Tuesday, March 26
Forth Worth, TX
8:00 PM
Creighton University
20-15
58
at
71
TCU
23-13
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Creighton
33
25
58
TCU
30
41
71
Creighton's 2018-19 season wrapped up on Tuesday night at TCU
Photo by: Gregg Ellman
Men's Basketball Falls in NIT Quarterfinals at TCU
3/26/2019 9:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Second half run by Horned Frogs too much to overcome
FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU rallied from a 33-30 halftime deficit with a 16-0 run out of the break, ending the 2018-19 Creighton men's basketball season by a 71-58 score.
TCU advances to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden for the second time in three seasons, improving to 23-13. Creighton ends its season with a 20-15 mark.
Creighton led for nearly all of the first half, with four players contributing either six or seven points in the opening 20 minutes. Martin Krampelj had seven points and five rebounds at the break to lead the Bluejays, while Kaleb Joseph had four assists. CU had 12 assists on 12 field goals and won the rebound battle 19-13 in the first 20 minutes. TCU was paced by Kouat Noi in the opening half, as the sophomore had 13 points. TCU's leading scorer, Desmond Bane, had two points on 1-of-4 shooting at the intermission.
TCU opened the second half with an 16-0 run to take its first double-figure lead at 46-33 before Mitch Ballock silenced the crowd with a three-pointer at the 15:56 mark. Creighton trimmed the deficit to 49-41 and had a possession with three attempts from long-range without converting before TCU's Noi drained his sixth triple of the night. CU made just 3-of-20 shots to start the second half while the hosts drained 9-of-12 shots to open up a lead as large as 59-43 with 9:24 left
Ballock went on a personal 8-4 run to trim the gap to 12 at 63-51, but the Jays got no closer after TCU responded with the next four points.
Ballock had 14 points to lead Creighton, while fellow sophomore Ty-Shon Alexander and freshman Christian Bishop added 10 points. Bishop's 10 points tied his season-high. Bluejay senior Connor Cashaw closed his career with two points, two rebounds and two assists, while classmate Joseph had four assists, four rebounds and a point in his final game as a Bluejay.
Noi topped TCU with 25 points, and Alex Robinson added 12 points and 11 rebounds. Also in double-figures with 15 points was JD Miller.
NOTES Creighton has made a three-pointer in 851 straight games, a trey before half in 222 consecutive contests, and five or more three-pointers in 71 games in a row ... Ty-Shon Alexander's first three-pointer in the second half (and second of the game) gave him 97 this season, moving him into fourth-most in single-season program history ahead of Doug McDermott's 96 in 2013-14 ... Mitch Ballock's four three-pointers put him tied for sixth on the same list with 95, passing Booker Woodfox (91) and matching Marcus Foster from last season ... Martin Krampelj left the game with 16:36 left and did not return with an ankle injury. He finished with seven points and five rebounds.
TCU advances to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden for the second time in three seasons, improving to 23-13. Creighton ends its season with a 20-15 mark.
Creighton led for nearly all of the first half, with four players contributing either six or seven points in the opening 20 minutes. Martin Krampelj had seven points and five rebounds at the break to lead the Bluejays, while Kaleb Joseph had four assists. CU had 12 assists on 12 field goals and won the rebound battle 19-13 in the first 20 minutes. TCU was paced by Kouat Noi in the opening half, as the sophomore had 13 points. TCU's leading scorer, Desmond Bane, had two points on 1-of-4 shooting at the intermission.
TCU opened the second half with an 16-0 run to take its first double-figure lead at 46-33 before Mitch Ballock silenced the crowd with a three-pointer at the 15:56 mark. Creighton trimmed the deficit to 49-41 and had a possession with three attempts from long-range without converting before TCU's Noi drained his sixth triple of the night. CU made just 3-of-20 shots to start the second half while the hosts drained 9-of-12 shots to open up a lead as large as 59-43 with 9:24 left
Ballock went on a personal 8-4 run to trim the gap to 12 at 63-51, but the Jays got no closer after TCU responded with the next four points.
Ballock had 14 points to lead Creighton, while fellow sophomore Ty-Shon Alexander and freshman Christian Bishop added 10 points. Bishop's 10 points tied his season-high. Bluejay senior Connor Cashaw closed his career with two points, two rebounds and two assists, while classmate Joseph had four assists, four rebounds and a point in his final game as a Bluejay.
Noi topped TCU with 25 points, and Alex Robinson added 12 points and 11 rebounds. Also in double-figures with 15 points was JD Miller.
NOTES Creighton has made a three-pointer in 851 straight games, a trey before half in 222 consecutive contests, and five or more three-pointers in 71 games in a row ... Ty-Shon Alexander's first three-pointer in the second half (and second of the game) gave him 97 this season, moving him into fourth-most in single-season program history ahead of Doug McDermott's 96 in 2013-14 ... Mitch Ballock's four three-pointers put him tied for sixth on the same list with 95, passing Booker Woodfox (91) and matching Marcus Foster from last season ... Martin Krampelj left the game with 16:36 left and did not return with an ankle injury. He finished with seven points and five rebounds.
Team Stats
CU
TCU
FG%
.362
.464
3FG%
.290
.350
FT%
.500
.750
RB
34
36
TO
15
13
STL
6
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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