Kansas Ends Huskers Season

Kansas Ends Huskers Season
Huskers Lose at Kansas
March 24th, 2023 | Huskers.com

Box Score Lawrence, Kan.Isabelle Bourne led Nebraska with 17 points, while Jaz Shelley added 12 points and nine assists, but it was not enough to stop Kansas from working its way to a 64-55 women’s basketball win over the Huskers at Allen Fieldhouse on Thursday night.

Nebraska ended its season 18-15, while Kansas improved to 22-11 by earning a split with the Huskers, who defeated the then-No. 20 Jayhawks 85-79 in triple-overtime in Lincoln on Dec. 21.

Nebraska never led but kept KU within striking distance for the entire game in front of 3,730 fans that included a large contingent of Husker fans at Allen Fieldhouse. With less than nine minutes remaining, the Huskers trailed just 50-49 after a Shelley basket. Shelley’s score followed a Kendall Moriarty layup to open the quarter that cut the KU lead to 48-47. It was Moriarty’s final basket of the night, as the NU sophomore finished with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting in her first college start in place of three-time All-Big Ten guard Sam Haiby. A fifth-year senior who finished No. 12 on Nebraska’s career scoring list with more than 1,600 points, Haiby suffered a lower leg injury in the second quarter of Nebraska’s second-round WNIT win over Northern Iowa.

Nebraska hit just 10-of-30 shots (.333), but connected on 5-of-13 threes (.385). The Huskers did not attempt a free throw. Kansas hit 13-of-30 shots (.433), but just 2-of-11 threes (.182), while going 2-of-4 at the free throw line. The Jayhawks outproduced the Huskers 22-16 on the glass, while both teams committed six first-half turnovers.

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