University of Missouri
Nebraska
Nebraska Steals Home Finale From Mizzou
3/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 2, 2000
COLUMBIA, Mo.- The Nebraska Cornhuskers (16-11, 10-6) took over fifth place in the Big 12 Conference on the last game of the regular season by defeating the Missouri Tigers (17-10, 6-8) by a score of 80-66 on Thursday night. The Cornhuskers overcame a 10-point second half deficit to win the ball game. Missouri finishes the regular season in seventh place and will take on the Colorado Buffaloes in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City on Tuesday night.
Missouri trailed by as many as six points in the first half, but used a 6-0 run to finish the first half and took a 29-28 halftime lead. But for the first time this season, the Tigers did not win the game after leading at halftime.
The Tigers jumped out to a five-point lead early in the second half, but a Nicole Kubik (26 points, 7 steals) bucket at the 17:57 mark tied the game at 33-33. Missouri answered with another 7-0 run led by senior Amy Monsees (11 points, 8 rebounds) and junior Amanda Lassiter (15 points, 7 rebounds). Minutes later, a baseline jumper by Monsees and a three-pointer by Lassiter opened up a 10-point lead for Missouri at 47-37 with 13:58 left in the game.
That is when the roof caved in on the Tigers.
Nebraska's full-court press, which hurt Missouri in the first half, got to the Tigers again. The Huskers went on 25-6 run that covered seven minutes, nine seconds to open up a 62-53 lead. Missouri turned the ball over 10 times during the run, seven of them were steals by Nebraska. Kubik recorded four of her seven steals during that span while Melody Peterson got two.
A three-pointer by Julie Helm (13 points), playing in her final home game, brought the Tigers back within six points at 62-56, but that is as close as the Tigers would get.
