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Cheyenne Creighton vs. Tulane AAC Championship

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Cheyenne Creighton vs. Wichita St. 1-27-18

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Cheyenne Creighton, 2016-17 Women's Basketball

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Cheyenne Creighton

Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Prev School:
Blessed Pope John Paul II Secondary School

Career
Played in 122 games and started in every game as a junior and senior … played 3,332 minutes (27.3 mpg) … averaged 9.7 points and 5.6 rebounds … had 92 assists, 52 blocked shots and 116 steals … shot 50.5 percent from the field … had 60 double-figure scoring games including 14 with 20+ points … had 82 games with four or more rebounds … had 60 games shooting 50 percent or better from the floor … finished her career with 1,182 points and 680 rebounds, becoming the 13 player in program history to hit the 1,000 point and 600 rebound marks.

Academic Honors

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award Semifinalist
2017 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
Spring 2018 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List
Fall 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club
Spring 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List
Fall 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
Spring 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
2016 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
Fall 2015 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List
Spring 2015 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List
2015 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
Fall 2014 Tiger 3.0 Club

Athletic Honors

2017 Third-Team All-American Athletic Conference
Six-time American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll Recipient
2016-17 Memphis Offensive Player of the Year; Best Rebounder

2017-18 (Senior)

Was one of three Tigers to start all 30 contests, averaging a team-high 37.1 minutes per game
Became the 24^th member of Memphis’ 1,000-point club against Tulsa
Led the team in rebounding with 8.2 boards per contest
Was third in the American American Athletic Conference in rebounding
Finished second on the team in scoring, logging 14.7 points per game
Swatted a career-high four shots against Jackson State
Scored 20-plus points eight times during the season, including a career-high 28 against Little Rock
Posted 12 double-doubles, including an 18-point, 15-rebound effort against Temple
Buried a career-high three, three-pointers against USF and finished with a career-high 14 made three’s as a senior
Played 40-plus minutes 11 times, including all 45 minutes of both overtime games

2016-17 (Junior)

Started in all 30 games while averaging a team-high 34.7 minutes per game
More than doubled previous season scoring average to a team-high 14.4 points per game (sophomore year was 6.6 points per game)
Led the Tigers with 7.4 rebounds per contest
Ranked 12^th in The American in scoring,10^th in rebounding, fifth in field goal percentage, third in offensive rebounds, and seventh in minutes played
Finished with 25 double-digit scoring games including six 20+ point performances
Scored a career-high 26 points and pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds in the victory over vote-receiving Vanderbilt
Finished the season with eight double-doubles including five-straight from Dec. 11 at Southern Illinois to Dec. 28 against Vanderbilt
Led the Tigers with a 51.4 shooting percentage and went 4-for-8 from beyond the arc
Ranked first on the team with 67 made free throws
Recorded a team-high 18 blocks and finished the year with 35 steals

2015-16 (Sophomore)

Played in all 31 games and was the lone sophomore to see action in every game
Played 658 minutes (21.2 minutes per game), the most among 2016-17 returnees
Averaged 6.6 points and 4.0 rebounds which ranked her fourth on the team
Posted 10 double-figure scoring performances
Had 19 games with four or more rebounds
Nearly doubled her scoring average from her freshman season (3.4 points per game)
Raised her rebounding average from her freshman season (2.9 rebounds per game in 2014-15 to 4.0 rebounds per game in 2015-16)
Shot a team-best 59.2 percent from the field
Tied the school sophomore single-game percentage record with a perfect 100 percent from the floor vs. Eastern Illinois (5-of-5)
In conference games only (18 games), ranked second in the league in field goal percentage at 65.5 percent
Had 30 assists, 12 blocked shots and 29 steals
Scored a season-high 17 points in a home win over UCF where she shot 7-of-8 from the floor in that game
Pulled down a season-best 10 boards in a road win at East Carolina
Opened the season with back-to-back 12-point performances in wins over Jacksonville State and Eastern Illinois.

2014-15 (Freshman)

Saw action in 31 games, started in one, and was the only freshman to play in every game
Averaged 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds
Her scoring and rebounding averages were tops among the freshmen on the squad
13 assists, eight blocked shots and nine steals
Shot 44.9 percent from the floor
Had two double-figure scoring games
Posted 12 games with four or more rebounds
Netted a season-high 12 points and grabbed four rebounds in a home win over UCF on a 6-for-13 effort from the floor
Followed that performance with her first collegiate start at Tulane
Played a season-high 33 minutes vs. the Green Wave while scoring 10 points and pulling down four rebounds in the road setback to Tulane
Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in an American Athletic Conference Tournament first-round victory
Best non-conference game was a seven-point, six-rebound performance in a road loss at Southern Illinois.

High School

McFerrin’s first signee out of Canada
Played with the Canada U18 team in the FIBA U18 Championships in Colorado in August of 2014
Member of Ontario’s U17 Senior Provincial Team that won the Canada Games
Participated in the NIKE National Invitational Tournament in Chicago in 2013
Started the Team Canada assessments as one of 39 players for the first camp in Toronto in December of 2013
Averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds per game at John Paul for coaches Steve Gazmin, Donald Lindo, Jill Forester and Josie Taccone
Member of the Academic Honor Roll in each of past two seasons
A 2013 and 2014 GTA all-star, she led her team to a 2012 LOSSA Championship and a pair of TDCAA championships
A 2014 Allan Bush second team Juel League award winner, she also helped her team to an OFSAA silver medal in 2014 and was named a Juel League all-star
Played club ball with the Brampton Warriors, serving as the team captain under coaches Hugh Riley, Kenny Manning, Nya Daily and Jason Harris.

Personal
Daughter of Ann Murray ... birthday is April 29 ... has one brother, James ... her mom played basketball at West Virginia from 1990-93 ... a psychology major.