2018-19 Creighton Men's Basketball Creighton Combined Team Statistics (As of Jan 16, 2019) All Games
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2018-19 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #19 • Creighton at Georgetown • Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 • 7:45 p.m. CST SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] Creighton Bluejays at Georgetown Hoyas Capital One Arena (20,600) • Washington, D.C. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM, www.1620thezone.com Television: FS1 (Justin Kutcher, Tarik Turner) Series History: Series tied, 6-6 (10-8, 1-4 BIG EAST) Last Meeting: Creighton 85, Georgetown 77 on Jan. 27, 2018 in Omaha, Neb. (12-6, 2-3 BIG EAST) October Next Game and select Window devices). A cable authorization 27 WINONA STATE (Exh.) W 101-57 Creighton (10-8, 1-4 BIG EAST) concludes a two- may be required. game road trip on Monday, January 21, when it The FOX Sports GO mobile app can be down- November travels to take on Georgetown (12-6, 2-3 BIG EAST). loaded for free from the iTunes App Store, Google 6 WESTERN ILLINOIS (FSN) W 78-67 Tip-off at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Play, Amazon App Store or the Windows Store, and 11 EAST TENNESSEE STATE% (FS1) W 75-69 is set for 7:45 p.m. CST. the games are now available internationally. 15 OHIO STATE$ (FS1) L 60-69 19 vs. Boise State# W 94-82 Television Broadcast Information Live Stats Information 20 vs. Georgia State# W 93-68 Monday’s game will be televised nationally on All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 21 vs. #16 Clemson# W 87-82 FS1. The announcers for the game will be Justin live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click 28 MONTANA (FS1) W 98-72 Kutcher and Tarik Turner. on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at the top of the page for the event of your choosing. December Radio Broadcast Information Home games can also be followed by those who 1 #1 GONZAGA (FOX) L 92-103 KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s have mobile devices with internet capability at 8 at #24 Nebraska (BTN) L 75-94 basketball games during the 2018-19 season, while www.gocreightonstats.com. 14 GREEN BAY (FS1) W 86-65 18 at Oklahoma (ESPNU) L 70-83 KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home 20 COE (FS1) W 110-60 games. John Bishop and former Bluejay Brody Scouting Creighton 27 UMKC (FS1) W 89-53 Deren will call the action. Creighton is 10-8 overall and 1-4 in BIG EAST 31 at Providence* (FS1) W 79-68 The audio is also webcast live at play while navigating the nation’s sixth-toughest www.1620thezone.com. schedule, having already played 12 teams that won January 21 games or more a year ago. The Bluejays own 5 at Butler* (FS1) L 69-84 Video Webcast Information impressive wins away from home at Providence 9 #21 MARQUETTE* (CBSSN) L 104-106 (OT) Live streaming video of Monday’s game will be and on a neutral floor over No. 16 Clemson thus far. 13 VILLANOVA* (FOX) L 78-90 available via FOXSportsGo.com for desktop users, Creighton ranks second nationally in three-point 16 at St. John’s* (FS1) L 66-81 and via the FOX Sports Go app for mobile devices percentage (.430), second in total three-pointers 21 at Georgetown* (FS1) 7:45 pm (iOS, Android, Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phones (218), third in three-pointers made per game (12.1) 25 BUTLER* (FS1) (Pink Out) 7:30 pm Creighton -- Last Game Starters 30 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) 7:30 pm Davion Mintz • G • Scored a career-high 21 points vs. #21 Marquette (Jan. 9). 1 • Team’s active leader with 199 career assists. February 6-3 • 185 • Jr. • Charlotte, N.C. • Led Creighton with 3.1 assists per game last season as team’s 3 XAVIER* (FSN) 12:00 pm PPG RPG 3FG% FT% starting point guard. 6 at Villanova* (CBSSN) 7:00 pm 9.9 3.0 .400 .778 • Led the BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio last year. 9 at Seton Hall* (CBSSN) 7:00 pm 13 at Xavier* (CBSSN) 7:30 pm Ty-Shon Alexander • G • Named MVP of Cayman Islands Classic after career-high 36 17 SETON HALL* (FS1) 2:00 pm 5 6-4 • 195 • So. • Charlotte, N.C. points (including 7-12 from 3) in win vs. #16 Clemson (11/21). 20 at DePaul* (FSN) 8:00 pm • Had 27 points and 5 rebounds vs. #1 Gonzaga (12/1). 23 GEORGETOWN* (FOX) 1:30 pm PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Has made a 3FG in each of the last 22 games. 