UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP)-Lauren Jensen scored 19 points and No. 23 Creighton crossed Seton Hall 73-44 n ° 23 in the semi-finals of the Big East Conference tournament.
The Bluejays, the second seeded, have the chance to avenge his two conference defeats against Uconn – by 11 and 19 points – when they face the Huskies n ° 3 in the championship match on Monday.
Morgan Maly added 14 points, hitting a 3-point in his right match of 51, for Creighton (27-5), who had to join 12 to beat Georgetown in the quarter-final before spending his first match for 2016. Kennedy Townsend had 10 points. Jensen entered third on the Creighton career notation list with 2,029.
Faith Masonium scored 16 for the pirates (22-9) and Jada Eads added 11.
The Bluejays reached 5 of the 7 3 points in the first quarter, two per Jensen who had 10 points, and ran to an advance of 23-6. The hackers were 3 out of 13 with four reversals. The hackers bound, holding Creighton 4 of the 13 shots with six reversals and reduced the deficit to 33-22 at halftime.
Creighton had 7 out of 13 behind the bow and 6 out of 14 inside.
The Bluejays never struck a cold sequence in the second period, firing 57%. A start to the start of 19-4 in the fourth quarter pushed the advance at 30.
Creighton finished 12 of the 23 behind the arc and 17 on 32 at close range.
Seton Hall pulled 28% for the match, going 3 out of 18 from the 3 -point beach. .
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