2020-21 Creighton Men's Basketball #9 Creighton Combined Team Statistics (As of Dec 15, 2020) All Games
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2020-21 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #7: #9 Creighton at St. John’s • Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. CST SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] #9 Creighton Bluejays at St. John’s Red Storm Carnesecca Arena (5,602) • Queens, N.Y. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com Television: FS1 (Dave Sims, Sarah Kustok) Series History: Creighton leads, 11-10 (4-2, 0-1 BIG EAST) Last Meeting: St. John’s 91, #10 Creighton 71 on March 1, 2020 in Queens, N.Y. (5-3, 0-2 BIG EAST) November Next Game been televised. CU is 91-46 in those contests. 29 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FS1) W 69-58 Two teams in search of their first BIG EAST win will tangle on Thursday when No. 9 Creighton (4-2, 0-1 Video Webcast Information December BIG EAST) visits St. John’s (5-3, 0-2 BIG EAST) to start Live streaming video will be available via 1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (FS1) W 94-67 a two-game road trip to the East Coast. FOXSportsGO.com for desktop users, and via 4 KENNESAW STATE (FS1) W 93-58 The Bluejays and Red Storm will meet at 6 p.m. the FOX Sports GO app for mobile devices (iOS, 8 at #5 Kansas ! (ESPN) L 72-73 Central at Carnesecca Arena (5,602) in Queens, N.Y. Android, Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phones and 11 NEBRASKA (BTN) W 98-74 select Window devices). A cable authorization may 14 MARQUETTE* (FS1) L 84-89 Radio Broadcast Information be required. 17 at St. John’s* (FS1) 6:00 pm KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s The FOX Sports GO mobile app can be down- 20 at Connecticut* (FS1) 11:00 am basketball games during the 2020-21 season. loaded for free from the iTunes App Store, Google 23 XAVIER* (FS1) 2:00 pm KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home Play, Amazon App Store or the Windows Store, and 30 at Georgetown* games that start after 5 p.m. the games are now available internationally. January John Bishop will call the action with Nick Bahe. The audio is also webcast live at Live Stats Information 2 at Providence* All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 6 SETON HALL* www.1620thezone.com. live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click 9 ST. JOHN’S* 16 at Butler* Television Broadcast Information on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at 20 PROVIDENCE* Thursday’s game will be televised nationally by the top of the page for the event of your choosing. 23 CONNECTICUT* FS1, with Dave Sims and Sarah Kustok on the call. Home games can also be followed by those who 27 at Seton Hall* Of Creighton’s last 137 games, all but the three have mobile devices with internet capability at 30 at DePaul* contests at the 2018 Cayman Islands Classic have www.gocreightonstats.com. February 3 GEORGETOWN* 6 at Marquette* 13 VILLANOVA* Creighton -- Last Game Starters 24 DEPAUL* Marcus Zegarowski • G • Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year and a Preseason First 27 at Xavier* 6-2 • 180 • Jr. • Hamilton, Mass. Team All-American by multiple outlets. 11 • On the Naismith, Wooden & Bob Cousy Point Guard Watch Lists. March PPG APG 3FG% FT% • Leading returning scorer in the BIG EAST (16.0 ppg. in 2019-20). 3 at Villanova* 13.8 5.8 .341 .714 • 11 pts & 11 assists vs. Omaha (12/1) for 1st career double-double. 6 BUTLER* Christian Bishop • F • Led Creighton in scoring during each of first two games with 16 BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) 6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lee’s Summit, Mo. points vs. NDSU (11/29) and 18 vs. Omaha (12/1). 10 First Round (FS1) 3:30 / 6:00 / 8:30 pm 13 • Leads BIG EAST in FG percentage (78.4%) and team in dunks (11). 11 Quarterfinals (FS1) 11:00 am/1:30/6:00/8:30 pm PPG RPG FG% FT% • Led Creighton last year with 38 dunks and 35 blocked shots. 12 Semifinals (FS1) 5:30 / 8:00 pm 12.5 5.3 .784 .696 • Mentioned by Greg McDermott as one of team’s most improved. 