2009-10 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #21 at Bradley • Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 • 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: Comcast Spotlight (Illinois); Cox 2 (Omaha) Series History: Series tied, 39-39 (10-10, 5-4 MVC) Last Meeting: Creighton won 79-65 on Feb. 11, 2009 in Omaha, Neb. (10-9, 5-4 MVC) 2009-10 Schedule & Results Next Game the Bradley game added to their subscription Creighton (10-10, 5-4 MVC) opens the second and be able to receive the video feed at no addi- November half of the Missouri Valley Conference schedule tional cost thanks to an agreement between 4 MISSOURI WESTERN STATE (Ex.) W 94-69 on Wednesday when it travels to Peoria, Ill., to Creighton and Bradley. 8 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (Ex.) W 93-77 take on Bradley (10-9, 5-4 MVC). 14 at #21 Dayton (WHIO/Cox 2) L 80-90 Tip-off at Carver Arena (11,164) is sched- Live Stats Information 17 FLORIDA A&M W 78-53 uled for 7:05 pm. All Creighton basketball games will have live 22 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK W 80-65 stats this season. Fans can go to www.gocre- Radio Broadcast Information ighton.com and click on the Live Stats tab on Old Spice Classic (Orlando, Fla.) KXSP (“Big Sports 590” AM) will broadcast all the left-hand side of the page. 26 vs. #15 Michigan (ESPN2) L 76-83 (OT) Creighton men’s basketball games during the 27 vs. Xavier (ESPNU) L 67-80 2009-10 season. The audio is also webcast live Scouting Bradley 29 vs. Iona (ESPNU) L 55-63 at www.bigsports590.com. T. Scott Marr and Bradley is 10-9 on the season and enters Nick Bahe will call the action. Wednesday night with a three-game winning December streak. Like Creighton, Bradley is 5-4 in MVC 6 NEBRASKA (KMTV) W 67-61 Television Broadcast Information play and part of a four-way tie for third place. 12 at George Mason (KMTV) L 72-75 Wednesday’s game will be televised by The Braves are 6-3 at Carver Arena (with 16 SAVANNAH STATE W 77-62 Comcast Spotlight, which airs on the Comcast losses to Western Carolina, Loyola (Chicago) 19 at #19 New Mexico# (The Mtn.) L 61-66 22 HOUSTON BAPTIST W 85-56 cable system, channel 74 throughout Central and Southern Illinois), where it averages 9,160 29 NORTHERN IOWA* (KMTV) L 52-60 Illinois and is also picked up in the Chicagoland fans per home game. area on channel 102. Bradley is the only school in the MVC with January The game will also air in Omaha on Cox four players averaging in double-figures, a quar- 1 at Indiana State* L 64-70 Cable channel 2 thanks to an agreement tet led by Andrew Warren (14.8 ppg.). Warren 3 at Evansville* W 72-64 between Creighton and Cox Cable. also owns a team-high 41 three-point baskets. 6 DRAKE* (KMTV) W 73-69 Frank Bussone (play-by-play), former Also in double-figures are Taylor Brown 9 at Wichita State* (ESPNU) L 58-70 Bradley coach Dick Versace (analyst) and for- (13.4 ppg., 6.4 rpg.), Sam Maniscalco (11.9 13 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* (FSN) W 71-69 mer Bradley guard Danny Adams (sideline) will ppg.) and Chris Roberts (10.0 ppg.). 16 WICHITA STATE* (ESPN2) W 57-56 announce. A fifth starter, Will Egolf, averages 8.1 20 at Illinois State* (KMTV) L 62-71 points and 5.2 rebounds per game while reject- 24 MISSOURI STATE* (ESPNU) W 76-72 Video Webcast Information ing a team-best 17 blocked shots. 27 at Bradley* (Cox 2) 7:05 pm Wednesday’s game will be video webcast by Bradley averages 67.6 points per game 30 at Drake* (KMTV) 7:05 pm Bradley. To sign up to purchase, fans can visit while allowing 68.0 per contest. The Braves BU website at www.bradleybraves.com, then shoot 43.9 percent from the field, 36.5 percent February select “Bradley All-Access” on the top right side. from three-point range and 70 percent at the 3 EVANSVILLE* (NET-1) 7:05 pm Subscribers to Creighton’s annual or monthly line. 6 at Missouri State* (KMTV) 7:05 pm pass on www.gocreighton.com should have 9 INDIANA STATE* (NET-1) 7:05 pm 13 ILLINOIS STATE* (KMTV) 2:05 pm 16 at Northern Iowa* (FSN) 7:05 pm Probable