DePaul Blue Demons vs. Creighton Bluejays

FINAL

Feb 25, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
DEP	30	42	72
CREI	38	33	71

Game Recap

Maclin, Benson lead DePaul past Creighton 72-71. Brandon Maclin led DePaul with 21 points and NJ Benson secured the victory with a layup with 32 seconds left as the Blue Demons took down Creighton 72-71 on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

DEPAUL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Théo Pierre-Justin	15	3-4	2-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	1	8
35NJ Benson	30	7-9	0-0	0-1	9	2	2	1	1	1	14
0Brandon Maclin	31	8-12	3-3	2-3	3	4	1	1	1	1	21
5RJ Smith	13	1-6	0-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
2Layden Blocker	32	2-6	1-2	0-0	2	5	0	0	3	2	5
1Kaleb Banks	23	2-4	1-3	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	2	7
15Fabián Flores	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
10Ilija Milijaševic	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0
22Kruz McClure	19	1-5	0-0	0-0	3	3	2	0	2	1	2
11CJ Gunn	25	4-10	3-4	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	2	11
TOTAL	-	28-5650.0%	10-1952.6%	6-875.0%	28	18	10	2	11	14	72

CREIGHTON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Jasen Green	30	6-9	1-2	0-0	9	4	1	2	2	0	13
41Isaac Traudt	17	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6
5Nik Graves	34	2-9	0-3	10-11	4	4	2	0	4	2	14
4Josh Dix	34	6-12	3-6	0-1	4	3	0	0	5	3	15
7Fedor Zugic	31	5-9	3-6	0-0	3	1	1	1	1	1	13
17Kerem Konan	10	3-5	0-0	1-1	3	1	1	0	0	1	7
2Blake Harper	10	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9Ty Davis	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1Austin Swartz	16	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3
10Hudson Greer	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	25-5644.6%	10-2540.0%	11-1384.6%	29	14	7	3	12	10	71

