Women's Basketball Faces Nebraska on Sunday

Omaha, Neb. -- The Creighton women's basketball squad renews its longest consecutive series as the Bluejays face Nebraska on Sunday, Nov. 19th at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln at 7:00 pm.

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11/19: - 7:00 pm
Creighton (1-1) at Nebraska (3-0)

Radio - 1290 AM: Brad Burwell (Play-by-play) & Glen Sisk (Analyst)

Stats (Free): http://www.huskers.com/liveStats/v2/basketball/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=3159075&db_oem_id=100

Video ($): https://www.btn2go.com/game/creighton-at-nebraska-on-11192017

Series History: Creighton trails series, 30-12

Twitter: @GoCreighton, @CreightonWBB

Bird Seeds

The Bluejays are looking for their first victory in Lincoln since 1993 and its first two-game winning streak against the Huskers since 1994.
Creighton lost back-to-back games just once last season, dropping the first two contests of 2016-17.
Sunday's contest begins a stretch of four games in six days as the Bluejays face Nebraska, Northern Iowa (Tuesday) before traveling to Las Vegas for a the South Point Shootout. In that tournament Creighton will battle Washington on Friday and UCLA the following evening.
The running series with Nebraska has been played for 37 consecutive seasons, the longest consecutive series with any team for the Bluejays.
This will be the third time the Bluejays will play in Pinnacle Bank Arena.

About Nebraska

Located in Lincoln, Nebraska
The Huskers are coached by 1998 Nebraska graduate Amy Williams.
In her second season with the Huskers, Williams led South Dakota to the WNIT Championship during 2015-16. She has a 203-131 career record in ten seasons, including a 10-22 mark with Nebraska.

Scouting Nebraska (3-0)
The Huskers are off to a strong start this season, claiming each of their first three contests. Nebraska has not played away from the friendly confines of Pinnacle Bank Arena, besting SIU Edwardsville, UMKC and Arkansas.

Leading the way for the Huskers is a former Creighton recruit in Taylor Kissinger with 16.0 points per game. Just a step back is post player Kate Cain (12.7 ppg).

The Huskers are a strong team from beyond the arc thus far, shooting just under 35% (23-of-66).

In the win over Arkansas on Thursday night, Nebraska hit eight treys, also got 42 points in the point. Two Huskers closed that game with double-digit rebounds as Maddie Simon grabbed 12 and Cain posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 boards.

Keys to the Game w/Nebraska

Focus within: Creighton's biggest challenge this season will be controlling themselves. For the Bluejays to be successful they will need to take care of the basketball and execute offensively.
Win the turnover battle: Nebraska has averaged 15 turnovers per game thus far, the Bluejays must be at least five better than the Huskers.
Defend the post: Versus South Dakota the Bluejays were hurt by the post play of Kate Liveringhouse (18 points). Nebraska's Cain is likely more dangerous than Liveringhouse, so Creighton will rely on its posts to improve defensively.

Family Rivalry Taken up a Notch
Sunday will mark the first time that Creighton's Brooke Kissinger will be asked to play on the opposite side of her sister, Nebraska's Taylor Kissinger. Three years older than Taylor, Brooke began her collegiate career at Illinois, but she transferred to Creighton last season.

Back-to-Back Birthdays for Baby Birds
Both the game on Tuesday as well as Sunday's battle with Nebraska hold a little extra motivation for freshman Tatum Rembao and Temi Carda. Rembao celebrated her 19th birthday with her first eight points as a Bluejay on Tuesday, while Carda looks to bring home a victory.

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Players Mentioned

Brooke Kissinger