Creighton University
Calgary (Ex.)
Basketball Beats Calgary, Improves To 2-0 On Exhibition Tour
9/1/2007 11:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
CALGARY, Alberta -- The Creighton men's basketball team won its second exhibition game of the day with an 85-77 victory over host Calgary. Earlier in the day the Bluejays beat Saskatchewan by an 87-82 count.
After trailing 17-9 with four minutes left in the opening quarter, the Bluejays went to work. CU closed to within 21-18 after one quarter and would take a 26-23 lead on a three-ball from Cavel Witter. The Jays then closed the first half with a 10-0 run to take a 42-31 lead into the break and never looked back.
In the second half, Creighton's lead never dropped below the final margin of eight. With CU up 52-39, the Jays took their biggest lead after a 7-0 spurt that included five points from Nick Bahe made it 59-39.
Dane Watts led Creighton with 21 points, while Bahe (15 points) and Chad Millard (11) also scored in double-figures. Also having a solid all-around statistical night was junior point guard Josh Dotzler, who had eight points, seven assists and five steals in 20 minutes.
Calgary was paced by 14 points from Cody Darrah, while Ross Bekkering had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Dinos.
Creighton owned a 37-16 advantage in points off turnovers, forcing 28 turnovers by Calgary.
The Bluejays return to action with two games tomorrow, starting with a 2 pm (Central) game against Lethbridge. Lethbridge fell earlier in the day to NCAA Division I member Weber State by a 97-31 score. The Pronghorns managed just seven second-half points on 1-of-19 shooting from the field in that game.
Creighton is making their first trip to Canada since November of 2003. Below is CU's remaining game schedule in Calgary, with all times Central:
Saturday, Sept. 1
Creighton 87, Saskatchewan 82
Creighton 85, Calgary 77
Sunday, Sept. 2
Creighton vs. Lethbridge (2 pm)
Creighton vs. Saskatchewan (9 pm)
Monday, Sept. 3
Creighton at Calgary (1 pm)
The games are not slated to have live video, live audio or live stats, but full statistics are being kept for all games. Recaps and box scores will be posted nightly on Creighton's website at www.gocreighton.com.
