Saturday, December 13
CenturyLink Center Omaha
1:15 PM
Creighton University
8-3
67
vs
71
Saint Mary's
6-1
1
2
OT 1
F
Saint Mary's
27
34
10
71
Creighton
27
34
6
67
Men's Basketball Drops First Home Game in OT, 71-67
12/13/2014 3:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Aaron Bright had a career-high 22 points and Dane Pineau and Brad Waldow had double-doubles as Saint Mary's snapped Creighton's 24-game home win streak with a 71-67 overtime victory in Omaha on Saturday afternoon.
Creighton fell to 8-3 with the loss, while Saint Mary's improved to 6-1 this season while winning its first road game of the season.
Austin Chatman had 19 points for Creighton, while Isaiah Zierden (17) and Devin Brooks (12) also finished in double-figures.
Bright had 19 of his 22 points after halftime, picking up where Kerry Carter left off. Carter had 17 of his 19 points in the first half, including five three-pointers. Pineau had 13 points and 10 rebounds (both career-highs) off the bench, while Waldow had 11 points, 11 rebounds and tied his career-high with five assists. He was held to half his season scoring average of 22.8 points per game on 2-of-10 shooting.
Creighton led by as much as eight points in both the first and second halves, but could not put away a tested Saint Mary's team that has won 25 or more games in six of the previous seven seasons.
The Bluejays led 13-5 early, only to see Carter drain a three-pointer on three straight possessions to draw the Gaels within one.
The teams were tied at 27-all at the half, but CU opened up a 37-29 lead after a 10-2 run that featured a pair of Zierden three-pointers. Just as quickly, Saint Mary's responded with a 13-0 run as it held CU scoreless over the next 6:29. Pineau had seven and Bright five points during the rally.
The teams traded the lead six times in the final 6:36 of regulation. A three-pointer from Zierden with 1:29 left gave CU a 61-59 lead, but Bright's one-handed runner with 1:01 to play evened the score.
Chatman would miss a three-pointer from the corner on CU's final possession of the game, and Treaven Duffy would jar the ball out of Toby Hegner's hands to give the Gaels a shot to win it with the shot clock off. Bright's three-pointer from the top of the key hit the back iron, as CU went to overtime for the second time in five days.
Hegner would drill a three-pointer with 3:01 left in overtime to give Creighton a 64-62 edge, but Pineau countered with a lay-up to tie the score. Pineau, Bright and Waldow each scored on the visitors's next three trips, giving SMC a 70-64 lead with 32.6 seconds to play.
Chatman would sink a three-pointer with 12.9 left, but Bright sank the second of two free throw attempts with 10.8 left to make it a two-possession game. The Gaels then got a stop on CU's final possession to clinch the four-point road win.
Creighton returns to the court next Friday when it hosts Texas-Pan American in a game that tips off at 8:01 pm.
NOTES: Creighton was playing consecutive overtime games for the first time since 1994 ... Greg McDermott fell to 4-1 in overtime games as Creighton head coach ... Creighton fell to 6-3 all-time in overtime games at CenturyLink Center Omaha ... The team to score first in overtime has won 11 of Creighton's last 12 overtime games ... Greg McDermott fell to 5-1 all-time in BracketBuster return games ... Austin Chatman had his fourth straight game of 19 points or more ... Creighton fell to 34-11 all-time at CenturyLink Center Omaha in games decided by five points or less ... Creighton's last home loss had been Feb. 9, 2013 to Illinois State ... Creighton dropped to 106-6 under Greg McDermott when leading with 5:00 left in regulation after squandering today's 51-50 lead with 5:00 to play ... Saint Mary's became the first visiting non-conference team to win a December game at Creighton since No. 21 BYU on Dec. 1, 2010.
Creighton fell to 8-3 with the loss, while Saint Mary's improved to 6-1 this season while winning its first road game of the season.
Austin Chatman had 19 points for Creighton, while Isaiah Zierden (17) and Devin Brooks (12) also finished in double-figures.
Bright had 19 of his 22 points after halftime, picking up where Kerry Carter left off. Carter had 17 of his 19 points in the first half, including five three-pointers. Pineau had 13 points and 10 rebounds (both career-highs) off the bench, while Waldow had 11 points, 11 rebounds and tied his career-high with five assists. He was held to half his season scoring average of 22.8 points per game on 2-of-10 shooting.
Creighton led by as much as eight points in both the first and second halves, but could not put away a tested Saint Mary's team that has won 25 or more games in six of the previous seven seasons.
The Bluejays led 13-5 early, only to see Carter drain a three-pointer on three straight possessions to draw the Gaels within one.
The teams were tied at 27-all at the half, but CU opened up a 37-29 lead after a 10-2 run that featured a pair of Zierden three-pointers. Just as quickly, Saint Mary's responded with a 13-0 run as it held CU scoreless over the next 6:29. Pineau had seven and Bright five points during the rally.
The teams traded the lead six times in the final 6:36 of regulation. A three-pointer from Zierden with 1:29 left gave CU a 61-59 lead, but Bright's one-handed runner with 1:01 to play evened the score.
Chatman would miss a three-pointer from the corner on CU's final possession of the game, and Treaven Duffy would jar the ball out of Toby Hegner's hands to give the Gaels a shot to win it with the shot clock off. Bright's three-pointer from the top of the key hit the back iron, as CU went to overtime for the second time in five days.
Hegner would drill a three-pointer with 3:01 left in overtime to give Creighton a 64-62 edge, but Pineau countered with a lay-up to tie the score. Pineau, Bright and Waldow each scored on the visitors's next three trips, giving SMC a 70-64 lead with 32.6 seconds to play.
Chatman would sink a three-pointer with 12.9 left, but Bright sank the second of two free throw attempts with 10.8 left to make it a two-possession game. The Gaels then got a stop on CU's final possession to clinch the four-point road win.
Creighton returns to the court next Friday when it hosts Texas-Pan American in a game that tips off at 8:01 pm.
NOTES: Creighton was playing consecutive overtime games for the first time since 1994 ... Greg McDermott fell to 4-1 in overtime games as Creighton head coach ... Creighton fell to 6-3 all-time in overtime games at CenturyLink Center Omaha ... The team to score first in overtime has won 11 of Creighton's last 12 overtime games ... Greg McDermott fell to 5-1 all-time in BracketBuster return games ... Austin Chatman had his fourth straight game of 19 points or more ... Creighton fell to 34-11 all-time at CenturyLink Center Omaha in games decided by five points or less ... Creighton's last home loss had been Feb. 9, 2013 to Illinois State ... Creighton dropped to 106-6 under Greg McDermott when leading with 5:00 left in regulation after squandering today's 51-50 lead with 5:00 to play ... Saint Mary's became the first visiting non-conference team to win a December game at Creighton since No. 21 BYU on Dec. 1, 2010.
Team Stats
SMC
CU
FG%
.429
.407
3FG%
.375
.419
FT%
.583
.833
RB
39
31
TO
12
14
STL
9
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
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