and two steals in a win over Samford (Nov. 8), before getting 18 points and a season-high seven rebounds in a win over Creighton (Nov. 12).
• She added 16 points, two rebounds and three assists in a win over North Dakota State in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Nov. 16).
• Prince had 17 points, four rebounds and five assists in the win over Bradley (Dec. 3).
• Prince, a two-time Gatorade and MaxPreps Nebraska High School Player of the Year at Elkhorn North, earned Big Ten All-Freshman honors while leading the Huskers to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• In the NCAA Tournament, Prince led the Big Red with 14 points and six assists against Louisville, after powering Nebraska to two wins at the Big Ten Tournament by averaging 17.0 points and 5.3 assists over three games, including a season-high-tying 24 points against Big Ten Tournament champion and NCAA No. 1 seed UCLA.
• Prince was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 21) after going for 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists and a career-high six steals in a road win at Iowa (Jan. 16), when she hit a career-high five three-pointers.
Potts Earns Spot on Katrina McClain Watch List
• Nebraska's Natalie Potts was included on the list of 20 women's college basketball players named to the Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Preseason Watch List on Oct. 30. The McClain Award was the fourth of the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Fan voting for the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award is open at http://www.hoophallawards.com.
• Potts, a 6-2 redshirt sophomore from O'Fallon, Mo., returns for her third season at Nebraska in 2025-26. She was the 2023-24 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the fifth game of the 2024-25 campaign. Potts was averaging team bests of 17.5 points and 8.0 rebounds through the first four games prior to her injury. She was shooting 69.4 percent from the field, including 72.7 percent (8-11) from three-point range to lead the Big Red to a No. 19 national ranking and a 4-0 start.
• In 40-minute production, Potts put up eye-popping numbers of 28.6 points and 13.1 rebounds per 40 to rank among the best players in the Big Ten through the first four games last season.
• In 2023-24, Potts led all Big Ten freshmen in rebounding (5.2 rpg) and field goal percentage (.489), while ranking second among league freshmen in scoring (10.2 ppg) and free throw percentage (.829) in 2023-24. She started all 35 games for the 23-12 Huskers, who advanced to the Big Ten Championship Game and the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Potts, who won 8-of-15 Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards during the regular season, was the most consistent freshman in the conference from start to finish. She won the inaugural weekly honor on Nov. 13, 2023, before claiming the final two freshman awards on Feb. 26 and March 4. She won at least one weekly honor during all five months of the season. Her eight weekly awards matched the total of fellow Nebraska Big Ten Freshman of the Year Alexis Markowski in 2022.
• Potts, who also claimed an honorable-mention All-Big Ten award from the conference media, was a unanimous choice on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by the conference coaches.
• After sustaining her knee injury against North Alabama (Nov. 19, 2024), Potts underwent knee surgery (Dec. 4). She continues to rehab with hopes of returning to the court mid-season.
Nebraska By The Numbers
• Britt Prince (594) needs 6 points to reach 600 in her career. She crossed the 500-point mark in Nebraska's home win over Oral Roberts (Nov. 19).
• Britt Prince (.639) ranks 7th nationally and 2nd in the Big Ten in field goal percentage.
• Amiah Hargrove (.616) ranks 12th nationally and 4th in the Big Ten in field goal percentage.
• Nebraska (.539 FG%) leads the Big Ten and ranks 2nd nationally in team field goal percentage.
• Nebraska (90.7 ppg) ranks 9th nationally and 3rd in the Big Ten in scoring offense.
• Nebraska (35.8 ppg) ranks 4th nationally and 2nd in the Big Ten in bench scoring.
• Nebraska (21.1 apg) ranks 6th nationally and 3rd in the Big Ten in assists per game.
• Nebraska (+30.1 ppg) ranks 12th nationally and 3rd in the Big Ten in scoring margin.
• Nebraska (1.62) ranks 10th nationally and 4th in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio.