Women's Hoops Blog

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Monday, December 29, 2008

A couple of teams pondered participating in the upset trend (hello, Notre Dame v. Charlotte), but only one stepped up a made good.

Over the last few seasons, Nebraska's Connie Yori has been putting together some very solid, scrappy teams. Yesterday, her Huskers took down #22/24 Arizona State. The opening from Ben Goldsmith's article in the Omaha World Herald nicely captures the ups and downs of the game.
Zero of 13.

That was the Nebraska women's basketball team's shooting line nine minutes into the first half Sunday as Arizona State built a 16-point lead.

With each missed shot, the season-high Devaney Center crowd of 4,652 on dollar-admission day let out a collective groan as the Huskers appeared to be on their way to a blowout loss. Less than an hour later, those same fans were roaring in approval as they watched Nebraska mount a second-half rally en route to a 62-58 upset of the No. 24 Sun Devils.