The Nebraska Girls Basketball State Tournament tips off on Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Devaney Center, bringing many of the state’s top players to Lincoln to compete for championships in the six classes.
Nebraska commits Britt Prince (Elkhorn North) and Kennadi Williams (Lincoln Southwest), highly-recruited junior Neleigh Gessert (Millard West) and others highlight our list of players to watch.
Class A
- Millard West senior No. 23 Neleigh Gessert: 18.7 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.5 APG
- Omaha Central senior No. 13 Inia Jones (Bradley commit): 18.4 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 3.7 APG
- Bellevue West senior No. 25 Naomi White (Grand Canyon commit): 18.4 PG, 6.9 RPG, 2.8 APG
- Lincoln Southwest senior No. 15 Kennadi Williams (Nebraska commit): 16.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 3.8 SPG, 3.2 APG
- Lincoln North Star sophomore No. 15 Ani Leu: 14.5 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 4.1 SPG, 2.9 APG
- Lincoln North Star junior No. 4 Sarah Gatwech: 13.4 PPG, 6.2 RPG
Class B
- Elkhorn North senior No. 2 Britt Prince (Nebraska commit): 27.3 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 6.2 APG, 2.9 SPG
- Elkhorn North senior No. 13 McKenna Murphy (Colorado State commit): 19.6 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.5 APG
- Skutt Catholic junior No. 5 Molly Ladwig: 17.0 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.8 APG, 2.5 SPG
- South Sioux City senior No. 4 Brooklyn Heineman: 17.3 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 3.7 APG, 3.6 SPG
- Beatrice freshman No. 4 Alijah Stabler: 17.1 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 3.5 APG
- Scottsbluff senior No. 14 Paige Horne: 15.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG
- Beatrice senior No. 10 Addison Hatcliff: 14.7 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.0 APG
- Gretna East junior No. 5 Karli Williams: 13.6 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 3.2 SPG
- Skutt Catholic SR No. 10 Peyton McCabe (Drake commit): 13.3 PPG, 3.7 RPG
Class C1
- Bridgeport senior No. 0 Olivia Loomis-Goltl (Northern Colorado commit): 23.0 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 3.4 APG, 3.1 SPG
- Lincoln Christian junior No. 30 Kenadee Ailes: 18.6 PPG, 10.0 RPG
- Broken Bow senior No. 22 MaKinley Tobey 18.2 PPG, 3.9 RPG
- North Bend Central junior No. 24 Lindsey Emanuel: 16.2 PPG, 7.8 RPG
- Minden junior No. 13 Mattie Kamery: 15.6 PPG, 5.5 RPG
- Broken Bow senior No. 32 Halle McCaslin: 15.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG
- Hastings Adams Central senior No. 30 Megyn Scott: 15.3 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 2.8 SPG
- Lincoln Christian junior No. 2 Mattea Kassebaum: 13.5 PPG, 3.5 RPG
Class C2
- Niobrara/Verdigre senior No. 14 Josilyn Miller: 25.8 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 6.1 SPG
- Clarkson/Leigh senior No. 2 Chloe Hanel: 20.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.7 SPG, 3.5 APG
- Elmwood-Murdock senior No. 10 Tatum Backemeyer: 17.5 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.7 SPG
- Oakland-Craig junior No. 2 Adilen Rennerfeldt: 14.0 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.6 APG
- Cross County senior No. 14 Shyanne Anderson: 13.8 PPG, 4.1 APG, 3.2 SPG, 2.9 RPG
Class D1
- McCool Junction senior No. 30 McKenna Yates: 20.2 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.3 APG, 3.3 SPG
- Southern Valley senior No. 2 Ann Bose: 18.6 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 5.0 SPG, 4.1 APG
- Bancroft-Rosalie senior No. 24 Samryn Dick: 14.6 PPG, 3.4 APG, 2.7 RPG
- Pender junior No. 4 Maya Dolliver: 13.7 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 3.7 APG
- Pender senior No. 12 Avery Wegner: 13.5 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 3.4 APG
- Elgin Public/Pope John senior No. 4 Ashlynne Charf: 13.5 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 5.6 SPG, 4.0 APG, 2.5 BPG
- Elgin Public/Pope John senior No. 21 Keyera Eisenhauer: 13.4 PPG, 2.6 RPG
Class D2
- Sandhills/Thedford senior No. 20 Dayle Haake 16.8 PPG, 10.0 RPG
- Fals City Sacred Heart junior No. 12 Jentry Lechtenberg: 16.3 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.5 SPG
- Overton senior No. 31 JoLee Ryan: 15.2 PPG, 7.2 RPG
- Plainview senior No. 5 Abigail Kromarek: 15.1 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 4.9 SPG, 4.0 APG
