Huskers Battle Bison at Pentagon in Sioux Falls
Nebraska makes its first road trip of the 2025-26 regular season, when the Huskers travel to Sioux Falls, S.D., to meet North Dakota State at the Sanford Pentagon Sunday.
Tip-off between the Huskers (3-0) and the Bison (2-1) is set for noon (CT) with live television coverage by the Big Ten Network with Sloane Martin and Brenda VanLengen on the call.
Live audio will be available on Huskers.com and the Huskers App from the Huskers Radio Network with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call together for their 25th consecutive season. Over the air, fans can find the radio broadcast on 105.3 FM in Lincoln.
Husker fans can purchase tickets in advance through the Sanford Pentagon box office and Ticketmaster.com. The game between the Big Red and the Bison is part of a Husker men's and women's basketball double-header weekend in Sioux Falls, beginning with the Nebraska men facing Oklahoma at the Pentagon on Saturday at 6 p.m.
The Nebraska Alumni Association will host Husker Huddle pregame parties prior to the men's game Saturday at the Pentagon starting at 4 p.m., and at the women's game Sunday beginning at 10 a.m.
Nebraska improved to 3-0 with a resounding 84-50 victory over in-state rival Creighton on Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Nancy Lieberman Award candidate Britt Prince scored 18 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds to lead four Huskers in double figures against the Bluejays. The 5-11 point guard out of Elkhorn North High School is averaging a team-best 20 points per game. Last season at the Pentagon, Prince pumped in 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting with a pair of three-pointers in a 113-70 win over South Dakota (Nov. 16).
Callin Hake added 13 points on 3-of-4 three-point shooting to secure her first victory over Creighton in four career tries. Hake, who is one of the Big Ten's best defenders and one of the top leaders on and off the court among all sports in the conference, is averaging 10.3 points and team bests of 4.7 assists and 2.7 steals through three contests.
Junior Jessica Petrie joined Prince in putting up double figures for the third straight game to open the season. The 6-2 power forward from Gold Coast, Australia managed 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block against the Bluejays, highlighted by a 70-foot buzzer-beating three to end the first quarter. The shot was ESPN SportsCenter's No. 3 Top Play on Wednesday. Through three games, Petrie ranks second among the Huskers in both scoring (14.0 ppg) and rebounding (5.3 rpg).
Sophomore Claire Johnson contributed 11 points off the bench for her second game in double figures as a Husker, including 21 points in a season-opening win over Northwestern State. The 5-9 guard is one of five Huskers averaging in double figures on the season (10.3 ppg).
Sophomore Petra Bozan pitched in nine points in the win over Creighton and rounds out the Huskers averaging in double figures with 11.0 points and 4.0 rebounds over her first three games as a starter replacing four-time All-Big Ten center Alexis Markowski.
Nebraska Cornhuskers (RV/RV) (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
4 - Petra Bozan - 6-3 - So. - F - 11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
12 - Jessica Petrie - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 14.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg
1 - Hailey Weaver - 6-0 - Gr. - G - 5.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg
14 - Callin Hake - 5-8 - Sr. - G - 10.3 ppg, 2.0 rpg
23 - Britt Prince - 5-11 - So. - G - 20.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Off the Bench
5 - Claire Johnson - 5-9 - So. - G - 10.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg
34 - Emily Fisher - 6-0 - Jr. - G/F - 9.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
2 - Logan Nissley - 6-0 - Jr. - G - 8.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
33 - Amiah Hargrove - 6-2 - So. - F - 7.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg
21 - Eliza Maupin - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 5.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
15 - Kennadi Williams - 5-4 - RFr. - G - 2.3 ppg, 1.0 rpg
00 - Alanna Neale - 5-10 - Fr. - G - 1.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg
22 - Natalie Potts - 6-2 - RSo. - F - 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
3 - Allison Weidner [Out] - 5-10 - Gr. - G - Redshirt
Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)
10th Season at Nebraska (161-123); 19th Season Overall (354-232)
North Dakota State Bison (2-1, 0-0 Summit League)
22 - Avery Koenen - 6-3 - Jr. - F - 14.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg
1 - Molly Lenz - 5-8 - Jr. - G - 10.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg
12 - Marisa Frost - 5-8 - So. - G - 7.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg
30 - Jocelyn Schiller - 5-7 - So. - G - 12.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg
40 - Abby Krzewinski - 5-11 - Jr. - G - 6.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Off the Bench
15 - Karrington Asp - 6-2 - RFr. - F - 10.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg
8 - Amelia Hobson - 6-0 - So. - G - 4.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
10 - Abby Graham - 5-10 - Sr. - G - 2.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg
32 - Mirily Simon - 6-1 - Jr. - F - 2.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
35 - McKenna Johnson - 6-0 - Fr. - F - 2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
5 - Audrey Martinez-Stewart - 5-5 - Sr. - G - 2.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
31 - Lily Niebuhr - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 0.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg
13 - Sophie Hawkinson - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
Head Coach: Jory Collins (Emporia State, 2002)
Seventh Season at NDSU (100-83); 15th Season Overall (299-140)
Scouting The North Dakota State Bison
• Coach Jory Collins hunts his 300th career win as a collegiate head coach when North Dakota State takes on Nebraska Sunday in Sioux Falls.
