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.
NCAA Men's Basketball
FINAL
DePaul Blue Demons
72
Creighton Bluejays
71
| 1st | 2nd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEP | 30 | 42 | 72 |
| CREI | 38 | 33 | 71 |
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Match Report
Play by Play
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Substitution 0:03 72-71
Austin Swartz subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 0:03 72-71
Fedor Zugic subbing out for Creighton
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PersonalFoul 0:32 72-71
Foul on Fedor Zugic.
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LayUpShot 0:32 72-71
NJ Benson makes layup (Brandon Maclin assists)
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MadeFreeThrow 0:56 70-71
Nik Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
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MadeFreeThrow 0:56 70-70
Nik Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
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PersonalFoul 0:56 70-69
Foul on CJ Gunn.
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TipShot 1:12 70-69
Brandon Maclin makes 0-foot tip in layup
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JumpShot 1:45 68-69
Josh Dix makes 26-foot three point jumper (Fedor Zugic assists)
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MadeFreeThrow 1:55 68-66
Brandon Maclin makes free throw 2 of 2
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MadeFreeThrow 1:55 67-66
Brandon Maclin makes free throw 1 of 2
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PersonalFoul 1:55 66-66
Foul on Josh Dix.
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PersonalFoul 2:16 66-66
Foul on Layden Blocker.
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JumpShot 2:45 66-66
CJ Gunn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Maclin assists)
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JumpShot 3:06 63-66
Jasen Green makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (Josh Dix assists)
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PersonalFoul 3:31 63-64
Foul on Josh Dix.
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PersonalFoul 3:39 63-64
Foul on Blake Harper.
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JumpShot 3:57 63-64
Layden Blocker makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
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Substitution 4:31 61-64
Josh Dix subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 4:31 61-64
Austin Swartz subbing out for Creighton
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DunkShot 4:32 61-64
NJ Benson makes 7-foot dunk (CJ Gunn assists)
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MadeFreeThrow 4:47 59-64
Nik Graves makes free throw 2 of 3
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MadeFreeThrow 4:47 59-63
Nik Graves makes free throw 1 of 3
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PersonalFoul 4:47 59-62
Foul on NJ Benson.
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JumpShot 5:23 59-62
CJ Gunn makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layden Blocker assists)
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MadeFreeThrow 5:37 56-62
Nik Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
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Substitution 5:37 56-61
Layden Blocker subbing in for DePaul
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Substitution 5:37 56-61
Kruz McClure subbing out for DePaul
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MadeFreeThrow 5:37 56-61
Nik Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
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PersonalFoul 5:37 56-60
Foul on Brandon Maclin.
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MadeFreeThrow 5:57 56-60
Nik Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
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Substitution 5:57 56-59
Brandon Maclin subbing in for DePaul
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Substitution 5:57 56-59
Layden Blocker subbing out for DePaul
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MadeFreeThrow 5:57 56-59
Nik Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
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PersonalFoul 6:11 56-58
Foul on Layden Blocker.
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Substitution 6:27 56-58
NJ Benson subbing in for DePaul
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Substitution 6:27 56-58
Théo Pierre-Justin subbing out for DePaul
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PersonalFoul 6:27 56-58
Foul on Kruz McClure.
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LayUpShot 7:29 56-58
Jasen Green makes layup (Nik Graves assists)
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MadeFreeThrow 7:53 56-56
Kaleb Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
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MadeFreeThrow 7:53 55-56
Kaleb Banks makes free throw 1 of 2
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Substitution 7:53 54-56
Blake Harper subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 7:53 54-56
Josh Dix subbing out for Creighton
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PersonalFoul 7:53 54-56
Foul on Nik Graves.
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Substitution 8:45 54-56
Layden Blocker subbing in for DePaul
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Substitution 8:45 54-56
Brandon Maclin subbing out for DePaul
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Substitution 8:45 54-56
Nik Graves subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 8:45 54-56
Jasen Green subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 8:45 54-56
Kerem Konan subbing out for Creighton
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Substitution 8:45 54-56
Ty Davis subbing out for Creighton
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LayUpShot 8:54 54-56
Kruz McClure makes driving layup
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JumpShot 9:19 52-56
Théo Pierre-Justin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Maclin assists)
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JumpShot 9:38 49-56
Josh Dix makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
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PersonalFoul 10:25 49-54
Foul on CJ Gunn.
