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

Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75February 19, 2009Lorene Ramsey Gym • East Peoria, Ill.2008-09 Box Scores & Game SummariesGame 25 Game 26 Game 27Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . .59February 21, 2009McLeod Center • Cedar Falls, IowaDrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44February 27, 2009Qwest Center Omaha • Omaha, Neb.Creighton surrendered a season-high 75 points in aneight-point loss at Bradley, snapping the Jays’ winningstreak at 11. Kelsey Woodard scored 17 of her teamhigh19 points in the first half. The Jays raced out toa nine-point lead in the opening minutes of the game.They maintained a lead until the final 25 seconds ofthe half, when a lay-up helped the Braves end the halfon an 8-0 run and lead 34-33 at the half. The Jayswent nearly six minutes without a field goal early in thesecond half, as BU went ahead 47-38. The Bravesrattled off a 16-2 run, which included 12 unansweredpoints, to push to their largest lead of the game, up 19at 63-44. The Jays used a 13-3 run to cut BU’s leadback to single digits, trailing 66-57 with 3:52 to play. Aquick 7-2 burst made the score 69-64 in favor of theBraves with 93 seconds left in the game, but the Jayscould get no closer. All five Bradley starters scored indouble figures, while BU’s 13 blocked shots were themost by a CU opponent since December 2005. CU’s11 straight wins was its longest streak under JimFlanery and longest since 1991-92.VISITORS: Creighton (16-9, 11-3 MVC)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M21 Neuvirth - f 3-16 3-7 2-4 11 11 1 2 0 2 3854 Voss - c 2-4 0-0 3-4 2 7 2 0 1 0 2203 Woodard - g 8-16 3-6 0-0 5 19 0 3 0 0 3705 Herring - g 5-18 4-8 1-2 3 15 4 5 0 0 3815 Crites - g 3-9 0-0 1-2 8 7 4 2 0 1 2404 Rhoten 0-0 0-0 2-3 3 2 3 0 0 2 2112 Moore 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 Frank 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 144 Nelson 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 6 1 0 1 1 18TEAM 8Totals 25-68 10-22 9-15 44 67 15 13 2 6 200FG% 1st: 13-32 40.6 2nd: 11-36 30.6 Game: 35.3 Deadball3FG% 1st: 4-9 44.4 2nd: 6-13 46.2 Game: 45.5 Reb.FT% 1st: 3-4 75.0 2nd: 6-11 54.5 Game: 60.0 3HOME: Bradley (18-6, 9-4 MVC)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M15 Harris - f 5-9 0-0 6-10 15 16 0 2 6 1 2730 Rogers - f 8-17 0-0 4-5 8 20 1 0 1 0 2903 Frericks - g 4-6 2-4 0-0 3 10 4 2 2 0 2524 Johnson - g 4-10 1-2 3-6 2 12 9 1 3 2 3534 Taylor - g 4-13 0-2 2-3 4 10 4 1 0 2 3405 Muegge 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 913 Van Kirk 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1214 Lund 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1640 Krumwiede 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 4 0 2 0 0 13TEAM 2 1Totals 28-58 3-8 16-26 40 75 20 10 13 6 200FG% 1st: 14-32 43.8 2nd: 14-26 53.8 Game: 48.3 Deadball3FG% 1st: 2-5 40.0 2nd: 1-3 33.3 Game: 37.5 Reb.FT% 1st: 4-8 50.0 2nd: 12-18 66.7 Game: 61.5 3Officials: Scott Freuhling, Rod Creech, Kevin DillardTechnical Fouls: NoneAttendance: 444SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTALCreighton 33 34 – – 67Bradley 34 41 – – 75Megan Neuvirth scored seven of her 22 points inovertime to help the Bluejays come from behind anddefeat UNI 67-59. Neuvirth added 10 rebounds forher second straight double-double, while ChevelleHerring led all scorers with 23 points. The Jays outscoredUNI 11-3 in overtime, making 4-of-6 shots fromthe field, while the Panthers went 0-for-5 from thefield. UNI’s Lizzie Boeck knocked down a three-pointerwith 19 seconds left to give UNI a 56-54 lead.Herring answered with a lay-up inside of 10 secondsto play in regulation to tie the game. After a timeout,Neuvirth blocked UNI’s game-winning shot attempt atthe buzzer and the game went to overtime. Neuvirthopened overtime with a basket after UNI missed athree-pointer to start the extra period, and the Jayswould never trail again. The game featured 11 tiesand 14 lead changes. Creighton’s largest lead wasnine midway through the first half, while UNI’s largestlead was five midway through the second half. Thegame marked the fourth overtime game in the last 10meetings between the teams.VISITORS: Creighton (17-9, 12-3 MVC)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M21 