• Collins picked up his 100th win as NDSU's head coach in Monday's 84-60 win over Concordia-Moorhead in Fargo. Collins, who began his coaching career at Emporia State, led the Bison to the Great 8 of the 2025 Postseason WNIT. North Dakota State finished with a 21-12 record that included an 11-5 Summit League mark.
• North Dakota State is led by returning first-team All-Summit League forward Avery Koenen. The 6-3 junior is averaging team bests of 14.7 points and 8.0 rebounds through three games. Koenen produced 14.5 points and 7.9 rebounds a year ago for the Bison while hitting 52.3 percent of her shots from the field and 73.5 percent of her free throws.
• Fellow juniors Molly Lenz (8.2 ppg) and Abby Krzewinski (8.0 ppg) return to the starting lineup with Koenen this season. Lenz, who is averaging 10.3 ppg early this season, led NDSU with 49 made three-pointers (.327) a year ago. Krzewinski, a 5-11 guard, added 46 made threes while shooting at a .377 clip. Krzewinski has hit just 2-of-11 threes early this season while averaging 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
• Sophomore Marisa Frost was a key contributor off the bench for the Bison last season, averaging 9.9 points while hitting 36 percent (27-75) of her three-point tries in 27 minutes per game. The 5-8 guard has joined the starting five but has hit just 1-of-9 from long range early. She is averaging 7.3 points and a team-best 3.7 assists per contest this year.
• Newcomer Jocelyn Schiller expects to make a major impact for the Bison throughout the year. The 2025 Summit League Freshman of the Year at rival North Dakota, averaged 13.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists to lead the Fighting Hawks last season. North Dakota's Miss Basketball in 2024 at Grand Forks High School, the 5-7 Schiller ranks second among the Bison with 12.3 points and 3.0 assists per game early this season.
• The Bison have been bolstered by the early production of redshirt freshman Karrington Asp. The 6-2 forward from Epworth, Iowa is averaging 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds.
• Schiller and Karrington have helped compensate for the losses of 2024-25 starters Abbie Draper (10.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg) and Abby Schulte (7.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
• North Dakota dropped a 64-61 exhibition decision to Creighton at the Pentagon on Oct. 26. CU jumped to a 14-5 lead and took a 55-43 lead into the fourth quarter before NDSU rallied to pull within 62-61 with 1:11 left.
Nebraska vs. North Dakota State Series History
• Nebraska has never faced North Dakota State in a regular-season or postseason women's basketball game.
• Last season in a closed scrimmage at the Pentagon (Oct. 19, 2024), the Bison fell 84-67 to the Huskers. Alexis Markowski led the Big Red with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting. No other Husker produced double digits, but Britt Prince, Amiah Hargrove and Callin Hake each contributed nine points in a game that featured lots of fouls, few fastbreaks and no fans by NCAA rule. As a team, Nebraska hit 25-of-29 free throws against the Bison.
• Avery Koenen led NDSU with 17 points, while Marisa Frost and Abby Graham each pitched in eight points.
Husker Defense Doing Damage Early
• Nebraska has held each of its first three opponents to 50 points or less following NU's 84-50 win over Creighton Wednesday. It was the fewest points scored by CU in the annual series with the Huskers since being held to 38 points in a 25-point Nebraska win on Dec. 14, 2013.
• The last time Nebraska held three straight opponents to 50 or fewer points came in the first three games of the 2021-22 season (Maine-50, Prairie View A&M-47, Alabama A&M-33) Nov. 9-14, 2021.
• The Huskers forced 25 Creighton turnovers - the most by the Jays since committing 26 turnovers against Minnesota, Dec. 30, 2012.
