Box Score

LINCOLN, Nebraska – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's basketball team fell to the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers 65-27 on Sunday at Bob Devaney Sports Center.
 
The Broncs (2-7) took a 2-0 lead on a Donna Jackson lay-up and were within 5-4 on a jumper by Adanna Opara after 2:25, but the Cornhuskers (7-1) went on a 20-4 run to go up 25-8 on a lay-up by Adrianna Maurer with 7:12 remaining in the first half.
 
The Broncs put together back-to-back baskets for the first time when Jackson and Opara made jumpers to bring the Broncs within 25-12, but the Broncs were outscored 12-2 over the rest of the half as the Cornhuskers took a 37-14 halftime lead.
 
Jackson led the Broncs with seven points, four rebounds, five steals and one block. Opara finished with five points, five rebounds, one steal and two blocks.
 
The Cornhuskers scored the first seven points of the second half to go up by 30 on a Lindsey Moore three-pointer. The Cornhuskers took a 40-point lead on a three-pointer by Brandi Jeffery with 5:24 to go that made it 60-20.
 
Jordan Hooper led all scorers with 16 points, all of which came in the first half. Moore scored 12 points while Jeffery finished with 10.
 
The Broncs return home for three-straight starting on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. when they host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
 
The University of Texas-Pan American Department of Intercollegiate Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I classification. UTPA, formerly known as Pan American College and Pan American University, is a part of the University of Texas System of Schools. The Broncs compete in 14 varsity sports; men's and women's basketball, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country, along with women's volleyball and men's baseball. In 1963, then known as Pan American College, the Broncs men's basketball program won the NAIA National Championship with a 73-62 victory over Western Carolina. In 2008 UTPA joined the new all-sports division of the Great West Conference.