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.
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 | 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 |