NCAA Men's Basketball

FINAL
Providence Friars 74
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Creighton Bluejays 70
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Match Report

Watson scores 29 to lead Friars past No. 11 Creighton 74-70

— Nate Watson scored a career-high 29 points and Providence turned back Creighton each time it pulled close to beat the 11th-ranked Bluejays 74-70 on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

PROV CREI
25-56
FG
25-58
45
Field Goal %
43
5-18
3PT
4-23
28
Three Point %
17
19-26
FT
16-24
73
Free Throw %
67
42
Rebounds
34
12
Offensive Rebounds
9
30
Defensive Rebounds
25
14
Assists
8
2
Steals
7
1
Blocks
2
14
Turnovers
9
2
Team Turnovers
1
14
Total Turnovers
9
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
0
Points Off Turnovers
0
0
Fast Break Points
0
36
Points in Paint
40
21
Fouls
21
17
Largest Lead
0

Top Performers

PROV

  • Nate Watson C MIN 34 · PTS 29 · FG 12-19
  • David Duke Jr. G MIN 36 · PTS 12 · FG 2-11
  • Alyn Breed G MIN 34 · PTS 15 · FG 4-5
  • A.J. Reeves G MIN 36 · PTS 2 · FG 1-8

CREI

  • Damien Jefferson F MIN 36 · PTS 26 · FG 9-13
  • Marcus Zegarowski G MIN 36 · PTS 17 · FG 4-11
  • Denzel Mahoney G MIN 32 · PTS 5 · FG 1-10
  • Christian Bishop F MIN 15 · PTS 12 · FG 6-6

Play by Play

  1. MadeFreeThrow 0:02 74-70

    David Duke made Free Throw.

    4397107 2nd Half
  2. MadeFreeThrow 0:02 73-70

    David Duke made Free Throw.

    4397107 2nd Half
  3. PersonalFoul 0:02 72-70

    Foul on Christian Bishop.

    4397037 2nd Half
  4. JumpShot 0:05 72-70

    Marcus Zegarowski made Three Point Jumper.

    4397036 2nd Half
  5. PersonalFoul 0:13 72-67

    Foul on Damien Jefferson.

    4066720 2nd Half
  6. MadeFreeThrow 0:16 72-67

    Damien Jefferson made Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  7. MadeFreeThrow 0:16 72-66

    Damien Jefferson made Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  8. PersonalFoul 0:16 72-65

    Foul on A.J. Reeves.

    4397109 2nd Half
  9. MadeFreeThrow 0:21 72-65

    Nate Watson made Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  10. MadeFreeThrow 0:21 71-65

    Nate Watson made Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  11. PersonalFoul 0:21 70-65

    Foul on Damien Jefferson.

    4066720 2nd Half
  12. JumpShot 0:33 70-65

    David Duke made Three Point Jumper.

    4397107 2nd Half
  13. LayUpShot 0:58 67-65

    Mitch Ballock made Layup.

    4278556 2nd Half
  14. PersonalFoul 1:48 67-63

    Foul on Nate Watson.

    4278573 2nd Half
  15. DunkShot 2:07 67-63

    Nate Watson made Dunk. Assisted by Greg Gantt.

    4278573 2nd Half
  16. LayUpShot 2:27 65-63

    Damien Jefferson made Layup.

    4066720 2nd Half
  17. JumpShot 3:21 65-61

    Denzel Mahoney made Jumper.

    4067205 2nd Half
  18. JumpShot 3:51 65-59

    Alyn Breed made Three Point Jumper.

    4585590 2nd Half
  19. JumpShot 4:21 62-59

    Christian Bishop made Jumper.

    4397037 2nd Half
  20. DunkShot 4:35 62-57

    Nate Watson made Dunk.

    4278573 2nd Half
  21. LayUpShot 4:59 60-57

    Christian Bishop made Layup. Assisted by Damien Jefferson.

    4397037 2nd Half
  22. LayUpShot 5:15 60-55

    Greg Gantt made Layup.

    4431711 2nd Half
  23. MadeFreeThrow 5:42 58-55

    Denzel Mahoney made Free Throw.

    4067205 2nd Half
  24. PersonalFoul 5:42 58-54

    Foul on Jimmy Nichols Jr..

