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Creighton Men’s Notes For more information, contact SID Rob Anderson at (402) 280-5544 Game #6 • December 11, 2005 Cornhuskers (6-1) at (3-2) Qwest OMAHA™ (15,500) • Omaha, Neb. • 1:07 p.m.

Next Game Mastercard accepted. Bluejay Men’s Basketball Creighton (3-2) opens a season-long four-game Once registered, fans will only need to log- Schedule & Results homestand with in-state rival Nebraska (6-1) in in with their password on game night. The video a battle of the state’s only Division I teams. stream, which will include an audio simulcast of November Sunday’s game will be start at 1:07 p.m. on the Big Sports 590 broadcast, begins 30 min- 19 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W 87-55 ConAgra Foods Court at Qwest Center utes before tipoff. 22 at George Mason W 72-52 OMAHA™ (15,500). The game is sold out. In order to view the webcast, users must 26 DAYTON W 91-90 (2OT) have high speed Internet access (cable modem 30 at DePaul L 57-72 Radio Broadcast Information or DSL service) and Windows Media Player ver- KXSP (“Big Sports 590” AM) will broadcast all sion 9.0 or above. December Creighton men’s basketball games during the 2005-06 season. The audio is also webcast live Live Stats Information 6 at Chattanooga (KM3) L 64-69 at www.bigsports590.com. T. Scott Marr and All Creighton home basketball games will have 11 NEBRASKA (NET1) 1:07 pm Travis Justice will call the action. live stats this season. Fans can go to 18 XAVIER (KM3) 7:05 pm Big Sports 590 afternoon host M a t t www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live 21 NORFOLK STATE (KM3) 7:05 pm Perrault will host a call-in show focusing on the Stats tab in the top middle of the page. The 28 MISSOURI STATE* (KM3) 7:05 pm Jays, starting at 11:30 am that leads into the exact address link is 31 at Illinois State* 2:05 pm pre-game show. Perrault will also take calls after http://www.gocreighton.com/sport_stats/live/mbb/xlive.htm. the game, also on Big Sports 590. January Scouting Creighton Television Broadcast Information Creighton returns four starters and seven letter- 2 at Bradley* (KM3) 7:05 pm Sunday’s game will air on statewide over-the-air men from last season’s 23-11 team that won the 5 ILLINOIS STATE* (KM3) 7:05 pm channel NET1, and also air in high definition on MVC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA 8 DRAKE* 2:05 pm NET-HD. In Omaha, NET1 can be seen on Cox Tournament. CU is one of 12 teams nationally 11 at Northern Iowa* (KM3) 7:05 pm Cable systems on channel 12 and NET-HD can with seven straight 20-win seasons and one of 15 at Indiana State* 1:05 pm be seen on channel 812. Kevin Kugler and 19 schools to make the postseason each of the 18 BRADLEY* (FSN) 7:05 pm Scott Schumacher will announce. last eight years. 22 EVANSVILLE* (NET1) 2:05 pm Broadcast outlets still needing coordinates The Bluejays have opened the season with 24 at Southern Illinois* (FSN) 7:05 pm will need to contact NET for authorization. Out- a 3-2 record, including wins over Arkansas-Pine of-town sports bars and homes will not be grant- B l u f f (87-55), George Mason (72-52) and 28 WICHITA STATE* (FSN) 6:05 pm ed permission and won’t have the necessary Dayton (91-90 in 2OT) before road losses to 31 NORTHERN IOWA* (ESPNU) 8:05 pm hardware to receive the equipment. DePaul (72-57) and Chattanooga (69-64). Senior guard Nate Funk, named a presea- February Video Webcast Available son All-American by Street & Smith’s magazine, 4 at Drake* 7:05 pm Athletics and XOS leads the team in scoring (19.3) and is second in 7 at Evansville* 7:05 pm Technologies will present a live, pay-per-view rebounding (5.3). He has led the team in scoring 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* (KM3) 1:05 pm video webcast of at least 18 games this season, each of the last two seasons while topping the 14 at Wichita State* 6:05 pm including Sunday’s game against Nebraska. To team in assists as a sophomore and rebounds 18 BRACKET BUSTER (Opp. TBA) 8:05 pm sign up for the video webcast, fans can register as a junior. He is currently sidelined by a shoul- by going to http://www.gocreighton.tv. Cost der injury and not expected to suit up against 22 INDIANA STATE* (FSN) TBA for a season pass is $39.95 with Visa and the Cornhuskers. 25 at Missouri State* (FSN) 7:30 pm Probable Starters March Creighton (3-2, 0-0 Missouri Valley) State Farm MVC Tournament No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown 2 First Round TBA 3 Nick Porter G 6-3 215 Jr. 6.6 3.6 11 pts. in first start at UTC Las Vegas, Nev. 11 Johnny Mathies G 6-0 170 Sr. 10.4 4.4 Career-high 24 pts. vs. Dayton Louisville, Ky. 3 Quarterfinals (FSN) TBA 12 Josh Dotzler G 6-1 190 Fr. 5.4 2.0 19 assists last 3 games Bellevue, Neb. 4 Semifinals (FSN) TBA 44 Anthony Tolliver C 6-9 245 Jr. 9.8 6.4 Career-high 17 pts. at DePaul Springfield, Mo. 5 Championship (CBS) 1:05 pm 50 Dane Watts F 6-8 225 So. 8.0 4.6 15 pts. vs. UAPB Warrensburg, Mo.

