8/31/2023 0 Comments Red storm defense 2The Johnnies, however, had significantly fewer turnovers. Despite Kalkbrenner’s dominance on the offensive end of the court, rebounds were also close, 18-16 in Creighton’s favor. From the statistics at the half the game seemed to be evenly played. The Johnnies led the Blue Jays 46 to 39 at the half. He finished the half with 13 points, hitting five of six field goal attempts. As the half wound down Mathis hit another old fashioned three and then a three-point jumper. Montez Mathis delivered a layup and a free throw. The arena erupted with chants of “defense … defense”. Julian Champagnie contributed with a drive and a pass to a charging Stanley for a dunk, Then, from the left corner, hit what would be his only three of the afternoon, and the Johnnies were down by two at 30-28. The positive fans from before noted that Stef Smith who was the one Johnnie keeping them in the game. Kalkbrenner continued to score under the basket, but the Johnnies were clawing their way back into the game.Īt the 8:14 mark Addae-Wusu hit Montez Mathis, who attacked and made a nice entry pass to O’Mar Stanley for a dunk, cutting the Blue Jay lead to seven, 28-21. He made an impact taking down a rebound, bringing the ball upcourt and hitting Smith on the left wing for a layup. Pinzon saw his first action in two months. Rafael Pinzon looks for a shot inside the arc Chris Hagan Down 20-12 the Johnnies went with a small lineup of Smith, Tareq Coburn, Dylan Addae-Wusu, Aaron Wheeler and Rafael Pinzon. At this point of the game Posh Alexander had scored eight of the Johnnies 10 points on layups and put backs of teammates misses.Īt the 12-minute mark Stef Smith entered the game and, after a pump fake drew his defender in the air, he hit a foul line jumper, the first of seven points in a four-minute span as St. Shortly after, Kalkbrenner asserted himself down low and then two Blue Jay threes and five straight points by Ryan Hawkins of Creighton put the visitors ahead 13-6 at the 14:33 mark it looked like a long night ahead for the Johnnies.Ĭreighton’s Arthur Kaluma entered the game the lead increases to 20-10 after Kaluma converted a free throw. There was no scoring for the first minute and a half until Nyiwe intercepted a Creighton pass and fed Posh Alexander for a 2-0 lead. The Johnnies fans were ready, in white shirts the school put on each chair, chanting “Let’s Go Johnnies” from the game’s onset. Missing Soriano was a concern as he has been playing good defense in recent games Nywie faced a challenge guarding 7’1” Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton. John’s began the contest with Esahia Nyiwe starting in place of an injured Joel Soriano. John’s squanders lead, falls to Creightonįirst Half Esahia Nyiwe bumps fists, with injured Joel Soriano in the background Chris Hagan
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