Lincoln – Isabelle Bourne notched her second straight double-double to lead four Huskers in double figures, as the Nebraska women’s basketball team cruised to a 77-57 victory over Northern Iowa in the second round of the Postseason WNIT on Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
The Huskers, who improved to 18-14 overall, attracted their third-largest home crowd of the season with 6,478 fans on their way to becoming the first team nationally to advance to the 2023 Postseason WNIT Super 16. Bourne helped send the Big Red faithful home happy with team highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds. Jaz Shelley added a big game of her own with 16 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, three steals and a blocked shot, while Alexis Markowski added 11 points.
Maddie Krull put four Huskers in double figures with 10 points, while sophomore Kendall Moriarty contributed eight big points – all in the third quarter – after graduate guard Sam Haiby left the game with a lower leg injury early in the second period. Haiby, who played just eight minutes in the game, finished with five points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals.
Nebraska’s victory marked the first time in school history that the Huskers won a pair of home postseason games in the same tournament (NCAA or WNIT). It also represented the first time NU advanced to the third round of the Postseason WNIT since 2006, when the Huskers defeated Drake at the Devaney Center before knocking off Wyoming in Laramie.
Nebraska Women Advance in WNIT
