Women's Basketball Plays Wichita State in Semifinals

Supplemental Creighton Notes
#6 Wichita State (17-13) vs. #2 Creighton (19-9)
State Farm MVC Tournament Semifinals
Saturday, March 13, 2010 ● 7:35 p.m.
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Television: Fox Sports Midwest

Creighton is now 18-16 all-time in the MVC Tournament, including 6-4 as the No. 2 seed.
Creighton is on a season-high four-game winning streak.
The Jays are aiming to appear in their sixth MVC Tournament championship game and third in the last four years (1994, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2009). CU has never been to the championship game in consecutive seasons.
Creighton is 8-7 at the MVC Tournament under Jim Flanery
Jim Flanery is now 150-101 (.598) in his career.
Creighton is aiming for its third consecutive 20-win season and fifth in eight years under Jim Flanery. Flan's predecessor, Connie Yori, had three 20 win seasons in her 10 years at Creighton.
CU is 3-0 in March this year, 31-16 (.660) in March under Jim Flanery.
Against Drake on Friday night, Creighton had its best shooting game and three-point shooting game in six all-time contests at The Family Arena. CU shot 40 percent (22-55) from the field and 33.3 percent (11-33) from three-point range last night.
CU is now shooting 32.8 percent from the field (113-344) and 26.1 percent from three-point range (31-119) in six games all-time in The Family Arena. CU made 11 three-pointers last night after making 20 treys in its first five games at the venue.
In Creighton's win over Drake on Friday, the Jays improved to 11-0 on the year when shooting at least 40 percent from the field, 11-0 when making at least eight three-pointers and 5-0 in games decided by five points or less.
Creighton is 6-0 when making at least 10 three-pointers in a game this season and 30-11 under Jim Flanery when making 10 or more triples.
Creighton is now 42-23 (.646) under Jim Flanery in games decided by five points or less.
Creighton's win on Friday was just its second this season when trailing at the half (2-6).
Ally Jensen scored a career-high 18 points on Friday, making 6-of-12 three-pointers. The six treys tied a Bluejay season-high, done twice previously by Kelsey Woodard. Her six three-pointers were the most by a Bluejay in the MVC Tournament since current assistant coach Dayna Finch made 8-of-12 threes against Indiana State in the 2002 quarterfinals.
Jensen leads all MVC freshmen with a .376 three-point field goal percentage.
Creighton's 33 three-point field goal attempts on Friday were a CU record in an MVC Tournament game.
Megan Neuvirth will set a school record for games played when she takes the floor in the semifinals after she played in her 126th game on Friday, tying the school record held by Codi Walker.
Neuvirth's nine rebounds on Friday give her 908 in her career - 11th in MVC history and just 16 shy of the school record (924 by Pam Gradoville).
Kelsey Woodard's three-pointer on Friday was her 187th career trey - tying Missy Miller for fourth in school history.
Chevelle Herring is now tied with Kristi Woodard for 11th in school history with 132 career threes.
Herring now owns the school record for three-point attempts in a career in MVC Tournament play. She has attempted 41 three-pointers in nine career MVC postseason games, surpassing the former mark of 36 set by Christy Neneman.
Creighton has not had more than seven turnovers in any of its last three games, averaging just 6.7 turnovers per game in its last three.

Against the Shockers

Creighton is 28-18 all-time against Wichita State, including 2-1 in the MVC Tournament.
Creighton swept the season series from Wichita State this year, winning 89-48 in Omaha on Jan. 7 and 58-48 in Wichita on Feb. 7.
Creighton's 41-point win over Wichita State in January was its largest MVC win in school history and the largest margin of victory under Jim Flanery.
The Bluejays defeated Wichita State in the quarterfinals of last year's MVC Tournament, 49-41, exactly one year ago.
Creighton has won the last nine meetings with the Shockers and 15 of the last 16 meetings.
Creighton and Wichita State have never met in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament - all three previous tourney meetings were in the quarterfinal round.
CU is 2-1 all-time against Wichita State in the MVC Tournament.
o L, 68-70 in Springfield, March 9, 1995 (Quarterfinals)
o W, 83-60 in Springfield, March 5, 1998 (Quarterfinals)
o W, 49-41 in St. Charles, March 13, 2009 (Quarterfinals)
Jim Flanery is 15-2 all-time against the Shockers, 1-0 in the MVC Tournament.
Flanery's 15 wins over WSU are the most against any opponent he has faced.
Creighton shot a school-record 64 percent (32-50) from the field against Wichita State in its 89-48 win in January.
Creighton also set season-highs for points (89) and field goals (32) against the Shockers in its January win.
The Jays also shot a season-best 58.3 percent from three-point (7-12) against WSU in January.
Wichita State managed only 20 rebounds in its first loss to CU this year, the fewest by a Creighton opponent this year and in the Jim Flanery era.
Creighton out-rebounded WSU 25-7 in the first half of the January win, as Sam Schuett (nine) had more boards than the entire Shocker squad at halftime. WSU did not grab its first rebound until nearly six minutes into the game in its 41-point loss.
Schuett finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds against WSU in the first win. Megan Neuvirth led all players with 16 points and five assists.
In Wichita, the Bluejays made 9-of-18 three-pointers and 22-of-44 shots in the 58-48 win. Neuvirth posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in the road win.
Neuvirth averaged 17 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game vs. WSU this year.
Both Neuvirth and Schuett shot 4-of-6 (.667) from three-point range against WSU this year.
On the season, CU shot 57.4 percent (54-94) from the field and 53.3 percent (16-30) from three-point range against the Shockers.
Kelsey Woodard averages 11.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game against WSU in her career, shooting 44.1 percent from three-point range (15-34).
Megan Neuvirth averages 10.1 points and 6.6 rebounds against WSU in her career.
Sam Schuett averages 9.7 points and 7.3 boards against WSU in her career.

Women's Basketball Plays Wichita State in Semifinals

Players Mentioned

Chevelle Herring

Ally Jensen

Megan Neuvirth

Sam Schuett

Kelsey Woodard

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