National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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