Northwestern (15-12, 8-8 B1G) fell 71-64 to Nebraska (13-14, 8-8) at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday night. The disappointing loss did came with a silver lining: in the third quarter, Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah accomplished a rare feat.
The senior center from Nigeria became only the second player in the history of Northwestern basketball to garner 1,000 rebounds. The milestone is made even more impressive by the fact that Kunaiyi-Akpanah had just 327 boards entering her junior season, thanks to starting only 22 games in her first two years with the program. In 2018-19, Kunaiyi-Akpanah is averaging 11.1 points and 11.