Saturday, March 4
Chicago, Ill.
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Photo by: John Fetcho
Men's Basketball Earns 20th Win and No. 3 Seed In Road Win at DePaul to Close Regular-Season
3/4/2023 9:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Jays will open BIG EAST Tournament play on Thursday night
CHICAGO, Ill. - - The Creighton men's basketball team secured its 23rd season of 20 or more wins in the last 25 years with an 84-70 road victory at DePaul on Saturday, March 4, to close the regular-season.
With the win, Creighton (20-11, 14-6 BIG EAST) secured the third seed in next week's BIG EAST Tournament presented by JEEP and will face the winner of Wednesday's Georgetown/Villanova match-up on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Central on FS1.
In a fast-paced first half, Creighton took an early lead with a 9-0 run as it held the Blue Demons scoreless for over five minutes to go up 11-5. CU maintained a narrow lead until ballooned to 12 after its second 9-0 run of the half that started with back-to-back three-pointers by sophomores Trey Alexander and Ryan Nembhard and continued with scores by Arthur Kaluma and Fredrick King to make it 32-20.
King rescued the Jays after starting center Ryan Kalkbrenner picked up his second foul with 5:05 left in the half and CU ahead 23-19. The freshman center had two three-point plays and finished the first half with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting while adding four rebounds in eight minutes of action. The Jays led 39-24 at the half, paced by 10 points from Nembhard and a 27-17 lead on the glass. Umoja Gibson, who leads DePaul with 16.2 points per game, missed all five field goal attempts and was scoreless at the break.
DePaul needed just eight minutes of second half action to match its first half total of 24 points, making 11-of-14 shots out of the locker room. But Creighton kept pace with 8-of-11 shooting in that same span, including three hoops by Kalkbrenner. A slew of turnovers saw DePaul take advantage, drawing within 59-54 with 10:44 to play to prompt a CU timeout. CU emerged from the timeout with a three-ball by Nembhard and, scores inside from Kalkbrenner and Nembhard and a three-point play by Kaluma as the margin grew back to a dozen at 69-57.
The lead never dipped below nine again.
Nembhard (20), Kalkbrenner (20) and Alexander (21) all scored in double-figures for the Jays. Creighton shot 50.8 percent for the game and won the rebound battle 43 to 29.
DePaul was paced by 18 points from Javan Johnson. The Blue Demons shot 64.5 in the second half but just 40.3 percent overall for the game.
NOTES: Ryan Kalkbrenner (1,048) moved past Johnny Mathies (1,031) for 39th place on Creighton's all-time scoring list ... Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 41 straight games and all 31 games he's played in at Creighton. The 31 straight is tied with Booker Woodfox (2008-09) for the second-longest in Creighton history, and just two shy of Ty-Shon Alexander's record set in 2018-19 ... In its last 24 meetings against DePaul, Creighton is now 21-0 when scoring 69 points or more compared to a 1-2 record when scoring 68 points or less ... Nineteen of the last 21 meetings in the Creighton/DePaul series have been decided by 10 points or more ... Only Gonzaga, Kansas, Duke, and Kentucky join Creighton with 23 or more 20-win seasons in the past 25 years ... The only teams nationally with 20 or more wins each of the last seven seasons (including 2022-23) are Belmont, Gonzaga, Houston and Kansas. Oregon has 18 wins and can also join that group with two more victories this season ... Creighton has now won at DePaul in each of the last 10 seasons, its longest road win streak over another opponent ... Creighton's 18 straight wins over DePaul at all sites matches its longest win streak ever over one opponent, tying its run of 18 straight wins over Grinnell from 1926-37 ... Creighton improved to 15-2 against unranked teams when Ryan Kalkbrenner plays, including an 11-1 mark in BIG EAST play ... Creighton finished BIG EAST play 5-5 on the road ... Creighton's 14 BIG EAST wins are tied for its most ever in 10 seasons in the league, also doing it in 2013-14 (14-4) and 2020-21 (14-6).
With the win, Creighton (20-11, 14-6 BIG EAST) secured the third seed in next week's BIG EAST Tournament presented by JEEP and will face the winner of Wednesday's Georgetown/Villanova match-up on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Central on FS1.
In a fast-paced first half, Creighton took an early lead with a 9-0 run as it held the Blue Demons scoreless for over five minutes to go up 11-5. CU maintained a narrow lead until ballooned to 12 after its second 9-0 run of the half that started with back-to-back three-pointers by sophomores Trey Alexander and Ryan Nembhard and continued with scores by Arthur Kaluma and Fredrick King to make it 32-20.
King rescued the Jays after starting center Ryan Kalkbrenner picked up his second foul with 5:05 left in the half and CU ahead 23-19. The freshman center had two three-point plays and finished the first half with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting while adding four rebounds in eight minutes of action. The Jays led 39-24 at the half, paced by 10 points from Nembhard and a 27-17 lead on the glass. Umoja Gibson, who leads DePaul with 16.2 points per game, missed all five field goal attempts and was scoreless at the break.
DePaul needed just eight minutes of second half action to match its first half total of 24 points, making 11-of-14 shots out of the locker room. But Creighton kept pace with 8-of-11 shooting in that same span, including three hoops by Kalkbrenner. A slew of turnovers saw DePaul take advantage, drawing within 59-54 with 10:44 to play to prompt a CU timeout. CU emerged from the timeout with a three-ball by Nembhard and, scores inside from Kalkbrenner and Nembhard and a three-point play by Kaluma as the margin grew back to a dozen at 69-57.
The lead never dipped below nine again.
Nembhard (20), Kalkbrenner (20) and Alexander (21) all scored in double-figures for the Jays. Creighton shot 50.8 percent for the game and won the rebound battle 43 to 29.
DePaul was paced by 18 points from Javan Johnson. The Blue Demons shot 64.5 in the second half but just 40.3 percent overall for the game.
NOTES: Ryan Kalkbrenner (1,048) moved past Johnny Mathies (1,031) for 39th place on Creighton's all-time scoring list ... Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 41 straight games and all 31 games he's played in at Creighton. The 31 straight is tied with Booker Woodfox (2008-09) for the second-longest in Creighton history, and just two shy of Ty-Shon Alexander's record set in 2018-19 ... In its last 24 meetings against DePaul, Creighton is now 21-0 when scoring 69 points or more compared to a 1-2 record when scoring 68 points or less ... Nineteen of the last 21 meetings in the Creighton/DePaul series have been decided by 10 points or more ... Only Gonzaga, Kansas, Duke, and Kentucky join Creighton with 23 or more 20-win seasons in the past 25 years ... The only teams nationally with 20 or more wins each of the last seven seasons (including 2022-23) are Belmont, Gonzaga, Houston and Kansas. Oregon has 18 wins and can also join that group with two more victories this season ... Creighton has now won at DePaul in each of the last 10 seasons, its longest road win streak over another opponent ... Creighton's 18 straight wins over DePaul at all sites matches its longest win streak ever over one opponent, tying its run of 18 straight wins over Grinnell from 1926-37 ... Creighton improved to 15-2 against unranked teams when Ryan Kalkbrenner plays, including an 11-1 mark in BIG EAST play ... Creighton finished BIG EAST play 5-5 on the road ... Creighton's 14 BIG EAST wins are tied for its most ever in 10 seasons in the league, also doing it in 2013-14 (14-4) and 2020-21 (14-6).
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Team Stats
CU
DePaul
FG%
.508
.403
3FG%
.381
.353
FT%
.824
.667
RB
43
29
TO
17
9
STL
8
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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