• Through three games, Nebraska is forcing 25.3 turnovers per game while committing just 13.7 for a plus 11.6 turnover margin.
• Nebraska notched 17 steals in the win over Samford (Nov. 8) - the most by a Husker team since getting 19 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Jan. 2, 2008.
• The Huskers have forced at least 20 turnovers in each of their first three games against Northwestern State (24), Samford (27) and Creighton (25). The last time NU forced 20-plus turnovers in three straight games came in 2015-16 against North Florida (22), North Carolina Central (24) and Southern (23).
• The last time Nebraska forced 24 or more turnovers in three straight games came in 1999-2000 when National Defensive Player of the Year Nicole Kubik and the Huskers turned over Missouri (28), Texas A&M (27) and Colorado (26) in three consecutive games Jan. 18-26, 2000. That season, the Huskers forced an average of 22.2 turnovers per contest.
Nebraska By The Numbers
• Eliza Maupin (99) hopes to play in her 100th collegiate game on Sunday against North Dakota State. Maupin played 98 games in three seasons at Kansas State, before making her Nebraska debut in Wednesday night's win over Creighton.
• Eliza Maupin (395) needs five points to reach 400 in her college career.
• Claire Johnson (397) needs three points to reach 400 in her college career.
• Jessica Petrie (385) needs 15 points to reach 400 in her college career.
• Callin Hake (588) needs 12 points to reach 600 in her college career.
• Kennadi Williams (67) scored the first points of her Nebraska career with her layup midway through the third quarter of Monday's win over Northwestern State. The Husker crowd, which included nearly 4,000 junior high students for the Sizemore Sportsmanship Pep Rally, erupted as the Huskers went to a timeout with 67 on the scoreboard. The celebration for 67 lasted two solid minutes through a timeout, before Williams sank a free throw to complete the and-1.
Prince Named to Nancy Lieberman Watch List
• Nebraska's Britt Prince was named to the list of 20 women's college basketball players on the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Preseason Watch List on Monday, Oct. 27. The Lieberman Award was the first of the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Fan voting for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award is open at http://www.hoophallawards.com.
• Prince, a 5-11 sophomore from Omaha, Neb., returns for her second season at Nebraska after averaging 13.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals as a true freshman.
• Through three games this season, she is averaging a team-best 20.0 points per game while hitting 62.2 percent (23-37) of her shots from the field, including 4-of-6 threes (4-6).
• She opened 2025-26 with 19 points, five rebounds, an assist and a steal in a win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3).
• Prince followed with a season-high 23 points, two assists and two steals in a win over Samford (Nov. 8), before getting 18 points and a season-high seven rebounds in a win over Creighton (Nov. 12).
• In an exhibition win over Mount Marty (Oct. 24), Prince notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists to go along with five rebounds.
• Prince, who was a two-time Gatorade and MaxPreps Nebraska High School Player of the Year at Elkhorn North, earned Big Ten All-Freshman honors while leading the Huskers to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• In the NCAA Tournament, Prince led the Big Red with 14 points and six assists against Louisville, after powering Nebraska to two wins at the Big Ten Tournament by averaging 17.0 points and 5.3 assists over three games, including a career-high-tying 24 points against Big Ten Tournament champion and NCAA No. 1 seed UCLA.
• Prince was the USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 21) after going for 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists and a career-high six steals in a road win at Iowa (Jan. 16), when she hit a career-high five three-pointers.
Potts Earns Spot on Katrina McClain Watch List
• Nebraska's Natalie Potts was included on the list of 20 women's college basketball players named to the Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Preseason Watch List on Thursday, Oct. 30. The McClain Award was the fourth of the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Fan voting for the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award is open at http://www.hoophallawards.
• Potts, a 6-2 redshirt sophomore from O'Fallon, Mo., returns for her third season at Nebraska in 2025-26. She was the 2023-24 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the fifth game of the 2024-25 campaign. Potts was averaging team bests of 17.5 points and 8.0 rebounds through the first four games prior to her injury. She was shooting 69.4 percent from the field, including 72.7 percent (8-11) from three-point range to lead the Big Red to a No. 19 national ranking and a 4-0 start.
• In 40-minute production, Potts put up eye-popping numbers of 28.6 points and 13.1 rebounds per 40 to rank among the best players in the Big Ten through the first four games last season.