Neuvirth - f 9-18 2-3 2-2 10 22 2 1 3 2 4554 Voss - c 2-4 0-0 4-6 5 8 2 1 2 0 3203 Woodard - g 2-11 1-6 2-2 4 7 3 0 1 1 4505 Herring - g 9-19 3-8 2-2 4 23 1 3 0 3 3915 Crites - g 1-5 0-1 1-4 4 3 3 3 0 2 2304 Rhoten 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 512 Moore 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1744 Nelson 2-5 0-0 0-0 5 4 0 3 0 0 19TEAM 2Totals 25-62 6-18 11-16 36 67 11 11 6 9 225FG% 1st: 10-28 35.7 2nd: 11-28 39.3 Game: 40.3 Deadball3FG% 1st: 2-8 25.0 2nd: 3-8 37.5 Game: 33.3 Reb.FT% 1st: 4-6 66.7 2nd: 5-8 62.5 Game: 68.8 4HOME: Northern Iowa (8-17, 6-8 MVC)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M22 Wubbens - f 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 632 Wypiszynski - f 3-10 0-0 3-3 3 9 2 2 0 0 2220 Boeck - c 3-7 1-3 1-2 5 8 0 4 0 0 1804 Armstrong - g 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1624 Clausen - g 3-4 2-3 2-2 2 10 0 1 1 0 4403 Madrigal 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 Uhlenhopp 5-8 0-1 2-2 4 12 3 3 0 0 3921 Mennen 2-4 0-0 0-0 6 4 0 0 0 0 1334 Swanson 2-7 0-3 0-0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2944 Brocka 3-9 0-1 1-2 5 7 4 2 1 2 36TEAM 5 1Totals 23-55 4-12 9-11 34 59 11 17 2 3 225FG% 1st: 11-27 40.7 2nd: 12-23 52.2 Game: 41.8 Deadball3FG% 1st: 0-4 00.0 2nd: 4-5 80.0 Game: 33.3 Reb.FT% 1st: 5-6 83.3 2nd: 1-1 100.0 Game: 81.8 2Officials: Teresa Dahlem, Erick Baker, Rich ChoponisTechnical Fouls: NoneAttendance: 1,011SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTALCreighton 26 30 11 – 67Northern Iowa 27 29 3 – 59Creighton shot a season-low 21.9 percent in losing itsfirst MVC home game of the year. The Bluejaysattempted a season-high 73 shots, but made just 16,including a season-low 2-of-19 (.105) from three-pointrange. Drake had as many points as turnovers in thefirst half, as the Jays led 21-15 at the break. Neitherteam hit a three in the first half and both teams shot24 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes. CU’soffensive woes worsened to start the second half asthe Jays hit just one field goal in the first nine minutesof the half and had just five points through the first12:31. CU made one of its first 14 shots in the secondhalf as the Bulldogs built to an 11-point lead, up 35-24.The Jays would close back within four, but could getno closer in their worst shooting performance sinceNov. 21, 2003. Megan Neuvirth grabbed her thirdstraight double-double while she moved into first onthe CU single-season rebounding chart. The firsteverregular-season women’s game at Qwest CenterOmaha drew the sixth-largest crowd in school history.VISITORS: Drake (17-10, 11-5 MVC)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M24 Keizer - f 2-5 0-0 0-0 7 4 0 2 0 0 1932 Dybing - f 3-10 1-2 4-6 10 11 3 3 1 1 3945 Jones - f 3-10 0-0 7-10 12 13 0 5 0 1 3921 Plummer - g 3-7 0-1 0-0 3 6 2 3 0 0 1634 Wollschlager - g 1-7 0-3 1-2 3 3 1 2 0 1 3115 Hackbarth 4-4 0-0 6-9 9 14 0 3 0 1 2123 Turk 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1230 Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 Agee 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 3 0 0 22TEAM 5 1Totals 16-45 1-6 18-28 52 51 9 24 1 4 200FG% 1st: 5-21 23.8 2nd: 11-24 45.8 Game: 35.6 Deadball3FG% 1st: 0-4 00.0 2nd: 1-2 50.0 Game: 16.7 Reb.FT% 1st: 5-8 62.5 2nd: 13-20 65.0 Game: 64.3 4HOME: Creighton (17-10, 12-4 MVC)Name FG 3FG FT Reb. Pts. A TO B S M21 Neuvirth - f 6-20 1-3 1-1 13 14 2 4 1 3 3654 Voss - c 3-7 0-0 4-4 5 10 0 1 0 2 2003 Woodard - g 1-8 0-5 0-0 5 2 1 3 1 0 3805 Herring - g 3-26 1-11 2-5 3 9 2 1 0 2 40-15 Crites - g 2-7 0-0 1-4 8 5 0 4 0 1 2604 Rhoten 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1112 Moore 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 0 1 2 1120 Kraft 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+33 Frank 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 244 Nelson 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 1 16TEAM 3Totals 16-73 2-19 10-16 45 44 5 13 3 11 200FG% 1st: 8-34 23.5 2nd: 8-39 20.5 Game: 21.9 Deadball3FG% 1st: 0-7 00.0 2nd: 2-12 16.7 Game: 10.5 Reb.FT% 1st: 5-7 71.4 2nd: 5-9 55.6 Game: 62.5 1Officials: Tina Napier, Bob Trammell, June CourteauTechnical Fouls: CU - VossAttendance: 3,483SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTALDrake 15 36 – – 51Creighton 21 23 – – 44