Boxscore
Creighton 68, Drake 61
Friday, March 2, 2012 7:05 PM
Location -
Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, Missouri
Officials -
David Hall, Don Daily, Mike Eades
Attendance -
N/A
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
Creighton 68, Drake 61: Doug McDermott had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lift the No. 24 Bluejays in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals.
Creighton, the No. 2 seed, will meet Evansville in Saturday's semifinals.
In a game that featured seven lead changes and seven ties, McDermott put the Bluejays up for good with an eight-point burst early in the second half. Trailing 38-37, McDermott hit a jumper and two 3-pointers to put Creighton up 45-40 with 15:10 to play.
Creighton (26-5) extended the run to 15-4, capped by Josh Jones' 3-pointer that put the Bluejays up 52-42 with 8:03 left. McDermott made 4 of 6 3-pointers, including 3 of 4 in the second half. Drake made only 1 of 15 3-pointers.
A layup by Rayvonte Rice with 1:24 left brought Drake to within 63-60 before Creighton made 5 of 7 free throws in the final minute to seal the win.
Rice led Drake with 15 points.
Drake (17-15) shot out to a 9-0 lead, but the Bluejays rallied with Gregory Echenique’s jumper giving Creighton a 24-22 lead with 8:17 left in the half.
A layup by Antoine Young with two seconds left gave Creighton a 35-34 lead at the half. Young finished with 16 points, while Echenique added 10.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Drake and Creighton each made 1 of 8 3-pointers in the first half. … Jordan Clarke finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds for Drake … Drake went 5:05 without scoring in the second half.
Drake Bulldogs
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Kurt Alexander
|
34:00 |
4-14 |
0-3 |
6-7 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
|
Jordan Clarke
|
34:00 |
5-7 |
0-0 |
1-4 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
Jeremy Jeffers
|
37:00 |
4-12 |
0-4 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
Rayvonte Rice
|
36:00 |
5-13 |
0-3 |
5-5 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Ben Simons
|
40:00 |
5-12 |
1-5 |
0-0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
Kraidon Woods
|
6:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Aaron Hawley
|
7:00 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
David Smith
|
6:00 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
24-60 |
1-15 |
12-16 |
6 |
25 |
31 |
6 |
17 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
61 |
| |
40.0%
|
6.7%
|
75.0%
|
Team Rebs: 4 |
|
Total TO: 6 |
Creighton Bluejays
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Grant Gibbs
|
16:00 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Antoine Young
|
33:00 |
6-8 |
0-1 |
4-4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
|
Gregory Echenique
|
28:00 |
5-8 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
Jahenns Manigat
|
22:00 |
3-6 |
0-3 |
2-2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Doug McDermott
|
35:00 |
9-15 |
4-6 |
4-7 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
26 |
|
Avery Dingman
|
8:00 |
0-3 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ethan Wragge
|
10:00 |
0-4 |
0-4 |
0-0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Austin Chatman
|
19:00 |
1-4 |
0-1 |
3-5 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Josh Jones
|
22:00 |
1-3 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Will Artino
|
7:00 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
25-54 |
5-19 |
13-19 |
5 |
30 |
35 |
13 |
14 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
68 |
| |
46.3%
|
26.3%
|
68.4%
|
Team Rebs: 2 |
|
Total TO: 9 |