Women's Hoops Looks For First 4-0 Start to BIG EAST Play at St. John's on Friday

Queens, N.Y. -- Looking to open BIG EAST play at 4-0 for the first time since joining the conference prior to the 2013-14 season, the Creighton women's basketball battles St. John's on Friday at 6:00 pm.

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Creighton (9-4, 3-0 BIG EAST) at
St. John's (7-7, 0-3 BIG EAST)

Series History: Creighton trails series 7-6

Video - BEDN (BIG EAST Digital Network):
John Fanta (Play-by-Play) and Mike Watts (Analyst)

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Creighton vs. St. John's Series History

Creighton trails the series with the Red Storm by one game, but Creighton swept the series last season. The Bluejays are 4-1 against St. John's in New York, claiming the last three meetings.

Scouting S. John's (7-7, 0-3 BE)
The Red Storm opened the season with six wins in their first eight contests, but have dropped five of their last seven. St. John's enters Friday's contest on a four-game losing streak and will come in a bit short-handed as Akina Wellere was limited to two minutes by an injury against Providence on Tuesday and leading scorer Andrayah Adams did not play.

The Red Storm bring a very balanced offensive attack to the floor against the Bluejays as five players average double-figures, led by Adams' 12.2 ppg. Just a hair behind are Wellere and Maya Singleton at 11.9 ppg.

One constant under head coach Joe Tartamella has been the defensive intensity of the Red Storm. St. John's will slow the game down, preferring to play in the 40-50 range.

Keys Against St. John's

Limit Mistakes: St. John's forces 18.0 turnovers per game, which feeds its offense. If the Bluejays can take care of the ball, they make offense much harder for the Red Storm.
Take Advantage of the Red Storm injurys: Even if Adams and/or Wellere return on Friday, neither will be at their best. The Bluejays must create separation early to put the game away.
Block out Singleton: Surprisingly the Red Storm have been outrebounded on the season, 546-501. Singleton alone had 172 rebounds for St. John's, averaging 12.3 per game.

Early Bracketology Has Bluejays In, Projects of Four From BIG EAST.
ESPN's Charlie Creme announced his first Bracketology of the season on Jan. 2, showing Creighton as a No. 9 seed heading to Connecticut. Projected to join the Bluejays in The Dance are Villanova, DePaul and Marquette.

Bluejays Looking for first 4-0 Start in BIG EAST play
For the third time in its five seasons as members of the BIG EAST conference, the Bluejays are off to a 3-0 start. In both the 2013-14 season as well as last year Creighton dropped its fourth BIG EAST contest to fall to 3-1, while Creighton opened play 1-2 in 2014-15 and 0-3 in 2015-16.

Year   1st Four BE   Final BE
2013-14   3-1   12-6
2014-15   1-3   10-8
2015-16   1-2   10-8
2016-17   3-1   16-2
2017-18   3-0   TBA

Creighton Have Enjoyed NY/NJ
Over the past five seasons, the Bluejays are on their seventh trip to the New York/New Jersey area. During that stretch the Bluejays are 8-2 with a 4-1 mark at Seton Hall, 3-1 at St. John's and 1-0 at Marist.

Bluejays Riding an 11-game BIG EAST win Streak
Dating back to late January in 2017, Creighton has won 11 consecutive BIG EAST regular season games. The Bluejays last loss in conference play came to DePaul on Jan. 27, 2017 by a 60-56 score.

Women's Hoops Looks For First 4-0 Start to BIG EAST Play at St. John's on Friday

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