Creighton University
Chicago State
Men's Basketball Routs Chicago State, 95-61
11/13/2011 3:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 95-61 victory over Chicago State on Sunday afternoon. Creighton shot 56.9 percent from the field and sank 13 three-pointers during its their second straight offensive barrage.
The Jays have now scored 95 or more points in their first two games for the first time in school history, and its 192 points through two contests is four more than the previous high of 188 done in the eventual NCAA Tournament campaigns of 2002-03 and 1973-74.
Creighton opened up a 44-28 lead at intermission, shooting 17-of-31 from the floor to connect at a 54.8 percent clip. The Jays assisted on 16-of-17 field goals in the opening stanza, as Jahenns Manigat, Antoine Young and Josh Jones all had three helpers. Doug McDermott led all players with 10 points and six rebounds at intermission.
CU outscored CSU 17-7 in the first five minutes of the second half and the Cougars never threatened the rest of the way. CU led by as much as 38 before settling for its largest winning margin (34) in the Greg McDermott era.
Doug McDermott made 10-of-12 attempts and Creighton with 21 points and eight rebounds, while Manigat had 15 points and sank five three-pointers for the second straight game. Also in double-figures were Grant Gibbs with a career-high 11 points and Austin Chatman with 12 points, six assists and four rebounds.
Creighton shot 33-of-58 (56.9 percent) from the floor and were 16-of-21 (76.2 percent) from the line. The Jays made 13 three-pointers on the afternoon, giving them 27 through two games this winter.
Chicago State, which returned just three reserves from a 6-26 season a year ago, dropped to 0-2. Iowa Western CC transfer Jeremy Robinson had 20 points and eight rebounds, but also had nine turnovers. Jacobby Anderson had 12 points off the bench for CSU.
Creighton will make its first road trip of the season on Wednesday with a 7:05 pm game at defending Conference-USA champion UAB (0-0).
NOTES: Creighton has won 37 straight November home games since 1989 ... Creighton has won 32 straight non-conference regular-season games vs. unranked teams ... Creighton is now 2-0 all-time vs. Chicago State ... Creighton has now won 82 straight home games when scoring 68 or more points ... Creighton's bench has scored 79 points in two games this year ... Creighton improved to 11-0 all-time when Jahenns Manigat has three or more assists and 6-1 when the sophomore drains at least three three-pointers ... Creighton's 28 assists tied a CenturyLink Center Omaha record, as it was also done on Friday and on Dec. 22, 2009 ... Creighton has won 12 straight home games, with nine of them by double-digits and an average victory margin of 20.6 points ... Doug McDermott scored at least 20 points for the seventh time in his career ... Creighton has won 47 straight games when scoring 90 or more points.
