Men's Basketball Remains on the Road for Battle with No. 14 Creighton

Saturday, November 16

Omaha, NE

6:00 PM

Kansas City

Creighton

Photo by: Ryan Weaver

11/14/2024 10:17:00 AM | Men's Basketball

The Roos and Bluejays will tip off on Saturday at 6 p.m.

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FIRST FIVE

Kansas City Men's Basketball remains on the road for its second game against a ranked opponent this week, traveling to Omaha for a meeting with Creighton on Saturday. This will mark the first time in program history that the Roos have played top-25 opponents in back-to-back games.
Jamar Brown continued to impress in the Roos loss to Iowa State, dropping 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting and knocking down a team-high three triples. He has now surpassed the 20-point mark eight times in his career with KC notching a 6-2 record in those games.
Through three games, Kansas City is averaging 11.7 steals per game, the 24th-most in Division One. Five players: Jamar Brown (2.7), Anderson Kopp (2.3), Cameron Faas (1.7), Kasheem Grady II (1.3) and Davontae Hall (1.3) are all averaging more than one steal per game.
Davontae Hall has taken on the role of facilitating the Kansas City offense, averaging 7.0 assists per game with a 4.20 assist-to-turnover ratio. He is averaging 4.0 points per game, joining Sacramento State's Deonte Williams as the only players in the nation to average seven-plus assists and four-or-fewer points per game this year.
Against the current Big East, Kansas City holds a 3-13 all-time record. The last win came against Creighton, 72-70 (OT), on Dec. 28, 1995.

SCOUTING CREIGHTON

Creighton enters Saturday's game ranked No. 14 in the nation and holds a 3-0 record so far this season.
The Bluejays are coming off a 2024 Sweet Sixteen appearance, their fourth-straight season winning at least one game in the NCAA Tournament.
Ryan Kalkbrenner has been a force to be reckoned with, averaging 29.7 points per game on 92.1% shooting. The three-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year is also averaging 3.0 blocks per contest.
The Roos and the Bluejays have met 13 times in the past, with Creighton holding a 10-3 edge in the all-time series.
The last meeting between these two teams came on Dec. 27, 2018 with Creighton taking away an 89-53 victory.