2014-15 Creighton Men's Basketball Creighton Combined Team Statistics (As of Feb 11, 2 015) All Games
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2014-15 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #26 vs. Marquette • Saturday, February 14, 2015 • 12:01 p.m. SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • Fax: (402) 280-2495 • E-mail: [email protected] Marquette Golden Eagles at Creighton Bluejays CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,390) • Omaha, Neb. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com Television: FOX Sports 1 Series History: Marquette leads, 49-30 (11-13, 3-9) Last Time: Marquette 53, Creighton 52 on 1/14/15 in Milwaukee, Wis. (11-14, 2-10) 2014-15 Schedule & Results Next Game (iOS, Android, Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phones November Creighton (11-14, 2-10 BIG EAST) has just two home and select Window devices). A cable authorization 7 SIOUX FALLS (Ex.) W 91-72 games all February, and they’ll both come in a may be required. 14 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (FSN) W 104-77 56-hour stretch that begins with Saturday’s contest The FOX Sports GO mobile app can be down- 16 CHICAGO STATE (FS1) W 84-66 vs. Marquette (11-13, 3-9 BIG EAST). loaded for free from the iTunes App Store, Google 19 #18 OKLAHOMA (FS1) W 65-63 Tip-off at CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,390) in Play, Amazon App Store or the Windows Store. Omaha, Neb., is scheduled for 12:01 p.m. Emerald Coast Classic Live Stats Information 23 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (FS1) W 65-45 Radio Broadcast Information All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 25 EASTERN ILLINOIS (FS1) W 75-53 KOZN (1620 The Zone) will broadcast all Creighton live stats. Visit GoCreighton.com and click on the 28 vs. Ole Miss % L 68-75 29 vs. Middle Tennessee W 57-47 men’s basketball games during the 2014-15 sea- Live Stats icon near the top right of the page for a son. John Bishop and Brody Deren will call the link to the exact URL. December action. The pregame show “Bluejay Shootaround” Home games can also be followed by those who 3 at Tulsa (ESPN3) L 64-77 is hosted by Josh Peterson and former Bluejay have mobile devices with internet capability at 7 at Nebraska (BTN) W 65-55 Josh Dotzler and will air from 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. www.gocreightonstats.com. 9 SOUTH DAKOTA (FS1) W 91-88 (2 OT) The audio is also webcast live at 13 SAINT MARY’S (FS1) L 67-71 (OT) www.1620thezone.com. Scouting Creighton 19 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (FS2) W 75-60 Creighton is 11-14 this season, and 2-10 in BIG EAST 21 at North Texas (FSN) L 58-62 Television Information play. Creighton snapped a nine-game losing streak 31 at Providence* (FS1) L 53-65 Saturday’s game will be televised by FOX Sports 1, on Jan. 28 vs. St. John’s (77-74), and earned its with Kevin Kugler and Nick Bahe on the call. second league triumph on Feb. 4 when it defeated January Xavier (79-72 in overtime) in Cincinnati. 3 at #25 Georgetown* (FS1) L 61-76 Video Webcast Information Guard Austin Chatman (10.4 ppg., 3.8 apg.) 7 DEPAUL* (FS1) L 60-70 Live streaming video of Saturday’s game will be leads the team in scoring and assists, while James 10 #19 SETON HALL* (FS1) L 67-68 available via FOXSportsGO.com for desktop users, Milliken (8.4 ppg.) and Rick Kreklow (7.2 ppg.) 14 at Marquette* (CBSSN) L 52-53 and via the FOX Sports GO app for mobile devices have come on strong offensively in BIG EAST action. 17 PROVIDENCE* (FS1) (Pink Out) L 65-74 21 at Butler* (FS1) L 61-64 Creighton Last Game Starters 25 at #4 Villanova* (FS1) L 50-71 Austin Chatman • G • Through Feb. 11th, 1 of 22 players, and 9 seniors, in NCAA with 28 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) W 77-74 1 6-0 • 175 • Sr. • The Colony, Texas 261+ pts., 92+ reb., and 95+ assists this season. 31 #21 GEORGETOWN* (CBSSN) L 40-67 • 17 points, career-high 11 rebounds & 6 assists vs #18 Oklahoma. PPG APG 3FG% FT% • Ranks fifth in CU history with 467 career assists. February 10.4 3.8 .262 .816 • Averaged 17.3 ppg. in CU’s 7 games in December. 4 at Xavier* (FS1) W 79-72 (OT) • Leads the team in rebounds & steals; also ranks second in assists. 7 at St. John’s (FSN) L 66-84 Devin Brooks • G • Has led team in rebounding in 10 games this year, including 14 MARQUETTE* (FS1) 12:01 pm 5 6-2 • 175 • Sr. • Harlem, N.Y. eight of the past 15. 