To this point, the Corvallis pod of the NCAA ladies’s basketball match has gone chalk, with No. 3 Oregon State taking down No. 14 Japanese Washington, 73-51, whereas No. 6 Nebraska survived No. 11 Texas A&M shortly after, 61-59.
The Beavers and Cornhuskers will now meet at Gill Coliseum within the Spherical of 32 at 1 p.m. on Sunday, with the sport to be televised on ESPN.
What to learn about Nebraska’s season
The Cornhuskers (23-11, 11-7 Large Ten) had an up-and-down common season, which included an upset win over then-ranked No. 2 Iowa at residence, but additionally a number of losses to unranked groups and a fifth-place end within the Large Ten convention.
Nebraska performed its finest basketball late, nonetheless, successful three straight within the Large Ten match earlier than shedding to Iowa within the championship sport, 94-89. The Cornhuskers took down back-to-back match groups in Michigan State and Maryland to advance to the title sport, earlier than shedding a heartbreaker to Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes.
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Gamers to observe
The present begins and begins with level guard Jaz Shelley for the Cornhuskers. The fifth-year participant and former Oregon Duck has two profession triple-doubles, a program report, and averages 13.7 factors, 5.6 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per sport on the lead guard spot.
Outdoors of Shelley, star massive Alexis Markowski averages 15.9 factors and 10.8 rebounds per sport, and freshmen Natalie Potts and Logan Nissley common 10.6 and 6.7 factors, respectively, for the Huskers.
For Oregon State, Raegan Beers is the undisputed focus of the Beaver assault, averaging over 17 factors and 10 rebounds per sport within the put up. Talia von Oelhoffen helps run the present at guard, and freshman guard Dominika Paurova has come on sturdy of late off the bench to offer the Beavs a spark.
Final outing
The Beavers received off to a sluggish begin, however outscored No. 14 Japanese Washington within the first spherical of the match on Friday, 24-9, within the second quarter to drag away for the win. Paurova was key, scoring a career-best 17 factors, whereas Beers scored 19 factors and hauled in 9 boards.
Nebraska, in the meantime, had a a lot harder time in a 61-59 win over Texas A&M. The Cornhuskers constructed up a double-digit lead within the second half however let the Aggies crawl again into the sport, till a buzzer-beating 3-point try from Endyia Rogers got here up brief.
Freshman guard Nissley got here up massive for the Cornhuskers, scoring 16 factors and hitting 4 3-pointers within the win, whereas Shelley struggled from the ground in a 2 for 11 taking pictures efficiency with 5 factors. Markowski scored 16 factors and had six rebounds whereas the Huskiers held the Aggies to 36.1% taking pictures from the ground.
The winner of Sunday’s sport will advance to play within the Regional Semifinals in Albany, New York, subsequent weekend.
Alec Dietz covers College of Oregon soccer, volleyball, ladies’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. It’s possible you’ll attain him at adietz@registerguard.com and you may observe him on X @AlecDietz.