2020-21 Creighton Men's Basketball #7 Creighton Combined Team Statistics (As of Jan 09, 2021) All Games
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2020-21 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #13: Butler at #8 Creighton • Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 • 3:00 p.m. Central SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] #8 Creighton Bluejays at Butler Bulldogs Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, Ind. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com SiriusXM: Sirius 136; XM 201; App 964 Television: FS1 (Matt Schumacker, Nick Bahe) (10-2, 6-1 BIG EAST) Series History: Creighton leads, 12-9 (3-7, 2-5 BIG EAST) Last Meeting: #15 Creighton 81, #21 Butler 59 on Feb. 23, 2020 in Omaha, Neb. November Next Game Video Webcast Information 29 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FS1) W 69-58 No. 8 Creighton (10-2, 6-1 BIG EAST) seeks a sev- Live streaming video will be available via enth consecutive win on Saturday afternoon when FOXSportsGO.com for desktop users, and via December it visits Butler (3-7, 2-5 BIG EAST). the FOX Sports GO app for mobile devices (iOS, 1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (FS1) W 94-67 The Bluejays and Bulldogs will tip at 3:00 p.m. Android, Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phones and 4 KENNESAW STATE (FS1) W 93-58 Central at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. select Window devices). A cable authorization may 8 at #5 Kansas ! (ESPN) L 72-73 be required. 11 NEBRASKA (BTN) W 98-74 Radio Broadcast Information The FOX Sports GO mobile app can be down- 14 MARQUETTE* (FS1) L 84-89 KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s loaded for free from the iTunes App Store, Google 17 at St. John’s* (FS1) W 94-76 basketball games during the 2020-21 season. Play, Amazon App Store or the Windows Store, and 20 at Connecticut* (FS1) W 76-74 (OT) KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home the games are now available internationally. 23 #22 XAVIER* (FS1) W 66-61 games that start after 5 p.m. The game can also be heard on Sirius channel 136 or XM 201 or channel Live Stats Information January 964 on the SiriusXM app. All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 2 at Providence* (FOX) W 67-65 John Bishop will call the action with Taylor live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click 6 SETON HALL* (FS1) W 89-53 9 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) W 97-79 Stormberg. The audio is also webcast live at on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at 16 at Butler* (FS1) 3:00 pm www.1620thezone.com. the top of the page for the event of your choosing. 20 PROVIDENCE* (FS1) 8:00 pm Home games can also be followed by those who 23 CONNECTICUT* (FOX) 1:30 pm Television Broadcast Information have mobile devices with internet capability at 27 at Seton Hall* (FS1) Saturday’s game will be televised nationally by FS1, www.gocreightonstats.com. 30 at DePaul* (CBSSN) with Matt Schumacker and Nick Bahe on the call. Of Creighton’s last 143 games, all but the three Scouting No. 8 Creighton February contests at the 2018 Cayman Islands Classic have Creighton is ranked eighth nationally in the AP poll 3 GEORGETOWN* (FS1) been televised. CU is 97-46 in those contests. after a 10-2 start that includes wins vs. Nebraska 6 at Marquette* (FOX/FS1) (98-74), St. John’s (94-76), UConn (76-74, OT), No. 9 at Georgetown* 13 VILLANOVA* (FOX/FS1) Creighton -- Last Game Starters 24 DEPAUL* (CBSSN) Shereef Mitchell • G • Made first start of the season on Jan. 9 vs. St. John’s, finishing 27 at Xavier* (FOX/FS1) 6-0 • 170 • So. • Omaha, Neb. with 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes. 4 • Identified in preseason (along with Christian Bishop) by Greg March PPG APG 3FG% FT% McDermott as one of team’s most improved players. 3 at Villanova* (FS1) 3.9 1.8 .417 1.000 • Creighton’s best on-ball defender. 6 BUTLER* (FOX/FS1) Christian Bishop • F • Led Creighton in scoring during each of first two games this year. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) 6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lee’s Summit, Mo. • Had first career double-double (11 & 10) at St. John’s (12/17). 10 First Round (FS1) 3:30 / 6:00 / 8:30 pm 13 • Game-winning dunk with 0.8 left at Providence (1/2). 11 Quarterfinals (FS1) 11:00 am/1:30/6:00/8:30 pm PPG RPG FG% FT% • Leads BIG EAST in FG percentage (66.3%) and team in dunks (20). 