No. 15 Creighton Impresses CBB Followers With Dominant Upset Raise Over No. 1 UConn
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Down goes No. 1.
The No. 15 Creighton Bluejays defended residence-court docket advantage with a dominant 85-66 victory over the tip-ranked UConn Huskies in Tuesday’s Mountainous East men’s basketball showdown on the CHI Health Center. Creighton’s victory snapped a 14-sport profitable race for the reigning national champions.
UConn is soundless 24-3 total and 14-2 in Mountainous East play, which locations it in line for a No. 1 seed come Different Sunday even with this uncharacteristically unhappy efficiency.
It became as soon as a more considerable result for Creighton, which defeated the No. 1 team for the important time in program ancient previous and continues picking up momentum on the supreme time with four straight convention wins. The Bluejays are 20-7 on the season and 11-5 in Mountainous East play.
Social media had masses of admire for the victors:
CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 @CBSSportsCBB
DOWN GOES NO. 1 🚨
For the important time in ancient previous, @BluejayMBB defeats a No. 1 team 🤩 pic.twitter.com/pVZeNn3qKu
Creighton Men’s Basketball @BluejayMBB
THIS SEQUENCE 😍🏀
WHAT A FIRST HALF#GoJays pic.twitter.com/1SIKcoYfIg
Creighton Men’s Basketball @BluejayMBB
THIS IS A 20 POINT BASKETBALL GAME
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Creighton 51, Connecticut 31#GoJays pic.twitter.com/FBMpNandYy
Matt Norlander @MattNorlander
Most blended Quad 1 + 2 wins:
Purdue: 15
Connecticut: 13
Creighton: 12 pic.twitter.com/cq9c5WaHLz
Dana O’Neil @DanaONeilWriter
And down goes @UConnMBB. Impressive use by @BluejayMBB. No person is invincible. Especially on the avenue. Again, I stare forward to the @BIGEAST match
Raise Dauster @RobDauster
The scenario for UConn tonight is that they have not been in a standing to win many tidy appears to be like out of their offense. Creighton’s accomplished an excellent job preventing over monitors and the utilize of Kalkbrennar to remark the rest going to the rim. Health center defensively. https://t.co/v0lmrI9n5b
Pregame Empire @PregameEmpire
Creighton from 3 level differ pic.twitter.com/15ZSMq0kIn
Creighton jumped out to a double-digit lead in the important half and became as soon as in corpulent control right thru the large majority of the competition. The yarn for great of the game became as soon as its three-level shooting, as the residence team ended up 14-of-28 from long differ.
It moreover performed impressive protection on the perimeter and held UConn to an horrifying 3-of-16 shooting from three-level differ.
Steven Ashworth led the formulation for the Bluejays with 20 aspects and 7 rebounds, whereas Ryan Kalkbrenner (15 aspects and 6 rebounds) and Trey Alexander (16 aspects and four assists) performed impressive supporting roles.
Tristen Newton did what he may perchance well for UConn with a double-double of 27 aspects and 12 rebounds, however he became as soon as the most bright member of his team to score better than 12.
Creighton will stare to preserve issues rolling when it travels to St. John’s on Sunday, whereas the Huskies will try to soar support and extra solidify their lift on a No. 1 seed after they host Villanova on Saturday.
