OMAHA, Neb. -- Marcus Foster and Khyri Thomas scored 16 points apiece, and 10th-ranked Creighton led by 37 points at halftime on its way to a 113-58 victory over Longwood on Friday night.
Martin Krampelj had 11 points and Maurice Watson Jr., Toby Hegner and Isaiah Zierden added 10 apiece for the Bluejays (10-0) in their most lopsided victory since beating Texas-Arlington 106-50 in November 2002.
Khris Lane and JaShaun Smith had 12 points apiece for the Lancers (2-5).
Creighton's two-day turnaround from a 77-62 victory at in-state rival Nebraska was no issue. The Bluejays made five of their first 6 threes, 10 of their first 13 shots overall and led by 20 points 12 minutes into the game against their overmatched opponent from the Big South.
All 13 Creighton players who suited up scored at least three points.
Leading 62-25 at the break, the Bluejays scored their most points in a half in Coach Greg McDermott's seven seasons.
Watson had 11 assists, Patton blocked three shots and the Bluejays held a 47-29 rebounding advantage.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Taylor Murray had 16 points and seven rebounds, Evelyn Akhator had her sixth double-double and No. 15 Kentucky turned back Middle Tennessee 61-48.
The Wildcats stretched a 35-31 halftime lead to 10 entering the fourth quarter when both teams went cold. Through the first half of the final period the teams were a combined 2 for 16. Kentucky (7-2) snapped out of its slumber to pull away while the Blue Raiders (2-4) finished 1 of 11.
Akhator had 13 points and 12 rebounds as Kentucky had a 44-22 rebounding advantage. Makayla Epps also had 13 points.
Alex Johnson had 19 points for the Blue Raiders and Ty Petty hit five three-pointers for 17 points. After hitting 6 of 13 threes in the first half, Middle Tennessee missed all six in the second.
Sports on 12/10/2016