Nebraska (6-1, 0-0 Big 12) * Missouri Valley Conference regular season games No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown All times listed are Central and subject to change 00 B.J. Walker F 6-9 245 Jr. 7.3 5.4 8 pts., 11 reb. in start vs. SDSU Cincinnati, Ohio Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Qwest Center 1 Jason Dourisseau G 6-6 200 Sr. 13.0 6.6 10+ pts. every game Omaha, Neb. OMAHA™ on ConAgra Foods Court 10 Marcus Walker G 6-2 165 Fr. 6.7 1.6 16 assists, 20 turnovers Kansas City, Mo. All times Central and subject to change. 11 Wes Wilkinson F 6-10 220 Sr. 15.5 8.2 17 pts., 16 reb. vs. UAB Grand Island, Neb. 21 Aleks Maric C 6-11 265 So. 10.3 8.4 Team’s top rebounder Sydney, Australia M V C Standings (thru 12/8) With Funk out of the line-up, senior from the floor, 31.7 percent from three- M V C o n l y All Games Johnny Mathies (10.4 ppg.) will be called on to range and 64.5 percent at the line. NU Team W L W L help steer the team in the right direction. outscores the opposition, 73.3 to 64.7. Missouri State 0 0 5 0 Mathies came into his own as a starter last sea- NU has lost its first true road game in nine Indiana State 0 0 4 0 son and was named MVP of the State Farm straight seasons, including losses at Creighton Wichita State 0 0 7 1 MVC Tournament. He had a career-best 24 in 1999, 2001 and 2003. Illinois State 0 0 5 1 points against Dayton on Nov. 26 in CU’s last Northern Iowa 0 0 5 1 home game. The Coaches Drake 0 0 4 2 Rounding out CU’s backcourt is true fresh- The dean of Missouri Valley Conference coach- Creighton 0 0 3 2 Bradley 0 0 3 2 man Josh Dotzler (5.4 ppg., 5.2 apg.) and es, Creighton’s (Eastern New Southern Illinois 0 0 3 3 junior college transfer Nick Porter (6.6 ppg., 3.6 Mexico, 1980) is in his 12th year as head coach Evansville 0 0 2 3 rpg.). Dotzler leads the team in steals and of the Bluejays. He owns a 221-122 (.644) mark assists, while Porter had 11 points in his first at CU and a career record of 304-189 (.617) in Associated Press Top 25 Poll start at Chattanooga. his 17th year as an NCAA Division I head coach. Released Dec. 5, 2005 Rk School W-L Pts. LW Returning to CU’s front line in starting roles C r e i g h t o n ’s all-time winningest coach, 1. Duke (53) 7-0 1767 1 are junior Anthony Tolliver (10.5 ppg., 6.5 rpg.) Altman has been named national, conference, 2. Texas (9) 7-0 1699 2 and sophomore Dane Watts (8.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg.). regional or district coach of the year in 10 of his 3. Connecticut (9) 6-0 1693 3 4. Villanova (1) 4-0 1593 4 Both have shown increased scoring touch this 20 years as a head coach. The 2001 and 2002 5. Louisville 3-0 1431 7 season. MVC Coach of the Year was a finalist for the 6. Boston College 6-0 1346 8 7. Memphis 6-1 1333 9 Seniors Jimmy Motz (9.4 ppg.) a n d Naismith National Coach of the Year Award in 8. Oklahoma 4-1 1244 5 Jeffrey Day (4.0 ppg.) give the Jays support off 2003. In 2004, Altman was named the 9. Gonzaga 4-2 1202 6 the bench. Collegeinsider.com Jim Phelan National Mid- 10. Florida 7-0 1154 11 11. Illinois 7-0 1040 12 As a team, Creighton shoots 42.0 percent Season Coach of the Year. Additionally, Altman 12. Iowa 7-1 967 14 from the floor, 36.3 percent from three-point has led Creighton to six NCAA Tournaments and 13. Washington 7-0 944 18 range and 67.7 percent at the line. The Bluejays his teams have played in the postseason in 14. Michigan State 5-2 833 13 15. Kentucky 5-2 614 10 score 74.2 points per game and yield 67.6 per eight straight seasons. He is helped by assistant 16. UCLA 6-1 579 16 contest. c o a c h e s , Darian DeVries a n d 17. Nevada 5-0 562 20 Kevin McKenna. Jake Muhleisen is the team’s 18. Indiana 4-1 553 17 19. George Washington 4-0 488 19 Scouting Nebraska graduate manager. 20. Wake Forest 7-1 431 22 Nebraska is 6-1 on the season after Thursday’s Barry Collier (Butler, 1976) is in his sixth 21. Maryland 5-1 367 23 76-67 win over South Dakota State. T h e season at Nebraska, where he owns a 76-78 22. Alabama 4-1 363 21 23. North Carolina 4-1 281 NR Cornhuskers also own wins over Longwood (80- record. Collier owns a 271-210 record overall in 24. Arizona 2-3 170 15 65), Yale (73-64), Louisiana Tech (59-56), 17 seasons as a college head coach, including 25. North Carolina State 5-1 27 24 Southeast Missouri State (69-54) and Marquette a 196-132 mark in 11 years at his alma mater Others receiving votes: Bucknell 114, Houston 101, Syracuse 61, Vanderbilt 61, Ohio St. 54, West Virginia 52, Wisconsin 44, (84-74), but fell to UAB (73-72). before moving to Lincoln. Collier is assisted by Michigan 29, Pittsburgh 18, Oklahoma St. 16, Ohio 14, LSU 9, The Cornhuskers are paced in scoring by Jerome Francis Jr., Doug Novsek and associ- Xavier 8, Arkansas 7, Hawaii 7, Clemson 5, Iowa State 4, Old Wes Wi l k i n s o n ’s 15.5 points per game. ate head coach Scott Spinelli. Dominion 4, Iona 3, Texas Tech 3, Colorado St. 2, Buffalo 1, Loyola (MD) 1. Wilkinson is also averaging 8.2 rebounds per game and owns a team-high 16 blocked shots. Series History USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll Also scoring in double-figures are Omaha Nebraska leads the all-time series with Released Dec. 5, 2005 native Jason Dourisseau (13.0 ppg.) and Creighton by a 22-16 margin, but the Bluejays Rk School W-L Pts. LW Aleks Maric (10.3 ppg., 8.4 rpg.). have won six of the last seven meetings. The 1. Duke (25) 7-0 767 1 2. Texas (4) 7-0 739 2 Last year’s leading scorer, sophomore Joe Jays are 11-9 at home against NU all-time. 3. Connecticut (1) 6-0 689 3 McCray, has averaged 8.6 points per game Creighton won four of the first seven meet- 4. Villanova (1) 4-0 689 4 5. Louisville 3-0 618 6 thus far. McCray has scored in double-figures in ings in the history of the series before a 45-year 6. Boston College 6-0 605 8 all 12 career games away from the B o b break where the in-state rivals did not play each 7. Memphis 6-1 554 9 Devaney Sports Center. other. The series has been played at least once 8. Florida 7-0 519 11 9. Oklahoma 4-1 516 5 The Huskers are shooting 42.9 percent annually since 1977 and is CU’s longest running 10. Illinois 7-0 467 12 11. Gonzaga 4-2 460 7 Series History With Nebraska 12. Washington 7-0 393 19 Cornhuskers lead series, 22-16 01/03/87 at Nebraska (ot) L 65-70 13. Iowa 7-1 375 15 Home: 11-9 Away: 5-13 Neutral: 0-0 12/09/87 at Creighton W 88-73 14. Michigan State 5-2 329 14 Date Site W-L Score 11/26/88 at Nebraska L 77-86 15. Kentucky 5-2 298 10 1922-23 at Creighton W 46-24 12/14/89 at Creighton W 86-83 16. Indiana 4-1 255 16 1923-24 at Nebraska L 21-25 12/06/90 at Nebraska L 63-97 17. Maryland 5-1 229 20 02/28/25 at Creighton L 11-15 12/07/91 at Creighton L 85-90 18. UCLA 6-1 228 17 12/10/92 at Nebraska L 83-100 19. Alabama 4-1 205 18 01/09/26 at Creighton L 15-20 02/15/26 at Nebraska W 15-11 12/09/93 at Creighton L 53-67 20. George Washington 4-0 161 22 12/07/94 at Nebraska L 57-85 21. Wake Forest 7-1 157 23 03/04/32 at Creighton W 47-18 22. Nevada 5-0 145 NR 03/07/32 at Nebraska W 28-26 12/06/95 at Creighton L 67-88 23. North Carolina State 5-1 124 21 12/09/77 at Nebraska L 58-65 01/08/97 at Nebraska L 52-71 24. North Carolina 4-1 92 NR 12/09/78 at Creighton W 78-61 12/10/97 at Creighton W 84-73 25. Arizona 2-3 81 13 12/08/79 at Nebraska L 55-64 12/09/98 at Nebraska L 60-76 Others receiving votes: Syracuse 58, Bucknell 53, Wisconsin 12/06/80 at Creighton (ot) W 66-61 12/09/99 at Creighton W 89-72 40, Vanderbilt 35, Ohio State 29, West Virginia 27, LSU 17, 12/05/81 at Nebraska L 46-86 01/02/01 at Nebraska W 62-51 Oklahoma St. 15, Houston 14, Michigan 14, Ohio 8, Creighton 12/04/82 at Creighton L 62-65 12/12/01 at Creighton W 76-70 7, Texas A&M 6, Old Dominion 5, Clemson 4, Colorado St. 3, 12/03/83 at Nebraska L 56-65 12/21/02 at Nebraska W 81-73 Oregon 3, Xavier 3, California 2, Hawaii 2, Iona 2, Northern Iowa 03/15/84 at Creighton-# L 54-56 12/10/03 at Creighton W 61-54 2, Colorado 1. 12/08/84 at Creighton L 73-78 03/16/04 at Creighton-# L 70-71 12/07/85 at Nebraska L 52-71 12/11/04 at Nebraska W 50-48 12/06/86 at Creighton W 78-66 # National Invitation Tournament non-conference series by a landslide. Miscellaneous Statistics, Trends and Tidbits Dana Altman is 7-5 vs. the Huskers since coming to Creighton and 10-11 overall if you 2005-06 Creighton Trends include his 3-6 mark while at Big Eight foe at Current Streak ...... Lost 2 When Leading at Halftime ...... 2-0 Kansas State. Altman is 5-1 in head-to-head Overall Record ...... 3-2 Home ...... 1-0 meetings vs. Nebraska coach Barry Collier. MVC Record ...... 0-0 Away ...... 1-0 Last 5 Games ...... 3-2 Neutral ...... 0-0 Creighton’s Last Game Recap Last 10 Games ...... 3-2 When Trailing at Halftime ...... 0-2 Overtime Games ...... 1-0 Home ...... 0-0 Creighton lost its second straight road game, Longest Winning Streak ...... Won 3 Away ...... 0-2 69-64 at Chattanooga. The Jays built a 19-7 Home Winning Streak ...... Won 6 Neutral ...... 0-0 lead in the opening seven minutes, only to allow Creighton’s Record When... the Mocs to come back and take a 33-32 half- Jays shot 40% or better from field ...... 3-1 Shooting FGM-FGA Pct. time lead. The Mocs earned the victory down the Opponent shot 40% or better from field ...... 1-2 Home ...... 57-124 .460 stretch by closing the game with a 10-2 run in Jays shot less than 40% from field ...... 0-1 Away ...... 67-171 .392 the final four minutes. Jimmy Motz had 15 Opponent shot less than 40% from field ...... 2-0 Neutral ...... 0-0 –– points off the bench to lead Creighton, which Jays shot 40% or better from 3-pt range . . . . .3-0 Shooting FTM-FTA Pct. played without injured Nate Funk, P i e r c e Opponent shot 40% or better from 3-pt range .1-0 Home ...... 44-67 .657 Jays outrebounded opponent ...... 1-1 Away ...... 42-60 .700 Hibma and . Opponent outrebounded Jays ...... 1-0 Neutral ...... 0-0 –– Jays scored 70 or more points ...... 3-0 Jays’ Record by Day of the Week Huge Crowds at Qwest Center OMAHA™ Opponent scored 70 or more points ...... 1-1 Sunday ...... 0-0 Creighton has played 46 straight home games in Jays allowed fewer than 70 points ...... 2-1 Monday ...... 0-0 front of crowds of 8,000 fans or more. Below is Opponent allowed fewer than 70 points ...... 0-2 Tuesday ...... 1-1 Creighton’s 10 largest home crowds of all-time, A Bluejay player scored 20 or more points . . . .1-0 Wednesday ...... 0-1 two of which were against Nebraska. An opposing player scored 20 or more points .2-0 Thursday ...... 0-0 Largest Home Crowds, Creighton History A Bluejay player had 10 or more rebounds . . .1-0 Friday ...... 0-0 Att. Opp. Result Date An opposing player had 10 or more rebounds .2-0 Saturday ...... 2-0 15,561 Nebraska W 61-54 12/10/03 Bluejay Statistical Leaders (Includes all ties) 14,880 Dayton W 91-90 (2OT) 11/26/05 Points: Funk 2, Motz 2, Mathies 1, Porter 1, Tolliver 1 14,372 Southern Illinois L 60-61 02/07/04 Rebounds: Tolliver 2, Mathies 2, Funk 1, Porter 1 14,313 Illinois State W 72-63 01/24/04 Assists: Dotzler 4, Tolliver 1 14,276 Missouri State L 71-79 02/05/05 Steals: Dotzler 3, Funk 2, Mathies 2, Watts 1, Day 1 14,235 Bradley W 71-62 12/28/04 Blocks: Tolliver 4, Day 2, Mathies 1 14,183 Missouri State W 59-54 12/30/03 Margin of Victory and Defeat 13,949 Illinois State L 77-82 (OT) 01/22/05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 32 13,483 Nebraska (NIT) L 70-71 03/16/04 13,353 Drake W 78-67 01/11/04 Bluejay Wins 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 Bluejay Losses — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 — — State’s Largest Crowds Ever Jays on Television (0-1) Below is a list of the largest crowds to ever see KMTV (0-1) a basketball game in the state of Nebraska. Of Will These Tends Continue? steals and four rebounds on 5-of-11 shooting. note, the Dec. 10, 2003 meeting between Dana Altman is 16-0 all-time in his third home Walker had 36 points, four rebounds, three Creighton and Nebraska attracted a state-record game of the season, including an 11-0 mark at steals and nine turnovers on 14-of-28 shooting crowd of 15,561. Look for that record to fall on Creighton, a 4-0 record at Kansas State and a before fouling out. Sunday. Largest Crowds, State of Nebraska History 1-0 mark at Marshall. Nebraska has lost its first Dotzler led his team to back-to-back state Att. Schools Site Date true road game in each of the last nine years. titles at Bellevue West, while Walker’s team won 15,561 Creighton-Nebraska Omaha 12/10/03 With a Creighton win on Sunday, both of these a Missouri state title last season as well. 15,038 Nebraska-Oklahoma St. Lincoln 2/7/81 streaks would continue: 15,003 Nebraska-Oklahoma Lincoln 2/28/81 CU 3rd Home Game NU 1st Road Game 3-2 Start Has Turned Out Well Before 14,999 Nebraska-Colorado Lincoln 2/3/79 2004-05 Ark.-Pine Bluff, W 83-58 UAB, L 66-80 Creighton has started 3-2 for the first time since 14,912 Nebraska-Kansas St. Lincoln 2/8/78 2003-04 Bethune-Cookman, W 69-49 Creighton, L 54-61 2002-03 BYU, W 74-64 South Florida, L 60-65 2001-02. That start of that season has several Largest Crowds To See Creighton Play Ever 2001-02 Grambling State, W 102-64 Creighton, L 70-76 similarities to the young 2005-06 campaign. Below is a list of the largest crowds to see 2000-01 Georgia State, W 81-74 Oral Roberts, L 83-87 • Both teams started 3-0 before losing two Creighton play at any location since 1967, 1999-00 Nebraska, W 89-72 Creighton, L 72-89 straight games on the road. 1998-99 Baylor, W 73-59 Colorado St., L 49-75 • Both teams played Nebraska at home in the according to available records. 1997-98 Wyoming, W 81-70 Tulsa, L 68-85 10 Largest Crowds To See Creighton Play Since 1967 1996-97 CS-Sacramento, W 59-42 Texas, L 81-83 sixth game of the year (CU’s 2001-02 team beat A t t . S c h o o l s R e s u l t D a t e 1995-96 Oral Roberts, W 80-64 Nebraska 76-70 in game six). 2 2 , 0 1 3 #24 Auburn vs. CU% L 6 9 - 7 2 0 3 / 1 6 / 0 0 1994-95 Bethune-Cookman, W 76-74 • Both teams had their marquee player miss 2 1 , 5 2 5 #13 Illinois vs. CU$ L 6 0 - 7 2 0 3 / 1 7 / 0 2 games in December due to injury. In 2001-02, 2 0 , 8 5 0 #15 Florida vs. CU$ W 83-82 (2ot) 0 3 / 1 5 / 0 2 Dotzler vs. Walker, Part II 1 8 , 6 8 6 C U @ #15 BYU L 6 8 - 9 6 1 2 / 11 / 7 1 missed three games with a knee Though both players are true freshmen, this 1 6 , 4 3 7 C U @ #3 DePaul L 5 7 - 8 3 0 2 / 0 9 / 8 1 injury. 1 5 , 9 5 7 C U @ #15 UNLV L 5 9 - 9 0 1 2 / 2 3 / 8 7 won’t be the first time that Creighton guard Josh The reason that Creighton would most like 1 5 , 7 0 3 Wichita St. vs. C U # W 70-69 0 3 / 0 9 / 0 3 Dotzler has squared off against Nebraska guard to emulate that squad is due to the success they 1 5 , 5 6 1 Nebraska @ CU W 61-54 1 2 / 1 0 / 0 3 Marcus Walker at Qwest Center OMAHA™. The had overcoming that 3-2 start. CU’s 2001-02 1 5 , 5 0 0 C U @ Iowa L 7 7 - 8 3 1 2 / 0 1 / 9 0 duo squared off on Feb. 5, 2005 as part of the 1 5 , 2 7 4 C U @ Saint Louis L 5 6 - 8 3 1 2 / 1 0 / 9 4 team finished 23-9, won a share of the MVC reg- %NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn. Omaha Shootout while in high school. ular-season title, won the MVC Tournament, and $NCAA Tournament in , Ill. Dotzler’s Bellevue West squad won an 83- beat No. 15 Florida in the first round of the #MVC Tournament in St. Louis, Mo. 70 decision over Walker’s Archbishop O’Hara NCAA Tournament. squad. Dotzler had 14 points, 10 assists, six Bench Scoring Iowans x 3 against Dayton. Should he play, he’d have his Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L Creighton’s starting five against Chattanooga on work cut out for him. No player has scored 40 or Arkansas-Pine Bluff 45 17 +28 W Dec. 6 had a unique look to it. For the first time more against Nebraska since Harold Miner had George Mason 32 6 +26 W since March 1, 1997 (257 games), the Jays did 43 for Southern Cal on Nov. 25, 1991. Dayton 14 13 +1 W not have an Iowa native in their starting line-up. DePaul 8 21 (-13) L The streak covered every game of CU’s Protect This House Chattanooga 28 11 +17 L eight straight postseason bids and began with One year after sending three schools to the TOTAL 127 68 +59 the first game of the 1997-98 season. N C A A Tournament, the Missouri Va l l e y 2004-05 TOTAL 800 595 +205 Creighton’s starters that hailed from Iowa in Conference is off to another great start. The 2003-04 TOTAL 725 597 +128 that time are Nate Funk (Sioux City, 66 starts M V C entered Friday’s action with a 41-15 during the streak), Pierce Hibma (Pella, 3), record, a .732 winning percentage that is the Points In The Paint Tyler McKinney (Urbandale, 97), Brody Deren league’s best in non-conference action since Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L (Harlan, 89), Michael Lindeman (Iowa Falls, 1962-63. In addition, the MVC is a remarkable Arkansas-Pine Bluff 30 14 +16 W 94), Kyle Korver (Pella, 95), Ryan Sears 29-1 at home this season. George Mason 40 24 +16 W ( A n k e n y, 124) and Joel Te m p l e m a n By comparison, entering Friday the Big 12 Dayton 34 24 +10 W DePaul 22 32 (-10) L (Urbandale, 28). was 54-19 this season, including a 44-7 home Chattanooga 22 18 +4 L mark and a 10-12 on road or neutral floors. TOTAL 148 112 +36 More Iowa Talk 2004-05 TOTAL 792 969 (-177) Every Creighton team since 1988-89 has had at Buzzer Beaters 2003-04 TOTAL 767 803 (-36) least one Iowa native, and this season is no Each of the last two Creighton-Nebraska games exception. Creighton has three players from have gone to the final horn, with the home team Points Off Turnovers Iowa on this season’s team, continuing a long missing a potential game-winning buzzer beater Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L trend of relying on some of the Hawkeye State’s in each. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13 19 (-6) W top preps. CU’s native Iowans this season In the 2004 NIT game, Nate Funk had his George Mason 26 9 +17 W include senior guard Nate Funk (Sioux City), shot from the top of the blocked by current Dayton 23 13 +10 W sophomore guard Pierce Hibma (Pella) and former Husker (and Creighton’s current gradu- DePaul 10 16 (-6) L freshman guard Dustin Sitzmann (LeMars). ate manager) Jake Muhleisen. Chattanooga 13 16 (-3) L With Funk and Hibma sidelined by injuries, Last season, NU’s Marcus Neal missed a TOTAL 85 73 +12 Sitzmann was pressed into action at desperation heave at the horn after CU’s Kellen 2004-05 TOTAL 542 440 +102 Chattanooga on Dec. 6. With his appearance Miliner drained a game-winning shot with 0.7 2003-04 TOTAL 448 379 +69 late in both halves, he extended CU’s streak of seconds left. playing an Iowa native to 350 games. That Creighton had eight games decided by a 2nd-Chance Points Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L streak dates to a Feb. 5, 1994 win against shot at the buzzer last season, going 5-3 in such Arkansas-Pine Bluff 18 7 +11 W Wichita State when Rick Johnson was the games. CU won when Ohio State, Xavier, George Mason 9 10 (-1) W Bluejay coach. Nebraska and Drake missed three-pointers at Dayton 11 19 (-8) W the buzzer, and also won when Nate Funk DePaul 16 9 +7 L That’s The Ticket drained a shot at UNI. CU lost at the buzzer Chattanooga 9 8 +1 L Maybe it’s luck, or maybe Creighton ticket man- when they missed a three-pointer in the NCAA TOTAL 63 53 +10 ager T.J. Isaacs knows something the rest of us Tournament against West Virginia, at Indiana 2004-05 TOTAL 340 374 (-34) don’t. In each of CU’s first two home games, the State when they missed a shot, and also lost 2003-04 TOTAL 285 265 +20 player whose picture appeared on the game when Evansville’s Kyle Anslinger made a bas- ticket had a career-best performance. ket at the final gun. Substitutions Against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jimmy Motz Opponent CU Opp. Diff. W/L appeared and had a career-high 17 points. Muhleisen Moves To Bluejay Bench Arkansas-Pine Bluff 43 37 +6 W Against Dayton, it was Johnny Mathies, and After four years as a player at Nebraska, Jake George Mason 54 30 +24 W the senior responded with a career-high 24 Muhleisen has traded in his scarlet & cream for Dayton 48 45 +3 W points. The player on Sunday’s ticket against blue and white. Muhleisen is now a graduate DePaul 62 45 +17 L Nebraska is senior Nate Funk. Funk had a manager for Creighton and is pursuing his MBA. Chattanooga 55 N/A N/A L career-best 38 points in his last home game A Lincoln native, Muhleisen was the first TOTAL 262 N/A three-year captain in NU history and finished his Creighton Basketball Streaks of Note career with 911 points, 343 rebounds and 284 Streak What Last Time Not True assists. 