2020-21 Creighton Men’s Basketball Game #22: DePaul at #13 Creighton • Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 • 8:00 p.m. SID Contact: Rob Anderson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5544 • Cell Phone: (402) 660-5854 • E-mail: [email protected] DePaul Blue Demons at #13 Creighton Bluejays CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, Neb. Radio: KOZN 1620 AM; www.1620thezone.com; KOOO 101.9 FM SiriusXM: Sirius 146; XM 202; App 965 Television: CBS Sports Network (Tom McCarthy, Jim Spanarkel) (4-10, 2-10 BIG EAST) Series History: Creighton leads, 23-16 (16-5, 12-4 BIG EAST) Last Meeting: #17 Creighton 69, DePaul 62 on 1/30/21 in Chicago, Ill. November (1-0) Next Game been televised. CU is 103-49 in those contests. 29 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (FS1) W 69-58 Idle since an impressive 86-70 win over then-No. 5 Villanova, No. 13 Creighton (16-5, 12-4 BIG EAST) Video Webcast Information December (6-2) hosts DePaul (4-10, 2-10 BIG EAST) on Wednesday, Go to https://www.cbssports.com/cbs-sports-network/ 1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (FS1) W 94-67 February 24. and enter your provider for cable authorization to 4 KENNESAW STATE (FS1) W 93-58 Tip-off on First National Bank Court at CHI Health stream the game on CBS Sports Network. 8 at #5 Kansas ! (ESPN) L 72-73 Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb., is set for 8 p.m. It is available on mobile devices using the CBS 11 NEBRASKA (BTN) W 98-74 Sports App with the same info. 14 MARQUETTE* (FS1) L 84-89 Radio Broadcast Information 17 at St. John’s* (FS1) W 94-76 KOZN (1620 AM) will broadcast all Creighton men’s Live Stats Information 20 at Connecticut* (FS1) W 76-74 (OT) basketball games during the 2020-21 season. All of Creighton’s games this season will have free 23 #22 XAVIER* (FS1) W 66-61 KOOO (101.9 FM) will also broadcast all home live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click games that start after 5 p.m. The game can also be on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at January (6-2) heard on Sirius channel 146 or XM 202 or channel the top of the page for the event of your choosing. 2 at Providence* (FOX) W 67-65 965 on the SiriusXM app. Home games can also be followed by those who 6 SETON HALL* (FS1) W 89-53 9 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) W 97-79 John Bishop will call the action with have mobile devices with internet capability at 16 at Butler* (FS1) L 66-70 (OT) Brody Deren. The audio is also webcast live at www.gocreightonstats.com. 20 PROVIDENCE* (FS1) L 70-74 www.1620thezone.com. 23 #23 CONNECTICUT* (FOX) W 74-66 Scouting No. 13 Creighton 27 at Seton Hall* (FS1) W 85-81 Television Broadcast Information Creighton has won six of its last seven games to 30 at DePaul* (CBSSN) W 69-62 Wednesday’s game will be televised nationally by improve to 16-5 overall and 12-4 in the BIG EAST CBS Sports Network, with Tom McCarthy and Jim Conference. The surge has vaulted the Bluejays February (3-1) Spanarkel on the call. into 13th in the latest AP Top 25 poll and 11th in 3 GEORGETOWN* (FS1) L 79-86 Of Creighton’s last 152 games, all but the three the Coaches poll. 6 at Marquette* (FOX) W 71-68 contests at the 2018 Cayman Islands Classic have CU’s five losses have come by a combined 21 9 at Georgetown* (CBSSN) W 63-48 13 #5 VILLANOVA* (FOX) W 86-70 Creighton -- Last Game Starters 24 DEPAUL* (CBSSN) 8 p.m. Marcus Zegarowski • G • Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year and a Preseason First 27 at Xavier* (FOX) 4 p.m. 6-2 • 180 • Jr. • Hamilton, Mass. Team All-American by multiple outlets. 11 • On the Naismith, Wooden & Bob Cousy Point Guard Watch Lists. March PPG APG 3FG% FT% • Leading returning scorer in the BIG EAST (16.0 ppg. in 2019-20). 3 at Villanova* (FS1) 7:30 p.m. 15.0 4.4 .392 .778 • Andy Katz’s NCAA.com National Player of the Week on Feb. 15th. 6 BUTLER* (FOX) 4 p.m. Christian Bishop • F • Led Creighton in scoring during each of first two games this year. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) 6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lee’s Summit, Mo. • Last 5 games: 15.0 ppg., 8.6 rpg., 78.4 FG% as team is 4-1. 10 First Round (FS1) 3:30 / 6:00 / 8:30 pm 13 • Game-winning dunk with 0.8 left at Providence (1/2). 