Women's Basketball Battles Drake in Semifinals
3/14/2009 1:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Supplemental Creighton Notes
#3 Drake (19-11) vs. #2 Creighton (20-10)
State Farm MVC Tournament Semifinals
Saturday, March 14, 2009 ● 7:35 p.m. ● FSN Midwest
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? Creighton is now 16-15 all-time in the MVC Tournament, including 4-3 as the No. 2 seed.
? Creighton has won 15 of its last 17 games and is 18-4 since starting 2-6 on the season.
? The Jays are aiming to appear in their fifth MVC Tournament championship game (1994, 1999, 2002, 2007).
? Creighton is 6-6 at the MVC Tournament under Jim Flanery
? Jim Flanery is now 129-90 (.589) in his career.
? Creighton captured its 20th win of the season last night, its second consecutive 20-win season and fourth in seven years under Jim Flanery. Flan's predecessor, Connie Yori, had three 20 win seasons in her 10 years at Creighton.
? CU is now 4-4 on the year when making fewer than six three-pointers in a game.
? The Bluejays have now held nine opponents below 50 points in a game this year ? winning each of those nine. CU is 15-1 under Flanery when an opponent scores less than 50.
? The Jays have scored less than 60 points in seven wins this season, including less than 50 in two victories. CU is 7-8 when scoring less than 60 this year, 13-2 when scoring 60 or more.
? CU is 3-0 in March this year, 26-14 (.650) in March under Jim Flanery.
? Creighton shot 30.9 percent from the field in its 49-41 win over
? The Bluejays are 18-of-92 (.196) from three-point range over their last four games, after ranking ninth in the NCAA at 37.8 percent from long range through their first 26 games.
? Despite their shooting problems over the last four games, the Jays are 3-1. The Jays are out-rebounding opponents 47-40.8 (+6.3) in that span, while out-scoring opponents 53-47.2 (+5.8) per game. CU's turnover margin is +6.3 in its last four games, averaging a mere 11.8 turnovers, while forcing 18.
? CU is shooting 30.4 percent from the field (55-181) and 21.1 percent from three-point range (12-57) in three games all-time in The Family Arena.
? CU owns the league's best defense, allowing just 56.4 points per game, including 47.3 per game over the last four games.
? CU out-rebounded
? Kelsey Crites is averaging 7.3 rebounds per game in her last 10 contests, while Megan Neuvirth is pulling down 10.4 boards per game in that span.
? Kelsey Woodard led CU with 13 points on Friday night, after scoring just 11 points in two MVC Tournament games last year. Woodard went 4-for-12 from the field Friday, after shooting 1-of-13 from the floor in last year's tourney.
? Kellie Nelson is averaging 10 rebounds per game in her last two outings ? career-high 11 against
? Nelson had two points and four rebounds in 15 total minutes in the MVC Tournament last year, before last night's 27-minutes which produced eight points and nine boards.
? Megan Neuvirth extended her own single-season school record in rebounds, moving to 291 on the season. She is now tied for 17th in a season in MVC history and just nine boards shy of becoming the 10th player in league history to reach 300 in a season.
? Chevelle Herring enters today's game with 99 career three-pointers, one shy of becoming the 14th player in school history to reach 100 career treys.
? Herring is 15-of-77 (.194) from the field, 4-of-35 (.114) from 3-point range in her last four games.
? Kelsey Woodard's 75 three-pointers this season lead the MVC.
? Woodard leads the team, shooting 84.1 percent at the free-throw line. She has missed just five free-throws (including one last night) since Dec. 9, going 37-of-42 for 88.1 percent.
? Kristina Voss played in her 120th career game last night, tying Christy Neneman for seventh in school history.
? Creighton is 7-2 on Saturday's this year, its most wins on any day of the week. CU defeated Drake on Saturday, Jan. 31, 68-65, in
Against the Bulldogs
? Creighton is 16-34 all-time against Drake, including 1-2 at neutral sites.
? Creighton and Drake split the season series this year, with each team winning on the other's home court. CU won 68-65 in
? CU's win in
? Creighton and Drake have never met in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament.
? CU is 3-3 all-time against Drake in the MVC Tournament.
o W, 70-68 in
o L, 68-86 in
o W, 73-62 in
o W, 77-74 in
o L, 44-61 in
o L, 64-65 (OT) in
? Jim Flanery is 6-10 all-time against Drake, including 0-2 in the MVC Tournament (2005, 2007)
? Flanery's six wins against Drake are the fewest against any MVC opponent.
? Drake is the only MVC opponent to win in
? Creighton has lost five of the last six meetings with Drake and is 2-9 in its last 11 meetings with DU.
? CU entered its game at Drake on Jan. 31, ranked last in the MVC in free-throw percentage (.662). The Jays proceeded to shoot 25-of-28 at the line in the 68-65 win. The 25 makes and 89.3 free-throw percent are season-highs for the Jays.
? Chevelle Herring went 10-for-10 at the free-throw line at Drake on Jan. 31.
? Drake led 11-3 in CU's win in
? CU trailed 33-30 at half and then fell behind 42-35 before scoring the next seven points of the game.
? CU used a 17-4 burst in the second half to go up 59-50 with over eight minutes to play, but DU answered with a 15-4 run to own a 65-63 lead with 2:24 to go. DU would not score again as CU scored the final five points of the game.
? Creighton shot a season-low 21.9 percent from the field (16-73) and 10.5 percent from three-point range (2-19) in its loss to Drake. The two three-pointers were also a season-low. It proved to be CU's worst shooting game since Nov. 21, 2003.
? Creighton's meeting with Drake in
? CU shot 27.4 percent from the field, 23.7 percent from three-point range and 79.5 percent at the free-throw line in two games against Drake this year.
? DU shot 42.3 percent from the field, 17.6 percent from three-point range and 68.9 percent at the free-throw line in two games against Creighton this year.
? DU was the only MVC team to out-rebound the Jays in both meetings this year. The Bulldogs out-rebounded CU 35-30 in
? CU forced Drake into an average of 21.5 turnovers per game, a plus 8.5 turnover margin. DU's 24 turnovers in
? Megan Neuvirth averaged 13.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game against DU this year.
