2008-09 Creighton Women's Basketball - Creighton University ...

Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Arkansas State . . . . . . . . . . . .73November 14, 2008Convocation Center • Jonesboro, Ark.2008-09 Box Scores & Game SummariesGame 1 Game 2 Game 3Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67November 17, 2008Omaha Civic Auditorium • Omaha, Neb.nr/24 Iowa State . . . . . . . . . . .63Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59November 23, 2008Omaha Civic Auditorium • Omaha, Neb.Arkansas State used a 13-0 run to start the first half,as the Bluejays did not score until nearly six minutesinto the game. After falling behind 18-3, the Bluejaysrattled off a 19-4 run to knot the score at 22 with 6:53left in the opening half. The Red Wolves closed outthe half on an 11-3 run and never looked back. ASU,the preseason favorites in the Sun Belt’s We s tDivision, surged ahead by as many as 25 in the secondhalf. The Jays shot just 33.3 percent from thefloor, marking the fifth time in the last seven games(dating back to last season) the Jays failed to makemore than one-third of their shots from the field. CUshot just 52 percent (13-25) at the free-throw line, itslowest free-throw percentage since 50 percent (2-4)against at Drake on Feb. 9, 2007. Kelsey Woodardand Michelle Kaus led the Jays with 13 points each.VISITORS: Creighton (0-1)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M21 Neuvirth - f 2-10 0-2 2-5 8 6 1 3 0 3 3254 Voss - c 2-5 0-0 0-4 9 4 0 1 0 1 1903 Woodard - g 4-15 3-10 2-2 4 13 1 3 1 1 3505 Herring - g 1-7 0-1 6-6 0 8 1 3 0 0 3122 Kaus - g 4-7 3-5 2-2 1 13 0 1 0 0 2804 Rhoten 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 312 Moore 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 915 Crites 2-4 0-0 0-2 6 4 1 3 0 0 2133 Frank 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 844 Nelson 1-3 0-0 1-4 4 3 0 0 0 0 14TEAM 3 1Totals 18-54 7-20 13-25 37 56 5 16 1 6 200FG% 1st: 8-26 30.8 2nd: 10-28 35.7 Game: 33.3 Deadball3FG% 1st: 4-12 33.3 2nd: 3-8 37.5 Game: 35.0 Reb.FT% 1st: 5-8 62.5 2nd: 8-17 47.1 Game: 52.0 6HOME: Arkansas State (1-0)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M22 Scott - f 7-11 0-0 2-2 3 16 0 1 1 1 2030 Schlup - f 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 4 2 2 0 0 1701 Taylor - g 2-5 1-1 0-2 1 5 1 0 0 0 2611 Jefferson - g 2-7 0-1 2-2 2 6 2 0 0 0 1715 Hiles - g 1-4 0-2 2-2 4 4 8 2 0 4 2705 Stoudemire 1-3 0-1 1-2 1 3 0 2 0 0 620 Lewis 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Hurst 7-10 4-4 0-0 7 18 2 3 0 1 2024 Smith 3-8 0-1 4-5 7 10 0 1 0 4 2925 Starr 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2032 Dunn 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 0 1 434 Pospisil 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 4 0 0 0 0 950 Henke 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3TEAM 6Totals 26-59 5-14 16-21 41 73 16 12 1 11 200FG% 1st: 13-31 41.9 2nd: 13-28 46.4 Game: 44.1 Deadball3FG% 1st: 3-6 50.0 2nd: 2-8 25.0 Game: 35.7 Reb.FT% 1st: 4-4 100.0 2nd: 12-17 70.6 Game: 76.2 2Officials: Eric Baker, David Scroggins, Chad ArmstrongTechnical Fouls: NoneAttendance: 1,622SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTALCreighton 25 31 – – 56Arkansas State 33 40 – – 73Chevelle Herring’s career-high 19 points was notenough to help the Bluejays post a come-from-behindwin over in-state rival Nebraska as the Jays droppedtheir home opener. NU led by five at the break andwent ahead seven to start the second half, but theJays quickly erased the deficit, scoring the game’snext 11 points to go up 43-39. The Jays led by six withjust over 10 minutes left and were up by four with lessthan five to play, but the Huskers used eight unansweredpoints to claim the lead for good down thestretch. Herring led all players with 19 points, alongwith a career-best five rebounds. Michelle Kausbecame the 12th player in school history to reach 100career three-pointers, but left the game in the secondhalf with what would prove to be a season-ending leftknee injury. Herring’s high school teammate fromBellevue East, Yvonne Turner, scored 13 points in 17minutes and helped spearhead the NU comeback.VISITORS: Nebraska (2-0)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M32 Hester - f 2-5 0-0 1-5 5 5 2 2 0 1 1840 Montgomery - f 3-10 0-0 5-6 9 11 1 1 0 2 3205 Burke - g 2-5 2-5 0-0 0 6 3 0 0 1 2722 Turner - g 3-8 