375 consecutive games with at least one three-pointer made 1/20/93 at Illinois State 365 consecutive games with two or more three-pointers made 12/22/93 vs. Florida A&M Whatever Happened To Kellen Miliner??? 165 consecutive halves at home with 25 points or more 2/16/00 vs. Indiana State The hero from last year’s Creighton-Nebraska 144 consecutive home games since Creighton’s last double-digit home loss 1/3/96 vs. Bradley game in Lincoln, Kellen Miliner, averaged 9.4 130 consecutive home games Creighton has scored 58 or more points 12/29/96 vs. Illinois State points per game last season for the Jays. He is 46 consecutive wins when scoring 80 or more points 2/19/00 vs. Southern Illinois currently finishing up his undergraduate degree 46 consecutive home crowds over 8,000 12/16/02 vs. Delaware State 41 consecutive wins when scoring 90 or more points 1/11/88 vs. Southern Illinois and will graduate next weekend along with for- 30 consecutive wins when holding opponents to 50 points or less 1/7/93 at Eastern Illinois mer teammate Tyler McKinney. 13 consecutive wins when scoring 100 or more points 2/26/77 vs. North Texas State 13 consecutive games Jimmy Motz has made a three-pointer 2/16/05 at Wichita State Porter Makes First Start 9 consecutive seasons with 10 or more home wins 1995-96 With Nate Funk and Pierce Hibma sidelined by 9 consecutive seasons with 10 or more MVC wins 1995-96 injuries, junior Nick Porter made his first start 8 consecutive postseason bids 1996-97 on Tuesday at Chattanooga. Porter finished with 7 consecutive seasons with 20 wins or more 1997-98 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor. 6 consecutive home wins 2/5/05 vs. Missouri State Individual Production Notes vs. UT-San Antonio 11/30/90 Rick Apke at North Texas State 02/26/77 Double-Figure Scoring Games Gakou Becomes Eligible Dec. 21st Junior center Manourou Gakou will become eli- Bob Portman at UNLV 01/02/69 Name 2005-06 Career High Elton Tuttle at Loyola (Ill.) 12/01/52 Nate Funk 4 56 38 gible for Creighton’s Dec. 21 game against Anthony Tolliver 3 5 17 Norfolk State. Gakou was issued a seven-game Best In The Qwest, Too Johnny Mathies 2 35 24 suspension by the NCAA for his involvement Nate Funk’s 38 points were a Qwest Center Jimmy Motz 2 9 17 with a club team while in high school in the OMAHA™ record and erased the mark of one of Nick Porter 2 2 12 spring of 2003. A 6’8”, 282-pound native of F u n k ’s main rivals, Northern Iowa’s B e n Dane Watts 1 8 18 Paris, France, Gakou will have two seasons of Jacobson. A native of Sioux City, Iowa (like Jeffrey Day 0 7* 20 eligibility remaining. Funk), Jacobson had scored 31 on Feb. 9, 2005 Pierce Hibma 0 1 13 *includes Day’s games at Washington to set the previous standard. Funk Sunk? Lost in Funk’s scoring display was the Creighton senior guard Nate Funk m i s s e d 20-Point (or More) Games equally impressive performance of Dayton’s Tuesday’s game at Chattanooga while recover- Name 2005-06 Career High Brian Roberts. Roberts finished with 34 points, ing from a shoulder injury that was aggravated Nate Funk 1 13 38 including all nine of UD’s points in the second Johnny Mathies 1 3 24 at DePaul. His status for the rest of the season overtime. That’s the most by a Bluejay opponent Jeffrey Day 0 1 20 will likely be not be decided until later this month. since Missouri State’s Danny Moore had 36 on Funk, the team’s leading scorer at 19.3 Feb. 15, 1997. 30-Point Games points per game, had missed just one previous Name 2005-06 Career High game in his career. That came Dec. 4, 2004, in Dare To Compare Nate Funk 1 2 38 a 79-60 home win over High Point. Below is a look at the career numbers for former Bluejay All-American Kyle Korver (1999-03) 10- Games Glass Eaters and current senior All-American Nate Funk after Name 2005-06 Career High For the second time in as many years, Creighton 100 career games played: Nick Porter 1 1 10 outrebounded Chattanooga. Last season, the Stat Korver Funk Anthony Tolliver 0 2 13 Mocs ranked second nationally with a 10.8 Team W-L 75-25 74-26 rebounds per game advantage, and CU beat Games-Starts 100-67 100-66 10- Games them by a season-worst six on the glass. Points 1,306 1,144 Points/Game 13.1 11.4 Name 2004-05 Career High On Tuesday, Creighton became the first None Rebounds 480 324 team to outrebound the Mocs at The McKenzie Rebounds/Game 4.8 3.2 Arena since Jan. 31, 2004 when Georgia FG-Att. 412-863 412-861 Career Double-Double Games Southern did it. That snapped a 21-game streak FG Pct. .477 .479 Name 2005-06 Career of outrebounding the opposition at home. 3FG-Att. 271-602 142-333 Anthony Tolliver 0 1 3FG Pct. .450 .426 FT-Att. 208-236 178-228 2005-06 Double-Doubles Starts FT Pct. .881 .781 None With his first start at DePaul, freshman Josh Fouls/DQ 219-5 129-0 Dotzler became the fifth CU player to start at Assists 207 219 point guard in the last nine years. Below is a Turnovers 172 175 More Miscellaneous Statistics Blocks 39 22 CU’s Biggest Halftime Lead ...... comparison of each player’s first starts: Steals 128 84 . . . . 17, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (53-36), 11/19 Stat Score Pts. Reb. Ast. TO Stl. Min. CU’s Biggest Halftime Lead In A Loss . . Sears W 81-59 8 1 4 1 2 28 Thirty-Point Funk ...... Bowden W 72-51 10 1 3 4 3 20 McKinney W 90-65 3 1 1 1 0 18 Nate Funk is one of three Creighton players in CU’s Biggest Halftime Deficit ...... Mathies W 59-54 9 0 1 1 1 33 the Dana Altman era to score 30 points or more ...... 2 at DePaul (25-23), 11/30 Dotzler L 57-72 7 2 5 2 3 34 in a game. Both of the other players to do it, CU’s Biggest Halftime Deficit In A Win. . Kyle Korver and , were sec- ...... Flyers Get Funk’d ond-round draft picks that played in the NBA. CU’s Biggest Overall Lead ...... Nate Funk’s 38 points against Dayton were a The most points an Altman player has ever . . . . 32, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (87-55), 11/19 career-high, ranks tied for 12th in CU history and CU’s Biggest Overall Deficit ...... scored in a game was 62, which Kansas State’s are the most by a Creighton player since Askia Jones did against Fresno State on March ...... 15, at DePaul (72-57), 11/30 Rodney Buford had 40 vs. Bradley on Dec. 30, CU’s Biggest Margin of Victory ...... 24, 1994, in an NIT quarterfinal. 1998. It is also the most by any MVC player . . . . 32, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (87-55), 11/19 Below is the list of Creighton’s 30-point since dropped 38 points at CU’s Biggest Margin of Defeat ...... games since Altman became head coach: ...... 15, at DePaul (72-57), 11/30 Purdue on March 14, 2001. Pts. Name Opp. Date Result CU’s Biggest Lead In A Loss ...... Below is a list of Creighton’s top single- 40 Rodney Buford Bradley 12/30/98 W 65-44 game scoring performances: 38 Nate Funk Dayton 11/26/05 W 91-90 ...... 12 (19-7), at Chattanooga, 12/6 36 Rodney Buford Illinois St. 02/05/96 L 72-74 CU’s Biggest Deficit Overcome In A Win Most Points in a Game, CU History Pts. Name, Opponent Date 35 Nate Funk @Wichita St. 02/16/05 W 82-68 ...... 11, Dayton (55-44), 11/26 51 Bob Portman vs. UW-Milwaukee 12/16/67 32 Kyle Korver @Xavier 12/31/02 L 73-75 47 Eddie Cole at Morningside 11/29/54 31 Kyle Korver Evansville 01/15/03 W 93-56 46 Bob Portman vs. Weber State 12/23/68 30 Rodney Buford So. Illinois 02/05/98 W 91-73 45 Benoit Benjamin vs. Indiana State 01/19/85 30 Rodney Buford @No. Iowa 12/30/97 W 83-75 Tim Powers at Idaho State 01/29/66 30 Rodney Buford Missouri St. 02/15/97 L 82-88 43 Benoit Benjamin vs. S. Illinois 01/17/85 Bob Portman at Kansas State 02/12/68 Funk Named MVC Player of the Week 42 Bob Portman vs. LaSalle 01/30/68 Creighton senior Nate Funk was named MVC 40 Rodney Buford vs. Bradley 12/30/98 Player of the Week on Nov. 28 after averaging vs. Wichita State 02/17/90 25.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in wins 39 Bob Portman vs. Oklahoma City 01/13/68 38 Nate Funk vs. Dayton 11/26/05 over George Mason and Dayton. After tying for 2005-06 Honors & Awards team-best honors with 12 points and six minutes of action. His three-point basket three Nate Funk rebounds against Mason, Funk had a career- minutes into the game gave Creighton a 7-4 Collegeinsider.com Preseason Mid-Major best 38 points in Saturday’s win over Dayton, lead it would never relinquish. All-America Team including the game-winner with 5.7 seconds left Against Dayton, Dotzler had six points, MVC Player of the Week, 11/28 in double-overtime. seven assists and three steals in 41 minutes of Preseason all-Missouri Valley Conference It was Funk’s second weekly honor from action. His seven assists were the most by a Street & Smith’s Preseason Third Team All- the MVC, as he also earned the league and Bluejay freshman since Ryan Sears had eight American ’s ESPN Co-National Player of the helpers against Evansville on Feb. 8, 1998. USBWA Preseason Player of the Year Week honors on Feb. 21, 2005. Sears is also the last CU freshman to have 10 Candidate assists in a game, when he did it on Dec. 20, Mathies Plays Through Pain 1997 against Southern. 2005-06 MVC Preseason Poll Senior guard Johnny Mathies scored a career- 1. Northern Iowa (23) ...... 379 high 24 points in the win over Dayton despite Wearing Them Down 2. Creighton (15) ...... 372 battling through severe cramps that forced him One of the benefits of Creighton's deep bench 3. Southern Illinois (1) ...... 311 to the locker room while the game was decided has been the ability to wear down the opposi- 4. Missouri State ...... 252 late in the second overtime. The Louisville, Ky., tion. CU has outscored the opponents benches native played a career-high 42 minutes, seven by a 127-68 margin. The Jays have made 262 5. Wichita State ...... 244 minutes more than his previous best, and hit 8- substitutions, an average of 52.6 per game. 6. Bradley ...... 226 of-12 shots from the floor while also adding The CU bench has played 419 minutes 7. Drake ...... 141 three steals. (compared to 631 for the starters), shot 20-of-48 8. Indiana State (1) ...... 118 (41.7 percent) from three-point range, and out- 9. Evansville ...... 90 Overtime News & Notes rebounded the opposing bench by a 83-67 mar- 10. Illinois State ...... 67 C r e i g h t o n ’s 91-90 double-overtime win over gin. Poll determined by panel of league sports Dayton on Nov. 26 improved CU’s record in dou- As they tire, the opposition also begins to information directors and media. ble-OT games to 9-1 since 1987. It was the struggle on the offensive end. Opponents are longest game in the three-year history of Qwest shooting just 38.8 percent (59-152) in the sec- MVC Preseason Team Center OMAHA™. ond-half against the Jays. Creighton has lost just one home game to Nate Funk, Sr., Creighton , Sr., Northern Iowa go to overtime since Feb. 17, 1996 and is 40-40 Porter Grabs 10 Boards David Moss, Sr., Indiana State all-time in overtime games, including an 11-8 Nick Porter had 10 rebounds and nine points in Marcellus Sommerville, Sr., Bradley mark under Dana Altman. 17 minutes of action against Arkansas-Pine Bluff , Jr., Southern Illinois The longest game in Creighton history was in his first Division I game. Porter’s 10 rebounds *Preseason Player of the Year a three-overtime game that saw DePaul edge are the most by a Creighton player in their debut Creighton, 85-82, on Feb. 1, 1978 in Omaha. according to box scores dating back to 1975. Weekly Rankings Creighton’s Last 10 Double-Overtime Games Date AP USA Today 11/26/05 at Creighton 91, Dayton 90 (2OT) Funk Looks To Up Average Preseason -- -- 02/14/04 at Drake 78, Creighton 73 (2OT) 03/15/02 Creighton 83, #15 Florida 82 (2OT)# Few players in America have improved as much Nov. 14 -- No Poll as Nate Funk in the last four years. In addition Nov. 21 -- -- 11/27/01 at Creighton 94, #17 W. Kentucky 91 (2OT) 01/04/93 at Creighton 84, Montana 78 (2OT) to putting on 40 pounds to the 165-pound frame Nov. 28 RV (T-41) RV (45) 02/10/91 at Creighton 91, Missouri State 87 (2OT) entered Creighton with in 2002, the senior All- Dec. 5 -- RV (37) 02/17/90 at Creighton 103, Wichita State 95 (2OT) America candidate has also bulked up his num- 01/16/90 Creighton 99, at Iowa State 94 (2OT) 12/08/89 Creighton 98, Western Michigan 87 (2OT)$ bers on a consistent basis. Pronunciation Guide 02/04/88 at Creighton 94, Tulsa 92 (2OT) Funk’s scoring average has increased by at Nick Bahe ...... BAH $ Springfield, Mo. least 6.4 points every season, while his Dominic Bishop . . . .DOM-in-ick # Chicago, Ill. rebounding has improved at least 1.7 boards per Darian DeVries . . . . .Darren • Duh-VREES game on an annual basis. Josh Dotzler ...... DOTES-ler Rebounding A Concern Year PPG RPG Manourou Gakou . . .MAN-uh-roo • GACK-ew Despite being outrebounded 47-28 (including Freshman 4.7 1.1 Johnny Mathies . . . .MATH-is 17-3 in the final five minutes and overtimes) by Sophomore 11.1 3.4 Jimmy Motz ...... MOATS Dayton, Creighton still managed to beat the Junior 17.8 5.1 Senior ??? ??? Brice Nengsu ...... BREES • NEN-sue Flyers. Since Dec. 6, 1995, only one other team (Wyoming (+20) on Dec. 18, 2004) had outre- Motz Shoots To New Best bounded Creighton by 19 rebounds or more in a After setting a Creighton single-season record game. with 48.6 percent accuracy from three-point It was Creighton’s largest rebound deficit in range last season, forward Jimmy Motz has a win since being outrebounded 41-22 in a 78- started his senior season in fine fashion. 75 win over Southern Illinois on Jan. 28, 1991. Motz drained 6-of-7 shots, including 5-of-6 Creighton is 139-45 under Dana Altman from long-range, and finished with a career-best when outrebounding its opponents, but 82-77 17 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. T h e when the boards are equal or they lose the bat- Lincoln native’s five three-pointers were a tle underneath. career-best. Motz, then buried both three-point attempts Josh of All Trades against George Mason before going 2-of-5 vs. True freshman Josh Dotzler sparkled in his first Dayton. Motz has set a career-best with a trey in road game at George Mason. The Bellevue 13 consecutive games. West product had eight points, a team-high five assists, three rebounds and three steals in 27 A-Train Gets Passing Grade Creighton is one of 12 teams nationally Top of the Valley Few Creighton players have improved as much with 20 or more wins in seven straight seasons. Punch up the numbers in the last six seasons as junior forward Anthony Tolliver. Tolliver had It is joined by Arizona, Connecticut, Creighton, and it quickly becomes apparent just how domi- 11 points, nine rebounds and a career-best four Duke, Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kent State, nant Creighton has been in that time. Entering assists in the win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. It K e n t u c k y, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and 2005-06, Creighton owned a league-high 142 marked the only time in his 65 career games he Syracuse. wins in that time. has led the Jays in assists. Below is the standings of all MVC schools Tolliver has scored in double-figures in Grand Funk Railroad in the last six seasons (entering 2005-06): three of CU’s five games this season, including The first event in Qwest Center OMAHA™ was a School MVC Only All Games a career-high 17 against DePaul. Entering the private concert by Grand Funk Railroad. This Creighton 77-31 142-52 Southern Illinois 84-24 140-55 season, he had scored 10 or more just twice in season, the Creighton train will be led by senior Missouri State 63-45 107-81 his first two seasons. guard Nate Funk, who moved passed the Wichita State 54-54 97-84 1,000-point mark in CU’s regular-season finale Northern Iowa 48-60 88-92 Coming To America last year at Illinois State. Illinois State 46-62 83-96 Brice Nengsu (Cameroon) and M a n o u r o u Funk ranks 23rd in CU history with 1,144 Bradley 48-60 82-97 Gakou (France) are Creighton’s first foreign Indiana State 40-68 77-107 career points in 100 career games. Below is Drake 40-68 72-101 players since Livan Pyfrom in 2001. Prior to Creighton’s list of top scorers all-time: Evansville 40-68 69-104 this season, the only previous foreign players to Pts. Name Years Creighton entered this season tied for 15th play for the Jays had been Pyfrom (Bahamas, 2,116 Rodney Buford 1995-99 nationally with its 142 wins in the past six years. 1999-01), Nerijus Karlikanovas ( L i t h u a n i a , 2,110 Bob Harstad 1987-91 1,983 Chad Gallagher 1987-91 Below is a list of the top 20 schools (entering 1998-00) and Colin Lubsey (Australia, 1992- 1,876 Bob Portman 1966-69 2005-06), ranked by wins, since the start of the 93). 1,801 Kyle Korver 1999-03 1999-2000 campaign: 1,682 Rick Apke 1974-78 Rank School W-L Win Pct. Preseason Poll Picks Jays Second 1,661 Paul Silas 1961-64 1. Duke 179-32 .848 Creighton has been picked second in a presea- 1,654 Vernon Moore 1981-85 2. Illinois 162-42 .794 1,575 Benoit Benjamin 1982-85 3. Gonzaga 157-37 .809 son poll of MVC coaches, SID’s and league 1,526 John C. Johnson 1975-79 4. Oklahoma 156-45 .776 media. Creighton, which earned 15 first-place 1,500 Kevin McKenna 1977-81 Arizona 156-46 .772 votes and 372 points, narrowly trailed Northern 1,437 Eddie Cole 1951-55 6. Kentucky 154-45 .773 Iowa’s 23 votes and 379 points in the second- 1,369 Gene Harmon 1971-74 Syracuse 154-48 .762 closest voting ever. Rounding out the top five 1,361 Duan Cole 1987-92 8. Kansas 153-45 .773 1,309 Ryan Sears 1997-01 9. Cincinnati 152-45 .772 were Southern Illinois, Missouri State and 1,303 Elton Tuttle 1951-54 10. Connecticut 151-53 .740 Wichita State. 1,272 Bob Gibson 1954-57 11. Stanford 148-41 .783 Northern Iowa guard B e n J a c o b s o n 1,267 1965-67, 1968-69 12. Michigan State 145-55 .725 earned one more vote than Creighton’s Nate 1,254 Gary Swain 1983-87 13. Florida 144-51 .738 Funk for preseason player of year accolades, 1,238 Ben Walker 1997-01 14. Utah State 143-41 .777 1,196 Ray Yost 1951-54 15. Creighton 142-52 .732 though both were on the five-person preseason 1,172 Dick Harvey 1956-59 Texas 142-56 .717 all-MVC squad. 1,144 Nate Funk 2002-Pr. Maryland 142-60 .703 18. Southern Illinois 140-55 .718 Preseason Acclaim For Funk In addition to his preseason all-MVC status, 2005-06 Creighton Basketball Numerical Roster Nate Funk has picked up some national atten- No. Name Y r. P o s . Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (High School / Last School) tion as well. Funk was named a third-team pre- 1 Jeffrey Day Sr. C 6-9 235 1L Seattle, Wash. (Seattle Prep / Grossmont CC) season All-American by Street & Smith’s bas- 3 Nick Porter Jr. G 6-3 215 RS Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines / Compton CC) ketball annual, while the 4 Dominic Bishop Jr. G 6-0 170 TR Buffalo, N.Y. (Bennett / Brown Mackie College) Basketball Writers Association honored Funk as 5 Dustin Sitzmann Fr. G 6-0 175 RS LeMars, Iowa (Gehlen Catholic) one of 15 players on its preseason Player of the 10 Nate Funk Sr. G 6-3 205 3L Sioux City, Iowa (Heelan) Year list. 11 Johnny Mathies Sr. G 6-0 170 2L Louisville, Ky. (Male / Dixie State JC) Funk earned additional hype as one of 25 12 Josh Dotzler Fr. G 6-1 190 HS Bellevue, Neb. (West) players listed on c o l l e g e i n s i d e r. c o m ’s 20 Pierce Hibma So. G 6-5 205 1L Pella, Iowa (Pella) Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team. 21 Manourou Gakou Jr. C 6-8 282 TR Paris, France (Chalon / Cloud County CC) 24 Brice Nengsu So. G 6-5 195 TR Nkongsamba, Cameroon (Lycee Du Manengouba / Weatherford JC) 10 x 9 = History 30 Jimmy Motz Sr. F 6-7 225 3L Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast) Creighton set a Missouri Valley Conference 34 Nick Bahe Jr. G 6-3 190 TR Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast / Univ. of Kansas) record last season by winning 10 or more league 44 Anthony Tolliver Jr. C 6-9 245 2L Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo) games for a ninth consecutive season. The Jays 50 Dane Watts So. F 6-8 225 1L Warrensburg, Mo. (Warrensburg) had shared the previous mark of eight with 5 1 / 5 2 Steve Smith Fr. C 6-11 245 RS Sioux Falls, S.D. (Bishop O’Gorman) Missouri, which did it from 1915-16 to 1922-23. Thomas Lane Fr. G 6-4 198 HS Edmond, Okla. (Casady)

