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No. 24 Nebraska women lead 21-2 after one quarter, go on to 85-44 win over Illinois State

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Petra Bozan scored 14 points, Britt Prince added 13 and No. 24 Nebraska outscored Illinois State 21-2 in the opening quarter in cruising to an 85-44 win to remain unbeaten on Sunday.

Amiah Hargrove and Eliza Maupin added 11 points each for a bench that saw six reserves play double-digit minutes and score 58 points for the Cornhuskers (11-0), who are unbeaten in seven home games this season.

Kya Hurt scored 18 points and Addison Martin had 12 for the Redbirds (5-6).

Nebraska scored the first eight points of the game before the Redbirds got their only bucket of the opening period with Hargrove scoring seven points.

It was 40-21 at halftime and 62-35 after three quarters before the Cornhuskers outscored Illinois State 23-9 in the final period.

Nebraska shot 53% and scored 35 points off 20 turnovers, including 10 steals. Illinois State shot 30% and was 1 of 10 from the arc.

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Illinois State is home against Oakland on Friday.

Nebraska is home against Cal Baptist next Sunday.

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Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
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