Tag: Jordan Hooper

Women’s basketball suffers 91-69 defeat to No. 14 Indiana

The Nebraska women’s basketball team faced another big test after squaring off against Maryland last week.

The Nebraska women’s basketball team faced another big test after squaring off against Maryland last week. However, unlike last week, the Huskers couldn’t replicate a win against the Hoosiers, instead suffering a 91-69 defeat.

Nebraska hosted Indiana in front of a season-high 9,059 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers also raised their fourth retired jersey banner in school history, honoring 2014 first-team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year, Jordan Hooper.

Alexis Markowski hit 9-of-14 shots from the field including all three of her three-point attempts to finish with 21 points, notching her fifth 20-point game of the season. Markowski also led Nebraska in rebounds, hauling in six. Freshman Logan Nissley was the only other Husker to finish with double-digit points, scoring 13 points in the loss.

Nebraska falls to 11-4 on the season and will remain home to take on Illinois Thursday night. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. and can be viewed on Big Ten Network.

Huskers to raise banner for former All-American

The Nebraska women’s basketball team will honor a former first-team All-American later this season.

The Nebraska women’s basketball team will honor a former first-team All-American later this season. Jordan Hooper will have a banner with her last name and No. 35 raised inside Pinnacle Bank Arena when the Huskers host Indiana on Jan. 7th.

Hooper is one of only three players in Nebraska history with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She finished her career with 2,357 points and 1,110 rebounds while being named a first-team All-American and the 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year.

Hooper said she was surprised at the announcement.

“It was incredible. I had no idea it was coming. I am just so honored and so proud. To be able to have my teammates around me when my banner goes up inside PBA will mean so much to me. What a great day today is, and what a great day that will be. I don’t like to get emotional about many things, but I got emotional when Coach Williams and the players told me. It was overwhelming.”

Following her career at Nebraska, she would be taken in the second round of the 2014 WNBA draft. She would play in the WNBA from 2014-2017, playing for four different franchises.

Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.