Coach Connie Yori earned her first Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honor, while senior forward Kelsey Griffin became the first Cornhusker to garner Big 12 Player-of-the-Year accolades.
Kelsey Griffin scored a career-high 36 points, including 20 in the second half to lead No. 3 Nebraska back from a seven-point halftime deficit for an 82-72 win over Kansas State
Creighton scored the first 12 points of the game and never trailed in knocking off Indiana State 66-53 to wrap up the regular-season Saturday afternoon at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Griffin, who earned her fifth player-of-the-week award of the season, produced two more remarkable performances last week to help the Huskers claim their first-ever Big 12 regular-season title.
In addition to Korver, the other top five players include Nate Funk (Creighton), Osiris Eldridge (Illinois State), Rodney Buford (Creighton) and Ryan Sears (Creighton).
Kelsey Griffin notched her 16th double-double of the year to power No. 3 Nebraska against No. 11 Oklahoma to clinch the Huskers' first-ever Big 12 title with an 80-64 win.
Yori, has guided the Huskers to the first perfect regular season by a men's or women's basketball team since the inception of the league in 1996-97.
The other six finalists include Pat Summitt (Tennessee), Muffett McGraw (Notre Dame), Sherri Coale (Oklahoma), Jim Jabor (Dayton), Sue Semrau (Florida State) and Nikki Caldwell (UCLA).
