LINCOLN, NEB. ? It’s been five years since Kansas University has won three Big 12 Conference women’s basketball games in a row.

The Jayhawks have a chance to do it again when they tangle tonight with Nebraska.

Tipoff will be at 7:05 p.m. at the Devaney Center. There is no television.

Thanks in large part to Crystal Kemp, KU has posted consecutive wins over Missouri (63-61) and Colorado (65-60). In those two games, Kemp has averaged 18.5 points and 14.5 rebounds a game.

“She has made great progress in her conditioning and work ethic,” KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said about Kemp, “but I think there is room for more growth and improvement.”

Kemp, a 6-foot-2 junior from Topeka, has posted seven double-doubles this season. She is averaging 15.1 points and 9.1 rebounds a game.

“She is learning to be harder to guard,” Henrickson said. “I think if she develops more inside moves she will become a more dominant player.

“We want her to be a good face-up post player, a complete player.”

Kemp had 15 points and 15 boards at Colorado as the Jayhawks posted their first league road victory of the season.

Game notes: KU vs. Nebraska (.pdf)

Point guard Erica Hallman has also sparkled in the last two games. The 5-8 junior from Covington, Ky., averaged 17.0 points and 6.5 assists against the Tigers and the Buffaloes.

The Jayhawks (9-8 overall, 2-4 Big 12) are in a stretch where they are playing four of five games on the road. After tonight, the Jayhawks will play host Wednesday to Oklahoma, then make trips Feb. 5 to Missouri and Feb. 9 to Oklahoma State.

Nebraska (11-7, 3-3) has had a week to rest since suffering a 74-54 loss at Iowa State. The Cornhuskers are an outside-oriented team led by guard Kiera Hardy, a 5-6 sophomore from Kansas City (Mo.) O’Hara who is averaging 19.4 points a game.