2020-21 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #28: Georgetown vs. #17 Creighton • Saturday, March 13, 2021 • 5:30 p.m. CST SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] Georgetown Hoyas vs. #17 Creighton Bluejays Madison Square Garden • New York, N.Y. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM; www.1620thezone.com; Westwood One Sports SiriusXM: Sirius 84; XM 84; App 84 Television: FS1 (Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson) Series History vs. Georgetown: Creighton leads, 10-8 (1-1 this season) (12-12) (20-7) Last Meeting: #19 Creighton 63, Georgetown 48 on Feb. 9, 2021 in Washington, D.C. November (1-0) Next Game contests at the 2018 Cayman Islands Classic have 29 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FS1) W 69-58 Seventeenth-ranked and second-seeded Creighton been televised. CU is 107-51 in those contests. (20-7) seeks its first BIG EAST Tournament title when December (6-2) it squares off with upset-minded Georgetown (12- Video Webcast Information 1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (FS1) W 94-67 12) on Saturday night at 5:30 p.m. Central. Live streaming video will be available via 4 KENNESAW STATE (FS1) W 93-58 The game will take place in New York, N.Y., and FOXSportsGO.com for desktop users, and via 8 at #5 Kansas ! (ESPN) L 72-73 be contested at Madison Square Garden. the FOX Sports GO app for mobile devices (iOS, 11 NEBRASKA (BTN) W 98-74 Android, Kindle Fire tablets and Fire phones and 14 MARQUETTE* (FS1) L 84-89 Radio Broadcast Information select Window devices). A cable authorization may 17 at St. John’s* (FS1) W 94-76 KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s be required. 20 at Connecticut* (FS1) W 76-74 (OT) basketball games during the 2020-21 season. The FOX Sports GO mobile app can be down- 23 #22 XAVIER* (FS1) W 66-61 KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home loaded for free from the iTunes App Store, Google games that start after 5 p.m. The game can also be Play, Amazon App Store or the Windows Store, and January (6-2) heard on Sirius channel 84 or XM 84 or channel 84 the games are now available internationally. 2 at Providence* (FOX) W 67-65 on the SiriusXM app. John Fanta will also host a special pregame 6 SETON HALL* (FS1) W 89-53 John Bishop will call the action with Nick edition of BIG EAST Shootaround starting at 4:30 9 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) W 97-79 16 at Butler* (FS1) L 66-70 (OT) Bahe. The audio is also webcast live at pm Central on Saturday that can be found at via 20 PROVIDENCE* (FS1) L 70-74 www.1620thezone.com. links that will come Saturday on the @BIGEASTMBB 23 #23 CONNECTICUT* (FOX) W 74-66 The game will also air nationally on Westwood Twitter feed. 27 at Seton Hall* (FS1) W 85-81 One Radio affiliates. 30 at DePaul* (CBSSN) W 69-62 Live Stats Information Television Broadcast Information All of Creighton’s games this season will have free February (4-2) Saturday’s final will be televised nationally by FS1, live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click 3 GEORGETOWN* (FS1) L 79-86 with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson handling the on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at 6 at Marquette* (FOX) W 71-68 call. the top of the page for the event of your choosing. 9 at Georgetown* (CBSSN) W 63-48 Of Creighton’s last 158 games, all but the three 13 #5 VILLANOVA* (FOX) W 86-70 Creighton -- Last Game Starters 24 DEPAUL* (CBSSN) W 77-53 Marcus Zegarowski • G • First Team All-BIG EAST after being Preseason BIG EAST POY. 27 at Xavier* (FOX) L 69-77 6-2 • 180 • Jr. • Hamilton, Mass. • Tied career-high with 32 points vs. Butler on March 6th. 11 • On the Naismith, Wooden & Bob Cousy Point Guard Watch Lists. March (3-1) PPG APG 3FG% FT% • Leading returning scorer in the BIG EAST (16.0 ppg. in 2019-20). 3 at #10 Villanova* (FS1) L 60-72 15.4 4.4 .404 .773 • Andy Katz’s NCAA.com National Player of the Week on Feb. 15th. 6 BUTLER* (FOX) W 93-73 Christian Bishop • F • Led Creighton in scoring during each of first two games this year. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) 13 6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lee’s Summit, Mo. • In last 8 games, averaging 7.2 rebounds per game. 11 vs. Butler (FS1) W 87-56 • Game-winning dunk with 0.8 left at Providence (1/2). 