Lauren Betts finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocks, and Gabriela Jaquez added 23 points and nine rebounds as No. 4 UCLA reached the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals with an 85-74 victory over Nebraska.
Freshman Britt Prince scored 17 points with five assists and 10th-seeded Nebraska rallied for a 74-70 win over seventh-seeded Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament, closing with a 13-5 run
First-team all-Big Ten guard Lucy Olsen led all players with 21 points and nine assists to lead 11th-seeded Iowa to a 74-61 upset of No. 24 Michigan State in the final second-round game of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis on Thursday.
Gabriela Jaquez traveled to Indianapolis as the Bruins’ third leading scorer and their fifth-best 3-point shooter. But on a night where UCLA only converted 44% of its shots – including 19% of its 3-pointers – the junior guard contributed a season-high 23 points on 8-for-13 shooting and three 3-point conversions – half of the Bruins’ total.
The Scarlet Knights' season came to an end with an 84-60 loss to Nebraska in the first round of the Big Ten tournament on Wednesday at Gainbridge FieldHouse in Indianapolis.
McKenzie scored 16 points and handed out 10 assists, but the seventh-seeded Illini lost 74-70 to the 10th-seeded Cornhuskers. Sports Copy Editor Adalia McKenzie tries to get past the Nebraska defense on Thursday night during a Big Ten tournament second-round game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Illinois forward Kendall Bostic shoots over Nebraska forward Jessica Petrie on Thursday night in a second-round game at the Big Ten tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Bostic had 19 points and six rebounds,
Nebraska is moving on to the Big Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Husker women's hoops (10) beat Rutgers (15) in the first round of the league tournamen