All of the pieces were coming together to not be Creighton’s day on Saturday at the CHI Health Center Omaha in their game against Providence. However, a sickness and an injury didn’t turn the arena into a hospital as the Bluejays score the final nine points of the game to pull out a 78-74 victory against the Friars.
With the Bluejays down five points with 1:41 to go, Ty-Shon Alexander hit back to back shots after Creighton’s defense got two stops. Alexander quickly hit a three pointer to cut Providence’s lead to 74-72 with 1:26 to go and then hit a driving layup with 37 seconds to go to tie it. Alexander left the first half of the game after hitting knees with Alpha Diallo. However, Alexander came back to lead the Jays with 24 points including 15 in the second half on 6-of-7 shooting.
After a tie-up between David Duke and Denzel Mahoney on the ensuing Providence possession, the jump ball went to the Bluejays for the potential final shot with 10 seconds to go. Marcus Zegarowski, who just prior for tipoff wasn’t even sure if he would be able to play, took the inbounds, got the Friar to hesitate and hit a clutch 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds to go to give the Jays the 77-74 lead. Zegarowski played 32 minutes and wasn’t himself not feeling well, but hit one of the biggest shots in his Creighton career. Alexander then stole the Providence inbounds and was fouled, hit 1-of-2 from the line, and the Jays walked off in victory.
WBR photographer Brad Williams was on hand for the game. He shares his slideshow of photos below. Head over to the WBR Photo Store to get your favorite shots from the game.