GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Texas 72, Creighton 67
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas - Marcus Carr scored 19 points and made two free throws with 10 seconds left as No. 2 Texas held off No. 7 Creighton's furious late-game rally and beat the Bluejays 72-67.
Creighton, which struggled through a miserable 3-point shooting night, cut an 11-point Texas lead to 62-59 thanks in part to five points in a row by Baylor Scheierman. But Carr's baseline jumper and a layup by Tyrese Hunter with 46 seconds left stretched the Longhorns' lead again.
That didn't quite close the door on Creighton, which got two more 3-pointers from Scheierman, who had missed his first nine attempts. That forced Texas to finish it from the free-throw line behind Carr and Brock Cunningham. Cunningham's two free throws with 4 seconds left were his only points of the game.
The matchup was part of the Big 12-Big East Battle and Texas earned its second home win over a top 10 opponent in its new arena. The Longhorns (6-0) beat then-No. 2 Gonzaga on Nov. 16.
Hunter scored 15 points for Texas.
Ryan Kalkbrenner had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Creighton (6-2), and Ryan Nembhard scored 17 points. The Bluejays were 4 of 27 on 3-pointers, but found a late shooting touch in the final seconds to stay close.
Scheierman, a 44% shooter from beyond the arc this season, made three 3s in a row late. His off-balance shot from the right corner over a defender pulled the Bluejays within 68-65 with 11.4 seconds left.
Scheierman finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
BIG PICTURE
Creighton: Kalkbrenner was all but unstoppable on a 9-of-10 shooting night for the Bluejays, who kept launching from long range instead of looking for their 7-foot-1 center.
Texas: The Longhorns couldn't force their usual numbers of turnovers and fast-break points, but were exceptionally clean with the ball on offense. Texas had just three turnovers that Creighton turned into three points.
December 1, 2022
| Creighton | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Kaluma | F | 34 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| R. Kalkbrenner | C | 35 | 9-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| R. Nembhard | G | 36 | 8-16 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| T. Alexander | G | 33 | 0-8 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Scheierman | G | 33 | 4-14 | 2-3 | 3-13 | 0-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| F. Farabello | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Mitchell | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Miller | 6 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| F. King | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-66 (.409) |
9-14 (.643) |
4-27 (.148) |
8-44 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 67 | |
| Texas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Allen | F | 26 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Mitchell | F | 20 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Disu | F | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Carr | G | 34 | 7-20 | 3-3 | 2-5 | 0-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| T. Hunter | G | 34 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| S. Rice | 26 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| B. Cunningham | 17 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Bishop | 16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| A. Morris | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 31-74 (.419) |
6-8 (.750) |
4-19 (.211) |
9-42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 72 | |