• In 2023-24, Potts led all Big Ten freshmen in rebounding (5.2 rpg) and field goal percentage (.489), while ranking second among league freshmen in scoring (10.2 ppg) and free throw percentage (.829) in 2023-24. She started all 35 games for the 23-12 Huskers, who advanced to the Big Ten Championship Game and the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Potts, who won 8-of-15 Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards during the regular season, was the most consistent freshman in the conference from start to finish. She won the inaugural weekly honor on Nov. 13, 2023, before claiming the final two freshman awards on Feb. 26 and March 4. She won at least one weekly honor during all five months of the season. Her eight weekly awards matched the total of fellow Nebraska Big Ten Freshman of the Year Alexis Markowski in 2022.
• Potts, who also claimed an honorable-mention All-Big Ten award from the conference media, was a unanimous choice on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by the conference coaches.
• After sustaining her knee injury against North Alabama (Nov. 19, 2024), Potts underwent knee surgery on Dec. 4. She continues to rehab with hopes of returning to the court for the Huskers mid-season.
Hake Leads Big Ten as SAIC Chair; NU SAAC President
• Callin Hake has proven herself a leader on and off the court in her four seasons at Nebraska, and the junior from Victoria, Minn., was elected President of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for 2024-25 and will serve in that role again in 2025-26.
• Hake, who was Nebraska's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner for women's basketball in 2025, was also the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner across all Husker women's sports in 2024-25.
• In 2025-26, Hake has taken on additional responsibilities across the conference as the chair of the Big Ten Student-Athlete Issues Commission (SAIC).
• On the court, Hake earned 30 starts in 2024-25, averaging career bests of 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals, while scoring in double figures nine times.
• Hake produced her best performance with career highs of 17 points and seven assists, while knocking down back-to-back three-pointers in overtime in a 94-90 OT win over Oregon (Feb. 19).
• Hake established her career high with 17 points to go with five rebounds, two assists and two steals in a win over North Alabama (Nov. 19).
• Hake was NU's leading scorer with 16 points, six rebounds and four assists in Nebraska's win over Penn State (Jan. 5).
• She followed with 16 points on a career-high five three-pointers to go with four rebounds, four assists and two steals in a win over Kansas City (Nov. 26).
• She produced a 12-point effort that included three threes for the second straight game against No. 12 Ohio State (Jan. 26).
• She put up 11 points on 3-of-5 three-point shooting in a Big Ten win over Minnesota (Dec. 8), after a strong 12-point, six-rebound effort that included three assists and a career-high four steals in a win over Lindenwood (Dec. 3).
• Hake added 10 points and four assists in Nebraska's 91-71 victory at No. 17 Maryland (Feb. 13).
• She had 10 points, five rebounds and three assists in a win over Chattanooga (Dec. 15).
• The 5-8 guard averaged 6.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists while competing in all 35 games with five starts to help the Huskers advance to the Big Ten Championship Game and the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
• Hake was also the Nebraska women’s basketball Lifter of the Year in 2023 and 2025.
• Hake is a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection while double-majoring in management and marketing at Nebraska. She is also a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District VII choice (2024, 2025).
• She earned a prestigious Nebraska Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award in 2024. She is a three-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
Petrie, Nissley Returning Starters for Big Red
• Juniors Jessica Petrie and Logan Nissley return to Nebraska's lineup after serving as starters alongside fellow returners Callin Hake and Britt Prince in 2024-25.
• Petrie, a 6-2 forward from Gold Coast, Australia, started 23 games a year ago after the injury to Natalie Potts. Petrie averaged 6.4 points and 4.4 rebounds to help the Huskers to a second straight NCAA bid. Petrie, who has appeared in all 68 games for the Big Red the past two seasons, averaged 8.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in the Big Ten Tournament while hitting 12-of-19 shots (.632).
• Petrie opened 2025-26 in the starting lineup in a win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3), posting 11 points and a game-high seven rebounds in a team-high 25 minutes.
• She followed with a career-high 20 points to go with five boards in a win over Samford (Nov. 8), before adding 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block in NU's win over Creighton (Nov. 12).
• In a closed scrimmage with Missouri in Kansas City (Oct. 18), Petrie led Nebraska with 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting against the Tigers.
• Nissley, a 6-0 guard from Bismarck, N.D., averaged 7.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists while making 26 starts over 32 games as a sophomore. One of the Big Ten's most dangerous three-point threats, Nissley drained 55 threes on 36.2 percent shooting on the year.
