Nebraska vs. North Carolina A&T: Britt Prince Scores 24 as No. 25 Nebraska Holds the Aggies to 35
No. 25 Nebraska held North Carolina A&T without a field goal for nearly seven minutes, won the boards 41-18 and got 24 points from Britt Prince in a 76-35 win in Lincoln.
Photo: Nebraska Athletics. Britt Prince, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
FINAL, Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Neb.: No. 25 Nebraska 76, North Carolina A&T 35.
North Carolina A&T did not make a field goal until Jada Bates hit a jumper with 3:27 left in the first quarter, per the ESPN play-by-play. Nebraska led 20-6 after one. A 15-0 run that started late in the first quarter took the Huskers from 15-6 to 30-6 at the 6:03 mark of the second, by our count. A&T never led.
Britt Prince scored 24 on 9-of-15 shooting, 4 of 9 from three, with 3 steals. She had 16 of those points in the first half, per the Omaha World-Herald. A World-Herald photo caption showed Prince receiving a ball for her 1,000th career point. Amiah Hargrove had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Ashlyn Koupal added 11 points and 8 rebounds off the bench. Kennadi Williams did not score but handed out 7 assists.
Where the 41 points came from
By our count, Nebraska made 22 two-point baskets to A&T's 13, an 18-point edge on twos (44-26). The Huskers made 7 threes to A&T's 1, which added another 18, and an 11-6 edge at the line added 5. Nebraska won the glass 41-18 and scored 42 points in the paint to A&T's 24.
A&T shot 14 of 45 (31 percent), 1 of 11 from three and 6 of 16 at the line. Darrionna Howard led the Aggies with 10 points. Nebraska turned it over 19 times, one more than A&T, and the Aggies had 11 steals.
The context
Forward Edessa Noyan sat out with a boot on her left foot, per the World-Herald, which raised a question about her status for Saturday's neutral-site game against Kansas. A&T came in 1-1 after a 62-45 loss at Marshall, per Corn Nation.
Nebraska is 3-0. North Carolina A&T falls to 1-2.
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