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2012-13 SEASON RECAP
The first year in the Big 12 was a success. Not only did it help us, but Wyoming ended up winning the Missouri Valley and will make their first tournament appearance since 2005.
We won the Big 12 tournament and headed into the tournament at 29-3. We were the #1 seed in the Midwest region. In contrast to past teams, this team was very well balanced offensively and otherwise. And I'd struggle to attach the "star" pin onto any of the women specifically. They're a pretty cohesive unit and our rotation is pretty deep all the way down the bench for the most part. It's weird having a 4-star kid you can insert playing 8th, 9th or 10th in the rotation. It's quite the luxury.
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NEBRASKA STATE PRONGHORNS Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Lorena Geary SF 32 32 32.9 17.7 3.0 7.6 2.6 1.8 0.4 1.8 2.4 14.6
Nadziejan Adamicz PF 32 32 31.9 17.7 3.2 10.0 3.9 0.7 1.3 1.9 2.6 14.1
Mia Miele SG 32 32 26.9 15.1 0.7 3.2 1.9 1.8 0.2 2.8 2.5 11.7
Mariam O'Brien PG 32 32 29.8 11.2 0.7 2.9 8.4 0.9 0.3 1.8 2.8 14.1
Sydnee Castel C 32 0 14.6 7.2 1.1 3.4 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 4.3
Yuming Jiang C 32 32 25.2 5.5 2.0 6.7 1.3 0.7 0.2 1.2 2.1 11.9
Lea Thierauf SF 32 0 11.2 5.2 0.8 1.9 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.3 1.1
Andee Hooper PG 32 0 10.7 2.7 0.4 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.8
Gabriella Richie PF 32 0 9.4 2.6 1.2 3.2 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 3.3
Macy Reynolds C 31 0 4.7 0.6 0.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 -1.4
Khloe Jackson PG 29 0 2.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.8
Gabrielle Jackson PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Addison Murray SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iris Harris C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
We are the #1 seed in the Midwest region in this year's tournament.
NCAA TOURNAMENT
1st round: 16) North Dakota, W (97-66)
2nd round: 8) Nebraska, W (91-81)
THE COMPUTER HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR
Sweet 16: 4) Oklahoma State, W (100-65)
We split the season series with these guys, with each team winning at each team's respective home. Now at a neutral site? I'm not sure what to expect to be honest. But as it turns out, it wasn't anything to worry about. Our girls were ready for the task.
Elite 8: 6) Portland, (94-78)
And with that win, Nebraska State will head to our first Final Four in 10 years!
FINAL FOUR: 2) Tennessee, (95-87)
Code:
Nebraska State 95, Tennessee 87
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Tennessee (29-6, 13-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Serena Holman C 27 4-6 0-0 0 8 0 3 8
J. Destombes PF 24 2-2 0-0 1 6 0 2 4
Carmen Siegel SF 28 5-12 4-4 1 3 5 3 14
Denisse Lorfeuve SG 33 11-14 2-2 3 4 0 2 28
Kynlee Lamar PG 32 4-15 5-5 2 3 10 3 14
Reagan Bane PG 11 2-4 0-0 0 2 3 3 6
Claire Swartz SG 13 3-7 0-1 0 0 4 1 9
Aryanna Collins SF 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Gabriela Deason PF 19 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 1 2
Emily Schneider PF 7 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 1 0
Maria Heiß PF 2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Charlie Rivera C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 15 (S.Holman 4, J.Destombes 1, C.Siegel 1,
D.Lorfeuve 3, K.Lamar 2, R.Bane 4)
Blocked Shots: 4 (S.Holman 2, J.Destombes 1, G.Deason 1)
Steals: 7 (S.Holman 1, J.Destombes 1, C.Siegel 1,
K.Lamar 1, C.Swartz 1, E.Schneider 2)
3P FGs: 10-29 (S.Holman 0-1, C.Siegel 0-3, D.Lorfeuve
4-6, K.Lamar 1-8, R.Bane 2-3, C.Swartz 3-7, A.Collins
0-1)
Nebraska State (34-3, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Yuming Jiang C 31 0-1 0-0 0 3 2 2 0
Nadziejan Adamicz PF 35 12-18 2-3 1 10 6 2 26
Lorena Geary SF 35 9-16 4-5 6 13 1 2 26
Mia Miele SG 35 5-13 0-1 3 5 4 4 11
Mariam O'Brien PG 33 6-12 2-2 2 3 11 1 19
Sydnee Castel C 11 2-5 2-2 1 1 0 1 6
Lea Thierauf SF 6 1-1 2-3 1 2 0 0 5
Gabriella Richie SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Andee Hooper SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Macy Reynolds PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Khloe Jackson PG 4 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 14 (N.Adamicz 3, L.Geary 4, M.Miele 2,
M.O'Brien 3, L.Thierauf 1, A.Hooper 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (L.Geary 1, M.Miele 1, M.O'Brien 2,
S.Castel 1)
Steals: 6 (M.Miele 3, M.O'Brien 2, S.Castel 1)
3P FGs: 11-26 (Y.Jiang 0-1, L.Geary 4-5, M.Miele 1-7,
M.O'Brien 5-11, S.Castel 0-1, L.Thierauf 1-1)
Player of Game: PG Mariam O'Brien (BRASKA)
Other semi-final: 2) Iowa v. 1) North Carolina, (North Carolina W, 104-95)
So we're back in the title game for the first time in a decade. UNC last won a title in 1986, so we're both fighting droughts, though they've made every tournament since then. Their roster boasts two sophomore stars in Emmy Rosenberg and Ekwueme Saro-Wiwe, the latter would be the 1st pick in the draft we let players leave early in this league (we don't, since the WNBA doesn't...)
