The Nebraska women's basketball team will travel to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence to take on the Kansas Jayhawks in the third round of the Postseason WNIT on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. (CT).

The Huskers (18-14) advanced to the WNIT Super 16 with a 77-57 win over Northern Iowa in front of 6,478 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday. Kansas (21-11) advanced to the third round with a 75-47 win over Missouri in front of 3,682 fans on Monday night - the third-largest crowd in the WNIT's second round. The Jayhawks entered the tournament with the highest NCAA NET ranking in Nebraska's 16-team bracket, and were considered one of the first four teams out of the 68-team NCAA Tournament field.

Nebraska's Sunday crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena not only led all WNIT second-round sites, it also topped the crowds of eight NCAA second-round host sites, including Tennessee and Toledo (Knoxville, Tenn.), Texas and Louisville (Austin, Texas), Ohio State and North Carolina (Columbus, Ohio), Stanford and Ole Miss (Stanford, Calif.), Notre Dame and Mississippi State (South Bend, Ind.), UCLA and Oklahoma (Los Angeles, Calif.), Villanova and Florida Gulf Coast (Villanova, Pa.) and Duke and Colorado (Durham, N.C.).

Nebraska's crowd for the win over the Panthers at PBA was not only the largest crowd of the second round in the WNIT, it overwhelmed all four second-round sites in the Northeast bracket combined, which managed just 4,263 fans (Syracuse, Harvard, Rhode Island, Columbia). It also out-classed all four sites in the Southeast, which combined for 4,721 fans (Clemson, Wake Forest, Memphis, Green Bay).

In Nebraska's Midwest region, Texas Tech (4,412) was the only other school to attract more than 4,000 fans in the second round, while Kansas (3,682) and Arkansas (3,017) each drew more than 3,000, giving the Midwest the top-four attendance sites in the tournament so far. In the West region, Oregon (2,591), Washington (1,455) and San Diego (509) did not combine to equal Nebraska's Sunday attendance. Kansas State hosts Wyoming in the final second-round game of the WNIT Tuesday in Manhattan..  

Thursday night's game will be the 85th all-time meeting between the Huskers and their most frequent opponent, Kansas. The Jayhawks own a 50-34 lead in the all-time series, but Nebraska owns a 24-10 edge in the last 34 meetings since 1998, including a 15-1 mark in Lincoln.

Earlier this season, Nebraska outlasted Kansas 85-79 in triple-overtime on Dec. 21, 2022, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Jayhawks entered that game ranked No. 20 nationally and unbeaten at 10-0. Jaz Shelley led four Huskers in double figures with 24 points, while Alexis Markowski added a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

First-team All-Big 12 guard Zakiyah Franklin led Kansas with a game-high 27 points, while fellow first-team All-Big 12 choice Taiyanna Jackson added 18 points and 21 rebounds in the loss. Jackson and Markowski were both top-10 finalists for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year award in 2023.

Huskers Face Cyclones in Home Opener

• The Huskers lead the Big Ten in shutouts with eight and are ranked 22nd in the NCAA. 
• NU has tallied a conference-best 54 doubles, a number that ranks fifth in the nation. 
• Nebraska is leading the Big Ten in batting average (.326) and is 19th in the NCAA. 
• Katelyn Caneda is sixth in the Big Ten with a .405 batting average, a mark that leads the Big Red. 
• Billie Andrews is first in the conference and eighth in the NCAA in home runs with 10 through the first half of the season. 
• Billie Andrews and Caitlynn Neal are first and second in the conference in extra-base hits. 
• Caitlynn Neal is second in the Big Ten with nine doubles. 
• Courtney Wallace has recorded the second-most wins in the conference with 11. She is also 12th in the NCAA.
• Wallace has recorded three shutout wins this season, a mark that is first in the Big Ten and 27th in the nation. 

• Iowa State holds a .242 batting average, which ranks seventh in the Big 12. 
• The Cyclones are seventh in their conference with a 3.59 ERA. 
• Nebraska and Iowa State share six opponents in common this season (Omaha, Arkansas, South Dakota State, Oklahoma State, Iowa and Kansas). 
• Mikayla Ramos leads the Cylone offense with a .319 batting average.
• Ramos has tallied a team-best 23 hits including four doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI.
• Carli Spelhaug has hit a team-best four home runs. The senior ha also added 14 hits and 14 runs. 
• Saya Swain holds a 3.39 and 3-4 record in the circle. The junior has made the most appearances in the circle for the Cyclones, pitching 41.1 innings. 
• Jaiden Ralston has added 38.1 innings of work in the circle. The freshman holds a 2.56 ERA and a 3-3 record. Ralston has also tallied 52 strikeouts through 16 appearances. 

• Sarah Harness recorded her 500th career strikeout last weekend. The junior has  tallied 60 strikeouts this season and has combined for 500 including her three seasons at Southern Illinois. 
• Billie Andrews has tallied 10 home runs this season, she is now seventh all-time in Nebraska history in career homers with 37. 
• Andrews is one of 12 returning players in the NCAA who hit 20 or more home runs last season. 
• Sarah Harness recorded a no-hitter against New Mexico on Feb. 24, 2023. It marked the first no-hitter by a Nebraska pitcher since 2016. 
• Mya Felder is the only returning Big Ten player who received All-Big Ten, All-Defensive and All-Tournament honors in 2022. 
• Courtney Wallace is one of six returning Rawlings/NFCA Gold Glove recipients from last season.

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