Courtesy Nebraska Athletics
No. 25 Nebraska women’s basketball rolled to a 76-35 win over North Carolina A&T Tuesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Britt Prince, who was honored before the game for scoring her 1,000th career point, led the Cornhuskers (3-0) with 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting. Amiah Hargrove also turned in a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Ashlyn Koupal also nearly had a double-double, with 11 points and eight rebounds. Though Kennadi Williams didn’t score, she turned in a team-high seven assists. The Aggies (1-2) were led by Darrionna Howard, who had 10 points.
Nebraska shot well, hitting 57 percent of its field goals and 32 percent of its threes, compared to North Carolina A&T’s 31 percent shooting from the field including a meager 1-for-11 (9 percent) from behind the arc. The Huskers dominated the glass, outrebounding the Aggies 41-18. That dominance extended to scoring in the paint, which Nebraska won 42-24 and second-chance points, which the Huskers won 42-24.
Nebraska bolted out to a 15-1 run to start the game over the first 3:30 of the contest and never looked back. The Huskers never led by fewer than nine points the rest of the way.
Nebraska now prepares to face former Big Eight foe Kansas on Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.Dak. Pregame coverage begins at 3 p.m., with tipoff at 3:30 p.m. on 105.3. The Bone.