16 BUTLER* (FS1) 8:15 pm PPG RPG 3FG% FT% 24 at DePaul* (FS1) 8:15 pm • Leads team in plus/minus (+73). 28 at Seton Hall* (CBSSN) 3 pm 7.0 5.2 .218 .766 • 13 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists in road win at Xavier (Feb. 4). • Has scored in double-figures in seven of last nine games, averag- March Rick Kreklow • G 15 6-7 • 195 • Sr. • Columbia, Mo. ing 11.3 points per game in that time. 3 VILLANOVA* (FS1) 8:15 pm • Team’s second-leading scorer in league play (9.9 ppg.). (FS2) 1:01 pm 7 XAVIER* PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Father, Wayne, was an All-American at Drake who played for the BIG EAST Tournament 7.2 2.9 .372 .766 Boston Celtics and is now head volleyball coach at Missouri. 11 First Round (FS1) 6/8:30 pm Avery Dingman • G • Senior guard who scored nine or more points in consecutive 12 Quarterfinals (FS1) 11/1:30/6/8:30 pm 22 6-6 • 215 • Sr. • Branson, Mo. games for the first time since December 2012 on Jan. 7 & 10. 13 Semifinals (FS1) 6/8:30 pm • Had career-high 2 blocked shots vs. No. 19 Seton Hall (Jan. 10). 14 Championship (FS1) 7 pm PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Has started 16 times this season after seven starts a year ago. 4.2 3.0 .325 .667 • Creighton is 17-1 all-time when he makes 2+ 3-pointers. *BIG EAST Conference regular season games % Emerald Coast Classic (Niceville, Fla.) Zach Hanson • F • One of three Creighton big men who shares time in the pivot, All times listed are Central and subject to change 40 6-9 • 240 • So. • Pierre, S.D. Hanson has started eight games this season. Home games in BOLD CAPS at CenturyLink Center Omaha • Had a tip-in in the final minute to lift Creighton to a 65-63 win PPG RPG FG% FT% over No. 18 Oklahoma (Nov. 19). 4.8 2.9 .566 .63 • Only true freshman to play for Creighton last season. BIG EAST Standings (through 2/13) Creighton is 8-5 this year at home, including a with Creighton, but has missed the last two games BIG EAST only All Games win over then-No. 18 Oklahoma, but 2-8 in true due to a concussion. Team W L W L road games. Also in double-figures are Duane Wilson (11.7 #6 Villanova 9 2 22 2 Creighton returns 11 lettermen from last year’s ppg.) and Indiana transfer Luke Fischer (10.0 ppg., #18 Butler 8 3 18 6 27-8 team that reached the third round of the 4.8 rpg., 2.2 bpg.) Georgetown 8 5 16 8 NCAA Tournament for a third consecutive season. Marquette averages 66.0 points per game while Providence 7 5 17 8 Chatman is the only returning starter from that allowing just 65.7 points per contest. MU leads the Xavier 7 6 16 9 group. league with 199 steals, but ranks last in the BIG DePaul 6 7 12 14 The Bluejays are trying to replace the most vic- EAST in scoring offense and rebound margin. St. John’s 5 6 16 8 torious senior class in program history, as Grant Seton Hall 5 7 15 9 Gibbs, Jahenns Manigat, Doug McDermott and The Coaches Marquette 3 9 11 13 Ethan Wragge combined for 107 wins as well as Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) is in his Creighton 2 10 11 14 5,964 points, 872 three-pointers, 1,062 assists and fifth season as head coach at Creighton. He is 2014-15 BIG EAST Preseason Poll 2,250 rebounds at CU. All four men are now play- 118-52 with the Bluejays. McDermott has previ- Rk. School (1st place votes).......... Total ing professionally, including McDermott in the ously been a head coach at Iowa State (2006-10), 1. Villanova (9)........................... 81 NBA with the Chicago Bulls after he averaged 26.7 Northern Iowa (2001-06), North Dakota State (2000- 2. Georgetown (1) ....................... 67 points per game and swept 14 National Player of 01) and Wayne State (1994-2000). He owns a career 3. St. John’s.............................. 65 the Year awards last winter. mark of 398-247 in his 21st season and is 267-183 in 4. Xavier ................................. 52 his 14th Division I campaign. McDermott is assisted 5. Providence ............................ 49 Scouting Marquette by Darian DeVries, Steve Lutz and Patrick Sellers. 6. Seton Hall ............................. 43 Marquette is 11-13 this season, including a 3-9 Steve Wojciechowski (Duke, 1998) owns an 7. Butler ................................. 28 mark in BIG EAST play. The Golden Eagles are 1-6 11-13 record in his first year at Marquette, which Marquette............................. 28 9. Creighton............................25 on the road this season, but that road victory came doubles as his career record. Wojciechowski came 10. DePaul ...............................