DePaul Blue Demons at Creighton Bluejays
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Kalkbrenner scores 25, Creighton downs DePaul 75-65
Kalkbrenner also had 13 rebounds for the Bluejays (20-8, 13-4 Big East Conference). Steven Ashworth scored 16 points and added six assists. Fedor Zugic had nine points and shot 3 for 7 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line.
Isaiah Rivera led the Blue Demons (11-18, 2-16) in scoring, finishing with 18 points and eight rebounds. CJ Gunn added 14 points and six rebounds for DePaul. Layden Blocker also recorded 11 points. The loss was the Blue Demons' sixth straight.
Creighton took the lead with 7:29 left in the first half and never looked back. Kalkbrenner led his team in scoring with 12 points in the first half to help put them ahead 36-32 at the break. Creighton turned a five-point second-half lead into a 20-point advantage with a 15-0 run to make it a 65-45 lead with 8:23 left in the half.
Creighton plays Saturday against Xavier on the road, and DePaul visits Providence on Wednesday.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 65 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Isaiah Rivera made Free Throw. | 65 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Isaiah Rivera made Free Throw. | 64 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Foul on Ryan Kalkbrenner. | 63 - 75 |
Statistics
 DEP |
 CREI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-56 | FG | 29-56 |
| 44.6 | Field Goal % | 51.8 |
| 8-22 | 3PT | 9-27 |
| 36.4 | Three Point % | 33.3 |
| 7-11 | FT | 8-15 |
| 63.6 | Free Throw % | 53.3 |
| 22 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 4 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 11 | Assists | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 6 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 3 |
| 5 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 17 | Fouls | 13 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 20 |
Game Information
Location: Omaha, NE
Attendance: 17,213 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big East Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's | 16-2 | - | 25-4 |
| Creighton | 13-4 | 2.5 | 20-8 |
| Marquette | 12-5 | 3.5 | 21-7 |
| UConn | 11-6 | 4.5 | 19-9 |
| Xavier | 10-7 | 5.5 | 18-10 |
| Villanova | 10-8 | 6 | 17-12 |
| Georgetown | 7-10 | 8.5 | 16-12 |
| Butler | 6-11 | 9.5 | 13-15 |
| Providence | 6-11 | 9.5 | 12-16 |
| Seton Hall | 2-15 | 13.5 | 7-21 |
| DePaul | 2-16 | 14 | 11-18 |