2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they lost in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas A&M. Their season ended in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional of the NCAA tournament, where they lost 76–67 to Kentucky.

Offseason The Huskers welcomed three incoming freshmen to the program. The rookies were led by 2009 Washington High School Player-of-the-Year Lindsey Moore. The 5-9 point guard was from Kentwood High School in Covington, Washington. She earned third-team All-America honors from Parade magazine after leading the Conquerors to the Class 4A state title and a final No. 2 national ranking in the USA Today Super 25 poll. California forward Meghin Williams and Minnesota forward Katya Leick were the other freshmen. May 7: Nebraska incoming freshman Lindsey Moore was one of the nation's top 19-and-under players invited to the USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team Trials in the next week. Senior Kelsey Griffin was chosen as a preseason All-Big 12 selection by the league coaches for the third consecutive season. Nebraska was picked to finish sixth in the powerful Big 12 Conference in voting by the league's coaches announced on Thursday, October 15, by the conference office in Irving, Texas. Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin was officially named one of 30 candidates for the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS award on Wednesday, November 4, honoring women's basketball players across the nation who excel both on and off the court.

Roster

Number Name Height Position Class Hometown 5 Kaitlyn Burke 5-07 Guard Junior North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 00 Lindsey Moore 5-09 Guard Freshman Covington, Washington 10 Meghin Williams 6-01 Forward Freshman Rancho Cucamonga, California 11 Nicole Neals 5-06 Guard Senior Chandler, Arizona 12 Layne Reeves 5-11 Guard Redshirt freshman Lubbock, Texas 13 Kala Kuhlmann 5-08 Guard Senior Charter Oak, Iowa20 Katya Leick 6-01 Forward Freshman Grey Cloud Township, Minnesota 21 Harleen Sidhu 6-01 Forward Sophomore Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 22 Yvonne Turner 5-08 Guard Senior Omaha, Nebraska 23 Kelsey Griffin 6-02 Forward Senior Eagle River, Alaska 24 Dominique Kelley 5-07 Guard Junior Lincoln, Nebraska 35 Jessica Periago 6-04 Center Junior Toulon, France 40 Cory Montgomery 6-02 Forward Senior Cannon Falls, Minnesota 42 Nikki Bober 6-04 Center Senior Murdock, Nebraska 44 Catheryn Redmon 6-03 Center Junior Grand Prairie, Texas

Schedule

Preseason exhibitions Date Location Opponent Score Record Nov. 3 Devaney Ctr. Pittsburg State 68-54 1-0 Nov. 8 Devaney Ctr. Nebraska-Kearney 89-47 2-0

Regular season Date Location Rank Opponent Score Record Nov. 13 Devaney Center NR Davidson 86-62 1-0 Nov. 15 Las Vegas NR UNLV 73-51 2-0 Nov. 19 Devaney Center NR Idaho State 88-41 3-0 Nov. 22 Devaney Center NR Washington State 107-54 4-0 Nov. 27 Moraga, CA. NR UALR 62-45 5-0 Nov. 29 Moraga, CA. NR Saint Mary's College 84-73 6-0 Dec. 3 Devaney Center NR South Dakota 77-38 7-0 Dec. 5 Coral Gables, FL NR Miami 76-71 8-0 Dec. 9 Devaney Center #24 Creighton 69-56 9-0 Dec. 13 Devaney Center #24 Northern Illinois 69-44 10-0 Dec. 20 Devaney Center #20 #5 LSU 77-63 11-0 Dec. 30 Devaney Center #13 Albany 88-41 12-0 Jan. 4 Burlington, VT. #12 Vermont 94-50 13-0 Jan. 9 Ames, Iowa #12 Iowa State 57-49 14-0 (1-0) Jan. 12 Devaney Center #11 #19 Texas 91-79 15-0 (2-0) Jan. 17 Waco, Texas #11 #9 Baylor 65-56 16-0 (3-0) Jan. 23 Devaney Center #7 Kansas State 71-56 17-0 (4-0) Jan. 27 Lubbock, Texas #6 Texas tech 89-47 18-0 (5-0) Jan. 30 Boulder, Colorado #6 Colorado 80-64 19-0 (6-0) Feb. 3 Devaney Center #4 #10 Oklahoma State 88-67 20-0 (7-0) Feb. 6 Devaney Center #4 #12 Texas A&M 71-60 21-0 (8-0) Feb. 10 Lawrence, Kansas #3 Kansas 67-60 22-0 (9-0) Feb. 13 Columbia, Missouri #3 Missouri 82-78 23-0 (10-0) Feb. 17 Devaney Center #3 #13 Iowa State 60-50 24-0 (11-0) Feb. 20 Devaney Center #3 Colorado 89-73 25-0 (12-0) Feb. 24 Norman, Oklahoma #3 #11 Oklahoma 80-64 26-0 (13-0) Feb. 27 Devaney Center #3 Missouri 67-51 27-0 (14-0) March 3 Devaney Center #3 Kansas 77-52 28-0 (15-0) March 6 Manhattan, Kansas #3 Kansas State 82-72 29-0 (16-0)

