Women's Basketball Looks to Reboud at Lone Star Showcase

Austin, Texas - After a long day of travel the Creighton women's basketball team will try to celebrate Thanksgiving in style as the Bluejays compete in the Lone Star Showcase from Nov. 26-28.

Creighton opens the tournament against East Carolina (5-0) on Thursday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 pm. Creighton will face its first ranked opponent of the season on Friday, No. 19 Northwestern (3-0), and close the tournament against Eastern Washington on Saturday at 5:00 pm.

11/26: - 7:30 pm: Creighton (2-1) vs. East Carolina (5-0)
11/27: - 7:30 pm: Creighton (2-1) vs. #19 Northwestern (4-0)
11/28: - 5:00 pm: Creighton (2-1) vs. Eastern Washington (5-0)

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Radio - 1180 AM (Thursday);

Radio - 1290 AM (Friday & Saturday): Glen Sisk (Play-by-Play)

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Series History:

First Meeting with East Carolina & Eastern Washington

Series with Northwestern tied, 3-3

Bird Seeds

Thursday's meeting with the East Carolina marks the first time the Bluejays have battled the Pirates.
Although Creighton has not faced East Carolina, the Bluejays have learned what it is like to battle Pirates. Creighton holds a 3-1 edge on its BIG EAST rival the Seton Hall Pirates.
The Bluejays will also face a new opponent on Saturday, playing the Eastern Washington Eagles for the first time.
Creighton and Northwestern have a brief series history, splitting six games. The Wildcats have claimed the last two matchups, including a 2011 affair in the WNIT.
Northwestern claimed that game, 89-73, on March 17, 2011.
One oddity of the Lone Star Showcase is the NCAA Sponsor for the event is the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The MVC does not have a team in the eight-team field, but every "exempt event" requires an NCAA sponsor.
The Bluejays, of course, were a member of the MVC until 2013 and have already played Valley members Wichita State and Drake in 2015-16.

Scouting East Carolina (5-0)
The Pirates are off the a 5-0 start, capped by a 68-58 win over Delaware on Nov. 22. East Carolina is 2-0 at home, 2-0 on the road and won its only neutral site game to open the season.

Jada Payne leads the way for ECU with 22.0 ppg and 11 rpg. A large part of Payne's game is getting to the foul line, the forward make a foul hurt by shooting 86% from the charity stripe (25-29).

Joining Payne as offensive forcess are Marina Laramie (15.4 ppg) and Khadidja Toure
(12.4 ppg).

The Pirates are a very aggressive team on defense, averaging 11 steals per game. One side effect of the aggressive play is a high turnover ratio (14 turnovers per game).

Scouting #19 Northwestern (3-0)
Creighton's biggest test of the early season will come on Saturday as the Bluejays face their first ranked opponent of 2015-16.

Northwestern has opened the season with three victories at home, but will be out of Illinois for the first time this season.

Northwestern is led by Jordan Hankins (21.0 ppg) and Ashley Deary (19.3 ppg).

The Wildcats have committed 34 turnovers in three contests, but share the basketball extremely well with 69 assists.

Scouting Eastern Washington (3-1)
After posting victories in their opening two contests, Eastern Washington, the Eagles dropped its lone road game at Gonzaga (78-56) on Nov. 19.

EWU rebounded to take down Cal State Northridge 70-59 on Nov. 22.

The Hodgins family lead the Eagles as senior Hayley leads the team with 19.8 ppg, while sophomore sister Delaney averages 16.3 ppg.

The Eagles tend to be reckless with the basketball, committing 62 turnovers in the first four games (over 15 per contest).

Women's Basketball Looks to Reboud at Lone Star Showcase

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