2-7 5-9 3 13 2 1 0 2 1724 Kelley - g 7-11 2-2 0-0 3 16 4 5 0 0 3111 Neals 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1913 Kuhlmann 2-4 1-2 3-4 4 8 0 1 0 0 2615 Whittaker 2-9 1-3 5-6 6 10 0 4 0 0 1621 Sidhu 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 642 Bober 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 544 Redmon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3TEAM 7Totals 22-57 9-21 19-30 40 72 13 16 0 6 200FG% 1st: 10-28 35.7 2nd: 12-29 41.4 Game: 38.6 Deadball3FG% 1st: 4-10 40.0 2nd: 5-11 42.5 Game: 42.9 Reb.FT% 1st: 13-16 81.3 2nd: 6-14 42.9 Game: 63.3 7HOME: Creighton (0-2)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M21 Neuvirth - f 5-15 1-5 0-0 8 11 2 4 3 1 3354 Voss - c 4-8 0-0 4-6 8 12 1 1 3 0 3003 Woodard - g 2-10 1-3 4-4 5 9 1 2 0 0 3805 Herring - g 9-22 1-3 0-0 5 19 2 2 0 0 3622 Kaus - g 3-5 3-4 0-0 3 9 0 0 0 0 1804 Rhoten 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 0 1 0 1 412 Moore 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1315 Crites 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 3 6 0 0 1133 Frank 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 1 744 Nelson 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10TEAM 5Totals 26-64 6-16 9-14 39 67 10 16 6 3 200FG% 1st: 12-32 37.5 2nd: 14-32 43.8 Game: 40.6 Deadball3FG% 1st: 4-11 36.4 2nd: 2-5 40.0 Game: 37.5 Reb.FT% 1st: 4-6 66.7 2nd: 5-8 62.5 Game: 64.3 2, 1Officials: Gina Cross, Randy Campbell, Debbie AdamsTechnical Fouls: Creighton – BenchAttendance: 1,537SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTALNebraska 37 35 – – 72Creighton 32 35 – – 67Chevelle Herring poured in a career-high point totalfor the second straight game, but again the Bluejayscould not hold a second-half lead over a Big 12 opponent,falling to Iowa State. The Cyclones, ranked 24thin the ESPN/USA Today Poll, led by as many as eightin the first half, but a three-pointer by Herring at thefirst-half buzzer sent the teams to the locker roomstied at 29. ISU built back to a seven-point lead in thesecond half, only to see the Bluejays come back totake a lead. CU’s only lead of the second-half camewith just over seven minutes to play, when MeganNeuvirth scored two of her 12 second-half points toput the Jays up 53-52. The game was tied twicemore, including at 59 with 1:04 left. The Cyclonesbuilt to a 61-59 lead. Herring’s game-tying attemptwith less than 10 seconds left hung on the rim, butrolled off and the Cyclones escaped with the victory.For the first time in the Jim Flanery era, the Bluejaybench failed to score a point, as four of CU’s startersplayed at least 35 minutes. Herring played the entiregame, including the final 13:38 with four fouls.VISITORS: nr/24 Iowa State (3-0)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M05 Wieben - f 8-12 0-0 5-8 9 21 2 2 3 0 3632 Nisliet - f 1-1 0-0 1-3 4 3 0 0 0 0 1804 Lacey - g 4-17 0-5 2-2 6 10 5 2 0 1 3711 Bolte - g 2-7 1-3 5-8 10 10 1 5 0 0 3715 Ezell - g 2-7 1-6 1-2 1 6 4 0 0 1 3602 Williams 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 910 Stuckey 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 131 Arlen 1-3 1-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 641 Ross 2-5 0-0 2-2 2 6 0 1 0 0 1644 Anderson 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 1 0 0 4TEAM 4Totals 22-55 3-16 16-25 41 63 13 14 3 2 200FG% 1st: 10-29 34.5 2nd: 12-26 46.2 Game: 40.0 Deadball3FG% 1st: 2-11 18.2 2nd: 1-5 20.0 Game: 18.8 Reb.FT% 1st: 7-11 63.6 2nd: 9-14 64.3 Game: 64.0 4HOME: Creighton (0-3)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M21 Neuvirth - f 5-15 2-5 2-5 9 14 3 4 0 2 3854 Voss - f 4-5 0-0 8-8 8 16 1 1 3 0 3544 Nelson - c 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1403 Woodard - g 0-2 0-1 3-4 4 3 1 1 0 2 4005 Herring - g 7-19 3-6 7-8 1 24 1 5 0 0 4004 Rhoten 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2412 Moore 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 533 Frank 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4TEAM 2Totals 17-45 5-13 20-25 27 59 7 12 4 5 200FG% 1st: 7-22 31.8 2nd: 10-23 43.5 Game: 37.8 Deadball3FG% 1st: 2-8 25.0 2nd: 3-5 60.0 Game: 38.5 Reb.FT% 1st: 13-14 92.9 2nd: 7-11 63.6 Game: 80.0 3Officials: Greg Small, John Whitson, Eric BakerTechnical Fouls: NoneAttendance: 1,285SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTALnr/24 Iowa State 29 34 – – 63Creighton 29 30 – – 59