20 Overall Wins x 7 Years = MVC History Head Coach: Dana Altman (Eastern New Mexico, 1980) Last year Creighton became the only team in the 12th year at Creighton: 221-122 (.644) 98-year history of the Missouri Va l l e y 17th year as an NCAA Division I head coach: 304-189 (.617) Conference to win 20 or more games in seven Assistant Coaches: straight seasons. Creighton had shared the for- Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa, 1998), Eighth year at Creighton mer record of six with Cincinnati (1957-58 to Brian Fish (Marshall, 1989), Fourth year at Creighton Kevin McKenna (Creighton, 1993), Eighth year at Creighton 1962-63), Bradley (1956-57 to 1961-62) a n d Graduate Manager: Jake Muhleisen (Nebraska, 2005), First year at Creighton Oklahoma A&M (1943-44 to 1948-49). Athletic Trainer: Kevin Deremer (West Virginia, 1981), Fifth year at Creighton 19. Xavier 137-65 .678 digit home setback. Jeffrey Day 1 1 2 20. Kent State 135-56 .707 In fact, Creighton has won eight of its last Pierce Hibma 1 0 1 Wake Forest 135-57 .703 11 home games in which has fallen behind by 10 Dominic Bishop n/a 1 1 Former Players 95 n/a 95 More Three-Point Numbers points or more, as seen below: Total 139 12 151 Double Digit Deficits At Home, Last 5 Years Nate Funk and Jimmy Motz are all over the Date Opponent Deficit Final Score Nifty at 50 (Percent) Creighton career lists for three-point shooting. 11/27/01 Western Kentucky 18 W 95-91 2ot Funk’s career 42.6 percent accuracy ranks sixth 01/18/03 Southern Illinois 13 W 85-76 Since coming to Creighton, head coach Dana in CU history, while his 142 career treys rank 01/26/03 TCU 16 W 89-79 Altman’s teams are 87-3 when his teams make seventh in school history. 02/12/03 Missouri State 17 W 70-67 ot at least half of their shots from the field. The 12/30/03 Missouri State 10 W 59-54 Motz ranks seventh in CU history with his Jays had won 51 straight games when shooting 12/04/04 High Point 13 W 79-60 50 percent or better, dating to a Jan. 23, 2000 41.2 percent accuracy. 12/07/04 Kent State 16 L 58-67 Career 3-Point Pct., CU History (Min. 100 Att.) 12/18/04 Wyoming 13 L 64-68 game at Evansville, before falling to Southern Pct. Name, Years 3FGM-FGA 02/01/05 Wichita State 10 W 73-69 Illinois on Jan. 9, 2005. CU’s other loss in that .453 Kyle Korver, 1999-03 371-819 02/05/05 Missouri State 15 L 71-79 scenario was a 73-71 overtime loss to Missouri .4415 Rod Mason, 1986-88 132-299 11/26/05 Dayton 11 W 91-90 2ot on Dec. 1, 1996. .4404 Nerijus Karlikanovas, 1998-00 48-109 .431 Michael Lindeman, 2000-04 62-144 The Slimmest of Margins .430 Duan Cole, 1987-92 176-410 Creighton has won 10 of its last 12 games decid- Not Half Bad .426 Nate Funk, 2002-Present 142-333 ed by one point, improving to 12-8 under Dana Creighton is 87-12 in the last five years when .412 Jimmy Motz, 2001-Present 94-228 Altman in such contests. leading at the half, including a 55-5 home record .4053 Matt West, 1996-00 92-227 in such contests. Three of those home losses .4051 Matt Petty, 1989-93 143-353 Creighton has won its last eight games away from home that have been decided by a were against Southern Illinois after wasting half- Career 3-Pointers Made, CU History single point. time leads. 3FG Name Years Date Winner Loser Score 371 Kyle Korver 1999-03 11/26/05 at Creighton Dayton 91-90 (2OT) Qwest To Be The Best 245 Ryan Sears 1997-01 02/09/05 at Creighton Northern Iowa 83-82 Creighton owns a 27-7 (.794) record all-time 212 Rodney Buford 1995-99 01/15/05 Creighton at Northern Iowa 67-66 while playing at Qwest Center OMAHA™. The 185 Matt Roggenburk 1986-90 11/30/04 Creighton at Xavier 73-72 seven setbacks have been by a combined 34 177 Duan Cole 1987-92 03/06/04 Nebraska at Creighton 71-70 143 Terrell Taylor 1999-02 02/07/04 So. Illinois at Creighton 61-60 points. Creighton has outscored its opponents 143 Matt Petty 1989-93 01/07/04 Creighton at Illinois State 56-55 2,514-2,119 in games at Qwest Center OMAHA, 142 Nate Funk 2002-Present 03/09/03 Creighton Wichita State# 70-69 an average victory margin of 11.6 points per 132 Rod Mason 1986-88 03/08/03 Creighton Indiana State# 57-56 game. 131 Tad Ackerman 1994-96 02/22/03 at Creighton Fresno State 67-66 03/15/02 Creighton #15 Florida$ 83-82 (2OT) 3-0 The Way To Go 02/06/02 Creighton at Indiana State 64-63 Home Streaks Alive Creighton has started off 3-0 (or better) each of 12/29/99 Missouri State at Creighton 59-58 Creighton has scored at least 58 points in 130 the last eight seasons. The only other school to 12/04/99 Creighton at Baylor 77-76 (OT) straight home games, dating to a 54-45 loss to start 3-0 each of the last eight seasons is 01/17/99 Indiana State at Creighton 70-69 Illinois State on Dec. 29, 1996. 02/20/97 at Creighton Wichita State 59-58 In addition, Creighton has not lost at home Pittsburgh. 12/21/96 at Houston Creighton 74-73 Each of Creighton’s 3-0 starts under Dana 11/30/96 #24 Minnesota Creighton% 64-63 by double-digits in 145 straight contests, dating Altman have been culminated in a postseason 02/24/96 at Missouri St. Creighton 67-66 to a 75-62 loss to Bradley on Jan. 3, 1996. That tournament appearance at the end of the year. 02/17/96 Northern Iowa at Creighton 58-57 (OT) ranks as the nation’s oldest streak without a #MVC Tournament in St. Louis, Mo. double-digit home loss. $NCAA Tournament in Chicago, Ill. Finally, Creighton has scored at least 25 No TV = No Problem %San Juan Shootout, Caguas, Puerto Rico Creighton is 32-2 in its last 34 games and 40-4 points in every half of every home game since in the last four seasons in games that have not The Charge Chart Feb. 16, 2000 vs. Indiana State. That streak been televised. Prior to last season’s Jan. 12 Creighton has taken 12 charges this season spans a stretch of 165 consecutive halves at loss at Indiana State, Creighton had won 24 after averaging 46.33 over the previous three home. straight games that had not been televised, dat- seasons. Below is a list of the charges that have ing to a Jan. 23, 2003 loss at Evansville. been taken in that time: Patriot Games CU is a combined 35-23 in televised games in Name 2002-05 ‘05-06 Total Creighton's first road game, a 72-52 win at the last four seasons, including a 14-11 mark on Jimmy Motz 12 1 13 George Mason was impressive on several Johnny Mathies 11 1 12 fronts. It marked George Mason's largest home KM3. Creighton went 4-2 in games aired on Dane Watts 8 1 9 KM3 in 2002-03, 6-3 in 2003-04 and 4-5 in 2004- Anthony Tolliver 6 2 8 loss since Dec. 22, 2001 (83-56 to Delaware), a 05 on KM3-produced games. The Jays are also Nate Funk 5 2 7 span of 50 games. 18-11 in games that air regionally or nationally in Nick Porter n/a 3 3 Since 1947, Creighton had won its first true that time, including a 12-7 mark on MVC TV.

