DETROIT, Mich. — Second-seeded and sixth-ranked Tennessee used a 21-4 run to start out the second half and third-seeded and 1th-ranked Creighton’s comeback fell simply brief because the Vols received 82-75 in motion on the MIdwest Regional Semifinal in Detroit late on Friday evening.
The Volunteers (27-8) advance to Sunday’s Regional Ultimate in opposition to top-seeded Purdue (32-4), which beat Gonzaga 80-68 within the first sport of the night. Creighton finishes its season with a 25-10 mark, its most wins since additionally ending 25-10 in 2016-17.
A deep three-pointer by Scheierman, adopted by a thee-point play from Trey Alexander, helped tie the rating at 24-all with 5:06 left within the opening half. Steven Ashworth then swished a three-pointer on the following journey as CU retook the lead at 27-26. After Dalton Knecht responded with a trey, Ashworth and Scheierman bombed consecutive triples as CU matched its largest lead at 33-29 and prompted a Tennessee timeout.
The groups exchanged the lead eight instances within the first half, with Kalkbrenner’s seventy fifth slam of the season giving CU a 35-34 lead on the break. Scheierman led all gamers with 15 factors within the first half, whereas Kalkbrenner added eight factors and a game-high six rebounds earlier than intermission. Knecht led the Vols with 10 pionts within the first half as UT shot 5-for-10 earlier than the break after going 3-for-25 kind downtown in a Second Spherical win vs. Texas.
Tennessee turned up the protection early within the second half, utilizing a 18-0 run to take its largest lead at 55-39. That stretch began with two free throws from Knecht and would come with 4 lay-ups along with a pair of three-pointers earlier than a three-ball by Scheierman snapped the scoreless drought at simply over 5 minutes.
The Bluejays battled again after falling behind by as a lot as 15, utilizing a 9-2 run to halve the deficit to 62-55 with 8:10 remaining after Scheierman’s conventional three-point play. A Kalkbrenner lay-up and two free throws made it a three-point sport (62-59) with 6:02 left however the All-American Knecht drilled a contested three-pointer to half the Bluejay momentum. Ashworth buried a three-pointer however once more Knecht answered with a trey.
A 3-point play by Tobe Awaka with 1:39 left gave the Vols a 71-64 lead and UT transformed on the line down the stretch to ice the sport as CU by no means acquired any nearer than six factors within the last minute.
Scheierman led CU with 25 factors within the last sport of his standout profession.
Knecht paced Tennessee with 26 factors.
NOTES: The sport was Creighton’s one hundred and first in a row to be televised … Trey Alexander made his program-record ninth NCAA Match begin and Ryan Kalkbrenner performed in his program-record eleventh NCAA Match sport .. Baylor Scheierman has made a three-pointer in 23 straight video games tied for the seventh-longest streak in program historical past … Creighton made a three-pointer for the 1,020th straight sport … Baylor Scheierman had his twentieth straight sport with 10 factors ore extra in a row … Ryan Kalkbrenner’s dunk that gave Creighton the lead on the finish of the primary half was his seventy fifth slam of the season, essentially the most in a single 12 months by a participant beneath Greg McDermott at Creighton. The earlier excessive of 74 was by Martin Krampelj in 2018-19 .. Ryan Kalkbrenner had his 58th straight sport of eight or extra factors and twenty second sport in a row with 10 or extra factors … Ryan Kaklbrenner joined Baylor Scheierman and Trey Alexander as the primary trio in program historical past with 600 factors in the identical season … Baylor Scheierman and Ryan Kalkbrenner are the primary duo in BIG EAST historical past to have at the very least 600 factors and 250 rebounds in the identical season … Baylor Scheierman has made 31 straight free throws, the fifth-longest streak in program historical past … Baylor Scheierman tied Ethan Wragge’s 110 for second-most three-pointers in Creighton single-season historical past.