On Thursday, February 17th, the Creighton Bluejays stole a game on the road against the DePaul Blue Demons, 71-59. It was once again, for Creighton, the Ryan Hawkins show: 25 points on 17 shots, 11 rebounds, 3 assists. It was a good sign for Creighton to get Ryan Hawkins going, as the Bluejay forward is averaging 5.8 PPG in his team’s five conference losses compared to 18.7 PPG in his conference wins. This is a massive boost for Creighton to get him going, and it paid off here.
Neither team was very deep this go around, and with the loss of David Jones just a few minutes into the game with an ankle injury, there would be an even shorter bench for Tony Stubblefield’s team.