Nebraska Women’s Basketball heads to Wisconsin to face the Badgers

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics Press Release) – The Nebraska women’s basketball team will hunt for its second Big Ten road win when the Huskers travel to Wisconsin to battle the Badgers on Thursday night.

Tip-off between the Big Red (10-3, 2-0) and the Badgers (7-5, 0-2 Big Ten) at the Kohl Center in Madison is set for 8 p.m. (CT).

The game will be televised live by the Big Ten Network with Jason Ross Jr. and Christy Winters Scott calling the action. A live stream also will be available on the Fox Sports App.

Nebraska fans can listen across the Huskers Radio Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and 590 AM in Omaha, the Huskers App and Huskers.com, as Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch team up for their 23rd season. Pregame starts at 7:30 p.m. (CT).

NCAA NET No. 27 Nebraska improved to 2-0 to open Big Ten play for the second straight season by posting an 87-81 win over 2023 NCAA Elite Eight qualifier Maryland on New Year’s Eve in Lincoln. It marked Nebraska’s first-ever home win over the Terrapins, but its second victory over the Terps in the past three meetings.

The Big Red got big contributions from their big three – Alexis Markowski, Jaz Shelley and Natalie Potts – against Maryland, as all three stars recorded double-doubles. It was the first time in nearly a decade that three Huskers posted double-doubles in the same game.

Alexis Markowski posted her Big Ten-leading eighth double-double of the year with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Maryland. The two-time Lisa Leslie Award candidate has scored in double figures in 13 straight games, including four 20-point performances. The preseason first-team All-Big Ten pick leads the league in rebounding (9.8) and ranks fifth in scoring (17.5 ppg). Through two Big Ten contests, she is averaging 16.5 points and a conference-best 13.5 rebounds.

Two-time Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award candidate Jaz Shelley has added 13.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and team bests of 5.2 assists and 1.5 steals after putting up 13 points and 11 assists in the win over Maryland. The 5-9 guard from Moe, Australia, is the first Husker in history to record multiple career triple-doubles after getting 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a win over UNCW (Dec. 5). Shelley ranks fourth on Nebraska’s career three-point list with 188 and ninth in career assists (433) despite playing just two-plus seasons as a Husker.

Three-time Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Natalie Potts is leading all conference freshmen in scoring (11.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.2 rpg) after erupting for 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Maryland. The two-time Missouri MaxPreps High School Player of the Year out of Incarnate Word Academy put up 13 points, 12 rebounds, two steals and a block in the second half alone against the Terrapins. In Big Ten play, she is averaging 13.5 points (24th) and 9.0 boards (5th).

Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-3, 2-0 Big Ten) at Wisconsin Badgers (7-5, 0-2 Big Ten)

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, 8 p.m. (CT) Kohl Center – Madison, Wisconsin

TV: BTN (FoxSportsApp) Live Radio: Huskers Radio Network (7:30 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) B107.3 FM (Lincoln), 590 AM (Omaha), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Live Stats: Huskers.com

Nebraska vs. Wisconsin Series History

Nebraska leads the all-time series with Wisconsin 15-7, including a seven-game winning streak. The Huskers defeated Wisconsin 82-54 in the only meeting last season in Lincoln, which moved Nebraska to 2-0 in the Big Ten.

The Huskers worked their way to an 80-70 win at the Kohl Center in the last meeting between the two teams at the Kohl Center (Feb. 23, 2022).

NU escaped from Madison with a 72-71 win on Jan. 25, 2020.

Wisconsin notched its last win in the series with a 70-69 victory on a controversial buzzer-beater at the Kohl Center on Jan. 27, 2018. Nebraska leads the series 6-5 in Madison.

The Huskers have won nine consecutive home games against the Badgers in a streak that started at the Bob Devaney Sports Center with a 68-59 win on Feb. 19, 2012. Nebraska is 15-2 against Wisconsin as Big Ten foes.

Wisconsin won the first five meetings in series history, dating back to a 79-74 win over the Huskers in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 5, 1979. NU’s first win came with a 75-69 victory at Madison (Jan. 12, 2012).

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