Jamiya Neal stuffed the stat sheet with 21 issues, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, sporting No. 21 Creighton to an 80-76 win over Notre Dame within the seventh-place recreation of the Avid gamers Technology Pageant on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Fredrick King began instead of the injured Ryan Kalkbrenner and completed with 14 issues as Creighton (5-3) ended a three-game shedding streak. Steven Ashworth chipped in 15 issues and 6 rebounds.
Notre Dame (4-4) misplaced its fourth consecutive recreation in spite of 4 avid gamers scoring in double figures, together with 17-point efforts from Braeden Shrewsberry and Tae Davis. Matt Allocco scored 12 and Garrett Sundra tallied 11. The Irish are nonetheless with out main scorer Markus Burton, who injured his proper knee in Tuesday’s extra time loss to Rutgers.
Down via as many as 17, Notre Dame led 53-52 after Shrewsberry hit a 3-pointer with 10:19 to play, capping an 11-0 run.
3 consecutive 3-pointers, together with two via Neal, helped the Bluejays push their result in 61-53 with below seven mins left and not regarded again.
Kalkbrenner, Creighton’s main scorer (18.1 issues in step with recreation) and rebounder (8.6), didn’t get started the sport because of a lower-body harm and not noticed the ground.
It did not subject, with Neal emerging to the instance.
He helped gasoline a 9-0 run within the first part, burying a 3-pointer and scoring off a layup and loose throw. Isaac Traudt then knocked down a wide-open shot from distance that driven the Bluejays’ merit to 21-11 with 12:12 to play within the part.
Creighton had its greatest lead at 30-13 with 8:17 left after Mason Miller hooked up from past the arc.
Notre Dame battled again, igniting a 12-0 run highlighted via 3-pointers from J.R. Konieczny and Kebba Njie as Notre Dame closed the space to 30-25 with 3:40 ultimate.
Neal’s 3-pointer within the nook with 1:58 to move gave Creighton a 35-27 cushion, and his wide-open dunk with 54 seconds to play put the Bluejays again up via 10 at 37-27.
Creighton took a 40-30 lead into halftime after taking pictures 6-of-13 from 3-point vary, together with Traudt’s triple with 3 seconds ultimate.
–Box Degree Media
