2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Creighton, Cheyenne
Jersey Number 10
Cheyenne Creighton
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pickering, Ontario, Canada
- Prev School:
- Blessed Pope John Paul II Secondary School
Bio
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 24th 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 12th in The American in scoring,10th 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.
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