2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record17–13 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Goehle
  • Chuck Love
  • Tandem Mays
Home arenaPinnacle Bank Arena
Seasons
2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland† 16 – 2   .889 28 – 4   .875
No. 12 Northwestern 16 – 2   .889 26 – 4   .867
No. 21 Iowa 14 – 4   .778 23 – 7   .767
No. 20 Indiana 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
Rutgers 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Ohio State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Michigan 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Michigan State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 14   .533
Purdue 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Nebraska 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Minnesota 5 – 13   .278 16 – 15   .516
Wisconsin 3 – 15   .167 12 – 19   .387
Illinois 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
Penn State 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner
As of November 4, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by fourth year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

They finished the season 17–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Mighican. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Previous season

The Cornhuskers finished the season 14–16, 11–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4 way for sixth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Purdue. They were not invited to any post season tournaments.

Roster

2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Makenzie Helms 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr East Haven East Haven, CT
G 2 Trinity Brady 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Hamilton Heights Christian Indianapolis IN
G 3 Hannah Whitish 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Barneveld Barneveld, WI
G 4 Sam Haiby 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Moorhead Moorhead, MN
G 5 Nicea Eliely 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Rampart Colorado Springs, CO
G 11 Kristian Hudson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Clay-Chalkville
Florida International 		Birmingham, AL
F 13 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Western Christian Sioux Center, IA
G/F 14 Grace Mitchell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Wellington Wellington, KS
C 31 Kate Cain 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Pine Bush Middletown, NY
F 32 Leigha Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So DeKalb Auburn, IN
G/F 33 Taylor Kissinger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Minden Minden, NE
F 34 Isabelle Bourne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia
F 44 Kayla Mershon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Minnetonka Chanhasen, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: May 8, 2020

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2019*
4:00 p.m., HSN 		Rogers State W 97–33  –
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,289)
Lincoln, NE
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019*
12:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Alabama A&M W 68–46  1–0
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,250)
Lincoln, NE
November 10, 2019*
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		at Missouri W 90–85 OT 2–0
 Mizzou Arena (4,114)
Columbia, MO
November 14, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Morgan State W 78–55  3–0
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,377)
Lincoln, NE
November 17, 2019*
2:00 p.m., BTN+ 		SIUE W 63–49  4–0
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,537)
Lincoln, NE
November 20, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Southern W 73–39  5–0
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,541)
Lincoln, NE
November 24, 2019*
2:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Creighton L 74–79  5–1
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,967)
Lincoln, NE
November 29, 2019*
7:45 p.m., HSN 		vs. USC
South Point Shootout 		W 67–54  6–1
 South Point Arena (300)
Enterprise, NV
November 30, 2019*
5:30 p.m., HSN 		vs. Sacred Heart
South Point Shootout 		W 72–49  7–1
 South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 4, 2019*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		Duke
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		W 83–79  8–1
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,013)
Lincoln, NE
December 14, 2019*
1:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Oral Roberts W 77–67  9–1
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,769)
Lincoln, NE
December 22, 2019*
12:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Manhattan W 71–51  10–1
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,025)
Lincoln, NE
Big Ten conference season
December 28, 2019
1:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Iowa W 78–69  11–1
(1–0) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,228)
Lincoln, NE
December 31, 2019
12:00 p.m., BTN 		at Michigan State L 70–78 OT 11–2
(1–1) 		Breslin Center (5,121)
East Lansing, MI
January 4, 2020
5:00 p.m., BTN 		Minnesota W 72–58  12–2
(2–1) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,940)
Lincoln, NE
January 9, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		Wisconsin W 65–50  13–2
(3–1) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,954)
Lincoln, NE
January 9, 2020
1:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at Rutgers L 65–69  13–3
(3–2) 		Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,023)
Piscataway, NJ
January 16, 2020
1:00 p.m., BTN 		at No. 20 Maryland L 69–87  13–4
(3–3) 		Xfinity Center (3,839)
College Park, MD
January 19, 2020
4:00 p.m., BTN 		Michigan W 74–71  14–4
(4–3) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,030)
Lincoln, NE
January 22, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Purdue L 68–76  14–5
(4–4) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,819)
Lincoln, NE
January 25, 2020
11:00 a.m., BTN 		at Wisconsin W 72–71  15–5
(5–4) 		Kohl Center (3,191)
Madison, WI
January 30, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at Minnesota L 61–67  15–6
(5–5) 		Williams Arena (3,568)
Minneapolis, MN
February 2, 2020
2:00 p.m., BTN 		Ohio State L 74–80 OT 15–7
(5–6) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,189)
Lincoln, NE
February 6, 2020
6:30 p.m., BTN+ 		at No. 20 Iowa L 60–76  15–8
(5–7) 		Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,967)
Iowa City, IA
February 9, 2020
2:00 p.m., BTN+ 		No. 18 Indiana L 53–57  15–9
(5–8) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,160)
Lincoln, NE
February 13, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		Penn State W 75–58  16–9
(6–8) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,907)
Lincoln, NE
February 16, 2020
2:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at No. 19 Northwestern L 56–60  16–10
(6–9) 		Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,172)
Evanston, IL
February 19, 2020
6:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at Ohio State L 52–65  16–11
(6–10) 		Value City Arena (3,896)
Columbus, OH
February 22, 2020
2:00 p.m., BTN+ 		Illinois W 80–58  17–11
(7–10) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,044)
Lincoln, NE
February 27, 2020
5:00 p.m., BTN 		at No. 22 Indiana L 53–81  17–12
(7–11) 		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,583)
Bloomington, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5, 2020
5:30 p.m., BTN 		(10) vs. (7) Michigan
Second Round 		L 75–81  17–13
 Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,349)
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in CST Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Week
19		 Final
AP RV RV RV N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved May 8, 2020.