12 Semifinals (FS1) 5:30 / 8:00 pm 11.6 5.4 .663 .609 • Led Creighton last year with 38 dunks and 35 blocked shots. 13 Championship (FOX) 5:30 pm Damien Jefferson • F • Flirted with the NBA Draft before withdrawing. • Had 10 points, 10 rebounds & 8 assists at St. John’s (12/17). * BIG EAST Conference regular season games 23 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • East Chicago, Ind. % Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) • 18 points, 8 rebounds, career-high 6 steals at Providence (1/2). ! Big 12 - BIG EAST Battle PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Made game-tying shot at UConn with 0.2 left. CU won in OT. All times listed are Central and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at CHI Health Center Omaha 12.0 5.2 .429 .450 • His 2.29 steals per game in BIG EAST play leads the league. 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 31st with 1,120 career points. 24 • Ranks fourth in Creighton history with 265 career three-pointers. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Led BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio and minutes/game last year. 10.3 3.1 .398 .556 • Only player in CU history with 2 straight seasons of 90+ 3FG’s. Denzel Mahoney • G/F • Had 24 points vs. St. John’s (1/9), his most as a Bluejay. 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • Oviedo, Fla. • Team’s active leading scorer with 1,504 career points when you 34 include his first two seasons at Southeast Missouri State. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Won BIG EAST Sixth Man Award last season. 14.7 4.5 .368 .750 • Has 10+ points in 23-of-32 games played as a Bluejay. 2020-21 BIG EAST Standings (through 1/12) 22 Xavier (66-61), Providence (67-65), Seton Hall Creighton is 3-7 all-time in Indianapolis against BIG EAST only All Games (89-53) and St. John’s (97-79). CU’s only losses have the Bulldogs, including a 2-5 mark since the schools Team W L W L come to then-No. 5 Kansas (73-72) and Marquette became BIG EAST rivals. #3 Villanova 3 0 8 1 (89-84). Greg McDermott is 8-8 in his career vs. Butler, #8 Creighton 6 1 10 2 The Bluejays return four starters and five of its including a 8-6 mark on the Creighton sideline. He #25 Connecticut 4 1 7 1 top six scorers from last season’s team that finished is 3-3 against LaVall Jordan, with the home team Seton Hall 6 2 9 5 24-7 and won a share of its first BIG EAST regular- winning each time. Xavier 3 2 10 2 season title. CU’s 2019-20 team was ranked No. 7 in Since joining the BIG EAST, Creighton is 7-1 when Marquette 3 4 7 6 the year-end Associated Press poll, while this year’s scoring 72 or more points against the Bulldogs and Providence 3 4 7 6 club was 11th in the preseason AP poll. Both were 1-5 when scoring 71 points or less. St. John’s 2 5 7 6 program bests for a preseason or postseason poll. Butler 2 5 3 7 Senior wing Denzel Mahoney (14.7 ppg.) won The Creighton Coaches Georgetown 1 5 3 8 DePaul 0 4 1 4 the BIG EAST’s Sixth Man Award last season, while Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a junior forward Christian Bishop (11.7 ppg., 5.5 241-118 record in his 11th season with the Bluejays. 2020-21 Honors & Awards rpg.) has shot 66.3 percent from the field to lead He owns a career mark of 521-313 in 27 seasons, Mitch Ballock the league. Bishop had the game-winning dunk and is 390-249 in his 20th Division I campaign. Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) with 0.8 seconds left to help Creighton win at McDermott led Creighton to its first BIG EAST Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST Providence on Jan. 2nd. regular-season title last season, taking a Bluejay Point guard Marcus Zegarowski (14.1 ppg., team that was picked seventh in the league’s pre- Marcus Zegarowski 4.8 apg.) was named Preseason BIG EAST Player season poll and ending the year ranked seventh Associated Press Honorable Mention Preseason All-American of the Year and is a Preseason All-American by nationally. For those efforts, he was recognized Basketball Times Preseason First Team All-American nearly every outlet after averaging 16.1 points and as the BIG EAST Coach of the Year as well as the Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-American Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST 5.1 assists per game last season. He had a double- USBWA District VI Coach of the Year, NABC District Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) double vs.