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Freshmen Fuel Final Surge in Win

Lincoln - Freshmen and joined forces to score 18 of Nebraska's final 20 points, as the Nebraska women's basketball team ran to a 76-61 win over Penn State at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday night.

The decisive outburst by the young Nebraska natives powered Nebraska to its fourth consecutive victory to move the Huskers to 17-4 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten. Penn State suffered its fifth consecutive loss to slip to 9-12 overall and 3-8 in the conference.

Markowski (Lincoln, Neb.) finished with a team-high 18 points to go along with four rebounds, while Weidner (Humphrey, Neb.