Saturday, January 22
Omaha, Neb.
4:30 PM
Creighton University
12-5,4-2BE
60
vs
47
DePaul
10-8,1-7BE
1
2
F
DePaul
32
15
47
Creighton
23
37
60
Photo by: Catherine Grosdidier
Second Half Surge Lifts Men's Basketball Past DePaul, 60-47
1/22/2022 5:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Bluejay outscore DePaul 37-15 after halftime
OMAHA, Neb. -- Trailing 38-28 with 15:46 remaining in the second half the Creighton men's basketball team flipped the game with a 23-2 run as the Bluejays earned a 60-47 victory on Saturday, Jan. 22.
The win lifted the Bluejays to 12-5 overall and 4-2 in BIG EAST play, while DePaul fell to 10-8 on the season and 1-7 in conference action. Creighton has now beaten the Blue Demons 15 straight times.
Sophomore Ryan Kalkbrenner ignited a 17-0 run for Creighton with a traditional three-point play. Following a layup by freshman Arthur Kaluma, Kalkbrenner threw down a dunk to force DePaul head coach Tony Stubblefield to use a timeout at 38-35 (13:07). The Bluejay momentum, however, raged forward getting three of four free throws by freshman Trey Alexander and seven points from senior Ryan Hawkins on a dunk, a layup and a three-pointer to punctuate the run by putting the Bluejays up 45-38 with 9:00 remaining. CU held DePaul to 0-of-8 shooting and six turnovers during the drought.
A bucket from DePaul's Javan Johnson broke up Creighton's run, but the Bluejays poured in the next six on field goals from freshman Ryan Nembhard, Alexander and Hawkins to build a 51-40 advantage with 3:32 remaining.
Over the final 15:46 Creighton shot 11-of-19 from the field (57.9%), while limiting DePaul to just 2-for-17 (11.8%).
The first half saw the Bluejays jump out to an early 13-9 lead (13:16) behind six points from senior Alex O'Connell, but a 17-4 run by DePaul gave the Blue Demons a 26-17 advantage with 4:17 left. DePaul went on to take a 32-23 lead into the locker room at the half.
Three Bluejays closed the contest in double-digits, getting a game-high 18 points from Kalkbrenner. Alexander had a career-high 12 points and Hawkins finished with 11 points. CU shot 38.2 percent for the game and just 17.6 percent from downtown, but did make 15-of-18 free throws (83.3 percent). The Bluejays won the rebound battle 42-31, while both teams swatted seven shots.
DePaul got a team-high 12 points from Oregon transfer Jalen Terry in the loss. DePaul played without Javon Freeman-Liberty (21.1 ppg., 7.4 rpg.) and held David Jones (16.2 ppg.) to nine points on 4-of-14 shooting.
The Bluejays return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 26 in a road game at Butler at 5:30 p.m. Central on FS1.
NOTES: Creighton was coached by assistant Alan Huss, as head coach Greg McDermott watched from home following a recent positive COVID-19 test ... Ryan Kalkbrenner had his second career double-double ... Kalkbrenner's six blocked shots were a career-high for the sophomore, and the most by a Bluejay since Gregory Echenique had six rejections vs. Wichita State on March 10, 2013 ... Kalkbrenner owns at least one blocked shot in each of the last 15 games, the longest streak by a Bluejay since Echenique's stretch of 17 in a row in 2011 ... After DePaul outscored CU 16-2 in points off turnovers in the first half, Creighton outscored DePaul 15-4 in the second half in that category ... Creighton is now 18-1 against DePaul since joining the BIG EAST and 9-1 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha against the Blue Demons ... Seventeen of the last 19 meetings between Creighton and DePaul have been decided by double-figures ... Creighton has won its sixth conference game of the season in 24 of the past 28 seasons ... Creighton's annual Pink Out auction ends on Sunday night. Bids on jerseys, basketballs and shoes can be made at http://GoCreighton.com/PinkOutAuction ... Alex O'Connell was held to six points, snapping his streak of seven straight games with 11 or more points ... Creighton has won each of its last 14 games when grabbing 10 or more offensive rebounds .. Creighton improved to 32-33 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha in games it has fallen behind by 10 or more points and 39-27 when trailing at halftime in the facility. The comeback marked CU's third comeback this season from 10 or more points.
