Lincoln – Jaz Shelley erupted for the first double-double of her college career with 22 points and a career-high 11 rebounds to lead five Huskers in double figures, as Nebraska rolled to a 102-47 women’s basketball win over Prairie View A&M on Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska scored 100-plus points in back-to-back wins for the first time in school history after opening with 108 points in a Tuesday afternoon victory over defending America East Conference champion Maine. It marked just the second time in school history that the Big Red scored 100 points in back-to-back games, joining a 108-point performance in a 28-point victory over Iowa State on Jan. 15, 1983 and 103 points in a one-point overtime loss to Kansas State on Jan. 18, 1983.
Both those games were played at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. The Huskers improved to 2-0 on the young season, while Prairie View A&M slipped to 1-1. Shelley hit 8-of-12 shots from the field, including 6-of-9 three-pointers, while adding three assists, two steals and a team-high two blocked shots for the second straight game. Fellow Australian Isabelle Bourne also produced double figures with 13 points. Bourne scored nine points and Shelley added six on a pair of three-pointers to combine for Nebraska’s first 15 points in shooting the Big Red to a 15-2 lead in the game’s first four-and-a-half minutes. Nebraska never led by less than double digits the rest of the night. The Huskers complete a busy opening weekend by playing host to Alabama A&M on Sunday afternoon. Tip-off at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 2 p.m.