17.0 3.2 .395 .800 • Averaged 5.5 points per game as a freshman in 2017-18. March • Ranks first in the BIG EAST in 3FG% (.507). 3 at Marquette* (FS1) 2:00 pm Marcus Zegarowski • G • Has made a 3FG in all but one game this season. 6 PROVIDENCE* (CBSSN) 7:00 pm 11 6-2 • 180 • Fr. • Hamilton, Mass. 9 DEPAUL* (TV TBD) TBD • Made first career start vs. Villanova (1/15) and had 10 points, 7 PPG RPG 3FG% FT% rebounds and 7 assists. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) 10.8 3.7 .507 .750 • Brother of former Syracuse/NBA guard Michael Carter-Williams. 13 First Round (FS1) 6/8:30 pm Martin Krampelj • F • Owns team-high 36 dunks, including 25 in last 8 games. 14 Quarterfinals (FS1) 11:00 am/1:30/6:00/8:30 pm 15 6-9 • 235 • Jr. • Grosuplje, Slovenia • Has 127 pts. (48-71 FG) & 67 reb. in 222 minutes in last 8 games. 15 Semifinals (FS1) 5:30/8 pm • Averaged 11.9 points and 8.1 rebounds before suffering his third 16 Championship (FOX) 5:30 pm PPG RPG FG% FT% torn ACL last January, and had surgery on Feb. 1, 2018. 11.2 6.2 .586 .592 • Preseason Honorable-Mention All-BIG EAST. *BIG EAST Conference regular season games % Cayman Islands Classic (Omaha, Neb.) Mitch Ballock • G • Career-high 23 pts., 7 reb., 6 ast., in win vs. Georgia State (11/20). # Cayman Islands Classic (George Town, Cayman Islands) • Made first 6 3FG attempts at No. 24 Nebraska (12/8). $ Gavitt Tipoff Games 24 6-5 • 205 • So. • Eudora, Kan. All times listed are Central and subject to change • Ranks 2nd in BIG EAST in 3FG% (.466) & is 1st in A/TO ratio (3.10). Home games in BOLD CAPS at CHI Health Center Omaha PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • First on team in assists and second in three-pointers made. 10.9 3.9 .466 .708 • Named to BIG EAST’s All-Freshman Team last season (7.3 ppg.). 2018-19 BIG EAST Standings (1/18) and fourth in field goal percentage (.507). BIG EAST only All Games Creighton returns eight lettermen and two start- The Creighton Coaches Team W L W L ers from last year’s team that finished 21-12 and Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) is in his #22 Villanova 5 0 14 4 tied for third in the BIG EAST Conference with a ninth season as head coach at Creighton, where #15 Marquette 4 1 15 3 10-8 league record. The Bluejays advanced to its he is 197-102 with the Bluejays. McDermott St. John’s 3 3 15 3 Seton Hall 3 3 12 6 fifth NCAA Tournament in the past seven seasons, has previously been a head coach at Iowa State Xavier 3 3 11 8 where it fell to eventual Elite Eight qualifier Kansas (2006-10), Northern Iowa (2001-06), North Dakota Georgetown 2 3 12 6 State. State (2000-01) and Wayne State (1994-2000). He DePaul 2 3 10 6 Creighton owns six men averaging 9.4 points owns a career mark of 477-297 in his 25th season Butler 2 3 11 7 per game or more, including sophomores Ty-Shon and is 346-233 in his 18th Division I campaign. Providence 1 3 11 6 Alexander (17.0 ppg.) and Mitch Ballock (10.9 McDermott is assisted by Preston Murphy, Alan Creighton 1 4 10 8 ppg.). The duo have combined for 112 three- Huss and Paul Lusk. 2018-19 Honors & Awards pointers this winter. Ty-Shon Alexander Coming on strong of late is junior forward With A Win, Creighton Can... Cayman Islands Classic All-Tournament Team Martin Krampelj (11.2 ppg., 6.2 rpg.). He’s aver- - Improve 198-102 under Greg McDermott at Cayman Islands Classic MVP aged 15.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in CU’s last Creighton. eight games, leading the team in both categories - Take a 7-6 lead in the all-time series vs. Damien Jefferson Cayman Islands Classic All-Tournament Team in that span. Georgetown, winning a fourth straight game over Creighton leads the BIG EAST with 50.7 percent the Hoyas. Martin Krampelj field goal percentage, 43.0 percent three-point - Win in Washington, D.C. for the second straight Preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention marksmanship, and 83.5 points per game. campaign. - Snap a four-game losing streak, its longest in BIG Marcus Zegarowski Scouting Georgetown EAST regular-season play since 2015. BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 12/17 Georgetown is 12-6 on the season, including a 9-3 2018-19 BIG EAST Preseason Poll home mark. The Hoyas are 2-3 in BIG EAST play, A New Jersey In Washington D.C. Rk. School (1st place votes) .......... 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