Trey Alexander scores 23 and narrowly misses triple-double in No. 8 Creighton’s 92-84 win over Iowa
OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton‘s offense was in a lull to finish the primary half in opposition to Iowa. The eighth-ranked Bluejays have been unstoppable to start out the second.
They made 10 straight photographs and 15 of their first 17 popping out of halftime, rapidly turned a tie right into a 17-point lead and held off the Hawkeyes 92-84 Tuesday night time.
Trey Alexander narrowly missed a triple-double with 23 factors, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, and 4 different Creighton gamers scored in double figures.
“We scored on 20 of our first 25 possessions of the second half,” Bluejays coach Greg McDermott mentioned. “Those are video game numbers.”
Baylor Scheierman had 17 factors for Creighton (3-0). Francisco Farabello added 14, Ryan Kalkbrenner 13 and Fredrick King 12.
Iowa (2-1) bought 24 factors from Ben Krikke, 16 from Tony Perkins, 13 from Patrick McCaffery and 11 from Payton Sandfort.
Alexander mentioned he didn’t really feel as if he did something out of the bizarre in almost turning into the primary Creighton participant to report a triple-double that included assists. Benoit Benjamin had one which included blocks in 1985.
“Just playing the way I know how, being a basketball player,” Alexander mentioned. “Obviously, guys are making shots if I’m going to have nine assists, so kudos to my teammates. They’re making shots when I pass it to them and kudos to Mac for putting me in the right position.”
The Bluejays have been nonetheless up 10 within the final three minutes earlier than Perkins’ 3-pointer and McCaffery’s dunk lower it to 89-84 with 1:26 left.
Sandfort missed a 3 with 43 seconds to go that would have lower the margin to 2, and Creighton closed it out from the foul line.
“We did some really good things tonight. We did some things that have to be corrected,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery mentioned. “I’m not going to focus on any one particular thing that makes me angry or makes me happy. I wanted to get 10 guys playing time, and we were able to do that, and young guys were able to get some quality minutes and the opportunity to play through their mistakes.”
The Bluejays rolled off eight straight factors early within the second half to go up 53-45. Mason Miller handed up a shot beneath the basket and whizzed a move to the nook, the place Scheierman was ready to swish a 3.
Scheierman caught the ball on the block on the Bluejays’ subsequent possession and kicked the ball to Alexander on the wing for one more 3. After one other Iowa miss, Alexander threw a protracted move to Kalkbrenner, who completed a quick break forward of a trailing Krikke.
The Bluejays picked up the place they left off after an Iowa timeout, with Miller and Isaac Traudt making 3s and Kalkbrenner dunking to wrap up a 16-4 run that pushed the result in 61-49. A few minutes later, Alexander grabbed a rebound and drove the size of the ground to dunk over Perkins and set off the loudest roar of the night time on the sold-out CHI Health Center.
BIG PICTURE
Iowa: The Hawkeyes have a promising group of newcomers led by Krikke, a first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference decide for Valparaiso final season. He and three different newcomers accounted for 42 factors.
Creighton: The Bluejays entered with 3-pointers accounting for 46.4% of their offense, the third-highest charge within the nation, and the sport illustrated their reliance on the lengthy ball. Creighton went simply 5 of 18 from deep within the first half, then linked on 4 of 5 whereas constructing a double-digit lead within the second.
GAVITT TIPOFF GAMES
Creighton‘s win gave the Big East a 3-2 lead within the Gavitt Tipoff Games. There are three extra video games this week within the annual Big Ten vs. Big East collection. The Big Ten received six of the eight matchups final season.
UP NEXT
Iowa: Hosts Arkansas State on Friday.
Creighton: Hosts Texas Southern on Saturday.
