Sunday, February 26
Indianapolis, Ind.
12:00 pm
Creighton University
22-6, 16-2
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Butler
5-24, 2-16
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Photo by: Steve Branscombe
Championship Sunday for Women's Hoops, Bluejays Claim a Share of BIG EAST, 65-53
2/26/2017 2:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Janning Delivers Season-High 27 in Win
Indianapolis, Ind. -- Fifth-year senior Marissa Janning wanted nothing more than to bookend her career with conference championships, behind her 27 points the Creighton women's basketball team did just that with a 65-53 win over Butler on Sunday, Feb. 26.
Creighton's victory clinched a share of the BIG EAST regular season title for the Bluejays at 16-2 in conference play (22-6 overall). Butler, meanwhile, finished the regular season at 5-24 and 2-16 in conference play.
Butler opened the game with a burst behind six quick points from Alexa Bailey to grab a 12-5 lead with 3:09 left. The Bluejays responded by taking flight from long range to charge back, led by a trey from Janning. Freshman Jaylyn Agnew followed with another three-ball to make it 14-11 (2:11), while sophomore Audrey Faber sent the game to the second quarter with Creighton trailing by just two via another three-ball, 16-14.
Down 19-18 early in the second, the Bluejays seized control with six straight points on a layup by senior Lauren Works, a free throw by Janning and Agnew's second trifecta of the afternoon (24-19) with 4:19 left. Up 26-23 moments later, another 5-0 burst gave Creighton its largest lead at the time, 31-23 (1:56). Once more it was Janning's motor igniting the Bluejays, starting things off with a traditional three-point play and capping the surge with another layup.
As they've done all season long Creighton put the game away with a strong third period, outscoring the Bulldogs 22-12 in the period. Janning and fellow fifth-year senior Brianna Rollerson were dominant in the period with a combined 20 points (11 by Janning and nine from Rollerson).
Leading 54-38 heading into the fourth, Creighton maintained a double-digit edge throughout the final quarter to seize its first conference championship since the 2012-13 season. That year the Bluejays closed its final season as members of the Missouri Valley Conference as co-champions.
Janning's 27 led all scorers, while Rollerson and Agnew each finished with 12 points. Butler got a team-high 16 points from both Bailey and Tori Schickel.
Creighton enters the BIG EAST Tournament next week as the No. 2 seed, Creighton will face the winner of the No.7 Xavier/No. 10 Butler game on Sunday, March 5 at 12:00 pm (CT).
Creighton's victory clinched a share of the BIG EAST regular season title for the Bluejays at 16-2 in conference play (22-6 overall). Butler, meanwhile, finished the regular season at 5-24 and 2-16 in conference play.
Butler opened the game with a burst behind six quick points from Alexa Bailey to grab a 12-5 lead with 3:09 left. The Bluejays responded by taking flight from long range to charge back, led by a trey from Janning. Freshman Jaylyn Agnew followed with another three-ball to make it 14-11 (2:11), while sophomore Audrey Faber sent the game to the second quarter with Creighton trailing by just two via another three-ball, 16-14.
Down 19-18 early in the second, the Bluejays seized control with six straight points on a layup by senior Lauren Works, a free throw by Janning and Agnew's second trifecta of the afternoon (24-19) with 4:19 left. Up 26-23 moments later, another 5-0 burst gave Creighton its largest lead at the time, 31-23 (1:56). Once more it was Janning's motor igniting the Bluejays, starting things off with a traditional three-point play and capping the surge with another layup.
As they've done all season long Creighton put the game away with a strong third period, outscoring the Bulldogs 22-12 in the period. Janning and fellow fifth-year senior Brianna Rollerson were dominant in the period with a combined 20 points (11 by Janning and nine from Rollerson).
Leading 54-38 heading into the fourth, Creighton maintained a double-digit edge throughout the final quarter to seize its first conference championship since the 2012-13 season. That year the Bluejays closed its final season as members of the Missouri Valley Conference as co-champions.
Janning's 27 led all scorers, while Rollerson and Agnew each finished with 12 points. Butler got a team-high 16 points from both Bailey and Tori Schickel.
Creighton enters the BIG EAST Tournament next week as the No. 2 seed, Creighton will face the winner of the No.7 Xavier/No. 10 Butler game on Sunday, March 5 at 12:00 pm (CT).
Team Stats
CU
BU
FG%
.377
.352
3FG%
.241
.222
FT%
.750
.591
RB
39
36
TO
13
12
STL
5
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
27
FGM
10
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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