Creighton Bluejays vs NC State Wolfpack

Men's Basketball Championship - South Region - 1st Round

23-11

Final

	1	2	T
NC State NCSU	26	37	63
Creighton CREI	28	44	72

Creighton BluejaysCreightonCREI

22-12

NC State Wolfpack

starters
DJ BurnsD.J. Burns Jr.#30
Jack ClarkJ. Clark#5
Terquavion SmithT. Smith#0
Casey MorsellC. Morsell#14
Jarkel JoinerJ. Joiner#1
bench
Ernest RossE. Ross#24
Ebenezer DowuonaE. Dowuona#21
Breon PassB. Pass#10
LJ ThomasLJ Thomas#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	0	2	2	4
39	3	1-6	1-3	0-0	10	0	0	1	0	1	9	0
34	32	12-27	1-5	7-9	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	3
35	9	4-6	1-1	0-0	8	0	1	1	0	2	6	4
36	13	5-18	0-5	3-4	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
16	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
13	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	63	24-64	3-14	12-15	35	3	6	4	1	9	26	18
		38%	21%	80%

Creighton Bluejays

starters
Arthur KalumaA. Kaluma#24
Baylor ScheiermanB. Scheierman#55
Ryan KalkbrennerR. Kalkbrenner#11
Ryan NembhardR. Nembhard#2
Trey AlexanderT. Alexander#23
bench
Mason MillerM. Miller#13
Fred KingF. King#33
Shereef MitchellS. Mitchell#4
Francisco FarabelloF. Farabello#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
33	10	2-6	0-3	6-6	9	4	2	0	1	2	7	0
27	10	4-12	2-8	0-0	6	4	3	0	1	0	6	3
38	31	11-14	1-1	8-9	7	2	1	0	3	0	7	3
38	10	4-9	0-3	2-2	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	3
37	9	4-12	0-4	1-2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	72	26-56	3-20	17-19	34	15	8	3	6	3	31	14
		46%	15%	89%

Game Information

Denver, CO

Referee:Larry Scirotto

Referee:Tim Clougherty

Referee:Eric Curry

NCAA Division I

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	17-1	-	35-3
Virginia	15-3	2	30-6
Miami	13-5	4	26-9
North Carolina	12-6	5	24-9
Clemson	12-6	5	24-11
Louisville	11-7	6	24-11
NC State	10-8	7	20-14
Florida State	10-8	7	18-15
California	9-9	8	22-12
Stanford	9-9	8	20-13
Virginia Tech	8-10	9	19-13
SMU	8-10	9	20-14
Wake Forest	7-11	10	18-17
Syracuse	6-12	11	15-17
Pittsburgh	5-13	12	13-20
Notre Dame	4-14	13	13-18
Boston College	4-14	13	11-20
Georgia Tech	2-16	15	11-20

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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