Nebrasketball: Men at Purdue, Women at Illinois

It's a Nebrasketball Sunday, as both Husker basketball teams are on the road today - the men at Purdue, the women at Illinois.

Both games are nationally televised on BTN! It's like a Nebraska basketball day!

Men - 11:00 AM

Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-7 Overall, 0-3 Big Ten) vs Purdue Boilermakers (10-5 Overall, 0-2 Big Ten)

Venue: Mackey Arena
Capacity: 14,846

Television: BTN
(Ch. 610 on DirecTV; Chs. 439, 9500 on DISH; Chs. 24 and 333-SD, 1333-HD on Time Warner Cable; Chs. 80 SD, 1080-HD on Cox Cable)
Play by Play: Chris Denari
Expert Analysis: Shon Morris
Online: BTN2Go
Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington.
Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka
Expert Analysis: Matt Davison
Internet Radio/Stats: Free on Huskers.com
Satellite Radio (Purdue feed): Sirius Ch. 85, XM Ch. 85

Huskers coming off that tough one-point 71-70 loss to Michigan. They don't want to drop to 0-4 in the Big Ten, but look at Purdue at 0-2!!! If Nebraska could win this game, you're looking at a Purdue freak out as they'd drop to 0-3! SO YAY NEBRASKA!

Following is from Game Notes:

Purdue comes into Sunday's contest with a 10-5 mark, but is winless in conference play at 0-2 following an 82-79 loss at Minnesota on Jan. 5. The Boilermakers look to rebound following a 16-18 campaign which snapped a streak of seven straight NCAA appearances.

With four returning starters, the Boilermakers opened the year with five straight wins, but are just 5-5 over the last 10 games. Purdue's best win in a 73-70 win at West Virginia on Dec. 22, but Purdue has dropped games against No. 3 Ohio State and Minnesota. Purdue has mixed and matched its lineup, using eight different starting lineups and relying on a 10-player rotation for ninth-year coach Matt Painter.
Senior guard Terone Johnson leads the Boilermakers with 14.2 points per game, as Purdue averages 77.8 points per game. Ronnie Johnson is also in double figures at 11.2 points per game, while A.J. Hammons pulls down 7.1 rebounds per game and a Big Ten-leading 3.6 rebounds per game.

Women - 1:00 PM

#16/#14 Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-3 Overall, 1-1 Big Ten) vs Illinois Fighting Illini (7-8 Overall, 0-2 Big Ten)

Venue: State Farm Center (Champaign, Ill.)
Radio: 25-Station IMG College Husker Sports Network (PBP-Matt Coatney; Analyst-Jeff Griesch)
107.3 FM KBBK-Lincoln; 93.3 FM KFFF-Omaha; 880 AM KRVN-Lexington
Free Live Audio: Huskers.com
National Television: Big Ten Network (PBP-Lisa Byington; Analyst-Patricia Babcock-McGraw)

#16 Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-3, 1-1 Big Ten)
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - Jr. - F - 6.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 13.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg
35 - Jordan Hooper - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 20.2 ppg, 10.6 rpg
33 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - So. - G - 12.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg
1 - Tear'a Laudermill - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 8.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Off the Bench
21 - Sadie Murren - 5-8 - So. - G - 4.2 ppg, 1.8 rpg
13 - Brandi Jeffery - 5-7 - Jr. - G - 4.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg
22 - Allie Havers - 6-5 - Fr. - C - 4.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg
10 - Hannah Tvrdy - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 1.7 ppg, 0.5 rpg
11 - Esther Ramacieri - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 0.1 ppg, 0.4 rpg
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
12th Season at NU (226-138); 24th Season Overall (421-278)

Illinois Fighting Illini (7-8, 0-2 Big Ten)
34 - Jacqui Grant - 6-3 - Fr. - F - 12.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg
0 - Sarah Hartwell - 5-10 - So. - F - 9.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg
-or- 5 Nia Oden - 5-10 - Fr. - G/F - 1.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg
22 - Ivory Crawford - 5-10 - Jr. - F - 14.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg
23 - Alexis Smith - 5-9 - Jr. - G - 9.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg
34 - Amber Moore - 5-11 - Sr. - G/F - 17.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Off the Bench
3 - Taylor Tuck - 6-0 - Jr. - C - 4.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg
4 - Sarah Livingston - 6-2 - Fr. - C - 4.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg
2 - Taylor Gleason - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 3.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg
1 - Mckenzie Piper - 6-0 - So. - G - 1.3 ppg, 1.0 rpg
12 - Ashley McConnell - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 0.0 ppg, 0.2 rpg
Head Coach: Matt Bollant (Winona State, 1994)
Second Season at Illinois (26-22); 12th Season Overall (308-77)