Hannah Whitish, the wise senior and really good player for the Nebraska women’s basketball team — she’s newest member of the program’s 1,000-point club — says the opening five minutes of the game, and the first five minutes of the third quarter, are tone setters.
During an easy 73-39 win against Southern on Wednesday, the Huskers were pretty good in the first five minutes of the game. And then Nebraska was really good in the first five minutes of the second half.
“Insanely important, I think,” said Whitish of those stretches of the game. “Punching them in the mouth right away, and just laying on the gas was huge for us.