Creighton University
Oral Roberts
Bluejays Fly By Eagles 60-57 in Women's Basketball
12/21/2007 9:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Voss scored the first three baskets of the game for the Bluejays en route to her career-high. Creighton made its first four shots of the game and five of its first six while building a quick 11-5 lead in the opening minutes. The Jays led by as many as eight in the first half, up 21-13 after another Voss basket with 9:32 to play in the opening frame. The Golden Eagles would fight back to tie the score at 29 with just over two minutes to play, but the Bluejays held a 34-31 lead at the half.
ORU came out on fire to start the second half, draining the first three shots after the break to take a 37-34 lead just 90 seconds into the half, the first of four second-half lead changes. The Eagles led until a basket by Voss and a quick steal and layup by Kelsey Crites gave the Jays a 42-41 edge with 15:32 still to go.
The Golden Eagles would fly back into the lead with 8:25 remaining, when Janae Voelker's layup put ORU ahead 53-51. After the Jays tied it at 53 on a Megan Neuvirth score with 7:38 left, another Voelker bucket put ORU up 55-53 with 6:16 remaining. Ally Thrall tied the game at 55 with two free-throws at 5:58.
Neither team would score again until Voss, who had gone to the bench at 10:57 with her fourth personal foul, re-entered and scored on her first touch of the ball with 2:15 to go. Thrall hit two more free-throws to put the Jays up 59-55. ORU snapped a five minute scoring drought with a late layup, but the Jays held on for the three-point road win, handing the Eagles their first home loss of the season.
Voss scored 12 of her career-high 16 points in the opening half, missing much of the second half because of foul trouble. The center again enjoyed matching up against ORU, as for the second straight season she established a career-high point total against the Eagles. Last year in
Freshman Kelsey Woodard scored 11 points in her first collegiate start, all coming in the first half. The guard tied her career-best with five rebounds in the game. Thrall also finished with 11 points, making 2-of-4 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free-throws, while leading the team with four assists.
Sam Schuett topped the team with a season-high 11 rebounds, as CU out-worked ORU on the boards, 43-32. Megan Neuvirth came off the bench for the first time this season and added eight boards and a team-best two steals.
The Jays played without co-leading scorer, senior Sara Cain. The forward did not travel to
ORU was led by Rachel Watman's 16 points, while Voelker finished with 15 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
The Bluejays now take a 14-day break ? their longest in-season break since 1985-86 ? before opening Missouri Valley Conference play at home against
