Nebraska women’s basketball first showing to the public was impressive, as the Cornhuskers throttled NAIA school Mount Marty 104-40 Friday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena in the Cornhuskers’ lone exhibition game.
Amiah Hargrove led Nebraska with a double-double: 26 points and 10 rebounds. She shot 10-for-15 from the field, including six-for-eight from behind the arc. Britt Prince also turned in a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists. Callin Hake tallied 22 points shooting a blistering six-for-eight from three-point range. Claire Johnson scored 11 in her Husker debut while adding six assists, while Petra Bozan pitched in 11 points and eight rebounds. Lacey Sprakel led the Lancers with 14 points and eight rebounds, but no other Mount Marty player scored more than six points.
Nebraska shot 49 percent from both the field and from three-point range, while the Lancers shot just 28 percent from the field and just two-for-17 from behind the arc. The Huskers outrebounded Mount Marty, 48-38, while outscoring the Lancers in the paint, 38-18. Nebraska dished out 32 assists against just five for the Lancers.
The Huskers started the game on a 14-2 run and never looked back, leading 29-8 after the first quarter, 55-17 at halftime and 75-31 through three quarters. For good measure, NU ended the game on a 15-0 run.
Nebraska next takes the floor for its regular-season opener against Northwestern State on Nov. 3 at noon at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