12 vs. Connecticut (FS1) W 59-56 PPG RPG FG% FT% • Leads BIG EAST in FG percentage (68.9%) and team in dunks (39). 13 vs. Georgetown (FOX) 5:30 p.m. 11.1 6.0 .689 .596 • Led Creighton last year with 38 dunks and 35 blocked shots. • Second Team All-BIG EAST Conference selection. * BIG EAST Conference regular season games Damien Jefferson • F % Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • East Chicago, Ind. • Career-high 26 points vs. Providence (1/20). ! Big 12 - BIG EAST Battle 23 • Had 10 points, 10 rebounds & 8 assists at St. John’s (12/17). All times listed are Central and subject to change PPG RPG 3FG% FT% Home games in BOLD CAPS at CHI Health Center Omaha • Made game-tying shot at UConn with 0.2 left. CU won in OT. 12.4 5.6 .392 .587 • Owns 10+ points in 22 of last 26 games. Mitch Ballock • G • Surpassed 1,000 career points in season-opener vs. North Dakota 6-5 • 205 • Sr. • Eudora, Kan. State (Nov. 29) and now ranks 22nd with 1,273 career points. 24 • Ranks 3rd in Creighton history with 302 career three-pointers. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Led BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio and minutes/game last year. 10.3 3.0 .402 .529 • Won BIG EAST’s Sportsmanship Award in 2020-21. Denzel Mahoney • G/F • Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST Conference choice. 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • Oviedo, Fla. • Team’s active leading scorer with 1,677 career points when you 34 include his first two seasons at Southeast Missouri State. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Won BIG EAST Sixth Man Award last season. 12.9 4.3 .345 .740 • Has 10+ points in 31-of-47 games played as a Bluejay. Creighton vs. Georgetown Notes Series History vs. Georgetown Scouting Georgetown The Bluejays average 82.40 points in the 10 Bluejays lead series, 10-8 Three straight wins as the No. 8 seed have improved triumphs, but 62.75 points per game in the eight Home: 6-2 Away: 3-5 Neutral: 1-1 Georgetown to 12-12 overall. That’s come after the setbacks. Date Site W-L Score 12/30/70 West Palm Beach-$ W 80-79 Hoyas went 7-9 in BIG EAST play. Creighton is 14-4 this year when scoring 70 01/25/14 at Creighton* W 76-63 Jahvon Blair (15.7 ppg., 3.8 apg.) leads the points or more, but 6-3 when being held to 69 03/04/14 at Georgetown* L 63-75 Hoyas in both points per game and assists per points or less. 01/03/15 at Georgetown* L 61-76 game. He’s joined in double-figures by Qudus Creighton ranked second in the league with 76.8 01/31/15 at Creighton* L 40-67 03/12/15 at New York City-! L 55-60 Wahab (12.5 ppg., 7.9 rpg., 1.6 bpg.) and Jamorko points per league game this season. Meanwhile, 01/05/16 at Creighton* W 79-66 Pickett (12.7 ppg., 7.5 rpg.). Georgetown was second-to-last in scoring defense, 01/26/16 at Georgetown* L 73-74 The Hoyas average 71.3 points per game while allowing 74.9 points per league contest. 01/25/17 at Georgetown* L 51-71 02/19/17 at Creighton* W 87-70 shooting 42.3 percent from the field, 36.5 percent 01/06/18 at Georgetown* W 90-66 from three-point range and 76.5 percent at the line. The Rare Three-Time All-Americans 01/27/18 at Creighton* W 85-77 GU out-rebounds foes by 4.6 caroms per contest Doug McDermott, the son of Creighton head 01/21/19 at Georgetown* W 91-87 and surrenders 71.6 points per game. coach Greg McDermott, wrapped up a memora- 02/23/19 at Creighton* W 82-69 01/15/20 at Georgetown* L 80-83 ble career in 2014 with his third straight First Team 03/04/20 at Creighton* W 91-76 The Series With Georgetown All-America honor and a sweep of all 14 National 02/03/21 at Creighton* L 79-86 Creighton is 10-8 all-time against Georgetown Player of the Year awards. 02/09/21 at Georgetown* W 63-48 $ Gold Coast Classic, West Palm Beach, Fla. and has won seven of the last nine meetings in On Saturday, Creighton will face Georgetown * BIG EAST Conference game the series. and coach Patrick Ewing. Ewing starred from ! BIG EAST Conf. Tournament (New York City) The series began in 1970 in West Palm Beach, 1981-85 with the Hoyas and in 1985 was named Fla., before resuming in 2014 in BIG EAST play. National Player of the Year by the Associated McDermott is 9-9 vs. Georgetown Before CU: 0-1 (0-1 at UNI) Greg McDermott is 9-9 all-time (9-8 as Press, NABC, Sporting News and won the Naismith At CU: 9-8 (6-2 Home; 3-5 Away; 0-1 Neutral) Creighton coach) against Georgetown and 6-2 Award, finishing with 2,184 career points.