Thursday, February 15
Omaha Civic Auditorium
TBA
Creighton University
77
vs
65
Evansville
Bluejays Topple Aces, 77-65, in Women's Basketball
2/15/2007 2:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. - Sara Cain led all players with 14 points and nine rebounds as the Creighton women's basketball team defeated Evansville 77-65 at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Thursday night. The Bluejays won their fifth straight home game to improve to 5-1 at home in Missouri Valley Conference play, while moving to 10-14 on the season and 7-6 in MVC action.
Creighton was slow out of the gate, making just three of its first 11 shots while falling behind 10-6. The Jays then drained their next five field goal attempts to take an 18-11 lead 7:30 into the contest. CU would never again trail in the game, moving ahead by as many as nine in the first half before taking a 37-30 lead into the break.
Evansville (15-10, 8-6 MVC) would get within four when a Rebekah Parker free-throw made the score 43-39 in favor of the Bluejays with 4:39 gone by in the second half. That was as close as the Aces would get in the second half, as three-pointers from Michelle Kaus and Chevelle Herring pushed the Jays back ahead by 10. Creighton's largest lead of the game came with 4:26 to play, as the Jays were up 67-49.
Cain finished 7-for-14 from the field for 14 points in just 22 minutes, while she tied her career-high with nine rebounds. Kaus and Ally Thrall finished with 13 points each, as both were perfect from the line - Kaus 3-for-3 and Thrall 6-for-6. Sam Schuett added 11 points and seven rebounds.
Redshirt freshman Megan Neuvirth continued her push for MVC Newcomer of the Year, with a near triple double. She finished with nine points, eight rebounds and a career-high eight assists in only 24 minutes before fouling out with 4:01 to play. Herring also finished with nine points, including 6-for-6 at the free-throw line as the Bluejays completed the season sweep of UE.
The Purple Aces were led by Robyn Jennings' 10 points. Parker went just 1-for-8 from the field, but finished with seven points, six boards, six assists and three steals for UE.
UE, the fourth-best shooting free-throw team in the NCAA, made 20-of-24 shots (.833) from the stripe. But the Jays hung with the Aces, making 21-of-26 (.808), well above their MVC-worst 64.8 percent at the line in MVC play. The Jays also out-worked UE on the glass, 41-31, including a 14-6 edge on the offensive glass.
The Bluejays will look for their sixth straight home win when they play host to Southern Illinois on Sunday at 3:05 p.m. The game can be heard live on Spirit 88.9 FM and online at www.kvss.com.
Creighton was slow out of the gate, making just three of its first 11 shots while falling behind 10-6. The Jays then drained their next five field goal attempts to take an 18-11 lead 7:30 into the contest. CU would never again trail in the game, moving ahead by as many as nine in the first half before taking a 37-30 lead into the break.
Evansville (15-10, 8-6 MVC) would get within four when a Rebekah Parker free-throw made the score 43-39 in favor of the Bluejays with 4:39 gone by in the second half. That was as close as the Aces would get in the second half, as three-pointers from Michelle Kaus and Chevelle Herring pushed the Jays back ahead by 10. Creighton's largest lead of the game came with 4:26 to play, as the Jays were up 67-49.
Cain finished 7-for-14 from the field for 14 points in just 22 minutes, while she tied her career-high with nine rebounds. Kaus and Ally Thrall finished with 13 points each, as both were perfect from the line - Kaus 3-for-3 and Thrall 6-for-6. Sam Schuett added 11 points and seven rebounds.
Redshirt freshman Megan Neuvirth continued her push for MVC Newcomer of the Year, with a near triple double. She finished with nine points, eight rebounds and a career-high eight assists in only 24 minutes before fouling out with 4:01 to play. Herring also finished with nine points, including 6-for-6 at the free-throw line as the Bluejays completed the season sweep of UE.
The Purple Aces were led by Robyn Jennings' 10 points. Parker went just 1-for-8 from the field, but finished with seven points, six boards, six assists and three steals for UE.
UE, the fourth-best shooting free-throw team in the NCAA, made 20-of-24 shots (.833) from the stripe. But the Jays hung with the Aces, making 21-of-26 (.808), well above their MVC-worst 64.8 percent at the line in MVC play. The Jays also out-worked UE on the glass, 41-31, including a 14-6 edge on the offensive glass.
The Bluejays will look for their sixth straight home win when they play host to Southern Illinois on Sunday at 3:05 p.m. The game can be heard live on Spirit 88.9 FM and online at www.kvss.com.
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