• Nissley, who missed Nebraska's closed scrimmage against Missouri and an exhibition win over Mount Marty (Oct. 24) with a lower leg injury, came off the bench to produce eight points, three rebounds and two assists in 19 minutes in the season-opening win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3).
• In 2023-24, Nissley helped the Huskers to the NCAA Tournament and the Big Ten Championship Game by making 10 starts down the stretch. The Big Ten All-Freshman selection averaged 7.0 points while hitting 39.9 percent (59-148) of her three-point attempts over 35 games.
Sophomores Ready to Make Major Impact
• Britt Prince was the leader of a talented freshman trio for Nebraska in 2024-25. While Prince earned headlines by starting at point guard and putting up some of the best numbers in history by a Big Red rookie, fellow freshmen Amiah Hargrove and Petra Bozan were dynamic inside.
• Claire Johnson, an All-SoCon selection as a freshman at Samford, was added to a talented group of four Husker sophomores in 2025-26.
• In Nebraska's exhibition win over Mount Marty (Oct. 24), the four Husker sophomores combined for 62 points, 27 rebounds and 18 assists in 104-40 victory, including double-doubles of 26 points and 10 boards from Hargrove and 14 points and 10 assists from Prince.
• In the regular-season opening victory over Northwestern State (Nov. 3), the sophomore quartet combined for 55 points, 16 rebounds and five assists, led by 21 points from Johnson, 19 from Prince and 11 from Bozan.
• The sophomores produced big numbers again in the win over Samford (Nov. 8), including 23 points from Prince, a career-high 13 points and six rebounds from Bozan, and the second career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds for Hargrove.
• The production continued in an impressive 84-50 win over Creighton (Nov. 12), as Prince pumped in 18 points, followed by 11 from Johnson, nine from Bozan and six from Hargrove, as the class combined for 44 points and 17 rebounds.
• Bozan, a 6-3 forward from Split, Croatia, replaces four-time All-Big Ten center Alexis Markowski inside for the Huskers in 2025-26. She averaged 5.3 points and 2.8 rebounds while playing in all 33 games off the bench for the Big Red last season. Bozan produced six double-digit scoring efforts, including 11 points in Nebraska's second-round Big Ten Tournament win over Illinois (March 6). She tied her season high with 12 points - all in the fourth quarter - at Indiana (Feb. 2). It matched her 12 points in an opening-day win over Omaha (Nov. 4). She also had 11 against Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 9). She had her first double-digit effort in Big Ten play with 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting in a win over Wisconsin (Jan. 20).
• She closed the regular season with nine points in a win over Northwestern (March 2), before opening the Big Ten Tournament with nine points in a win over Rutgers (March 5). She combined to go 8-for-9 from the field in those two wins, including 4-for-4 in the conference tournament.
• Bozan produced per 40-minute averages of 19.3 points and 10.4 rebounds while hitting 51.8 percent of her shots from the field, including 37.5 percent (9-24) of her threes in 2024-25.
• Hargrove, a 6-2 forward from Christopher, Ill., capped her freshman season with 10 points and nine rebounds in less than 17 minutes of action off the bench in Nebraska's first-round NCAA Tournament game with Louisville (March 21). It was her eighth double-figure scoring effort of the season.
• Hargrove, who averaged 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 14 minutes per game on the year, opened the Big Ten Tournament by tying her career high with 13 points to go with four rebounds while tying a career high with two threes in 23 minutes off the bench in a win over Rutgers (March 5).
• She produced her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in a season-high 28 minutes in an overtime win at Iowa (Jan. 16). She hit 3-of-4 shots including 2-of-3 threes and both free throws against the Hawkeyes while adding a career-high two blocks.
• Hargrove added a double-figure scoring effort with 11 points at Indiana (Feb. 2).
• She erupted for a career-high 13 points in a win over Tarleton State (Dec. 11). She hit 5-of-6 shots, including a three-pointer, while adding three rebounds and a steal. She also led Nebraska with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting at No. 1 UCLA (Dec. 29). She had 10 points and eight rebounds in a Big Ten-opening win over previously unbeaten Minnesota (Dec. 8).
• Hargrove added 10 points and seven rebounds in a win over Kansas City (Nov. 26). She made back-to-back starts against Chattanooga (Dec. 15) and No. 17 Georgia Tech (Dec. 21). Hargrove also played a major role in NU's win over No. 20 Michigan State (Jan. 8) with seven points and six rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench.