The win lifted the Bluejays to 12-5 overall and 4-2 in BIG EAST play, while DePaul fell to 10-8 on the season and 1-7 in conference action. Creighton has now beaten the Blue Demons 15 straight times.
Sophomore Ryan Kalkbrenner ignited a 17-0 run for Creighton with a traditional three-point play. Following a layup by freshman Arthur Kaluma, Kalkbrenner threw down a dunk to force DePaul head coach Tony Stubblefield to use a timeout at 38-35 (13:07). The Bluejay momentum, however, raged forward getting three of four free throws by freshman Trey Alexander and seven points from senior Ryan Hawkins on a dunk, a layup and a three-pointer to punctuate the run by putting the Bluejays up 45-38 with 9:00 remaining. CU held DePaul to 0-of-8 shooting and six turnovers during the drought.
A bucket from DePaul's Javan Johnson broke up Creighton's run, but the Bluejays poured in the next six on field goals from freshman Ryan Nembhard, Alexander and Hawkins to build a 51-40 advantage with 3:32 remaining.
Over the final 15:46 Creighton shot 11-of-19 from the field (57.9%), while limiting DePaul to just 2-for-17 (11.8%).
The first half saw the Bluejays jump out to an early 13-9 lead (13:16) behind six points from senior Alex O'Connell, but a 17-4 run by DePaul gave the Blue Demons a 26-17 advantage with 4:17 left. DePaul went on to take a 32-23 lead into the locker room at the half.
Three Bluejays closed the contest in double-digits, getting a game-high 18 points from Kalkbrenner. Alexander had a career-high 12 points and Hawkins finished with 11 points. CU shot 38.2 percent for the game and just 17.6 percent from downtown, but did make 15-of-18 free throws (83.3 percent). The Bluejays won the rebound battle 42-31, while both teams swatted seven shots.
DePaul got a team-high 12 points from Oregon transfer Jalen Terry in the loss. DePaul played without Javon Freeman-Liberty (21.1 ppg., 7.4 rpg.) and held David Jones (16.2 ppg.) to nine points on 4-of-14 shooting.
The Bluejays return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 26 in a road game at Butler at 5:30 p.m. Central on FS1.
NOTES: Creighton was coached by assistant Alan Huss, as head coach Greg McDermott watched from home following a recent positive COVID-19 test ... Ryan Kalkbrenner had his second career double-double ... Kalkbrenner's six blocked shots were a career-high for the sophomore, and the most by a Bluejay since Gregory Echenique had six rejections vs. Wichita State on March 10, 2013 ... Kalkbrenner owns at least one blocked shot in each of the last 15 games, the longest streak by a Bluejay since Echenique's stretch of 17 in a row in 2011 ... After DePaul outscored CU 16-2 in points off turnovers in the first half, Creighton outscored DePaul 15-4 in the second half in that category ... Creighton is now 18-1 against DePaul since joining the BIG EAST and 9-1 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha against the Blue Demons ... Seventeen of the last 19 meetings between Creighton and DePaul have been decided by double-figures ... Creighton has won its sixth conference game of the season in 24 of the past 28 seasons ... Creighton's annual Pink Out auction ends on Sunday night. Bids on jerseys, basketballs and shoes can be made at http://GoCreighton.com/PinkOutAuction ... Alex O'Connell was held to six points, snapping his streak of seven straight games with 11 or more points ... Creighton has won each of its last 14 games when grabbing 10 or more offensive rebounds .. Creighton improved to 32-33 all-time at CHI Health Center Omaha in games it has fallen behind by 10 or more points and 39-27 when trailing at halftime in the facility. The comeback marked CU's third comeback this season from 10 or more points.
Team Stats
DEPAUL
CU
FG%
.352
.382
3FG%
.231
.176
FT%
.667
.833
RB
31
42
TO
16
15
STL
6
8
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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