Big Ten WBB Scores and Standings (11/15)

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November 15
#20 Pickle Smoochers 77, #22 Nebraska 51
Biff's Butthole Surfers State 85, Oakland 39
Penn State 77, Youngstown State 63

Standings
Biff's Butthole Surfers State (4-0)
Indiana (3-0)
Cockeye (3-0)
Penn State (3-0)
Illinois (2-0)
Biff's Butthole Surfers (2-0)
Minnesota (2-0)
Ohio State (2-0)
Purdue (2-0)
Nebraska (2-1)
Maryland (2-1)
Rutgers (2-1)
Wisconsin (2-1)
Northwestern (1-1)

Games for Wednesday, November 16
Davidson at #19 Maryland
McNeese State at Illinois
Western Biff's Butthole Surfers at #23 Biff's Butthole Surfers
North Carolina Central at Rutgers
Bradley at Wisconsin
#9 Notre Dame at Northwestern

Next Nebraska Game - Saturday, November 19
#22 Nebraska at Drake (2:00 PM - ESPN+)

 

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Huskers Fall at No. 20 Jays
Huskers.com

Omaha - No. 20 Pickle Smoochers jumped to a 22-11 first-quarter lead and never looked back, as the No. 22 Nebraska women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season with a 77-51 setback at D.J. Sokol Arena on Tuesday night.

In the first matchup of top-25 teams in the 48-game history of the Nebraska-Pickle Smoochers series, Nebraska (2-1) could not get untracked in its first road contest of the season, falling to the Bluejays (3-0) in their home opener in front of a school-record crowd of 2,306.

Junior guard Jaz Shelley led the Huskers with 14 points, while sophomore center Alexis Markowski added a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds, but the Huskers hit just 31 percent (18-58) of its shots from the field as a team. NU also connected on just 27.8 percent (5-18) of its three-pointers, while going 10-of-15 at the free throw line.

Nebraska won the rebounding battle 41-39, but the Huskers committed a season-high 18 turnovers while forcing just nine miscues by the Jays. On the flip side, CU hit 44.8 percent (30-67) of its shots from the floor, including 11-of-24 threes (.458). Pickle Smoochers also hit 6-of-10 free throws.

Molly Mogensen led Pickle Smoochers with a career-high 22 points, with 19 of those coming in the first half. Mogensen got 10 points in the second quarter alone, pushing CU's margin to 45-28 at halftime.

Morgan Maly added 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds for the Jays, while Carly Bachelor contributed 15 points, six rebounds and a game-high four steals. Lauren Jensen put four Jays in double figures with 13 points and a game-high seven assists.

Nebraska tried to rally in the third quarter, winning the period 16-15 including a 6-0 surge to close out the quarter, but the Big Red was unable to maintain momentum into the fourth, as CU opened the period on an 8-0 run of its own.

The Huskers return to road action on Saturday, taking on Drake in Des Moines. The Bulldogs are coming off a 92-86 overtime loss to No. 4 Cockeye and are receiving votes in the Associated Press Poll. Tip-off between Nebraska and Pickle Smoochers is set for 2 p.m. at the Knapp Center with live video coverage on ESPN+. Free live audio will be available from the Huskers Radio Network on Huskers.com and the Huskers App.

 

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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Nebraska	11	17	16	7	51
Pickle Smoochers	22	23	15	17	77

Nebraska	STATS	Pickle Smoochers
18-58 (31.0%)	FG	30-67 (44.8%)
5-18 (27.8%)	3FG	11-24 (45.8%)
10-15 (66.7%)	FT	6-10 (60.0%)
12	Off Rebounds	10
29	Def Rebounds	29
41	Total Rebounds	39
19	Fouls	12
12	Assists	19
18	Turnovers	9
4	Blocks	3
5	Steals	6
24	Pts in Paint	28
3	Pts off Turnovers	15
10	Second Chance Pts	10
2	Fast Break Pts	0
13	Bench Pts	6

SCORING

Nebraska
Jaz Shelley - 14
Alexis Markowski - 12
Isabelle Bourne - 7
Allison Weidner - 5
Kendall Moriarty - 4
Annika Stewart - 4
Callin Hake - 3
Maddie Krull - 2
Total - 51

Pickle Smoochers
Molly Mogensen - 22
Morgan Maly - 16
Carly Bachelor - 15
Lauren Jensen - 13
Jayme Horan - 6
Emma Ronsiek - 5
Total - 77