National Basketball Association
North Texas 62, Creighton 58
When: 2:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2014
Where: UNT Coliseum, Denton, Texas
Officials:
# Tom Eades, # Kipp Kissinger, # Matt Potter
Attendance:
4227
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North Texas 62, Creighton 58:
Colin Voss had 16 points and eight rebounds as the Mean Green held
off a furious comeback by the visiting Bluejays for a close victory.
Jordan Williams scored 13 points
and grabbed seven boards for North Texas (6-4), which shot 6-of-11 from 3-point range. DeAndre Harris had nine points, hitting
3-of-3 from beyond the arc, while Maurice Aniefiok chipped in with
eight points.
Toby Hegner had 13 points to lead
Creighton (9-4), which shot just 34.4 percent from the field,
including 25.6 percent from 3-point range. Isaiah Zierden added 12
points — all on 3-pointers — while Geoffrey Groselle added 10
points.
The Mean Green used some solid
defense to open up a lead in the first half, holding Creighton
without a point for more than six minutes to build a nine-point lead.
The advantage went to as much as 19 on Harris' 3-pointer with 18
seconds to go in the half, though Austin Chatman made a jumper to cut
it to 17 at the break.
North Texas was still comfortably
ahead by 27 with 15:28 to go when it went cold, going nearly six
minutes without a point and scoring just six points over the next 14
minutes as Creighton cut it to two with 1:19 to go on Zierden's
3-pointer. But T.J. Taylor hit six free throws to push the lead back
to seven before Chatman's last-second 3-pointer set the final score.
GAME
NOTEBOOK: Chatman came in leading Creighton in scoring at 14.3 points
a game, but he was 4-of-14 from the field — including 1-of-7 from 3
— to finish with nine points. … The Mean Green won the board
battle, 41-34. … North Texas won despite committing 17 turnovers.
Top Game Performances
Creighton |
|
North Texas |
Toby Hegner 13 |
Scoring |
Colin Voss 16 |
Austin Chatman 3 |
Assists |
T.J. Taylor 5 |
Devin Brooks 7 |
Rebounds |
Jeremy Combs 8 |
Geoffrey Groselle 2 |
Free Throws Made |
T.J. Taylor 7 |
Zach Hanson 3 |
Steals |
T.J. Taylor 2 |
Geoffrey Groselle 1 |
Blocks |
Armani Flannigan 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Creighton
|
58 |
34.4 |
10-39 |
4-6 |
8 |
31 |
3 |
6 |
14 |
North Texas
|
62 |
38.8 |
6-11 |
18-23 |
10 |
36 |
2 |
8 |
17 |