Amy Just: Despite the loss of Ohio State, Nebraska women have something to encourage – Fremont Tribune

For about two minutes and 30 seconds, they stayed on the clock when starting junior guard Kalin Hake dipped his first of two criminal throw attempts to reduce Ohio State’s lead to one.

Just a few minutes earlier, Buckeyes # 12 led eight. But a 63-second 7-point blow from Logan Nisli and Alexis Markovski helped Nebraska be in a position to potentially achieve the second victory for Nebraska for the season.

But Nebraska just couldn’t finish it.

The Taylor Thierry’s tierer of Ohio State for just under two minutes of play left a Nebraska inaccessible, and four late penalty shots by Madison Green gave a bigger lead than he felt in the match itself.

Ohio 72, Nebraska 66. The first loss for Nebraska women in Pinnacle Bank Arena after losing from nothing to 1 point to Rutgers on February 3 last season.

“We are disappointed,” said coach Amy Williams. “We set ourselves to try to protect the home court and win at all costs here at Pinnacle Bank Arena. We had an incredible crowd. There was an atmosphere of a tournament game.

“… I am disappointed that we were unable to win, but I really feel that there were some really valuable things that happened in today’s match, some positive things, some things to continue to grow.”

Different thoughts from the loss of Nebraska:

Do you remember when Caitlin Clark of Iowa said that the Pack PBA game last year was the worst game of her career?

Well, Jaloni Cambridge from Ohio is probably the same about this year’s Pack PBA game.

Recruel number 2 in class 2024 and McDonald’s All-American is the holder in 15 games in which she has played for Buckeyes this season and has noted at least once in all of them. She was also crying lately. In her last five games, she has scored an average of 21.8 points per game.

This trend did not continue on Sunday.

In fact, Huskers – with Britt Prince as the main defender – were silent. And her struggles were obvious from the door – she lost the possession of the ball with a twist, and shortly after that she noted her first – and the only one – an attempt to hit the match.

By the end of the first quarter, Cambridge missed one blow and there were two missed balls with two assists. After accumulating her third turn – one forced by Kalin Hake – she went back to the bench and did not return to the floor to the third quarter.

Things were calm for her in the third quarter – he gave an early assist to Cotta McMan in paint before fouling Jessica Petri and returning to the bench by the end of the quarter.

The fourth quarter worsened. Another turnover. Then three fouls in a quick order.

I mean quick continuity. Fowl in attack at 4:16. Then a new foul at 4:04. And another one at 3:57. These are three fouls in less than 30 seconds. She was taken out after this third foul and did not return.

“Britt did a really good job with Cambridge’s Winles, but that would be a team effort,” Williams said.

It is difficult to imagine that Cambridge will again drop 0-far with five and four fouls soon.

As it was obvious with Cambridge, not every game will be your game. There are tides. It’s quite natural.

The same was true of Prince, which was unusual 0-from-6 of the 3-point range on Sunday. But she still found a way to stay engaged and change things. Like her protection against Cambridge and other OSU gardes (three stolen balls) and its pass, which created shots (three assists), while still scoring eight points.

“I really love the way this team is loved and I think a player like Brit Prince can feel this from his upper class students, his teammates,” Williams said.

“… It just matters and allows a player like Brit – I just think that maturity at a young age is to be able to say,” Okay, maybe I don’t get the way I would like, but I can still influence of the game. And I thought she did it.

Alexis Markovski of Nebraska, with her six struggles, overtook Emily Kady and became number 2 for all time in the history of Basketball in Nebraska (men and women) in struggles. Kady has ended her career with 1114 rebounds, and Markovski is now number 2 with 1120 rebounds. Janet Smith, who has played in Nebraska since 1979-82, holds the record in the program with 1280 career fights.

9772 Pack PBA’s present are the third largest audience at home for women Husker. The only two games that attracted more fans was last year’s match against Iowa – who was the first sold out of women in PBA history – and the Pack PBA game of 2023 against Iowa.

Loss from Ohio State Beats. The loss never feels well – especially when you are in a position to win or make sequels delayed.

But there is something to encourage.

The last three times when Nebraska has played with teams ranked in the top 15 – in Georgia Tech, in Ucla, in USC – things didn’t go well. Lost by 11, 37 and 20 respectively.

However, this loss felt much different from these. Do you leave Pinnacle Bank Arena after this match? This is a strange provocative hope – as much as the provocative hope of the loss is.

“Our team didn’t give up,” Williams said. “We continued to fight. We scratched and went back. Then we made it a game for one point and I think it showed a great answer. “

Next for Nebraska is a match on the road at 7-12 Purdue and 12-7 Indiana.

But the games, even against teams that are in the middle or at the end of the group, should not be taken for granted.

(Do you remember the aforementioned loss “out of nowhere” from Rutgers last season? Scarlet Knights were last in the conference during this match and ended the season with only two wins in the conference.)

But Nebraska learned this lesson.

“We will be disappointed with this,” Williams said. “We will learn from it and now we have to bring it back to the road. It won’t be easy and we understand it. The best part about this team is that they are not hungry for easy.

“They are looking for” make me sharper. ” Make me better. Make me more skillful. Help me give me a little more. -Not to make it easier, but to fight. And we will have to do this on the way to Partyu.

With nine remaining games from the regular season, Nebraska is in fifth place with 6-3 in the league. The other teams with 6-3: Minnesota, Maryland and Oregon.