Creighton University
10-13, 1-9BE
Georgetown
15-6, 7-3BE
Hoyas Top Men's Basketball as CU Honors 3,000,000th Fan at CenturyLink
1/31/2015 4:29:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. - A 26-2 run spanning halftime lifted No. 21 Georgetown to a 67-40 win over Creighton before 17,499 fans at CenturyLink Center Omaha on Saturday.
The Bluejays missed 23 straight field goal attempts at one point during a drought that spanned more than 17 minutes, as Creighton (10-13, 1-9 BIG EAST) shot a season-low 20.8 percent on the day.
Georgetown (15-6, 7-3 BIG EAST), meanwhile, shot 50 percent from the floor and got 24 points from Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera.
Creighton fell into huge holes at the start of both halves. Smith-Rivera and L.J. Peak combined to score all the points as the Hoyas built a 9-0 lead in the first four minutes.
Creighton answered and used an 11-0 run to take its only lead of the game at 13-12, then moved that margin to 15-12 on a lay-up by Devin Brooks with 10:09 to play in the first half. The Bluejays then missed their final 12 shots of the half as the Hoyas used a 16-2 run to close the first half in a near-replay of the team's first meeting earlier in the month.
The Hoyas pulled away with the first 10 points of the second half, including five points from Smith-Rivera, to move ahead 38-17. Avery Dingman ended the scoring drought with a free throw with 15:21 to play, but CU would miss its first 11 shots of the second stanza before a Dingman three-pointer with 12:51 to play.
Creighton would get as close as 17 (56-39) before the Hoyas drained three-pointers on 3-of-4 possessions to bury the Bluejays comeback chances.
Dingman led Creighton with eight points, while Toby Hegner paced CU on the glass with eight rebounds. Coming off a season-best 13 three-pointers in a win over St. John's on Wednesday, the Bluejays shot 11-for-53 from the field (20.8 percent) overall and were 5-of-22 from three-point range (22.7 percent).
Smith-Rivera led all players with 24 points, while Jabril Trawick added 15 points. The Hoyas shot an even 50 percent for the game and made 10-of-23 three-point shots (43.5 percent). GU outrebounded the Bluejays 38-36, and 26-12 in the paint.
Creighton returns to action on Wednesday at 8:15 pm Central when it visits Xavier.
NOTES: Creighton hosted its 3,000,000th fan all-time at CenturyLink Center Omaha. Papillion native Drew D'Ercole earned season tickets, gift cards, apparel, bobbleheads and more as the lucky fan, which came in CU's 198th all-time game at the facility ... Creighton's ninth loss ensured its streak of 18 straight seasons of 10 or more league wins would be snapped. Only Kansas (20) has a longer active streak ... Creighton hosted its second ranked team in the month (also No. 19 Seton Hall on Jan. 10), for the first time since January of 1979 ... Creighton lost at home in its gray uniforms for the first time in seven games ... Creighton fell to 17-1 all-time when Avery Dingman makes multiple three-pointers.
