Wednesday, January 4
Chicago, Ill.
7:00 pm
Creighton University
9-5, 3-1
65
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79
DePaul
12-4, 4-0
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Creighton
13
18
14
20
65
DePaul
19
22
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Photo by: Creighton Athletics
Despite Agnew's 21, Women's Basketball Falls at #23 DePaul 79-65
1/4/2017 8:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Chicago, Ill. -- In a battle of the final two unbeatens as well as the two squads picked to win the BIG EAST, the 23rd-ranked DePaul Blue Demons made a statement with a 79-65 win over the Bluejays on Wednesday, Jan. 4.
The loss dropped Creighton to 9-5 on the season and 3-1 in BIG EAST play, while DePaul moved to 12-5 overall and 4-0 in conference action.
The Bluejays opened the game the right way as junior Sydney Lamberty converted a traditional three-point play and moments later freshman Jaylyn Agnew broke free for an easy layup. Sophomore Audrey Faber followed with a trifecta from the wing to make it 8-2 (6:24), but DePaul responded with a 7-0 run to claim a 9-8 edge. The Blue Demons went on to close the quarter with a 17-5 run, taking a 19-13 lead into the second.
Down by as much as eight in the opening minutes of the second, Agnew drained a trey from top of the key with just over seven minutes left to energize the Bluejays. Following a defensive stop, junior Kylie Brown knocked down a running layup to make it a one possession game at 25-22. While DePaul held Creighton off with a three-ball from Chante Stonewell, the Bluejays got back within a bucket at 34-31 (2:00) as senior Lauren Works connected from downtown. Following a timeout by DePaul head coach Doug Bruno, the Blue Demons closed the period on a 7-0 burst to hold a 41-31 lead at the half.
The second half saw an early run from the Bluejays as following a trey by DePaul, Creighton got six straight on layups from Brown, senior Lauren Works and Lamberty to make it 44-37 (7:33). DePaul answered with a 9-2 run of their own to push its edge to 53-39 with 4:57 remaining. The Bluejays would not get any closer than 10 the rest of the way.
One of the key statistics in the game was second-chance points, DePaul collected 23 via 18 offensive rebounds. Creighton, meanwhile, had three second-chance points on 11 offensive boards.
"DePaul is the hardest working team in the league and they proved that tonight," said head coach Jim Flanery. "It's not that we don't work hard, we absolutely do, but they force you to compete at a higher level and we didn't have that tonight."
Agnew finished with a team and career-high 21, while senior Marissa Janning had 15 and Faber finished with 11. DePaul got 30 points from Brooke Schulte to lead all scorers.Â
"Jaylyn continues to be a tremendous bright spot, she gives a different weapon at both ends of the floor," added Flanery.
Creighton returns to the floor on Sunday, Jan. 8 as the Bluejays host Georgetown at 1:00 pm in D.J. Sokol Arena.
The loss dropped Creighton to 9-5 on the season and 3-1 in BIG EAST play, while DePaul moved to 12-5 overall and 4-0 in conference action.
The Bluejays opened the game the right way as junior Sydney Lamberty converted a traditional three-point play and moments later freshman Jaylyn Agnew broke free for an easy layup. Sophomore Audrey Faber followed with a trifecta from the wing to make it 8-2 (6:24), but DePaul responded with a 7-0 run to claim a 9-8 edge. The Blue Demons went on to close the quarter with a 17-5 run, taking a 19-13 lead into the second.
Down by as much as eight in the opening minutes of the second, Agnew drained a trey from top of the key with just over seven minutes left to energize the Bluejays. Following a defensive stop, junior Kylie Brown knocked down a running layup to make it a one possession game at 25-22. While DePaul held Creighton off with a three-ball from Chante Stonewell, the Bluejays got back within a bucket at 34-31 (2:00) as senior Lauren Works connected from downtown. Following a timeout by DePaul head coach Doug Bruno, the Blue Demons closed the period on a 7-0 burst to hold a 41-31 lead at the half.
The second half saw an early run from the Bluejays as following a trey by DePaul, Creighton got six straight on layups from Brown, senior Lauren Works and Lamberty to make it 44-37 (7:33). DePaul answered with a 9-2 run of their own to push its edge to 53-39 with 4:57 remaining. The Bluejays would not get any closer than 10 the rest of the way.
One of the key statistics in the game was second-chance points, DePaul collected 23 via 18 offensive rebounds. Creighton, meanwhile, had three second-chance points on 11 offensive boards.
"DePaul is the hardest working team in the league and they proved that tonight," said head coach Jim Flanery. "It's not that we don't work hard, we absolutely do, but they force you to compete at a higher level and we didn't have that tonight."
Agnew finished with a team and career-high 21, while senior Marissa Janning had 15 and Faber finished with 11. DePaul got 30 points from Brooke Schulte to lead all scorers.Â
"Jaylyn continues to be a tremendous bright spot, she gives a different weapon at both ends of the floor," added Flanery.
Creighton returns to the floor on Sunday, Jan. 8 as the Bluejays host Georgetown at 1:00 pm in D.J. Sokol Arena.
Team Stats
CU
DPU
FG%
.481
.455
3FG%
.600
.296
FT%
.778
.688
RB
33
35
TO
19
7
STL
5
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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