• In 2024-25, Hargrove produced per 40-minute averages of 13.6 points and 10.5 rebounds while hitting 48.6 percent of her shots from the field, including 50 percent of her threes (17-34).
Four Transfers Producing for Big Red
• Head coach Amy Williams upgraded Nebraska's talent and depth with the addition of four NCAA Division I transfers following the 2024-25 season.
• Big Ten Conference transfers Hailey Weaver (Northwestern) and Emily Fisher (Maryland) joined Kansas State transfer Eliza Maupin and Samford transfer Claire Johnson in solidifying an already strong set of returning players for the Huskers for the 2025-26 campaign.
• Weaver, a 6-0 graduate guard from Solon, Ohio, started 14 games as a junior in 2023-24 before taking a redshirt season while attending Northwestern in 2024-25. She averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds for the Wildcats as a junior. Weaver brings length and defensive pressure to the Husker backcourt, while also supplying proven ability as a three-point shooter by hitting 36 percent (32-89) of her long-range attempts as a junior at Northwestern. Weaver was No. 35 in the ESPN Top 100 player rankings coming out of Solon High School. She has started the first three games this season for the Huskers and is averaging 5.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals as Nebraska's top defensive hound/pirate.
• Fisher, a 6-0 guard/forward from Libertyville, Ill., appeared in 52 games over the past two seasons at Maryland. An ESPN Top 100 player out of Libertyville High School, Fisher brings toughness and rebounding ability to the small forward position for the Big Red. In her Husker debut, Fisher tied career highs with nine points and three assists, while setting a career best with four steals in a season-opening win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3).
• Maupin adds extreme athleticism to the Husker roster. The 6-3 forward from Webster Groves, Mo., averaged 4.0 points and 2.7 rebounds over 98 games at Kansas State the past three seasons, while playing a supporting role to K-State All-American Ayoka Lee. Maupin, who was a two-time Missouri state high jump champion, finished at better than a 62 percent rate from the field during her Wildcat career. She had five points, four rebounds and a career-high-matching two blocks in Nebraska's win over Creighton (Nov. 12) in her Husker debut after missing the first two games this season with a lower leg injury.
• Although the smallest of the Husker transfers, Johnson may provide the largest long-term impact to the Nebraska roster. The 5-9 guard from Paducah, Ky., earned second-team All-Southern Conference honors as a freshman at Samford in 2024-25. A member of the SoCon All-Tournament Team as well, Johnson averaged 12.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steal for the Bulldogs while starting 14 of the team's 30 games. Johnson demonstrated her explosiveness and high basketball IQ late in the season, erupting for 30 points against UNC Wilmington (Feb. 1). It followed a 26-point effort against Western Carolina (Jan. 30). The performances earned her SoCon Player-of-the-Week honors (Feb. 4) after averaging 28.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the two-game stretch. A knock-down three-point shooter, Johnson hit 40.4 percent (61-151) of her three-point attempts as a freshman.
• In Nebraska's closed scrimmage against Missouri in Kansas City (Oct. 18), Johnson buried four of the Big Red's 15 three-pointers. She finished the day with 12 points. She added 11 points on a trio of three-pointers to go with six assists in an exhibition win over Mount Marty (Oct. 24), before erupting for 21 points in the regular-season opening win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3). She added 11 points in the victory over Creighton (Nov. 12). Through three games, Johnson is averaging 10.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steal off the bench for the Big Red.
Huskers Earn Votes in National Polls
• Nebraska maintained two votes in the Associated Press (Nov. 10) and USA Today/WBCA (Oct. 23) Top 25 polls. The Huskers are the equivalent of No. 36 in the AP rankings, while coming in at No. 38 in the USA Today/WBCA poll.
• Nebraska was one of 11 Big Ten teams to receive votes in the AP Preseason Top 25, joining No. 3 UCLA, No. 10 Maryland, No. 13 Michigan, No. 18 USC, No. 21 Iowa, No. 23 Michigan State, No. 26 Washington, No. 27 Ohio State and No. 30 Minnesota.
• The Huskers were ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for seven consecutive weeks to open the 2024-25 season, before slipping out of the rankings Dec. 23, following a 72-61 road loss at then-No. 17 Georgia Tech (Dec. 21).
• The Huskers received votes in the Dec. 30, Jan. 13 and Jan. 20 AP polls, before returning to the USA Today/WBCA Top 25 (Jan. 21). NU received votes in the Jan. 27/28 polls.
• In 2023-24, Nebraska finished No. 25 in the final NCAA NET rankings.