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Men's Basketball Hosts "Secret" Scrimmage With Missouri
10/30/2016 4:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Teams play 40 minute in game-like conditions
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team opened its 2016-17 season on Sunday afternoon with a scrimmage against Missouri that was closed to the media and public. Recent NCAA legislation now allows postgame publicity of the result, which saw the teams tie 41-41 in the first 20 minutes before Creighton outscored the Tigers 45-31 after the score was reset for the final 20 minutes.
Creighton started quickly in both halves, racing to a 20-10 lead in the opening stanza while getting points from six different contributors. The Tigers clawed back to retake a 32-28 lead with 4:14 left in the first half before CU rallied to knot the score at 33-all. With CU in the double-bonus, Bluejay guard Maurice Watson Jr. made 6-of-6 free throws in the final 80 seconds to help CU stay even, and Creighton got a defensive stop in the final 10 seconds to preserve the first half tie.
The teams reset the score and fouls at 10-minute halftime break.
A trio of three-pointers by Marcus Foster helped the Bluejays jump out to an 11-3 lead in the second half, and Creighton would not trail. Ten different CU players scored in the final 20 minutes as all 14 eligible Bluejays played.
Foster led Creighton with 23 points on the afternoon, while Watson led the Bluejays with six assists.
Creighton head coach Greg McDermott was pleased with how the afternoon went. "It was great to be back on the floor against another team in a competition setting. We did some things well but still have plenty of room to improve. We've been banged up with injuries, but I was pleased we were able to get 12 men double-figure minutes on the afternoon."
Creighton's lone public exhibition will be Friday, Nov. 4, when the Bluejays host Wayne State in a 7 p.m. tip-off at CenturyLink Center Omaha.
Creighton started quickly in both halves, racing to a 20-10 lead in the opening stanza while getting points from six different contributors. The Tigers clawed back to retake a 32-28 lead with 4:14 left in the first half before CU rallied to knot the score at 33-all. With CU in the double-bonus, Bluejay guard Maurice Watson Jr. made 6-of-6 free throws in the final 80 seconds to help CU stay even, and Creighton got a defensive stop in the final 10 seconds to preserve the first half tie.
The teams reset the score and fouls at 10-minute halftime break.
A trio of three-pointers by Marcus Foster helped the Bluejays jump out to an 11-3 lead in the second half, and Creighton would not trail. Ten different CU players scored in the final 20 minutes as all 14 eligible Bluejays played.
Foster led Creighton with 23 points on the afternoon, while Watson led the Bluejays with six assists.
Creighton head coach Greg McDermott was pleased with how the afternoon went. "It was great to be back on the floor against another team in a competition setting. We did some things well but still have plenty of room to improve. We've been banged up with injuries, but I was pleased we were able to get 12 men double-figure minutes on the afternoon."
Creighton's lone public exhibition will be Friday, Nov. 4, when the Bluejays host Wayne State in a 7 p.m. tip-off at CenturyLink Center Omaha.
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