Nebraska Women's Basketball Moves Closer to the Bubble with 17-Point Loss at Minnesota

Nebraska women's basketball has had a tough last month of play.

NU dropped its seventh game in the last nine outings, this time falling at Minnesota, 84-67. The Gophers improve to 19-6 on the year and 10-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while the Huskers fall to 16-9 overall and 5-9 in the league.

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The Game
The Stats
What's Next
Big Ten Standings
The Tournament Picture
Nebraska Women's Basketball 2025-26 Schedule
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The Game

While Nebraska took a while to get the shots to fall, Minnesota entered the contest on fire. The Gophers made 11-of-16 to open the contest and push ahead to a 26-13 lead after the first quarter.

The Huskers, who looked outmatched over the first 10 minutes, continued that look in the second quarter. Minnesota extended the lead to as many as 21 points before Britt Prince could make a couple of free throws to send the Big Red into halftime down 19 points.

Amy Williams must have turned up the heat at the half, because Nebraska's cold shooting melted immediately in the third quarter. After going back to a 21-point difference, Jessice Petrie made a pair of three-pointers before adding a layup. That was followed by a triple from Prince and a Kennadi Williams layup, completing a 13-0 run.

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— Nebraska Women's Basketball (@HuskerWBB) February 13, 2026

With Amiah Hargrove and Logan Nissley both notching buckets, and Minnesota making just one shot in the final nine minutes of the quarter, the difference was down to eight points after three quarters.

But Minnesota answered with an 8-0 run to open the final frame. Although Nebraska had its own 8-0 run right away to punch back, the shots simply stopped falling. The Huskers closed the game with 3-for-9 shooting, while the Gophers made six of their final seven to pull away for the 17-point victory.

The Stats

Nebraska shot 41.4% for the game, including 9-for-26 on three-pointers. Minnesota made 52.5% of its shots, making 4-of-14 from deep.

The Gophers also held an advantage at the free throw line, making 18-of-21. The Huskers went 10-for-12 at the stripe.

In a sport where the assist-to-turnover ratio can be a determining factor in the outcome of games, it was negligible in this one. Both teams had 17 assists and 16 turnovers.

Minnesota's Amaya Battle led all scorers with 21 points. Five Gophers scored in double figures.

The Huskers were led by the 15 points, seven rebounds, and three assists from Prince. Petrie (14 points), Hargrove (13 points), and Nissley (12 points) also scored in double figures. Nissley tied Callin Hake for the team lead with four assists.

Box Score

What's Next

Nebraska returns home for a rivalry battle on Monday, hosting No. 15 Iowa.

In the second year of the Jan Jensen era, the Hawkeyes are back among the nation's elite. At 19-5, Iowa's only losses are to currently-rated No. 1 UConn and No. 2 UCLA, as well as Iowa State, USC, and Minnesota.

Iowa is coming off a 65-56 win over No. 25 Washington on Wednesday. In the victory, Chit-Chat Wright had 21 points, while Hannah Stuelke posted her seventh double-double of the year.

Nebraska and Iowa met in Iowa City on New Year's Day. In that 86-76 win for the Hawkeyes, Wright poured in 24 points, with Stuelke posting 21 points and 10 rebounds. Prince led the Huskers with 27 points, as Eliza Maupin pitched in a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Tip from Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 11 a.m. CST. The game will be televised on FOX and broadcast statewide on the Huskers Radio Network.

Big Ten Standings

Nebraska was just barely in the middle third of the league entering Thursday's game. With the loss, the Huskers are now tied with Wisconsin for 12th.

Looking ahead to the Big Ten Conference Tournament next month, the Badgers hold the tiebreaker, though the first game of the event is between the teams seeded 12 and 13.

The Gophers keep themselves in the double-bye conversation. They're up to 10-4, behind UCLA (14-0), Michigan (11-2), Ohio State (11-2), and Iowa (10-3). The top four seeds get a double-bye, while seeds five through nine receive a single bye.

Nebraska's final four games of the regular season are against one team in the top third of the league (Iowa), two in the middle third (Washington, 8-6; Oregon, 6-7), and one in the bottom third (Rutgers, 1-12).

The Tournament Picture

Nebraska is running out of games to build a resume with any oomph.

The Huskers are 0-7 against teams ranked by the AP at the time of the game. The other two losses are to unranked Wisconsin and now Minnesota, though the Gophers are the top receiving votes team this week.

Going into Thursday's game, Nebraska was sitting at 25th in the NET. The Huskers were 3-0 against Quad 2 opponents, 3-1 against Quad 3, and 10-0 against Quad 4. Against Quad 1, however, NU was 0-7. This latest loss moves NU to 0-8 against that top quadrant.

In the latest Bracketology from ESPN on Tuesday, Nebraska was slotted as a 9-seed and falling. The Huskers weren't on the bubble as one of the last four in or even among the last four byes. Even so, with only four regular-season games remaining, and only two wins in the last nine outings, NU may be slipping more towards being a team on the wrong side of the bubble.

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Nebraska Women's Basketball 2025-26 Schedule

Oct. 24 Nebraska 104, Mount Marty 40 (Exhibition)
Nov. 3 Nebraska 103, Northwestern State 46
Nov. 8 Nebraska 80, Samford 46
Nov. 12 Nebraska 84, Creighton 50
Nov. 16 Nebraska 82, North Dakota State 70 (Sanford Pentagon)
Nov. 19 Nebraska 103, Oral Roberts 58
Nov. 24 Nebraska 80, Purdue Fort Wayne 57 (Emerald Coast Classic)
Nov. 25 Nebraska 91, Virginia 82 (Emerald Coast Classic)
Dec. 3 Nebraska 92, Bradley 53
Dec. 6 Nebraska 101, Penn State 83
Dec. 9 Nebraska 87 vs. Omaha 35
Dec. 14 Nebraska 85, Illinois State 44
Dec. 21 Nebraska 87, Cal Baptist 56
Dec. 29 74 USC, Nebraska 66
Jan. 1 Iowa 86, Nebraska 76
Jan. 4 Nebraska 78, Purdue 62
Jan. 8 Nebraska 78, Indiana 73
Jan. 11 UCLA 83, Nebraska 61
Jan. 15 Michigan State 73, Nebraska 71
Jan. 21 Wisconsin 63, Nebraska 60
Jan. 24 Nebraska 81, Illinois 75
Jan. 28 Nebraska 89, Northwestern 73
Feb. 1 Ohio State 90, Nebraska 71
Feb. 4 at Michigan 88, Nebraska 76
Feb. 7 Maryland 78, Nebraska 60
Feb. 12 Minnesota 84, Nebraska 67
Feb. 16 vs. Iowa 11 a.m. FOX
Feb. 19 at Oregon 8 p.m. B1G+
Feb. 22 at Washington 2 p.m. BTN
Feb. 28 vs. Rutgers B1G+
March 4-8 Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis

Home games are bolded. All times central.

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