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ISU at
Creighton
December 13th
7:05 p.m.
ISU ,5-2 overall and 2-0 in the valley,defeated Creighton (4-3) 71-62 in Omaha.Creighton was 4-0 at home and 0-2 on the road before losing their first home game of the season to the Birds .ISU started slowely missing their first 6 shots before Rob Gibbons scored 3 1/2 minutes into the game.Rob was the teams leading scorer in the first half with 7 points.Rico Hill came off the bench to pace ISU in scoring (17) and rebounds (13).LeRoy Watkins also came off the bench early in the first half scoring 8 points and grabbing 3 boards.The Birds had the entire team available for the first time this season. Skipp Schaefbauer and Steve Hansell both led the team with 5 assists.Jamar Smiley who was in foul trouble most of the game and fouled out with 8 minutes to go was limited to 4 assists,4 rebounds and 2 points.Skipp didn't score again but besides leading the team in assists also played an excellent defensive game.Hansell chipped in a season high 15 points to go along with the 5 assists.Dan Muller scored 14 and grabbed 8 boards.
After the slow start the Birds scrapped back into the game,dominating the last 10 minutes of the first half and took a 7 point lead into the locker room.However,Creighton scored the first 10 points of the second half as ISU once again missed its first 6 shots.The Jays led by as many as 6 before the Birds once again stormed back into the game taking the lead for good with 7:03 to go in the game before coasting to the end at the free throw line.
ILLINOIS ST (71)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Schaefbauer 29 0-8 0-0 1-1 5 5 0
Muller 36 5-7 3-4 1-8 1 3 14
Gibbons 14 3-8 1-2 1-1 0 2 7
Hansell 31 4-7 6-6 2-2 5 2 15
Smiley 25 0-6 2-2 1-4 4 5 2
Holmstrom 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Stotler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Pierson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Cartmill 15 2-3 2-2 0-0 2 0 6
Crowley 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Hein 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Watkins 15 4-6 0-1 1-3 0 2 8
vanVelzen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Hill 29 6-11 4-6 4-13 1 2 17
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TOTALS 200 25-57 18-23 11-32 19 22 71
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Percentages: FG-.439, FT-.783. 3-Point Goals:3-12, .250 (Schaefbauer 0-6, Muller 1-2, Hansell 1-3, Hill 1-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots:2 (Gibbons, Watkins). Turnovers: 17 (Hill 5,Cartmill 3, Schaefbauer 3, Muller 2, Gibbons,Hansell, Smiley, Watkins). Steals: 11 (Cartmill2, Gibbons 2, Hansell 2, Muller 2, Hill,Schaefbauer, Smiley).
CREIGHTON (62) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Buford 34 3-14 2-4 0-2 1 3 9 Mungin 13 1-3 0-0 0-4 0 3 2 Templeman 21 1-2 0-0 1-5 1 4 2 Sears 33 3-8 3-3 1-4 4 0 12 Walker 22 3-7 0-0 2-2 4 5 6 West 15 2-5 1-2 3-4 1 2 6 Brandon 18 2-3 2-4 0-3 0 2 6 Kolder 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bates 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Swenson 21 3-8 5-8 2-6 0 1 13 Haynes 21 1-2 4-5 1-2 2 1 6 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 19-53 17-26 10-32 13 21 62 _______________________________________________
Percentages: FG-.358, FT-.654.
3-Point Goals:7-21, .333 (Buford 1-8, Sears 3-6, West 1-3,
Swenson 2-3, Haynes 0-1).
Team rebounds: 3.
Blocked shots: 2 (Swenson, Haynes).
Turnovers: 19(Buford 4, Haynes 3, Walker 3, Sears 2,
Templeman2, West 2, Bates, Brandon).
Steals: 11 (Sears 3,Walker 3, Brandon, Buford,
Haynes, Templeman,West).
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Illinois St 29 42 - 71
Creighton 22 40 - 62
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Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 4,099.
Officials: Ron Berkholtz, Denny Freud, David Warfel.