Indiana Women’s Basketball to Start New Year With Nebraska on ESPN

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana ladies’s basketball will open up the brand new 12 months with a go to from Nebraska at 1 p.m. ET on New 12 months’s Day. The sport will likely be broadcast on the principle ESPN for the primary time this season.

Each the Cornhuskers and Hoosiers are coming off of losses with Nebraska falling to No. 14 Michigan 76-59 on Wednesday and the Hoosiers dropping their first sport of the season 83-78 to Michigan State on Thursday.

To stage the taking part in subject much more, the Hoosiers each received and misplaced to the Cornhuskers final season. First, Indiana defeated its Massive Ten foe in January at residence however then went to Lincoln and misplaced only one month later.

Nebraska sits at a 10-4 file this season and is led by junior guard Jaz Shelley who’s averaging 15.9 factors per sport. Sophomore heart/ahead Alexis Markowski follows behind Shelley with 13 factors per sport and leads Nebraska with 9.6 boards as the very best within the Massive Ten.

Indiana is led by senior ahead Mackenzie Holmes averaging 20.8 factors per sport. Regardless of the loss to the Spartans, the Gorham, Maine native dropped a career-high 32 factors and likewise tallied 12 boards for this system’s first 30/10 since Jill Chapman in 2002.

So as to add to her cumbersome resume, Holmes is ranked second within the nation with a 69.1 subject purpose proportion whereas the group ranks third total at 51.5 % behind UConn and Utah. Along with Holmes, it is no surprise 4 different gamers are averaging double scoring figures together with star level guard Grace Berger, who’s out with a proper knee harm.

Indiana should guard the perimeter effectively because the Huskers make about 9 triples per sport because the leaders on this Massive Ten class for a 34.9 % success charge. Indiana is not too far behind at No. 6 with 7.5 made three-pointers per sport led by freshman guard Yarden Garzon.

Indiana head coach Teri Moren stated her group likes to divide up the season into non-conference and convention mindsets. Indiana did not get off to the beginning it wished or wanted in East Lansing, however what they are saying, new 12 months, new me — or group that’s.

Tips on how to Watch Nebraska Vs. Indiana

• Who: Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-4)(2-1) vs. No. 4 Indiana Hoosiers (12-1)(2-1)
• When: Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• The place: Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor — Bloomington, Ind. 
• Broadcast: ESPN (Courtney Lyle, Carolyn Peck)
• Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM

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