USC Upstate Suffers 87-64 Setback at Nebraska

Sunday, November 11

Lincoln, Neb.

12 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

0-3

Nebraska

1-1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
USC Upstate	12	21	15	16	64
Nebraska	26	17	24	20	87

11/11/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

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Lincoln, Neb. – Brianna Lewis led three Spartans in double-figures on Sunday as the USC Upstate women's basketball team closed out a three-game season-opening road trip with an 87-64 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers from Pinnacle Bank Arena.

USC Upstate falls to 0-3 on the season while Nebraska improves to 1-1 overall.

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

Lewis scored over 20 points for the second straight game leading all players with a game-high 26 on 10-of-21 shooting while going 6-for-6 at the free throw line. She added six assists and three steals.
DeNisha Swain contributed 11 points while Natalia Panufnik recorded her first double-digit scoring effort as a Spartan with 10.
Riley Popplewell led USC Upstate defensively with seven rebounds and Michaela Gibbons added six.
Taylor Kissinger had a team-high 22 points for the Cornhuskers while Kate Cain tallied 16 and Maddie Simon 10.
The Spartans finished the game shooting 38.3 percent (23-of-60) from the field.
USC Upstate connected on 12 of its 13 free throw attempts for a 92.3 percent mark.
The Spartans also compiled 24 points in the paint, 11 points off turnovers and four fast break points.
Both teams finished with seven second chance points.
USC Upstate had 13 points from its bench led by 10 from Panufnik.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

Swain connected on an early 3-pointer less than a minute into the game to put the Spartans ahead 3-2.
Popplewell kept USC Upstate within one point, 8-7, at the 7:33 mark following her jumper.
The Spartans would get as close as two, 11-9, after that on a Lewis layup with 6:08 remaining.
Following a 3-pointer from Swain with 4:20 to go, Nebraska closed out the quarter on a 9-0 run to lead 26-12.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

USC Upstate outscored the Cornhuskers 21-17 in the second quarter.
The Spartans began the period on a 6-0 run and trailed 26-18 at the 7:47 mark after a basket from Lewis.
Nebraska took its largest lead of the first half at 31-18 with 6:53 remaining and led by double-digits for the next four minutes.
Lewis and Kathryn Kirkwood scored on back-to-back possessions to keep USC Upstate within eight points.
Lewis' layup with 1:28 to go made the score 41-33.
Ashtyn Veerbeek's layup with 56 seconds remaining gave the Cornhuskers a 43-33 lead at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

Nebraska jumped out to a 15-point lead to start the second half before Panufnik knocked down a 3-pointer to put the Spartans down 50-38 with 8:05 left.
Swain's 3-pointer at the 5:58 mark trimmed the deficit for USC Upstate down to 55-44.
The Cornhuskers led by as many as 19 points twice over the final 3:26.
Kissinger was successful on a jumper to give Nebraska a 67-48 lead going into the fourth quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

The Cornhuskers jumped out to a 21-point lead to begin the fourth quarter before Lewis and Popplewell combined for eight points as part of an 8-2 run.
The 8-2 run, with Lewis scoring six of the points, cut the Nebraska lead to 71-56 with seven minutes remaining.
The Cornhuskers led by at least 20 points for a majority of the final five minutes of the game.
The Spartans got as close as 19 points twice during a one minute stretch with the last coming at 79-60 with 2:49 left after a pair of free throws from Lewis.
Nebraska connected on a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining for its largest lead of the game and put the final score at 87-64.

UP NEXT

USC Upstate hosts Converse in its home opener on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m.

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