GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Creighton 92, DePaul 82
Associated Press
CHICAGO - Lauren Jensen scored 21 points, including seven straight late in the game to give Creighton back the lead, and the No. 21 Bluejays edged DePaul 92-82.
Emma Ronsiek led the Bluejays with 22 points before fouling out midway through the fourth quarter and shortly thereafter DePaul took its final lead, 82-80, but didn't score again. Jensen kicked off a 12-0 game-ending run with four free throws and a 3-pointer.
Morgan Maly added 20 points and eight rebounds with Molly Mogensen scoring 12 points and Rachael Saunders 10 for the Bluejays (9-4, 3-2 Big East), who won after consecutive losses to ranked teams Arkansas, Stanford and UConn.
DePaul's Aneesah Morrow finished with 33 points on 14-of-36 shooting with 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double this season. Kendall Holmes made 5 of 6 3-point tries for her 15 points. Darrione Rogers also had 15 points, with eight assists. Anaya Peoples added 13 points.
Both teams shot over 40% from the arc with 11 3-pointers apiece but the Bluejays shot 55% overall to DePaul's 42%.
Trailing by seven heading into the final period, Creighton made its first seven shots while DePaul (10-5, 3-1) was missing its first eight. The Bluejays retook the lead with a 15-4 run, Ronsiek capping the surge with a bucket with five minutes to go. But she fouled out seconds later and DePaul grabbed a two-point edge with six straight points before going dry.
Creighton led by as many as 15 in the second quarter and went into the break leading 49-41. Morrow made all seven of her shots and scored 17 points in a 31-point DePaul third quarter and the Blue Demons led 72-65.
The victory by the Bluejays kept intact a trend over their last nine regular-season meetings in which the visiting team has won.
December 31, 2022
| Creighton | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Ronsiek | F | 27 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| L. Jensen | G | 36 | 7-17 | 4-4 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| M. Mogensen | G | 34 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Maly | G | 32 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 3-7 | 0-8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| R. Saunders | G | 18 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| C. Bachelor | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Horan | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Brake | 7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| K. Townsend | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Lockett | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 196 | 34-62 (.548) |
13-19 (.684) |
11-25 (.440) |
11-40 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 92 | |
| DePaul | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Morrow | F | 39 | 14-36 | 2-4 | 3-7 | 4-10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| J. Allen | F | 19 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Rogers | G | 40 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| K. Holmes | G | 38 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| A. Peoples | G | 29 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Z. Hurston | 25 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Rimmer | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| M. McErlane | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Wardell | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 30-71 (.423) |
11-14 (.786) |
11-27 (.407) |
13-33 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 82 | |
Officials: Joseph Vaszily, Kate Lukanich, Ed Sidlasky
Attendance: 1,290
