2008-09 Creighton Men's Basketball
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2008-09 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #17 at Bradley • Saturday, January 10, 2009 • 7:05 p.m. SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • Fax: (402) 280-2495 • E-mail: [email protected] Creighton Bluejays at Bradley Braves Carver Arena (11,164) • Peoria, Ill. Radio: KXSP 590 AM, www.bigsports590.com Television: WTVP (Peoria), Cox 2 (Omaha) Series History: Bradley leads 39-37 (12-4, 2-2 MVC) Last Meeting: Creighton won 74-70 on March 7, 2008 in St. Louis, Mo. (10-5, 4-0 MVC) 2008-09 Schedule & Results Next Game Fans without a season subscription who Creighton (12-4, 2-2 MVC) begins a stretch of wish to purchase Saturday’s game should go to November three road trips in four games when it faces Bradley’s video site at www.bubraves.tv and 16 NEW MEXICO W 82-75 league-leading Bradley (10-5, 4-0 MVC) o n click on the video webcast ad in the very top left 20 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W 82-50 Saturday night. of the page. It appears they will need to sign up 22 ORAL ROBERTS (KMTV) W 87-65 Tip time at Carver Arena (11 , 1 6 4 ) i n for a monthly subscription to the site at a cost of 25 at Arkansas-Little Rock (KMTV) L 69-71 Peoria, Ill., is scheduled for 7:05 pm. $9.95 per month. 29 at Nebraska (FSN) L 52-54 In order to view the webcast, users must Radio Broadcast Information have high speed Internet access (cable modem December KXSP (“Big Sports 590” AM) will broadcast all or DSL service) and Windows Media Player ver- 2 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W 82-58 Creighton men’s basketball games during the sion 9.0 or above. 6 at Saint Joseph’s W 69-58 2008-09 season. The audio is also webcast live 10 DAYTON (KMTV) W 77-59 at www.bigsports590.com. T. Scott Marr and Live Stats Information Nick Bahe will call the action. Saturday’s game will have live stats, courtesy of Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic For all home games Big Sports 590 after- Bradley Athletics. Fans should go to 13 NORTHERN COLORADO W 85-66 noon host Matt Perrault will host a call-in show www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live 15 SOUTHERN W 71-60 focusing on the Bluejays, that leads into the pre- Stats tab on the left-hand side of the page to get 22 vs. Fresno State# W 84-65 23 vs. DePaul# W 83-75 game show. Perrault will also take calls after the a link to the Bradley live stats page. game, also on Big Sports 590. 28 WICHITA STATE* (KMTV) W 68-56 Scouting Creighton (12-4, 2-2 MVC) 31 at Indiana State* W 79-61 Television Broadcast Information A two-game losing streak has followed a nine- Saturday’s game will be broadcast in Peoria by game win streak for the preseason favorites of January WTVP, with that feed being picked up in Omaha the Missouri Valley Conference, leaving 3 at Illinois State* (FSN) L 64-86 on Cox Channel 2. Ed Hammond (play-by-play) Creighton with a 12-4 overall mark entering this 6 NORTHERN IOWA* (KMTV) L 66-69 and Chad Kleine (analyst) will announce. weekend. The Bluejays are also sixth in the 10 at Bradley* (WTVP/Cox 2 Omaha) 7:05 pm Coordinates for the feed are below: league standings with a 2-2 record. 14 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS*(FSN) 7:05 pm Satellite Coordinates: Horizons 2 transponder 7K, Senior guard Booker Woodfox leads the 17 at Wichita State* (FSN) 3:05 pm slot 1 team with 16.8 points per game, 51.1 percent Downlink freq.: 11945 horizontal down. 20 at Evansville* (ESPNU) 6:05 pm Symbol rate: 4.232, FEC . accuracy from three-point range and 89.2 per- 24 DRAKE* (KMTV) 1:05 pm On-Air Talent: Ed Hammond, Chad Kleine cent marksmanship from the free throw line. 27 INDIANA STATE* (NET-2) 7:05 pm Also scoring in double-figures are guards Video Webcast Information P’Allen Stinnett (12.9 ppg., 1.9 spg.) and February Saturday’s game is being video webcast by Cavel Witter (10.4 ppg., 3.0 apg.). Stinnett is a 1 MISSOURI STATE* (NET-1) 2:05 pm Bradley, and shared at no additional cost with preseason all-Valley pick after sweeping MVC 4 at Drake* (KMTV) 7:05 pm subscribers to the Creighton men’s