Sunday, January 6
Omaha Civic Auditorium
2:05 PM
Creighton University
79
vs
73
Missouri State
Thrall Leads Come-From-Behind Overtime Win for Women's Basketball
1/6/2008 5:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. ? Senior Ally Thrall scored a career-high 23 points, including seven of Creighton's eight points in overtime, to lead the Bluejays to a come-from-behind overtime victory against Missouri State Sunday afternoon at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. The Bluejays (9-4, 2-0 MVC) out-scored the Lady Bears (2-11, 0-2 MVC) 8-2 in overtime to capture a 79-73 win.
Creighton trailed 41-34 at halftime and found itself down 50-37 less than four minutes into the second half, when its comeback began. After MSU's 9-3 run to open the half, the Bluejays responded with a 17-4 run to tie the game at 54 on a jump shot by Kelsey Crites with 9:21 to play in regulation. The lead would change six more times before the end of the game, with neither team leading by more than three for the final nine minutes.
MSU led by two when Michelle Kaus drained her only three-pointer of the game to give the Jays a 71-70 lead with 1:21 to play. Thrall was whistled for a foul on MSU's next possession, setting up a pair of Tahnee Balerio free-throws with 59 seconds on the clock. Balerio made the first and missed the second to leave the game tied at 71. A turnover on an offensive foul on CU's ensuing possession gave the Lady Bears a chance to win it in regulation, but Balerio missed two shots inside of 25 seconds and the game went to overtime.
The Lady Bears won the overtime tip and missed their first three shots of the extra frame before Thrall took over. The MVC's leading three-point shooter drained an open look with 3:52 to play to put CU up 74-71. Sam Schuett then stole the inbounds pass from Maggie Dwyer and the Jays again found an open Thrall for three to make the score 77-71 with 3:35 left. The Jays made just 2-of-6 free-throws in overtime, but Thrall's threes withstood a 1-for-8 shooting effort from the field by MSU in overtime.
Thrall finished 7-for-12 from the field and 4-for-6 from long range, to improve to 19-of-28 from three-point range in CU's last six games. A career 29.7 percent shooter from long range before this year, she is now shooting 49.1 percent from beyond the arc this year.
Freshman Kelsey Woodard added a career-best four three-pointers for her 12 points to go along with a career-high 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double. Three of her 10 boards came on offensive tip-outs in overtime. Schuett tied Woodard for team-high honors with 10 rebounds, while she led the Jays with three steals.
MSU's Tiff Terwelp led four Lady Bears in double figures with 17 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Balerio and Dwyer finished with 14 points and Marisha Brown had 13.
CU was out-rebounded 47-46, but the Jays managed four offensive boards in overtime. The Jays improved to 9-0 on the year when shooting at least 40 percent from the field, while they made at least 10 three-pointers in a game for the fifth time this year.
The Jays return to action next Saturday when they play host to Drake (9-4, 2-0 MVC). CU and DU will tip at 2:05 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium.
NOTES: Creighton improved to 8-4 in overtime games under Jim Flanery ... The Jays are now 5-0 at home this season ... CU entered the game leading the MVC in free-throw shooting at 76.8 percent - it had its worst free-throw shooting performance of the season, making 14-of-21 from the line for 66.7 percent ... The Jays are 2-0 in MVC for the sixth time in the last seven years ... Sam Schuett has recorded three straight games with at least 10 rebounds ... The Jays had 10 steals in the game ... The CU bench out-scored the MSU bench 28-9 ... CU's Kristina Voss fouled out with 47 seconds left in regulation, MSU's Marisha Brown fouled out with 2:34 to play in overtime ... CU is now 1-3 on the year when trailing at halftime ... CU's 13 point deficit, marked its largest overcome in a win this year.
Creighton trailed 41-34 at halftime and found itself down 50-37 less than four minutes into the second half, when its comeback began. After MSU's 9-3 run to open the half, the Bluejays responded with a 17-4 run to tie the game at 54 on a jump shot by Kelsey Crites with 9:21 to play in regulation. The lead would change six more times before the end of the game, with neither team leading by more than three for the final nine minutes.
MSU led by two when Michelle Kaus drained her only three-pointer of the game to give the Jays a 71-70 lead with 1:21 to play. Thrall was whistled for a foul on MSU's next possession, setting up a pair of Tahnee Balerio free-throws with 59 seconds on the clock. Balerio made the first and missed the second to leave the game tied at 71. A turnover on an offensive foul on CU's ensuing possession gave the Lady Bears a chance to win it in regulation, but Balerio missed two shots inside of 25 seconds and the game went to overtime.
The Lady Bears won the overtime tip and missed their first three shots of the extra frame before Thrall took over. The MVC's leading three-point shooter drained an open look with 3:52 to play to put CU up 74-71. Sam Schuett then stole the inbounds pass from Maggie Dwyer and the Jays again found an open Thrall for three to make the score 77-71 with 3:35 left. The Jays made just 2-of-6 free-throws in overtime, but Thrall's threes withstood a 1-for-8 shooting effort from the field by MSU in overtime.
Thrall finished 7-for-12 from the field and 4-for-6 from long range, to improve to 19-of-28 from three-point range in CU's last six games. A career 29.7 percent shooter from long range before this year, she is now shooting 49.1 percent from beyond the arc this year.
Freshman Kelsey Woodard added a career-best four three-pointers for her 12 points to go along with a career-high 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double. Three of her 10 boards came on offensive tip-outs in overtime. Schuett tied Woodard for team-high honors with 10 rebounds, while she led the Jays with three steals.
MSU's Tiff Terwelp led four Lady Bears in double figures with 17 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Balerio and Dwyer finished with 14 points and Marisha Brown had 13.
CU was out-rebounded 47-46, but the Jays managed four offensive boards in overtime. The Jays improved to 9-0 on the year when shooting at least 40 percent from the field, while they made at least 10 three-pointers in a game for the fifth time this year.
The Jays return to action next Saturday when they play host to Drake (9-4, 2-0 MVC). CU and DU will tip at 2:05 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium.
NOTES: Creighton improved to 8-4 in overtime games under Jim Flanery ... The Jays are now 5-0 at home this season ... CU entered the game leading the MVC in free-throw shooting at 76.8 percent - it had its worst free-throw shooting performance of the season, making 14-of-21 from the line for 66.7 percent ... The Jays are 2-0 in MVC for the sixth time in the last seven years ... Sam Schuett has recorded three straight games with at least 10 rebounds ... The Jays had 10 steals in the game ... The CU bench out-scored the MSU bench 28-9 ... CU's Kristina Voss fouled out with 47 seconds left in regulation, MSU's Marisha Brown fouled out with 2:34 to play in overtime ... CU is now 1-3 on the year when trailing at halftime ... CU's 13 point deficit, marked its largest overcome in a win this year.
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