2020-21 Creighton Men's Basketball Creighton Combined Team Statistics (As of Dec 04, 2020) All Games
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2020-21 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #4: #8 Creighton at #5 Kansas • Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 • 4:00 p.m. SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] #8 Creighton Bluejays at #5 Kansas Jayhawks Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) • Lawrence, Kan. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com Television: ESPN (Mark Neely, Robbie Hummel) Series History: Kansas leads, 9-6 (3-0) Last Meeting: #14 Kansas 55, #19 Creighton 54 on March 14, 1974 in Tulsa, Okla. (4-1) November Next Game Creighton’s last regular-season win on ESPN 29 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FS1) W 69-58 It’ll be a top-10 match-up on Tuesday afternoon came all the back on Feb. 18, 2006, a 67-62 victory when No. 8 Creighton (3-0) visits No. 5 Kansas (4-1) over Fresno State in a BracketBusters game that December as part of the Big 12 - BIG EAST Battle. tipped off at 11:02 p.m. Central. 1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (FS1) W 94-67 Tip-off on at Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) in 4 KENNESAW STATE (FS1) W 93-58 Lawrence, Kan., is set for 4:00 p.m. Live Stats Information 8 at #5 Kansas ! (ESPN) 4:00 pm All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 11 NEBRASKA (BTN) 6:00 pm Radio Broadcast Information live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click 14 MARQUETTE* (FS1) 8:00 pm KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at 17 at St. John’s* (FS1) 4:00 pm basketball games during the 2020-21 season. the top of the page for the event of your choosing. 20 at Connecticut* (FS1) 11:00 am KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home Home games can also be followed by those who 23 XAVIER* (FS1) 2:00 pm games that start after 5 p.m. have mobile devices with internet capability at John Bishop will call the action. The audio is www.gocreightonstats.com. After Dec. 23 To Be Determined also webcast live at www.1620thezone.com. January Scouting No. 8 Creighton To Be Determined Television Broadcast Information Creighton is ranked eighth nationally in the AP Tuesday’s game at Kansas will be televised by poll after a 3-0 start that includes convincing wins February ESPN, with Mark Neely and Robbie Hummel on vs. North Dakota State (69-58), Omaha (94-67) and To Be Determined the call. Kennesaw State (93-58). Of Creighton’s last 134 games, all but the three The Bluejays return four starters and five of its March contests at the 2018 Cayman Islands Classic have top six scorers from last season’s team that finished To Be Determined been televised. The Bluejays are 90-44 in those 24-7 and won a share of its first BIG EAST regular- contests. season title. CU’s 2019-20 team was ranked No. 7 in BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) Tuesday’s tilt will be Creighton’s first regular- the year-end Associated Press poll, while this year’s 10 First Round (FS1) 3;30 / 6:00 / 8:30 pm season game to air on ESPN since Feb. 23, 2013, a club was 11th in the preseason AP poll. Both are 11 Quarterfinals (FS1) 11:00 am/1:30/6:00/8:30 pm BracketBusters contest at Saint Mary’s. program bests for a preseason or postseason poll. 12 Semifinals (FS1) 5:30 / 8:00 pm 13 Championship (FOX) 5:30 pm Creighton -- Last Game Starters Marcus Zegarowski • G • Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year and a Preseason First Team All-American by multiple outlets. * BIG EAST Conference regular season games 11 6-2 • 180 • Jr. • Hamilton, Mass. % Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) • On the Naismith, Wooden & Bob Cousy Point Guard Watch Lists. ! Big 12 - BIG EAST Battle PPG APG 3FG% FT% • Leading returning scorer in the BIG EAST (16.0 ppg. in 2019-20). All times listed are Central and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at CHI Health Center Omaha 12.3 7.0 .318 .667 • 11 pts & 11 assists vs. Omaha (12/1) for 1st career double-double. Christian Bishop • F • Led Creighton in scoring during each of first two games with 16 13 6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lee’s Summit, Mo. points vs. NDSU (11/29) and 18 vs. Omaha (12/1). • Leads BIG EAST in FG% and 2nd in free throw percentage. PPG RPG FG% FT% • Led Creighton last year with 38 dunks and 35 blocked shots. 