Thursday, October 26
Omaha, Neb.
7:00 PM
Creighton University
n/a
96
vs
67
Nebraska-Omaha (Ex.)
n/a
1
2
F
Nebraska-Omaha
35
32
67
Creighton
49
47
96
Khyri Thomas
Photo by: Mark Kuhlmann
Men's Basketball Tops Mavericks 96-67 in Charity Exhibition
10/26/2017 9:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays score 18 points in transition and 45 points off the bench
OMAHA, Neb. -- Marcus Foster and Khyri Thomas combined for 41 points on just 28 shots as the Creighton men's basketball team topped Nebraska-Omaha, 96-67, on Thursday in a charity exhibition to benefit the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund.
Creighton's bench scored 45 points on the night while adding 29 rebounds. Manny Suarez approached a double-double with 14 points and eight rebounds in 11 minutes, while Ronnie Harrell Jr. added nine points and 13 minutes on just two shots in 21 minutes of work. Ten of Harrell's rebounds came in the second half to help CU win the board battle 52-43 for the evening.
Nebraska-Omaha was paced by 15 points from KJ Robinson, while Mitchell Hahn added 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Creighton led 49-35 at the half behind 17 points from Foster, as the Bluejays ended the first half with a 29-14 run. Thomas and Suarez had CU's first 12 points in that flurry and CU's lead remained in double-digits the entire second half. The Bluejays closed the game on a 10-2 burst to push the final margin to 29 by night's end.
It was the meeting between the crosstown rivals since a 2009 exhibition that was also won by Creighton.
Creighton plays its final exhibition on Friday, Nov. 3 vs. UNC Pembroke at 7 p.m., before opening the regular-season on Nov. 10 vs. Yale.
NOTES: Creighton has won 17 straight public fall exhibition games and Greg McDermott improved to 25-0 in public fall exhibition games as a head coach with 24 double-figure triumphs ... Creighton's true freshman trio of Ty-Shon Alexander, Mitch Ballock and Jacob Epperson combined for 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots in 47 minutes ... Game officials John Higgins, Trent Lovewell and Pete Larson donated their game checks to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund, as well ... Twelve of Creighton's 13 players to appear launched at least one three-point shot in the contest ... Creighton was picked to finish fifth in the BIG EAST while UNO was selected to place sixth in the Summit League preseason poll.
Creighton's bench scored 45 points on the night while adding 29 rebounds. Manny Suarez approached a double-double with 14 points and eight rebounds in 11 minutes, while Ronnie Harrell Jr. added nine points and 13 minutes on just two shots in 21 minutes of work. Ten of Harrell's rebounds came in the second half to help CU win the board battle 52-43 for the evening.
Nebraska-Omaha was paced by 15 points from KJ Robinson, while Mitchell Hahn added 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Creighton led 49-35 at the half behind 17 points from Foster, as the Bluejays ended the first half with a 29-14 run. Thomas and Suarez had CU's first 12 points in that flurry and CU's lead remained in double-digits the entire second half. The Bluejays closed the game on a 10-2 burst to push the final margin to 29 by night's end.
It was the meeting between the crosstown rivals since a 2009 exhibition that was also won by Creighton.
Creighton plays its final exhibition on Friday, Nov. 3 vs. UNC Pembroke at 7 p.m., before opening the regular-season on Nov. 10 vs. Yale.
NOTES: Creighton has won 17 straight public fall exhibition games and Greg McDermott improved to 25-0 in public fall exhibition games as a head coach with 24 double-figure triumphs ... Creighton's true freshman trio of Ty-Shon Alexander, Mitch Ballock and Jacob Epperson combined for 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots in 47 minutes ... Game officials John Higgins, Trent Lovewell and Pete Larson donated their game checks to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund, as well ... Twelve of Creighton's 13 players to appear launched at least one three-point shot in the contest ... Creighton was picked to finish fifth in the BIG EAST while UNO was selected to place sixth in the Summit League preseason poll.
Team Stats
OMAHA
CU
FG%
.299
.500
3FG%
.207
.424
FT%
.652
.706
RB
43
52
TO
12
14
STL
9
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
19
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
4
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