Creighton Eclipses 1,000 Career Points In Win Over Tulsa

Saturday, January 13

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12:00 PM

University of Memphis

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Creighton Eclipses 1,000 Career Points In Win Over Tulsa

Jan 13, 2018 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Three Tigers score in double-digits, led by Creighton’s 22

TULSA, Okla. – In the middle of the third quarter, senior forward Cheyenne Creighton scored her 1,000^th career point and helped ignite a Memphis offense into a 69-48 victory over Tulsa Saturday afternoon. Creighton became the 24^th player in program history and sixth under McFerrin to eclipse the milestone. The Tigers improve to 7-10 on and year and 2-2 in American Athletic Conference play.

How It Happened
Defense was the name of the game in the first quarter as both teams struggled to get on the board until the first media timeout. After Tulsa scored first on a made free throw, the Tigers put together an 8-5 run capped with Brea Elmore's first basket of the game to have an early first quarter lead.

Tulsa's three-point shooting was ignited in the second quarter as the Golden Hurricane made three, three-pointers to regain the lead over Memphis. Cheyenne Creighton scored seven of her points in the second 10 minutes of action to pull within one point of 1,000 career points at the break.

With 4:20 left in the third quarter, Creighton hit the basket she needed to join the 1,000-point club at Memphis. Creighton along with key efforts from Elmore and Jada Stinson ignited the Memphis offense into a 21-point third quarter and a three-point lead with 10 minutes remaining. The quarter ended with back-to-back three's by Elmore and Stinson. In that span, Memphis held Tulsa to just 11 points.

Memphis continued to build upon that third-quarter momentum and scored a season-high 27 points in the final quarter of action. Solid offense turned into better defense as Tulsa was held to just nine points in the fourth quarter.

Turning Point
The Tigers rattled off a 21-point third quarter while holding Tulsa to just 11 points. Brea Elmore and Jada Stinson hit back-to-back three-pointers at the end of the third quarter to give Memphis the lead. The third quarter momentum turned into a season-high 27 points in the fourth quarter including a perfect 9-for-9 effort at the free throw line for Cheyenne Creighton to push the Tigers past Tulsa.

Notables

With 4:20 remaining in the third quarter, senior forward Cheyenne Creighton scored her eighth and ninth points of the game to become the 24^th member of the Memphis women's basketball 1,000-point club.
Creighton finished with a team-high 22 points, her fifth 20-plus point effort of the season. Creighton also knocked down a career-high 12 free throws. She went 9-for-9 in the fourth quarter.
Jada Stinson scored a career-high 15 points for the Tigers. Seven of those points were scored in the third quarter. She finished the day with four rebounds, two steals, and a 7-for-12 effort from the floor.
Brea Elmore scored 19 points for the Tigers and led Memphis with eight rebounds. The eight rebounds matches a previous career-high set against Nicholls State in 2016.
Elmore also finished with a team-high seven assists. Memphis had 16 total assists on 25 made baskets.
The 27 points scored in the fourth quarter against Tulsa was the most scored all season. The previous high was 24 points in the third quarter against Vanderbilt.
The Tigers turned the ball over a season-low eight times.
Memphis outrebounded Tulsa, 38-31, and all eight players who suited up recorded a rebound for the Tigers.

Melissa McFerrin Quotable
Cheyenne Creighton is probably the most conscientious player that I've ever coached. She is so conscientious on how she practices and how she performs. She makes very minimal mistakes. I think she's just a great story of the natural progression of a four-year player.

Next Up For The Tigers
Memphis returns home for a Wednesday night contest against USF on ESPN3. Tipoff against the Bulls is slated for 7 p.m. at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. The game can also be heard on 91.7 FM WUMR and for more information on the Memphis women's basketball team, follow the Tigers on Twitter at @MemphisWBB.