    4397108 2nd Half
  25. PersonalFoul 5:44 58-54

    Foul on Mitch Ballock.

    4278556 2nd Half
  26. LayUpShot 5:44 58-54

    Nate Watson made Layup. Assisted by Greg Gantt.

    4278573 2nd Half
  27. MadeFreeThrow 6:02 56-54

    Marcus Zegarowski made Free Throw.

    4397036 2nd Half
  28. MadeFreeThrow 6:02 56-53

    Marcus Zegarowski made Free Throw.

    4397036 2nd Half
  29. PersonalFoul 6:02 56-52

    Foul on David Duke.

    4397107 2nd Half
  30. MadeFreeThrow 7:14 56-52

    Damien Jefferson made Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  31. PersonalFoul 7:14 56-51

    Foul on Noah Horchler.

    4278453 2nd Half
  32. JumpShot 7:14 56-51

    Damien Jefferson made Jumper.

    4066720 2nd Half
  33. PersonalFoul 7:39 56-49

    Foul on Damien Jefferson.

    4066720 2nd Half
  34. JumpShot 7:58 56-49

    Damien Jefferson made Jumper.

    4066720 2nd Half
  35. PersonalFoul 8:44 56-47

    Foul on Noah Horchler.

    4278453 2nd Half
  36. PersonalFoul 8:52 56-47

    Foul on Alyn Breed.

    4585590 2nd Half
  37. LayUpShot 9:28 56-47

    Damien Jefferson made Layup.

    4066720 2nd Half
  38. JumpShot 9:37 56-45

    Nate Watson made Jumper.

    4278573 2nd Half
  39. PersonalFoul 9:58 54-45

    Foul on Alyn Breed.

    4585590 2nd Half
  40. DunkShot 10:35 54-45

    Ryan Kalkbrenner made Dunk. Assisted by Alex O'Connell.

    4576060 2nd Half
  41. PersonalFoul 10:57 54-43

    Foul on Ryan Kalkbrenner.

    4576060 2nd Half
  42. PersonalFoul 11:37 54-43

    Foul on David Duke.

    4397107 2nd Half
  43. DunkShot 12:10 54-43

    Greg Gantt made Dunk. Assisted by A.J. Reeves.

    4431711 2nd Half
  44. PersonalFoul 12:48 52-43

    Foul on Denzel Mahoney.

    4067205 2nd Half
  45. PersonalFoul 12:48 52-43

    Foul on Alyn Breed.

    4585590 2nd Half
  46. JumpShot 13:28 52-43

    Antwann Jones made Jumper.

    4396634 2nd Half
  47. TipShot 14:24 52-41

    Ryan Kalkbrenner made Two Point Tip Shot.

    4576060 2nd Half
  48. LayUpShot 15:20 52-39

    Alyn Breed made Layup.

    4585590 2nd Half
  49. MadeFreeThrow 15:47 50-39

    Nate Watson made Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  50. MadeFreeThrow 15:47 49-39

    Nate Watson made Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  51. PersonalFoul 15:47 48-39

    Foul on Christian Bishop.

    4397037 2nd Half
  52. LayUpShot 16:18 48-39

    Christian Bishop made Layup.

    4397037 2nd Half
  53. TipShot 16:33 48-37

    Nate Watson made Two Point Tip Shot.

    4278573 2nd Half
  54. MadeFreeThrow 17:00 46-37

    David Duke made Free Throw.

    4397107 2nd Half
  55. MadeFreeThrow 17:00 45-37

    David Duke made Free Throw.

    4397107 2nd Half
  56. PersonalFoul 17:00 44-37

    Foul on Denzel Mahoney.

    4067205 2nd Half
  57. DunkShot 17:26 44-37

    Christian Bishop made Dunk. Assisted by Mitch Ballock.

    4397037 2nd Half
  58. JumpShot 18:02 44-35

    Jimmy Nichols Jr. made Jumper.

    4397108 2nd Half
  59. JumpShot 18:32 42-35

    Nate Watson made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Reeves.

    4278573 2nd Half
  60. MadeFreeThrow 19:17 40-35

    Alyn Breed made Free Throw.

