It was a night of history at Pinnacle Bank Arena Tuesday as Nebraska women’s basketball defeated UNC Wilmington 108-35.

Nebraska started off the game on an 8-0 run, inducing an early timeout from Seahawks head coach Nicole Woods. NU did not let their foot off the gas pedal after the timeout, going on a 23-7 run to end the quarter. The Big Red shot 12-19 from the field and 5-10 from 3 to lead 31-7.

Jaz Shelley had a stellar quarter, leading all scorers with eight points, seven assists, and five rebounds.

Quarter two saw much of the same. Freshman Logan Nissley caught fire racking up 10 points on perfect shooting. Shelley added to her triple-double quest, leaving her two points and two rebounds away from being the first Husker to record two career triple-doubles.

Nebraska shot 24-40 from the field as a team. The teams 62 points tied for the most in the first half in program history. Nebraska’s defense was also impressive. NU held UNC Wilmington to 12 points, the second-lowest margin scored by an opponent in Husker history.

after a phenomenal half on both sides of the court, NU went into the locker rooms leading 62-12.

The story for the Cornhuskers was the same in quarter three. Nebraska outscored UNC Wilmington 21-10 and shot 60 percent from the court.

Shelley added three points and a rebound, putting her one away from a triple-double. Point guard Darian White found her stride in the quarter leading all scorers with six points on 3-4 shooting.

The fourth quarter was all about Shelley and her chase for history and Pinnacle Bank Arena knew the momentous feat she  was on the brink of accomplishing.

After a couple missed opportunities, With 4:57 left, Shelley corralled in her 10th rebound of the game. The record-breaking board was met with an eruption of applause which was met with an even bigger eruption when Shelley dribbled the court and knocked down her fifth three of the contest.

Shelley finished the contest with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists.

The Big Red sealed the deal in the fourth quarter, winning the contest 108-35. The 10th-highest team score in program history and the third-largest margin of victory.

Nissley had a phenomenal game, finishing with a career-high 19 points on 7-10 shooting. Alexis Markowski scored 18 points and hauled 12 rebounds for her fourth straight double-double.

Nebraska opens Big Ten Conference play Saturday, Dec. 9, at Michigan State.

SERIES INFORMATION*
80th Meeting (55-24 all time)
Minnesota Home vs. Nebraska: 39-9
Gophers All-Time vs. Big Ten: 787-901
* – excludes vacated games

STARTING FIVE
• Minnesota opens a five-game home stand Wednesday and the start of the the home Big Ten season when the Nebraska Cornhuskers come to town. Game time is 8 p.m., and televised on Big Ten Network. Minnesota is 55-24 all time against the Huskers and went 1-2 last season. 
• Minnesota fell in the regular season to the Huskers, both home and away, but knocked out Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament last March. Dawson Garcia had three double-doubles last season, all three of which came against the Huskers. In the game during the Big Ten Tournament, Minnesota won, 78-75 at the United Center. The last time these two teams faced each other at Williams Arena resulted in an overtime Husker win, 81-79, on Jan. 7, 2023. 
•  Despite the loss to Ohio State, Dawson Garcia dominated the game when he scored a career-high 36 points and 11 rebounds Sunday. Garcia’s 36-point game marks the most points scored by a Big Ten player this season, topping the 35-point efforts by MSU’s Tyson Walker versus JMU and Purdue’s Zach Edey at Northwestern. The 36 points by Dawson Garcia vs Ohio State last night is most by an opponent in the 26 year history of Value City Arena. Garcia also established his 500th career rebound in the game. For the second time this year, Garcia had 10-plus free throws when we made 12-of-14. This season, he averages 20.5 ppg, which ranks second in the Big Ten and 26th nationally. In his career, Garcia has  averaged 13.7 ppg and 16.5 as a Gopher. 
•  Cam Christie is already making his presence known just seven games into his collegiate career. In that span, Christie has had four double-digit games, including back-to-back when he had 20 against New Orleans and 11 points at Ohio State. Christie also missed the first game due to an illness. He is averaging 11 points in his young career. 
•  Minnesota ranks high nationally and in the Big Ten in a couple categories. The Gophers rank first in the league in bench points and 26th nationally, averaging 31.1. Minnesota also ranks second in the Big Ten in assists per game and 16th nationally averaging 18.1. The Gophers rank fourth in the league in rebounds per game (40.1) and 55th nationally. Minnesota’s free throw percentage of 73.5 is also sixth in the league and 63rd nationally.  

 LAST GAME RECAP
• Dawson Garcia led all players with a career-high 36 points and added 11 rebounds for his second double-double this season, helping Minnesota cut Ohio State’s 22-point lead to just six with 3:24 remaining, but the Buckeyes (7-1, 1-0) held on for an 84-74 win in the Big Ten-opener for both teams. Garcia made a career-high 12-of-25 field goals and was 12-of-14 at the free throw line, with 28 points coming in the second half. It’s his seventh career double-double, and fifth at Minnesota. 
• Cam Christie made 5-of-8 field goals to finish with 11 points, and Elijah Hawkins added 10 points, five assists, and three steals for the Gophers, who opened Big Ten play with a road game for the fifth time in the past six years. 
• Minnesota was outrebounded, 34-30, but the Gophers had a 36-28 edge in points in the paint. The Gophers made 28-of-58 (.483) field goals, but just 4-of-14 (.286) from three-point range, and 14-of-20 (.700) at the line.

ABOUT NEBRASKA
•  Nebraska suffered its first loss of the season Sunday to in-state rival Creighton, 89-60, in Lincoln, Neb. With the loss, the Huskers drop to 7-1 this season and open Big Ten play Wednesday. 
•  The Huskers have four averaging double-digit points. Keisei Tominaga leads the team averaging 15.5 points. Returning from season-ending injury last year, Juwan Gary averages 14.4 ppg, while Bradley transfer Rienk Mast averages 14.0 and Charlotte transfer Brice Williams follows at 13.5 ppg. Mast also averages a team-best 9.8 rebounds, while Jamarques Lawrence leads the team in assists (25).  
•  As a team, Nebraska averages 78.9 points and allows just 65.3 per game. The Huskers are shooting 43.9 percent from the field and 31.9 from beyond the arc, while just allowing 27.9 to its opponents. The Huskers rank first in the Big Ten in three-point attempts and eighth in three-point percentage. They average 8.6 treys per game, which ranks second in the league. Committing just 77 turnovers this year, the Huskers also rank third in assist/turnover ratio at 1.6. As a team, the Huskers also average 42.1 rebounds per game.   

ON THE DOCKET
•  Minnesota returns to non-conference action Saturday when the Gophers host Florida Gulf Coast at 11 a.m. The game is televised on Big Ten Network. 
•  Mike Grimm and Al Nolen will provide the radio broadcast on Gopher Radio Network, KFAN 100.3 FM.