Wednesday, January 25
Omaha, Neb.
8:00 PM
Creighton University
12-8,6-3Big East
104
vs
76
St. John's
13-8,3-7Big East
1
2
F
St. John's (NY)
39
37
76
Creighton
52
52
104
Photo by: Catherine Grosdidier
Men's Basketball Tops Century Mark in 104-76 Win Over St. John's
1/25/2023 10:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
All five starters score in double-figures
OMAHA, Neb. -- Behind a combined 75 points from the starting unit, the Creighton men's basketball team posted a 104-76 win over St. John's on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
The win lifted the Bluejays to 12-8 on the season and 6-3 in BIG EAST action, while St. John's fell to 13-8 overall and 3-7 in conference play.
Baylor Scheierman led the Bluejays with 17 points and 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Ryan Kalkbrenner and Ryan Nembhard each finished with 16 points, while Arthur Kaluma and Trey Alexander had 14 and 12 respectively.
AJ Storr led St. John's with a career-high 23 points in the loss, while Joel Soriano finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, one rebound short of his nation-leading 18th double-double.
CU trailed 15-12 early before an 11-2 run featuring five points from Kalkbrenner and four more by Alexander to build a lead it would never surrender. The lead grew to double-figures for the first time at 45-34 on a Kalkbrenner lay-up and the Jays matched their largest first half lead with a 52-39 advantage at the break.
The Bluejays maintained a double-figure lead throughout the second half, going up by 20 (76-56) on a Fredrick King free throw with 9:43 left and extending the margin to a game-high 30 (102-72) with 1:04 left on Zander Yates career-high third three-pointer in a span of 102 seconds.
Creighton shot 56.7 percent for the game and made 11 three-pointers while also owning a 36-33 edge on the glass. CU dished 22 assists and committed just seven turnovers against a Red Storm program known for its pressure defense.
St. John's shot 46.3 percent overall, including 6-of-13 from three-point range, but sank just 8-for-14 from the line to fall to 1-5 in true road games this winter.
Creighton returns to the hardwood on Saturday, Jan. 28 as the Bluejays host No. #13 Xavier in the annual Pink Out game at 11:15 a.m. on CBS.
NOTES: Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 30 straight games and multiple three-pointers in 26 of his past 27 contests ... Creighton improved to 11-1 all-time at home against St. John's, including four straight double-figure triumphs ... Creighton improved to 16-10 all-time against St. John's with its fifth straight win over the Johnnies ... Creighton improved to 5-0 in BIG EAST home games this season ... At 12-8, Creighton is over .500 after exactly 20 games for the 27th time in the past 28 seasons ... Creighton has won 10 straight appearances on CBS Sports Network ... Creighton's 104 points were a season-high and its most since scoring 104 vs. No. 21 Marquette on Jan. 9, 2019 ... Creighton is now 64-3 all-time when scoring 100 points or more ... Creighton has now outscored opponents 26,042-21,814 all-time inside CHI Health Center Omaha. The Jays are 25-1 all-time in games where it moves over any 1,000 point milestone in the facility, which tonight happened when Ryan Nembhard drained a triple to put CU ahead 62-48 with 16:02 left in the second half ... Creighton improved to 12-5 when Ryan Kalkbrenner plays this season ... Kalkbrenner made all seven two-point attempts and 7-of-8 shots overall to improve his field goal percentage for the season to 73.8 percent ... Freshman Ben Shtolzberg had a season-high four assists.
The win lifted the Bluejays to 12-8 on the season and 6-3 in BIG EAST action, while St. John's fell to 13-8 overall and 3-7 in conference play.
Baylor Scheierman led the Bluejays with 17 points and 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Ryan Kalkbrenner and Ryan Nembhard each finished with 16 points, while Arthur Kaluma and Trey Alexander had 14 and 12 respectively.
AJ Storr led St. John's with a career-high 23 points in the loss, while Joel Soriano finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, one rebound short of his nation-leading 18th double-double.
CU trailed 15-12 early before an 11-2 run featuring five points from Kalkbrenner and four more by Alexander to build a lead it would never surrender. The lead grew to double-figures for the first time at 45-34 on a Kalkbrenner lay-up and the Jays matched their largest first half lead with a 52-39 advantage at the break.
The Bluejays maintained a double-figure lead throughout the second half, going up by 20 (76-56) on a Fredrick King free throw with 9:43 left and extending the margin to a game-high 30 (102-72) with 1:04 left on Zander Yates career-high third three-pointer in a span of 102 seconds.
Creighton shot 56.7 percent for the game and made 11 three-pointers while also owning a 36-33 edge on the glass. CU dished 22 assists and committed just seven turnovers against a Red Storm program known for its pressure defense.
St. John's shot 46.3 percent overall, including 6-of-13 from three-point range, but sank just 8-for-14 from the line to fall to 1-5 in true road games this winter.
Creighton returns to the hardwood on Saturday, Jan. 28 as the Bluejays host No. #13 Xavier in the annual Pink Out game at 11:15 a.m. on CBS.
NOTES: Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 30 straight games and multiple three-pointers in 26 of his past 27 contests ... Creighton improved to 11-1 all-time at home against St. John's, including four straight double-figure triumphs ... Creighton improved to 16-10 all-time against St. John's with its fifth straight win over the Johnnies ... Creighton improved to 5-0 in BIG EAST home games this season ... At 12-8, Creighton is over .500 after exactly 20 games for the 27th time in the past 28 seasons ... Creighton has won 10 straight appearances on CBS Sports Network ... Creighton's 104 points were a season-high and its most since scoring 104 vs. No. 21 Marquette on Jan. 9, 2019 ... Creighton is now 64-3 all-time when scoring 100 points or more ... Creighton has now outscored opponents 26,042-21,814 all-time inside CHI Health Center Omaha. The Jays are 25-1 all-time in games where it moves over any 1,000 point milestone in the facility, which tonight happened when Ryan Nembhard drained a triple to put CU ahead 62-48 with 16:02 left in the second half ... Creighton improved to 12-5 when Ryan Kalkbrenner plays this season ... Kalkbrenner made all seven two-point attempts and 7-of-8 shots overall to improve his field goal percentage for the season to 73.8 percent ... Freshman Ben Shtolzberg had a season-high four assists.
Wednesday was fun.
How about we do it again in 24 Hours?#GoJays pic.twitter.com/VKkOniqvlt
— Creighton Men's Basketball (@BluejayMBB) January 27, 2023
Team Stats
SJU
CU
FG%
.463
.567
3FG%
.462
.367
FT%
.571
.810
RB
33
36
TO
12
7
STL
2
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
6
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