Preview: No. 10 Creighton @ St. John’s

By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher

On Wednesday night, the No. 10 Creighton Bluejays faces the St. John’s Red Storm at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y. The game will be on Fox Sports 1 at 8:30 pm EST.

The Bluejays are 13-1 and the Red Storm are 8-7. Creighton is 2-0 on the road and St. John’s is 5-2 at home.

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This is the seventh meeting between these two teams. They have not played each other since Feb. 28, 2016, when the Bluejays won 100-59.

The Bluejays have won the past two meetings.

In the previous six meetings, Creighton has won four times. St. John’s won 84-66 on Feb. 7, 2015.

The Red Storm also won 70-65 on Feb. 9, 2014.

Creighton lost their last game, as they lost 80-70 to No. 1 Villanova Wildcats. They have not won a game since Dec. 28, 2016, when they defeated the Seton Hall Pirates 89-75.

St. John’s has won their past three games. They have not lost a game since Dec. 18, 2016, when they lost 92-76 to the Penn State Nittany Lions.

The Blue Jays are averaging 88.4 points per game. The Red Storm are scoring 78.6 points.

Marcus Foster leads the Bluejays attack with 19.0 points per game. Justin Patton is averaging 6.4 rebounds and Maurice Watson Jr. is averaging 9.1 assists.

Shamorre Ponds leads the Red Storm attack with 17.7 points per game. Bashir Ahmad is averaging 5.7 rebounds and Marcus Lovett is averaging 4.1 assists.

Preview: Washington State @ #20 Creighton

By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher

On Friday night, the Washington State Cougars face #20 Creighton Bluejays. Both teams have 2-0 records.

The Cougars won a game at home and at a neutral location. The Bluejays are 2-0 at their home facility. This game is a part of the Paradise Jam and will start at 8:30 pm EST from the Sports and Fitness Center in the St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

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This is the first meeting between the two teams.

The Cougars beat the Montana State Bobcats to begin the season. They then defeated the Central Washington Wildcats this season.

In their past 10 games, they have two wins, which came in their past two games.

The Bluejays defeated the UMKC Kangaroos 89-82 to begin the season. Then they defeated #9 Wisconsin Badgers 79-67.

In their past 10 games, they are 5-5.

The Cougars are averaging 75 points per game. The Bluejays are averaging 84 points.

Josh Hawkinson leads the Cougars with 17 points and 12.5 rebounds. Ike Iroegbu is averaging 5 assists.

Khyri Thomas leads the Blue Jays with 17 points per game. Justin Patton is averaging 7.5 rebounds and Maurice Watson Jr. is averaging 9.5 assists.

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McDermott Leads Blue Jays into March Madness

By Marc Faisant

After a stellar senior season, the presumptive National Player of the Year, Creighton University forward Doug McDermott finds himself in elite company. After recently passing Oscar Robertson and Hersey Hawkins on the all-time NCAA scoring list, McDermott is one of 8 players in in NCAA history to score 3,000 career points and needs another 55 points to crack the top five.

A lock to be included in the Big Dance, as the Creighton Blue Jays head into their first Big East tournament, they are guaranteed a minimum of two more games. Of course it is always dangerous to project victories this time of year, but, for the sake of argument, let’s say that the Blue Jays beat DePaul and the winner of Xavier vs. Marquette and advance to the Big East Final. (As the #2 seed, they are projected to do just that.)

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With the first round NCAA tournament game, that is at least four games for McDermott to ascend up that list.

Pete Maravich was a freak of nature and his scoring record is untouchable. In 83 games (with no three point line), he scored 3,667 points for LSU from 1967-1970. Numbers 2 and 3 on the all-time list, Freeman Williams and LaSalle legend, Lionel Simmons, are not within reach unless Creighton makes some noise this March.

Currently, McDermott is 206 points behind Simmons and 238 behind Portland State’s Williams. Coming off a 45 point night against Providence on Senior Night, it is not out of the question for McDermott to climb up to #2 on the all-time list.

For now, McDermott and his Creighton Blue Jays need to focus on DePaul tonight at 7 pm.

NCAA Division I Top 10 scorers (all-time)
1) Pete Maravich, LSU: 83 games, 3,667 points
2) Freeman Williams, Portland State: 106 games, 3,249 points
3) Lionel Simmons, La Salle (Pa.): 131 games, 3,217 points
4) Alphonso Ford, Miss. Valley State: 109 games, 3,165 points
5) Harry Kelly, Texas Southern: 110 games, 3,066 points
6) Keydren Clark, St. Peter’s (N.J.): 118 games, 3,058 points
7) Doug McDermott, Creighton: 140 games, 3,011 points
8) Hersey Hawkins, Bradley: 125 games, 3,008 points
9) Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati: 88 games, 2,973 points
10) Danny Manning, Kansas: 147 games, 2,951 points