basketball Freshman and Newcomer of the Year honors 8 at Northern Iowa* (KMTV) 1:05 pm video webcast package. last season. Witter earned a spot on the 11 BRADLEY* (FSN) 7:35 pm 14 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN2) 4:05 pm 17 EVANSVILLE* (NET-1) 7:05 pm Probable Starters 21 ESPNU BRACKETBUSTERS TBD Creighton (12-4, 2-2 Missouri Valley) 24 at Missouri State* (KMTV) 7:05 pm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown 28 ILLINOIS STATE* (MVC TV Wildcard) TBD 1 Justin Carter G/F 6-4 200 Jr. 7.1 4.7 Top rebounder 5 of last 7 games Gaithersburg, Md. 10 P’Allen Stinnett G 6-3 180 So. 12.9 3.1 9-18 from 3 in MVC play Las Vegas, Nev. March 12 Josh Dotzler G 6-1 175 Sr. 3.0 2.6* MVC-best 41 steals; 6 vs UNC Omaha, Neb. State Farm MVC Tournament 14 Booker Woodfox G 6-1 185 Sr. 16.8 3.3 51.1% on 3-pointers Lewisville, Texas 5 First Round 6:05/8:35 pm 25 Kenny Lawson Jr. C 6-9 245 So. 8.6 4.7 Led CU with 12 at Illinois St. Oceanside, Calif. 6 Quarterfinals (FSN) 12/2:30/6/8:30 pm *steals per game 7 Semifinals (FSN) 1:35/4:05 pm 8 Championship (CBS) 1:05 pm Bradley (10-5, 4-0 Missouri Valley) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown *Missouri Valley Conference regular season games 1 Eddren McCain G 5-11 177 Fr. 5.5 2.3 19 turnovers in 4 MVC games Laplace, La. #Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) 4 David Collins C 7-0 242 Sr. 4.2 3.4 24 blocks leads team Toronto, Ontario All times listed are Central and subject to change 5 Sam Maniscalco G 6-0 176 So. 10.8 2.5 49 assists leads team Chicago, Ill. Home games in BOLD CAPS at Qwest Center Omaha 12 Theron Wilson F 6-5 200 Sr. 13.9 7.0 Between 12-18 pts. in 13 consec. games Topeka, Kan. 23 Chris Roberts F 6-4 205 Jr. 9.7 4.4 M V C Newcomer of Week, 1/5 Fort Worth, Texas 2008-09 MVC Standings (thru 1/9) league’s all-bench team last year and is part of points per game and is the reigning MVC MVC only All Games a Bluejay bench that averages 27.8 points and Newcomer of the Week, Eddren McCain owns Team W L W L 15.0 rebounds per game. 5.5 points and 3.2 assists per game and former Bradley 4 0 10 5 Illinois State 3 1 14 1 Senior point guard Josh Dotzler owns an Iowa State guard Dodie Dunson averages 9.9 Evansville 3 1 11 3 MVC-best 41 steals, while sophomore big man points per game. Drake 3 1 12 4 Kenny Lawson Jr. tops the Valley with 27 The Braves have done all this without three Northern Iowa 3 1 9 6 blocked shots. of last year’s top players. Jeremy Crouch (15.8 Creighton 2 2 12 4 Southern Illinois 1 3 6 9 Creighton shoots 44.3 percent from the ppg.) and Daniel Ruffin (14.1 ppg., 5.8 apg.) Indiana State 1 3 3 12 floor, 39.4 percent from three-point territory and both graduated, while junior Andrew Warren Missouri State 0 4 7 8 is also making 77.2 percent of its shots from the (13.2 ppg.) has been sidelined by a broken foot Wichita State 0 4 6 9 line. and has elected to apply for a medical hardship. Tues., Jan. 6 The Bluejays return 10 lettermen and three The Braves shoot 43.6 percent from the *Illinois State at Bradley . .BU 56-52 starters from last year’s 22-11 team that made field, 31.5 percent from three-point range and *UNI at Creighton . .UNI 69-66 an 11th straight postseason appearance, reach- 70.2 percent at the line. BU averages 67.6 ing the second round of the NIT. points and allows 67.0 per game while also Wed., Jan. 7 being outrebounded by 0.2 boards per game. *Missouri State at Evansville . .UE 66-61 (OT) *Southern Illinois at Wichita State . .SIU 74-62 Scouting Bradley (10-5, 4-0 MVC) In league-only play, Bradley leads the MVC *Indiana State at Drake . .DU 69-50 Bradley owns a season-long five-game winning in scoring defense, field goal percentage, field streak, including Tuesday’s 56-52 victory over goal percentage defense, free throw percentage Sat., Jan. 10 previously unbeaten rival Illinois State played and blocked shots. *Evansville at Southern Illinois . .7:05 pm before 11,592 fans at Carver Arena. BU is 6-1 at home this season, where it *Illinois St. at Indiana St. (Comcast/WTWO) . .7:05 pm *Missouri State at UNI (MVC TV) . .7:05 pm Theron Wilson has scored between 12 averages 9,740 fans.