The Creighton men’s basketball team was back on the court in front of fans on Saturday night as they took on Upper Iowa in their only scheduled exhibition game before the season opener on November 9th. The Bluejays used a 32-2 run to pull away from Upper Iowa to get a 76-61 victory.
Ryan Hawkins led four Bluejays in double figures (15), while Arthur Kaluma and KeyShawn Feazell cleaned up on the boards, with 9 rebounds each. Alex O’Connell had 14 points and Ryan Nembhard and Feazell both had 10 points in the victory. Nembhard also led the team with 8 assists.
Creighton opens up the regular season a week from Tuesday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
The Bluejay Beat podcast is back again this season. Matt DeMarinis and the Omaha World Herald’s Jon Nyatawa got together after the game to talk about the good and the bad, or maybe instead, work in progress. Listen to what they had to say.