After certainly one of its worst losses of the season, Creighton seems to get again within the groove when it travels to face Seton Corridor on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.
The Bluejays (20-9, 13-5 Huge East) have been hammered by Xavier 83-61 on Saturday, struggling their second-biggest margin of defeat this season.
“We have not been overwhelmed like this in a very long time,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott mentioned. “No one has actually carried out that to our protection all yr.”
Creighton is tied with No. 20 Marquette for second place within the Huge East, however the schedule favors the Bluejays within the last week of the common season — Marquette has to play No. 6St. John’s and UConn.
Creighton overwhelmed Seton Corridor 79-54 on Jan. 25, holding the Pirates to solely 20 second-half factors. Bluejays large man Ryan Kalkbrenner was unstoppable in that assembly, ending 9-10 from the ground for 23 factors. Creighton sharpshooter Steven Ashworth had 17 factors within the contest, together with 5 3-pointers, and 9 assists.
Seton Corridor (7-22, 2-16) has misplaced 4 in a row and 13 of its final 14. The Pirates are tied with DePaul for final within the convention.
Accidents and inexperience have doomed the Pirates this season. Seton Corridor ranks third to final within the nation in scoring a feeble 62.2 factors a recreation.
“We by no means actually had a full roster the place the fellows might play collectively — somebody was all the time out,” Pirates coach Shaheen Holloway mentioned after the Pirates’ 71-61 loss Saturday to St. John’s. “I am simply upset that we did not have an opportunity to actually jell like we might have. I believe we might have had a greater season than what we’re having proper now.”
Sophomore Isaiah Coleman leads the Pirates scoring 15.4 factors per recreation, and senior Dylan Addae-Wusu is Seton Corridor’s solely different lively participant averaging double figures with 10.5. Chaunce Jenkins has missed the final 11 video games for Seton Corridor with a knee damage.
After successful 9 in a row, Creighton has now misplaced three of its final 5, however it’s nonetheless in line for an NCAA Event bid.
Kalkbrenner has scored no less than 10 factors and had a blocked shot for 14 straight video games, the nation’s longest lively streak. Creighton has additionally made a 3 in 1,049 consecutive video games.
–Subject Degree Media