13 Championship (FOX) 5:30 pm Damien Jefferson • F • Flirted with the NBA Draft before withdrawing. • Led Creighton with 5.5 rebounds per game last season. * BIG EAST Conference regular season games 23 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • East Chicago, Ind. % Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) • Made a pair of SportsCenter Top-10 plays last season against ! Big 12 - BIG EAST Battle PPG RPG 3FG% FT% Seton Hall. All times listed are Central and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at CHI Health Center Omaha 11.8 4.5 .438 .533 • Has scored in 10+ points in last 5 games; 18 PPG last year vs SJU. Mitch Ballock • G • Surpassed 1,000 career points in season-opener vs. North Dakota 6-5 • 205 • Sr. • Eudora, Kan. State (Nov. 29) and now ranks 36th with 1,060 career points. 24 • Ranks fourth in Creighton history with 249 career three-pointers. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Led BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio and minutes/game last year. 10.7 3.7 .386 .333 • Only player in CU history with 2 straight seasons of 90+ 3FG’s. Denzel Mahoney • G/F • Led Creighton with 19 points at #5 Kansas (12/8). 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • Oviedo, Fla. • Team’s active leading scorer with 1,423 career points if you 34 include his first two seasons at Southeast Missouri State. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Won BIG EAST Sixth Man Award last season. 16.2 3.6 .421 .813 • Has 10+ points in 18-of-26 games played as a Bluejay. 2020-21 BIG EAST Standings (through 12/15) Scouting No. 9 Creighton BIG EAST only All Games Creighton is ranked ninth nationally in both polls The Series With St. John’s Team W L W L after a 4-2 start that includes convincing wins Creighton is 11-10 all-time against St. John’s, and #7 Villanova 1 0 5 1 vs. North Dakota State (69-58), Omaha (94-67), 9-5 in the rivalry since joining the BIG EAST. The Marquette 1 0 5 2 Kennesaw State (93-58) and Nebraska (98-74) as home team won both meetings last season, and Seton Hall 1 0 4 3 well as a narrow losses to No. 5 Kansas (73-72) and the rubber match in the BIG EAST Tournament Georgetown 1 1 3 3 Marquette (89-84). quarterfinals was halted at halftime. Xavier 0 0 7 0 The Bluejays return four starters and five of its The Bluejays are 3-8 all-time in road games Connecticut 0 0 3 0 top six scorers from last season’s team that finished against St. John’s, but are 3-2 at Carnesecca Arena Butler 0 0 1 0 24-7 and won a share of its first BIG EAST regular- since joining the conference. Providence 0 0 4 2 season title. CU’s 2019-20 team was ranked No. 7 in Greg McDermott is 9-5 against St. John’s. He DePaul 0 0 0 0 the year-end Associated Press poll, while this year’s is 3-7 against Mike Anderson, with eight of those #9 Creighton 0 1 4 2 St. John’s 0 2 5 3 club was 11th in the preseason AP poll. Both are meetings coming when McDermott coached Iowa program bests for a preseason or postseason poll. State and Anderson led Missouri. Four of those 2020-21 Honors & Awards Senior wing Denzel Mahoney (16.2 ppg.) won eight meetings were decided by six points or less, Mitch Ballock the BIG EAST’s Sixth Man Award last season and and two went to overtime. Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) has had back-to-back games of 20 or more points. Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST Junior forward Christian Bishop (13.8 ppg., 5.3 The Creighton Coaches rpg.) led Creighton in scoring during each of the Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a Marcus Zegarowski first two games, and he’s shot 78.4 percent from 235-118 record in his 11th season with the Bluejays. Associated Press Honorable Mention Preseason All-American the field to rank to lead the league. He owns a career mark of 515-313 in 27 seasons, Basketball Times Preseason First Team All-American Point guard Marcus Zegarowski (13.8 ppg., 5.8 and is 384-249 in his 20th Division I campaign. Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-American Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST apg.) has been named Preseason BIG EAST Player McDermott led Creighton to its first BIG EAST Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) of the Year and is a Preseason All-American by regular-season title last season, taking a Bluejay CBS Sports Preseason Second Team All-American nearly every outlet after averaging 16.1 points and team that was picked seventh in the league’s pre- Jerey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List (5) 5.1 assists per game last season. He had a double- season poll and ending the year ranked seventh John R. Wooden Award Preseason Watch List (50) double vs. Omaha on Dec. 1 in which he had 11 nationally.