Wednesday, November 3
Omaha, Neb.
5:00 PM
Creighton University
vs
Wayne State
Photo by: Steve Branscombe
Bluejay Women's Basketball Kicks Off 2021-22 Season with Exhibition Battle with Wayne State
11/2/2021 5:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Omaha, Neb. -- The Creighton women's basketball team begins its 2021-22 season on Wednesday, November 3 as the Bluejays face off with Wayne State in the Bluejays' lone exhibition game.
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11/3: - 5:00 p.m.
Wayne State (Neb.) (0-0) at Creighton (0-0)
Exhibition Game
Twitter: @GoCreighton, @CreightonWBB
Radio - 1280 AM: Jake Eisenberg & Rob Simms
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11/3: - 5:00 p.m.
Wayne State (Neb.) (0-0) at Creighton (0-0)
Exhibition Game
Twitter: @GoCreighton, @CreightonWBB
Radio - 1280 AM: Jake Eisenberg & Rob Simms
- Wednesday will be the first meeting between Creighton and Wayne State.
- The Bluejays closed the 2020-21 season 10-12, playing a pair of games in the WNIT.
- Creighton closed last season with six wins in its final 10 games, including a win at No. 19 DePaul (83-72 on Feb. 20).
- Creighton returns six of their seven leading scorer from last season, led by BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection Emma Ronsiek (11.6 ppg).
- Wayne State went 6-10 last season, dropping five of its final six.
- Six of the Wildcats 14 players are freshman.
- The only player that started for Wayne State last season is Kylie Hammer, she played in 16 games with eight starts.
- Creighton head coach Jim Flanery begins his 20th season at the helm, while Wayne State head coach Brent Pollari begins his fourth season.
- Both Creighton and Wayne State recruit a similar geographic area.
- Creighton has four players from Nebraska, three from Minnesota, two from South Dakota and one each from Colorado, Iowa and Kansas.
- Wayne State has four from Iowa, four from Minnesota, three from Nebraska, two from Wisconsin and one from South Dakota.
- The Bluejays open their regular season on Wednesday, November 10 in a road game at Drake.
- Wayne State opens its regular season at Newman (Wichita, Kan.) on Saturday, November 13.
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