Monday, November 7
Omaha, Neb.
7:30 PM
Creighton University
1-0,0-0Big East
72
vs
60
St. Thomas
0-1,0-0Summit League
1
2
F
St. Thomas (MN)
35
25
60
Creighton
40
32
72
Mason Miller
Photo by: Chelsea Nicholson
#9 Men's Basketball Wins Opener vs. St. Thomas, 72-60
11/7/2022 9:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Baylor Scheierman debuts with double-double; Kaluma scores game-high 17
OMAHA, Neb. -- No. 9 Creighton used a game-ending 16-3 run to open the 2022-23 regular-season with a 72-60 victory over St. Thomas. The Bluejays trailed 57-56 with 9:58 left before holding UST scoreless in 11 straight possessions to pull away.
Creighton used a 14-0 run to build a 23-9 run midway through the first half and settled for a 40-35 lead at the break behind 10 points from Trey Alexander.
After a three-pointer by UST's Will Engels to open the second half, neither team led by more than three points in the next nine minutes. A trey by Brooks Allen gave UST its lone second half lead (57-56) with 9:58 left before back-to-back three-pointers from Baylor Scheierman started the 14-0 Bluejay avalanche. By the time UST scored again with 2:45 left, the Tommies were down 70-57.
Sophomore Arthur Kaluma led all scorers with 17 points and added eight rebounds for the Bluejays and Scheierman notched a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in his CU debut. Alexander had 12 points and blocked a career-high three shots. CU shot just 8-for-34 from deep (23.5 percent) but made up for it with 12-of-14 marksmanship at the line (85.7 percent). CU also had just five turnovers on the night. Creighton won the rebound battle 39-35 and blocked six shots.
St. Thomas was paced by 15 points from freshman Andrew Rohde and 14 by Allen. The Tommies started the game 8-for-14 from three-point range but finished 9-for-22 from deep.
The Bluejays return to action on Thursday when they host North Dakota at 8 p.m. The Fighting Hawks won at Incarnate Word on Monday evening .
NOTES: Creighton is now 90-15 all-time in season-openers, including 13 straight wins ... Greg McDermott is 22-1 as a Division I head coach in season-openers, including 22 straight victories ... Greg McDermott is now 14-0 against current members of the Summit League since being hired at Creighton ... Creighton played its first regular-season game ever on Nov. 7 ... Creighton played its first season-opener on a Monday since 2006 ... Baylor Scheierman is just the third Bluejay with a double-double in his Creighton debut since 1980, joining Ryan Nembhard (15 points & 10 assists in 2021) and Ryan Hawkins (16 points & 11 rebounds in 2021) ... Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 949 straight games ... Creighton has won 28 straight home openers ... Greg McDermott improved to 92-8 in non-conference home games as Creighton coach ... Creighton is 68-1 in 69 all-time regular-season home games that take place on or before Nov. 26 ... Creighton has won 44 straight home games against teams that are winless, a streak that dates back to Dec. 3, 1994 ... The game featured six lead changes, but UST never led by more than one point.
Creighton used a 14-0 run to build a 23-9 run midway through the first half and settled for a 40-35 lead at the break behind 10 points from Trey Alexander.
After a three-pointer by UST's Will Engels to open the second half, neither team led by more than three points in the next nine minutes. A trey by Brooks Allen gave UST its lone second half lead (57-56) with 9:58 left before back-to-back three-pointers from Baylor Scheierman started the 14-0 Bluejay avalanche. By the time UST scored again with 2:45 left, the Tommies were down 70-57.
Sophomore Arthur Kaluma led all scorers with 17 points and added eight rebounds for the Bluejays and Scheierman notched a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in his CU debut. Alexander had 12 points and blocked a career-high three shots. CU shot just 8-for-34 from deep (23.5 percent) but made up for it with 12-of-14 marksmanship at the line (85.7 percent). CU also had just five turnovers on the night. Creighton won the rebound battle 39-35 and blocked six shots.
St. Thomas was paced by 15 points from freshman Andrew Rohde and 14 by Allen. The Tommies started the game 8-for-14 from three-point range but finished 9-for-22 from deep.
The Bluejays return to action on Thursday when they host North Dakota at 8 p.m. The Fighting Hawks won at Incarnate Word on Monday evening .
NOTES: Creighton is now 90-15 all-time in season-openers, including 13 straight wins ... Greg McDermott is 22-1 as a Division I head coach in season-openers, including 22 straight victories ... Greg McDermott is now 14-0 against current members of the Summit League since being hired at Creighton ... Creighton played its first regular-season game ever on Nov. 7 ... Creighton played its first season-opener on a Monday since 2006 ... Baylor Scheierman is just the third Bluejay with a double-double in his Creighton debut since 1980, joining Ryan Nembhard (15 points & 10 assists in 2021) and Ryan Hawkins (16 points & 11 rebounds in 2021) ... Creighton has made at least one three-pointer in 949 straight games ... Creighton has won 28 straight home openers ... Greg McDermott improved to 92-8 in non-conference home games as Creighton coach ... Creighton is 68-1 in 69 all-time regular-season home games that take place on or before Nov. 26 ... Creighton has won 44 straight home games against teams that are winless, a streak that dates back to Dec. 3, 1994 ... The game featured six lead changes, but UST never led by more than one point.
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Team Stats
UST
CU
FG%
.414
.394
3FG%
.409
.235
FT%
.750
.857
RB
35
39
TO
14
5
STL
4
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
6
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