11 Quarterfinals (FS1) 11:00 am/1:30/6:00/8:30 pm PPG RPG FG% FT% • Leads BIG EAST in FG percentage (70.5%) and team in dunks (35). 12 Semifinals (FS1) 5:30 / 8:00 pm 11.8 5.8 .705 .614 • Led Creighton last year with 38 dunks and 35 blocked shots. 13 Championship (FOX) 5:30 pm Damien Jefferson • F • Career-high 26 points vs. Providence (1/20). • Had 10 points, 10 rebounds & 8 assists at St. John’s (12/17). * BIG EAST Conference regular season games 23 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • East Chicago, Ind. % Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) • 18 points, 8 rebounds, career-high 6 steals at Providence (1/2). ! Big 12 - BIG EAST Battle PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Made game-tying shot at UConn with 0.2 left. CU won in OT. All times listed are Central and subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at CHI Health Center Omaha 12.1 5.4 .362 .614 • Owns 10+ points in 17 of last 20 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 27th with 1,224 career points. 24 • Ranks 3rd in Creighton history with 290 career three-pointers. PPG RPG 3FG% FT% • Led BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio and minutes/game last year. 10.9 3.1 .411 .462 • Only player in CU history with 2 straight seasons of 90+ 3FG’s. Denzel Mahoney • G/F • Had 24 (SJU, 1/9) and 29 points (@BU, 1/16) recently. 6-5 • 220 • Sr. • Oviedo, Fla. • Team’s active leading scorer with 1,624 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. 14.1 4.6 .346 .730 • Has 10+ points in 28-of-41 games played as a Bluejay. 2020-21 BIG EAST Standings (through 2/22) points, with each coming by seven points or less. The Series With DePaul BIG EAST only All Games The Bluejays return four starters and five of its Creighton has won 18 of the last 19 meetings with Team W L W L top six scorers from last season’s team that finished DePaul to take a 23-16 lead in the all-time series. #8 Villanova 9 2 14 3 #13 Creighton 12 4 16 5 24-7 and won a share of its first BIG EAST regular- Fifteen of the last 17 meetings in the series have Seton Hall 10 6 13 9 season title. CU’s 2019-20 team was ranked No. 7 in been decided by double-figures, but one of those Xavier 5 4 12 4 the year-end Associated Press poll. exceptions was Creighton’s 69-62 win at DePaul Connecticut 7 6 10 6 St. John’s 8 8 14 9 Junior point guard Marcus Zegarowski (15.0 last month. Providence 7 9 11 11 ppg., 4.4 apg.) was an All-American last year and Creighton is 16-1 in the series since joining the Georgetown 5 7 7 10 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year. He took over BIG EAST, including 13 straight victories. Marquette 6 10 10 12 CU’s scoring lead after 25 points vs. Villanova. Greg McDermott is 16-1 against DePaul. He Butler 6 11 7 13 DePaul 2 10 4 10 Senior wing Denzel Mahoney (14.1 ppg.) won is 11-0 against Dave Leitao, while Leitao is 0-11 the BIG EAST’s Sixth Man Award last season and against Creighton. 2020-21 Honors & Awards is tied with fellow senior Damien Jefferson (12.1 Mitch Ballock ppg., 5.4 rpg.) for the team lead with 29 steals. The Creighton Coaches Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) Preseason Second Team All-BIG EAST Not to be forgotten are junior forward Christian Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a Bishop (11.8 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) and Mitch Ballock 247-121 record in his 11th season with the Bluejays. Marcus Zegarowski (10.9 ppg.). Bishop leads the BIG EAST in field goal He owns a career mark of 527-316 in 27 seasons, Associated Press Honorable Mention Preseason All-American percentage (.705), while Ballock tops the league and is 396-252 in his 20th Division I campaign. Basketball Times Preseason First Team All-American BIG EAST Player of the Week, 2/1 with 58 three-pointers made. McDermott led Creighton to its first BIG EAST Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-American Creighton leads the BIG EAST in field goal per- regular-season title last season, taking a Bluejay Blue Ribbon CBB Yearbook Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST centage (.487), field goal percentage defense (.401) team that was picked seventh in the league’s pre- Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (20) Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List (10) and scoring margin (+10.0).