Play-by-Play

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1st halfDEPCREI

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by DePaul.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Creighton.
(19:34) Layden Blocker misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(19:31) Nik Graves Defensive Rebound.
(19:25) Nik Graves misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:21) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:13) NJ Benson makes layup (Brandon Maclin assists).
20
+2 (18:58) Fedor Zugic makes driving layup.
22
(18:37) RJ Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(18:34) Jasen Green Defensive Rebound.
(18:30) Fedor Zugic misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:26) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:03) NJ Benson makes layup (Layden Blocker assists).
42
+3 (17:38) Fedor Zugic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jasen Green assists).
45
+2 (17:05) Théo Pierre-Justin makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
65
+2 (16:35) Fedor Zugic makes 4-foot dunk (Jasen Green assists).
67
(16:06) Layden Blocker misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(16:06) Fedor Zugic Defensive Rebound.
(16:06) Foul on Théo Pierre-Justin.
(15:41) Josh Dix misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:37) DePaul Defensive Rebound.
(15:29) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
(15:29) Fedor Zugic Steal.
(15:21) Nik Graves bad pass turnover.
(15:21) RJ Smith Steal.
(15:16) RJ Smith misses driving layup.
(15:16) Fedor Zugic Block.
(15:13) Nik Graves Defensive Rebound.
(15:10) Josh Dix out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(14:49) Théo Pierre-Justin bad pass turnover.
(14:49) Jasen Green Steal.
+3 (14:28) Austin Swartz makes 27-foot three pointer.
610
(14:06) Kruz McClure misses 12-foot hook shot.
(14:06) Creighton Defensive Rebound.
(13:55) Josh Dix misses 19-foot step back jumpshot.
(13:51) Nik Graves Offensive Rebound.
(13:35) Austin Swartz misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(13:32) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
(13:15) NJ Benson bad pass turnover.
(13:15) Austin Swartz Steal.
+3 (13:09) Josh Dix makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nik Graves assists).
613
(12:55) CJ Gunn misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:51) Austin Swartz Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:26) Kerem Konan makes layup.
615
(12:07) Kruz McClure misses driving layup.
(12:04) Fabián Flores Offensive Rebound.
(12:03) Foul on Kerem Konan.
+1 (12:03) Fabián Flores makes free throw 1 of 2.
715
+1 (12:03) Fabián Flores makes free throw 2 of 2.
815
(11:49) Kerem Konan misses 9-foot jumper.
(11:49) Kerem Konan Offensive Rebound.
(11:49) Foul on Kaleb Banks.
+2 (11:27) Josh Dix makes driving layup.
817
(11:10) CJ Gunn misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(11:06) Kerem Konan Defensive Rebound.
(10:50) Josh Dix misses 10-foot step back jumpshot.
(10:47) Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.
(10:35) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
(10:35) Kerem Konan Steal.
+2 (10:19) Kerem Konan makes 3-foot dunk (Austin Swartz assists).
819
(9:44) Layden Blocker misses driving layup.
(9:41) Ty Davis Defensive Rebound.
(9:37) Hudson Greer misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:33) Ty Davis Offensive Rebound.
(9:32) Ty Davis misses layup.
(9:29) RJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
(9:14) RJ Smith bad pass turnover.
(9:14) Austin Swartz Steal.
(9:06) Josh Dix misses alley oop dunk.
(9:06) Fabián Flores Defensive Rebound.
(9:06) Foul on Ty Davis.
(8:48) RJ Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:45) RJ Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:44) RJ Smith makes layup.
1019
(8:36) Ty Davis misses driving layup.
(8:36) NJ Benson Block.
(8:32) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
(8:11) RJ Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:11) Creighton Defensive Rebound.
(8:04) Nik Graves bad pass turnover.
(8:04) Ilija Milijaševic Steal.
+2 (7:59) Brandon Maclin makes layup (NJ Benson assists).
1219
(7:43) Nik Graves bad pass turnover.
(7:43) Brandon Maclin Steal.
+2 (7:35) NJ Benson makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot.
1419
(7:26) Isaac Traudt misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:22) Kruz McClure Defensive Rebound.
(7:07) Kaleb Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:01) Nik Graves Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:57) Nik Graves makes 7-foot floating jump shot.
1421
(6:30) Kruz McClure misses 6-foot jumper.
(6:26) Jasen Green Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:22) Isaac Traudt makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jasen Green assists).
1424
(5:48) NJ Benson misses 7-foot jumper.
(5:47) DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:47) team shot clock turnover .
(5:24) Jasen Green bad pass turnover.
(5:24) Ilija Milijaševic Steal.
+3 (5:19) Kaleb Banks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ilija Milijaševic assists).
1724
(5:03) Jasen Green misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(4:59) Kruz McClure Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:54) NJ Benson makes layup (Kruz McClure assists).
1924
(4:32) Nik Graves misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(4:28) Fedor Zugic Offensive Rebound.
+3 (4:25) Jasen Green makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Dix assists).
1927
(3:48) team shot clock turnover .
(3:37) Foul on Ilija Milijaševic.
+1 (3:37) Nik Graves makes free throw 1 of 2.
1928
+1 (3:37) Nik Graves makes free throw 2 of 2.
1929
+3 (3:11) CJ Gunn makes 26-foot three point jumper (Layden Blocker assists).
2229
(2:51) Foul on Ilija Milijaševic.
(2:48) Josh Dix bad pass turnover.
(2:48) CJ Gunn Steal.
(2:44) CJ Gunn misses driving layup.
(2:42) Josh Dix Defensive Rebound.
(2:35) Austin Swartz misses 11-foot jumper.
(2:33) Kerem Konan Offensive Rebound.
+3 (2:31) Isaac Traudt makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kerem Konan assists).
2232
+3 (2:14) Théo Pierre-Justin makes 30-foot three point jumper (Layden Blocker assists).
2532
(2:03) Josh Dix misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:01) Isaac Traudt Offensive Rebound.
(2:01) Foul on Ilija Milijaševic.
+3 (1:55) Josh Dix makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nik Graves assists).
2535
+2 (1:33) CJ Gunn makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
2735
(1:11) Austin Swartz misses 32-foot three point jumper.
(1:03) Théo Pierre-Justin Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:51) Layden Blocker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Théo Pierre-Justin assists).
3035
+2 (0:24) Kerem Konan makes driving layup.
3037
(0:24) Foul on Fabián Flores.
+1 (0:24) Kerem Konan makes free throw 1 of 1.
3038
(0:05) Théo Pierre-Justin misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:02) Hudson Greer Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

DEP

CREI

72Points71

28-56(50.0%)Field Goal(%)25-56(44.6%)

10-19(52.6%)3-Point(%)10-25(40.0%)

6-8(75.0%)Free Throw(%)11-13(84.6%)

30(7)Rebounds(Offensive)32(10)

18Assists14

10Steals7

2Blocks3

13Turnovers12

14(0)Fouls(Technical)10(0)

2Largest Lead11

Game Details

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 9:00 PM

CHI Health Center Omaha · Omaha, NE

attendance: 15,994 (92.2%)

tv: Peacock

spread: CREI -3.5

over/under: 142.5