Postseason Big 12 Tournament Date Location Rank Opponent Score Record March 12 Kansas City, Missouri #1 #9 Kansas State 63-46 30-0 March 13 Kansas City, Missouri #1 #4 Texas A&M 70-80 30-1 NCAA Tournament Date Location Seed Opponent Score Record March 21 Minneapolis #1 #16 Northern Iowa 83-44 31-1 March 23 Minneapolis #1 #8 UCLA 83-70 32-1 March 28 Kansas City, Missouri #1 #4 Kentucky 67–76 32–2

Player stats Player Games played Minutes Field goals Three pointers Free throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points Bober, Nikki -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Burke, Kaitlyn 6 5.7 .286 .200 1.000 0.5 3 -- -- 1.2 Griffin, Kelsey 32 27.4 .607 .250 .762 10.3 58 22 58 20.4 Kelley, Dominique 32 24.1 .427 .408 .778 3.9 59 1 26 12.0 Kuhlmann, Kala 32 16.8 .340 .313 .806 1.6 27 1 10 3.4 Leick, Katya 10 5.8 .222 .000 .833 1.4 2 0 2 1.8 Montgomery, Cory 32 27.6 .503 .380 .792 5.2 33 7 17 12.8 Moore, Lindsey 32 27.4 .349 .266 .690 2.2 141 6 43 5.8 Neals, Nicole 32 15.0 .324 .284 .364 1.0 46 2 20 3.0 Periago, Jessica 28 8.4 .302 .238 .286 1.7 13 10 6 1.2 Redmon, Catheryn 32 15.9 .620 -- .275 4.6 6 63 13 4.3 Reeves, Layne 23 6.7 .385 .533 .333 0.7 7 3 5 1.3 Sidhu, Harleen 12 5.2 .385 .286 .500 1.7 3 1 1 2.2 Turner, Yvonne 32 26.9 .406 .368 .694 3.6 51 4 62 11.8 Williams, Meghin 13 2.9 .222 .000 .667 0.7 0 0 0 0.9

Awards and honors

Players Big 12 Player of the Year — Kelsey Griffin Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year — Yvonne Turner (with Brittney Griner of Baylor) First-team All-Big 12 — Griffin (unanimous selection), Cory Montgomery, and Turner Lowe's Senior CLASS Award — Kelsey Griffin

Coach All of the following were awarded to head coach Connie Yori: Naismith College Coach of the Year Big 12 Coach of the Year WBCA National Coach of the Year Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award

Rankings + Ranking movement Poll Pre-season Nov16 Nov23 Nov30 Dec7 Dec14 Dec21 Dec28 Jan4 Jan11 Jan18 Jan25 Feb1 Feb8 Jan15 Jan22 March1 March8 March15 Final USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll NR NR NR NR 23 18 14 14 13 9 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 Associated Press NR NR NR NR 24 20 14 13 12 11 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 NR = Not ranked

Team players drafted into the WNBA Round Pick Player WNBA club 1 3 Kelsey Griffin Minnesota Lynx(traded to Connecticut Sun) 3 25 Cory Montgomery New York Liberty

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