National Basketball Association
Creighton 79, Illinois St. 72
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Where: Redbird Arena, Normal, Illinois
Officials:
# Tom Eades, # Terry Oglesby, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
8813
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No. 11 Creighton 79, Illinois State 72: Forward Ethan Wragge scored a game-high 18 points, including 6-of-9 3-pointers, and Doug McDermott added 15 points and nine rebounds as the visiting Bluejays held off the Redbirds in a Missouri Valley Conference game.
McDermott, who came into the game averaging 23.5 points, sealed the win for Creighton (13-1, 2-0) by connecting on both ends of a one-and-one situation with 7.9 seconds left to increase the Bluejays' lead to 77-72.
Illinois State guard Tyler Brown missed a 3-pointer and Bluejays point guard Grant Gibbs grabbed the rebound and finished the scoring with a pair of free throws with less than a second remaining. Brown and guard Bryant Allen scored 15 points apiece to lead Illinois State (9-5, 0-2).
Gibbs finished with 16 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Bluejays, who shot 52 percent (13-of-25) from 3-point range and won their seventh straight game.
Illinois State, which trailed by as many as 12 points late in the first half, rallied to take a 65-64 lead on a jumper by forward Jon Ekey with 7:18 remaining. But guard Jahenns Manigat nailed a 3-pointer to give the Bluejays the lead for good a little over a minute later.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Illinois State F Jackie Carmichael, celebrating his 23rd birthday, got a block early in the second half to break the school career blocked shot mark of 160 set by Greg Dilligard (2004-07). Carmichael, who entered the game tied with Dilligard, finished with 10 points and six rebounds and has 161 career blocks. ... Creighton has won six straight over Illinois State including a 83-79 overtime decision in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament in St. Louis last March. ... The Bluejays improved to 13-3 in road games over the past two seasons.
Top Game Performances
| Creighton |
|
Illinois St. |
|
Ethan Wragge 18 |
Scoring |
Bryant Allen 15 |
|
Grant Gibbs 7 |
Assists |
Tyler Brown 6 |
|
Doug McDermott 9 |
Rebounds |
Jackie Carmichael 6 |
|
Doug McDermott 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Brown 2 |
|
Austin Chatman 2 |
Steals |
Bryant Allen 1 |
|
Doug McDermott 1 |
Blocks |
Jackie Carmichael 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Creighton
|
79 |
52.8 |
13-25 |
10-12 |
19 |
32 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
| Illinois St.
|
72 |
42.2 |
13-28 |
5-10 |
19 |
29 |
2 |
4 |
7 |