[Husker] NU women's basketball

[Steve Reichenbach]

Some folks may not see much news about the women's basketball
team, so here is a recap of last night.

The NU women's basketball team beat a good Miami team at home
last night 99-85 and is now 2-0 on the season.  Miami was the WNIT
runner-up last year, finishing 22-14, and returned the core of its
team.

NU is ranked #21 in the ESPN/USA Today poll and is just out of
the AP top 25.  Most people figured that was mostly a carryover
from last year's success and that the voters hadn't considered
how much NU had lost off that team (3 of its top 4 scores, including
its #1 and #2 scorers, and 3 of its top 5 rebounders, including its
#1 and #2 rebounders).  That said, this team looks really good.

Kelly is still a great all-around player
Moore is still a great point guard and has stepped up her scoring
Redmon has stepped up, especially scoring
Burke has come back from an injury to be a solid second guard
Hooper, just a freshman, looks great and although she can't make
  up for the loss of Griffin and Montgomery, is filling the gap

Look at the line from last night against a quality team:
STARTERS  MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
J Hooper  32  6-13  4-7   6-6     0  6   0   1   1   4  4  22
C Redmon  34  7-8   0-0   0-0     5  13  1   0   1   4  3  14
D Kelley  31  7-10  0-0   11-13   1  9   5   1   0   5  4  25
K Burke   26  3-3   2-2   0-0     0  2   3   1   0   2  2  8
L Moore   39  8-11  2-4   4-6     0  2   9   2   0   7  1  22
The turnovers were bad, but when you score 99 points and shoot
35-55 from the field, you can afford a few errors.  Every starter
was in double figures except Burke who was 3-3 including 2-2 on 3s.
Among the starters, the worst shooting was by the freshman Hooper,
who was 6-13 and 4-7 on 3s to score 22.  Otherwise, the other
starters shot 70% or better.

Massey's computer rankings have NU at #4.  That is almost certainly
too high and based on last year's performance, but it's hard to argue
otherwise after last night's performance.  It looks like NU may have
almost reloaded from last year, which would be really something.