The win was stifled by an injury to sophomore forward Natalie Potts.

With five minutes left in the second quarter, Potts fell to the ground while on defense with what appeared to be a non-contact injury and immediately grabbed his knee and screamed in pain. About a minute later, he was taken directly to the locker room as his teammates quickly gathered.

Potts had a great start to the season, averaging 17 points and 8 rebounds and shooting 69%. He was the Big Ten freshman of the year last season.

After halftime, Potts returned to the bench with his teammates. He sat right behind the bench and applauded his teammates. Potts then went back to the locker room with the medical staff.

Callin Hake scored a career-high 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting; one more than his previous best performance. Britt Prince had another good game, scoring 13 points on 5 of 8 shooting. Alexis Markowski had 10 points and 6 rebounds.

Nebraska defeated North Alabama 36-10 in the paint. The Huskers were 8-for-21 on 3-pointers.

After a somewhat erratic start to the game, when Nebraska committed four quick turnovers and missed some shots towards the basket, Nebraska began to connect its passes and went on a 10-0 run in the final five minutes of the quarter.

He continued to take the ball to the basket until the referee stopped him, but he could not score six points in this quarter.

Next up is Nebraska’s biggest non-conference game of the season; Friday against Creighton (1-2) at Sokol Arena in Omaha.