Jays Faced Largest Deficit at New Home Creighton Career Stats vs. Nebraska Creighton has fallen behind by double-digits in N a m e GP-GS FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct Reb Avg A T B S Pts Avg HI seven different home games all-time at Qwest Funk 4-3 13-34 .382 7-15 .467 8-11 .727 11 2.8 7 4 0 4 41 10.3 13 Watts 1-0 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 7 7.0 7 Center OMAHA™. CU’s largest deficit ever in Mathies 3-1 6-19 .316 1-5 .200 6-6 1.000 7 2.3 5 2 0 7 19 6.3 15 their new home was 65-49 against Kent State on Bahe* 2-0 2-3 .667 2-3 .667 0-0 --- 1 0.5 0 1 0 0 6 3.0 6 Dec. 7, 2004. Motz 4-1 4-11 .364 3-9 .333 0-0 --- 9 2.3 1 2 0 1 11 2.8 6 Creighton has not lost a game at home by Day 1-0 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 1 1.0 0 3 2 1 2 2.0 2 10 or more points since Jan. 3, 1996 (Bradley), Hibma 1-0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 2-2 1.000 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2 Tolliver 2-1 1-4 .250 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 8 4.0 0 1 0 1 2 1.0 2 a span of 144 straight home games. That ranks Totals 18-6 29-77 .377 14-34 .412 18-21 .857 41 2.3 13 13 2 14 90 5.0 15 as the nation’s oldest streak without a double- *includes Bahe’s games at Kansas vs. Nebraska road game by 20 or more points just one other Coaches--Most Wins As MVC Member--All Games 2002-03 10-0 .435 29-5 time. That came in a 79-58 triumph at UMKC on Wins Coach School(s) 2001-02 9-1 .435 23-9 Nov. 18, 1998. That 1998-99 team finished 22-9 1. 486 Oklahoma A&M 2000-01 10-1 .428 24-8 2. 337 Creighton & St. Louis 1999-00 11-0 .433 23-10 and beat Louisville in the NCAA Tournament. 3. 225 Southern Illinois 1998-99 11-0 .450 22-9 4. 221 Dana Altman Creighton 1997-98 8-1 .428 18-10 No Need For Three 1996-97 5-1 .438 15-15 After ranking fourth in the country last season in Men’s & Women’s Success 1995-96 8-4 .410 14-15 three-point percentage (41.4 percent), it only Creighton is one of four schools nationally to 1994-95 5-1 .455 7-19 Totals 95-10 -- 221-122 makes sense that the Jays fire away from down- have 19 wins in both men’s and women’s bas- town on a regular-basis. That wasn't the case on ketball in each of the last four years. That elite Jays Ink California Big Man Nov. 22 at George Mason though, when CU list consists of Connecticut, Creighton, Duke Creighton signed one player, Kenny Lawson, in launched just nine three-point attempts. That and Texas. the fall signing period. Lawson is a 6-8, 215 was the team's fewest three-point tries in 119 According to STATS Inc., Creighton is one pound power forward from Vista High School in games, dating to Jan. 2, 2002 when they took of 14 schools to place both the men’s and Vista, Calif. He averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds just eight in a 76-62 win at Illinois State. women’s basketball squads in the postseason in and six blocked shots per game as a junior. each of the last four years as well. That list con- Lawson has spent the last two summers on one Bench Points sists of Boston College, Connecticut, Creighton, of the nation’s top AAU teams, EBO. Creighton outscored its opponents bench by a Duke, Iowa, LSU, Michigan State, Notre Dame, 800-595 (+205) margin last season, and by a Oklahoma, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UNLV Ticket Information 2,633-1,738 count over the past four seasons. and Villanova. Single-game tickets are now available. Fans can Before its nine-point showing at UNI on Jan. 15, purchase tickets in advance at Qwest Center 2005, the Bluejays had scored 10 or more points ‘W’inning Edge OMAHA Box Office, the off the bench in 134 straight games (since Dec. C r e i g h t o n ’s men’s and women’s basketball Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations (Baker’s, 19, 2000 vs. Tulsa). teams have been nearly unbeatable at home in Younkers), Ticketmaster online at Creighton’s bench scored just eight points recent seasons, going a combined 128-20 in the h t t p : / / w w w. t i c k e t m a s t e r.com or by calling at DePaul on Nov. 30. That’s the fewest by the last six seasons. In fact, the men and women Ticketmaster and charging by phone at (402) Bluejay bench since it scored eight against have both lost a home game in the same month 422-1212. Only upper bowl seats will be avail- Georgia State on Dec. 9, 2000. CU has scored just twice since March, 2000. able for any game and cost is $11 for adults and eight points or more off the bench in 185 con- Creighton’s Home Records, Last Five Years Year Men Women Combined $7 for youth ages 3-18 (children two and under secutive games. 2005-06 2-0 2-0 4-0 are free). For more information, call the In Creighton’s last 13 wins, its bench has 2004-05 11-5 12-3 23-8 Creighton Ticket Office at (402) 280-JAYS. scored 353 points, an average of 27.2 per game, 2003-04 14-2 12-1 26-3 Creighton sold a school-record 10,474 sea- while shooting 48.0 percent (118-246) from the 2002-03 17-0 13-1 30-1 son tickets this season. The previous mark was field. 2001-02 12-3 11-1 23-4 2000-01 14-0 10-4 24-4 the 9,380 season-tickets bought for the 2004-05 In CU’s last five losses, the bench has 76 TOTALS 70-10 60-10 130-20 season. points, an average of 15.2 per game, while shooting 28.7 percent (25-of-87) from the floor Long-Distance Streaks Alive Shuttle Service To Qwest Center OMAHA™ off the pine. Creighton has made at least two three-point Metro Area Transit and Creighton University baskets in 365 consecutive games, including have partnered to provide shuttle bus service Postseason x 8 every game under the direction of coach Dana from the CU campus to Qwest Center OMAHA Creighton has made either the NIT or NCAA in Altman. The last time they had just one three- for all men’s basketball home games this sea- eight consecutive seasons, which is the second- pointer was a 74-70 win over Florida A&M on son. The service is available to all fans, not just longest streak of postseason bids in MVC histo- Dec. 22, 1993. Creighton students. Round-trip cost is 75 cents ry. The longest streak in MVC history was 10 Overall, Creighton has made at least one tri- for Creighton students with identification; $1.50 straight from 1966 to 1975 by Louisville. fecta in a league-best 375 straight games since for adults and 75 cents for children under the The only 19 schools to make the postsea- a 59-53 loss at Illinois St. on Feb. 20, 1993 when age of 12. son in each of the last eight years are Arizona, Rick Johnson was coach. The shuttle will start one-hour before tip-off Cincinnati, Connecticut, Creighton, Duke, and at least two buses will continue to operate Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Rule of 70 the route during the game. The five designated Michigan State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Creighton is 161-38 all-time under Dana Altman stops for pick-up around the CU campus are: State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Utah and and 63-8 in the last four seasons when holding 16th and Cuming (Tip Top building); 24th and Wake Forest. opponents under 70 points. Cuming (farside/southbound); 24th & California Altman is 33-0 in his college coaching (nearside/southbound); 20th & Cass (near- Altman Approaching Coaching Legends career when holding opponents to 50 points or side/eastbound) and 18th & Cass Dana Altman continues to approach some of less. (nearside/eastbound by ). the coaching greats in MVC history in a pair of The shuttle will then go eastbound on categories. Altman’s 221 wins at Creighton are The 40 Percent Rule Capitol Avenue and then go north up 10th Street fourth in league history, while his 123 triumphs in Since coming to Creighton, Dana A l t m a n ’s for drop-off at the Qwest Center OMAHA Arena regular-season conference games have him teams are 95-10 when holding opponents under entrance. The route is designed for each shuttle fourth in league history. Here is those lists: 40 percent from the field, including a 69-3 mark driver to make a roundtrip every 15 minutes. MVC Coaches--Most Wins In Conference Games in the last eight seasons. Following the game’s conclusion, the shuttle will Wins Coach School(s) Altman & Opponent Field Goal Percentages 1. 187 Henry Iba Oklahoma A&M start at the Qwest Center O M A H A A r e n a Year Under 40 % Season Mark W-L entrance on 10th Street and loop the original 2. 163 Eddie Hickey Creighton & St. Louis 2005-06 2-0 .409 3-2 3. 126 Kansas 2004-05 8-0 .444 23-11 route with the first of five stops at 16th & Cuming 4. 123 Dana Altman Creighton 2003-04 8-1 .428 20-9 Streets. Last Time It Happened Creighton Basketball Under Altman Category Overall 2005-06 Individual Achievements A player played a complete game A player scored 50 points C U : Ryan Sears vs. Iowa, 3/15/01 Record 221-122 3-2 C U : Bob Portman (51) vs. U W-Milwaukee, 12/16/67 O p p : Jay Straight, Wyoming, 12/18/04 Home 127-35 2-0 O p p : No record of a CU opponent scoring 50 points Away 67-72 1-2 Team Achievements Neutral 27-15 0-0 A player scored 40 points A team scored 100 points vs. MVC teams (all games) 139-80 0-0 C U : Rodney Buford (40) vs. Bradley, 12/30/98 C U : 100 vs. Chattanooga (100-68), 2/19/05 MVC Tournament 16-5 0-0 O p p : Bart Kofoed (43), Kearney State, 12/21/85 O p p : 107 by Iowa State (63-107), 12/1/93 MVC games (regular-season) 123-75 0-0 Home 74-25 0-0 A player scored 30 points A team made 35 field goals Away 49-50 0-0 C U : Nate Funk (38) vs. Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 C U : 37, Chattanooga (37-of-63), 2/19/05 Non-Conference games 98-47 3-2 O p p : Brian Roberts (34), Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 O p p : 35 by We s t e r n Kentucky (35-of-60), 12/19/01 Home 53-10 2-0 Away 18-22 1-2 A player grabbed 20 rebounds A team had 75 field goal attempts Neutral 27-15 0-0 C U : B o b Harstad (20) at Southern Illinois, 1/23/89 C U : 76, at Wyoming (33-of-76), 11 / 2 2 / 9 6 Jays shoot 50% or better 87-3 0-0 O p p : LaPhonso Ellis (24), Notre Dame, 1/30/90 O p p : 77, by Northern Iowa (27-of-77), 12/30/97 Jays shoot less than 50% 134-119 3-2 A player grabbed 15 rebounds A team shot 55 percent from the field Jays hold opponent to less than 50% 199-72 2-2 C U : Ben Walker (15) at Baylor, 12/4/99 C U : .587, Chattanooga (37-of-63), 2/19/05 Jays hold opponent to less than 40% 95-10 2-0 O p p : Jai Lewis (17), George Mason, 11 / 2 2 / 0 5 O p p : 56.0 by Evansville (28-for-50), 1/23/03 Jays outrebound opponent 139-45 1-1 Overtime games 11-8 1-0 A player had a double-double A team made 10 three-point field goals Versus AP ranked opponents 4-8 0-0 C U : Anthony Tolliver (13 pts., 10 reb.) vs. Ohio State, C U : 11, vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-of-19), 11 / 1 9 / 0 5 Games in November 33-6 3-1 11 / 2 4 / 0 4 O p p : 12, Dayton (12-of-25), 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 Games in December 52-28 0-1 O p p : Monty Scott (21 pts., 10 reb.), Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 Games in January 61-37 0-0 A team made 0 three-point field goals Games in February 57-38 0-0 A player had a triple-double C U : 0-for-5 at Illinois State, 2/20/93 Games in March 18-13 0-0 C U : Benoit Benjamin (29 pts., 12 reb., 12 blk) at Bradley, O p p : 0-for-8 by Illinois State, 12/12/99 NIT Games 0-2 0-0 2 / 2 / 8 5 NCAA Games 2-6 0-0 O p p : No record of an opponent with a triple-double A team had 25 three-point FG attempts Final margin 10 points or less 107-85 1-1 C U : 25 at Chattanooga (8-of-25), 12/6/05 Jays score 59 points or less 13-38 0-0 A player made five three-pointers O p p : 26 by Northern Iowa (7-of-26), 12/4/02 Jays score 60+ points 208-81 3-1 CU: Jimmy Motz (5-of-6), vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff , 11 / 1 9 / 0 5 A team shot 50 percent from three-point range Jays score 70+ points 156-41 3-0 O p p : Tamarius Brown (5-of-7), Arkansas-Pine Bluff , C U : .579, vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-of-19), 11 / 1 9 / 0 5 Jays score 80+ points 73-5 2-0 11 / 1 9 / 0 5 O p p : .600, Dayton (12-of-25), 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 Jays score 90+ points 25-0 1-0 Jays score 100+ points 6-0 0-0 A player made 10 free throws A team made 30 free throws Jays allow 59 points or less 86-8 2-0 C U : Nate Funk (15-18) vs. Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 C U : 33, vs. Wichita State (33-of-39), 3/6/05 Jays allow 69 points or less 160-38 2-1 O p p : Mike Manciel (11-of-16), Central Michigan, 3/20/03 O p p : 31, DePaul (31-of-39), 11 / 3 0 / 0 5 Jays allow 70+ points 57-84 1-1 Jays allow 80+ points 12-31 1-0 A player had 15 free throw attempts A team had 25 assists Jays allow 90+ points 3-3 1-0 C U : Nate Funk (15-18) vs. Dayton, 11 / 2 6 / 0 5 C U : 26, vs. Tennessee Tech (36 FGM), 12/14/02 Jays allow 100+ points 0-0 0-0 O p p : Mike Manciel (11-of-16), Central Michigan, 3/20/03 O p p : 25, by Wichita State (34 FGM), 2/6/99

