Two Team Takeaways as Nebraska Controls Western Illinois

The women’s basketball team kicked off a busy Saturday for Nebraska sports with a 98-35 takedown of the Western Illinois Leathernecks at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The 63-point win is the seventh-largest margin of victory in program history and moves the Huskers to 2-0 on the season.

Read on for some key observations following the win for the Huskers.

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Britt Prince Hits Career Milestone as Offense Comes to Life

Prince only needed two points to cross the 1,000 career point mark and she wasted no time, hitting the opening jumper at 9:46 in the first quarter. She’d go on to account for 19 of the Husker’s 98 points, the best of both teams.

But she wasn’t alone in scoring double digits in Saturday afternoon’s game. Amiah Hargrove had 17 and freshman five-star Ashlyn Koupal put up 16. Allison Weidner and Emily Fisher both contributed 10 (a career high for Fisher) and Natalie Potts added 9 of her own in her first start in nearly two years. Every Husker who played, which was every Husker except Logan Nissley, who is still day-to-day and is expected back next week, contributed points on the team’s route of Western Illinois.

In her pregame interview on Nebraska Sports Radio, head coach Amy Williams expressed no concerns about the team’s three-point shooting woes from the game before, saying it would come as the team of shooters learned when to take the best shot. Sometimes coaches know best. As a team, Nebraska shot 42% from behind the arc, hitting eight 3-pointers, led by Hargrove (3-5) and Koupal (2-5).

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When asked about the increased efficiency at the post-game press conference, Weidner gave the entire team credit. “We did a great job today of taking great team shots and I think we shared the ball really well today and I think that’s what led to us shooting at a better percentage.”

Nebraska’s Defense Stifled the Leathernecks the Entire Game

Prior to the game, Williams said the key to beating Western Illinois would be Nebraska’s defensive pressure. Specifically, they…

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