Starters 20 BRACKETBUSTERS TBD Creighton (10-10, 5-4 Missouri Valley) 23 at Southern Illinois* (FSN) 7:05 pm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown 27 BRADLEY* (MVC TV Wildcard) TBD 1 Justin Carter F 6-4 200 Sr. 8.9 5.5 11 rebounds at Illinois St. Gaithersburg, Md. 24 Darryl Ashford G/F 6-4 191 Jr. 8.7 3.6 13.0 ppg. in last 2 games Houston, Texas March 25 Kenny Lawson Jr. C 6-9 250 Jr. 12.5 6.7 20 points in win vs. MSU Oceanside, Calif. State Farm MVC Tournament 30 Antoine Young G 6-0 165 So. 5.2 2.8* GW-shot with 1.3 left beat SIU Bellevue, Neb. 4 First Round 6:05/8:35 pm 32 Casey Harriman F 6-5 210 Jr. 2.8 2.3 Taken 15 of CU’s 28 charges Ida Grove, Iowa 5 Quarterfinals (FSN) 12/2:30/6/8:30 pm *assists per game 6 Semifinals (FSN) 1:35/4:05 pm 7 Championship (CBS) 1:05 pm Bradley (10-9, 5-4 Missouri Valley) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG MISC Hometown *Missouri Valley Conference regular season games 3 Taylor Brown F 6-6 208 So. 13.4 6.4 3rd in MVC with 4 double-doubles Atlanta, Ga. #Mountain West-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge Series 5 Sam Maniscalco G 6-0 176 Jr. 11.9 2.7 17.7 ppg. last 3 games Chicago, Ill. All times listed are Central and subject to change 21 Will Egolf C 6-9 232 So. 8.1 5.2 Team-high 17 blocks Juneau, Alaska Home games in BOLD CAPS at Qwest Center Omaha 23 Chris Roberts G 6-4 205 Sr. 10.0 4.0 Team-high 31 steals Fort Worth, Texas 24 Andrew Warren G 6-5 208 Jr. 14.8 4.8 Leads team with 41 treys Indianapolis, Ind. 2009-10 MVC Standings (through 1/26) Scouting Creighton In the last 27 meetings between the MVC only All Games Creighton is 10-10 on the season, including a 9- schools, Creighton is 15-1 when holding Bradley Team WLWL 1 mark at Qwest Center Omaha and a 1-9 to 65 points or less but 4-7 when it allows more Northern Iowa 8 1 17 2 record at all other venues. than 65 points. Creighton has also won the last Wichita State 6 3 17 4 The Bluejays are 5-4 in the league, with 20 meetings when it scores 70 points or more Creighton 5 4 10 10 losses to Northern Iowa, Illinois State, Indiana against BU. Illinois State 5 4 14 6 State and Wichita State as well as wins over Creighton coach Dana Altman is 20-13 all- Bradley 5 4 10 9 Missouri State, Wichita State, Southern Illinois, time against Bradley and 13-3 against Jim Les. Drake 5 4 10 11 Evansville and Drake. A complete series history against Bradley Missouri State 4 5 14 6 The Bluejays returned eight lettermen and can be found on page seven of this release. Southern Illinois 4 5 12 7 three starters from last year’s team that went Indiana State 3 6 11 9 27-8 and made a 12th straight postseason Toughest Thing In Basketball Evansville 0 9 6 13 appearance. Did you realize that Creighton has as many true Coming Up in the MVC Junior center Kenny Lawson Jr. leads the road wins this season as the combined total of team in scoring (12.5 ppg.), rebounding (6.7 true road wins by Duke, North Carolina and Wed., Jan. 27 rpg.) and blocked shots (1.6 bpg). Connecticut this year? *Evansville at Missouri State . .7:05 pm Four other men average between 7.5 and It’s often been said that winning on the *Illinois State at Wichita State . .6:05 pm 9.2 points per game, a group consisting of road is the toughest thing to do in college sports, *Creighton at Bradley . .7:05 pm *Drake at Northern Iowa . .7:05 pm P’Allen Stinnett (9.2), Justin Carter (8.9), and this year’s Creighton team has found that Darryl Ashford (8.7) and Cavel Witter (7.5). out. Thurs., Jan. 28 Creighton averages 69.2 points per game After going 8-4 on the road last winter, *Southern Illinois at Indiana State . .6:05 pm and shoots 43.4 percent from the floor, 31.6 per- Creighton is currently 1-6 in true road games cent from downtown and 69.0 percent at the this year. Sat., Jan. 30 line. It holds opponents to 67.8 points per game The Bluejays have plenty of company in *Northern Iowa at Missouri State . .2:05 pm and 40.8 percent shooting. The Jays have been their struggles away from home, as 29 BCS *Bradley at Illinois State .