A player had 10 assists A team had 15 steals C U : Tyler McKinney ( 11), vs. Missouri, 11 / 2 3 / 0 4 C U : 15 at Drake (21 DU TO), 2/14/04 Creighton’s First Points O p p : DeAndre Haynes (11 ) , Kent State, 12/7/04 O p p : 21, by Southern Illinois (31 CU TO), 2/9/95 Name Creighton’s First Points Nate Funk 2 (2-0) A player had five steals A team blocked 10 shots Anthony Tolliver 2 (1-1) C U : Tyler McKinney (5) vs. West Virginia, 3/17/05 C U : 10, vs. Wichita State, 2/17/02 Dane Watts 1 (0-1) O p p : Corey Belser (7), San Diego, 12/31/04 O p p : 14, by Nebraska, 12/7/94

A player had five blocked shots C U : J e ffrey Day (6) vs. Wichita State, 2/1/05 Opening Tip Jump Ball Summary O p p : Aliou Keita (5), Drake, 1/19/05 Name Jumps Won Jumps Lost Anthony Tolliver 3 (2-1) 2 (1-1)

Charges Taken Four-Point Plays Creighton’s First Sub (can be multiple players) Name Charges Taken Name 4-pt. Plays Name First Sub (Team W-L) Nick Porter 3 Jimmy Motz 3 (2-1) Anthony Tolliver 2 Jeffrey Day 3 (2-1) Nate Funk 2 Josh Dotzler 2 (2-0) Johnny Mathies 1 Nick Porter 1 (1-0) Dominic Bishop 1 Technical Fouls Brice Nengsu 1 (0-1) Jimmy Motz 1 Pierce Hibma 1 (0-1) Dane Watts 1 Name Technical Fouls Jeffrey Day 1 By Starting Line-up Guard Guard Guard Forward Center W-L Mathies Funk Hibma Watts Tolliver 3-0 Mathies Funk Dotzler Watts Tolliver 0-1 Mathies Porter Dotzler Watts Tolliver 0-1 2005-06 Individual Season Bests Creighton Opponent Points 38 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 34 Brian Roberts, Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Field Goals 10 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 13 Brian Roberts, Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Field Goal Attempts 21 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 24 Brian Roberts, Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Field Goal Pct. (min. 5 att) .857 Jimmy Motz vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (6-of-7), 11/19 .714 Warren Williams, Dayton (2OT), 11/26 3-pt Field Goals 5 Jimmy Motz vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 5 Tamarius Brown, Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 3-pt Field Goal Attempts 10 Jimmy Motz at Chattanooga, 12/6 8 Keddric Mays, Chattanooga, 12/6 3-pt Field Goal Pct. (min. 5 att) .833 Jimmy Motz vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (5-of-6), 11/19 .714 Tamarius Brown (5-of-7), Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Free Throws 15 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 7 Tony Skinn, George Mason, 11/22 7 , DePaul, 11/30 7 Sammy Mejia, DePaul, 11/30 Free Throw Attempts 18 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 10 Folarin Campbell, George Mason, 11/22 Free Throw Pct. (min. 5 att) .833 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT) (15-of-18), 11/26 .857 Karron Clarke, DePaul (7-of-8), 11/30 .833 Jeffrey Day vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (5-of-6), 11/19 .833 Anthony Tolliver vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (5-of-6), 11/19 .833 Johnny Mathies at DePaul (5-of-6), 11/30 Rebounds 10 Nick Porter vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 17 Jai Lewis, George Mason, 11/22 Assists 7 Josh Dotzler vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 7 Warren Williams, Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Blocked Shots 3 Anthony Tolliver vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 4 Wilson Chandler, DePaul, 11/30 Steals 4 Johnny Mathies at George Mason, 11/22 4 Timothy Hamilton, Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Minutes 45 Nate Funk vs. Dayton (2OT), 11/26 47 Brian Roberts, Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Team Highs and Lows Creighton Opponent Points 91 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 90 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Low 57 at DePaul, 11/30 52 at George Mason, 11/22 Points, Half 53 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1st), 11/19 47 at DePaul (2nd), 11/30 Low 23 at DePaul (1st), 11/30 19 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2nd), 11/19 Field Goals 29 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 33 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Low 19 at DePaul, 11/30 16 at George Mason, 11/22 Field Goal Attempts 62 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 66 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 62 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 62 at DePaul, 11/30 Low 54 at George Mason, 11/22 41 at DePaul, 11/30 Field Goal Percentage .468 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (29-of-62), 11/19 .500 Dayton (2OT) (33-of-66), 11/26 Low .306 at DePaul (19-of-62), 11/30 .291 at George Mason (16-of-55), 11/22 3-pt Field Goals 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 12 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Low 4 at George Mason, 11/22 1 at DePaul, 11/30 3-pt Field Goal Attempts 29 at DePaul, 11/30 24 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Low 9 at George Mason, 11/22 8 at DePaul, 11/30 3-pt Field Goal Percentage .579 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-of-19), 11/19 .600 Dayton (2OT) (12-of-20), 11/26 Low .172 at DePaul (5-of-29), 11/30 .125 at DePaul (1-of-8), 11/30 Free Throws Made 26 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 31 at DePaul, 11/30 Low 10 at Chattanooga, 12/6 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Free Throw Attempts 36 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 39 at DePaul, 11/30 Low 14 at Chattanooga, 12/6 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/22 Free Throw Percentage .722 Dayton (2OT) (26-of-36), 11/26 .833 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-of-6), 11/22 Low .581 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (18-of-31), 11/19 .552 at George Mason (16-of-29), 11/22 Rebounds 53 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 47 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Low 28 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 29 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Assists 20 at Chattanooga, 12/6 15 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Low 10 at DePaul, 11/30 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 11 at DePaul, 11/30 11 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Blocked Shots 6 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 7 at DePaul, 11/30 Low 1 at Chattanooga, 12/6 1 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Steals 13 at George Mason, 11/22 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Low 3 at Chattanooga, 12/6 5 at George Mason, 11/22 5 at DePaul, 11/30 Turnovers 19 at Chattanooga, 12/6 27 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Low 12 at George Mason, 11/22 12 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-1) 55 Creighton (2-0) 72 Dayton (2-2) 90 GAME 1 Creighton (1-0) 87 GAME 2 George Mason (1-2) 52 GAME 3 Creighton (3-0) 91 (2ot) Nov. 19, 2005 Qwest Center OMAHA™ Omaha, Neb. Nov. 22, 2005 Patriot Center Fairfax, Va. Nov. 26, 2005 Qwest Center OMAHA™ Omaha, Neb. Defining Moment: Creighton drained three trifectas during a 13-0 Defining Moment: Trailing 4-0 early, Creighton went on a 19-4 run Defining Moment: In a contest filled with dramatics, Creighton’s run late in the first half to take a 53-36 halftime lead. and led by five or more the rest of the game. Nate Funk drove the lane and hit the game-winning shot with 5.7 Key Stats: Creighton has led wire-to-wire in four straight season Key Stats: The loss was George Mason’s worst at home since Dec. seconds left in double-overtime. Funk scored a career-best 38 openers. Jimmy Motz had a career-best 17 points in 16 minutes. 22, 2001, a span of 50 home games. Creighton’s bench outscored points, including 15 in the overtime sessions. the George Mason bench 32-6. Key Stats: All four of Nate Funk’s scores in double-overtime put ARK.-PINE BLUFFfg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Creighton ahead. He scored seven points in the second OT. William Byrd ...... 2-9 0-2 2-2 4 2 6 1 2 3 0 32 CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Creighton is 9-1 in its last 10 double-overtime games. V’Angelo Smith . . . .0-3 0-1 0-0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 11 Dane Watts ...... 3-5 0-0 2-2 5 1 8 0 1 0 1 23 Jarvis Gunter . . . . .4-9 0-0 1-2 5 3 9 0 2 1 3 18 Anthony Tolliver . . .1-4 0-0 2-4 3 3 4 0 1 1 2 13 DAYTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Martese Coleman . .1-4 0-2 0-0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 26 Nate Funk ...... 6-14 0-2 0-1 6 1 12 0 2 0 1 29 Monty Scott . . . . .7-16 3-6 4-4 10 5 21 2 2 2 0 32 Tamarius Brown . .8-13 5-7 0-0 3 1 21 3 1 1 2 29 Johnny Mathies . .4-12 0-2 4-4 7 3 12 3 3 1 4 22 Norman Plummer . .2-3 1-1 1-2 8 3 6 0 2 0 1 27 Jason Frierson . . . .0-4 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 16 Pierce Hibma . . . . .1-2 0-0 2-2 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 16 James Cripe ...... 1-3 0-0 1-3 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 21 Phillip Brooks . . . . .1-2 0-1 0-0 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 11 Jeffrey Day ...... 0-2 0-0 3-4 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 23 Brian Roberts . . .13-24 4-7 4-4 2 4 34 4 5 0 1 47 Torian Noel ...... 2-5 2-3 2-2 0 3 8 1 1 0 0 9 Nick Porter ...... 4-8 0-1 4-6 4 1 12 1 1 0 0 23 Warren Williams . . .5-7 3-4 0-0 2 4 13 7 8 0 1 44 Virgil Young ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 Dominic Bishop . . .0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Charles Little . . . . .0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 Timothy Hamilton . .2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 4 1 1 0 4 14 Dustin Sitzmann . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Logan White ...... 2-3 1-2 0-0 2 5 5 0 3 1 0 21 Larry Williams . . . . .1-5 1-3 0-0 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 16 Josh Dotzler ...... 3-4 2-2 0-0 3 4 8 5 3 0 3 27 Desmond Adedeji . .0-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 Marcelle Goins . . . .0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Brice Nengsu . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Marques Bennett . .0-1 0-0 2-2 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 16 Team Rebounds . . . . 3 Jimmy Motz ...... 2-2 2-2 0-0 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 15 Chris Alvarez . . . . .3-6 0-0 0-0 3 5 6 0 2 1 1 25 Totals ...... 21-62 8-24 5-6 29 25 55 11 15 6 11 200 Steve Smith ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 Jimmy Binnie . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .339 .333 .833 Team Rebounds . . . . 5 Team Rebounds . . . . 4 2 Totals ...... 25-54 4-9 18-25 40 21 72 14 12 3 13 200 Totals ...... 33-66 12-20 12-15 47 33 90 15 27 6 8 250 CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min .463 .444 .720 .500 .600 .800 Dane Watts ...... 7-10 1-2 0-1 7 3 15 2 0 0 0 22 Anthony Tolliver . . .3-6 0-0 5-6 9 1 11 4 3 2 0 17 GEORGE MASON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Nate Funk ...... 6-10 2-4 0-0 5 1 14 1 1 0 2 26 Will Thomas ...... 3-6 0-0 0-6 5 1 6 1 0 1 0 24 Dane Watts ...... 2-5 1-1 0-0 3 3 5 0 3 1 1 31 Johnny Mathies . . .0-4 0-0 1-2 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 17 Jai Lewis ...... 3-11 0-1 1-2 17 4 7 0 2 0 2 35 Anthony Tolliver . .4-11 0-1 2-3 6 5 10 2 2 3 1 28 Pierce Hibma . . . . .0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 18 Tony Skinn ...... 3-13 1-5 7-9 6 3 14 3 4 0 1 34 Nate Funk ...... 10-21 3-8 15-18 6 0 38 2 1 1 3 45 Jeffrey Day ...... 2-7 0-0 5-6 3 0 9 2 1 0 0 16 Lamar Butler ...... 1-9 1-5 2-2 1 2 5 3 4 1 0 29 Johnny Mathies . .8-12 3-4 5-8 1 4 24 0 1 0 3 42 Nick Porter ...... 3-7 1-2 2-5 10 1 9 2 4 0 1 17 Folarin Campbell . .3-9 2-4 6-10 2 4 14 3 3 1 1 35 Pierce Hibma . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 Dominic Bishop . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 Jordan Carter . . . . .1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Jeffrey Day ...... 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 15 Dustin Sitzmann . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Makan Konate . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nick Porter ...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 14 Josh Dotzler ...... 0-4 0-1 3-5 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 22 Gabe Norwood . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 Josh Dotzler ...... 2-5 0-1 2-3 1 2 6 7 1 0 3 41 Brice Nengsu . . . . .2-5 2-3 0-0 4 2 6 0 1 0 0 14 Tim Burns ...... 1-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 Jimmy Motz ...... 2-5 2-5 0-0 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 23 Jimmy Motz ...... 6-7 5-6 0-0 2 1 17 0 0 0 0 16 Charles Makings . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Team Rebounds . . . . 5 Steve Smith ...... 0-1 0-0 1-4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 Chris Fleming . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals ...... 28-62 9-20 26-36 28 20 91 13 15 6 11 250 Team Rebounds . . . . 4 Sammy Hernandez .1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 .452 .450 .722 Totals ...... 29-62 11-19 18-31 53 13 87 18 15 3 6 200 Team Rebounds . . . . 4 .468 .579 .581 Totals ...... 16-55 4-18 16-29 40 18 52 12 16 3 5 200 Officials: Steve Morris, Frank Spencer, Dave Draucker. .291 .222 .552 Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 14,880 Officials: Steve Morris, Greg Webb, Richard Grimshaw. Team 1st 2nd OT 2OT Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Dead Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 12,535 Officials: James Luckie, Mike Wood, Robert Donato. Dayton 31 40 10 9 90 .423 .560 .500 1 Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 3,119 Creighton 31 40 10 10 91 .407 .542 .452 4 Ark.-Pine Bluff 36 19 55 .448 .242 .339 1, 1 Team 1st 2nd OT Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Creighton 53 34 87 .463 .476 .468 4 Creighton 36 36 72 .458 .467 .463 3 George Mason 26 26 52 .333 .258 .291 5

