Jamiya Neal crammed the stat sheet with 21 factors, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, carrying No. 21 Creighton to an 80-76 win over Notre Dame within the seventh-place recreation of the Gamers Period Competition on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Fredrick King began rather than the injured Ryan Kalkbrenner and completed with 14 factors as Creighton (5-3) ended a three-game shedding streak. Steven Ashworth chipped in 15 factors and 6 rebounds.
Notre Dame (4-4) misplaced its fourth consecutive recreation regardless of 4 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 additional time loss to Rutgers.
Down by 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.
Three consecutive 3-pointers, together with two by Neal, helped the Bluejays push their result in 61-53 with underneath seven minutes left and by no means regarded again.
Kalkbrenner, Creighton’s main scorer (18.1 factors per recreation) and rebounder (8.6), didn’t begin the sport as a result of a lower-body harm and by no means noticed the ground.
It did not matter, with Neal rising to the event.
He helped gasoline a 9-0 run within the first half, burying a 3-pointer and scoring off a layup and free throw. Isaac Traudt then knocked down a wide-open shot from distance that pushed the Bluejays’ benefit to 21-11 with 12:12 to play within the half.
Creighton had its greatest lead at 30-13 with 8:17 left after Mason Miller linked from past the arc.
Notre Dame battled again, igniting a 12-0 run highlighted by 3-pointers from J.R. Konieczny and Kebba Njie as Notre Dame closed the hole to 30-25 with 3:40 remaining.
Neal’s 3-pointer within the nook with 1:58 to go gave Creighton a 35-27 cushion, and his wide-open dunk with 54 seconds to play put the Bluejays again up by 10 at 37-27.
Creighton took a 40-30 lead into halftime after capturing 6-of-13 from 3-point vary, together with Traudt’s triple with three seconds remaining.
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