Saturday, February 18
Queens, NY
6:30 PM
Creighton University
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St. John's
Shereef Mitchell
Photo by: 2023 Porter Binks
Clutch Kaluma Lifts Men's Basketball Over Red Storm
2/18/2023 8:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejay bench supplies 20 points
QUEENS, N.Y. -- Back-to-back-to-back three-pointers late in the second half by Arthur Kaluma helped No. 18 Creighton earn a hard-fought 77-67 road win at St. John's on Saturday night at sold out Carnesecca Arena on the St. John's campus.
The win, Creighton's (18-9, 12-4 BIG EAST) ninth in its past 10 games, moves the Bluejays into a three-way tie for second place with a pivotal home game vs.league-leading No. 11 Marquette looming on Tuesday.
The Bluejay offense was carried by its bench in the opening 10 minutes, as Shereef Mitchell, Mason Miller and Francisco Farabello combined to score 14 of CU's first 23 points as the Jays took a six-point lead. The Jays then used a 10-2 outburst to open up its largest lead of the half at 35-24. The flurry included a jump hook by Ryan Kalkbrenner, three-pointers by Baylor Scheierman and Ryan Nembhard, and a dunk in transition by Kaluma to prompt a St. John's timeout.
St. John's (16-12, 6-11 BIG EAST) countered with the next six points to draw within five before CU closed the half on a 7-2 surge to take a 42-32 lead into intermission. Nembhard had 10 points as part of a balanced effort that saw eight different Bluejays score. CU made 8-of-19 three-pointers before the break and outrebounded SJU 22-11, which helped the visitors claim a 13-0 lead in second chance points.
Trey Alexander scored on CU's opening possession of the second half before the Red Storm drew the crowd into a frenzy with a 17-4 run that included O'Mar Stanley's third three-pointer of the season and a dunk in traffic by Dylan Addae-Wusua. The Red Storm went ahead 49-48 on a layup from Kolby King with 11:52 left before CU finally snapped a six-minute scoring drought. The Jays would claim a 58-53 lead after three-pointers from Miller and Mitchell with eight minutes remaining.
After St. John's trimmed its deficit to one, Arthur Kaluma drained back-to-back three-pointers to move the lead to 64-57 with just under four minutes left. After a Red Storm timeout, Kaluma then ripped away the ball from AJ Storr, which would eventually lead to his third straight trey to make it 67-57. The Bluejays would force a turnover and feed Kalkbrenner as the Jays went up by a dozen.
St. John's buried a pair of late three-pointers to draw within eight but CU iced the game with 16-of-16 shooting at the line.
Nembhard led CU with 16 points, Kaluma had 13 and Kalkbrenner added 12. CU made 13-of-33 three-pointers in the contest.
Joel Soriano led SJU with 15 points and David Jones added 14.
Creighton returns to the court on Tuesday, Feb. 21, when it hosts No. 11 Marquette in a 7:30 p.m. game inside CHI Health Center Omaha. The contest will be televised by FS1 and can be heard on 1620 The Zone and 101.9 The Keg.
NOTES: Creighton has made a three-pointer in 975 straight games ...Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 37 straight games (the nation's sixth-longest active streak), while his streak of 27 straight games with a three-pointer this year is tied with Kyle Korver for fourth-longest streak in program history ... Scheierman's first trey on Saturday was the 225th of his career ...Baylor Scheierman surpassed 400 career assists ... Ryan Kalkbrenner had a blocked shot for the 22nd straight game, and his four blocks moved him into second in program history with 183 in his career ... Creighton's 20 bench points were its most since scoring 29 on Jan. 25 in the most recent meeting against St. John's ... Shereef Mitchell made a career-high with three three-pointers ... St. John's sophomore forward O'Mar Stanley entered the game 1-for-5 in his career from three-point range but made his first two long-range attempts on Saturday ... Mason Miller's eight points were his most in a BIG EAST game ... Arthur Kaluma had a career-high with five assists ... Creighton has won 12 or more league games each of the last four seasons. Nationally only Virginia and UCLA have done this, while Baylor, Illinois and Kansas are in search of 12 league wins this winter ... Creighton has swept St. John's in six of 10 seasons as BIG EAST rivals ... Creighton is now 15-5 against the Red Storm since joining the BIG EAST, including a 6-2 mark inside Carnesecca Arena ... Creighton's 22-6 record in February games since 2020 is the best in the BIG EAST ... Creighton has won six straight meetings against St. John's ... St. John's fell 13-1 to since beginning St. John's Basketball Legends Series Bobblehead giveaway games,as the Red Storm honored Bill Schaeffer (1970-73) on Saturday ...Ryan Kalkbrenner had 12 points to bring his career total to 981, passing Terrell Taylor (979) for 46th-most in program history ... Joel Soriano entered the game with a nation-leading 21 double-doubles but finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. He's had a double-double against every BIG EAST opponent this season except Creighton.