Creighton (3-1) 57 Creighton (3-2) 64 GAME 4 DePaul (2-2) 72 GAME 5 Chattanooga (2-5) 69 LAST YEAR Nov. 30, 2005 Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. Dec. 6, 2005 The McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tenn. CREIGHTON AT NEBRASKA Defining Moment: After Creighton closed to within 36-32 with 10:30 Defining Moment: Trailing 62-59 with four minutes to play, left, DePaul went on an 11-0 run to put the game away. Chattanooga closed the game on a 10-2 run en route to victory. Creighton (8-1) 50 Key Stat: DePaul scored 28 points in the final 8:04, making 26-of- Key Stats: Creighton had a season-high 19 turnovers, including 13 GAME 9 Nebraska (3-3) 48 31 free throws down the stretch. in the second half. CU played without injured starters Nate Funk and Dec. 11, 2004 Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Neb. Pierce Hibma, ending a streak of 257 straight games with an Iowan CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min in the starting line-up. Defining Moment: Creighton’s Kellen Miliner hit a 15-foot jumper Dane Watts ...... 2-4 1-1 0-1 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 13 from the left wing with 0.7 seconds left to break a 48-48 tie. Anthony Tolliver . .5-10 0-0 7-9 8 2 17 1 1 0 0 29 CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Key Stats: Dana Altman is now 33-0 as a head coach when his Nate Funk ...... 5-12 2-8 1-3 4 4 13 0 4 0 1 30 Dane Watts ...... 2-7 1-3 2-2 6 1 7 1 0 0 1 22 teams surrender 50 points or less to an opponent. Creighton has now Johnny Mathies . .1-10 0-5 5-6 3 3 7 2 2 0 0 31 Anthony Tolliver . . .3-5 0-1 1-1 6 5 7 3 2 1 0 23 won six of the last seven meetings with Nebraska. Josh Dotzler ...... 3-8 1-3 0-0 2 2 7 5 2 0 3 34 Nick Porter ...... 5-9 1-1 0-2 2 4 11 2 5 0 0 28 Jeffrey Day ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 10 Johnny Mathies . .3-13 0-5 2-2 7 3 8 4 3 0 0 28 CREIGHTON fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Nick Porter ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Josh Dotzler ...... 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 4 3 7 4 0 1 33 Jimmy Motz ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 27 Dominic Bishop . . .1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Jeffrey Day ...... 2-2 0-0 1-1 4 1 5 1 1 0 1 14 Anthony Tolliver . . .1-4 0-0 0-0 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 23 Pierce Hibma . . . . .0-1 0-1 1-2 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 13 Dominic Bishop . . .3-4 1-2 1-2 1 0 8 1 3 0 0 15 Nate Funk ...... 4-13 1-4 4-5 5 1 13 3 0 0 1 36 Brice Nengsu . . . . .0-1 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 Dustin Sitzmann . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kellen Miliner . . . .7-13 4-7 2-2 1 1 20 1 2 0 1 31 Jimmy Motz . . . . .1-10 1-8 0-0 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 24 Brice Nengsu . . . . .0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 Tyler McKinney . . . .1-6 0-4 0-0 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 36 Team Rebounds . . . . 6 Jimmy Motz . . . . .4-11 4-10 3-4 3 2 15 0 0 0 0 23 Jeffrey Day ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 2 0 3 2 1 12 Totals ...... 19-62 5-29 14-21 36 29 57 10 14 2 6 200 Team Rebounds . . . . 3 1 Dennis Howard . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .306 .172 .667 Totals ...... 23-55 8-25 10-14 36 20 64 20 19 1 3 200 Johnny Mathies . . .0-3 0-1 2-2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 .418 .320 .714 Pierce Hibma . . . . .0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 DEPAUL fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Dane Watts ...... 2-4 1-2 2-2 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 17 Karron Clarke . . . . .2-4 0-1 6-7 6 1 10 2 1 0 1 36 CHATTANOOGA fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Team Rebounds . . . . 7 1 Wilson Chandler . .5-10 0-1 7-9 8 3 17 0 5 4 0 33 Alphonso Pugh . . .5-13 2-4 0-1 8 1 12 3 0 0 1 38 Totals ...... 16-47 6-19 12-13 32 22 50 8 9 2 3 200 Marlon Brumfield . .0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 Charles Anderson . .2-3 0-0 2 4 4 6 1 2 0 0 19 .340 .316 .923 Jabari Currie ...... 3-5 1-1 2-4 2 1 9 0 4 0 0 23 Keddric Mays . . . .4-10 3-8 2-2 0 0 13 2 1 0 3 32 Sammy Mejia . . . . .4-8 0-3 7-9 6 4 15 5 4 1 1 26 Ricky Hood ...... 4-6 1-1 2-2 4 2 11 1 3 0 1 25 NEBRASKA fg-a 3fg-a ft-a reb pf pts ast to blk stl min Rashad Woods . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Casey Long . . . . .6-15 1-6 3-6 4 3 16 4 2 1 2 34 Aleks Maric ...... 3-5 0-0 0-2 7 2 6 0 3 0 0 15 Draelon Burns . . . .0-2 0-0 3-4 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 17 Omar Johnson . . . .1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 Jason Dourisseau . .3-8 1-2 0-2 7 0 7 1 1 1 0 33 Wesley Green . . . . .2-4 0-0 4-4 2 3 8 1 0 1 3 20 Jaycen Herring . . . .2-5 0-1 3-6 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 22 Joe McCray ...... 1-5 0-2 1-3 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 26 Cliff Clinkscales . . .2-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 16 Nicchaeus Doaks . .0-1 0-0 2-2 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 18 Marcus Neal Jr. . .5-13 4-6 0-0 4 2 14 3 1 0 1 36 Marcus Heard . . . . .0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Khalil Hartwell . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jake Muhleisen . . .0-6 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 32 Lorenzo Thompson 2-4 0-2 0-0 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 12 Team Rebounds . . . . 3 Charles Richardson Jr. 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Team Rebounds . . . . 3 1 Totals ...... 24-55 7-20 14-21 34 14 69 11 12 1 7 200 Wes Wilkinson . . . .3-5 2-2 0-1 6 4 8 0 2 2 0 24 Totals ...... 20-41 1-8 31-39 36 18 72 11 19 7 5 200 .436 .350 .667 Bronsen Schliep . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .488 .125 .795 John Turek ...... 2-6 0-0 6-10 5 4 10 0 2 4 0 27 Officials: Sid Rodeheffer, Mark Mayhood, Darron George. Tony Wilbrand . . . . .0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Officials: Curtis Shaw, J.D. Collins, Steve Olson. Technical Fouls: None. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 3,518 Team Rebounds . . . . 3 1 Attendance: 7,902 Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Totals ...... 17-48 7-14 7-19 39 16 48 7 12 8 2 200 Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Creighton 32 32 64 .429 .407 .418 1 .354 .500 .368 Creighton 23 34 57 .321 .294 .306 3 Chattanooga 33 36 69 .500 .379 .436 3 DePaul 25 47 72 .455 .526 .488 4 Officials: Ron Berkholtz, Steve Morris, Dave Draucker. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 13,602 (sellout) Team 1st 2nd Total 1stFG% 2ndFG% Total% Deadball Creighton 18 32 50 .259 .450 .340 0 Nebraska 22 26 48 .333 .375 .354 4 Game-by-Game Comparisons D a t e O p p o n e n t 1 s t 2 n d S c o r e M a r Tot FG FG Pct FG (1st) FG (2nd) 3 - P o i n t e r s 3FG Pct 11 / 1 9 A R K - P I N E B L U F F 5 3 / 3 6 3 4 / 1 9 8 7 / 5 5 + 3 2 2 9 - 6 2 / 2 1 - 6 2 . 4 6 8 / . 3 3 9 1 9 - 4 1 / 1 3 - 2 9 1 0 - 2 1 / 8 - 3 3 11 - 1 9 / 8 - 2 4 . 5 7 9 / . 3 3 3 11 / 2 2 George Mason 3 6 / 2 6 3 6 / 2 6 7 2 / 5 2 + 2 0 2 5 - 5 4 / 1 6 - 5 5 . 4 6 3 / . 2 9 1 11 - 2 4 / 8 - 2 4 1 4 - 3 0 / 8 - 3 1 4 - 9 / 4 - 1 8 . 4 4 4 / . 2 2 2 11 / 2 6 D AY TO N 3 1 / 3 1 4 0 / 4 0 9 1 / 9 0 (2ot) +1 2 8 - 6 2 / 3 3 - 6 6 . 4 5 2 / . 5 0 0 11 - 2 7 / 11 - 2 6 1 3 - 2 4 / 1 4 - 2 5 9 - 2 0 / 1 2 - 2 0 . 4 5 0 / . 6 0 0 11 / 3 0 D e P a u l 2 3 / 2 5 3 4 / 4 7 5 7 / 7 2 ( - 1 5 ) 1 9 - 6 2 / 2 0 - 4 1 . 3 0 6 / . 4 8 8 9 - 2 8 / 1 0 - 2 2 1 0 - 3 4 / 1 0 - 1 9 5 - 2 9 / 1 - 8 . 1 7 2 / . 1 2 5 1 2 / 0 6 C h a t t a n o o g a 3 2 / 3 3 3 2 / 3 6 6 4 / 6 9 ( - 5 ) 2 3 - 5 5 / 2 4 - 5 5 . 4 1 8 / . 4 3 6 1 2 - 2 8 / 1 3 - 2 6 11 - 2 7 / 11 - 2 9 8 - 2 5 / 7 - 2 0 . 3 2 0 / . 3 5 0 1 2 / 11 N E B R A S K A 1 2 / 1 8 X AV I E R 1 2 / 2 1 N O R F O L K S TAT E 1 2 / 2 8 M I S S O U R I S TAT E 1 2 / 3 1 Illinois State 0 1 / 0 2 B r a d l e y

D a t e O p p o n e n t Free Throws FT % O f f R e b Def Reb R e b M a r A s s i s t s TO v e r s B l o c k s S t e a l s F o u l s 11 / 1 9 A R K - P I N E B L U F F 1 8 - 3 1 / 5 - 6 . 5 8 1 / . 8 3 3 2 0 / 8 3 3 / 2 1 5 3 / 2 9 + 2 4 1 8 / 11 1 5 / 1 5 3 / 6 6 / 11 1 3 / 2 5 11 / 2 2 George Mason 1 8 - 2 5 / 1 6 - 2 9 . 7 2 0 / . 5 5 2 9 / 1 6 3 1 / 2 4 4 0 / 4 0 - - - 1 4 / 1 2 1 2 / 1 6 3 / 3 1 3 / 5 2 1 / 1 8 11 / 2 6 D AY TO N 2 6 - 3 6 / 1 2 - 1 5 . 7 2 2 / . 8 0 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 5 / 2 7 2 8 / 4 7 ( - 1 9 ) 1 3 / 1 5 1 5 / 2 7 6 / 6 11 / 8 2 0 / 3 3 11 / 3 0 D e P a u l 1 4 - 2 1 / 3 1 - 3 9 . 6 6 7 / . 7 9 5 1 9 / 8 1 7 / 2 8 3 6 / 3 6 - - - 1 0 / 11 1 4 / 1 9 2 / 7 6 / 5 2 9 / 1 8 1 2 / 0 6 C h a t t a n o o g a 1 0 - 1 4 / 1 4 - 2 1 . 7 1 4 / . 6 6 7 1 0 / 9 2 6 / 2 5 3 6 / 3 4 + 2 2 0 / 11 1 9 / 1 2 1 / 1 3 / 7 2 0 / 1 4 1 2 / 11 N E B R A S K A 1 2 / 1 8 X AV I E R 1 2 / 2 1 N O R F O L K S TAT E 1 2 / 2 8 M I S S O U R I S TAT E 1 2 / 3 1 Illinois State 0 1 / 0 2 B r a d l e y

Game-by-Game Plus/Minus Chart The plus/minus figure is a comparison of the Bluejays' points scored (plus) vs. their points allowed (minus) while a specific player is on the floor. For example, if Jimmy Motz enters the game in the first half with Creighton trailing by three and he departs two minutes later with the Jays ahead by four, he earns a +7 for that stint. These results are tabulated for every player at the conclusion of each game, and also expressed cumulatively. G a m e F i n a l D a y P o r t e r B i s h o p S i t z m a n n F u n k M a t h i e s D o t z l e r H i b m a G a k o u N e n g s u M o t z To l l i v e r Wa t t s S m i t h Ark.-Pine Bluff W 87-55 + 1 7 + 1 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 3 + 1 7 + 2 6 + 1 5 I N E L I G + 9 + 2 1 + 11 + 8 + 4 George Mason W 72-52 + 11 + 8 + 1 ( - 1 ) + 1 8 + 1 7 + 7 + 1 0 I N E L I G + 1 + 6 + 11 + 1 3 ( - 2 ) D a y t o n W 91-90 ( - 8 ) ( - 2 ) D N P D N P + 3 + 4 ( - 3 ) ( - 6 ) I N E L I G D N P + 1 8 + 8 ( - 9 ) D N P D e P a u l L 5 7 - 7 2 ( - 1 6 ) ( - 9 ) ( - 1 0 ) D N P ( - 9 ) + 2 ( - 11 ) ( - 2 1 ) I N E L I G ( - 3 ) ( - 5 ) + 5 + 2 D N P C h a t t a n o o g a L 6 4 - 6 9 ( - 3 ) ( - 2 ) + 2 ( - 1 ) I N J ( - 5 ) ( - 1 2 ) I N J I N E L I G + 4 ( - 3 ) + 3 ( - 8 ) I N J N e b r a s k a X a v i e r Norfolk State Missouri State Illinois State B r a d l e y TO TA L + 1 + 9 ( - 5 ) + 1 + 2 5 + 3 5 + 7 ( - 2 ) 0 + 11 + 3 7 + 3 8 + 6 + 2 #1 • Jeffrey Day #3 • Nick Porter 6-9 • 235 • C • Sr. • Seattle. Wash. 6-3 • 215 • G • Jr. • Las Vegas, Nev. • One of Creighton’s first big men off the • Came off the bench in CU’s first four bench. games before making first career start at • Had season-best nine points in season- Chattanooga (Dec. 6). opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. • Became CU’s first player since at least 19). 1975 to debut with 10 rebounds when he • Team’s top shot blocker, he led the team did it against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. with 51 rejections last season. 19). • Has smooth touch at the free throw line • Also had nine points in season-opening for a big man and is a career 70.8 percent shooter at the win over the Golden Lions. stripe. • Had 12 points and four rebounds at George Mason, • Played the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons at the tying for team-high scoring honors. University of Washington. • Had 11 points in first start at Chattanooga on 5-of-9 shooting (Dec. 6). • Missed all of last season due to knee surgery. • Was a junior college teammate of Brice Nengsu (who was redshirting) in 2003-04 at Compton Community College.

#1 Jeffrey Day Game-by-Game Stats #3 Nick Porter Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF 16 2-7 .286 0-0 --- 5-6 .833 1-2-3 2 1 0 0 9 ARK-PINE BLUFF 17 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 2-5 .400 3-7-10 2 4 0 1 9 George Mason 23 0-2 .000 0-0 --- 3-4 .750 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 3 George Mason 23 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 2-2-4 1 1 0 0 12 DAYTON 15 0-2 .000 0-0 --- 1-2 .500 2-0-2 1 2 1 0 1 DAYTON 14 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 1-2 .500 0-1-1 0 4 0 0 1 DePaul 10 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-1-1 0 2 2 0 2 DePaul 8 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Chattanooga 14 2-2 1.000 0-0 --- 1-1 1.000 1-3-4 1 1 0 1 5 Chattanooga• 28 5-9 .556 1-1 1.000 0-2 .000 0-2-2 2 5 0 0 11 NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#1 Jeffrey Day SEASON CAREER (includes Washington) #3 Nick Porter SEASON CAREER Points 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 20 at Missouri State, 1/29/05 Points 12 at George Mason, 11/22 Same Rebounds 4 at Chattanooga, 12/6 9 Montana State, 11/24/02 Rebounds 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FG 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 6 (2x) last Wyoming 12/18/04 FG 5 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same FGA 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 13 Montana State, 11/24/02 FGA 9 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same 3FG 2 Oregon State, 2/20/03 3FG 1 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 1 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 3FGA 2 (2x) last at Washington State, 3/1/03 3FGA 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FT 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 10 at Missouri State, 1/29/05 FT 4 at George Mason, 11/22 Same FTA 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 12 at Missouri State, 1/29/05 FTA 6 at George Mason, 11/22 Same Assists 2 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 4 (2x) last Arkansas State, 11/20/04 Assists 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 Steals 1 at Chattanooga, 12/6 2 (8x) last vs. Wichita State, 3/6/05 Steals 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Blocks 2 at DePaul, 11/30 6 Wichita State, 2/1/05 Blocks Minutes 23 at George Mason, 11/22 34 at Gonzaga, 12/2/02 Minutes 28 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same #4 • Dominic Bishop #5 • Dustin Sitzmann 6-0 • 170 • G • Jr. • Buffalo, N.Y. 6-0 • 175 • G • Fr. • LeMars, Iowa • A back-up guard who gives Creighton • Walk-on guard who runs the scout team depth in the backcourt. in practice. • Team’s only left-handed player. • Redshirted during the 2004-05 season. • Had two points and a rebound in three • Played two minutes in season-opening minutes at DePaul (Nov. 30). win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 19). • Scored career-high eight points at • Also played one minute at George Chattanooga (Dec. 6). Mason (Nov. 22). • Led Brown Mackie to the NJCAA • Played at the end of both halves in game Division II national title last season, as team finished 35-1. at Chattanooga (Dec. 6). • First name pronounced DOM-in-ick. • Last name is pronounced SITS-man.

#4 Dominic Bishop Game-by-Game Stats #5 Dustin Sitzmann Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF 6 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 1 2 0 0 0 ARK-PINE BLUFF 2 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 George Mason 2 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 1-2 .500 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 1 George Mason 1 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 DAYTON Did Not Play DAYTON Did Not Play DePaul 3 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 2 DePaul Did Not Play Chattanooga 15 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-1-1 1 3 0 0 8 Chattanooga 1 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#4 Dominic Bishop SEASON CAREER #5 Dustin Sitzmann SEASON CAREER Points 8 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same Points Rebounds 1 (3x) at at Chattanooga, 12/6 1 (3x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 Rebounds FG 3 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same FG FGA 4 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same FGA 3FG 1 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same 3FG 3FGA 2 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same 3FGA FT 1 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 1 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 FT FTA 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 FTA Assists 1 (3x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 1 (3x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 Assists Steals Steals Blocks Blocks Minutes 15 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same Minutes 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same #10 • Nate Funk #11 • Johnny Mathies 6-3 • 205 • G • Sr. • Sioux City, Iowa 6-0 • 170 • G • Sr. • Louisville, Ky. • Preseason all-MVC pick and preseason third- • Team’s quickest player has started every team All-American by Street & Smith’s. game in the CU backcourt this season. • Had a career-high 38 points in double-over- • Team’s second-leading scorer to date, time win over Dayton (Nov. 26), including the he had a career-high 24 points in the dou- game-winning basket with 5.7 seconds left. ble-overtime win over Dayton (Nov. 26). • Had nine different scores that tied the game or put CU ahead against Dayton, including four • Made 8-of-12 shots and five free throws such scores in the second overtime. against the Flyers while playing a career- • His 38 points were a Qwest Center best 42 minutes. OMAHA™ record, and ranks 12th in CU single-game history. • Named MVP of the 2005 State Farm MVC Tournament. • Named MVC Player of the Week on Nov. 28. • Team’s only player to score in double-figures every game played in this season. • Ranks among the top 25 scorers in Creighton history. • Ranks seventh in CU history with 142 career three-pointers. • Had a streak of 22 straight free throws snapped when he missed his first attempt of the year. • Missed Dec. 6 game at Chattanooga due to injury and is ques- tionable for upcoming games. • As a junior, led team in scoring and rebounds while being named first-team all-MVC and first-team all-district. • As a sophomore, led team in scoring and assists. • Only freshman to play on Creighton’s 2002-03 team that went 29-5. • Hails from the same hometown as guard and Northern Iowa sharpshooter Ben Jacobson.

