Saturday, January 10
Omaha Civic Auditorium
2:05 PM
Creighton University
53
vs
45
Wichita State
Bluejays Beat Shockers, 53-45, in Women's Basketball
1/10/2009 5:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. ? Creighton out-rebounded Wichita State 50-30 and led by as many as 21 in a 53-45 victory Saturday afternoon at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Kelsey Woodard led all players with 16 points, making 4-of-8 three-pointers in the victory which moved the Bluejays to 2-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference and 7-8 overall. The Shockers dropped to 9-6 on the season and 1-3 in the MVC with the loss.
Wichita State and Creighton played even through the first six minutes of play before the Bluejays closed the first half on a 23-8 run to claim the a 32-17 halftime lead. Daria Frazier's only first-half basket in nine attempts gave the Shockers their final lead of the game, up 9-8 5:25 into the game. The Jays tied the game at nine on a free-throw and took the lead for good on a Woodard three-pointer with 13:40 left in the opening half.
The Jays out-rebounded WSU 25-16 in the first half and held the Shockers to just 25.8 percent shooting from the field in the opening 20 minutes. Woodard scored 13 of her game-high 16 points in the first half.
The Shockers scored the first seven points after halftime to cut CU's lead to eight with just over two minutes gone by after half. WSU would then go on a field goal draught, while CU built to its largest lead of the game, up 46-25 with 11 minutes to play. The Shockers went eight minutes and 15 seconds between field goals before Val Siemens drained her only field goal attempt of the game with 9:13 left. WSU closed the game on a 17-5 run to bring the final margin to eight.
CU out-rebounded WSU 25-14 after the half for a plus-20 margin on the glass in the game. Freshman DaNae Moore led all players with a career-best 12 boards, while her career-high nine points left her one shy of her first collegiate double-double.
Woodard finished 4-of-8 from three-point range in the game and was 4-for-4 at the free-throw line for her 16 points. Chevelle Herring was the only other Jay in double figures, finishing with 10 and a team-best three assists.
Frazier scored 10 points in the second half to tie Haleigh Lankster for the Shocker scoring lead with 12 points. Marcy Sudbeck led WSU with 10 rebounds.
Creighton has now won 10 of its last 11 home MVC games.
The Jays will hit the road for their next two MVC games, playing at Southern Illinois and Evansville next weekend. CU and SIU tip at 7:05 p.m. in Carbondale on Thursday. Fans can listen to both games on Spirit 88.9 FM and online at www.kvss.com.
Wichita State and Creighton played even through the first six minutes of play before the Bluejays closed the first half on a 23-8 run to claim the a 32-17 halftime lead. Daria Frazier's only first-half basket in nine attempts gave the Shockers their final lead of the game, up 9-8 5:25 into the game. The Jays tied the game at nine on a free-throw and took the lead for good on a Woodard three-pointer with 13:40 left in the opening half.
The Jays out-rebounded WSU 25-16 in the first half and held the Shockers to just 25.8 percent shooting from the field in the opening 20 minutes. Woodard scored 13 of her game-high 16 points in the first half.
The Shockers scored the first seven points after halftime to cut CU's lead to eight with just over two minutes gone by after half. WSU would then go on a field goal draught, while CU built to its largest lead of the game, up 46-25 with 11 minutes to play. The Shockers went eight minutes and 15 seconds between field goals before Val Siemens drained her only field goal attempt of the game with 9:13 left. WSU closed the game on a 17-5 run to bring the final margin to eight.
CU out-rebounded WSU 25-14 after the half for a plus-20 margin on the glass in the game. Freshman DaNae Moore led all players with a career-best 12 boards, while her career-high nine points left her one shy of her first collegiate double-double.
Woodard finished 4-of-8 from three-point range in the game and was 4-for-4 at the free-throw line for her 16 points. Chevelle Herring was the only other Jay in double figures, finishing with 10 and a team-best three assists.
Frazier scored 10 points in the second half to tie Haleigh Lankster for the Shocker scoring lead with 12 points. Marcy Sudbeck led WSU with 10 rebounds.
Creighton has now won 10 of its last 11 home MVC games.
The Jays will hit the road for their next two MVC games, playing at Southern Illinois and Evansville next weekend. CU and SIU tip at 7:05 p.m. in Carbondale on Thursday. Fans can listen to both games on Spirit 88.9 FM and online at www.kvss.com.
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