Nebraska women’s basketball team beats Western Illinois, 98-35

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska women’s basketball team beat Western Illinois on Saturday, 98-35.

According to Nebraska Athletics, Britt Prince became the 39th 1,000-point scorer in Nebraska history on the first shot of the game.

Nebraska got a game-high 19 points from Prince, as she hit 7-of-13 shots from the field and added three assists in just 20 minutes of work to lead five Huskers in double figures.

Junior Amiah Hargrove contributed 17 points and a game-high eight rebounds in just 22 minutes. Freshman Ashlyn Koupal pitched in 16 points to go with four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Senior Emily Fisher added 10 points to go with six rebounds, two steals and a block off the bench, while sixth-year Husker Allison Weidner contributed 10 points, and game highs of four assists and four steals.

According to Nebraska Athletics, the Huskers got 13 first-half points from Prince and 11 from Hargrove on a trio of three-pointers, as they went to a 49-17 halftime lead.

Prince scored the game’s first two points on a free-throw-line jumper in the opening seconds to spark a 6-0 run. Western Illinois got no closer than four points the rest of the way.

Weidner led a Husker defense that produced 12 first-half steals on its way to forcing 18 Western Illinois turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.

Nebraska Athletics said the Huskers shot 54.3% from the field, including a strong 42.1% from three-point range while hitting 87.5% of its free throws. On the flip side, the Huskers held Western Illinois to 31.8% shooting, including just 2-of-15 threes.

Nebraska is set to host North Carolina A&T on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Central. Tickets are available at Huskers.com. The game can be streamed by Big Ten+ subscribers, and heard live on the Huskers Radio Network, including Huskers.com and the Husker App

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