#10 Nate Funk Game-by-Game Stats #11 Johnny Mathies Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF• 26 6-10 .600 2-4 .500 0-0 --- 1-4-5 1 1 0 2 14 ARK-PINE BLUFF• 17 0-4 .000 0-0 --- 1-2 .500 2-2-4 2 1 0 1 1 George Mason• 29 6-14 .429 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 2-4-6 0 2 0 1 12 George Mason• 22 4-12 .333 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 0-7-7 3 3 1 4 12 DAYTON• 4510-21 .476 3-8 .37515-18 .833 2-4-6 2 1 1 3 38 DAYTON• 42 8-12 .667 3-4 .750 5-8 .625 0-1-1 0 1 0 3 24 DePaul• 30 5-12 .417 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 2-2-4 0 4 0 1 13 DePaul• 31 1-10 .100 0-5 .000 5-6 .833 2-1-3 2 2 0 0 7 Chattanooga Did Not Play -- Injured Chattanooga• 28 3-13 .231 0-5 .000 2-2 1.000 3-4-7 4 3 0 0 8 NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#10 Nate Funk SEASON CAREER #11 Johnny Mathies SEASON CAREER Points 38 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same Points 24 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same Rebounds 6 (2x) last Dayton (2OT), 11/26 9 (2x) last Missouri State, 2/5/05 Rebounds 7 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 7 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 FG 10 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 11 Illinois State (OT), 1/22/05 FG 8 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same FGA 21 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same FGA 13 at Chattanooga, 12/6 14 (3x) vs. Missouri State, 3/7/05 3FG 3 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 5 (2x) last Chattanooga, 2/19/05 3FG 3 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 4 Evansville, 2/22/05 3FGA 8 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30 8 (5x) last at DePaul, 11/30/05 3FGA 5 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 7 at Northern Iowa, 1/14/04 FT 15 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same FT 5 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30 13 vs. Wichita State, 3/6/05 FTA 18 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same FTA 8 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 15 vs. Wichita State, 3/6/05 Assists 2 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 7 Missouri State, 12/30/03 Assists 4 at Chattanooga, 12/6 7 (2x) last Chattanooga, 2/19/05 Steals 3 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 3 (4x) last Dayton (2OT), 11/26/05 Steals 4 at George Mason, 11/22 4 (4x) last at George Mason, 11/22/05 Blocks 1 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 2 (4x) last Drake, 1/19/05 Blocks 1 at George Mason, 11/22 1 (8x) last at George Mason, 11/22/05 Minutes 45 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same Minutes 42 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same #12 • Josh Dotzler #20 • Pierce Hibma 6-1 • 190 • G • Fr. • Bellevue, Neb. 6-5 • 205 • G • So. • Pella, Iowa • True freshman who moved into the start- • Former walk-on who has a nose for the ing line-up in his fourth game, at DePaul ball and is one of the squads most tena- (Nov. 30). cious players. • Leads team in assists and steals. • Started the first three games but came • Had eight points, five assists, three off the bench at DePaul (Nov. 30) steals and three rebounds at George • Missed the Chattanooga game (Dec. 6) Mason in first road game (Nov. 22). due to a knee injury suffered in practice. • Had six points, and seven assists in 41 • Hails from the same hometown of former minutes off the bench against Dayton (Nov. 26). Creighton All-American Kyle Korver, he was a prep team- • Had seven more assists against Chattanooga (Dec. 6). mate of Kyle’s brother Klayton (now at Drake). • His seven assists against Dayton were the most by a CU freshman since Ryan Sears in 1998. • Had seven points, five rebounds and three steals in his first career start at DePaul (Nov. 30). • Hails from the south Omaha suburb of Bellevue. • Two-time Nebraska state player of the year, when he verballed as a sophomore he was CU’s earliest commit ever.

#12 Josh Dotzler Game-by-Game Stats #20 Pierce Hibma Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF 22 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 0-2-2 2 2 0 1 3 ARK-PINE BLUFF• 18 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 1 George Mason 27 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 0-0 --- 0-3-3 5 3 0 3 8 George Mason• 16 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 2-2 1.000 0-2-2 2 1 0 1 4 DAYTON 41 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 0-1-1 7 1 0 3 6 DAYTON• 11 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 DePaul• 34 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 0-0 --- 0-2-2 5 2 0 3 7 DePaul 13 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-2-2 0 1 0 1 1 Chattanooga• 33 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 0-2-2 7 4 0 1 3 Chattanooga Did Not Play -- Injured NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#12 Josh Dotzler SEASON CAREER #20 Pierce Hibma SEASON CAREER Points 8 at George Mason, 11/22 Same Points 4 at George Mason, 11/22 13 High Point, 12/4/04 Rebounds 3 at George Mason, 11/22 Same Rebounds 2 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30 4 at San Diego, 12/31/04 FG 3 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30 3 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30 FG 1 at George Mason, 11/22 6 High Point, 12/4/04 FGA 8 at DePaul, 11/30 Same FGA 2 at George Mason, 11/22 7 High Point, 12/4/04 3FG 2 at George Mason, 11/22 Same 3FG 3 Chattanooga, 2/19/05 3FGA 3 at DePaul, 11/30 Same 3FGA 1 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30 3 Chattanooga, 2/19/05 FT 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FT 2 at George Mason, 11/22 4 Northern Iowa, 2/9/05 FTA 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FTA 2 (3x) last at DePaul, 11/30 4 (2x) last Northern Iowa, 2/9/05 Assists 7 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 7 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 Assists 2 (2x) last at G. Mason, 11/22 4 Drake, 1/29/05 Steals 3 (3x) last at DePaul, 11/30 3 (3x) last at DePaul, 11/30 Steals 1 (3x) last at DePaul, 11/30 1 (12x) last at DePaul, 11/30/05 Blocks Blocks 1 vs. Wichita State, 3/6/05 Minutes 41 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same Minutes 18 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 25 High Point, 12/4/04 #21 • Manourou Gakou #24 • Brice Nengsu 6-8 • 282 • C • Jr. • Paris, France 6-5 • 195 • G • So. • Nkongsamba, Cameroon • Has not yet played while serving a • Had six points and four rebounds in seven-game suspension dating to involve- debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. ment with a club team in France while in 19). high school. • Is just the fourth foreign player to ever • Becomes eligible to play for Dec. 21 suit up for Creighton, and first since Livan against Norfolk State. Pyfrom in 2001. • Will become Creighton’s fifth-ever for- • Name is pronounced BREES • NEN-sue. eign player, and first from France. • Goes by “Manny”, his full name is pronounced MAN-uh- roo • GAK-ew.

#21 Manourou Gakou Game-by-Game Stats #24 Brice Nengsu Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF Did Not Play -- Ineligible ARK-PINE BLUFF 14 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 0-0 --- 2-2-4 0 1 0 0 6 George Mason Did Not Play -- Ineligible George Mason 2 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 DAYTON Did Not Play -- Ineligible DAYTON Did Not Play DePaul Did Not Play -- Ineligible DePaul 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Chattanooga Did Not Play -- Ineligible Chattanooga 13 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#21 Manny Gakou SEASON CAREER #24 Brice Nengsu SEASON CAREER Points Points 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Rebounds Rebounds 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FG FG 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FGA FGA 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same 3FG 3FG 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same 3FGA 3FGA 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FT FT FTA FTA Assists Assists 1 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same Steals Steals 1 at DePaul, 11/30 Same Blocks Blocks Minutes Minutes 14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same #30 • Jimmy Motz #44 • Anthony Tolliver 6-7 • 225 • F • Sr. • Lincoln, Neb. 6-9 • 245 • C • Jr. • Springfield, Mo. • One of Creighton’s first big men off the • Has started every game this season and bench, he provides the potential for is team’s top rebounder. instant offense. • Is making a case for the team’s most • Opened the season with a career-best improved player role. 17 points on 5-of-6 shooting from long- • Had 10 points, six rebounds and three range against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. blocked shots in double-overtime win over 19). Dayton (Nov. 26). • Followed it up with 2-of-2 showing from • Has already scored 10 or more points deep at George Mason (Nov. 22). three times in four games, compared to twice in his first • Despite off-shooting night, had career-high six rebounds 61 career contests. at DePaul (Nov. 30). • Had eight rebounds and a career-high 17 points at • Hit four trifectas at Chattanooga (Dec. 6) while leading DePaul (Nov. 30). team with 15 points. • Had career-high four assists in season-opening win over • Had made a three-pointer in 13 straight games. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 19). • Set a Creighton single-season record last season by • An honorable-mention MVC Scholar-Athlete choice last making 48.6 percent of his shots from long-range, break- season. ing the mark formerly held by Kyle Korver. • A fifth-year senior who played on Creighton’s 2001-02 team that won a share of the MVC title and beat #15 Florida in the NCAA Tournament. • Last name is pronounced MOATS.

#30 Jimmy Motz Game-by-Game Stats #44 Anthony Tolliver Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF 16 6-7 .857 5-6 .833 0-0 --- 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 17 ARK-PINE BLUFF• 17 3-6 .500 0-0 --- 5-6 .833 4-5-9 4 3 2 0 11 George Mason 15 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 --- 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 6 George Mason• 13 1-4 .250 0-0 --- 2-4 .500 1-2-3 0 1 1 2 4 DAYTON 23 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 0-0 --- 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 6 DAYTON• 28 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 4-2-6 2 2 3 1 10 DePaul 24 1-10 .100 1-8 .125 0-0 --- 2-4-6 2 1 0 0 3 DePaul• 29 5-10 .500 0-0 --- 7-9 .778 5-3-8 1 1 0 0 17 Chattanooga 23 4-11 .364 4-10 .400 3-4 .750 0-3-3 0 0 0 0 15 Chattanooga• 23 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 2-4-6 3 2 1 0 7 NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#30 Jimmy Motz SEASON CAREER #44 Anthony Tolliver SEASON CAREER Points 17 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Points 17 at DePaul, 11/30 Same Rebounds 6 at DePaul, 11/30 Same Rebounds 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 13 Evansville, 2/22/05 FG 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same FG 5 at DePaul, 11/30 5 (2x) last at DePaul, 11/30/05 FGA 11 at Chattanooga, 12/6 12 Mississippi Valley State, 12/29/01 FGA 11 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same 3FG 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same 3FG 1 vs. Missouri, 11/23/04 3FGA 10 at Chattanooga, 12/6 Same 3FGA 1 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 1 (7x) last Dayton (2OT), 11/26/05 FT 3 at Chattanooga, 12/6 3 (3x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6/05 FT 7 at DePaul, 11/30 Same FTA 4 at Chattanooga, 12/6 5 at Western Kentucky, 12/19/01 FTA 9 at DePaul, 11/30 Same Assists 2 at DePaul, 11/30 4 Southern Illinois, 1/9/05 Assists 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Steals 3 vs. Wichita State, 3/6/05 Steals 2 at George Mason, 11/22 2 (4x) last at George Mason, 11/22/05 Blocks 1 at Xavier, 11/30/05 Blocks 3 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 3 (2x) last Dayton (2OT), 11/26/05 Minutes 24 at DePaul, 11/30 27 (2x) last at Nebraska, 12/11/04 Minutes 29 at DePaul, 11/30 Same #50 • Dane Watts #51 • Steve Smith 6-8 • 225 • F • So. • Warrensburg, Mo. 6-11 • 245 • C • Fr. • Sioux Falls, S.D. • Has started every game this season at • Tallest player on the Creighton roster. the power forward slot. • Made first career basket at George • Had 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the Mason (Nov. 22). season-opener against Arkansas-Pine • Grabbed two rebounds in season-open- Bluff (Nov. 19). ing win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. (Nov. • Also grabbed seven rebounds against 19). the Golden Lions. • Missed team’s Dec. 6 game at • Has made 4-of-7 three-point shots this Chattanooga due to injury. season. • Played in five games last year before taking a medical • A member of the MVC’s All-Freshman team in 2004-05, redshirt due to a foot injury. becoming CU’s third honoree ever honored. • Had 14 points in the MVC Tournament final, the most in the finals by a freshman since Tulsa’s Michael Ruffin in 1996. • Scored his first career points on a four-point play against Alcorn State (Nov. 15, 2004), but hasn’t had one since.

#50 Dane Watts Game-by-Game Stats #52 Steve Smith Game-by-Game Stats Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. Opponent Min FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct O-D-R A T B S Pts. ARK-PINE BLUFF• 22 7-10 .700 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 5-2-7 2 0 0 0 15 ARK-PINE BLUFF 7 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 1-4 .250 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 1 George Mason• 23 3-5 .600 0-0 --- 2-2 1.000 1-4-5 0 1 0 1 8 George Mason 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 2 DAYTON• 31 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 0-0 --- 1-2-3 0 3 1 1 5 DAYTON Did Not Play DePaul• 13 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-1 .000 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 5 DePaul Did Not Play Chattanooga• 22 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 1-5-6 1 0 0 1 7 Chattanooga Did Not Play -- Injured NEBRASKA NEBRASKA XAVIER XAVIER NORFOLK STATE NORFOLK STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Bradley ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE DRAKE DRAKE Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Indiana State Indiana State BRADLEY BRADLEY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE Southern Illinois Southern Illinois WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA Drake Drake Evansville Evansville SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Wichita State Wichita State BRACKET BUSTER BRACKET BUSTER INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE Missouri State Missouri State

#50 Dane Watts SEASON CAREER #52 Steve Smith SEASON CAREER Points 15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 18 at Xavier, 11/30/04 Points 2 at George Mason, 11/22 2 (2x) last at George Mason, 11/22/05 Rebounds 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 8 at Bradley, 1/26/05 Rebounds 2 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 2 (2x) last Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19/05 FG 7 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 7 (2x) last Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19/05 FG 1 at George Mason, 11/22 None FGA 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 16 Wyoming, 12/18/04 FGA 1 (2x) last at G. Mason, 11/22 3 (2x) last Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/20/04 3FG 1 (4x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 3 Drake, 1/9/05 3FG None 3FGA 3 at Chattanooga, 12/6 6 Drake, 1/19/05 3FGA None FT 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 6 Drake, 1/19/05 FT 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/20/04 FTA 2 (2x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 6 (2x) last Drake, 1/19/05 FTA 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Assists 2 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 11/19 2 (3x) last Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19/05 Assists 1 Alcorn State, 11/15/04 Steals 1 (3x) last at Chattanooga, 12/6 3 (2x) last at Illinois State, 2/28/05 Steals 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Blocks 1 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 2 (3x) last Chattanooga, 2/19/05 Blocks 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 Same Minutes 31 Dayton (2OT), 11/26 Same Minutes 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19 11 Alcorn State, 11/15/04