The Nebraska women's basketball team will tip off its 2022-23 regular-season schedule by taking on Omaha at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Monday, Nov. 7.

The game between the Huskers and the Mavs is expected to tip off at Noon following the Nebraska Life Skills Sportsmanship Pep Rally at Pinnacle Bank Arena earlier in the day. Last season, the pep rally welcomed more than 1,500 middle-grades students from nearly 30 school districts across the state of Nebraska. The event, which has been co-sponsored by the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame, features positive messages from Husker student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators.

The contest will mark the first regular-season meeting between Nebraska and Omaha since a 66-58 Husker victory over the Mavs at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Nov. 22, 2016, which marked Coach Amy Williams' fourth game as Nebraska's head coach. NU leads the all-time series with the Mavs 16-9, including an 80-44 victory at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Nov. 26, 2010. Those are the only two regular-season meetings between the two programs in women's basketball since 1986.

Nebraska returns five starters from a team that finished 24-9 last season and advanced to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Omaha returns four players who started at least 10 games a year ago, led by graduate center Elena Pilakouta (9.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg). Sophomore guard Grace Cave added 7.4 points per game as a true freshman in 2021-22, after leading Weeping Water to the Nebraska Class D1 State Championship in 2021.

After opening its regular season at home against Omaha (Nov. 7), the Huskers will return to Pinnacle Bank Arena to take on Houston Baptist on Friday, Nov. 11. The Big Red will play its third regular-season non-conference home game against Tarleton (Tuesday, Nov. 22).

Nebraska will return to home non-conference action against Samford (Saturday, Dec. 10), before welcoming Wyoming to Pinnacle Bank Arena for the second straight season. The Cowgirls, who will be under the direction of first-year head coach Heather Ezell, finished 17-13 last season and played three overtime games in the Postseason WNIT. Last season, Nebraska defeated Wyoming 72-61 (Dec. 22, 2021) in Lincoln.

In addition to Nebraska's six regular-season home non-conference games that have been announced, the Huskers will also take on Washburn (Sunday, Oct. 30) in their lone exhibition game at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Times and television/live streaming information will be available for all of Nebraska's games at later dates.

Fans interested in joining Nebraska's season ticket wait list can sign up now on Huskers.com. Applications submitted before Aug. 1 provide fans priority access to 2022-23 season tickets.

Nebraska's Big Ten Conference home schedule will include marquee matchups with Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Illinois. Dates for Nebraska's remaining non-conference home games will be announced in the coming days.

2022-23 Nebraska Home Non-Conference Schedule
Oct. 30 (Sunday) - Washburn (exhibition)
Nov. 7 (Monday) - Omaha [Life Skills Sportsmanship Pep Rally] - Noon Tip
Nov. 11 (Friday) - Houston Baptist
Nov. 22 (Tuesday) - Tarleton
Dec. 10 (Saturday) - Samford
Dec. 18 (Sunday) - Wyoming
Dec. 21 (Wednesday) - Kansas

Tominaga Scores 33 in Loss to Australia

Husker junior guard Keisei Tominaga put on a shooting display, but it was not enough as a short-handed Japan team lost to Australia, 99-85, in the quarterfinals of the Asia Cup on Wednesday.

Tominaga came off the bench to lead all scorers with 33 points on 12-of-20 shooting, including 8-of-15 from 3-point range and added five rebounds.  It was his third double-figure game in five contests at the Asia Cup, as Japan reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 2015. Japan was without NBA player Yuta Watanabe in Wednesday's loss, as he suffered an injury in the last round.

For the tournament, Tominaga, a 6-foot-2 guard, averaged 15.2 points per game while shooting 41.3 percent from 3-point range.  In seven games with the Japanese Senior National Team this summer, Tominaga averaged 15.9 points per game while shooting 39.3 percent from the 3-point line. This summer marked his first appearances with the Japanese National Team.

Last season at Nebraska, Tominaga played in 30 games, including 11 starts in his first season as a Husker. He averaged 5.7 points per game and ranked third on the team with 36 3-pointers while committed just 10 turnovers in nearly 500 minutes of work. Tominaga recorded seven double-figure games, including a season-high 23 points against South Dakota. In that game, he hit 8-of-11 shots from the field, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range.

Last summer, he represented his native Japan in 3x3 basketball in the Olympics, helping the team reach the medal round. The youngest player in the tournament, Tominaga finished third in scoring (6.9 ppg), fourth in 1-point shooting (74 percent) and seventh in 3-point shooting (36 percent).

Husker Incoming Freshman Earns National Honor

Lincoln – Incoming Nebraska bowling freshman Kathryn Bowman received a major honor on Friday, as she was named captain of the Dexter High School All-American Team for the 2021-22 season.

Bowman is the only repeat member of either the men's or women's team, which includes 10 student-athletes (five men and five women) who participated on a recognized interscholastic high school bowling team during the 2021-2022 school year.

Bowman, a Peru, N.Y., native comes to Nebraska after a distinguished high school career. She earned runner-up honors in doubles at the 2021 Youth Open Championships and a 13th-place finish at the U15 Junior Gold Championships. During her high school career, she was named Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Female Bowler for three consecutive seasons. She holds conference records for girls high average (211), high series (764) and high game (289).

Bowman also excelled in the classroom, carrying a 4.78 GPA (weighted) and was the valedictorian of her class. She earned the John J. Herbert Memorial All-Academic Award, was a member of the National Honor Society and an AP Scholar. In addition, she received the United States Bowling Congress Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship, which recognize community involvement and academic achievement.