Naciska Gilmore Season 1998-99

Gilmore's Honors

• Started 26 games in Nebraska Career
• Nebraska Athletic Department Ambassador

1999-00 (Senior)
Naciska "Cisco" Gilmore provided an aggressive and physical presence as a part-time starter.  The 6-0 forward from Tulsa, Okla., was one of Nebraska's best defensive rebounders.  She closed her senior season by averaging 3.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.

During her four-year career at Nebraska, Gilmore scored more than 500 points and grabbed more than 300 rebounds, while appearing in 123 games with 26 career starts.  Gilmore appeared in all 31 regular-season games for the Huskers, including 11 starts as a senior.  During the conference season, she made three starts, including wins at home over Kansas and Kansas State.  She also started at Colorado.

Gilmore produced a season-high 11 points off the bench against Texas, and pulled down a season-high 11 points off the bench against Texas, and pulled down a season-high eight rebounds in a win at Kansas State.

1998-99 (Junior)
Gilmore provided a steadying influence as a part-time starter for the Huskers in 1998-99, averaging 4.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

She started 14 games for the Huskers, splitting starting duties with Monet Williams and Monique Whitfield.

Gilmore scored in double figures on four occasions, tying her career high with 13 points in the season opener against South Alabama and later in the year against Baylor.  Against the Jaguars, Gilmore enjoyed a perfect 5-for-5 shooting night from the field.  She added a career-high 13 rebounds against the Bears on Feb. 10.

She produced 12 points and three rebounds against North Texas and played another one of her best games at Loisville, when she produced 10 points and six rebounds.  Against the Cardinals, Gilmore knocked down 5-of-6 field goal attempts.

In Big 12 Conference play, Gilmore averaged 3.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

Gilmore had a steel rod inserted in her right tibia in April of 1998.  While her legs were relatively pain free, she battled illness for much of January 1999, including a bout with the flu and a case of acute tonsilitis.

1997-98 (Sophomore)
Gilmore was an impact player for the Huskers as a sophomore in 1997-98, seeing action in all 33 games for Nebraska, including one start.  Gilmore was one of Nebraska's top reserves, averaging 5.9 points and 4.0 rebounds, despite being slowed most of the season with stress fractures in her legs.

Gilmore started the first game of her career in Nebraska's 84-69 win over Kansas on Feb. 11.  She posted a career high by scoring 13 points in 25 minutes in Nebraska's 74-66 win over No. 11 Alabama on Nov. 16.  She added eight rebounds against the Crimson Tide to cap one of the best performances of her career.

Gilmore tied her season and career high with 13 points in the Huskers' 80-58 win over Kansas State on Jan. 4.  She grabbed a then-career-high 10 rebounds, and tied her season high with 25 mintues of playing time against Kansas on Jan. 10.

Gilmore averaged 15.8 mintues per game and scored in double figures six times.

In Big 12 Conference action, Gilmore played an even bigger offensive role, averaging 6.4 points and 3.9 rebounds.

1996-97 (Freshman)
Gilmore was a contributor in her first season at Nebraska, appearing in 26 games for the Huskers.  She averaged seven minutes per contest and 2.1 points and 0.9 rebounds.

In Big 12 play Gilmore averaged 1.7 points and 0.9 rebounds.  She scored a season-best nine points in the win over Southern Utah, when she connected for her only three-pointer of the season.

High School
Gilmore averaged double digits in both points and rebounds her final two years at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Okla.  An all-state and all-metro selection as a senior for  Coach Phillip Johnson, Gilmore averaged 18 points per game as a senior, leading the conference in scoring and earning league most valuable player honors.

Gilmore earned four varsity basketball letters and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
The daughter of Rita Yargee and Nathanial Blakely, Jr., Gilmore was born Sept. 21, 1977, in Oklahoma, City.  She has a younger sister, Stasha Blakely, and a half-brother, Nathanial Blakely III, and a half-sister, Aliyah Blakely.  She also has a step-sister, Maurica Yargee.  Gilmore received her degree in sociology with a business minor from Nebraska in 2000.

Gilmore's Career Statistics

Year

G-GS

FG-FGA

Pct.

3P-3PA

Pct.

FT-FTA

Pct.

TRB-Avg.

PF-D

A

TO

Blk

ST

Pts-Avg.

1996-97

26-0

23-44

.523

1-2

.500

7-16

.438

23-0.9

16-0

5

20

0

13

54-2.1

1997-98

33-1

69-148

.466

1-10

.100

55-78

.705

133-4.0

59-0

11

45

4

18

194-5.9

1998-99

33-14

66-158

.418

2-4

.500

28-45

.622

128-3.9

88-1

18

48

9

26

162-4.9

1999-00 31-11 46-102 .451 3-6 .600 24-37 .649 94-3.0 82-1 16 42 4 21 119-3.8

Career

123-26

204-452

.451

7-22

.318

114-176

.648

378-3.1

245-2

50

155

17

78

529-4.3