15.0 5.3 .810 .917 • Mentioned by Greg McDermott as one of team’s most improved. Damien Jefferson • F • Flirted with the NBA Draft before withdrawing. 23 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • East Chicago, Ind. • Led Creighton with 5.5 rebounds per game last season. • Made a pair of SportsCenter Top-10 plays last season against PPG RPG APG FT% Seton Hall. 10.0 3.7 2.3 1.000 • Began college career at New Mexico, where his dad also played. Mitch Ballock • G • Surpassed 1,000 career points in season-opener vs. North Dakota 24 6-5 • 205 • Sr. • Eudora, Kan. State (Nov. 29) and now ranks 40th with 1,022 career points. • Ranks fifth in Creighton history with 238 career three-pointers. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Led BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio and minutes/game last year. 8.7 3.7 .294 .500 • Only player in CU history with 2 straight seasons of 90+ 3FG’s. Denzel Mahoney • G/F • Had 17 points in his season-debut vs. Omaha (12/1). 34 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • Oviedo, Fla. • Team’s active leading scorer with 1,363 career points if you include his first two seasons at Southeast Missouri State. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Won BIG EAST Sixth Man Award last season. 10.5 2.5 .417 1.000 • Has 10+ points in 15-of-23 games played as a Bluejay. 2020-21 BIG EAST Standings (through 12/6) Point guard Marcus Zegarowski (12.3 ppg., 7.0 McDermott is 0-8 in head-to-head meetings BIG EAST only All Games apg.) has been named Preseason BIG EAST Player against Bill Self. Self is 2-3 in his career against Team W L W L of the Year and is a Preseason All-American by Creighton (0-3 as Oral Roberts coach, 1-0 as Tulsa Xavier 0 0 6 0 nearly every outlet after averaging 16.1 points and coach, 1-0 as Illinois coach). #8 Creighton 0 0 3 0 5.1 assists per game last season. He had a double- Connecticut 0 0 3 0 double vs. Omaha last Tuesday in which he had 11 The Creighton Coaches Butler 0 0 1 0 points and a career-high 11 assists. Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a #9 Villanova 0 0 4 1 Junior forward Christian Bishop (15.0 ppg., 5.3 234-116 record in his 11th season with the Bluejays. St. John’s 0 0 4 1 rpg.) led Creighton in scoring during each of the He owns a career mark of 514-311 in 27 seasons, Marquette 0 0 3 1 first two games. He is shooting 81.0 percent from and is 383-247 in his 20th Division I campaign. Providence 0 0 3 2 the floor and 91.7 percent at the line. McDermott led Creighton to its first BIG EAST Georgetown 0 0 1 2 Also averaging in double-figures are freshman regular-season title last season, taking a Bluejay Seton Hall 0 0 2 3 team that was picked seventh in the league’s pre- DePaul 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kalkbrenner (10.7 ppg.), Memphis transfer Antwann Jones (10.7 ppg.), BIG EAST Sixth Man of season poll and ending the year ranked seventh the Year Denzel Mahoney (10.5 ppg.) and senior nationally. For those efforts, he was recognized 2020-21 Honors & Awards as the BIG EAST Coach of the Year as well as the Mitch Ballock forward Damien Jefferson (10.0 ppg.). USBWA District VI Coach of the Year, NABC District Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) Creighton is shooting 51.9 percent from the field Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST through three games, scoring 85.3 points per game 5 Coach of the Year and Basketball Times Midlands and holding foes to 61.0 points per contest. District Coach of the Year. Marcus Zegarowski McDermott has previously been a head coach Associated Press Honorable Mention Preseason All-American Scouting #5 Kansas at Iowa State (2006-10), Northern Iowa (2001-06), Basketball Times Preseason First Team All-American Ranked fifth nationally, Kansas is off to a 4-1 start North Dakota State (2000-01) and Wayne State Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-American (1994-2000). Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST this season. The Jayhawks lost 102-90 to No. 1 He is assisted by Alan Huss, Paul Lusk and Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) Gonzaga in the season-opener, but have since Terrence Rencher. CBS Sports Preseason Second Team All-American responded with wins over Saint Joseph’s (94-72), Jerey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List (5) No. 20 Kentucky (65-62), Washburn (89-54) and John R. Wooden Award Preseason Watch List (50) North Dakota State (65-61). With A Win..