Sunday, January 25
Omaha Civic Auditorium
2:05 PM
Creighton University
61
vs
46
Bradley
Bluejays Beat Braves, 61-46, in Women's Basketball
1/25/2009 5:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. ? Chevelle Herring had her highest point output in 11 games with a game-high 20 points, as she helped lead the Creighton women's basketball team to a 61-46 victory over Bradley at the Civic Auditorium Sunday afternoon. Kelsey Crites added a career-high 10 rebounds as the Bluejays captured their sixth straight victory to improve to 11-8 overall and 6-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Creighton jumped out to a 12-3 lead, before Bradley (13-5, 4-3 MVC) scored the next 10 points of the game. Renee Frericks three-pointer with 8:55 left in the opening half gave the Braves their only lead of the game, up 13-12. The Bluejays regained the lead when Kelsey Woodard drained a three-pointer with 7:56 left, and the Jays would never trail again.
In a sloppy first-half, the Braves would go 5:20 without a field goal at one point, while the Bluejays made just 2-of-13 three-point attempts in the first 20 minutes. CU turned in 12 first-half turnovers from BU into 12 points and the Jays owned a 23-20 lead at the break.
The Bluejays built to a 34-22 lead before the Braves would make their first field goal of the second-half. Despite scoring just two points in nearly a six-minute span, the home team benefitted from BU's cold shooting. Frericks snapped BU's field goal drought 7:26 into the second half, when she hit one of her four three-pointers in the game.
The Braves cut CU's lead back to six at 36-30 with just over 11 minutes remaining, but could get no closer. The Jays used a 17-3 run during the second-half to push to their largest lead of the game, up 60-39 with 2:55 to go, and would coast to the 15-point win.
Creighton logged a season-high 12 steals and converted 19 Bradley turnovers into 22 points. The Jays out-rebounded the Braves 44-36, and out-scored BU 16-1 on second-chance points.
Herring's 20 points were her most since scoring a career-high 31 against Kansas on Dec. 13. The junior point guard tied a career-high with five three-pointers and led all players with five assists.
Crites grabbed a career-high 10 boards, to go along with her five points, three assists and two steals. Megan Neuvirth added 13 points, seven rebounds and season-high five steals. Woodard added 14 points in the Bluejay win.
Frericks led Bradley with 16 points off the bench.
Creighton returns to action when it concluded the first half of MVC play at Drake next Saturday. The Jays and Bulldogs will tip off at 2:05 p.m. in Des Moines.
NOTES: Walk-on Michaela Kraft scored her first career point on a free-throw late in the game ... CU has held five straight opponents below 50 points ... CU's six-game winning streak is its longest since winning eight straight in 2004-05 ... Woodard is tied with Christy Neneman for 11th on the CU career list with 102 three-pointers ... Neuvirth (179) needs one more steal to crack the CU career top-10 ... Neuvirth has made a three-pointer in 18 straight games (every game this year except the opener) ... Crites' previous career-high for rebounds was eight (Jan. 4, 2008 vs. Wichita State) ... Kellie Nelson had a career-high three steals.
Creighton jumped out to a 12-3 lead, before Bradley (13-5, 4-3 MVC) scored the next 10 points of the game. Renee Frericks three-pointer with 8:55 left in the opening half gave the Braves their only lead of the game, up 13-12. The Bluejays regained the lead when Kelsey Woodard drained a three-pointer with 7:56 left, and the Jays would never trail again.
In a sloppy first-half, the Braves would go 5:20 without a field goal at one point, while the Bluejays made just 2-of-13 three-point attempts in the first 20 minutes. CU turned in 12 first-half turnovers from BU into 12 points and the Jays owned a 23-20 lead at the break.
The Bluejays built to a 34-22 lead before the Braves would make their first field goal of the second-half. Despite scoring just two points in nearly a six-minute span, the home team benefitted from BU's cold shooting. Frericks snapped BU's field goal drought 7:26 into the second half, when she hit one of her four three-pointers in the game.
The Braves cut CU's lead back to six at 36-30 with just over 11 minutes remaining, but could get no closer. The Jays used a 17-3 run during the second-half to push to their largest lead of the game, up 60-39 with 2:55 to go, and would coast to the 15-point win.
Creighton logged a season-high 12 steals and converted 19 Bradley turnovers into 22 points. The Jays out-rebounded the Braves 44-36, and out-scored BU 16-1 on second-chance points.
Herring's 20 points were her most since scoring a career-high 31 against Kansas on Dec. 13. The junior point guard tied a career-high with five three-pointers and led all players with five assists.
Crites grabbed a career-high 10 boards, to go along with her five points, three assists and two steals. Megan Neuvirth added 13 points, seven rebounds and season-high five steals. Woodard added 14 points in the Bluejay win.
Frericks led Bradley with 16 points off the bench.
Creighton returns to action when it concluded the first half of MVC play at Drake next Saturday. The Jays and Bulldogs will tip off at 2:05 p.m. in Des Moines.
NOTES: Walk-on Michaela Kraft scored her first career point on a free-throw late in the game ... CU has held five straight opponents below 50 points ... CU's six-game winning streak is its longest since winning eight straight in 2004-05 ... Woodard is tied with Christy Neneman for 11th on the CU career list with 102 three-pointers ... Neuvirth (179) needs one more steal to crack the CU career top-10 ... Neuvirth has made a three-pointer in 18 straight games (every game this year except the opener) ... Crites' previous career-high for rebounds was eight (Jan. 4, 2008 vs. Wichita State) ... Kellie Nelson had a career-high three steals.
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