Nebraska 90, Mizzou 85 - Game Notes
Nebraska 90, Mizzou 85 (OT)
Nov. 10, 2019
Post Game Notes
- With 20 points and 14 rebounds, senior guard Amber Smith secured her second double-double of the season, following her strong performance against Western Illinois (27 pts & 15 rebs). Smith now has double-doubles in two straight games, and 12 for her career.
- Smith is the 11th Tiger in program history to post back-to-back 20-point games to start a season.
- Senior guard Jordan Roundtree tallied 16 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, as she secured her first career double-double. This is also the second straight game that Roundtree has scored in double figures, marking the first time in her career she has scored in double figures in back-to-back games.
- With 10 rebounds, Roundtree recorded a career high. Her previous high was seven, last doing so against Kentucky (3/8/19).
- For the second straight game, redshirt senior forward Hannah Schuchts recorded a double-double, as she scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Nebraska. This is the first time in her career she has recorded two-straight double-doubles.
- Smith, Roundtree and Schuchts each recorded a double-double in Sunday’s loss, marking the first time since Nov. 11, 2005 (vs. Clemson) Mizzou had had three players record a double-double.
- Both Smith and Roundtree were stellar from the charity stripe as they went 10-for-11 and 8-for-8, respectively. Both marks set career highs for Smith and Roundtree.
- In her second career game, freshman guard Aijha Blackwell scored 21 points, recording her first game in double figures. It is the most points by a Mizzou freshman since Sophie Cunningham scored 23 against Texas in the 2016 NCAA Tournament (3/21/16).
- Smith and Blackwell’s scoring outputs marks the first time Mizzou has had two 20-point scorers since Sophie Cunningham (27) and Smith (20) did so vs. South Carolina on Jan. 17, 2018.
- Junior guard Elle Brown (Columbia, Mo.) made her first career start in the Black & Gold.
- Mizzou played in its second consecutive overtime game for the first time since Feb. 21 (66-69 loss at Iowa State) and Feb. 25, 2012 (61-56 win vs. Kansas State). It is the first time in program history Mizzou has started a season with two consecutive overtime games.