The programs have played once in history and we won that lone meeting. I feel confident that we can win this, we have a lot of weapons to throw at them, but it's hard to say.
Spoiler
Code:
Nebraska State 90, North Carolina 71
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Nebraska State (35-3, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Yuming Jiang C 32 2-5 1-3 0 10 1 2 5
Nadziejan Adamicz PF 24 5-9 2-2 1 7 2 4 12
Lorena Geary SF 34 9-14 0-0 4 7 2 0 21
Mia Miele SG 24 3-7 2-2 0 1 4 4 10
Mariam O'Brien PG 34 4-8 0-0 1 1 11 1 11
Sydnee Castel C 14 7-9 1-2 1 3 0 3 15
Lea Thierauf SF 14 4-8 2-4 2 2 0 2 12
Gabriella Richie SF 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0
Andee Hooper SG 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Macy Reynolds C 10 1-3 2-2 1 4 0 3 4
Khloe Jackson PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Turnovers: 17 (N.Adamicz 3, L.Geary 1, M.Miele 3,
M.O'Brien 2, S.Castel 1, L.Thierauf 3, G.Richie 3,
M.Reynolds 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (Y.Jiang 2, N.Adamicz 1, L.Geary 1,
S.Castel 1, G.Richie 1, M.Reynolds 1)
Steals: 10 (Y.Jiang 3, N.Adamicz 1, L.Geary 1, M.Miele
3, S.Castel 1, L.Thierauf 1)
3P FGs: 10-23 (Y.Jiang 0-1, L.Geary 3-7, M.Miele 2-4,
M.O'Brien 3-7, L.Thierauf 2-4)
North Carolina (34-5, 12-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Abigail Presley C 34 2-5 1-2 1 8 2 2 5
T. Yashkevich PF 27 0-1 0-0 3 6 1 4 0
Ekwueme Saro-Wiwa SF 34 10-20 0-0 4 9 5 3 20
Emmy Rosenberg SG 32 8-16 3-5 4 6 1 0 21
Jaylin Gilley PG 24 1-6 2-2 0 0 2 4 4
Adeline Dowdell SF 17 2-8 0-0 1 1 1 0 5
Emily Wolfinger PG 15 2-4 4-7 0 1 1 0 9
Amelia Selman C 10 1-1 2-2 0 1 0 0 4
Casey Ruiz SF 3 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 3 3
Mackenzie Shealy SG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kamila Sedlacek PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (A.Presley 1, T.Yashkevich 2, E.Saro-Wiwa
4, E.Rosenberg 3, J.Gilley 2, A.Dowdell 3, E.Wolfinger
1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (T.Yashkevich 1, E.Saro-Wiwa 4,
E.Rosenberg 1, A.Selman 1)
Steals: 7 (T.Yashkevich 1, E.Saro-Wiwa 3, E.Rosenberg
2, C.Ruiz 1)
3P FGs: 5-18 (A.Presley 0-1, T.Yashkevich 0-1,
E.Rosenberg 2-6, J.Gilley 0-1, A.Dowdell 1-4,
E.Wolfinger 1-3, C.Ruiz 1-1, M.Shealy 0-1)
Player of Game: SF Lorena Geary (BRASKA)
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