The win, Creighton's (18-9, 12-4 BIG EAST) ninth in its past 10 games, moves the Bluejays into a three-way tie for second place with a pivotal home game vs.league-leading No. 11 Marquette looming on Tuesday.
The Bluejay offense was carried by its bench in the opening 10 minutes, as Shereef Mitchell, Mason Miller and Francisco Farabello combined to score 14 of CU's first 23 points as the Jays took a six-point lead. The Jays then used a 10-2 outburst to open up its largest lead of the half at 35-24. The flurry included a jump hook by Ryan Kalkbrenner, three-pointers by Baylor Scheierman and Ryan Nembhard, and a dunk in transition by Kaluma to prompt a St. John's timeout.
St. John's (16-12, 6-11 BIG EAST) countered with the next six points to draw within five before CU closed the half on a 7-2 surge to take a 42-32 lead into intermission. Nembhard had 10 points as part of a balanced effort that saw eight different Bluejays score. CU made 8-of-19 three-pointers before the break and outrebounded SJU 22-11, which helped the visitors claim a 13-0 lead in second chance points.
Trey Alexander scored on CU's opening possession of the second half before the Red Storm drew the crowd into a frenzy with a 17-4 run that included O'Mar Stanley's third three-pointer of the season and a dunk in traffic by Dylan Addae-Wusua. The Red Storm went ahead 49-48 on a layup from Kolby King with 11:52 left before CU finally snapped a six-minute scoring drought. The Jays would claim a 58-53 lead after three-pointers from Miller and Mitchell with eight minutes remaining.
After St. John's trimmed its deficit to one, Arthur Kaluma drained back-to-back three-pointers to move the lead to 64-57 with just under four minutes left. After a Red Storm timeout, Kaluma then ripped away the ball from AJ Storr, which would eventually lead to his third straight trey to make it 67-57. The Bluejays would force a turnover and feed Kalkbrenner as the Jays went up by a dozen.
St. John's buried a pair of late three-pointers to draw within eight but CU iced the game with 16-of-16 shooting at the line.
Nembhard led CU with 16 points, Kaluma had 13 and Kalkbrenner added 12. CU made 13-of-33 three-pointers in the contest.
Joel Soriano led SJU with 15 points and David Jones added 14.
Creighton returns to the court on Tuesday, Feb. 21, when it hosts No. 11 Marquette in a 7:30 p.m. game inside CHI Health Center Omaha. The contest will be televised by FS1 and can be heard on 1620 The Zone and 101.9 The Keg.
NOTES: Creighton has made a three-pointer in 975 straight games ...Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 37 straight games (the nation's sixth-longest active streak), while his streak of 27 straight games with a three-pointer this year is tied with Kyle Korver for fourth-longest streak in program history ... Scheierman's first trey on Saturday was the 225th of his career ...Baylor Scheierman surpassed 400 career assists ... Ryan Kalkbrenner had a blocked shot for the 22nd straight game, and his four blocks moved him into second in program history with 183 in his career ... Creighton's 20 bench points were its most since scoring 29 on Jan. 25 in the most recent meeting against St. John's ... Shereef Mitchell made a career-high with three three-pointers ... St. John's sophomore forward O'Mar Stanley entered the game 1-for-5 in his career from three-point range but made his first two long-range attempts on Saturday ... Mason Miller's eight points were his most in a BIG EAST game ... Arthur Kaluma had a career-high with five assists ... Creighton has won 12 or more league games each of the last four seasons. Nationally only Virginia and UCLA have done this, while Baylor, Illinois and Kansas are in search of 12 league wins this winter ... Creighton has swept St. John's in six of 10 seasons as BIG EAST rivals ... Creighton is now 15-5 against the Red Storm since joining the BIG EAST, including a 6-2 mark inside Carnesecca Arena ... Creighton's 22-6 record in February games since 2020 is the best in the BIG EAST ... Creighton has won six straight meetings against St. John's ... St. John's fell 13-1 to since beginning St. John's Basketball Legends Series Bobblehead giveaway games,as the Red Storm honored Bill Schaeffer (1970-73) on Saturday ...Ryan Kalkbrenner had 12 points to bring his career total to 981, passing Terrell Taylor (979) for 46th-most in program history ... Joel Soriano entered the game with a nation-leading 21 double-doubles but finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. He's had a double-double against every BIG EAST opponent this season except Creighton.
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