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Last Updated: December 10, 2023, 03:00 IST
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Isaac Traudt set profession highs with 5 3pointers and 18 factors off the bench, and 5 different Creighton gamers scored in double figures because the No. 10 Bluejays routed Central Michigan 10964 on Saturday.
OMAHA, Neb.: Isaac Traudt set profession highs with 5 3-pointers and 18 factors off the bench, and 5 different Creighton gamers scored in double figures because the No. 10 Bluejays routed Central Michigan 109-64 on Saturday.
Creighton (8-1), which shot a season-finest 65%, scored its most factors towards a Division I opponent in six years and has received three straight blowouts since getting upset by Colorado State on Thanksgiving.
Mason Miller had profession highs with 17 factors and 4 3s and Ryan Kalkbrenner and Trey Alexander had 15 factors apiece. Fredrick King had 14 factors and Baylor Scheierman had 13 factors and matched his profession-excessive with 9 assists.
Derrick Butler led the Chippewas (3-6) with a profession-excessive 28 factors and Anthony Pritchard scored 22. It was their most lopsided loss since a 107-54 defeat to Gonzaga two years in the past.
Traudt, a 6-foot-10 Virginia switch, made all three of his 3s and had a dunk in eight minutes within the first half. His first 3 of the second half gave Creighton a 30-level lead, and his second was a fall-away shot from the highest of the important thing that drew oohs from the group.
Creighton led 56-34 on the break to match its season excessive for first-half factors. Miller, Traudt and Alexander mixed for 10 of the Bluejays’ 11 3s the primary 20 minutes.
The groups’ solely earlier assembly got here within the first spherical of the 2003 NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, the place Central Michigan received 79-73 as an 11-seed.
BIG PICTURE:
Central Michigan: The Chippewas, picked final within the Mid-American Conference preseason coaches’ ballot, have misplaced 4 video games towards opponents from the Power Five and Big East by a mixed 129 factors. They have dropped 9 straight towards Top 25 opponents since they upset Notre Dame 20 years in the past.
Creighton: The Bluejays improved to 100-9 beneath Greg McDermott in nonconference house video games.
UP NEXT
Central Michigan hosts Division II Davenport on Tuesday.
Creighton performs UNLV on Wednesday within the Jack Jones Classic in Henderson, Nevada.
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