[Husker] Free Throws

[Merlin Green]

It had nothing to do with home court officiating and everything to do with
the way the game played out.  Nebraska was in the lead for most of the
third overtime and Baylor kept fouling without taking any time off the
clock.  And Nebraska's strategy during most of the second half and the
overtime periods was to drive the lane with Hardy & Spiric to draw fouls on
Baylor's big guns in the middle.  Also Baylor missed more than a few of the
front end of 1 and 1s. If anything I thought that Baylor got a lot of the
breaks from the officials.  But the higher ranked team usually does.

> A major factor in the win over Baylor is the fact that the women's
> basketball team hit a school record 46 of 54 free throws (85%),
> including 25 of 30 in the overtime periods.

Wow.  NU shot 21 more freethrows than Baylor and scored 25 more
from the line.  I've never felt NU got much home-court officiating.
Can someone who was at the game comment?


Merlin Green