    4585590 2nd Half
  1. End Game 0:00 74-70

    End of Game

    2nd Half
  2. End Period 0:00 74-70

    End of 2nd half

    2nd Half
  3. Offensive Rebound 0:00 74-70

    Marcus Zegarowski Offensive Rebound.

    4397036 2nd Half
  4. JumpShot 0:00 74-70

    Marcus Zegarowski missed Three Point Jumper.

    4397036 2nd Half
  5. MadeFreeThrow 0:02 74-70

    David Duke made Free Throw.

    4397107 2nd Half
  6. MadeFreeThrow 0:02 73-70

    David Duke made Free Throw.

    4397107 2nd Half
  7. PersonalFoul 0:02 72-70

    Foul on Christian Bishop.

    4397037 2nd Half
  8. ShortTimeOut 0:05 72-70

    Creighton Timeout

    2nd Half
  9. JumpShot 0:05 72-70

    Marcus Zegarowski made Three Point Jumper.

    4397036 2nd Half
  10. Defensive Rebound 0:13 72-67

    Christian Bishop Defensive Rebound.

    4397037 2nd Half
  11. MadeFreeThrow 0:13 72-67

    Nate Watson missed Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  12. PersonalFoul 0:13 72-67

    Foul on Damien Jefferson.

    4066720 2nd Half
  13. ShortTimeOut 0:16 72-67

    Creighton Timeout

    2nd Half
  14. MadeFreeThrow 0:16 72-67

    Damien Jefferson made Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  15. MadeFreeThrow 0:16 72-66

    Damien Jefferson made Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  16. PersonalFoul 0:16 72-65

    Foul on A.J. Reeves.

    4397109 2nd Half
  17. MadeFreeThrow 0:21 72-65

    Nate Watson made Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  18. MadeFreeThrow 0:21 71-65

    Nate Watson made Free Throw.

    4278573 2nd Half
  19. PersonalFoul 0:21 70-65

    Foul on Damien Jefferson.

    4066720 2nd Half
  20. Defensive Rebound 0:24 70-65

    Nate Watson Defensive Rebound.

    4278573 2nd Half
  21. JumpShot 0:24 70-65

    Mitch Ballock missed Three Point Jumper.

    4278556 2nd Half
  22. JumpShot 0:33 70-65

    David Duke made Three Point Jumper.

    4397107 2nd Half
  23. LayUpShot 0:58 67-65

    Mitch Ballock made Layup.

    4278556 2nd Half
  24. Lost Ball Turnover 1:19 67-63

    David Duke Turnover.

    4397107 2nd Half
  25. Offensive Rebound 1:21 67-63

    David Duke Offensive Rebound.

    4397107 2nd Half
  26. Jumpball 1:21 67-63

    Jump Ball won by Providence

    2nd Half
  27. JumpShot 1:28 67-63

    David Duke missed Three Point Jumper.

    4397107 2nd Half
  28. Defensive Rebound 1:48 67-63

    David Duke Defensive Rebound.

    4397107 2nd Half
  29. MadeFreeThrow 1:48 67-63

    Damien Jefferson missed Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  30. Dead Ball Rebound 1:48 67-63

    Creighton Deadball Team Rebound.

    2nd Half
  31. MadeFreeThrow 1:48 67-63

    Damien Jefferson missed Free Throw.

    4066720 2nd Half
  32. PersonalFoul 1:48 67-63

    Foul on Nate Watson.

    4278573 2nd Half
  33. ShortTimeOut 1:56 67-63

    Creighton Timeout

    2nd Half
  34. DunkShot 2:07 67-63

    Nate Watson made Dunk. Assisted by Greg Gantt.

    4278573 2nd Half
  35. LayUpShot 2:27 65-63

    Damien Jefferson made Layup.

    4066720 2nd Half
  36. Offensive Rebound 2:34 65-61

    Marcus Zegarowski Offensive Rebound.

    4397036 2nd Half
  37. JumpShot 2:34 65-61

    Marcus Zegarowski missed Jumper.

    4397036 2nd Half
  38. Steal 2:52 65-61

    Damien Jefferson Steal.

    4066720 2nd Half
  39. Lost Ball Turnover 2:52 65-61

    David Duke Turnover.

    4397107 2nd Half
  40. JumpShot 3:21 65-61

    Denzel Mahoney made Jumper.

    4067205 2nd Half

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