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PersonalFoul 10:34 49-54
Foul on Kaleb Banks.
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Substitution 10:55 49-54
Ty Davis subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 10:55 49-54
Nik Graves subbing out for Creighton
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Substitution 11:18 49-54
Théo Pierre-Justin subbing in for DePaul
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Substitution 11:18 49-54
CJ Gunn subbing in for DePaul
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Substitution 11:18 49-54
NJ Benson subbing out for DePaul
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End Game 0:00 72-71
End of Game
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End Period 0:00 72-71
End of 2nd half
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Defensive Rebound 0:00 72-71
NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
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LayUpShot 0:00 72-71
Blake Harper misses layup
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Substitution 0:03 72-71
Austin Swartz subbing in for Creighton
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Substitution 0:03 72-71
Fedor Zugic subbing out for Creighton
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RegularTimeOut 0:03 72-71
Creighton Timeout
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Offensive Rebound 0:08 72-71
Jasen Green Offensive Rebound.
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LayUpShot 0:14 72-71
Nik Graves misses driving layup
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ShortTimeOut 0:23 72-71
Creighton Timeout
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Defensive Rebound 0:31 72-71
Josh Dix Defensive Rebound.
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MadeFreeThrow 0:32 72-71
NJ Benson misses free throw 1 of 1
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PersonalFoul 0:32 72-71
Foul on Fedor Zugic.
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LayUpShot 0:32 72-71
NJ Benson makes layup (Brandon Maclin assists)
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RegularTimeOut 0:47 70-71
DePaul Timeout
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MadeFreeThrow 0:56 70-71
Nik Graves makes free throw 2 of 2
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MadeFreeThrow 0:56 70-70
Nik Graves makes free throw 1 of 2
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PersonalFoul 0:56 70-69
Foul on CJ Gunn.
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TipShot 1:12 70-69
Brandon Maclin makes 0-foot tip in layup
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Offensive Rebound 1:12 68-69
Brandon Maclin Offensive Rebound.
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LayUpShot 1:16 68-69
Brandon Maclin misses layup
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JumpShot 1:45 68-69
Josh Dix makes 26-foot three point jumper (Fedor Zugic assists)
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MadeFreeThrow 1:55 68-66
Brandon Maclin makes free throw 2 of 2
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MadeFreeThrow 1:55 67-66
Brandon Maclin makes free throw 1 of 2
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PersonalFoul 1:55 66-66
Foul on Josh Dix.
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Defensive Rebound 2:14 66-66
CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
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MadeFreeThrow 2:16 66-66
Josh Dix misses free throw 1 of 1
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PersonalFoul 2:16 66-66
Foul on Layden Blocker.
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JumpShot 2:45 66-66
CJ Gunn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Maclin assists)
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JumpShot 3:06 63-66
Jasen Green makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (Josh Dix assists)
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Defensive Rebound 3:22 63-64
Josh Dix Defensive Rebound.
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JumpShot 3:25 63-64
Kaleb Banks misses 25-foot three point jumper
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PersonalFoul 3:31 63-64
Foul on Josh Dix.
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OfficialTVTimeOut 3:39 63-64
Official TV Timeout
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PersonalFoul 3:39 63-64
Foul on Blake Harper.
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Defensive Rebound 3:39 63-64
CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
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JumpShot 3:40 63-64
Nik Graves misses 26-foot three point jumper
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JumpShot 3:57 63-64
Layden Blocker makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
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Defensive Rebound 4:06 61-64
NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
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Block Shot 4:09 61-64
Brandon Maclin Block.
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Team Stats
DEP
CREI
28-56
FG
25-56
50
Field Goal %
45
10-19
3PT
10-25
53
Three Point %
40
6-8
FT
11-13
75
Free Throw %
85
30
Rebounds
32
7
Offensive Rebounds
10
23
Defensive Rebounds
22
18
Assists
14
10
Steals
7
2
Blocks
3
13
Turnovers
12
2
Team Turnovers
0
13
Total Turnovers
12
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
12
Points Off Turnovers
19
4
Fast Break Points
5
32
Points in Paint
28
14
Fouls
10
2
Largest Lead
11
8
Lead Changes
8
5
Percent Led
87
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