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Nebraska
Huskers Outlast 'Cats, 73-58
12/16/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 16, 2006
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Northwestern fought hard and was down only six points with seven minutes left, but Nebraska used a 16-9 run to outlast the 'Cats, 73-58, Saturday afternoon at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Freshman Kaitlin McInerney pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds and chipped in 10 points for her first career double-double, while A.J. Glasauer dumped in a team-best 16 points.
"I'm disappointed that we could not get over the hump today," head coach Beth Combs said." We played hard, but not smart and allowed their runs to get out of hand. I look forward to getting back on the court tomorrow."
Nebraska opened the game with a 7-0 run before a 3-pointer by Glasauer put the 'Cats on the board at the 16:26 mark of the first half. A trey by Beth Marshall (Fishers, Ind./Fishers) capped off a 10-4 Wildcat run that notched the score at 13 a piece at the 12:17 point.
The Huskers responded with a 9-0 spurt before Northwestern mounted a 13-4 run, highlighted by a 3-pointer by Erin Dickerson (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) that evened the game at 26 and forced the Huskers to call a momentum-breaking timeout with 4:02 remaining in the half.
After exchanging baskets over the next four minutes, the score was 33-28 with 1:43 remaining. Following a combined five empty possessions by both teams there were six seconds left and it seemed like the scoring for the half was over, but Ashley Ford had other ideas. The senior launched a 3-pointer from half court and as the clock hit zero, the ball swished, giving the Huskers a 36-28 lead at the break.
Glasauer led all Wildcats with eight points--including two treys--at the half. Stutz added six, including two three-pointers. Northwestern shot an impressive 6-of-9 from beyond the arc in the first half.
The Wildcats kept plugging away in the second half, cutting the eight-point deficit in half three minutes into the new stanza.
Nebraska pushed the lead to seven at the mid-point of the second half, but Northwestern kept fighting and a trey by Glasauer cut the difference to four, 49-45, with nine minutes remaining. A layup by Kristin Cartwright (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) a minute later cut the lead to two. But Northwestern could only muster nine points over the next seven minutes, while the Huskers ran off 20.
Northwestern forced 11 Husker turnovers and held Nebraska to 30 percent shooting from 3-point land. The Wildcats knocked down an impressive 50 percent (7-of-14) from beyond the arc and hit 81 percent from the free throw line.
Stutz joined McInerney and Glasauer in double-figures with 10 points while Cartwright chipped in eight.
The Wildcats are next in action on Monday, Dec. 18 when they host Georgia Tech in a noon contest at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
