Tuesday, November 22
D.J. Sokol Arena
7:05 PM
Creighton University
53
vs
56
South Dakota
Coyotes Claim 56-53 Overtime Win Over Women's Basketball
11/22/2011 10:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. - Jasmin Corbin forced overtime by draining a three-pointer with 5.4 seconds left in regulation and the Creighton women's basketball team took a four-point lead in extra time, but South Dakota scored the final seven points of the game to escape D.J. Sokol Arena with a 56-53 win Tuesday night. Creighton was led by Sarah Nelson's career-high 17 rebounds, but lost its home opener for the first time since 2008.
Creighton is now 2-2 on the year after opening the season with a pair of road wins, while the Coyotes became the first non-conference team from outside of the six BCS conferences to win in Omaha since 1990. USD is now 2-0 on the season.
After starting the game 4-of-5 from the field, the Creighton offense would struggle to find its rythm. The Bluejays jumped ahead 10-2 and led 14-4 before cooling off and allowing USD to claim the lead at halftime. The Coyotes heated up, closing the first half on a 13-2 run by making their final five shots of the stanza, including a pair of three-pointers from Alexis Yackley. USD took a 30-26 lead into the lockerrooms after Annie Roche drained USD's fourth triple of the first half to conclude the Coyote run.
Creighton made just 5-of-20 shots after its hot start and remained cool in the second half, making only 25 percent of its shots after the break.
An 8-0 Bluejay run was aided by a USD field goal drought, as the Coyotes went better than five minutes between field goals as CU built to a 36-32 lead. The game witnessed only 11 total points scored between the teams in the final six minutes of play. After CU had lost the lead, Ally Jensen drained her only three-pointer of the night to give the Bluejays a 41-40 lead with six minutes remaining.
USD would climb back ahead by three twice, before the late heroics from Corbin forced overtime. Alexis Akin-Otiko's field goal with 2:46 was Creighton's last one before Corbin hit a stepback triple with 5.4 seconds left to tie the game at 46 and take the Jays to overtime for the second time in the three-year history of D.J. Sokol Arena.
In overtime, Carli Tritz made CU's first basket for her first points since the first half, but USD responded with a three-pointer to go ahead 49-48. The Jays then rattled off the next five points, capped by a Nelson layup with 2:29 left to put CU up 53-49. Creighton would miss its final five shots from the floor however, as USD closed the game on a 7-0 run.
Nelson logged her second double-double of the season and third of her career with 11 points and career-high and arena-record 17 rebounds. The 17 boards were the most by a Bluejay since two-time MVC Player of the Year Christy Neneman pulled in 17 rebounds against Indiana State on Feb. 27, 2003. Tritz led the Bluejays with 13 points, scoring 11 in the first half before adding two more in overtime.
Creighton made 3-of-9 shots in overtime to raise its shooting percentage for the game to just 30.3 percent (20-66), while it made only 6-of-22 (.273) three-pointers and 7-of-12 (.583) free throws. The Bluejays outrebounded the Coyotes 51-35, including 23 offensive boards.
USD outscored the Jays 32-24 in the paint and shot 40.4 percent (23-57) in the game, including going 3-for-5 from the field in overtime. Yackley led USD with 14 points, while Amber Hegge added 10 points, six rebounds and five assists before fouling out with 2:45 left in overtime. Jodie Boss blocked four shots and had 12 rebounds for the visitors. The Coyotes also grabbed 10 steals and forced 18 Bluejay turnovers.
Creighton will look to snap its two-game losing streak when it hosts North Carolina State (3-0) on Sunday at 2:05 pm.
NOTES: Creighton had not lost to a non-conference team from outside of the BCS at home since Jan. 8, 1990 when Northern Illinois topped the Jays ... The loss snapped a streak of 44 straight wins, including 20 under Jim Flanery, when playing a non-conference team from outside of a BCS conference at home ... CU is 7-3 in home openers under Flanery ... CU is 24-6 all-time at D.J. Sokol Arena ... Corbin tied her career-high with six points ... Nelson also led CU with three steals and played a career-high 39 minutes.
Creighton is now 2-2 on the year after opening the season with a pair of road wins, while the Coyotes became the first non-conference team from outside of the six BCS conferences to win in Omaha since 1990. USD is now 2-0 on the season.
After starting the game 4-of-5 from the field, the Creighton offense would struggle to find its rythm. The Bluejays jumped ahead 10-2 and led 14-4 before cooling off and allowing USD to claim the lead at halftime. The Coyotes heated up, closing the first half on a 13-2 run by making their final five shots of the stanza, including a pair of three-pointers from Alexis Yackley. USD took a 30-26 lead into the lockerrooms after Annie Roche drained USD's fourth triple of the first half to conclude the Coyote run.
Creighton made just 5-of-20 shots after its hot start and remained cool in the second half, making only 25 percent of its shots after the break.
An 8-0 Bluejay run was aided by a USD field goal drought, as the Coyotes went better than five minutes between field goals as CU built to a 36-32 lead. The game witnessed only 11 total points scored between the teams in the final six minutes of play. After CU had lost the lead, Ally Jensen drained her only three-pointer of the night to give the Bluejays a 41-40 lead with six minutes remaining.
USD would climb back ahead by three twice, before the late heroics from Corbin forced overtime. Alexis Akin-Otiko's field goal with 2:46 was Creighton's last one before Corbin hit a stepback triple with 5.4 seconds left to tie the game at 46 and take the Jays to overtime for the second time in the three-year history of D.J. Sokol Arena.
In overtime, Carli Tritz made CU's first basket for her first points since the first half, but USD responded with a three-pointer to go ahead 49-48. The Jays then rattled off the next five points, capped by a Nelson layup with 2:29 left to put CU up 53-49. Creighton would miss its final five shots from the floor however, as USD closed the game on a 7-0 run.
Nelson logged her second double-double of the season and third of her career with 11 points and career-high and arena-record 17 rebounds. The 17 boards were the most by a Bluejay since two-time MVC Player of the Year Christy Neneman pulled in 17 rebounds against Indiana State on Feb. 27, 2003. Tritz led the Bluejays with 13 points, scoring 11 in the first half before adding two more in overtime.
Creighton made 3-of-9 shots in overtime to raise its shooting percentage for the game to just 30.3 percent (20-66), while it made only 6-of-22 (.273) three-pointers and 7-of-12 (.583) free throws. The Bluejays outrebounded the Coyotes 51-35, including 23 offensive boards.
USD outscored the Jays 32-24 in the paint and shot 40.4 percent (23-57) in the game, including going 3-for-5 from the field in overtime. Yackley led USD with 14 points, while Amber Hegge added 10 points, six rebounds and five assists before fouling out with 2:45 left in overtime. Jodie Boss blocked four shots and had 12 rebounds for the visitors. The Coyotes also grabbed 10 steals and forced 18 Bluejay turnovers.
Creighton will look to snap its two-game losing streak when it hosts North Carolina State (3-0) on Sunday at 2:05 pm.
NOTES: Creighton had not lost to a non-conference team from outside of the BCS at home since Jan. 8, 1990 when Northern Illinois topped the Jays ... The loss snapped a streak of 44 straight wins, including 20 under Jim Flanery, when playing a non-conference team from outside of a BCS conference at home ... CU is 7-3 in home openers under Flanery ... CU is 24-6 all-time at D.J. Sokol Arena ... Corbin tied her career-high with six points ... Nelson also led CU with three steals and played a career-high 39 minutes.
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