GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Creighton 75, Drake 71
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. - Morgan Maly scored a career-high 24 points and No. 18 Creighton held off Drake 75-71.
Maly sank 9 of 16 shots with four 3-pointers, adding six rebounds for the Bluejays (8-1), who snapped a four-game skid against the Bulldogs (5-3). Emma Ronsiek added 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Lauren Jensen had 13 points and Rachael Saunders hit all eight of her free throws and scored 11.
Maggie Bair scored a season-high 26 for Drake. Bair, who also grabbed 11 rebounds, had nine points in the fourth quarter when the Bulldogs erased almost all of a 17-point deficit to begin the quarter. Grace Berg scored 13.
Ronsiek and Jensen hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Jensen added a layup as the Bluejays closed out the first quarter with an 8-1 run for a 16-14 lead. Creighton scored eight points off of nine Drake turnovers in the period.
Maly scored eight in a 13-0 run and the Bluejays opened up a 29-17 lead midway through the second quarter. Bair scored eight of her 15 first-half points over the final 3:38 to keep the Bulldogs within 12 at halftime.
Maly had eight points, Ronsiek scored seven and Creighton led 60-43 after three quarters.
Katie Dinnebier and Berg had back-to-back three-point plays and Dinnebier sank a 3-pointer to get Drake within 65-57 with 6:33 left to play. Bair had two straight layups, Berg added one of her own and Bair sank a 3 to get the Bulldogs within 68-66 with 2:27 remaining.
Two Molly Mogensen free throws halted Drake's 18-3 run and Jensen had a layup off a turnover to put Creighton up 72-66 with 1:34 to go. Saunders made two free throws and Mogensen hit one of two in the final 11 seconds to keep the Bulldogs at bay.
December 10, 2022
| Drake | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Bair | F | 30 | 11-17 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| G. Berg | F | 23 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| K. Dinnebier | G | 34 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| S. Gueldner | G | 34 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| M. Meyer | G | 33 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| C. Becker | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| A. Miller | 15 | 2-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| T. McAulay | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| A. Iiams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 27-55 (.491) |
10-16 (.625) |
7-19 (.368) |
9-40 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 71 | |
| Creighton | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Ronsiek | F | 32 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| C. Bachelor | F | 16 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| M. Maly | G | 36 | 9-16 | 2-2 | 4-7 | 1-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| M. Mogensen | G | 33 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 2-7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| L. Jensen | G | 31 | 5-12 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| R. Saunders | 28 | 1-1 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| M. Brake | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Horan | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Lockett | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Townsend | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-60 (.400) |
15-17 (.882) |
12-26 (.462) |
7-28 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 75 | |
Officials: Nicole Bannon, Zac Brost, Scott Fruehling
Attendance: 1,083