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Husker Women Open NCAA Tournament Play Saturday Afternoon
By John Nixon
Copyright: Many Signals Communications
03/21/2013

 No. 24 Nebraska makes its second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, when the Huskers take on Chattanooga on Saturday, March 23 at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.

Tip-off between the No. 6 seed Huskers (23-8, 12-4 Big Ten) and No. 11 seed Lady Mocs (29-3, 19-1 SoCon) will be at approximately 5:30 p.m. (30 minutes after the conclusion of the first-round game between the No. 3 seed and hosts from Texas A&M (24-9, 11-5 SEC) and the No. 14 seed Wichita State (24-9, 15-3 Missouri Valley), which is set for a 3 p.m. tip.

Both the first-round games in College Station are set to be televised live by ESPN2.

The Huskers, who have won 11 of their last 13 games, were the Big Ten regular-season runner-up and advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals in their second season in the conference.

Nebraska is making its 11th NCAA appearance in school history and its third in the last four seasons (2010, 2012, 2013).

 

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