Akron Zips vs. Creighton Bluejays

Mar 21, 2024

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
AKR	34	26	60
CREI	39	38	77

Game Recap

March Madness: Creighton outmuscles Akron for 77-60 win in NCAA Tournament opener. Creighton leaned on experience from past trips through March to make sure this one didn't start with a stumble.

Player Stats

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Enrique Freeman	35	9-21	3-8	0-0	14	1	2	1	2	4	21
11Sammy Hunter	22	2-3	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
24Ali Ali	31	6-11	1-3	1-2	2	2	0	0	1	5	14
34Nate Johnson	26	3-7	0-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	2	6
2Greg Tribble	34	2-10	0-3	1-2	2	2	2	0	1	4	5
0Amani Lyles	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Ryan Prather Jr.	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Tavari Johnson	8	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Shammah Scott	21	1-6	0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
3Kaleb Thornton	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22Mikal Dawson	13	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	-	25-6637.9%	6-2821.4%	4-666.7%	26	8	5	1	4	20	60

CREIGHTON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
13Mason Miller	25	3-5	3-5	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	10
55Baylor Scheierman	38	6-10	3-5	0-0	13	2	0	4	3	15
11Ryan Kalkbrenner	38	9-14	1-1	4-7	8	1	3	3	3	23
1Steven Ashworth	32	2-3	2-2	4-4	3	5	0	2	2	10
23Trey Alexander	39	6-13	1-3	6-7	5	1	0	4	2	19
0Jasen Green	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41Isaac Traudt	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33Fred King	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0
15Josiah Dotzler	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Johnathan Lawson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5Francisco Farabello	18	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	26-4656.5%	10-1758.8%	15-2075.0%	36	11	4	14	12	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfAKRCREI

(20:00) Jump Ball won by Creighton.
+2 (19:47) Trey Alexander made Jumper. Assisted by Steven Ashworth.
02
+3 (19:28) Enrique Freeman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
32
+2 (18:59) Ryan Kalkbrenner made Layup.
34
(18:35) Enrique Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:35) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
(18:33) Foul on Sammy Hunter.
+2 (18:13) Ryan Kalkbrenner made Layup. Assisted by Baylor Scheierman.
36
+3 (17:57) Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
66
(17:38) Foul on Nate Johnson.
+1 (17:38) Trey Alexander made Free Throw.
67
+1 (17:38) Trey Alexander made Free Throw.
68
(17:08) Ali Ali missed Jumper.
(17:08) Ryan Kalkbrenner Block.
(17:08) Greg Tribble Offensive Rebound.
(17:06) Akron Turnover.
(16:49) Ryan Kalkbrenner missed Jumper.
(16:49) Enrique Freeman Block.
(16:49) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(16:38) Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:38) Steven Ashworth Defensive Rebound.
(16:35) Foul on Ryan Kalkbrenner.
(16:35) Ryan Kalkbrenner Turnover.
(16:24) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
(16:24) Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:18) Ali Ali made Layup.
88
(15:59) Ryan Kalkbrenner missed Layup.
(15:59) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:51) Enrique Freeman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
118
+3 (15:34) Ryan Kalkbrenner made Three Point Jumper.
1111
+3 (15:19) Enrique Freeman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
1411
+3 (14:56) Steven Ashworth made Three Point Jumper.
1414
(14:30) Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:30) Ryan Kalkbrenner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:16) Trey Alexander made Layup.
1416
(13:41) Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:41) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:17) Trey Alexander made Jumper.
1418
+3 (12:54) Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
1718
+3 (12:26) Steven Ashworth made Three Point Jumper.
1721
+2 (12:05) Shammah Scott made Layup.
1921
(11:42) Baylor Scheierman Turnover.
(11:26) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:26) Creighton Defensive Rebound.
(11:02) Trey Alexander missed Jumper.
(11:02) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(10:37) Ali Ali missed Layup.
(10:37) Jasen Green Defensive Rebound.
(10:26) Trey Alexander missed Layup.
(10:26) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:13) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
2121
+3 (9:52) Baylor Scheierman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Alexander.
2124
+2 (9:28) Ali Ali made Jumper.
2324
+3 (9:15) Baylor Scheierman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Kalkbrenner.
2327
+2 (8:38) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
2527
(8:22) Foul on Sammy Hunter.
(8:18) Baylor Scheierman missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:18) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(8:05) Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:05) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
(7:49) Trey Alexander missed Jumper.
(7:49) Nate Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(7:38) Enrique Freeman missed Jumper.
(7:38) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
(7:32) Baylor Scheierman Turnover.
(7:32) Nate Johnson Steal.
+2 (7:23) Tavari Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Nate Johnson.
2727
(7:22) Foul on Nate Johnson.
+2 (7:17) Ryan Kalkbrenner made Dunk. Assisted by Steven Ashworth.
2729
+2 (6:57) Ali Ali made Jumper.
2929
+2 (6:38) Ryan Kalkbrenner made Jumper.
2931
+2 (6:13) Enrique Freeman made Jumper.
3131
(5:58) Baylor Scheierman missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:58) Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(5:47) Tavari Johnson missed Jumper.
(5:47) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
(5:38) Baylor Scheierman Turnover.
(5:38) Enrique Freeman Steal.
(5:15) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:15) Steven Ashworth Defensive Rebound.
(5:04) Trey Alexander missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:04) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(4:44) Enrique Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:44) Trey Alexander Defensive Rebound.
(4:13) Ryan Kalkbrenner missed Jumper.
(4:13) Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.
(4:06) Foul on Baylor Scheierman.
(3:53) Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
(3:53) Isaac Traudt Block.
(3:39) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
(3:29) Baylor Scheierman Turnover.
(3:21) Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
(3:21) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:14) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
3331
(3:01) Steven Ashworth Turnover.
(3:01) Greg Tribble Steal.
(2:50) Foul on Baylor Scheierman.
+1 (2:50) Ali Ali made Free Throw.
3431
(2:50) Ali Ali missed Free Throw.
(2:50) Baylor Scheierman Defensive Rebound.
(2:48) Foul on Ali Ali.
(2:32) Steven Ashworth Turnover.
(2:10) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
(2:10) Mason Miller Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:00) Trey Alexander made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Francisco Farabello.
3434
(1:40) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:40) Trey Alexander Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:30) Mason Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Baylor Scheierman.
3437
(1:11) Ali Ali Turnover.
(1:07) Foul on Ali Ali.
+2 (0:52) Baylor Scheierman made Jumper.
3439
(0:37) Foul on Greg Tribble.
(0:37) Greg Tribble Turnover.
(0:14) Ryan Kalkbrenner missed Layup.
(0:14) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Foul on Francisco Farabello.
(0:00) Enrique Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:00) Akron Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

AKR

CREI

60Points77

25-66(37.9%)Field Goal(%)26-46(56.5%)

6-28(21.4%)3-Point(%)10-17(58.8%)

4-6(66.7%)Free Throw(%)15-20(75.0%)

26(9)Rebounds(Offensive)38(5)

8Assists11

5Steals0

1Blocks4

5Turnovers14

20(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

3Largest Lead20

Game Details

Thursday, March 21, 2024 · 1:30 PM

CHI Health Center Omaha · Omaha, NE

capacity: 17,352

tv: TNT